Cao Cao recommended his first strategist Xun Yu as a servant and kept the order. Xun Yu, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, recommended to Cao Cao his nephews Xun You, Zhong Xuan, Yan Xiang, Wei Kang and the strategist Xi Zhicai, etc., after Xi Zhicai died early, Xun Yu recommended the young genius Guo Jia. Cao Cao sealed Xun as a scholar and a military advisor. Guo Jia is the Sikong sacrificial wine.

Guo Jia, like Xun Yu, was actually Yuan Shao first, and Yuan Shao also respected him very much. However, after only a few dozen days, Guo Jia saw that Yuan Shao was difficult to achieve a big thing, and told Yuan Shao's two advisers, Xin Ping and Guo Tu, that he would choose another master, and invited the two to abandon the darkness and join the light. Rejected by the two.

Cao Cao appointed Man Chong as the county magistrate of Xu County. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is very difficult to manage. Cao Hong's guests violated the law several times and were accepted for questioning by full favor. Cao Hong wrote a letter to Manchu to intercede, but Manchu ignored him. Cao Hong could only come to his brother Cao Cao to intercede in person, and after knowing this, Man Chong immediately killed Cao Hong's guests.

As a descendant of Confucius and a disciple of Zheng Xuan, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong has nothing to say about his knowledge, leaving the reputation of 'making pears at the age of six'. But in this troubled world, it is also a typical example of 'show talent meets soldiers'. Under the blow of the Yellow Turban Army, Kong Rong could only protect himself in a small county town in Duchang. The soldiers are weak and the food is scarce, and they are isolated in a corner, but they do not communicate with Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, and Cao Cao. Zuo Chengzu persuaded Kong Rong to take refuge in one of them for self-preservation, but Kong Rong not only did not listen, but killed Zuo Chengzu. Liu Yixun, another strategist with the same name as Zuo, chose to leave.

Beihai State is under the rule of Qingzhou, and Qingzhou Thorn Shi is Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan. Under Yuan Tan's onslaught, most of Kong Rong's soldiers suffered casualties, and only a few hundred remained. In such an environment where the flow of arrows intersects, Kong Rong still reads a few books and talks and laughs freely. In the end, the city fell, Kong Rong fled to Dongshan alone, and his wife was captured by Yuan Tan. When Cao Cao learned of this, he recruited Kong Rong as a general in the name of the imperial court.

Yuan Tan chased Tian Kai in the north, broke Kong Rong in the east, and Weihui was written in Qingzhou. Such a good young man, but then he gradually trusted the group, wanton and extravagant, and his reputation declined.

Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the world has been in chaos, and the people have abandoned agriculture. All armies rose together, the rate was short of grain and grain, there was no plan for the end of the year, hunger was slight, full was abandoned, disintegration and displacement, invincible and self-destruction are innumerable. At that time, the strongest two Yuan armies, the historical records are "Yuan Shao was in Hebei, and the soldiers ate mulberries; Yuan Shu was in Jianghuai, and he was given to Pu Yu, and the people were cannibalistic, and the state was depressed" Faced with this reality, Cao Cao, who had successfully coerced the Son of Heaven and had an absolute political advantage, had to come up with a way to also have an economic advantage. Only in this way can we sweep away the masses and rebuild unity.

So Yulin supervisor Zao only offered the strategy of Tuntian, and Cao Cao gladly adopted it, appointing Zao Yi as the commander of Tuntian and Ren Jun as the general of Diannong. In the first place to start recruiting people to Tuntian, it was a great success that year, and he got a million grains. With this successful precedent, Cao Cao immediately ordered the establishment of tuntian officials in each prefecture and county. It is precisely because of these two major political and economic policies that Cao Cao gradually gained an advantage over the world's leaders, and finally unified the Central Plains and established the strongest Wei foundation among the three kingdoms. "Where the valley is located, the warehouses are full. Therefore, Cao conquered the Quartet, and there was no labor to transport grain, so he was able to annex the heroes. The forgiveness of the militaristic state starts from only the Jun and becomes the Jun"

Yuan Shu said that the emperor's heart was immortal. In order to increase his capital, he decided to attack Liu Bei again. Before the war, Yuan Shu sent someone to apologize to Lü Bu and offered to marry his son to Lü Bu's daughter in order to re-establish the alliance. After receiving Lü Bu's promise, Yuan Shu sent his general Ji Ling to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Liu Bei, and Liu Bei asked Lü Bu for help.

