But Chunyu Qiong turned against the enemy. Yuan Shao's army was defeated and returned. Gao Jin went all the way north and captured Qingzhou, killing tens of thousands of enemies and capturing 100,000 of them. Especially at the ferry across the river, 100,000 of Yuan Shao's army were fighting for the ferry. They were in embarrassment.
After fleeing, Gao Jin's army came from behind and captured 60,000 to 70,000 people.
Seeing the defeat of Yuan Shao's army, Cao's army was immediately eager to try. Xiahou Dun personally led his army across the river to attack Hanoi and captured the northern counties of Sili.
When Yuan Shao crossed the river, everyone heard that Shao was there, and all the ants gathered. The army regained strength, and hundreds of thousands of people gathered to discuss returning to Jizhou. They immediately set off and stayed in the barren mountains at night. Shao heard the sound of crying in the distance in his tent, so he went private
Go and listen to it. But the defeated army gathered together and told of the pain of losing brothers, abandoning companions and losing relatives. Everyone beat their breasts and cried loudly.
Yuan Shao was unhappy. He went back to his tent and gathered the generals and said, "Now that I have returned to Yizhou, how can I see anyone? Gao Jin and Cao Cao have bullied me too much. I want to divert to Hanoi. How about attacking Cao Cao?"
Yuan Shao was indeed extremely depressed. Hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated by Gao Jin's army, and he also lost a son. He had never suffered such a setback since he raised his army. At this time, he was depressed and eager for revenge. He also heard that Cao's army had captured the enemy across the river at Mengjin.
Hanoi was furious again and planned to lead troops to regain Hanoi. In this way, even if they returned to Yizhou, they could save some reputation.
The generals were shocked and advised one after another: "The soldiers are tired and have no morale. The Lord should lead the army to Yizhou and rest in peace before making plans."
Yuan Shang also said: "Father, the soldiers have been working hard and can no longer fight. Why not recharge your batteries and fight another day?"
Yuan Shao was originally a man who wavered. He was always scheming and said many things. But he didn't have the courage to do it. He had to say: "In that case, let's continue to return to Yizhou. It's just that the thief Cao Cao actually added insult to injury. It's really hateful!"
He sighed heavily. Speaking of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao seemed even more angry. He and Cao Cao were considered friends in the past. During the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, Yuan Shao relied on Bohai County as a base to raise troops and was elected as the leader of the coalition forces.
Cao Cao, who raised an army at the same time, did not have his own base or any position, so he did not belong to the princes of the first line, but was actually subordinate to Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu. In other words, at this time, Cao Cao's identity was only that of the first line princes.
Subordinates of princes.
Regarding the military strength at this time, Yuan Shao led the regular troops of Bohai County, with tens of thousands of troops, while Cao Cao led the temporarily recruited militia, with only 5,000 troops. Therefore, at the beginning of the war against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao and
The relationship between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao is actually two levels apart, that is, Yuan Shao is the leader of the alliance, Chenliu Prefecture is nominally under his command, and Cao Cao is subordinate to Chenliu Prefecture Zhang Miao. Of course, the alliance gave Cao Cao the title of General Xingfenwu
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Later, Cao Cao led his 5,000 troops to the west from Suanzao in Chenliu County and advanced alone to attack Dong Zhuo's army. As a result, he encountered Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong's main force in Bianshui, Xingyang. After the battle, Cao Cao was severely defeated. Cao Cao ran back to Suanzao. Because
The originally recruited militiamen were all lost in the Battle of Xingyang, so Cao Cao "went to Yangzhou with Xiahou Dun and others to recruit troops." At that time, Cao Cao did not lead the newly recruited troops back to Suanzao where Chenliu Prefect Zhang Miao was, but to
Arriving at Hanoi where Yuan Shao was located, this was the beginning of Cao Cao leaving Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and defecting to Yuan Shao's command.
At that time, Hanoi County belonged to the Sili Xiaowei Department and was located to the north of the Yellow River. The county was governed by Huai County. Suanzao County was located in Chenliu County of the Yanzhou Governor's Department and was located to the south of the Yellow River. The initial deployment of the coalition forces was Yuan Shao and the Hanoi Prefect Wang
Kuang was stationed in the Hanoi County area north of the Yellow River, threatening Luoyang from the north; Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang, and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, etc., stationed the jujube.
Attack Luoyang from the east; later general Yuan Shu and Yuzhou governor Kong Min garrisoned Nanyang in the north of Jingzhou and Yingchuan in the west of Yuzhou respectively, and attacked Luoyang from the south...
