Things were indeed as Chu Nan expected. After the fall of Shouzhang, Xuchang was breached even after not being able to hold out for a day. The rest of the cities still controlled by Cao's army faced a sweep.
Without powerful generals to guard the city, and facing generals like Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan, it is really difficult to defend an ordinary city. Often, with a hail of arrows, the city defense has been broken.
It is really not difficult for top military generals to attack a city without generals guarding it. Those celebrities are half-hearted and follow their words. It is okay to deal with ordinary generals, but facing top military generals, they cannot avoid the fate of breaking the city. To defeat Shouzhang, all the generals will go into battle.
, it took more than a month, but Shouchun, Jiyin, Dongping and Dongjun's cities north of the Yellow River were basically captured in less than half a month. The speed was jaw-dropping.
But if you really understand this, you won't be surprised. After all, Cao Cao is dead, and Cao Cao's last remnant party has been completely defeated. If it weren't for the reputation of Lu Bu Weng's son-in-law, these cities wouldn't even need to be attacked, and they would surrender on their own.
However, although the city was pacified, the chaos did not disappear. On the contrary, it became more and more intense because... Yuan Shao returned to his army!
Jizhou, Yecheng.
"Didn't you say that Meng De will win? How come in the end, Meng De was deprived of his inheritance by Lu Bu and even lost his life!?" Yuan Shao frowned and looked at the advisers in his tent. In fact, he had known about Cao Cao's death for a long time.
However, it was the most critical time for him to completely eliminate Gongsun Zan. It was naturally impossible for Yuan Shao to give up the victory and return to help Cao Cao.
Based on Gongsun Zan's reputation in Youzhou, Yuan Shao was sure that as long as he retreated, Gongsun Zan would be able to revive or even make a comeback.
How could Hebei's hegemony be interrupted?
"Lord, this matter is related to what Lu Bu has done in the past two years." Tian Feng stepped out and said to Yuan Shao: "The reason why we conclude that Cao Cao will defeat Lu Bu is because almost no one in the gentry will stand.
On Lu Bu's side, however, everything that flourishes must eventually decline. Perhaps it was precisely because Lu Bu saw this clearly that he decisively purged the Xuzhou gentry, and finally achieved today's victory."
"What a cleanup!" Xu You sneered: "Why should Yuan Hao cover up for Lu Bu? The evil Lu Bu has done in the past two years is too numerous to describe. The Central Plains nobles killed all the way from Xuzhou to Xuchang, and then from Xuchang to Mount Tai.
Such evil deeds have long made the world feel ashamed, and everyone is eager to eat his flesh, so the words Yuan Hao purged him are a bit understated."
"Yes." Guo Tu chuckled and said: "The word "purge" is used... It seems that as long as he is as cruel and ruthless as Lu Bu and slaughters the nobles, he can sweep the Central Plains like Lu Bu. If the lord hadn't been restrained by Gongsun Zan, how could he have done it?
Is Lu Bu so rampant? My lord, I would like to suggest that we send out troops immediately to defeat Lu Bu first and secure the Central Plains!"
Tian Feng frowned but said nothing. Although these two people were targeting him, he agreed with Lu Bu's attack. He could see clearly that it didn't matter whether Lu Bu was cruel or not. Kings were never judged by virtue.
But one thing Tian Feng was very concerned about was that Lu Bu's method made him successful, and it was able to mobilize the people's power to the greatest extent. Now that Lu Bu had newly acquired the Central Plains, and his foundation was stable, he sent troops at this time, and he had a good chance of winning.
Not only because Yuan Shao had many soldiers and generals, but more importantly, there were still nobles in the Central Plains, so it was impossible for Lu Bu to clear out the two states of Yan and Yu in such a short period of time.
Although Yuan Shao's side is also tired from long battles, people's hearts are towards Yuan Shao.
But if it is delayed for too long, the Central Plains nobles will be wiped out by Lu Bu. If we use troops at that time, there will be no troops in the Central Plains to welcome Yuan Shao, and Lu Bu's internal affairs will also be stable. By then, it will be difficult to deal with Lu Bu.
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"That's wrong!" Just when Tian Feng chose to shut up, Xin Ping frowned and said: "It took many days for our army to conquer Gongsun Zan. The soldiers and horses are exhausted, and the soldiers and civilians are tired of fighting. Lu Bu is only a minor problem. What our army should do now is
Rectify the troops and horses, cultivate the people's livelihood, and when the cultivation is completed, they can cross the Henan expedition with great power. By then, it will be a mere Lu Bu, what's the point?"
Many Jizhou counselors agreed, and Tian Feng frowned.
In the process of conquering Gongsun Zan, the major families in Jizhou invested money and effort to help Yuan Shao turn defeat into victory, and finally annexed Gongsun Zan, which indeed consumed a lot of money. At this time, if they are asked to spend money and effort to attack the Central Plains, these Jizhou celebrities may not be able to do it.
willing.
As for the reason why people like Xu You and Guo Tu were so active, it was because they were from the Central Plains. Lu Bu occupied the Central Plains and had a suppressive attitude towards the scholars, which harmed their foundation. Naturally, they wanted to drive Lu Bu away.
Under Yuan Shao, there has been a long-standing dispute between the local gentry in Jizhou and the gentry in the Central Plains. Especially after Yuan Shao captured Han Fu and started a war with Gongsun Zan, his reliance on the gentry in Jizhou became even heavier. Most of his generals came from Jizhou. Nowadays, the gentry in Jizhou
Everyone is opposed to sending troops. I'm afraid it will be difficult to send troops now.