The generals all persuaded Lu Bu to let Yuan and Liu fight to the death, and they could sit and reap the benefits of the fishermen. But Lu Bu disagreed, thinking that the death of his lips would be cold to his teeth. He led 1,000 infantry and 200 cavalry to rescue Liu Bei. And Ji Ling didn't know Lu Bu's intentions, so he also ordered to suspend the attack on Liu Bei, and see which side Lu Bu was on?

In the end, Lu Bu convinceed Ji Ling and Liu Bei at the same time with the wonderful scene of 'shooting halberds at the gate' (there is a wonderful description in the 16th chapter of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"), and no one dared to challenge Lu Bu's peerless martial arts, and each of them quit and returned.

After surviving this catastrophe, Liu Bei began to recruit troops in Xiaopei, and gained more than 10,000 soldiers. This matter was learned by Lu Bu (in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it was Zhang Fei who robbed the horses of Lu Bu's generals Song Xian and Wei Xu) Lu Bu personally led his troops to attack Liu Bei. Liu Bei was defeated, fled to Xudu, and defected to Cao Cao.

Regarding Liu Bei's defection, Cao Cao's advisers had different opinions: Cheng Yu persuaded Cao Cao to kill Liu Bei immediately, so as not to become a big problem in the future; Xun Yu said that he couldn't kill Liu Bei; Guo Jia's opinion seems to be very contradictory: "Ming Gong is an insurrectionary soldier, fighting violence for the people, and now is the time to collect heroes." And Liu Bei is now a hero who has returned in the twilight. Cheng Yu is right, if Ming Gong does not kill Liu Bei, this person will definitely suffer in the future. But if you want to kill him now, you will lose the hearts of the world. I also hope that Ming Gong can think it through" In the end, Cao Cao's thoughtful result was that instead of killing Liu Bei, he reused Liu Bei: named him Yuzhou Mu; give him soldiers, horses, and food; Let him go to Xiaopei again, and put away the old department to prevent Lu Bu.

When Liu Bei's army was defeated and fled, Yuan Lian, a Maocai he had recommended, was captured by Lü Bu. Lü Bu ordered Yuan Lian to write a book to insult Liu Bei, but Yuan Lian repeatedly refused. In the end, Lu Bu was furious, and directly threatened with force, "If you write, I will let you live, and if you don't write, I will kill you" Yuan Jian still did not write, "I serve the general today, just like I served Liu Bei at the beginning." If one day I am arrested by someone else and asks me to write a book to scold the general, do you think I should write it, general?"

After the Son of Heaven moved eastward, Dong Zhuo's subordinates in the past were scattered. Zhang Ji chose to attack Liu Biao's Jingzhou. As a result, when attacking Nanyang County, he was shot by a stray arrow and died. The rest of the department was led by Zhang Ji's son Zhang Xiu, and was stationed in Zhiwan County, Nanyang County. Jingzhou officials came to congratulate Liu Biao on Zhang Ji's death. Liu Biao used some words, "Help the poor, the master is rude, as for the confrontation, this is not Liu Biao's intention." Liu Biao was only hanged, not congratulated" made everyone happy and convinced, and even Zhang Xiu's subordinates also returned to their hearts.

At this time, Jia Xu, a super strategist who took refuge in Duan Xuan in Huayin County and received Duan Xuan's high-level courtesy, chose to leave Duan Xuan alone and go to Wan County to join the old Zhuji. Zhang Xiuzhi met with his descendants, and Duan Xuan also treated Jia Xu's family members well in Huayin. Everything was as Jia Xu expected. Under Jia Xu's persuasion, Zhang Xiu decided to join Liu Biao. Jia Xu personally went to meet Liu Biao, and Liu Biao treated him with courtesy. After Jia Xu came back, he said something like this to Zhang Xiu: "Liu Biao, if he is ruling the world, he can be the talent of the three princes." But if you don't see the incident, you are suspicious and indecided, and if you are in troubled times, you will be powerless."

Liu Biao loves the people and raises the soldiers, and protects the territory and the people. Set up schools in the territory and teach the scriptures. Kansai, Yan, and Yu scholars returned to the thousands. Liu Biao also ordered the original Yale Lang Du Kui to be Yale. When Yale is ready, Liu Biao wants to watch it. Du Kui advised, "You are not the Son of Heaven, you are happy to do it, this is not in line with the etiquette."

