In the sixth year of Guanghe, the night of November 9th was so long.
Just when Zhang Chong led two thousand cavalry to march in the snowy night and kill Zhang Wen, the general of Zhendong, a great drama also came to an end in the Han army camp far away in Qishui.
A heavy snow fell all night long.
The three hundred miles of wilderness surrounding both sides of the Qishui River are silvery white, covering up the hustle and bustle of the day.
The neighing of the war horses and the roar of the crowd disappeared, and everything was as clean as the original world.
But as long as you see the scene of the Han Army's Qishui Camp, you will not be confused by this kind of noise. Just because at this moment, no less than hundreds of soldiers fell in a pool of blood in the camp.
There were only about a dozen military generals with disheveled hair, holding iron halberds with broken blades in their hands, looking at the enemy outside with bloodshot eyes.
Before this night, these enemies were still their lords, but in just one night, everything changed.
The snow fell heavier and heavier, not only covering the armor and clothes of those present, but also gradually covering the corpses on the ground.
This scene is like a landscape painting that suddenly moved.
Among the soldiers who were trapped and fighting, the leader had a deep cut on his face. Like a wild beast, he pointed his knife at a six-foot general in the periphery and roared:
"Cao Cao, you want to be a dog to those Qingliu? Have you forgotten why you got to this position?"
Yes, that six-foot general is Cao Cao. At this moment, he looked at the surrounded people with a complicated expression.
These people were all former members of the Han army in Henan who were placed by a group of eunuchs, and the leader among them was Feng Fang, Cao Jie's son-in-law.
On this night, Cao Cao, Xun You and others finally started their plan.
They summoned the generals to the big tent on the grounds of military emergency. Then, Cao Cao and others made a fool of themselves and directly claimed that the decline of the Han Dynasty was entirely due to the corruption of the eunuchs and their followers.
They directly used the name of the Qing emperor to reform the government and then suppress the emperor's way.
At that time, as soon as Cao Cao said this, the big tent was in chaos.
For example, Zhao Rong, Feng Fang and others stood up immediately to scold Cao Cao for his treason. But they soon discovered that something was wrong. Except for Sun Jian, who had already led troops to attack Yecheng, only three of the other captains were present.
stand up.
They were Zhao Rong, Feng Fang, and Bao Hong. But Chunyu Qiong, who had been advancing and retreating with them all the time, was drinking alone and ignored them.
All this made Zhao Rong's heart beat wildly.
Three people stood up and five people sat down. Except for the traitor Chun Yuqiong, Huangfu Li, Zheng Tai and Zhang Chao also did not stand.
Zhao Rong was the most clever one, and he immediately realized that this matter was over. Five of the nine captains in the army wanted to be on the side of the emperor. It must not have been done by someone like Cao Cao.
Zhao Rong suddenly laughed, hugged Bao Hong who was stunned beside him, and laughed:
"How can we do such a grand event without me? Ronghe Laobao has long seen that those eunuchs who are causing harm to the country are not in his way, and he wishes he could kill them. Now that Colonel Cao is causing trouble, how can he not be so happy that he goes crazy?"
After saying that, Zhao Rong took Bao Hong, who had not yet reacted, and sat down with him.
Seeing how well-behaved Zhao Rong was, everyone in the room focused their attention on Feng Fang's face.
At this time, Feng Fang was trembling with anger. He pointed at the rebellious people in the audience, suddenly kicked the table aside, then took out a knife from his arms, cut open the tent, and ran out.
Cao Cao and others were in a panic. They never expected that Feng Fang was carrying a sword with him. They had been disarmed before entering the account.
Feng Fang ran here and soon met his own guards.
Feng Fang was a ruthless person and knew that his only way to survive was to immediately lead his troops to kill these traitors. So Feng Fang led more than 200 soldiers back to the big tent.
However, Xun You had already deployed heavy troops in the Chinese army's tent, and Feng Fang and others were in vain.
In this way, after a random killing, Feng Fang and others were left with only a dozen people, and the other side had already surrounded them with water.
Feng Fang knew that he was doomed, but in the end, he was still unwilling to accept it and asked:
"Cao Cao, what kind of ecstasy did you take? Don't you know that your father is also a member of the eunuch gang? You are not only disloyal to the country, but also unfilial to your father. You are such an unfaithful and unfilial person,
Even if you just live in Qingliu for a while, will those people really regard you as one of their own?"
These words made the eyes of many captains present flicker.
Someone like Zheng Tai was obviously impressed. He indeed had such thoughts towards Cao Cao. How could such an unfilial man who could betray his father be trusted?
Also like Zhao Rong, who had been repeating the situation before, he also kept a close eye on Cao Cao. Zhao Rong hoped that Cao Cao could jump ship in time, so that he could take Bao Hong to jump with him.
