As he read Cao Cao's letter, Cao Zhi's face became serious.
Cao Cao brought good news and bad news in the letter. It turned out that when Cao Zhi set out for Liyang, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army crossed the border into Yanzhou and was still attacking Rencheng. According to Cao Zhi's estimation, Rencheng could at least be
After holding on for a month or two, Cao Cao unexpectedly told him in a letter that Ren Chengjin held on for five days before being breached and the prefect Zheng Sui was killed.
Taking advantage of the victory, the Yellow Turban Army pursued Wuyan City and surrounded Wuyan City two days later, and quickly captured it. Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was too conservative in his use of troops and dispersed his forces too much. The original plan was to fortify layers of defenses, that is, to control the territory of each county in Yanzhou
, not to be taken advantage of by neighbors, but also wanted to use the layer-by-layer defense strategy to bring down the Yellow Turban Army.
Liu Dai did not expect that the Yellow Turban Army would attack so quickly. After the fall of Wuyan City, he hurriedly mobilized his troops and gathered the troops scattered in various counties, intending to encircle and suppress them with all his strength. However, it took time to gather the troops, and the Yellow Turban thieves had already attacked Liu Dai.
Shouyang, the capital of Dai's state, rushed towards him. Liu Dai could not sit back and wait for death. Before Liu Dai's 100,000 soldiers and horses were gathered in place, Liu Dai led his troops to fight against the fierce Qingzhou Yellow Turban bandits. What did Liu Dai think in his eyes?
The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, which claims to be worth millions, is nothing more than a mob.
Liu Dai personally led 70,000 elite troops and sailed out of Shouyang in an attempt to capture Wuyan City. Liu Dai's underestimation of the enemy was the fatal injury of Liu Dai's trip. Not only did Liu Dai fail to recapture Wuyan City, but the suburbs of Wuyan City were also defeated by the Yellow Turban Army.
He himself also died in this battle, and his head was used as a sacrifice to the Yellow Turban Army's Bagua Banner.
Once upon a time, Cao Zhi, Cao Cao, and Liu Dai allied together in Suanzao to slay Dong. His voice and smile were still there, but now he has become a headless ghost. Cao Zhi couldn't help but feel a little sad when he read this and thought about it. Although Liu Dai had said that at the time,
They also mocked Cao Cao for sending troops to Xingyang, but people cannot be resurrected, and they were still allies before and even today, at least with Cao Cao.
"I didn't expect Liu Dai to go like this!"
Cao Zhi felt sad and murmured to himself. He suddenly felt that he and Cao Cao deliberately delayed the rescue mission, and felt a bit guilty. If... Well, there is no point in talking about what if now, Liu
Daidu is dead.
Anyway, from the letter, Cao Zhi felt that his elder brother Cao Cao was a bit gloating about his misfortune. He may not have expected that Liu Dai would die in the battle, but if Liu Dai does not die now, Cao Cao will also want him dead in the future.
Deng Ai had not read the letter, but when he heard that Cao Zhi mentioned Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, he was slightly surprised and couldn't help asking: "Who did your lord say just left like this?"
Cao Zhi turned around as if waking up from a dream: "Oh! Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, this letter is from my brother, take a look! I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it..."
Cao Zhi handed the letter to Deng Ai with emotion and stood up. While remembering Liu Dai, he continued to fall into deep thought.
Deng Ai was originally reluctant to read other people's family letters, but when he heard that the matter concerned Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, he put aside his scruples and began to read and browse carefully.
When he read that Liu Dai died in battle, he was shocked. He stood up, held up the letter and exclaimed: "Yanzhou has no owner!"
Cao Zhi was awakened from his reverie by Deng Ai's call. When he heard Deng Ai's first reaction, he thought to himself: "Deng Ai is really politically sensitive. When he saw the news of Liu Dai's death in battle, his first reaction was that Yanzhou has no owner."
