The great man will live forever

Chapter 323 Applying Yuan Shao’s template

In 192 AD, Liaodong, Xiangping (now Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province), Tianping Mansion.

Tianping Mansion was built three years ago and expanded on the basis of the original Prefect's Mansion. It took three years, millions of money and tens of thousands of manpower to invest.

The overall architectural structure is magnificent. Most of the palace buildings use wooden structures, with raised eaves and carved beams. They are decorated with gorgeous colorful paintings, dragon-shaped hollows and decorative carvings, showing a luxurious style.

The decorative elements such as hanging walls, railings, flower windows, and dragon columns inside the palace are all extremely exquisite.

The main hall in the middle enshrines the statues of gods, that is Huang Tian, ​​next to it is Zhang Jiao, inferior.

The smoke was lingering, and there seemed to be a hint of mystery in the haze.

There were several people sitting in the main hall, and the one at the front was a woman. She had long black hair as bright as a waterfall, fair and delicate skin, flowing eyes, and a radiant look.

Wearing gorgeous and dignified Hanfu, accessorized with exquisite jewelry, it shows the style of ancient oriental beauty.

He is about 20 years old, with bright eyes, he seems to be able to see through people's hearts, and he has the aura of a superior.

At that time, in the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Yuan Shao finally defeated Gongsun Zan and took possession of Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Bingzhou, all four states in Hebei, intending to go south to compete for the world.

Therefore, the situation at that time was very unfavorable for Cao Cao. What was even more frightening was that in the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an (200), the cavalry general Dong Cheng, the partial general Wang Fu, and the Yue cavalry school captain Zhong Ji accepted the orders of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. He issued an imperial edict to kill Cao Cao, but the incident was revealed and Cao Cao annihilated the three clans.

Then he marched westward, defeated Yuan Shao and captured Jizhou, then moved northward, attacked from both sides, destroyed Gongsun Chan, captured Youzhou, and then moved southward, taking over the world step by step.

When Cao Cao was deploying a war against Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, who participated in the Yidai Zhao conspiracy, rose up against Cao Cao and stabbed Cao Cao in the back.

The four prefectures in Hebei are mainly Jizhou (mainly in today's central and southern Hebei), Youzhou (mainly in today's Beijing, Tianjin, northern and eastern Hebei, Liaoning and other places), Bingzhou (mainly in today's Shanxi Province), Qingzhou (mainly in today's Shandong Province) Northwestern Shandong, central Shandong, Shandong Peninsula and other places).

Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou, Xuzhou and part of Yuzhou and Sili, and was in the position of the Four Battles. Except for Yuan Shao in the north, the generals in Guanzhong were still waiting and watching. Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu in the south refused to surrender. Sun Ce in the southeast was ready to make a move. Liu Bei, who was temporarily attached, was also seemingly inseparable. .

After the Troubled Times, Yuan Shao started as the governor of Bohai County, with only Xu You and Pang Ji under his command. This kind of start was far worse than Tao Qian, Liu Yan and others.

Among them, two or three people are more conspicuous. One is Gongsun Du. In the original history, he should have occupied Liaodong, but Zhang Ning went his way, but seeing that he was a talented person, he was absorbed into the Yellow Turban.

At that time, these four counties were collectively referred to as the four counties of Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, the coexistence of the four counties of Han Dynasty only existed for more than 20 years.

Many people think that Yuan Shao is very crotch-stretching, but he is not.

After one year of cultivation, he then went south to destroy Xuantu, collect Lelang, kill Murong, Yuwen, Duanbu, Tuoba, Qifu, Tufa, Jiangrouran, Kumoxi, Khitan, Shiwei, Weiwei...

The second one is to take advantage of the war between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao and work together to capture the entire territory of Youzhou, then destroy Yuan Shao, capture Jizhou, and then occupy the four states of Hebei, and then dominate the world. "

"Historical Records of the Xiongnu Biography" records: "The Great Wall was also built in the north of Yan, from Zaoyang (today's Huaihua area in Hebei) to Xiangping, and Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi and Liaodong counties were placed to exclude the Hu."