When Cao Cao originally raised his army, he was part of Chenliu Prefect Zhang Miao's army and participated in the coalition. Therefore, when he attacked Xingyang and returned in defeat, it was the Suanzao County of Chenliu County where Zhang Miao's army was stationed. However, after Cao Cao went to Yangzhou to recruit troops again, he returned.
Instead of going to Jujube, where Zhang Miao's army was stationed, he crossed the Yellow River north and came to Hanoi County, where Yuan Shao was stationed. It is obvious that Cao Cao left his original superior and backer Zhang Miao, and defected to the new master Yuan Shao.
Cao Cao is a general who does not have his own territory. Although he has some troops, these troops need food and expenses, and without territory, taxes and food cannot be obtained. Therefore, Cao Cao, who has no territory, must choose a warlord who has territory.
As a temporary defector, this warlord will ensure the supply of his troops so that they can continue to develop in the future. In comparison, Yuan Shao's reputation and strength are obviously higher, stronger, and more promising than Zhang Miao. Cao Cao is following Chen
When Liu Taishou started to raise troops, of course he could not leave his old master immediately, because after all, those troops were recruited in Chenliu. After recruiting troops in Yangzhou again, Cao Cao could choose his defection target again. So Cao Cao decisively gave up on Zhang
Miao, and chose Yuan Shao as his new defector.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had a good personal relationship. When Cao Cao came to rely on Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was very kind to him. After Cao Cao surrendered to Yuan Shao, he quickly received many benefits. He was first recognized by Yuan Shao as the governor of Dongjun, and governed Dongwuyang.
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Later, due to the sudden death of the Yanzhou governor, with the support of Yuan Shao and the local wealthy family, he took over as the Yanzhou governor and gained control of a state; at the same time, he also received support from Yuan Shao in terms of soldiers, equipment and supplies.
But why did Yuan Shao put Yanzhou in charge of Cao Cao? It’s not that Yuan Shao didn’t have talents under his command.
The reason is that Cao Cao himself was Yuan Shao's subordinate at the time. If Cao Cao was not Yuan Shao's subordinate, Yuan Shao had many officials and generals, and he could not appoint anyone at will. At this time, Yuan Shao's territory was not rich, but only one state in Jizhou.
At that time, Bingzhou and Qingzhou were not under control, and Youzhou was in the hands of the powerful enemy Gongsun Zan. Therefore, Yuan Shao must choose a confidant and extremely capable person to take charge of Yanzhou alone to ensure the security of its south.
After that, Cao Cao quickly rose to become a warlord, and the two sides began to cut off contact. From Yuan Shao's point of view, it was naturally because of Yuan Shao that Cao Cao was today, but now Cao Cao has betrayed his faith and bit him back. This is indeed
Yuan Shao wished he could eat Cao Cao's flesh alive.
Yuan Shao thought for a moment, and finally gave up his plan to march into Hanoi and decided to return to Yizhou. He couldn't help but look around and sighed: "After this battle, I'm afraid everyone in the world will laugh at me? A lot of words."
The judge quickly said: "My lord, what you said is wrong. Everyone in the world knows that it was Chun Yuqiong who was ungrateful and turned against me in battle. My lord was defeated like this. Who else would laugh at my lord except Chunyu Qiong who laughs at the ungrateful one."
Yuan Shao sighed for a while. For a member of a famous family like him, the most important thing is face. As for defeat, the second is. Then, Yuan Shao sighed again and said: "I don’t know what happened to Xiansi. It’s really worrying.
, how about sending someone to negotiate with Gao Jin and see if we can bring Xiansi back."
After all, Yuan Tan is still Yuan Shao's son. He didn't like him before, but now that he is captured, Yuan Shao's love for his son has become stronger. He didn't feel anything before, but now he always feels that something is missing. Thinking of Yuan Tan
Being in jail, I can't help but feel worried.
Many things are like this. In the past, the person who was by his side every day did not feel cherished, or even disgusted. However, once the person no longer saw him, his thoughts were completely different. Yuan Tan's biological mother had died long ago, and Yuan Shao felt that Yuan Tan did not look like him.
, he was not good at studying, and his martial arts skills were only slightly different, so Yuan Shao instinctively distanced himself from this eldest son, but now, Yuan Shao's love for licking calves suddenly appeared, which made him feel sad...
Yuan Shang, Shen Pei saw Yuan Shao say this and saw Yuan Shao's expression at this time. He couldn't help but feel guilty. Shen Pei said: "General, if I ask for the eldest son back at this time, I'm afraid Gao Jin will ask for a price. This is the second best. If the eldest son is
He has been killed by Gao Jin. Wouldn't it be humiliating ourselves by sending envoys? How about we wait for the news first?"
