Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Eight: Anti-Intermission
Guan Yu thought about it and found Jian Yong. Chen Yi was very powerful and said: "If Zhang Jia can surrender, Yizhou will be determined. Cao Cao is going south to Jingzhou, and the army can turn around at any time. If Cao Cao's army goes north, it will be difficult for Hebei to win. If Zhang Jia surrenders, it will be difficult to win." , it is a great achievement.”
Guan Yu is now determined to plan for Gao Jin. He also knows the situation at hand. Gao Jin does not have much time. If he cannot quickly capture Hebei before Cao Cao's attention turns to Hebei, then when Cao Cao makes a move, everything will be lost. It's already too late.
Therefore, there is really no need to confront Zhang Jia now. It is better to surrender this person. As soon as this person surrenders, Guan Yu can immediately march to Yecheng and attack Yuan Shangjun from the front and back. By then, Hebei will be at his fingertips.
Jian Yong's original surname was Geng. But the people in Youzhou called Geng Jian, so they changed their surname to Jian. He had met Liu Bei when he was young. Liu Bei joined the war against the Yellow Turban Army and followed him around. Liu Bei went to Jingzhou and met Mi Zhu. , Sun Qian was also a Zhonglang, holding a position similar to that of a lobbyist.
Jian Yong was good at debating and discussing matters. His temperament was simple and direct, and he did not stick to trivial matters. When he sat with Liu Bei, he would also sit cross-legged, ignoring the dignity, but seeking comfort. Under Zhuge Liang, he occupied the same couch, lying down and talking, and never gave in. To people.
In history, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong went to war with Liu Zhang of Yizhou. Liu Zhang was unable to resist, so he invited Liu Bei, who was of the same clan as him, to station in Yizhou so that he could coordinate the fight against Zhang Lu. At that time, Jian Yong also entered Yizhou with Liu Bei, and when he visited Liu Zhang , his words and deeds were extraordinary, so he was highly valued by Liu Zhang. After the Zhang Lu incident calmed down a little, Liu Bei turned to besiege Chengdu, intending to replace Liu Zhang as the lord of Yizhou. However, the city of Chengdu was so deep that it would be difficult to win in a short time, and Liu Bei might change over time. , he sent Jian Yong to lobby Liu Zhang and persuade him to leave the city and accept the surrender. After Jian Yong entered the city, he made Liu Zhang agree to surrender. So Jian Yong and Liu Zhang rode in the same carriage and went out of the city to report to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was overjoyed that he had captured Chengdu so easily, and immediately decided to promote Jian Yong to General Zhaode to highlight Jian Yong's achievements.
Jian Yong was a dissolute man, crazy and ungrateful. He often acted in a haphazard way. He didn't pay much attention to the so-called etiquette and rules, and he didn't pay attention to his personal image. He just wanted to live a leisurely and comfortable life. Sometimes Liu Bei held a banquet with all his officials. , all the civil and military officials were sitting upright at the banquet, but Jian Yong was sitting crookedly, and kept making little moves, without even the dignity of a government official. Liu Bei had old friends with Jian Yong, and knew Jian Yong's character very well, and thought that although Jian Yong There was no sitting position, but it didn't hurt, so he just laughed it off. Prime Minister Zhuge Liang had very strict requirements on officials, so when Zhuge Liang was at the table, Jian Yong did not dare to make any big moves. After Zhuge Liang left the table, Jian Yong immediately lost all worries and simply stopped sitting. He lay high on the table with his head on a soft pillow, and changed sitting and talking to lying down. His demeanor was very leisurely and comfortable. Jian Yong's way of life made him often the subject of gossip news The protagonist, but he has always adhered to the principle of "I do mine and you say yours" and never cared about it.
One year there was a severe drought in Yizhou and the grain harvest was not good, so Liu Bei banned the use of grain to make wine. Anyone who made wine was guilty. Some law enforcement officers found wine-making equipment from people's homes. They didn't know what to do with it, so they classified the situation as It was reported to the imperial court. Some officials in the imperial court cited the ancient saying of "use heavy regulations in troubled times" and believed that even if people do not make wine, the people who have the equipment to make wine should be guilty of making wine, otherwise it will not serve as a warning to others; some officials think that the law is not enough It should be so harsh, as long as the people don't make wine, there is no need to be too harsh on them. The officials discussed it over and over again, but the final opinion was in favor of the former. Although Jian Yong strongly opposed it, it was of no avail.
Not long after, Jian Yong accompanied Liu Bei on a cruise. On the road, he saw a man and a woman walking side by side. Jian Yong said to Liu Bei: "These two people are going to do some dirty things. Why don't you arrest them?" Liu Bei was surprised at this time.
: These two people don’t look like they are cheating on each other. Why?