Zhang Ning waved his hand to interrupt their flattery, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. The main reason why I called you here today is to attack the Central Plains and seize the world.

Zhou Cang said carelessly: "Haha, the Saint is finally going to take action. My sword is already hungry and thirsty."

By 82 BC, Zhenfan and Lintun counties and the southern part of Xuantu County were included in Lelang County, and the seat of Xuantu County was still in Fuzu County.

How can you say that such a person is too bad?
He had a chance to unify the world, but unfortunately he was defeated in the Battle of Guandu.

Later, Liu Bei's army increased to tens of thousands, and he contacted Yuan Shao, planning to join forces to attack Cao Cao.

The other two were one named Donghong Boyu, who was once the governor of Xuantu County and had Donghu bloodline, and the other was named Xixui Liyan, who was the leader of Donghu Xixui clan.

In this way, a decisive battle between the two most important political and military groups in North China is inevitable.

Liu Bei led his army to occupy Xiapi and garrisoned Peixian County (now Peixian County, Jiangsu Province).

In 2 AD, the eastern and southern parts of Lelang County were set up with the eastern and southern captains respectively. The administration of Xuantu County was moved westward from Fuzu County to Gaoguli County in the east of Jilin.

Below her, sitting were the top brass of the Yellow Turban Army. The one at the front was naturally Zhang Liang. He was now 55 years old, with a white beard, a yellowish-black complexion, and a fairly strong body.

On his left and right sides were Zhou Cang, Peng Tuo, Han Zhong, Sun Xia, Bu Si, Guan Hai, He Yi and others. These were handsome people who had crossed the sea with her in the Yellow Turban Canal.

Before the Southern Song Dynasty, occupying these four states basically locked in the overall situation of unification of the world. As long as it was not too difficult, took your time, and no major changes occurred, unification was only a matter of time.

He faced the encirclement of Yuan Shu-Gongsun Zan-Tao Qian. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao defeated all their opponents, and finally unified the four states of Hebei and became the number one prince in the world.

From 109 BC to 108 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established four counties: Lelang County, Xuantu County, Zhenfan County and Lintun County in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula after he annihilated Weiman Korea.

Now our Yellow Turban has three counties: Liaodong, Xuantu, and Lelang. It covers a land thousands of miles away and has a population of 200 million. All this is due to the Saint. "

Looking at it this way, it is really stupid.

Cao Cao gathered tens of thousands of troops from east to west, preparing to fight Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops, but before the battle, he had to deal with Liu Bei, the thorn in the rear.

There are two roads. The first one is to cross the Bohai Sea by water, enter Donglai, and then capture Qingzhou.

She is Zhang Ning, who fled to Liaodong 7 years ago, and the afterlife of Shu Yuzhu.

Sun Xia smiled slightly, "I think back then, the saint led us from Penglai to Dadi. Then, in less than half a year, we settled in Gaoxian, Anshi, Wushan, and Pingkuo. In one year, we broke through Xiangping and captured Liaodong. The whole county.

Xiangping is the head county of eighteen counties including Xinchang, Wuli and Liaoyang.

The group began to compliment him.

Later Yuan Shao took this path, but unfortunately, destiny was not with him.

Zhang Ning looked at everyone and smiled slightly, "The time is right. Six years ago, we captured the entire Liaodong County, three years ago we captured Xuantu County, and one year ago we captured Lelang County. Now we have 10 armored men and sufficient food and grass." , the princes of the Central Plains are fighting against each other, it’s time to take over the world.”

Here, there is a piece of black material that Yuan Shao is a fool. The novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" describes that Yuan Shao did not follow Tian Feng's advice because his youngest son was ill at this time, and took the opportunity to attack Cao Cao, missing this golden opportunity. .

"Yes! They are all saints and saints!"

