Yuan Shao is dead. He was born in the famous family of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes. He was the leader of the alliance against Dong and the great princes who unified Hebei. Yuan Shao, the great tycoon of the world, was ultimately unable to defeat Cao Cao. He was killed by Zhao Yun in the decisive battle between Cao Cao and Yuan.
under the gun.
Cao Cao's army won a complete victory. Of the 60,000 Yuan soldiers, about 20,000 died or fled, and the remaining 40,000 soldiers all surrendered to Cao Cao.
However, the losses incurred by Cao's army were less than 6,000.
After the defeat of Yuan's army in the Battle of Muye, the Yuan family's forces were like a defenseless girl in front of Cao's army. Cao Cao took advantage of the situation and led his army to conquer Ye City, and based on Ye City, he successively captured cities in the north.
All Yuan Shao's disciples fled to Gongsun Du in Liaodong. From then on, the Yuan family's power in the north completely disappeared and ceased to exist.
Tian Feng, Jushu and other Yuan family advisers were all captured by Cao Cao. Except for a few people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, the others were determined not to surrender. Although Cao Cao tried to persuade them in every possible way, they remained unmoved and only wanted death. Cao Cao had no choice but to surrender.
He was able to behead him and order a rich burial.
The demise of Yuan Shao and his forces caused a huge uproar in other parts of the Han Dynasty. Everyone was shocked and even horrified by this result.
Although Cao Cao has made great achievements over the years, fighting the Yellow Turban, defeating Dong Zhuo, defeating Lu Bu, and destroying Yuan Shu, he has shown his great strength to the world. However, as the hero of the north, Yuan Shao's background is far deeper than Cao Cao. Before the Battle of Guandu
, no one was optimistic that Cao Cao would win. Many people believed that as long as Yuan Shao exerted his strength lightly, he could crush Cao Cao to pieces. Even Sun Jian, who was far away in Jiangdong, could not restrain his ambition and went north to attack Xu.
However, Cao Cao finally won in Guandu, and he won so beautifully, which was beyond everyone's expectations and would definitely make their jaws drop in surprise.
But despite this, the most people can do is put Cao Cao on a level where he can rival Yuan Shao. No one would believe Cao Cao's theory of destroying Yuan Shao, and they would all regard it as a fantasy and a boring joke.
A hundred-footed insect can die but not freeze. This is the truth that everyone believes in. Although Yuan Shao was defeated at Guandu, it was only a battle lost. Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. Who can ensure that he can win every battle?
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Hebei has a vast territory and rich people. A defeat cannot shake the foundation of the Yuan family. Even if Yuan Shao can't help Cao Cao, Cao Cao can't deal with Yuan Shao. This is the view of many "wise men" in the world after the Battle of Guandu.
Then Yuan Shao was defeated by Cangting, which made those so-called wise men feel that something was wrong. Now that the Yuan family was completely destroyed, it was undoubtedly a slap in the face to them.
Maybe they haven't figured it out yet, how could such a powerful Yuan Shao die so easily?
And people couldn't help but have a fear of Cao Cao. His enemies had to re-examine Cao Cao's strength.
Originally, Cao Cao could not be underestimated, but now that he has unified the entire north, how powerful will he become!
Sili, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, and the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao's jurisdiction has reached eight of them. In terms of the breadth of the territory, it accounts for half of the entire Han Dynasty!
Ma Teng, Liu Biao, and Sun Jian were all worried. Cao Cao was now strong enough to make them look up to him. According to preliminary calculations, the total number of troops under Cao Cao's command at this moment was between 280,000 and 300,000.
This means that after Cao Cao left some of his guards behind, he could still easily bring out an army of more than 200,000 for conquest.
As for the other princes, if they are fully prepared, it is already very impressive to be able to provide an army of 100,000.
There is no doubt that Cao Cao has become the most powerful and the most attractive focus in the entire Han Dynasty.
—————————————————————————————————— Yuan Shao claims to be public without authorization, which is arrogance. To put it more seriously, he is called a rebel.
It's not an exaggeration. Cao Cao's crusade against Yuan Shao was done in the name of great justice. In this case, after returning with a complete victory, he would naturally give some rewards.
Cao Cao petitioned the Han Emperor to abolish the three-centre system and restore the posts of prime minister and imperial censor, which caused a shock in the court.
The positions of the prime minister and the imperial censor have existed since ancient times. When Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty became emperor, the three ministerial system was abolished and the imperial censor was renamed as da sikong. Therefore, the prime minister, da Sima, and da Sikong were the three ministers. During the reign of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, the prime minister was renamed da situ. In the Eastern Han Dynasty,
At the beginning, the Great Situ was changed to Situ, the Great Sikong was changed to Sikong, and the Great Sima was changed to Taiwei. Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong were the three princes. Among the three princes, Taiwei was the most respected.
But now, Cao Cao's demand to abolish the Three-Metric System and to reinstate the Prime Minister and the Imperial Censor is naturally like throwing a big stone into a calm lake, causing a lot of ripples.
However, Cao Cao had just defeated Yuan Shao and was at the peak of his power. Even if someone dared to oppose his suggestions, it would be of no use.
Cao Cao didn't even bother to care about those opponents and just ignored them all.
In this way, the Han Emperor approved Cao Cao's suggestion, abolished the three princes, restored the positions of prime minister and censor, and added Cao Cao as prime minister.
At the same time, the Han Emperor also issued an edict to make Cao Cao concurrently serve as a general.
As prime minister and general, Cao Cao was an extremely popular minister regardless of whether he was a civil or military official.
Cao Cao's personal promotion has now come to an end, so the next step is to discuss the issue of rewards for his civil and military subordinates.
Cao Ren, who died in the battle while defending Xuchang, was granted the title of General Weinan, with the posthumous title of Marquis Gang, and Guan Yu was granted the title of General Weibei. Gao Shun, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, and Zhao Yun were appointed Pingdong, Pingxi, Pingnan, Pingbei, and Huang respectively.
Zhong, Xu Huang and others also worshiped their generals as marquises.
Such a reward is really beyond everyone's expectation.
Except for Cao Ren who died in the battle, Guan Yu was actually ranked first among the generals in Cao's camp. This really puzzled many people.
It is true that Guan Yu saved Cao Cao's life in Guandu, but this does not seem to be enough to rank him first.
Among the others, such as Gao Shun, Zhao Yun, and Xiahou brothers, who has not made great military exploits?
Cao Cao usually entertained Guan Yu from time to time and presented him with property, but now he was granted a high position. In the eyes of others, Cao Cao's favor with Guan Yu was really extraordinary.
But only Cao Cao himself knew that Guan Yu's heart had been towards Liu Bei from beginning to end, and he had never truly surrendered to him for a moment.
No matter how preferential treatment he gave Guan Yu, the other party has never changed his persistence. Guan Yu is still serving in his camp, just because he has not received any news about Liu Bei so far. But Cao Cao believes that,
As soon as Liu Bei's whereabouts were known, Guan Yu would immediately abandon him.
However, Cao Cao would not give up. If his preferential treatment could not induce Guan Yu to be tempted, then he would try to impress him with further generous rewards.