It's not that Zhao Rong is just a wallflower, but he sees clearly. That is, he has not been contacted by Xun You and others before, and he is actually regarded as untrustworthy by them.
In this mutiny, although he jumped ship in time without losing face, Zhao Rong knew that even if he did not die this time, he would be deprived of his military power. In this era, what future is there without military power? Therefore, he Zhao Rong
Rong still hoped that Cao Cao would rebel.
But unfortunately, Zhao Rong was finally lost because Cao Cao was more decisive than he thought.
Over there, when Feng Fang yelled, Cao Cao smiled contemptuously. He pushed aside the crowd and walked forward:
"Yes, I, Cao Cao, was raised by my parents. If you say that I am an unfilial person, I, Cao Cao, can't say anything. But how can I abandon my family and my father? Is it because I, Cao Cao, am a beast? No, because I, Cao Cao, are not only
The sons of the Cao family are also officials of the Han Dynasty. Now, the Han Dynasty has reached the stage of life and death. Thousands of common people are crying for food. After all, they are just a party of eunuchs. I can love my father, but who loves the Han Dynasty. I can save you, but who can save you?
What about all the people?”
Finally, Cao Cao pointed at himself and said loudly:
"The so-called "know me, blame me, only the Spring and Autumn Annals" means that the only people who can judge me, Cao Mengde, are history and descendants. Not you idiots."
After saying this, Cao Cao took off his bun and let down his shoulder-length hair.
He placed his turban on the ground and kowtowed to the west, which was the direction of Kyoto.
After knocking, he shouted loudly toward the southwest:
"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve in our country. I sacrifice filial piety to be loyal, not to be loyal to you alone. Rather, I am loyal to the glorious Han Dynasty, which is the order of the world. Today, I, Cao Cao, sacrifice small loyalty to be loyal to the great."
Cao Cao knelt here, and Xu Chu, Xia Houyuan and others also knelt down there. Then, all the generals knelt down facing the southwest, and for a while they became their sworn sworn soldiers.
Over there, Feng Fang laughed so much when she saw Cao Cao's behavior that she burst into tears.
He wiped away his tears and mocked Cao Cao loudly:
"Cao Ah Man, Cao Ah Man. I thought you were a person. Now I realize how naive you are. Do you think you can choose? Who you are was decided as early as you were born. You can't choose, just like me now
You can't choose. Do you think being a dog to Qingliu means you are loyal? Do you think this world is caused by our eunuch party? Do you think the traitors in this dynasty are all us? If you kill us all today, the Han Dynasty will be destroyed tomorrow.
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Feng Fang was talking there, but Cao Cao pursed his lips and didn't say a word.
At this moment, Feng Fang really gave up. He didn't know whether Cao Cao was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. That's all, he was dead today.
Thinking of this, Feng Fang thrust the broken blade of his hand across his neck, and then faced Cao Cao in front of him with a fierce voice:
"Cao Ah'an, I'll take the first step. I'll watch how you die from below!"
After saying that, the blade cut through the trachea and fell to the ground.
Now that Feng Fang was dead, the remaining dozen or so subordinates no longer wanted to live, so they all took up their knives and committed suicide.
Cao Cao was silent, looking at the snow where Feng Fang was lying, getting redder and redder.
At this time, a murmur came out:
"Oh, this Feng Fang is still a noble person. When Tian Heng died, there were guests who died in the tomb. I didn't expect that today, this eunuch boy could be like Tian Heng, and he could take several people with him after he died. Extraordinary, extraordinary.
"
The person who said this was another captain, Zheng Tai. He said he was extraordinary, but everyone present knew the ridicule and disdain in his words.
But no one present blamed Zheng Tai. Feng Fang was dead anyway, so what if he said a few words.
Cao Cao turned his back to Zheng Tai. When he heard Zheng Tai's words, especially the sentence of "eunuch", he knew there was something in this man's words. He turned his back to Zheng Tai and said leisurely:
"A man is a good man if he can win the death of a strong man. On the contrary, some people can only bark at the dead man."
Zheng Tai was furious when he heard this and drew his sword to kill Cao Cao.
But Huangfu Li and Zhang Chao on the side stopped him and only advised him how to kill each other before the big thing was done.
But Cao Cao's behavior really made Zheng Tai angry.
He had already drawn his sword, but Cao Cao still dared to carry him on his back. He really despised him to the dust. Zheng Tai was a proud and arrogant man, and he got carried away after being humiliated like this. This time he really wanted to use the sword to kill him.
Go and kill Cao Cao.
And over there, Cao Cao, who had his back to Zheng Tai, had already put his hand on his sword, waiting to see Zheng Tai's shadow, and was about to give him a back chop.
"Dong~dong~"
Suddenly, just when Zheng Tai and Cao Cao were about to fight to the death, a burst of golden drums sounded.
