The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 331 Hebei Changes Owner
Yecheng changed hands, and the Yuan family's rule in Hebei officially collapsed.

The city was a bleak and desolate scene. It was cut off from the outside world for three months by the siege of Cao Cao's army, and starvation was everywhere in the huge alleys of Yecheng.

After entering the city, Cao Cao got off his horse and walked, accompanied by Cheng Yu, Li Dian, Yu Jin and the guards, and walked towards Yuan's Grand General's Mansion.

Cao Cao walked forward with his hands behind his back, admiring the scene of Yecheng's pavilions with great interest.

Although the soldiers and civilians in the city starved to death, Yecheng has been operating and developing for more than ten years since Yuan Shao captured it, and it can be called the most important city in Hebei. The shadow of Luoyang, the capital of the Great Han Emperor.

The streets are full of chaos, the desperate and helpless people kneel and kowtow, begging Cao Cao to give them a way out, while the staunch and indignant people fight with Cao Jun with their last strength, but they are all slaughtered mercilessly.

When he came to Yuan's mansion, Cao Cao stopped and watched.

What a magnificent mansion!

The gate is tall and the road is wide, solemn and generous. Yuan Shao is so happy that he will not let his family appear shabby. This mansion in Ye City is the most magnificent building in the city.

The Yuan family in the mansion had long since fled. People who had no blood relationship with the Yuan family fled the mansion when Yecheng was besieged, and there were actually very few people who were related to the Yuan family.

Yuan Shao's sons fought among themselves, and Yuan Shao's wives and concubines were poisoned to death by Yuan Shang's mother one by one after Yuan Shao's death.

Cao Cao looked at the majestic mansion in front of him, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The air in Yecheng was actually not fresh and pleasant, but Cao Cao felt very comfortable.

Stepping into the mansion, Cao Cao walked straight towards the main hall without turning his head and said softly: "According to what Chen Changwen said, Guo Jia has a mansion in Chengdu that is comparable to a palace. It was built by Liu Yan after he entered Yizhou. It seems Guo Jia and I have some similarities in that we both like to sit back and enjoy what others have achieved."

Cheng Yu, Li Dian, and Yu Jin laughed and said nothing.

Those ambitious people are so ambitious, they always end up making wedding dresses for others, which is really a ridiculous thing in the world.

In the main hall with luxurious style and exquisite utensils, Cao Cao admired it from left to right, with a disdainful smile on his lips.

Flashy, hypocritical flashy.

Cao Cao didn't like this extravagant decoration down to the subtleties.

Walking to the main seat in the hall, Cao Cao stretched out his sleeves and knelt down on his knees, raised his head and closed his eyes, feeling a sense of accomplishment spontaneously in his heart.

From his appointment as an official to the battle of Guandu, he was inferior to Yuan Shao.

This is true for being an official in Luoyang, and it is also true when the princes are separated.

But now, when the towering giant of the Yuan family is about to be wiped out, everything in the Yuan family has been replaced by Cao Cao.

He has reason to be proud.

More than half of the country from the Central Plains to Hebei is about to fall into his hands. Cao Cao deeply understands that after swallowing Hebei, he no longer needs to be afraid of anyone, including Guo Jia.

It is also time for him to sit on the throne of the world's number one prince.

Just as Cao Cao was immersed in the intoxication of victory, Cheng Yu walked towards him step by step, followed by several guards carrying wooden boxes in twos.

"Zhongde, this is?"

Cao Cao looked suspiciously at the wooden boxes put down by the guards. They could never be gold and silver treasures. Hebei will soon be all Cao Cao's. Could it be that Cheng Yu came here to offer Cao Cao just because he found a few boxes of treasures?

Cheng Yu looked solemn, folded his hands and closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "My lord, this box contains letters exchanged privately between Xuchang officials and Yuan Shao."

Cao Cao was not at all surprised that there were people who ate inside and outside, and looked at the wooden boxes thoughtfully.

What do the letters in these boxes represent?
It's a reminder!

