In mid-April, with the death of Yuan Shao, almost the entire county of Beihai, Donglai, Qi, and Le'an surrendered. Lu Fan, who took charge of the frontline military and political power, began to order the army to turn to Jinan on a large scale. And tens of thousands of northern troops
The local army pressed on the border. Not only had they previously occupied Guanhai in Jinan, Yu Du and others fled one after another and directly gave way to Jinan, including the surrounding Taishan County of Yanzhou, Jibei Kingdom, Langya County of Xuzhou, and even the frontier area of Yuzhou to the foot of Mount Tai.
Almost everyone in the Lu Kingdom felt the earthquake.
Among them, the new Qingzhou Mu Guan Yu is extremely domineering. Since he arrived in Jinan, he has been almost non-stop, trying to enter Mount Tai by annihilating the Yellow Turbans of Mount Tai and pursuing Yuan Jun. Jinbei did not mention it, and even reached out to Xuzhou Langya.
He went to the county and conveyed the summoning order to all counties in the state of Lu.
For a time, the Central Plains was shaken, and almost everyone was worried that the hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Qingzhou would take advantage of the trend and move south to sweep away the Central Plains!
"Tao Qian of Xuzhou is getting older, and he might be able to make the tiger leave the mountain with a decree, and then take it down calmly; Yanzhou is... originally the hometown of Yuan Chaqi, and people are frightened, so he might be able to take advantage of the situation; and waiting for General Zhenxi
After capturing Hanoi and reorganizing the old capital, the three states of Yan, Xu, and Si will be in hand, and the Central Plains will fall on three sides. The area north of the river will be like something in the pocket of General Wei... I am so favored by General Wei, don't you mean to do it for me?
Can anyone achieve such a great feat?" In the courtyard of a manor outside Jinan Guoli City, a somewhat unique banquet was being held, and the person who spoke at this time was one of the people at the banquet. He was seen wearing a high crown, shaking his head,
Holding a cup in one hand and raising it in vain with the other, he was discussing the general trend of the world. It turned out to be none other than Guo Tuguo Gongze, the former chief secretary of the Cavalry General's Mansion.
Hearing this, Lu Fan, who was sitting in the top position, burst out laughing and immediately wanted to speak out.
"Nonsense!" Unexpectedly, at this moment, no one stood up, so they refuted loudly, and immediately choked Guo Tu on the spot. Everyone looked around, and it was Xu You and Xu Ziyuan. "How long has this been going on, Yanzhou?
If we could surrender there, we would have surrendered long ago. If we can't surrender at this time, there must be a big problem there! So unless we use weapons again, it is absolutely impossible to convey the message... and Hanoi, the old capital... After talking for a long time, I
I just want to ask, it’s been three months, has Jugong surrendered in Yecheng? If Jugong doesn’t surrender for one day, how can we talk about Sizhou or Yanzhou?”
The first words were refuting the debate, but when the next words came out, everyone here could not help but fall silent for a while.
"Actually, I have also thought about it, things have their own priorities, and people have their own destiny." Guo Tu paused for a moment, and continued to hold the cup and said calmly to Lu Fan, the leader. "Not to mention the north of the river, Hanoi, Wei
The county is just a matter of time. As for Yanzhou, first of all, it borders the territory of Cao Cao and Sun Jian, and it is almost flat and there is no obstacle. Unlike here, where there is a big river and there is Mount Tai across the river, it is really difficult to send a large army; secondly, the people there are popular.
Stubbornness, coupled with the fact that many young men and women from Yanzhou were killed and wounded in the previous war in Hebei, Li Zheng, the eldest son of Li Qian who actually controlled the three counties of Jiyin, died under the sword of the east of Guanzhen. Such a situation is really difficult to surrender easily, so there is no way to say that he may surrender.
Sun, Cao, it is not easy to remove...but Xuzhou, Tao Gongzu's current posture does have merits, I would like to ask Lu Changshi to weigh in and not to delay such a great achievement."
"We can't even take Xuzhou!" Xu You said coldly. "Hundreds of thousands of Taishan bandits are scattered in Mount Tai, Yishan, Mengshan, Lushan, and Laoshan. Even if they are poisonous, Guan Hai is just a bandit."
