The World of Yellow Sky

And Xu Rong was also worried about whether Sun Jian would have follow-up reinforcements, so he didn't dare to pursue too deeply, so he turned back temporarily.

According to Xuan Tingwei's report, the South Route Army has a total of nearly [-] parts, and now Sun Jian has only half of them. If there is a war of attrition with the Kwantung Allied Forces, they will suffer the loss after all.

September tenth.

Xuan Tingwei found out the news, Sun Jian is now stationed in Yangren, and there are only [-] soldiers under his command.

The follow-up soldiers have not yet felt that the fastest support army will not reach Yangren until September [-]th.

Dong Zhuo made a decisive decision to take Hu Zhen, the prefect of Dongjun, as the general guard, led Zhonglang General Hua Xiong and many cavalry school supervisors, and led more than [-] cavalry to attack.

The Xiliang army was arrogant and unruly, and although Hu Zhen had a high position and authority, he was still difficult to rule.

Hu Zhen was impatient, and threatened to send troops this time to kill a high-ranking "Qingshou" official to clean up discipline. Although the generals settled down temporarily, they all had opinions on Hu Zhen.

Jiuqing, Zhong Erqianshi, Erqianshi Qingshou, the Qingshou mentioned by Hu Zhen refers to these generals.

September [-]th, at dusk.

Hu Zhen led the army to Guangcheng, which was dozens of miles away from Yangren City.

The chariots and horses were exhausted, so the troops should be stationed to rest, and Dong Zhuo's pre-planned plan also required that he camp in Guangcheng first, prepare his troops, recharge his energy, and then march by night to attack the city suddenly at dawn.

However, all the generals under Hu Zhen's command, including Hua Xiong, were quite concerned about what Hu Zhen said before.

Yang Ding and others bewitched Hu Zhen and lied to him, "The thief in the city of Yangren has already left. You should track him down; otherwise, you will lose him."

Hu Zhen led the army to march overnight, and when he arrived at Yangren City, he found that Yangren City was heavily guarded, and it didn't look defenseless at all.

Marching all the way in a hurry, most of Hu Zhen's generals were hungry and thirsty, and their morale was low.

In addition, it is at night, and there is no trench defense.The soldiers had just been disarmed and rested, and the generals under his command spread rumors that Sun Jian led the soldiers in the city to attack by night.

In the dark night, without knowing the true or false, the soldiers ran in confusion, abandoned their armor, knives, and saddle horses.

Sun Jian seized the opportunity and went out of the city to pursue Hu Zhen's army. Hu Zhen's entire army was defeated, and Zhao Cen, the captain of cavalry, was personally beheaded by Sun Jian.

But just when Sun Jian was about to take advantage of the situation to go straight to Huanglong and attack Luoyang in the north, a piece of intelligence from the army made Sun Jian's face change drastically.

Chapter 515 Across Hannan

"Emissary?"

Seeing that Sun Jian's complexion was obviously wrong, Cheng Pu stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

Except for him, no one noticed the slight change in Sun Jian's face. Now everyone in the hall was celebrating this hard-won victory, and no one else looked at Sun Jian.

He didn't ask loudly, just considering the possibility of affecting the morale of the army.

This big victory will make Sun Jian truly famous all over the world. The main force of the Kwantung Allied Forces in the north, dominated by Yuan Shao, fears Dong Zhuo like a jackal, builds high fortifications and dare not fight.

Cao Cao and Bao Xin marched westward and were defeated by Xu Rong. The [-] army was wiped out, and only a thousand remained, unable to fight Dong Zhuo again.

This time Sun Jian led the army to defeat Dong Zhuo's army, beheaded thousands of Dong Zhuo's army in the first battle, and seized countless food and supplies.

Although it seems that only thousands of people were beheaded, nearly ten thousand Yuzhou soldiers were killed in Xincheng in the last battle of Xincheng.

But this time Yangrencheng was victorious, and the thousands of Dong Zhuo's troops killed were almost all the elite of Dong Zhuo's army, composed of the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army, not the county soldiers and newly recruited soldiers.

Li Min, the prefect of Yingchuan County, was captured alive by Xu Rong and cooked and killed in public. Sun Jian's victory in this battle can be regarded as revenge for Li Min.

"Don't say anything for now, don't tell anyone else."

Sun Jian squeezed the silk book in his hand into a ball, and smiled again on his face. He whispered something to Cheng Pu, but he didn't look at Cheng Pu.

"I'll go to Sun Jing's tent later to find me."

At this time, this kind of news must be concealed, otherwise the morale of the army will be shaken, and the success will be in vain.

Sun Jian raised his wine glass and talked to the crowd with a smile, then found an excuse and walked out of the big tent. When he was about to leave the big tent, Sun Jian gave Cheng Pu a wink.

