The troops led by Cao Cao were small in number, but they were well-trained and had strong combat effectiveness. Cao Cao also seized on the weakness of the Yellow Turban Army's inconvenient movement and supply difficulties to avoid frontal conflicts, and adopted the tactics of light cavalry raids to plague the Yellow Turban Army. Under these circumstances, the Yellow Turban Army retreated in the direction of Qingzhou and negotiated with Cao Cao in an attempt to mobilize and persuade Cao Cao to oppose the Han Dynasty. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army once gave Cao Cao a letter, which said: In the past, in Jinan, the altar was destroyed, and its way was the same as that of Zhonghuang Taiyi. It seems that if you know the way, you are even more confused now. The Han line has been exhausted, the Huang family should stand, and the great luck of the sky is not what you can do.

The meaning of these words is: When Cao Cao was the prime minister of Jinan, he destroyed the altar of the Liu family of the Han family, which is consistent with the Taiping Tao believed in by the Yellow Turban Army; Don't be deceived by the Han court now, don't be the enemy of the Yellow Turbans, you should work together with the Yellow Turban Army to overthrow the Han Dynasty.

When Cao Cao served in Jinan, he banned obscene shrines and demolished the ancestral halls built by the kings of the Han Dynasty. The Yellow Turbans believed that Cao Cao was also opposed to the Han Dynasty, and naively introduced Cao Cao as a "fellow believer" in an attempt to persuade Cao Cao to fight with the Yellow Turbans. The clever Cao Cao made a plan and used the so-called "fellow Dao" relationship to lure the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in distress to surrender.

In this way, the two sides fought and negotiated on the one hand, and after months of brewing, this powerful Qingzhou peasant army was finally accepted under the conditions of Cao Cao's so-called "leniency". Cao Cao incorporated more than 30 thousand Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, plus more than 100 dependents of men, women and children accompanying the army. Cao Cao selected more than 100,000 elites from it, called the "Qingzhou Soldiers", and became his main force in the fight for the world.

At the same time, he also learned from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army's practice of "fighting and ploughing". Nearly 100 family members of the Yellow Turban Army and the cattle and farm tools they carried were used as basic labor and means of production. Set up tuntian and organize production. Provide a rear supply base for the army in combat. The elite part of the "Qingzhou Soldiers" has always been organized separately and has received some special treatment. Therefore, the "Qingzhou soldiers" have the characteristics of professional soldiers and hereditary soldiers, and the "Qingzhou soldiers" are only Cao Cao's subordinates and no longer listen to other people's orders.

Cao Cao immediately quelled the rebellion of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou, and with 100,000 elite Qingzhou Army troops, he soon occupied Yanzhou. In view of the meritorious contribution to the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army, Cao Cao was recommended by the ministers of the court to be the pastor of Yanzhou, and the Yanzhou government was located in Changyi (now 40 miles northwest of Jinxiang County, Shandong), under the jurisdiction of Chenliu, Dongjun, Rencheng, Taishan, Jibei, Shanyang, Jiyang, Dongping eight counties, roughly in the western part of present-day Shandong and the eastern part of Henan. Among them, Chenliu has a population of about 870,000, and Dongjun (where Puyang is governed) has a population of 600,000. Dongping, with a population of 450,000, and Rencheng, with a population of 200,000. Mount Tai, with a population of 440,000, is in Jibei. It has a population of 230,000 and is located in Sanyang. It has a population of 600,000 and a population of 650,000 in Jiyin (Dingtao). With a total population of about 4 million, it is a large county.

Cao Cao since then shocked Shandong, fame spread, Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou after then convened all kinds of heroes, recruit talents, soon there are many celebrities under the account, there are two uncles and nephews to vote: is Yingchuan Yingyin people, surnamed Xun, name Yu, the word Wenruo, Xun Qi's son also; Xun Yu is a great and beautiful person. Good incense, with fragrance over time. This Xun Yu was born in Yingchuan Xun, after Xunzi. His grandfather Xun Shu is well-known in the world, known as the world, and known as the god monarch. Xun Shu has eight sons, known as the Eight Dragons. Xun Shu has eight sons, known as the Eight Dragons. Xun Yu's father Xun Qi once served as the minister of Jinan, and his uncle Xun Shuang served as Sikong. Xun Yu was afraid of the eunuchs, so he asked Xun Yu to marry the daughter of Tang Heng, who was often servant in the middle school. Because Xun Yu "has few talents, so he can be exempted from ridicule" Nanyang celebrity He Hao was surprised when he saw Xun Yu and called him: "Wang Zuocai." ”

