Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 115

Lv Bu took the lead, and Lu Xiang Zhang Liao surrendered. Immediately afterwards, Zang Ba, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Sun Guan and other Taishan bandits who respected Lv Bu's orders before all surrendered and surrendered to Cao Cao.

The rest of Chen Gong Gaoshun and others were killed by Cao Cao with great regret because they were unwilling to surrender, and Xuzhou has been flat since then.

In the fourth year of Jian'an, that is, at the beginning of 199 AD, Cao Cao's class returned to the court, rewarded Liu Bei for his meritorious deeds, and made Liu Bei General Zuo. The rest Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin, Xu Huang, Xu Chu and others all received rewards. In the whole of Henan, only Yuan Shu was left.

But Yuan Shu's life was not easy. He attacked Xuzhou several times, but was defeated by Liu Bei and Lu Bu. He also lost several battles with Cao Cao, which caused the army's power to be greatly reduced.

From the second year of Jian'an, that is, at the beginning of 197 AD, he had just ascended the throne as emperor. His debut was at the peak, but then he began to slide like a roller coaster, and it was the kind of slide all the way to the bottom.

First, drought and famine took turns, and then his subordinates defected one after another, first Sun Ce, then Chen Lan, Lei Bo, Liu Xun, etc., causing his power to fall apart.

By February of the fourth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu had almost played himself to death. There were not many troops around him, and the hearts of the people were almost scattered.

Shouchun couldn't stay longer, Yuan Shu wanted to join the rebel generals Chen Lan and Lei Bo, but they rejected him, so he could only lose face in the end and handed over the emperor title to Yuan Shao, wanting to join the elder brother whom he despised since childhood.

At that time, Yuan Shao had pacified Gongsun Zan and occupied Youzhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou. The population under his rule was close to [-] million, and there were more than [-] or [-] men in armor. It is already the prosperity of the princes of the whole world.

Seeing his younger brother's surrender at this moment, Yuan Shao did not refuse hard-heartedly, and agreed to his request to join him.

But in June, Cao Cao sent Liu Bei and Zhu Ling to Xiapi to intercept Yuan Shu.Yuan Shu was unable to pass, and soon died of illness.

But at this time in Xuchang, because Cao Cao occupied the whole of Henan, including Xuzhou and other places, his power became stronger and stronger, and he became more and more domineering towards the emperor. He had slowly replaced the guards in the palace with his troops, and treated the emperor like Not so respectfully.

These circumstances caused Han Xiandi Liu Xie to become more and more dissatisfied, so in the middle of the year, he issued an imperial edict and handed it over to Dong Cheng, the uncle of the country, so that he could find someone who could unite with him and resist Cao Cao together.

Dong Cheng called Liu Bei, Wang Fu, Zhong Ji and others to deal with Cao Cao secretly.

At that time, Cao Cao had not sent Liu Bei and Zhu Ling to intercept Yuan Shu. After Liu Bei got the secret edict, he knew that Cao Cao was not a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, but a Han thief who bullied the emperor.

He wanted to turn against him, but due to Cao Cao's power at this time, he could only choose to hold back and prepare to accumulate strength or find a suitable time to attack.

During that time, he grew vegetables at home every day, deliberately making people feel that he was indifferent to the world.

As a result, one day at the end of May, Cao Cao suddenly summoned Liu Bei in the garden and asked Liu Bei to drink with him.

This is the famous "green plum cooking wine on heroes".

In addition to mentioning those people in history, Liu Bei has always wanted to ask in his heart, "Xuzhou Shen Chen, killed your brother Cao Ren, general Yue Jin, defeated you, can you be called a hero?"

But he dared not say it.

After this incident, Cao Cao saw that Liu Bei would be frightened by thunder, so he no longer had any doubts about him. In June, when he heard that Yuan Shu was going north to join Yuan Shao, he sent Liu Bei and Zhu Ling to intercept him.

Not long after, Suigu, who ruled Hanoi at that time, planned to join Yuan Shao and dedicate Hanoi County to him. As a result, Cao Cao eliminated Suigu in advance, which caused the conflict between Yuan and Cao to erupt completely.

Yuan Shao then actively prepared troops, planning to go south to fight Cao Cao.

