Chapter 492: The traitorous male Cao Cao
This is a war that is destined to be won, but how to achieve victory is a huge exquisiteness, and it cannot be easily won, but this needs to be seriously considered, after all, Ding Yuan's order, they must not fail to listen.
Therefore, this time the victory must be won, and it is necessary to pretend to be a miserable victory, which is a very technical thing, because this is to ensure one thing, that is, the army cannot have casualties!
There are no casualties, but it also gives people a sense of defeat, which must have sufficient technical content, so the soldiers of the Chelong Kingdom army, as well as the generals of the Three Kingdoms, must think about it carefully.
Roar, roar, roar!
The fighting beasts became more and more excited, and finally under a domineering roar, the dense and endless sea of fighting beasts all over the mountains and fields finally began to attack!
The earth is roaring, and the sky seems to be obscured, because these fighting beasts are not only beasts, but also birds, huge flying birds and fighting beasts with a wingspan of more than ten meters, densely spread all over the sky, like black clouds, the sun is going to be obscured, and the sky has become extremely dark!
"Roar!"
The terrible roar and the sound of the birds screaming make people feel a sense of immense and irresistible!
However, although the beast herd is huge, but the number of troops as high as 20 million is also extremely amazing, the army at this moment, completely integrated into a whole, each small team, each group, each general, each ten-star soldier, are all determined, they guard their own army, with their own army, waiting for the arrival of the beast herd!
"Kill!"
Finally, the first herd of beasts came. Suddenly, with the shouts of the generals who don't know which one broke out, the whole killing began, the beast group undoubtedly seemed to occupy an advantageous position, the land and air attacks have an overwhelming advantage, it seems that the beast group completely has the upper hand, completely suppressing the human army, and the human race only has a constant passive response, but there is no ability to counterattack!
It's too much, and the whole scene goes on over time. It has completely evolved into a big war, and in this big war, as the temporary supreme commander of this army, the entire weaker army of the Chelong Kingdom, Cao Cao is firmly in the center at the moment. The actions of the army are constantly mobilized, and it is necessary to maintain the scene of this fighting beast dominating. They must also be able to keep their own armies in the midst of this confrontation. Occupy an absolute advantage!
This is undoubtedly an extremely difficult battle, even more difficult than the battle of crazy victory, after all, the victory you want to go to is really not a rare thing for the army of the Chelong Kingdom, after all, the overall strength of the army of the Chelong Kingdom is really above this fighting beast, and the combat effectiveness is needless to say.
However, it is difficult to win. That would be difficult, after all, the strength of the Chelong Kingdom's army was not strong enough to do whatever he wanted, so this was for Cao Cao, the commander of the entire army. It's also a new challenge, an incredibly difficult challenge!
This is more difficult and more challenging than the deceit mentioned in the book of soldiers, but who is Cao Cao, is the famous hero of the Three Kingdoms, the hero of the troubled times, and the capable minister of the world, it is not a lie, its military command ability, in the entire 5,000-year history of China, is one of the best existences, and its strong command ability is naturally conceivable!
Cao Cao (155-220 March 15), the name Mengde, the small character Apu, Han nationality, Pei Guoqiao (now Bozhou, Anhui), a famous politician, military strategist, writer, calligrapher in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The main founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms was first the general and prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then the king of Wei. During his life, he conquered the Quartet in the name of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, made significant contributions to the unification of the Central Plains, and at the same time extensively cultivated fields in the north, which played a certain role in the recovery of agricultural production at that time. Cao Cao mostly appears as a 'traitorous male' in Chinese film and television dramas, but he is actually a quite accomplished emperor in history.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Army, the military power was gradually expanded. In the third year of Chuping (192 AD), he occupied Yanzhou, divided and lured a part of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and was organized as "Qingzhou Soldiers". In the first year of Jian'an (196), the imperial capital Xu (now Xuchangdong, Henan) was welcomed. coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and successively leveled Lu Bu and other separatist forces. After the Battle of Guandu defeated the warlord Yuan Shao, he gradually unified northern China. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, he was promoted to the prime minister, led the army south, and was defeated by the combined forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei in Chibi. Later crowned King of Wei. Zi Cao Pi was called the emperor and posthumously honored as Emperor Wu. He built water conservancy in the northern part of the country, solved the problem of lack of military rations, and played a certain role in the recovery of agricultural production. Employing people on the basis of merit, breaking the concept of the clan, recruiting the middle and lower classes of the landlord class, restraining the strong and strong, and strengthening the centralization of power. The socio-economic development of the areas under his rule has been restored and developed. He is proficient in the art of war, and is the author of books such as "A Brief Explanation of Sun Tzu" and "The Essentials of Military Books". Good poems, such as "Artemisia Travel" and "Watching the Sea", express their political ambitions, and reflect the suffering life of the people in the late Han Dynasty, with majestic spirit, generosity and sadness. The prose is also clean and tidy. The author has "The Collection of Emperor Wu of Wei", which has been lost, and has a Ming people's book. Today, there is a typeset version of "Cao Cao's Collection".
