Chapter 11 The north of the Central Plains is like a mountain
Gongsun Xun didn't know that one of his old people had sunk in the water.
In fact, the Central Plains is in chaos, and I am afraid that this news will be sealed in the local area for a long time, and then wait until the situation stabilizes one day, and then with the foreign exchanges of the local people of Chen State, people will know that there was such a national minister, and his people have done such a thing.
Then, it was necessary to wait until the whole world settled down before a literati would record the matter for future generations to know.
And back to the present, at the end of March of this year, that is, the last moment of spring, in the entire Central Plains situation, there is only one thing that Gongsun Xun really cares about, that is, the joint name of Sun Jian and Cao Cao.
The two of them expressed their recognition and respect for Liu Bei's Yuzhou Assassin History, and took the initiative to say that the title of Yuzhou Assassin on the two of them was a temporary measure to discuss Dong Shi, and now that Dong Zhuo has been ambushed, he asked for his recall.
However, Sun Jian also proposed that since the post of Yuzhou Assassin was invalidated, should his title of general also be invalidated? Moreover, what should he do with his previous post in Changsha, and can he return to Changsha at this time?
The subtext is very simple, after all, he is a hero who has made positive contributions to Dong, and now he is so knowledgeable about current affairs, so he must keep a general as a saying, right? And since the history of Yuzhou assassination has been abolished, the corresponding post of Changsha Taishou, that is, the political qualification to allow him to go south, has become extraordinarily unquestionable.
And Cao Cao also correspondingly defended himself in the song, but he seemed slippery and helpless, and he only said that he did not stop in his hometown as the assassin of Yuzhou, but when he re-recruited soldiers and horses as a general of Fenwu in the later period of Dong, most of the children of Yanyu applied for Yunyun...... Anyway, it is impossible to really throw down the turf, and anyway, his embarrassing position can't really turn against Yuan Shao.
This guy is obviously a bit of a scoundrel, but he is really helpless.
Of course, putting aside Sun Jian's bargaining, and Cao Cao's inability to really deviate from Yuan Shao's embarrassing position behind him, no matter what, the situation in the Central Plains has suddenly opened up at this time.
Facts have proved that Gongsun Xun's decision to bet on the chaos in the Central Plains on Cao Sun Liu that day was not only extremely correct, but also the reactions and actions of Sun Jian and Cao Cao were faster, more violent, and more unscrupulous than he imagined.
Up to now, it can only be said that there is really a difference between people and this kind of thing, just like Yuan Shu is really a 'dry bone in the grave' (Kong Rong's evaluation in history, stolen by Cao Cao), Liu Bei will not mention it for the time being, at least Cao Sun and Cao Sun are really capable, courageous, and decisive...... Originally, they were just vassals of the powerful warlords behind them, and they were forced to confront each other militarily, but once they made up their minds to join forces, they immediately faintly had the momentum to confront Yuan Shu.
Only......
"There's only one thing." In the main hall of the General's Mansion, Jia Xu got up and said with a straight face. "Have you ever thought about it, Sun Wentai Jiangdong Tiger, half a life or victory or defeat, but indomitable and brave; Cao Mengde advances in both civil and military affairs, and his future is limitless...... If these two join forces, Sun Jian leads the troops in the front, and Cao Cao cleans up the people's hearts and supplies military food in the back, and we let it go, will it become bigger in the future, and its momentum will be stronger than Yuan Shu? The two counties of Nanyang and Runan, with a total population of more than 3 million, are the best in the world in terms of local talents, local arsenals, craftsmen, and even agriculture. β
Gongsun Xun, who was sitting on the main seat in the hall, shook his head slowly, then got up again and looked around and said, "What Wen He said is very right, and I actually understand this truth...... However, there is an urgency, and the current situation is that first, our army is still in the process of resting and dispersing, and if Guanzhong does not harvest in autumn, I am afraid that the people's hearts will not be at ease, and I am even more worried that I will not be able to go out of the elite in Guanzhong to fight a decisive battle in Hebei, so I really can't move lightly. β
At this point, Wang Xiu, who was sitting first on his left hand, couldn't help but bow his head.
