Chapter 10: The Desperate Strategy
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War is based on strength, clever schemes, but only auxiliary, when the strength is absolutely insufficient, even the genius of heaven - such as the later Zhuge Liang - can not completely reverse the situation in a short period of time. Now Yuan Shao is facing this dilemma, if he wants to stop Cao Cao's general offensive that will inevitably move after the autumn harvest, he must preemptively control and contain it in advance, but the question is how to contain it? You have to have enough food to get there.
Although Hebei is a large state, with a prosperous household registration and abundant products, it has been dry and fishing for many years, on the one hand, it does not attach importance to the restoration and opening of agriculture, and on the other hand, it indulges the wealthy and large families to annex land and bully the weak, and the battle of Guandu rashly raises troops, and the treasury of the Yuan family is basically emptied, and only by looking forward to a bumper harvest this year can it be alleviated. However, the question is, if it waits until after autumn, then Cao Cao's soldiers will be killed, will there be time to convert the materials into combat power?
Therefore, Xun Yu and others generally believe that even if they are frustrated and Xu Yu are outstanding, I am afraid that they will not be able to return to the sky - if Ken Zhuang breaks his wrist, abandons the merger and Qingerzhou, pulls out Yuan Tan's army and Gao Gan's army to go out of danger, establishes a dangerous village, and specializes in Jizhou, there may be a glimmer of life. But if he really did that, Yuan Shao's prestige would be greatly reduced, and Yuan Jiaban might collapse from within, and Yuan Shao would not be able to make this determination.
If you can't fight, you can only cut the enemy, but Liu Biao is tied up by Zhang Xian, and Sun Ce is blocked by Guangling and Lujiang, and they are far away, so it is difficult to unify the pace. Cao Cao's back road is safe for the time being, as for the two wings, there is only the sea in the east and Lu Bu in the west. The sea can't attack Cao, as for Lu Bu. He was busy fighting Han Sui and Ma Teng, even if he suddenly turned his back on the court. I don't have the strength to turn around and threaten Cao Cao.
Of course, for the sake of insurance, Xun Yujian sent an envoy to Liangzhou, rewarded and restrained Lu Bu, Cao Cao Ken, and sent the imperial historian Xi Xi to hold the festival.
However, at the beginning of June, an urgent report suddenly reached Xu Du, frustrating them to finally make a move-
First Qingzhou came with news. There were people in Donglai County who gathered to rebel. First, the Dongmu Wang camp, which gathered more than 3,000 people, broke through Changyang County; The second is Li Tiao, a native of Xian County, who gathered more than 5,000 people, attacked Xian County, turned to Qucheng, and was defeated by the local family Wang. and disturbed the borders of the North Sea. Yuan Tan's Qingzhou Don't Drive Wang Xiu from Jinan to the east, echoing it.
Qingzhou was badly ruined by Yuan Tan a few years ago, and Zang Ba entered Qingzhou before the battle of Lin Xi, and according to most of it, he didn't manage it very well - even if he really wanted to manage it well, it wouldn't be effective in just over half a year - so it was time for the green and yellow to be in short supply. Riots of natural people. It's just that according to the information collected by Zang Ba, the reason why Wang Ying and Li Tiao dared to openly raise the anti-flag was that traces of the Yuan family's incitement could indeed be found.
"It's to make my flank unstable and contain the troops." Cao Cao convened his ministers to discuss, and Cao Hong spoke first. It's just that the people are rebelling, I'm afraid of a ball. Command Zang Ba to suppress it. Chen Qun objected, saying: "There are still three months before the harvest, and if General Nai Zang can't make a decision, I am afraid that there will be more and more people gathering and screaming, and the scourge of ringworm and scabies will become a problem in the heart." Please take appeasement as the top and calm down, so that you can not fall into Yuan's trap. ”
Xun Yu and others also agreed, so Cao Cao finally decided to allocate some grain and grass to Qingzhou to help the hungry people and avoid the expansion of turmoil, and sent Chen Qun to appease Wang Ying, Li Tiao, etc., and sent Tun Tian Zhonglang to be stationed in Beihai to recruit displaced people to settle for reclamation - "The matter of the East, I am a long text, so that General Zang will prevent Wang Xiu and prevent Yuan Tan." Long article and cautious. ”
However, Qingzhou is still a small fight after all, and it is simply unrealistic for the Yuan family to rely on these mob leaders to involve too much energy of the Cao family. It's just that Chen Qun has just left Beijing and is on the road, and there is news from the West - "Guanzhong is in chaos!" ”
In order to eliminate Li Dao and Guo Yan as much as possible, and take the opportunity to get rid of Liang Xing, Cheng Yin and other separatist forces, he was forced to rely on various county families. Soon thereafter, Cao Cao fought against Yuan Shao, and his main energy was in the eastern part of the country, which was far away, and he was forced to be semi-laissez-faire, which led to the phenomenon of the wealthy clan sitting big, wantonly annexing land and exploiting the people, so the Yuan family was slightly instigated, and immediately turmoil broke out, and the smoke was all over the ground.
Cao Cao originally planned to wait for Yuan Shao to be completely defeated, and then move the Sili School Lieutenant to Chang'an, sit in Sanfu, and slowly digest it - unfortunately, the chaos has already arisen, and it is not urgent.
There is Liu Xiongming, a native of Lantian, who was called as a county general because of his strength, summoned the dead, coerced the hungry people, quickly broke through the two cities of Lantian and Duling, and surrounded the Jingzhao Yin Wei in Chang'an City; There is also Tuntian Kelu and self-proclaimed general, gathered the party in Chencang, and the right Fufeng Su led the army to attack, but he could not overcome it. The rest of the small groups are in rebellion, no less than twenty or thirty places, breaking the tun encirclement, killing the Shi clan, besieging the townships and counties, and there is a tendency to gradually merge.