Why would Jian Yong say this? So he asked Jian Yong: "How do you know?" Jian Yong said seriously: "Because these two people have the tools to do evil things! Since those who own the wine-making tools are guilty
, according to the same reason, these two people should also be guilty!”….
Liu Bei laughed loudly after hearing this, and pardoned those who owned the brewing equipment. Jian Yong's style of doing things was generally like this. It was very funny, but besides being funny, it was often thought-provoking. Compared to those direct ministers who risked their lives to admonish.
, maybe Jian Yong’s approach is easier to achieve the purpose of admonishment!
Jian Yong was a man very much like Dongfang Shuo, who secluded himself from the court. The difference is that Dongfang Shuo wanted to show off his talents, but was treated as a jester by the monarch's wishful thinking and was forced to hide in the court.
Jian Yong did this willingly...
Of course they are similar, not to mention their bohemian behavior, their humor and so on... Jian Yong's contribution to Liu Bei is basically only reflected in the word "old man". Other than that, he has done almost everything except follow Liu Bei from the beginning.
Never done it...
But what can be concluded is that he is a person with a sense of justice. When the protagonist is about to do something wrong, he stands up to stop it, and the way is so unique and humorous. Just imagine, if a person spoke righteously at that time
What would happen if Liu Bei stood up to stop him? Of course, according to Liu Bei's words, whether true or false, under the cloak of kindness and love for the people, maybe things would have the same result, but the consequences of everyone making it impossible for the monarch to step down are self-evident.
Therefore, Jian Yong was also a wise man, and he was extremely wise, but this wisdom was not the capital for him to obtain high-ranking officials and generous salaries.
After Liu Bei demoted Gao Jin, Jian Yong also became Gao Jin's long history, but he did not attract much attention. This time Guan Yu was the vanguard to attack Hebei, and Jian Yong followed the army. He was also playful and teasing, and did not face any battles along the way.
It was not until Guan Yu asked him to tell Zhang Jia to surrender that Jian Yong became serious: "Second General, what you said is very true. I will go see Zhang Jia immediately."
He rode a donkey and wandered out of Guan Yu's camp. After crossing the bridge, he said to the Hebei Army scouts who were coming: "I am a lobbyist. Please inform your general that Jian Yong from Youzhou is here. Please
He came out of his tent to greet us."
The scouts looked at each other, surprised that there was such a person who actually said that he was a lobbyist, but who would call himself a lobbyist?
So all the scouts hurriedly went to see Zhang Jia. When Zhang Jia heard the scouts coming to report, his expression changed and he said, "Is this really what this person said?"
"That's right," the scout replied.
Zhang Jia became uneasy at this time and said: "I don't want to see this person, I want him to come back quickly."
The scouts went back to expel Jian Yong. With a smile on his face, Jian Yong said to the scouts: "If I bother you, go see General Zhang again and say that I am not just saying to surrender, but to save General Zhang's life. If General Zhang doesn't see you, he will die."
also."
The scout had to go back to see Zhang Jia. Zhang Jia was hesitant when a small colonel came to report: "General Zang Cheng is here to see you."
He opened his jaw and sighed: "Please come in."
This Zang Cheng is unknown, but one of his relatives is a well-known figure in Yunei.
Zang Hong, courtesy name Ziyuan, was born in Sheyang, Guangling. Zang Hong had a heroic appearance. In that era, people were judged by their appearance, and appearance was a small fortune for Zang Hong. His father, Zang Min, had served as a lieutenant general of the Xiongnu, the prefect of Zhongshan, and the prefect of Taiyuan.
Zang Hong was promoted to be a filial and honest official, and later he was appointed county magistrate at the same time as Zhao Xian, Liu Yao and Wang Lang. At that time, the chief consul of a county with less than 10,000 households was called "chief", and those with more than 10,000 households were called "chief".
'Ling'. These few were county magistrates at the same time, and Liu Yao and Wang Lang among them later became the king's assistants. For them, their initial career as officials was relatively smooth.
During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Zang Hong felt that being an official was boring, so he went home. His good friend Zhang Chao came to him and hired him as a meritorious official, so he went to Zhang Chao's account and earned a salary to support his family.
It was nothing like this originally, but in the early years of Jian'an, Zang Hong did a major event that affected the entire history of the Three Kingdoms. What was it? - Gathering the heroes to attack Dong Zhuo!…
After Dong Zhuo deposed the emperor, he acted so outrageously that the princes of Guandong were very angry, but no one dared to be the first to stand up and turn against Dong Zhuo. This matter was risky, not just eating melon seeds at home.
