But then Cao Cao in order to deter other scholars, he killed the famous scholar Bian Rang, as soon as this incident came out, Cao Cao was betrayed by Chen Gong and Zhang Miao, if it was not for Xi Yu to cross over, Cao Cao would definitely be as difficult as before, and had to rely on Xun Yu to offer Yingchuan to gain a foothold.

However, later, Xi Yu's policy of running a school, as well as Xuzhou's current status, were all to get rid of the control of the Shi class over the region, so it conveyed a momentum, that is, Xi Yu did not need to rely on the Shi clan to do things, because he was not a Shi himself.

Based on this, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are fundamentally different.

Yuan Shao couldn't control the people below, and without the support of the scholars, he couldn't control the chaos in his territory.

There are times when the people of the noble clan should not be underestimated.

For the people in charge of various places, when they are not completely able to control the situation, once the nobles leave, it will not only cause chaos in political affairs, and there will be a lot of law and order in the territory, but also take away a lot of laws and regulations for handling political affairs.

In view of this, many of the principals wanted to get rid of this dependence on the nobles.

But now the situation has changed, from the beginning of Xi Yu's deviant implementation of the school policy in Xuzhou, the people of the scholar clan have understood that this is no longer what it used to be, and the status of the scholar clan is being challenged like never before.

Even if you are familiar with the books of Confucianism and sages, once the war starts and the city is breached, it only takes an arrow or a sword, and in the face of absolute force, the scholars are very small and vulnerable.

The nobles were indeed afraid, and whoever was strong would have to cling to him.

"Have all the warriors who originally belonged to me now left me?"

After being silent for a long time, Yuan Shao couldn't help but ask Guo Tu and Fu Zhu beside him.

Behind Guo Tu is the Yingchuan Guo clan, and behind him is the Qinghe County clan.

At this moment, neither of them dared to answer Yuan Shao's sharp question immediately.

How did he answer?

Do you want to tell Yuan Shao about the matter: As soon as the victory and defeat of the war were decided, the fame of Cao Cao and Xi Yu had reached an incomparable height, so many people chose to support Cao Cao and Xi Yu.

Now, the scholars and the people of the Han Sect have begun to accompany one after another, and even many counties in Qinghe County have begun to plan to surrender after sacrificing the city.

Now, like snowflakes, the letters of surrender continue to fly towards the land of drama.

Xi Yu's heart attack technique has already learned the essence of Cao Cao, Xi Yu knows very well when the scholars will be very anxious, and there is no choice, Xi Yu threw out a strategy at this time, so that these scholars have to pay attention.

Xi Yu's strategy is obvious, that is, to make the people of the Shi clan understand: only by surrendering to Xi Yu now can it be regarded as truly attached, and there are no conditions to talk about this annexation.

For Xi Yu, there is no need for any scholars, he can also govern Leling County in an orderly manner, and these scholars also understand that now Xi Yu does not need to rely on the scholars at all.

Guo Tu had to sigh and said, "Yuan Cheqi, the current situation, we have ...... I can't go back......"

"Unless Sun Ce in the south breaks through Yangzhou Hefei and goes straight to Shouchun, it will threaten Xuchang from now on."

"Otherwise, there will be no way to return to heaven."

……

Three days later, Yuan Shao and Guo Tu's hopes were dashed.

There was a military presence from the south.

Sun Ce led his soldiers and horses to set off from the land and water to attack Hefei, 30,000 soldiers and horses pretended to attack on the water, and 10,000 soldiers and horses directly entered the pass to attack by land.

However, the navy was soon hit back by the countless crossbow arrows fired from the giant crossbow array, and the land route was ambushed and directly blocked in the pass.

Zhang Liao first took the initiative to abandon the pass, and then used a strategy to lure Sun Ce to personally lead his troops and horses in, and then Zhang Liao sent a thousand cavalry to deliberately surrender.

In this way, Sun Ce would think that most of Zhang Liaonai's troops were used to defend against water warfare, so he would not have the slightest defensive heart, and he would definitely pursue and kill deeply.

Zhou Yu sent the messenger to chase after him, and ordered Sun Ce to come back immediately.

It's a pity that it was too late, Sun Ce had already been stimulated by Zhang Liao, and it was already difficult to turn back when he rushed in, so he rushed into the encirclement, and a large number of soldiers and horses died in the crossbow array, and he was unable to return to the sky.

The veteran Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and others desperately rescued Sun Ce.

