In the second year of Chuping (AD 192), Dong Zhuo coerced the young emperor and moved the capital to Chang'an. Subsequently, the alliance of princes had internal strife and fell apart. After the princes led their troops and left, they began to attack each other, each seeking development and preparing to show off their talents.
King Can of Shu led his troops to fight constantly with Liu Yan, and the Central Plains was also at war.
After Yuan Shao, the Governor of the Bohai Sea, left Luoyang and returned to the Bohai Sea, he has always been subordinate to Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou. He was very ambitious. Seeing that Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, was mediocre, the ambition in his heart was uncontrollably exposed, and he kept summoning counselors to discuss , preparing to seize Jizhou as the place to start.
Jizhou is a low-lying plain formed by the alluvial flow of the ancient Yellow River, Zhang River, Hutuo River and other water flows. It has flat terrain and fertile land and is an important grain producing area.
Yuan Shao was jealous of Jizhou's resources and wanted to seize them.
At that time, Gongsun Zan led his troops to withdraw from the allied forces of the princes, and after returning, they stationed themselves in Youzhou.
Yuan Shao asked his subordinates Feng Ji and Xu You for advice, and his counselor Feng Ji suggested to Yuan Shao that he instigate Gongsun Zan to lead troops to attack Jizhou. Yuan Shao accepted Feng Ji's advice and was very excited, so he sent someone to tell Gongsun Zan directly.
Since Yuan Shao once served as the leader of the alliance of princes, even if the princes were in internal strife and the alliance of princes fell apart, there would still be certain advantages and benefits. Moreover, Gongsun Zan needed someone to restrain Liu Yu, so he agreed to Yuan Shao's plan.
Gongsun Zan led the army south to attack Jizhou.
After Han Fu got the news, he led his troops to fight, but was defeated by Gongsun Zan. Han Fu was immediately panicked.
At this time, Yuan Shao took advantage of Han Fu's defeat and sent his nephew Gao Gan and the counselors Han Fu relied on, Xin Ping, Xun Chen, Guo Tu and others to explain the interests to Han Fu.
In fact, Xin Ping, Xun Chen, and Guo Tu had all contacted Yuan Shao and turned to Yuan Shao.
The three men took turns in the battle, constantly telling Han Fu how powerful Gongsun Zan was, saying that Gongsun Zan was a famous general in the world, and that his subordinate Baima Yicong was brave and good at fighting, and his sharpness was too sharp to resist. Han Fu became even more anxious after listening to the words of several people. Unable to stop himself, he immediately asked Xun Chen, Xin Ping, and Guo Tu for advice on how to resist Gongsun Zan.
Han Fu asked for advice and immediately fell into the trap of the three men.
Guo Tu immediately persuaded Han Fu, saying that although Yuan Shao, the governor of Bohai, had a small official position and was only the governor of a county, Yuan Shao had great ambitions and ambitions that could not be restrained by a governor of a county. He was secretly dispatching troops and preparing to send troops from Bohai. attack.
Jizhou was attacked by Gongsun Zan to the north and Yuan Shao to the east, which was very dangerous.
After hearing Guo Tu's words, Han Fu was so frightened that his face turned pale.
At this time, Guo Tuxun lured Han Fu by saying that Yuan Shao was the fourth and third prince and the leader of the princes alliance, and everyone in the world would join Yuan Shao. He kept persuading Han Fu to give up Jizhou to Yuan Shao to save his life.
Speaking of which, people like Han Fu are similar to Liu Yu. They are both quite talented, but weak in character and soft-eared. People like Liu Yu and Han Fu can be virtuous ministers in prosperous times, but in troubled times, Han Fu and Liu Yu were only divided up and cannibalized because they were not ruthless enough.
Han Fu was seduced by Guo Tuxun and persuaded by Xun Chen and Xin Ping, so he made up his mind to surrender to Yuan Shao.
Han Fu prepared to surrender, but his subordinates strongly opposed it. However, Han Fu ignored the strong opposition of his generals and insisted on surrendering Jizhou to Yuan Shao.
From then on, Yuan Shao implemented a small plan and successfully entered Jizhou and became the leader of the state.
After capturing Jizhou, Yuan Shao appointed Han Fu as General Fenwei and took charge of the Jizhou herdsman. Yuan Shao's strength greatly increased, and he immediately recruited Tian Feng, a famous scholar in Jizhou, as his chariot, and appointed him as Zhizhong, with Xu You, Xun Chen, Xin Ping and others as his subordinates. Counselor, occupy Jizhou.
