Just after the second year of Jian'an, the atmosphere in Hanoi County began to become strange.
The location of Hanoi County is right in the middle of the spheres of influence of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Sooner or later there will be a battle between the two. As the relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao becomes increasingly tense, Zhang Yang, who is caught between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, has become increasingly difficult.
The sadder it gets.
Recently, a lot of rumors suddenly appeared in various places, seemingly overnight.
There are rumors that Zhang Yang intends to abandon Hanoi County and defect to Lu Bu; there are also rumors that some of Zhang Yang's subordinates are plotting to kill Zhang Yang with the intention of defecting to Yuan Shao; some even say that Zhang Yang already knows who has evil intentions and is deliberately showing off his complacency
They looked like they were ready to seize a good opportunity and catch them all...
Cao Cao followed the plan of the five advisers and decided to strike first to gain strength, preparing to secretly corrode Zhang Yang, hoping to capture Hanoi County before Yuan Shao.
The best way to defeat an enemy is to disintegrate him from within.
The Shadow Guard Jia Zi Battalion, under the leadership of Yan Feng, began to operate frequently in Hanoi County.
All kinds of rumors come from their hands.
What made Zhang Yang and his men feel guilty the most was that some of these rumors happened to hit their minds.
The power of rumors should not be underestimated, especially when the person involved has something secret in mind.
Sure enough, it didn’t take long before something unexpected happened in Hanoi County!
Yang Chou, Zhang Yang's general, had long been rebellious.
The rumors had become so serious recently that Yang Chou felt a sense of urgency in his heart. He was very afraid that Zhang Yang would discover his estrangement and lose his life.
Later, Shadow Guard discovered Yang Chou's problem, so he took the initiative to contact him and gave him strong support and generous promises.
Yang Chou finally accepted the arrangement of the Shadow Guards, set a trap to ambush Zhang Yang, and publicly declared that he would join Cao Cao in order to lure Cao Cao into taking control of Hanoi County.
However, just when both Shadow Guards and Yang Chou felt that they were stable, Zhang Yang's commander, Shi Xue Hong, in order to avenge Yang Chou, his old advocate, joined forces with other soldiers to kill Yang Chou while he was slacking off.
After killing Yang Chou, Xue Hong stationed troops to shoot dogs, and even announced to the outside world that they had taken refuge with the general Yuan Shao.
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, the Shadow Guard quickly sent the news back to Chen Liu, hoping that Cao Cao could send troops as soon as possible, otherwise once Yuan Shao reacted, Hanoi would become Yuan Shao's bag.
Guo Jia did not dare to neglect and handed the news to Cao Cao immediately.
Hanoi County resists the danger of Hulao in the south and relies on Xingzhigu in the north. It is a very important strategic hub on the north bank of the Yellow River. Its importance is self-evident.
Cao Cao did not have the same wavering problem as Yuan Shao. He immediately gathered an army. In April of the third year of Jian'an, he sent Cao Ren, Shi Huan, Le Jin, Xu Huang and others with a total of 30,000 troops to cross the Yellow River and attack She.
dog.
Cao Cao's army came to attack, and Xue Hong led his troops to defend Shedog while sending people to the north to seek help from Yuan Shao.
However, all the messengers sent by Xue Hong to ask for help were kidnapped and killed by the Shadow Guards.
Xue Hong, who had been waiting for reinforcements for a long time, was finally defeated by Cao Ren and Shi Huan when Yuan Shao reacted on his own.
After the Shegu City was broken, Xue Hong committed suicide and died, while the rest of the generals, led by Wei Zhong, surrendered to Cao Cao.
Hanoi has always been Zhang Yang's territory. After Zhang Yang's internal conflagration, the remaining Xue Hong forces defected to Yuan Shao instead of Cao Cao.
Forcibly occupying a territory that the people have no support for will definitely be detrimental to the upcoming war between Cao and Yuan.
But Wei Zhong, who led his troops to surrender, was very familiar with the situation in Hanoi County, and he also had some ability and reputation. Gu Zhong
Instead of being the overlord himself, it is better to let Wei Zhong serve as the governor of Hanoi and stabilize Hanoi County as quickly as possible, so that Cao Cao can free up his hands to concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shao.
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When Yuan Shao learned that Hanoi County had fallen into Cao Cao's hands, he was furious... You Cao Aha, you actually put your hand into my trouser pocket. What do you want?
Yuan Shao was furious and immediately summoned his civil and military officials to discuss a plan to attack Cao Cao.
But just because of this bad luck, Jushou, who had just been released from prison, stood up again.
Jushou was also the first to jump out and raise objections to Yuan Shao. It must be said that Tietouwa is really stubborn.
Jushou stood up, raised his hands and said to Yuan Shao: "My lord! We have been fighting with Gongsun Zan for many years. The people are in hardship and there is no more food left in the warehouse. With the war continuing, the people are taxed heavily. This is an internal worry that we need to solve urgently! Yichen I see that we should learn from Cao Cao’s emphasis on agriculture and commerce, while at the same time reducing the burden on the people and recharging our energy.”
At this time, Tian Feng also stood up and offered his advice: "My lord, what you said is true. And while we are recuperating, we can also station troops in Liyang, manage the northern section of the Yellow River, and reorganize the troops. At the same time, we You can send troops across the Yellow River to outflank and harass Cao Cao's border areas, causing him no peace day and night.
Then Cao Cao weakened through consumption, while we grew stronger through recuperation... It will only take three years for victory or defeat to be determined!"
While he was recuperating and waiting for danger, he continued to harass Cao Cao. It must be said that Ju Suo and Tian Feng's strategy was very sound.
However, they overlooked a fatal point, that is, the current development speed under Cao Cao's rule is much faster than that under Yuan Shao's rule.
Shen Pei saw this, so he stood up and objected: "My lord, Cao Cao has Lu Yan, who is very good at business management. Under his governance, a weak county in Yanzhou has become the richest in the world! That's not true. If I grow up with other people's ambitions and destroy my own prestige, I'm afraid we really can't compare to Cao Cao in terms of development speed!"
Jushu and Tian Feng's hearts trembled. After looking at each other, they secretly said, "Oops! Why did you forget that person!"
Sure enough, Guo Tu, who had always been hostile to Ju Shou and Tian Feng, stood up.
Jushou Tian Feng made a rare mistake. How could he, Guo Tu, let go of such a good opportunity?
Guo Tu glanced at Tian Feng and Ju Sue, with a playful smile on his lips. Then, he bowed his hands to Yuan Shao and said, "My lord, what Zhengnan said is the truth.
Think about it, what was Cao Cao like after he attacked Dong Zhuo? What is the situation now?
Lu Yan's martial arts skills are rare in five hundred years. Give him three years?
It’s just a big joke!”
Seeing that Tian Feng and Jushu were speechless by him, Guo Tu took advantage of the victory and pursued him: "Actually, with your current military strength and your wise and powerful abilities, my lord, it is not an easy task to defeat Cao Cao, who has not yet fully risen. ?If Cao Cao really waits until three years later when his wings are full, the outcome may be unpredictable by then!"
At this point, Guo Tu started to get angry: "Guo is so stupid that he can think of this... Gong Yu, Yuan Hao has always considered himself a wise man, why did he miss such crucial information? I'm afraid, you are
You have ulterior motives, is it intentional?"
"Guo Tu! Don't be so snarky!!" Jushou started to get angry again...
Yuan Shao rubbed his aching forehead and said impatiently: "Put Jushou Tian Feng in prison and wait until they realize their mistake and then release him."
Jushou: "My lord, don't believe everything a villain says! My lord!"