War is not child's play! If we put aside those great righteousness, the essence of it is naked killing. Those famous generals who can leave a name in history are nothing more than ordinary people who know how to kill people effectively.

In fact, throughout history, there have been several wars that were righteous. The reasons for the outbreak of war are varied, but to sum up, it is nothing more than plundering others to satisfy oneself. No matter how beautiful the words are, the fundamental reason for waging war is to protect one's own interests.

There's nothing wrong with that! People are born to be selfish, and those who demand selflessness from others are often the most selfish group of people.

Liu Xie never considered himself to be the righteous party, so he would not be constrained by morality and limit his means. When Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were still feeling constrained because of their righteous reputation, Liu Xie did not have this psychological burden. Of course, he didn't let this stop him from being willful. In today's Han family, although the hearts of the people are still there, there are basically not many people who have confidence in the fact that the Han family can be revitalized. Otherwise, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others would not have been able to become bigger.

There are people who are loyal to the Han family, but now they are only a minority, and most of them have begun to find spokespersons for their own interests or go directly to the battle. Yuan Shao unified Hebei, and the families based in Hebei basically chose Yuan Shao, Cao Cao unified the Central Plains, and most of the Central Plains families also sided with Cao Cao.

However, Liu Xie is not worried about those families, most of the families are grass on the wall, and the interests of the family are always put first by these people. It is not difficult for these people to "change their minds", they just need to win.

Winning or losing is very realistic and cruel. Only victory can bring those families back under the wings of the Han family for the benefit of the family. But at that time, Liu Xie couldn't interject who to go to, but it was Liu Xie's decision to accept whom.

Victory!

Whether it is the imperial court or the Yuan-Cao coalition army, neither side can afford to lose. And judging from the current situation, the situation is favorable to the imperial court. Don't look at Yuan Cao's main attack at this time, but the imperial court has been preparing for more than half a year, and what is waiting is to play a role at this time, how can Yuan Cao succeed easily.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao divided their troops to attack Tongguan and Wuguan, but with prior preparations, the war lasted for more than two months, and Yuan Cao's army still did not have the slightest sign of breaking through, but it was the imperial court that came with a good news. It's not that there is a problem in Yuan Cao's rear, but that Liu Zhang, who can't see the situation clearly and stands on Yuan Cao's side, is unlucky.

Mianzhu Pass was broken by the Han army after holding out for more than a month, and the defender Gao Pei Yang Huai was killed by Huang Zhong. As soon as the bamboo broke, the people in Chengdu became more panicked. It was also at this time that Liu Zhang's henchman Zhao Wei plotted to surrender to the imperial court, but was reported before the incident, and Zhao Wei was killed by his men, and Chengdu fell into chaos.

Huang Zhong, the commander of the Han'an army, saw that the opportunity could not be missed, and immediately led his army to attack the city, and Zhang Song, who had already taken refuge in the imperial court, also persuaded his brother Zhang Su to open the city gate at this time. The Han An army took the opportunity to enter Chengdu, and Liu Zhang saw that the general trend had gone, so he could only flee south of the city under the protection of the veteran Yan Yan.

Liu Zhang's escape basically means the demise of the Liu family in Yizhou. Yizhou is divided into north and south, the north is mostly Han Chinese, and the south is mostly barbarians. At the beginning, Liu Zhang's northward movement was blocked, so he sent the army to the south, but he did not get much benefit, but he gained a lot of barbarians who hated Liu Zhang.

Chengdu was destroyed so suddenly that most of the officials did not have time to escape with Liu Zhang, among which Huang Quan, Peng Yi, Fei Shi, Dong He and other civil officials were captured by the Han Anjun and became prisoners of the imperial court.

After Huang Zhong took Chengdu, he did not stop, while sending people to report the victory to the imperial court, and on the other hand, he personally led his troops to continue to pursue Liu Zhang. And Liu Zhang, who escaped from Chengdu, was panicked like a lost dog at this time, how could he have the courage to lead the army to a decisive battle with Huang Zhong, but he blindly fled south, and waited until he escaped from Jianwei County, and Huang Zhong stopped the Han'an army.

If Liu Zhang wants to make a comeback, it is impossible to do it in a short period of time. But this does not mean that Huang Zhong will have time to rest, after handing over the defense to the county soldiers who came later, Huang Zhong led the Han'an army to the east to guard against Liu Biao of Jingzhou who wanted to eat black.

