Two years ago, Changsha Taishou Zhang Xianju Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang three counties attached to Cao rejected Liu, Liu Biao continued to send troops to attack. This year, Zhang Xian died of illness, and his son Zhang Yi succeeded him. While Cao Cao and Yuan Shao refused to cross the official crossing and had no time to save the south, Liu Biao launched a fierce attack and finally pacified the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang. History said that "Liu Biao is thousands of miles away, with more than 100,000 armor." So he did not pay tribute, worshiped the world in the suburbs, took it in his residence, and planned to take advantage of the public opinion"

Nine years ago, Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu were ordered by Liu Yan to attack and kill Hanzhong Taishou Sugu. But after Liu Yan's death, Zhang Lu increasingly showed his disobedience to the cowardly Liu Zhang. This year, he killed Zhang Xiu and joined the others. When the news came back to the CD, Liu Zhang was furious and ordered all of Zhang Lu's maternal relatives to be killed. Zhang Lu officially seized Hanzhong County and became an enemy of Liu Zhang. He organized the people with five buckets of rice Taoism, and called himself "Shijun" to learn the Tao, and after learning the Tao with the initial name "Ghost Pawn", he called the "sacrificial wine" to let these sacrificial wines lead the people, and lead many people to treat the head of the big sacrificial wine.

Liu Zhang sent Pang Xi to crusade, and after the defeat, Liu Zhang appointed Pang Xi as the Taishou of Ba County, stationed in Langzhong County to resist Zhang Lu. As a result, Pang Xi privately recruited the people of Hanchang County as soldiers, and the matter was reported to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang became suspicious of Pang Xi.

At the beginning, tens of thousands of people in Nanyang County and Sanfu area were exiled to Yizhou to avoid the war, and Liu Yan called all of them as Dongzhou soldiers. After Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang was gentle and had no authority. The invasion of local residents in Yizhou by Dongzhou soldiers cannot be prohibited. So the people of Yizhou gathered around Zhao Wei, who was known for his popularity, and began to resist. Shu, Guanghan, and Qianwei counties should all be. Zhao Wei also bribed Liu Biao in Jingzhou and made peace with him. led tens of thousands of troops to attack Liu Zhang.

In March 201, Cao Jun came to Anmin in Dongping to get food. Cao Cao wanted to take advantage of the defeat of Yuan Shao and waved his troops south to attack Liu Biao. was persuaded by Xun Yu. In April, Cao's army marched north to the Cangting Ferry of the Yellow River in Dong'e County, Dongjun, and once again defeated Yuan Shao, who had fled there after the defeat of Guandu. Yuan Shao led the defeated troops to continue to flee north, and re-attacked the rebellious counties of Jizhou. Cao Cao returned to Xudu in September.

Subsequently, Cao Cao personally conquered Runan County, where Liu Bei was located. Gong Du and the Yellow Turban Army were dispersed. Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou to seek refuge with Liu Biao. Liu Biao personally greeted him and treated him with courtesy. allocated Liu Bei's soldiers and horses and asked him to be stationed in Xinye County, Nanyang County.

Cao Cao also sent Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Liao to Donghai County to crusade against the rebellious Chang Xuan. In a few months, Cao's army ran out of food and was ready to retreat. Zhang Liao said to Xiahou Yuan, "Chang Xuan has been acting abnormally recently, as if he is hesitating, and he doesn't want to fight and wants to surrender. Zhang Liao is willing to go and say that "Zhang Liao and Chang Feng met alone, and said that Cao Gong Shenwu, Dehuai Quartet, the first to descend can be rewarded." After Chang Xian Xu surrendered, Zhang Liao went to Sangong Mountain alone and went to Chang Xuan's house to meet his family. In the end, Chang Xuan happily went with him to see Cao Cao surrender.

This year, Zhao Wei besieged Liu Zhang in CD. Later, due to the strength of the Dongzhou soldiers, Zhao Wei was defeated and fled to Jiangzhou County, Ba County, and was killed.

Pang Xi asked his subordinate Cheng Qi to meet his father, Cheng Ji, the commander of Hanchang County, and asked for soldiers. Cheng Ji said, "I received pastoral grace, and I should do my best for Liu Zhang." You are a county official, and you should also work for Liu Zhang. Unrighteous things, I'd rather die than "Pang Xi was furious, and sent someone to Cheng Ji to say, "If you dare not listen to me, I will let your whole family suffer" Cheng Ji said, "Gu Youle sheep eat children, not because of the love of father and son, just because of the righteousness." Today, I, Cheng Ji, am willing to learn from Leyang" After Liu Zhang learned about this, Cheng Yi was promoted to Jiangyang Taishou.

