Chapter 19 Founding a Country with Nine Martial Arts
Liu Bei's army left Guandong on August 19th, and arrived in Luoyang on September 7th. As early as August 9th, Cao Cao had arrived in Zhuoxian County. He touched Yuan Shao's corpse, cried, and rebuked his personal entourage for being unfavorable to the cavalry guard.
, each used the punishment of whipping to establish prestige. When the soldiers saw it, they were both happy and afraid.
Cao Cao then summoned all the officers from all ministries and above to the county to participate in the discussion. At the meeting, Cao Cao considered that he was a new arrival from the north and had no prestige foundation, and Yuan Shao's cronies were still very influential in the army. If he wanted to issue orders and prohibitions in the army,
, it was really difficult, and it was necessary to rely on the help of others, so he proposed at the meeting that the army should set up Jiuwu General, above the generals of the various ministries.
These Jiuwu generals may be relatives of the emperor, or famous ministers and generals, and they are all chosen for their fame. There are nine people in total, known as Jiuwu generals. They can suppress the country and stabilize the country, and they are also called Jiuzhen Fangguo. These nine generals are:
Envoy Chijie, Yibi Sansi, Zuo Cheqi General, Yanzhou Mu, Commander-in-Chief of all military affairs in Hebei, Shou Zhanghou, Jianwu General Cao Cao.
Envoy Chijie, Yibi Sansi, Youzhou Mu, Da Sima, Xiangbenhou, Xingwu General Liu Yu.
Envoy Chijie, Jizhou Mu, General Hussar, Marquis of Yangping, General Kaiwu Yuan Shang.
Qingzhou Mu, former general, Lelinghou, Mingwu general Xiahou Dun.
Shi, the Chief of the Chariot and Cavalry General's Office, the Marquis of Pingxiang, and Jushou, the General of Fenwu.
Prime Minister of Jibei, Captain of Cavalry, Marquis of Linyi, and General Zhenwu Bao Xin.
Bohai Governor, Euphorbia Lieutenant, Fuyang Marquis, and Ningwu General Chunyu Qiong.
The prefect of Wei County, Marquis Liyang, and General Anwu reviewed the match.
Changshan Xiang, Zhendinghou, Guangwu General Gaogan.
Cao Cao spent a lot of thought on this arrangement. Before he came, what he was most worried about was that the various ministries were scattered and not unified, making it difficult to compete with the overlords. The establishment of the Jiuwu General was to general Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou.
The three state capitals have carried out a preliminary split and reorganization, reshaping them into one group.
The candidates for each general are also carefully selected.
Cao Cao listed himself among the Nine Martial Arts to show that he was governing fairly and had no intention of taking power, so as to keep all the ministries focused.
In order to further avoid suspicion, among the generals he brought on this trip, only Bao Xin, who was in charge of fighting against Dong Yuanxun, could be ranked among the nine martial arts. Among the old troops of Yanzhou garrison, only Xiahou Dun, who was responsible for guarding Yanzhou, was selected, and the rest
They are basically former members of the Yuan Shao shogunate.
The first is Yuan Shang. As the third son of Yuan Shao, he was very important during Yuan Shao's lifetime, but after all, he was not the eldest son. In theory, he should not be the leader of the Yuan family. However, Cao Cao went against all opinions and listed him among the nine martial arts, and regarded him as the leader of the Yuan family.
Jizhou Mu. As a result, Yuan Shang burst into tears of gratitude to Cao Cao and called him "uncle" in public.
Among Yuan Shao's other disciples, Cao Cao should logically reuse Yuan Tan, but he deliberately ignored it and introduced Yuan Shao's son-in-law Gao Gan into Jiubuli. Gao Gan was talented and talented, and he was outstanding in civil and military affairs. He was born in the Chenliu Gao family, and there were many in his clan.
Many of them were under the rule of Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Cao promised to marry them and asked his second son Cao Pi to marry the daughter of Gao Gan. Gao Gan readily agreed. After winning over Yuan Shang and Gao Gan, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and others, even though they were dissatisfied, expressed dissatisfaction with Cao Cao's take over.
There is nothing Hebei can do.
