Chapter 5 is like a bamboo, section 13 Li Hong heard Zhang Zhen's report, and a handsome face immediately appeared in his mind.

He and Zhang Liao only met once in the Juzhu fortress, when Li Hong led the Northern Expeditionary Army to Youzhou to quell the rebellion, and Guo Yun, Zhang Liao and others led the army to garrison the fortress.

After the Battle of Yanmen Pass, Zhang Liao was recommended by Guo Yun and Ding Yuan to the general He Jin and went to Luoyang. Li Hong hurriedly went out of the account to greet him.

"I haven't seen you in seven years, and I can barely recognize you." Li Hong took Zhang Liao's hand and said with a smile,

"Your brother Zhengtao has been taking the Tiger Ben Battalion to follow me around to fight, and seeing him makes me think of you and Feng Xian often. Are you all okay now? When will I return to Northern Xinjiang? Zhang Liao didn't expect the general to greet him in person, and he was moved and happy in his heart, and when he heard that the general took the initiative to invite him to return to northern Xinjiang, he was even more ashamed.

"When the general heard that Lord Lu and his brother had arrived in Hanoi, he talked about you three times and twice, hoping that you would come to Handan." Zhang Zhen stood aside and said,

"Before the general went north to Youzhou, he instructed Lord Zhang Yan and Lord Zhang He to contact you if they had the opportunity. But later, you helped Zhang Yang and Han Hao attack the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, which angered Lord Zhang Yan. He was so upset that the matter was put on hold. Zhang Liao's face was red, and he was speechless with shame.

"Zhengtao, don't mention the past." Li Hong shook his hand at Zhang Zhen,

"The Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro was still a rebellion of the imperial court before it was appeased, and it is reasonable for Feng Xian and Wen Yuan to lead the army to attack and kill." Zhang Zhen snorted dissatisfiedly,

"The general is in Handan, why didn't my brother come for a long time? Could it be that Yuan Shao gave his brother any benefits? Zhang Liao frowned slightly, and just wanted to speak, but immediately closed his mouth again.

"Zhengtao, you go and tell Lord Guo Yun that Wenyuan is here." Li Hong smiled and waved at him,

"I talked to Wen Yuan, and then I personally accompanied Wen Yuan to meet Master Guo." Zhang Liao told in detail what happened after he and Lu Bu escaped from Chang'an,

"After we defeated the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army in Lugut Mountain, Feng first recruited about 5,000 Yellow Turban troops. But because of Yuan Shao's obstruction, Zhang Yang did not dare to openly provide us with food and ordnance, so he could only sneak a little in private. Hanoi fought for many years, and the situation was very bad, and Zhang Yang's strength was limited, and he could not help Feng Xianxi to enter the king of Qin. Feng Xian was very hesitant about this, and he was at a loss. ”

"At this time, Dong Zhao, the flamboyant Changshi, did us a favor. He was moved by Fengxian's loyalty, and took the initiative to help us contact Zang Hong, the Taishou of Dongjun, and Zhang Miao, the Taishou of Chen Liu. When Zang Hong and Zhang Miao heard that Feng Xian was going west to King Qin, they were willing to help, and invited Feng Xian to go south to Yanzhou to discuss with them about the matter of King Qin in the west. ”

At the end of last year, Zhang Miao's engaged director visited Chaoge City. He and his brother Dong Zhao accompanied Feng Xian south to Chenliu, where Feng Xian stayed for about a month. During this period, he discussed many times with Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao, Dongjun Taishou Zang Hong, Jiyin Taishou Wu Zi, and Shanyang Taishou Guo Gong. Because many things involved Yanzhou Mansion, Liu Yi, Chen Gong, Xu Yan, Wang Kai, Wan Qian and others from Yanzhou Mansion also rushed to Chen Liu and Feng Xian to meet at the invitation of Zhang Miao. ”

At this time, Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao was attacking Xuzhou, and after receiving letters from Zhang Miao, Zang Hong and others, he promised to go west with Fengxian to King Qin. But at the same time, he said that the matter of King Qin must wait for him to conquer Xuzhou before making specific discussions. Li Hong was thoughtful, and vaguely felt that Zhang Liao was hiding something from him.

He looked at Zhang Liao, who looked calm, and said with a slight smile: "At the beginning of March, Cao Cao withdrew his troops from Xuzhou, is it related to this matter?" Zhang Liao shook his head,

"Lord Cao withdrew his troops because of the lack of food and grass." Li Hong smiled,

"I think Cao Cao withdrew his troops not because of a shortage of food and grass, but because someone forced him to withdraw his army."

"Does the general mean Lord Yuan Shao?" Zhang Liao said,

"The general's speculation is very accurate."

