However, it was said that Gao Jin was in Xuzhou and Qingzhou to reorganize the army and horses, and to accommodate the refugees. He had been quiet for half a year. He first heard that Cao Cao was going south to compete with Sun Ce for Jingzhou, so he thought of attacking Cao Cao to contain his troops going south.
Chen Gong said: "Sun Ce, Cao Cao is fighting for Jingzhou. Why should my lord interfere? If Cao Cao leads his army back, Sun Ce will definitely invade the entire Jingzhou. Sun Ce is also a tycoon. If he is allowed to dominate in the south, he will be a big trouble in the future. Why not
Make Sun Ce and Cao Cao fight with each other?"
Gao Jin deeply believed that he was afraid of Cao Cao. He always believed that Cao Cao was the strongest, so he tried every means to weaken Cao Cao. However, what he did not expect was that Cao Cao was not as strong as he would be in the future. Although he had to be on guard, he could not contain it.
After defeating Cao Cao, it was really foolish to just let Sun Ce become the leader.
After that, Gao Jin set his sights on Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu's strength had gradually weakened, and Sun Ce had completely separated from Yuan Shu. In addition, due to Yuan Shu's violence, there were many remaining Yellow Turban bandits throughout Nanyang. If this
Naturally, it would be better to capture Shouchun, Nanyang, and Runan when the time comes.
Just at this time, two people came to see them. Gao Jin asked each other's names and found out that they were Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. They were overjoyed and immediately went out to greet them. Before Huang Zhong and Wei Yan could salute, Gao Jin quickly stopped and said
: "You two don't need to be polite. You two are both national scholars. I should treat you with the courtesy of a national scholar."
Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were confused. They were far away in Jingzhou as generals and had little reputation. However, Gao Jin treated them so favorably. It was puzzling. However, Gao Jin's generous treatment really moved them.
Gao Jin immediately appointed them as Zhonglang General. Just as the Qingzhou Army had just been established, he appointed Huang Zhong as the leader and Wei Yan as the deputy to command the army.
You should know that Gao Jin only had three troops and horses in Bingzhou, Taishan and Qingzhou. Although the rest had Bai'er Camp, Zhen Camp and Gendarmerie Camp, they were all small in size. Gao Jin suddenly assigned 30% of the troops to Huang Zhong.
Wei Yan showed how much he valued them, which made Huang Zhong and Wei Yan die devoted to Gao Jin.
Although they were also Zhonglang generals in the past, they were not prominent. After all, their immediate boss was a big warlord who controlled two states, while their former boss Han Xuan was just the leader of a county. They were very different from each other. In the past, they only had a few thousand people under their command.
The army and horses, but now there are 30,000 people, suddenly became the new rich of Qingxu Province, which is enviable.
At this time, news came from Hebei, and another messenger from Yuan Tan came, asking Gao Jin to send troops to fight against Yuan Shang. Gao Jin immediately summoned the generals and asked them for their opinions.
Everyone said one after another: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. My lord should lead the army north immediately. If there is any delay, it will be too late to regret it."
Gao Jin was convinced and immediately ordered his generals to go on an expedition. He ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead a group of troops as the vanguard, while he himself collected grain and fodder before setting off.
When the news reached Xuchang, Man Chong was still indifferent, but Xun You panicked and said to Man Chong: "General, if you delay further, you will regret it."
Man Chong hesitated and said, "I dare not send troops without Duke Cao's order."
Xun You cried out for help, but left Man Chong's house in pity. Now that Cao's army's military talisman was in Man Chong's hands, he could do nothing. Just when Xun You was extremely disappointed, a man came to visit him. After asking for his name, Xun You knew it was him.
Jia Xu asked people to come in.
When Jia Xu saw Xun You, he laughed, saluted him, and said: "Gao Jin has sent troops to Hebei, has Mr. Xun heard about it?".
Jia Xu was not famous when he was young. Only Yan Zhong, a famous scholar from Hanyang at that time, said that Jia Xu was "like Zhang Liang and Chen Ping." In the early days of Jia Xu's life, he was a man named Xiaolian, but he resigned because of illness.
When they met the Di people, dozens of people who were traveling with them were all captured by the Di people. In order to escape, Jia Xu lied to them and said, "I am the grandson of Duke Duan. Don't bury me. My family will redeem me generously." Duan, the Taiwei at that time, lied to them.
