Chapter 210 Runan Yellow Turban, a stepping stone to Wei Yan's fame
When Yuan Shao's army marched southward, one place responded to Yuan Shao's call and brazenly raised troops to attack Xuchang.
The person who responded to Yuan Shao was neither Liu Biao of Jingzhou nor Sun Ce of Jiangdong, nor the princes of Xiliang nor Liu Zhang of Yizhou, but the Yellow Turban Army from Runan County, Liu Pi, and Gong Du!
Runan County was once the second most populous county in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the cultural center of the Han Dynasty. Later, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, Runan became one of the key disaster-stricken areas in the Central Plains.
Moreover, the Yellow Turban forces in the Central Plains were complex, large and complex in number, and were far less unified in command than the Yellow Turban Army in the north. Therefore, the damage they caused to the local area was far greater than that in places where Zhang Jiao and other Yellow Turbans were located.
It is now the third year of Jian'an, and almost ten years have passed since the outbreak of the Yellow Turbans.
Most of the Yellow Turbans in Runan County, such as He Yi, Huang Shao and others, have almost disappeared one after another. Now it seems that only the relatively large forces Liu Pi, Gong Du, and the small force Zhou Cang who occupy the mountains and forests are left.
, Pei Yuanshao.
At the beginning, when Yuan Shu represented Sun Jian as the shepherd of Yuzhou, people like the Runan Yellow Turban saw that the limelight was wrong, so they all followed Sun Jian's path and all turned to Yuan Shu.
But it turned out that the fate of these Yellow Turbans was not good. Not long after they fell to Yuan Shu through Sun Jian, Sun Jian was killed by Liu Biao and Huang Zu.
A few years later, Yuan Shu himself was beaten like a lost dog by the three-pronged coalition of Cao, Liu, and Sun. He eventually died at the hands of Qingzhou Lu Lingqi, and ended up being wrapped in a straw mat. The Runan Yellow Turbans who thought they had hugged a thigh
, I really didn’t expect that this thigh would be discounted like this before it was warm.
After Yuan Shu escaped from Runan, it turned out that these yellow scarves were scattered. Some people went out to occupy the mountains and become kings, and some powerful forces like Liu Pi and Gongdu, who were already local tyrants, simply occupied Runan City and became small princes.
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Liu Pi and Gong both joined the Yellow Turbans in order to fish in troubled waters and achieve great success.
Later, Yuan Shao's Jingzhou envoy alliance with Liu Biao failed. When he returned to the north, he went to Runan to fight. Unexpectedly, he actually convinced Liu to go to Gongdu.
According to the agreement, when Yuan Shao raised his troops to go south, these two people rose up and attacked Xuchang. They also tried to take advantage of the emperor to make the princes suffer, so that one person could be inferior to ten thousand people.
After Yuan Shu's defeat, Runan City was occupied by Liu Pi and Gong Du. After being renovated, the defense of Runan City was still strong and it was not easy to break through.
Cao Cao was preparing for the decisive battle with Yuan Shao, and he had no time or energy to take care of Runan for the time being.
This sudden attack on Runan was probably something no one except Lu Yan and Cao Cao had expected.
Lu Yan once revealed in his diary that the Runan Yellow Turbans would respond to Yuan Shao's call and raise troops to attack Cao Cao.
Although Liu Bei will not go to Runan, Cao Cao still has not relaxed his guard against Runan. In other words, Cao Cao deliberately made an illusion that Xuchang is empty, trying to lure the Yellow Turbans in Runan to take the initiative to send troops.
When Liu Pi sent troops to raid Xuchang this time, he fell into Cao Cao's trick of showing weakness to the enemy. Tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops were ambushed by 5,000 soldiers led by Wei Yan at the foot of Rangshan Mountain, and they returned defeated.
Xia Houdun of Shouchun, while Liu Pi was leading his troops, led a sneak attack on Runan. After conquering Runan and killing the remaining Gong capital, Runan was finally captured.
When Wei Yan led his army to pursue Liu Pi's defeated army, he encountered help from a small group of rebels on the way.
The leader of the rebel army turned out to be a young boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, with red lips and white teeth, a face like a crown of jade, ape-like arms and a wasp's waist. He was very heroic, and he had a faint shadow of Zhao Yun.
