China knows everything for 5000 years

Chapter 22

At dawn, he heard the sound of sharpening knives and whispering in the backyard.He got up and listened carefully, only to hear someone say: "This guy is very powerful, he should be tied up first and then killed!" Cao Cao said, "It's amazing, they really want to kill me!" He quietly went down bed, picked up the sword, felt out of the room, and killed anyone he saw.At the end of the killing, he suddenly saw a big fat pig being tied up there, and he suddenly realized that what they said was to tie up the fat pig and kill him, so that he could treat him well.But it was too late, and Lu Boshe's five sons were all killed by him.Cao Cao looked up and sighed, and said: "I would rather let the world down than let the world down on me!" It means: I would rather be sorry for all the people in the world, than let one of the people in the world be sorry for me!
After Cao Cao escaped from Luoyang, Xiaoxing ran overnight for more than 500 miles until he reached Chenliu.Chenliu County was opposed to Dong Zhuo from the officials to the people, and Cao Song had a certain foundation here, and he had saved some property, which could be used for his recruitment.Soon, Cao Cao recruited 5000 men and began to have his own armed forces, and he publicly showed the banner of crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Cao Cao's reputation attracted many talented people to join him, such as Xia Houchun, Xia Houyuan and two pairs of brothers Cao Ren and Cao Hong.Cao Ren and Cao Hong are cousins ​​of Cao Cao, and they both practice martial arts well.Xia Houchun and Xia Houyuan are not only Cao Cao's fellow villagers, but also brothers of the same clan.Cao Cao's team developed rapidly.In 190 A.D., he led the troops to participate in the allied army against Dong Zhuo with Yuan Shao as the leader.After the failure of the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao led the remaining troops to Yanzhou in a rage. Fortunately, the brothers Cao Ren, Cao Hong and Xia Houchun were all there. Although there were not many soldiers, they were very strong.His strength in Yanzhou was quickly restored and developed, and he got Xun Yu, a powerful adviser in the future, here.

●Use the emperor to make the princes
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie was still the emperor of the Han Dynasty in name, from the first day of his ascension to the throne, he was scrambling and wandering here and there under the scramble and hostage of powerful warlords.Later, under the escort of his uncle Dong Cheng, he returned to the capital Luoyang after going through all kinds of hardships.At this time, Luoyang, after Dong Zhuo's fire, had already become desolate and desolate, with barren fields, wormwood everywhere, and ruined walls.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had nowhere to live, so he had to move into the home of the former great eunuch Zhao Zhong.The court where he received all the officials was a big grass room. When the officials came in, they all stood in the grass overgrown with thorns.The remaining common people in Luoyang live by peeling tree bark and digging grass roots.Emperor Xian had nothing to eat, so he had to order the ministers below Shangshu to cut firewood and pay, and dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.

After the news of Han Xiandi's return to Luoyang came out, it aroused strong repercussions among the heroes.Some strategists believe that in the current situation of chaotic wars, whoever captures the emperor and "holds the emperor to order the princes" can command the world and control the government of the Han Dynasty.Yuan Shao was the most powerful among the heroes at that time, and one of his advisers named Jushou advised him to "take the emperor to command the princes", but Yuan Shao lacked foresight and foresight, so he did not go to pick up the emperor of Han Dynasty.

When Cao Cao heard that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had arrived in Luoyang, he advocated going to meet him immediately.Cao Cao expressed his thoughts to the generals and counselors, but most of them disagreed. The reason was that the land in Shandong where they were located was too chaotic and the position of Yanzhou was not yet consolidated.After listening to Xun Yu's high-spirited talk, Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "This real ovary (that is, Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang's character ovary. Xun Yu is likened to Zhang Liang here) is exactly what I want!"

Later, Cao Cao personally led a team to take Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and his party to Xudu (now Xuchang, Henan).After arriving in Xudu, Cao Cao immediately built palaces and palaces, set up ancestral temples and shrines, and worshiped the ancestors of the Han Dynasty.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was very satisfied with this, and immediately worshiped Cao Cao as the general and Marquis of Wuping, and Xun Yu, who was the advisor, was his servant.So far, Cao Cao has justifiably ruled the government.

