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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the fall of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, the person who shocked the most was not the Son of Heaven, not Yuan Shu, not Kong Rong, not Ma Han, but Cao Cao!

Cao Cao is like a beast, keenly smelling a hint of danger - two opponents who have been facing each other for many years, one of them will fall with a bang, and the other will draw his sword and look around, looking for a new opponent, will he be the next one?

From a geographical point of view, after Yuan Shao destroyed Gongsun Zhan, he unified the four prefectures of Hebei, You, He, and Qing, and looked around, and there was no opponent of the same magnitude.

Although Liaodong is strong, in the eyes of Yuan Shao and his think tank, it is just a land of horns, and it is useless to take it, but it will cause a strong backlash from the imperial court - not to mention that the hussar general is the lord of Liaodong, just supporting Luoyang with the money and grain of several counties is a great achievement.

In a certain way, Liaodong is the backyard vegetable garden of the imperial court, who dares to trespass and trample on it without permission?

If you don't take Liaodong as your opponent, then who the next opponent will be is just about to come out.

At this time, a major event occurred in Xuzhou and Yanzhou at the same time.

In Xuzhou, Lü Bu finally couldn't bear Liu Bei anymore and sent Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to attack Xiaopei (Liu Bei's station) and expel him.

After Liu Bei's army was defeated, he took refuge in Cao Cao and lobbied all day long, asking for help.

The matter of Yanzhou is just a trivial matter for others.

But for Cao Cao, and even the entire Yanzhou group, it was a big deal - Xiahou died.

"Blind Xiahou", who has been tormented by injuries for more than two years

, finally fell.

As Cao Cao's closest and most trusted comrade-in-arms, the relationship between them is comparable to that of "Zhu Mao" in later generations

of Xiahoudun.

It was the pillar of Cao Jun's early days.

At that time, Cao Cao's trusted clan generals were only a slap in the face, and the first one was Xiahoudun.

Although for more than two years, Xiahoudun has been unable to lead troops to fight on the battlefield for his brothers.

But with him guarding the rear, Cao Cao will be relieved to go out without worries.

And now, this pillar is broken.

Cao Cao personally wore linen to guard the spirit.

The coffin was weeping, and at the same time ordered the three armies to be su.

On the mourning hall, Liu Bei gave a eulogy, provoking the anger that Cao Ying's generals had buried in their hearts for many years.

"Yuan let the male general, unparalleled in the world. Sweep away the ugly kinds, appease the place, and for the army, persuade the farmers to teach mulberry. Left and right, Xian is the pillar. Yan and Xu have changed, and Lu thieves are arrogant. The general's blood, for the destruction of it, endure humiliation, guard the royal way, died young, my generation hesitated. It's a pity and sorrow, and it hurts to break the liver and sausage......"

Baste!

Xiahou Yuan stretched the belt.

Xiang Cao nodded heavily: "Please ask the lord to allocate a partial division, and Yuan will take the head of the Lu thief!" ”

Cao Ren and Cao Hong glanced at each other.

He said in unison: "I wish to attach the tail wing of Miaocai, take the head of the Lu thief, and comfort the spirit of the sky." ”

Xun Yu and Cheng Yuju glanced at Liu Bei, their eyes cold.

Cao Cao clenched his fists and slammed into the ground: "Kill Lu Bu and sacrifice Yuanrang!" ”

In February of the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao personally led an army of 30,000 and joined forces with Liu Bei to attack Xiaopei, which opened the prelude to the battle to destroy Lü.

Of course, Cao Cao is not something that Liu Bei can move with the words of a cat crying mouse, he is just using the topic to play, using the death of Xiahoudun as an excuse to send troops, and he is famous for his division.

Time is not waiting for me, if we want to deal with the future crisis in the north, we must first destroy Lu Bu.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun had less than a few thousand troops, and of course they couldn't resist Cao Cao's attack.

In March, Xiaopei fell and retreated to Pengcheng.

In April, Pengcheng fell again and retreated to Pi.

