In the second year of Xingping, at the beginning of the year

Since Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji captured Chang'an and jointly took charge of the government, they have been suspicious of each other and full of contradictions. Some time ago, Fan Chou transferred troops to the east of Hangu Pass to guard against the coalition forces. However, today's coalition forces have long been in name only, falling apart, and are expanding their territory and power. Therefore, Fan Chou's request brought him death, and Li Wei was originally afraid of Fan Chou's force and won the support of his Xiliang soldiers. Therefore, when Fan Chou asked Li Dao for reinforcements, Li Dao asked the warriors to kill him.

Li Dao and Guo Yan have serious contradictions, and now that Fan Chou is dead, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji are even more suspicious of Li Dao. However, speaking of which, the four of them were originally trying to find a way to survive and unite, and now that the coalition forces outside the gate are too busy to take care of themselves, they are in the mood to fight among themselves.

In the past two days in the court, Li Dao and Guo Yan have been even more tense, and they almost didn't do anything above the court. And when the two of them traveled, they were heavily guarded to prevent each other from poisoning. And the previous Cheng Shifei and Guo Yu secretly poisoned, so that Guo Yan thought it was Li Wei's subordinate, a coincidence happened, at night, Guo Yan's dog was accidentally poisoned, Guo Yan thought that Li Wei was ready to poison himself, and was furious, so that the family sent a letter to Li Wei's house, and the two sides went out of the city to fight.

Before dawn the next day, Li Dao and Guo Yan gathered their troops and horses, and each led 30,000 troops to fight outside the city.

"Guo Aduo, I treat you well, how dare you bear me!" Li Dao held a spear, pointed at Guo Yan from afar, and scolded angrily.

"Phew!"

Guo Yan snorted angrily, raised the big knife in his hand, pointed at Li Dao obliquely, and scolded: "Li Dao, you poisoned the food in my house before, and I have swallowed my anger and no longer care, but you have repeatedly used such methods to harm me, I really don't have a temper." Today you and I fight, either you die or I die!"

"Well, you're finally speaking your mind. In this case, when have I, Li Dao, been afraid!" Li Dao responded loudly, and then ordered: "All the soldiers attack, whoever can cut off Guo Yan's head, this general will let him take Guo Yan's position." ”

"Kill!"

"Take down Guo Yan's head!"

"The position of the Great General is mine!"

After Li Dao, Guo Yan and others plundered and offered the emperor, Li Dao proclaimed himself the Great Sima, and Guo Yan proclaimed himself the Great General. The two positions of the Great Sima and the Great General are almost the same in rank, they are both high and powerful, and their status is above the Prime Minister and the Three Princes, and the two positions can be said to be extremely special positions, and no one will usually take up the position. If the literati are in power, they are the great Sima, and the martial artists are the generals. For example, Jiang Taigong of the Zhou Dynasty was appointed as the Great Sima and was in charge of the whole country's soldiers and horses, and later Liu Bang appointed Han Xin as the general and was also in charge of the whole country's soldiers and horses. However, except for Jiang Taigong, the subsequent positions of general and great Sima do not seem to have a good end. It was not until after the Sui Dynasty that the positions of the Great Sima and the Great General were abolished, and there were only titles, no real power. At the beginning, Li Dao and Guo Yan held Emperor Xian hostage, and their status was equal, so one led the great Sima and the other led the general. And Emperor Xian is just a puppet in their hands, so naturally he has no right to object.

"Hmph, if you want my Guo Yan's head, Li Dao, you also have this ability!" Guo Yan snorted angrily, and also ordered: "All the soldiers will kill the enemy with me, whoever can take Li Dao's head, the position of Da Sima is his!"

"Rush!"

"I've got Li Dao's head!"

"Da Sima's position is mine, no one should rob me!"

The soldiers and horses under the command of Li Dao and Guo Yan rushed to the opponent's formation excitedly, and the two sides did not have any plans or strategies in this battle, only the real fight, and the combat effectiveness under their command was seen. All of a sudden, the sound of shouting and killing outside Chang'an City shook the sky, and the sound of cavalry charging was bursting, and the sound enveloped the entire Chang'an City inside and outside. The men and horses of the two sides fought from morning to noon, and until dark at noon, except for a slight truce and lunch, and then continued to fight, which can be said to be extremely tragic. It wasn't until it was dark that the two sides had to stop fighting because of the night.

The next day, when the two sides went to war again, the officials and people of the entire Chang'an City were panicked, fearing that the war would affect them. For almost a month after that, both sides were at war without the slightest intention of stopping. At this time, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty couldn't care about being afraid, and asked people to persuade both sides, but Liu Xie was just a puppet, and where would Li Dao and Guo Xi listen to him, and they were still at war.