When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Yuan Shao did not explicitly express his support or opposition. However, as far as I know, part of the grain and grass of the Yanzhou army was provided by Yuzhou, which shows that Yuan Shao privately supported Cao Cao to fight Xuzhou. It is rumored that Yuan Shao was very dissatisfied with Tao Qian. Tao Qian has always ignored Yuan Shao's so-called 'inheritance', and has many contradictions with Yuan Shao on many things. Especially in the recent period, Tao Qian simply tore his face and fought against Yuan Shao. Tao Qian first helped Yuan Shu occupy Yangzhou, and then publicly expressed his respect for the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and paid tribute to the imperial court. I heard that he also scolded Yuan Shao, saying that after Yuan Shao occupied the eastern part of the country, not only did he not try his best to enter the king of Qinwang in the west, but instead attacked the city and plundered the land, plotting the cause of the king's hegemony, and had ill intentions. ”

Cao Cao received the secret support of Yuan Shao, and knew that the general was not in Handan, so he boldly launched an attack on Xuzhou. In the name of avenging his father, Cao Cao raised a state army to attack Xuzhou, what is he? Where is the Son of Heaven and the Law of the Han Dynasty in his eyes? Even if this kind of person enters the king of Qin in the west, he will also be a minister of calamity to the country. Zhang Liao said with a little anger,

"Cao Cao obviously did not fight Xuzhou to avenge his father, but in vain to occupy Xuzhou, like Yuan Shao, trying to dominate the industry."

"Revenge on my father? This excuse is ridiculous. To avenge his father, can he afford to attack Xuzhou with an army of 50,000? Is it necessary to slaughter tens of thousands of innocent people in the city after the great victory in Pengcheng? Is it useful to command the Yanzhou army to massacre hundreds of thousands of unarmed homeless people in Pengcheng, Donghai, and Xiapi after more than a dozen cities in Lianke? Zhang Liaojian raised his eyebrows and scolded angrily,

"Cao Cao, a traitor, is not a human at all, he is a murderous animal. Fearing that there would be too many dead and the bodies would not have time to be buried, and that the plague would break out after the beginning of spring, he ordered the Yanzhou soldiers to drive hundreds of thousands of displaced people into the Surabaya River. For a time, the Surabaya River became a grave pit for burying corpses. Throughout the winter, floating corpses can be seen everywhere on the nearly thousands of miles of the Surabaya River and the Huaishui River, and countless unjust souls cry out in the cold winter wind. All this is the masterpiece of Cao Cao, the butcher. Cao Cao thought that by slaughtering the city continuously, he could shock the rest of Xuzhou and force them to surrender early.

Cao Cao thought that by killing all the displaced people in Xuzhou, he could save food and avoid the riots of the displaced people, but he underestimated the people of Xuzhou too much.

The counties and people of Xuzhou were enraged by Cao Cao's bloody massacre, and they refused to surrender, preferring to be slaughtered rather than surrender.

Tao Qian defended Donghai County to govern Tancheng. Cao Cao's army was not captured for five months. When Cao Cao attacked the three cities of Xiai, Suiling and Xiaqiu, he was severely damaged by the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou.

Cao Cao was furious because of this, and killed the three cities without leaving a chicken dog. Xuzhou was almost in ruins under Cao Cao's attack for five months, and almost no life was left where the army passed.

Except for Langya County and Guangling County, which were not poisoned for the time being due to geographical location, the rest of the three counties of Pengcheng, Donghai and Xiapi were almost all occupied by Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu was in Yangzhou Jiujiang County, which was close to Xiapi County at this time, and he knew that Cao Cao's next target after conquering Xuzhou was himself, so he hurriedly sent people to contact Yuan Wei, Yuan Zhong, Chen Guoxiang, Gao Gan, and others in Yuzhou, and told Cao Cao what he had done in Xuzhou.

If you don't stop Cao Cao, with his tyranny that is a hundred times and a thousand times that of Dong Zhuo, it will be our Yuan Valve who will be killed in the future.

The descendant of this eunuch is a madman, a murderer, and while he is now in his fledgling, kill him quickly, or we will not be far from death.

Although Yuan Shu killed Yuan Yu and defeated Yuan Zhong, he and Yuan Shao turned against each other again. But after all, Yuan Valve's children have a deep blood relationship with each other, and they have inseparable interests and needs for each other.

At this critical moment, Yuan Valve's attitude immediately changed. If Cao Cao is just a disobedient dog, Yuan Valve can accept it, but if Cao Cao is a mad dog that bites, Yuan Valve will be a killer.

Yuan Shao was stunned by Cao Cao's atrocities, he never expected that Cao Cao would resort to such bloody methods in order to quickly occupy Xuzhou.

