Man'an: Summer. The edict of the Son of Heaven issued to the princes of all walks of life to crusade against the puppet emperor Yuan Shu, and the respondents were five ways, and the swords were Xuzhou Lu Bu Xiaopei Liu Bei, Jiangdong Sun Jian, Jingzhou Liu Biao, and Cao Cao, who was the general of the court's great Sikong and the cavalry. The princes of the Five Roads had a total of 300,000 troops to conquer the puppet emperor Yuan Shu, and as soon as the news came out, the world shook.

By the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the princes of the Five Routes had all invaded Zhunnan.

In the palace of the general of Chang'an City, Zhang Xiu and all the civil and military forces in Chang'an are listed.

There were three letters on Zhang Xiu's desk, and Zhang Xiu first put Yang Yang in the first one: "The battle of Hebei has been decided, and the result is as you expected, Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan in Paoqiu, killing more than 20,000 people." There are countless people who have descended. After Yuan Shao's victory, Daijun, Guangyang, Shanggu, and Youbeiping each killed the commanders placed by Gongsun Zhan, and united Yuan Shao and Yan Rou and other armies. Discuss Gongsun Chan together. The news that came a few days ago was that Gongsun Chan had been defeated repeatedly, and now the news has come. Gongsun Chan fled back to Yijing and held on. It dug more than ten trenches in the Linyi River, and built mounds as high as five or six zhang in the trenches, and built camps on the mounds. The mound in the center of the trench is the highest, reaching more than ten zhang. Gongsun Chan lived in it and used iron as the door. and hoarded three million grains.

Gongsun Chan insisted on Yi Jing not out, and Yuan Shao had no choice but to send a large army to stay outside Yi Jing to confront Gongsun Chan and build a large number of organs and weapons to attack. However, there was nothing he could do, seeing that the summer had passed, Yuan Shao began to consider retreating back to Hebei.

After Zhang Xiu finished the news briefly, everyone sighed together, and Fa Zheng said: "Gongsun Chan is finished." But he said what everyone thought in their hearts.

Zhao Yun even sighed: "When the Hu people on the northeast border heard the name of the grandson of the white horse, the three-year-old child didn't dare to cry, but he didn't expect that he would be reduced to Rusitian now." Lamentable! Alas! ”

Zhang Xiu looked at Zhao Yun and knew that if he hadn't appeared, the current Zhao Yun would probably also be trapped in Yijing with Gongsun Zhan, thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel that the world was more wonderful than this. I know that Zhao Yun has a good impression of Gongsun Zhan, but Zhang Xiu can't do anything, this is the case in troubled times, the winner is the king, and the loser is the villain. In the first battle of Paoqiu, Gongsun Zhan was not only defeated, but even his courage was lost. From then on, the grandson of the white horse can be removed from the group of heroes. Unless a traverser also descends on him, maybe he can turn things around.

Fa Zheng said: "Although Liu Yu and his people are mainly appeased to the Hu people, which is diametrically opposed to Gongsun Zhan's main killing, but as a member of the Han royal family, his reputation is very high, especially in the hearts of the people of Youzhou, Liu Yu is one of the few good officials. Gongsun Zhan killed Hu Ren, although his reputation is not bad, but his killing of Liu Yu is really wrong. Gongsun Zhan, who killed Liu Yu's envoy, fell sharply, and the people of Youzhou no longer supported him, and they forced themselves to compete with Yuan Shao. ”

Zhang Xiu shook his head and sighed: "Although Gongsun Zhan is defeated, but now he is holding on to Yijing, it will take a while for Yuan Shao to take him, we must seize the time to pacify the northwest when Yuan Shao has not yet fully occupied the land of Sizhou, otherwise if Yuan Shao comes to attack, we will suffer from the enemy." ”

When everyone heard this, they responded, "What the Sharp Boss said is very true." ”

Zhang Xiu paused and said: "The winner of Hebei has been decided, and there is a big battle here in the Central Plains."

