【Xuzhou Talent】

Cao Cao got a bunch of generals and ministers after defeating Lü Bu and taking Xuzhou, among which the more famous generals were Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, and Sun Guan, and the more famous ones were Chen Qun, Chen Deng, and Yuan Lian.

Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, Sun Guan in the later Yuan Cao War all contributed a lot to Cao Cao, made great contributions, Zhang Liao was later known as one of the five good generals of Cao Wei, and Zang Ba in later generations and Li Tong, Wen Ping, Lu Qian and other famous generals, Sun Guan was once appointed by Cao Cao as the Qingzhou Assassin History.

Zhang Liaozi Wenyuan, a native of Mayi, Yanmen County, was originally a descendant of Nie Yi, but changed his surname to Zhang because he avoided the enemy, and served as a county official when he was young. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the reason for the assassination of Shi Ding in Bingzhou was that Zhang Liao's martial arts were strong and powerful, so he was called to serve as a professional and asked him to lead troops to Kyoto. He Jin sent him to Hebei to recruit soldiers, summoned more than 1,000 people, and when he came back, just in time for He Jin's failure, he took the recruited recruits to join Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo was defeated, and led his troops to defect to Lu Bu and was promoted to the rank of cavalry captain. After Lü Bu was defeated by Li, Guo and others, Zhang Liao followed Lü Bu eastward to Xuzhou, where he served as Lu Xiang and Beidi Taishou. After Zhang Liao led the army to surrender in Xiapi, he was worshiped by Cao Cao as a Zhonglang general and given the title of Marquis of Guannei.

Zang Bazi Xuangao, a native of Huaxian County, Taishan County, his father's name is Zang Jie, serving as a prison guard in the county, enforcing the law seriously, refusing to obey Taishou to execute the people Taishou wanted to kill, Taishou was furious, and ordered Zang Jie to be arrested and sent to Fuzhong, escorting more than 100 soldiers. Zang Ba was eighteen years old at that time, and took dozens of guests directly to the western mountains of Fei County to intercept and take Zang Jie, and the soldiers escorted did not dare to move, so he fled to Donghai County with his father, and since then he has been famous for his bravery.

Later, he was appreciated by Tao Qian, the assassin of Xuzhou, Zang Ba and Sun Guan and others followed Tao Qian to pacify the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou, and then Tao Qian took Zang Ba as the marshal, commanding Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others, stationed in Kaiyang.

After Xiapi was broken, Zang Ba hid. Cao Cao recruited people to look for him, and was very happy to see Zang Ba, so he asked him to summon Wu Dun, Yin Li, Sun Guan, Sun Guan's brother Sun Kang and others to come to see Cao Cao. Cao Cao appointed Zang Ba as Lang Evil Minister, Wu Dun as the Taishou of Licheng County, Yin Li as the Taishou of Dongguan County, Sun Guan as the Taishou of Beihai County, and Sun Kang as the Taishou of Chengyang County. even entrusted Qingzhou and Xuzhou to Zang Ba for governance for a time.

When Cao Cao was in Yanzhou at the beginning, Xu Xi and Mao Hui were his subordinate generals. When Lü Bu entered Yanzhou and Zhang Miao and Chen Gong rebelled, Xu Xi and Mao Hui both rebelled against Cao Cao. After Yanzhou was pacified, these two people fled and defected to Zang Ba. After Cao Cao recovered Xuzhou, he asked Liu Bei to pass the word and ordered Zang Ba to send the heads of Xu Xi and Mao Hui.

But Zang Ba said to Liu Bei: "I can stand on my own feet precisely because I don't do this kind of thing to betray my friends." I was blessed by my lord not to kill, and I did not dare to disobey the order. However, the monarch who has achieved the great cause of hegemony can be persuaded by righteousness, and I hope that the general will speak well for me. ”

Liu Bei told Cao Cao what Zang Ba said, and Cao Cao sighed and said to Zang Ba: "This is the noble behavior of the ancients, and you can do it, this is exactly what I want." So, Cao Cao stopped persecuting Zang Ba, and appointed Xu Xi and Mao Hui as Taishou.

Chen Qun, Chen Deng, and Yuan Jian later also contributed to Cao Wei, Chen Qun didn't say it, although Chen Deng died early, but he was also able to write and martial arts, and once repelled Sun Quan, Yuan Lian also put forward his own opinions on Cao Cao's Tuntian after returning to Cao, and thus won the love of many people.

【Upcoming Decisive Battle】

At the end of the third century, the Yuan Shao Group and the Cao Cao Group developed rapidly, and the Yuan Shao Group with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Liu Biao as the core and the Yuan Shu Group with Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian as the core have gradually disintegrated, and the confrontation between the two groups of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu has also begun to come to an end.

At that time, Yuan Shao had become the most powerful prince in the Three Kingdoms era, and Cao Cao controlled the imperial court by coercing the Son of Heaven.

A showdown between former allies Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is inevitable, and the winner of the two will be qualified to unify the world and end the troubled times.

Cao Cao Group has a deep understanding of this.

And for the upcoming decisive battle, actively prepare.

And after Cao Cao annihilated the Lu Bu group, he had swept away the biggest hidden danger behind the battle with Yuan Shao.

At that time, the Xuzhou region controlled by the Lü Bu group was connected to Yuan Tan's Qingzhou, Cao Cao's Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and Yuan Shu's Huainan, and the geographical location can be said to be very important.

Between Yuan Shao, Lü Bu, and Yuan Shu, from Qingzhou in the north to Yangzhou in the south, a huge potential anti-Cao region in the east was formed, and if Yuan Shao, Lü Bu, and Yuan Shu were united with each other, they would pose a fatal threat to Cao Cao.

Even if they did not unite with each other, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were in confrontation, if Lu Bu and Yuan Shu made a move, they would still pose a serious threat to Cao Cao, and even if they did not move, it would distract Cao Cao from a considerable part of his energy, making it impossible for him to concentrate on Yuan Shao.

And in front of a heavyweight opponent like Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, who can't exert his full strength, is basically tantamount to failure.

Not to mention that the relationship between Lu Bu and Cao Cao has become the same because of the affairs of Yanzhou, although Lu Bu is superficially subordinate to the imperial court, he has no fear of Cao Cao in his heart, and Lu Bu has done a lot of things in history to rob by fire.

Back then, Lü Bu took away Liu Bei's Xuzhou when Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were confronting, so it was not surprising that Lü Bu sent troops to Xuchang when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were confronting.

Therefore, Xun Yu asked Cao Cao to clean up Lu Bu as soon as possible, regardless of the fiasco of Nanyang, even if Lu Bu may not have turned to Yuan Shu's side at that time, he still nominally belonged to the imperial court.

Cao Cao did not follow Xun Yu's advice at first, but continued to crusade against Zhang Xiu southward, wanting to avenge his revenge. However, after Cao Cao repeatedly crusaded against Jingzhou in vain, and Lü Bu betrayed the alliance to join Yuan Shu and sent Gao Shun to attack Liu Bei, Cao Cao finally turned his target to Xuzhou.

After Cao Cao eliminated Lü Bu and took control of Xuzhou, he basically isolated Yuan Shu in Huainan, and eventually caused it to destroy itself.

On the other hand, after Cao Cao took control of Xuzhou, he also fixed Yuan Shao's sphere of influence in the north, and if Yuan Shao wanted to expand further, he had to eliminate Cao Cao.

After the Lu Bu group was wiped out, Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan also followed in their footsteps.

The Great War is coming!