Even though they knew the dangers of Lu Bu, in the eyes of these celebrities, Lu Bu had basically reached the end at this point. Living in the Central Plains, surrounded by enemies on all sides, and facing such a powerful force as Yuan Shao, his situation was indeed worrying.
But Tian Feng felt that Lu Bu's biggest threat was not his demonstrated combat prowess, but his untapped potential.
He took a step forward and said: "My lord, Lu Bu's harm is not because he is rampant now, but because of the fundamentals of his rule. It is to subvert the current rule of law and exploit and harm the nobles. Although this method is cruel, it can temporarily win the hearts of the people, just like Shang Yang's
The law can quickly seize the people's power. Now that the Central Plains is in chaos, it is when it is at its weakest. Our army takes action at this time, and the Central Plains nobles will do their best to help. The weather, the right location, the people and the people all depend on me. But if we delay, we will
By the time Lu Bu succeeds in this method and our army mounts another crusade, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
"Oh?"
"I have no intention of doing so, but even if we don't send troops to quell it, we can still send cavalry across the river to harass the Central Plains day and night, which will make Lu Bu tired of dealing with it and provoke rebellions in various places. If things go on like this, Lu Bu will definitely be unable to resist the lord!" Tian Feng said solemnly.
Even if we don't fight now, we can't let Lu Bu rest and recuperate in peace. The terrain of the Central Plains is flat. If we send troops to harass, the opponent will have no danger of defending. If things go on like this, the people will be hard to win. We can even achieve the goal of victory without a fight by this method.
"As we all know, Lu Bu is the best at commanding cavalry. As far as I know, in the battle of Xuchang, it was because Lu Bu led the cavalry to attack Xuchang first, forcing Cao Cao not to send troops, which led to the defeat of Xuchang and Cao Cao's death. Sir, you should know
If Lu Bu's temper makes him angry and he comes to Jizhou to cause trouble, what should he do?" Xin Pi asked in return.
Tian Feng frowned and said: "After all, our army is not Cao Cao. The Lord has countless powerful generals. If Lu Bu really comes, why not take this opportunity to trap Lu Bu and kill him in Jizhou? If Lu Bu dies, why worry about the Central Plains?"
"Sir, what you said is quite simple." Another Jizhou celebrity sneered, "Have you ever thought about what we would do if Lu Bu did not come to Yecheng, but instead went around plundering and killing the nobles?"
Tian Feng was furious. Isn't this an argument? As the leader of an army, Lu Bu now occupies three states and two counties in the Central Plains. How could he lead his cavalry and run here without any trouble? Ignoring the situation in the DPRK and China?
Just as he was about to reprimand, Jushou pulled him back and signaled him to stop talking.
If this continues, this friend of mine will become a complete loner.
It's not that Tian Feng was wrong. Tian Feng thought about these issues from Yuan Shao's perspective. However, he inadvertently offended the Jizhou nobles who were supposed to be on his side, and it was impossible to gain the approval of the Yingchuan nobles.
Didn't see Xu You, Guo Tu, Feng Ji and the others just stood aside and watched the internal fight between Tian Feng and the Jizhou gentry, but they didn't say anything to help Tian Feng?
Tian Feng looked at Ju Shou, sighed, and could only bow to Yuan Shao and said, "My lord, please think again."
Yuan Shao silently watched the fight between his advisers and remained silent. Until then, he nodded and said: "What Yuan Hao said is indeed true, but what Zhongzhi said is also correct. Our army has only experienced a major war now.
The soldiers are exhausted and the people are tired of war. It is not suitable to send troops at this time. Let’s discuss the sending of troops later.”
"Lord!" Xu You and others couldn't sit still after hearing this. They stood up one after another to persuade them. If they waited any longer, the Central Plains nobles would die.
At this moment, a general came to the door and saluted Yuan Shao from a distance.
"What's the matter? Come in and talk!" Yuan Shao interrupted Xu You and said quietly.
"My lord, some members of the Cao clan have come... to seek death." The general hesitated for a moment and said.
"Want to die?" Yuan Shao was a little confused and looked at the other person and said, "What do you mean?"
"The general doesn't know, but Cao Pi, the second son of Cao Cao, came with a sword and said outside the door that the master wanted to kill him, so he came to die in person!" the general said, bowing.
"Nonsense!" Yuan Shao slapped the table and said: "Meng De and I have been friends for generations and have been deeply affectionate since childhood. Although we were unhappy before, it was still for the sake of public service. Now that he has suffered a great disaster, how can I harm his family? It will be soon."
Invite people!"
"Here!" the general agreed, turned around and left in a hurry.
After a while, Cao Pi held a simple sword in both hands, brought Cao Zhang and young Cao Zhi, and came in surrounded by Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Le Jin and others. When he saw Yuan Shao, he took a deep breath.
He raised his sword with both hands and said loudly: "My nephew Cao Pi, I know that Mr. Yuan wants to kill me, but I dare not disobey, so I am here to die!"
Yuan Shao stood up, walked down the hall, helped Cao Pi up, frowned and said: "Why do you say this, good nephew? Even if Meng De and I have a rift, we will never take action against you."
"In that case, why did Duke Yuan order his eldest son Yuan Tan to lead the Qingzhou troops to attack and cut off our army's last hope!?" Cao Pi raised his head and looked straight at Yuan Shao, with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Excuse me?" Yuan Shao frowned and looked at everyone, but saw that everyone was also confused. Then he turned to look at Cao Pi and said: "What happened? My nephew, let me tell you in detail. My nephew's defense line is isolated and harmless.
Your heart.”
Cao Pi took a deep breath and began to tell Yuan Shao about Shouzhang in detail...
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