In 189 A.D. (the first year of the Yonghan Dynasty), he raised filial piety and was appointed to guard the palace order (in charge of the emperor's pen, ink, paper and other things). In September, Dong Zhuo abolished the young emperor Liu Wei and established the emperor Liu Xie. In November, Dong Zhuo was the prime minister, praised and worshipped the nameless, did not enter the court, and went to the palace with his sword. Xun Yu abandoned the official and returned home. said to his father: "Yingchuan, the land of the four wars, there are changes in the world, often for the soldiers, it is advisable to go to it urgently, and there is no long stay." "But the villagers are nostalgic for their homeland and are reluctant to leave. At that time, Han Fu of Mutong County in Jizhou sent someone to pick up Xun Yu, but no one accompanied him. Xun Yu had to move his clan to Jizhou for refuge alone. After arriving in Jizhou, Jizhou has been obtained by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao saw Xun Yu coming and treated him as a guest. Xun Yu's younger brother Xun Chen and the same county Xin Ping and Guo Tu were all under Yuan Shao. Xun Yu saw that Yuan Shao "couldn't make a big deal in the end"

In 191 A.D. (the second year of the first peace), Xun Yu left Yuan Shao and joined Cao Cao. Cao Cao saw Xun Yu coming to vote, Dayue, and said, "My son Fang also." "Ren Xun Yu was the marching Sima, and Xun Yu was twenty-nine years old at the time. 、

His nephew Xun You, the word Gongda, Yingchuan Yingyin (now Xuchang, Henan) people. Xun Yu's nephew, a famous man at home, once worshiped the Huangmen squire, and then abandoned the official and returned to his hometown, and now he and his uncle voted for Cao Cao, thinking that he was a marching professor. Xun You was born in a family of scholars, and his father, Xun Yi, served as a state officer. Lost his parents at an early age. When Xun You was thirteen years old, his grandfather Xun Tan died, and an official named Zhang Quan under Xun Tan in the past took the initiative to ask for Xun Tan's tomb to be guarded.

Xun You said to his uncle Xun Qu: "The look on this person's face is abnormal, I guess he has done something treacherous!" Xun Qu took the opportunity to interrogate while sleeping at night, and sure enough, Zhang Quan was on the run because he had killed someone, and wanted to hide himself by guarding the tomb.

In 184 A.D. (the first year of Zhongping), He Jin Bingzheng and more than 20 people including Xun You, a famous scholar in the sea. Xun Yu arrived, worshiped the Huangmen Shilang, in 190 AD (the sixth year of Zhongping), Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the Kwantung army, Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an. Xun You consulted with Zheng Tai, He Hao, Shizhong Chongji, Yue Cavalry Captain Wu Qiong and others, and said: "Dong Zhuo has no way, and everyone in the world resents him, although he has gathered a lot of elite soldiers, but in fact he is just a brave man. We should assassinate him to thank the people, and then use the emperor's edict to command the world, which is a bully like the Duke of Qi Huan and the Duke of Wen of Jin. ”

Before it was discovered, He Hao and Xun You were imprisoned, He Hao was afraid of suicide, Xun You spoke and ate freely, and happened to meet Dong Zhuo who was killed and was exempted from crime. Abandoned the official and returned, Cha Cao Cao recruited wise men here and went to defect.

Xun Yu recommended to Cao Cao again: "I heard that there is a wise man in Yanzhou, and now I don't know where this person is." ”

Cao asked who it was, and Yu said: "Naidong County Dong'a people, surnamed Cheng, named Yu, and the word Zhongde." ”

Cao said: "I have also been famous for a long time. So he sent people to inquire in the village. Visit him to study in the mountains, and invite him. Cheng Yu came to see him, and Cao Cao was overjoyed.

This Cheng Yu, born in 141, the word Zhongde, a native of Dong'a, Dong'a County, Yanzhou, his real name is Cheng Li, because he held the sun in Mount Tai in his dream, and changed his name to Cheng Yu. He once led the people to fight against the Yellow Turbans in Dong'a. During the Yellow Turban Uprising, Wang Du of Dong'e County responded and burned down the county's warehouse. The county ordered the city to flee, and the officials fled east to Quqiu Mountain with the old and the young. Cheng Yu, who was in his hometown at this time, ordered someone to spy on Wang Du and found that Wang Du and others could not hold on to the empty city, so they went out of the city five or six miles west of the city to stop at Tun.

