Chapter 216: Reaction of the Quartet
Yang Hong cleared his throat before he said: "It has been three years since Dong Zhuo's chaotic government came, but the trend of the world is gradually becoming clearer. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Hebei has the dispute between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, the Central Plains Lord, Han Yi and Cao Cao, and the rest of the people are all inactive and obedient. However, because of his carelessness, the lord was defeated by Cao Cao twice, and Cao Cao did not know what to do, and he would despise the lord. However, Han Yi's ability, Cao Cao must be deeply jealous. ”
Yang Hong peeked at Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu didn't care about the defeat, obviously he had an extraordinary bearing, and he was not a stingy master. He was very satisfied, so he continued: "Cao Cao's Yanzhou land is mixed between the lord and other heroes, and it can't be moved on all sides. We will choose one direction to attack fiercely, and strive to quickly break out of a wide road. ”
"Yuan Shao of Jizhou is kind to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will not be his enemy in a short time. However, Qingzhou is broken and useless. Xuzhou is prepared, Cao Cao wants to attack Xuzhou, must pass through the land of Pei and Lu in Yuzhou, whether Han Yi agrees or not, it is also difficult to say. Therefore, none of these three places are Cao Cao's goal. And the lord of Yangzhou was attacked by Han Yi's army, if he intervened, not to mention geography, how could he fight for Han Yi, who was too close. Therefore, only Han Yi in Yuzhou could attack. ”
However, Han Yi's jurisdiction, from the Xihe River in Bingzhou to Runan in Yuzhou, is like a long snake, and it should be difficult to save each other immediately. Han Yi is good at dealing with Dong Zhuo and Li Guo's generation, but if he is dealing with Cao Cao, he is full of flaws, and it is difficult to take care of the beginning and the end. Cao Cao only needs to capture Yingchuan and Henan, and Han Yi is like a long worm that is broken in two, and it is difficult to do anything. What's more, Han Yi poured out of the nest, which was a great opportunity for Cao Cao to attack his land, if Cao Cao knew about it, how could he let it go. ”
Yuan Shu was still hesitant and said, "I'm afraid that Cao Cao will not attack Han Yi because of his friendship with Han Yi." ”
Yang Hong laughed and said: "Lord, at this time, he is competing for the world, but he is not like a child, how can Cao Cao let Han Yi go because of his friendship." ”
Yuan Shu clapped his hands and shouted, "Not bad, not bad, what you said is good." Summoned the order, let Han Yin send an envoy to Yanzhou, don't necessarily make Cao Mengde tempted. The whole army moved to Yinling and used Shouchun City to attract Han Yi'er's attention, so that Cao Mengde could take advantage of it. It's just that Han Yijun is quite sharp, who can stay in Shouchun to attract him? ”
The strategist Yan Xiang shouted: "Lord, a certain person can be promoted, as long as the lord allocates an army of 10,000 people, 30,000 stones of grain and grass, Han Yi'er will be trapped in Shouchun City for a few months and do nothing." ”
Yuan Shuxi said: "Oh? Who has the power to do this? ”
Yan Xiang said a person, and suddenly made Yuan Shu's eyebrows smile and rejoice, and said: "Although this person is useless to me, with an army of 10,000 people and 30,000 stones of grain and grass, he can help me stop Han Yi's army from advancing eastward, which is a wonderful move." ”
The dispatch of Han Yi's army not only made Yuan Shu uneasy, but even Yuan Shao of Jizhou was also very uneasy, Yuan Shao summoned the generals and the strategists to discuss, and said: "My brother has repeatedly tried to challenge me, but he has been defeated by Meng De. Now that Han Yixiao'er took advantage of my brother's defeat and sent troops to attack him, my brother would be difficult to hold on for a long time. If Han Yi'er obtains the land of Yangzhou, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to me. What can the princes do to stop Han Yi'er? ”
Jizhou Beijia smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Ming Gong, Han Yi'er is too greedy, and in a short period of time, he interfered in the affairs of Ji, He, Qing, You, and Sili Prefectures, and now he is attacking Yangzhou on Yuan Highway, which has long been tabooed by everyone. Li Guo couldn't pull out his hand for a while because of Han Sui and Ma Teng. But Ming Gong has retreated because Gongsun Zhan has retreated, but there are a lot of good opportunities to make. ”
