The fifty-ninth chapter, the sky is endless, Cao Cao
In early May of the first year of Zhongping (AD 184), Liu Ming was supposed to enjoy rare peace and quiet at Fan Yang's mansion in Youzhou. However, two letters came one after another, which made his wish come true.
First of all, the first letter was from Yang Jun.
The letter probably means: Everything is fine in the new place. Most of the captives are willing to stay. The manor has been established. I hope Liu Ming will set a name for it as soon as possible. At the same time, the letter also says: Liu Yan gives Liu Ming
The land is quite good, with a radius of hundreds of miles, fertile soil, and rivers nearby. Whether it is for land reclamation or animal husbandry, it is a geomantic treasure land. But the geographical environment where it is located is not good! It is located between Baideng and Yunzhong
, are all outside the Great Wall. This has always been a place where Hu and Han people lived together! It can even be said to be the place where the Hu people (the collective name of Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuheng, etc. at that time) settled! Only after the Han defeated the Xiongnu, administrative
Geographically, there are still Hu people grazing. Now Liu Ming has placed his men there, which has begun to cause some conflicts. It is only because of the large number of men brought by Yang Jun that there is no trouble. I hope Liu Ming will soon
Think of a way.
After Liu Ming read the letter, he understood why Liu Yan was so generous in the first place. It was only for the sake of others that he dared to be affectionate!
There are two main requests in Yang Jun's letter.
It’s easy to be the first to arrive. Since it’s suitable for grazing, it’s better to name it Tianma Ranch. It’s just the right time to raise those good horses he bought. Thinking of those good horses, Liu Ming couldn’t help but smile proudly. Su Shuang has done a lot for himself in the past year
He bought 6,000 good horses and was squeezed hard by Yang Jun. He only paid more than 400,000 kilograms of wine, and the synthesized grain was only more than 2,000 shi. It can be said that he didn't spend a penny.
Using some of the food that Huxiao Villa couldn't eat, he made such a big deal, it was really a good deal! And Su Shuang was so grateful to him! He even thought of joining him, how interesting it was!
But then Liu Ming thought of the second question and immediately stopped laughing. In the end, Liu Ming was cruel. Since there was a hundred miles in radius and it was still a land that no one could care about, he might as well build a big city with a length of ten miles and a width of ten miles, once and for all.
.So he ordered all the cement factories under him to stop selling cement to the outside world and all support Yang Jun in building the city. At the same time, he ordered Yang Jun to select soldiers from the tenth battalion for backup. He also asked the Tuoba clan to send some people to Tianma Ranch to help with the attack.
Reasonably, these people can help with herding or training cavalry. The most important thing is that they can communicate with the surrounding tribes! Ease conflicts with those tribes and even hire those tribes.
Liu Ming's idea was very good, but it was a bit simplistic. At least he never thought about the sin of building a city privately! In Liu Ming's understanding, it was just building a house on his own land and then building it.
It's just a courtyard wall.
Since Liu Ming didn't expect that the people under him had long believed that Liu Ming was someone who was going to achieve great things, so naturally they wouldn't remind him! That's how the matter was handled for now!
Secondly, the second letter was even worse for Liu Ming!
This letter is more like a piece of paper than a letter!
This letter was written by Zuo Zhonglang from Huangfu Song to Liu Yan, but the content was related to Liu Ming. To put it simply, Huangfu Song was in short supply of fighting power at this time, and because Liu Ming defeated the Yellow Turban rebellion in two states, his
The achievements were recorded by the governors of the two states, and now even the emperor knew about it, and was therefore very dissatisfied with the results of the three lieutenants. This put a lot of pressure on the three lieutenants, Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Jun.
, Huangfusong had no choice but to ask Liu Yan for help, hoping to second Liu Ming to serve in the army.
When Liu Yan received the letter, he saw that the wording in the letter was tactful and sincere, but the meaning between the lines could not be rejected. Although Huangfu Song was only Zuo Zhonglang, his official position was similar to his own, even because he was a relative of the emperor.
, and he is in charge of a large state and a large county, and it is also an important border defense town. He can be said to be trying to suppress Huangfu Song! But now the imperial court has appointed He Jin's relative as a general, in charge of the world's troops, and responsible for wiping out the Yellow Turban rebels. Then
He Jin only stationed troops in Duting, saying that he wanted to strictly guard the Sili, defend Luoyang, and protect the safety of the emperor. In fact, he was timid and timid! In order to cover up, He Jin also asked for an order to allow all states and counties to expand their armaments and fight against thieves.