When Liu Bei heard the news, he attacked and killed Che Zhou, the governor of Xuzhou, in December, seized the military power, occupied Xuzhou, and echoed Yuan Shao.

In order to eliminate future troubles, Cao Cao led his troops to attack Liu Bei.

When Tian Feng heard about Cao Cao's eastward campaign against Liu Bei, he urged Yuan Shao to take the opportunity to attack Xuchang, but Yuan Shao refused.

Without Yuan Shao's support, Liu Bei was quickly defeated by Cao Cao, Guan Yu was captured, and he and Zhang Fei Taishi Ci were forced to flee to the north.

After arriving in Yecheng, unexpectedly met Zhao Yun who had taken care of his brother's offspring and came to join him.

Liu Bei was overjoyed and asked Zhao Yun to secretly collect a part, claiming that it was General Zuo's part.

at the same time.

Yuan Shao sent General Yan Liangwen Chou as the vanguard and began to attack Yanzhou.

In the battle of the white horse, in order to repay Cao Cao's kindness, Guan Yu took the lead, entered the army of millions, and cut off Yan Liang's head with one knife.

Wen Chou was stationed in Yanjin with Liu Bei. In the Battle of Yanjin, he was defeated by Cao Cao's army division Xun You's "baiting the enemy" strategy, and died in the chaos.

Yuan Shao was furious, and personally led an army of more than [-] troops to attack Cao Cao in the south.

After the defeat in the Battle of Yanjin, Liu Bei learned that Guan Yu had killed Yan Liang. He was afraid of angering Yuan Shao, so he asked Yuan Shao to go to the south to join Liu Biao and attack Cao Cao together.

Yuan Shao agreed to his request, and without Shen Chen's intervention, history continued to follow its course.

But not completely unchanged.

Such as military strength.

At that time, Yuan Shao's total army strength was actually close to 30, but he still needed troops to garrison the north to guard against the ethnic minorities going south, so he only brought half of the troops, about 3 to [-] horses.

After Cao Cao conquered from east to west and defeated Lu Bu Yuan Shu and others, he occupied the whole of Henan and expanded his army to [-].

But he wanted to guard against Zhang Xiu, Liu Biao and Sun Ce, so he only brought [-] troops northward.

Yes.

Unlike the 4 or 5 people in history, this time Cao Cao brought [-] people.

Although Cao Cao had an army of [-] in history, Cao Cao was surrounded by enemies at that time, and he was forced to use more than half of his troops to defend against Liu Biao, Sun Ce and others.

For example, Cao Hong was in Wancheng, Man Chong and Li Tong were in Yuzhou, Zang Ba went to Qingzhou, Le Jin and Li Dian defended Xudu, Xia Houyuan and Xun Yu were in the rear to supervise the food and grass.

But today's history still has certain changes because of Shen Chen.

There was a severe drought in Guanzhong in the early years, and countless people in Guanzhong flowed into Nanyang from Wuguan. For this reason, there were countless refugees in Jingzhou, which caused a series of problems.

For this reason, Liu Biao wanted to find a solution, and Shen Chen suggested that these people could be allowed to farm in Nanyang.

The result is that after several years of farming, Liu Biao obtained a large amount of food and grass, and his strength skyrocketed. While giving Cao Cao food and grass, he expanded his army in large numbers, and the army had reached [-].

In 199 AD, that is, on the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Liu Biao took the lead in launching an attack and sent Huang Zu down the river from Jiangxia to attack Jiangdong and occupy Yuzhang County.

At that time, Sun Ce was attacking Yuan Shu's remnant Liu Xun. Huang Zu sent his son Huang She to rescue him, but Sun Ce defeated him.

After Sun Ce occupied Wancheng, he immediately turned around and started a war with Huang Zu in the area of ​​Peng Lize.

But at this time Sun Ce suffered a dull loss.

Because Liu Biao added troops to Huang Zu, he has been rectifying the navy in Jiangxia. He has countless warships and sailors, and he is very good at water warfare.

In history, Sun Ce attacked Jiangxia Shaxian at the end of 199 with complete preparations, and Huang Zu was defeated. Even seven of his wives, concubines and children were captured by Sun Ce.

