With Xu You's euphemistic and beautiful advice, where would Yuan Shao still think of sending troops to Youzhou. It's just that I have to say that Yuan Shao is really still the same urine, and he is destined to be unable to change.

"What Ziyuan said is very true!"

Yuan Shao first praised Xu You, and then changed his words and condemned: "However, Chengzhi is my brother after all, and I can't help but investigate his behavior of deceiving me, otherwise, how will others think of me? Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude. ”

As for Yuan Shao's unceremonious method, no one knows.

"Ladies and gentlemen, put aside the matter of Chengzhi for the time being, now that the imperial court has ordered me to lead Qingzhou and Merge State, who do you think can serve as the guard general of these two states?"

Garrisoning a state, the most suitable is naturally a general, especially a handsome general. A war may break out in a state at any time, and if a strategist is stationed in the garrison, who should defend against the enemy? After all, there are too few strategists like Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and Zhou Yu in history who can give advice and command troops. Throughout the entire period from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms and then to the Western Jin Dynasty, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and Zhou Yu had such talents, and Jiang Wei would naturally not have been able to do it if it had not been taught by Zhuge Liang, and compared with Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei was also 108,000 miles behind.

Look at Yuan Shao's command, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who are the most valued by Yuan Shao, and let them go into battle to kill the enemy, it is naturally no problem. It's just that if they are stationed in a state and administered, then it will be a big problem. Every strategist under Yuan Shao's command is very clear. If such responsibility is handed over to Yan Liang and Wen Chou, it is equivalent to giving up the governance of a state. And except for Yan Liang and Wen Chou. The next ones to be ranked are Zhang He and Gao Ran.

Zhang He's ability is undoubted, and even Zhuge Liang is very jealous. In the original history, he still had the identity of five good generals, and how to say it, Zhang He was more than enough to garrison a state. As for Gao Lan, there are not many records of him in history, but there is one thing that is definitely not in doubt, that is, Gao Ran has always followed Zhang He and advanced and retreated with Zhang He. Actually, it can be seen from here as well. Gao Ran's ability should also be good. Zhang He's ability no longer needs to be explained, in this case, Zhang He did not make friends with Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the two most famous generals under Yuan Shao, but became friendly with Gao Ran, is there no problem? I really think there is only one, that is, Gao Ran's ability is not weak, and Zhang He will be friendly with him. In history, Zhang He was killed by Zhuge Liang's design, and there seems to be no record of Gao Ran's life and death. In the romance. Gao Ran was stabbed to death by Zhao Yun when he was fighting against Liu Pi in Runan, which is obviously a little unreasonable. After all, Gao Ran can fight with Xu Chu and Xu Huang without winning or losing, and. When he was in Changsaka Slope, Gao Ran also had a battle with Zhang Fei. The conquest of Runan Liu Pinai was before Changbanpo, and it is obvious that this record in the romance is not historical.

Zhang He and Gao Ran's abilities are naturally no problem. It's a pity that Yuan Shao doesn't know very well. In other words, Zhang He and Gao Ran have no chance to show their talents at all. And. For Zhang He and Gao Ran's personal conduct, there are also mixed reviews. The root cause is also that Zhang He and Gao Ran defected to the enemy, which became an indelible stain for the two of them.

During the Battle of Guandu, Wuchao was raided by Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao sent Zhang He and Gao Ran to the rescue, while Guo Tu wanted to frame the two because of the failure of his plan. So he ran to Zhang He and Gao Ran and said that because the two could not be rescued, the grain and grass of Wuchao were destroyed, and Yuan Shao wanted to cut off the heads of the two of them; on the other hand, Guo Tu told Yuan Shao that Zhang He and Gao Ran had failed to complete the task, and they wanted to take refuge in Cao Cao in fear. So, Yuan Shao sent cronies and soldiers to verify, Zhang He and Gao Ran saw that Yuan Shu sent cronies and soldiers to come, and thought they were coming to arrest them, so they immediately ran to Cao Cao's command to serve.

This whole process seems reasonable, but in fact, there are many questions.

The most crucial point is that Guo Tu once refuted Zhang He's strategy, Zhang He is not a fool, can't he see Guo Tu's hostility towards him? At this time, Guo Tu ran out and told him that Yuan Shao was going to cut off his head, in fact, as long as he thought about it a little, he could find out the problem. Besides, if you were open in your heart and confronted Yuan Shao face to face, wouldn't all the problems be solved? However, Zhang He and Gao Ran didn't think about explaining, but simply ran to Cao Cao's command to serve, and it was obvious that Zhang He and Gao Ran had already had the idea of taking refuge in Cao Cao, and now they were just pushing the boat down the river. Perhaps, the process of Zhang He and Gao Ran's service to Cao Cao is not so complicated, but it is because it is the historian of Wei who recorded this history, and he beautified Zhang He and Gao Ran, which became so difficult and tortuous.

As for why Zhang He and Gao Ran have the intention of serving Cao Cao, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is very simple, that is, it cannot be reused.

