The Rebirth of Lu Bu in the Legend of the Heroes of the Later Han Dynasty

Gongsun Zan, who failed in the Battle of Jieqiao, was unwilling to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat. He recruited soldiers again and launched the "Battle of Longcuo" and "Battle of Juma Water" in the same year.

Yuan Shao still sent Ju Yi to fight. Thanks to the heroic fighting of Xian Deng's dead soldiers, Yuan Shao's army won two more battles. After Gongsun Zan's successive defeats, he was unable to organize his army to attack Jizhou again.

Tao Qian of Xuzhou was gradually defeated by the fierce attack of Cao Cao's army, and in desperation he asked Gongsun Zan for help. Gongsun Zan, who was also in the warlord alliance, did not ignore death. He sent troops from Qingzhou to Xuzhou to support with Zhao Yun as the chief general and Liu Guan and Zhang brothers as deputy generals.

Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, under the strategy of military advisor Jushu, adopted step-by-step tactics and took advantage of Gongsun Zan's army to rescue Xuzhou. Within a month, he quickly captured the entire territory of Qingzhou. Qingzhou governor Tian Kai led his tribe and army to surrender to Yuan Shao.

In just two months, the strength of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan changed dramatically. After obtaining Qingzhou's salt and iron resources, Yuan Shao's army's strength increased greatly, but Gongsun Zan lost his troops and generals, so he could only retreat to Youzhou and wait for opportunities.

After defeating Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao was determined to deal with the Black Mountain Army in his territory. In order to concentrate on fighting Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao had to negotiate a peace with the Black Mountain Army and sent a large amount of gold, silver and silk.

Now that the war is over, it is time to free up our hands to deal with internal problems.

The leader of the Heishan Army in the village is very worried. His commander, Zhang Yan, is a martial artist with no ideas. His five generals, Yang Feng, Yu Du, Bai Rao, Sui Gu, and Tao Sheng, are also brave and foolhardy. The army is originally the remnant of the Yellow Turban Army. When they pick up their weapons, they can barely be considered an army. When they put down their weapons, they are ordinary people.

Because the generals of the Montenegrin Army are uneducated and prone to small profits, they previously collected supplies from Gongsun Zan and sent troops to attack Yuan Shao, and then collected supplies from Yuan Shao and negotiated peace with them. Now the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan has ended. Now Zhang Yan could no longer receive supplies and money, and the army that came down to plunder also encountered stubborn resistance from the Jizhou army.

The task of suppressing bandits was placed in the hands of Yan Liang. Due to his failure in the Battle of Jieqiao, Yan Liang always wanted to regain his face. After all, he was also the number one general under Yuan Shao. Now he was completely overshadowed by Ju Yi, who had won several victories in a row. Ju Yi, who fought in the war, has been regarded as a military god by Jizhou soldiers. Everyone envies the first to die, because only those who have achieved military exploits can be rewarded. This is an ancient rule in the army.

Black Mountain is surrounded by cliffs, and there is only one way to go up the mountain. Zhang Yan has already deployed heavy troops to guard it. Yan Liang attacked many times, but all failed and lost his troops. He had no choice but to return to Yecheng.

Yuan Shao pointed at Yan Liang's nose and yelled, "After all, you have been with me for so many years and you can't even take down a small bandit. What's the use of raising you? I might as well raise a dog!"

Yan Liang was so ashamed that he said, "Lord, please calm down. The last general has been defeated in battles and lost troops. Now I just want to die."

Yuan Shao threw the book on the desk at Yan Liang, "It's easy to kill you, but what's the use of killing you? You should learn from Ju Yi. He is still a demoted general. His prestige in the military camp is second only to Ju Yi's. I am the first to die who has been trained by him and is invincible in the world. He has helped me win many battles."

Yan Liang suppressed his blush and remained silent.

