Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 81 The Battle of Wuyin
"Minggong."

Kuai Liang did not leave. As Liu Biao's mastermind, he naturally wanted to stay and discuss with Liu Biao.

Seeing Liu Biao asking him, Kuai Liang cupped his hands and said, "I don't think it's appropriate to destroy Cao Cao at this time. If Cao Cao is destroyed, Yuan Shao will probably unify the north."

"Ah."

Liu Biao nodded and said, "I thought so too, that's why I rejected You Shuo and didn't send troops to attack Wuyin. It's just that Zhang Xiu went away, so I don't know what will happen?"

Kuai Liang said with a smile: "Don't worry about this Duke Ming, Cao Cao is not incompetent. Zhang Xiu has few soldiers, and without our army's support, he should not be able to attack."

"That's fine."

Liu Biao said in a deep voice, "Zirou, what do you think our future situation will be like? If Cao Cao or Yuan Shao unifies the north, the emperor will be the emperor."

"I'm afraid the emperor will be in trouble."

"Yeah, that's what worries me too."

"Minggong."

Kuai Liang said: "A few days ago there was news from Shouchun that Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, do you know at this time?"

"nature."

Liu Biao said: "I have sent someone to Shouchun to write a letter to reprimand him, and I have ordered Huang Zu to set up defenses in Jiangxia. If he raises troops to attack, Yuan Shu will return home bleeding."

Kuai Liang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Duke Ming, when I said Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, I didn't mean that he might come to Jingzhou."

"That is?"

"Don't you think, Mr. Ming, that there have been too many people calling themselves emperors over the years?"

"what do you mean?"

Liu Biao frowned, this sentence actually made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Two reasons.

One is that as a descendant of the Han Dynasty, he was naturally dissatisfied when he saw that everyone in the world wanted to overthrow the Han Dynasty.

The second is that he actually had this idea himself.

A few years later, he will not serve as a tribute, but will do a lot of tyranny, worship heaven and earth in the suburbs, and intend to reprimand Chengyu.

A few years ago, because of these things, Liu Biao impeached Liu Yan in Yizhou for "the theory that Zixia suspected saints in Xihe", and later he became himself.

However, Liu Biao didn't have the guts to proclaim himself emperor, he only dared to do what the emperor could do, and when he really reached the threshold of proclaiming himself emperor, he faltered again.

So to a certain extent, Liu Biao belongs to the kind of person who has a heart but no guts, envies and hates others when he sees others proclaiming himself emperor, and dares not when he wants to.

Kuai Liang said: "In today's world, the emperor is like a crucian carp crossing the river. Yuan Shu is not the first, nor will he be the last. Now that Cao Cao has won the emperor, although his strength is not as good as Yuan Shao, he won the hearts of the people with his orthodox crusade against non-subjects. It is bound to grow day by day.”

"Then I let the tiger go back to the mountain today?"

Liu Biao asked: "When Cao Cao grows stronger in the future, I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to the emperor."

Kuai Liang said: "Whether he will be unfavorable to the emperor is still unknown, but there must be a fierce battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, it should be inevitable."

"Well, I think so too." Liu Biao nodded.

"Yuan Shao hasn't broken with Cao Cao yet because Gongsun Zan in the north is still there. Once Gongsun Zan is destroyed, a war between the two will be inevitable. Whoever wins by then will get the whole of the north."

Kuai Liang said: "Duke Ming thinks that if Yuan Shao wins, he will occupy the entire north and raise an army of millions, will he retain the emperor?"

Liu Biao frowned and said, "I'm afraid the Yuan family has already intended to do something wrong."

"Yes."

Kuai Liang said again: "If Cao Cao wins, I am afraid that the emperor will not be happy. Even if he is not deposed, he will still be at the mercy of Cao Cao like a puppet. Therefore, there are actually only two roads before Minggong."

Two ways?
Liu Biao hurriedly asked, "Which two?"

Kuai Liang said: "One is self-reliance, and the other is to find one of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to attach to."

"Self-reliant?"

Liu Biao thought about this sentence, licked his lips with his tongue, and tasted it.

"Nowadays there are too many emperors, and the power of the Han Dynasty is declining. Liu Yan of Yizhou had a plan to become emperor six years ago. It can be seen that no one of the princes of today serves the emperor anymore."

Kuai Liang said: "Cao Cao's intention today is to use the reputation of the emperor to win over the world. If not, how can he attack Nanyang? It is to guard against us. In the future, between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. You have to plan ahead, too."

"Um"

Liu Biao nodded approvingly, and said, "I see, let me think again, think again."

He rubbed his temples, his mind was already a mess.

In fact, the purpose of Kuai Liang persuading him today is also very simple, to make him make a decision on the two matters of establishing himself as a king and finding someone to take refuge in.

It's not that Kuai Liang had the foresight, but the wise men at that time could see that after Cao Cao coerced the emperor to make the princes, the talents would become stronger, and Henan and other places would inevitably be controlled by him.

