Chapter 187 - Deliberation of the Parties
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Cao Cao didn't know anything about the situation in Yanzhou, and the consequences of the massacre of the people did not reach him, and Boss Cao was still plotting in Xuzhou at this time.
"Gongda, what should we do, Qingzhou Liu Bei's army has surrounded us, a lot of grain and grass have been lost, and our food is a little insufficient", Cao Cao said with a bitter face, now they have gone deep into the interior of Xuzhou, and the army of Qingzhou Liu Yi and others is closely following behind, and the number is obviously several times more than them.
"There are many enemy troops, and they can't be defeated", Xun You calmly analyzed, touching his chin and thinking about the way out.
Now the question is not whether Xuzhou can be taken, but whether it can go back alive, Qingzhou seems to be going all out to encircle Cao Cao, it is really unexpected, the war with Xuzhou has not yet begun, it has already reached a stalemate.
"Lord, I only cared about running all the way before, it seems that I have already passed Pengcheng", Cheng Yu remembered that the village he passed by before was a little familiar, and reminded casually.
"What's the use of passing through Pengcheng now, we can't attack it, once it stops, Qingzhou Liu Bei's army will soon catch up", Cao Cao said with a headache, Qingzhou has just finished the affairs of the academy, and has ignored the possibility of him sending troops, Cao Cao thought that at least he would have to wait until Tao Qian couldn't support it before sending troops, how could it be so fast.
"Peng Cheng, Peng Cheng, lord, the only turning point may be on Peng Cheng's side", Xun You said with a smile on his face.
"Oh? Gongda quickly talk about it, what is the turning point", Cao Cao couldn't help but be overjoyed, and couldn't hide the joy in his heart.
"Qingzhou's army has entered Xuzhou, and our Yanzhou's army is also making trouble in Xuzhou, so how can Xuzhou's army not move at all", Xun You said with a smile.
Xuzhou is really in chaos now, the people have been killed, the army is raging everywhere, Cao Cao's army is getting deeper and deeper, and the Qingzhou army followed behind is also overwhelming.
"General, what are we going to do when we go out of the city, Tao Gong asked us to stay in the city and not go out", a soldier asked suspiciously, I don't know what the purpose of this line is, but Tao Qian fell ill, and the person in front of him was his top boss, and he still had to listen to the words.
"Go out of the city to encircle and suppress Cao Cao's troops, they have been killing people in Xuzhou, if this continues, can Xuzhou still want it", Cao Bao's teeth itched with hatred.
This Cao Bao is not Cao Bao, and it has nothing to do with Boss Cao, not only in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but also now, there are many people surnamed Cao, and many people have something to do with Cao Cao. Cao Bao in Xuzhou, he and Cao Cao are the same era, and they are both sex Cao, what is the relationship between Cao Bao and Cao Cao? Cao Bao, a person in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was born in Luoyang. He was a subordinate general under Mu Taoqian in Xuzhou, and in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" he was also Lu Bu's father-in-law, and his daughter was Lu Bu's second wife. Although Cao Bao and Cao Cao both have Cao as their surnames, and they are also from the same era, Cao Bao and Cao Cao have nothing to do with each other. Although it is said that Cao Cao also had a son named Cao Bao, this Cao Bao was not the Cao Bao under Tao Qian.
Cao Bao and Cao Cao were both people in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Cao Bao was a subordinate of Tao Qian in Xuzhou at that time, and was very favored by Tao Qian. After that, Tao Qian killed ............ Ahh Judging from Tao Qian's killing of Cao Cao's father and Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou, it can be clearly proved that Cao Bao and Cao Cao could not have anything to do with it, otherwise Tao Qian would not have killed the relatives of his favored ministers, and Cao Cao would not have attacked Xuzhou.
It is rumored that Cao Cao had a son named Cao Bao, but that was not the Cao Bao under Tao Qian. It is said that in Cao Cao's literature, there are some related contents, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty once named Cao Cao's three sons as marquis, Cao Zhi as the marquis of Pingyuan, Cao Zhi as the marquis of Fanyang, and Cao Bao as the marquis of Raoyang. However, in fact, this matter is slightly strange, and in the Three Kingdoms, it was written that in the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Lin was named the Marquis of Raoyang. Therefore, it can be inferred that either the name of Cao Cao's son, Cao Bao, was Cao Lin, or the historical record is wrong. Or that the descendants wanted to give Cao Bao and Cao Cao a son with the same name and surname. All in all, Cao Bao and Cao Cao did not have a special relationship, and the relationship was also hostile, because Cao Bao's daughter Cao Shi had married Lu Bu and became Lu Bu's second wife. There is no detailed record of Cao's specific name and life in history, but in a modern comic book "Fire Phoenix Liaoyuan" that depicts the story of the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Bao's daughter Cao has appeared. In this comic, Cao's name is Cao Yuan, and she also appears as Cao Bao's daughter, and at the same time, she is also Lu Bu's stepfamily. Now the real man Lu Bu is doing things in Boss Cao's hometown in Yanzhou, and Boss Cao knows about it. They are enemies, so Cao Bao, as Lu Bu's father-in-law, is of course an enemy with Cao Cao.