The names Yan Liang and Wen Chou first appeared when the Tiger Prison was in charge of Dong, when Hua Xiong blocked the way, and no one under the command of the princes could stop him, Yuan Shao sighed with emotion If Yan Liang and Wen Chou were here, why would this be so? From here, it can be seen that Yuan Shao attached great importance to Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Later, but there was a war, Yan Liang and Wen Chou basically accompanied Yuan Shao's side, but as for Zhang He and Gao Lan, there was little explanation. is a clay man and has a three-point temper, not to mention Zhang He and Gao Ran, they also want to make meritorious contributions, and worship the prime minister, if they have not been reused, how can they achieve their ideals, therefore, in the case of depression under Yuan Shao, Zhang He and Gao Ran threw themselves under Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao's disdain for Zhang He can finally be traced back to the problem of Wuchao.

At that time, Cao Cao had already attacked the Wuchao, but Yuan Shao was still hesitant to send troops to support the Wuchao. So, Zhang He persuaded: "Cao Cao's soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and they will definitely defeat Chun Yuqiong and others." Once Chun Yuqiong fails, then the great general's great cause is over, and you should lead troops to rescue as soon as possible. ”

As a result, Guo Tu immediately retorted: "What Zhang He said is not a good policy, now Cao Cao led the army to raid Wuchao, and there is no one in his military camp to command, if the lord takes Cao Cao's camp, he will definitely be able to solve the crisis of Chun Yuqiong." ”

So, Yuan Shao finally followed Guo Tu's advice, and the final outcome was self-evident. Cao Cao's camp was not taken, and Wuchao was not supported. In the end, the grain and grass of Wuchao were burned, and the battle of Guandu ended with Yuan Shao's defeat. At last. Yuan Shao died of illness, and several sons also fought for power. gave away all the family business that Yuan Shao had worked so hard to establish. Let's say that Zhang He went to Cao Cao, Cao Cao said at the time, "If Weizi goes to Yin, Han Xin returns to Han", it can be seen that Cao Cao attaches great importance to Zhang He.

Later, under Cao Cao, Zhang He's talent could be regarded as a place to be displayed.

Zhang He first followed Cao Cao to attack Yecheng and occupied Yecheng. Later, he followed Cao Cao to the Bohai Sea to attack Yuan Tan, and he alone led an army to surround Yongnu and defeat Yuan's army. When accompanying Cao Cao to conquer Liucheng. Zhang He and Zhang Liao served as pioneers, and Zhang He was promoted to General Pingdi because of his repeated military exploits. Zhang He also led the army to conquer Donglai County, crusaded against Guan Cheng, and also fought against Chen Lan, Mei Cheng and others with Zhang Liao and others, and won a complete victory. Zhang He followed Cao Cao to Weinan, defeated Ma Chao, Han Sui, etc., and surrounded Anding, and Yang Qiu surrendered. Zhang He and Xiahou Yuan fought together against the thief Kou Liangxing who was entrenched in Duncheng and the Di rebels of the Wudu generation, and defeated Ma Chao's troops again. Pacified the area ruled by Song Jian.

In the twentieth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao marched west to Zhanglu and arrived at Chencang, preparing to enter the Di tribe from Wudu County, and the Di people blocked the road. Cao Cao sent Zhang He to command a large army to attack Liang Xing and the Di leader Dou Mao's troops. Soon from Sanguan into Hanzhong, Zhang He was sent to lead 5,000 infantry to open the road in front of Yangping. Zhang Lu surrendered. Cao Cao returned to the army, leaving Zhang He and Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang and others to guard Hanzhong. to reject Liu Bei. In the same year, Zhang Hebei supervised the army to attack Badong and Basi County. Migrate the local people to Hanzhong. Liu Bei sent the captured general Zhang Fei to defend the Brazilian county to fight against Zhang He. Zhang He led the army to the ditch, and Zhang Fei refused for more than 50 days, Zhang Fei led more than 10,000 elite soldiers to attack Zhang He from the trail, because the mountain road is narrow, the end can not be rescued, Zhang He was defeated, only with more than ten people abandoned the horse to climb the mountain and escaped, and then collected the defeated soldiers, and withdrew to Nanzheng.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei personally led more than 10,000 elite soldiers, divided into ten divisions, and attacked Zhang He at night. Zhang He led his own troops to confront the Shu army, but Liu Bei could not conquer Zhang He, so he wrote a letter asking Yizhou to allocate reinforcements. Zhuge Liang hesitated for a while, and Yang Hong persuaded: "Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, without Hanzhong, there would be no Yizhou, what are you hesitating?" Zhuge Liang suddenly realized that he immediately sent troops to reinforce him.

Afterwards, Liu Bei retreated to the horse valley and set fire to the camp, Xiahou Yuan knew that Zhang He had few soldiers, so he transferred some troops to reinforce and put out the fire, but met Liu Bei's army on the way and was killed by the Shu army. Cao's army was defeated, and Zhang He retreated to Yangping Kanto with the defeated army. And when Liu Bei heard that Xiahou Yuan was killed, he only said: "If you want to kill, kill Zhang He, what's the use of killing Xiahou Yuan!"