Just when he was about to leave the pass, Zhang Liao left only 2,000 soldiers and horses to guard the land and water, gave up the original impregnable defense, and led 6,000 cavalry, like a raging storm, to chase and kill overnight.

Sun Ce's soldiers and horses thought that this was to pursue Sun Ce, so they immediately sent a large number of cavalry from Yangzhou, Lujiang, Qu'a and other places to cover Sun Ce's retreat.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Liao didn't care about Sun Ce at all, he always remembered Xi Yu's instructions, regardless of Sun Ce, and killed Sun Quan directly.

Even if you can't kill Sun Quan, you have to let Sun Quan leave a memory of fear from now on, of course, if you can kill the most, you can catch it, in short, Sun Ce and Sun Quan, the two brothers, have to kill at least one.

So, Zhang Liao led 6,000 soldiers and horses to attack Xiaoyaojin overnight, scaring Sun Quan so much that he urinated on his buttocks, and several times, Sun Quan almost lost his life.

In this battle, Zhang Liao killed at least fifty of Sun Quan's generals, three of whom were famous generals, and Han Dang was also killed with a knife in order to protect Sun Quan.

Sun Quan crawled and fled to his brother Sun Ce's camp.

At this time, Sun Ce was hit by three arrows in the back, and an arrow in his foot directly penetrated his knee, and this leg was completely abolished, and it would be difficult to have the majesty of a little overlord in the future.

In this battle, although the two brothers Sun Ce and Sun Quan were lucky to survive, but after this battle, the entire Jiangdong was shaken by this, and had to withdraw the army for dozens of miles, and finally had to give up Xiaoyaojin.

The army of Jiangdong no longer dared to approach the land of Hefei.

Zhang Liao ordered people to quickly sort out the battle report, and then dispose of the looted baggage and grain and grass, so as to collect the deserters, collect the surrendered soldiers, and have been guarding the Hefei camp for three days and three nights, and the defense deployment everywhere is in good order, and it is very careful.

When Zhou Yu saw this scene, he could only grit his teeth in anger, look up to the sky and sigh: Zhang Liao is really a general!

After such a big victory, he did not get carried away, but sent troops to patrol day and night, without the slightest sign of carelessness, and the Zhi army was so strict that it would definitely become one of Jiangdong's old enemies in the future.

What a pity!

The ending of such a war made Yuan Shao's last hope and ensuing dash.

Yuan Shao also got the news very early on that the Marquis of Guanzhong, Zhong Xuan, was alone, and he actually suppressed the princes of Guanzhong, so that none of these people dared to move, and Li Dao was even in Chang'an, and he did not commit any crimes against Luoyang and Yanzhou.

Thanks to the stability of these cities, Cao Cao was relieved and bold to stay in Liyang, and this land of Jingzhou was almost the same as Yuan Shao's situation in Jizhou, and the scholars and princes were also unwilling to go to war.

The interests of these people are linked to the entire Jingzhou, and if they lose the war, it means that there will be no future in this life.

In this way, only Liu Bei is left, but Liu Bei is so weak, he just seeks a small new wild place in Liu Biao's place, how can he turn up the wind and waves, and there is no need to be afraid.

At this time, Yuan Shao had been in a coma for a day and a night, and had never woken up, and the Chinese medicine officers in the camp had already been in a hurry, and they were almost to the point where they didn't know how to treat them.

After some busyness, Yuan Shaojun had to withdraw from Wei County again, leaving only 80,000 soldiers and horses to defend it, and at the same time leaving soldiers and horses in various parts of the Wei army.

But Cao Cao suddenly stopped marching at this time.

Time passed day by day, and just when Cao Cao had already entered Liyang with half a foot, Xi Yu finally raised his troops again, and with a rapid momentum, he opened a hole in the Bohai Sea and went straight to the male skin.

After Xi Yu captured Nanpi City, he immediately implemented benevolent government, coupled with the prestige he had already formed, as well as all the military rations of the army, so that in half a month, the nobles in the city came to join him.

Xi Yu ordered people to govern the county towns in various places, collect the displaced people, stabilize the development of local commerce and agriculture, and prepare for the autumn harvest as early as possible.

In this way, it didn't take long for the entire Bohai County to fall into drama.

As a result, Yuan Shao's original city has been decreasing, and this momentum has been continuing, snowballing, getting bigger and bigger.

……

September 200.