After Cao Cao captured Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he began the work of "holding the emperor to order the princes", which rapidly expanded his power and laid the foundation for the great unification of the Wei state.

●Sun Ce dominated Jiangdong and ruled the roost
Sun Ce's father was Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha.After Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce led his troops to join Yuan Shu.Yuan Shu saw him as a handsome young man, liked him very much, and said to others: "If I can have a son like Sun Lang, I will be at ease after death." But although Yuan Shu said so, he did not value Sun Ce.Sun Ce once wanted to be a county magistrate, but Yuan Shu refused.Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing was the prefect of Danyang in Jiangdong (now Xuancheng, Anhui), but was forced to leave by Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou.Sun Ce asked Yuan Shu to go to Jiangdong to help his uncle fight Liu Yao. Because Yuan Shu also had conflicts with Liu Yao, he allocated 1000 troops to Sun Ce.

When Sun Ce marched south, many people joined him along the way.When they arrived in Liyang (now Hexian County, Anhui Province), the force had expanded to 6000.Sun Ce had a close friend Zhou Yu since he was a child, and he also brought people and horses to join him, and Sun Ce's power grew from this.

Sun Ce fought bravely, coupled with his strict discipline in the army, he won the support of the people.Therefore, he quickly crossed the river, not only defeated Liu Yao's troops, recaptured Danyang, but also captured Wu Jun and Kuaiji counties.In this way, large tracts of land in the six counties of Jiangdong were all occupied by Sun Ce.Sun Ce occupied Jiangdong and was ambitious to develop further north. He planned to take advantage of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's stalemate in Guandu to attack Xudu and capture Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.But just as he was dispatching troops and preparing food and grass, Sun Ce was plotted against by his enemies, and was shot and killed by the retainers of Xu Gong, the prefect of Wujun.

Before Sun Ce died, he summoned Zhang Zhao and other counselors, as well as general Zhou Yu and others to speak to him about the funeral.He said: "My brother Sun Quan is 19 years old. I hope you will help him as much as you help me." I; as for selecting talents and appointing sages, I am not as good as you. I hope you will keep Jiangdong’s foundation in the future.” Sun Quan kept his brother’s teachings in mind. Suffered a little twists and turns because of Sun Ce's death.Since then, Sun Quan has actually become the overlord of Jiangdong.

●Repeatedly Lu Bu was killed
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when mentioning the fierce general Lu Bu, everyone knew, and everyone knew.Lu Bu is skilled in martial arts, brave and good at fighting, everyone is afraid of him three points, but he is brave and foolhardy, and he is ungrateful for profit.

Lu Bu learned martial arts and archery since he was a child. He is proficient in martial arts and has great strength.Ding Yuan, governor of Bingzhou, saw that Lv Bu was very brave and skilled in martial arts, so he took Lv Bu in. Lv Bu also made a lot of military exploits for Ding Yuan.

Dong Zhuo was ambitious, and in order to achieve his own goals, he used a plan to make Lv Bu kill Ding Yuan and take Lv Bu in.Lu Bu was indeed a brave general. In order to make better use of him, Dong Zhuo treated him well and accepted him as his adopted son.Lv Bu charged into battle for Dong Zhuo, and this is the story of the three heroes fighting Lv Bu.Guan Yu is brave and resourceful, and his martial arts are also very strong, but he is no match for Lu Bu.With the help of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, the three heroes fought against Lu Bu, and it was a tie, which shows that Lu Bu is brave and good at fighting!

Later, Wang Yun used a beauty trick to separate Dong Zhuo and Lv Bu, and Lv Bu killed Dong Zhuo in a rage.Under the banner of avenging Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo's old army led an army into Chang'an City, killed Wang Yun, and wanted to capture Lu Bu.Lv Bu was very brave, broke through the encirclement among the 10 troops, and prepared to join Yuan Shu.One of Yuan Shu's counselors said: "My lord, although Lu Bu is brave, he has no resourcefulness and even killed Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo. We can't take him in, lest he harm us!" So Lu Bu was driven away.