Cheng Pu understood, and after a while, he also found an excuse and walked out of the big tent of celebration.

It's midsummer now, even at night it's a bit stuffy, but the night wind that blows from time to time dispels some of the stuffy feeling.

The camp was filled with the cheers of soldiers, and the smell of meat wafted from not far away. Although the folk songs from different places were different, they were all the same, full of joy.

Cheng Pu sighed, and by the light of the fire in the brazier, he walked slowly towards the camp where Sun Jing was resting. He did not call too much to avoid attracting unnecessary attention.

Sun Jing is Sun Jian's younger brother and served as a school lieutenant in the army. When Sun Jian raised his army, Sun Jing had been by Sun Jian's side all the time.

Sun Jian recruited troops in Huaisi, while Sun Jing gathered five or six hundred people from the village and clans to join Sun Jian's team.

Sun Jing's tent was not far from the big tent of the Chinese Army, and it didn't take long for Cheng Pu to get outside.

Seeing Cheng Pu coming, the guards guarding the tent opened the curtain directly, and Cheng Pu walked quickly into Zhangzhong without hesitation.

Sun Jian was standing in the tent with a gloomy expression, while Sun Jing at the side was holding a silk book, and her expression changed drastically.

"Emissary?!"

Cheng Pu looked solemn, and hurried forward.

"Youtai, pass the silk book to Demou."

Sun Jian opened his mouth, and Sun Jing handed the silk book in his hand to Cheng Pu according to his words.

Cheng Pu just glanced at it, and his face became extremely embarrassing.

"Dong Zhuo made a good move!"

Sun Jian turned around, trying his best to suppress his anger.

Just when they were fighting hard outside the pass, they lost Jingzhou, their most important stronghold.

"how can that be!"

Even though it was clearly written on the silk script, Cheng Pu still couldn't believe it.

Sun Jian previously served as the prefect of Changsha in Changsha County

In the fourth year of Zhongping (187), Changsha County Xing rebelled, claiming to be a general, gathering more than 1 people, and besieged the city. Zhou Chao, Guo Shi and others also revolted in Lingling and Guiyang.

Sun Jian was appointed as the prefect of Changsha by Emperor Ling at that time, and went to destroy it.

During the ten-month period, Ou Xing was defeated, and even Sun Jian crossed the county boundary and defeated Zhou Chao and Guo Shi.

Since the turmoil in southern Jingzhou subsided, the powerful families of Changsha County, Lingling County, and Guiyang County all believed in Sun Jian.

After the release of state pastoral authority, coupled with Dong Zhuo's chaotic administration, the localities have actually become separate regimes.

The three counties of Changsha County, Lingling County, and Guiyang County are the foundation of Sun Jian's life.

"Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng and Su Dai didn't respond at all? Is this why Liu Jingsheng took Jingzhou for nothing?!"

Cheng Pu didn't finish reading the silk book, he was a little impatient.

The aristocratic and powerful families of the three counties have basically been subdued by Sun Jian, and the prefects of the other two counties are also close to Sun Jian.

After the death of the former Jingzhou shepherd Wang Rui, Sun Jian did not leave behind.

It can be said that although Sun Jian is not a Jingzhou shepherd, he has actually controlled more than half of the Jingzhou territory.

Most of the five counties of Changsha County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Nan County, and Jiangxia County can be regarded as controlled by Sun Jian.

Sun Jian reached some consensus with the local powerful clans, and some local powerful clans would serve as officials, manage the place, and let them recruit soldiers, so they could have the strength to fight.

This time Sun Jian went north in a hurry, and after hearing the appeal, he led his soldiers all the way north without much delay.

Although delegating power to these powerful clans must have many future troubles, there is no way out of it.

Sun Jian's subordinates are now in the same situation as Xu An at the beginning. There are too few people who can handle the people's livelihood and political affairs, and it is impossible to manage effectively.

Although the Sun family is not small, they are all military generals. Among the brothers and clansmen, except for Sun Jing who is fairly familiar with internal affairs, the rest are almost all majoring in military strategy.

After the establishment of the Kwantung Allied Forces, he was granted the title of General Polu, but he did not concurrently hold the title of Prefect of Changsha. Sun Jian secretly sent a letter to Changsha County, asking the Su family, the most powerful clan in Changsha County, to send someone to be the prefect of Changsha.

The Su Dai mentioned by Cheng Pu was the prefect of Changsha launched by the Changsha Su family.

Of course, the Changsha prefect of the Su Dynasty was not appointed by the imperial court, but by himself.

"You'll know if you keep reading..."

Sun Jian turned around, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart.

Cheng Pu set his sights on the silk script again.

He saw a name, a strange name - Liu Biao.

