According to Guo Jiajin's method, the pottery merchant systematically brought the Sima family and the Wang family of Taiyuan into the Southeast Chaju system.
Sima Lang was under the pottery merchant's command, and the pottery merchant gave him the authority to investigate and investigate. Naturally, he was overjoyed.
Wang Yun was traveling abroad, but with Pei Jing following him, Tao Shang could always keep track of the old man's eastward direction.
Although Wang Yun jumped out of the Three Realms, the pottery merchant asked him to identify talents as the Wang family of Taiyuan, and Wang Yun followed suit.
Although he himself is not in Jinling City, the Taiyuan Wang family is so powerful that they only need to send people to the master's house to say hello, and some people who need to be investigated will naturally come to Jinling City after hearing the news.
In addition, Xu Jing was also included in the Jiangnan inspection system by the pottery merchants.
Xu Jing's identity is even more extraordinary than that of the Wang family in Taiyuan. The minister of the Shangshutai, his elder brother is Xu Zijiang. Who dares to say "no" to the people he recommends? Who is qualified to say "no"?
After Chen Deng learned the news, he did not continue to oppose the pottery merchant's placement of the recruitment hall.
Naturally, the nobles in the southeast would no longer complain, because the potter's actions had already let them know that this young man's rebellious nature was untouchable.
With just a few clicks, the entire group of southeastern gentry changed. Xuzhou gentry, Yangzhou gentry, and foreign gentry formed a tripartite state.
When the gentry groups in the southeast region were at odds with each other, a large part of the cake in the hands of the gentry was also absorbed by the pottery merchants in the form of recruitment halls and merit lists.
Among the vacant positions, less than 40% were recruited by foreign gentry through Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and the rest were all arranged by pottery merchants through recruitment.
To divide and weaken the political power of the gentry, this is a small undertaking that the pottery merchants will carry out all the time throughout their lives.
The recruitment hall was set up and the recruitment list was published, which immediately aroused huge repercussions in the southeast.
There are also praises and there are also derogations.
However, the Talent Recruitment Hall has indeed recruited a group of talented and hard-working people from poor families for the pottery merchants.
Under the command of the pottery merchant, these people became his direct wings, helping him to divide the power of the Jiangnan gentry. The capable and loyal people were directly appointed to Wujun, Guanglingjun, and the counties under the Xiapi Kingdom.
The vacant important positions are used as a platform to exercise abilities.
Especially young people, pottery merchants put great emphasis on cultivating them.
Among those who responded, some had names that really surprised the potter.
Because of these names, the pottery merchants knew them.
Dong Xi was from Yuyao in Kuaiji.
Ling Cao was from Yuhang, Wu County.
Xu Sheng, a native of Ju County, Langye, moved to Wu County in recent years to avoid the war.
Pan Zhang took refuge in Yangxian County because of his alcoholism, poverty at home, and dissolute nature.
Among the first batch of people recruited by the Talent Recruitment Hall, these few were selected by the pottery merchant and placed around him for training.
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While the four southeastern counties were developing in an orderly manner, the war in the northwest was finally coming to an end, and the war report from the school office greatly surprised the pottery merchant.
The wheel of history began to deviate seriously.
According to reports, after a continuous fierce battle between Lu Bu, Li Jue, Guo Si, Ma Teng and Han Sui, the emperor, with the help of unknown figures, secretly recruited two groups of surprise troops from Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
Yuan Shao still had some reservations about his actions. He did not take action personally, but sent his four generals Yan Liang, Gao Lan, Han Meng, and Jiang Ji to lead 30,000 elite troops to rush to Chang'an.
Compared with Yuan Shao, who did not dare to let go of his hands due to the restrictions of the noble clan, Cao Cao poured out the people of Yanzhou and directly invaded Xizhou without any reservation.
The two parties of Yuan and Cao joined forces, with Cao Cao as the leader and Yan Liang of Yuan Jun as the auxiliary.
After arriving in Chang'an, they recharged their batteries and defeated the already weak Lu Bu army in the first battle.
Poor Lu Bu has been really unlucky recently.
The losses of Lu Bu's army were so serious that they had no choice but to flee in panic and head straight to the north in embarrassment.
As for the Xiliang warlords such as Ma Teng, Han Sui, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou, they were at the end of their tether due to repeated fierce battles.
Compared with Lu Bu, their current combat power and morale are not much better than Lu Bu's.
Cao Cao's army was simply here to pick up the slack.
And I don’t know why, but Cao Cao seems to have a very good understanding of the actual and false tactics of the Xiliang warlords.
According to the situation of the spies from the school affairs office, Guo Jia concluded that the reason why Cao Cao won consecutive battles was because someone was constantly providing him with information about the Xiliang Army, which allowed him to seize the opportunity so accurately.
Under the premeditated repeated attacks by Cao Jun and Yuan Jun, the troops and horses of the Guanzhong generals were beaten to pieces and fled.
Many Xiliang soldiers will even surrender directly to Cao Cao.
Yuan Jun and Cao Cao captured the Xiliang Army's horses and countless ordnance.
But at this time, Cao Cao unexpectedly showed great magnanimity.
He gave up most of his horses and ordnance to Yan Liang without feeling any pity or stinginess, and kept only a small part for himself.
There was only one reason why he wanted Yan Liang to get out quickly.
Yan Liang and others did not dare to stay in Chang'an for a long time because they had received instructions from Yuan Shao, so they quickly withdrew their troops and returned to Bingzhou.