Cao Cao didn't need to look to know that there were not a few people who had secretly communicated with Yuan Shao or even took refuge in Yuan Shao. There were Xuchang's imperial party, and there were also nobles under his rule who were dissatisfied with being oppressed. To Yuan Shao's cowards.

To deal with this matter, there are two extremes. Either kill or kill them all, because if only a few people are killed to warn others, it is unfair to deal with it. Everyone is accused of collaborating with the enemy. Why do some people survive and others want to die? ?

But can Cao Cao kill it?
Cao Cao's face sank like water, and his thoughts changed sharply.

He can't wield a butcher knife!

On the one hand, the scope of attack is too wide. Once the killing starts, not to mention that Hebei, which is about to be acquired, he will not be able to find anyone to govern. Even the counties under his rule in the Central Plains will fall into chaos in terms of governance. It is not for fear of rebellion, but for fear of Political affairs are neglected and talents are scarce.

On the other hand, the Yuan family was defeated, who else could these officials who turned to Yuan Shao count on?Apart from continuing to work for Cao Cao honestly, what other way out do they have?Go to seek refuge with Guo Jia, who was selected by the imperial examination?Or flee to Jingzhou, which will inevitably be conquered by Cao Cao or Guo Jia or Sun Quan sooner or later?
With these two considerations, Cao Cao can not kill people, but also win people's hearts and be a good person.

"Seal these boxes, no one can open them without authorization, take them back to Xuchang and burn them in front of all officials."

Cao Cao waved his hand and gave the order.

Cheng Yu seemed to have foreseen it a long time ago, smiled lightly, nodded and obeyed.

The chaotic Yecheng returned to calm after dusk. Li Dian and Yu Jin led the army to clear Yecheng, and Cao Cao returned to his order later.

Seeing that the dust of the war in Ye City had settled, Xu Huang couldn't stand his loneliness, so he rushed to meet Cao Cao in a hurry.

Cao Cao was looking at the map, when the three generals came, Yu Jin clasped his fists and reported the situation of Yecheng to Cao Cao, and then Xu Huang said, "My lord, should I be allowed to fight?"

Li Dian and Yu Jin were slightly taken aback, going to fight?

Is there any more battle to fight?
Cao Cao looked down at the map and raised his hand in a downward pressure.

"Yuan Tan really overestimated himself. When I captured Yecheng, he dared to occupy the northern county of Jizhou. Does this count as looting? Hehe, Li Dian, send an order to Xu Chang to return the daughter sent by Yuan Tan to Qingzhou. The marriage of the Yuan and Cao families is over here. I will write a letter myself later, Xu Huang, you take [-] soldiers to Zhongshan, and hand this letter to Yuan Tan. If he resists, he will kill him. If he escapes, just wait and see what happens, if he reconciles with Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, you will return to Yecheng first, if he escapes back to Qingzhou, then you will go directly to Qingzhou."

Cao Cao raised his head with a slightly gloomy smile.

Xu Huang didn't care so much, and excitedly accepted the military order.

Ten days later, Xu Huang took the soldiers and horses with Cao Cao's handwritten letter to Zhongshan, and sent the letter to Yuan Tan's military camp.

Yuan Tan was furious after reading this letter!

Why?

Because Cao Cao now accuses him of disregarding his siblings and forcing Yuan Shang to Youzhou.

It seems that Cao Cao is more enthusiastic about the family affairs of the Yuan family than anyone else, and more than anyone else, he hopes that the three brothers of the Yuan family will live in peace.

Turning faces is faster than turning pages!
Xu Huang came with soldiers and horses, and Yuan Tan knew that Cao Cao was going to attack him, especially that Cao Cao had canceled his marriage with his children in a fair manner.

Fleeing in a hurry, Yuan Tan fled back to Qingzhou from Zhongshan with his soldiers and horses. The territories of several counties and states in Jizhou that he had just acquired were lost.

Xu Huang obeyed Cao Cao's order to wait and see Yuan Tan's escape route. For Cao Cao, he was no longer afraid of the three sons of the Yuan family being united, but it is better for the three brothers to divide than unite.

