Chapter 154: King Yan Stands on His Own Feet
Seeing Sima Yi's immediate agreement, Cao Rong thought silently in his heart: "You old guy, you've been looking forward to this day for a long time, right?" ”
But he still showed a very relieved look, and said to Sima Yi with a smile: "There is a Taiwei personally going on the expedition, Lone will rest assured, this expedition, Lone gave the Taiwei 40,000 Luoyang elite soldiers, and sent Hu Zun as a deputy general, after the Taiwei arrived in Beiping, and Qi Biqiu Jian 50,000 troops, a total of 90,000 troops, to crusade against Gongsun Yuan." ”
As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar.
Sima Yi was about to receive the order of thanksgiving, but the general Huan Fan jumped out and objected:
"Your Majesty, this is not possible, the Luoyang army is the elite of the Great Wei, the cavalry has tiger and leopard cavalry, and the infantry has Qingzhou soldiers, all of which are strong armies in the world, Your Majesty will hand over all the 40,000 elite soldiers to the Taiwei and take them to Liaodong, if Yongliang changes, where will the elite soldiers resist Shu?"
Huan Fan's worries are not unreasonable, the troops stationed near Luoyang are Cao Wei's elite mobile troops, and according to Cao Wei's military arrangement, this force can rush to the battlefields of the eastern and western fronts.
Now that all the elites of the country are under the command of Sima Yi, and they go north with the army, if Jiang Wei of Shu or Lu Xun of Wu take the opportunity to raise troops, then the Wei State will face the dilemma of not being able to send elite reinforcements.
Although with the end of the Battle of Longxi, although Jiang Wei of Shu sent troops to attack Wudu, after several defeats in three battles, the Shu side died down; And Wu has not sent troops north for several years. However, this hidden danger cannot be completely ruled out.
Cao Rong said very firmly to the courtiers:
"Gongsun Yuan this thief, very hateful, Gu has received information, after Gongsun Yuan defeated Biqiu Jian, he has established himself as the king of Yan in Xiangping, changed the Yuan Shaohan, set the capital Xiangping, and set up a hundred officials, sent an envoy to hold the Fu Festival, granted the Xianbei Shan Yu Yin Ribbon, added the title of Jin Jue to the border ethnic minorities, and lured the Xianbei people to invade the north."
"Such an act, if you don't subdue it by thunderous means, it will definitely become a big trouble for my Great Wei in the future. This time, I entrusted all the elite soldiers of the Great Wei to Captain Sima Taiwei, just to complete his work in one battle and resolutely eradicate the scourge of Gongsun Yuan. Lone wants to settle the situation in one battle, completely conquer Liaodong, and at the same time deter Xianbei Zhuhu, so that he does not dare to have two hearts. ”
When all the courtiers saw that Cao Rong was so determined, they all said no more.
They all praised: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”
Liaodong, Xiangping.
After Gongsun Yuan defeated Biqiu Jian's army, his self-confidence swelled to the extreme, and he soon established himself as the king of Yan, officially announcing that he would break away from Cao Wei and establish himself as king.
Gongsun Yuan is full of ambition at the moment dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Great Yan Kingdom, and feels that he is the real master of the big stage in the late Han Dynasty.
During the Three Kingdoms period, there has always been a secession of the Gongsun clan in Liaodong, and the main strategy of the Gongsun group was to admit that it should be coaxed.
The founder, Gongsun Du, took advantage of the chaos in the world at the end of the Han Dynasty to establish himself as the pastor of Pingzhou, and showed his strength in Liaodong: the east expedition to Goguryeo, the west to attack Wuhuan, the south to take Liaodong, the sea to take Jiaodong, the east to come to the counties.
In terms of civil governance, it recruited talented people and displaced people, and became a separatist regime across both sides of the Bohai Sea.
After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and won the victory in the Battle of Guandu, Gongsun Kang, who succeeded to the throne in Liaodong, was still "far from convinced". It was not until Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and personally conquered Wuhuan that Gongsun Kang maintained his nominal submission to Cao Cao in the unified north.
Gongsun Kang still expanded his territory, broke through the capital of Goguryeo, set up Daifang County, and was named the general of the chariot and cavalry and the Marquis of Pingguo by Cao Pi, who usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself.
It can be said that the Gongsun clan of Liaodong relied on geographical advantages and not tough strategies to survive in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period for decades, and the foundation was laid by Gongsun Du, and it has been prosperous for several generations.
And now, because of Gongsun Yuan's "jumping up and down", Liaodong surpassed Shu and Wu in an instant, and became Cao Wei's primary military target.