He also ordered Huangfu Song and three other people to lead elite troops and attack the Yellow Turban Rebellion in three separate groups. It can be said that the heavy responsibility of annihilating the Yellow Turban Rebellion has now fallen on the heads of Huangfu Song and other three people. These three people have suffered so much
Although he has a heavy responsibility, he has the right to mobilize local support. And the rapid elimination of the Yellow Turban rebellious party is definitely a contribution to the country in every aspect, and it is of great benefit to the Han Dynasty!
After Liu Yan made detailed calculations, he forwarded the letter to Liu Ming. Although Liu Yan did not insist on it, nor did he indicate that Liu Ming must go to Huangfu Song, the meaning in his words was very obvious and clearly expressed.
As an important minister of the imperial court, he had to take the overall situation into consideration and proceed from the interests of the imperial court. Liu Ming could not even pretend to be stupid, so he had no choice but to agree to Liu Yan and take people there.
In this way, these two letters that came one after another once again destroyed Liu Ming's beautiful life.
Liu Ming took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead the troops to the nearest battlefield, where Lu Zhi was located - Guangzong.
This time, Liu Ming learned from the experience of the previous battles. This time he brought cavalry and nothing else. He also made up his mind that the Yellow Turbans would be dispersed and they would never take any more prisoners.
Why? You don’t know. When Liu Ming was bored a few days ago, he did some calculations. These days have come, and Liu Ming has recruited almost 130,000 people one after another. Adding to his original manpower,
Now that I have to feed a population of over 150,000, how much food do I need to consume every day? How much money? Fortunately, thanks to the amount of food I have saved in the past two years, no one under me has complained to me about food shortages.
But now that he understands it, can he not be anxious? Still have to wait for the underground people to come to him to complain and ask for help? That is not even the day lily is cold. At that time, Liu Ming secretly complained about Yang Jun, Houde and others, thinking: Hou
That's all for virtue, but Mr. Yang, you are such a shrewd person, you accepted so many people in Tianma Ranch without even reminding me. I also told you again and again, let him go if he is willing to leave.
But fortunately, not many left, and almost all stayed. But the deal was already done, and Liu Ming had no countermeasures. Immediately afterwards, Liu Ming led his troops to go to war again, and he had no time to deal with the layoff problem. He just made up his mind not to take prisoners anymore.
, so as not to bring down your determination!
In fact, Liu Ming didn't know that a group of Liu Ming's die-hard followers, led by Yang Jun and Houde, had long regarded it as their duty to help Liu Ming achieve great things! They desperately wanted to capture people and territory for Liu Ming.
It's only too late to complain about the lack of people. How can you complain about the large number of people?
Liu Ming arrived at Guangzong and met Lu Zhi. After the ceremony, Liu Ming explained his intention.
Lu Zhi has been hearing legends about Liu Ming all the time recently. In the current situation where the Yellow Turbans are rampant throughout the country and all the Han armies are defeated, Liu Ming's rise is definitely a new star in the Han army. Especially...
, this time Liu Ming came to help at the request of Huangfu Song. Lu Zhi was overjoyed. In addition, Liu Ming's identity as a clan member of the Han Dynasty was recognized by Liu Yan. Lu Zhi was such a loyal minister that he did not dare to neglect Liu.
Ming. Treat Liu Ming well and stay in front of the tent to listen.
At this time, Lu Zhi led 50,000 troops, but the Yellow Turban bandits had 150,000 elite soldiers stationed in Guangzong City! But for some reason, the Yellow Turban bandits did not fight with Lu Zhi, but only defended. Perhaps they were afraid of Lu Zhi's reputation.
, I was still afraid of being beaten by Lu Zhi, or there were other reasons.
Anyway, if the Yellow Turbans had not come and fought hard, Lu Zhi would not have been stupid enough to use such a small number of people to attack the tall and strong Guangzong. The people on both sides were in a stalemate in front of Guangzong City. Lu Zhi thought well, anyway, the number of Yellow Turbans was his own
Several times, the food consumed should also be several times that of his own. Anyway, it is consumption. He still has the support of food and grass from various places, but Guangzong City can only sit back and eat nothing. When the Yellow Turban food and grass are exhausted, he can no longer do it.
It was easily captured with no effort at all.
However, besieging a city or even attacking a city has little use for cavalry like Liu Ming.
The next day, Liu Ming and Lu Zhi met in the tent to discuss the matter. Finally, Lu Zhi said to Liu Ming: "I am surrounding the thieves here. The thieves' younger brothers Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao are in Yingchuan, together with Huangfu Song and Zhu
Jun is facing off. You can lead your elite cavalry to Yingchuan to support the battle, and you can also send fast horses to deliver the news and make an appointment to arrest them."