As for Jushou and Chunyu Qiong, there are three judges. Jushou and Shenpei are the leaders of the Hebei gentry, and Chun Yuqiong is the representative of the Yingchuan gentry. They are also Cao Cao's old friends when he was serving in Xiyuan. Cao Cao arranged this to divide Yuan Shao's shogunate.
For the Yingchuan and Hebei factions, he reconquered them under his own command.
Cao Cao's most ingenious move was to use Liu Yu as the general to promote martial arts. After his struggle for power with Gongsun Zan failed, Liu Yu has been living in seclusion in Guangyang County. Even though the court sent people to invite him several times, he always refused to join the expedition.
.Yuan Shao, on the other hand, valued Liu Yu's influence and kept sending envoys to ask for courtesy, thereby expanding his reputation in Youzhou. But this time when Cao Cao came, he actually invited Liu Yu to come out and agreed to cooperate with the Bafu.
Confrontation.
It should be noted that Liu Yu was not only famous among the various tribes in Youzhou, but also the leader of the clan and gentry. After he and his son Liu He joined the Hebei shogunate, the panic in the counties of Youzhou was wiped out, and the soldiers were even more violent.
It added a bit of morale, and seemed to have the righteousness to fight against the overlord.
By August 15th, Cao Cao basically subdued Yuan Shao's old tribe. The gentry in Hebei also reciprocated. At Yuan Shangju's suggestion, the public believed that the country was in trouble and needed a heroic leader, so they elected Cao Cao as marshal.
At this point, Cao Cao has initially stabilized Hebei, but there are still many things he has to do next. Although everyone recommends him as the leader, he still lacks enough military exploits to convince others. Therefore, the first thing he did after becoming marshal was to decide
Lead the army to march north, first attack Gongsun Du and avenge Yuan Shao.
Gongsun Du was previously stationed in the Jundu Mountain area and was ordered to resist the Juyong Duan Xuan. Unexpectedly, the Han army was in retreat, so he was recruited by Duan Xuan and openly resisted Yuan Shao's recruitment. Instead, he fell into the arms of Jinyang Bafu.
Although he was not the culprit in the assassination of Yuan Shao, there is no doubt that if the Bafu envoy was able to sneak into the Qu Yi army, he must be involved.
During these days, Gongsun Du has been promoting the power of the Bafu in Jundu Mountain, and then recruiting frustrated Youzhou soldiers. Due to Duan Xuan's support, in just one month, he recruited nearly 30,000 soldiers.
It occupies almost half of Guangyang.
Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun agreed that after conquering Hebei, they would return to Yanzhou within one month. But after learning what Gongsun Du had done, even though time was urgent, Cao Cao was still determined to get rid of him. He said to the generals: "Henan
When a large number of troops are gathered, it is like Mount Tai pressing down on the top. Although it is indestructible, it is slow to move. But Gongsun Du is close to the elbow and armpit, just like a snake coiled on a couch. Its shape is not prosperous, but its intention is to kill!"
However, he did not ask all the troops to go north, but ordered Jushou and Bao Xin to organize the army in Zhuoxian County, restrain the troops, and at the same time convey the news of Cao Cao's appointment to the rest of the troops. He led Chunyu Qiong, Xia Houyuan, Zhu Ling, Shi
General Huan and other generals united the tribe of about 10,000 people and marched to Jundu Mountain.
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Even though he had the intention of killing the enemy with one blow, Cao Cao was not walking fast along the way. He ordered his men to take off their armor and leave them in Zhuoxian County, then put away their swords and bows and arrows, threw them into the chariot, and then
Pushing the baggage and leading the pack horses, he marched north at a speed of sixty miles a day, openly flying the flag of Yuan's army. The distance that the cavalry could cover in half a day with a fast horse actually took two days to cover.
But in this way, from the outside, this group of troops moving trailers and horses does not seem to have any murderous intentions. Instead, they look like the scattered soldiers that can be seen everywhere in Youyan after Yuan Shao's death. The farmers passing by looked at them and said
: Since this group of people is heading north, they are probably going north to join Gongsun Du's troops! Because they are larger in number, many stragglers have gathered and want to accompany Cao Cao.