Jiong, because he had been a border general for a long time and was a powerful figure in the Western Land, so Jia Xu pretended to be Duan Jiong's nephew to scare the Di people. The Di people did not dare to harm him, and even made an oath with him and sent him back, while the rest of the people were killed.
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In September of the first year of the Yonghan Dynasty, Dong Zhuo deposed the young emperor Liu Bian and established Liu Xie as the current emperor. In November, Dong Zhuo became the prime minister of the country.
He was the captain of Pingjin and was later promoted to the captain of the army. At that time, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Zhonglang sent Niu Fu to garrison troops in Shaanxi, and Jia Xu assisted the army in Niu Fu's army.
In the third year of Chuping's reign, Dong Zhuo was killed, so he sent an envoy to Chang'an to ask for pardon. Wang Yun was an upright person, but he did not agree. Li Jue and others were even more frightened and did not know what to do. They prepared to disband and flee back to their hometowns.
Because Jia Xu was an official under Dong Zhuo's department at that time, in order to protect himself, he stepped forward to stop them and said to Li Jue and others: "I heard that the Chang'an Central Committee wanted to kill all the people in Liangzhou, but the princes abandoned the crowd and went alone.
The chief of the pavilion can restrain the king. It is better to lead the people to the west, gather the troops where they are, attack Chang'an, and avenge Dong Gong. Fortunately, it will be helpful and serve the country to conquer the world. If it fails, it will be too late." This plan was adopted by everyone.
So Li Jue and others spread the rumor that "Wang Yun wants to purge the people in this area", contacted the Xiliang generals, led the army day and night, rushed to Chang'an, and by the time they reached the city of Chang'an, more than 100,000 people had gathered. Li Jue and Fan Chou
Li Meng and others besieged Chang'an City, but were unable to defeat it due to the strong defense. Later, the rebel soldiers in the city led Li Jue's army into the city, and started a street battle with the defender Lu Bu. Lu Bu was defeated and fled with only more than a hundred riders. Li Jue and others sent troops to plunder, and the officials
More than 10,000 civilians died, and the corpses piled up all over the road. Taichang Zhongfo, Da Honglu and Zhou Huan, City Gate Colonel Cui Lie, Yue Cavalry Colonel Wang Qi and others were killed. Li Jue and others gathered troops at Yemen of Nangong to threaten Emperor Xian and He
Situ Wang Yun appointed Li Jue as General Yangwu, Guo Bin as General Yanglie, and Fan Chou as Zhonglang General. Li Jue also killed Sidi Colonel Huang Wan, Feng Yi and Song Yi on the left, Fufeng Wang Hong on the right, and Situ Wang Yunji
His wife. For a time, the capital city was in chaos, and the government and the public were in chaos.
It can be seen that although Jia Xu's words were considered for himself, they brought endless disasters to others and plunged the Eastern Han Dynasty into chaos again. Later, Jia Xu was named Zuo Fengyi. Li Jue and others used Jia Xu's merits to
When he wanted to make him a marquis, Jia Xu said: "This life-saving plan is of no use!" He refused. Li Jue and others also asked Jia Xu to be the minister's servant. Jia Xu said: "The minister's servant is the teacher of the official."
, the world hopes that the reputation is not important, and it is not to convince people. Even if the reputation is ignorant of glory and profit, what will happen to the country!" So he worshiped Jia Xu as the minister. Even so, Li Jue and others always "kissed" Jia Xu to each other.
"I'm afraid of it." When Jia Xu's mother passed away, Jia Xu resigned from his official position and was worshiped as Guanglu Doctor.
In the second year of Xingping, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou raised troops to attack Chang'an and jointly took control of the central court. The three of them were suspicious of each other, fought for power, and fought many times. Jia Xu generally blamed them every time, so although the three of them were
They were at odds in their hearts, but on the surface they were getting along. So they divided the city of Chang'an into three parts, each guarding its own boundaries. In the spring of the same year, Li Jue sent the cavalry captain Hu Feng to stab Fan Chou to death. The conflict between Li and Guo intensified day by day, and they began to fight. Li Jue
He asked Jia Xu to be the general of Xuanyi to help him. After the two men stopped their troops, Jia Xu returned the seal ribbon.
At that time, General Duan Xu and Jia Xu were in the same county and were stationed in Huayin, so Jia Xu went to join Duan Xu. Jia Xu had always been well-known and was highly regarded by Duan Xu's army. Duan Xu was afraid that Jia Xu would seize his military power, so he treated Jia Xu politely on the surface.