He immediately ordered the suspension of grain and grass support for Cao Cao, and wrote to Zhang Miao urgently. Yuan Shao sent a letter to Zhang Miao, firstly, to restore the old good, and secondly, to test his mind and see if he was willing to overthrow Cao Cao.

Between Cao Cao and Zhang Miao, Yuan Shao would rather choose Zhang Miao as the pastor of Yanzhou and be his friend. The descendants of this eunuch now seem not only to be very ambitious and extremely ambitious, but also to have very bloody and cruel methods, and it is really not suitable to conspire with them.

Zhang Miao and many officials in Yanzhou were also horrified by Cao Cao's atrocities, and they never thought that Cao Cao would be such a person.

If a person kills hundreds of thousands of innocent people to bury his father just to avenge his father, such a person is not human at all.

Throughout the ages, except for a few famous tyrants, no courtier has done such a thing that people and gods are angry with.

Taking a step back, even if Cao Cao is trying to dominate the cause, can he kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people just to occupy a Xuzhou?

Is there anyone who has built a hegemony like this? Zhang Miao did not reply, he asked Zang Hong, the Taishou of Dongjun, to secretly rush to Luoyang.

At this time, Fu Zhu and Tian Feng and others put forward different opinions. Cao Cao has an army and is ruthless, compared with Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and other Yanzhou officials can engage in intrigues and tricks, but they can't fight wars.

If Yanzhou County betrayed Cao Cao and Zhang Miao served as the pastor of Yanzhou, it is estimated that Cao Cao would return to the horse pistol, and Yanzhou would be recaptured by him.

If we send our own troops to support Zhang Miao or simply take Yanzhou ourselves, then we must take into account the threat from Hebei.

Yanzhou was in turmoil, and if Hebei's Northern Xinjiang Army took advantage of the situation, Yanzhou would be handed over to Li Hong. Therefore, Yanzhou needs a strong warrior, a warrior who can defeat Cao Cao and prevent the northern Xinjiang army from moving south, and now there is such a warrior, which cannot but be said to be a godsend.

This martial artist is Lu Bu. Lu Bu was devoted to the king, and urgently needed such an opportunity to have force and territory, while Zhang Miao and others urgently needed to drive Cao Cao, a bloody thug, out of Yanzhou.

If these two forces were combined, they would not only be able to drive away or kill Cao Cao, but also gain the support of the Northern Frontier Army.

Lu Bu was born in Northern Xinjiang, and he had a relationship with Li Hong, Xu Rong and others, in addition, he respected the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and was dedicated to the king, so Li Hong had no reason to go south to fight him.

In this way, Cao Cao's power was eliminated, and the combined forces of Lü Bu and Zhang Miao and other Yanzhou officials would also be greatly damaged.

In the future, even if Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and others are still alive, they will fight because of the contradictions and power between each other.

At this time, it was time for Yuan Shao to easily seize Yanzhou. As for Xuzhou, because of Cao Cao's killing, it didn't take two or three years to recover.

As soon as Cao Cao died, Tao Qian's days were numbered. If everything goes well, within two years, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and even Yangzhou will be in Yuan Shao's pocket.

Zang Hong returned to Chenliu with Yuan Shao's opinion, but Zhang Miao did not immediately agree. He and Cao Cao have been friends for many years, and he also wants to persuade Cao Cao.

If Cao Cao was willing to give up attacking Xuzhou and was willing to give up the killing in Xuzhou, he was also willing to support Cao Cao.

In mid-March, Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou with several thousand men, and at this moment the main force of the Yanzhou army was still attacking the city in Xuzhou.

Cao Cao's purpose in returning to Yanzhou was not to withdraw his troops, but to persuade the Yanzhou officials to raise food and grass for him and help him get through this most critical moment.

Cao Cao clearly told Zhang Miao and others that in two months, Xuzhou would be mine. With Xuzhou's money and grain, a few years later, our strength has increased greatly, and we can not only reject Li Hong in the north, but also enter Qinwang in the west.

Zhang Miao, Zang Hong, Wu Zi, Guo Gong, Liu Yi, Chen Gong and other Yanzhou officials tried their best to persuade them, but at this time, the battle in Xuzhou was almost over, and the five counties of Xuzhou were in their hands, how could Cao Cao give up?

He and Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Mao Jue, Xi Zhicai and others also worked hard to persuade Zhang Miao and others, and they almost knelt down and kowtowed.

Seeing that persuasion was ineffective, Cao Cao categorically ordered Zang Hong's official position to be dismissed and put him on death row to deter the Yanzhou officials.

Chen Liuming, the former Jiujiang Taishou Bian Rang, pleaded for Zang Hong, and accused Cao Cao in public of his atrocities, and scolded Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was furious and ordered Bian Rang to be dragged out of the hall and beaten to death with a horsewhip. Zhang Miao and the others really didn't dare to speak anymore.

