Chapter 062: Cao Cao's ambitions

Where was Qin Shi Huang in this turbulent era? At this time, he incarnated as Cao Cao, and became a generation of heroes, he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, he was full of ambition, he wanted to dominate the world, he wanted to restore the glory of the emperor of Qin Shi Huang's time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Cao is alert, likes to fly eagles and lackeys, hunt and compete, and at the same time is not formal and profligate. Cao Cao was extremely dissatisfied with the dark politics of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and when he saw that Zhang Rang, a regular servant of Zhongchang, relied on his power, he infiltrated Zhang Rang's mansion and wanted to assassinate him. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao had no choice but to start fleeing.

After this incident, Cao Cao immersed himself in a wide range of books, and especially liked to study the art of war. On the other hand, Cao Cao began to make friends with celebrities, a former lieutenant Qiao Xuan, who was known for his knowledge, and said to him: "I have seen many famous people, but none of them can compare with you." If there is chaos today, you can't save this country unless you have a destiny, and the only person who can calm the world is you. ”

Qiao Xuan said to Cao Cao again: "You are not famous yet, you should make friends with Xu Shao." ”

Cao Cao went to meet Xu Shao, and after talking for a while, Cao Cao asked him, "What kind of person does Mr. think I am?"

Xu Shao smiled but did not answer, and after Cao Cao's repeated questions, Xu Shaocai said: "You are a capable minister who governs affairs and a hero in troubled times." Cao Cao listened and laughed and left.

Cao Cao was given the official position of lieutenant in the north of Luoyang, and as soon as Cao Cao took office, he hung a five-colored stick outside the yamen, announcing that anyone who violated the ban would be severely punished, no matter who it was. After the promulgation, the uncle of the eunuch Jian Shuo violated the ban on night walking, and Cao Cao ordered to be severely punished with a stick, fully indicating that he did not care about his identity and was not afraid of the law enforcement attitude of the powerful.

Dong Zhuo seized power, and Cao Cao was bent on getting rid of Dong Zhuo, but Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo and was forced to flee Kyoto. On this day, he passed by Lü Zhuang and remembered that his father-in-law's friend Lü Bohao lived in this village, and Cao Cao decided to rest here and talk to Uncle Lü.

When Lu Boyu saw Cao Cao, he was very happy, and heard that he had attempted to assassinate Dong Zhuo and was being arrested, so he cared about him very much, and ordered his family to kill pigs and sheep, and go to the market to drink by himself.

Cao Cao had something in his heart, and he was restless in the living room, when he suddenly heard the rustling of knives in the backyard, and someone spoke: "Don't let him run!"

Cao Cao was suspicious in his heart, thinking that Lu Boyao was a snob who disregarded the righteousness, he pulled out his sword and killed from the front yard to the back yard, but Lu Bohao was gone. He found a corner in the backyard, and suddenly saw a pig tied there, only to know that he had killed someone by mistake, Cao Cao regretted it very much, and had to leave here immediately.

He left the village, and he didn't go far when he saw Lu Bohao coming back from the market to drink. Cao Cao thought to himself: "If he returns home and sees the tragic scene, he will definitely take revenge and mislead me." So he killed Lu Boyu with a single heart.

After finishing the incident, Cao Cao said sadly: "I'd rather let the world down than the world live up to me." ”

Cao Cao killed Lu Bohao's family, after all, it was a loss, Cao Cao was angry, and he was very sad. That night, he had a dream, and saw Lu Boyao prancing his horse and running in front of him, so frightened that he turned around and fled, only to hear Lu Boyao shouting behind him: "Ah Pu jog, uncle has something to say to you." ”

Cao Cao turned around, saw Uncle Lu dismounting, and said: "You should have planned to kill innocent people in my family, but you are a rare talent who is dedicated to serving the country." The country can do without me, but it can't do without you. From the perspective of governing the country and security, I not only don't care about you, but also secretly help you. ”

Cao Cao hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, saying, "Uncle Cheng can be like this, and he will never forget life and death." I watched Lu Bu be brave and good at fighting, and he was my uncle's family, although he was under Dong Zhuo's door, I would definitely look at it differently in the future. ”

Lu Boyu said: "Although Lu Bu has the same surname as me, he has nothing to do with it. This person is brave and capricious, he can only make small contributions, but not great things, if he fights against you in the future, I will definitely let him be captured. ”

Later, Cao Cao besieged Xiapi, and Lu Bu was really captured in Baimen Tower, Cao Cao thought of Lu Bohao's words back then, and was convinced that Uncle Lu really secretly helped him.