In fact, you can't blame Wei Duan and Su Ze, Guanzhong is not like Qingxu, there is a general Zang Xuangao who led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to defend the town, and the Guanzhong Tun army is small, and before that, he also pulled thousands of people to Kanto to fight against the Yuan family, so the military strength is very weak. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, even if Su Wenshi is a later famous minister and a famous general, if you give him more than 1,000 old and weak soldiers, he will not be able to win the battle at all.
Qingxu has Zang Ba, so there is no need to send reinforcements, send a civilian official over, and help Zang Ba suppress and pacify the parallel. Guanzhong is different, if you don't send reinforcements, I'm afraid that the situation will soon be eroded. When summoning the ministers to discuss, Shi Xun couldn't help but grit his teeth: "This will be a frustrating scheme!" Xun You's expression was quite calm: "This is just to restrain us and others, even if Guanzhong is completely lost, it will not hurt the root - Gu Zhi Zifu is powerless." ”
Frustration is also engaged in this kind of trick, and he can't come up with more ruthless tricks. It's a big deal, let's give up Guanzhong, and still have the strength to defeat Yuan Shao.
Having said that, but in a huge pass, if you really give up, Cao Cao really can't make up this determination - after all, it has not yet reached Cheng Dù, who must break the wrist of a strong man, so if you can keep it, let's not break it yet. Cao Cao said that I will send another general, a few thousand soldiers, and another 10,000 or 20,000 stones of grain and grass to the past, which will not hurt the muscles and bones, even if I can't quickly quell the rebellion, I can stabilize the situation first and ensure that a few central cities are not lost. When I completely defeat Yuan Shao, it's not too late to go back and clean up those chaotic people.
Guo Jiajianyì: "If you want to make the chaotic people not jump eastward, you can send troops to plug the peach forest, then Guanzhong will be eroded, and there is no overall situation." "Before Yuan Shao is defeated, don't let the turmoil spread to the Henan region again.
Cao Cao said that it was okay, and the southern line was basically stable, so he transferred Cao Bao to Guanzhong and asked him to be the governor of Guanzhong's military, but what kind of civilian official should he send over? "Yuanchang Town is in Henan, and it should be supported by the Northern Expedition, and it cannot be moved lightly." It stands to reason that Guanzhong is also the territory of Captain Si Li, and it has to be under the control of Zhong Xuan, but he can't be moved lightly at this time, and he has to be responsible for the logistics of the Hanoi and Hedong fronts in the near future.
When several people in the middle of the seat heard this, they couldn't help but glance at Shi Xun, which means: You once calmed Guanzhong, but your butt was not wiped clean, is it up to you to go. It's Xun Xin who said that he was joking, now the situation in Guanzhong is probably more dangerous than when I went back, and there is no Xiahou Yuan to protect him, I really don't trust the combat power of the old man...... Hey, that's a pretty good excuse -
"This is the day before yesterday failed to settle the fault in the pass, I wanted to worry about the main centimeter, and I invited myself to go west. However, even if the lord is the master of the military outside Xun, Xun should not go with him, and he should avoid suspicion. "How can there be a reason for the father-in-law to be in charge of the military, and the son-in-law to be in charge of civil affairs, and the grandfather and son are in the same place? Even if Cao Cao believes me again, after all, I will be in a place of suspicion, and someone will always take the opportunity to spit.
Of course, Cao Cao also understood this truth, so he asked Shixun directly: "Can Hongfu recommend it?" Shi Xun lowered his head and thought for a while, and replied: "The right Fufeng Su Wenshi (Su Ze) is upright and jealous, and has the talent to control, but can guard the Guanzhong ......" The three county-level magistrates he was appointed at the beginning, in the original history, although You Yin and Wei Duan both won high positions, but their political achievements were not good, only Su Ze was the champion for a while, so simply - don't send new people to go, you are not familiar with the place, you may not be able to get started quickly, or Su Ze comes.
took the opportunity to build yì Cao Cao: "The former Xun and the lord have spoken openly and the matter of dividing the state, which can be started from Guanzhong." ”
In view of the situation in the world at this time, it is very unrealistic to restore the local administrative system to the county and county levels in the early Han Dynasty. However, after the transformation of the problem state into an administrative division, on the one hand, the state has too much power to assassinate the state and the state pastor, which will inevitably lead to strong branches and weak cadres, which is easy to lead to local separation, and on the other hand, the state is extremely large and inconvenient to manage. Therefore, Shi Xun once suggested to Cao Cao that the administrative divisions of prefectures, counties, and counties should still be maintained, but by splitting the prefectures so that one prefecture is only responsible for three or five counties under its jurisdiction, this kind of problem can be solved temporarily. Cao Cao's answer at the time was: "Let's wait for the world to be decided, and it should be like this." ”
Isn't that a great opportunity now? Since he wanted to send troops to block Taolinsai, in fact, he divided the division into two parts, so he simply changed the name and tried the water and explored the way for the division of the states in the future.
After repeated discussions, it was finally decided that Cao Cao would play on the same day, divide into three assistants, set up Yongzhou, and adopt Xun Yu's recommendation, and appointed Yan Xiang as the assassin of Yongzhou, so that Cao Bao could calm the rebellion in Guanzhong.
It was Xun who slandered in his heart: Xun Lingjun, you finally sold Yan Xiang for a good price, I just hope that he will not end up in a different place like the original history of guarding Yangzhou......
Indeed, as Xun You and others said, the trend of small and big is not so easy to change in the short term, even if he is frustrated, he can only lay idle people in the corners, hoping to involve the energy and soldiers of the Cao family. The next step is to see if the troops sent this autumn can defeat Yuan Shao in one fell swoop.