When the news of the Yizhou turmoil reached Xudu, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty appointed Niu Kang as the assassin of Yizhou, and enlisted Liu Zhang as the secretary of the dynasty, but Liu Zhang did not come.

In this year, Zhang Lu attacked Ba County, and the imperial court could not levy it, so it could only admit the established facts, and sent an envoy to canonize Zhang Lu as the general of the townspeople and the Taishou of Hanning. Some people dug up a jade seal from the ground and presented it to Zhang Lu. His subordinates wanted to support Zhang Lu as the king of Hanning. But Zhang Lu listened to the advice of Gongcao Yanpu and refused to claim the title of king.

In January 202, Cao Cao led his army to his hometown of Peiguo County, and issued an order: "Since I raised the volunteers, there is no other soldier in my hometown who has died in battle, and I can find relatives to inherit it." Teach the fields and plough the cattle, and set up a teacher to teach them. Set up a temple to worship his ancestors" Subsequently, Cao Cao came to Junyi County, Chenliu County, to repair the Suiyang Canal. Sent the gift of the ether prison to sacrifice the former Taiwei Qiaoxuan. Finally, enter the military crossing, and prepare for the final battle with the Yuan family!

After Yuan Shao was defeated in Guandu, he was ashamed and angry, and vomited blood. He finally passed away on May 21. History books commented that Yuan Shao was "generous and elegant." Joy and anger are invisible. And sex is self-exalted, shorter than good. Therefore as for defeat"

Yuan Shaosheng had three sons: Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang. The stepwife Liu loved his youngest son Yuan Shang, and asked Yuan Shaoli to make Yuan Shang his heir several times. So Yuan Shao did not listen to the advice of the frustrated professor, and before his death, he had a plan to "let all the sons have a state, in order to see their ability", "let the eldest son Yuan Tan be the stepbrother, and serve as the assassin of Qingzhou." The middle son Yuan Xi is the history of the Youzhou Thorn, and the nephew Gao Gan is the history of the Bingzhou Thorn. The youngest son, Yuan Shang, stayed in Jizhou with him.

Xin commented, Guo Tu was attached to Yuan Tan, and was at odds with Ji Ji and Trial. After Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Tan, who was supposed to be the eldest son, Jili. However, Xiao Ji and the trial were deeply afraid that Xin Ping and Guo Tu would gain power and harm themselves, so they falsely passed on Yuan Shao's death and made Yuan Shang his heir. After Yuan Tan heard that his father had died, he led his troops from Qingzhou, but he was already a step too late. Yuan Tan called himself a general of the Che Cavalry and went out of Liyang County, Wei County. Yuan Shang only gave the eldest brother a few soldiers, but he sent Xiao Ji to be the supervisor. Yuan Tan asked to add some soldiers and horses to himself, but was rejected by the trial and others. Yuan Tan was furious and killed Xiao Ji.

In September, Cao Cao crossed the Yellow River and attacked Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan asked Yuan Shang for help, and Yuan Shang ordered him to stay in Zhencheng, and he personally led his soldiers and horses to help Yuan Tan, but Cao Cao refused. The two armies fought several times in a row, and the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were repeatedly defeated and retreated to hold on.

At the same time, Yuan Shang ordered Hedong Taishou Guo Yuan to join Gao Gan and the Southern Xiongnu Huchu Quanshan to attack Hedong County, and also sent envoys to contact Ma Teng and other Guanzhong generals to send troops to contain Cao's army.

Guo Yuan captured many cities along the way, and hit the city of Jiangxian defended by Jia Kui, the official of Hedong County. Guo Yuan led his troops to attack. Seeing that Jiangcheng would be breached, the elders in the city came to see Guo Yuan and said that as long as he did not hurt Lord Jia Kui, Jiangcheng was willing to surrender. After Guo Yuan agreed, a surrender ceremony was held. Guo Yuan wanted Jia Kui to be his general, and robbed him with soldiers, but Jia Kui did not move. Left and right forced Jia Kui to kowtow to Guo Yuan, and was told by Jia Kui, "How can there be a national governor kowtowing to a thief" Guo Yuan was furious and wanted to behead Jia Kui. After hearing this, the people went to the city one after another and shouted, "Kill my Xianjun with the promise, and we are willing to die with the Xianjun" Guo Yuan was also angry, so he ordered Jia Kui to be imprisoned in the cellar of Huguan County, Shangdang County, and covered with wheels. Jia Kui sighed to the people guarding him: "Isn't there a person with lofty ideals in this place? I can't bear to let a righteous man like this die" was heard by a man named Zhu Gongdao, who rescued Jia Kui that night without leaving his name.

