Chapter 423: The Central Plains War
In the second year of Chuping (192 AD), Dong Zhuo coerced the little emperor and moved the capital to Chang'an, and then the alliance of princes fought and fell apart. After the princes led their troops away, they began to attack each other, and they all sought their own development and prepared to show their talents.
Wang Can led the troops in Shuzhong and Liu Yan to fight constantly, and the Central Plains also continued to fight.
After Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai, left Luoyang and returned to Bohai, he has been subservient to Jizhou Mu Hanfu. He was very ambitious, seeing that Jizhou Mu Han Fu was mediocre, and the ambition in his heart was unquenchably exposed, he kept convening strategists to discuss, preparing to seize Jizhou as a starting place.
Jizhou is a low-lying plain formed by the alluvium of the ancient Yellow River, Zhanghe River, Hutuo River and other streams, with flat terrain and fertile land, and is an important grain producing area.
Yuan Shao was jealous of Jizhou's resources and had the intention to seize them.
At that time, Gongsun Zhan led his troops to withdraw from the princes' allies and was stationed in Youzhou after returning.
Yuan Shao asked his subordinates Feng Ji and Xu Yu for a plan, and the strategist Feng Ji suggested to Yuan Shao and instigated Gongsun Zan to lead his troops to attack Jizhou. Yuan Shao adopted Feng Ji's words, and was very excited in his heart, and directly sent someone to tell Gongsun Zhan.
Since Yuan Shao once served as the leader of the princes' alliance, even if the princes fought among themselves and the princes' alliance fell apart, there were certain advantages and benefits. And Gongsun Chan needed someone to contain Liu Yu, so he agreed to Yuan Shao's plan.
Gongsun Chan led the army south and attacked Jizhou.
After Han Fu got the news, he led his troops to battle, but was defeated by Gongsun Zhan, and Han Fu was immediately panicked.
At this time, Yuan Shao took the opportunity of Han Fu's defeat to send his nephew Gao Gan and Han Fu's relied on strategists Xin Ping, Xun Chen, Guo Tu and others to tell Han Fu Chen about the benefits.
In fact, Xin Ping, Xun Chen, and Guo Tu have all contacted Yuan Shao and turned to Yuan Shao.
The three of them took turns to fight, and kept telling Han Fu about Gongsun Zhan's strength, saying that Gongsun Chan was a famous general in the world, and the white horse under his command was brave and good at fighting, and the edge was too great to resist. After listening to the words of several people, Han Fu became even more anxious, and immediately asked Xun Chen, Xin Ping, and Guo Tu how to resist Gongsun Zhan.
Han Fu asked the plan and immediately fell into the trap of the three of them.
Guo Tu immediately persuaded Han Fu, saying that although Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai, had a small official position and was only a county Taishou, Yuan Shao had great ambitions and great ambitions in his chest, and he was not being restrained by a county Taishou, and was secretly dispatching troops to prepare to attack from Bohai.
Jizhou was attacked by Gongsun Chan in the north and Yuan Shao in the east, which was very dangerous.
When Han Fu heard Guo Tu's words, he was even more frightened.
At this time, Guo Tu followed the temptation, saying that Yuan Shao was the fourth and third dukes, and he was the leader of the princes' alliance, and everyone in the world belonged to Yuan Shao, and kept persuading Han Fu to give Jizhou to Yuan Shao and save Xing's life.
Speaking of which, people like Han Fu are similar to Liu Yu, they are both quite talented, but they are cowardly 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 can only be divided and eaten up by others, because they are not ruthless enough.
Han Fu was lured by Guo Tu, and persuaded by Xun Chen and Xin Ping, so he made up his mind to surrender to Yuan Shao.
Han Fu was ready to surrender, and his subordinates strongly opposed it, but Han Fu ignored the strong opposition of his generals and insisted on going his own way, ceding Jizhou Mu to Yuan Shao.
Since then, Yuan Shao has made a little trick and successfully entered Jizhou and became the lord of a state.
After getting Jizhou, Yuan Shao appointed Han Fu as the general of Fenwei and led the Jizhou pastor. Yuan Shao's strength soared, and he immediately recruited Tian Feng, a famous scholar from Jizhou, as a separate driver, and tried to match him as a governor, with Xu You, Xun Chen, Xin Ping and others as strategists to occupy Jizhou.
