Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1045 Yizhou Dilemma
Liu Zhang's Yizhou came from his father Liu Yan, who was the initiator who proposed to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to abolish the history and establish a pastoralist, and let the Han clan clan serve as the state pastoralist, which led to the separatism of the princes in the world.

Liu Yan was the direct beneficiary of his proposal. He directly became the shepherd of Yizhou. Moreover, he was not honest after going to Yizhou. After consolidating his power, he made thousands of emperor's chariots, armor and weapons, obviously to prepare rebel.

After that, he no longer pretended. On the one hand, he colluded with Zhang Lu and asked him to kill the Han envoys, block the passage from the Central Plains to Yizhou in Hanzhong, and terminate the contacts with the Han court. On the other hand, he asked the eldest son and the second son to collude with Ma Teng to attack Chang'an. It failed and the second son was killed.

At this time, there was a fire in Liu Yan's warehouse, and all the emperor's driving instruments were burned. Under the double blow, Liu Yan died of fear.

Although what Liu Yan did was undoubtedly treasonous in the eyes of the Han court, in order to rebel, Liu Yan used some means to win over and bribe the local gentry in Yizhou. Therefore, local powerful people, including Zhang Lu, all supported Liu Yan. Yan.

This is also in line with the general mentality of local nobles and powerful people when the world is in chaos. They do not want to take risks in the whirlpool of fighting for world hegemony, for fear of losing all their family property and status. Therefore, they all adopt a conservative strategy, that is, sealing borders and forming their own territory. Tie.

This is particularly obvious in areas that have not been affected by the war. The most typical one is Jiangdong, and the same is true for Jingzhou and Yizhou.

In other areas, it is impossible to close even if you want to. For example, in the Central Plains areas such as Jizhou and Yanzhou where Yuan Shao's power is located, because the Yellow Turban Rebellion has long been involved in the war, the local nobles have been deeply involved in it and cannot survive alone, so they have to rely on powerful forces. Self-preservation.

Furthermore, the Jianghuai area where Yuan Shu is located is rich and has convenient transportation. It is a battleground for military strategists. Naturally, they cannot escape the military disaster. So at the beginning, Yuan and Yuan occupied the two areas with the best conditions, and the gentry in the world also stood in line and followed. The two Yuans competed for the world, intending to get a piece of it.

The focus of the two Yuan's battles has always been the hinterland of the Central Plains north of the Yangtze River, that is, the Guandong region. This has also resulted in almost no fighting in the Jingyi region. Instead, it has absorbed the population who escaped from the Guanzhong region due to Dong Zhuo's rebellion, making it even more prosperous. .

In other words, as long as the two months of winter pass, spring will immediately come and flowers will bloom, which is a suitable time to mobilize troops, so there is actually not much time left for Yizhou.

This influence spread to the rear, and the impact was extremely bad. Many nobles who were still watching were also panicked, and they conspired together in private to discuss. In the end, the matter became more and more serious, and it reached Liu Zhang's ears. Some advisers suggested a thorough investigation. , but Liu Zhang allowed the situation to develop because he did not dare and did not have the ability to investigate.

Zhang Lu was naturally furious. He had never obeyed Liu Zhang in the first place. Now the two sides completely fell out and fought against each other for several years. Liu Zhang repeatedly sent large armies to attack Zhang Lu. He even used the Dongzhou soldiers composed of Sanfu and refugees from the Jingzhou area, but nothing could be done. Defeat Zhang Lu.

Therefore, if you want to defend Chengdu, you only need to block the Jianmen Pass between Yinping Jinniu and defend Mi Cang Road to block the enemy. Otherwise, you can only take the Yangtze River waterway to the east, but there is the Three Gorges barrier to the east, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. It is impossible to follow.

Once Hanzhong is lost, Cao's army will fight back sooner or later. Micang Dao Shou can defend it, but if it is lost once, it will be a disaster.

But that's all.

This move was unexpected by Cao Cao's counselors, but after thinking about it afterwards, they couldn't help but admire Cao Cao's vision, because this move was really unexpected. Yizhou was enjoying the fight while watching it outside, so he was not prepared for the war at all and was caught off guard. , dangerous pass passages were breached one after another.

Although it is possible that these nobles were nails that Cao Cao had bought a long time ago, there is no doubt that the effect was extremely good, and soon two important cities were captured without bloodshed.

The two hit it off, Cao Cao got Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu got the status recognition and security of the Five Pecks of Rice Road. So Cao Cao relied on Hanzhong and began to plot Yizhou.

There are four roads from Hanzhong to Bashu, the Yinping Road, the Jinniu Road, the Mican Road, and the Lychee Road. However, there is only one road that leads directly to Chengdu, which is the Jinniu Road. It is also the Shu road that Li Bai praised as one of the most difficult roads in Shu. In addition, We can only go through Mi Cang Road via Bazhong Langzhong and detour to Chengdu.

Moreover, Liu Zhang and his subordinates all understood that although Cao Jun stopped advancing because of the cold weather, Yizhou was not like the north, and the winter was not very cold in the first place.

So Liu Zhang came to his senses and sent all his troops to stop Cao Jun on Micang Road.

As a result, the situation intensified. As Cao's army continued to increase its troops and requisition food on the spot, the Yizhou nobles turned against each other one after another. The fall of Hanzhong to Chengdu seemed to be only a matter of time.

The more prosperous and stable people are, the less they want to fight, which leads to a large proportion of Jingyi surrender faction. This situation became more obvious after Cao Cao obtained Hanzhong.

Fortunately, at this time, a natural law emerged that no one could resist.