So Xu Huang ignored Yuan Tan and fled back to Qingzhou.

At the same time, Gao Gan, Yuan Shao's nephew, surrendered, and Cao Cao still appointed Gao Gan as the governor of Bingzhou.

Among the four prefectures in Hebei, Jizhou and Bingzhou fell into the hands of Cao Cao in the autumn of the ninth year of Jian'an.

Yuan Tan who fled back to Qingzhou only delayed the time of his demise.

Cao Cao's army rested in Yecheng for a whole month. After spending the winter, in the spring of the tenth year of Jian'an, the army came to Qingzhou!

Yuan Tan abandoned the plains and retreated to Nanpi.

But the general situation is over, facing the overwhelming situation of Cao Jun, there is no way to recover!
Outside Nanpi City, the two armies clashed, and Yuan Tan's army was defeated. He suddenly pretended to be crazy and fled on horseback with disheveled hair, but was cut off by the soldiers around him, and his head was sacrificed to Cao Cao.

Within half a year, Cao Cao won Qingzhou again!
The three prefectures in Hebei have fallen, can Youzhou survive alone?

After Cao Cao conquered Qingzhou, officials from all over Youzhou thought that Cao Cao would call Youzhou soon.

As a result, all parts of Youzhou rebelled. Yuan Shang and his second brother Yuan Xi, who had not been safe for a few days after arriving in Youzhou, encountered the joint attack of rebel generals Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan. They fled Youzhou in embarrassment and fled to western Liaoning. At.

Wuhuan in western Liaoning belonged to the Donghu species. During the reign of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, Hao Dan, the leader of Wuhuan in western Liaoning, led the chiefs of Wuhuan to Luoyang to meet the emperor and expressed his willingness to naturalize. At that time, Liu Xiu named 81 people as kings and marquises. They lived south of the Great Wall and intermingled with the Han people, using them to resist the Xiongnu.

In the following period of time, Wuhuan was relatively peaceful, but as the internal affairs of the Han Dynasty were not repaired and power was divided, the civil and military officials on the frontier were unable to control these Wuhuan people who were increasingly out of control.

By the time Emperor Ling came to the throne, Wuhuan had developed into a force that threatened the border counties of the Han Dynasty.

Among them, Nanlou, the leader of Wuhuan in Shanggu County, is the most powerful, with more than [-] tribes under his command to obey his orders.Wuyan of Youbeiping County has [-] tribes under his command.The leader of Wuhuan in western Liaoning is Qiu Liju, who has more than [-] tribes under his command.There is Su Puyan in Liaodong, with more than a thousand tribes under his command.

During the reign of Emperor Xiandi Chuping, that is, when Dong Zhuo was in trouble with the capital, Qiu Liju's nephew Tadun became the leader of Wuhuan in the three counties of Liaodong and Liaoxi. Wuyan and Su Puyan followed Tadun because of their relatively weak forces. unanimous.

From Wuhuan's point of view, there was a person who made them fear: Gongsun Zan!
Gongsun Zan's loss to Yuan Shao in Hebei was due to another factor, that is, Gongsun Zan's strategy against Wuhuan was to kill Wuhuan, while Yuan Shao was wooing Wuhuan to appease him.

Yuan Shao "inherited the system" in the name of Xiandi, and named Tadun, Wuyan, Su Puyan, and Nanlou in Shanggu County as Chanyu, and Wuhuan helped Yuan Shao deal with Gongsun Zan together.

The Yuan family and Wuhuan's mutual attitudes and past intersections caused Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi to dare to run to Wuhuan to seek asylum when they were desperate.

Before Cao Cao officially took over Youzhou, Youzhou was an unowned land, and the territory was in chaos. At this time, Tadun was the main force, Su Puyan and Wuyan were the assistants, and Wuhuan aggressively crossed the Great Wall, harassed and besieged Rough flat.

Just when Cao Cao was going to rescue Lu, a clown suddenly shot a cold arrow in his back.

(End of this chapter)