Not to mention Cao Cao, even Cao Chong, who was being teased by Cao Cao, and Cao Pi, who was about to follow Xun Yu and others, were also stunned on the spot.
Originally, Cao Pi planned to come over and get acquainted with these important officials and counselors of Cao Cao, but when he heard the news of Yuan Shao's death, he no longer had such interest.
While Cao Cao didn't see him, Cao Pi immediately greased his feet and rode his war horse to Hewu to look for He Yan.
"He Yan! He Yan!"
Cao Pi still didn't get over his habit of being the first to impress others. When he saw He Yan's figure from a distance, he started shouting, as if he was afraid that others wouldn't be able to see him.
After being called, He Yan calmly raised his head and glanced at Cao Pi, then lowered his head and continued to teach Cao Zhi next to him——
"If you like beautiful flowers, you can cultivate them yourself. You don't have to spend a lot of money to buy them. Otherwise, it won't be worth it if you make your father angry! Do you understand?"
"clear!"
The two of them talked to each other, completely ignoring Cao Pi's voice and concentrating on studying the gadgets in their hands.
"Hey! He Yan! Did you do this on purpose?"
Cao Pi finally rode his horse to He Yan's side. As soon as he got off the horse, he used his hoarse voice to question He Yan fiercely.
He Yan then shook his head in confusion: "No! I really didn't hear anything! Cao Zhi, do you think so?"
Cao Zhi nodded quickly: "Brother He Yan is right! I only heard the sound of the wind just now, but nothing else?"
When Cao Pi saw Cao Zhi here, he suddenly thought of Cao Jie who was "led out" by He Yan, and unconsciously felt an ominous premonition.
"What are you doing here?"
"Learn from Brother He Yan!"
"study?"
Cao Zhi cheered up and introduced what he had learned to Cao Pi: "Brother He Yan is teaching me how to plant flowers!"
Cao Pi:???
I saw Cao Pi looking at He Yan strangely. After confirming that the He Yan in front of me was a real person, he cautiously approached He Yan's ear and asked, "He Yan, are you playing tricks on Cao Zhi?"
He Yan shook his head.
Cao Pi refused to give up and continued to ask: "No! Let's have fun together! Talk to me! Don't tell me that you really want to teach Cao Zhi how to play with those flowers and plants!"
He Yan sighed: "Cao Pi, Cao Zhi is a real literary and artistic young man. Unlike you, a pseudo-artistic young man, he really likes this! You need to have a bigger picture!"
Cao Zhi also said: "I have realized something since Brother He Yan asked me to have a bigger picture last time."
Cao Pi asked curiously: "What happened?"
"When a man is alive, he can't just like women!"
Cao Pi:???
After reacting, Cao Pi took a breath of air, hurriedly distanced himself from Cao Zhi, and once again lay on He Yan's shoulder and asked: "He Yan, have you given Cao Zhi the habit of Long Yang?"
He Yan pushed Cao Pi away in disgust: "Compared with him, you are more like Long Yang, okay?"
"What Cao Zhi means is that as a human being, you should always discover some interesting things! Look at other people's consciousness! You, the elder brother, don't blush?"
"cut!"
Cao Pi waved his sleeves indifferently: "What I want to do is much better than playing with flowers and plants!"
He Yan rolled his eyes: "Don't be poor! What do you want from me? After that, go home and start your great career!"
Only then did Cao Pi remember his purpose of coming to He Yan, and he shouted excitedly to He Yan——
"Yuan Shao is dead!"
"oh."
"..."
On the way here, Cao Pi had imagined countless possible reactions from He Yan.
Whether it was shouts of excitement or stunned silence, none of these reactions would surprise Cao Pi.
But in the end, He Yan's unusually cold "Oh" made Cao Pi's expectations all dashed.
"He Yan."
Cao Pi thought He Yan didn't hear clearly, so he said to He Yan again: "Yuan Shao is dead! Yuan Shao! General Yuan Shao! That Yuan Shao from Hebei! He is dead!"
"I know."
This time Cao Pi made it very clear, but He Yan's attitude remained the same, which made Cao Pi feel a deep sense of frustration.
"Aren't you surprised?"
"Anyone can die, even if the person who dies is named Yuan Shao."
"Then you're not excited?"
"Who gets excited about the dead? Did you see the excitement on your father's face when you came out of Sikong Mansion?"
Cao Pi was speechless for a moment and hesitantly said: "I, I didn't pay attention."
However, Cao Pi's ability to adjust his mentality was too powerful, so he just started to have fun on the spot by himself: "Yuan Shao is dead, and Hebei is still at your fingertips!"
"As long as Hebei is captured, the north will be completely pacified! He Yan! Do you know what this means?"
Cao Pi's naive face burst out with an unprecedented expression: "It means that the troubled times are about to end!"
"..."