In a fit of anger, Lu Bu defected to Yuan Shao on horseback with a halberd.Yuan Shao also knew very well what kind of person Lü Bu was, but Yuan Shao was at war at that time and urgently needed someone, so he took Lv Bu into his care.After Lu Bu made great achievements several times in a row, he felt that he was very great, and he was contemptuous, even Yuan Shao was not in his eyes.Yuan Shao couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to kill Lu Bu.Lu Bu knew that no matter how brave he was, he was no match for Yuan Shao's thousands of troops, so he fled to Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao received Lu Bu warmly.At that time, Cao Cao was laying siege to Xuzhou to avenge his father, but only a few troops remained in Yanzhou.The counselor Chen Gong said to Zhang Miao: "Cao Ying is empty now, we can take advantage of the vacancy and occupy Yanzhou." So Lu Bu led his troops and went straight to Yanzhou.

In a great battle, Lu Bu occupied Yanzhou.Although Cao Cao was defeated in Yanzhou and almost died, he was good at marching and fighting.He knew that although Lu Bu was brave, he had no plan, so he reorganized his army and killed another carbine.At this time, Lu Jun was drinking and celebrating in the camp, without defense at all.Cao Cao regained Yanzhou in one go.

Lu Bu was helpless, knowing that he had nowhere to go, so he had to take refuge in Liu Bei.Liu Bei was very happy to learn that Lu Bu had come to take refuge in him, and decided to take him in.But Liu Bei's counselor said: "My lord, Lu Bu turned back on his promises and was not faithful. We can't take him in!" Others also persuaded Liu Bei, but Liu Bei was too benevolent.

Lu Bu took refuge in Liu Bei, but Cao Cao was frightened.Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei was ambitious and had many generals under his command. If he got Lv Bu again, he would definitely pose a threat to himself, so he falsely ordered Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was very frightened when he heard that Liu Bei was going to lead an army to attack him. He knew that he refused to accept Lv Bu, and Lv Bu had always held a grudge against him. If Liu and Lv joined hands, it would be very difficult to deal with.

Liu Bei went out to attack Yuan Shu, but Lu Bu took the opportunity to capture Xuzhou.Liu Bei returned to Xuzhou and was arranged by Lu Bu to station in Xiaopei.Because of Liu Bei's kindness, he led wolves into the house and lost Xuzhou. However, he was ambitious, flexible, and knew that his soldiers and horses were no match for Lu Bu, so he endured humiliation and stationed in Xiaopei, waiting for the opportunity.

Cao Cao originally wanted to break up Lu and Liu, but his goal was not achieved, and the two reunited.Cao Cao knew that if they didn't separate the two, it would be too much of a threat to him.Therefore, Cao Cao sent someone to secretly contact Liu Bei, preparing to attack Lu Bu together.Liu Bei agreed to Cao Cao.But Cao Cao's envoy was caught by Lu Bu. The envoy was timid and afraid of death, so he told the truth.Lü Bu was furious, stabbed the messenger to death with a sword, and immediately sent troops to besiege Xiaopei.Liu Bei couldn't compete with Lu Bu, so he had to lead his troops to join Cao Cao.Cao Cao hated Lu Bu very much. If Lu Bu hadn't taken the opportunity to attack Yanzhou, he would not have withdrawn his troops from Xuzhou, and he would have avenged his family and slaughtered Xuzhou City.So Cao Cao took Liu Bei in.

Cao Cao had many generals, and Liu Bei had several generals, and the two joined forces to attack Lu Bu.Lu Bu retreated steadily and was besieged in Xiapi.Lu Bu knew that the general situation was over, and he had no intention of commanding the battle, so he only knew how to drink away his worries.The soldiers under Lu Bu had objections to Lu Bu, but now that Lu Bu's defeat was decided, they took advantage of his deep sleep, tied him up, and took Lu Bu to surrender to Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao saw Lu Bu, he was furious and ordered him to be beheaded.A generation of fierce generals, because of treachery and neglect of righteousness, finally became a ghost under the knife.

●Green plum cooking wine on heroes
In 196 AD, Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao.Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao wanted to get rid of him. In order to save himself, he hardly participated in political affairs and spent all day growing flowers and vegetables in his garden.

