Chapter 6 Good Generals and Wise Men

Compared with Zhang He, who originally had a relatively brilliant record in history, Gao Lan, who was also one of the 'Four Pillars of Hebei', was relatively bleak.

In the impression of Wen Chou's previous life, Gao Ran, as one of the four generals under Yuan Shao, although his position is high, there is nothing to do. To say that its prestige is only to be able to fight with Cao Cao's several generals. After that, he surrendered to Cao Cao in the battle of Guandu with Zhang He, and was named a partial general and the Marquis of Donglai. However, after that, not just for some reason, Gao Ran's person was hidden in history and no longer known to future generations.

But even so, Wen Chou didn't despise Gao Ran so much, and he also carefully handed over Zhang He with the same mind. Because Gao Ran was a character with himself, Zhang He, Yan Liang, etc., after all, in his previous life, even if he was not as good as himself and others, it would not be too bad! It is also a rare talent! As the saying goes, 'a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find', how can Wen Chou easily abandon it?

What's more, according to what Wen Chou heard in his previous life, there was such an account, among the commentaries on the Three Kingdoms, there was a section of Changbanpo, which said that Gao Ran, as the leader of the million-dollar Cao army, was in the vanguard of pursuing Liu Bei's army who fled south, and then on the way to the pursuit, he met Zhang Fei! and had a big battle with Zhang Fei, and the battle was comparable, and the two admired each other.

There is no need to be contemptible about what kind of character Zhang Fei is, and Gao Ran can be on a par with Zhang Fei, which shows that Gao Ran is not a wasted person! Although this commentary is mostly a chisel of later generations, there is also some basis for it, after all, it can't be groundless. Although Gao Ran may not really be able to compare with Zhang Fei, it will not be too far behind. This is what Wen Chou is thinking at the moment.

According to Wen Chou's investigation, Gao Lanzi Jingzhi is a native of Qinghe County. The age is not too big, but it has just passed the age of the weak crown. In this way, it seems that the five people of the 'Hebei Four Courtyard Pillars' are of the same age, and they are all in the age of the weak crown, and they are all upright and mighty. This may be one of the reasons why they can be called together in which time and space!

Speaking of the people of Qinghe County, it is necessary to talk about another famous general who was targeted by Wen Chou! That's Zhu Ling!

Zhu Ling was still a little surprised by Wen Chou under Han Fu. Because in his impression, Zhu Lingqi's earliest appearance was under Yuan Shao, but then he followed Cao Cao, and when Yuan Shao was victorious, he surrendered to Cao Cao! This is also the reason why this person is the most likely person to recruit by Wen Chou, as mentioned before.

According to the record of "Spring and Autumn in Kyushu", Yuan Shao's subordinate Ji Yong, a native of Qinghe, occupied Juan County and betrayed Yuan Shao and surrendered to Gongsun Zhan, who sent troops to defend, and Yuan Shao ordered Zhu Ling to recapture the city. At that time, Zhu Ling's family was in the city. Gongsun Zhan escorted Zhu Ling's mother and brother to the city tower in an attempt to lure Zhu Ling down. Zhu Ling cried at the city and said, "Once the eldest husband is born and works for others, how can he take care of his family!" So he fought hard to conquer the city and capture Ji Yong alive, but his family was killed by Gongsun Zhan.

When Cao Cao was crusading against Tao Qian, Zhu Ling was ordered by Yuan Shao to supervise the three battalions to help Cao Cao. And he has made great achievements. When the generals who followed Zhu Ling returned to Yuan Shaojun, Zhu Ling said: "I, Zhu Ling, have seen a lot of people. But there is no one like Cao Gong, Cao Gong is the real master! Now that I've met Cao Gong, where else can I go? So he stayed under Cao Cao's tent, and his subordinates also stayed with Zhu Ling.

After that, Zhu Ling began his life of southern and northern wars under Cao Cao. And he has made considerable contributions, so he is a good general. Ming Yahuang and others, to the later general, Feng Gao Tang Pavilion Marquis. The Huang here is Xu Huang! One of Cao Wei's five good generals! Therefore, Zhu Lingqi is only a general second to the five good generals! It can be seen that Zhu Lingzhi is heroic.

Of course, the information about Zhu Ling that Wen Chou knew was not so complete, he just met Zhu Ling in a stand-alone game about the Three Kingdoms in his previous life. I just searched and checked, and all I can remember is the anecdote of Zhu Ling's abandonment of Yuan Toucao! Even what is Zhu Ling's character and what is the stewardship? How did it end? I don't know. Of course, for a historical figure like Zhu Ling, Wen Chou has a sense of awe of it. Therefore, as long as he knows this Xu Zhi, he will lock Zhu Lingqi as a person!

However, Wen Chou's listening in this life also learned some information about Zhu Ling. Zhu Ling, Zi Wenbo, a person from Qinghe County, like Zhang He, once participated in the suppression of the long-lasting Yellow Turban Rebellion, but he was also like Zhang He, and was not recognized by the powerful, even though they were quite meritorious, but their backgrounds were not very good, and they were destined not to gain a lot in that war.

