Chapter 510: Xun Yu's Intention (I)
Anyway, Liu Xin personally believes that the biggest black history in Xun Yu's life is that he was sold by his father, and inexplicably married the daughter of a eunuch as his wife, and to tell the truth, Xun Yu and Xun Yu's father did not get any benefits from this, because Xun Yu's father-in-law, that is, Tang Heng, who was the regular servant at that time, died in the second year, and the power of the eunuch came and went quickly, so Liu Xin felt that this political marriage, Xun Yu was definitely a blood loss. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info。。
However, Liu Xin had heard before that someone in Hei Xun Yu was also a slave with three surnames like Lu Bu, because at the beginning, Xun Yu served under Dong Zhuo, and then came to Yuan Shao, who occupied Jizhou at that time, to survive, and finally came to Cao Cao to serve.
Of course, after Liu Xin's research, such a statement that Xun Yu is a slave with three surnames is undoubtedly taken out of context, because Xun Yu did stay for a short time under the direct jurisdiction of Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao, and then went to Cao Cao, but Xun Yu did not really work for Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao.
In the first year of the Yonghan Dynasty (i.e., 189 AD), Xun Yu was elevated to filial piety and appointed as the palace guard (responsible for the emperor's pen, ink, paper, etc., similar to a modern secretary).
In September of the same year, Dong Zhuo, who had already controlled the court and the opposition, abolished the Han Shaodi Liu Bian, and established the Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Xie as the new Han Emperor, and in November, Dong Zhuo was appointed as the prime minister, and began to praise and worship the nameless, enter the court and do not tend, and go to the palace with a sword (to put it bluntly, he despises the royal power and does not obey the rules), so Xun Yu, who is loyal to the Han family, decided to abandon the official and return home, and believes that his hometown Yingchuan is located in a strategic place, and if someone wants to declare war on Dong Zhuo of Cholera Luoyang in the future, Yingchuan is likely to fall into a long-term war. So Xun Yu explained the pros and cons to the elders in his family, and hoped that his friends would also follow him to leave Yingchuan for refuge, but because the Han Dynasty had a homesick tradition, paying attention to a homeland is difficult to leave, so most of the local villagers are nostalgic for their homeland and are reluctant to leave, and Han Fu, a fellow villager who served as a pastor in Jizhou at that time, has sent someone to pick up Xun Yu for refuge, but no one is willing to accompany him, so Xun Yu had to move his clan to Jizhou for refuge alone.
However, when Xun Yu came to Jizhou, Jizhou at this time was under the control of Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao naturally knew Xun Yu's talent, so as soon as Yuan Shao saw Xun Yu coming, he treated Xun Yu as a guest, at this time Xun Yu's younger brother Xun Chen and fellow villagers Xin Ping, Guo Tu and others were all serving under Yuan Shao, so they were inviting Xun Yu to work for Yuan Shao, but Xun Yu expected that Yuan Shao "could not achieve great things in the end", so in the second year of Chuping (that is, 191 AD), Xun Yu left Yuan Shao's men and went to Cao Cao.
So it can be seen that Xun Yu did stay under Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao for a short period of time, but this can be said to be a last resort, so it is not that Xun Yu has served under Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao, so the statement that those black Xun Yu is a slave with three surnames is undoubtedly made out of nothing, and Liu Xin also has to say that Xun Yu's ability to recognize people is really good, and it can be seen at a glance that Yuan Shao can't become a big deal, and Cao Cao is the best assistant within the range known to Xun Yu, and Xun Yu's behavior is also very decisive. Although the family members were still taking refuge in Yuan Shao's sphere of influence, Xun Yu decided that Yuan Shao would not do anything to his family, so he ran away directly to Cao Cao's men, and was reused by Cao Cao as soon as he came.
In the first year of Xingping (that is, in 194 AD), Cao Cao began to lead troops to the east to conquer Tao Qian, and at this time, Cao Cao's friend Zhang Miao decided to take this opportunity to oppose Cao in Yanzhou and secretly welcome Lu Bu to enter Chongzhou.
At this time, Xun Yu was in charge of defending Juancheng (now north of Juancheng, Shandong, the seat of Yanzhou at that time), and after Lü Bu arrived here, Zhang Miao sent Liu Yi to tell Xun Yu: "General Lü is here today to help Cao Zhijun attack Taoqian, and it is advisable to provide food for his army." ”
At this time, everyone in the city expressed great doubts, after all, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were both important ministers in Cao Cao's hands, so if Cao Cao invited Lu Bu to come to help, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu would definitely know, so Xun Yu was sure that this was a conspiracy, and Zhang Miao had also betrayed Cao Cao, so Xun Yu immediately ordered the army to strengthen the city defense, and urgently summoned the then Dongjun Taishou Xiahou Dun to come to the rescue, but the cities of Yanzhou at that time responded to Zhang Miao's call and all took refuge in Lu Bu's camp. At that time, because Cao Cao was leading a large army to conquer Tao Qian, there were very few troops left behind in Chongzhou, and there were many people among them who colluded with Zhang Miao and Chen Gong, so after waiting for Xiahoudun to lead the troops, Xun Yu asked Xiahoudun to kill dozens of rebels by night, so the army was at ease.