Until Cao Cao even captured Hanzhong, Zhang Lu was attacked from both sides. Naturally, he would not bow to Liu Zhang, who had the hatred of killing his mother, so he turned to Cao Cao, who also had a close relationship with Taoism.

Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was considered loyal to Liu Yan because of his unclear relationship between his mother and Liu Yan. However, after Liu Zhang came to power, he was very disgusted with this relationship, so he directly killed Zhang Lu's mother and brother. .

As the weather got colder, attacking the city and fortresses were forced to stop, and Cao's army finally stopped.

Originally, according to Cao Cao's advisers, Cao Cao had to wait until next year to prepare for war before taking action. However, he had just solved the siege of Xudu, and he ordered Cao Cao's generals to rush to Hanzhong quickly and directly launched an attack on Yizhou. .

What's even worse is that the local people in Yizhou may still be willing to resist, but most of the nobles don't really want to fight, especially since Cao Cao still has the name of emperor, so many people are thinking of surrendering to the enemy. When Cao Cao's army attacked the city, As an internal agent, I want to dedicate the city to perform meritorious service.

Winter is here.

Therefore, the Spring Festival in Yizhou was not comfortable. The panic of Liu Zhang and his subordinates also reflected the general mentality of the Yizhou nobles. Can this battle be continued?

This is in sharp contrast to Xu Du at the same time. After the threat of Guan Yu's approach was lifted, Cao Wei officials in Xu Du felt quite happy about surviving the disaster, so they could not help but hide and indulge in debauchery on the occasion of the Spring Festival. Get up, so that there are scholars everywhere who are having wild fun.

Of course, there are also a few people who are incompatible with them. These are the ministers who support the emperor Liu Xie. Their mentality is somewhat similar to that of Yizhou officials. They live day by day for fear of not seeing the sun tomorrow.

Of course, after another purge, these people have become very few, and their camp is also very obvious. They are all people who rejected Cao Cao's appointment as Wei Gong and chose to be close ministers of the emperor.

Among them, there is a person who has been following Cao Cao, but has completely broken with Cao Cao, and is about to reach the end of his life.

Xun Yu. He was now wearing thin linen clothes and sitting on the couch in front of the window. The window was indeed open, and the cold winter wind blew in violently, making a sound on Xun Yu's clothes.

His daughter Xun was kneeling next to her. Even though she was wearing a winter coat, she still couldn't stop trembling in the cold wind. She trembled and said, "Father, you have to take care of yourself."

Xun Yu interrupted her, "Since you have come to see me, go back immediately. After all, you are no longer a Xun family member."

Xun's eyes turned red, "My father didn't let my husband in either. My father didn't do anything. Why is this so?"

Xun Yu snorted coldly, "Doing nothing is equivalent to doing it."

"You don't need to understand that if things really happen, you can't do anything."

"Go back quickly. Can you let me serve you tea?"

After hearing this, Ms. Xun had to hold back her tears, bowed deeply, and walked backwards out of the house.

Stepping on the snow in the courtyard, she turned back three times with one step and looked at Xun Yu's back by the window.

In her eyes, Xun Yu's disheveled hair was gray and white. She didn't know when it had turned too white. His figure was much thinner than before, and she felt increasingly uncomfortable.

She walked all the way to the door and didn't wait for Xun Yu to turn around, so she turned around lonely.

Xun Yu couldn't help but sigh when he heard the footsteps disappear behind him. Now he has completely separated himself from Chen Qun. He has found a good son-in-law. This is the kind of person who would beat his daughter to death without marrying him.

The sound of footsteps came again, and then a voice came from the window, "Edi Niang, are you asking for help?"

Immediately, the window behind Xun Yu was suddenly closed, and the cold wind blowing in suddenly stopped.

The footsteps came slowly to the door, the door was pushed open, and Xun Chen walked in.

"Fifth brother, you are so angry."

Xun Yu raised his eyes to look at Xun Chen and saw that he was holding a wine bottle in his hand, so he said, "I didn't know that the fourth brother could speak Guanzhong dialect."

Xun Chen put the wine bottle on the table in front of Xun Yu, then looked around to find a brazier to light a fire.

He found a few branches, lit them with flint, threw them into the brazier, then pulled the charcoal in the brazier and said, "When I followed Yuan Benchu, there were people from all over the world. I learned this from Xu You."

"Like now, at a glance, we are all Yingchuan people. Nine out of ten officials have Yingchuan accents. Even if you don't know Yingchuan dialect, you can't join this circle."

"Besides, although Xu You is not a big deal and usually speaks openly, Yuan Benchu ​​has never thought of killing him."

Xun Yu heard something in Xun Chen's words, but he did not take over the words. Instead, he said: "Fourth brother is doing well now. Since you have taken over the official position of Wei Gong, why do you have to come and talk to me about these things?"

Xun Chen looked at the fire in the brazier and said confidently: "Why don't you take it?"

"Why is life not living?"

"I think the fifth brother just couldn't figure it out, so he got into trouble!"

"You said that your status as emperor is so important, why do you insist on going against Duke Wei?"

He lowered his voice and said, "If you fall out with Duke Wei at this time, wouldn't the prince's affairs be ruined?"

Xun Yu hesitated for a moment, then said: "The moment Ming Gong was granted the title of Duke, I had nothing to say."

"You have your way, and I have mine. Now that my way is broken, you don't have to worry about me."

Xun Chen laughed angrily, "So you're going to wait here to die and don't care about anything?"

"Aren't you giving up now?"

Xun Yu raised his eyebrows, "What else can I do?"

Xun Chen smacked his lips and said, "That's right."

"Drink, and you will forget everything when you are drunk!"

Xun Yu was speechless, aren't you lying down now?
(End of this chapter)