The ninth chapter of an inch of self-promise Shangru Dan
In the spring of the first year of Jian'an, despite the riots on all fronts, the princes of the world still had the last trace of rationality left.
The diplomacy and planning during the spring plowing period actually shows that they all put the actual large-scale military action of dispatching troops after the spring plowing... Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu did this, Gongsun and Gongsun Zan did it, and so did Liu Biao and Liu Bei.
Especially Liu Xuande, who had three thousand Danyang soldiers and horses, and Tao Qian who was behind to provide money and food. Although he had a chance to attack Jiujiang, he still stopped at the Huaihe River and took the initiative to evacuation Chang'an. This was not only
This is a political statement, taking into account that spring plowing is approaching and not wanting to use off-duty soldiers to destroy Jiujiang's most basic agricultural production.
To be fair, how could such a person not be liked even by the people of Jiujiang who were about to become enemies with him? Not to mention Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu, who were already biased in their stance. Seeing that Liu Bei could not move lightly by the Huaihe River, he
He gave up his plan to seek refuge in Jiangdong, and instead took the initiative to stay in Fuli and take care of Liu Bei's rear.
As for Zhang Zhao, he was a first-class celebrity in Xuzhou. Since he voted for Liu Bei, scholars from Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou and other places began to pay serious attention to Liu Yuzhou, who only had six counties.
However, the scholars were always hesitant and cautious, which was in sharp contrast to the vigorous and resolute style of the warriors. Before the spring plowing was over, messengers kept coming and going. General Wei Gongsun dominated the family in Chang'an, and he had a clear stance.
With a decisive attitude, he simply rejected the "mediation" suggestions of some courtiers, and directly issued an edict from the Chancellor in the name of the little emperor to the world Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu was called a Hanchen, but he was actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty. Everyone in the Han Dynasty
If we fight together, whoever gets their heads will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, regardless of life or death!
By the way, this is not the first time that the central government has wanted two Yuans. Dong Zhuo has also been wanted. Moreover, the two Yuans together now directly rule a full third of the world's area and population. They squint their eyes and brag about including a place like Yangzhou.
It's not impossible to say that it's half the world, so no one expects this imperial order to actually do anything.
But having said that, General Wei Gongsun is not a person like Dong Zhuo who rose to power through mutiny, nor does he have any particularly cruel behavior that could shake the people of the world. On the contrary, he is a meritorious minister who seeks to challenge Dong, and is a well-known auxiliary general in the world.
Therefore, he was able to mobilize the remaining influence of the Han Dynasty... And in this world, although the heroes were actually divided, everyone was still a minister of the Han Dynasty in theory, and they had to use the name of the Han Dynasty to do things; and this
There are still a large number of loyal ministers and scholars who are deeply influenced by Confucianism in the world; at the same time, many grassroots officials and people do not know much about the overall situation, but they know the meaning of the word imperial edict.
Therefore, as soon as the edict came out, not to mention Yuan Shu, even though Yuan Shao had clearly appointed local officials personally, and whether it was Gongsun who designed the chariot and cavalry general shogunate, there were still many people who were unwilling to bear the title of Han traitor.
Go to the wild.
I don’t object, but I don’t participate either.
However, regardless of the influence of these middle and lower classes, for those who understand, it is the Gongsun family and the Yuan family, the Northern Allied Forces and the Kwantung Allied Forces, who finally completely broke up with Dong Dong and broke up publicly!
In fact, as the edict was issued, Yuan and Yuan also began to publish public articles, accusing Gongsun and Gongsun Zan of being traitors. The Gongsun family was plotting evil and wanted to take over the Han Dynasty and replace it, and called on the people of the world to fight against the Gongsun family.
This is of course nonsense, and how could those neutral and powerful people, such as Tao Qian, Liu Yan and others, do anything because of a letter? If people like them were really more particular, why didn't they criticize Dong in the first place?
send troops?
Can Dong Zhuo's level of harm and violence be compared to Gongsun's? Dong Zhuo's threat is not greater than Gongsun's? In the past, Dong Zhuo was not attacked, but today he is attacking Gongsun?
Why, isn’t this nonsense?!
