The Three Kingdoms

"Take down Pingguo first, and then we'll talk!" Sun Ce said confidently with a cold gaze, "We believe that with our strength, we will be able to defend Pingguo."

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In the fourth year of Chuping, in the middle of November, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu first used false information to draw out half of the Liaodong soldiers in Pingguo. The gate of Pingguo City was opened by the rout.

In less than three days, the important city of Liaodong County, Pingguo, was captured.

Although Han Zong, the county magistrate of Pingguo, fought back vigorously, the Jiangdong Army had already entered the city, and he was powerless, so Sun Ce killed him with one shot.

The important city of Liaodong, Pingguo County, was captured by the Jiangdong army who came suddenly. The news soon spread to Gongsundu, which instantly aroused the anger of this Liaodong hero.

[Text 2, Gongsun Du's Anger]

In Liaodong, the cold wind howls and the snow flutters.

November in the fourth year of Chuping seemed to be much colder than previous years. There was no sunny day for a month, and the continuous heavy snow turned the entire Xiangping City into a white world.

Xiangping County, the largest city in Liaodong, is also the central city of Liaodong, and the Liaoyang area of ​​later generations. This is an ancient city with a long history.

This was originally the battle fortress of Yan State to defend Donghu. In 280 BC, Qin Kai, a general of Yan State, attacked Donghu, expanded thousands of miles, and established Xiangping County.

In the early years, Gongsun Du was recommended by Xu Rong, and was appointed by Dong Zhuo as the prefect of Liaodong. In the second year of Chuping, Gongsundu sent troops to capture Xuantu and Lelang, repelled Goguryeo, and connected Liaodong, Lelang, Xuantu and Liaodong vassals. Liping Prefecture, self-appointed He is the pastor of Pingzhou and governs Xiangping.

East of the city, Pingzhou Mu Mansion, above the lobby, there are several braziers burning, and there is a stream of heat in the room, but there is a icy coldness in the hearts of everyone, and tremblingly looks at Gongsun Du, who is above the leader, Gongsun Du wore a long robe and sat on the first seat on his knees, his body looked a bit burly and majestic.

Today's Gongsun Du looked a little irritable, and his heart was full of anger. His hard face involuntarily showed a cold murderous look, which made a kind of Liaodong officials under the lobby a little frightened and trembling.

Today's Gongsun Du is the king of Liaodong, and he is at the peak of his prime of life. He is a powerful general with awe-inspiring aura. make him mighty.

"Everyone, Pingguo has been occupied by the enemy, do you have any news about Pingguo?"

Gongsun Du had a gloomy and rigid face, and a pair of tiger eyes stared coldly at several confidant ministers under his command, and asked in a cold voice: "I want to know who made the surprise attack on Pingguo, who is my enemy in Liaodong, Is it Gongsun Zan from Youzhou?"

Gongsun Du was shocked when he received the news that Ping Guo was occupied by the enemy and Fang Qi, one of the three generals under his command, was beheaded.

Today is different from the past. Today's Gongsun Du is the king of Liaodong. Years ago, he sent [-] troops to attack Goguryeo. He hit the hinterland of Goguryeo and severely taught the Goguryeo people. His reputation has been greatly shaken and his prestige has spread far and wide. In the land of Liaodong, absolutely no one would dare to oppose him.

It was this battle that made him and Gongsun Du's aura climb to the peak, but someone dared to surprise Ping Guo at this juncture. Isn't this an obvious provocation to him?

Can he not be angry?

Although Gongsun Du was furious, he did not lose his composure. After thinking about it, there might be only one person who could blatantly provoke him in the Northland, Gongsun Zan, the overlord of Youzhou!

So Ping Guo was suddenly taken over, and the first thing he suspected was Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan's strength was already above him. Although Gongsun Zan suffered several defeats at the hands of Yuan Shao in Jizhou this year, his strength was not damaged at all. In October of this year, Gongsun Zan also beheaded Liu Yu, unifying the entire You Zhouzhou, with 10,000+ elite soldiers and horses under his command, it is reasonable to say that he is eyeing Liaodong.

Pingguo City is not considered a big city, in fact, it is not very important in Liaodong County. It is separated from Xiangping by several counties, but since he established the port leading to Qingzhou in Pingguo, Pingguo is the gateway from Liaodong to the Central Plains. Important throat.

Liaodong has always been a place of bitter cold, and there is a shortage of many things. Youzhou did not have much food, and Gongsun Zan was always thinking about Liaodong, so naturally he would not sell grain to him, so he built warships at all costs and captured Donglai across the sea. Counties, as a port connecting the Central Plains, Pingguo is the throat of this passage, without Pingguo, Liaodong will not be able to connect to the Central Plains.

"My lord, someone has already found out. It is not Gongsun Zan who occupies Pingguo. Gongsun Zan has just pacified Liu Yu, and he has no troops to send troops to Liaodong." A middle-aged man in a gray robe stepped forward. Yang Yi, he cupped his hands and said.

"It's not Gongsun Zan, who is that? It can't be Qingzhou Tian Kai. Tian Kai doesn't have this ability. Now that Qingzhou Yuan Tan is attacking, he can't protect himself. Does he still have the guts to spy on Liaodong?" Gongsun Du said in his eyes. Some doubts, asked coldly.

"Neither!"

