Chapter 481: Can’t wait any longer, I’ve gone too far
Zhang Bi sighed slowly, slowly stretched out his hand in his fur coat, and lit it on the fire: "Hey, you are right, now it is obvious that relying on the strength of my Liaodong County will not be able to change anything about this situation.
, in this case, let’s ask for help from Ji County.”
Zhang Pi continued: "Send people out now, we can't wait any longer, lest we have too many dreams at night and we won't be able to get out even if we want to send people for help!"
After hearing this, the county captain hurriedly spoke to dissuade him: "Chief, think twice. I think that with our current strength in Liaodong, we can still control the situation as soon as possible. It is far from time to ask for help from the Youzhou Army."
The soldier who reported the news blushed and said sarcastically: "Strength? Does our Liaodong County still have such strength now? Hasn't Liaodong's strength been exhausted by that traitor Sima Yi long ago?"
Zhang Pi sighed and said with his hands down: "Hey, speaking of this, we can't blame the imperial court entirely. Gongsun's ambition was still too great, but Sima Yi really went too far, and his wolfish ambitions can be seen at that time.
Some people, please send someone to ask for help. You don’t need to persuade me anymore, just leave now.”
Zhang Pi then ordered: "Come here, choose ten smarter ones from the soldiers in the city and go to Jixian County to ask for help!"
The lieutenant in the hall clasped his fists reluctantly and said, "No, I'll do it now."
Late at night, the west gate of Xiangping City was opened with a creaking sound. Twenty fast horses carried ten soldiers wearing black cotton robes outside their armors out of the city gate. The "click-click" sound of horse hooves quickly disappeared in the
In the dark night......
Speaking of the rebellion in Liaodong County, Cao Rui cannot be entirely blamed, but Sima Yi went too far.
In the first year of Jingchu, Gongsun Yuan, the governor of Liaodong, ignored the dissuasion of his generals and insisted on proclaiming himself King of Yan, changing the Yuan Dynasty to Shaohan (meaning the continuation of the Han Dynasty), and enfeoffed all ministers in the name of the monarch. He openly rebelled against the Cao Wei regime. Cao Rui was greatly
angry,
In the second year of Jingchu, Cao Rui ordered Sima Yi to go to Liaodong to quell the rebellion.
Although Gongsun Yuan was brave, he was obviously not up to Sima Yi's level. In this battle, Sima Yi used the method of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, attacking those he had to save, and put down the Liaodong rebellion within a hundred days, and executed Gongsun Yuan and his son.
Within the original one-year period, the victory class was achieved.
The demise of Gongsun Yuan announced the demise of the Gongsun family that had dominated Liaodong for fifty years. However, Sima Yi did not have to kill them all like this, but he did so to demonstrate to Cao Rui.
Although the Gongsun family has been operating in Liaodong for three generations and has a strong foundation, it is still far behind Cao Wei in terms of strength. If you want to fight head-on, it is like throwing an egg against a stone, and you will definitely lose. As the head of Liaodong, Gongsun Yuan is very aware of this.
It couldn't be clearer.
Before Gongsun Yuan decided to rebel, General Lun Zhi, Jia Fan and others also tried to persuade him, but Gongsun Yuan still insisted on rebelling against Cao Wei.
Even though he knew there was no chance of winning, Gongsun Yuan still went against the trend. Why on earth was this? Is Gongsun Yuan really "crazy"?
In fact, Gongsun Yuan's rebellion was just a helpless move when he was desperate. In fact, even if he did not declare rebellion, Cao Rui would still take action against him, but why is this?
Let’s start with the red line drawn by Cao Cao for Gongsun Du.
The basis for the Gongsun family's separatist rule in Liaodong: the red line drawn by Cao Cao (Cao Wei) cannot be touched:
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, with the heroes dividing their empires, and wars continued for years.
Compared with the dire straits of the Central Plains, the Liaodong region, which is far away from the Central Plains, is now a peaceful scene with a well-connected government and people. It can be called a paradise. Therefore, Liaodong has become the first choice for people from the Central Plains to avoid chaos.
At this time, the governor of Liaodong was Gongsun Du. He was appointed as the governor of Liaodong by Dong Zhuo in 190 AD. After that, Gongsun Du took advantage of the Central Plains forces to be busy fighting and had no time to take care of Liaodong. He opened up territory in Liaodong, recruited talents, and established himself.