At this time, Guo Gong, the assassin of Yuzhou, was instigated by Lu Bu and led tens of thousands of troops to attack Chongzhou, at this time Xun Yu's army can be said to be panicked, and at this time Guo Gong asked to meet Xun Yu, and Xun Yu was ready to go without hesitation, Xiahoudun and others thought that this was Guo Gong's conspiracy, after all, Xun Yu was the leader of Cao Wei's forces to guard Chongzhou, if Xun Yu was killed when he went to meet Guo Gong, it would be a huge loss for Cao Wei's forces, And it is very likely to cause the Cao army in the Chongzhou area to fall into chaos and panic, after all, it will be a soldier's courage.
But Xun Yu did see it very thoroughly, because Xun Yu knew that Guo Gong and Chen Gong had always had no relationship, and the reason why Guo Gong was persuaded by Chen Gong to send troops to Chongzhou this time was just for his own interests, and Xun Yu also knew that Guo Gong was a timid and afraid guy, so Xun Yu expected that Guo Gong would not dare to do anything to himself.
Sure enough, as Xun Yu expected, when Xun Yu went out of the city to meet Guo Gong, Guo Gong saw Xun Yu's face without fear, so he thought that Juancheng was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and led the troops away, and then Xun Yu and Cheng Yu made a plan, and at the same time preserved Fan and Dong'a from Lu Bu's hands, and killed all three cities, and soon after, Cao Cao heard that Zhang Miao rebelled, and Lu Bu wanted to seize the news of Chongzhou, so he led his troops back to Puyang and successfully defeated Lu Bu.
It is because of this incident that Xun Yu's outstanding performance kept the foundation for Cao Cao to complete the hegemony, after all, there was only one Chongzhou in Cao Cao's hands at that time, if Cao Cao did not have Xun Yu and Cheng Yu's death to protect the city this time, Cao Cao, who lost Chongzhou, is likely to be like Liu Bei, and ended up with a half-life drift, and it is difficult to say whether he can make a comeback.
In the first month of the second year of Xingping (that is, 195 AD), Cao Cao defeated the Lü Bu army that invaded Dingtao, and in May of the same year, Cao Cao launched an attack on Xue Lan and Li Feng, the Lü Bu generals who garrisoned Juye, and Lü Bu personally rescued, was defeated by Cao Cao, and retreated. Cao Cao annihilated the defenders of Juye, beheaded Xue Lan and Li Feng, and took advantage of the victory to enter the Cheng clan, in this operation, Xun Yu also provided a lot of help to Cao Cao, and this operation also laid the foundation for Cao Cao to completely defeat Lu Bu.
However, just when Cao Cao was about to continue to attack Lu Bu, the news of the death of Shi Taoqian, the assassin of Xuzhou, came, so Cao Cao began to plan to take advantage of Xuzhou's fall into the borderless land to occupy Xuzhou, but Xun Yu advised Cao Cao at this time that Xuzhou could not be beaten, because first, Lu Bu was still eyeing the sidelines, and the Xuzhou region would not easily surrender to Cao Cao, and now it was the time of the autumn harvest, and it was likely to be constrained by the problem of grain and grass if he rashly sent troops.
So Cao Cao adopted Xun Yu's opinion, gave up the attempt to attack Xuzhou, and seized the warplane, harvested cooked wheat, stored grain, accumulated strength, soon after, Cao Cao once again won more with less, defeated Lu Bu, Lu Bu therefore abandoned the camp overnight and retreated to Xuzhou, and Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to capture Dingtao City, and respectively sent troops to recover Yanzhou before the rebellion with Zhang Miao of the various counties, then Yanzhou returned to Cao Cao's hands, and the victory of this battle also for Cao Cao to unify the north in the future, the great cause, It is of great significance, and Xun Yu naturally contributes to it.
And after the incident that greeted the Son of Heaven, Xun Yu consolidated his identity as the first strategist under Cao Cao.