But now Sun Ce is not fully prepared and hastily faced the battle, resulting in a shortage of ships, making it difficult to conquer for a while.

What's more important is that Liu Chao's strength has greatly increased, Huang Zu's force has more than doubled, and water warfare is his best, and when Huang Zu takes the initiative to attack, Sun Ce can't defeat him for a while.

However, Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha, gave Sun Ce an assist. He suddenly launched a rebellion in Jingnan, with a huge momentum, which frightened Liu Biao and hurriedly called Huang Zu back.

At that time, Liu Biao's army was controlled by Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Huang Zu. In history, the army controlled by these three people plus the troops of Wenpin, Liu Pan and others totaled only 7 to [-] people. There is no way Looking north to Cao Cao, they were used to defend against Zhang Xian and Sun Ce.

But now that his strength has greatly increased, he sent Cai Mao and Zhang Yunan to pacify Jingnan. In order to prevent two-sided battles, he asked Huang Zu to withdraw his troops and first defend Shaxian, in case Sun Ce went north along the Han River to attack Xiangyang when his old nest was empty.

There is no problem with Liu Biao's strategy. As the saying goes, one must settle down while fighting against the outside world. Zhang Xian poses the greatest threat to him. First defend against foreign enemies, settle internal problems, and then solve Sun Ce.

But Sun Ce couldn't hold back too fiercely.

As soon as Huang Zu retreated, Sun Ce immediately pursued and fought hard. He chased all the way and killed him in Sha Xian. The increase of more than 2 horses was almost lost.

So going around, although Liu Biao's ambitions are inflated, but because of Zhang Xian's problem, he still has to calm down Zhang Xian first, and then increase his strength before going to fight Jiangdong.

Then, when the general situation in the world is surging, the entire Kanto region, Jingzhou region, and Jiangdong region are about to face a big war.

What is Shen Chen doing?
In the fourth year of Jian'an, that is, in November 199 AD, he asked Liu Biao to go north to attack Cao Cao, but Liu Biao refused.

This was expected by Shen Chen, and he also did not expect Liu Biao's ambition to expand so much that he would look at Jiangdong with covetous eyes, so after learning about these things, he asked Deng Hong to ask him to attack Cao Cao.

Liu Biao is now focused on the Jiangdong and Jingnan issues, so naturally he will not agree to his request.

But as the saying goes, "If you say that the room is too dark and you need to open a window here, everyone will definitely not allow it. But if you propose to tear down the roof, they will come to mediate and are willing to open the window."

Shen Chen asked Liu Biao for an army to attack Cao Cao. He had to deal with Sun Ce and Zhang Xian, so naturally he would not allow it, but when your request was rejected by him, and he asked him to send troops to Huang Menting and Gan Ning, he naturally agreed .

So in December 199, when Cao Cao was preparing to fight Yuan Shao at Guandu, Shen Chen asked Liu Biao in Xiangyang to lead his troops to attack Cao Cao, and Liu Biao agreed, so he decided to go north to fight Cao Cao.

As for Jingzhou's countless aristocratic families, famous scholars and scholars, after hearing the news, they immediately took action upon hearing the news.

Although Wang Jun, Ying Rong, Kui Xi, Li Yan, He Qia and other celebrities did not wait until Shen Chen showed his flaws, they waited and waited, and their prestige and fame grew.

But now that he heard that he was going north to fight against Cao Cao and hinder Cao Cao's pacification of the north, he couldn't sit still and rushed to Xiangyang one after another, trying to persuade him to stop his actions.

A new debate is about to begin!
　Well, the two transitional chapters are over, and soon there will be new passion and surge.Some friends said that the protagonist should attack Hanzhong, but unless I cheat, I will refer to Cao Cao's attack on Hanzhong. If it is not luck, Cao Cao will not be able to take Hanzhong at all.

　　In addition, if you occupy Guanzhong, don’t even think about it. At this stage, Guanzhong is ten rooms and nine empty, with a population of less than [-]. The real bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no chicken crowing for thousands of miles.

　　So let me think about the issue of the territory. My previous thinking is indeed to continue the long-term confrontation. If you have better suggestions, you can also give me some references.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)