However, it also laid the foundation for them to enter the official career and official road, so that one became the military commander of a certain county and an army, and the other was a county lieutenant of a certain county. They are also recruited under the incumbent Jizhou Mu Han Fu to be a member of his command! If there is no such a disturbing factor as Wen Chou, their life trajectory may be as described in history, in this troubled world, with their countless military exploits, they have stepped on the peak of life step by step! The class of the powerful.

However, with such an outlier as Wen Chou, all these things may have changed, but they should still shine their due light in this era, perhaps a more brilliant existence. There are no more breakdowns, so many unsatisfactory ones.

In addition to these three or four famous generals, Han Meng will further deepen his contacts with Wen Chou, and Tian Feng, the mastermind, is also one of the most important targets of Wen Chou. Moreover, Han Fu is a wise man, and Wen Chou may not have the heart to get involved. Just like Dong Zhao!!

Dong Zhao was in Wen Chou's impression that he was one of Cao Wei's main masterminds! And one of the longest-lived! Before following Cao Cao, he was a subordinate of Yuan Shaozhi and appointed by the Son of Heaven Liu Xie, and after that, he had a brilliant life in Cao Wei's camp. Wen Chou vaguely remembered that Dong Zhaoqi was still one of Cao Wei's three princes!

However, what Wen Chou liked the most was that Dong Zhao and his people did not have any foolish and loyal Han intentions, and Cao Cao successively accepted the titles of Duke of Wei and King of Wei after serving as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, which originated from Dong Zhao's suggestion. But in reality, Dong Zhaoqi's experience is quite bumpy.

Before Han Fu's conquest, he had already emerged in Jizhou, and Dong Zhao was promoted to filial piety and inaugurated as the chief of Gall Tao and the county magistrate of Bairen County. After that, Yuan Shao entered Jizhou. He was appointed to join the army, and then Dong Zhao served under Yuan Shao and made great achievements.

In the third year of the first peace, when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan fought at the boundary bridge, he successfully pacified the actions of Julu Taishou Li Shao and others who wanted to return to Gongsun Zan through his own machine changes, and stabilized Yuan Shao's rear.

Later, it happened that Wei County Taishou Li Pan was killed by soldiers. Yuan Shao asked Dong Zhao to concurrently serve as the Taishou of Wei County. At that time, there was great order in the whole county, and the number of thieves was tens of thousands, and they sent envoys to and fro with each other to buy and sell. Dong Zhao attached great importance to this situation, looking for an opportunity to divide between them, and took advantage of their weak strength to send troops to conscript, and defeated the thieves. Three good news in two days.

This can be said to be the honeymoon period between Dong Zhao and Yuan Shao, but the good times did not last long, perhaps because of Yuan Shao's own personality. Soon after, in the first year of Xingping, because Dong Zhao's younger brother Dong visited Zhang Miao's army, and Zhang Miao had a conflict with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao listened to slander and wanted to cure Dong Zhao's crimes.

So, Dong Zhao asked to go to Jin to meet Liu Xie, the son of today, and took the opportunity to get out of Yuan Shao's control, but Zhang Yang was left in Hanoi halfway, and Dong Zhao at this time can be said to be helpless. Because no matter how much he says that he is a scribe, how can he be the head of the same power? It's really a show to meet a soldier. Therefore, he could only return the seal and ribbon to the imperial court through Zhang Yang, and accepted the official position granted by Zhang Yang - Cavalry Captain.

At this time, Cao Cao was in charge of Yanzhou and wanted to take the opportunity to go to the court to meet Liu Xie, the son of heaven, but Zhang Yang refused at first, so Dong Zhao advised him: "Although Yuan and Cao are still a family. But the trend will not last long. Although Cao Cao is weaker now, he is really a hero in the world, and you should be interested in befriending him. Besides, now that there is an opportunity, we should help him contact the court and recommend him; If this thing can be successful. That will always be a deep affection. ‘

Only then did Zhang Yang inform the court of Cao Cao's situation, and he recommended it again. Dong Zhao also wrote letters on behalf of Cao Cao to various generals in Chang'an, such as Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, expressing courtesy and friendship according to their different positions. Zhang Yang also sent envoys to meet Taizu. Cao Cao gave Zhang Yang a horse gold silk, and since then he has had contacts with the western region.

At this time, Dong Zhao had already made contact with Cao Cao and existed as Cao Cao's talent. Maybe this time can be advanced, he was already Cao Cao's person before he served as Zhang Yang's cavalry lieutenant, so he was so protective of Cao Cao, and also 'for' Cao Cao wrote a letter to the generals of Chang'an, it can be seen that Dong Zhao is now one of Cao Cao's most relied on members, and he is a flamboyant cavalry lieutenant on the bright side, in fact, just like the ambassador of Cao Cao's camp stationed in Zhang Yang's forces, and even more so, Dong Zhao can also deal with the affairs of Kansai on behalf of Cao Cao!!

