In troubled times, many dragons and snakes are born. Now the world is in chaos. There are many ambitious people, and even more people want to be kings and hegemons. But smart people know what to do at what time. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are both ambitious people.
But they only dared to call themselves Jizhou Mu and Yanzhou Mu. How could someone as fierce as Yuan Shu be able to become emperor with just such a small territory?
Did he think he was Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty? Or did he think he was Liu Xiu, the Emperor of Guangwu?
The knowledgeable people in the city fled one after another, and many of them were killed on the way, like Yang Biao. There were also those who took advantage of the weakening of military discipline in Luoyang City and fled elsewhere, like the chief administrator Yan Xiang. But except for
In addition to these people, many people in the city were very excited. They thought that if Yuan Shu became emperor, they would also be able to contribute to the founding of the country.
As for Yuan Shu, he was still living in the dream that he would be able to command the princes of the world after becoming emperor. Although he did not have the emperor's seal in his hand, Yuan Shu still killed three animals as a sacrifice to heaven according to the plan, and then led the newly appointed civil and military officials to establish the
A new dynasty.
Later, Yuan Shu, in the name of the emperor, ordered the surrounding Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Zhang Yang, Huangfu Song and others to come to Luoyang to meet him and bring some food. The food shortage in Luoyang became more and more serious, and some soldiers even began to secretly kill horses to satisfy their hunger.
.Within a radius of a hundred miles, the people were either dead or running away, and not even a single person could be seen. Even if they wanted to grab food, there would be no place to grab it.
When the two major groups of Yuan Shao-Cao Cao and Yuan Shu-Sun Jian were just forming and heading towards confrontation, Cao Cao was very nervous and believed that it would take a difficult battle to defeat the alliance of Yuan Shu and Sun Jian. However, when Sun Jian died, Cao Cao was relieved.
One breath.
When Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, Cao Cao paid no attention to Yuan Shu. In Xuchang, Cao Cao held the fake edict sent by Yuan Shu's envoy and couldn't help but laugh. He told Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu and Guo Jia
The others laughed and said: "From what I can see, Yuan Jiujiu has exhausted his strength and is nothing more than withered bones in the grave! He actually dares to issue orders to me, Cao Mengde! He doesn't even have a jade seal to pass down the country. He is just a blank slate and the emperor dares to issue an order."
The imperial edict, do you think it’s ridiculous or not?”
Xun Yu was wearing an old dress that had been starched many times, but he was very clean. He was very different from Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia. He said to Cao Cao: "Yuan Jiujiu is indeed ridiculous, but the emperor fell to Julu.
However, there is a hidden danger in the hands of Hou Chencheng. Now Chen Wenzheng is holding the emperor to order the princes, and the court ordered someone to send an edict to confer the lord as the shepherd of Yanzhou. Whether he should accept the edict is of great importance, but no matter what, he must ask
My lord, please make up your mind!"
Cao Cao's Yanzhou Mu is also self-proclaimed, no different from those rebellious officials and traitors. If he accepts the imperial edict, he can be cleansed from now on, and can legitimately govern the place and recruit talents. This has advantages and disadvantages. Once accepted,
Appointment is to determine the status of king and minister. If you want to rebel in the future, it will be very difficult.
Cao Cao's laughter gradually died down. He frowned, walked back and forth in the hall several times, and asked his advisers: "What do you think?"
Xi Zhicai and Cao Cao had similar temperaments and a very close relationship with each other. Hearing this, he said: "In my opinion, it would be better for my lord to accept the appointment of Yanzhou Mu."
Cao Cao nodded, without asking him why, and turned to look at Guo Jia. Guo Jia also agreed to accept the appointment from the court, and said: "I heard that Yuan Shao from Hebei, Liu Yao from Yangzhou, Liu Biao from Jingzhou, Liu Yan from Shu, and Yang Feng
, Zhang Yan, Gongsun Zan and others have all accepted the appointment from the imperial court. If the lord does not accept it, it will arouse Chen Cheng's hostility."
"Chen Cheng, hey, Chen Cheng!" Cao Cao said with emotion as he remembered what happened four years ago: "At the beginning, he told me that he wanted to serve me, Cao Mengde, as the master to end this troubled world. Unexpectedly, he did it himself now
Woke up!"
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Guo Jia smelled faintly of alcohol. He immediately had a good idea and said, "Was there anyone else present at the time?"
"Yuan Rangshi is at your side."
Xiahou Dun, whose courtesy name is Yuanrang, is Cao Cao's brother. He holds a high position in the Cao family group and, together with Xiahou Yuan and other Cao men, firmly controls the military power.
Guo Jia put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "In that case, I know what to do."
Cao Cao shook his head and didn't care about the little tricks. He thought for a while and said: "Chen Wenzheng also said something to me that day: Who can rival the heroes of the world, Cao Liu!"
Xi Zhicai asked: "Who does Marquis Julu compare to the lord? Could it be Liu Biao of Jingzhou? Although Liu Jingsheng is known as the Eight Horsemen and has some talents, how can he compare with the lord?"
Xun Yu said: "I have heard about this matter. The people who are compared with my lord are none other than Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, the brave generals under Gongsun Zan."
Now the Yuan and Cao families are allies. A large part of the reason why Cao Cao chose to start his business in the Central Plains was because Yuan Shao chose Hebei. With the Yellow River as the boundary, the two families stood back to back against enemies from all directions. Of course, Cao Cao grew up from many enemies.
The hero who was killed, Yuan Benchu, was also killed from the siege of Zhang Yan, Huangjin, Gongsun Zan and other enemies.