In May, Cao Cao's troops descended and launched a fierce attack on the old enemy.

As if there is a definite number in the dark, Lu Bu actually repeated the mistake of Gongsun Zhan.

The Cao army was in a hurry to besiege the city, and the mastermind Chen Gong offered advice: "The Cao thief is far away, and it can't last long." If the general rode out of the tun on foot, the momentum was outside, and the palace would keep the rest of the people inside. (Cao Jun) if to the general, the palace to lead troops and attack its back, if to attack the city, the general to save the outside. However, in the tenth day, the military food will be exhausted, and it can be broken. ”

This mention yì, with Gongsun Zhan to break through to the southwest mountain, and Yi Jing are each other's horns, waiting for the Montenegrin army to come to help, and the strategy of attacking inside and outside can be described as the same.

Lu Bu has experienced a hundred battles, so he naturally knows the good from the bad, and he agreed at the time, but he repeated it later.

The reason for the change was that after Lu Bu returned home, his wife Yan heard about it and knelt down and said: "In the past, the Cao family treated the public platform like a child, and he still came here. Today's general Hougongtai is not more than Cao Gong, but wants to commission the whole city, donate his wife, and go out alone. If there is a change, how can the concubine be the general's wife! ”

As a result, Lu Bu "stopped"

。

If this answer is just based on the surface, Lu Bu may be criticized as "believing in women's slander"

, as a typical hanging of suspicious indecision.

But looking back at the past, things are not as simple as they seem.

Chen Gong is not Gao Shun, he has never been loyal to Lu Bu, and the most typical thing is Hao Meng's rebellion.

Lu Bu was almost besieged and captured in the mansion, but later led the guards to protect his family and broke out of the encirclement and fled to the Gaoshun camp.

At that time, Hao Meng's subordinate general Cao Xing was anyway, and Hao Meng fought against Hao Meng, Hao Meng stabbed Cao Xing, Cao Xing cut off Hao Meng's arm, Gao Shun took advantage of the situation to cut off Hao Meng's head, and carried the injured Cao Xing to see Lu Bu with the bed.

Lü Bu asked Cao Xing about the origin of this incident, and Cao Xing replied: "Hao Meng was instigated by Yuan Shu to rebel. ”

Lu Bu asked again: "Who are the accomplices?" ”

Cao Xuan replied that Chen Gong was an accomplice, and Chen Gong was sitting next to Lu Bu at that time, "The face is red, and everyone knows it." ”

Lu Bu did not pursue it due to various considerations, and finally gave up.

Yan went through this danger and almost died once, and he was always vigilant about his accomplice Chen Gong.

At this life-and-death juncture, even an old brother like Hou Cheng, who has followed Lu Bu for many years, has surrendered, who can say that she has nothing to do?

Chen Gong did not descend to Cao, not to surrender to Yuan...... History sometimes repeats itself repeatedly, and the two great heroes of the Three Kingdoms: Gongsun Chan and Lu Bu, at the last moment, the choices are all strikingly similar - sitting in the city of sorrow.

…… Lu Bu in Xiapi was in dire straits, and Ma Han of Luoyang was happy to be a father.

After returning from Xuzhou for nearly a year, Ma Han didn't go anywhere, patronizing "cultivation"

Finish.

In addition to working hardest on the princess, the rest of Zhen Qin, Ganmei, Yuan Yuan, and Nian Nu.

It is also wet with rain and dew.

In addition, Ma Han also "conquered" one after another

Zhen Rong, Zhen Luo and Mi Zhen and other three daughters.

Even Zhao Yingzi received letters from her mother and uncle, asking her to step down as much as possible and marry into the general's mansion.

The hard work of the horseman.

finally had a harvest, and after three years of entering Jian'an, the princess, Zhen Qin, and Ganmei were pregnant one after another.

Ma Han was relieved now, all three daughters were pregnant, as long as the luck was not too bad.

There's always one of them who is a kid.

There are successors, and only his power can be regarded as truly stable.

