Next, Wei Yan naturally has to control the county government first, especially Wang Xuepeng and the people of the Wang family, they can't let go, at least they must be controlled, and Wei Yan's plan to defend the city can't be ruined.

"Brothers, rush into the county government for me, and those who surrender will not die, otherwise, they will be killed!" Wei Yan is worthy of being an iron-blooded general, and he really has some skills.

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Following Wei Yan, the soldiers and horses surrounding the county government, after they received Wei Yan's order, they all rushed to the county government.

When things come to this, we also need to talk about it, this county order of Pingcheng, Wang Xuepeng, is it really like what the scout said, to take refuge in Yuan Shao?

As for Wang Xuepeng's humanity, we have said it a long time ago, so we will not repeat it here, and the fact that Wang Xuepeng wants to take refuge in Yuan Shao is really not fake.

And today, Wang Xuepeng, who had just negotiated the details of the surrender with Yuan Shao's envoy, had just finished talking with the envoy, and he was full of food and drink, and he just wanted to do bad things with a maid in his arms.

They heard that from outside the county government, and even from the entire Pingcheng, there was a sound of shouting and killing, and this sound was naturally the sound of Wei Yan's night attack on Pingcheng.

And this envoy of Yuan Shao is none other than Yuan Shao's adviser Guo Tu, Guo Tu (born in an unknown year, died in 205 AD), a native of Yingchuan. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao's account was a strategist.

During the battle of Guandu, he strongly advocated taking the opportunity to attack Cao Ying, and after the failure of this plan, in order to avoid punishment, he blamed Zhang He and Gao Lan who led the army to attack Cao Ying, causing the two to turn their backs on Cao Ying. After his death, Yuan Shao served his eldest son, Yuan Tan, and was killed by Cao Cao in 205 AD.

In the second year of the first peace (191 AD), Xin Ping, Xun Chen, Gao Gan, Zhang Dao and Guo Tu jointly persuaded Han Fu to give Jizhou to Yuan Shao, and Guo Tu was invited to become Yuan Shao's advisor.

In the winter of the second year of Xingping (195 AD), Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was pursued by Li Dao, Guo Yan and others in Caoyang, and persuaded Yuan Shao in frustration: "The general has served as the prime minister of the imperial court for generations, and has assisted the country with loyalty and righteousness in successive dynasties. Now that the Son of Heaven is in exile and the temple is destroyed, looking at the states and counties, although they are outwardly branded as volunteers, but in their hearts they actually fight each other's ideas, so they have no intention of worrying about the country and the people.

Moreover, the city of Jizhou is generally pacified, the army is strong, the scholars are attached, go to the west to meet the emperor, use Ye County as the imperial palace, hold the Son of Heaven hostage and order the princes, raise soldiers and horses to crusade against those who do not worship the royal court, who can resist it?" Yuan Shao was ready to listen to the strategy of the frustrated teaching. Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong stopped: "It has been a long time since the royal family of the Han Dynasty declined.

Isn't it too difficult to revitalize the royal family now? Besides, heroes rose at the same time, occupying their own states and counties, uniting and gathering disciples, often with tens of thousands of people, just like the Qin Dynasty lost the throne and the first person became the Son of Heaven. Now that the Son of Heaven is coming, he has to go to the book to tell the emperor at every turn, and if he obeys, his power is too small, and if he does not obey, he will disobey the emperor's orders, which is not a good way. “

He said: "It is morally reasonable and the timing is appropriate to take the Son of Heaven now. If you don't decide early, someone else will meet you first. The opportunity cannot be lost, and the success cannot be too fast, I hope you will consider it. "Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty basically did not meet Yuan Shao's wishes, so Yuan Shao did not adopt it.

However, according to the records of the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Guo Tu persuaded Yuan Shao to welcome Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, but Yuan Shao refused.

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199 AD), Yuan Shao eliminated Gongsun Zhan, annexed the territory of four states, and had hundreds of thousands of troops, so he selected 100,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 cavalry to prepare to attack Xu Du.