Cao Cao was vigilant in his youth, used power to seek opportunities, was chivalrous and self-responsible, behaved dissolutely, made a living and did things in an irregular manner, and was not valued by the world. Only Qiao Xuan, He Hao, Li Zan and Wang Jun thought that Cao Cao was a very person and would definitely stabilize the world in the future. At that time, Cao Cao was still unknown, and Qiao Xuan suggested that Cao Cao befriend Xu Shao, a famous man at that time, in order to improve his fame. So Cao Cao went to visit Xu Shao, Xu Shao despised Cao Cao's personality and refused to show him his face, Cao Cao found an opportunity to threaten Xu Shao, Xu Shao had no choice but to give Cao Cao an evaluation of "the able minister who rules the world, the traitor of the troubled times" (another said: "the traitor of Qingping, the hero of the troubled times"), Cao Cao gradually became famous. In the seventh year of Jian'an (202), Cao Cao went north, passed by the tomb of Qiao Xuan, ordered to worship Qiao Xuan, and wrote a eulogy.
Cao Cao showed his love and talent for martial arts in his early years, and once sneaked into the house of Zhang Rang, who was often served, and after being discovered by Zhang Rang, he escaped over the wall with a halberd and retreated. He is also well-read, especially fond of the art of war, and has copied the ancient art of war and compiled it into the "Art of War Section", as well as the "Wei Wu Note on Sun Tzu" book that annotates "The Art of War". These activities laid a solid foundation for his later military career.
In the third year of Xiping (174), when Cao Cao was 20 years old, he became a Lang official by examining filial piety. Later Cao Cao was appointed lieutenant of northern Luoyang. In office for several months. The uncle of the eunuch Jian Shuo was forbidden to walk at night and was killed by Cao Cao according to the law. This offended Cao Cao's group of eunuchs, but Cao Cao acted according to the law, and these people could not slander Cao Cao, so they had to praise him for doing a good job and let him serve as the commander of Dunqiu, and the next year, that is, the first year of Guanghe (178 AD), Cao Cao was implicated because his cousin-in-law Song Qi, the Marquis of Chuqiang, was killed by the eunuchs. Removed from official positions. After that, he had nothing to do in Luoyang and returned to his hometown of Qian County to live idlely.
In the third year of Guanghe (180), Cao Cao was recruited by the imperial court and appointed as a councilor. Previously. The general Dou Wu and Taifu Chen Fan plotted to kill the eunuchs, but they were killed by the eunuchs. Cao Cao wrote a letter stating that Dou Wu and others were framed for their integrity. Causing traitors to fill the court. However, the situation that loyal and good people were not reused, and their words were sincere, but they were not adopted by Emperor Ling of Han. Later, Cao Cao wrote many times to admonish, although occasionally effective, but the Eastern Han Dynasty became increasingly corrupt. Cao Cao knew that he couldn't correct it.
In 184 A.D. [Jiazi Year] (the first year of Zhongping), the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and Cao Cao was worshiped as a cavalry captain, and was ordered to join forces with Huangfu Song and others to attack the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan. As a result, the Yellow Turban Army was broken and tens of thousands of people were beheaded. Then it was moved to Jinan. During the term of office of Jinan Prime Minister, Cao Cao governed things as before. There are more than 10 counties in Jinan (now Jinan, Shandong), and the county magistrates are mostly dependent on the nobles, corrupt and pervert the law, and have no scruples. Cao Cao's previous ministers ignored it. When Cao Cao arrived, he vigorously rectified and dismissed eight out of ten of the officials, Jinan was shaken, and corrupt officials fled one after another. "Politics and religion are great, and a county is clear".
At that time, it was the time when the politics of the Eastern Han Dynasty were extremely dark, and there was even a system of buying officials. Cao Cao refused to cater to the magnates, so he returned to the township due to illness, studied in spring and summer, hunted in autumn and winter, and lived in seclusion temporarily.