Liu Biao did not participate in Yuan Shao's action to clear the monarch's side, and although Xu You persuaded him many times, he was finally sent out of the country by Liu Biao's order. After Huang Zhong was ordered to conquer Liu Zhang, Liu Biao also took the opportunity to launch an attack on Yizhou, which was controlled by Liu Zhang. Taking advantage of Huang Zhong's limited forces, Liu Biaolian swallowed the two counties of Badong and Fuling in Yizhou, and is currently attacking Ba County, trying to take Jiangzhou, the seat of Ba County, before Huang Zhong returns to the army.

Liu Xie is naturally very dissatisfied with Liu Biao's behavior of grabbing food, but the main enemy of the court at the moment is Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and he naturally needs to tolerate Liu Biao. However, Liu Xie also left a clear message for Huang Zhong, if Liu Biao knows each other, he will accept it when he sees it, then the Han'an Army will not conflict with the Jingzhou Army for the time being, but if Liu Biao does not know each other, then beat his mother.

Although Huang Zhong is from Jingzhou and was also Liu Biao's subordinate at the beginning, Liu Biao did not value Huang Zhong very much. Otherwise, Huang Zhong would not have chosen to stay. But now, Huang Zhong, as the chief general of the Han'an Army, defends one side alone for the Son of Heaven, and this trust and respect is impossible to say that there are no people in the Jingzhou army who are envious, jealous and hateful.

In Jingzhou, Huang Zhong was jokingly called an old pawn, but when he got to Liu Xie, Huang Zhong became a veteran comparable to the ancients. The same person, because the lords he served were different, the treatment he received was very different, and those Jingzhou generals who originally knew Huang Zhong did not have a pimple in their hearts.

Liu Biao also faintly regretted it at this time, he knew that Huang Zhong had such a great ability, and he would not let Huang Zhong go to Chang'an if he said anything. But it's too late to regret it now, Liu Biao doesn't want to turn against the court, at least not for now. Therefore, he hoped that he could take Jiangzhou before Huang Zhong led the army to arrive, creating an established fact.

But the will of heaven often does not obey people's wishes, Liu Biao wants to capture Jiangzhou as soon as possible, but the problem is that Wu Yi, the defender of Jiangzhou, is determined to persevere to the end, and Wu Yi ignores Liu Biao's persuasion to surrender, and just insists on waiting for Huang Zhong to lead the arrival.

Yizhou was infiltrated under the joint efforts of Li Ru and Zhang Song, the conspirators. The reason why Wu Yi is still sticking to it is not out of loyalty to Liu Zhang, but because he hopes to leave a good impression on the future lord by sticking to it. In Wu Yi's eyes, whether it is Liu Zhang or Liu Biao, they are not the opponents of Liu Xie, the son of heaven. Needless to say, Liu Zhang has become a lost dog, and it is still unknown how long he can survive in Yinan.

And Liu Biao, Wu Yi still has some admiration for Liu Biao, after all, when the horse entered Jingzhou, this courage is still worthy of admiration. But the problem is that Liu Biao is old and doesn't know how many years he has left, and the two heirs he left behind, the eldest son is cowardly and the second son is young, and they are not worthy of assistance.

Of course, Wu Yi can also use Liu Biao as a springboard to switch to others, but the ancients attached great importance to personal integrity, and the practice of having a mother is usually despised by others. Wu Yi doesn't want to change the lord frequently, every time he changes, it means that his evaluation will drop a notch.

Defecting to the imperial court is a good choice, as long as there is no jealousy of talents, the Son of Heaven has at least forty or fifty years to live, and as long as the Son of Heaven is alive, he has no trouble continuing to look for buyers. And about the situation in Guanzhong, Wu Yi also has a certain understanding of the Bai family through his friendship. As long as the Son of Heaven does not make a stupid move, even if he cannot talk about the reunification of the world in the future, the Guanzhong of the imperial court can occupy a place.

Buy and go! Since Wu Yi has made up his mind, he will not change it easily, Liu Biao wants to send someone to stir up the three-inch tongue to make Wu Yi change his mind, it is too naïve.

Due to Wu Yi's insistence, Jiangzhou finally did not let Liu Biao be broken before Huang Zhong led the army to arrive, and Liu Biao was also a master who knew the proportion, and learned that Huang Zhong's Han'an army was about to arrive in Jiangzhou, so he immediately ordered Ming Jin to lead the army to return east.

"Ziyuan is hard, what you do for the court and the court knows it." Huang Zhong said politely to Wu Yi.

