Xu Shu promised to handle it, and Liu Cong thought: "Ma Chao's team should be used." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info I forgot it. ”

It turned out that Zhong Miao was stationed in Chang'an on the order of Cao Cao, and persuaded Ma Teng and Han Sui to reconcile, and later, Ma Teng voluntarily asked for the imperial court, so Cao Cao transferred Ma Teng to Xuchang as an official, and let Ma Chao be stationed in Liangzhou on behalf of his father Ma Teng.

After Cao Cao's defeat and escape to Chang'an, he sent peace to Ma Chao several times, but Ma Chao saw that Cao Cao's general trend had gone, so he had been entertaining Cao Cao on the surface, but secretly contacted Liu Cong and expressed his submission to the imperial court.

At this time, Liu Cong was worried that Ma Chao would be used by Cao Cao, so he decided to send someone to inform Ma Chao and ordered him to raise troops in Liangzhou to respond, "Don't ask him to raise troops to attack Cao Cao from the west, as long as he makes a move, it will be enough to divide Cao Cao's troops." ”

So, Liu Cong took matters into his own hands and notified Ma Chao in the name of the imperial court to raise troops in Xiliang to attack Cao Cao's back road.

Then, Liu Cong wrote letters to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and Liu Zhang in Yizhou in the name of the imperial court, indicating that they strictly defended all passes to prevent Cao Cao's army from being defeated and escaping to Hanzhong and Yizhou. "Nana's, if Cao Cao's army is defeated and flees to Hanzhong, occupies Yizhou by the way, and then guards all the passes, this will cause trouble for me to finally defeat Cao Cao.

However, there is no need to worry, since Cao Cao fled to Chang'an, Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu saw that Cao Cao's general trend had gone, and they had sent tribute to the imperial court several times, expressing their submission to the imperial court.

Cao Cao fled to Chang'an for only one year, which can be described as a domestic and external dilemma. Although he contacted Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu many times, and tried his best to win over the threat, he had no choice but to go, Liu Cong, Zhang Lu, and Han Sui, like Ma Chao, were all against Cao Cao, and secretly befriended the court. Hehe. No one would lure Cao Cao into the room.

Cao Cao, the end of the road! What are you struggling with? ”

On April 1, the fifteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Cong led 50,000 elite soldiers to leave Xuchang and march to Yecheng, preparing to go to find the enemy and fight.

Soldiers and horses came to the bank of the Yellow River, it was the dry season of the Yellow River at this time, Liu Cong rode the white horse Snow King to stand on the south bank of the Yellow River and look at it, only to see the river up and down the extreme place, full of light brown Yellow River bottom, and did not see the flowing river, only in the low-lying places of different sizes, there are still a few bays of yellow water, like the ecstasy soup, it is the same color as the land at the bottom of the river.

This is the first time Liu Cong saw the Yellow River before and after the crossing, and he sighed: "Li Baishi said, 'The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky', I have known the Yellow River since I was a child, and I have been looking forward to seeing the Yellow River since I was a child, and I finally saw it today." Hehe, it turns out that the Yellow River looks like this. ”

Liu Cong felt a little disappointed: "The cradle of the Chinese nation, why is there such a river? It should be that the river is flowing endlessly?? Dayu was controlling the water back then, that is, the Yellow River was governed" Liu Cong was thinking like this, and a scout came to report, saying that he had just received the military information, Cao Zhang was besieging Yanzhou with troops at this time, and the troops were divided into two routes, all the way to attack Dongjun, all the way to attack Yanzhou.

The scout also said that because Cao's attack on these two places had just begun, it was not known whether Yanzhou had lost.