Once, Cao Cao sent someone to see what Liu Bei was doing at home. He saw that Liu Bei was planting vegetables and watering in his garden, and there was nothing suspicious, so he gradually felt relieved.One day, Cao Cao invited Liu Bei to drink.The two were talking and laughing while drinking, and they talked very harmoniously.They talked and talked, and they naturally talked about major events in the world.Cao Cao picked up his wine glass and said, "Nowadays, there are as many princes in the world, each occupying one side, as a cow's hair, but in the end, it is rare. In your opinion, who is a hero in today's world?" Liu Bei said, "Yuan Shu of Huainan, a soldier He has enough food, so he can be regarded as a hero." Cao Cao smiled and said, "Yuan Shu is a dead bone in the grave, and he will be defeated sooner or later." Liu Bei also said, "Yuan Shao of Hebei occupies Jizhou, and has many capable men under him, so he can be called a hero." Cao Cao laughed and said: "Yuan Shao is indecisive and greedy for small gains, so he can't be regarded as a hero." Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Except for these people, I really don't know who else can be regarded as a hero." Cao Cao said: "As a hero, you should be a hero." He has the opportunity to contain the universe, and the ambition to swallow the world." Liu Bei asked: "In your opinion, who can deserve this title?" Cao Cao smiled and said to Liu Bei calmly: "In my opinion, the contemporary There are only two heroes in the world, you and I, Cao Cao." Before that, Liu Bei had conspired with Dong Cheng to kill Cao Cao, and when he heard Cao Cao's words, he thought Cao Cao knew his plan, and he was taken aback and shivered. , Even the chopsticks in his hand fell off.At this moment, there was a thunder in the sky, and Liu Bei hurriedly said that he was frightened by the thunder, so he concealed the panic in his heart.

After drinking, Liu Bei pondered Cao Cao's words again and again, thinking that Cao Cao regarded him as his only opponent, and he would not let him off easily in the future.After this, he contacted Dong Cheng and the others to try to get rid of Cao Cao together, while looking for an opportunity to leave Xudu.

●Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao fled

In 200 A.D., after Cao Cao beheaded Yuan Shao's generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou, he took the initiative to withdraw his troops, retreated to Guandu, deep ditches and high fortifications, and waited for a chance to fight. This blocked Yuan Shao's 20 troops for half a year.In October, Xu You, Yuan Shao's counselor, defected to Cao Cao, revealed that Yuan Shao had recently accumulated more than [-] carts of food, grass and luggage in Wuchao (now southeast of Yanjin, Henan), and suggested that Cao Cao send surprise troops to attack Wuchao.In the middle of the night, Cao Jun rushed to Wuchao, set fire on all sides, and besieged Yuan Jun's camp. The defender Chunyu Qiong was disadvantaged in the battle, so he retreated to Liangtun and waited for reinforcements.Wuchao is only [-] kilometers away from Yuan Shao's camp, but Yuan Shao learned that Cao Cao personally led his troops to attack Wuchao, thinking that this was a good opportunity to break Cao Cao's camp, so he sent generals Zhang Tai, Gao Lan and other attacking officers to cross Cao's camp , Only a few Qingqi were sent to rescue Wuchao.In Wuchao, Cao Cao's warlord army continued to attack, Cao Jun soldiers fought desperately, and finally defeated Chunyu Qiong's army, killed Chunyu Qiong in battle, and burned more than [-] carts of food and supplies.

The battle of Wuchao decided the outcome of the battle of Guandu. Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao's Guandu camp, but the news of Wuchao's defeat had already come.Yuan Jun generals Zhang Bu, Gao Lan and others saw that the situation was over and surrendered to Cao Cao. Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to attack and wiped out 8 Yuan Jun. Yuan Shao and his son Yuan Tan escaped across the Yellow River with only 8 plus soldiers.In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated the strong with the weak, which laid the foundation for him to unify the north.