He Yan saw that Cao Pi was as happy as a two-hundred-pound child, and did not disturb him until he had passed the excitement and asked him: "Who told you that once Yuan Shao dies, Hebei will be pacified?"
"Although Yuan Shang's ability does not require Yuan Shao, it was extremely stable during the transfer of power in Hebei. The strength of the entire Hebei has not suffered much loss. How dare you say that Hebei can be easily pacified?"
Cao Pi's expression, which had been excited just now, suddenly turned cold.
"Also, even if the north is pacified, there are still Qiang and Ma Teng and Han Sui's gang in the west who have plagued the Han Dynasty's border areas for two hundred years. Liu Biao and Sun Quan in the south are not fuel-efficient lamps...Liu Zhang and Shi Xie are not enough.
They are afraid of each other, but they can completely separate themselves by relying on geographical advantages. Who told you that troubled times can end easily?"
Cao Pi longed for peace, and He Yan understood this.
But if peace can be obtained so easily, how can people cherish it anymore?
It is true that Yuan Shao of Hebei died, but Hebei's strength was not damaged.
In history, Cao Cao completely pacified Hebei. In fact, he mainly took advantage of the Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers to fight against the enemy. In addition, in the ninth year of Jian'an, a large-scale famine broke out in Hebei, so that he could successfully conquer Hebei.
Just like that, it took Boss Cao nearly six years, both inside and outside! If everyone takes Yuan Shao's death as lightly as Cao Pi, who knows how long it will take to pacify Hebei.
As for the rhetoric that unifying the north will end the troubled times... this is even more tragic! After all, when Boss Cao ran into Red Cliff, the entire land of China began a period of troubled times that lasted for more than four hundred years.
"Don't be too ambitious, just do your own thing slowly."
"Even if Hebei can be recaptured immediately, it won't be your turn to lead the army, right?"
Unexpectedly, Cao Pi immediately retorted when He Yan said this: "I will lead the army to go on an expedition this time!"
Huh?
He Yan looked at Cao Pi in surprise.
Is it possible that this guy's psychological shadow has healed?
The last time Cao Cao went on an expedition, he followed Boss Cao to Wan County to conquer Zhang Xiu. After Cao Ang died in battle, he was left with a huge psychological shadow.
Now Cao Pi actually wanted to take the initiative to go on an expedition, which really surprised He Yan.
"What's that look in your eyes? It's not like I've never been on the battlefield!"
Cao Pi was very dissatisfied with being looked down upon: "And this time, I want to win back my eldest brother's share!"
…
The more righteous and correct what Cao Pi said, the more He Yan felt that something was wrong, so he squinted his eyes and stared at Cao Pi.
After a long time.
Cao Pi felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, so he reluctantly told another reason——
"I heard from Wei Zhen that Yuan Xi's wife is extremely beautiful. If Yecheng is captured, He Yan, do you think I can kiss Fangze?"
He Yan:......
Now He Yan just wants to pray silently and let Brother Cao Ang's spirit from heaven come down and beat Cao Pi hard.
There was just that moment, really just that moment! He Yan actually thought that Cao Pi had changed his gender and wanted to become a real eel... Looking at it now, haha!
Looking up at Cao Pi again, He Yan's eyes were full of contempt: "Are you willing to risk your life just for beauty?"
"Hey~ you see what you said!"
Cao Pi jumped skillfully in front of He Yan, and helped He Yan straighten the wrinkles on his collar as if to please: "Even if I go to the battlefield, I will still have you! You can kill the enemy generals! With you protecting me, I will
...It should be okay, right?"
hehe!
Ignoring Cao Pi, He Yan turned to ask Cao Zhi: "Cao Zhi, do you have any thoughts about Mrs. Zhen?"
Cao Zhi, who was playing with a flower, snorted coldly: "Woman? What's so good about that?"
He Yan was obviously extremely satisfied after hearing this answer.
"If that's the case, then I'm relieved!"
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As a close friend of Yuan Shao, no one except a few people cared about what Cao Cao did after Yuan Shao's death.
But as the biggest competitor of Yuan Shao Group, Cao Cao Group would be really out of ideas if it didn't do something after Yuan Shao's death.
Without any hesitation, Cao Cao's staff drew up a complete plan to send troops the day after learning of Yuan Shao's death.
Cao Cao will personally lead Xuchang's 20,000 elite troops across the Yellow River to attack Yuan Tan, who has been garrisoned at Liyang.
If he could gain a foothold in Liyang, it would mean that Cao Cao would have a bridgehead where he could take the lead in future wars.
After Cao Cao came out, Yuan Shang also tried to take advantage of him.
Li Yang was supported by Yuan Tan. Yuan Shang, with his attitude of "sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight", did not think about supporting him. Instead, he placed the battlefield on the west side of Hedong, trying to knock down the mountain and shake the tiger, so that Cao Cao knew that he could not do it because of it.