Yuan Shaoxi said: "Gong and please try to say." ”
"Han Yi's territory is shaped like a long snake. In the land of Yuzhou, Han Yi Xiaoer himself is in charge, which can be described as a copper head; There are tens of thousands of Hu riding on the West River, which can be described as an iron tail. However, the land of Henan is sparsely populated, only 10,000 people in the Gaolan Department are guarded, although there are mountains and rivers, but it is rotten waist. Duke Ming can order Cao Mengde to lead an army to capture Henan, Chen, Liang, Pei and other places, and then ask Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou to take Yingchuan, Runan and other places. ”
"Ming Gong sent two more armies, one army to attack Shangdang to take Taiyuan, one army to attack Hanoi to take Hedong, if it is fast, before Wang Yang's army returns from Shangjun to Xihe for support, get the land of these four counties. There are Luliang Mountains to block, no matter how strong the Southern Xiongnu Hu cavalry is, there is no room to play. As long as Ming Gong defeats Han Yi Xiao'er, and then buys him with persuasion, the Hu cavalry of Wang Yang's Department will be all owned by the Lord Gong. ”
Yuan Shao was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the envoy to go to Cao Cao and Liu Biao to ask for troops, and divided the 150,000 army under his command into several branches, and ordered his nephew Gao Gan to lead 30,000 troops, and Zhang He, Guo Yuan, etc. will go out of Maocheng to attack Huguan, and lead 50,000 troops to take Hanoi. He was afraid that Gongsun Zan would come back, so he ordered Yan Liang, Cui Juye and other generals to lead 20,000 troops to defend Hejian and Anping, and ordered Ju Yi to lead 10,000 troops to take Zhongshan directly, and then ordered Yuan Tan to lead 30,000 troops out of Qinghe to attack Tiankai and Liu Bei in Pingyuan County, preparing to seize Qingzhou. The remaining 10,000 people were handed over to the trial to stay in Yecheng.
The land of Jingzhou has just been pacified, and there are still many counties and counties that have not yet obeyed, Liu Biao agreed openly after receiving the letter, but secretly only sent thousands of people to wave their flags and shout at the border of Yingchuan and Runan, but did not invade the boundary of Yuzhou. After Cao Cao received the letter, he was quite difficult to decide, and he also gathered his subordinates to discuss in the council hall.
Cao Cao said: "Tao Gongzu of Xuzhou came to attack me for no reason, and I originally wanted to attack Xuzhou today and tomorrow to retaliate. And take the grain of Xuzhou to feed the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou. I don't want Yuan Benchu and Yuan Highway to send envoys to ask for help, and ask me to capture Han Mingyuan in Yuzhou. This makes me very embarrassed, and I don't know what your opinion is. ”
Xiahou Dun shouted: "What is the difficulty of Meng De, Tao Qian's old thief attacked me for no reason, let's attack back." Yuzhou Han Mingyuan has a good character, and once made an agreement with Meng De to attack Dong Thief when he was courting Dong, but he failed to succeed for some reason. He hasn't offended us recently, since we are self-reliant in Yanzhou, why should we obey Yuan Benchu's orders again. ”
Cao Ren also said: "Yuan Rang, the lord's ambition is in the world, Yuzhou Han Mingyuan will be the enemy of the lord sooner or later, early attack and late attack are the same, what a matter of character and sin." In recent years, I have often heard that Han Mingyuan in Yuzhou is very good at military affairs, and I also have the heart to follow suit. It's just that the land of Yuzhou is abundant, but Yanzhou is a little poor. If Youzhou Gongsun Zan returns, Yuan Shao suddenly retreats, and Yuan Shu is unable to support it, but his army will face Han Mingyuan's counterattack, and it will become a situation where two tigers will fight. As long as Yanzhou is dragged by Yuzhou for a few years, I am afraid that it will become the food in the mouth of Yuan Shao, who defeated Gongsun Zhan. Therefore, a certain person thinks that the lord still follows the previous discussion and takes Xuzhou as the best policy. ”
Xiahou Dun is the first general under Cao Cao, and Cao Ren is Cao Cao's younger brother, and the opinions of the two basically represent the meaning of the generals. After Cao Cao listened to the generals expressing their support, although he praised it on his face, he didn't care about it in his heart.