Liaodong County was established by the Qin Dynasty and belongs to Youzhou. It has eighteen counties: Xiangping, Xinchang, Wuli, Wangping, Fang, Houcheng, Liaodui, Liaoyang, Xiandu, Jujiu, Gaoxian, Anshi, Wushan , Pingkuo, Xi'an Ping, Wen, Fanhan, Dadi.

However, Yuan Shao used a strategy to capture Jizhou, and then defeated Gongsun Zan, the strongest army at the time, on the battlefield.

Unfortunately, this is not the case. According to the records of "Three Kingdoms Yu Jin Zhuan", after Cao Cao conquered Liu Bei, Yuan Shao sent his troops south to attack Yanjin at the Yellow River ferry. They encountered strong resistance from Yu Jin's army. Yu Jin only had 2,000 infantry at that time. .

Of course, this does not mean that the novel is just made up. Books such as "Book of the Later Han·Yuan Shao" record that Tian Feng suggested that Yuan Shao immediately attack Cao Cao's rear, but Yuan Shao rejected Tian Feng's plan because his son was ill.

At this time, "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han" are contradictory. Who to believe is another question.

"Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han" are both Twenty-Four Histories.

The Twenty-Four Histories refers to the collective name of the twenty-four official histories written by Chinese dynasties, all of which are in the form of biographies. It dates from the legendary Yellow Emperor period (about 2550 BC) to the 1644th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty ().

Covers various aspects of ancient Chinese politics, economy, military, thought, culture, astronomy, geography, etc. A total of 3213 volumes, about 4000 million words.

They are: "Historical Records", "Han Shu", "Later Han Shu", "Three Kingdoms", "Jin Shu", "Song Shu", "Nan Qi Shu", "Liang Shu", "Chen Shu", and "Wei Shu" , "Book of Northern Qi", "Book of Zhou", "Book of Sui", "Southern History", "Northern History", "Old Book of Tang", "New Book of Tang", "Old History of Five Dynasties", "New History of Five Dynasties", "History of the Song Dynasty", "History of the Liao Dynasty", "History of the Jin Dynasty", "History of the Yuan Dynasty" and "History of the Ming Dynasty".

Among the Twenty-Four Histories, the "First Four Histories" have the highest evaluation.

These four books are "Historical Records" by Sima Qian and his son, "Han Shu" by Ban Gu and his son, "Book of the Later Han" by Fan Ye and "Three Kingdoms" by Chen Shou.

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms show that the Later Han Dynasty comes first, and that Chen Shou is at least a hundred years earlier than Fan Ye when it comes to writing history.

Chen Shou was originally from Shu, and his teacher was Qiao Zhou, a capitulationist figure. Therefore, after the fall of Shu, Chen Shou also defected and became an official in the Jin Dynasty.

He compiled the "Three Kingdoms", taking the former enemy Cao Wei as the orthodox and deposing Shu Wu as the partial hegemon. He also invented the "returning protection method", which was specifically avoided in the history books for the venerable.

Chen Shou did not receive direct pressure from the government when he wrote "Three Kingdoms", and his return to the law was more based on his inner self-censorship.

He was afraid of offending the imperial court, because the Sima family was indeed not a thing, so in order to save his life, he concealed evil for the Jin family to a certain extent, but this kind of self-censorship also tended to be excessive. Fan Ye's era was two hundred years after the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The chronicles and biographies he compiled have rich historical materials to rely on and historical works of various families to refer to. His writing style is also very good, so scholars like to copy them.

After Fan Ye's biography, he made many comments and praises, many of which were original. This is indeed an outstanding historical commentary. Most of the parts about the late Eastern Han Dynasty in the book are based on the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms.

Therefore, regarding the records of the Three Kingdoms, the credibility of "Three Kingdoms" is relatively high.

Moreover, from common sense analysis, Yuan Shao is not that stupid. If he was, he would not occupy Jizhou from a prefect, and then defeat Gongsun Zan and control the four states.