Liu Cong asked: "Who led the troops to attack Dongjun?" ”

The scout said: "It is said that Cao Ren led the troops to attack Dongjun, and Cao Zhang personally led the troops to attack Yanzhou, and threatened that after conquering Yanzhou, he would immediately bring troops to attack Xuchang." Regain Luoyang within a month. ”

Liu Cong listened, smiled and ordered: "Continue to investigate, and as soon as there is news, come back and report immediately." ”

The scout left Liu Cong and asked Xu Shu: "Military advisor, you said, where is the closest place to march from here to Yanzhou and Dongjun?" ”

"Of course, it's close to Yanzhou. And Dongjun is a subordinate land of Yanzhou, if the enemy of Yanzhou is defeated, the siege of Dongjun will naturally collapse. ”

Liu Cong lowered his head and thought for a while and said: "Our army never cares about the gains and losses of one city or one place in its war, and the main purpose is to destroy the enemy's living forces. Well, since Yanzhou is close, let's march to Yanzhou first, hehe, go over and fight with Cao Cao's Huang Xu'er to see if that old man has an extra head than his father. ”

So he urged the army to hurry up and cross the river, and three days later, Liu Cong's 50,000 horses came to the area of Qingliang Mountain in the south of Yanzhou City.

There are still more than 100 miles away from Yanzhou, and the forward came to report, saying that it is the front slope of Qingliang Mountain in front, and Cao Bing has set up a large camp and is waiting for our army to fight.

When Liu Cong heard this, he ordered to choose an open area near the mountains and rivers to arrange a garrison, and he took Liang Zhu'er Lai Fat and more than a dozen personal soldiers to personally investigate the enemy's situation.

However, it is said that Cao Cao's third son, Cao Zhang, has a wide shoulders and a round waist since he was a child, has a rough temperament, does not stick to the details in everything, and is long, especially likes to dance with guns and sticks, and practice martial arts; In his spare time, he likes to mix in the barracks and talk about military affairs and tactics with the officers, and often work tirelessly all day long.

When Cao Cao saw it, he often sighed and said: "What kind of material this person is, it is all destined by God." I, the yellow beard, am a figure in the ranks. ”

Because he has no scheming, he is not good at drilling, he is not interested in power, unlike Cao Pi, although he is quite talented, but he is scheming; is not like Cao Zhi, who is only eight buckets tall, but has a dissolute temperament. So this Cao Zhang was particularly favored by Cao Cao.

This Cao Zhang just likes military martial arts, and after he became an adult, he has already been proficient in all kinds of weapons. Cao Cao once asked him about his ambition, and he said: "The eldest husband was born to learn from Wei Qinghuo to get sick, lead the troops to gallop on the battlefield, and defend the border for the country. ”

Cao Cao persuaded him to read more history books and study the knowledge of governing the world, and Cao Zhang replied: "Looking for chapters and extracting sentences, twisting whiskers and chanting, that is a literati's business, hehe, children will never do it." ”

Since Cao Cao understood his ambition, he didn't bother to ask much from then on, but arranged for him to live in the military camp since he was a child and accept more training in military life.

When Cao Cao led his troops to defeat Bandun and marched to Jingzhou, he handed over 100,000 horses to Cao Zhang's leadership and ordered him to be stationed in Youzhou and Zhouzhou to block the invasion of Xianbei and Xiongnu outside the city.

The year before last, Cao Cao's troops were trapped in Xinye, and Cao Zhang once sent people to Chang'an to Xinye to ask him to lead troops to attack Liu Cong from the north to save Cao Cao's defeat. However, Cao Cao considered the importance of Cao Zhang's garrison, and considering that Cao Chang was not Liu Cong's opponent, and that he still had a way to escape, so he sent someone to Cao Zhang, ordering him to defend the border with peace of mind, "It's okay here for my father." Hehe, the one who can defeat your father has not yet been born. My son is strict with his duties, and tries his best to make friends with the Hu people of the various tribes outside the Saiwai, once the situation changes, my son will be reused. ”

In this way, Cao Zhang stationed troops in Bingzhou for another two years.