Then everyone saw a group of military officials, holding high a flag, a staff, and a canopy, carrying a chariot. And sitting on top of it was an old man. Although he was bent over the chariot, his momentum was
But like a crouching tiger.
For example, when Cao Cao and other cadres saw this person, they immediately prostrated themselves in the heavy snow, and then shouted:
"Meet General Zuo Zhonglang."
General Zuo Zhonglang? That’s right, on the chariot entering the camp was none other than Huangfu Song, the former North Zhonglang General.
The person is not dead!
What has actually happened?
It turned out that Cao Cao and others were only the executors of this military coup to seize power. The main people involved in the planning behind it were He Jin, Yuan Shao, and Huangfu Song.
Huangfu Song was originally shot in the forehead by an arrow from Zhang Chong, and he was dying. But his life was not destined to die. The doctor Cao Cao found from his hometown, Hua Tuo, turned out to be a really capable man, and he really cured Huangfu Song.
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But even if Huangfu Song escaped from Guimen Pass, he would lose his military power. Because the newly deployed Zhang Wen was not only promoted to General Zhendong, but also a candidate trusted by the country and the eunuch party.
Therefore, Zhang Wen firmly controlled the Han soldiers, while Huangfu Song could only retreat behind the scenes.
He originally wanted to retreat, but suddenly Zhong Yao and his gang came to visit him and said that they wanted to ask Huangfu Song to come out and take charge of the situation. It turned out that these people had formed an alliance with the help of Yuan Shao and others.
They pulled General He Jin and said that the moth thieves could not be eliminated suddenly, but that they had to attack them slowly. They could abandon the land in Hebei and confront the thieves across the river.
They explained that although Hebei has mountains on its left and sea on its right, it is a natural winner, but it is also a natural prison. As long as the rebel army is trapped in Hebei, the Han Dynasty will work hard to govern and select wise men to take office. The Han Dynasty will still occupy ten states in the world, with thousands of
With a population of 10,000, the moth thief cannot resist for long.
And if we want to work hard to govern and select wise men, we naturally have to clear out the traitors in the court. So who are these traitors? Aren't they the eunuchs who bring harm to the court?
Therefore, in order to get rid of the eunuchs around the country, we must first settle the internal affairs.
In fact, according to these Henan-born ministers and family members, He Jin did not have a strong motivation. Because the eunuchs were considered to be his sister Queen He's assistants in the palace, so He Jin did not have a strong motivation to eradicate them.
But Yuan Shao had already figured out He Jin's thoughts.
In private with just the two of them, Yuan Shao told He Jin how powerful it was to eradicate the traitors this time.
He pointed out that this time the noble families in Henan have united and formed their own opinions. They have people, money, and soldiers. Now they are still under the banner of the Han Dynasty, but they just want to eliminate the eunuchs.
But if this idea cannot be realized, then these people must be disloyal. They will not turn to thieves, but they will definitely support a clan member who can represent their interests. You know, King Chen is still in Henan. I heard that he and the Henan family
They get along very well.
And all the power of your general He Jin comes from Liu Hong. If there is an emperor in Henan, wouldn't you He Jin be blinded?
Therefore, instead of the two Han dynasties confronting each other, it would be better to enlist the powerful men of Henan under his command. Once the Qing monarch succeeds, what will he do as the leader of the alliance and the general of the Han Dynasty? Wouldn't it mean that he has power over the government and the opposition?
In this way, after Yuan Shao's threats and inducements, He Jin agreed to this operation.
Then a long-premeditated military coup began.
The plan is this. First, Cao Cao and others in the Han army in Henan will eradicate the influence of the eunuchs in the army, and then invite the highly respected Huangfu Song to take charge of the army. Then he will lead the army to cross the river south and join forces with Zhu Jun's powerful troops in Henan. One way.
After that, He Jin, Yuan Shao and others who were stationed at Hulao Pass jointly opened the gate and enlarged the army to enter the pass. Then they went directly to Kyoto and carried out a general purge of the eunuchs.
After killing the eunuchs, a shogunate headed by the general He Jin was formed and Liu Hongxu was crowned king. After that, the general shogunate would become the new authority of the Han Dynasty, unify the deployment of the country's capital, and finally deal with the Taishan Army. The treasonous and unruly ones will all be killed.
This plan was a counterattack by the Henan aristocratic families who were suffering from the Party's imprisonment. They wanted these eunuchs to pay with blood. It was also the only feasible way to save the Han that the party elites of these aristocratic families thought of.
By then, this big man will still be a big man.
But this big man no longer only belongs to the Liu family, he also belongs to dozens of officials from the Central Plains of Henan.
They will also be the masters of this Han Dynasty!
Now, this plan has succeeded in the first step. They have mastered the extremely powerful force of the Han army in Henan and won the victory.