Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 164 Fame spreads all over the world, blame Zhang Xiu!
The monstrous flames can be seen even tens of miles away, the flames are soaring into the sky, and the smoke is filled. In the early morning, when the sky is not yet bright, the flames cover the sky like a sunset, dyeing the southern sky.

Cao Cao's expression was horrified at this moment, what he was most afraid of now was that Xu Du would fall, he was afraid of something, so he hurriedly urged the soldiers to hurry.

After arriving in Xudu, the flames were still burning. In order to prevent the fire from spreading, Cao Cao ordered the army to immediately dig and build a firebreak along the periphery of the city, and at the same time ordered people to divert the ditches outside the city to meet the urgent need.

But with such a large fire, it is still too difficult to extinguish it with water. Even Cao Cao can only prevent the fire from burning to the surrounding farmland and destroying Sumai next May.

Therefore, the fire burned like this for three days and three nights, and it was not finally extinguished until several days later.

The only thing that made Cao Cao gratified was that before Liu Bei and Shen Chen's army attacked the city, Xun Yu moved all the food stored in Xudu to the palace warehouse.

In this way, he doesn't need to worry about food and grass for the army to return to Xudu.

As the original city of Xudu, the imperial palace is protected by a moat drawn from Nishui and Weishui on the periphery, and it is not stagnant water, but running water, so the mist evaporates and cools down instead.

The people inside the city were fine, while the people outside the city were evacuated in time, and no casualties were caused.

The only loss was that the property and shops of the powerful Yingchuan family and the merchants who did business were burned. Especially the local powerful family in Xudu, the family property was seriously damaged.

After all, it is very difficult for a powerful family from other places to compete with the local rich and powerful. The land and houses they own are far inferior to their counterparts, and their own property is not much.

Not to mention the common people, most of them lived on the edge of the outer city and were engaged in agricultural production around Xudu. Their family property was only a wooden house, and it was burned when it was burned.

On the contrary, due to the distribution of money and food by Shen Chen and Liu Beijun, many people on the edge of the outer city transported out valuable furniture such as hoes and poles. If they came back to rebuild their houses, they would have money and food and live a little richer than before. .

Moreover, Cao Cao's construction work is worthy of recognition.

After Xudu was burned, he was not in the mood to hunt down Shen Chen, but immediately devoted himself to rebuilding his home.

Although the common people are just means of production for him, but now he really needs these means of production to resume production as soon as possible to ensure the army's food expenditure next year.

So to a certain extent, Cao Cao is not plundering or exploiting the people, but starting to rebuild their homes for the people, not because of his conscience, nor because he has become a good person, but because of Shen Chen and Liu Bei The army has come.

While Cao Cao was in full swing to start the Xudu reconstruction plan, Shen Chen's army had already marched southward and returned to Kunyang.

On the way back, he even beat up Li Tong.

Li Tong was ordered by Xun Yu to attack Wuyang and Kunyang together with Zhao Yan, intending to encircle Wei and save Zhao.As a result, before the city started to attack, it heard the news that Shen Chen's army had turned around, and fled in fright.

After Liu Bei learned of this situation, he immediately sent people to pursue him. Yu Baiting defeated Li Tong. Li Tong suffered heavy losses and retreated to his old nest Langling.

After beating Li Tong, the army withdrew from Wuyang and Kunyang, and moved the population of the two cities to Nanyang to settle down. Outside the gate of Nanyang, Cao Cao left two empty cities, while he retreated to Ye County. Stationed in Lushan, Juancheng, Duyang and other places.

The main reason why Kunyang and Wuyang were let out was that the entrance and exit of Nanyang were really safe to defend. The two cities were just around the entrance, and people could swagger into Nanyang from the middle, so it was not easy to defend.

Therefore, it is better to retreat into Nanyang.

In the Han Dynasty, Ye County was the Dushu Town of the later Fangcheng, stuck in the center of the Nanyang Basin, Juancheng was to the east of Ye County, and Lushan was to the north of Ye County.In this way, with the addition of Duyang in the rear, that is, Fangcheng County in later generations, a relatively narrow defensive formation was formed.