Tai Shici opened his mouth and praised: "300,000 troops, Cao Mengde is such a big hand, I'm afraid Yuan Shu will not be able to escape this catastrophe." ”

Jia Xu on the other side heard this, shook his head, and said: "I'm afraid not necessarily, this year's Zhun River flood will flood a large number of fertile fields in Huainan, I'm afraid that Huainan will have no harvest this year." ”

When Tai Shici heard this, he wondered: "Gaonan has no harvest, isn't it even more unfavorable to Yuan Shu, why can Yuan Shu escape this catastrophe?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Ziyi only knows one and doesn't know the other, Cao Mengdexuan led an army of 150,000 to conquer Shouchun at this time, how simple is it to kill Yuan Shu. It has raised so many soldiers in only one state, how can there be enough grain and grass. In the past few years, every year until the end of summer have sent troops to Xuzhou, in order to let his soldiers eat Xuzhou, this year also want to play this wishful thinking, let the army eat who south, but unfortunately God deliberately embarrassed him, so that Huainan this year has no harvest, to calculate. Cao Mengde's army can break Shouchun at most. After that, the army will be withdrawn, and Yuan Shu can completely abandon Shouchun and flee, so how can Yuan Shu be in a catastrophe. ”

Tai Shi Ci heard it and realized it, but Zhang Xiu smiled and said: "What Wen He said is reasonable, but after this battle, the climate of Yuan Shu will no longer be successful, and the land of Huainan will be owned by Cao Mengde sooner or later." ”

Jia Xu nodded when he heard this.

At this time, Yang Zhuo said: "Cao Mengde is powerful, and Lu Fengxian and Liu Xuande are not a threat if they have fewer soldiers than Cao Mengde, but this time the Jiangdong Tigers sent their lions to lead the army, which can be described as menacing, and they aim to fight for a foothold in Jiangbei, which should not be underestimated." ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he laughed and said: "This lion is indeed menacing, and he pacified Jiangdong that day." Sun Bofu made a great contribution, and this time he led the Northern Expedition, but he was afraid that Liu Xun of Lujiang would not be able to stop the momentum of the little overlord of Jiangdong. I don't want to see him for a few years, but the hairy boy in front of the Bishui Pass has become a person on the side of the shock. ”

Everyone here knows that Zhang Xiu and Sun Jian have an old relationship. Therefore, he also paid a lot of attention to the Jiangdong Sun family. However, after Zhang Xiu finished speaking, the tone of words changed and said: "Although the lion is menacing this time. But in the general's view, the biggest obstacle to his capture of Lujiang is not Liu Xun, but Cai Mao's army. ”

When Pang De heard it, he was surprised: "Liu Biao still dares to join forces with Yuan Shu?" He is not afraid of being scolded by the world? Zhang Xiu said: "Liu Biao naturally didn't dare to help Yuan Shu, but secretly Liu Biao refused to let Sun Jian gain a foothold in Jiangbei, so he would definitely try his best to snatch it with Sun Ce. ”

Everyone listened suddenly, it turned out that Liu Biaoken had this intention to go on the expedition. After Sun Jian was injured, he no longer had to go forward in every battle, but knew how to sit in the rear. Strategizing in the middle of the road. And its own determination is not lacking, at this time the Jiangdong Tiger is not only brave. There's also a lot of calmness and wisdom, and it's harder to deal with than before. Sun Jian attacked Jiangxia County several times. Almost captured, if it was allowed to win Lujiang County, then Jiangxia would be in danger under the attack of land and water, so Liu Biao, who had always cared about everything except Jingzhou affairs, decided to take this opportunity to send troops to the expedition to spoil Sun Jian's good deeds.