Yuan Shao's counselors, such as Jushou Tianfeng, once suggested that Yuan Shao should act first and kill Cao Cao, otherwise, when Cao Cao grows stronger in the future, there will be endless troubles.

It's a pity that Yuan Shaoser is courageous and indecisive; he cherishes his life when he does big things, and forgets his life when he sees small gains.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao was waiting to eliminate Gongsun Zan. As long as Gongsun Zan died, Yuan Shao would capture Youzhou and Qingzhou, plus Bingzhou and Jizhou.

Not to mention Kuai Liang, even Han Song and Liu Xian knew about Liu Biao's work, so they also persuaded Liu Biao to make early plans and let him surrender to Cao Cao.

In the final analysis, it was due to the instability of the Han Dynasty and the decline of the state's authority to a certain extent.

It's just that Liu Biao has always been indecisive, unable to make up his mind on this matter, and dragged on for many years, until he dragged himself to death, but did not give a result.

He neither surrendered to Cao Cao, nor made himself king. When Cao Jun went south, Liu Biao's forces collapsed in an instant at the Battle of Chibi.

In the end, Liu Qi died of illness in Jingnan, Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, and Jingzhou was also taken by Jiangdong.

Procrastination kills.

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Just when Kuai Liang had analyzed the current situation to Liu Biao and Liu Biao continued to delay, Cao Cao had already received the news that Zhang Xiu had committed an attack in Wuyin County, Nanyang.

Liu Biao's reason for not attacking him is very simple, Cao Cao's power will collapse immediately after Cao Cao's death, then Yuan Shao will take advantage of the vacancy and seize Henan.

At that time, the whole north will belong to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao's strength will reach a very terrifying level, and it will not be far to become emperor by then.

This is a huge threat to the clan of the Han family like Liu Biao, so Cao Cao was allowed to grow.

But Zhang Xiu doesn't care about these.

Cao Cao messed with his aunt and plotted to murder him. He also rebelled against Cao Cao himself.

It's a pity that he misjudged his own strength and underestimated Cao Cao's ability.

The defeat in Wancheng was not a military defeat, but a disastrous defeat caused by Cao Cao's own personal moral problems, so once the two sides eliminated those accidental factors and faced each other head-on, the strength gap would be reflected.

Zhang Xiu currently has more than 8000 soldiers and horses. At this time, he is leading the victory of Wancheng, and his morale is high.And Cao Cao's Yujin Department, Cao Hong Department, and the main battalion consisted of 5000 people, totaling more than [-] soldiers and horses.

In terms of the number of troops, Zhang Xiu must be at a disadvantage, but Zhang Xiu felt that he had defeated Cao Cao a few days ago, and the morale of the soldiers and horses was like a rainbow, so the morale of Cao's army must be low.

Therefore, taking advantage of this opportunity, it should be possible to bully Cao Cao.

In Wuyin County, the news of Cao Ren and Le Jin had not yet been heard, but the news of Zhang Xiu's attack had already reached Cao Cao's ears.

He was furious and said: "Zhang Xiu, you dare to commit crimes, where is Zi Lian?"

"The end is here."

Cao Hong stood up and said.

"Order all the famous horses, and let you go out of the city to fight."

"only."

"Where is Yu Ban?"

"The end is here."

"You go out from the north gate and attack from the flank."

"only."

"Han Hao, Shi Huan, and Zaoyi, each of you will lead 500 people to guard the gates of the three gates in the east, west, and north. The rest of you will follow me to the top of the southern city."

"only."

Generals big and small responded one after another.

Soon Cao Cao personally brought all the generals to the South Gate.

When Cao Cao came to Nanyang, he had 5000 elite troops. Le Jin and Cao Ren each led [-] troops to attack Huyang and Anzhong, but they have not returned yet.

Cao Hong and Yu Jin also led 5000 troops to garrison outside, so Cao Cao's main battalion had about [-] troops at that time.

Zhang Xiu attacked the base camp in a surprise attack, causing a large number of casualties. Later, Gan Ning's reinforcements arrived and killed many Cao troops.

As a result, only four or five thousand of the 1 people in Cao's base camp were defeated by Cao Hong Yujin, and they fled to Wuyin with Cao Cao.

At this time, Cao Jun's morale was actually very low. Normally, it is not appropriate to go out of the city for a decisive battle under such circumstances.

But Cao Cao just needed a victory to boost the morale of the army, so he decided to leave the city.

When everyone came to the gate of the South City, they could already see the densely packed Xiliang Army on the distant horizon.

After about an hour, they finally arrived outside Wuyin City, and at this time Cao Hong was also forming an array outside the city.

Zhang Xiu reined in his horse and came out, pointed at Cao Hong and shouted, "Cao Hong, did Cao Cao send you to die?"