At this time, Liu Biao hadn't completely dealt with Zhang Xian's remnants, so he couldn't give Shen Chen support, but Cao Cao didn't pursue him either, so the two sides lived in peace.

Liu Bei wrote to Liu Biao after entering Nanyang.

Historically, his political status was higher than that of Liu Biao. At that time, Liu Biao was only Jingzhou Mu, Zhennan General, and Cheng Wuhou, and he was awarded by Li Jue and Guo Si, and his gold content was greatly reduced.

And Liu Bei is the uncle of the emperor, Yuzhou Mu, General Zuo, and Tinghou of Yicheng, all of whom were canonized by Liu Xie himself in Xudu, and the gold content is very high.

So when Liu Bei came to Nanyang, Liu Biao had to take the initiative to greet him.

But now, in order to win over Liu Biao, Cao Cao promoted Liu Biao's Zhennan General to Hussar General, so that everyone would be on an equal footing, and Liu Bei was still a guest, so Liu Bei took the initiative to write to Liu to express his goodwill.

The two sides exchanged letters and called each other brothers, with Jingsheng as the elder brother and Xuande as the younger brother.

For the time being, Liu Bei had to be on guard against Cao Cao who might become angry and pursue him, so he has not yet gone south to meet Liu Biao.

Shen Chen planned to send troops to Rangcheng to question Zhang Xiu while Liu Bei was guarding Ye County.

But what he didn't know was that within half a month after Xudu was burned, the news that he visited Xudu for the third time and burned Xudu City spread all over the country.

Now everyone in the world knows that Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao at Guandu, and within two days of his success, Xudu, his old lair, was burned down.

The person who burned Xudu was a 15-year-old boy.

Shen Chen went from being famous only in Jingzhou to being well-known all over the country overnight. His fame reached its peak in an instant, and everyone in the world was amazed by it.

The world knows his story.

From the time when Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou, to when he led his clan to hide from the slaughter at the age of eight, and urged his clan to migrate to Jingzhou for refuge, and then to his ambition to study in Jingzhou, in just seven or eight years, Jingyi has made many great Confucians feel ashamed Not as good, and even created the concept of "unity of knowledge and action", with the demeanor of a generation of masters.

What's even more powerful is that even though he was determined to study, he never forgot revenge. He repelled Cao Cao's attacks several times in Nanyang, and sent troops to Yuzhou at the beginning of this year. They are all crushing Cao Jun, and their strength is as fierce as a tiger.

For a time, Xun Yu's comment like a tiger and a silver fox was well known all over the world. The reputation of a fox and a tiger's talent also resounded throughout the north and south of the river, and was known to the world. Wisdom is a first-class genius in both civil and military skills in the world!

Jizhou, Yecheng.

Yuan Shao had a very difficult time these days. After fleeing from Henan, in just half a month, the whole Jizhou seemed to have changed.

Countless people lamented the death of their nephews and nephews in battle, every household hung plain onyx, and the shouts of souls spread all over the wilderness. In the harsh winter wind, on the vast North China Plain, there seemed to be the voices of countless innocent souls, mixed with the whistling wind. Howling ghosts and howling wolves.

Inside and outside Ye City, the cries of the common people and the white flags all over the city seemed to remind Yuan Shao that it was you who killed our nephews because of your own willful use. You should be responsible for their deaths and pay for them. !

Rebellions are also springing up everywhere. What's more terrible is that I got news the day before yesterday that those frontline soldiers who were captured by Cao Cao were released by Cao Cao, but there was no food and grass to support them. It is like locusts crossing the border, leaving no bark or grass root behind.

But it is already late winter, and there is not even much vegetation left, so how can we feed 8 people?

So along the way, countless people died of starvation and freezing.