At this time, in Pingyuan City, Yuan Tan had been worried about the illness of his father Yuan Shaozhi, and he had no intention of continuing to defend it, so he sent troops to fight a decisive battle with Zhao Yun, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the two armies fought on the outskirts of Pingyuan City!

This battle lasted for more than a month, and finally Yuan Tan was defeated in the plain and retreated directly, leaving Ju Yi to defend the plain.

But in just three days, Pingyuan City was breached, with more than 40,000 dead and wounded, and the remaining more than 30,000 soldiers and horses surrendered directly.

At this time, Zhao Yun and Xi Yu fought at the same time, conquering the plains and the Bohai Sea respectively.

At this point, the entire eastern part of Jizhou basically fell.

The battle of Guandu also came to an end.

Xi Yu personally wrote a letter and sent it to Qinghe County, the purpose of which was to inform all the scholars in the city about the matter, and within seven days, the scholars came to surrender one after another.

As a result, the soldiers and horses of Xi Yu finally entered the city named after the Qing River.

In order to welcome Xi Yu into the city, the scholars of Qinghe County held a banquet in the city, during the banquet, the scholars of all parties toasted and exchanged their respective conditions, celebrities from various counties and counties, reclusive people, and even brave generals.

Xi Yu set up camp in Qinghe County, eyeing the center of Jizhou.

Although the side of the couch could not allow others to sleep soundly, Yuan Shao could not do anything about it at this time, and he could only send people to guard against the soldiers and horses of Xi Yu.

At the same time, Yuan Shao's internal contradictions were already in a state of danger, intensifying to the point of intolerability.

There were many rebellions in Pingxiang, and the bandits of the Baibo and Black Mountain Army before were now ruined again, and the commerce in Jizhou City had slowly collapsed.

In such a situation, Yuan Shao was also different from Yuan Shu at the beginning, when Yuan Shu knew that the general trend had gone, but he only knew how to have fun with his concubines and ignore the government.

Now Yuan Shao's situation is also extremely difficult, but Yuan Shao is now bedridden, drowsy all day long, and has no ambition in the past, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses are now defeated like a mountain, and there is no chance to rise again.

A few more days have passed, and Xi Yu has completely stabilized the situation in Qinghe County, and Liyang City has also been breached by it.

After entering the city, Cao Cao treated the people of Liyang well, opened a warehouse to release grain, and at the same time transported grain and grass from Yanzhou and Qingxu to stabilize the hearts of the local people, and at the same time maintained the farmland for planting in the coming year.

Many people came to vote for Cao Cao, and the people of the scholar clan continued to gather under Cao Cao, and for a while, Cao Cao had a very strong momentum.

Yuan Shao could no longer resist Cao Cao and had to order the evacuation of Jizhou and go to the land of Youzhou.

At the same time, Yuan Shao left soldiers and horses to guard the remaining land, and then ordered a large number of killings of the scholars in the territory, and even robbed the scholars' families of books and money.

Until this time, Yuan Shao found that many scholars not only possessed books, but even many scholars had private land and private soldiers.

These noblemen kept private soldiers and horses to occupy farmland and much unattended land.

But Yuan Shao's killing of the scholars also depleted the fame he had accumulated over the years.

After the situation stabilized, Xi Yu stayed in Qinghe County for a while and then returned to Xuzhou.

The internal and external affairs of Qinghe County were handed over to Zhao Yun for management, and the appointment of officials from various places was handed over to Zhuge Liang to manage.

In the four places of Qinghe, Bohai, Pingyuan and Leling, few local scholars are selected, and most of the local power is still retained in the hands of Xi Yu.

After returning to Xuzhou, Xi Yu took off his armor in the camp tent, changed into Confucian robes, and rested at home for three days and three nights, drinking and having fun every night.

Then, I had to go to the Tiangong Institute next door to do a massage with Mrs. Zou to relieve my fatigue.

Xi Yu rested like this for about five days, Zhuge Liang came back from the pawn farm, sat opposite Xi Yu outside the courtyard, and he had something to report to Xi Yu.

……

"Now, my lord, you have taken Qinghe County, Cao Gong is hiding in Wei County, and now in Jizhou, Yuan Shao has no place to stand, so Yuan Shao will definitely go to Youzhou, what do you think?"

Zhuge Liang looked very serious, such a thing was very important to him.

Xi Yu nodded and said, "Kong Ming, what is your intention in asking me like this?" ”

"My lord, you came back from the east of Jizhou, but you returned from a great war, and you did not receive the reward, which is the best humility for Cao Gong and the Cao family." Zhuge Liang said very seriously.