Cao Hong said coldly: "You capricious person, how dare you commit crimes?"

Zhang Xiu said angrily: "Cao thief raped my family and plotted to murder me. Is this a human matter? I really wanted to vote. If Cao thief didn't force me, how could I rebel?"

"Humph."

Cao Hong sneered and said, "You are just barbarians from Xiliang. My eldest brother took Aunt Ru as his concubine, which is to honor your family, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant."

Glory to my lintel?

Zhang Xiu laughed angrily at that time, cooperating with Cao Cao to rape his aunt, still think highly of him?
Is it because he doesn't know good and bad, so he has to make trouble?
Such a shameless, slapped, high-ranking ugly face is simply disgusting.

Zhang Xiu didn't talk nonsense with him, and shouted angrily: "Kill!"

"kill!"

The Xiliang army let out a terrifying roar and began to charge.

Zhang Xiu took the lead and was the first one.

My uncle's bones are not yet cold, and my aunt has been bullied. If I don't kill Cao thief, how will I explain to him in the future?

On the other side, Cao Hong watched the Xiliang army charge indifferently, with a contemptuous smile on his face.

He was telling the truth.

Cao Hong never felt that there was anything wrong with his elder brother messing with someone else's aunt.

It was as if he never felt that there was anything wrong with massacring hundreds of thousands in Xuzhou.

They are noble and famous families, how can they be the same as the common people?
What's more, Zhang Xiu's background is lower, he is just a barbarian from Xiliang, so he deserves to be compared with them?

So from the very beginning, including Cao Hong, no one in the Cao family has ever looked down upon Zhang Xiu.

It's as if they never look directly at those low-level people whose lives are as cheap as grass.

If Shen Chen had just crossed over, he would probably be shocked by the three views of this world.

But now wandering for many years, there is only silence left.

Because this world is like this, with strict hierarchy and solidified classes.

All the three moral views of later generations cannot be applied to these people in the late Han Dynasty.

Zhang Fei was born in a powerful family, so he whipped the soldiers at will, and did not take the dignity of the soldiers seriously.

Gan Ning came from a local family, so he used living people as targets for archery practice, and never took human life seriously.

Cao Cao was born in a powerful family, so he slaughtered hundreds of thousands in Xuzhou, and killed 900 soldiers from Yuan Shao, "If you kill [-] million, you will be the hero!".

Moreover, even a powerful family like the Cao family can only be regarded as a relatively poor existence among the powerful families, and even Bian Rang would call him "after the eunuch".

Only people like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who were born in four generations and three generations were the top aristocratic families at that time.

Yuan Shao is not bad, at least he still has some humanity.

Yuan Shu directly plundered Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou and other places, causing the lives of the people in Huainan and Huaibei to suffer. In order to claim the emperor, even his own army was starved to rebel, regardless of the lives of his subordinates.

If a person from later generations traveled to Cao Cao, pointed at his nose and scolded him, saying that he was cruel, had low moral character, raped other people's family members, and robbed graves.

It is estimated that Cao Cao himself is at a loss, because he is not the only one who does these things, everyone does it, so why just scold him?

Yes.

Everyone does it and it becomes the norm.

In the eyes of those high and famous families, the common people are just a herd of cattle and horses, and a bunch of means of production.

Even tycoons, aristocratic families, and aristocrats are all divided into ranks and ranks.

After Cao Cao took power later, did he kill fewer famous families?

So as Mr. Lu Xun said.

The world of feudal society is a dark world of cannibalism.

The masses are nothing but a group of lambs to be eaten.

In the eyes of the powerful, they are nothing.

Cao Hong looked down on the Xiliang army attacking him, as if he was looking at a group of uncivilized barbarians.

After a while, he raised the long knife in his hand and roared, "Kill!"

"kill!"

The horns sounded for a long time, and the war drums thumped.

Cao Jun and Xiliang Army collided like two torrents and began to fight fiercely.

Cao Cao stood at the top of the city and looked out. There were actually not many defenders outside the city, only five thousand.

However, Cao Hong was very organized and formed an formation in place without revealing any flaws.

After Zhang Xiu entered the formation, he went straight to Cao Hong. The two sides fought hard together, and there was no division among the chaotic army.

At this moment, Yu Jin led his troops out of the north gate and approached the frontal battlefield.

After about half an hour, the armies on both sides of Zhang Xiu and Cao Hong were already crowded together, fighting in a canine crisscross pattern, as if blending together in a short period of time.

"Kill it."

Yu Jin beat the drum suddenly, and five thousand Cao troops attacked from the flank.

On the top of the city, Cao Cao immediately said: "Send the order, open the city gate, and the whole army will attack."

"only!"

All the soldiers responded with a bang, opened the city gate and attacked at the same time.

The Xiliang army was caught off guard, and was besieged from three sides. For a moment, the square inch was in chaos, and the sound of tinkling gold resounded throughout the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)