Yang Yi shook her head, and said, "A certain investigation made it very clear that it was Sun Jian, Sun Wentai's Jiangdong army! Currently, the Da family and Pingguo have been occupied by the Jiangdong army, and the one guarding Pingguo is Sun Ce, the eldest son of Jiangdong Sun Jian. There are at least five There are more than a thousand soldiers and horses, and someone has found out that it has been nearly half a month since Jiangdong landed, and our warships on the sea have also been destroyed by Jiangdong, and our stronghold in Donglai, Qingzhou has also been captured by Jiangdong."

"What, Jiangdong Army? Sun Ce?"

An incredible light shot out of Gongsun Du's eyes, and he asked in a cold voice: "Jiangdong Sun's family? Impossible, Jiangdong is in the south, Liaodong is in the north, we have no grievances or enmities with Jiangdong Sun's family, he Jiangdong Why did the army travel thousands of miles and attack Liaodong at any cost?"

"My lord, the Jiangdong army has always been good at water warfare, and the warships have always been advanced. The Jiangdong warships may now be able to sail across the sea. The Jiangdong is powerful and has a warship link. I am afraid it is our place in Liaodong and wants to seize Liaodong! "Yang Yi replied in a low voice.

"Seize Liaodong? What a Jiangdong, it's just that I didn't expect that Jiangdong, far to the south, would have such great ambitions."

When Gongsun Du heard the words, his eyes became cold instantly, and with a gloomy smile on the corner of his mouth, he said in a cold voice: "Jiangdong was originally rich and the climate was mild. Their Jiangdong people didn't stay in Jiangdong, but they came to suffer in our bitter cold place." Humph, could it be that he, Sun Wentai, really thinks a certain Gongsun Du is easy to bully?"

Jiangdong Sun's family is the first-class princes in the world, powerful and powerful, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, but in the area of ​​Liaodong, his Gongsun Du is the king, separated by a sea area, he does not believe that Jiangdong has the ability Fight across the sea to capture Liaodong.

"My lord, the Jiangdong army is really deceiving people too much. It just so happens that the Jiangdong army has established a foothold in the Heta clan of Pingguo now. We must take advantage of his precarious foothold to take back the Pingguo and Da clan and let them know that we are Liaodong Erlang." It's amazing."

"My lord, we are willing to be the vanguard and crush the Jiangdong Army."

"Sun Ce, a child with a yellow mouth, dared to kill General Fang, and he must be killed."

Several Liaodong generals heard the words, their eyes were a little fierce, and they all said with righteous indignation that in this era, there is no deep regional dispute, Jiangdong invaded, and Liaodong was naturally angry.

Although the strength of Liaodong is indeed inferior to Jiangdong, Jiangdong is far away after all, and they don't think that Jiangdong can spare many troops to station in Liaodong.

These Liaodong generals have just fought against Goguryeo for a short time, and they are full of fighting spirit.

"Hmph, the generals are right. Jiangdong is too deceitful. Who would want to go to war? Take Sun Ce's head for a certain family?" Gongsun Du's eyes were cold, a murderous look shot out, and he shouted in a cold voice.

"We are willing to fight!"

The generals strode out, knelt down on one knee, and said respectfully.

"My lord, please think twice, Jiang Dong is not an ordinary person, and now it is cold winter, it is not suitable for a big battle. Pingguo is far away, but now it has been snowing for several days, and the road is blocked by ice and snow. The road is difficult to walk. Once the battle goes wrong, If the food supply is broken, we will be in trouble, and we don't have enough food and grass to go to war." Yang Yi pondered for a while, shook his head, walked up, and persuaded in a low voice.

"Do you want someone to watch Jiangdong Army occupy Liaodong?" Gongsundu was furious.

"This subordinate doesn't mean that, but..." Yang Yi's eyes moved slightly, a little bit bitterly, he also wanted to fight, but in this weather, there is no food from Qingzhou, where can we get food to start a war.

"Hongzhi, what do you think should be done?" Although Gongsun Du was very annoyed, as a prince, he still understood his current situation. In Liaodong, food was definitely the biggest gap.

After he fell silent, he looked at a general beside him and asked.

"My lord, Pingguo City must never be lost. If Pingguo is lost, the Jiangdong Army will be able to stand in Liaodong's footsteps, and they will continue to land. In this way, Liaodong will be in chaos, but our current battle against Goguryeo has not recovered. , It is also not suitable to fight for a long time, so when you fight, you should win with one blow and win quickly."

Liu Yi was in his thirties, eight feet tall, expressionless, with a rigid face, but everyone present, no one dared to underestimate him, he was the number one general under Gongsun Du's command.

"A quick fix?"

Gongsun Du narrowed his eyes, stood up tall, stared at the heavy snow falling on the sky outside, pondered for a moment, then made a decision, and said loudly: "Hongzhi's words are right, quick battle and quick decision, Ping Guo must not lose , Immediately summon Gao Lie to meet someone."

"promise!"

After receiving the order, a messenger at the door immediately went down to deliver the order. Half an hour later, a nine-foot, bear-like, bearded man walked in with strides.

As soon as he walked in, the evil spirit exuded from his whole body, everyone seemed to be facing a fierce beast, making people afraid to look directly at him.

"Gao Lie greets the lord." Gao Lie is the number one fierce general under Gongsun Du's command, and the only super strong general who has practiced the Gang state. Although he is not as good as Liu Yi in controlling the battle situation and arranging troops, he is definitely the most powerful in attacking cities and conquering land.

"Gao Lie, I'm ordering you to send [-] troops to take back Pingguo within a month, can it be done?" Gongsun Du looked at the big man with cold eyes and said loudly.

Gao Lie was born in a humble family and had no words.