After hearing this, Huang Zhong said with a smile: "It seems that this crusade against Yuan Shu, although the momentum is huge, when there is a lot of dark taste, Cao Mengde wants to seize Xuzhou, so let Yuan Shu send troops to fight with Lu Bu first, and only after the forces of both sides are consumed will the troops recruit Yuan Shu." Cao Mengde has the Son of Heaven in hand, and it may not be a good thing for Lu Bu and Liu Bei to ask Yuan Shu for this time. ”

Fa Zheng said: "Han Sheng's words are reasonable. However, from the right point of view, Cao Duo should be preparing to consume Lu Bu's military strength and weaken his strength! After with Liu Huimiao. Qingping. At that time, Cao Mengde could secretly advise the Son of Heaven against Liu Bei, Liu Bei claimed to be a relative of the Han Dynasty, although he knew that the Son of Heaven was in the hands of Cao Mengde, but he also had to follow the edict of the Son of Heaven. In this way, Cao Mengde could not only gather a large army to defeat Yuan Shu first, but also weaken Lu Bu's power. As long as Liu Bei rebels and Liu Lu fights, Cao Mengde, Wang Weng, is afraid that he will be able to profit again. ”

As soon as Fa Zheng said this, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Tai Shi Ci understood why Fa Zheng and Jia Xu were arguing about whether to welcome the Son of Heaven when they were so intense. coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, this hand was too powerful, allowing the opponents to kill each other, and then he was the last fisherman to appear.

Zhang Xiu saw that the faces of the three of them changed slightly, and naturally guessed what the three of them thought, and said with a smile: "Although Cao Mengde coerced the Son of Heaven to make the princes powerful, the power of the general has already been established, so why be afraid of him." ”

After calming everyone's hearts, Zhang Xiu said: "There is also good news from Meng Qi's side, Longxi, Yinping's Di and Rong ethnic groups formed a coalition against Meng Qi, but it was broken by Meng Qi's battle, and now Meng Qi has asked Bo Yi to escort 20,000 soldiers to Chang'an, and Derong and Yuan Hei also came with good news, the new Luoyang City and Zhaguan have been built, Wenyuan has sent people to escort more than 20,000 soldiers responsible for building Luoyang and Huangguan to Chang'an, so that there are 50,000 soldiers to join the expansion of Chang'an. Zixiu came to the news earlier that the expansion of Chang'an City should be completed in March, which is really gratifying. ”

Everyone knew that Zhang Xiu had spent a lot of effort on the new Chang'an City, so he naturally complimented him. Zhang Xiu was in a good mood, and asked Zhao Yundao again: "Zilong, how about the selection of elite soldiers and the imperial examination?" ”

Zhao Yun replied: "As the lord expected before, there are not many soldiers who can meet the conditions to enter the elite army, and about half of the personnel of each department have been recruited, and the lord is not allowed to relax the restrictions, so there are not many soldiers who are eligible to enter the elite army now, and these are also counted as those who have passed the martial arts examination." ”

Zhang Xiu listened, nodded, and said: "It's okay, I will go to Liangzhou next year, and after the war, there should be many soldiers who are qualified to join the elite army." By the way, can there be great talents in this martial arts examination? ”

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "There is Wang Chang, the tiger in the army, who won the top prize in this martial arts examination, and Xu Shang and Lu Jian, the former small colonels of the Blood Blade Battalion, who won the Bangyan and Tanhua respectively. Among them, Wang Changyuan was Li Xuan's general. is loyal and righteous, although under the command of Li Xuan. But it is not evil, the people of Chang'an know about this matter, Xu Shang and Lu Jian are the first batch of soldiers of the Bloody Blade Battalion. followed Gongming early, and survived the bloody battle of Anyi. These two people killed the most enemies, and they were both lieutenant generals.

Zhang Xiu heard this, nodded and said: "Okay, this Wang Chang and Huo Du will be Zilong's deputy generals, and Xu Shang and Lu Jian will serve under Han Sheng, so it's good to sharpen them more." ”

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong heard it, and Feng Shi responded: "No"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiu turned his head and asked Jia Xu: "Wenhe, how is the liberal arts examination?" ”

Jia Xu replied: "Back to the lord, there are quite a lot of people on the list of liberal arts this time, and the vacancies of officials in various counties in Sizhou and Liangzhou have been basically filled. But there is no great talent. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded, he also knew that the literary style in the land of Guanxi was not prosperous, and now although he was building a large number of palaces and schools, and invited Confucians and many famous people to give lectures, it was not easy to cultivate a great talent, and it was possible to basically fill the vacancies of large and small officials in the places under his rule, which could be regarded as the result of the imperial examination. Zhang Xiuke clearly remembers that when he first arrived in Nanyang County, his subordinates were not enough officials, even officials, and after time, Zhang Xiu believed that he would be able to cultivate great talents.