"Ah, have we fought Cao Cao's army, I heard that they are very fierce, and they don't blink an eye when they kill people along the way", the soldier's face turned a little pale, and it was rumored that Cao Cao had been demonized.
"Hmph, jumping clown, in front of my Danyang elite, they are all local chickens and dogs", Cao Bao said with disdain.
Of course, Cao Bao out of the city is also a little selfish, Cao Cao is now being chased by the head of the rat, seeing that he is about to be wiped out by the army of Qingzhou, Cao Bao wants to pick up a big merit, Tao Qian will not be able to see it, at this time, if there is military merit, then Xuzhou will be stable, when Xuzhou arrives, recently his son-in-law is also strong, but there is no fixed place, take Lu Bu in again, when the time comes, occupy Xuzhou, and plot the world, it is really beautiful.
The other side.
"Cao Apu, dare to be like this, crazy thing, I thought you were as worried as me", Liu Bei angrily smashed the cup and lifted the table, and walked around the room.
At the beginning, Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo, and the princes of the Eighteenth Road begged Dong, Cao Cao also ran back and forth, Liu Bei still admired Cao Cao very much, but he didn't expect to do such a heartbreaking thing today, slaughtering the people, how did you do it.
"Ziang, if you drop the army again, surround him to death in Xuzhou, do you really think that you can do whatever you want with some strength, kill innocent people, and blood will flow like a river, is this what people do", Liu Bei said with red eyes.
"Xuande Gong calm down, it's too late to transfer the army, and now Cao Cao has been blocked in Xuzhou, it stands to reason that he can't escape, no matter how many troops are useless", Liu Yi said solemnly, looking at that scene, Liu Yi really had a murderous intention, a purgatory, a river of blood, Cao Cao is really so ruthless, and regards life like a mustard.
"Wenhe, Fengxiao, Zhicai, is there anything else to add, kill Cao Cao, you must not let Cao Cao escape", Liu Bei calmed down a little, looked at the silent three and said.
"Xuande Gong, it shouldn't be up to us to decide at this time, Ziang has already done a good job, all that remains is to chase Cao Cao to the death, and soon he will have no way out", Xi Zhicai shook his head helplessly, at this time it is no longer human.
"Okay", Liu Bei nodded and said.
Jia Xu Guo Jia stood on the side and did not speak, as a strategist, calm is a must, although they were also angry when they saw the bloody scene, but all they could do was to make the plan more thorough, anger could not solve any problems.
In this way, the army of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou slowly approached with their own small calculations, Boss Cao ran in front, Liu Bei chased behind, and Cao Leopard from Pengcheng was just able to bump into Cao Cao.
Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan are still at a stalemate. Mainly because there are some people who want them to stalemate, although they can't decide the outcome of the battle, they can also balance the strength of both sides, in fact, in the pattern of multi-party games, on the surface, only A and B may compete. In fact, the powerful people around them will also participate in different ways. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu fought, and Gongsun Zan and Liu Biao were also involved in this battle; In the specific performance, Sun Jian and Huang Zu also couldn't get out of it. In fact, it is the same in Yanzhou, based on the interests of the powerful faction in Yanzhou, they naturally want to maintain the pattern of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan. Otherwise, whether Gongsun Chan wins or Yuan Shao has the last laugh, it is possible to form a situation that will sweep Yanzhou.
What Yanzhou's forces want is that Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan have been holding each other, and only in this way can Yanzhou's powerful faction carve up Yanzhou's interests to the greatest extent. In this context, the powerful factions in Yanzhou have sat on the wall to watch, but they are not waiting for Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan to divide the winner, but to see who is weak, they will help whom: if Gongsun Chan has an advantage, the powerful faction in Yanzhou will support Yuan Shao with practical actions. If Yuan Shao gains an advantage, the Yanzhou powerful faction will strengthen the defensive ability of Youzhou by cooperating with Liu Yu. The purpose is to let Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan maintain the balance of power, and never let one person dominate.
When Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan competed before, it seemed that only Liu Dai had shown his face among the powerful factions in Yanzhou, and the other powerful factions in Yanzhou seemed to be outsiders. Why is this so? Probably this is because Cao Cao later became Emperor Wu of Wei, and his descendants established the Wei state. Therefore, the specific behavior of Cao Cao in planning Yanzhou was deliberately blurred. Because in the process of planning Yanzhou, some of Cao Cao's actions should be very disgraceful.
Because Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and Bao Xin and other powerful factions in Yanzhou have a deep relationship with Yuan Shao. When Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan were fighting, they were all playing their own little calculations, and they didn't have the slightest intention of helping Yuan Shao, what is this called? In this way, there is no essential difference between Cao Cao and Zhang Miao Bao Xin and other powerful factions in Yanzhou. Therefore, in the historical records, when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan were fighting, Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and Bao Xin all disappeared. What their attitude was towards the situation at the time, we can't find a definite statement. But one thing is certain: these people definitely did not stay out of the matter at that time, because whether it was Yuan Shao or Gongsun Zhan, they would take the initiative to win them over. The problem is: if you want to blur the actions of the powerful faction in Yanzhou, it is best to be consistent and vague, why write out Liu Dai's practice separately Liu Dai is the assassin of Yanzhou, and his status is too conspicuous to be blurred; Cao Cao and others can disappear, but Liu Dai can't. Otherwise, when future generations look at it, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan are fighting hotly, but Yanzhou is like a dead city. Such a strange account is almost immediately known to be false.
