three kings

Chapter 261 Entering the Central Plains
Sun Can sighed slightly when he heard the words, and what Xun You said was indeed true.Although Yuan Shao is narrow-minded, he is magnanimous in the eyes of the world. Besides, he is proud and arrogant, and he values ​​fame. Cao Cao's defection to him is a great opportunity for him to take the opportunity to become famous. According to Yuan Shao's character, he How can I let it go?
Therefore, Yuan Shao had almost no chance of killing Cao Cao. Not only would he not, but he would use him again to show his magnanimity.

Of course, Yuan Shao would not be so stupid as to let Cao Cao lead his troops, but he would not abandon him either.It is inevitable to be a counselor. At that time, Guan Yu and Xiahou brothers will be Yuan Shao's vanguard, Cao Cao and Liu Bei will be counselors, and there will be 70 troops as the backing. Who can stop such a strong lineup?
Sun Can said in a deep voice: "Meng De Zhi is higher than the sky, he coerces the emperor to make the princes, how can he bow his knees under Yuan Shao."

Xun You still looked confident, and said: "Yuan Shao is such a man, it goes without saying. I am a hero, and I can bend my knees under Yuan Shao. However, my lord can endure what others can't bear, and endure what others can't Shou. The general is familiar with ancient books, so how can he not hear allusions such as Gou Jian feeding the horses and tasting dung, Gao Zubei's words are good, and Han Xin stepping down to survive."

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, King Fu Chai of Wu attacked the State of Yue and defeated the State of Yue. He brought Gou Jian, king of Yue, to the State of Wu and fed him horses.Gou Jian was bullied a lot. Once King Wu Fu Chai fell ill, Gou Jian took the initiative to find the source of the disease for Fu Chai. This moved Fu Chai and finally let him go back to the country.In the end, Gou Jian tried his best to eliminate Fu Chai and became one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period.

And the great ancestor Liu Bang also caused Xiang Yu's dissatisfaction because he took the lead in attacking Xianyang. In order to preserve his strength, he went to Hongmen personally and made humble remarks.Later, Liu Bang worked hard to be strong, knew people well, paid attention to accepting advice, was able to give full play to the talents of his subordinates, and paid attention to uniting forces from all over the world against Xiang Yu. Finally, he turned defeat into victory and forced Xiang Yu to commit suicide in Wujiang.

Han Xin's struggle to survive is also a typical example of resilience.

Xun You mentioned that the three of them were obviously saying that if Sun Can did not leave Cao Cao with a way out, then Cao Cao would follow the example of the ancients' idea of ​​"settling down and living", retain his useful body, and use Yuan Shao's power to eliminate Sun Can, and then act on standby .

Sun Can knew that his plan was completely in vain. Cao Cao's move really made Sun Can dare not act rashly. Xun You said very clearly that he was attacking rashly. Team up to deal with yourself and drive yourself to death.

He's thinking about one thing now.

How to get the most out of yourself: The situation is pretty clear today.Even though he was unwilling to let the tiger go back to the mountain, Cao Cao had no choice but to let it go.But Cao Cao, like himself, hated those who were born in a famous family but had no ability.

On the surface he is Yuan Shao's friend, but in his heart he looks down on them very much.Until the last Jedi, he would not defect to Yuan Shao.As long as he doesn't force him into a desperate situation, he still has the strength to negotiate terms with the other party.

Thinking of Sun Can's secretive smile, he seemed to see through Xun You's mind. If Cao Cao's situation was as easy as Xun You said, they would have defected to Yuan Shao long ago. Would they still need to come to Xiangyang?

If you don't take the opportunity to make a good fortune at this moment, in the future, when Cao Cao regains his strength, will there be room for him to rob him?

Sun Can's smile aroused Xun You's vigilance, and Sun Can thought exactly what he was worried about. If Cao Cao really defected to Yuan Shao, even if Yuan Shao didn't kill him, he wouldn't give him military power.In the absence of military power, Cao Cao's chances of succeeding in raising troops against Yuan under Yuan Shao's influence are no less than diverting the Yellow River.

The reason for raising this question is to coerce Sun Can to increase his bargaining chip.But Xun You knew in his heart that Cao Cao would never defect to Yuan Shao unless it was absolutely necessary and not on a dead end.

Both of them were thinking about how to get the best benefit for themselves.

After a long time, Sun Cancai said: "As one of the three princes, Cao Sikong has a high position and authority. How dare Sun Moucai, a mere Zhennan general, form an alliance with him."

The implication is that Cao Cao's official position is high, and my little Zhennan General dare not form an alliance with him. If he wants to form an alliance, he must have an official position above Cao Cao.

Today, Cao Cao wants soldiers but no soldiers, money but no money, and the only thing he can do is the emperor's order.