Cao Cao ordered Zhong Xuan, the commander of Sili, to lead his troops to attack Pingyang County, Hedong County, where Shan Yu of the Southern Xiongnu was located. When he was attacking the city, he heard that Ma Teng was coming with his troops, and Zhong Miao hurriedly sent Zhang Ji, the commander of Xinfeng County, to persuade Ma Teng to persuade him. In the end, under the persuasion of Fu Gan, Ma Teng decided to abandon Yuan Xiangcao and sent his son Ma Chao to lead more than 10,000 troops. Go and meet Zhong Xuan.

After Zhong Xuan got Ma Teng's Xiliang soldiers, he camped by the Fen River. When Guo's army crossed the Fen River halfway, he suddenly sent troops to defeat Yuan's army. Guo Yuan died in battle, but his head was not found when he cleaned the battlefield. Later, it was Ma Chao's subordinate captain Pang De who came to ask for credit with Guo Yuan's head, but he didn't expect Zhong Miao to cry loudly when he saw this head. Pound was puzzled. Zhong Xuan said, "Actually, Guo Yuan is my nephew, but he is now a national thief. should be punished," Hu Chuquan chose to surrender to Zhong Xuan when the rescue troops were cut off.

This year, Liu Biao ordered Liu Bei to lead the army on a northern expedition and fought all the way to Ye County, Nanyang County. Cao Cao sent Xiahoudun, Yu Ban, Li Dian and other generals to lead troops to rescue. Liu Bei withdrew after burning the tun, but Xiahoudun did not listen to Li Dian's advice and let Li Dian stay behind while he and Yu Ban led troops to chase after him. As a result, he was ambushed in Bowang County and was defeated. In the end, Li Dian led the troops to rescue, and Liu Bei also withdrew from Xinye (this battle was described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as Zhuge Liang's first achievement of "burning Bowang")

This year, Cao Cao sent a letter to Sun Quan, asking Sun Quan to send his son to the Xudu court as a hostage (Sun Quan's eldest son, Sun Deng, was born in 209 years after 7 years, so who is this 'son' that Cao Cao wants Sun Quan to accept now?). To this end, Sun Quan convened a group of officials to discuss. Zhang Zhao and the others were hesitant. In the end, Zhou Yu said righteous and awe-inspiring words to Sun Quan in front of Mrs. Wu, and rejected Cao Cao's request. Mrs. Wu was overjoyed and said to Sun Quan, "Gong Jin (Zhou Yu Zi Gong Jin) and Bo Fu (Sun Ce Zi Bo Fu) are the same year, only one month younger. I treat him like a son, and you will treat him like a brother."

This year, Sun Quan's mother, Mrs. Wu, died (the 54th episode of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" "Ganlu Temple Recruiting Relatives" is completely fictional. Because at that time, the woman's parent, Wu Guotai, had already passed away for many years. "Zizhi Tongjian" Mrs. Wu died in 207)

In February 203, Cao Cao fought with Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang under the city of Liyang. Eryuan was defeated and fled back to Chengcheng at night. In April, Cao Cao pursued to Zhencheng and cut the wheat outside the city for military rations. All the generals suggested that Yecheng be captured in one go, but Guo Jia objected to "if you are in a hurry, you will protect each other, and if you are slow, you will fight." We should now attack Jingzhou in the south, and when the two Yuan brothers change, we will come again to reap the benefits of the fishermen" In May, Cao Cao left Jia Xin to garrison Liyang and returned to Xudu by himself.

On the 25th, Cao Cao issued an order: "In the future, all generals will go on an expedition, and in addition to being rewarded for their merits, they will also be punished for their crimes." Those who lose the army will be punished, and those who lose will be dismissed."