And at this time, the influence of Li Dao's killing of Fan Chou appeared. Yang Ding, the general of Anxi, was afraid that he would be beheaded by Li Wei like Fan Chou, so he secretly sent people to contact Guo Yan, hoping to coerce Emperor Xian of Han and increase their weight. However, the thing was not done secretly enough, and was reported to Li Dao by the soldiers under his command who wanted to make meritorious contributions, and at the moment, Li Dao directly coerced Emperor Han Xian without doing anything. The hundred officials in Chang'an City saw that the emperor was coerced by Li Dao, and the situation was not good, if Emperor Han Xian was accidentally hanged, then the princes of the world would have more names to attack Li Dao and Guo Yan, and it would be these hundred officials who would suffer at that time. So, the hundred officials went to Guo Yan's camp to persuade peace, Guo Yan was also ruthless, and directly detained the hundred officials, and both sides had hostages in their hands, and no one was convinced, so the battle continued.

At this time, another person under Li Dao jumped out. That's right, this person is Yang Feng, a character full of drama.

Yang Feng was the general of the Yellow Turban Rebel Army at the earliest time, and was subordinate to the White Bo Army. Later, after the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Yang Feng successfully threw himself under Li Dao, who had been shot by Yang Feng in his desperate efforts to save him and repel Guo Bi in the previous battle between Li Dao and Guo Yan. If this situation continues, Yang Feng will naturally be highly used by Li Dao. It's just that I don't know if Yang Feng has a brain pump, and he suddenly wants to rebel against Li Dao. Of course, in fact, it was not Yang Feng's brain, but that there was a loyal and patriotic general under his command, Xu Huang, that's right, Xu Huang persuaded Yang Feng to kill Li Dao and run away with Emperor Han Xian. However, I don't know if it's a coincidence, Yang Feng's intentions were also revealed, so before Li Dao wanted to kill him, Yang Feng led his soldiers and horses to run away first, and he didn't know where to hide.

This is the end of the story? I have thought about it too much, and the story has just begun.

Later, when Li Dao, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji pursued Emperor Han Xian again, Yang Feng jumped out under Xu Huang's persuasion to protect Emperor Han Xian's return to Luoyang, during which he made many contributions. In the end, he successfully returned to Luoyang after protecting Emperor Han Xian, but at this time, Luoyang was in ruins, and even the problem of eating could not be guaranteed. In addition, Li Dao and Guo Yan sent troops to attack from time to time, and wanted to rob Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and life was extremely difficult. Moreover, Yang Feng, Han Xian, Dong Cheng and others disagreed and had contradictions, and at this time, the uncle Dong Cheng secretly summoned assistance, which was naturally Cao Cao. Later, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor and wanted to unite with Lü Bu, and Yuan Shu was furious when he heard this, so he sent his generals Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui to join forces with Han Siam and Yang Feng, and led tens of thousands of foot cavalry to attack Lü Bu in seven ways. Chen Qi suggested that Yang Feng and Han Xian be co-opted, and Lü Bu wrote a letter to express his willingness to unite, and promised to give all the money and food to the general after defeating Yuan Shu. Han Xian and Yang Feng were very happy, and decided to unite with Lu Bu to attack Zhang Xun and others in Xiapi, Yuan Shu's army was defeated, and almost all the army was wiped out; after the failure of Yuan Shu, Yang Feng and Han Xian became thieves, and plundered in Xuzhou and Yangzhou for a living, which was regarded as a return to his old job, and as a result, he finally plundered Liu Bei's military assets at the behest of Lu Bu, and was booby-trapped by Liu Bei, which was regarded as the end of his legendary and dramatic life.

Let's say that Yang Feng wanted to kill Li Dao under the persuasion of Xu Huang and assist Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to return to Luoyang, but his actions were not confidential enough and were leaked, so Yang Feng led his troops to flee. Zhang Ji's strength is the weakest among Li Dao, Guo Yan and Fan Chou, however, Fan Chou was killed by Li Dao, Li Dao absorbed Fan Chou's troops, and Yang Ding and Yang Feng rebelled before and after, and their strength shrank again, which was stronger than Guo Yan. Now Zhang Ji led troops to persuade him, if he did not agree, then Zhang Ji would unite with Guo Yan at that time, and he would naturally not be an opponent, so Li Ji would go down this step and be willing to reconcile; Guo Yan had the same idea, since the two sides were ready to reconcile, then Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty's idea of returning to Luoyang could naturally be realized. So, under the escort of Zhang Ji, Guo Yan and Yang Ding, the chariots and horses of Emperor Xian of Han went towards Luoyang, the eastern capital.

