China knows everything for 5000 years

Chapter 24

Zhuge Liang sent Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and other generals to intercept Cao Cao one by one, but ignored Guan Yu who was standing aside.Guan Yu couldn't bear it any longer, and many generals left with orders, but the military adviser didn't use himself.Guan Yu said: "Military Master, why did I abandon Guan Yu and not use it? I have never been abandoned since I went to war with my brother. I dare not say that I am invincible, but I have experienced many battles and have some combat experience. What do you mean by me?" Zhuge Liang said, "Yun Chang, I wanted you to guard an important pass, but I have some concerns, so I dare not use you!" Guan Yu said: "Military officer, why worry, hurry up Tell me!" Zhuge Liang said: "I think back then, when you were besieged in the city, Cao Cao treated you with great kindness, like a guest of honor, and you valued friendship very much. When Cao Cao was defeated, he would go to Huarong Road. I want you to guard it , but I am afraid that you will be soft-hearted and let Cao Cao go!" Guan Yu said: "The military commander was too worried. Cao Cao was indeed kind to me back then, but I have stated in advance: I will give him meritorious service before leaving. Later, I even killed him. Two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, helped him break the siege of the white horse. I have already repaid him, so I left him. How could I let him go today?" Zhuge Liang said: "What if you let him go?" Guan Yu said: "I would like to issue a military order and deal with it according to military law!"

Zhuge Liang said: "Okay! Pen, ink, paper and inkstone are waiting for you!" The content of the military order is: If Guan Yu lets Cao Cao go, he will not be spared.Zhuge Liang told Guan Yu: "Cao Cao is suspicious by nature. You can pile up some firewood on the trails and high mountains and valleys of Huarong Road, and then light it. Cao Cao will definitely go to Huarong Road when he sees the fireworks. When the time comes, you will bring his head. see me!"

After Cao Cao's defeat at Chibi, he fled to Northern Yiling with his remnant soldiers.When we arrived at Wulin, Cao Cao burst out laughing. General Mao Jie asked, "Prime Minister, why are you laughing?" Cao Cao said, "Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu together are not as good as me. If it were me, I would definitely be there This is an ambush!" Before the words finished, we saw that the weeds and tree trunks were all on fire, and Cao Jun was burned to death countless times.A group of people rushed out from the side of the road, and the leader was Zhao Yun. He shouted: "I am Zhao Zilong. I have been waiting here for a long time under the order of my military adviser. You will come with your life." Cao Cao knew Zhao Yun's intentions well. Powerful, he sent two generals Xu Huang, Zhang Bu and Zhao Yun to fight together, and fled away in a hurry with his troops.Zhao Yun's men chased him down for a while, and then went back.

Cao Cao fled for a while, it was already dawn, and suddenly it began to rain.The soldiers were so sleepy, tired and cold that they couldn't move anymore, so they buried pots on the ground to cook and grabbed food from nearby villagers.The soldiers took off their wet clothes and roasted them over the fire, and the horses were tired from running, so the soldiers took off their saddles and let them graze.Cao Cao asked the general, "What's the name of this place?" A soldier who knew the place said, "Prime Minister, this place is called Calabash Valley." Cao Cao laughed and said, "Zhuge Liang is nothing more than that, if it were me, I would definitely ambush an army here. Just as Cao Cao was talking, he saw a fire on the side of the mountain, and a group of people blocked the way. The leading general was Zhang Fei, and he shouted: "I am Zhang Fei. Cao Cao leaves your head before leaving!" "Cao Cao's men were unprepared, so they had to rush to fight, and the two armies fought together.Cao Cao hurriedly fled with his men and horses, and Zhang Fei chased after him.

Cao Cao escaped from Zhang Fei's men and was walking when two roads suddenly appeared in front of him.When Cao Cao saw the fireworks on the small road, but the main road was quiet, he laughed and said: "Zhuge Liang came to confuse me again. It is said in the book of war that 'what is empty is real, and what is real is empty'. He deliberately set off fireworks on the small road to make us If you don’t dare to take this road, let’s take this Huarong Road!” Just as he was speaking, a general blocked the way with a big knife in his hand, and it was Guan Yu.When Cao Cao saw Guan Yu, he urged him to come forward and said, "General Guan, I have returned home in a big defeat. For the sake of the past, please let me live!" Guan Yu refused.But Cao Cao begged again and again, Guan Yu was moved with compassion, remembering Cao Cao's kindness in the past, and ordered: "Get out of the way!" Cao Cao survived.