As Guo Jia expected, once the great enemy Cao Cao retreated, the two Yuan's own brothers began to fight among themselves. The eldest brother Yuan Tan said to the third brother Yuan Shang, "Cao Cao retreated, and our army can pursue from behind." But I don't have many soldiers and my armor is not fine, can you give me some and let me pursue Cao Cao" was rejected by Yuan Shang. At the same time, Guo Tu and Xin Ping said to Yuan Tan, "When the first prince didn't make you his heir, he listened to the rumors of the trial around Yuan Shang" Yuan Tan was furious, so he sent troops to attack Yuan Shang. As a result, he was defeated and withdrew to Nanpi County, Bohai County. Don't drive Wang Xiu from Qingzhou to lead the officials and people to aid Yuan Tan. But he advised Yuan Tan to stop fratricidal killing. Of course Yuan Tan didn't listen. Yuan Tan's general Liu Xun rebelled against Yuan Tan in Luoyin County, Pingyuan County, and all cities responded to it. Yuan Tan sighed: "Now the whole state is rebellious, is it because I have no virtue?" Wang Xiu said: "Donglai is too guarded and will not obey the thief." More than ten days later, Guan Tong came to Nanpi to defect to Yuan Tan while abandoning his family, and was appointed by Yuan Tan as the Taishou of Le'an. But the price was that all his wives were killed by thieves.

In July, Cao Cao issued an order: each county and country should cultivate literature. Counties with more than 500 households should set up school officials and select local talents to teach. So that the way of the ancestors will not be abolished, and it will benefit the world.

In August, Yuan Shang personally conquered Yuan Tan, but Yuan Tan was defeated and fled back to Pingyuan County to hold on. Liu Biao wrote letters to Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang respectively, persuading them to be brothers of the same mind. But neither of them listened,

Cao Cao led his army to attack Liu Biao, and the army was stationed in Xiping County, Runan County. Yuan Tan sent Xin Bi to ask Cao Cao for help. All the generals thought that Liu Biao should be captured first at this time, and the two Yuan brothers were not worried. But Xun Yu expressed a different opinion, and Cao Cao also listened. However, a few days later, Cao Cao changed his mind and planned to level Jingzhou first, and Xin Bi met Cao Cao through Guo Jia. Cao Cao finally accepted Xin Bi's strong persuasion and decided to lead his troops north.

In October, Cao Cao led his army to Liyang County. When Yuan Shang learned of this, he ordered to abandon the siege of Pingyuan County and return to Chengcheng. Yuan Shangbu surrendered Lü Kuang and Gao Xiang to Cao Cao in Yangping County, Dongjun, and were made liehous. Cao Cao withdrew his troops, and after the siege of Yuan Tan was resolved, he privately engraved the general's seal to grant Lu Kuang and Gao Xiang. The two handed over the general's seal to Cao Cao. In order to appease Yuan Tan, Cao Cao decided to marry his son Cao Chenghuan Yuan Tan's daughter.

This year, Sun Quan went west to conquer Huang Zu. Break its water army. But at the time of the siege, there was news that "the mountain bandits were recovering and the rear was unstable". Sun Quan had no choice but to withdraw his troops. When passing through Yuzhang County, Sun Quan sent Lü Fan to pacify Poyang County and Cheng Pu to pacify Le'an County. Taishi Ci Linghai County; Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Lü Meng and other generals divided the counties to quell the rebellion of the Shanyue tribe in the territory under their jurisdiction. The rebellion of more than 10,000 people gathered in Jian'an, Hanxing, and Nanping counties of Huiji County was quelled by He Qi. Sun Quan ordered the county to be re-established, and named He Qi the lieutenant of Pingdong.

In January 204, Cao Cao crossed the Yellow River and curbed the flow of Qi water into Baigou to open the grain route.

In February, Yuan Shang asked the trial and Su You to stay in Zhencheng, and he led his troops to Pingyuan County to attack Yuan Tan. Cao Cao marched to Huanshui, Su You originally wanted to be the internal response of Cao's army, but after being discovered, he fled from the city to join Cao Cao. Cao's army entered the city of Zhencheng, built earth mountains, and dug tunnels to attack it. Yuan Shang's subordinate Yin Kai was stationed in Maocheng on the border between Wei County and Shangdang County to connect with Shangdang Grain Road. In April, Cao Cao ordered Cao Hong to continue the attack on Chengcheng, and he himself went to defeat Yin Kai. On the way back to the army, he captured the city of Handan in Zhao State, which was garrisoned by the son of Fu Zhu. Zhao Guoyiyang County ordered Han Fan and Wei County Shexian magistrate Liang Qi to surrender to Cao Cao. Xu Huang suggested that these two counties should be rewarded to show the rest of the Yuan city. Cao Cao gave the two of them the title of Marquis of Guannei on the spot. Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegrin rebel army, sent an envoy to surrender and was named the general of Pingbei by Cao Cao.