Yuan Shao pacified Hebei, and Cao Cao also occupied the entire Yanzhou. The alliance between the two parties was a great success. Now the strongest enemy Yuan Shao faces is Gongsun Zan, and Cao Cao will naturally know more about the Gongsun Zan Group. In April this year,
Just as the Xiliang army entered Guanzhong, something happened in Liaodong that shocked the world.
Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu have been at odds for a long time, but because of Liu Yu's past reputation and the fact that he was appointed by the imperial court as Youzhou Mu, Gongsun Zan never took matters into his own hands and did not use force directly. Perhaps this is Gongsun Zan's attitude.
He seemed relatively weak. Perhaps it was the Battle of Jieqiao that made Liu Yu despise Gongsun Zan, or maybe Liu Yu had the support of the Wuhuan and Xianbei people, and his troops expanded to more than 100,000, which made him
The idea of using force to destroy Gongsun Zan came up.
At that time, Gongsun Zan's army was on the border of Youzhou and Jizhou, ready to attack the Hebei Plain at any time. When Liu Yu's army came to kill him, he only had more than a thousand soldiers and horses. Facing Liu Yu's 100,000 army,
Gongsun Zan first defended the city for a day, then led hundreds of people out of the city to attack at night, and set fire to the city according to the wind.
Most of Liu Yu's men were barbarians, and the troops were not in good order and discipline was not strict. As a result, when the fire broke out, the Wuhuan and Xianbei people ran everywhere, and the army of 100,000 was defeated inexplicably. Thousands more reinforcements happened to arrive from
After returning from the front line, Gongsun Zan pursued with thousands of soldiers and horses, easily killed the barbarian troops and captured Liu Yu.
Now that the two families had reached the point of confronting each other with force, Gongsun Zan lost his temper and ordered Liu Yu to be killed, regardless of the dissuasion of his generals and advisers. By the time Chen Cheng drove the emperor's carriage into Guanzhong, Youzhou had all fallen into Gongsun Zan's hands.
Later, when Chen Cheng ennobled the princes in the name of the emperor, he made Gongsun Zan the shepherd of Youzhou, the commander of the troops and horses of Youzhou and Qingzhou, and the fake festival axe. Then at the end of the imperial edict, he mentioned this sentence, recruiting Gongsun Zan's general Liu Bei.
, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others entered the dynasty.
Now when Xun Yu mentioned Liu Bei, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and others immediately remembered who it was. Guo Jia said in surprise: "Although Liu Xuande is good at using troops, he is not good at governing the place. How can he be called a hero?"
Liu Bei was good at leading troops in war, but he was too good at treating the people under his rule and could not squeeze out the maximum war potential. Therefore, Guo Jia said that he was not good at governing the place. Among all the princes in the world, who
The person who squeezed the people's power the most was undoubtedly Cao Mengde.
Yanzhou under Cao Cao's governance was basically a huge military camp, and everyone had to serve in the war. For this reason, the local powerful men and scholars in Yanzhou had vague voices of dissatisfaction. But now that Cao Cao's army is at its peak,
The scholars and powerful men in Yanzhou could only continue to endure, just like Guanzhong.
"It's a pity that Liu Bei has already gone to Guanzhong from Hanoi. Otherwise, I would like to meet Liu Xuande, who is known as the hero of the world. What kind of person he is!"
More than ten days later, Liu, Guan, and Zhang, who were working hard, had already passed Lantian and arrived near Chang'an. It was already golden autumn, and there were busy farmers on both sides of the road. After rushing to plant potatoes and other crops, there would be some harvest this year.
Not as much as in previous years, but enough to feed the millions of people in Guanzhong.
When Liu Bei saw the people digging potatoes in the fields, he couldn't help but sigh: "There was a war in Guanzhong a few months ago. I didn't expect to see such a scene in just a short time!"
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and said: "Chen Shijun has always cared about the people, so it is not surprising that he has achieved this result."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "What my second brother said is that this time we entered the court under the imperial edict, we should also do more practical things for the people in the future."
Zhang Fei said loudly: "I don't want to govern the people, I just want to lead troops to fight!"
Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked at each other, then shook their heads together.
After Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, although Youzhou was unified, the reputation among scholars became much worse. This was an era that paid attention to family status and family background, and powerful people from aristocratic families married each other, or
The relationship between teachers and students, classmates, fellow villagers, etc. formed a big network. After Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, he offended many people.
But this is not a big problem. As long as he can maintain military victory, then other things are not a problem. However, he did not continue to win. On the contrary, he was defeated several times by Yuan Shao who integrated the forces in Hebei. Gongsun Zan
He is good at fighting, but not good at governing local areas. Youzhou's output is far inferior to that of Hebei. After a few battles, he has slipped from a strategic offensive to a strategic stalemate.
It was under this circumstance that Liu Bei left Gongsun Baima and went to Chang'an under the imperial edict.
In the past few years, Chen Cheng once lost contact with Liu Bei and others. However, after the pacification of Liangzhou, the two sides got back in touch through Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, who were visiting the Hu tribe. In the past, Liu Bei had to live in poverty.
When reducing troops and horses, they also sent people to send thousands of stones of grain to Chen Cheng. Naturally, Chen Cheng "threw a peach in return for a plum" and gave Liu Bei a lot of money and cloth, and later even sent a batch
War horses and ordnance passed by.
With the support from Liangzhou, Liu Bei's record was much better than in the other world. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also rose to fame in the battle with Yuan Shao and became eye-catching generals.