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Deng Ai's reaction was not finished yet. He paused for two seconds and continued to hold up the letter and said: "Then the lord and the eldest lord will have a chance..."
Deng Ai and Liu Dai didn't know each other at all, so there was no sadness. His chain reaction was political gain. Liu Dai died, Cao Zhi, and Cao Cao received the emperor's order to station in Yanzhou to pacify and suppress the bandits. After the battle
Fighting, occupying Yanzhou is more obvious and logical.
Before Deng Ai finished speaking, Cao Zhi had already guessed what he was going to say next, because he was not the only one in the world with such political acumen.
Cao Zhi pointed to the letter with a smile and said to Deng Ai: "If you read on, there are people around my elder brother who have been advising him for a long time. The Prime Minister of Jibei, Bao Xin, has asked my elder brother for help at this time. It is estimated that this time
My eldest brother has already arrived in Yanzhou!quot;
Facts have proved that Cao Zhi's estimation was correct. When Cao Cao showed Bao Xin's letter to his subordinate counselor Chen Gong in the East County official house, Chen Gong's eyes lit up and he shouted ""
"Good" word.
Of course Cao Cao knew the meaning of the word "good" but he pretended to be confused and said: "The thieves are so rampant that even 'Liu Yanzhou' was harmed by them. How could Lord Gongtai (Chen Gong's word) say 'good'?"
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Chen Gong was also a eloquent person, and then he said seriously: "What I said is good is only for Ming Gong. Now that Liu Dai has been killed in battle, Yanzhou has no owner, and the traitor situation is extremely critical. I think Ming Gong should do his duty and not let him in."
Taking charge of Yanzhou, he led the army and civilians of the whole state to fight against the bandits. If Ming Gong agrees, the palace is willing to go to Yanzhou to lobby for governance in advance with his sharp tongue. Instead of waiting for the state officials, he will let them hold the state pastoral seal and ribbon to invite Ming.
As soon as the Duke captured Yanzhou, he had the foundation to establish his career. From then on, he competed with other heroes in the Central Plains. Maybe in three to five years, the Duke would be able to conquer Luoyang. What a God-given opportunity!
Chen Gong's words were really good, and there was no reason for Cao Cao to disobey him! So Chen Gong set out overnight, taking great risks, and rushed to Yanzhou. Two days later, he returned to Dongjun in a dusty way, and Yanzhou was also there.
Zhizhong Wan Qian and Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, who represented the officials and people of Yanzhou, came to Dongjun with the governor's seal and ribbon, and specially asked Cao Cao to go to Yanzhou to "temporarily take charge of state affairs."
On the night when Cao Cao took over the governor's seal, in view of the urgent military situation, Cao Cao ordered all his troops to go to Yanzhou to take office. Before setting off, he, Xun Yu and others had roughly formulated a combat strategy, including a hastily written letter to Cao Zhi.
And so. In his letter, he asked Cao Zhi to immediately abandon Shouchun and move his troops to march towards Shouzhang of Yanzhou. Shouyang is the capital of Yanzhou. The Yellow Turban Army has now besieged Shouzhang. After taking Shouzhang, they will attack directly.
In Shouyang, Cao Cao and Cao Zhi planned to attack from two sides and give the Yellow Turban Army a fatal blow on the outskirts of Shouzhang.
After reading the letter, Deng Ai thought to himself. Although there was a distance between Yanzhou and Yangzhou, when Deng Ai saw the news of Liu Dai's death in battle for the first time, he thought that Cao Zhi would also have the opportunity to take over Yanzhou. He only saw it later.
Knowing that Cao Cao had taken the lead and that they were brothers after all, Deng Ai saw that Cao Zhi had no interest in Yanzhou, so he swallowed what he wanted to say.
After reading the letter, Deng Ai was silent for a moment and asked Cao Zhi, who was also meditating: "My lord, what should we do next?"
Cao Zhi looked straight and said: "We were originally going to Yanzhou. In fact, it is not difficult to withdraw our troops now, but something like Chen Ling happened, and the tunnels were half-battled..."