"Second, whether it is from the situation or from a general point of view, Hebei must always be the first in everything, and the Central Plains must not fall into the quagmire."
As soon as these words came out, Tian Feng and Xi Zhong also made their own gestures and expressed their agreement.
"Thirdly, Yuan Shu only knows how to plunder and destroy, and he doesn't know how to appease the people's livelihood, and no matter how bad Sun Wentai is, he is better than the evil ghost of Yuan Highway, right?" Gongsun Xun came to Jia Xu, and then suddenly smiled. "As for Cao Cao, who has already begun to learn from our Tuntian in spring ploughing this year, let alone that. Therefore, let Sun Wentai go to Nanyang and Runan, and let Cao Cao go to Chen Guo and Yingchuan, and the local people can also take a breath, which is the meaning of preserving as much vitality as possible...... All in all, we are now the center, the hope of the world, we can't only divide the enemy in everything, we must have the consciousness of taking the world as our own responsibility, and act from a high vantage point. β
"The prince's eyes are high, and his subordinates are ashamed." Jia Xu hurriedly bowed his head.
"Not about you." Gongsun Xun waved his hand and said. "In the final analysis, if Hebei can win, no matter how these people toss in the Central Plains, why will they affect the overall situation? Unless they can completely eliminate the estrangement and become a family, then will there be a ...... But if this is the case, it is not enough to just drink wine and make an appointment to support each other's wives. β
At this moment, everyone laughed.
"And." In the midst of laughter, Gongsun Xun suddenly became serious again. "Yuan Highway, although even Kong Wenju knows that he is a dry bone in the grave, but in Runan and Nanyang, where the Yuan family has been entrenched for four or five generations, there is still some foundation, and the treasury of the two places has not been exhausted now, I always feel that it will not be defeated quickly...... Actually, I'm curious about your opinion, what do you think the Central Plains will win? β
"Too many variables." Tian Yuanhao was in charge. "It is necessary to look at the surrounding situation as well as the people...... Yuan Highway is a greedy and extravagant person, and Sun Wentai is brave and incomparable, and we also know it, but what kind of people Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande are, we still have to observe a little, what will happen to Tao Gongzu and Liu Jingsheng, we are also utopian...... But in any case, if this negligence arrives, the Central Plains will be safe, and we should be optimistic. β
Everyone around bowed their heads, and Gongsun Xun wanted to praise Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Liu Bei, and say how the heroes of the world are, but they didn't open their mouths after all...... Because, the excellence of these three people does not need to be expressed in words for him, and more importantly, in the face of these three people, Gongsun Xun unexpectedly has no fear and curiosity.
On the contrary, now he suddenly has a wonderful sense of mastery of these three people - he knows how strong these people are, knows that the winner in the Central Plains must be one or more of the three of them, and even knows that these people may go beyond the limitations of the Central Plains to master Jiangdong and Jingxiang, but he is not afraid of them.
Why should you be afraid of them?
If General Wei Gongsun Xun is afraid of Cao, Sun and Liu, then everyone in the world is counted as one, from Yuan Benchu to Liu Bei himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to help laughing.
"What do you think Tao Qian and Liu Biao are?" As soon as he thought of this, Gongsun Xun naturally asked two people who he was not familiar with, but who would actually have a significant impact on the situation in the Central Plains and even the general trend of the world.
