On the road to making a fortune, Gongsun Zan actually had the support and help of many border residents and ethnic minorities. Of course, it was also inseparable from the support of Liu Yu. There were even many sergeants from ethnic minorities in his army. For some reason, his age The more the country got older, the more they advocated the racial discrimination ideology favored by the Han people. They exiled a large number of people and killed non-Han people. If they could not be killed, they used various means to divert these barbarian and barbarian soldiers and let them die.
This is how the Xiongnu Yufuluo and his like who met Cao Zhi in Yanzhou were diverted away by Gongsun Zan. As a result, all Yufuluo's men were killed by Cao Cao and Cao Zhi.
Gongsun Zan was hostile, oppressed ethnic minorities, and undermined the national unity policy of his predecessor Liu Yu. Not long ago, he plundered the gifts given to the Xianbei people by the imperial court and killed the Xianbei court officials, which caused the Xianbei people to be furious. Gongsun Zan sent Liu Yu to His head was sent to the capital, but was also kidnapped and buried on the road by Liu Yu's old subordinate Wei Dun.
In the third and fourth months of the second year of Xingping, Liu Yu was engaged in fishing, and Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and the cavalry commander Wei Xian Yuyin and others led Youzhou soldiers and horses to avenge Liu Yu, because Yan Rou of Yan State (now Daxing, Beijing) had always been kind. They elected Yan Rou as Sima Wuwan. Yan Rou recruited Xianbei, Wuwan and other soldiers and horses, and obtained tens of thousands of Han soldiers and Hu soldiers. They fought with Zou Dan, the governor of Yuyang appointed by Gongsun Zan, in the north of Luhe (now Baihe). , defeated Gongsun Zan's army and killed Zou Dan. King Wuhuanqiao also led his tribe and more than 7,000 Xianbei cavalry, and followed Xian Yufu to welcome Liu Yu's son Liu He to regain control of Youzhou, and contacted Yuan Shao to request To unite, Yuan Shao immediately ordered Ju Yi, the general of Youbian, to guard Ji and send out troops to join forces. A total of hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides entered Gongsun Zan's Youzhou. When Cao Zhi's troops arrived in Youzhou, in fact, these things It's already happening.
Gongsun Zan began to split within his own ruling group. The people around him now, such as Gongsun Fan, Liu Weitai, Li Yizi, and Le Hedang, were mostly greedy and selfish treacherous villains. Gongsun Zan himself also pursued pleasure in his later years. The loss of fighting spirit all showed that Gongsun Zan was gradually declining, so Yuan Shao chose to send troops to Youzhou at this time.
What made Gongsun Zan feel complacent was not only that he had dealt with Liu Yu and secured Youzhou. It was that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army attacked Bohai (now northeast of Nanpi, Hebei Province) the year before last and gathered 300,000 people in an attempt to join the Black Mountain Army to invade Yanzhou. As a result, They were defeated and subdued by Cao Cao. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was severely weakened. This year, Gongsun Zan took advantage of Yuan Shao to help Cao Cao deal with Yuan Shu and only maintained a wait-and-see attitude towards him. Gongsun Zan led 20,000 infantry and cavalry troops to Qingzhou and marched to the east. Guangnan defeated the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and beheaded more than 30,000 people. The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans abandoned their baggage and rushed across the river. Gongsun Zan waited until they were halfway through and attacked and defeated the Yellow Turbans again. Tens of thousands were killed, more than 70,000 were captured, and countless chariots, armor, and property were lost. Gongsun Zan became famous and actually controlled Qingzhou.
Gongsun Zan was suddenly very satisfied with his ambition. Not only did he randomly appoint state pastors, but also appointed county magistrates. He even nominally replaced Yuan Shao of Jizhou, who also had the sacred mandate. He believed that the imperial court had given him the authority to control the six northern states. Rights should not be used in vain. This also completely annoyed Yuan Shao. At this time, Yuan Shao continued to tolerate it, but he really couldn't save his face, so there was no doubt that it was time for Yuan Shao to send troops even if he did not.
In fact, Gongsun Zan now has actual control over the three northern states, namely Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou. He is talking about replacing Jizhou, Yanzhou prefecture, and governor. This is all nonsense of his own, and the people he appointed
No one dared to go to Yecheng or Juancheng to replace Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Gongsun Zan did cause public outrage at this time, and there was also internal looseness, but it is not necessarily true that his strength was greatly damaged. After all, he was so skinny as a camel.
Bigger than a horse, most of Gongsun Zan's soldiers and horses fight at the border all year round. Their combat effectiveness is extremely strong, which is beyond the comparison of ordinary inland armies. At this time, the soldiers and horses are also very prosperous.
Cao Zhi said that now is not the best time to invade Youzhou. In fact, he can wait a little longer. If this continues, more and more people will rebel against Gongsun Zan. When Cao Zhi thought of this, he suddenly thought
Liu Bei, the three brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, a professional who "jumped jobs", there is no reason why he could not see that Gongsun Zan was dying and continue to stay with him? But it seems that in the military intelligence mentioned by Jushu, Liu Bei was not heard coming out of Youzhou
, he should still be there now, right? I wonder if Liu Bei still remembers his grudge against the three brothers after he tricked them last time. There is no need to be afraid of confronting them this time. Anyway, this time it is the enemy and us.
Yuan Shao and his think tank decided to attack Gongsun Zan at this time. The main reason was that the old tribe of Liu Yu and ethnic minorities such as Xianbei and Wuwan came to Yuan Shao and asked to join forces to attack Gongsun Zan. This was an excellent opportunity.