Deng Ai listened for a moment, and then he looked solemn and said righteously: "My lord, the matter of the third lady is important, but it cannot be compared with the suppression of the rebellion in Yanzhou. We should still prioritize important matters."
"Yes!" Cao Zhi nodded and affirmed: "What the county magistrate said is reasonable. I think so. This evening, I will inform all the generals to come to my camp to discuss matters. My handsome army will set off to Yanzhou to quell the rebellion at the latest the day after tomorrow. You
In a letter, I informed Wanling to ask Wang Ping to lead his 10,000 troops to meet me in Shouzhang. I transferred Moling Xu Chu back to Wanling to assist Ni Heng in guarding Danyang. I will leave some troops here. You, Zhou Cang, and Li
Hei will stay and retreat to Hefei after exploring Shouchun. You will also be responsible for Hefei's affairs. Let Li Ru follow me to Yanzhou. Anyway, Yuan Qian will arrive in two days, so I will let Yuan Qian and Chen Yu go here.
Just fight, you just need to keep an eye on their progress."
Deng Ai bowed and said: "Yes!" After saying that, he sat back to the desk on the right side, studied ink, wrote letters, and drafted various military orders.
Cao Zhi stood outside the tent with his hands behind his back. He pondered for a while and filtered through the arrangements he had just made to see if there was anything missing. After thinking for a while, he couldn't think of anything wrong, so he turned around.
When he returned to the main tent, he saw that Deng Ai was busy writing, so he walked back to his big case, sat down, picked up the other two letters and looked at them.
"Yo!" Cao Zhi turned over the remaining two letters on the case and exclaimed secretly. Among the remaining two letters, one was written by Sun Ce. Cao Zhi estimated that it was Sun Ce who asked him why he was surrounded by soldiers.
His father-in-law's Shouchun. So he hadn't read it just now, and now Cao Zhi didn't read it either. He turned to the second letter directly, opened the letter, and saw that it was the secret report sent to him by Le Jin.
Le Jin's current official position is also Danyang Captain, but he is basically in charge of Cao Zhi's intelligence agency, which is now beginning to take shape. Although there are not many soldiers under his command who are dedicated to this matter, they are all elite soldiers and strong generals.
Le Jin was previously sent by him to get information about the war in Yanzhou. He also reported the war situation in Yanzhou to Cao Zhi in his letter, which was more detailed than Cao Cao's letter. Of course, it mainly contained information on the movements, scale, and configuration of the Yellow Turban Army.
But what aroused Cao Zhi's interest was the second piece of information. After Le Jin returned to Danyang, he received information from the scout stationed in Jingzhou, saying that there was also a change in Jingzhou, so Le Jin only stayed in Danyang for one day.
So he set off again to Jingzhou.
This is also the reason why the letter arrived so late. After Le Jin sorted out the movements of the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou, the same information was made in two copies. One was sent to Cao Cao in Dongjun, and the other was sent to Cao Zhi in Shouchun.
Here. This is what Cao Zhi ordered him to do, but just when he was about to send a military intelligence report to Cao Zhi, he received intelligence about Jingzhou. After discussion with Le Jin, Mi Heng, and Wang Ping, they all believed that Cao Zhi was now under siege.
Shouchun, and Shouchun is inextricably related to Yuan Shu in Jingzhou. In the end, they decided to find out the changes in Jingzhou and send them to Cao Zhi together, so this information ended up being related to
Cao Cao's letter arrived at the same time.
Cao Zhi has some opinions on Yue Jin and Ni Heng's arrogant opinions, and is ready to warn them that no matter what information you think is important or not, Cao Zhi must be notified immediately where he is. But after seeing and hearing
The next information about Jingzhou made Cao Zhi's unhappiness disappear.
The secret message between Cao Zhi and Le Jin still uses the method of cutting the letter or information into two parts, one part is in written form, and the other half is delivered manually. This is to ensure absolute safety.