Of course, Ma Han will not soak in the fat powder pile all day long, what to do during the day.

What to do at night, he can still carry it.

Ma Han's main tasks in the past year have been twofold: vigorously grasp military training and build new types of military weapons.

The Dragon Wolf Army had 4,000 soldiers, and after Ma Han returned from Liaodong, he brought back a barbarian battalion with a strength of 5,000.

After that, two more groups of soldiers who were transferred from the new army in Luoyang and went to Liaodong for intensive training returned after graduation.

The dragon and wolf soldiers have broken the 8,000 mark.

With the addition of auxiliaries, the total strength of the Dragon Wolf Army exceeded 15,000 men.

This force is the main battle force of Ma Tyrant who will gallop in the Central Plains in the future.

The composition of the Dragon Wolf Army is more complicated.

In terms of system, there are Liaodong Army, Xiliang Army, Baibo Army, Yellow Turban Army, and the three auxiliary young men recruited later; In terms of ethnicity, there are Han people, Hu people, subject people, and even the Far North Savages.

To cinch such a mixed army into a ball, think in one place.

Strength to make one, no hard work.

It's unimaginable.

There was a time when he was a junior officer.

Stay in the barracks, eat and live with the soldiers, mingle.

Learn more about what the low-level soldiers think and do, start to solve it, and formulate a charter.

It wasn't until the final army drill that Ma Han appeared on the stage and was scared on the spot.

Needless to say, in all the barracks where he stayed, the soldiers all thought that they were once generals' "robes"

And proud.

When Ma Han put a lot of energy into building a strong army, his first military engineer Ma Jun was also forgetting to sleep and eat to create all kinds of new weapons.

The weapons of the Dragon Wolf Army are mainly from Pingguo, Liaodong, and are supervised by the casting master Pu Yuan.

Ma Jun, on the other hand, was in charge of the manufacture of wood, to be precise, siege equipment.

Ma Han has not fought a single siege battle since the Three Kingdoms, but he has seen many siege battles.

Unexpectedly, it was discovered that the siege equipment of this era was very simple, basically it was to rush the car and add a ladder, and the high-end point was also a well (siege wooden building), and not all forces could afford to play.

Due to the single siege equipment and poor effect, the siege during the Three Kingdoms period usually lasted for many years, and the enemy retreated after eating no grass, which looked like going to someone else's house to eat the overlord's meal.

Although Ma Han has never seen too many siege equipment, he has never eaten pork and seen pigs run!

The number one weapon of siege - catapults has not yet appeared.

It is said that the earliest catapult was the "thunderbolt cart" used by Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu

, but that thing is too simple, the effect is poor, and it is easy to break, almost a one-time product, so after the battle of Guandu destroyed Yuan Shao's tower, it has never appeared again.

In addition to being known as catapults, Mahan also knew that there was a siege tower (an enhanced version of the well) that could quickly transport troops to the city and could condescendingly attack the defenders on the city walls.

In addition, there are ballista carts, stone carts, and so on.

Ma Han was not very familiar with ancient Chinese catapults, but he was quite familiar with Western counterweight catapults, after all, he had spent too much time in the West and visited many museums.

When Ma Han and Ma Jun secretly developed the catapult, he didn't know what kind of shock it would bring to the princes of the Three Kingdoms.

Heavy stone slings in the West were aimed at large stone castles comparable to reinforced concrete structures, while Chinese city walls were almost never seen in stone.

Especially in the two Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, regardless of whether it was the imperial capital Luoyang or the ordinary Xia County, the city wall was built of clay version, and the brick city wall would not appear until a thousand years.

Take the heavy catapult that breaks the fortress of Stone City to smash the earth city, that picture, just think about it makes people's feet weak.

At the beginning of March of the third year of Jian'an, Ma Han had just returned from testing new weapons such as catapults, siege towers, and small ballistas and stone carts, when he received news that Cao Cao was attacking Lü Bu.

The moment he saw the news, Ma Han knew that his leisurely life was over.

(To be continued)