It was in the first year of Jian'an (that is, in 196 AD), as Cao Cao defeated the remnants of the local Yellow Turban Army, at this time, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty was under the protection of Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others, got rid of the control of Guo and Li, and returned to Luoyang from Chang'an, but at this time Emperor Han Xian was a hot potato, after all, the Han world at this time had already fallen into chaos, and because Emperor Han Xian was still established by the previous traitor Dong Zhuo, the reputation was not good, so the influence of the Han Dynasty at this time has become extremely low, It can even be said that the reputation of Emperor Han Xian at that time was not as good as a thorn history, and the princes at that time were all ambitious, hoping that they could establish a new dynasty to replace the Han Dynasty, so these princes were naturally unwilling to accept Emperor Han Xian to their own territory, because they would still be Han Chen at that time, and they would be constrained by all sides.
Therefore, on the issue of whether to welcome the Son of Heaven to build the capital of Xu County, there was a dispute within the Cao army, and most of the people did not agree to welcome the emperor, the reason was that "Shandong is not peaceful, Han Xian and Yang Fengxin will send the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, and Zhang Yang will be in the north, and it is not possible to fight", simply put, it is that Cao Cao's current strength is not enough to face more enemies, of course, there is another reason that Cao Cao's generals and strategists are not willing to have another boss on their heads for no reason. Moreover, most of Cao Cao's main subordinates during this period were Cao Cao's relatives or friends, so they must have hoped that Cao Cao would become the new emperor in the future, so they were reluctant to welcome Emperor Han Xian.
However, there are always exceptions to everything, although Xun Yu is the first strategist under Cao Cao and is deeply valued by Cao Cao, but Xun Yu is a staunch loyal minister of the Han family, and he can afford the sentence "being in Cao Ying's heart in Han" more than Xu Shu later, it can also be said that the most important reason why Xun Yu is willing to serve Cao Cao is that he hopes to revive the Han family through Cao Cao.
So, Xun Yu began to persuade Cao Cao to meet Emperor Han Xian, and Cao Cao also thought that Xun Yu's words were reasonable, so he agreed to the secret invitation of the Anji general Dong Cheng, and personally led the army to Luoyang. Because Cao Cao already holds the national righteousness in his hands.
However, at this time, Cao Cao also fell into a dangerous situation, because since Cao Cao greeted the Son of Heaven, it caused Yuan Shao's dissatisfaction, and at this time Yuan Shao had already lived in the north and became the first prince at that time, and Cao Cao's territory at this time was very embarrassing, not only in the north with Yuan Shao, a behemoth, but also in the east to worry about the hundred-legged insect, the dead but not stiff Lu Bu, and in the south to be careful of Zhang Xiu, and in the west is to guard against Dong Zhuo's remnants.
So in the first month of the second year of Jian'an (that is, 197 AD), Cao Cao, who was attacked on all sides, was forced by pressure to decide to march south to the weakest Zhang Xiu, but the result was a big defeat, and Yuan Shao was the master who did not think it was a big deal, and he wrote to Cao Cao arrogantly, the rhetoric was extremely arrogant, which caused Cao Cao to be furious after reading, and all the generals said that it was the reason for the disadvantage of the battle, but Xun Yu thought that it was not the case, and continued to plan for Cao Cao.
So in May of the third year of Jian'an (that is, 198 AD), Cao Cao defeated Zhang Xiu; In December of the same year, Cao's army invaded Xiapi, killed Lü Bu, pacified Xuzhou, and then in April of the following year, Cao Cao sent his troops to cross the Yellow River north, killed the Zhenggu who was attached to Yuan Shao, captured the shooting dog, and controlled Hanoi County, which relied on Xun Yu's plan for Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao concentrated superior forces in the inner line of operations, broke the enemy individually, and achieved a quick victory, which made Cao Wei's forces gradually change from weak to strong, and possessed Yan, Henan, Xu and other prefectures, which prepared the basic conditions for resisting Yuan Shao's group, that is, the battle of Guandu.
At this time, Yuan Shao had already destroyed Youzhou Gongsun Zhan, with the land of Hebei, Qing, and Youzhou, becoming the most powerful separatist force in the north, and in June of the same year, Yuan Shao led 100,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 war horses, trying to attack Xuchang in the south, in order to achieve Yuan Shao's goal of "south according to the river, north to block Yan, Dai, and Rong Di, and south to fight for the world".
At this time, Cao Jun once again fell into a fierce debate about whether to fight with Yuan Shao, among which the famous man Kong Rong was a firm surrender faction, and Xun Yu was a firm main battle faction, so Cao Cao made up his mind to start a war with Yuan Shao, and in the battle of Guandu, if it weren't for Xun Yu's insistence, Cao Cao might have withdrawn his troops and returned to Xuchang before Xu Yu took refuge in himself.
Therefore, thinking of this, Liu Xin couldn't help but look at Xun Yu, as well as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and couldn't help but sigh What is the impermanence of the world and what is the choice of fate.
However, Liu Xin is more interested, what is Xun Yu looking for himself to do now.
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