At that time, the world was in turmoil, and there was an incident in which Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, united with Nanyang Xu You, Peiguo Zhou Jing and other local heroes to plan to depose Emperor Ling and establish the Marquis of Hefei. Wang Fen and others hoped that Cao Cao would join them, but Cao Cao refused, and later Wang Fen committed suicide in defeat. Then, Bian Zhang and Han Sui of Jincheng County (now Lanzhou) in the northwest killed Assassin Shi and Taishou, and led more than 100,000 troops to rebel against the imperial court.
In 188 A.D. (the fifth year of Zhongping), Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty set up eight captains in Xiyuan in order to consolidate his rule, and Cao Cao was appointed as the captain of the eight lieutenants because of his family background.
Cao Cao raised troops with Chen Liu, scattered his wealth, joined the righteous soldiers, summoned the princes of the world, and punished Dong Zhuo together, and even for the sake of righteousness, he was able to make the coalition army smoothly formed, and he did not hesitate to give up the position of the leader of the alliance to Yuan Shao.
After all, Cao Cao is the initiator of the alliance of princes, he is the most qualified to become the leader of the alliance, and his ability and talent are also the best candidates to be the leader of the alliance, but he gave up the position of the leader of the alliance to Yuan Shao, the son of the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes, because he can have a stronger appeal, and he is also unwilling to compete with Yuan Shao, who is powerful at this time, which also lays the foundation for him and Yuan Shao to compete for the world and win the battle of Guandu.
It can be said that not fighting is fighting, the position of the leader of the alliance is not in Cao Cao's heart, his vision has already been looking at the world, and the indisputability at this time is the best competition!
After the coalition forces forced Dong Zhuo to move the capital, Cao Cao thought that Dong Zhuo "burned the palace, robbed the Son of Heaven, and the sea was shaken", and he should take the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with him, so he led the army westward alone. Cao Cao traveled to Xingyang Bianshui (now southwest of Xingyang, Henan), and Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong confronted, because of the disparity in the number of soldiers, Cao Cao was defeated, most of the soldiers were killed and wounded, and he was also injured by a stray arrow, but fortunately his cousin Cao Hong rescued and survived.
Back to Suojube, Cao Cao suggested that all the armies should have their own strongholds, and then divide their troops to the west into Wuguan (now southeast of Danfeng, Shaanxi) to besiege Dong Zhuo, but the generals of Kwantung refused to obey. The Kwantung armies are called Dong Zhuo, but in fact, they each have a ghost in their hearts, intending to wait for an opportunity to develop their own forces. Soon, friction broke out between the armies and they fought each other. The Coalition was thus disbanded.
Cao Cao sensitively knew that the coalition army could not achieve a big thing, and there were too many princes, which was the reason why the world was chaotic and the thieves stole the position of prime minister, which was the reason for his later military career, which laid a heavy stroke, so that Cao Cao's heart was full of desire for power, and in his heart only the power was concentrated in his hands, which was orthodox, and then for his military reform, and even a series of events after that, it laid a heavy foreshadowing.
In the autumn of 193 A.D. (the fourth year of the first peace), Cao Cao's father Cao Song came to Cao Cao on the way and was killed by Tao Qian. Cao Cao then marched into Xuzhou (Zhitan, present-day Tancheng, Shandong) and expanded his power to the southeast. Tao Qian retreated to Tan County. Soon Cao Cao's army was exhausted and retreated back to the army.
In the summer of the following year, Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou again and went to the East China Sea. During Cao Cao's expedition to Xuzhou, he killed a lot, and along the way, "the chickens and dogs were exhausted, and there were no pedestrians in the ruins". The Dongjun garrison Chen Gong was dissatisfied with Cao Cao, so he conspired with Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao, Zhang Miao's brother Zhang Chao, and Zhonglang Xu Yan and Wang Kai to rebel. Yinglu Bu is the pastor of Yanzhou. Lu Bu was a famous general at that time, first as Dong Zhuo's general, and then with Wang Yunding, he planned to kill Dong Zhuo.
