Chapter 181: An Encounter on the Official Road
Hanoi County belongs to Sizhou and is located in the northeasternmost corner of Sizhou, far away from Chang'an, the center of power of the Han Dynasty at this time.
Although Hanoi County is on the edge of Sizhou and seems to be underappreciated, it is connected to the three states of Bingzhou, Yanzhou and Jizhou, so the importance of its strategic location can be imagined.
It is precisely because of the extremely important strategic location of this place that many people are fighting the idea of this place, so the position of Taishou here has changed hands several times.
When the heroes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, the Taishou of Hanoi County at that time was Wang Kuang.
Before the Tiger Prison Pass, Wang Kuang also sent his subordinate general Fang Yue to fight against Lu Bu, but he was killed by Lu Bu due to defeat in five rounds.
When Wang Kuang returned to Hanoi County, the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro in the county had already led the army to occupy a number of county seats.
At this time, Hanoi County belonged to the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro.
When Cao Cao came to Yanzhou on the order of Yuan Shao, the Zhenggu Department was defeated by Cao Cao, and the Zhenggu had no choice but to lead the remnants of the army in his hands to defeat the generals and defect to the command of Shangdang County Taishou Zhangyang, and Hanoi County belonged to Cao Cao of Yanzhou.
At this time, Cao Cao was still nominally Yuan Shao's subordinate, and if he occupied the land of Hanoi County, he would have to let his boss Yuan Shao send someone to manage it.
In order to keep the land of Hanoi County, Cao Cao could only make Hanoi County chaotic on the surface and secretly send his subordinates to manage Hanoi County.
In this way, Hanoi has become a 'ownerless thing' on the surface.
After Zhang Yang received the soldiers and horses of Zhenggu, first, he was bewitched by Zhenggu, and second, Zhang Yang had long coveted Hanoi County in the south of Shangdang County in his heart.
Seeing that Hanoi County was an 'ownerless thing', Zhang Yang took the opportunity to curry favor with Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, and accepted Zhang Yang as his subordinate and named him the Taishou of Hanoi County and General Jianyi.
Zhang Yang became the canonized Taishou of Hanoi County in the imperial court, which made Cao Cao suffer a dumb loss, but Cao Cao could only be a dumb person who ate Yellow Lotus - he couldn't say what he was suffering from.
After Dong Zhuo's death, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others grasped the power of the imperial court, Zhang Yang still expressed his loyalty, Li Dao and others were overjoyed, so they continued to let Zhang Yang serve as the Taishou of Hanoi County, and Zhang Yang occupied Hanoi County for several years.
And Cao Cao was not idle during this period, and sent people who could speak the Tao to rebel against Zhang Yang's subordinate general Yang Chou.
When Zhang Yang was defeated by Han Cheng and surrendered to Han Cheng, Zhang Yang's subordinate Yang Chou immediately offered Cao Cao in Yanzhou, the county of Hanoi.
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he saw that Hanoi County had been lost and recovered.
However, he still followed the advice of his adviser Xun Yu, and secretly ordered Yang Chou to pretend to occupy Hanoi County and stand on his own, so as to maintain a good 'ally' relationship with Yuan Shao.
Until LΓΌ Bu captured most of Yanzhou, because LΓΌ Bu's forces were on the west side of Yanzhou, and Cao Cao's forces were on the east side of Yanzhou, so Cao Cao had no time to take care of the affairs of Hanoi County.
Han Cheng and LΓΌ Bu reached an agreement to jointly fight against Cao Cao, and Han Cheng ordered his subordinate lieutenant general Zhao Fu and school captain Han Hao to lead 10,000 troops to capture Wen County in Hanoi County, so as to meet LΓΌ Bu.
Hanoi County became a situation in which Han Cheng ruled two counties, LΓΌ Bu ruled two counties, and Yang Chou ruled the remaining county seats.
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When the Fenwu army rode south, the autumn wind was cold; When the Fenwu army returned triumphantly, the cold wind was blowing.
When Han Cheng rushed to Wen County with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and the Xuanwu Army, the weather had already entered winter.
Although the weather was cold, Han Cheng's heart was hot.
This time he went south, Han Cheng not only got the famous general Xu Huang, the strategist Xu Shu and many children of the Yingchuan family, but also got the greatest political resource of the Han Dynasty - Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
The so-called "if you want to wear its crown, you must bear its weight".
With Emperor Han Xian in hand, Han Cheng had an absolute advantage in politics; But at the same time, Han Cheng also experienced Cao Cao's inconvenience.
The advantage of having Emperor Han Xian is that you can 'coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes', and no matter who you fight, you can use the name of Emperor Han Xian.
But in fact, 'coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes' is based on strength.
Only when you are strong can you 'command' the princes, because only with strength can your 'order' be justified.
It's a bit of a fuck-up, but the reality is that way.
Historically, when Yuan Shao occupied the four prefectures of You, Hebei, and Qingdao, although Cao Cao had Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in his hands, in order to appease Yuan Shao, he also had to give up the post of general to Yuan Shao, the reason was not because the power in Yuan Shao's hands was too strong.
Although Cao Cao unified the north in the end, it was not because Emperor Xian of Han was in hand, but because he defeated Yuan Shao in the battle of Guandu.
At the end of the day, it's all about strength.
In addition to this, there is another problem that is difficult for others, but not difficult for Han Cheng, and that is the disposition of Emperor Han Xian.
In the current world, the heroes are rising, but the people's hearts are still towards the Han, and those who call the emperor will inevitably be attacked by the princes.