After that, Cao Cao dealt with the affairs of Chang'an, and when he was about to lead his troops to attack Luoyang, he sent his military division Cheng Yu to transfer it to Cao Zhang with his own handwritten letter, ordering him to assist Cheng Yu to "arrange the guarding of the border defense, and lead the troops to attack Yanzhou and Yuzhou from the north. Our father and son attacked twice, and we will definitely defeat Liu Cong's Jingzhou people."

Cao Cao said in the letter that he felt that he was not confident enough here, so he added: "Even if you can't kill Liu Cong, you must drive him back to the west bank of the Han River." From then on, it is also possible to divide the river. ”

On the first night when Cao Cao sent Cheng Yu to bring the letter on the road, he felt uneasy after thinking about it, so he instructed Cao Ren to come in and ordered him to come to Cao Zhang's station with Cheng Yu the next day to assist Cao Zhang in his march from the north to Luoyang.

After Cheng Yu and Cao Ren came to Cao Zhang's camp, he handed Cao Cao's handwritten letter to Cao Zhang, and after Cao Zhang read it, he asked how to break the enemy.

Cheng Yu said: "The prime minister was defeated in Xinye at the beginning, Guanzhong and Hebei were shaken, and the bureaucrats of the prefectures and counties were thinking about their own way out in order to protect themselves.

At the beginning, Xuzhou Yanzhou and Jizhou Sili were all subordinate to the imperial court, but since the prime minister went to Chang'an, Yanzhou Sili saw that Liu Cong was powerful, and he took the initiative to take refuge in Liu Cong. It is said that Jizhou Assassin Fan Dacheng was also shaken for a while, but he did not act. ”

"In that case, Mr. Cheng, what do you think?"

Cheng Yu said: "This change is not difficult to understand. In my opinion, in order to cooperate with the prime minister to send troops, we will immediately raise troops to the south, but do not rush to attack Xuchang, just march slowly, fight steadily, and take Yanzhou first.

Wang Duan, the assassin of Yanzhou, nominally threw himself to Liu Cong, although Liu Cong knew his motives, but because the situation was unclear, he arranged for him to continue to serve as the assassin of Yanzhou.

Once we capture Yanzhou, officials in Jizhou, Qingzhou and other places will see that our army is strong, and they will definitely serve with peace of mind. In this way, the north of the Yellow River as our rear is stabilized.

To make a long-term plan, we must have a consolidated rear to support our army and Liu Cong in a long-term battle. ”

Cao Zhang, Cao Ren and other generals listened and nodded in support of Cheng Yu's proposition.

So, Cao Zhang immediately arranged personnel, brought more gifts, went deep into the outside of the plug, befriended Xianbei Shan Yu, and instructed him to prepare early and wait for his own call. On the one hand, arrange for men and horses to continue to garrison the north in case of accidents.

When all arrangements were ready, he led his troops out of Bingzhou on 20 March and marched to Yanzhou.

Besides, this Yanzhou assassin Fan Dacheng, the year before last, I heard that Cao Cao's army was defeated and fled to Chang'an, and saw that Liu Cong occupied Xuchang and moved the emperor to Luoyang, and I heard that Liu Cong was a god of heaven, both civil and military, and he would calculate and predict, and predict that everything in the world for 10,000 years would be effective. So he decided to abandon Cao Cao and surrender to Liu Cong.

When Liu Cong saw this, he ordered him to continue to serve as the governor of Yanzhou.

On this day, when he heard that Cao Zhang's troops were coming to attack Yanzhou, he discussed with his subordinate military officials.

Some of our subordinates said that since we had taken refuge in the imperial court, we would report to the imperial court in case of trouble and strive for the support of the imperial court.

Now Cao Cao's father and son are no longer court officials, and Liu Cong, the chief of soldiers and horses, has announced in the text, announcing Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and many Cao Ying officials as anti-thieves, since the anti-thieves have come to attack the city, we must truthfully report to the imperial court in order to seek the support of the imperial court. ”003

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