Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 264

When Zhang Yi took Jia Sixie to conduct agricultural research, the north was once again in a state of turmoil.

After Yuan Tan's defeat, the entire Yuan family listened to Yuan Shang.Although the Yuan family has gone into decline, there are still two states that can be used.Even if the Liaodong part of Youzhou is in the hands of Gongsundu, the Yuan family still has a half-state, which can pull tens of thousands of troops at any time.

The senior cadre who had been a centrist before received the news of Yuan Tan's defeat and death, and immediately sent a message to Yuan Shang, telling Yuan Shang that he had prepared [-] yuan in Bingzhou.Yuan Shang was overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately sent high-ranking officials to send troops from Bingzhou to retake Jizhou.

Gao Gan is also very contradictory. He has ambitions but no corresponding abilities.He didn't have much loyalty to Yuan Shi, but he and Yuan Shi were already on the same warship, and it was impossible to disembark.

Before Yuan Shang sent him, Guo Yuan and the Southern Xiongnu Shanyu to attack Hedong, he did not attack by himself, but handed it over to Guo Yuan.As a result, Guo Yuan was killed by the Ma Teng army invited by Zhong Yao, and the Southern Huns surrendered.The senior cadres shrank back in Bingzhou, not daring to send troops anymore.

Before Yuan Shang fled to Youzhou, he sent Qianzhao to Shangdang to transport grain.When Yuan Shang was defeated in Zhongshan, Qianzhao believed that Bingzhou had a big mountain in the east and a big river in the west, and that it was easy to defend and difficult to attack with an army of [-], so he persuaded Gao Gan to bring Yuan Shang to Bingzhou to defend Cao Cao.

The high-ranking cadres were selfish. Not only did they disagree with Qianzhao's idea, but they wanted to harm Qianzhao, so they forced Qianzhao to join Cao Cao.Afterwards, Gao Gan surrendered to Cao Cao. In order to win the hearts of the people, Cao Cao still appointed him as the governor of Bingzhou.Last year, when Cao Cao withdrew his troops to rescue Xiangyang, Gao Gan asked the famous scholar Zhong Chang for advice.

Zhong Changtong told him clearly, "You have the ambition to do great things but you don't have the talent to do great things. You like to recruit scholars but you are not good at selecting talents. This is something you should be very vigilant about."

However, Gao Gan thought highly of himself, so he didn't listen to him, so he rebelled against Bingzhou.Cao Cao obviously expected this, and had already asked Zhang Yun to defend Yecheng.

Gao Gan attacked Shangdang and captured the governor sent by Cao Cao to Shangdang. He also captured Huguan and garrisoned troops here.He sent someone to contact Yuan Shang, and after receiving Yuan Shang's order, he immediately sent troops out of Huguan.Passed Lu County to attack Sheguo and attacked Yecheng.

But it's a pity that Xun Yan discovered it when he first arrived in Sheguo, and immediately sent a military report to Zhang He.Zhang He received the military information and immediately rescued Sheguo from Yecheng.Gao Gan was really ambitious and talented. When he was attacking the city, he was attacked by Zhang Xi and returned in defeat.There were only 3 left in the [-]-strong army, and the high-ranking officials returned to Huguan in a panic, and guarded the pass.

Zhang He attacked Lu County and stopped in front of Huguan.His army was small and he could not attack Huguan at all, so he sent a letter to Xuchang to ask for reinforcements.

At this time, it has been almost a year since the First Battle of Xiangyang, and Cao Cao has recovered this year.He was planning to attack Youzhou this winter or next spring, but he didn't expect that the high-ranking officials of Bingzhou would make the first move.Now that Zhang He has defeated Gao Gan, he can fight Bingzhou first.

Cao Cao immediately led his troops into Hanoi County.Hanoi County and Yingchuan County are next to each other, and it is only two or three hundred miles from Xuchang to Shangdang Gaodu County in the southernmost part of Bingzhou, which is closer than Yecheng.Cao Cao chose Le Jin as the vanguard, crossed the Taihang Mountains from Huai County, and attacked Tianjing Pass.The attention of the high-ranking officers was all attracted by Zhang Yun in Huguan. Le Jin easily captured Tianjingguan, and then captured Gaodu and Beishangxuanshi County.

