At the end of the first year of Xingping (194), Xuzhou Mu Taoqian died, Liu Bei inherited his position, Cao Cao had basically gotten rid of Lu Bu's entanglement after defeating Lu Bu several times, so he hit the idea of Xuzhou again, and wanted to put the affairs of Yanzhou first, while Liu Bei had just gained a foothold, swallowed Xuzhou first, and then came back to clean up Lu Bu.

And what about Lu Bu at that time? There's basically just one breath left.

Fortunately, at this time, Xun Yu stood up and said to Cao Cao: "The ancestors of the Han Dynasty guarded the eastern part of the country, and Emperor Guangwu occupied Hanoi, all of them first consolidated the base to control the world, so that the advance can be victorious, and the retreat can be fixed, so although there are difficulties and twists and turns, the great cause is finally completed." The general originally relied on the Yanzhou incident to quell the chaos in Shandong, and the people were all happy and convinced. Moreover, Yanzhou crosses the Yellow River and Jishui, which is the world's key rush, although it is now dilapidated, but it is easy to protect itself, this place is the general your Guanzhong and Hanoi, and you have to stabilize it first.

Now that Li Feng and Xue Lan have been defeated, if the troops are divided to attack Chen Gong in the east, Chen Gong will definitely not dare to look west, and we will take the opportunity to organize a team to harvest wheat, save grain, and reserve grain, which can defeat Lu Bu in one fell swoop. Then he went south to unite with Liu Xuan of Yangzhou to discuss Yuan Shu to control the Huaishui and Surabaya areas. If you abandon Lu Bu and attack Xuzhou in the east, more soldiers will not be enough to attack the city, and if there are fewer soldiers left behind, the people will be recruited to defend the city, and they will not be able to collect firewood and grass. Lu Bu took the opportunity to invade, kill and plunder, and the people's hearts will be even more afraid, only Juancheng, Fan, and Wei can be saved, and the rest of the places are not owned by us, which is equivalent to losing Yanzhou. If Xuzhou can't be captured, where will the general stay?

What's more, although Tao Qian died, Xuzhou was not easy to break. Xuzhou, in view of the failures of previous years, will unite closely out of fear, both internally and externally. Now that the wheat has been harvested in the east, the wall will be cleared to prevent the general; The general could not attack for a long time, plundered and gained nothing, and within ten days, 100,000 men and horses were already tired before the battle began. The last crusade against Xuzhou, the implementation of violence as a punishment, Xuzhou children think of the shame of their father and brother being killed, they will definitely fight to the death, there is no heart to surrender, even if they can capture Xuzhou, they still can't occupy it. Is it true that there is a thing in the world that gives up this and takes that, and exchanges the big for the small? , is it okay to exchange safety for danger?; Is it okay to weigh the situation for the moment and not be afraid that the foundation is not solid? Now none of the three is beneficial, and I hope that the general will weigh this situation carefully. ”

Xun Yu told us in great detail and clearly, and told Cao Cao why he couldn't fight Xuzhou at this time.

1. Yanzhou is very important to Cao Cao, and it is the foundation for Cao Cao to dominate the world and compete for the Central Plains in the future, so Cao Cao should focus on stabilizing Yanzhou, and the crusade against Xuzhou can be postponed;

2. Now is a good time to defeat Lu Bu, if you turn to attack Xuzhou, it will let Lu Bu live, Lu Bu has already taken advantage of Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou to capture Yanzhou once, and Lu Bu can't be given a second chance;

3. Xuzhou is not easy to fight, although the first two times were smooth, Tao Qian also died. But now the people of Xuzhou have a deep fear of Cao Cao, and must be ready to be completely prepared, and now that Xuzhou's grain has been harvested, once the battle is slightly unfavorable, Cao Cao's army will fall into a very troublesome situation;

4. Even if Xuzhou is defeated, Cao Cao can't be used as a foundation, after all, Cao Cao has killed too many people in Xuzhou before, and the people of Xuzhou now have a blood feud with Cao Cao, even if Cao Cao wins, they will not surrender willingly.