It is better to send envoys to the Son of Heaven to offer prisoners and booty, devote themselves to farming, and give rest to the men and horses. If I can't reach the Son of Heaven, I will say that Cao Cao will block my path to the Son of Heaven, and then march to garrison Liyang, gradually manage the south side of the Yellow River, build more ships, refurbish equipment, assign excellent cavalry, plunder the border areas of the other side, make it unpeaceful, and I will be comfortable. In this way, you can sit in peace and determine the world. “

Guo Tu and the judge said: "The method in the war book is to surround the enemy if there are ten times more than the enemy, and attack the enemy if there are five times more than the enemy, and the strength is equal to the battle." At present, with the might of the gods of Ming Gong, it is easy to meet the powerful army in the Heshuo region and use it to crusade against Cao Cao. If you don't attack it in time now, it will be difficult to deal with in the future. “

He said: "Eliminate the evil, eliminate the evil, destroy the *, this is a moral army; The army of pride is called a proud army. The army of righteousness has no rival, and the army of pride perishes first. Cao Cao embraced the Son of Heaven and built a palace in Xudu.

Now to launch all the troops south to attack Cao Cao is against righteousness. Moreover, victory over the enemy lies in strategy, not in the strength of strength. Cao Cao's decree has been implemented, and the soldiers are strong and capable, not the kind of people who are waiting to be surrounded. Now discard the strategy of total safety, and unleash an army without a valid reason, I fear for you privately. “

Guo Tu and others said: "King Wu of Zhou's crusade against Shang is not unjust; Besides, if you send troops to attack Cao Cao, I'm afraid that you won't be able to find a reason! Besides, the lord's troops are strong and brave, and the generals and soldiers want to work hard, and if they don't seize the opportunity to decide on the great cause early, it will become what people say: 'Heaven gives it instead of receiving it, but is condemned by God.'

This is the reason why the Yue State is hegemonic and the Wu State is so perishable. The method of supervising the army lies in upholding prudence, not in the expedient measure of grasping the opportunity according to the situation. “

Yuan Shao adopted Guo Tu's opinion. Guo Tu and others took this opportunity to say bad things about Fu Zhu: "Fu Zhu supervises inside and outside, and the authority shakes the three armies, if he gradually becomes stronger, what method will he use to control him?" When a subordinate has the same power as the monarch, the state perishes, which is taboo in the book "Yellowstone".

Besides, it is not advisable for those who command the outside army to take part in internal affairs. Yuan Shao then divided the authority of Fu Zhi into three governors, and let Fu Zhu, Guo Tu, and Chun Yuqiong each be in charge of an army, but they could be implemented in the future.

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), Guo Tu, Chun Yuqiong and Yan Liang attacked Baima, but were attacked by Cao Cao's light troops, and fought against each other in a hurry, and the main general Yan Liang was beheaded, and the army was defeated. Then Yuan Shao's army crossed the Yellow River and set up a camp south of Yanjin.

When he got on the boat, he sighed and said: "The lord is full of pride, his subordinates pursue utilitarianism, and the water of the Yellow River is leisurely, can I still cross the Yellow River?" So he asked Yuan Shao to resign under the pretext of illness, but Yuan Shao disagreed, but he was very annoyed with him in his heart, so he reduced the troops under his command and assigned them to Guo Tu's command.

During the confrontation at Guandu, Cao Cao led his army to attack Wuchao, and Guo Tu suggested attacking Cao Ying instead of Zhang He's suggestion to rescue the granary, but Zhang He failed to attack Cao Ying, Guo Tu saw that his suggestion failed, and was worried that Yuan Shao would blame himself.

He falsely accused Zhang He of not doing his best, which led to Zhang He's surrender to Cao Cao and the collapse of Yuan's army. After the battle of Guandu, the two sons of the trial were captured, Yuan Shaozhi slandered Meng Dai on the trial, Guo Tu and Xin Ping agreed, and Yuan Shao ordered Meng Dai to guard Yecheng instead of the trial.

In the seventh year of Jian'an (202 AD), Yuan Shao died of grief. Yuan Shao wanted to be established as the heir because of Yuan Shang's beauty and the love of his stepwife Liu, but he did not officially express his position. Everyone wanted to take Yuan Tan as the eldest son and set up as the heir, but Feng Ji and the trial faction were not in harmony with Xin Ping, Guo Tu, and Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan could not succeed to the throne and proclaimed himself a general of the Che Cavalry, stationed in Liyang.