Yuan Shang had other ideas. He couldn't show indifference to his elder brother. This bad guy had to be done by Shen Pei. He pondered for a moment and said: "Father, why don't you let me be the envoy to go to Linzi to see Gao Jin?
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All the generals asked one after another: "How can this happen? The eldest son is in trouble, and the only heirs left at the master's knees are the second and third sons. How can the third master be in danger so easily?"
In fact, Yuan Shang was just doing it superficially. It was a no-brainer for him to save Yuan Tan. However, Yuan Shao liked this very much. Yuan Shang looked at him with admiration: "How can you treat your brother like this?
I am very relieved, but my father is getting older, and his health is not as good as before after this battle, so you will fulfill your filial piety under my knees. As for Xiansi..." Yuan Shao was also undecided for a moment.
At this time Xin Ping stood up and said: "My lord, I would like to go to Linzi to meet Gao Jin and rescue the eldest son."
Xin Ping has been depressed these days. His younger brother voted for Gao Jin. I am afraid Xin Pi is also responsible for this battle, so he has not dared to make suggestions in front of Yuan Shao these days. Fortunately, Yuan Shao has some skills in understanding people.
Xin Ping felt relieved and did not hold him accountable. The more this happened, the more uneasy Xin Ping felt. At this time, Yuan Shao proposed to send an envoy to Yuan Tan, but he finally couldn't help but stand up.
Yuan Shao took a closer look and saw that it was Xin Ping. He nodded and said, "It would be great if Zhongzhi can go. The matter has been decided like this. I don't know when Zhongzhi will be able to go. As for Gao Jin, if his conditions are not harsh,
It is up to Zhongzhi to decide what kind of exchange should be given."
Xin Ping said hurriedly: "This will make it possible. If the eldest son is imprisoned for one more day, he will be in more danger."
Yuan Shao nodded, selected a team of attendants for him, and told him to go back quickly.
Shen Pei's face is already ugly at this time, but now Yuan Shao is very thoughtful and dare not say anything. He really understands Yuan Shao's character. Although he is constantly scheming, if you try to stop something he has made up his mind to do, I'm afraid
There would be an unreasonable disaster, and besides, he had no reason to object. After all, the war was over now. So, if he sent an envoy to retrieve his son, what else could he object to?
He had no choice but to purse his lips and say nothing, and glanced at Yuan Shang on one side. Yuan Shang was also anxious, but in front of Yuan Shao, he still pretended to smile and did not dare to show the slightest uneasiness.
Xin Ping said goodbye to Yuan Shao and rushed to Qingzhou at night. In only seven or eight days, he arrived at Linzi.
At this time, Gao Jin garrisoned Linzi and continued to digest Qingzhou. In addition to assigning officials, he also made announcements to appease the people. On the one hand, he also said that prisoners would be surrendered to calm people's hearts.
When he heard that Xin Ping was coming, Gao Jin immediately summoned Xin Pi and asked, "Is Xin Ping your brother?"
Xin Pi said: "Exactly, my brother Yu Zhong Yuan Shao must be here to lobby this time, asking the lord to release Yuan Tan."
Gao Jin smiled and said to Xin Pi: "Mr. Xin, do you want me to let Yuan Tan go?".
Xin Pi said seriously: "Privately, Xin has an old relationship with Mr. Yuan, so he hopes that the lord can let him go. Mr. Xin, releasing him to Yuan Tan will not do any harm to the lord. On the contrary, it will also benefit him. Xin
I think the master should be let go."
Gao Jin laughed: "Really? Come on, let's talk about the benefits of letting Yuan Tan go."
Xin Pi said: "If Yuan Shao wants to exchange for Yuan Tan, he will definitely provide conditions for delivery. Isn't it the lord's casual decision whether he wants money or grain? In addition, Yuan Tan was harmed by Yuan Shang this time. If he returns to Hebei
, will definitely take revenge. If the two Yuans fight, wouldn’t it be the lord who benefits the most?”….
Gao Jin had actually thought about this issue for a long time. Without Yuan Tan, it would have been a certainty that Yuan Shang would become the heir. But if Yuan Tan was released, there would probably be another overt and covert fight, and the civil servants and generals in Hebei would all be involved in this dispute.
In such a struggle, it will definitely be a life-and-death struggle. If Hebei is in chaos, Gao Jin will take advantage of it.
It's just that Yuan Tan is a big fish after all, so it seems inappropriate to put it back like this. This matter may have to whet Yuan Shao's appetite.