At that time, only Juancheng (now part of Shandong) and Fan (now southeast of Fan County, Shandong) and Dong'e (now northeast of Yanggu, Shandong) of Dongjun were still under Cao Cao's control, and they were respectively held by Sima Xunyu and Shou Zhang Ling Cheng Yu, and Dongjun Taishou Xiahoudun, and the situation was extremely critical. Cao Cao rushed back from Xuzhou. Hearing that Lü Butun was in Puyang, he marched to besiege Puyang. The two armies held each other for more than 100 days. The plague of locusts has risen. The two sides ceased fighting, and Cao Cao's army returned to Juancheng. At this time, Cao Cao lost Yanzhou and the military rations were exhausted, so Yuan Shao sent people to persuade Cao Cao to take refuge in him, and let Cao Cao move his family to Ye County as a hostage. Cao Cao had planned to promise Yuan Shao. Thanks to Cheng Yu's dissuasion, Cao Cao dispelled this idea.
In 195 A.D. (the second year of Xingping), Cao Cao's whole army fought against Lü Bu again, and he was defeated three times. Break the pottery, Yongqiu, etc., and pacify Yanzhou. Lü Bu fled to Xuzhou to seek refuge with Liu Bei. In July, due to the fierce struggle of Li Dao and Guo Yan, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty returned from Chang'an to the east and issued an edict to let all the princes Qin Wang.
In August 196 A.D. (the first year of Jian'an), Cao Cao welcomed the Han Emperor. Xinhai, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty named Cao Cao as the lieutenant of the school and recorded the affairs of Shangshu. Gengshen moved the capital to Xuchang. In the winter of November, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty named Cao Cao as the commonplace, the riding general was military, and the hundred officials always listened.
In the first month of the spring of 197 A.D. (the second year of Jian'an), Cao Cao crusaded against Zhang Xiu, the army was stationed in Huashui, Zhang Xiu surrendered, and then rebelled, the eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and the fierce general Dian Wei were killed. After that, Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu twice, but he was not completely defeated. In the autumn of September, Cao Cao went east to conquer Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu abandoned the army and fled to the Huai River, and Yuan Shu stayed behind to guard the four generals.
In the summer and April of 198 A.D. (the third year of Jian'an), Cao Cao sent Pei Mao, a confidant, to lead Zhonglang to simmer Duan against Li Dao and raze the three clans. In September, Cao Cao marched east to Xuzhou and attacked Lü Bu, who had long been his enemy. Under the offensive of Cao's army, Lü Bu's army was centrifuged, and in December, Lü Bu's troops captured Wei Xu, Song Xian and others and returned to Cao Cao. Seeing that the general trend had gone, Lu Bu surrendered in the city. Cao Cao executed Lü Bu, Chen Gong, Gao Shun and others, and surrendered Lü Bu's generals Zhang Liao, Taishan Haojie Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others, and initially took control of Xuzhou. In 199 A.D. (the fourth year of Jian'an), Cao Cao sent Shi Jian and Cao Ren to defeat Zhang Yang's old army, obtain Hanoi County, and expand their sphere of influence to the north of the Yellow River.
When Cao Cao was ten years old, he was swimming in Longtan and suddenly encountered a fierce crocodile. The crocodile attacked Cao Cao with its teeth and claws, but Cao Cao was undaunted and calmly fought the crocodile. The crocodile couldn't get its mouth down and fled. After Cao Cao returned home, he did not mention the crocodile to his family. Later, when an adult saw a snake and cowered in fear, Cao Cao laughed and said innocently: "I am not afraid of a crocodile when I meet a crocodile in Longtan, but you are afraid of a snake, it's ridiculous!" Everyone asked, Cao Cao told the truth, and they all marveled at the courage of the young Cao Cao.
And there are many allusions about Cao Cao, many of which are familiar to people, leaving a valuable wealth for future generations!
Assassinate Zhang Rang
Cao Cao had privately entered the mansion of Zhang Rang, who was often servant, and tried to assassinate, Zhang Rang found out and sent someone to hunt down, Cao Cao brandished a halberd, and fought all the way out from the court, Zhang Rang's guards could not approach him, Cao Cao fought and retreated, and when he retreated to the wall, he jumped and came out over the wall.
Fancies
Once Cao Cao led his troops on an expedition, but he couldn't find a place with water on the way, and the soldiers were very thirsty. So Cao Cao asked his men to send a message to the soldiers, saying, "There is a large plum grove in front, which bears a lot of plums, sweet and sour, which can quench thirst." When the soldiers heard this, their mouths drooled. With this, they were able to reach a place where there was a water source ahead.