When the news reached Gongsun Du's ears, he was still having dinner in the military capital.
He asked the scout: "It is said that a large group of people came. Are they well-equipped?"
The scout replied: "Many of the people are wearing cloth clothes and straw shoes, and don't have much armor. They have some weapons, but not many. They only have horses and flags, which are in good order."
Gongsun Du said "Oh" and no longer took it to heart. He clapped his hands and called his younger brother Gongsun Gu and asked him to go there to discuss the recruitment matters.
He himself has more important things to do.
The first thing is to contact Gongsun Du. After Yuan Shao died, the attitude of Gongsun Du in Liaodong changed again. Once Gongsun Du returned to the court, the incident in Youzhou could basically be ended. Therefore, Duan Xuan had already talked with Gongsun Du before, as long as he could
He was the first to convince Liaodong to surrender and reward him for his merits on the North Road afterwards.
In addition, Gongsun Du actually had some selfish motives. He heard that when Longyou surrendered, the imperial court gave him the power to seize land, levy and exempt counties, etc., and he was quite envious of this. When he talked about this with his old relatives,
Someone suggested that it would be better to follow Han Sui's example. After occupying Guangyang, he could send troops to occupy Yuyang and Peiping before the chaos was over. Then he could use his own troops to demand power from the imperial court. This made Gongsun Du very excited.
, I have been planning this recently and have no intention of doing anything else.
At this time, there was suddenly some noise outside the city. Although it was as thin as the sound of wind in my ears, it was obvious that the chaos outside the city was not a trivial matter. Gongsun Du stood up and listened for a while, and soon called a few Cangtou back.
Let them go and see what's going on.
While waiting for the reward, the hustle and bustle outside the city did not subside at all, but became more and more intense. This made Gongsun Du notice a lot of strange things, and he decided to issue a military order to summon the two thousand knights stationed in the city.
When the knights were gathering, Cangtou finally reported: the new soldiers outside the city had some of their baggage taken away by the old soldiers, and then the two armies began to fight, which may be difficult to solve.
After listening to the description, Gongsun Du could almost imagine the scene outside the city, which naturally made him feel a little discouraged. He thought to himself: How can such a ragtag group of people achieve anything? It is better to concentrate on serving the court!
So Gongsun Du ordered all the elite soldiers and horses in the city to open, and ordered the city gates to be opened, and he marched out majestically from the avenue. He himself rode in front of the soldiers and horses, showing his identity with a silver-white armor, hoping to use this to disperse the soldiers outside the city.
Ending the fight. Sure enough, as soon as Gongsun Du appeared, most of the soldiers scattered and retreated, not daring to raise any more troops to cause trouble.
But as soon as he came out of the city gate, Cao Cao also saw him. While causing the dispute, they had quietly gathered hundreds of horses together, and the soldiers quietly took out the swords and swords in the baggage. By the time Gongsun Du led the crowd
When they were coming this way, Cao Cao shouted loudly and rushed out with Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Cao Ren and other ten cavalrymen. After they rushed a few dozen steps, the tiger and leopard cavalry sounded their trumpets and galvanized their horses.
Then, a long, cold light seemed to rise out of thin air, and before anyone could prepare, it had already pierced into the flesh and blood of many people.
Before Gongsun Du's elite could engage in battle, they were overwhelmed by the scattered soldiers. Even though Cao Cao's troops were not wearing armor and could not fight Gongsun Du head-on, they only had to keep driving away the scattered soldiers and turn them into a rushing line.
The strong current from the north quickly overwhelmed the defenses of the military capital.
It only took about an hour for Cao Cao to successfully capture the city. But Gongsun Du was pushed off his mount before the first wave of rout soldiers and fell into the crowd. He knew that it was difficult for him to survive, and he was desperate.
The knife cut off his neck by itself. When people identified the body after the war, they found that his body had been trampled beyond recognition. If it hadn't been for the silver armor, no one would have guessed that it was the body of Gongsun Du of Yanbei. p>
After a battle in the military capital, Cao Cao returned with a great victory, beheading thousands of people and taking tens of thousands of prisoners. But what greeted him in Zhuoxian was the news that Xiahou Dun had been captured and Yanzhou was in rebellion.