Chapter 92 Li Guo is in power, Yuan Shu attacks Cao
Li Xuan and Guo Yan killed Wang Yun, and sent people to kill all the old and young of Wang Yun's clan, so that they could relieve their evil breath, and then thought about what to do in the future. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Li urged to convene Jia Yu, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou again to discuss.
Guo Yan said: "Now that you are here, it is better to kill the Dog Emperor and make a big deal, how about it?" ”
Li Xu, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou were silent, looking at Jia Yu.
Jia Xu persuaded: "No, my Xiliang army has been exhausted and unable to fight anymore after this toss. The people who were jealous of the Kwantung army were nothing more than the reputation of the emperor. If we kill the emperor Liu Xie, we will be fiercely attacked by the Kwantung army, and then we will die without a place to bury. Why not serve the Son of Heaven to correct the world? "Li urged, Guo Yan will.
Emperor Liu Xie stood upstairs and looked at Li Xun and the others to discuss secretly, and was secretly shocked in his heart, and asked loudly: "Since you have avenged Prime Minister Dong Cheng, why don't you leave?" ”
Li urged and Guo Yan to finish the discussion, got up and replied: "We are waiting for the country to eliminate harm, and we have meritorious service to the royal family, but we have not been rewarded yet, so we dare not leave." ”
The emperor had no choice but to ask, "What do you want?" ”
Li Xuan, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou reported on the official positions agreed upon by several people, claiming that they would not leave if they were not satisfied.
Liu Xie had no choice but to follow the requirements of Li Xu, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou, and move Li Xun to the general of the chariot and cavalry. Guo Yan was the rear general, Fan Chou was the right general, and Zhang Ji was the general of Zhendong, all of whom were named liehous.
Li Xuan and Guo Yan got the official positions they wanted, and then they dispersed. Later, several people found part of Dong Table's bones and held a grand funeral, but when they were buried, it rained heavily. I had no choice but to do it hastily.
After discussion, Zhang Ji led his troops to Hongnong to guard the town in case the Kwantung Army returned. Li Xu, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou jointly held the government. Feng Jia Xu was named Zuo Feng Yi, and originally wanted Qin to invite the emperor and make Jia Yu a marquis to report Jia Xu's life-saving grace.
However, Jia Xu prevaricated: "This is everyone's life-saving plan, what a merit!" "Categorically not acceptable.
Wang Yun was killed, and Li Xun put all the troops previously led by Lu Bu under the control of himself and Guo Yan, and all matters in the court and China could only be carried out after Li Xun and Guo Yan agreed.
However, it is not absolute, Li Ru, who originally escaped his life with a stand-in and hid in Chang'an, saw that the Xiliang army occupied Chang'an again and controlled the government, so he dared to show up.
Li Xun recommended Li Ru as Shang Shuling, but was rejected by Emperor Liu Xie. The reason is that when Li Ru was appointed as the Shangshu order of the first emperor Liu Bian, he killed Liu Bian. resolutely disagrees with this person's reappointment to the official position of the court.
Li Yu defended: "Li Ru is just carrying out the orders of Dong Taishi, the situation was critical at that time, and the country cannot be two masters, this is also for the sake of Your Majesty, how can you blame him?" ”
Liu Xiedao: "Even so, a person who has died cannot be appointed to the official position of the court again, otherwise where is the majesty of the court?" ”
Li Qi was helpless and told Li Ru about this.
Li Ru smiled bitterly and said, "The emperor just doesn't want me to wait for the Xiliang people to act as the government." Forget it, I'll make my own plans. ”
Subsequently, Li Ru found the person in charge of the restaurant and shop opened by Liu Shi in Chang'an, and told him that he wanted to vote for Liu Shi.
The shopkeeper naturally didn't dare to slack off, and sent a letter to Liu Shi overnight.
After Liu Shi received the letter, he urgently sent the shopkeeper and arranged for Li Ru to live temporarily in the fiefdom of the Hou Mansion first, and then arrange specific ministries.
Li Ru did not alarm others, and hired a carriage to go to Lantian alone.
Since then, the capital of Chang'an has become a small court in name only under the control of Li Xuan and Guo Yan, and the prefectures and counties of the eastern part of the country have fought more frequently for territory.
The two brothers, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, turned against each other, and after Sun Jian, the assassin of Yuzhou appointed by Yuan Shu, failed to attack Jingzhou and died, Yuan Shu's plan to seize Jingzhou was frustrated. Since then, he has also formed a grudge with Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou.
Originally, Liu Biao also looked at the status of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, a famous family, and tolerated Yuan Shu a lot, and never discounted Yuan Shu's requirements for the supply of grain and grass. Seeing that Yuan Shu was so ruthless and vicious, he also instructed Sun Jian to rob Jingzhou. also completely turned his face, no longer supplying grain and grass for Yuan Shu, and forming an alliance with Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shu was furious, and his personal expedition ended in vain several times. Nanyang County also suffered from Yuan Shu's massive conscription and expropriation, and the people fled six or seven times out of ten. Unable to meet Yuan Shu's military needs.
For these, Yuan Shu was even more angry with his brother Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu sent people to contact Gongsun Zhan and Tao Qian, and united the three families to attack Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
At that time, although Cao Cao led the Yanzhou pastor, he still respected Yuan Shao very much, and formed an alliance with Yuan Shao to Gongsun Zhan.