It was as easy as going to the toilet when he had to urinate urgently. Therefore, the princes kept in touch with each other privately, but no one dared to stand up and shout out. At this time, Zang Hong began to desperately encourage Zhang Chao and persuaded Zhang Chao to ask Dong for "righteousness"
, Zhang Chao was weak, and it was impossible for him to get on Zang Hong's pirate ship by relying on some nonsense about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country. In addition, Zhang Chao was very famous at the time. But he was very timid and did not dare to make the decision, so he went to Chenliu with Zang Hong.
Meeting Zhang Chao's brother Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao introduced Zang Hong to Zhang Miao as a "wonderful scholar in the world" and said that Zang Hong had more strategies than him. Zhang Chao's brother, Chenliu Prefect Zhang Miao, was more famous. Zhang Miao drank with him.
Chat: "I heard that you are a very useless official. You don't care about anything and let a boy named Zang Hong take over. Is this a thing?" Zhang Chao said: "Yes, but don't underestimate it.
Guy, he can be considered an expert in the country today." Zhang Miao thought that I had never seen an expert before, so he asked Zhang Chao to call Zang Hong over. As a result, after talking all night, he didn't know what Zang Hong and Zhang were.
What did Miao say? The next day Zhang Miao opened the tent door and shouted for rebellion, as if he was suffering from a demonic disease. Later, he recommended Zang Hong to Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, and Kong You, the governor of Yuzhou. As a result, he soon became friends with
The relationship between these state and county generals was very good, so these forces joined forces to form an alliance, and actually elected Zang Hong as the alliance leader. This alliance provided a small foundation for the eighteen princes in the future. Four of the eighteen princes were in this alliance.
They are Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Kong You, and Qiao Mao. Zang Hong is a very charismatic commander and speaker. On the day when the alliance was formed, he expressed his ambition to the sergeants to "generally go to the national calamity."
They were so moved that no one left before eating. Everyone started cooking together and then dispersed.
After the Jujube Alliance, they jointly attacked Dong Zhuo. This was actually the famous "Eighteen Route Princes Attack Dong Zhuo" and was the first shot fired by the Kwantung ministers against Dong Zhuo. Later big figures such as Yuan Shao, Sun Jian, and Cao Cao all joined later.
This group of people came together, but no one dared to take the lead. At that time, Zhang Chao even discussed with his brother privately: "In those days, Chen Ying from Chudi didn't even dare to take the lead. If Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu were brought up, our brothers would probably You are not the leader of the alliance. If you stand out, if things fail, you will not be able to avoid the scourge of genocide." He thought so, and everyone thought so. In the end, everyone encouraged Zang Hong to lead everyone to make an oath. In fact, As the so-called leader of the alliance, Zang Hong obliged without hesitation and was the first to smear the smelly chicken blood on his lips.
When Cao Cao arrived at Suanzao, he saw the scene of "more than 100,000 soldiers, partying with wine, and no desire to make progress." Later, what was worse, internal strife broke out, and Liu Dai killed Qiao Mao. It basically plays no role in the alliance, but where is Zang Hong? How will Zang Hong face the Blood Oath Alliance and his ambitions will be shattered together? Obviously, Zang Hong is called the leader of the alliance, but in fact he is just a tool for these princes to balance each other. He himself had absolutely no power to dominate the alliance, and his ambitions were not realized.
Despite this, Zang Hong should have been working for Zhang Chao. The situation at that time was that Dong Zhuo died and in the same year, Zang Hong was sent by Zhang Chao to help Liu Yu, but Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan. Zang Hong was valued by Yuan Shao. , was appointed to Qingzhou to fight against thieves. Zang Hong served as the governor of Qingzhou for two years, and Qingzhou was not troubled by thieves. However, the situation became more and more complicated in the past two years. Cao Cao said to Zhang Miao in tears today: "If I don't pay back, I will go to Yiyi." Meng Zhuo." They will turn against each other tomorrow. Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao conspired against Cao Cao. In the second year of Xingping, Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu. Zhang Miao left his family and Zhang Chao in Yongqiu, while he and Lu Bu ran away, and Yongqiu was trapped by Cao Cao. , Zhang Chao was in a hurry, and he said that only Ziyuan would definitely come to rescue him. But Zang Hong was under Yuan Shao at this time, and his own strength was only a few thousand, so he asked for help from Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had just reconciled, and Yuan Shao had to care about the north. Gongsun Zan's situation, he certainly didn't want to stir up trouble and get into troubled waters. So Zhang Chao's subordinates said that Zang Hong would never help Zang Hong to avoid disaster, but Zhang Chao said, "I believe Zang Hong is a righteous man, he will not I had no choice but to come to rescue, otherwise he would definitely come to rescue me.'….
Sure enough, when Zang Hong heard about Zhang Chao's trouble, he came to Yuan Shao with bare feet and crying. Yuan Shao dragged Zang Hong and refused to let him return to Qingzhou to mobilize troops. Because he did not wait for reinforcements, Zhang Chao was killed by Cao Cao. Zang Hong Furious, he returned to Qingzhou alone and declared independence from Yuan Shao.