Jizhou is the first of Kyushu, it is a large state at that time, with millions of male soldiers, countless grain and grass, and it is the world's grain and grass important land. After Yuan Shao took possession of Jizhou, his power expanded rapidly.
Since then, Yuan Shao has been based on the Yellow River in the south, and the land of Yan and Dai in the north, and has looked at the Central Plains.
However, Yuan Shao is suspicious, and the side of the couch does not allow others to snore, after occupying Jizhou, Yuan Shao summoned Han Fu from time to time, and the content of the conversation between the two sides made Han Fu feel that Yuan Shao had murderous intentions, and directly left his wife and children, and fled to Chen Liutai's guard Zhang Miao, wanting to get rid of Yuan Shao.
However, at the right time, Yuan Shao sent an envoy to Zhang Miao's mansion to discuss important matters. Han Fu accidentally saw Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao's envoy discussing things, thinking that Zhang Miao was going to kill him, so he committed suicide and died.
Since then, 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 interpret life on the stage of history.
In the second year of the first peace, autumn.
Seeing that the princes were fighting each other and the situation was chaotic, the Yellow Turban generals such as Yu Poison, Bai Huan, and Zheng Gu led the Montenegrin Army to attack Wei County (now southwest of Linzhang, Hebei) and Dongjun (now southwest of Puyang, Henan) and other places. Attacking all the way, the Black Mountain army drove straight in, and everywhere it passed, there were more and more soldiers like snowballs, like fierce tigers, difficult to resist.
Dongjun Taishou Wang Qiu couldn't resist and asked Yuan Shao for help.
At that time, Cao Cao fled from Luoyang after assassinating Dong Zhuo, and was wanted by the imperial court and lost his official position. At this time, Cao Cao's official position was still dismissed by Yuan Shao as the director of the alliance, and he belonged to the officials under Yuan Shao.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were friends of the general horn, and the two sides had the heart to fight, 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 the news of the ravages of the Black Mountain Army, and Xi Zhicai suggested that Cao Cao ask Yuan Shao for battle. Speaking of which, Xi Zhicai also came out of Cao Cao because of Xun Yu's recommendation. Due to the recommendation of Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao also gathered a group of strategists and began to emerge.
Cao Cao earnestly asked Yuan Shao for battle, and Yuan Shao directly agreed and asked Cao Cao to send troops.
The reason, on the one hand, was because of the relationship between the two, and on the other hand, Yuan Shao felt guilty in his heart, and felt that when the princes were begging for Dong, he was sorry for Cao Cao, so he sent Cao Cao to fight.
Yuan Shao is a person with soft ears and indecisiveness, and Cao Cao took advantage of this to successfully get rid of Yuan Shao.
Cao Cao led his soldiers into Dongjun to develop his own power.
The so-called Jin Lin is not a thing in the pool, and it changes in the face of wind and clouds.
People like Cao Cao are destined to burst out with brilliant brilliance. Cao Cao, with the assistance of Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai, defeated the Montenegrin army led by Bai Huan in Puyang and made great contributions.
At this time, Xi Zhicai suggested that Cao Cao go to Yuan Shao and wanted to serve as the Taishou of Dongjun.
Yuan Shao received a letter from Cao Cao, and directly agreed to appoint Cao Cao as the Taishou of Dongjun.
Cao Cao was appointed to change the county guard of Dongjun to Dongwuyang (in the area of present-day Cao County, Shandong). Since then, Cao Cao also has a county and has become a veritable prince. However, compared with Yuan Shao at this time, Cao Cao is still a heaven and an underground, and there is a very big gap.
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Following Cao Cao, Gongsun Chan once again beheaded and exposed.
In the second year of the first peace, in November.
The 300,000-strong Yellow Turban army entrenched in Qingzhou went north to Bohai County, preparing to join up with another peasant army, the Montenegrin Army.
Yuan Shao sent someone to inform Gongsun Zhan, hoping that Gongzan would lead a large army to help. After receiving the letter, Gongsun Chan directly agreed, led a total of 20,000 infantry and cavalry, set out from the base camp Youzhou, and sent troops to meet the Yellow Turban.
