Chapter 321: The Xu Family Gongming

Ignore Xinfeng City and return to the fine willow camp. ----------Tang Dynasty. Wang Wei "Watching the Hunt"

It is said that the dragon in the Qingxian palace is planned, the virtual and the real, the two roads go hand in hand, the virtual attack is fixed, the real takes Juancheng, the virtual becomes the real, the real becomes the virtual, it is necessary to teach that Cao Cao to be in a hurry, and it is difficult to attack Qingzhou with peace of mind. Chen Long's first real military goal was to set up an ambush to deal with the Puyang rescue troops in the process of attacking Juancheng, and finally took the strategic Puyang in one fell swoop.

It's just that Cao Cao has a lot of generals, and the people who guard Puyang are also famous generals Man Zhong and Xu Huang, which is by no means easy to match. In the official history, Man's entire career is both civil and military, with brilliant achievements, and he is the veteran of the four dynasties of the Northern Wei Dynasty, standing tall. Xu Huang is even more remarkable, among the generals with foreign surnames in the White Tiger Army, only he can be compared with the general Xu Chu.

Xu Huang, whose name is Gongming, is a native of Yang County, Hedong. Yang Feng was defeated by Cao Cao and switched to Cao Cao, and made many meritorious contributions under Cao Cao, participating in major battles such as Guandu, Chibi, Guanzhong Expedition, and Hanzhong Expedition. In the Battle of Fancheng, Xu Huang defeated Guan Yu as Cao Ren's reinforcements, and was praised by Cao Cao for his strict management of the army in this battle.

In the official history, Xu Huang was a small official in Hedong County when he was young, and was promoted to a cavalry lieutenant because of his meritorious service in the crusade against thieves and robbers by Yang Feng, the general of the cavalry. In the third year of the first peace, Wang Yun and Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo's troops broke through Chang'an City with Li Dao and Guo Yan, killed Wang Yun and others, and then set fire to each other and slaughtered in Chang'an. Xu Huang persuaded Yang Feng to escort Emperor Han Xian east into Luoyang. When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty crossed the river to Anyi, he rewarded the meritorious personnel who protected the driver, and Xu Huang was named the Marquis of Duting.

In the first year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty returned to Luoyang under the protection of the remnants of the court officials such as Zhang Yang, the Taishou of Hanoi, and Yang Feng, the general of Xingyi. Yang Feng was worshiped as a general of the chariot and cavalry, and the garrison was the girder. Seeing the intensifying fighting between Han Xian, the general and commander of Sili, and Dong Cheng, the general of Wei, Xu Huang persuaded Yang Feng to join Cao Cao, and Yang Feng decided to follow Xu Huang's advice.

In the second year of Jian'an, when Cao Cao protected Emperor Xian of Han and wanted to move the capital to Xuchang, Yang Feng changed his mind to join Cao Cao under the instigation of Han Xian, and instead sent troops with Han Xian to hijack the car. Yang Feng was defeated by Cao's army in Liang County, and Xu Huang took the opportunity to defect to Cao Cao. Since then, he has become a loyal general of Cao Cao, following Cao Cao to fight in the north and south, and has made many meritorious contributions to the establishment of Cao Wei. Cao Cao divided his troops to Xu Huang and sent him to attack Juan and Yuanwu, broke it, and was worshiped as a general. He followed Cao Cao to attack Lü Bu, and defeated Lü Bu's generals Zhao Shu and Li Zou, and later killed Zheng Gu with Shi Jian in Hanoi.

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), in the battle of Guandu, Xu Huang defeated Liu Bei who defected to Yuan Shao with Cao Cao, and defeated Yan Liang with Cao Cao, conquered Baima, and entered Yanjin, where he defeated Wen Chou and was worshiped as a partial general.

In September, Cao Cao sent troops to fight against Yuan Shao, but he was defeated and returned, and the wall was defended by himself. When Yuan Shao arrived at Guandu with thousands of carts of grain and grass, the strategist Xun You said to Cao Cao: "Yuan Shao's grain truck will arrive overnight, and his general Han Yong, who escorts grain and grass, is fierce but light on the enemy, and he can be defeated by attacking." Cao Cao asked, "Who can take on this important task?" Xun You said: "Xu Huang Xu Gongming." So Cao Cao sent Xu Huang and Shi Jian with thousands of cavalry to attack Han Meng and intercept and burn his baggage in the old city. In this battle, Xu Huang made the greatest contribution and was named the Marquis of Duting.