"General Huang, now that the army has arrived, the last general of Jiangzhou can rest assured. I wonder if General Huang can order his subordinates to take over the city defenses, so that the brothers of the last general can go down to the city to rest. ”

"Of course that's fine. Ziyuan, you also go down to rest first, go back and wait to recuperate, I still have something for you to do. ”

"General Huang, what's the matter?" Wu Yi didn't go down to rest on a horse, and asked Huang Zhongdao curiously.

Huang Zhong explained: "Actually, it's not a big deal. When Chengdu was broken, our army captured many Yizhou officials, some of whom had surrendered, but some refused to serve the imperial court. Ziyuan, you have been an official in Yizhou for a long time, maybe those people can listen to what you say. ”

"It turns out that this is the case, General Huang can rest assured, the last general will return to Chengdu tomorrow."

"Don't be in such a hurry, you've worked hard during this time, it's not too late to rest for a few more days before leaving. Anyway, right now, the Lord is just fighting against Yuan Cao, and the affairs of Yizhou will not bother him for a while. ”

"General Huang, the last general has the courage to ask, what is the certainty of the Holy Lord about Yuan Cao's joint attack?" Wu Yi asked Huang Zhongdao with some concern.

"Huh...... Don't worry about Ziyuan. You are now your own person, and it is not impossible to tell you some things. At present, there is only one army of the Son of Heaven confronting Yuan Cao, like Zhang Wenyuan's You Yi and Xu Gongming's troubles, not to mention Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army and Ma Teng's Ma Jiajun. To put it mildly, if the lord really wants to recruit soldiers, he doesn't dare to say that there are too many, and it is still no problem for Guanzhong to recruit 300,000 people. ”

"Then why not?" Wu Yi asked puzzled.

"Ziyuan, what do you think of the combat strength of this Han'an army under my command?" Huang Zhong suddenly asked.

"Uh, that's unstoppable."

"Huh...... The child is far more than the prize. Huang Zhong smiled and asked again: "Does that know that the monthly salary of a soldier in my Han'an army is three times that of your Yizhou soldier?" ”

"So much higher?"

"There are many soldiers. Hehe...... These are the exact words of the lord, and of course I deeply believe it. The rapid expansion of the army, although it seems to be strong, is in fact vulnerable. It may be okay to fight a tailwind battle, but once you encounter a hard bone, you are bound to be the first to collapse. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Zhong paused, and then continued to Wu Yi: "Our imperial court is now treated similarly to the Han An Army, only Zhang Wenyuan's You Yi and Xu Gongming's troubles, these three people are professional soldiers in the words of the lord. Just like those who drive cars and sell goods, professional soldiers use war as a means of earning a living. If he does not produce on weekdays and specializes in training, this combat power is naturally higher than that of those who are farmers in peacetime and soldiers in wartime. ”

"General Huang, could it be that Ma Teng's Ma Jiajun and Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army are not the elite of the imperial court?"

"Zhang Yan's Montenegrin Army should be regarded as the Tuntian Army, most of the members are former Montenegrin thieves, the lord is merciful, forgives their sins, and distributes their fields, and the main role of the Montenegrin Army is to prevent those predatory Qiang people from destroying our Han homeland. As for Ma Teng's Ma Jiajun, they may become one of the main forces of the imperial court in the future, but for now, they still need to exercise. ”

"General Huang, in your opinion, if I want to become one of the main forces of the imperial court, what should I do?"

"You? Not...... It's hard for me to answer you about this, so why don't you wait for you to meet the lord and ask the lord to think about it for you? ”

Wu Yi saw that Huang Zhong didn't say anything, and thought that he was talking about it, so he immediately stopped asking about it, and after chatting with Huang Zhong for a few more words, he went down to rest, and only waited a few days to return to Chengdu to meet those stubborn old friends.

The result of Liu Zhang's fiasco exceeded Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's expectations, Yuan Cao knew that Liu Zhang was not very helpful, and he was not optimistic that Liu Zhang could become his help, but Liu Zhang's quick play still disappointed Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and at the same time made the two of them more vigilant against the combat power of the imperial court.

During this period of confrontation, both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao suffered a lot. Don't think that without Hao Zhao in Wuguan, Cao Cao's life would be better. Although Liu Xie is not as good as the famous generals of the ancients, has he never eaten pork and never seen a pig run? In the field, it may be easy to be ambushed or something, but there are only a few things that need to be paid attention to when defending the city.

