Chapter 688: Yuan Shu's Death
As a result, Zhang Xiu really made this unexpected move, isn't this equivalent to slapping him Yuan Shao in the face! Yuan Shao is a person who loves face a lot, especially now that he has defeated Gongsun Zhan, unified the four northern states, and become the largest prince in the world, how can Yuan Shao tolerate this kind of person who does not give him face to live well in the world!
Also, one of the reasons why Yuan Shao decided to start a war with Cao Cao immediately was that Yuan Shao was worried that Cao Cao would continue to expand. Now, Zhang Xiu joined Cao Cao's camp, which not only exempted Cao Cao from a trouble, but also allowed Cao Cao to concentrate more on fighting with him Yuan Shao, but also increased Cao Cao's strength to a certain extent. Cao Cao, this is equivalent to picking up two cheap ones at once!
Yuan Shao didn't expect that his worries at that time would come true so quickly. So, Yuan Shao couldn't wait any longer, so he started the war immediately! Even if it's not ready, even if the army hasn't been set up yet, let's play a few small head offices first. Yuan Shao wanted Cao Cao to tense his nerves at this time, so that Cao Cao could focus all his attention on him, and he couldn't think of other crooked ideas.
The war was about to break out, and the two armies, which were already facing each other on the front line, finally rubbed off sparks.
Seeing this, Cao Cao dared to delay, so he hurriedly took Guo Jia and others, left Xudu, and personally went to the front line to sit in town. Speaking of which, Guo Jia was a little nervous at this time. Nima, Liu Bei hasn't rebelled yet, is this really a fight? So what should I do when Liu Bei rebels? Could it be that Cao Cao really has that chance to go and destroy Liu Bei first? Yuan Shao was too calm, or did he oversleep? Even if you Yuan Shao have to take care of your youngest son, you can't leave. Then you can also find someone else to attack, you don't need to "drive in person". You Yuan Shao can't trust others anymore. Not all the battles over the years have been fought by yourself.
Could it be that this history has finally begun to move in an unpredictable direction?
But soon, Cao Cao and Guo Jia both knew what was going on. It's a false alarm. Because the two of them nervously went to the front line to prepare for a long time, they got the information that Yuan Shao had been staying in Yecheng for a long time and had never come out. No matter how strong Yuan Shao's strength is now, even if Yuan Shao looks down on Cao Cao again, if he really wants to fight, it is absolutely impossible for him to sit in the base camp easily, and he can win Cao Cao by sending someone casually.
In other words, Yuan Shao is just scaring Cao Cao. Occasionally fire two shots from time to time, call twice, let people know that there is still a person like him, don't ignore him! Yuan Shaoke hasn't officially launched a decisive battle yet.
Since then, after more than a month, Cao Cao saw that Yuan Shao still didn't have much movement, and he didn't bother to spend any more time with Yuan Shao, it is estimated that even if this is the case now, Cao Cao doesn't know how many times he has been laughed at by Yuan Shao secretly. However, Cao Cao also endured it, didn't say anything, and went back to Xu Capital directly.
Yuan Shao: Is this trying to play the story of the wolf? Back and forth to scare Cao Cao a few more times. Wait until Cao Cao is exhausted, the army is tired, and the morale is slack. When I gradually stopped taking it seriously, I suddenly attacked with all my might. A fatal blow that smashes the Yellow Dragon. That's a good calculation. I just don't know who will be a wolf in the future, and who will be eaten in the end!
You Yuan Shao has the mentality of playing with others, mentally, the first person to slack off is not the opponent, but yourself! Maybe one time, when you rushed out and shouted "The wolf is coming", Cao Cao's side suddenly attacked and destroyed you!
Defending is never the best defense, don't think that the weak won't bite!
As a result, not long after Cao Cao returned to Xudu, and Yuan Shaodu had not shouted "the wolf is coming" for the second time, something finally happened in Xuzhou.