In fact, even Liu Biao had to passively participate because his territory was close to Nanyang and he could not mediate with Yuan Shu.
But no matter what, whether passive or active, in the spring of the first year of Jian'an, with the public break between Gongsun and Eryuan, if we leave behind Jiaozhou, which is too far away, and Tao Qian, who has no choice but to choose to be a dull gourd, Liu
Yes, then the confrontation between the two major camps in the world is actually very obvious:
On one side are Er Yuan and Sun Jian, Cao Cao, Han Fu and other vassal princes; on the other side are Gongsun, Liu Biao, Gongsun Zan, plus Liu Bei, Liu Chong, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others... Of course, Ma Teng and Han Sui cannot be counted on.
It seems that Yuan Shao never counted on Han Fu.
As a result, as soon as the spring plowing ended, farmers from Hebei to the Central Plains and then to Jingxiang were drafted out of the fields the next moment and became strong men, auxiliary soldiers, and even front-line combat troops;
Earlier, the little grain these farmers obtained from last autumn's harvest only stayed in the government treasury for less than a few months before it was taken out and remade into military rations; then, the last remaining arsenals of the Han Empire were opened, and weapons
Ordnance was distributed; and the wealth of various states and counties was also collected, and then distributed to the soldiers, and the generals served as rewards to boost morale.
For a time, on the front lines that stretched for thousands of miles but intertwined in various places, the flames of war immediately replaced the previous beacon smoke.
Among them, Sun Jian's troops may have started to take action the fastest this year, and the reason for the most fruitful results is simple. At the end of February, as soon as he sent out troops, he killed Chen Wang Liu Chong and surrendered almost the entire Chen Kingdom.
The military strength of the state was strong, and the entire territory of Chen State was captured.
The experience of this battle was extremely simple, and there wasn’t much to say.
First of all, although King Chen Liu Chong was the only ambitious and truly powerful prince in the late Han Dynasty, and he was a recognized marksman, he lacked military experience after all and had no real combat experience in his life... You know, Liu Chong was there that day
When the princes were fighting against Dong, they once wanted to lead their troops northward and westward, but in the end they only fought in a circle around Chen State, and then came back without fighting a battle. The same is true for his subordinates, although Chen State has a dense population
, the fields are abundant and the military resources are abundant, but after all, no blood has been seen.
Such a person, such an army, even if it is 20,000 against 10,000, is naturally no match for Sun Jian and his old subordinates who have climbed out of the mountains of corpses and bloody battles.
And more importantly, just when King Chen led his troops to the west and arrived at Chenting on the border of Chen State and Yingchuan, bad news suddenly came from the rear. With Liu Chong's tacit cooperation, Chen Guoxiang Luo, another giant in the country,
Jun was actually assassinated!
There was a decisive battle ahead, but the Prime Minister was dead behind. Liu Chong panicked and immediately retreated, trying to lead his troops back to Chen County, and then relied on the capital to regroup... However, who was Sun Wentai? He did not hesitate and immediately seized the opportunity.
, while ordering the whole army to attack and follow him, he personally led a thousand old soldiers across the Mishui River from the upper reaches, and took advantage of the opponent's crossing to attack Liu Chong's flank.
During the retreat, Liu Chong's 20,000 new soldiers were attacked and attacked at the same time when they were halfway across the river. Of course, they were completely defeated, and Liu Chong himself was killed by a stray arrow in the chaos.
The battle situation was like this. Both the king and the king were dead. Even the doctor directly under King Chen also died on the battlefield. So on the second day of March, when Sun Jian's army arrived at the city of Chen County, King Chen Fu Hantuo simply went out of the city in person and bowed his head.
When he bowed, he called himself a general and led the crowd to surrender.
Han Tuo was old and a well-known figure in Hebei. Sun Jian was so surprised that he did not dare to neglect him, so he dismounted his horse to help him personally and escorted him into the city, showing great respect.
However, what is even more surprising is that after entering the city, Han Tuo, regardless of his old age, personally led the other party to a place again.
"General, please take a look." As the local clerk opened the door of a place cautiously, Han Tuo calmly entered with his head raised, but he pointed at a large building in front of him and said calmly. "There is twenty grains here.