After listening to Lu Zhi's suggestion, Liu Ming had nothing to say. Originally, he was also seconded by Huangfu Song, so he came to Lu Zhi first because Lu Zhi was close. At this time, he had nothing to do here, so he went to Huangfu
Song is also right.
So Liu Ming said goodbye to Lu Zhi and hurried to Yingchuan. After Liu Ming met Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, he finished saluting, explained his purpose of coming, and told Huangfu Song and others about Lu Zhi's recent situation.
When Huangfu Song saw that the person he had been looking forward to for a long time was right in front of him, he was overjoyed and stopped talking. At that time, Huangfu Song took Liu Ming to watch the enemy's formation, and told him that the enemy's army was huge and indestructible, and that the two armies were facing each other.
This current situation.
Liu Ming looked at the Yellow Turban camp, which was built on grass and stretched for more than ten miles. It was somewhat similar to Huanglong's camp that day. He couldn't help but said: "General, I see that the Yellow Turban bandits built their camp on grass, as if they were attacking with fire."
It can be broken with one blow!"
Huangfu Song also came from a family of military generals and was well-read in military literature. He was very familiar with it and kept saying: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Han Guang is indeed a genius! With such a good strategy, why worry about the traitor being immortal! Everything will be arranged according to Han Guang."
Zhu Jun also repeatedly said he was good.
Immediately, Huangfu Song ordered the sergeants to each bundle a handful of grass and lie in wait. It was God's good intention. That night, a strong wind suddenly rose and the stars were dimmed!
At the second watch, Huangfu Song led the crowd to set fire. At the same time, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun each led a group of troops to attack the bandit stronghold. Liu Ming, who was leading cavalry, responded from the outside.
At this time, the thief stronghold established by Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao was already blazing with flames. The yellow turban thieves were all panicked, their horses were no longer equipped with saddles, and their men were no longer equipped with armor, so they fled in all directions.
This was also because Liu Ming pitied the lives of the Yellow Turban soldiers and did not want to take more prisoners. He did not remind Huangfu Song and did not let him set up a sea of fire formation like he did when he burned Huanglong last time. This allowed the Yellow Turban soldiers to flee in all directions.
However, in this way, the damage caused by the trapped beast still fighting is reduced.
The battle lasted until dawn. It is worth mentioning that the Yellow Turban general Bo Cai was behind the throne. Unfortunately, he encountered Liu Ming leading his troops to patrol the periphery. What was even more pitiful was that Bo Cai, a member of the Yellow Turban army, was a well-known figure in the Yellow Turban army.
The general did not die in the hands of any heroic man! Instead, he was shot to death by random arrows from Liu Ming's cavalry! This was only found out after taking inventory of the battlefield after the war.
However, it was not completely meaningless for Bo Cai to lead the rear. At least, he delayed Liu Ming for a while, creating an opportunity for Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao to lead the remaining troops and escape.
However, I don’t know whether God looked down on Zhang Liang and the others and deliberately made things difficult for them, or whether it was because he wanted to become another unparalleled hero. With this Liang, Zhang Bao finally fought his way out and was about to rush back to his hometown to regroup.
We came again to raise troops to avenge ourselves! Suddenly we saw a large army of troops and horses, all flying red flags. They came at the head and blocked the way.
Zhang Liang was already a defeated general at this time and did not dare to fight immediately. He asked the leading general: "General, where are your troops and horses? Why are you blocking my way?"
The leading general: seven feet long, with a face as white as jade, eyes as bright as stars, slender eyebrows and long beard, plain silver armor, and snow-white horses. He is really heroic and energetic! This man listened to Zhang Liang's question and replied proudly
"I am a native of Qiao County, Pei State. My surname is Cao, my given name is Cao, and my courtesy name is Mengde. My official title is the Captain of the Cavalry of the Capital. Today, I have been ordered by the Emperor to capture you Yellow Turban rebels, but you have not surrendered quickly! Wait!
when!"
It turns out that this person is Cao Cao! Everyone is familiar with Cao Cao, right? So who is Cao Cao? He was originally the son of Cao Song and the grandson of Cao Teng, the lieutenant general. Cao Song was originally from the Xiahou family, but because Cao Teng had no descendants,
They just passed on. In this way, the Cao family can be regarded as a high-ranking official. Cao Cao naturally became the leader he is today.
Since he was a child, Cao Cao has been smart, full of tricks, eloquent, singing and dancing. He also has very good ideas and is the child king of his group. Cao Cao's uncle did not like Cao Cao's naughty behavior and refused to listen to him when he tried to discipline him.
He once told Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, and Cao Song gave Cao Cao a beating.
