Chapter 73: Judging the Situation
After this incident, the Xiliang soldiers were defeated by them, which increased the prestige of Li Dao and Guo Yan in Chang'an City, and the other princes also put away their impatience.
Or under the influence of Yuyi, considering the results of Li Ru, many injustices will kill themselves, Jia Xu's strategy, mostly self-preservation, rarely to persuade to burn the people, not only that, he also persuaded many times to appease the people, all made friends with some heroes, and learned from other people's management experience.
Yu Yi was also under Jia Xu's care, free, and Emperor Xian was not controlled, but the military power was in hand, some things that were not satisfactory to him, he would still insist on his own opinions, Yu Yi often went to Jia Xu to ask for advice, and learned a lot of experience in strategy, Yu Yi is at the level of a graduate master in modern times, and some philosophy and simple life principles can be understood quickly, Jia Xu also likes Yu Yi very much, this young man, and has the idea of accepting him as a disciple many times.
Li Dao and Guo Yan's practices eased the contradictions in the imperial court to a certain extent, but the imperial court still had opinions on them, but compared to Dong Zhuo, they were much happier, and the contradictions were not so acute.
Ma Teng and Han Sui's dispatch of troops aroused the hopes of the princes, especially Liu Bei, who hoped that Ma Teng could break through Chang'an City in one fell swoop, so that his fourth brother would be safe, and then he could return to Pingyuan County safely. But within a few days, the news that the Xiliang soldiers had been repulsed, as well as the internal strife in Chang'an City.
"Big brother, after I see this incident, the other princes will not make any more moves, let's send troops to rescue ourselves."
Zhang Fei was already a little out of breath.
"Not now, now Yuan Shao is eyeing us, if we leave at this time, not to mention that we will be in danger, Gongsun Chan will also cause trouble."
Liu Bei briefly analyzed.
Guan Yu also arrived at this time, and said: "I heard that the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou are still there, maybe it will be a new turning point." ”
Just as the old crisis had just passed, it was not long before there was an uprising of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, with about 100,000 people, no fixed leader, looting everywhere in the local area, and the people were struggling to make a living. At the imperial court, the imperial servant Zhu Jun made a suggestion, that is, to protect Cao Cao, thinking that he could easily solve this problem for the imperial court.
Li Dao and Guo Yan asked who they were, and Zhu Jun replied: "If this matter can break the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Thieves, it will not work without Cao Mengde." ”
"And where is this person you're talking about?" Li Dao asked.
replied: "He is now the Taishou of Dongqun, and he has some soldiers and horses in his hands, if the imperial court orders him to crusade against the Yellow Turban Thieves, then it will be easy to solve the problem of Qingzhou." ”
Yu Yi observed everyone's color on the side, thinking that Cao Cao is a person he also knows, the idea is not conformist, very innovative, and also has a certain mind, if he is allowed to develop, it may be difficult for the eldest brother Liu Bei to get the world in the future, just at this time someone proposed to ask him to beg the thief, the yellow turban thief has 100,000 people, even if he can succeed, I believe that he will lose the army, which can weaken Cao Cao's strength and create some space for the eldest brother Liu Bei.
So Yu Yi also walked out and said: "I think what he said is very reasonable, I have seen Cao Cao, he is a man of great talent, and he has to be guarded against, but he is loyal to the imperial court, if he is allowed to go at this time, he will definitely go, one can weaken his troops, and then it shows the determination of the imperial court to further buy people's hearts." ”
Jia Xu thought that Yu Yi was going to say something, but he didn't expect that his analysis was also the first to be the way, and there were no flaws, so he couldn't help but look at Yu Yi a little higher.
So Li Dao was very happy, so he sent someone to implement this matter, and then sent someone to Dongjun, and sent Cao Cao and Bao Xin over there to crusade against the Yellow Turban Thief.
After Cao Cao received the letter, he naturally knew the intentions of the imperial court, but at this time he was not good at objecting, after all, he had only gained a firm foothold, and the Yellow Turban Thief itself was a thief, and the crusade against it was famous, and it could also enhance some popularity.
So Cao Cao took the soldiers and horses to meet with Bao Xin, finalized the time, and went to attack the thieves together, and fought with them in Shouyang, Bao Xin was anxious to make meritorious contributions, and kept Cao Cao's advice, and the lone army went deep, and finally died at the hands of the thieves, Cao Cao could only plan this crusade according to his own plan.
After all, there are some generals around him, so it is easy to defeat the vanguard of the Yellow Turban Thieves and chase them to Jibei, so that 100,000 people surrendered, Cao Cao naturally will not send his cronies to the front line, and simply force the surrendered Yellow Turban Army as the forerunner, one is to create a momentum, telling everyone that they are very tolerant, as long as they surrender, they will use you immediately, and the other is the means of embodiment, after all, the other Yellow Turban Thieves do not know how many people in the vanguard have surrendered and how many benefits they have received.
So along the way surrendered many thieves, this crusade was extremely smooth, less than a month, recruited more than 300,000 generals, more than a million men and women, which made Cao Cao very happy, and suddenly his own men and horses became very large.
This information quickly spread to the imperial court, and after Yu Yi knew it, he sighed in his heart and said: "It seems that smart people will not let you down anywhere, even if it is very difficult, it can become an advantage in his hands, this is his creation." ”
I admired Cao Cao a little more in my heart, and at the same time, I was a little more worried about my eldest brother Liu Bei.
Jia Xu personally went to Yuyi's mansion, observed Yuyi's expression, and said, "It seems that I came here at the wrong time?" ”
Yu Yi smiled: "A little thing, not enough to worry about!" ”
Jia Xu shook his head and said, "You are not happy because of the news of Cao Cao's victory." ”
was told by someone who broke his state of mind, Yu Yi looked a little surprised, he didn't expect Jia Xu's strategy to reach such a point, could nothing really escape his eyes?
However, Yu Yi still wanted to continue to probe and said, "Why did Mr. say this? ”
Jia Xu smiled and said: "In the court, you strongly recommend Cao Cao to crusade against thieves, you must be selfish." ”
Yu Yi smiled and didn't say anything right away, but asked Jia Xu to sit down and speak slowly.
"Your eldest brother Liu Bei is now weak in Pingyuan County, as a figure of the same period, he is a little dwarfed by Cao Cao, it is said that Cao Cao has been recruiting troops and horses during this time, and his strength has increased greatly, while your eldest brother has not changed much, if I were you, I would also be very worried."
Jia Xu analyzed.
Yu Yi was secretly frightened in his heart, he didn't expect Jia Xu to think of this step, it was really incredible.
"What should I do in my opinion?"
Yuyi simply asked Jia Xu to advise him.
"At present, Cao Cao is in full swing, and there are many strategists who have taken refuge, and it is inevitable that his strength will increase greatly, and this crusade should be nearing the end, and he will also become famous."
Jia Xu laughed.