Ten thousand stones, more than five thousand bows and crossbows, and no less than one hundred thousand arrows... I don't know anything else. If we save some food, it could have supported King Chen's 20,000-strong army for more than a year."
Sun Jian was naturally very pleasantly surprised... You must know that after he separated from Cao Cao and Liu Bei, he was in Henan, preparing to defeat Duan Xuan and capture Luoyang. However, after Gongsun defeated Dong, Duan Xuan suddenly became a subordinate of the imperial court and General Wei.
, the governor of Yuzhou represented by Yuan Shu had no choice but to retreat to Yingchuan.
However, whether it is Henan or Yingchuan, as one of the largest battlefields in the past, the so-called agricultural production has been basically abandoned. Yuan Shu relied on military rations before, but now it is even less so.
And now, how could he not be happy when he suddenly got 200,000 shi of food?!
In fact, not to mention Sun Jian, Huang Gai, Zu Mao, Zhu Zhi, Jiang Qin, Sun Jing and Wu Jing were all overjoyed.
However, despite the excitement, Sun Jian, who was always high-spirited and arrogant, did not reveal his surprise this time. He turned around and bowed to Han Tuo again, saying sincerely: "Han Gong's kindness is really shameless to me.
memorable."
"Does the general also know the Analects of Confucius?" Han Tuo, who was already white-haired, was shocked when he saw this. "You actually know the meaning of Toothless?"
The man responded, not sarcastically at all, but genuinely surprised... But it was precisely this that made Sun Jian's close associates around him extremely angry.
But for some reason, Sun Wentai, who has always been fearless, was not angry this time. Instead, he continued to behave politely and speak humbly.
"Master, I have misunderstood." Sun Jian said with a helpless smile. "Although I was born in the military in my early years, in more than ten years, I have been promoted from county magistrate to county magistrate, from Sima to prefect, and finally to general and governor... these ten years...
After a few years of hard work, although I am not able to cure the classics, how can I really not study at all and be ungrateful?"
Han Tuo let out a long sigh after hearing this, but put his hands together and said, "Since General Sun claims to be knowledgeable and knowledgeable about etiquette, I have something to ask of you..."
Sun Jian's whole body trembled almost visibly, and his whole body became nervous: "Master, please speak."
"In fact, these two hundred thousand stones of grain are not due to me at all. I am just a master who reads and writes poems on weekdays." Han Tuo said seriously outside the granary. "How can I take the credit of God for myself?
?This is……"
"I know." Sun Jian quickly stepped forward and replied. "This is the credit of Chen Guoxiang Luo Jun and Luo Xiaoyuan... Luo Xiaoyuan is from Kuaiji, Wushang, and I am from Fuchun, Wu County. Although they are from neighboring counties, they have never met, but their families
We are only separated by Zhejiang, and we have known each other for a long time. The year before last, when I was appointed as the governor of Yuzhou, I wrote to him. But I didn't want to..."
"Stop saying these words, general." Han Tuo suddenly interrupted him. "Just know that it is Luo Xiaoyuan's credit. I have something to ask for."
Sun Jian immediately said: "Master, please speak."
"Since Prime Minister Luo Guo is dead, it is useless to talk more." Han Tuo said expressionlessly. "And he originally had a son and a daughter, and the son died young. Now he only has a daughter to raise, but she is only eleven years old this year.
His mother..."
"I'm here to raise him," Sun Jian said quickly. "I'm here to marry his mother. I must raise his orphan daughter and marry her into a good family."
"Kill his father, seize his country, marry his wife, and raise his daughter?" Han Tuo suddenly asked. "General, do you think this is a kindness?"
After Sun Jian's death, everyone was angry, because according to customs, this was indeed a kindness.
However, Sun Wentai stopped his subordinates again: "What do you think the master should do?"
"My nephew Han Rui is General Wei, a fellow disciple of Liu Yuzhou, so he is very important under General Wei. He has just been appointed the Chang'an Order. I would like to send my family to send Prime Minister Luo's widow and daughter to Chang'an via Luoyang... Please
The general will send troops to escort him." Han Tuo answered slowly.