In January 197, Cao Cao sent troops to recruit Zhang Xiu, and the army went down to the village by the river. Zhang Xiu listened to Jia Xu's persuasion and surrendered to Cao Cao. But after Cao Cao surrendered, he immediately raped Zhang Ji's wife Zou, and bribed Zhang Xiu's general Hu Che'er, so that he could find an opportunity to assassinate Zhang Xiu. After these two incidents, Zhang Xiu decided to rebel and attacked Cao's army camp at night.

In this battle, Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and the first favorite general Dian Wei were all killed. Cao Cao's mount Shadow was also wounded by an arrow and could no longer ride, and Cao Cao himself was shot in the right arm by a stray arrow. If Cao Ang hadn't given up his mount to his father and exchanged his death for his father's life, Cao Cao would probably have died in Wancheng at this time because of lust.

Cao Cao fled to Wuyin County, 70 kilometers east of Wan County, where he collected the defeated troops and defeated Zhang Xiu's pursuers.

In the chaos of the army, only the captain of the Ping Capture did not lose in the forbidden department, and the whole group returned. And on the way to withdraw the army, he encountered the Qingzhou soldiers robbing, and Yu Ban immediately ordered to attack the Qingzhou soldiers and pacify the people at the same time. After the Qingzhou soldiers fled, they reported to Cao Cao that Yu Ban had rebelled. After Yu Ban came to Wuyin County, he did not go to Cao Cao to plead his defense for the first time, but dug a trench and set up camp to prevent Zhang Xiu from chasing the soldiers. Cao Cao was overjoyed after understanding the whole story: "I am still embarrassed, but the general is in chaos." If you want to come to the ancient famous generals, it's just like that" was sealed on the spot and banned as the Marquis of Yishou Pavilion. Then the whole army returned to Xudu.

In January, a major event occurred in Shouchun County, Jiujiang County. Yuan Shu finally became the first person among the princes to eat crabs, and he proclaimed himself the emperor of the Zhong family. With Jiujiang Taishou as Huainan Yin, set up a hundred officials of the minister, and worship the world in the suburbs. Yuan Shu wanted to appoint Jin Shang, the former assassin of Yanzhou, as his lieutenant, but Jin Shang fled and was killed by Yuan Shu. Chen Qi, the prime minister of Peiguo, traveled with Yuan Shu when he was young. Yuan Shu specially wrote a letter to summon Chen Jue, and took Chen Jue's son Chen Deng as a hostage, only wanting Chen Jue to support him as emperor. But Chen Qi replied with righteousness and awe-inspiring, saying that he only supported Cao Cao, who supported the Han Dynasty.

The news of Yuan Shu's proclamation as emperor reached Xu Du, and Cao Cao had no time to get angry. Yuan Shu's cousin Yuan Shao came to add fuel to the fire again, and he was angry with Cao Cao again. Yuan Shao wrote a letter to Cao Cao in the name of a general, and his words were arrogant. Cao Cao was very unhappy after reading the letter, and found Xun Yu and Guo Jia, "Yuan Shao is unjust, but he is strong and strong." What should I do?" Guo Jia replied, "Although Xiang Yu was strong back then, he was eventually fowled by Han Gaozu. If Yuan Shao is compared with Ming Gong, Shao has ten defeats, although he is strong for a while, he is ultimately incapacitated. There are ten victories in justice, righteousness, governance, degree, strategy, morality, benevolence, Ming, literature, and martial arts, why should you be afraid of him" Cao Cao smiled and said, "Qing said me too well, right?" Lonely He De is worthy of "Guo Jiadao", Ming Gong does not have to be too humble. However, Xuzhou Lu Bu is a big trouble. Should take advantage of the great opportunity of Yuan Shao's struggle with Gongsun Hao in the north, and go to destroy Lu Bu first, "Xun Yu also said" If you don't take Lu Bu first, Hebei is not easy to figure out "Cao Cao" I am worried that Yuan Shao will invade Guanzhong, chaos in the west, and lure Shu Han in the south. In this way, it will become me to fight against the remaining 5/6 with the strength of the two states of Yanyu and 1/6 of the world, so it will be dangerous. Do the two of you have any good strategies?" Xun Yu said: "There are more than a dozen generals in Guanzhong, and they are not subordinate to each other. Among them, Han Sui and Ma Teng are the strongest. They are all people who support themselves. If the Duke of Ming can be gracious and send Lian He, although he cannot guarantee long-term peace, he will be safe in the short term. In addition, Zhong Xiang is known for his resourcefulness, if the affairs of the west are entrusted to him, the Ming Duke should be able to avoid the worries of the west" Cao Cao immediately recommended Zhong Xiang as the captain of the guard, and supervised the armies in Guanzhong. The first thing Zhong Miao did after coming to Chang'an was to write to Ma Teng and Han Sui, Chen analyzed the blessings and misfortunes. Ma Teng and Han Sui each sent their sons to serve and express their loyalty to the imperial court.