In February of the ninth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao took advantage of the contradiction between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang after Yuan Shao's death to establish an heir, and sent troops north to attack Jizhou. Cao Cao besieged Yecheng and broke Handan, Yi Yang ordered Han Fan to surrender and defend himself, Cao Cao sent Xu Huang to attack, Xu Huang came to the city, wrote a letter to Han Fan, shot an arrow into the city, stated the benefits, and persuaded Han Fan to surrender. After being persuaded, Han Fan changed his position and decided to surrender the whole city.

Xu Huang advised Cao Cao: "Now that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang have not been defeated, the cities that have not been captured are waiting for news, if Yiyang is destroyed today, those cities will be defended to the death tomorrow, and there will be no day when Hebei will be pacified." I beg you to bring Yi Yang down to show the cities, so that they will all be in good faith. Cao Cao adopted his advice and named Han Fan the Marquis of Guannei. Then, he surrendered Liang Qi, the magistrate of Shexian County, and also gave him the title of Marquis of Guannei. Cao Cao's ability to quickly remove Yecheng's wings, conquer Yecheng, and capture Jizhou is inseparable from the fact that he listened to Xu Huang's advice.

Immediately, Xu Huang attacked Maocheng again, set up an ambush to defeat Yuan's army, and broke Santun. Later, with Cao Cao, Yuan Tan was killed by Cao's army, and Xu Huang pacified the rebels in the plain. In the twelfth year of Jian'an, Xu Huang followed Cao Cao to the north to conquer Wuhuan, in the battle of White Wolf Mountain, defeated the enemy army, and more than ten people under the famous king were killed, Cao Cao finally pacified Wuhuan and completely eradicated the remnants of the Yuan family. Xu Huang was worshiped as General Yokono for his merits.

In July of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, after Cao Cao unified the north, he personally unified the army of more than 100,000 people to conquer Jingzhou, wanting to annex Jiangnan and unify the world. Xu Huang went out with Cao Cao, attacked Zhonglu, Linfu, Yicheng and other places, and fought against Guan Yu with Manchu in Hanjin. Later, Cao Cao was defeated by the Sun-Liu coalition army in the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao left Xu Huang and the general Cao Ren to defend Jiangling, and the general Le Jin defended Xiangyang and led the army back to the north. In the same year, Xu Huang and Cao Ren fought together against the attack of the Wu general Zhou Yu in Jiangling.

In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, Xu Huang went to Taiyuan with Xiahou Yuan to quell the rebellion, conquered Daling, and beheaded its leader Shang Yao. In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, the ten coalition forces led by Ma Chao and Han Sui gathered more than 100,000 horses and horses to defend Tongguan against Cao. Cao Cao sent troops to enter Guanzhong, and Xu Huang was ordered to guard Fenyin to pacify Hedong. After Cao Cao arrived at Tongguan, he encountered Ma Chao in Guanzhong and was not allowed to advance. Cao Cao asked Xu Huang about his plan, and Xu Huang said: "You have brought a large number of troops here, and the enemy no longer divides his troops to defend Pu Han, which shows that they lack strategy. Please give me a crack army, cross Kasakazu, and serve as the lead of the army, cut off the enemy's rear route, and capture them. Cao Cao Zhi agreed to this move and sent Xu Huang and Zhu Ling to lead 4,000 elite soldiers to cross the Yellow River from Pubanjin.

Before the position was built, the thief Liang Xing led more than 5,000 cavalry to attack Xu Huang at night, Xu Huang knocked him away, and then established a bridgehead position. In leap August, Cao's army crossed the river from there. In September, Cao Cao adopted the strategy of the strategist Jia Xu to divide Ma Chao and Han Sui, and finally broke through the Guanzhong army, beheading Cheng Yi and Li Kan. Ma Chao and Han Sui were defeated and then fled to Liangzhou.

In the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao sent Xu Huang and Xiahou Yuan to pacify Huang Mo and Wang Zhudi, and meet in Anding. After Cao Cao returned to Ye, he sent Xu Huang and Xiahou Yuan to pacify the remaining thieves in Dunxian and Xiayang, beheaded Liang Xing, and reduced more than 3,000 households.

In July of the twentieth year of Jian'an, Xu Huang followed Cao Cao to conquer Zhang Lu, and Xu Huang was promoted to the general of Pingkou because of his merits. Soon, the siege of General Zhang Shunzhi was relieved, and more than 30 tuns such as Chen Fu were attacked, all of which were broken. In the same month, Cao Cao returned to Ye, appointed Xiahou Yuan as the general of the capital, and led Xu Huang and Zhang He to garrison Yangping Pass to resist Liu Bei. In the twenty-third year of Jian'an, Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, and in April, the Shu army advanced to Yangping Pass. Xiahou Yuan, Zhang He, Xu Huang and others led the army to block the attack. Liu Bei sent more than ten battalions including Chen Shi to attack Ma Mingge, trying to cut off the rear passage of Cao's army, but was defeated by Xu Huang, and the Shu army threw itself into the valley, with many dead. When Cao Cao heard about it, he was very happy, gave Xu Huang the talisman to command the army, and ordered: "This pavilion road is the throat of Hanzhong, and Liu Bei wants to cut off internal and external ties and seize Hanzhong." The general's move shattered Liu Bei's plan, what a clever plan among the best! Later, Xiahou Yuan was killed, and Cao Cao personally went to Hanzhong and withdrew the remaining troops.