Wei Yan was a little curious about this young man, so he asked: "Little brother, what is your name, and why are you helping me attack the Yellow Turbans?"
The young man replied: "My name is Chen Dao. The people of Runan have been suffering from the Yellow Turban for a long time. Everyone who gets it will punish him!"
Wei Yan liked Chen Dao very much, so he asked: "I am Wei Yan, the Yangwu general under Prime Minister Cao. My little brother, would you like to join our army?"
After Chen Dao thought for a moment, he led the three hundred people behind him to Wei Yan, clasped his fists and saluted, saying: "Many people from Runan have gone to Yingchuan and Huainan. They all say that Prime Minister Cao loves the people like his sons, and even more so under his rule."
Calm and peaceful, extremely prosperous...Chen Dao, willing to serve the Prime Minister!"
Wei Yan was overjoyed when he heard this. He helped Chen Dao up with both hands and said: "Great! If you don't give up, little brother, you can continue to attack Liu Pi with me!"
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"General, you have to speed up!" After finishing speaking, Chen Dao was afraid that Wei Yan would not understand, so he explained: "Runan City has been controlled by the Yellow Turban Army for a long time, and we cannot wait for them to return. Otherwise, if we want to capture Runan City, we will have to pay a huge amount of money.
price."
Chen Dao thought very carefully, but he didn't know some situations.
Wei Yan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Little brother, I don't know. I am afraid that Runan City has been captured by General Xiahou Dun."
"Eh?" Chen Deng suddenly raised his head and looked at Wei Yan. After a while, he suddenly realized, "It turns out that the Prime Minister had a plan for a long time!"
Chen Dao showed a hint of embarrassment and said: "The prime minister planned carefully, but the boy was reckless."
Wei Yan patted Chen Dao on the shoulder and said: "The fact that you can think of so many things proves that you are a good seedling. With a little training in the future, you will definitely have a bright future. I have some relationship with General Hussar. He likes teaching and teaching the most.
Support the younger generation, I will introduce you to him when he returns!"
"Ah!!!" Chen Dao's eyes widened when he heard this. He never thought that he would have the opportunity to be introduced to Lu Yan.
Who is the Cavalry General Lu Yan? He is a model of grassroots counterattack and the idol in the hearts of all aspiring young people in the world!
Seeing that Chen Daona was silent, Wei Yan asked doubtfully: "What's wrong?"
"No...nothing...just a bit...feeling...like I'm dreaming!"
"Hahaha!" Wei Yan burst into laughter.
This is the first time he has led an army alone, and he has won a complete victory in the first battle. Now that he has found another talented person, he feels naturally at ease.
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Yuan Shao has crossed the Yellow River.
In the temporary residence of Yuan Shao in Baima City, counselors such as Xu You, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, and generals such as Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Han Meng were all present.
Xu You is now Yuan Shao's mastermind. Naturally, the first person Yuan Shao asks for advice is Xu You, "General, tell me, what should we do next?"
Xu You held up his hands and said to Yuan Shu: "Back to my lord, we have occupied Baima and Yanjin. The next step is to detach an army and bypass Jiluo Mountain to cut off Cao's army's food route!"
This was Xu You's strategy before Yuan Shao sent troops.
Just when Yuan Shao nodded and was about to send people to detour to Jiluo Mountain, Guo Tu suddenly stood up.
Guo Tu claimed that he was as resourceful as Xu You, but Xu You usurped his position as the mastermind. He felt a little unbalanced in his heart.
He stood up and said to Yuan Shao: "My lord, we have nearly half a million troops, more than twice as many as Cao Ahao, and the troops are well-fed and have high morale. We only need to fight steadily and carry out the troops with dignity, then Cao Mengde will
Defeat is certain, there is no need to take risks!"
When Xu You heard this, he immediately became anxious. He hurriedly said to Yuan Shao: "My lord, the way of using the army is very harmonious. Just having upright soldiers will inevitably lead to a lack of adaptability to the situation!"
Then Cao Cao, you should be the one who knows best and is the most insidious and cunning person!
Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Xun You and others under his command were even more unpredictable in their military operations, and their plots and plots were intertwined.
If we only use regular soldiers, I'm afraid they will scheme against us completely!"
Xu You finally understood why Jushou was so angry at every turn... This Guo Tu was such a troublemaker!