"Therefore, no matter what the reason, adults are not allowed to go to Xuchang."

Hearing this, Xi Yu looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise, he knew that Zhuge Liang was for his good this time, Zhuge Liang was using his understanding of the scholar clan to analyze what would happen to him later.

"Why?" Xi Yu asked.

"My lord, now that you have made great contributions, even if it is Cao Gong, I don't know how to reward you now."

"In this battle of Jizhou, you must be the first meritorious, if you give up the reward and don't fight for merit, what should you do?"

Zhuge Liang stared at Xi Yu and asked very seriously, he wanted to find some emotional changes on Xi Yu's face.

Xiao Yu nodded and said calmly, "Of course I'm fine." ”

"But you can't."

Zhuge Liang continued in a deep voice, "My lord, how many souls and heroes are there in the soldiers and horses under your command, can you still remember that these people were born and died for the sake of adults, and even more for the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, they paid for their lives. ”

"It's thanks to your books that they have given their names, otherwise, we wouldn't know who the people who died were until now."

"But if you don't fight for the reward, then the widows of these heroic spirits will not be able to get the reward, but those soldiers and horses fought for the war of the adults, and they never came back......"

Xi Yu's eyes widened suddenly, and he was shocked, but he didn't look much surprised, but still maintained a rather abrupt state, quietly looking at the case, and his heart was very complicated.

Contend.

Indeed, there is a fight!

What should be fought for must be fought for, and the share that belongs to you must be fought for.

And many people lost their lives for this, and there were so many strategists under Yuan Shao's command, and so many strategists and generals under his command, their merits are indisputable.

"I will definitely go to Xuchang, but I have to wait until the war in Jizhou is over."

After the end of the war in Jizhou, after the autumn harvest this year, the grain and grass will be collected to me, and at the same time all the officials in Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou North and Jizhou East will be gathered together and compiled into one document and handed over to me, which must be completed by the end of this year, and I will go to Xuchang to report on the matter. ”

"Adult ......"

Zhuge Liang's face changed suddenly, and he was very nervous and persuaded him, "My lord, this matter must not be done, must not be done, absolutely must not be done!" ”

"Now that there is no war in the north, in this way, Cao Cao may not be able to use you now, and you are the uncle of the country, how can the uncle not accompany the prince in the palace."

"If at that time, Duke Cao puts you under house arrest in the palace, if there is such a day, won't you become a plaything in the hands of Duke Cao?"

Hearing this, Xi Yu said very confidently, "Brother Ran once said to me that he would treat me with the courtesy of a countryman." ”

Countryman?!

Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice, "Even so, Feng Xiaoding and I can't let you go to Xuchang alone, and now Xuchang, is it the Xuchang where you were back then?" ”

Obviously, what Zhuge Liang meant by his words is that Xuchang is no longer what it used to be.

Xi Yu was very indifferent, patted Zhuge Liang on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "It's okay to do this, I'm not worried, Kong Ming, what are you afraid of?" ”

"When the time comes, you hold Xuzhou Xiapi City, if I really can't come back, you will send my family out of Xuzhou, find a place to live in seclusion, and the rest of the generals, whether to go or stay, all up to their own choice, so arranged, what do you think?"

"Kong Ming, now that Cao Chengcheng needs manpower, he also needs the trend of the world to return to the heart, so as to hold Xuchang, and then win the south, without a year or two, it is difficult to make progress, and the people of the Cao clan will not have too many words."

"In this way, in the next few years, you can continue to be an official and a minister."

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, "However, if you have something, I dare to assert that the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou and even Jizhou in Xuzhou will definitely cause chaos, and the 80,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou will never sit idly by, and you are kind to them, my lord." ”

"In this way, then the world will be in chaos." Xi Yu laughed.

If there really is such a day, I can also let him see who is behind my play.

Although these people are not high-ranking officials, and even lowly ruffians, they are the lowest people in the world today.

In 201, at the beginning of the year, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses swept the land of Jizhou and almost occupied Yecheng.

At this time, Yuan Shao was already seriously ill and was transferred to Youzhou to recuperate, but he was already dying......

After the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao had to hurriedly quell the civil strife, and he had no time to participate in Cao Cao's Northern Expedition.

Yuan Shao had to choose to abandon the land of Jizhou and retreat to Youzhou, in order to take the vassal state of Liaodong.

(End of chapter)