But Gongsun Yuan didn't see it that way, he thought that this was just the beginning of the rise of his Great Yan Kingdom.
This point can be seen from the fact that after Gongsun Yuan established himself as the king of Yan, it can be seen that the yuan was changed to "Shaohan", what does the word "Shaohan" mean? It is nothing more than inheriting the Great Han.
This is undoubtedly a slap in the face of Wei, Shu and Wu Sanguo in one go.
For Wei and Wu, Gongsun Yuan once surrendered to the two countries, and now changed to "Shaohan", which means that you Cao Wei and Sun Wu are both chaotic ministers and thieves, and my Gongsun Yuan is the one who finally ended up in the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty has now been continued in my Liaodong.
For Shu, Gongsun Yuan's move is tantamount to denying the legitimacy of Shu's self-proclaimed Han Dynasty, and your Shu Kingdom is also an impostor, nothing more than soliciting people's hearts under the guise of a Han Dynasty, since you Liu Bei can, my Gongsun Yuan can naturally too.
can dare to offend the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu at the same time, in a sense, Gongsun Yuan can indeed be regarded as domineering.
Gongsun Yuan, who established himself as the queen, didn't have time to be excited for too long, and soon received the news that Wei had raised an army to attack again.
It is said that this time, Cao Wei sent Sima Yi, who had repeatedly fought with Zhuge Liang in Yongliang, to personally lead the army, and also brought out Cao Wei's most elite Luoyang soldiers and horses, including Cao Wei's tiger and leopard cavalry that swept Wuhuan that year, as well as the Qingzhou soldiers that Cao Wei relied on to establish his career.
At this moment, Gongsun Yuan began to panic a little.
He summoned his two core henchmen, Liaodong Great Wu Beiyan and General Yang Zuo, to discuss how to deal with them.
Bei Yan believed that it was not the first time that Liaodong had faced Cao Wei's large-scale attack, and every time he could beat Cao Wei in disgrace and return defeated, there was nothing to worry about, so he said to Gongsun Yuan:
"King Yan doesn't have to worry, my Liaodong occupies the right time and place, there are 30,000 elite soldiers, and the Wu clan helps, even if Cao Wei comes to attack, it will definitely be possible to make the Wei army come and go."
Beiyan is very confident in his witchcraft, especially in the two wars, his witchcraft has played a big role, so he firmly believes that no matter who leads the army to attack, no matter which army is attacking, he has the confidence to win.
Yang Zuo also thought there was no need to worry, and said to Gongsun Yuan:
"General Beiyan is right, since you can defeat Qiu Jian with a water attack, you can naturally defeat Sima Yi with a water attack, as long as you plan well in advance, you can definitely make Sima Yi come and go."
But Gongsun Yuan was still a little worried, and he said to the two:
"This Sima Yi is not ordinary, he can be on a par with Zhuge Liang, who is smart and close to the demon, it can be seen that he must be a difficult person to deal with, and the methods we used to deal with Wei Jun in the past may not be effective."
Seeing that Gongsun Yuan was always suspicious, Bei Yan said:
"Maybe King Yan can first pretend to be a vassal to Eastern Wu, in exchange for Eastern Wu attacking Cao Wei, so as to attack the east and the west, forcing Cao Wei not to make a desperate bet, then the danger of Liaodong can be solved!"
Gongsun Yuan thought about it and felt that what Bei Yan said was reasonable, so he said:
"Okay, then Gu will first declare himself a minister to Eastern Wu, send envoys to cross the sea to join Wu, and return some of the soldiers and treasures of Eastern Wu to reduce the pressure on Liaodong."
Gongsun Yuan thought so in his heart, but the only thing he was worried about was whether Dongwu would appreciate it, after all, he had played Dongwu ruthlessly once.
Seeing Gongsun Yuan's embarrassed face, Bei Yan smiled and said:
"King Yan doesn't have to worry about Dongwu not appreciating it, then Sun Quan, the lord of Dongwu, is so happy, this time I Liaodong returned the soldiers and wealth of Dongwu, and attached a generous gift, which can be regarded as giving Dongwu enough face. And if Liaodong is destroyed, Wei will no longer have to worry about the future, and the pressure on Wu will be doubled at that time, and there will be a relationship between the lips and the teeth, so the ministers expected that Eastern Wu would definitely appreciate it. ”
Hearing Bei Yan's analysis, Gongsun Yuan suddenly returned to his prideful appearance, and sighed in his heart:
"Dongwu, Dongwu, I Liaodong abused you thousands of times, and you finally had to be willing to be abused, hahahaha!"