Therefore, at that time, as long as Liu Bei could hold on for a few more days, Yuan Shao would be able to break through Cao Cao's defenses, and then force Cao Cao to fight on two fronts, facing enemies from both sides.

Unexpectedly, Yu Jin was too stubborn and Liu Bei was not strong enough. When he saw Cao Cao personally leading the troops, he immediately became possessed by the sprint champion and ran away, abandoning his wife, children, and the Second Master Guan.

This time, Boss Cao, who had won easily, immediately returned to support the Guandu front line.

No, Yuan Shao was confused. Liu Bei, why are you so unreliable? An army of tens of thousands will be defeated at the drop of a hat?
If Liu Bei had been slower, he might have been captured by Cao Cao.

But Liu Bei is also aggrieved. You have an army of 100,000, and you can't suppress a few thousand people. It's not just casual, but it also wastes time. We are only half as good as we are.

Because of Liu Bei's defeat, Yuan Shao earned the reputation of being a fool in 1800.

At this time, Guan Erye also surrendered to Cao Cao and killed Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang in the battle in Baima County.

"Three Kingdoms: Biography of Guan Yu": "Shao sent General Yan Liang to attack Liu Yan, the prefect of Dongjun, in Baima. Duke Cao sent Zhang Liao and Yu as the vanguard to attack.

When Yu saw Liang's command, he galloped his horse and thrust Liang into the crowd, beheaded him and returned him. None of the generals could match him, so he relieved the siege of the white horse. Cao Gong immediately granted Yu the title of Hou Tinghou of the Han Dynasty. "

This is an enemy of ten thousand people recorded in official history. From it, taking the general's head is like picking out an object from a bag. It can only be said that Guan Erye is invincible, 666!
Another general, Wen Chou, led Liu Bei to come for a fight, but fell into the trap of military advisor Xun You. Cao Cao used 600 cavalry to defeat Wen Chou's 5000 cavalry.

This general, Wen Chou, naturally couldn't run as fast as Liu Bei. He was famous for his ability to run and was killed by the rebels.

Good guy, 5000 cavalry defeated 600, and the general was killed. It's really embarrassing.

Therefore, in the early stage, Cao Cao always had the advantage by relying on his strategy and the bravery of his soldiers.

Unfortunately, there is indeed a big gap in their national strength. Soon, Cao's army began to run out of food, and the rear was also very unstable.

Sun Ce, the little overlord, saw the emptiness behind Cao Cao, so he was ready to give him a sap, but as soon as he left the house, he was hit by an assassin and died, unable to go.

No, if you come out to fool around, you will have to pay back sooner or later. If you want to sneak attack on others, you will be attacked by an assassin.

Moreover, at this time, many people in Cao Cao's camp were hooking up with Yuan Shao.

What's even more frightening is that at this time, Yuan Shao's grain and grass were continuously shipped from the north, and Cao Cao was about to be unable to withstand it.

For anyone who has not read history, from a common sense analysis, Cao Cao basically lost.

Unfortunately, history is sometimes unexpected. Just when the war was about to come to an end, a person appeared and changed history. This person was Yuan Shao's counselor Xu You.

During the Battle of Guandu, Xu You's family committed a crime, and the arrogant judge arrested all of Xu You's family members.

When Xu You found out about this, he was so angry that he immediately got on his BMW and defected to Cao Cao. This made Boss Cao extremely happy.

After Cao Cao heard the news, he was overjoyed and walked out barefoot.

Why did Cao Cao step out to greet Xu You at this time?
There are two possibilities. One is that it was too late to put on shoes. Maybe he was washing his feet or doing something. When he heard that Xu You was coming, he ran out barefoot and was overjoyed.

The second possibility is to show respect, because as an ancient etiquette, bare feet are a sign of respect.

By the way, after Cao Cao rushed out barefoot, he touched his palms and laughed loudly, saying: "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Ziyuan, you are here, and with the help of my brother, I can achieve great success."