Yuan Shu led the army into Chenliu and stationed in Fengqiu. At this time, the remaining thieves of Montenegro and the Xiongnu in Fuluo were attacked by Cao Cao and suffered heavy losses. Seeing Yuan Shu attacking Chen Liu, he sent someone to contact Yuan Shu to make an appointment to attack Cao Cao.
Yuan Shu garrisoned Fengqiu and sent the general Liu Shen to garrison Kuangting. Cao Cao had just experienced a great battle with the Yellow Turban Army, and his soldiers were exhausted, and he saw Yuan Shu leading an army of more than 100,000 to approach Yanzhou. While sending Xun Yu to lobby Tao Qian, he asked his ally Yuan Shao for help.
Persuaded Tao Qian to be rejected, Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao to send his family to Yecheng, and promised to send troops from Hanoi to attack Yu Fuluo.
Cao Cao refused Yuan Shao's request to send his family to Yecheng, and wrote back: "Thank you for your kindness, but my family is willing to live and die with me." ”
In the face of danger, Xun Yu believed: "Although Tao Qian is brave and resourceful, Xuzhou is rich and strong. But the reputation is not visible outside Xuzhou. Although he has ambitions, but he is afraid of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, it is difficult for Tao Qian to win Yanzhou in the short term. In my opinion, at most, it was to sneak attack and contain me under the pressure of Yuan Shu. Last time, I went to Xuzhou, although I didn't see it, but I didn't have much difficulty. I thought that Xuzhou could not be considered for the time being, and once Yanzhou was broken by Yuan Shu, Xuzhou would be difficult to preserve, and Tao Qian must understand this truth. The home of the third prince of Yuan Shu IV is the son-in-law of the Yuan family. Therefore, the officials are all over Yanzhou, and once they come in, they can stand firmly. ”
Cheng Yu suggested: "In the area of Changhuan and Jiyang, Chen Chongbing bluffed, and secretly attacked Kuangting with 80,000 elite soldiers, of which 30,000 were the main attackers, and the remaining 50,000 were surprise soldiers. ”
Cao Cao's light flashed: "What if Yuan Shu doesn't save Kuangting and directly attacks Jiyang or Changhuan?" ”
Cheng Yu said: "In this way, we can only let the soldiers of Changhuan and Jiyang retreat to Dongwuyang and Juancheng and disperse the people along the way, or collect all the food." After the lord seized Kuangting, he cut off Yuan Shu's grain road, and then met with Liu Biao to conquer Nanyang, Runan, and Jiujiang. And Yuan Shu wants to attack Dongwuyang, and Yuan Shao will save Dongwuyang for his own reputation. and then fought with Yuan Shu. With Yuan Shu's wisdom, he does not dare to fight with Yuan Shao at present. Therefore, I thought that Yuan Shu would save Kuang Ting and ensure the safety of his rear. ”
Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he said to Cheng Yu: "Zhongde's plan is exactly what I want." "Ling Lejin and Xiahou Yuan each brought 10,000, Chen Bing Changhuan and Jiyang. Let them do what they do. He personally led 80,000 main forces and attacked Kuangting. Follow the generals with fear. With 80,000 new group of soldiers, Yuan Houfang will inevitably not be able to retreat completely once he fails. It is important to know that Yuan Shu has won the support of the powerful family in Nanyang, Runan and other places.
For the generals of Anwei, Cao Cao said: "Yuan Shu, dry bones in the mound, is rigid and self-serving, so happy, self-esteem is very high, I don't know how to sympathize with the soldiers, and despise the military leaders." All of them are disciples of the family, flashy and unreal, and many of them are not genuine. If you have merit, you will not be rewarded, if you have done it, you will be punished, and military rations will be deducted. Once the army is defeated, most of them will inevitably be dispersed. Therefore, as long as we use it properly and move forward bravely, once we defeat it, we will be able to achieve complete success and victory. ”
The generals saw that Cao Cao was reasonable, and their hearts were slightly calm.
In order to ensure the success of the sneak attack and try to kill and injure the enemy of Kuangting, Cao Cao handed over all the only nearly 3,000 light cavalry to Cao Ren. Launched an attack in the early morning, Kuangting guard Liu Shen was defenseless, and nearly 10,000 people were killed and wounded. Just as Liu Shen gathered the remnants of the army and wanted to gather and annihilate the cavalry, there was a detailed report to Liu Shen, and there was Cao Cao's brigade of infantry in front of him to surround Kuangting.
Liu Shen was shocked and hurriedly sent a message to Yuan Shu for help.
After Yuan Shu received the letter, he was in a panic, he didn't believe that Cao Cao's brigade appeared behind him.
Yuan Shu urgently summoned all the strategists to come to the meeting, and said that since Cao Cao's men and horses appeared in Kuangting, Yanzhou must be empty, so it was better to let Kuangting defend it, and Yuan Shu personally led a large team of men and horses to take Yanzhou directly. It is also said that once Kuangting is not guaranteed, the rear road of our army will be cut off, and the grain and grass will not continue, which will surely shake the morale of the army.
In the end, Yuan Shu decided to personally lead the army to rescue Kuang Ting to ensure that the road back was worry-free.
After three days of rapid attack, the defenders of Kuangting had nearly collapsed. At this time, Tan Ma reported: "Yuan Shu led the army to help." ”
Cao Cao was overjoyed, and immediately divided 50,000 troops to ambush on the road that Yuan Shu must pass, and ordered to let go of the forward and smash Yuan Shu's middle army, winning or losing in one fell swoop.