Guan Yu returned empty-handed, Zhuge Liang was furious and ordered him to be beheaded.Liu Bei immediately interceded and said: "When our three brothers sworn brothers, we said, 'We don't want to be born on the same day in the same year, but we want to die on the same day in the same year'. If the military master insists on punishing the crime, please behead me together!" give up.

Cao Cao was defeated in the battle of Chibi and fled, and then lost to Huarong Road. From then on, he never dared to go south easily.

●Losing his wife and losing his army
After the Battle of Chibi, Zhuge Liang took advantage of Zhou Yu of Soochow and Cao Ren, the general of Cao, to fight each other, and used a small plan to capture Nanjun, Jingzhou and Xiangyang without bloodshed.Although Lu Su went to Liu Bei to ask for Jingzhou and other places, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang promised to return them on the surface, but they delayed making excuses.

Once, Zhou Yu said to Sun Quan: "Liu Bei was recently widowed, and your sister Sun Shangxiang is waiting in her boudoir. In the name of marrying against Cao Cao, we tricked Liu Bei to Nanxu (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu), and forced his subordinates to exchange Jingzhou. What do you think?" After hearing this, Sun Quan thought the plan was feasible, so he sent people to Jingzhou to recruit relatives.Liu Bei understood that Soochow was setting a trap for him, so he wanted to refuse, but Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "If there is a good thing coming to the door, there is no reason not to." Liu Bei was puzzled, Zhuge Liang continued: "You just go to Soochow. Zhao Yun will go with you, and I will make arrangements for everything, including that you won’t lose Jingzhou if you get your wife.” Before leaving, Zhuge Liang taught Zhao Yun the opportunity, he divided the three strategies into three kits, and told the opener time.

The boats for recruiting relatives went down the river and soon arrived in Nanxu.Zhao Yun activated Zhuge Liang's first strategy, and ordered the soldiers to go to the market to buy wedding supplies according to the plan, and also told them to spread the news that Liu Bei was going to marry Sun Quan's sister.At the same time, Zhao Yun urged Liu Bei to pay a visit to Qiao Guolao, who is in-laws with Wu Guotai, and to clarify the matter of recruiting relatives this time.Qiao Guolao was very surprised because he had never heard of it, so he asked Wu Guotai for details.Unexpectedly, Wu Guotai and Sun Shangxiang were also kept in the dark. Guotai scolded Sun Quan angrily and said: "Your sister is married, but I, a mother, don't know. What the hell are you doing?" not come up.Wu Guotai went on to say: "Now Soochow has known about Liu Bei's recruiting marriage. Tomorrow, there will be a blind date in Ganlu Temple. Is there anything wrong with the match? If the match is not good, I will see how you explain it!" Sun Quan had to let it go.As a result, Wu Guotai and Sun Shangxiang took a fancy to Liu Bei and decided to choose a date to get married.Sun Quan had no choice but to tell Zhou Yu the truth, which made Zhou Yu complain too much.

Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang were newlyweds, reluctant to return home, and Zhao Yun was in a hurry. He was afraid that Sun Quan would come up with new tricks after a long time, so he hurriedly opened the second bag.According to this calculation, Zhao Yun reported to Liu Bei in a panic: "Cao Cao raised 50 troops and wanted to avenge Chibi. Jingzhou is at stake. Please return quickly." Sun Shangxiang immediately agreed to return with him.Liu Bei asked anxiously, "What should you do if your brother refuses?" Sun Shangxiang thought for a while, and then replied, "Just say that I will go to the riverside to worship the ancestors." Wu, sailed to Jingzhou by boat.

When Sun Quan heard that Liu Bei had fled with his younger sister, he hurriedly sent men after him, but was intercepted by Zhou Yu's men at the border of Chaisang.Seeing that the situation was critical, Zhao Yun opened the third kit.After Liu Bei watched it, he understood. He cried bitterly in front of Sun Shangxiang and told her the truth about how Sun Quan and Zhou Yu wanted to use beauty tricks to lure him to death.Sun Shangxiang was furious, repelled the chasing Wu soldiers, and strengthened her determination to return to Jingzhou with Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei and his party were about to reach the boundary of Jingzhou, the pursuers arrived again.At this time, Zhuge Liang had sent Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and other leading troops to meet him.Three ambush soldiers drove Zhou Yu's soldiers back to the ship, and shouted at Wu soldiers: "Zhou Lang has a wonderful plan to secure the world, and he lost his army after paying for his wife." Zhou Yu fell back so angry when he heard this, Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang Then he returned to Jingzhou safely.