I despise myself because I am a junior.
Yuan Shang ordered Guo Yuan, the governor of Hedong who he had ennobled, Gao Gan, the governor of Bingzhou, and Shanyu Luan of the Southern Huns, Hu Chuquan, to join tens of thousands of troops, and colluded with Ma Teng and other princes in Guanzhong to launch an attack on Guanzhong guarded by Zhong Yao.
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Guanzhong has been plagued by Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and others for so many years. Coupled with several major natural disasters, Guanzhong has long lost its prosperity.
It was during the past few years of Zhong Yao's governance that the Chang'an area in Guanzhong slowly began to show some vitality. Naturally, Zhong Yao could not sit back and watch the seedlings he had finally cultivated be destroyed by Yuan Shang.
Ask Cao Cao for help?
Then he fell into Yuan Shang's plan and made the world think that Yuan was still wise and powerful and could defeat others without fighting. This trend was undoubtedly unfavorable to Cao Cao.
So Zhong Yao can only find a way on his own!
He first sent Zhang Ji to persuade Ma Teng and Chen Qing to make Ma Teng rebel.
Later, when Yuan Jun crossed the river, Zhong Yao personally led the troops out and caught Yuan Jun by surprise.
In the chaotic battle, Guo Yuan was beheaded by Ma Teng's general Pang De. Upon seeing this, Hu Chuquan and Gao Gan had no choice but to surrender to Zhong Yao.
Once the war on the west side ended, Cao Cao no longer had any worries and began to attack Liyang day and night. This undoubtedly caused Yuan Tan who was stationed in Liyang extremely painful.
He stationed in Liyang for political gain, but he never thought of using his body as a human shield to block Cao Cao's sword!
To be honest, Yuan Tan's military ability is not bad, but if he compares with Cao Cao, he is obviously looking for the wrong opponent.
After a few days, had it not been for the difficult-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain of Liyang, Yuan Tan might not have followed in the footsteps of his father Yuan Shao.
What annoyed Yuan Tan the most was that Yecheng was so close to Liyang, but Yuan Shang had no intention of supporting him at all and just watched him get beaten!
If Yuan Tan didn't still have a bit of "Yuan family noble" reserve, Yuan Tan would have thought of simply surrendering to Cao Cao and everyone would be finished together!
Just when Yuan Tan could no longer hold on, an envoy finally arrived in Yecheng.
And the person who came here was none other than Feng Ji, the great hero who supported Yuan Shang's succession.
As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet each other. When Yuan Tan saw Feng Ji, he wanted to get rid of him immediately!
However, for the sake of Yecheng's reinforcements, Yuan Tan did not go too far, but gave Feng Ji face and allowed him to sit down.
"Feng Yuan Tu! When will reinforcements from Yecheng arrive?"
What Yuan Tan didn't know was that he would never wait for this reinforcement in his lifetime.
Before Feng Ji came, he discussed the current situation with Shen Pei and Yuan Shang.
For Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan and Cao Cao are actually threats. Now that he can finally watch them consuming their strength in Liyang, why wouldn't Yuan Shang do it?
Secondly.
It must be true that Yuan Tan could not defeat Cao Cao.
But Yuan Tan is now fighting a defensive battle!
Defensive warfare means that as long as there are sufficient resources, even a pig can defend it for a while!
Yuan Tan has accumulated a lot of wealth in Qingzhou. If Yuan Tan can lose all these wealth in Liyang, it will still be a clever move to weaken Yuan Tan.
Even if I think a little darker, it's not that Yuan Tan can't defeat Cao Cao? Instead, he simply wants to take advantage of Yuan Shang to send troops to support Yuan Shang's troops?
Anyway, the two brothers are now speculating on each other with the greatest malice. Even Cao Cao, who defeated their father, does not pay attention to him, but treats him as his own chess piece... It can only be said that the Yuan family is "fighting among themselves"
" and "arrogance" are written in the bones and cannot be changed.
When Feng Ji heard that Yuan Tan asked for Yuan Jun from him, he immediately smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Master Yuan Tan should know that before his death, the lord planned to send troops to pacify Zhang Yan. Now that these soldiers and baggage have not been withdrawn, I am afraid it will be difficult to support Yuan Tan."
Young Master fights."
As a prince, how could Yuan Tan not understand Feng Ji's refusal?
He laughed angrily: "Good! Good! What a Yuan Shang! What a judge with a strong and straight nature! What a group of loyal and capable ministers!"
"Since Yuan Shang is unwilling to send me reinforcements, then I will send him a gift!"
Fengji asked curiously: "What gift?"
Yuan Tan smiled ferociously: "Of course it's your head!"
I had a sore throat for the past three days and couldn't swallow anything. Today I was finally able to eat a little bit, but after I ate it, I realized that my sense of taste was gone...(⊙︿⊙)