It was very thick. When Jia Xu saw it, he couldn't feel at ease.
Zhang Xiu of Nanyang had secret contacts with Jia Xu, so Zhang Xiu sent someone to greet Jia Xu. When Jia Xu was leaving, someone said to Jia Xu: "You have been treated kindly by me, can you leave in peace?" Jia Xu said: "
I have a suspicious nature, and I have the intention of being jealous. Although the courtesy is generous, I can't rely on it. It will take a long time to achieve my goals. I will be happy to go, and I hope that I will get a lot of help from outside, and I will be generous to my wife. I have no plans, but I am also willing to get praise.
, then the family and body will be complete." When Jia Xu arrived at Zhang Xiu's place, Zhang Xiu was overjoyed and led his descendants to greet him. Duan Xuan knew that Jia Xu was gone and treated his family members well.
Under Jia Xu's persuasion, Zhang Xiu stationed troops in Wancheng and joined forces with Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou. From then on, the two became Cao Cao's confidants, and Cao Cao led his troops to attack Zhang Xiu many times...
Cao Cao marched south to Zhang Xiu and surrounded Rangcheng where Zhang Xiu was guarding. At this time, Cao Cao heard that counselor Tian Feng advised Yuan Shao, the shepherd of Jizhou, to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Xudu in order to welcome Emperor Xian's order to the world, so he immediately relieved the siege and retreated from Rangcheng. Zhang Xiu led his troops
Followed and pursued. In May, Liu Biao sent the Jingzhou army to occupy Anzhong, cut off Cao Jun's retreat, and attempted to attack Cao Jun with Zhang Xiu. Cao Cao launched a surprise attack and defeated Zhang and Liu's coalition forces. After Cao Cao's victory, he quickly retreated north. Zhang Xiu personally led his troops to pursue
, Jia Xu dissuaded him and said: "Don't pursue him, you will be defeated if you pursue him." Zhang Xiu refused to listen and pursued forcefully, but was defeated by Cao Cao himself.
Victory." Zhang Xiu said: "There is no need to say anything publicly, so it has come to this. Now that we have been defeated, how can we pursue it again?" Jia Xu said: "The military situation has changed, and we must gain advantage if we go there urgently."
Zhang Xiu then listened to Jia Xu's advice, gathered scattered soldiers, pursued again, and defeated Cao Cao's rearguard. After the victory, Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu: "Xiu used elite troops to pursue the retreating army, but the public said that it would be defeated; retreat with defeated soldiers to defeat the victorious army,
And the Duke said, "We will defeat him. It's just like the Duke's words, how come it's all true?" Jia Xu said: "This is easy to understand. Although the general is good at using troops, he is not Cao Gong's enemy. Although the army has recently retreated, Cao Gong will cut off his rear; even if the pursuers are good, they will be defeated."
, since the general is not invincible, his troops are also strong, so he knows that he will be defeated. Cao Gong made no mistake in attacking the general, and if he retreats before his strength is exhausted, there must be domestic reasons. After defeating the general, he will advance with a light army quickly, even if the generals are left to cut off the rear, all
Although a general is brave, he is not his enemy, so he will win even if he fights with defeated troops." Zhang Xiu was greatly impressed.
At that time, Yuan Shao sent people to surrender Zhang Xiu and formed a good relationship with Jia Xu. Zhang Xiu was about to agree, but Jia Xu sat down before Xiu and said to the envoy: "Thank you to Yuan Benchu. Brothers cannot get along with each other, but how can they tolerate the world's nobles?"
"Zhang Xiu said in horror: "Why is this!" and secretly said to Jia Xu: "If this is the case, where should we go?" Jia Xu said: "It is better to follow Cao Gong." Zhang Xiu said: "Yuan is strong and Cao is weak.
, and you are enemies with Cao, how can you follow it?" Jia Xu said: "This is why it is appropriate to follow. Mr. Cao is entrusted with the emperor to command the world, so it is appropriate to follow one. Shao is strong and prosperous, and I will follow it with a small number of people.
Don’t take me seriously. If Cao Cao is weak, he will be happy to get me, so he should follow the second principle. If you have ambitions to overlord, you will definitely resolve your personal grudges and show your virtue to the world, and you should follow the third principle. I hope you will be the general."