Sun Jian lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Does the Imperial Master not trust me so much? In fact, not only are the survivors of Lord Luo, but even if the Imperial Master wants to leave, I have nothing to say..."
"That's not necessary." Han Tuo shook his head. "If I had come before, I would have liked to leave the Central Plains and go to Chang'an to find my nephew to live in and retire. But now that the world is in chaos, the king of the country is dead, and the prime minister is also dead. As a
There are only two thousand stones in the country. Unless you die, how can you leave without an edict?"
Sun Jian had no choice but to nod: "Actually, Yuan Pass is now in the hands of Yin Duanxu, Henan Province, which is only five hundred miles away... The master of the country asked his family to take Luo Jun's surviving family there, and I will lead a group of cavalry to personally
Escort, you can enter the customs within 20 days sooner or later, and you can get a reply within a month, how about it?"
Han Tuo nodded slightly, but simply turned around and left with some officials.
As soon as the people left, Zhu Zhi frowned and cupped his hands inside the warehouse door: "Your Majesty, he is obviously resentful. It was okay when he asked for surrender outside the city gate at first, but later he couldn't suppress it at all... It's better to hurry up.
It would be better to remove him and send a letter to the general to appoint a trustworthy person as the prime minister of the country."
"It is certain to send a letter to Nanyang." Sun Jian looked gloomy. "But now King Chen and Prime Minister Chen have all died unexpectedly, but they are in harmony with each other. They have always been supported by the country. If I remove this tutor...here
How to clean up the human heart?”
Zhu Zhi sighed when he heard this: "Actually, Lord, I wanted to tell you before, but I didn't have time because I marched too fast... Both of these things are not trivial. King Chen was the first Liu family prince to die unexpectedly after Dong Zhuo's rebellion.
; And Luo Jun’s matter is even worse. How could he pretend to be a guest to visit, and then suddenly kill him with a knife in the banquet? What kind of thing is this? Is there such a thing in the world?!"
Sun Jian's anger and blood surged more and more, but he was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to deal with it.
"It's not the Lord's fault." Seeing this, Wu Jing quickly intervened to persuade him. "King Chen insisted on going into battle in person, so he died in the middle of nowhere. This Luo Jun was originally from Jiangdong Township, and the Lord had expected him to help him before.
No one wanted him to die...it was Yuan Shu who sent people to kill him."
"Let's not talk about this." Sun Qiangqiang suppressed his anger and asked Zhu Zhi helplessly. "Junli, do you think I should go and pay homage to Mr. Luo?"
"It's best not to mention this matter at this time. It's best to pretend that it didn't happen." Zhu Zhi tried his best to advise. "Just do what you have to do...otherwise, people will think that this is what the king did."
!”
"What if I carry the assassin's head to worship Lord Luo?" Sun Jian gritted his teeth. "Isn't he waiting in the south of the city with more than a dozen of his companions to receive the reward?"
"Then it's even more unclear." Zhu Zhi was also helpless. "And the assassin is a member of the Hou General. If he kills..."
Sun Jian couldn't help but sneer, but he aimed his gaze at Zu Mao beside him. Zu Darong was startled for a moment, then realized what he was doing, and immediately walked away with his knife.
"Junhou." Zhu Zhi was extremely helpless.
"I only kill people, I don't make any noise or offer sacrifices." The Jiangdong tiger waved his hand feebly, but pointed his eyes at the huge storage area in front of him, calming down a little. "As you said, it should be
Just do whatever you want!"
Zhu Zhi and others quickly bowed their heads.
However, before everyone could raise their heads, they heard Sun Jian sneer: "But even so, it will be difficult... Chen Guo fought too fast, and I haven't figured out how to deal with Meng De! But he
The Liang Kingdom we occupy is right in front of us."
At this time, Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi, Jiang Qin and others also fell silent.
However, it turns out that Sun Wentai was not prepared, but Cao Mengde, who lost Yuan Shao's protection and fell into a desperate situation, was already prepared.