Jizhou was the leader of the nine states and a large state at that time. It had millions of soldiers and countless grain and grass. It was the most important grain and grass area in the world. After Yuan Shao took control of Jizhou, his power expanded rapidly.
From then on, Yuan Shao controlled the Yellow River in the south and Yan in the north. He looked at the Central Plains in the land of Dai.
However, Yuan Shao was suspicious and would not allow others to snore next to his bed. After occupying Jizhou, Yuan Shao summoned Han Fu from time to time. The content of the conversation between the two parties made Han Fu feel that Yuan Shao had murderous intentions, so he left his wife and children and fled to Chenliu.
Prefect Zhang Miaochu wanted to get rid of Yuan Shao.
However, at the right time, Yuan Shao sent an envoy to Zhang Miao's residence to discuss important matters. Han Fu accidentally saw Zhang Miao discussing matters with Yuan Shao's envoy, thinking that Zhang Miao was going to kill him, and committed suicide.
From then on, Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou and became the first prince in the north.
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Yuan Shao was not calm, and Cao Cao was not willing to be lonely, and began to perform life on the stage of history.
Autumn, the second year of Chuping.
Yu Du, Bai Rao, Sui Gu and other Yellow Turban generals saw the princes fighting against each other and the situation was chaotic, so they led the Black Mountain Army to attack Weijun (southwest of Linzhang, Hebei), Dongjun (southwest of Puyang, Henan) and other places. Attacking all the way, the Blackshan Army
They drove straight in, and wherever they passed, the number of soldiers increased like snowballs, and they were as powerful as tigers, and it was difficult to resist.
Wang Gong, the governor of Dongjun, could not resist and asked Yuan Shao for help.
At that time, Cao Cao escaped from Luoyang after assassinating Dong Zhuo and was wanted by the court, so he lost his official position. At this time, Cao Cao's official position was dismissed by Yuan Shao as the director of the alliance, and he was an official under Yuan Shao.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were close friends. Both sides had the intention of fighting, and Cao Cao did not sincerely submit to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao knew this, but he acquiesced.
Cao Cao told Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai about the rampage of the Black Mountain Army. Xi Zhicai suggested that Cao Cao ask Yuan Shao for a war. It is said that Xi Zhicai became an official to Cao Cao because of Xun Yu's recommendation. It was because of Xun Yu that Xi Zhicai recommended him.
, Cao Cao also gathered a group of counselors under his command and began to rise to prominence.
Cao Cao sincerely asked Yuan Shao for war, and Yuan Shao immediately agreed and asked Cao Cao to send troops.
The reason is, on the one hand, the relationship between the two, and on the other hand, Yuan Shao felt guilty in his heart. He felt that when the princes challenged Dong, he felt sorry for Cao Cao, so he sent Cao Cao to fight.
Yuan Shao was soft-hearted and indecisive. Cao Cao took advantage of this and successfully got rid of Yuan Shao.
Cao Cao led his soldiers into Dongjun to develop his power.
The so-called golden lin is just an object in the pond, it transforms into a dragon when encountering the storm.
People like Cao Cao are destined to shine brightly. With the assistance of Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao achieved great success by defeating the Black Mountain Army led by Bai Rao in Puyang.
At this time, Xi Zhicai suggested that Cao Cao petition Yuan Shao to serve as the prefect of Dongjun.
Yuan Shao received Cao Cao's letter and agreed directly, appointing Cao Cao as the governor of Dongjun.
Cao Cao was appointed and changed the governor's office of Dongjun to Dongwuyang (today's Caoxian County, Shandong). Since then, Cao Cao also had a county and became a veritable prince. However, compared with Yuan Shao at this time, Cao Cao was still inferior to Yuan Shao.
There is a sky and an underground, there is a very big gap.
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After Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan beheaded again.
November of the second year of Chuping.
The 300,000-strong Yellow Turban army entrenched in Qingzhou headed north to Bohai County, preparing to join up with another peasant army, the Black Mountain Army.
Yuan Shao sent someone to inform Gongsun Zan, hoping that Gongsun Zan would lead a large army to help. After receiving the letter, Gongsun Zan directly agreed and led a total of 20,000 infantry and cavalry people to set out from the base camp of Youzhou to attack the Yellow Turbans.