!Zhang Xiu followed his advice and led his troops to submit to Cao Cao in November.
Zhang Xiu's submission enabled Cao Cao to avoid fighting on two fronts in the Battle of Guandu, so Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard about it. He personally met with Jia Xu, held his hand and said, "The one who makes me more trustworthy than the world is my son." Then he worshiped Jia Xu as his successor.
He took charge of Jinwu, made him the capital of Tinghou, and moved to Jizhou as a pastoralist. At the same time, he worshiped Zhang Xiu as General Yangwu and asked his son Cao Jun to marry Zhang Xiu's daughter.
If we accept that Cao Cao was a great hero, during the Three Kingdoms era, the person who truly defeated Cao Cao strategically and made Cao Cao himself admired was Jia Xu. Jia Xu can be called the most powerful counselor of the Three Kingdoms. This is from two aspects.
The first reason is that his strategies are so accurate that he has a sense of exhaustion. The impact of his plans is so huge that he deserves to be called the number one counselor. The second reason is that he is a Machiavellian in the most typical sense.
, unlike Zhuge Liang, who held the post of prime minister and focused on governing the country, and unlike Zhou Yu, who took on the post of general and was good at leading troops in battle. Jia Xu had no intention of becoming a warlord who supported his troops and dominated one side. His identity will never be forgotten.
Behind the scenes, he constantly emerged from behind the thick curtain of a certain general, ostensibly offering advice, but often had the effect of strategizing.
As long as his strategy is useful, he doesn't care about the changes in the country. He advises Li Jue and Guo Si, and he doesn't really want to assist them. The reason why Jia Xu decided to go to Zhang Xiu even though he clearly saw that Zhang Xiu had no bright future.
He committed himself to Zhang Xiu's tent simply because Zhang Xiu was able to obey him and enable his strategies to be carried out.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, ethics could no longer sustain people's hearts. People who shouted loyalty often pursued what they wanted under the banner of loyalty. While individuals suffered from moral failure, they also had to face the precarious and troubled times. In this troubled times, individual life
There is no guarantee, warlords fight, foreign plunders, bandits are rampant, and natural disasters continue. In such a changing era, all morality must give way to the need for survival. And these contradictions are in Wuwei, the birthplace of Jia Xu.
It is especially sharp and prominent. The martial power of Xiliang in the remote place, the weak moral standards of benevolence, justice and ethics, the struggle with nomadic people and the mixed life experience, and the test of the severe living environment make Jia Xu not care about those who have become
Hypocritical morality, his strategy only focuses on survival, with the survival of himself and the people around him as the first priority. Because there is no mental restraint, he can gallop freely to show his strategic talents. It is in this kind of spiritual freedom,
His strategy reached the extreme level of contingency...
Although Jia Xu often prided himself on being a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty and had indeed served the emperor, he was obviously more interested in indulging his innate talent as a counselor than caring about eternal fame. In the melee between warlords from all walks of life, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty
In the process of running from Chang'an to Luoyang, and in the bloody battles in the east and west capitals, one can see Jia Xu's wisdom.
Jia Xu's suggestions to Guo and Li almost caused the entire Eastern Han Dynasty to lose its last life-saving straw. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were forced to "rise up" for the same reasons as Jia Xu's thoughts at this time. The difference is that
, regardless of Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Li Jue, and Guo Si, they are all involved, while Jia Xu is a complete outsider. In other words, although this suggestion can save Li Jue and Guo Si's life for a while, it has no influence on Jia Xu.
benefit.
Otherwise, when Li and Guo wanted to confer the title of "Shang Shu Pu She" after their success, he would not have resolutely refused. "What is the merit of this life-saving strategy?" Jia Xu said with quite a self-awareness.
In June of the third year of Chuping, Li Jue and Guo Si broke into the Chang'an city, Wang Yun was killed, Lu Bu fled, and corpses were scattered all over Chang'an. It is said that when Dong Zhuo first died, there were still hundreds of thousands of people in the Sanfu area. After Li Jue
, Guo Si launched troops to plunder, and in just two years, the people had "eaten all of them", and it was so miserable. A plan can endanger the country, and a few words can bring chaos to the country. This is what Zhengjia said. He was killing people like hemp.
Behind the robber, there appears to be an amiable scholar who commits heinous crimes while successfully evading the accusations of thousands of people. Who can match this ability?