But Cao Cao did not leave immediately.
He and a certain mastermind in Chang'an continued their collusion and plot in secret.
The old Xiliang generals such as Li Jue and Guo Si were defeated. Only their old Xiliang soldiers fled with them. However, most of the Luoyang Northern and Southern Army, which was once commanded by He Jin who was recruited by Dong Zhuo, did not follow them now.
Collapse.
These soldiers and horses were originally the emperor's last resort. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the thirteen-year-old Liu Xie could have found a way to regain the Luoyang North and South Army, a powerful force in the world, to revitalize the imperial court and revitalize the Han Dynasty.
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Unfortunately, Liu Xie was too young and had little deterrence, and his ministers were also incompetent, so Cao Cao took a big advantage.
In the past, Cao Cao was one of the Eight Captains of Xiyuan, and could be regarded as He Jin's right-hand man. Naturally, he was very familiar with the soldiers and horses under He Jin's command.
Conquering the Northern and Southern armies of Luoyang was almost a piece of cake for Cao Cao.
The emperor was also moved back to Yanzhou by Cao Cao under the promotion and persuasion of Cao Cao and a hidden figure, and was tentatively scheduled to move to Puyang.
Cao Cao's soldiers and horses greeted the emperor and had just returned to Xingyang. Ma Teng and Han Sui could not swallow their breath, so they followed Cao Cao once again and started a fierce battle with Cao Cao's army.
No wonder the two brothers were so angry that they came from the frontier fortress of Jincheng in Xiliang and received no benefit at all. In the end, they were picked up by Cao Cao.
The person named Cao is really unjust.
Although Ma Teng and Han Sui were eager for revenge, unfortunately, the fighting strength and morale of their soldiers and horses had been almost worn away by the long and fierce battle with Li Jue, Lu Bu and others.
Although Ma Chao, Ma Teng's beloved son, is invincible, he is just a brave man after all. Facing Cao Cao, who is good at strategy, and his subordinates Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Xia Houyuan, Le Jin, Yu Jin and others who are proficient in military and horse battle formations, they are also
It is difficult to defeat.
Even if it was a one-on-one duel, if the carriage met Cao Jun's Dian Wei, the odds would be only 50-50.
Coupled with Cao's army's elite, large numbers and numerous advisers, as well as the repeated schemes of Xun You and Cheng Yu, Ma Teng and Han Sui almost lost everything in one battle.
After this battle, Cao Cao almost knocked off the pants of Ma Teng and Han Sui.
In the end, the two men were tricked by Cao Cao's masterminds, and almost the entire army was wiped out. They only led more than a hundred cavalry to retreat in the direction of Jincheng.
After a setback, this is the end of it.
While Ma Teng and Han Sui were escaping, they had many soldiers without support and could not accompany them back to Guanzhong in time. In desperation, they had no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao.
Among the Ma-Korean coalition forces that surrendered to Cao Cao, there were also two young talents that Cao Cao admired.
One is named Pang De and the other is named Yan Xing.
In the Battle of Chang'an, all the Xiliang warlords who had once been so powerful in the world were either defeated or their troops surrendered and dispersed. At this point, the strongest army in the northwest finally existed in name only.
After this battle, Cao Cao gained great prestige and unprecedented strength.
Seeing the battle report sent by the school affairs office personnel, the potter's eyes were a little straightened.
How do you feel that not only has the historical process accelerated, but Cao Cao's strength seems to be much greater than at the same time?
The situation is actually a bit different from what it was in history.
Is this Cao Cao's fault or mine?
Changes in history are no longer within our control.
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Yanzhou, Puyang City.
Cao Cao ordered Zhong Yao to take his place in Luoyang and connect the land of Sili with Yanzhou in order to expand population taxation and gradually erode Guanzhong.
Cao Cao himself led his troops and returned to Puyang, the seat of Yanzhou.
After the emperor Liu Xie was settled, all the civil and military officials under Cao Cao held a banquet to celebrate this unprecedented victory.
At this banquet, he also specially invited an important person from Chang'an.
Without this person's secret collusion with Cao Cao, the situation would never have become so good.
Jia Xu.
A poisonous warrior is a poisonous warrior. After several trade-offs, the Xiliang army from Dong Zhuo on down was destroyed by him.
At the banquet, Cao Cao raised his cup to toast Jia Xu many times.
"Without Mr. Wenhe's help this time, how could Mr. Cao have achieved such a great feat? Now that the rescue is successful, Mr. Cao is deeply relieved. These people are all powerful confidants of Cao's command. Mr. Wenhe will work with them in the future.
, we still need to get closer!"
Jia Xu smiled calmly, drank water instead of wine, and raised his cup to the crowd from a distance, but rarely spoke during the dinner.
Cao Cao praised Jia Xu on the left and praised Jia Xu on the right, but no matter how he praised Jia Xu, Jia Xu was always talkative and talked less than he ate, which made Cao Cao feel helpless.
This old guy is really uninteresting! Extremely boring!
However, after the battle of Chang'an, Jia Xu secretly contacted Cao Cao, and the methods he used to defeat Lu Bu, Li Jue, Ma Teng and others amazed Cao Cao, and he admired him greatly in his heart.
Getting such a person is far more worthwhile than accepting the Luoyang Northern and Southern Army or surrendering many Xiliang troops.
Therefore, even if Jia Xu is no longer interested, Cao Cao will still have a warm face to stick to his cold ass.