In June of the 24th year of Jian'an, after Liu Bei succeeded Hanzhong, he sent Meng Da and Liu Feng to capture Fangling, Shangyong and other places in the east of Hanzhong County, and his power expanded. In July, Sun Quan wanted to attack Hefei, and most of the Wei army was transferred to Huainan to defend the Wu army. Guan Yu, the former general of Shu who guarded Jingzhou, seized the fighter plane, stayed in Nanjun Taishou Mifang to guard Jiangling, and the general Fu Shiren guarded the public security, and led the main force to attack Jingxiang in the north.

At that time, the general Cao Ren of Zhengnan was stationed in Fancheng, the general Lü was stationed in Xiangyang, and the general Zuo Yu Ban and the Liyi general Pang De were stationed in the north of Fancheng. Xu Huang was stationed in Wancheng to assist Cao Ren in his conquest of Guan Yu. In August, heavy rain, the Han River swelled, Yu Ban's seven armies were flooded, under the onslaught of Guan Yu's army, Yu Ban was forced to surrender, and Pang Deli was captured and killed. Guan Yu took advantage of the victory to besiege Fancheng and besieged Xiangyang with a force. At this time, Wei Jingzhou assassinated Shi Hu Xiu and Nanxiang Taishou Fu Fang, all of whom surrendered to Guan Yu, and Lu Hun Sun Wolf, etc., also killed officials and raised troops to respond to Guan Yu, and Guan Yu's momentum was "Shocking China" for a while.

Cao Cao believed that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was in Xudu and was close to the thief, and he was ready to move the capital for a time, but it was stopped by the advice of Prime Minister Sima Yi and Cao Rafter Jiang Ji. Cao Cao adopted Sima Yi's strategy of using the contradiction to sabotage the alliance between Sun and Liu in order to reap the benefits of the fisherman, and sent an envoy to meet Sun Quan. At the same time, Xu Huang was instructed to lead the army to rescue Cao Ren. Xu Huang's troops were mostly new soldiers, and it was difficult to compete with Guan Yu, so they entered Yanglingpo and stationed, and Cao Cao sent generals Xu Shang and Lu Jian to order: "After the soldiers and horses are assembled, they will attack together." At that time, Guan Yu was in front of Tunyancheng, and Xu Huang built a long trench to show that he would cut off the back road of the Shu army. The Shu army was afraid of being surrounded, burned the camp and withdrew, Xu Huang's army entered Yancheng, camped on both sides, and gradually approached the besieging Shu army, Xu Huang's military camp was only three zhang away from Guan Yu's siege.

Cao Cao's envoy returned to Luoyang and brought Sun Quan's secret letter, saying that he would send troops west to attack Guan Yu, but please keep it secret in case Guan Yu learned that he was prepared. Cao Cao adopted Dong Zhao's opinion and deliberately leaked the contents of the letter. Cao Cao ordered Xu Huang to shoot the contents of Sun Quan's secret letter with arrows into Fancheng and Guan Yu's camp respectively. After the besieged Wei army gained the letter, its morale doubled and its defense became stronger; After Guan Yu got the letter, he was in a dilemma.

At this time, in order to rescue Fancheng and Xiangyang, Cao Cao had led the main force from Luoyang to Mopi, and had successively sent 12 battalions of soldiers such as Yin Department and Zhu Gai to Yancheng, all under the command of Xu Huang.