The Yellow Turban Army uprising broke out in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, which broke out in the prefecture and county, killed the chiefs, and forced many bureaucrats and landlords to flee. The rebel army finally assembled in Qingzhou, and its number grew to more than one million people, forming the mighty Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army operated in the Qingzhou area for several years, adopting a policy of fighting and farming, and its strength increased greatly. Subsequently, he fought in a movement and fought between Qingdao, Yan and Hebei. Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiao and mediocre and incompetent, only know how to pray to the gods every day, ask God to bless, do not prepare for battle, and when the Yellow Turban Army arrives, they will flee from the wind and do not know where to go.

Although the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was numerous and brave in battle, it was also facing serious difficulties at this time, and in the battle with Gongsun Zhan, it lost all its baggage, and there was an extreme lack of logistical supplies, and it also brought a large number of family members and was unable to move. At this time, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army encountered a powerful opponent, Cao Cao.

Although the troops led by Cao Cao were small in number, they were well-trained and had strong combat effectiveness. He also seized on the weakness of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army's inconvenient movement and supply difficulties to avoid frontal conflicts, and adopted the tactics of light cavalry raids, which troubled the Yellow Turban Army. Under these circumstances, the Yellow Turban Army retreated in the direction of Qingzhou while negotiating with Cao Cao in an attempt to mobilize Cao Cao to oppose the Han Dynasty.

The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army once gave Cao Cao a letter, which mentioned that when Cao Cao was the prime minister of Jinan, he had destroyed the altar of the Liu family's Han family, which was consistent with the Yellow Turban Army's belief in the Yellow Turban Army, so he mistakenly believed that Cao Cao was also a person who believed in the Taiping Dao, and naively led Cao Cao as a fellow believer, trying to persuade Cao Cao to work together with the Yellow Turban Army to overthrow the Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao is a capable minister who rules the world, a traitor in troubled times, in the chaos of the world, his thoughts have multiplicity, Confucianism, Legalism and even the study of power and conspiracy in one, the early Taoist thought is impossible to impress this outstanding politician and military strategist. So the old and spicy Cao Cao made a plan and used the relationship between the so-called colleagues to lure the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in distress to surrender.

In this way, the two sides fought on the one hand, negotiated on the other, and after several months of brewing, this powerful Qingzhou peasant army was finally accepted under the conditions of Cao Cao's so-called leniency, and the conditions for leniency were nothing more than the surrender of Cao Cao, the Qingzhou soldiers were only loyal to Cao Cao, the Qingzhou army maintained an independent structure, and the family members were properly arranged, and so on.

More than 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army were recruited, plus more than 1 million men, women, and children of the army. Cao Cao selected more than 100,000 elite people from it, known as the Qingzhou soldiers, and became his main force in the fight for the world. At the same time, he also learned from the practice of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in fighting and ploughing, and set up tuntian fields for the families of nearly one million of the Yellow Turban Army and the cattle and farm tools they carried, organized production, and provided a rear supply base for the army.

Since then, Cao Cao's prestige has become increasingly important, and the book of victory has been reported to Chang'an, and the imperial court has added Cao Cao as the general of Zhendong. Cao Cao has more than 100,000 Qingzhou soldiers as a family background, and recruits talents, since Cao Cao's subordinates have strategists, military generals, Weizhen Shandong, ambition swelled rapidly, began the transformation from a capable minister to a traitorous male, and ambitiously began the campaign to unify the world.

First fought to the death in Puyang, broke Lü Bu, and consolidated the territory in Shandong; then moved troops to Xuchang, manipulated the Han Emperor, and obtained the advantageous position of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, take Xuzhou, and destroy Yuan Shu, at this time the north of China belonged to him and Yuan Shao The most powerful, the two of them had to fight to the death, and fought for the heroic overlord of the world.

The establishment of the Qingzhou soldiers has not been disrupted for more than 20 years and has maintained a certain degree of independence. Cao Cao was defeated several times in the southern and northern wars, and the Qingzhou soldiers did not disperse, nor did they take the opportunity to defect. Some people in Cao Cao's group have opinions about Qingzhou soldiers, but Cao Cao has always been tolerant of Qingzhou soldiers.

Cao Cao trusted the Qingzhou soldiers, and the Qingzhou soldiers also trusted Cao Cao. In the Cao Cao group, where there are many generals, none of the generals were born in Qingzhou soldiers. The Qingzhou soldiers fought with Cao Cao for more than 20 years, but did not emerge among the more than 100,000 people who had the ability to fight as generals? Is there no worthy meritorious service? This is because the Qingzhou soldiers surrendered to Cao Cao and did not surrender to the Han Dynasty, but only contributed to their fellow Cao Cao, and did not recognize them as the army of the Han Dynasty, did not agree to be officers of the Han Dynasty, and were completely Cao Cao's private soldiers.