Then he invited Xu You to sit down in the military tent, and then Xu You asked, "Mr. Cao, how many months do you have for the army's rations?"

Of course, Cao Cao did not tell the truth, but said with a smile: "My army rations are sufficient, enough for a year."

Xu You shook his head, "I said it wrong, please repeat it."

Cao Cao sighed and said, "Only half a year."

"It's wrong again. You don't tell the truth. I'll give you another chance. If you lie to me again, you just look down on me. I'll leave."

"Oh, I was joking just now. I told you, please don't leak it out, so as not to ruin my military morale. To tell you the truth, it's only enough for one month."

Then, Cao Cao said one of Liu Bang's favorite words, "What can be done?"

Obviously wanting Xu You to come up with a plan, Xu You said directly, you lead an army and go deep alone, I tell you, in such and such a place, Yuan Shao has hidden a batch of grain, and what kind of path is there, you can go there.

You quickly lead your troops to that place to burn and attack the grain and grass. Within three days, Yuan's army will be in chaos.

Cao Cao laughed so hard that he immediately put it into action, leaving Cao Hong and Xun You to guard the camp. He personally led five thousand infantry and cavalry, pretended to be Yuan's army's flag, mounted a horse with a man's title and bound its mouth, each with a bunch of firewood, and used the dark night to sneak attack Wuchao on a small road. .

After arriving, he immediately laid siege and set fire to Cao Cao's camp. After Yuan Shao learned that Cao Cao had attacked Wuchao, he sent light cavalry to rescue him. On the other hand, he ordered Ning Guozhonglang General Zhang He and General Gao Lan to lead a heavy attack on Cao Jun's camp.

But Cao's camp was strong and could not be attacked. When Cao's army rushed to attack Wuchao Chunyu Qiong's camp, Yuan Shao's reinforcements were approaching.

At that time, the situation was so tense that people around Cao Cao came over and said, "Mr. Cao, the enemy is coming."

Cao Cao cursed, "Why are you panicking? Wait until the enemy gets behind me before you say this."

Then he burned all Yuan Shao's food and grass, thereby reversing the situation.

Zhang He and Gao Lan heard that Wuchao had been destroyed, so they surrendered to Cao Cao, which caused the morale of the army to be shaken, internal divisions, and the collapse of the army.

Yuan Shaocang panicked and led 800 cavalry back to Hebei. Cao's army annihilated and killed more than 70,000 Yuan's troops.

Even if Yuan Shao is defeated in this way, if he cheers up and accumulates strength, he can still turn defeat into victory.

Sitting in the four states of Hebei, he can be defeated more than once.

It's a pity that within two years, Yuan Shao passed away in sorrow and anger.

After that, several of his sons attacked and fought with each other, and the Yuan family came to an end.

Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to regain Hebei and unified the north.

It is worth mentioning that after the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's sons attacked each other. Even so, it took Boss Cao seven years to unify the north.

Therefore, in the Battle of Guandu, it can be said that Boss Cao had a very close chance of winning. Perhaps it was God's favor that made him a hero in troubled times.

Many times, in addition to personal ability, luck is also very important.

Take Liu Bei for example. He was displaced in troubled times, defeated many times, and even his wife and children were separated. However, he is still alive and has not been killed by any random arrows. Isn't it luck?

Today, Zhang Ning has applied Gongsundu's template and occupied Liaodong.

The next step is Yuan Shao's, who controls the four states of Hebei. As for Cao Cao's, she can't apply it.

She is the Yellow Turban who holds the emperor hostage to order the princes. She is a rebel in the eyes of the court. How can she hold the emperor hostage to order the princes?
She had no choice but to marry Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and then marry the emperor to control the princes.

Zhang Ning is preparing to conquer the world. If he leaves Liaodong, history will naturally change drastically, and the Battle of Guandu will probably not happen.

As for whether she can succeed, we can only wait and see.

(End of this chapter)