The first to come to Cao Cao was the celebrity Cui Yan and Cui Jiqi. Cui Yan is Zheng Kangcheng's apprentice, when Zheng Xuan was still in Qingzhou, Yuan Shao was hired several times, but Zheng Xuan was resigned, Cui Yan felt that the master and apprentice sent people under the fence, if he was too disobedient to Yuan Shao, I am afraid there would be no good result, so he applied for the substitute teacher and was appointed by Yuan Shao as a cavalry captain. He didn't really belong to Yuan, he heard that the teacher had entered the court as the big Si Nong, so he had the intention of resigning, but unfortunately Yuan Shao resolutely refused to let go, and now he is stationed in Wei County, not under the direct control of Yuan Shao, so he simply surrendered the city.

The rest also include Wei County Taishou Gao Fan, Yuan Shao officials Xin Bi, Han Fan, Liang Qi, Li Fu, Liu Xun, Jiang Ma Yan, Zhang Min, He Mao, Cheng Ang, etc., no less than twenty or thirty people.

Cao Cao made Xu Huang patrol the counties, pacified Wei County, and at the same time led the army north to Handan after a ten-day break in Yecheng. On the way, news came: Zang Ba had broken through Jinan, captured Wang Xiu, and immediately joined forces with Cheng Yu, crossed the Yellow River, and entered the plain county - Yuan Tan had already jumped north, and the counties and counties of Qingzhou continued to open the city and surrendered, and Zang Xuangao was like entering a no-man's land.

It was Xun who heard the news and went to see Cao Cao, and said that Wang Xiu and Wang Shuzhi were skilled in government affairs, loyal and upright, and they were of great use-you quickly wrote to Zang Ba and asked him to leave Wang Xiu's life. He also said that Wang Xiu was Kong Rong's former official, and if he did not surrender, he could escort Xu Du and hand it over to Kong Rong to persuade.

Cao Cao agreed to the invitation of Shixun, and then said: "Hongfu is from Qingzhou, and he will be determined in Jizhou, or Hongfu will be Fuqing." Shi Xun thought for a while and replied: "In the past, Yuan Tan was in Qingzhou, he didn't care about the people's livelihood and stripped the people, and General Zang was not only an outsider, but also skilled in military affairs and not accustomed to civil affairs, so there was a rebellion of Wang Ying and Li Tiao before. Governor Qingzhou, so that the people live in peace, it is urgent, how can it be more after the decision? If the prince is pure and willing to surrender, he can make it green, and if not, the minister recommends his uncle. Ask the lord to take the king's command. ”

It's a pity that Yi is dedicated to caring for the elderly at home, after all, he is not seventy or eighty, and there are still more than ten years of light and heat. Although Ziyu is a general talent, after all, he is the head snake of Qingzhou, with a wide range of people, and it is easy to win the trust of the people. If you can invite him out of the mountain, maybe the situation in Qingzhou can be roughly stabilized in a short time.

Yesun has always hated those local heroes and local snakes, but on the one hand, the social environment of these years is like this, with a strong sense of region, and the common people everywhere are more trusting of the local bureaucrats in their hometowns, and are relatively hostile to outsiders - for example, the people of Qingzhou are against Yuan Tan and Zang Ba; Two. Shiyi is the nominal uncle of his family after all, and he is also the head snake, not completely within the scope of Shixun's hatred. After all, Hongsuke also has an ass, so he has to find a place to sit.

Cao Cao agreed, that is, he wrote a letter to inform Xun Yu in the capital, asking the imperial court to issue an edict to temporarily sign the Qingzhou Thorn History. Yes Xun said that since he has already won the green, why not just take the opportunity to divide the state? That is, Donglai County is divided into two counties of Donglai and Changyang. And Donglai two counties and Beihai three counties are not its counties, a total of three counties and one country, and it is analyzed as Dengzhou.

In the later period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the authority of the assassin gradually increased, and the administrative division was changed from the county (country) and county level to the state (county) and county level, which had advantages and disadvantages. It has weakened the power of the county guards and the ministers of state, and strengthened the central government's control over the counties and counties; The disadvantage is that it also weakens the power of the county guard and the minister of state, making it easy for local tyrants to sit big. Judging by the historical exhibition trend. The problem with the fact that the state is too large is that the state or the state pastor theoretically seized some of the real power of the counties and states, but in practice they are unable to effectively use these powers, and there are many problems in the connection, so that the central government cannot effectively control the localities. Therefore, it was Xun who gave Cao Cao the idea of dividing states and counties. Dividing large states into small states and large counties into small counties not only divides local authority, but also makes it relatively easy to straighten out the relationship between the central and local governments.