The young Cao Cao felt that this was not the way to go for a long time, so he came up with an idea. When his uncle came to visit again, he suddenly collapsed in front of his uncle and pretended to have convulsions. Naturally, his uncle was shocked and went to tell Cao Song that he would be waiting for him.
When Cao Song hurried over, Cao Cao appeared in front of Cao Song without any problem. So Cao Song asked strangely: "Son, your uncle said you had a stroke. Why are you okay now?" Cao Cao was so calm.
He said: "My child has never been sick, but my uncle has always disliked my child. Maybe he has wronged me for this."
Cao Song thought it was reasonable and no longer believed what his uncle said about Cao Cao's faults. Cao Cao became even more dissolute because of this.
However, Cao Cao's debauchery turned into debauchery, but Cao Cao's knowledge did not drop at all, and he made friends with many masters. When Cao Cao was twenty years old, he was promoted to Xiaolian and served as the minister in the capital. He was in charge of the Northern Wei of Luoyang, which was quite a lot.
In the position of Director of the Public Security Bureau.
When Cao Cao took office, he set up five-colored sticks hanging at the four gates. Anyone who violated the prohibition would be severely beaten regardless of the rich and powerful. At that time, there was an uncle of Jian Shuo, the chief servant of Lingzi, who could be regarded as a family member of a high-ranking official.
Without keeping Cao Cao in his sights, he walked at night with a knife in hand, but was caught by Cao Cao on night patrol. Originally, this kid thought that Cao Cao would not dare to do anything to him for Jian Shuo's sake. But he didn't expect that Cao Cao would not accept this trick, and ended up like this
After killing him, he beat him up. So far, Cao Cao's reputation for not fearing power and being selfless has spread far and wide. Everyone in Luoyang, both inside and outside, frowned upon Cao Cao, and no one dared to commit any crime in front of Cao Cao anymore.
However, if Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng did not deal with all this, Cao Cao would not be able to bear it and would go around in circles. In this way, the ten chief servants are each other's partisans, and now Cao Cao has to take care of Cao Teng, which will make things difficult for everyone.
Finally, everyone came to a conclusion, and Cao Cao was transferred to Dunqiu as the Dunqiu Order. He was transferred away from the central officialdom of Luoyang.
At this time, He Yong from Nanyang met Cao Cao and said: "The Han Dynasty is about to perish and the one who can calm the world must be this man!" Later, another man named Qiao Xuan saw Cao Cao and asked Cao Cao: "The world is going to be in chaos. It's not fate."
The talents of the world cannot help you. Whoever can make peace with you is in your hands?"
Cao Cao was praised and criticized one after another, and he was very interested in this. Hearing that Xu Shao of Runan was a famous scholar in the world, he went to ask for advice. Cao Cao was introduced to Xu Shao and asked: "Sir, are you
What do you think of me?" Xu Shao glanced at Cao Cao and did not reply. Cao Cao asked again, and Xu Shao replied: "You are a capable minister in governing the world, and you are also a hero in troubled times!" Cao Cao was very satisfied after hearing Xu Shao's words.
Went back. (I always feel that someone here is setting up a trap for Cao Cao, or else these people would run to prophesy for Cao Cao without any problem? And it is the kind of conclusion that is sealed?)
In short, no matter what, Cao Cao was inspired and believed that he was the man of destiny.
During the Yellow Turban Uprising, Cao Cao's grandfather, Cao Teng, worked hard to promote Cao Cao to the rank of Cavalry Captain, and brought five thousand infantry troops to Yingchuan to help in the battle, so that he could make great achievements.
In this beam, Zhang Bao saw that Cao Cao had said everything, but he did not dare to claim his name. He led the defeated soldiers of these yellow scarves and killed Cao Cao. As the saying goes: the rabbit is anxious and bites people! At this time
, these yellow scarves are just trying to survive, desperately trying to rush over.
What's more, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Brothers Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao originally led an army of 150,000 to Yingchuan. Along the way, they expanded a lot and joined the Yellow Turban generals such as Bo Cai.
The total number of troops brought by the leader was no less than 300,000 to 400,000. Only then did Huangfu Song and others lose their temper. Although they were attacked by fire at this time, they were also chased by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun with 50,000 troops each. Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao
The brothers gathered tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans to escape.
With so many men and horses, Cao Cao's 5,000 men and horses could not stop him! Isn't that a mantis's chariot? These yellow scarf soldiers rushed forward and broke through in one fell swoop. Cao Cao's entire army was about to be annihilated here!
But the sky is not stopping Cao Cao, maybe it is to let Cao Cao do something, Cao Cao's savior has arrived!