"Tao and Liu each have a large state, and their strength is strong, so they have to be guarded against." In the hall, Tian Feng is still the most outspoken. "But the generals don't know who they are, so how can we know? You need to see it with your own eyes, or ask someone who has seen these two people with your own eyes to know. β
"And the point is that people's hearts are fickle." Xi Zhong next to him interjected. "For example, the prince and Zai Xia did have a relationship with Liu Biao in the army that day, but what was the situation at that time? At that time, everyone in the world still expected General He to get rid of the eunuchs and reorganize the dynasty? How could he have thought that a candidate in the northern army in the past suddenly rode into Xiangyang alone and calmly seized a state? β
"In that case, let's go and see, or find someone to ask?" Xun You, who had always been silent, suddenly suggested. "I heard that Wang Lang, Wang Jingxing, an old friend of the former prince Shangshutai, is now engaged in Xuzhou Weizhou, why not send a document directly from Shangshutai and recruit him to come to Chang'an as an official...... One is to keep it for one's own use, and the other is to ask Tao Qian's truth by the way? Anyway, Sun Jian and Cao Cao are now in this posture, and the road is naturally smooth. As for Liu Biao, Yuan Shu is sloppy, so that the road on the west side of the water is still smooth, and it is enough to send a resourceful person who can understand people's hearts to Xiangyang to meet Liu Biao......"
Gongsun Xun slowly bowed his head, but he was silent for a while.
"Let's go down." Jia Xu suddenly stood out amid the hesitation of several military advisors. "It's better for the subordinates to take a look at what kind of character Liu Jingsheng is."
"It's hard work." Gongsun Xun immediately responded. "But the wise man of the world, no more than Wenhe, this matter can only rely on you. By the way, ask me what Liu Xuande, who is the farthest away, is doing, and then cut off the situation in Nanyang and Runan for me, as long as he comes back safely before the autumn harvest...... Are there any requirements? β
Jia Xu immediately bowed his head and solemnly put forward two requests: "Jingxiang Duoluo is old, please write a few private letters for me to introduce; Then please don't give me a scepter. β
Gongsun Xun did not hesitate, and immediately nodded in agreement.
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Just when Gongsun Xun breathed a sigh of relief because of the sudden merger of Sun Wentai and Cao Cao, and decided to continue to wait and see the Central Plains, as everyone knows, the situation in Hebei that he cares about the most in his heart has made waves!
It is said that the reason why Gongsun Chan went to express Yuan Shao's guilt that day was because Yuan Shao had actually made a move against Gongsun Chan that day - Pingyuan, the largest county in Qingzhou, was divided into two by the Yellow River because of its historical governance of the Yellow River, and what Yuan Shao did at that time was to take advantage of the Lingxun time to suddenly send a small number of elite guards to drive out Gongsun Zhan's officials in the south of the Yellow River, and appoint officials sent by the Che Cavalry General's Office.
Gongsun Chan didn't have a way at all...... He is not a fool, he has no defense against Yuan Shao, so it is impossible for him to place the main army in the south of the plain, if he really releases it, then Yuan Shao will not just take advantage of the spring ploughing period to suddenly drive out the officials, but when it snows in winter, he will directly eat Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses.
As a result, there was a verbal battle during the spring ploughing period, as well as the battle between General Wei and the Che Cavalry General who caused turmoil in the world, and naturally there was a situation in which Yuan Benchu crossed the Yellow River in a big way after spring ploughing and took the initiative to attack Gongsun Zhan.
However, although Gongsun Bogui knew that Yuan Shao was coming, he was still caught off guard, so that he was at a loss.
There are three reasons for this:
First of all, Yuan Shao crossed the river from Cangting, Dongjun, Yanzhou, and then crossed Han Fu's territory Qinghe Country in a grand manner, and then pointed directly to the Bohai Sea and the plains.
Secondly, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were too many, and his people personally led the Yanzhou army of 40,000 (including 20,000 auxiliary soldiers), known as 50,000, straight out of Dongjun and Qinghe, forcing Gongsun Zan not to say, on the other hand, the soldiers and horses of the five counties of Qingzhou were also deployed along the Yellow River, eyeing the area of Le'an and the plains, ready to cross the river at any time and Yuan Shao to form a two-sided attack;
In the end, Yuan Shao came from the Qinghe River, and Gongsun Zan was worried that Han Fu had surrendered to Yuan Shao, and if this was the case, then there might be soldiers and horses crossing the Zhangshui River to attack his back at any time.