Some people ate Avalokitesvara soil to survive, and then they were shared by their starving companions; some people were attacked from behind as soon as they dug up a wild vegetable;

After finally reaching the edge of the Yellow River, the turbulent Yellow River became an insurmountable moat in front of them.

Many people survived by cannibalism and lacked weapons. It took many days to make rafts and boats. As a result, due to the poor quality, countless people were killed and injured in a big wave in the river. I don’t know how many people were buried in the Yellow River.

Although Yuan Shao knew of their existence, firstly a large amount of equipment was not brought back at Guandu, and secondly, there was a rebellion in the rear, requiring a large number of troops to suppress it, so there was no manpower left to help the released captives.

Even he himself fell ill on the bed, and the dragons in Jizhou were in a mess without a leader.

Therefore, 8 people walked for nearly half a month on the [-]-kilometer road, and when they finally returned to Liyang, there were only less than [-] of these people left.

Originally, they were fully expecting that Yuan Shao would show mercy and send people to Liyang to meet them and give them food to survive.

However, Yuan Shao was too busy to take care of himself, the civil strife in Jizhou continued, the food and grass were burned out, and he had to go to various places to mobilize food, grass and troops to suppress the rebellion. In addition, he himself fell ill and often fell into a coma, so when they arrived in Liyang, they saw nothing.

The [-] remnants were like locusts, densely packed, sweeping across the entire Liyang County, the county seat was occupied, and many people were killed. Liyang, Neihuang, Fanyang, Yin'an and other places in the south of Weijun County were all shaken.

In the General's mansion, Yuan Shao's bedroom is a small building in the backyard. The smell of Chinese medicine in the house is fragrant, and the smells of various spices and herbs are mixed together, forming a strange fragrance.

The disastrous defeat at Guandu exhausted Yuan Shao physically and mentally, and he fell ill after returning. Various advisers and generals had already visited during the day, and Yuan Shao’s condition was actually much better at that time, but he didn’t want to talk to them, so he pretended to be in a coma and fell asleep for a while Sleep.

By evening, his spirit had recovered a lot.

In the past few days, he has been unable to sleep all night, drowsy during the day, exhausted physically and mentally, irritated and restless. Half a month later, at the age of 50, he seems to have aged ten years, and his hair is visible to the naked eye. It looks like silver and gray.

Mrs. Liu and Yuan Shang also left after visiting, and the servants came to report, saying that it was Ju Shou who asked to see him.

Historically, Jushou was captured when Yuan Ying was breached and was unable to escape in time. Then Cao Cao persuaded him to surrender, but he refused to obey, and was finally killed when he was about to escape.

But now that Cao Cao had just captured Yuan Jun, he heard that Shen Chen had attacked Xu Du, how could he care about him?
Among the rebellious army, when a general rode northward on horseback, he found Jushou and brought him back with him. On the second day after Yuan Shaogang returned to Hebei, Jushou also came back and came to look for him at this time.

"Let him in."

Yuan Shao slowly got up from the wooden floor, leaning against the bed screen.

After a while, Jushou walked in slowly, cupped his hands and said, "Duke Ming."

"Ah."

Yuan Shao nodded: "How?"

"Tens of thousands of soldiers have been newly recruited, and senior officials have returned to Jizhou and are rushing to suppress the rebellion."

"Where's Li Yang?"

"Jiang Yiqu has already gone, hoping to appease the soldiers."

"Well"

Yuan Shao responded, and the room fell silent.

"Ugh"

After a while, he sighed again, "I'm sorry for them."

"Minggong."

Ju Shou cupped his hands and sincerely advised: "A few defeats are not enough to determine the overall situation. Although Duke Ming is troubled in his heart, he can't just let this fall down. Please cheer up."

"More than a hundred thousand elites went south alone, but they were defeated in one battle. Now the whole city is crying, what face do I have?"

A sad look appeared on Yuan Shao's face, those cries carried the wind to his general's mansion, the voices were shrill and desperate, how could he not make him ashamed?

Ju Shou said, "Does Ming Gong know the latest news?"