, don’t we need to spend time cleaning up? Moreover, how can the sudden cavalry, which is rampant in Hebei, fight in these mountainous areas? Is the word "acclimate to the soil" false? Let me tell you next, if Guan Yunchang really wants to go south, he might as well try
Give it a try, but despite the fact that he is extremely arrogant at this time, he will have to be taught a lesson by Langya Zang Xuangao who has grown up here in the ravine of Yimeng Ershan... Then he will lose General Wei Changsheng in vain.
Fame!"
"As you said, General Wei has exhausted his strength this time?" Guo Tu paused for a long time before sneering. "It's just what everyone thought after the former General Wei joined the third auxiliary? But the result is that now it is very
Only the main forces of Yongzhou and Youzhou came out, and even Bingzhou, the army of Liaodong also swarmed in... What does this mean? This means..."
"This shows that Gongsun Wenqi has really exhausted all his efforts!" Xu You said with disdain. "I don't believe that he can still hide food in Hetao after taking out all the grain reserves in Changping, or that he can still hide grain in the desert after smashing out the soldiers and horses in Liaodong.
There are 100,000 Xianbei cavalry hidden in the south... If this is the case, I will write a letter now to persuade him to ascend the throne and become emperor, so as to overthrow the Han Dynasty and establish a new emperor as soon as possible!"
Guo Tu sneered and was about to say more, but Xu You came to his own conclusion before he could: "Don't always refute with your mouth. If you are confident, you might as well take a gamble with me... This war will definitely end."
Stopping at the front line of Jibei, Lu State, and Mount Tai, that is, at most we can capture the north of the river and the east of Mount Tai. The hinterland of the Central Plains, regardless of Yan, Henan, or Xu, is really difficult to penetrate... And besides, Gongsun Wenqi is not here to fight.
As for fighting, he is not a warrior who only has territory in his eyes. If Hebei is not cleaned up, he will not easily start another war! Just look at his division of states. If he had not expected that Xuzhou would not be defeated, Yanzhou
Will be annexed by Sun and Cao, why doesn't he divide Zhongyuan prefectures and counties? Nanyang and Runan have one prefecture over another prefecture, which is the most outrageous, doesn't he know?"
Lu Fan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he quickly lowered his head and drank from the cup.
"What are you betting on?" On the other side, Guo Tu was already frustrated by Xu Ziyuan. "I know you have always been greedy for money, but now we are not free in the army and have nothing else. You just want to make money.
What else can be gained?”
"How about betting your life?" Xu You suddenly said in a stern voice. "Whoever guesses wrong will have his head sacrificed!"
"Are you crazy? I have seen it a long time ago. You have lost your soul since the battle at Jieqiao..."
"Okay." Seeing that these two people were getting more and more outrageous, Lu Fan really couldn't bear to listen, so he took the initiative to change the atmosphere. "I'm here today because it's just the beginning of summer and the weather is beautiful. I'm here specifically to see you all.
Sir, please take a look to see if there is any lack of hospitality... I have no other intention."
"Lü Changshi doesn't need to cover up." Xu You said proudly, not even giving Lu Fan face. "We, the surrendered people, have been imprisoned by you for almost a month. It must be because Gongsun Wenqi is not here, and you really don't know what to do."
How to deal with us has been delayed again and again..."
Lu Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Since Mr. Ziyuan knows it well, why do you have to pull it out? It's difficult for us too..."
"What's so difficult about this?" Xu You asked with a sneer. "A group of prisoners are just a piece of stir-fried pork slices with green vegetables in your Lu Ziheng case..."
"How come it's not difficult?" Lu Fan sighed even more when he heard this. "It's just officers, they have their own customization, so-called eleven kills... As for you, you are said to be subordinates, but most of them are involved in the military. It's true that they are involved in the military.
It can be argued that they were just ordered to supervise the army. Moreover, those who participated in the military had many contributions to the city, while those who did not participated in the military just took advantage of the situation. In this regard, the generals in the army were aggressive because of the war, and they hoped to treat them equally.
Kill with one stroke; but we people, who want to distinguish between civil and military affairs, cannot tell the difference at all; not to mention, many of you are involved..."
Xu You smiled hoarsely, and everyone at the banquet was either proud or a little shy, but most of them reacted... In fact, how could they not know what Lu Ziheng meant?