……

In the middle of the night, Yicheng was bustling with people during the day, and there was no sound at this time in the bustling Yicheng.

Except for a few places that were still lit with fire, the entire Yicheng was almost submerged in endless darkness.

Yicheng is the city of Jingzhou Southern County, in the south of Xiangyang, the prefecture of Jingzhou, the distance between the two places is not too far, the straight-line distance is not even a hundred miles.

In a rather luxurious mansion in the northern city, a servant with a waist knife and a lantern was walking along the corridor.

The lights were on, and outside the deepest house, a man wearing a dark blue coat and looking quite majestic slowly opened the wooden door.

In the house, there were already three people sitting in it, one of them was in the upper seat, and the other two were on the left side. The seat on the right side was vacant, and no one sat there, obviously it was reserved for him.

The man closed the door behind him, glanced around the house, and walked forward slowly after he saw no one else.

His gaze scanned the house, and finally settled on the middle-aged man sitting in the first seat.

The middle-aged man was wearing a hat and a deep red dress. The clothes were clean and tidy, without any dust or wrinkles. His appearance was gentle and majestic.

The feeling that person gave him was different from all the people he had met before. Just by taking a look at him, a trace of awe was born in his heart.

You know, even if he met Jingzhou Mu Wang Rui before, he didn't feel this way.

When I first met Wang Rui, it was in the government office in Xiangyang. Wang Rui was surrounded by armored soldiers, and officials of all sizes stood beside him. His aura was not even half of the middle-aged man in front of him now.

"Cai Mao, I greet the envoy."

The man made a bow with both hands, and bowed respectfully to the middle-aged man sitting on the head.

He is Cai Mao, who was born in the Cai family, one of the famous families in Xiangyang, Nanjun. His aunt is the wife of the former Taiwei Zhang Wen.

The Cai family is not only influential in Nanjun, but the development of a hundred years has made the Cai family a real giant, and its roots and tentacles have even spread to the counties and counties of Yanbian.

Except for the many powerful families in Nanyang County, it is really difficult to get involved, almost all the other counties in Jingzhou have branches of the Cai family.

"Please take a seat."

The middle-aged man sitting in the first seat smiled slightly, and the awe in Cai Mao's heart dissipated a little.

The middle-aged man showed majesty and calmness in every gesture, without any disrespect.

Cai Mao sat down as he said, and greeted each other separately.

This meeting is a secret meeting.

No one who can sit in this house is mediocre.

The middle-aged man sitting in the first seat, the middle-aged man whom Cai Mao called the envoy, was the new governor of Jingzhou——Liu Biao!

The former state shepherd Wang Rui was killed by Sun Jian, and the Chang'an court named Liu Biao the state shepherd of Jingzhou to rule Jingzhou.

Nanyang County was occupied by Yuan Shu, and most of the places except Wuling County and Zhangling County were almost all occupied by Sun Jian and the local clan tycoons.

If he took office directly, he would be stopped by Yuan Shu before he even passed Nanyang County.

Therefore, Liu Biao has been hiding his whereabouts all the way, riding alone to Jingzhou and entering Yicheng alone.

At this time, the two people sitting opposite Cai Mao were brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, who were born in one of the famous families in Nanjun of Jingzhou.

In the territory of Nanjun, the Kuai family and the Cai family are on par, and in some respects, the Kuai family has more influence than the Cai family.

However, although the two families inevitably had conflicts, they lived in harmony and even married each other, which is why Liu Biao invited Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao to come together at the same time.

"Nowadays the thieves in Jingzhou are stealing prefectures and counties, claiming to be county officials. The disaster is not small. The people of Jingzhou are all bewitched by him. Yuan Shu took advantage of the chaos to seize Nanyang. His ambition is very big. I want to recruit troops. I am afraid it will not be difficult to gather. His strategy is safe. out?"

Liu Biao's voice came from above.

Zongzui is a synonym for gangsters and bandits who are dominated by members of the same clan. Liu Biao called him Zongzui, obviously to confront Sun Jian tit for tat.

Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, and Cai Mao cast their gazes at Liu Biao at the same time as Liu Biao opened his mouth. In fact, their purpose of coming here has long been clear.

Sun Jian controlled most of the prefectures and counties in Jingzhou with the help of the powerful and aristocratic families who were willing to support him, but the Kuai family and the Cai family did not reach a consensus with Sun Jian, but because of the influence of the Kuai family and the Cai family, they still served as some The chief of the place.

However, when it comes to important towns like Xiangyang, they are all appointed by powerful people who are close to Sun Jian.

Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng and others are now defending Xiangyang with a crowd, Su Dai is the prefect of Changsha County, and Bei Yu is the magistrate of Huarong County.