He became the Marquis of Liaodong and became the true King of Liaodong. However, at this time, Gongsun Du was still nominally subordinate to the imperial court.
In 204 AD (the ninth year of Jian'an), Gongsun Du passed away, and his son Gongsun Kang succeeded him as the governor of Liaodong. During his reign, Gongsun Kang killed brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi who came to seek refuge, and gave their heads to Cao Cao.
In order to submit the certificate, he also made many attacks on Goguryeo, which repeatedly violated the border, ensuring the peace of the border area. In order to stabilize the border area, Cao Cao made Gongsun Kang the Marquis of Kangxiang Ping, and worshiped General Zuo. At this time, the Gongsun family
The hegemony reached its peak.
Gongsun Kang died of illness in 221 AD and was succeeded by his younger brother Gongsun Gong. Gongsun Gong continued to implement Gongsun Kang's strategy and even became closer to the Cao Wei regime. At this time, the situation in Liaodong was always under the control of the Cao Wei regime.
It can be seen from this that Cao Cao (the Cao Wei regime) could tolerate the Gongsun family's separatist rule in Liaodong and allowed them to be in a semi-independent state. There were red lines drawn:
Article 1 The Gongsun family must only submit to the imperial court (Cao Wei).
Article 2: The Gongsun family must ensure the peace of the border areas.
These two points are the red line of Cao Cao (Cao Wei regime), which is the basis for the Gongsun family to continue to rule Liaodong. Gongsun Du, Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Gong know this very well, and they never dare to step beyond the Leichi.
At this time, the governor of Liaodong was Gongsun Du.
He was appointed as the governor of Liaodong by Dong Zhuo in 190 AD. After that, Gongsun Du took advantage of the time when the Central Plains forces were busy fighting and had no time to take care of Liaodong. He opened up territory in Liaodong, recruited talented people, and established himself as the Marquis of Liaodong, becoming a real prince
King of Liaodong. However, Gongsun Du was still nominally subordinate to the imperial court at this time.
In 204 AD (the ninth year of Jian'an), Gongsun Du passed away, and his son Gongsun Kang succeeded him as the governor of Liaodong.
During his reign, Gongsun Kang killed the brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi who came to seek refuge, and gave their heads to Cao Cao as a surrender certificate. At the same time, he repeatedly attacked Goguryeo, which repeatedly violated the border, ensuring the peace of the border area.
For the purpose of stabilizing the border, Cao Cao made Gongsun Kang the Marquis of Kangxiang Ping and worshiped General Zuo. At this time, the Gongsun family's hegemony reached its peak.
Gongsun Kang died of illness in 221 AD and was succeeded by his younger brother Gongsun Gong. Gongsun Gong continued to implement Gongsun Kang's strategy and even became closer to the Cao Wei regime. At this time, the situation in Liaodong was always under the control of the Cao Wei regime.
It can be seen from this that Cao Cao (the Cao Wei regime) could tolerate the Gongsun family's separatist rule in Liaodong and allowed them to be in a semi-independent state. There were red lines drawn:
Article 1 The Gongsun family must only submit to the imperial court (Cao Wei).
Article 2: The Gongsun family must ensure the peace of the border areas.
These two points are the red line of Cao Cao (Cao Wei regime), which is the basis for the Gongsun family to continue to rule Liaodong. Gongsun Du, Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Gong know this very well, and they never dare to step beyond the Leichi.
In 228 AD, Gongsun Kang used force to seize the position of his uncle Gongsun Gong. Gongsun Gong was the court official, and Gongsun Yuan's dismissal of the court official without authorization was an deviant act and should be severely punished according to law.
At this time, Liu Ye also advised Cao Rui to take the opportunity to get rid of Gongsun Yuan to avoid leaving him as a trouble in the future.
But at that time, Cao Rui had just ascended the throne, and the state of Wei was not at peace in the east and west.
In the west, Zhuge Liang launched the first Northern Expedition in 228 AD. Cao Rui was forced to go to Chang'an in person to suppress the battle. In December of the same year, Zhuge Liang launched the second Northern Expedition.