If nothing else, let’s talk about these old prisoners of the Yuan family present... Xun Chen is Xun You’s clan uncle, Guo Tu is Guo Jia’s clan brother, Xin Ping is Zhong Yao’s old friend, and everyone is still Yingchuan Township
People; it’s not just that, it’s Yi. Peng Miao is an old official of Kong Rong, and Kong Wenju is well known to everyone. At this time, letters of appeal may have been sent; then Guoyuan, Xi Lu, Cui Yan
, there are also a large number of civil servants captured in Qingzhou, most of them are Zheng Xuan's disciples, and Zheng Xuan is Lu Zhi's junior brother. Counting these people together with Gongsun, Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Zan, and Lu Ziheng, they are all members of Ma Rong's lineage.
Not to mention that Zheng Xuan is sitting in Gaomi, Beihai!
Even Chen Lin, who only knows how to write, can bring out Wang Qian, an old colleague who has passed away, to stand in the way? Moreover, Wang Qian was very kind to the Gongsun political group, and this dead man's face is definitely worth a penny.
The life of a writer who only writes articles.
As for Xu You when he was in Luozhong, he almost joined Gongsun's gang. Not to mention Gongsun himself, Lu Fan, Han Dang, Lou Gui, and Gongsun Yue were not familiar with each other. How did he escape from Wei Yue that day?
There is no way, this is an extremely real problem... No matter how you put it, as a very small number of elites, the political privileges of scholars exist objectively. Since they have surrendered, Lu Fan must treat them with courtesy.
, or even directly released for use.
However, Gongsun left an iron rule before he left, which was obviously beyond Lu Fan's authority, which was the order to kill officers on the eleventh day. Those who have been in charge of the army have all met with swordsmanship on the battlefield. What else do you want? After the eleventh day,
Killing has become an extremely merciful prisoner of war strategy in this era.
Historically, Cao Cao did not stop his policy of killing all prisoners until after he unified the north and the Hejian tycoon Tian Yin gathered a crowd to rebel. He was praised for his kindness.
The biggest question now is, when a group of gentle and elegant scholars who are aloof from the times have taken over the military power in troubled times and picked up the knife, is it appropriate to deal with it in the same way as the scholars did in the past?
no one knows.
Because the scholars who read scriptures did not hold knives in the past, this time Yuan Shao was defeated. It was the first time that he saw so many scholar prisoners in the army... So Lu Fan wanted to release them all, but he was worried about disturbing the eleventh.
Killing is something that can be regarded as the basic countermeasures in Gongsun's troubled times. I want to deal with it ruthlessly, but I don't have the courage at all, and I really can't bear it. I want to distinguish clearly and drag out those who have been in charge of the army to deal with them separately.
But I found that I couldn't set a standard at all and draw a dividing line that everyone would be convinced of.
As a result, these people have been under house arrest and accompanying the army from Hebei to Mount Tai. As Qingzhou was captured as a whole, there were more and more people in this category, so much that Lu Fan could no longer ignore them, but they still remained
have no choice.
"I thought that Lu Ziheng was a talented prime minister, but it seems that he just took advantage of Yuan Cong!" After the banquet, Lu Fan left, but the captives who were confined in this manor could not help but worry and returned home.
However, Guo Tu and Xu You had their own affairs in mind, but they continued to 'talk loudly' where they were. Guo Tu flicked his sleeves and spoke first, but he looked quite graceful, as if the two of them had not argued at all just now. "
Can he really kill us? And if he can't kill us, why not take advantage of the power and share the grace of survival with us? If so, none of us will be grateful to him in the future, and won't his position as shogunate be more secure?
"
"Guo Gongze, you are a duplicitous person like you. How can you really be grateful to others even if they really saved your life?" Xu You sat motionless in his original position, but did not give him any face at all. "Yuan Benchu and you are so familiar with each other.
Zhien, didn't you sell him in a hurry? I just found out the day before yesterday why the soldiers and horses on Qinghe Road were defeated so quickly, and 30,000 people were brought to Boping by you, and then sold in one fell swoop... Such a great achievement,
No wonder Lu Ziheng can't even kill you directly."
"Xu Ziyuan, we are all in the same boat now. We live or die, so why are we so aggressive with each other?" Guo Tuye finally couldn't stand it anymore. "You just walked away with Yuan Cheqi.