In March, Kong Rong was ordered by the imperial court to go with the festival and named Yuan Shao as a general, and concurrently supervised Ji, Qing, You, and four states.

Yuan Shu sent an envoy Han Yin to Xuzhou to meet Lu Bu, informing him that he had been proclaimed emperor, and at the same time to implement the marriage of the two families. Lu Bu didn't think much about it, so he handed over his daughter to Han Yin on the spot and brought it back to Shouchun to prepare for the marriage. When Chen Qi heard the news, he hurriedly came to see Lu Bu with his illness. The words fooled Lu Bu and made him decide to regret his marriage. caught up with his daughter and his party who were on the way, and at the same time escorted Han Yin into the prisoner car and sent him to Xu Capital to be disposed of by the Son of Heaven. Later, Han Yin was beheaded.

Chen Jue recommended his son Chen Dengke to Lü Bu as an envoy to visit Liu Xie and Cao Cao in Xudu. At first, Lu Bu refused. Later, the imperial court envoy Wang Ze arrived with the edict of the Son of Heaven, sealing Lü Bu as the general of Zuo, and at the same time bringing Cao Cao's personal letter, in which Cao Cao patted Lü Bu's sycophants. Lu Bu was overjoyed, so he decided to send Chen Deng as an envoy to Fengzhang to thank him.

And Lu Bu would not have thought that as soon as Chen Deng saw Cao Cao, he said that Lu Bu was brave and unscrupulous, and it was easier than going, and suggested that Cao Cao kill Lu Bu as soon as possible. Cao Cao held Chen Deng's hand and said, "I know." It's just that I can't pull out for a while, and I hope that Qing's father and son can maneuver from it" and in the name of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he added Yu Lu to 2,000 stones, and named Chen Deng as the Taishou of Guangling.

At this time, Lu Buton felt that he had been sold by Chen's father and son. Because Chen Deng went to Xudu, he also had a personal request from Lu Bu: Lu Bu wanted Emperor Han Xian to crown himself as the pastor of Xuzhou, but he couldn't do it. On the contrary, the Chen father and son were promoted. Lu Bu was furious, and pulled out his halberd and slashed a few times, "You persuade me to break off my marriage with Yuan Shu and make friends with Cao Cao." But what did I get? Your father and son have gained a lot of money, and now they dare to come back to see me" Chen Deng's face remained unchanged, and he replied: "Deng saw Cao Gongyan, 'raising a general is like raising a tiger. When it is full, it will eat people, and if it is not full, it will devour people' Cao Gong said, "It is not as good as Qing Yan, such as raising eagles." Hunger is use, hunger is gone' A miracle happened: Lu Bu was actually discouraged on the spot (the author really doesn't understand Lu Bu's thoughts. If I were Lu Bu, I would be even more angry when I heard this, right? Therefore, the original words are recorded here, hoping that someone can teach me)

Yuan Shu gathered tens of thousands of foot cavalry, led by the generals Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and others, and combined with Han Xian and Yang Feng, the troops were divided into seven routes to attack Xiapi, where Lu Bu was located. At that time, Lu Bu had only 3,000 soldiers and 400 horses. Seeing that they were outnumbered, Lu Bu summoned Chen Jue, "You recruited Yuan Shu's army, what is your best strategy for retreating from the enemy now" Chen Jue said, "As long as the relationship between Han Xian and Yang Feng and Yuan Shu is separated, it will be done" Lu Bu adopted this plan and personally wrote to Han and Yang, and the two also agreed to abandon Yuan and help Lu.

Lü Bu then raised his troops, and with the cooperation of Han Xian and Yang Feng, he defeated Zhang Xun. And with the momentum of a big victory, the land and water marched together, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yuan Shu's nest Shouchun! But just after killing the Huai River, when he arrived in Zhongli County, he found that Yuan Shu was heavily guarded. So after plundering, he left a letter insulting Yuan Shu, and Lü Bu led his army back to Huaibei. Yuan Shuqin led 5,000 cavalry to the south bank of the Huai River, facing Lu Bu's army across the Huai. After Lu Bu ordered the soldiers to shout and curse in the air, he returned with his division.