It turned out that since Yuan Shu became the emperor, he was too extravagant, and his own strength was not enough to provide him with luxury. Yuan Shu is declining day by day, and he also knows that it is not a way to go on for a long time, although Cao Cao can't take care of him for the time being, but Sun Ce in the south is pressing harder. Therefore, Yuan Shu decided to give the emperor to his brother Yuan Shao, and wanted to take advantage of the confrontation between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to pass through Xuzhou.
It's a pity that Cao Cao made up his mind not to let Yuan Shu join Yuan Shao, so he sent Liu Bei to intercept Yuan Shu. Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou first, sent someone to inquire about the news, and knew that Yuan Shu was approaching, so he led 50,000 troops of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhu Ling, and Lu Zhao out, and was facing Yuan Shao's pioneer Ji Lingzhi. Zhang Fei didn't say a word, and went straight to Ji Ling. Fighting Wushihe, Zhang Fei shouted, stabbed Ji Ling under the horse, and Yuan Shu defeated the army and ran away.
Then, Yuan Shu led his army to fight. Liu Bei divided the troops into three ways: Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao on the left, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the right, Liu Bei led the troops in the center, from here on, Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao's actual military power has obviously been played, at least two-thirds of the troops have been lost, and the troops are divided into three ways, will Liu Bei return the military power after the division of troops?
Liu Bei and Yuan Shu met, Liu Bei scolded Yuan Shu for being rebellious, Yuan Shu despised Liu Bei for making straw shoes, the two disagreed, and started to fight directly, and then Liu Bei retreated, Yuan Shu pursued, but was caught by the left and right armies, and the corpses of the soldiers were all over the field, and the blood flowed into a canal; The soldiers fled and were incalculable.
On the occasion of this defeat, Yuan Shu's subordinates, who were already centrifugal, finally had a different heart. Lei Bo and Chen Lan robbed Yuan Shu's money, grain, and fodder, and went to Songshan to become bandits. Yuan Shu suddenly fell into the predicament of having no money and no food, and the road ahead was blocked by Liu Bei, he couldn't beat it before, how could he rush through it now.
So Yuan Shu was ready to go home, first go back to reinvigorate morale, as a result, it was really a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs, on the way, Yuan Shu was robbed by a group of thieves, and in the end, he had to stop at Jiangting. At this moment, there were only more than 1,000 people around Yuan Shu, and all of them were old and weak. When it was the height of summer, the food was exhausted, and only 30 wheat, and the soldiers were distributed. The family had no food, and many died of starvation.
It can be said that Yuan Shu at this time was even worse than the emperor who escaped from Chang'an!
On this day, Yuan Shu was too coarse to swallow the rice, so he ordered someone to take honey to quench his thirst. The people said: "Stop the blood and water, and there is honey water!" Yuan Shu's face was full of devastation, sitting on the bed, it was really difficult to accept how he had fallen to such a point. Eventually, he screamed and fell to the ground, vomiting blood and dying.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the swords and soldiers rose in all directions, and the unprovoked Yuan Shu was too rampant, and he didn't want to be a public minister for the rest of the world, so he wanted to be the emperor alone.
Rape boasted about the national seal, arrogant and arrogant said that it should be auspicious. I was thirsty for honey and had no reason to get it, so I lay alone in an empty bed and vomited blood.
As the first person to eat crabs, Yuan Shu, the "pseudo-emperor", showed the world with his own personal experience that crabs are poisonous and cannot be eaten!
The jade seal in the hands of Yuan Shu tossed and turned, and was finally obtained by Xu Xuan, Xu Xuan did not dare to hide the jade seal privately and offer it to the imperial court, so the jade seal of the country finally returned to the Han family, of course, it can also be said that it is now obtained by Cao Cao.
Just when Yuan Shu was killed, the army that went out to intercept should have returned, but in the end, only Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao returned. Okay, it's okay if Liu Bei didn't come back, but, what about Bing? Tens of thousands of troops can you lose it?! (To be continued......)