Zhang Xiu discussed with everyone here for a while. and then let the crowd disperse.

Zhang Xiu was a peaceful and prosperous scene, but Shouchun City had been surrounded by Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei. And just as Jia Xu expected, Yuan Shu had already led his personal entourage and more than 30,000 troops to carry the treasured gold and treasure jade in the treasury before Cao Cao, Lü Bu, and Liu Bei surrounded Shouchun, and crossed the river to Zhunbei to avoid trouble, leaving Qiaorui, Liang Cai, Le Zhuo, Chen Lan and 100,000 troops alone to stick to Shouchun.

When Cao Cao's army arrived at the city of Shouchun, he let Lu Bu's army attack the east, Liu Bei's army to attack the south, and he personally led the army to attack the north, and he was very anxious to attack Shouchun for a while.

In Lujiang County to the south, Sun Ce's army and Cai Mao's army attacked at the same time, but the two sides had no intention of cooperating, often after Cai Mao captured a city. A few days later, Sun Ce led the army to attack, and Sun Ce, who Cai Mao saw, followed suit. The two sides fought fiercely, not at all like they were coming to crusade against Yuan Shu, but more like using the land of Lujiang County to fight. Liu Xun was secretly happy when he saw it. After shrinking all the troops back to Lujiang City, he ignored how Cai Mao and Sun Ce fought.

Cao Cao saw that the south was like this, and he had a headache. Even a few letters mediated the two, but when the two received the letters, they were full of promises, and after turning their heads, they continued to fight. Cao Cao saw that although they were fighting. But no matter how you say it, Liu Xun's troops were contained in Lujiang, so he no longer paid attention to them and concentrated on attacking Shouchun City.

In sending troops to fight against Yuan Shu, Cao Cao originally wanted the army to eat Huainan, how did he know that the Huai River was flooding, but it soaked the fertile fields in Huainan, but this news was only learned in Huainan territory, and Cao Cao killed several negligent spy leaders to no avail. The attack on Shouchun has been going on for two months, and seeing that winter is approaching, the grain and grass are almost exhausted. Cao Cao knew that if he couldn't capture Shouchun this year, he would definitely make Yuan Shu come back to his senses, at that time, not only would the Son of Heaven lose face, but the life of the Han family would probably not be respected, this trend was very unfavorable to Cao Cao, who was holding the Son of Heaven hostage to make the princes, and after thinking about it, Cao Cao thought of a strategy.

Because the grain and grass were about to run out, Cao Cao secretly asked the grain officials to dismiss and the soldiers, and the soldiers complained very loudly for days. Under the complaints of the soldiers, Cao Cao showed him to the public for the crime of deducting grain and grass from the grain officials. At the same time, the soldiers' grievances were resolved, and the soldiers also knew Cao Cao's rewards and punishments, and their morale recovered a lot for a while.

After that, Cao Cao Cao personally went to the city and supervised the army to move soil and stones, and fill in the trenches. The arrows and stones on the city are like rain, there are two barnyard generals who are afraid to return, Cao Cao personally raised his sword to cut the two barnyard generals, and then personally dismounted to pick up the soil and fill the pit. All of a sudden, Cao's army moved forward from top to bottom, and the military prestige was greatly boosted.

Shouchun City fled because of Yuan Shu, and morale was low. Cao Jun was full of energy, killed the head of the city, and opened the city gate, Cao Jun rushed in, and all the four generals left by Yuan Shu in Shouchun City were captured. Cao Cao immediately ordered the four generals to be beheaded, and all the palaces built by Yuan Shu were burned down, and the Battle of Shouchun ended.

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