Chapter 352 Cao Mengde pacifies Dongjun
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Yuan Shao was the last to get the Jizhou he dreamed of without much effort, but after Ma Chao knew this, there was no surprise. However, when he heard that Han Fu had gone into hiding, Ma Chao felt that this was the best result for his people. As for Yuan Shao's calculation of Gongsun Zhan, although Gongsun Zhan has no direct evidence to prove this, Ma Chao can know that Yuan Shao is indeed the other party. As a result, as Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Gongsun Yue died in Jizhou, Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao also completely formed a mortal enemy.
As for the fact that the two of them found various excuses to fight many times after that, until the most reluctant queen Sun Zan was defeated and died, that was all a later story, of course, Ma Chao also knew about it, but now it is not that time. As for the last thing that deserves Ma Chao's attention in the second year of Chuping, that is Cao Cao and Cao Mengde. And although Cao Cao was not as good as Yuan Shao's family, he directly won the land of a state without much effort, but he also found his own place to live-
Still, after Cao Cao returned to Chenliu with his troops, he first had Yingchuan Xizhong Zhicai joining, and now there is Xun Yu Xun Wenruo of Yingchuan Yingyin, and he also came to Cao Cao. And Cao Cao was very happy about this, although he was defeated in Luoyang at that time, but he didn't expect that there would be such a famous person to come to him later. Especially Xun Yu Xun Wenruo, he is indeed very famous, and he is also known as "Wang Zuozhicai", which shows his ability. Now that there are such talents to help him, Cao Cao is indeed very happy.
In fact, Xun Yu came from Yuan Shao, but don't look at Yuan Shao, he just got Jizhou. Its potential is not small, but when Xun Yu really came into contact with his people, he found that Yuan Shao could not achieve great things, so Xun Yu decisively abandoned Yuan Shao, and then resolutely came here to defect to Cao Cao.
And the reason why he went to Yuan Shao before was not because of his strength, but because he was the leader of the alliance of the princes before, and the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, it can be said that he had a great influence. The Runan Yuan family, like his Yingchuan Xun family, is a big family of the Han Dynasty. So Xun Yu went to Yuan Shao, but unfortunately the result was different from what he thought.
When he really met Yuan Shao, Xun Yu was disappointed. To say that Yuan Shao can indeed be regarded as a corporal of Lixian to himself, and he treats himself as a guest. But Xun Yu could see that he didn't treat himself like this because of his own ability. And the more important reason is because of his reputation, and because he is a member of the Xun family.
So these add it up. He Yuan Ben had such an attitude at the beginning. Maybe he felt that he had defected to him, and for him, this was a particularly face-saving thing. This matter has made the world see it, and he Yuan Ben has a light on his face. However, Xun Yu thinks, are these things useful, or what is the use of them?
And then as the two talked more and more. The more disappointed Xun Yu became. Because he found out that Yuan Benchu was not the master he wanted to find after all. And this is not to say that Yuan Shao has no ability, of course Yuan Shao is not like that. It's just that Xun Yu himself understands very well that if he really wants to do things under his account. Then you may not have much to use. And Yuan Shaoqi has a lot of shortcomings, the key is that he doesn't know what to do, and you can't say anything clearly, because he likes you to praise him for how he is, but he doesn't like others to say how bad he is.
So Xun Yu understood that Yuan Benchu would not be able to become a big deal at all, he might be able to gain momentum for a while, but sooner or later he will decline. So he abandoned Yuan Shao and resolutely went to Cao Cao. Because in addition to Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, only he, Cao Cao, and Cao Mengde were seen by Xun Yu.
Although Cao Cao did not have a prominent family background like Yuan Shao, he had never been the leader of the alliance. But he assassinated Dong Zhuo alone, and then raised righteousness, issued an edict, and gathered all the princes to discuss Dong Zhuo. Then after the princes from all walks of life entered Luoyang, no one pursued Dong Zhuo, but only he Cao Cao led the troops to chase him, and these were all in Xun Yu's eyes. In Xun Yu's opinion, Cao Cao and Cao Mengde are really loyal to the Han, so Xun Yu chose to defect to him.
As a result, Cao Cao really did not disappoint him, and after contact, Xun Yu was very satisfied. Yuan Benchu and Cao Mengde compared the two, and made a judgment, Xun Yu knew that Cao Mengde was the master he wanted to serve.
Xun Yu came to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was very happy, and after chatting for a while, he said in front of everyone: "Wen Ruozhen is my son!" ”
"The lord has won the prize! Yu might as well stay longer! ”
Cao Cao just smiled when he heard this, and didn't say anything more about it, but he changed his words, and then asked: "When there is chaos today, Dong Zhongying is bullying the Son of Heaven and Ling Qunchen, I don't know what Wen Ruo thinks?" ”
When Xun Yu heard this, he replied: "Lord, that Dong Zhongying is cruel and unkind, and his soldiers are even more violent, this is a disaster, I am afraid that he will be harmed in the end!" After speaking, he nodded.