Emperor Han Xian is in hand, if he sends someone to monitor, who can trust? Who can rest assured if they don't send someone to monitor them?
But Han Cheng was not afraid of this problem, because Han Cheng's intelligence battalion captain was Li Ru, who dared to kill the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
In the world, anyone can take refuge in Emperor Han Xian, but Li Ru cannot.
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After all, Hanoi County was not his own territory, and after Han Cheng rested in Wen County for a day, he left Zhao Fu and Geng Wu to lead 8,000 men and horses to guard Wen County, and then led Emperor Han Xian and the army to continue north.
However, at this time, on the official road from Taihang Mountain to Wen County, Hanoi County, a convoy of more than 100 people was hurrying south.
In the only carriage in the convoy, there was a sixteen-year-old boy who would surely be recognized at a glance by the people of the Hanoi County family, who was Sima Yi of the Sima family of Wen County.
Sima Yi, whose name is Zhongda, is the second son of Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang.
When he was young, he was bright and reasonable, had great strategies in his heart, and was knowledgeable and insightful.
At that time, Yang Jun, the Taishou of Nanyang County, was known for knowing people and being good at his duties, and because Sima Fang and Yang Jun had a good relationship, Yang Jun often came to Sima Fang's home as a guest.
Therefore, he knows Sima Fang's eight sons very well: Sima Lang, Sima Yi, Sima Fu, Sima Kui, Sima Sui, Sima Jin, Sima Tong, and Sima Min.
When Yang Jun first saw Sima Yi, he boasted that he was not an ordinary son.
Sima Yi's personality is extremely good and forbearing, and he was not complacent because of Yang Jun's evaluation of himself, but humbly studied everywhere.
When the famous scholar Hu Zhao lived in seclusion in Luhun Mountain, Sima Yi came to visit.
After Hu Zhao and Sima Yi got along for a few days, he felt that Sima Yi would definitely have great achievements in the future, and with Sima Yi's intelligence and understanding, Hu Zhao regarded Sima Yi as his closed disciple and taught Sima Yi what he had learned all his life.
At this time, it was the time when Sima Yi returned to Sima's house in Wen County from Luhun Mountain after completing his studies.
One goes south, one goes north.
As if the heavens were beautiful, the team of the two met thirty miles south of Son Duong County, Hanoi County.
Han Cheng's scouting horse naturally inquired about the situation along the way, and then reported it to Han Cheng.
In winter, it was freezing cold, and there was no one on the official road, so Han Cheng took a break in the carriage.
Suddenly, I heard a report from Tanma: "Lord, there is a convoy of Sima's family coming in front of you, should we let them stop on the side of the road, or let them continue to move forward?" β
Han Cheng was still in a slightly confused state, and said casually: "Don't embarrass them, it's cold, let them continue to go." β
Tanma had just turned around, and suddenly heard the sound of the carriage curtain opening, and when he turned around, he saw Han Cheng rushing out of the carriage, and asked himself in a hurry: "What you just said, whose convoy is on the opposite side?" β
Tanma was at a loss, and said in his heart: "Lord Zhou Mu, you didn't have such an attitude just now." What happened all of a sudden? β
But he replied without hesitation: "If you go back to the lord, the convoy on the opposite side is the Sima family." β
After that, I was afraid that I would not express it clearly enough, so I added: "Sima's family in Wen County, Hanoi County." β
At this time, Xu Shu and the others heard Han Cheng's eager voice, and they also got off their carriages and rushed to Han Cheng's side.
Han Cheng didn't care about Xu Shu and the others, and continued to ask Tanma, "But there is Sima Yi's Sima family in Wen County?" β
Tanma looked confused, who is Sima Yi? How can this be answered?
When Xu Shu heard Han Cheng's question, he immediately replied, "Don't worry, my lord, I know about this." Sima Yi is the second son of Sima Fang, the current head of the Sima family in Wen County. β
After Han Cheng heard Xu Shu's words, he said to Han Hao, who was in charge of guarding him on the side, "Yuan Hei, lead the five hundred Heavenly Dragon Guards to follow me." β
The Tianlong Guard, responsible for Han Cheng's defense work, was ready for battle at all times along the way.
After hearing Han Cheng's order, he quickly assembled and followed Han Cheng straight to Sima's convoy.
The horse stayed where he was, "What should I do?" β
Han Cheng led the Heavenly Dragon Guards to the Sima family's convoy and asked the person in charge, "Who is in the carriage?" Is it Sima Yi? β
The person in charge of Sima's team is very 'discerning'.
Through the banner, he had already known the identity of the army opposite, and when he saw a general wearing a golden helmet and leading no less than 500 personal soldiers, Han Cheng's identity was about to come out.
replied respectfully: "If you go back to the pastor, it is my second son-Sima Yi who is sitting in the car. β
Han Cheng was overjoyed and said, "Okay! Leave him behind. β
The person in charge looked embarrassed and said: "The villain's errand is to escort the son back to his house, and the request of the state pastor makes the villain very difficult." β
Han Cheng's heart was very happy, and when he saw the embarrassed look of the person in charge, he said: "After you go back, you will tell your family master that I am the same age as your son Sima Yi, and I am in love, and I invite him to Bingzhou as a guest." β
The person in charge knew that Han Chengdu said this, and it seemed that he was determined to take away his son-in-law today, so he stayed where he was, looking hesitant.
Xin said: "If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't beat and couldn't run, I would have left with my son-in-law." β