Cao Cao pondered for a long time. He also summoned Xun You, Chen Qun, Liu Ye, Jia Xu and others to come to discuss-Guo Fengxiao completely ignores civil affairs, so he has nothing to do with him-The final decision was to divide Qingzhou into Qingzhou and Dengzhou according to what Shixun said, with Yiyi as the history of Qingzhou and Cheng Yu as the history of Dengzhou. By the way, I asked, should we divide Jizhou by the way?

It's Xun who said to divide it, and it's good to divide it. Taking advantage of the war to change the administrative division, it received the least resistance, and it is really not so convenient to wait until Jizhou is completely pacified before thinking about dividing it. Therefore, it was divided into four counties of Hejian, Bohai, Anping and Qinghe, and was set up as Yingzhou.

Since this is the case, it is better to divide the military areas of responsibility as well. Cao Cao ordered Zang Ba to completely pacify Qingzhou, that is, to move his army north, attack Yingzhou, and fight against Yuan Tan; He himself personally led the main force to attack Yuan Shao in order to seize the new Jizhou, the western part of the former Jizhou.

The army arrived at the city of Handan in a few days. At this time, because Gao Gan and Guo Yuantong came to aid Jizhou, they completely let go of the annexation of the state, Cao Ren and Le Jin had already joined the party, and sent someone to inform Cao Cao that they would come to help after a little rest. At the same time, Xiahoudun captured Zhuao, completely pacified Taiyuan County, and supervised Xiahoulan, Sima Yi, Wang Rou, and Guo Yi's departments, and entered Changshan Kingdom through Guòjing, and joined Gongsun Zan and Zhang Yan. Yuan Shao guarded Handan for only four days, because he heard that the enemy army had penetrated deep into Changshan and directly took the county Zhiyuan, and was afraid of being attacked from front to back, so he was forced to open the north gate, break through, run all the way, and fled directly to Youzhou.

Yuan Shao ran ahead, Cao Cao chased behind, and entered Julu at the end of October. Cao Ren and Xiahoudun all came together, and the total number of troops swelled to nearly 200,000 - the logistical pressure increased instantly. So Cao Cao discussed with his ministers, Yuan Shao was defeated, we don't need so many soldiers, it is better to put some back to the hometown, and still guarantee 7 to 100,000 troops, and you can also worry free.

In this way, Sima Yi, Wang Rou and others led the army back to the state. As for Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zhan, Cao Cao honestly and unceremoniously took down their soldiers, and sent people to send these two to Xudu to meet the Son of Heaven and wait for the reward. He took Shi Xun and others to inspect the soldiers and horses of Gongsun Zan and Zhang Yan, shook his head while looking at them, and finally left 4,000 veterans, and the remaining 40,000 or 50,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, all of which were divided into the three counties of Wei, Zhao, and Changshan, and Han Hao was in charge of letting them Tuntian.

As soon as the arrangements were made properly, and the grain and grass allocated by Xun Yu and Zheng Xuanxin were also transported to the front line, Cao Cao planned to continue to advance, and to destroy Yuan Shao in one go - and strive to completely solve the problem in the north before spring ploughing next year. But at this time, he suddenly reported to Malay: "The Yuan family has an envoy coming." Cao Cao frowned: "Who is the envoy?" Tanma replied: "It's Nanyang Xu Yuye." ”

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this: "Since Ziyuan is the envoy, could it be that Yuan originally wanted to surrender?" "If you come to challenge, you don't have to send such an important strategist, and at the same time, an old acquaintance of both sides will come forward.

Since it was an acquaintance who came, Cao Cao personally went out to greet him - the key is that he still wanted to say that he would surrender, so he had to be enthusiastic in his attitude. When Xu You saw Cao Cao, he waited for a big salute to pay respects: "How can you be like a person, but you have to be welcomed by Cao Gong?" Cao Cao hurriedly stretched out his hand to help: "Ziyuan." You and I are old friends, it doesn't have to be like this. Shi Xun followed beside him, squinting at this scene, and noticed that Xu You's attitude was quite respectful, but in fact, his knees were only slightly bent, and he didn't really want to kneel at all. As soon as Cao Cao put it in his arms, he immediately straightened his waist and legs.