I also saw Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhong, Qiu Rui and several others closing their eyes and saying nothing, and they already had plans in their hearts. So he said: "The words of the princes are very good, but who to attack in the end, I can't make a formal decision for a while, and I hope that the princes will return to the army first to prepare their weapons and listen to my orders to prepare for the army." ”
After the generals retired, Cao Cao looked at the four people sitting still in front of him and said with a smile: "Wenruo, Zhongde, Zhicai, Jiyu, what else do you have to teach me?" ”
It's just that the other three all looked at Qiu Rui, but Qiu Rui was very uncomfortable. Qiu Rui knew that it must be because he was already a brother with Han Yi, so the three of them had some concerns. The generals didn't think about it for a while, but the three fine ghosts in front of them were as careful as a hair, and they were sitting by themselves, and they probably wouldn't confide anything.
Qiu Rui then said solemnly: "When a certain and righteous and loyal brother came out of Runan, I don't know who is among the people in the world, but I know that only Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are well-known in the world in Runan. Because he is also from Runan, he and his righteous and virtuous brother were divided under the command of Er Yuan, and agreed that no matter who is rich and noble in the future, he will not forget to bring another person. It's just that a certain person saw it at Yuan Shao's place, Yuan Shao's words were exaggerated, and he was not worthy of a certain loyalty, so he abandoned Yuan Shao and joined the Ming Duke. ”
"Although Brother Mingyuan and I had a very good relationship when we were young, their power is now one of the few in the world. But a certain brother who knows Mingyuan has been silent since he was a child and does not like to have deep friendships with others. If you do not seek him, he will not come after you. With his temperament, it will be difficult to get the help of the king of the world, the tiger and the bear. It can be seen only from the rumored names of officials at all levels in Yuzhou that the scribes and generals used are all ordinary people, so they are by no means people who pacify the world. ”
"A person who wants to assist must be a person who can pacify the world, not a person who dominates one side and ends up dying and annihilated. In a certain heart, Ming Gong is destined to calm the world. Brother Mingyuan's interests must not be placed in someone's heart. Moreover, the deceased father said that the official title of a certain person does not exceed that of Brother Mingyuan for a day, and the deceased father will not be able to look at him for a day, because he will not vote for Brother Mingyuan, nor will he consider him. Only after his army was defeated and captured, would he intercede for him. ”
Xi Zhong's eyebrows jumped strangely, and he clapped his hands and smiled: "What a Qiu Jiyu who knows between right and wrong, and has clear grievances, but if you think about Ming Gong and don't make me suspicious, how about you stay away for the time being?" ”
Under Cao Cao's kind words to appease, Qiu Ruiqiang did nothing, got up and said goodbye and retreated. Not to mention that Qiu Rui left the council hall in a depressed mood, but said that after Qiu Rui left, Xi Zhong sneered and said: "In the troubled times, there are countless fathers, sons, and brothers who have joined the two families, but when facing the closest relatives in the enemy camp, they still turn against them, and even more severely than others, in order to show selflessness. Now I see that Qiu Jiyu is not a loyal person. ”
"Oh, how do you say that." Cao Cao asked puzzled.
Xi Zhong said with a smile: "In a certain opinion, there is no one in the world who can have the ability to calm the world at the same time as Ming Gong, except for Han Mingyuan. Qiu Jiyu was disdainful of Han Mingyuan's ability, it can be seen that he was just coaxing Ming Gong with false words, wanting to dispel Ming Gong's intention to attack Han Mingyuan. ”