As a result, Gongsun Bogui had 20,000 male soldiers, including four or five thousand cavalry, but he had to be trapped in the corner of Pingyuan County, Pingyuan County, in order to barely maintain the Yellow River defense line and face Yuan Shao's army on the Qinghe River in the west...... The situation can be said to have deteriorated to the extreme.
It is worth mentioning that this move allowed Yuan Shao to grasp the advantage, including the previous strategy of contacting Yuan Shu, was actually all from the handiwork of Dongjun Chen Gong...... In fact, Yuan Benchu was pleasantly surprised, and he had already appointed Chen Gongtai as the long history of the general's mansion, the so-called 'general' shogunate.
The situation is getting worse and worse, but interestingly, at the end of March, the war broke out suddenly, but it took place at the boundary bridge west of Qinghe County, and the people who fought were Han Fu and Yuan Shao.
It turned out that Yuan Shao entered Qinghe without any permission from Han Fu, and once his people occupied a large country in Qinghe, they actually immediately expelled Yao Gong, the minister of Qinghe, in the name of disadvantage of handling grain, and appointed Cui Yan, a cavalry lieutenant from a local family, to temporarily handle state affairs. That's not all, he also immediately recruited a large number of local talents, Cui Zhongcui Juye of the Qinghe Cui family, and Ji Yong, who was born in Haoqiang, were all selected as generals...... Anyway, there is no intention of returning it.
At this moment, no matter how stupid Han Fu is, he understands that it is not only the Gongsun brothers who want to annex his Jizhou, Yuan Shao has also made up his mind, and Yuan Shao has already bitten the door of the house, the most dangerous one!
The clay people still have three points of fire, think Han Fu has lost half a point to Yuan Shao since he took office? Now it has been victimized.
So, under the advice of Liu Hui, Geng Wu, Min Chun and other loyal subordinates, this Jizhou pastor finally decided to grit his teeth and give it a go! He first sent an envoy to Yuan Shao's subordinates to try to recall the old Jizhou troops such as Zhang Jaw and Gao Lan, and then gathered the soldiers and horses of Wei County and Anping to assemble at Jieqiao, and sent people to contact Gongsun Zhan to try to attack on both sides.
However, I don't know if Yuan Shao is like a god, or Han Fu's side is already full of holes, Jizhou's side has just gathered soldiers and horses, but Yuan Benchu suddenly sent Wen Chou, Li Jin, Yu Ban and other appropriate generals to cross the border bridge in reverse and raid Han Fu's army...... The timing is accurate, and the calculation of troops is accurate, which can be called perfect!
The sneak attack failed to be counter-stolen, and Han Jizhou was defeated.
And now, north of the Yellow River, less than twenty miles from the border of the Qinghe River, Gongsun Bogui was finally forced by the situation to fall into the point where he had to make a choice.
ββββI'm the dividing line with a lot of strengthsββββ
"At the end of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shaoping Qingyan, entered the Qing River, led Gongsun Zan on the left, and broke Han Fu on the right, and his prestige was greatly enhanced. Shao Nai proudly looked left and right and said: "The Gongsun family has worked hard for ten years, running the north, and I have reached it in autumn and spring, what is it? Chen Gong was on the side, and said awe-inspiringly: "The Yuan family has worked hard for five generations, since Shao Gong (Yuan An), where the three princes have been a hundred years, and General Wei has been peaceful for ten years, how can it be?" Shao was shocked and sweated, covered his face and retreated, and the hall was silent for a long time. β"The World Speaks New Words". Proverbs
PS: I was wrong, I didn't ask for leave, but I was greedy for holiday fun, I didn't have time to update, and I will spray it tomorrow for a limited time of eight hours during the day!