●Guan Yu travels thousands of miles and rides alone
After Cao Cao and Liu Bei discussed heroes with wine, Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao's ambition would be unfavorable to him sooner or later, so he led his second brother Guan Yu, third brother Zhang Fei and his soldiers to find an excuse to escape from Cao Cao.After Liu Bei escaped from Cao Cao, he had nowhere to go, so he had to temporarily stay in Xuzhou.Cao Cao then led his army to attack Liu Bei.After a great battle, Liu Bei's army collapsed, Zhang Fei hid in Mangdang Mountain, and Liu Bei had to go to Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao defeated Liu and Zhang, and immediately sent troops to surround Xuzhou.There were only a few soldiers in Xuzhou, and under the leadership of Guan Yu, they swore to defend the city to the death.Cao Cao was very happy to learn that Guan Yu was defending the city, and thought: I must surrender him!Therefore, Cao Cao did not send troops to attack Xuzhou.One of Cao Cao's counselors said: "Prime Minister, do you want to persuade Guan Yu to surrender?" Cao Cao nodded, and the counselor said, "I would like to persuade Guan Yu to surrender!" After Cao Cao heard this, he said, "As long as Guan Yu can surrender, I will accept any conditions. Promise." Seeing Guan Yu, the counselor said to Guan Yu: "Guan Yu, you have to recognize the situation. Now that the army is besieging the city, Prime Minister Cao loves you, so he didn't order the attack. If you don't surrender, your two sister-in-laws will die. , how will you see your eldest brother then?"

So, Guan Yu said, "Go back and tell Cao Chengxiang that if you agree to three conditions, I will surrender: if you don't agree, I would rather die in battle. First, I will not surrender to Cao Cao, I only surrender to Emperor Xian of Han; Third, as soon as I heard about my brother Liu Bei's whereabouts, I went to find him, and Prime Minister Cao Cheng couldn't stop him. Just these three things, if Prime Minister Cao agrees, I will surrender; if Prime Minister Cao does not agree, let him attack the city Bar!"

The counselor came back and told Cao Cao that Cao Cao quickly agreed to the first two, but the third was too harsh. He thought to himself: If you know Liu Bei's whereabouts, go find Liu Bei again, and I will be your resting place. landed.But Cao Cao changed his mind again: Guan Yu is really a rare general, brave and resourceful, I might as well let him surrender to me first, and then treat him with courtesy.Guan Yu is very loyal, he will definitely be grateful to me, I will find another opportunity to kill Liu Bei, so that my goal can be achieved.Thinking of this, he sent counselors to tell Guan Yu that he agreed to all three conditions.

When Guan Yu came to Cao Ying, Cao Cao was very enthusiastic. Not only did he treat Guan Yu as a guest of honor, he had a small banquet for three days and a big banquet for five days, and he was also very kind to Liu Bei's two wives.Guan Yu is really grateful to Cao Cao, but he will not betray his elder brother Liu Bei.

Later, Guan Yu learned of his brother's whereabouts and immediately bid farewell to Cao Cao.Cao Cao was afraid that Guan Yu would say goodbye, so he hid.But Guan Yu missed his eldest brother so much, he left a letter to Cao Cao, and left Cao Ying with his two sisters-in-law.Guan Yu went through five passes and beheaded six generals along the way, out of Cao Cao's control area, and came to Mount Mangdang.Guan Yu was very happy to hear that his third brother was here, but when he saw Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei raised his gun and stabbed him. The two sisters-in-law persuaded, "Sir brother, why are you so rude to your second brother?" "He surrendered to Thief Cao!" The two sisters-in-law hurriedly explained, telling what happened.Zhang Fei knew that he had wronged the second brother, so he fell to the ground and bowed. The two brothers protected the two sisters-in-law and saw the eldest brother Liu Bei.

The three brothers were reunited again, and the story of Guan Yu riding alone for thousands of miles has been passed down from generation to generation.

●Three visits to the thatched cottage "Longzhong Dui"

Before Liu Bei arrived in Jingzhou, he failed many times in the battles with the princes from all walks of life.He summed up his experience from failure, thinking that he didn't get talented people to assist him.After meeting Xu Shu, a famous scholar, Liu Bei regarded him very highly.Seeing that Liu Bei loved talents, Xu Shu said to him: "There is Zhuge Liang here, who is called "Wolong". Would you like to see him?" gentlemen.Liu Bei said: "You can ask him to come to see me together." Xu Shu said: "Mr. Wolong is a man of great talent. You can only go to see him, and you can't force him to come. If the general wants to, he should go and visit in person."

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