A few days later, Qiu Liju gathered his troops and started attacking from Youzhou with Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun. For a moment, the entire Jizhou began to become nervous. Although Liu Chang was waiting for Wang Fen to start summoning people to fight against the rebels, because these people went south very quickly, they soon trapped Wang Fen in Yecheng. Before he could react, he was besieged in the city. Therefore, he had no chance to summon soldiers from various counties to resist the rebels.

So the provincial governor directly lost control of Jizhou, and for a time, the entire Jizhou also fell into turmoil.

After Liu Chang learned that the Wuhuan people had indeed gone south, he thought to himself: "Didn't it mean that the Wuhuan was attacked by General Gongsun Zan of the White Horse, which was frightened by the attack on him? Where did others go? Didn't they stop these rebels? Or was he not in Youzhou now?"

So he immediately ordered people to summon all the generals from Zhongshan to the hall and prepare to start the discussion.

Liu Chang sat in the upper position and began to wait for everyone to arrive. After a while, everyone rushed over.

Liu Chang said to them seriously: "The rebels led tens of thousands of people to come south. The envoy of the King of the Muslim King of Jizhou has been trapped. Now we have to come and guard Zhongshan ourselves. I originally thought he could resist, but I didn't expect that he would be blocked in the city by the enemy in an instant."

Zhang Fei said carelessly: "Brother, don't worry, we are now strong and well-equipped, and we are not afraid of them coming here at all."

Liu Chang nodded and said, "You can't slack off. As the saying goes, lions fight rabbits with all their strength. We have to prepare first. We are backed by the Taihang Mountains. The Julu in the south is still in Guo Dian's hands. The enemy can only come from Gaoyang County in the east. However, we cannot send all the people and horses out. Chu Yan in the west is still on guard. Yide takes the cavalry first, and I will come here with my men and horses. Let's not leave Zhongshan County, protect ourselves first."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Okay, brother, I'll take the lead." Then he left the hall.

Liu Chang then said to Zhao Xin: "Zhao Di and I go out with me. I will take half of the troops in Dingzhou, and you will be the leader of the rest. You will defend Dingzhou City and be careful of Chu Yan on the west side. Although he has accepted the amnesty, I am still not very relieved of him."

Zhao Xin said affirmatively: "Young master, don't worry, we will definitely guard Dingzhou City."

Liu Chang continued: "This matter is not my own business. I am sending someone to Julu to ask what Grandpa Guo has plans. Should I be planning to defend the city or to clear the attacking enemies around Julu first and protect the village. Perhaps our two families can support each other."

"I'll send someone to contact Guo Taishou immediately."

After Liu Chang arranged the matters in Zhongshan, he and Zhao Di led half of Zhongshan's troops to the dividing line between Zhongshan County and Gaoyang County, with about 10,000 people.

After Qiu Liju and Zhang Ju led their troops to Jizhou, they looked at Yecheng with tall walls. They had to siege the place first.

In Zhang Ju's camp, Qiu Liju said firmly to Zhang Ju, who was sitting behind a table: "This city wall is tall, and if we force an attack, we may suffer heavy casualties. Why not surround him here and lead my men to find opportunities."

Zhang Ju looked at him: "Anyway, what you mean is that you will go no matter whether we agree or not, and then we will not stop you. You will go by yourself. I hope you don't forget our original intention of coming out."

After receiving the answer he saw, Qiu Liju said with satisfaction: "I will not forget it, then I will leave first with my men. If I can rob you, I will leave one for you. You can surround Wang Fen here." Then he laughed and left Zhang Chun's camp.

Zhang Ju said to Zhang Chun: "I don't think he is sincere in his efforts to share major events with us. This person just wants to come out and rob. It's really hard to make a fuss."

Zhang Chun pretended to be simple and said: "Let him go, it's good to attract some of Jizhou's resistance for us. Anyway, we knew from the very beginning that this person was unreliable."

Zhang Ju sighed, "Before doing things, I think everything will be very easy, but after the real uprising, I feel it is a lot of difficulties. Every day, I feel like I am walking on a cliff with my eyes closed. This is a bit of negligence. Do you think we still have a chance?"

"Your Majesty must not think so. Of course we have a chance. Now there are righteous men rising up on all sides, whether it is Han Sui in the northwest, Zhao Ci in the south, or the remaining Yellow Turbans who are still ready to move. As long as we seize the opportunity, we will have a chance."

"If this is the case, let's find a way to take down Jizhou Qingzhou first..."

Luoyang, above the main hall.

The emperor was furious at the ministers: "In the past two years, traitors and rebellions were everywhere in the Han Dynasty. Zhao Ci from Jiangxia County killed the local prefect, and the barbarians in the south caused chaos again. Now, the rebel Zhang Ju of Youzhou and the Wuhuan people caused disaster to Youjizhou. What did you do for the country in your own position?"

No one answered in the court.

The emperor looked at the ministers who lowered their heads and asked, "Tell me, how should I deal with the matter in Youzhou?"

A minister suggested: "Your Majesty should issue an edict to send troops to attack Zhang Ju and Qiu Liju."

Another minister suggested: "Gongsun Zan has won many defeats in fighting with Wuhuan for several years. He should lead his troops to fight with him."

When the emperor heard these two suggestions, Hou felt that it was feasible and immediately ordered someone to draft an edict to send it to the Southern Xiongnu Shanyu and Gongsun Zan.

After all the matters in the court were resolved, the emperor returned to the newly built Nangong. Naturally, the carved beams and painted buildings, the eaves and brackets were extremely luxurious. The tall bronze men, exquisite chimes, and extremely exquisite mechanisms all told the huge amount of money spent in it.

The emperor played with these exquisite utensils and asked, "Shi Zhang, how could there be so many traitors? I think it must be because of the corpse of local officials."

Zhang Rang quickly echoed: "What Your Majesty said is so true. It must be so. Local officials must not take your Majesty, you have caused so many rebellions. Your Majesty now ordered them to correct themselves."

The emperor nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's still the one who understands my feelings best."

After receiving the message from Liu Chang, Guo Dian thought for a while and felt that he could indeed join forces with Liu Chang to prevent the invading rebels, and that he could support each other when the two bordered the areas under their jurisdiction. Then he sent someone to reply to Liu Chang saying that he would join at the right time.
Chapter completed!