Cheng Yu then said to Xue Fang and others, a big household in the county: "Now Wang Du and others can't live in the city if they get it, and their potential can be predicted. He just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to plunder his property, and he did not have the will to attack and defend with strong armor. Why don't we go back to the city one after another to defend it? And the city is high and thick, and there is a lot of grain, and now if you return to the city to find the county order, and hold it together, Wang Du will not be able to stay for a long time, and then attack him, and Wang Du will be broken. ”

Xue Fang and the others thought so. The officials refused to obey, and Cheng Yu had to say helplessly: "Foolish people can't do big things." So the secret dispatch rode on the east mountain and held high the flag, so that Xue Fang and others could see it, and then shouted, "The thieves have attacked!" Then he went down the mountain to take the city, and the people followed him when they saw the situation, and finally found the county order and defended the city together. Later, Wang Du and others came to attack the city, but they couldn't break it, and they were about to retreat. At this time, Cheng Yu led the people to open the city gate to pursue, and Wang Du was defeated. Dong'a was thus complete.

In 192 A.D. (Chupingzhong), Liu Daipi, the assassin of Yanzhou, summoned Cheng Yu for use, and Cheng Yu should not be appointed to the post. At that time, Liu Dai was in harmony with Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao ordered his wife to live in Liu Dai's place, and Gongsun Zhan also sent Fan Fang to lead troops to help Liu Dai defend the land. Later, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan were at odds. Gongsun Zan defeated Shao's army, so he sent an envoy to Liu Dai to say that he wanted to collect Yuan Shao's wife, ordered Liu Dai to send him, and broke off relations with Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zan ordered Fan Fang again: "If Liu Dai does not send Yuan Shao's family, he will lead the troops back." When I decide Yuan Shao, I will attack Liu Dai. Liu Dai couldn't make a decision for several days, so don't drive Wang Yu to Liu Dai: "Cheng Yu has a strategy and can decide big things." Liu Dai then summoned Cheng Yu to ask for advice, and Cheng Yu said: "If you give up Yuan Shao's close help and ask Gongsun Zan for distant help, this is equivalent to asking people to save the drowning children in Yuedi." Moreover, Gongsun Chan is not Yuan Shao's enemy, although he is slightly superior to Yuan Shao's army, but he will eventually be captured by Yuan Shao. If you take the momentum overnight and do not think about the long-term plan, you will definitely be defeated, general. Liu Dai listened to his plan. So Fan Fang led his soldiers back, but the soldiers had not yet arrived and Gongsun Zan had been greatly broken by Yuan Shao. Liu Dai played Cheng Yu as the captain of the cavalry, but Cheng Yu resigned due to illness. [

Cao Cao's soldiers came to Yanzhou, Xun Yu's uncle and nephew recommended Cheng Yu, and Cheng Yu agreed. When Cheng Yu was about to leave, his villagers were very puzzled and said to him: "Why are you acting like this before and after?!" Cheng Yu only laughed and didn't want to. When Cheng Yu first arrived, Cao Cao talked to him about big things, and he was very happy. The surname of the township of the public is Guo, the name is Jia, the word is filial piety, and he is a wise man today, so why not take it? ”

Cao Cao then said: "I almost forgot!" Then Qi Cao recruited Guo Jia to Yanzhou to discuss the affairs of the world.

This Guo Jia (170-207), whose name is Fengxiao, was a native of Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan). Guo Jia was born in Yingchuan, which is now Dengfeng, Henan. This place was the largest talent pool during the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, six or seven out of ten strategists who gave advice to heroes from all walks of life came from here. As a teenager, Kwok Jia showed extraordinary wisdom, he liked to talk with the elderly, and often had unique opinions, which often made the elders feel ashamed. Time passed, and Guo Jia, who had read poetry and books, grew up in a blink of an eye. He was thin and handsome, and had clear, deep eyes. Guo Jia is confident and high-minded, likes to be unrestrained, is very picky about making friends, and only interacts with people with lofty ideals in his mind. But he was very sincere and enthusiastic with his friends, and liked to drink and talk all night long. (To be continued......)