However, Yanzhou's money and grain are indeed in short supply, and at this moment, it is spring ploughing, and the treasury of Yanzhou is empty.

Cao Cao had no choice but to forcibly expropriate the treasury of the wealthy men in various counties and counties of Yanzhou.

Cao Cao is just a descendant of a eunuch, and the scholars of Yanzhou originally despised him, this time he first closed up Zang Hong, then killed Bian Rang, and then ordered the robbery of Yanzhou's gate lords, the consequences of which can be imagined.

And so a bloody storm swept in. Cao Cao never killed softly, and killed until no one fought against him.

At the beginning of April, Cao Cao left satisfied, and he asked Xun Yu to act as the agent of Yanzhou, Chen Gong to act as the affairs of Dongjun, and Xiahoudun to garrison the banks of the Yellow River with thousands of troops.

"Cao Cao went to fight Xuzhou again?" Hebei has not yet received the news of Cao Cao's return to the battlefield in Xuzhou, so Li Hong was very surprised to hear that Cao Cao went to Xuzhou, but at the same time he also understood Zhang Liao's intention to go to Handan.

Lu Bu is going to take the opportunity to seize Yanzhou, and he needs his own help. Although Zhang Liao did not explicitly state that Lü Bu was supported by some state and county officials in Yanzhou, many officials in Yanzhou opposed Cao Cao's killing in Xuzhou, and Zang Hong was put on death row by Cao Cao, and Bian Rang was whipped to death by Cao Cao, which is enough to show the current crisis in Yanzhou.

"What do you need?" Li Hong asked bluntly.

"General, I need war horses, grain, grass and ordnance." Zhang Liao knelt down excitedly and said loudly,

"Feng Xian and I swear that as long as the general enters the king of Qin in the west, we will do our best to charge for the general. If this oath is violated, it will be destroyed on the same day. Li Hong groaned slightly, stretched out his hand and helped Zhang Liao up,

"In this case, you go to meet the eldest princess first, and then go and meet your teacher, Lord Guo Yun. Tonight, I'll give you an answer. Li Hong sent Zhang Liao away, and immediately summoned Xun You, Zhang Fan, Li Wei, Xie Ming, Sima Lang, Zhu Mu, and Tian Chou officials to discuss urgently.

"Cao Cao must be prevented from occupying Xuzhou." Li Hong took Tao Qian's blood book and said sharply,

"Master Tao is no longer able to support it, I can't sit idly by and let Xuzhou bleed. We only have two choices, either send troops to Yanzhou or help Lu Bu occupy Yanzhou, I can't let Cao Cao, the murderous butcher, kill people in Xuzhou again. ”

"At the moment, our goal is Guanzhong." Li Wei said,

"Once Guanzhong and Guanxi fall into a bloody battle, the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army will quickly cross the Taihang Mountains to support the Guanzhong and Guanxi battlefields, so we can't rashly go south to attack Yanzhou now."

"At present, for us, the safety of the Son of Heaven is the most important, and protecting the Son of Heaven is the top priority of the Northern Xinjiang Army. Therefore, it is better for us to focus on Guanzhong. Zhu Mu said,

"Judging from the current situation in Yanzhou, after we entered, it was also a series of bloody battles, and it was difficult to quickly stabilize the situation. In the past, we had a consensus on Yanzhou, believing that we should make full use of the contradictions between Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, Yuan Shu and other forces before our strength was strong enough, so as to confuse Henan Prefecture and counties with the combination of vertical and horizontal techniques, consume their strength, and elbow their development. Today this opportunity has come to the door, and of course we have to take advantage of it. Li Hong looked at Xun You.

Xun You smiled: "I agree with Zhong Yuan and Gongding's opinion. Now, the biggest threat to us is Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao is plotting at the moment, if we go south and fall into Yanzhou, it is very likely that we will fall into Yuan Shao's best plan. Although Yanzhou is important, Guanzhong is even more important. We occupy Yanzhou, which will not help to change the current situation, but once Yuan Shao occupies Guanzhong, the situation in the world will change greatly. ”

"Okay, then let's help Lu Bu." Li Hong immediately made a decision,

"Go and invite Zhang Liao to the big tent." Then he looked at everyone and said with a smile: "If Lu Bu and Zhang Liao keep their promise, then they occupy Yanzhou, which is actually equivalent to us occupying Yanzhou." ”

"Yuan Shao won't agree." Sima Lang smiled,

"Since he doesn't want to see Cao Cao strong, of course he won't let Lu Bu occupy Yanzhou." In mid-April, Xu Rong once again received the holy decree of the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shao's army conquered Wuguan, and asked General Zhengxi to provide rapid support.

Xu Rong was shocked and urgently ordered Yu Shi and Yang Feng to lead the army across the river and rush to Chang'an. Jump to