"what news?"

"General Zuo and a young man named Shen Chen stormed Xudu, causing a big fire, and the city was burned!"

"what?"

Yuan Shao was shocked and said, "What happened to Cao Cao?"

Ju Shou replied: "He is not seriously ill. It is said that Xingye galloped back to Xudu to fight the fire, but Xudu is already devastated and dilapidated."

"Pity."

Yuan Shao sighed: "If Cao Cao dies, Gu can sleep in peace."

Ju Shou said solemnly: "Ming Gong, Shen Chen is only a 15-year-old boy, but he was able to come to Xudu three times and killed more than tens of thousands of Cao's troops? After this battle, Cao Cao was exhausted and was bound to decline. Even young people can fight bravely. , Duke Ming is still in his prime, how can he be depressed because of this?"

"solitary"

Yuan Shao was a little moved by Jushou's words, but he thought that he had buried so many elites in Jizhou, and the crying of countless soldiers' families inside and outside the city was like the sound of debt collection.

Ju Shou also said: "General Zuo is only ten years old, Xiao Minggong is nearly forty years old, but he has been defeated repeatedly. Xuzhou and Cao Cao have been defeated in several battles. He lost his foundation and joined Minggong. Now that he is able to burn Xudu together with Shen Chen, establish an inexhaustible honor, and be known to the world, does Minggong feel that his great cause is not accomplished after one defeat?"

"Ah."

Yuan Shao took a deep breath, he was really encouraged by Ju Shou's encouragement, nodded and said: "Gong Yu is right, even Liu Bei who has no foundation and a 15-year-old boy can fight bravely, sitting alone in the land of four states How can the people in the country be so hopeful that they can’t recover from a setback? Wait for Gu to take care of his health, suppress rebellions in various places, cultivate people’s livelihood for a few years, and then fight Cao Cao!"

"Ming Gong is wise."

Jushou was overjoyed and bowed his hands to salute.

But Yuan Shao's deep eyes looked towards the south outside the window.

Battle of Guandu.

He did lose.

But this battle is by no means the beginning, but only the beginning.

In the future, he will definitely regain his strength and fight Cao Cao to the death!
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In Jiangdong, 19-year-old Sun Quan broke through Lujiang Wancheng not long ago and eliminated Li Shu, the prefect of Lujiang.

In order to frighten Xiaoxiao who rebelled in Jiangdong, he ordered the massacre of the city, killing all the people in the city, and captured Li Shu's [-] plays, and returned to Moling in a mighty way.

After this battle, the rebellions in various places in Jiangdong really subsided a lot.

Sun Quan put Sun Fu under house arrest and put down Sun Hao's rebellion. Now only Shanyue in the south still has a little rebellion, and Jiangdong tends to be peaceful.

At the end of the fifth year of Jian'an, the news that Xudu of Cao Cao was burned also spread to Jiangdong.

In Moling County, Sun Quan was receiving a guest.

This person's name is Zhuge Jin, and he is Zhuge Liang's half-brother.

Zhuge Jin lived in Qu'a to avoid disaster in Jiangdong. Sun Quan's brother-in-law, Qu'a Haoqiang Hongzi was friendly with him. After talking with him, he thought he was a genius, so he recommended it to Sun Quan.

It just so happened that Bu Zhi, Sun Quan's chief secretary, had a good relationship with Zhuge Jin, and when he heard that Zhuge Jin was coming, he also recommended his friend to Sun Quan.

Several people sat separately in the hall, and everyone chatted happily. Zhuge Jin also expressed his willingness to serve as an official in Jiangdong. Sun Quan planned to let him be a guest first, to see his talent and learning, and then to care about it.

At this time, a servant suddenly came to report, entered the hall and knelt down to Sun Quan and said, "Report, there is an urgent dispatch from Yuzhou!"

"Bring it up."

Sun Quan has a serious face. Although he is only 19 years old, he is quite majestic.

The attendant brought the bamboo slips to the case with both hands.