Did you go through the final journey? Didn’t you surrender in the end? If you die, I will naturally respect you three points..."
"If I die, you will definitely feel proud and sarcastic... Just because of this, I will never die on the spot!" Xu You clasped his hands and mocked. "Besides, who is in the same boat with you?"
"Do you think it's okay if you have a personal relationship with General Wei?" Guo Tu said coldly, but he directly stood up and faced each other. "General Wei must not be here. The one who calls the shots here is Lu Ziheng! And no matter how Lu Ziheng has
Quan is only a minister, and to be a minister you have to consider the mentality of your colleagues, and to be a minister means that your prestige is only borrowed. This is where his problem lies today! And what about you? You borrowed a way from Wei Yue that day and his people were killed by Jin.
This incident has already offended the generals of the Northern Army, the important ministers of Yuan Cong, and even everyone from Yuyouhe... If everyone here is not prosperous and devastated, how can you survive? You have followed all the way here, and you have not accidentally fallen into the water.
Or being accidentally trampled to death by horses' hooves has been strictly prohibited by General Wei and Lu Ziheng's army! Let me put it bluntly...even if you really survived this time, based on what you did that day, you will die a violent death sooner or later!"
"Guo Thief... I don't know what will happen to me, but you don't want to have a good ending." Xu You still sat upright and refused to give in. "I have seen through you. Although you are very resourceful and talented,
People, handle their laws, and the logistics are in order, but you are too greedy for power... And I also understand you. Although your Guo family is a popular surname in Yingchuan, there are too many families in Yingchuan, and there are too many talents who are better than you.
Limited by birth, reputation, and ability, if you go by normal standards, you will never be able to earn two thousand dan in your lifetime, so you have gradually learned to do whatever it takes to treat your colleagues, bosses, and friends as a way to advance! When Yuan Benchu became powerful, you would
Thinking about how to exclude your colleagues and win their trust, when Yuan Benchu's power collapsed, you even regarded him as a stepping stone, but have you ever thought about how such behavior can be tolerated by the people in the North? You regard them as fools
?"
"You call me Guo thief because I am greedy for power. Can I call you Xu thief because you are greedy for money?" Guo Tu was not angry. "Are you the only one who understands others? You were born in a prosperous place in Nanyang and traveled around since childhood.
In Wanluo, while you were studying the books of saints and sages, you were unable to develop your ambitions due to the constraints of the party; while you were seeing the nobles and nobles sitting in high positions, but they were only corrupt... And under your influence, you helped Yuan Benchu plan to eunuch, in order to one day
Apply what you have learned in your heart; but on the other hand, you have long seen that the situation is hopeless and the world will collapse, so you are obsessed with wealth and treasures... When it comes to despicable things, who among you and me dare to laugh at whom?"
"But have you ever thought about it?" Xu You finally raised his head and stood up. "In ordinary times and troubled times, greed for money and greed for power cannot be generalized... In ordinary times, those who are greedy for money will cause more trouble than those who fight for power.
Yes, because the system still exists in ordinary times, greed for a penny will eventually be attributed to the people's wealth and anointment, and fighting for power in ordinary times is just dog eating dog. With your kind of law, it is better for people with abundant wealth to be in power than to let those who just sit back and do nothing.
People like Chang Xiao; but what about troubled times? In troubled times, greed for money is just asking for more rewards and grabbing more seizures, but fighting for power will lead to rivers of blood!"
"So you are cleaner than me?" Guo Tu finally got angry.
"I don't want to talk about this." Xu You finally gasped. "I just want to ask you... We won't talk about the previous things, but Yuan Benchu did not fail you and me after all, and you and I are the same kind.
I can’t bear to abandon him, why can you so calmly cut off his flesh for your personal future without waiting for his death?”
After saying this, Xu You pursed his lips and stared at the other party.
Guo Tu was silent for a long time, but suddenly he looked at the other party and said calmly: "When we set up an ambush at the border bridge, who betrayed Lu Xiang and the 10,000 Yanzhou soldiers? I betrayed Yuan Chaqi, and I survived 30,000 soldiers; you didn't betray Yuan Che.