At present, Tongguan and Wuguan are backed by Guanzhong, and the grain road is difficult to break, and in the case of sufficient materials, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao want to forcibly break through the pass, which is difficult to describe in four words. Whether it is Hao Zhao or Liu Xie, they are all turtles at this time. Yuan Shao's side is better, the guard will be Hao Zhao, and Yuan Shao can also talk about Hao Zhao when he sends someone to scold him. But Cao Cao's side is in trouble, the person in charge of Wuguan is Liu Xie, can Cao Cao, who boasts of being loyal to the Han Dynasty, directly scold the Son of Heaven in public?

And even if Yuan Shao and Cao Cao wanted to scold the war, so as to lure out the soldiers and horses guarding the pass, they couldn't be eloquent, so they could only be scolded. Don't think that with Guo Jia, a ghost, Cao Cao can worry about everything. Even if Guo Jia behaves frivolously, he still can't do it like a shrew scolding the street. Not only Guo Jia is like this, but so are the strategists under Yuan Shao.

In the case of having nothing to do, if you want to achieve your goal, you can only see whose fist is bigger. The combined forces of Yuan and Cao added up to six or seven hundred thousand, but Liu Xie, the son of heaven, occupied the geographical advantage, and half a year's preparation also made Tongguan and Wuguan not short of materials. If you want to achieve your goal through siege, and it is not a city, this trick is useless.

After talking about the location, Liu Xie is also the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, and the hearts of the Han people are still there, so it is naturally impossible to run to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao at this time.

As for harmony, Liu Xie is the Son of Heaven, and his generals respect him, so naturally they will not have two minds. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are allies, although the two are old friends, they will not give up the ambitions of the generals for a personal friendship to fulfill each other. While cooperating, the two are also wary of each other.

Time, location, and people, the key to victory, Yuan Cao and the two do not occupy the same, and it is naturally more difficult to achieve the goal of "Qingjun's side".

Seeing that the breakthrough of Tongguan and Wuguan was far away, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had to meet to discuss countermeasures and find other ways to break the enemy. If you want to enter the customs, in addition to Tongguan or Wuguan, there is another way to go to Hanzhong. However, if you want to enter Hanzhong, you must borrow from Liu Biao, but Liu Biao did not join this alliance.

"Meng De, why don't you and I send someone to persuade Liu Jingsheng again?"

"Originally, it wasn't me who said frustrating words, Liu Jingsheng was the dog guarding the house, even if we sent someone again, it was not necessarily that he would agree to form an alliance with us."

"So what do you say? You have to give it a try, right? ”

"Hmm...... It's better to do this, Liu Jingsheng wants to send someone there, but it is estimated that he will not listen to the persuasion alone, so we might as well prepare for both. Cao Cao thought for a while and said.

"Oh? Will the plan be settled? ”

"Originally, Mo asked our allies and Sun Ce. This Sun Bofu and Liu Jingsheng have a grudge against their father, as long as you and I send troops to invite him to attack Liu Biao, presumably he will not refuse. ”

"But what if Liu Biao still refuses to give in?" Yuan Shao frowned and asked.

"Then let's clean up Liu Biao first, I don't believe it, with the strength of you and me, we can't deal with a Liu Biao. At the beginning, if you really want to start a war with Liu Biao, you only need to send someone to replace our army to defend Wuguan, and Liu Biao will have me and Sun Bofu to deal with it. ”

“…… Not...... Okay, just do as you say. Yuan Shao thought about it, nodded and agreed to Cao Cao's proposal.

After Cao Cao left, Xu You hurriedly said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, this Cao Cao is uneasy and kind, why did you agree to him?" ”

"Ziyuan, what's the hurry? How can I not know what he Cao Mengde is thinking in his heart? ”

"If the lord understands it in his heart, why should he agree?"

"Otherwise, how can we weaken Mengde's strength? You go and tell Jun Yi that he is ready to take over Meng De's defense at any time, and make sure that Meng De has no worries when he goes south. ”

"Lord, my subordinates are only worried about raising tigers." Xu You still said with some concern.

"If you don't give up the bait, how can you make Meng De die. I know that you are worried that this will increase Mengde's strength again, but Ziyuan, you must not forget that the Jingzhou family is xenophobic, even if Cao Mengde can succeed for a while, he may not be able to truly digest Jingzhou, that is still unknown. What's more, although Liu Biao is a dog guarding the household, he is not a person who can be kneaded at will, Meng De hit the door, and he will still resist. Although it is possible to push Liu Biao to the side of the court because of this, but now that my army is 500,000, the court wants to swallow it in one bite, and it is not possible to do it overnight. ”