The army and the Yellow Turban Army fought fiercely in Dongguang County, and Gongsun Chan broke the Yellow Turban 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 Zhan consulted with the strategists, led the troops to set up an ambush by the Yellow River, and when the Yellow Turban soldiers were halfway crossing, they suddenly attacked.
In this battle, tens of thousands of soldiers were killed and wounded by the Yellow Turban Army, and the blood flowed like a river, and Gongsun Chan also captured more than 70,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, including countless chariots and armor property. After Dong Zhuo got the news, in order to win over Gongsun Zhan, he worshiped Gongsun Chan as the general of Fenwu and was named the Marquis of Ji.
Compared with Yuan Shao's reward, Gongsun Zhan naturally preferred Dong Zhuo's appointment, because Dong Zhuo represented the imperial court. Although Gongsun Chan had crusaded against Dong Zhuo, it did not prevent him from accepting Dong Zhuo's reward.
Because of this, a rift was left between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao.
When it was the winter of the second year of Chuping, the two sides went to war to fight for Jizhou, of course, this is a follow-up thing.
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In the second year of the first peace, there was a lot of war.
In November, the weather turns cooler.
When the Central Plains War was being staged, Yizhou gradually calmed down. Wang Can took his family to Chengdu, sat in Chengdu, pacified the people, sorted out internal affairs, and began to conquer the surrounding counties and counties to consolidate his own strength.
When Wang Can captured Chengdu, he went north from Hanzhong, and everywhere he passed was pacified.
However, the south of Chengdu was not attached to Wang Can, and Wang Can needed to include these counties in the scope of his strength, so as to avoid the situation of a country within a country.
During this period, Ren Qi received the news that Jia Long, Li Yuan, and Cui He had been killed, and raised an army to resist, which was soon wiped out.
This battle took only three days to be completely quelled, and the combat effectiveness of Wang Can's soldiers was displayed to other counties in Yizhou. Because of this, the army under Wang Can's command went south, but they were invincible, and all the counties they encountered opened their cities and surrendered, and they did not dare to resist.
For a time, except for the barbarians living in the mountains and forests, the entire Yizhou was under Wang Can's control.
Due to Wang Can's administration, the Taoist temple destroyed by Liu Yan was restored in Chengdu, and taxes were reduced or exempted, and porridge sheds were opened to let the people survive the cold winter, which made the people more supportive of Wang Can and recognized Wang Can psychologically. This is naturally a public opinion offensive launched by Wang Can, to eliminate the impact of the capture of Yizhou.
At the same time, Wang Can was also intensively planning the selection of the children of the big clan to join the office, and was also waiting for Dong Zhuo's appointment of him as the pastor of Yizhou.
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Chengdu, North Gate.
A cavalryman galloped quickly and rushed towards the city.
The cavalryman carried a small flag on his back, belonging to the scout who delivered the message. When the cavalry galloped, they shouted loudly, so that the pedestrians blocking the road got out of the way, and when they entered the city gate, the soldiers stationed at the city gate saw this, and did not stop it, and directly let the soldier enter the city.
"Da! Da! ……”
The sound of horses' hooves was urgent, and the cavalry quickly ran towards the governor's mansion. When they arrived at the governor's mansion, the cavalry turned over and dismounted, and shouted: "Report! ”
The soldiers stationed in the governor's mansion confirmed the identity of the scout and immediately let the scout into the mansion.
Wang Can got the news, came to the hall, and asked, "The news is so urgent, what's the matter?" ”
The scout replied, "Lord Hui, news has come from Hanzhong that Liu Yan's son Liu Zhang has traveled south from Luoyang and has arrived in Hanzhong. Now that Liu Zhang has been detained by Lord Cheng Yu and has not let Liu Zhang go south, please make a decision, how should I deal with it? ”
When Wang Can heard this, he raised his eyebrows.
He waved his hand to send the scout away, and then ordered the soldiers to invite Guo Jia and Xun You to the state governor's mansion to discuss matters.
PS: After the third shift, call it a day. This is a transitional chapter, which is about to move on to the next volume, asking for collections, flowers.