After Sun Quan took it, he glanced at it, his face changed slightly, and his blue eyes showed disbelief.

"Forehead"

Seeing that he read the letter, everyone was at a loss for not speaking for a long time.

After a while, Hongzi said, "General, what happened in Yuzhou? Could it be that Cao Cao attacked?"

When Li Shu was crusaded before, Li Shu asked Cao Cao for help, but Cao Cao was still fighting the battle of Guandu at that time, so he couldn't answer him.

The latest news is that Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, which shocked the world, so everyone was very worried, fearing that Cao Cao would attack Jiangdong again at this time.

"No."

Sun Quan shook his head, put down the official document in his hand, and said softly, "The left general Liu Bei and the hussar general Liu Biao's Zhonglang general Shen Chen attacked Xudu together, and Xudu was burned to the ground."

"what?"

Bu Zhi ecstatically said: "General, I am overjoyed. At least in a few years, Cao Cao will not be able to invade Jiangdong, and we can rest in peace."

"Well, it's a good thing."

Sun Quan nodded noncommittally, and there was no happy look on his face.

Zhugejin and Hongzi Buzhi looked at each other, and probably understood why Sun Quan was unhappy.

It's nothing more than an unbalanced heart.

Everyone was a teenager under the age of 20. At the age of 15, they killed Xudu three times, and burned Cao Cao's lair the last time.

He is 19 years old this year, but he is often said to be named after his father and brother.

In the future, when people talk about Shen Chen, they will say that Shen Lang burned Xudu on the fifteenth day, he is really a brave young man.

When talking about his Sun Quan, he probably just said, oh, Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong who relied on his father and brother to lay down the foundation of Jiangdong?
Compared with the two, how can he be happy?

It's just that this kind of thing depends on self-regulation. Although the three know that Sun Quan is unhappy, they have no way to persuade them, so they can only choose to remain silent.

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At the same time, in addition to Jizhou and Yangzhou, as things continued to simmer, as far away as Liangzhou, Yizhou in the southwest, and even Jingnan in eastern Liaodong, news spread about the outcome of the Battle of Guandu and the fire in Xudu.

Han Suimateng and others from Xiliang were in trouble in Guanzhong. They had agreed to submit to Cao Cao because of Zhong Yao's mediation, and even sent their children to Xudu as hostages.

But after the fire in Xudu, Cao Cao's prestige fell to the bottom instantly, and the two no longer feared the court and set off a rebellion.

For this reason, Cao Cao ordered Pei Mao and Duan Yao to station in Chang'an to protect the safety of Chang'an.

The two sides have torn their faces, and they are temporarily friendly with history, and Han Suimateng also sent troops to help Zhong You defeat the high officials in Bingzhou. On the contrary, Cao Cao later fought with Yuan Shao, and at the same time he conquered Han Suimateng himself. future story.

In December of the fifth year of Jian'an, Xu Du reluctantly rebuilt a large number of wooden houses for the people inside and outside the city to live in.Cao Cao asked Xun Yu to settle in the rear, and he personally led the army and stationed in Kunyang in the south.

At the end of the year, Liu Biao finally quelled Zhang Xian's rebellion, won tens of thousands of his parts, and had more than [-] soldiers and horses overnight. After Yuan Shao's defeat, he became the leader of all the princes in the world. He learned that Cao Cao had personally arrived in Kunyang. , then ordered Wenpin and Zhang Yun to lead an army of [-] to go north to Wancheng.

The two sides confronted Kunyang, Wuyang, Yexian, Duyang, and Wancheng at the gate of Nanyang. Although Cao Cao and Liu Biao were both carrying the aftermath of a great victory, they each had their own fears. It's just a precaution.

With the help of Liu Biao's troops, Liu Bei could also spare time to go south to Xiangyang to visit Liu Biao in person.While Shen Chen wrote a letter to Liu Biao, he rushed to Rangcheng to question Zhang Xiu!

(End of this chapter)