●Zhuge Liang pissed off Zhou Yu
Zhou Yu was courageous and resourceful. Ever since he followed Sun Ce to conquer the world, he fought south and north and made great contributions to the establishment of Soochow.But Zhou Yu was narrow-minded and jealous of the virtuous and capable, which ruined his life.

After Liu Bei returned to Jingzhou with Sun Shangxiang, Zhou Yu used the excuse to take down Xichuan for Liu Bei, and when he was preparing to send troops, he would destroy Liu Bei along the way.Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang had already seen through Zhou Yu's strategy and was ready to deal with the enemy.

Zhou Yu led an army of 5, sent Gan Ning as the vanguard, and Lu Meng as the rear team, and marched straight to Jingzhou.But along the way, it was quiet, Zhou Yu was very puzzled.Going forward again, from the river to the city of Jingzhou, at this moment, someone shouted on the city wall: "Zhou Yu, you can't run away, my military adviser has already seen through your plan!" It's over.He wanted to attack the city, but he saw that the city gate was closed, and Zhao Yun led elite troops to guard it.Zhou Yu yelled: "Zhuge Liang, you...you... are really mad at me, and I swear against you." Zhou Yu knew that he had fallen into Zhuge Liang's trick, and immediately ordered: "Quickly withdraw the troops!"

But it was too late, Zhuge Liang deployed four armies and surrounded Wu Bingtuan.Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan each led their elite troops to attack.The shouts and killings of tens of thousands of horses were deafening, and the soldiers shouted: "Catch Zhou Yu alive!"At this time, someone reported: "Liu Bei and Kong Ming are drinking in the barracks." Zhou Yu spat out blood in anger, looked up to the sky and sighed: "If you were born Yu, why would you be born!" After that, he vomited blood several times and died. 36 years old.

●Receive Hanzhong Liu Bei as king
While Liu Bei marched into Yizhou, Cao Cao also occupied Hanzhong.Therefore, Liu Bei personally led the army to march towards Hanzhong.When Cao Cao heard Liu Bei sent troops, he immediately organized troops to fight against Liu Bei. He also went to Chang'an to direct the Hanzhong war in person. The two sides stalemate for a year.In the second year, in a battle at Yangping Pass, the Shu army won a big victory, and Xia Houyuan, the leader of the Wei army, was killed. Cao Cao had to withdraw from Hanzhong and retreated the Wei army to Chang'an.

In 216 A.D., Cao Cao was promoted to "King of Wei". Although he was still a Han subject in name, he had power in the court and the public, and actually possessed the power and prestige of an emperor.

Liu Bei's position in Yizhou was further consolidated because of Cao Cao's withdrawal from Guanzhong.In 219 AD, supported by a group of civil and military officials under him, Liu Bei became king in Hanzhong.

●Guan Yu was defeated and went to Maicheng
After Guan Yu was defeated and left Xiangyang, he heard that Jingzhou was occupied by Lu Meng, and he was so angry that he cursed Sun Quan and Lu Meng.He rearranged his troops and wanted to kill Jingzhou and take it back again.But many soldiers fled one after another, the morale of the army was in turmoil, and there was no fighting spirit at all.

Just halfway on the way, Guan Yu met Lu Meng.After a great battle, Guan Yu led hundreds of troops and fled to Maicheng.Lu Meng led Wu soldiers to surround Maicheng.Guan Yu saw that it was difficult to defeat Wu Bing, so he sent someone to Shangyong to ask for help. Meng Da knew that he was no match for Wu Bing, so he delayed sending troops.Guan Yu had no choice but to prepare to break out and go to Xichuan to move troops.