Yuan Shao looked around the generals and found that only Ju Yi was capable of conquering the Black Mountain Army, so he asked Shen Pei to go to Bohai County with his order to summon Ju Yi. At this time, Ju Yi was training his troops. Yuan Shao handed over half of his army to Ju Yi for training. He wanted an elite army of 80,000 people to deal with the Bingzhou Army. After all, the Bingzhou Army was a more difficult army to deal with than the Youzhou Army.

After receiving the order, Ju Yi led an army of 80,000 people towards Montenegro, passing through many villages along the way. Ju Yi asked the soldiers to tell the people that the goal of the Jizhou Army this time was to completely annihilate the Black Mountain bandits, and let the people tell their relatives on the mountain, Hurry down the mountain and surrender to the court, otherwise everything will be destroyed when the mountain is attacked. Ju Yi's mind-attacking tactics were effective. The morale of the Black Mountain Army was in chaos. Many people put down their weapons and ran down the mountain to surrender to the Jizhou Army. Zhang Yan was unable to stop it and had to let the soldiers flee. By the time Ju Yi led his troops to Montenegro, there were less than 50,000 Montenegro troops left on the mountain.

Ju Yi asked the soldiers to apply kerosene on the arrowheads. It was midsummer, and a little spark would turn into a huge fire. The Jizhou army fired the rocket into the forest. With the fire, countless Black Mountain soldiers were burned to death. Zhang Yan looked up to the sky and cried, "Heaven will destroy me!" When he was about to commit suicide, the Jizhou army at the foot of the mountain shouted, "Those who surrender will not be killed!" Zhang Yan raised a white flag and surrendered for the sake of the lives of tens of thousands of people on the mountain.

Ju Yi made another great contribution. At this time, the army in his hand, plus the surrendered Black Mountain Army, and the new army that kept coming in admiration, had reached 200,000 people, and their strength greatly exceeded Yuan Shao, the leader of Jizhou.

Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other old generals were already envious of Ju Yi's military exploits. This time he achieved new achievements in annihilating the Black Mountain Army. He was already unparalleled among military generals. With Ju Yi around for a day, I'm afraid he would never be able to get ahead. So they joined forces to slander in front of Yuan Shao, saying that Ju Yi supported the army and was afraid of rebelling. Ju Yi had not joined any faction, so naturally no one spoke for him. Yuan Shao was undecided for a while and decided to test it out.

Yuan Shao went to the military camp in person under the guise of testing the training results of the army. Under the scorching sun, the soldiers wearing heavy armor were already sweating profusely. Yuan Shao felt sorry for the soldiers and said to the soldiers on the martial arts field, "It's hot, take off your armor and rest." I didn't want to. None of the soldiers listened. Yuan Shao said this three times in a row, but none of the soldiers responded. Yuan Shao couldn't stand it anymore and looked at Ju Yi.

Ju Yi saluted Yuan Shao and explained, "In the army, we only know that there are generals, but we don't know that there is a lord." After speaking, he turned around and said to the soldiers, "The whole army will disarm and rest where it is." The soldiers listened. Upon Ju Yi's order, he took off his armor and rested on the ground. Yuan Shao's face became more and more ugly. At this time, he couldn't suppress his murderous intention and walked away.

In the evening, Yuan Shao hosted a banquet for all civil and military officials. Ju Yi consciously sat in the seat of the chief military officer. He thought that he was the number one general in Jizhou at this time, but he did not know that a disaster was coming.

After drinking for three rounds, Yuan Shao threw the wine glass, and a dozen soldiers appeared and rushed towards Ju Yi. Before he could react, they were chopped into pieces by the soldiers.

After killing Ju Yi, Yuan Shao asked Yan Liang and Wen Chou to take over Ju Yi's soldiers. Seeing that their general Ju Yi was dead, Yuan Shao chose to disarm and return to their fields and leave the military camp.

Yuan Shao watched the soldiers leave and sighed. If he didn't kill Ju Yi, he was afraid that Jizhou would change hands in the future. If he killed him, he would lose this powerful army, but for the sake of his great cause, there must be a choice. .