Riding, but killing ten thousand innocent people...Xu Ziyuan, you and I are the same kind, I also want to ask you, how can you bear it? "
Xu You felt dizzy for a moment, but he could only nod slowly, hold his forehead and walk away. From then on, he became taciturn and never argued with Guo Tu again.
However, the two of them were trapped in a gap in size, coupled with the fact that transportation was really inconvenient, and the summons took time, so they felt like they had lost track of time in the mountains... It was fine not to argue but to lose, and the arguments they had argued before were ridiculous.
In fact, as early as the beginning of April, Jushou took the initiative to meet with Gongsun Yue's envoy after he had conquered the surrounding branch cities. Juzong, who was accompanying the army, was overjoyed and went to the city in person to see his brother, but only brought back Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan... Immediately the city gate was opened.
Kai, Ju Gong and himself committed suicide in the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion.
Gongsun Yue lamented, so he had no choice but to go south to Hanoi to persecute Zhang Yang.
At the same time, Cao Mengde, who had returned from Luoyang to meet the emperor, received a joint invitation from the Li family of Jiyin, Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao brothers who had escaped from house arrest, and the famous scholar Bian Rang of Chen Liu. He led an army of 10,000 troops and headed north to Yanzhou in light equipment.
, almost without a fight, they took Chenliu, Jiyin, Shanyang, Rencheng, Dongping, and Yuzhou deep into the Lu State at the foot of Mount Tai, a total of six counties.
In the end, we will stop at Jishui, because in front of us is Cheng Zhongde's hometown of Dong'e, and Cangting, an important road in the middle of the Yellow River. This is equivalent to giving up Taishan County, Jibei Kingdom, and most of Dongjun to which Yanzhou belongs.
...In fact, this is the result of Cao Cao knowing Gongsun's bottom line and not overstepping the limit.
However, at this time, Gongsun had already gone south to Liaocheng... He had actually guessed that Cao Mengde would not miss such a good opportunity, and he also knew that he had indeed tried his best, and Lu Fan's invitation to go south was also aimed at Cao Cao.
But even so, when I heard that the other party was advancing at such a speed, and when I heard on the riverside that Yingchuan Xun had invited Cao Mengde to leave his home, and entered Yanzhou with the army to take charge of the general affairs of Yanzhou, his expression finally changed, and he couldn't help but speed up.
Heading south, directly to Jinan, ready to cut through the mess quickly and deal with some troublesome things here.
On April 29, Gongsun arrived in Jinan and easily took away Zhu Ling's military power in the camp in the north of the city.
On the second day of May, there was no time to receive Cao Cao's envoys Xia Houyuan and Mao Jie, so he personally went out of the city thirty miles east to pick up his uncle Zheng Xuan, a great Confucian scholar of the time who took the initiative to visit.
On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Gongsun and his son went to Lishuipei outside Guoli City in Jinan to take a midsummer bath to cure illnesses during the Dragon Boat Festival. They also distributed medicinal materials and performed sacrifices to comfort the entire army.
In the evening, they captured all the troops, rewarded the three armies, and held a banquet in the cool air of Lishuipei to entertain meritorious ministers, Cao Cao's envoys, the famous Confucian Zheng Xuan, as well as surrendered generals and soldiers.
I am the dividing line between taking a bath during the Dragon Boat Festival
"Zhu Ling and Tai Shi Ci sent 30,000 Liaodong troops out of the Bohai Sea to Donglai and transferred to Liao City. When Taizu was on his northern tour, they left Chang Shi Lu Fan to guard the general's office. Every time there was an order, Ci followed the old affairs.
However, Ling placed equal emphasis on the right general and the general on the guard. He was not ordered to accept the festival, and Fan Duo was trapped... In the summer, Shao died, Qingzhou Xiping, Taizu arrived in Jinan, and in the afternoon he rode alone with Emperor Ren into the Liaodong camp, but no one was seen.
When the generals beat drums and summoned the soldiers to the front, the soldiers were disobedient and the battle was in vain. Taizu stood on the platform, pointed his finger at the emperor and said, "I have nothing to do today, so I brought my son here.
When I heard that people from all over the country were here, I didn't dare not to show my presence. The soldiers in the camp all cheered and knelt down, saying "Long live forever", and all the soldiers from Liaodong returned to Taizu." "Xin Yan Shu", Volume 60, Biographies 10