Moreover, the personal relationship between Liu Dai and Yuan Shao has always been very good, and Yuan Shao's family has always lived in Liu Dai's house. Because of this reason, when Gongsun Chan found Liu Dai, he immediately asked him to hand over Yuan Shao's family. Gongsun Zhan's meaning in doing this is very simple, that is, he wants to force Liu Dai to submit a letter of submission. If Liu Dai handed over Yuan Shao's family to Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Zhan could easily kill Yuan Shao's family. At that time, Liu Dai had no other choice than to follow Gongsun Zan to the black. In this situation of being forced to choose a position, it will be difficult for Liu Dai to ride the wall again. So he finally chose to refuse Gongsun Chan and kept Yuan Shao's family. Things have developed to this point, and it is impossible for Liu Dai to ride the wall anymore. But the situation at that time was not optimistic, and Gongsun Chan was aggressive. And Yuan Shao had not received Liu Biao's help at this time, but he was struggling to resist. In the face of Gongsun Zhan's lobbying and threats, Liu Dai didn't know what to do for a while. At that time, Liu Dai was upset, and the yellow scarf hit him on the head, it wasn't to kill them, so he let Cheng Yu succeed and calculated to kill Liu Dai.
At that time, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, still needed to choose between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, and Cao Cao, Bao Xin, Zhang Miao and other powerful factions in Yanzhou probably also needed to make a similar choice. But they don't have Yuan Shao's family members at home, so they can easily shirk and ride the wall. In other words, they are all trying to maintain the balance of power between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan. The game associated is very subtle. If these powerful factions in Yanzhou all have similar thoughts, then they often don't need to take real action to affect the development of the entire battle situation. To be specific: when Gongsun Chan gains an advantage, as long as they express their support for Yuan Shao, Gongsun Chan's advantage will disappear immediately. Because when Gongsun Chan looked at this kind of news coming in one after another, how could he dare to compete with Yuan Shao with all his might? On the other hand, Yuan Shao gained an advantage, and the result would be the same. Therefore, we can conclude that if Yuan Shao did not settle down in Yanzhou, he would not be able to defeat Gongsun Zhan. Because the powerful faction in Yanzhou made trouble like this for three days, Yuan Shao couldn't cope with it at all. Yuan Shao wants to clean up Gongsun Zhan, so he naturally has to find a way to settle down in Yanzhou first, now it's okay, Yanzhou is fighting on its own, don't think about Yanzhou's affairs anymore, Yuan Shao's Gongsun Chan can finally let go.
"My lord, Yanzhou is already in the midst of civil strife, and the time is ripe," said with a smile.
"Yes, it's time to decide the winner, General White Horse, let me see how your White Horse Yicong is", Yuan Shao sighed, the feeling of being so powerful and afraid to make it is really uncomfortable, the group of little turtles in Yanzhou are really angry with him, stand here today, stand there tomorrow, even if they understand that they are the grass on the wall and want to wait and see if they don't dare to do their best, after all, who knows when to give it ruthless, and there is no place to cry when the time comes.
"General Ju Yi has been waiting for a long time", he almost laughed out loud when he remembered that Ju Yi was bored with his head training these days, and Yuan Shao didn't let him appear at all.
"I hope he can succeed," Yuan Shao said expressionlessly.
Youzhou, Gongsun Zhan.
"General, there is almost no food and grass", a soldier on a horse looked at the man with his back to him in front of him, the white horse and silver armor, it was this person who led them to defend against foreigners, and the Hu people who killed lost their armor.
"The time for the decisive battle is coming, the grain and grass are not important, defeat Yuan Shao, there is such a rich place in Yizhou, is there still a lack of grain and grass", Gongsun Chan said with a smile, Yanzhou suddenly had civil strife, what an unexpected surprise, as for Cao Cao's massacre of the people in Xuzhou, Gongsun Chan directly ignored it, the sky is high and the earth is far away, what are you willing to do, I still do my Yuan Shao, Liu Bei's movements Gongsun Chan is also clear, the news he got is chasing Cao Cao, Gongsun Chan was still a little confused at first, when did my classmate become so cranky? Although Cao Cao barely sat down in Yanzhou, he was also the lord of a state, so he was chased by you so casually, and he felt a little stunned.
"Is the decisive battle coming, general, after defeating Yizhou, will we still come to Youzhou to kill the Hu people", the soldier said with a worried face, Yizhou is many times better than the bitter cold land in Youzhou, I am afraid that after defeating Yizhou, I will not go to Youzhou to defend against foreigners.
"Of course I fight, those who commit me are strong, although they are far away, they will be punished", Gongsun Chan said without thinking, here in Gongsun Zhan, it is instinct to beat Hu people, eat and drink to beat Hu people.