After Cao Zhi found the messenger with the other half of the letter, Cao Zhi fully understood the changes in Jingzhou. In fact, this was not a change to Cao Zhi, and it was already expected by Cao Zhi, because he had already read this paragraph well.
history.
The so-called mutation in Jingzhou actually refers to the falling out between Jingzhou governor Liu Biao and Nanyang prefect Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu always believed that Jingzhou was his territory, and it was he who recommended Liu Biao to become the governor. Although his real official position in Jingzhou was Nanyang Prefect, he considered himself Liu Biao's lord.
But Liu Biao didn't think so. Liu Biao's family was an authentic Han clan member after all. He was a descendant of King Lu Gong and Liu She. There were genealogies that could be checked. Now Emperor Xian had to call him "Tang" according to his seniority in the family.
Uncle.
Liu Biao was also a promising young man when he was young. During the reign of Emperor Ling, he was appointed as a concubine by the general He Jin and served as a lieutenant in the Northern Army. His descendant Wang Rui became the governor of Jingzhou. After he stationed in Jingzhou, he appointed the Kuai brothers from two major families in Jingzhou.
, assisted by Cai Mao and others, the governance of Jingzhou was very good. In recognition of his merits, Emperor Xian promoted him to General Zhennan, Mu of Jingzhou, and was granted the title of Marquis of Wu. During his stay in Jingzhou, Liu Biao was both kind and powerful, and he was able to lure him well.
, Thousands of miles were cleared, and the people were convinced. He also established scriptures and established schools, loved the people and raised scholars, and now had the ability to calmly protect himself.
With Liu Biao's achievement, he did not think that he was still Yuan Shu's slave. Recently, he even thought that Yuan Shu should be his slave, because although Yuan Shu had the rank of post-general, he was not the governor of Nanyang, so at least he should be
Subordinates.
Yuan Shu has been shouting at Liu Biao, asking for food and people. At this time, Yuan Shu successively occupied Yuzhou, Sili, Yangzhou and part of Jingzhou, and became the overlord of the south. At this time, he
He began to feel complacent. Not only did he forget the principle of shooting the first bird, but he also put on the air of a leader of heroes, fanning the flames everywhere, causing all kinds of troubles, causing harm to others and not benefiting himself. Before Liu Biao was still young, he only
He could be submissive to Yuan Shu, the young master. But this time it was different. Yuan Shao got in touch with him and expressed his support for him to break away from Yuan Shu.
The internal fighting between brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu has been going on for a long time, but it has recently become public. At that time, Yuan Shao was in the north and Yuan Shu was in the south. What did Yuan Shu do? Yuan Shu contacted Gongsun Zan further north to contain Yuan Shao, which made Yuan Shao still...
He was fighting with Gongsun Zan. Yuan Shao was not a fuel-efficient lamp, so what should he do? Yuan Shao contacted Liu Biao further south to deal with Yuan Shu. The two brothers "attacked at close range", causing trouble for Xiao Qiang.
Liu Biao saw that he had the support of Yuan Shao, and his strength had increased greatly recently. Kuai Yue and others under him also advocated that he break away from Yuan Shu's control. At this time, Yuan Shu sent envoys to Jingzhou again and asked Liu Biao for 200,000 shi of food. Liu Biao
I want you Yuan Shu to treat me as a rice machine, asking for two hundred thousand dan in one mouthful. Liu Biao refused immediately in anger, drove the envoy back to Nanyang, and quickly sent troops to cut off the grain road from Xiangyang to Wancheng in Nanyang.
When Yuan Shu found out, he was furious and immediately marched into Luyang. He ordered Wu Su to be the governor of Changsha and Bei Yu to be the chief of Huarong. They each gathered their troops and prepared to attack Xiangyang.
Yuan Shu was angry and impulsive. He knew that he could not defeat Liu Biao on his own, so he secretly sent a suicide note to Sun Jian, ordering him to attack Liu Biao.