The army and the Yellow Turbans fought fiercely in Dongguang County. Gongsun Zan defeated the Yellow Turbans and beheaded more than 30,000 people.
After the Yellow Turban Army was defeated, they abandoned their baggage and crossed the Yellow River south.
Gongsun Zan discussed with his advisers and led his troops to set up an ambush by the Yellow River. When the Yellow Turban soldiers were halfway across the river, they suddenly launched an attack.
In this battle, tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers were killed and wounded, and rivers of blood flowed. Gongsun Zan also captured more than 70,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, including countless chariots, armor and property. Gongsun Zan won the victory, and the news spread to Chang'an. Dong Zhuo got the news
, in order to win over Gongsun Zan, he worshiped Gongsun Zan as General Fenwu and granted the title of Marquis of Ji.
Compared with Yuan Shao's reward, Gongsun Zan naturally preferred Dong Zhuo's appointment, because Dong Zhuo represented the court. Although Gongsun Zan had attacked Dong Zhuo, it did not prevent him from accepting Dong Zhuo's reward.
Because of this, a rift was left between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao.
In the winter of the second year of Chuping, the two sides would start a war to compete for Jizhou. Of course, this was a follow-up matter.
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In the second year of Chuping, wars continued.
In November, the weather turns cooler.
While the wars in the Central Plains were raging, Yizhou gradually calmed down. Wang Can brought his family to Chengdu and took up residence in Chengdu to appease the people and sort out internal affairs. At the same time, he began to conquer surrounding counties and counties to consolidate his own strength.
When Wang Can captured Chengdu, he went north from Hanzhong, and everything he passed was pacified.
However, the areas south of Chengdu did not surrender to Wang Can. Wang Can needed to bring these counties into his command to avoid the situation of a state within a state.
During this period, Ren Qi received news that Jia Long, Li Yuan and Cui He had been killed, so he rebelled and was soon wiped out.
This battle took only three days to be completely quelled, demonstrating the combat effectiveness of Wang Can's soldiers to other counties in Yizhou. Because of this, Wang Can's army marched southward and was invincible in all the counties and counties they encountered.
Kaicheng accepts surrender, but dare not resist.
For a time, except for the barbarians living in the mountains and forests, the entire Yizhou was under Wang Can's control.
Since Wang Can was in power, he renovated the Taoist temples destroyed by Liu Yan in Chengdu, reduced taxes, and opened porridge sheds to help the people survive the cold winter. This made the people more supportive of Wang Can and psychologically recognized Wang Can. This was naturally initiated by Wang Can.
A public opinion offensive was launched to eliminate the impact of the capture of Yizhou.
At the same time, Wang Can was also intensively planning to select the sons of wealthy families to serve as officials, and was also waiting for Dong Zhuo to appoint him as the pastor of Yizhou.
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Chengdu, North Gate.
A cavalryman galloped quickly towards the city.
There was a small flag on the back of this cavalryman, who was a scout delivering news. As the cavalryman galloped, he shouted loudly to let the pedestrians blocking the road get out of the way. When he entered the city gate, the soldiers stationed at the city gate saw him.
Therefore, he did not stop him and directly let the soldier enter the city.
"Da da!……"
The sound of horse hoofbeats was rapid, and the cavalry quickly ran towards the Prefecture Mufu. When they arrived at the Prefecture Mufu, the cavalry dismounted and shouted loudly: "Report!"
The soldiers stationed at the Prefectural Mufu confirmed the identity of the scout and immediately allowed him to enter the house.
Wang Can got the news, came to the hall, and asked: "The news is so urgent, what's so important?"
The scout cupped his hands and replied: "Reporting to your lord, there is news from Hanzhong that Liu Yan's son Liu Zhang has arrived in Hanzhong from Luoyang. Now Liu Zhang is being detained by Lord Cheng Yu and Liu Zhang is not allowed to go south. Please decide what should be done."
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Wang Can raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
He dismissed the scouts with a wave of his hand, and then ordered his soldiers to invite Guo Jia and Xun You to the Prefectural Mufu Mansion for discussion.
PS: The third update is over, let’s call it a day. This is a transitional chapter, which will soon be transferred to the next volume. Please collect it and give me flowers.