All in all, Cao Cao can't lose the watermelon in order to pick up sesame seeds, and he has nothing to do to put himself in danger, everything must be based on the foundation.

So, classmates, don't think about the east and the west, hurry up and destroy Lu Bu wholeheartedly!

Later, Cao Cao finally didn't think about anything else, seized the fighter, harvested cooked wheat, stored grain, accumulated strength, and completely defeated Lü Bu, Lü Bu abandoned the camp overnight and retreated to Xuzhou, Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to capture Dingtao City, and sent troops to recover the counties of Yanzhou, and Yanzhou was peaceful.

Among them, Zhang Miao fled with Lu Bu, leaving Zhang Chao with his family to guard Yongqiu. Cao Cao besieged Yongqiu for several months, breached and slaughtered the city, and killed Zhang Chao and his family. Zhang Miao went to ask Yuan Shu for help, but before he saw Yuan Shu, he was killed by his subordinates (one said that he was not dead). Chen Gong and Lu Bu joined Liu Bei in Xuzhou.

In October of the second year of Xingping (195), Cao Cao sent an envoy to the imperial court and was officially appointed as the pastor of Yanzhou by Emperor Xian.

In the third year of the first peace (192), Liu Dai of Yanzhou assassination was killed, Cao Cao became the pastor of Yanzhou with the support of Chen Gong, Bao Xin and others, and three years later he was already a human being, Bao Xin was dead, Chen Gong had rebelled, at this time Cao Cao defeated many strong enemies, and had become the rightful lord of Yanzhou.

In the past three years, Cao Cao's enemies include the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Southern Xiongnu, the Black Mountain Army, Yuan Shu, Jin Shang, Tao Qian, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao.

Cao Cao became the pastor of Yanzhou, and in order to protect Yanzhou, he only fought war.

In the third year of Chuping (192), the Yellow Turban thieves who killed Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, were extremely arrogant and reckless in Yanzhou, and Cao Cao, who had just become the pastor of Yanzhou, was not afraid of hardships and dangers, "set up strange ambushes, day and night battles", and finally incorporated all the Yellow Turban Army entrenched in Yanzhou, and even took its elite to form its own unit "Qingzhou Army", and shined in the subsequent Battle of Chuping.

As for the Southern Xiongnu, the Montenegrin army rebelled in Yanzhou several times, but they were all defeated by Cao Cao, more than ten years later, the leader of the Montenegrin army Zhang Yan, the leader of the Southern Xiongnu, Hu Chuquan was successively subdued by Cao Cao, and withdrew from the historical stage.

In the fourth year of the first peace (193), Yuan Shu and Li Guo's imperial court appointed Yanzhou assassin Shi Jinshang united many thieves to invade Yanzhou, Cao Cao was not afraid of danger, with the support of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu's army was defeated in one fell swoop, and it was chased and killed for thousands of miles, and Yuan Shu was driven to Yangzhou.

The ancients had a saying: "The hatred of killing the father is not shared", and "blood debts are repaid". Cao Cao avenged his father in the fourth year of Chuping (193) and the first year of Xingping (194) twice in Xuzhou, but at the same time committed heinous sins, which gave the villain a chance to make trouble.

In the battle of Yanzhou with Lu Bu, friends betrayed, cronies betrayed, and the base was also taken away. Although Cao Cao, who lacked military rations, was shaken twice, Cao Cao finally persevered with the support of the two great strategists Cheng Yu and Xun Yu, and expelled Lü Bu in the second year of Xingping (195) to win the final victory, and also survived the most difficult moment in Cao Cao's career as a prince.

Whoever does not have a storm and a strong rain, guards the clouds and sees the moon.

A year later, Cao Cao welcomed the Son of Heaven to Xu County, at this time, he was already a righteous Yanzhou pastor, the undoubted lord of Yanzhou, but the difference is that Cao Cao's eyes at this time were no longer a mere Yanzhou can put down.

ps: After reading Xun Yu's biography, I think Xun Yu may be a chatter.