Hair cutting head
Once, Cao Cao led his army through a wheat field and ordered: "Soldiers, don't spoil the wheat, and those who violate it will be executed!" All the people who rode horses in the army dismounted, and walked with each other's hands, but Cao Cao's horse actually ran into the wheat field, and invited his master book to judge the crime, and the master book responded with the allusion of the Spring and Autumn Period: Since ancient times, criminal law is not used on noble people. Cao Cao said: "How can you command your subordinates if you make your own laws and violate them yourself?" However, as the commander of an army, I cannot die, and I ask that a criminal law be imposed on me. So he took his sword, cut off his hair, and threw it at the ground.
Welcome back to Wen Ji
After Cao Cao pacified the north, out of pity and nostalgia for the old man Cai Yong, "he was sorry that he had no heir", so he sent a messenger to redeem Cai Wenji from the Xiongnu with gold and returned to China, remarried Chen Liuren Dong Ci, and asked her to sort out more than 400 books left by Cai Yong, which contributed to the spread of Chinese culture.
Poetry on the horizontal
On the eve of the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao led a large army to drink the Yangtze River and fought a decisive battle with the combined forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei. It was the night and the moon was bright, and he set up wine and music on the river, and feasted the generals. Drunk, Cao Cao took the lance and stood on the bow of the boat, generously singing. Su Dongpo called it "drunk in the river, Hengli Fu poems, and the hero of the solid world" in "Former Chibi Fu".
Brilliant words
Cao Cao once passed under the monument of Cao E, and Yang Xiu followed (Cao Cao). The back of the stele is inscribed with the words "yellow silk, young woman, grandson, and mortar". Cao Cao asked Yang Xiu, "Do you know what this means?" (Yang Xiu) replied, "Yes." Cao Cao said, "Don't say it yet, wait for me to think about it." When he walked thirty miles away, Cao Cao said, "I already know." "Order Yang Xiu to write down what he knows alone. Yang Xiu wrote: "Yellow silk, colored silk fabric, written as 'absolute'; young woman, girl's meaning, written as 'wonderful'; grandson, is the daughter's child, written as 'good'; mortar, the vessel for receiving Xin, the instrument for holding the five xins." Another interpretation of Wuxin is onion, garlic, pepper, ginger, mustard; Note: This is not an instrument of hardship, but an instrument of suffering). This means 'brilliant words'. Cao Cao also wrote down his thoughts, which were the same as Yang Xiu, so he exclaimed: "My talent is not as good as yours, and it took thirty miles to understand (the meaning of the inscription)." ”
Incense is sold
Before Cao Cao died, he left a "testament" and said: "My concubines and singing and dancing artists are very hard, let them live in Tongquetai (the ruins are in the Yecheng ruins 20 kilometers southwest of Linzhang County, Hebei Province), settle them well, put a six-foot bed on the main hall of the platform, hang a spiritual tent, and offer food in the morning and evening, on the first day and fifteenth day of each month, from morning to noon, to sing and dance music in the tent. You must always ascend to the bronze bird platform and visit the cemetery of my Xiling. The rest of the incense may be given to the ladies and not to be sacrificed. People in each room have nothing to do, and they can learn to make straps and shoes to sell. ”
All this can explain one thing about Cao Cao, that is, he is definitely in response to the sentence, 'the able minister who rules the world, the hero of the troubled times', his talents in the military, political, and artistic fields all show his extraordinary talent, in peacetime, he is definitely a capable minister who can lead the troops on the horse, and can settle the country when he gets off the horse!
At this time, Cao Cao undoubtedly began to show his extraordinary talent, the entire army of 20 million, under his command, from time to time there were armies retreating, from time to time there were armies advancing, the situation of each army was well known in his heart, and the entire battlefield was also directly under his control.
At this time, Cao Cao felt extremely wonderful, it seemed that he could easily decide anything on the battlefield, at this moment he seemed to be the absolute god of this battlefield area, everything was under his control, when he should retreat, when he should advance, and what the damage of that army was, all under his control.
This made him have a strong feeling that he could easily command the army, and it was possible to win the victory by making the miserable and miserable, and the army was not damaged in the slightest, and it could also show people that it was difficult to win!
Therefore, at this moment on the battlefield, it is showing a strange appearance, that is, the morale of the fighting beasts is like a rainbow, the momentum is soaring, the combination of land and air, and the two-way attack does give people a feeling of being extremely powerful, but they are constantly killing and wounding.
On the other hand, the human army, miserable, bleak and persistent, seems to be able to be crushed and crushed by the wolves of the fighting beasts at any time, but it is firmly held, and there is no slightest damage, although it is miserable, but there is no casualty!
This is Cao Cao's ability, the ability of the traitorous male Cao Agui! (To be continued......)