Jia Xu is not a mediocre person. He has the best relationship with Zhang Xiu. As early as in Chang'an, Zhang Xiu deliberately attracted Jia Xu to his tent. As soon as Jia Xu came to surrender secretly, he immediately obeyed his words. The strange thing is that
The reason why Jia Xu defected to Zhang Xiu was not only because of Zhang Xiu's open-arm welcome, but also because of his judgment: "Zhang Xiu is a brainless master." With Jia Xu's talent, it was clear that Zhang Xiu had no bright future.
Under the premise, he still resolutely committed himself to Zhang Xiu's tent. The pearl is cast into darkness and the dragon swims in the ravine. It is quite possible to guess Jia Xu's true intention. He likes strategy, and he needs a battlefield where his talents can flourish.
If strategy is a kind of beauty, and related to the bad ideas he incredibly made for Li Jue and Guo Si, then Jia Xu can be understood as such an esthete: as long as his strategy is useful, he does not care about the change of the country.
. Seeing this, it is the most logical thing for Jia Xu to seek refuge with Zhang Xiu instead of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Cao Cao has many advisers, and he himself is full of tricks. Jia Xu is destined to be difficult to stand out from the crowd; Yuan Shao seems to
Strong, but this man is ambitious but not talented, and has a strange and fatal weakness: as long as it is beneficial to him, he will not adopt any strategy; Liu Biao will not talk about him, but Yuan Shu, who likes to dream of being an emperor, lacks the moral character of an open-minded corporal.
, Jia Xu was destined not to live a calm life. Jia Xu had a grudge against Lu Bu. Of course, Liu Bei, who was weak and weak at the time, could not enter Jia Xu's field of vision. Moreover, Liu Bei had always had a close relationship with Lu Bu.
When anyone mentions the defeats that Cao Cao suffered in his life, they will all mention the "Battle of Zhangxiu at Wancheng". It was also the most tragic battle that Cao Cao lost. His eldest son Cao Ang and his caring general Dian Wei were killed one after another, and the big army he was riding on was also killed.
Wan Liang's horse "Jueying" was also hit by an arrow and died, which can be said to be extremely embarrassing. There is no doubt that Cao Cao actually lost to Jia Xu in this battle. Jia Xu later defeated Cao Cao in one round.
It has some strategic significance, but it is extremely magical. It can be used as a textbook for Cao Cao to ponder and study. Cao Cao's army retreated. Zhang Xiu was eager to make a contribution and could not wait to lead the army in pursuit. Jia Xu repeatedly stopped him on the side, but Zhang Xiu refused to listen.
Zhang Xiu, who was hopeless, would inevitably think that fighting Cao Cao and actually forcing him to retreat was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue the victory and kill him, how long would it take? However, if he didn't listen to his adviser,
Doomed to fail, Zhang Xiu's pursuers were severely defeated by Cao Cao's rear troops, and fled back in embarrassment. Xiu said to Xu, "I don't need to speak publicly, so I was defeated like this." Zhang Xiu sincerely apologized to Jia Xu.
Xu said: "Now we can assemble our troops and pursue them again." Xiu and Biao both said: "Now that we have been defeated, how can we pursue them again?" Xu said: "If we pursue them now, we will definitely win a great victory; if not, please kill me.
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In the second pursuit, Zhang Xiu made great gains and defeated Cao Cao. Not only was Cao Cao extremely puzzled by his failure, Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao also asked Jia Xu suspiciously why the victorious army failed and then pursued after the defeat.
Victory was achieved. Jia Xu said: "This is easy to understand. Although the general is good at using troops, he is no match for Cao Cao. Even if Cao Cao's army is defeated, he will have the strength to defend the rear hall to prevent pursuing troops. Although our troops are sharp, they cannot be defeated:
Therefore, we know that we will be defeated. If you are eager to retreat, you must have something to do with it. After defeating my pursuing army, you will drive back quickly and be unprepared. I will take advantage of its unpreparedness and pursue it even more: so you can win."
It is precisely because of this that Jia Xu has the capital to defect to Cao Cao. At least Cao Cao values him very much, but Cao Cao understands his unscrupulous character. Although he gave him high-standard treatment, he did not give him too much
In terms of power, compared to Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu, it was obvious that they were in the cold storage. This time when he heard that Gao Jin was marching into Hebei, he finally couldn't sit still.