Cao Cao nodded approvingly, he actually thinks the same way, it seems that Xun Yu and himself also think the same, it is really "the same as what heroes see". Dong Zhongying is in the court, he can kill whoever he wants, he can do whatever he wants, but there is no limit. As for the soldiers under him, especially Li Dao and Guo Yan, as well as Fan Chou, they are all arrogant and domineering. And their subordinates are even more so, almost doing all kinds of evil. Therefore, this is the way to take trouble, and sooner or later it will suffer.
It happened that everyone under his command was all there at this time, and Cao Cao also wanted to take this opportunity to ask them what they should do next, after all, they couldn't trouble their friends. Because after returning from Luoyang, he stayed in Chenliu with the remaining 10,000 people, and the result was basically his friend Zhang Miao who helped him with food and grass, and sometimes Yuan Shao's help, and this has been so long, and it is not a matter of all this, so I happened to have such a good opportunity today, and I also want to see what everyone's attitude is towards this.
"Everyone, I don't know what you think of our army's next step?"
Xun Yu had just defected to Cao Cao, so he didn't speak first, of course, he was actually humble. At this time, Xi Zhong spoke, Cao Cao didn't ask, and he was also ready to find an opportunity to talk about it, because now is a good time, "Lord, Zhong thinks that our army should immediately send troops to Dongjun to fight Montenegro!" ”
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and became interested, "Oh? Zhicai said in detail, why did our army send troops to Dongjun? ”
Because just a few days ago, the Montenegrin Army, led by Zhenggu and Bai Huan, attacked Wei County, Dong County and other places. And Dongjun Taishou Wang Qiu didn't stop people at all, and the result was directly defeated and killed. So when Cao Cao got the news of Dongjun, he knew that his opportunity had come, and the good opportunity he had thought of before actually referred to this matter. He wanted to see if the people under him were thinking the same as himself, and by the way, he would see how Xi Zhicai and Xun Wenruo were.
Xi Zhong smiled and said: "Lord, now that Dongjun has just been broken by the Black Mountain Army, and its men and horses are still nearby, but they haven't gone far, so this is a good time for our army to send troops!" Taking advantage of the fact that the imperial court has not had time to transfer troops, our army will take the opportunity to defeat the Montenegrin army first, and then the lord will have a credit to the court, even if he Dong Zhongying has a gap with the lord, but he has to defend the mouth of the people, and at that time the Dongjun Taishou will be the lord! ”
"Hahaha, good, so good!" Cao Cao smiled, it can be seen that what he said was all in his heart.
If he asks the court to be an official, then he Dong Zhongying is likely to do everything possible to find all kinds of excuses, but he will not easily give himself an official position. But once he has made contributions to the imperial court, even if he Dong Zhongying is reluctant, he has to be an official for himself immediately, or how will he face the world. So when the time comes, I will finally have a foothold.
Cao Cao glanced at Xun Yu at this time, and Xun Yu nodded at him with a smile, but didn't say anything more. Xun Yu is not a person who likes to steal the limelight and love to be in the limelight, on the contrary, he is a very humble person, and his thoughts are actually the same as Xi Zhicai's, and even if he wants to speak well, he will say better, but he gave Xi Zhicai the opportunity to perform. Xun Yu, whether it is from his character or his character, it can be said that he is really very good.
And Xi Zhong also glanced at Xun Yu and smiled at him. To say that the two have known each other for many years, and what their personalities and tempers are, it can be said that they are quite clear. Don't look at one from a big family, and the other is a poor family, but the two are still close friends and have a good relationship.
After Cao Cao decided on this matter, he took his 10,000 people and immediately sent troops to Dongjun to encircle and suppress the Black Mountain Army.
As a result, the Montenegrin army is not vulnerable, but it is indeed not much worse, just by virtue of their two blows, how is Cao Cao's opponent. Don't look at Cao Cao's soldiers, they haven't experienced many battles, but they have all seen blood, and they have been mixed for so much time in an army of more than 200,000 people, so how can they be compared to those rabble. What's more important is that Cao Cao still has strategists like Xun Yu and Xi Zhong under him, so how can the Montenegrin Army be opponents.
In this way, Cao Cao led his troops to several places, and finally defeated them all, thus pacifying Dongjun.
Later, in order to buy Cao Cao, Yuan Shao deliberately went to the court to ask for credit for Cao Cao. After Cao Cao, he became the Taishou of Dongjun as he wished, and since then he has had his own foothold. (To be continued......)