In the end, Zhang Chao was exterminated by Cao Cao, and Zang Hong resented Yuan Shao and refused to interact with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao sent troops to surround Zang Hong, but they could not capture him after a year of attack. Yuan Shao asked Zang Hong's fellow villager Chen Lin to write him a letter to persuade him to surrender, "Yu Yi For misfortunes and blessings, we must respond with kindness and righteousness."
Zang Hong immediately replied with a soul-stirring and beautifully written letter of rejection. Zang Hong first mocked Chen Lin's position as a royal scholar, raising a family and relying on the master. Although he was a fellow villager, he became an enemy. Then he accused Yuan Shao of all kinds of misdeeds. Righteousness, and finally express one’s attitude——
"Go to Chen Lin! You pursue utilitarianism, and I will devote my life to the monarch; you entrust yourself to the leader of the alliance, and I will serve the court. You think that my reputation will be annihilated after my death. I also think that you will remain unknown no matter whether you live or die. It’s really sad! We originally had the same interests but we went our separate ways and worked hard, what else is there to say!”
After Yuan Shao read Zang Hong's reply, he knew that he had no intention of surrender, so he increased his troops and attacked. Zang Hong and his soldiers ate rats and boiled bark. After eating the bark of rats, Zang Hong "killed his concubine to feed the soldiers. The soldiers were moved.
Weeping, not daring to look up. Seven or eight thousand men and women died lying next to each other, without any betrayal."
Zang Hong opened the city gate to let them escape, but none of the people and officials wanted to leave. They cried and shouted that they wanted to die together with Zang Hong. Zang Hong also cried: "For the sake of loyalty, I must die, why do you have to accompany me?"
Will my wife and children suffer with me?", so he killed his wife and children, and cooked broth for the soldiers defending the city to drink. Defending the city in this way was definitely not possible, and as a result, Yuan Shao's army captured Dongjun, and all 8,000 people in the city were
They died in battle, and it is said that no one surrendered.
Yuan Shao still felt pity for Zang Hong, so he kidnapped him and persuaded him to surrender. Zang Hong spat at Yuan Shao and cursed: "When we were conquering Dong Zhuo, I saw you and Zhang Chao being very affectionate. At that time, I was still
I'm very touched. I didn't expect you to stand by and watch when someone is in trouble. I really don't know which face of yours is real. Kill me quickly, I look at you with disgust." Yuan Shaoyi gave up after hearing what he said.
They pushed Zang Hong out and killed him.
This matter was originally brought to an end, but unexpectedly, among the guests invited by Yuan Shao, there was a child named Chen Rong who couldn't stand it. He stood up and scolded Yuan Shao: "You can even kill a righteous man like Zang Hong, but you are like this
You still want to judge the world?" Yuan Shaowan didn't expect such a stupid young man to show up halfway. He was shocked and angrily yelled: "What do you know, you little brat? You and Zang Hong are not the same group." Chen Rong hummed.
After a moment: "The two words benevolence and righteousness are not a joke. If you follow benevolence and righteousness, you are a gentleman, and if you deviate from benevolence and righteousness, you are a villain. I don't care whether you are Yuan Shao or Zang Hong, I only follow benevolence and righteousness." Yuan Shao was ashamed again.
Angry, he ordered his men to push Chen Rong out and kill him.
This was a bit too much. Many of Yuan Shao's men present at the time secretly whispered to each other: "You actually killed two righteous men in one day, and your lord has completely ruined the hearts of the people."
After Zang Hong was killed, Yuan Shao also felt that it was too much. He was afraid that people in the world would scold him, so he recruited his younger brother Zang Cheng to give him an official position. Zang Cheng and his brother Zang Hong had very different personalities, and they were already frightened.
He had an earthy complexion. Later he heard that he was going to be an official, but he was very happy to take up the post. Later he met Yuan Shang, and they became friends with each other, and their relationship was very warm. After Yuan Shang took control of Yizhou, Gao Jin came to attack Hebei, and Yuan Shang asked Zang Cheng to
He went on an expedition with Zhang Jia, ostensibly to accompany the army as a deputy general, but in fact he was asked to supervise Zhang Jia. After all, Zhang Jia had never gained Yuan Shang's trust. If the situation had not reached a point where he had no choice, Yuan Shang would not have let Zhang Jia lead the army.
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Zang Cheng was indeed loyal to Yuan Shang, and had long forgotten his brother who was killed by Yuan Shao. This time he shouldered the responsibility of supervising the army. When he heard that a lobbyist was looking for Zhang Jaw, he immediately became suspicious and hurriedly came to see Zhang Jaw.