People in Zhangzi County were very dissatisfied with the high-ranking cadres, and the whole city surrendered.Cao Cao stationed in the eldest son, let Le attack Tunliu County, and threatened Huguan.

The senior cadres in Huguan found that they were besieged, and immediately chose to retreat in panic. They retreated north to Tongda County, passed Nie County, and returned to Taiyuan County.

Gao Gan had been in Taiyuan County before, so he immediately chose to go north and escape back to Taiyuan County.

Cao Cao joined forces with Zhang He, followed Gao Gan into Taiyuan County, and stayed in Qi County.Cao Cao sent generals Zhang He and Le Jin to attack Jinyang.

Gao Gan had been domineering in Taiyuan before, and many people were dissatisfied, and some people surrendered along the way.So Cao Cao's army was like a broken bamboo, and directly attacked the city of Jinyang, and most of Gao Gan's army dissipated when they fled back.Along the way, people were surrendering to Cao Cao, and there were only 8000 or [-] high-level officials left, and none of these people were willing to work for him.

Le Jin commanded the siege and soon overwhelmed Jinyang.Gao Gan had no choice but to flee Jinyang again with his confidants and fled westward.

The threat of high officials had been eliminated, so Cao Cao decided to return to Yecheng, leaving Le Jin and Zhang Yun to clear Bingzhou.After he returned to Yecheng, he immediately sent Zhang Yan from Heishan to Bingzhou to help clean up the bandits.Bingzhou is mountainous, and Zhang Yan has a lot of experience in mountain warfare, so Cao Cao sent him there.

Zhang Yan is called the Black Mountain Bandit, but this Black Mountain does not refer to a specific mountain, but a collective name for many mountains in Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, Hanoi and other counties.Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army is the collective name for the bandits in these places, and it is their union.When Cao Cao captured Yecheng, Zhang Yan defected to Cao Cao and was named General Pingbei.However, Cao Cao didn't trust Zhang Yan very much at the beginning, and asked him to lead troops to garrison Yecheng, which meant that Zhang Yun was to monitor Zhang Yan.

After more than a year of observation, Cao Cao had a certain degree of trust in Zhang Yan.This has something to do with Zhang Xiu. There are many surrenderers belonging to one side of Cao Cao's forces, but Zhang Xiu and Zhang Yan are the most special because they were all princes before they surrendered.Zhang Xiu's previous performance was very good, which also earned Zhang Yan a lot of impression points.

Zhang Yan entered Taiyuan County and together with Le Jin and Zhang Yun attacked Bingzhou.Le went in to pursue Gao Gan, Zhang He also went west to attack Xihe County, and Zhang Yan went north to Yanmen County.

Gao Gan fled all the way west to the royal court of the Southern Huns, and sought asylum from Shanyu Huchuquan of the Southern Huns.

Hu Chuquan has been afraid of Cao Cao since Hedong was defeated.Although he has no loyalty to Cao Cao, he is afraid that Cao Cao will make trouble for him.So he rejected Gao Gan, Gao Gan had no choice but to run away again.

This time the high officials chose to escape like Jingzhou. His news was a bit behind, and he thought Jingzhou was Liu Biao's territory.Liu Biao and Yuan Shao were friends, and had sent someone to persuade Cao Cao before, and wrote letters to Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan to dissuade the two brothers from fighting.

When they arrived at Luze in Hedong County, it happened that Zhang Baiqi attacked Dongyuan County. Yu Weigu and Zhang Sheng responded and confronted Du Ji, the prefect of Hedong County.Gao Gan, Wei Gu, and Zhang Sheng attacked Du Ji, but there was a stalemate.At this time, Zhang Ji once again asked Ma Teng for help, and together with Zhong Yao's soldiers and horses, they defeated Gao Gan and others, and captured and killed Wei Gu and Zhang Sheng.

Gao Gan was defeated and fled south again, but was captured and killed by Sili Xiaowei Wang Yan, and his head was sent to Xuchang to ask for credit.

(End of this chapter)