So he let Xu Ziyuan into the big tent and sat down as the guest and host. Cao Cao asked straight to the point: "What do you want to do?" Xu You took out a wooden slip from his bosom, handed it to Cao Cao, and replied: "No, although my lord has too much court. But there is no intention of going against the contrary, how can the clouds fall? I came here to ask Cao Gong for guilt on behalf of my lord, and asked Cao Gong to rest and respect, so that my lord will be at peace in the north from now on, and he will not dare to lose tribute. ”

In a word, Yuan Shao confessed. Admit cowardice, although admit cowardice. Surrender is still unwilling, because once surrendered, he must bind himself to Cao Cao's military gate, and then Cao Cao sent someone to escort him to Xudu, which is equivalent to taking the initiative to put his head on Cao Cao's knife. Yuan Shao has known Cao Cao for many years, but he knows that this guy has a black heart and a hot hand. If he really descended, it wouldn't take half a year, and all the people of the Yuan family would have to die, and none of them would survive!

So he just said: If I take it, you won't fight, you have already swallowed my Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Qingzhou, why don't you leave me with a Youzhou pension? I never dared to challenge your authority again—I thought you could even tolerate my frustrated brother Yuan Shu. Why can't you tolerate me now? Our friendship is deep.

Cao Cao took a closer look at Yuan Shao's letter, in fact, this was a statement of apology, and the text insisted that the Yuan family did not intend to rebel against the imperial court. The biggest sin of the Yuan family is "negligence in paying tribute", and the contribution to the imperial court is insufficient, which is the revenge of the heavenly soldiers. Now I know that I was wrong, and I am willing to return the position of general to the imperial court—the inner meaning is actually dedicated to Cao Cao—and I retired to the general of Cheqi and the pastor of Youzhou, hoping that the imperial court will forgive me for my past sins.

Cao Cao finished watching the performance, handed it to Xun You, asked the strategists to pass it on, and then looked at Xu You: "The son is far away, and he should set up a banquet to entertain him to say goodbye." "That means, we still have to discuss Yuan Shao's request for peace, you wait to hear the news first.

Xu You knew that such a big plan could not be decided in a few words, so he didn't urge, and said with a smile: "Youzhou is bitterly cold, and I am waiting for Mengde's delicious food." So the banquet was set up, and the guests and hosts were happy.

After sending Xu You out to rest, Cao Cao gathered the strategists to discuss. Yang Xiu spoke first and said: "The lord is in the edict of the Son of Heaven, respectfully pursuing the heavens, pacifying the three states, and now that Yuan Shao has served, he can collect troops to support the people's livelihood - Jizhou is rough, if you don't rest, you can't go beyond Ji and cut down the secluded." "That means, Yuan Shao can't get up anyway, so why rush it? It's better to stabilize the newly occupied area first, and then find an opportunity to fight him next year.

Liu Ye objected to the proposal and the withdrawal of the army, he said: "Yuan Shao disobeyed the order of the sky, but caused the heavens to pray, now that he has pleaded guilty, how can he have the righteousness of raising the army the next day?" "You must kill Youzhou in one breath and completely destroy him, otherwise since he has confessed his guilt, there will be no excuse for him to crusade again when the army is collected.

Jia Xu responded succinctly and meaningfully: "The teacher has been running for a long time and the grain is not sufficient. But if you want to conquer, why bother? "We are now under too much pressure on logistics, and if we have to go on an expedition, I am afraid that it will be difficult to supply food and grass. As for crusading against Yuan Shao again in the future, as long as you have the heart, are you afraid that you won't be able to find an excuse?

Everyone insisted on their own words, forty percent said to retire the army, and sixty percent said that they had to continue fighting, only Shi Xun kept hanging his head and didn't speak, as if he was dozing off. Cao Cao glanced at him and asked, "What does Hongfu think?" Shi Xun hurriedly surrendered his hand: "The minister has no form, and the lord is the one who is you." Naisi was in Lelang when he was a teenager, and when he was ten years old, he tried to write poetry for the first time, and was given a ...... of "Spring Grass"

Cao Cao said that we are studying the general trend of the world here, why do you suddenly remember the poems you wrote in the past? There must be a deep meaning in it. At the moment, he smiled and said: "Hongfu can recite it, and all the ministers will appreciate it." ”

It was Xun Yingnuo, so he held his hands behind his back, paced slowly in front of the case, and recited word by word: "Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered." Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and spring breezes blow and regenerate. ”

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