Could it be that Xinpi didn't see Gao Jin's thoughts and whispered: "My lord, are you just trying to delay the time?"
There is nothing wrong with what you do, but Yuan Tan is different."
He paused and explained his reasons: "Yuan Shao has always been wavering. Today he is determined to take Yuan Tan back. Maybe he will change his mind after listening to someone's persuasion in a few days. At that time, the lord will still let Yuan Tan go."
Tan? In addition, Yuan Shang hates Yuan Tan deeply, and he must not want Yuan Tan to go back. He may set up some conspiracy. The night is long and there are many dreams, the lord should make a decision early."
Gao Jin nodded. Xin Pi's analysis made sense. He smiled and said, "It seems that I have to send Mr. Yuan back to Hebei immediately."
Immediately, Gao Jin allowed Xin Ping to come and see him. Xin Ping explained his intention after seeing the courtesy. Gao Jin therefore said angrily: "Yuan Shao's dog thief invaded my territory. It's fine that I didn't settle accounts with him. He actually has the face to ask for prisoners."
, go back and tell Yuan Shao that if you want someone, you can bring in a large army and fight again with the river as the boundary."
Xin Ping said quickly: "The victory has been decided, why does Marquis Dongwu start another war?"
Gao Jin smiled slightly: "I didn't want to have a war at that time, but it was Yuan Shaoding who wanted to provoke it. Why, now you don't talk about fighting, it's a joke."
Xin Ping said sternly: "Marquis Dongwu, Xin came here to make peace. Why does Marquis Dongwu keep making arrogant remarks? Is this the attitude of Marquis Dongwu? If so, I can only return to Hebei.
, passed this word to the general. Although the general suffered a small setback, the four states of Hebei have fertile soil, a population of millions, hundreds of thousands of armored men, and countless good generals and cavalry. The Marquis of Dongwu wants to fight, and Hebei
You can also accompany me to the end. I just hope that Marquis Dongwu will not regret it."
Gao Jin sneered: "What a sharp tongue!" Then his face softened, he smiled and said: "Mr.
If you want to get Yuan Tan back, sir, you have to pay a price? A lot of words."
Xin commented: "I just don't know what Marquis Dongwu needs?"
Gao Jin doesn't raise prices all over the place. He has to do everything according to his ability. With Yuan Tan, he doesn't expect Yuan Shao to cede a Bingzhou, Youzhou or anything like that. There is no need to think about it. As for money, Gao Jin has enough money. He monopolizes half of the world.
With this income alone, there is no need to worry about money. However, there is some shortage of food and fodder. Xuzhou recruits refugees everywhere and attracts hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country. Even if these people open up wasteland, they will have to plant it in the coming year.
When it comes to food, there is a bit of a shortage of food this year. Although the gap is not big and can be overcome after a while, since someone gives it to him for free, he naturally will not refuse.
Gao Jin made up his mind and asked: "Is there any surplus grain in Hebei?".
Xin Ping was relieved when he heard the word "grain". What he was most afraid of was that Gao Jin asked for land, which he would definitely not give. Yuan Shao would rather sacrifice Yuan Tan than let Gao Jin's army enter Hebei. If it was just grain and grass
This is easy to handle. Hebei is a fertile land with thousands of miles, and the grain and grass stored in the warehouse every year cannot be used up. Coupled with Yuan Shao's management in recent years, it is really not difficult to come up with a little grain and grass.
Xin Ping said quickly: "I wonder how much the general wants?"
"Five hundred thousand dan!" Gao Jin stretched out his finger, looking very serious.
Xin Ping couldn't help but take a breath. Five hundred thousand dan is by no means a small amount. This is enough to feed a hundred thousand families for a year. Although Hebei has a lot of stored grain, it is not given away like this, let alone
These grains need to be raised, dispatched, and transported to Qingzhou. I am afraid that more than this amount will be wasted. At least one million dan will be consumed. I am afraid that it will be difficult for Yuan Shao to agree to this.
Xin Ping shook his head and said: "The Marquis of Dongwu has opened his mouth. Hebei can provide up to 200,000 dan. No matter how much more it is, even if my lord is willing, I'm afraid I won't be able to raise it."
Gao Jin offered 500,000 dans. Originally, he was asking for a high price, and he just paid the money when he got there. 200,000 dans of grain and grass was neither too much nor too little, but it hit his mark, so he nodded and said, "When will the grain and grass be available?"
Can it be shipped?"
Xin commented: "Once the Marquis of Dongwu makes friends, the food and grass will naturally arrive."