Even Cao Zhi would not let it go. But as for the results of sending troops, it depends on the specific development of the war. No one can say for sure now.
Cao Zhi doesn't care whether Yuan Shao has the strength to defeat Gongsun Zan. What he cares about is the main attack mission assigned to him. According to the situation, Yuan Shao is now on the border with Gongsun Zan. This coalition army has a lot of troops and has already stood.
Stable Yuyang, with a place to station troops and troops, and good generals such as Ju Yi and Yan Rou, Cao Zhi should have nothing to do. If it is just a temporary task, Cao Zhi plans to leave some of his troops and generals such as Xiahou Yuan and Xu Chu behind.
, I will first ask Yuan Shao for a leave and go back to Danyang to deal with the matter in Chaohu.
However, this military meeting lasted for two hours and covered a lot of content. However, it did not mention much about the combat deployment of each general, especially the specific implementation of which area and combat tasks Cao Zhi and his subordinates were responsible for.
It was not mentioned at all, but it was generally said that we should wait until we get to the front line before making overall arrangements.
Doesn't Cao Zhi know that there is such a military plan? To capture a large state like Youzhou, which has eleven counties and ninety counties, does it require such vague combat steps? He is not very experienced in invasion wars. However,
In his opinion, the bigger the battle, the more detailed the battle plan should be. Could it be that Yuan Shao was confused by wine and sex.
After a second thought, I felt something was wrong. Even if Yuan Shao was confused, Ju Shue and Shen Ping didn't seem to be confused. Could it be that he was here, so he was deliberately confused? Could there be something plotting against him?
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Thinking of this, Cao Zhi became a little more alert. When he briefly glanced at the faces of Jushu, Shenpei and other counselors, Jushou sitting next to him didn't have any special expression, but for some reason, the Shenpei always used the spotlight intentionally or unintentionally.
His little eyes were scanning him, and in Cao Zhi's eyes, he always felt a bit gloating about his misfortune.
Cao Zhi also made eye contact with Shen several times intentionally or unintentionally, and Shen Ping may have noticed. Suddenly, he looked at Cao Zhi with a mature look and gave him a kind smile. Cao Zhi returned a smile that was not so sincere.
After that, they continued to listen to Yuan Shao's words of encouragement, and finally announced that they would officially set off in three days, and then the meeting ended.
Cao Zhi just stood up and wanted to ask Jushou about Liu Bei's current situation in Youzhou. Before he could ask, someone beside him called him: "Grandmaster Cao, my grandpa invites you to a lunch in the back hall."
Cao Zhi turned his head and saw that it was a pretty maid who was delivering a message. Cao Zhi happened to be looking for Yuan Shao, so he immediately agreed and said, "Okay, I also have something to ask brother Benchu." After saying that, he wanted to go with Jushou to the pretty maid's mouth.
In the back hall, Jushou unexpectedly glanced at the pretty maid who was delivering the message, cupped his hands to Cao Zhi, turned around and left.
"Hey, Jubiejia, aren't you going?" Cao Zhi shouted loudly from behind Jushou.
The pretty maid behind Cao Zhi quickly explained: "Prefect Cao, I said today is a family banquet, a family banquet, you, you..."
The pretty maid hurriedly stopped Cao Zhi from pulling people in, and then looked towards the back hall with a panicked look on her face.
Cao Zhi turned his head in embarrassment and said "Oh, oh", glanced at the pretty maid who was already panicking, and asked: "Family banquet!"
The pretty maid nodded affirmatively and responded: "Yes, yes! Please come quickly, Governor!"
"This Yuan Shao is really interesting. He is the same every day. What kind of family banquet is he having today? Do I count as his family? Is there a family banquet? Why don't we just have a meal?"
Cao Zhi muttered in his heart, and when he looked back at Ju Shou and others, no one had left in the huge hall. "These people are really interesting!" Cao Zhi shook his head, smiled bitterly, and followed the pretty maid from the west steps into the back hall.
This time, he really entered the palace. He came to a small living room at the back. This time there was a new flower head at the entrance. Cao Zhi took off his single-layer bottom under the service of two maids who were already waiting at the door.
I walked into the room with my shoes and a double-bottomed boat. The hall was paved with teak floors. There were three or four tables arranged in the hall, and there were mats on several floors. It was very suitable for this increasingly hot weather.
It should be very comfortable to sit on.
Yuan Shao had already sat down in front of the largest table in the center of the hall. When he saw Cao Zhi, he waved and said: "Ah Zhi, come quickly, come quickly."
Cao Zhi wore a soft white robe today and walked into the room with a smile. After a long time in this ancient time, he is now used to not wearing underwear, especially in summer, when a robe is dangling.
, the wind was blowing at the bottom of the crotch, the air was breathable in all directions, and he felt at ease. What surprised him was that Yuan Shao's wife Liu and the nine-year-old Yuan Shang were also there. Mrs. Liu was already there with the majesty of the hostess, ordering the maid to bring tea.
water, setting up a table and setting up a table. Yuan Shang looked cute and half-crouched in Yuan Shao's arms, joking and joking with Yuan Shao, as if he was deeply in love with his son. When Yuan Shang saw Cao Zhi, he jumped out of Yuan Shao's arms.
He came out, jumped up to Cao Zhi, took Cao Zhi's tiger paw, and sweetly called: "Uncle Cao!"
"This is a bit like a family banquet. Even my wife is here. I wonder what new tricks Yuan Shao has?" Cao Zhi thought to himself, touched Yuan Shang's little head, and said, "Hello, little Yuan Shang!"