On the fourth day after the fall of Chen County, which was the sixth day of March, Cao Cao sent a letter from Liang State in the northwest. Sun Jian opened the envelope and saw only one sentence on the front of a piece of white paper:
"On that day, the order of the teeth on Shishi Mountain was clear. The elder brother was two months older than the younger brother. Therefore, you are the elder brother and I am the younger brother. Now that we are facing each other with swords and soldiers, I must retreat and repay my old kindness."
It is said that the Liang Kingdom has a large population, but that is because it is located in the core of the Central Plains and is a standard small country in terms of area. If he retreats, it means that Cao Cao will give up half of the Liang Kingdom, and due to the topography of the Liang Kingdom...
The person's intention is probably to retreat behind the Sui River that crosses the Liang State and defend Suiyang, the capital of the Liang State.
Sun Jian did not take this seriously, and made it clear to his close associates that he believed this was Cao Cao's plan to slow down and doubt his troops. If he really believed it, then if he was shaken and stopped here, there would be no need to mention it; even if he marched quickly, he might
Given the opponent's military experience, he would have taken advantage of his own small force to swoop in and ambush him.
In short, Sun Jian's meaning is very clear. Don't worry about this letter. Just follow the original plan and push it into the Liang Kingdom without haste. As for the back of the letter, Cao Cao asked him in small letters to pay homage to Luo Xiaoyuan on his behalf. Sun Wentai was even more concerned.
Pretend not to see it.
But five days later, on March 11, as Sun Jian personally led 30,000 troops to cross the border between Chen and Liang, he and his subordinates were shocked to find that there was not a single soldier in the southwestern half of Liang.
From the famous city of Yan County to Yangliang Ju and Gushu counties, which are famous for their wealth on the Suishui River, there are no soldiers... Within five or six days, half of the Liang Kingdom was almost given to his 'brother' by Cao Cao.
Sun Jian even visited the horse to report, but Cao Cao did not even defend Qiao County, which was located in the northernmost part of Pei State. Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, Cao Taiwei, and Cao Cao's brother, Cao De, went directly to Suiyang after plowing.
Of course, Sun Wentai, who had already arrived in Suishui, didn't bother to care about such nonsense, because Suiyang was right in front of him.
"Cao Mengde is also a man who has experienced battles with General Wei for a long time." Sun Jian immediately stood on the Suishui River, looking at Suiyang Jiancheng, which was visible in the distance on the other side, and sighed. "From the perspective of the art of war, it is absolutely right for him to retreat... It comes naturally.
He is arrogant about my ambition; secondly, he knows that his troops are weak and few, so instead of fighting with me in the field, it is better to use the Suishui River as a line of defense and defend Suiyang City; thirdly, he deliberately lets me stretch out supplies to consume my soldiers' supplies.
...But he still doesn’t know that I got 200,000 shi of grain from Chen State, and I can’t even finish it. Therefore, I can cross the river from upstream to downstream, take my time, conquer other places in Liang State, and finally besiege the city calmly.
.”
The surrounding generals naturally laughed and expressed their agreement.
After some joking, Wu Jing couldn't help asking seriously: "In that case, Your Majesty, when will we cross the river?"
Sun Jian hesitated for a moment: "Let's send sentries to see where there are gaps in defense upstream and downstream to facilitate crossing the river."
The surrounding generals naturally took orders.
But in just two days, before mid-March, it was clear to the left and right that Xiahou Yuan was stationed in Ningling as a base for patrols upstream, but because there was no stronghold downstream, Xiahou Yuan could only lead a small number of cavalry to patrol with Suiyang as a base.
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In other words, Sun Wentai could easily order to cross the river. In fact, after hesitating for a moment, he ordered Jiang Qin to divide three thousand troops to go downstream to build a pontoon bridge and set up a fortress across the river.
However, at this moment, Sun Jing, who was staying behind in Chen County, suddenly arrived. Not only was he in a miserable state, but he also brought a tied prisoner with him.
"How dare you tie up Han Fu?" Sun Jian was furious.
"Brother!" Sun Jing knelt down and kowtowed, her eyes bloodshot. "Ask yourself what this old thief did?!"
I am
"He is brave, sincere and resolute, he makes a fortune in isolation, his leadership is warm and outstanding, he is surrounded by mountains and hills, he is loyal and strong."
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