After that, Dong Zhao, as Cao Cao's secret pawn, spoke and spoke for Cao Cao in the Zhang Yang Army, in the Han Court of the Dynasty, and Dong Zhao.

The most representative of these is that in the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao pacified the Yellow Turban Army in Xu County and sent envoys to Hedong. At this time, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty returned to Luoyang, and Han Xian, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and Zhang Yang were at odds with each other. Dong Zhao wrote to Yang Feng in the name of Cao Cao because he lacked external assistance because Yang Feng was the strongest. It should be noted here that it is in the name of Cao Cao!! This is relatively clear, Dong Zhao has long been one of Cao Cao's core henchmen.

His letter said: "I have long been famous for the general and admire the righteousness of the king, so I put my heart into my heart and see each other sincerely." Now the general has rescued the Son of Heaven from hardship, returned the old capital, and assisted the Son of Heaven's merits, no one in the present generation can compare with you, how beautiful and good! Now that the Central Plains is disturbed by a group of murderers, the four seas are not at peace, and the court of the Son of Heaven is supreme and heavy, and our responsibility lies in maintaining and assisting; It is necessary to rely on the wise men to re-establish the dynastic order, which is not something that can be established by one person alone. The heart and limbs are interdependent and supportive, and both are indispensable. General, you should be the main force in the capital, and I will be the reinforcement from the outside. Now I have military rations, you have an army, and we are able to help each other, live and die together, and share weal and bene. ”

After receiving the letter, Yang Feng was very pleased, and said to the generals: "The army of Yanzhou is stationed in Xu County, which is close at hand, and they have soldiers and food, and the country should rely on them." So everyone recommended Cao Cao as the general of Zhendong, inherited his father's title as Marquis of Feiting, and Dong Zhao was transferred to Fu Jieling.

After that, Liu Xie, the son of heaven, was controlled by Cao Cao's group, and the relationship between Dong Zhao and Cao Cao also went from underground to above. Cao Cao went to Luoyang to meet Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and took Dong Zhaode with him, and the two sat together at that time. Cao Cao asked, 'Now that I am here, what strategy should I take?'

Dong Zhao replied: "The general rebelled against the soldiers, killed the rioters, entered Beijing to worship the Son of Heaven, and assisted the royal family, which is comparable to the merits of the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period. However, the generals below have different hearts and may not be willing to obey you. Now that you are staying here to fight the Son of Heaven, the situation is not in your favor, and you can only transfer the Holy Driver to Xu County. Of course, the imperial court had just returned to the old capital after its exile and migration, and it was all looking forward to settling down in one day, both near and far. Now the migration of the holy car again does not satisfy everyone. To do something extraordinary, you have to have measures that go beyond the norm, and I hope that the general will plan how to do it with more advantages and fewer disadvantages. ‘

Cao Cao said: "This is exactly what I intended. But Yang Feng is very close, in Liang County, I heard that his team is excellent, can he not become a hidden danger to me?"

Dong Zhaoyan said: "Yang Feng lacks protection assistance and will return to obedience alone. The affairs of Zhendong and Feiting were all confirmed by Yang Feng, and I heard that he wrote a letter ordering his soldiers to restrain him, which is enough to see his integrity. Messengers should be sent from time to time to thank him for his kindness, so as to calm his mind. Let's just say that the capital is short of food, and if you want to temporarily move the holy car to Luyang, Luyang is closer to Xu County, and it is easier to transport it in disguise, so you can not worry about the serious shortage of food. Yang Feng is brave and lacks thought, and he will definitely not suspect us, and when the envoys of the two sides have exchanges, it will be enough to determine the strategy. Where can Yang Feng become a hidden danger!"

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said, "Okay." and immediately sent an envoy to Yang Feng, and then moved the Son of Heaven Liu Xie to Xu County. Yang Feng was dissatisfied, and waited with Han Xian to plunder and harass Dingling. Cao Cao did not respond, and secretly attacked Yang Feng's Liangxian military camp, surrendered and killed, and was immediately pacified. Yang Feng and Han Xian lost their soldiers and surrendered to Yuan Shu to the east.

At this point, the relationship between Dong Zhao and Cao Cao has only been revealed to the world, and I think that Zhang Yang, Liu Xie, Yang Feng, etc., who once trusted him, have infinite remorse.

After that, Dong Zhao relied on his wisdom to occupy a place in the Cao Wei camp, where there were countless strategists and wise men!! With such a great talent, can Wen Chouan not be careful? As long as Cao Cao had been in contact with him before he had done well, Wen Chou believed that he could win Dong Zhao's loyalty, so that he could play a huge role in his own plans.

These characters are the primary targets of Wen Chou! It is also the person who Wen Chou will often visit in Jizhou in the future. If you don't take it, you will be blamed for it! (To be continued......)