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Yanzhou, Dongjun

Cao Cao sat on it, and the left and right sides of the lower Cao Cao sat in their places. Now that the thieves in Yanzhou have been pacified, with the efforts of Cao Cao and his subordinates, Yanzhou can be said to be thriving, and there is a posture of not leaving a stone unturned and not closing the door at night. As the so-called warm thoughts**... Ahh Therefore, Cao Cao gathered his subordinates to discuss major matters, how to better develop Yanzhou, and plan a blueprint for the future.

"Everyone, now that Li Dao and Guo Yan are fighting in Chang'an City, what are your best plans?" Cao Cao's tiger eyes flickered, as a traitor in troubled times, he naturally had his own ideas, but he also had to ask about the thoughts of his subordinates, maybe there could be a better strategy.

"Lord!"

The first to stand up was Xun Yu, as Wang Zuozhicai, he has been loyal for generations. Of course, he was loyal to the Son of Heaven, so he ended his life with a glass of poisoned wine later.

"The two thieves Li Dao and Guo Yan have held Your Majesty hostage, but we, as courtiers, cannot share your Majesty's worries, which is really a sin! Now that Li Dao and Guo Yan are fighting chaotically, it is a good time for the lord to send troops to welcome back His Majesty. According to this great achievement, the lord will be able to be famous for eternity and for centuries. ”

"Well, Wen Ruo's words are very good!"

Cao Cao nodded lightly, without any expression on his face, making people wonder what he was thinking at the moment. Cao Cao naturally understands Xun Yu's ability. Just like Zhang Liang, Xun Yu is absolutely very reliable in solving logistics problems. It's just that Xun Yu's only drawback is that he is loyal to the court, not to him Cao Cao. Otherwise, Xun Yu must be his indispensable confidant. First now, Xun Yu can only be used, but not only used, Cao Cao also has some regrets in his heart, if Xun Yu can be like Xi Zhicai, then he will be even happier.

"Lord, my subordinates also agree with Wen Ruo's words!"

At this time, he stood up as Cao Cao's chief strategist, and Cao Cao attached great importance to Xi Zhicai, and even Cao Cao's own Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan and others were inferior to him. Just like Cao Cao's matter to the Shuntian League, he only informed Xi Zhicai alone. Xi Zhi understood Cao Cao's thoughts, and he also knew what kind of person Xun Yu was. However, welcoming Emperor Han Xian into Cao Cao's control was something that both Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai wanted, so of course Xi Zhicai would not object. As for whether he is loyal to Emperor Han Xian, when Emperor Han Xian arrives under Cao Cao, how can he resist.

Perhaps, Xun Yu actually knew Cao Cao's intentions, but he could only offer such advice. Save Emperor Han Xian from Li Dao and Guo Yan first, and as for the rest, he can only do it now, and he can't do anything more.

"The subordinates all think it's feasible!"

The chief strategist and the best logistics officer all said so, and the other officials naturally had no objections. At that moment, Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "Since you all think it is feasible, then I, Cao Cao, should lead the army to welcome back the Son of Heaven and rescue the Son of Heaven from the two thieves." ”

"Cao Chun listens to the order, and you lead three thousand tigers and leopards to ride first, and pay close attention to the movements of the two thieves Li Dao and Guo Yan! If the two thieves want to be unfavorable to Your Majesty, you will rescue Your Majesty again, as for how many civil and military officials can save, there is no need to fight hard!"

"Whoa!"

A strong man in black armor and his entire face was covered in response to the seat, and he strode away with a calm answer. He was the first general of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and he was also Cao Chun, who trained the tiger and leopard cavalry into an army. Cao Chun is a brother of Cao Cao's clan, who is quiet by nature and has the courage to fight tigers and leopards. When Cao Cao wanted to build elite soldiers and horses, the first thing that came to mind was Cao Chun. And Cao Chun also did not disappoint Cao Cao, selected strong men from the prison, and trained the tiger and leopard cavalry into an army with extremely strict means, all of which were warriors who dared to fight.

"Cao Ren listens to the order, you lead 30,000 infantry, march to Chang'an, meet Cao Chun at any time, be sure to ensure the safety of the Son of Heaven, and don't make mistakes!"

"The last general commands, if there is a mistake, the lord can behead me!"

"Xiahou Yuan listens to the order, you lead 10,000 cavalry to respond along the way, and stand by!"

"The last general commands!"

Afterwards, Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu, and said warmly: "Military advisor, Wen Ruo, all matters in Yanzhou will be decided by the two of you for the time being, if there are wrongdoers, you can let Xiahoudun and other generals lead the troops to calm down, and personally lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to welcome Your Majesty!"

"We will live up to the trust of the Lord!"

Cao Cao started to act, so where was Yuan Chang at this time?