One late night, Guan Yu led Guan Ping to drive towards Xichuan from the small road in the north of the city.Unexpectedly, Lu Meng had already set up many ambushes around him, and before he had gone far, the ambush was everywhere, and Guan Yu and Guan Ping were besieged.The two led their own men and horses, not daring to love to fight, they fought a bloody road and ran northward.After walking for two or three miles, another ambush was encountered. Guan Yu cut off all the soldiers with a big sword, but there were too many Wu soldiers, and one group fell, and another group came up. Guan Yu knew that he would be exhausted by being so tired, so he took his horse and ran north. .After running a few steps, the horse was tripped by Wu Bing. Guan Yu fell off the horse and was immediately caught by Wu Bing.

Guan Yu and Guan Ping were captured, and they would rather die than surrender. They were killed by Sun Quan. When Zhou Cang heard that Guan Yu had been killed, he drew his sword and killed himself, and Maicheng fell.

●Cao Pi abolished the Han Dynasty and established the Wei Dynasty
In 220 AD, Cao Cao died.The crown prince Cao Pi was in Yecheng (now north of Anyang, Henan).When the bad news spread to Yecheng, Cao Pi burst into tears and couldn't help himself.The concubine Sima Fu persuaded him: "The former king passed away, and all major affairs in the world depend on your highness. You should think about the continuation of the ancestral temple sacrifices, and the livelihood of the people in the world. How can you be like ordinary people doing filial piety and only know how to cry?" What about it?" Cao Pi cried again for a long time before he could barely stop and said, "You are right." At this time, the officials had just heard the news of Cao Cao's death, and they gathered together to cry bitterly, and they couldn't even maintain their ranks.Sima Fu yelled in the court: "Now that the king has passed away, the world is shaking. We should worship a new king as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in the country. Don't you just know how to cry?" So Cao Pi ordered the officials to retreat from the court and set up guards in the palace. , Cooking for funerals.

The ministers believed that the crown prince should wait for the emperor's edict when he ascended the throne, but Chen Jiao said: "The late king passed away in other places, and the whole country was in panic. Waiting for the opportunity to stand on the sidelines, if there is a change between coming and going, the country will be in crisis." So Cao Pi immediately arranged for officials to prepare for the etiquette, and all preparations were completed within a day.The next morning, Cao Pi borrowed the queen's name to pass the order: the prince ascended the throne as the king of Wei.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty also granted Cao Pi the official seal of the prime minister and the seal of the king of Wei, and let him concurrently serve as the shepherd of Jizhou.

In October of that year, Cao Pi created another incident in which a group of officials wrote to him to proclaim him emperor.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had been the nominal emperor for more than 30 years. After receiving a letter from the minister, he was forced to "abide" the throne to Cao Pi.Cao Pi pretended to decline again and again, accepted Yuxi, and formally proclaimed himself emperor.The Eastern Han Dynasty perished.

●Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor and established Shu Han

After Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, it was rumored in Shuzhong that Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, had been killed. Liu Bei, who was the clan, issued a funeral uniform and honored Liu Xie as Emperor Xiaohan.Afterwards, all Liu Bei's subordinates persuaded Liu Bei to take the throne, but Liu Bei refused.The military adviser Zhuge Liang made several proposals, and Liu Bei finally agreed, and asked the military adviser Zhuge Liang, Dr. Xu Ci, and Yilang Mengguang to set the etiquette, choose auspicious days and good days, and be honored.

In 221 A.D., Liu Bei took the throne in Chengdu as Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty and the First Lord of Shu.Because he called for the revival of the Han Dynasty, the country name was still Han and changed to Yuan Zhangwu.But he only has a small area of ​​Yizhou, also known as "Shu Han" or "Ji Han".Liu Bei appointed Zhuge Liang as prime minister, Xu Jing as situ, set up officials, built ancestral temples, and offered sacrifices to the late emperor.On May [-], Liu Bei made his wife Wu the queen, and made her son Liu Chan (A Dou) the crown prince, and married the daughter of the chariot general Zhang Fei as the crown prince.

●Liu Beituo Gu Baidi City
After Liu Bei withdrew to Baidi City, he never returned to Chengdu.

In 223 A.D., Liu Bei was seriously ill. He ordered Zhuge Liang, the prime minister, to assist the crown prince Liu Chan, and said to Zhuge Liang: "Your talent is ten times that of Cao Pi, and you will surely be able to secure the country and make great decisions. If my son Liu Chan goes, you will assist him; No, you can abolish him as the emperor yourself!" Zhuge Liang said with tears: "I dare not do my best. I must be loyal to the prince, do my best, and die!" Liu Bei issued an edict to the prince, saying: "People who live to fifty Not counting premature death, I am over sixty this year, I have no regrets, I just miss you brothers. You must work hard! Don't do evil because it is small, don't do good because it is small! Only virtuous people can obey you. People. Your father is not good enough to imitate. When you get along with the prime minister, you must treat him like a father." In April of this year, Liu Bei died in Yong'an (that is, Baidi City) at the age of 63.This is the "Bai Di Tuo Gu" in history.

Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times
Not long after Liu Chan became the emperor of Shu Han, Meng Huo, the leader of the ethnic minorities in the Nanzhong area (now Yunnan, parts of Guizhou and southwestern Sichuan), launched a rebellion shortly after Liu Chan succeeded to the throne.

In 225 A.D., Zhuge Liang led an army to Nanzhong.Zhuge Liang believes that for these ethnic minorities, the most important thing is to attack the heart.He led the army to Nanzhong, formulated a detailed battle plan according to the established appeasement policy, and took care of the soldiers. During the battle, Meng Huo was only allowed to be captured alive and not hurt.

Meng Huo was a brave and foolhardy man. On the first day of the battle with the Shu army, he was captured alive by Zhuge Liang's plan.Meng Huo was full of remorse, thinking that being captured by the Han people would surely kill him.Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang let someone untie him.In order to change his prejudice against the Shu Han regime, Zhuge Liang ordered the army to form a formation and watched with him personally, saying: "General Meng, what do you think of my army?"

Meng Huo didn't appreciate it at all, and said arrogantly: "I didn't know the truth before, so I was defeated. I saw your camp, but that's it. Next time I fight again, I will definitely win." Zhuge Liang waved his hand with a smile: "Then Well, I will let you go now. You go back to rectify the soldiers and horses, let's meet again!"

Meng Huo went back to reorganize the army and fought again, but was captured by Zhuge Liang again.Meng Huo still refused to accept, so Zhuge Liang let him go again.Catch and release like this, a total of seven times.After catching Meng Huo for the seventh time, he finally gave in. He said: "The prime minister has captured me seven times. This is something that has never happened since ancient times. The prime minister has treated me so favorably. If I try to turn against him again, I will have no shame. The tribal leaders also knelt down and thanked each other, saying: "We will never forget the kindness of the prime minister. The southerners will never rebel again." Zhuge Liang hosted a banquet for them and asked Meng Huo to be the leader to manage his original area.From then on, the ethnic minorities in the Nanzhong area lived in peace with the Shu Han, and all ethnic groups lived in harmony.

●Sun Zhongmou proclaimed himself emperor in Wuchang
Sun Quan, courtesy name Zhongmou, was born in Fuchun, Wujun (now Fuyang, Zhejiang), and was the founder of the Three Kingdoms Wu Kingdom.His political talent was even praised by Cao Cao, who said, "Being a child should be like Sun Zhongmou."

Sun Quan succeeded his father and brother's career in AD 200 and became the overlord of Jiangdong.After Wei and Shu proclaimed themselves emperors one after another, Sun Quan was forced by the situation to serve Wei.In 229 AD, he finally took the throne in the southern suburbs of Wuchang.Because Xiakou (now Wuhan, Hubei) and Wuchang (now Echeng, Hubei) were rumored to have appeared Huanglong and Phoenix, the Yuan Dynasty was changed to Huanglong, the name of the country was Wu, and the world was amnesty.He respected his father, Sun Jian, as Emperor Wulie, his brother, Sun Ce, as King Huan of Changsha, and made his son, Sun Deng, the Crown Prince.In September, Sun Quan moved his capital to Jianye (now Nanjing, Jiangsu).In 252 A.D., Sun Quan passed away at the age of 70. After his death, he was honored as Emperor Wu.

Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, which marked the official formation of the three kingdoms.Among the Three Kingdoms, although Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor the latest, it took the longest time since the division of Jiangdong.

●Sima Yi launched a coup
After the death of Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui, Sima Yi and Cao Shuang assisted Cao Fang to become emperor together.At that time, Cao Fang was only eight years old, and she was ignorant at all. Cao Shuang and Sima Yi decided all matters of the country. Because Cao Shuang was too young and inexperienced, he had to ask Sima Yi about everything big and small before he dared to handle it. The elders look at it.At this time, Sima Yi truly grasped the power of the country.

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