Sima Guo Huai and the overseer Du attacked to collect the scattered soldiers, Guo Huai saw this, and said: "General Zhang is a famous general of the country, and Liu Bei is also afraid of him." Now the situation is urgent, and only General Zhang can calm the morale of the army. So everyone elected Zhang He as the commander, commanded the soldiers, arranged the camp, and the army was stable. Soon, Cao Cao sent an envoy to order Zhang He to take a holiday. Liu Bei wanted to cross the Han River to attack, but when he saw the Wei army lined up north of the Han River to meet him, Liu Bei gave up crossing the river and held each other across the water. Cao Cao personally attacked Hanzhong and could not win, so he withdrew his troops from Hanzhong and ordered Zhang Hetun to garrison Chencang.

In the second year of Taihe, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han, invaded the north, and the officials of Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding rebelled against Zhuge Liang. At that time, the courtiers did not know what to do, and Cao Rong said confidently: "Zhuge Liang is stubborn and not easy to attack. Now he came automatically, in line with the tactic of drawing out the enemy. Defeating Zhuge Liang is a certainty. ”

So Cao Rong gave Zhang He a special entry and asked him to supervise all kinds of military horses and block Zhuge Liang's subordinate general Ma Tan in the street pavilion. Ma Tan set up a village in the dangerous Nanshan and did not go down the mountain to occupy the city. Zhang He cut off his access to water, and then launched an attack, defeating Ma Tan. The counties of Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding rebelled against Wei in response to Zhuge Liang, and Zhang He led his troops to pacify these places. Cao Rong issued an edict and said: "The thief Kou Zhuge Liang led the rabble of Ba and Shu and met the soldiers of our army like a tiger. General, thou shalt be clothed in armor and wielded in thy sharp weapon, and thou shalt conquer all thou shalt conquer thou shalt be rewarded, and thou shalt increase thy food and thou shalt increase thy food and thy one thousand, and thy one thousand shall be rewarded, and thou shalt make a thousand three hundred. ”

At that time, Sima Yi was in Jingzhou to control the naval army, and planned to enter the Yangtze River along the water to crusade against Eastern Wu, Cao Rong issued an edict ordering Zhang He to command the troops in Guanzhong to accept Sima Yi's command. When Zhang He arrived in Jingzhou, it was just in time for the shallow water in winter, and the big ships could not travel, so he returned to Shifang City and stationed there. In the third year of Taihe, Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan again and launched a fierce attack on Chen Cang. Cao Rong sent a stagecoach to summon Zhang He to Beijing, and also personally went to the county seat of Henan to set up a banquet to see Zhang He off. Cao Rong sent 30,000 soldiers and two battalions of warriors from Wuwei and Huben to guard Zhang He, and asked Zhang He: "When the general arrives at the front line, will Zhuge Liang already occupy Chencang?" Zhang He knew that Zhuge Liang's lone army was deep and would not carry too much grain and grass, so he could not attack for a long time, so he replied: "It is estimated that Zhuge Liang has already withdrawn before the minister arrives at the front line." Chen Qu calculated that Zhuge Liang's grain and grass could not support ten days. Zhang He marched day and night to reach Nanzheng, and Zhuge Liang really retreated. Cao Heng ordered Zhang He to return to the capital and appointed him as the general of the western chariot cavalry.

Zhang He's history of making a fortune in Cao Wei's forces is like a rocket rising into the sky, which is amazing. Although Zhang He was killed in the end, he was at least brilliant, which was enough. On the other hand, Gao Ran, who followed Zhang He to work together, was finally lost in the long river of history, although there are many people like Gao Lan, but it is still regrettable.

Let's say that Yuan Shao asked everyone to recommend the generals stationed in Bingzhou and Qingzhou, but the strategists and generals under Yuan Shao were silent, and no one stood up to recommend them.

The main reason is that the abilities of Zhang He and Gao Ran have not yet been recognized, otherwise, it is natural that someone will recommend the two of them, at least Tian Feng will not have any selfishness. However, although Zhang He showed his face during the war in Youzhou before, it was unfortunately not very dazzling, so Zhang He still did not shine.

In addition to Zhang He and Gao Lan, except for Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the generals under Yuan Shao's command seem to be some local generals who are famous and a little forceful, but have little talent. Looking at the generals recruited by Yuan Shao, it is not difficult to predict that Yuan Shao was defeated in the battle of Guandu, and there is really nothing to say.

As for the other strategists, they have always been bullish under Yuan Shao, and there are few good friends with the generals under Yuan Shao, so naturally there are no people to recommend now. Therefore, you can only stare at me with wide eyes, and I will look at you, and I don't know what to say.

Yuan Shao frowned, and finally said in annoyance: "Since you have no candidates, then let Xianyi lead the history of the Qingzhou Thorn;

Yuan Shao appointed his second son Yuan Xi and nephew Gao Gan, originally Yuan Tan was the history of Qingzhou Thorn, Yuan Xi Youzhou Thorn History, Gao Gan and State Thorn History. It's just that now Yuan Tan has been disabled by Yuan Chang's order, and Youzhou is also in Yuan Chang's hands, just one state is missing, and there is no Yuan Tan's share. (To be continued.) )