The main force of Guan Yu's army is Tun Wai Tou, and there are four mounds in one Tun. Xu Huang used the tactics of attacking the east and the west, threatening to attack the head of the siege, but he unexpectedly attacked the four mounds. Before the war, because Guan Yu and Xu Huang were fellow villagers and had a good relationship, the two had a distant dialogue, but said that they were not as good as the military, and soon Xu Huang got off the horse and announced the military order: "The person who has the head of Guan Yunchang will be rewarded with a thousand catties." Guan Yu was frightened and said, "Big brother, what are you talking about?" Xu Huang replied: "This is a matter of the state." Then the two armies fought, Guan Yu was defeated by Xu Huang, and when he retreated from the camp, Xu Huang led the army in pursuit, and rushed into the camp after him. At that time, Guan Yu's camp was surrounded by deep trenches and antlers, and the obstacles were extremely tight, so it was extremely difficult to attack from outside the camp. Now taking advantage of the chaos of his army, he attacked from within, broke it in one fell swoop, and killed Hu Xiu and Fu Fang of Shu. Guan Yu then retreated and retreated, and the siege of Fancheng was lifted. Soon, Lü Meng, the governor of Eastern Wu, attacked Jiangling, and Guan Yu was captured and killed. This battle played a major role in consolidating Cao Cao's southern territory and stabilizing the rear, not only thwarting Guan Yu's powerful offensive, but more importantly, destroying the alliance between Sun and Liu, changing the strategic pattern at that time, and enabling Cao Cao to grasp the strategic initiative. When Fancheng and Xiangyang were in danger, Cao Cao transferred the famous general Zhang Liao and all the generals back to aid Cao Ren, but Zhang Liao and others did not arrive, Xu Huang had relieved the siege of the two cities, and his merits were comparable to Zhang Liao's Battle of Hefei.

Cao Cao said in an edict: "The enemy surrounded the trenches with ten antlers, and the general won the battle, so he fell into the siege of thieves and beheaded many prisoners." I have been using soldiers for more than 30 years, and I have heard of people who were good at using soldiers in ancient times, but there is no one who has been able to drive so long into the enemy's encirclement. Moreover, the siege of Fan and Xiangyang is better than the siege of Ju and Jimo before, so the general's merits are better than those of Sun Wu and Sui Tho. ”

When Xu Huang triumphed, Cao Cao personally went out of the camp to greet Xu Huang for seven miles, and set up a banquet to celebrate and comfort Xu Huang. Cao Cao said to Xu Huang: "Xiangyang and Fancheng have been preserved, and it is your credit to the general!" ”

Xu Huang's life was simple, the army was rigorous, the order was forbidden, at that time, the army gathered in Mopi, Cao Cao's case was carried out in the camps, many soldiers went out to watch, only Xu Huang's subordinate barracks were neat, and the soldiers were stationed. Cao Cao sighed: "General Xu can be said to have the style of Zhou Yafu!" ”

In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Pi was the throne of Wei, and Xu Huang was named the right general, and he entered the Marquis of Luxiang. In October, Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor, and Xu Huang was named Yang Hou, and the general Xiahou Shang attacked the Shu general Liu Feng in Shangyong, broke his army, Liu Feng fled back to Chengdu, and was killed by Liu Bei. Because Xu Huang guarded Yangping, he was relocated to the Marquis of Yangping. Later, Sun Quan sent his general Chen Shao to defend Xiangyang, and Xu Huang and Cao Ren attacked Chen Shao together and conquered Xiangyang.

In September of the third year of the early Huang Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi led an army to conquer Eastern Wu. Emperor Wen of Wei ordered the general Cao Xiu, the former general Zhang Liao, and the general Zang Ba of Zhendong to go out of the cave, the general Cao Ren to go out of the mustache, the general Cao Zhen of the upper army, the general Xiahou Shang to conquer the south, the left general Zhang He, and the right general Xu Huang to encircle Nanjun. Wu Jianwei's general Lü Fan supervised the five armies, and rejected Cao Xiu and others with the Zhou army, the left general Zhuge Jin, the Pingbei general Pan Zhang, and the general Yang Cang rescued Nanjun, and the general Zhu Huan rejected Cao Ren with the governor of Weixu. However, due to the immaturity of the time and the haste of preparation, Cao Pi's first expedition to Wu failed to achieve the expected goal, resulting in failure.

In May of the seventh year of the Huang Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi died, and Wu took the opportunity to send the left general Zhuge Jin and others to attack Xiangyang, and Xu Huang and Sima Yi defeated Zhuge Jin. Xu Huang increased his food by 200 because of his merits, with a total of 3,100 households before and after. In the first year of Taihe, Xu Huang died, and he was called the Marquis of Zhuang, and his son Xu Gai succeeded him. In the first four years, Xu Huang enjoyed being enshrined in Cao Cao's temple.

Xu Huang, Xu Gongming and Man Boning, one is rigorous in governing the army, the other is both civil and military, and it is the best civil and military partner, Cao Cao dared to hand over such an important place as Puyang to the two of them. And now, Chen Long's first military goal is Puyang, and a big battle for Puyang is inevitable.

In the end, Chen Long and Zhou Budo captured Puyang, or Xu Huang and Man Boning held Puyang, and waited for the next time to decompose.