Xun You shook his head and sighed: "My lord is right, my lord will not let go easily." Xun You took out an imperial decree from his sleeve, and read: "Feng Tiancheng, the emperor summoned, the Sunmen are loyal for generations, General Zhennan Sun's Ziyu, who made great military exploits, is specially ennobled for the position of General, commanding the world's troops and horses, and honors him."

Sun Can reported that he originally only wanted the position of the Three Dukes, so that he could establish a mansion and appoint assistants in a legitimate way, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao would appoint him as a general, and his official position would be above the Three Dukes.

After hesitating for a while, he immediately understood Cao Cao's deep meaning.

Although Yuan Shao was dismissed as a general by Cao Cao, he still claimed to be a general.If he took over the position of General at this moment, it would undoubtedly be a challenge to Yuan Shao's authority.

Yuan Shao is very happy and self-righteous. Seeing that Sun Can is equal to him, he will be very dissatisfied, so he sent troops to attack.In this way, it can reduce his pressure, and it can also prevent himself from watching the fire from the other side, causing himself to be burned.

If you don't seal yourself up and let yourself do nothing below, then in the future, you can use me to set up a shogunate privately, intending to commit crimes of misconduct, and follow the emperor's order to crusade in a legitimate way.If you want to seal, seal yourself to the highest point that may fall at any time, and use Yuan Shao's hand to deal with yourself.

Sun Can smiled coldly, Cao Cao's calculation is really good, but he has been preparing for three years to fight Yuan Shao.Now that everything is ready, there is not much difference between fighting one day earlier and fighting one day later.Anyway, he was bound to win the Central Plains, instead of waiting for Yuan Shao to attack, he simply took the lead and fought happily.Fight a victory first to inspire the morale of the army.

Sun Can may be a little confused about small things, but when dealing with such big things, he has always been decisive and never timid.

Sun Can didn't bow down, but just bowed slightly, and then took the imperial edict.

Afterwards, Xun Yu was recruited and asked him to spread his identity, and Xun You represented the Emperor Xian and went to the stage to pay homage to the general.Officially appointed Sun Can as a general.

After taking office, Sun Can immediately opened the mansion, set up officials and assistants, and brought hundreds of ministers under his command into the shogunate, becoming his direct ministers and breaking away from the control of the court.

Guo Jia was officially appointed as the chief strategist in the army, and succeeded to the position of government order, as the head of the shogunate civil servants, followed by Jia Xu.Gu Yong, Chen Qun, Xu Shu, Lu Su and other civil officials are arranged in order of merit.

Xun Yu did not join the shogunate because he wanted to communicate with the imperial court. He was still in the military division, and he was still the head of the civil servants.

In addition, the generals have the right to canonize the generals under their command.

Liu Hua was appointed as the general of the town army, in charge of military and political affairs.Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao, Fan Wu, Zhao Yun and others were canonized by Sun Can as: General Exterminating Yi, General Disputing Rebellion, General Dangkou, General Zhenglu, General Wuwei, General Xuanwei, and the rest The generals with high merit will be promoted to three ranks, and those with low merit will be promoted to one rank.

This matter spread all over Jinghuai, and all the soldiers knew that their lord was the No. 1 military officer of the Han Dynasty. The whole army was happy and their morale was greatly shaken.

After Sun Can finished handling the affairs of the shogunate, he immediately summoned all senior generals to Xiangyang to participate in the military meeting.

On this day, all the important generals under Sun Can's command arrived, and they all had their own right-hand assistants behind them. Suddenly, nearly a hundred people sat in the spacious conference hall, which was very lively.

Watching all the confidants and beloved generals sitting down on both sides, Sun Can saluted all the generals first, and said: "Generals, I think that Can was a small prefect of Wan County back then, but in just a few years, Can today Now that we have reached the position of 'Great General', we have tens of millions of people in Jinghuai. It is all thanks to everyone's joint efforts that we can defeat a strong enemy, and we have reached the current situation. Sun Can thank you all here."

Everyone hastened to return the gift together.

Zhang Fei opened his mouth wide and said with a "haha" laugh: "My lord, you are too polite. Without your command and appointment, maybe Lao Zhang would still be killing pigs from county to county!"

"You can't say anything!" Sun Can smiled, came to Zhang Fei, and said, "Old Zhang! If it weren't for your invincible bravery in the battle of breaking Zhang Yun, I would not have saved my life! For several years , you have been following me in killing enemies and beheading generals, capturing countless flags. Over the years, after hundreds of battles, you have suffered as many as 36 major injuries and minor injuries, including six serious injuries. Who in the army can compare with it."

Hearing this, Zhang Fei was shocked. He had always been at the forefront in battles, and it was common for him to be injured. He didn't know how many scars he had on his body. He didn't want Sun Can to remember so clearly, so he couldn't help but tremble all over. Old Zhang...Old Zhang..." Zhang Fei, who was always outspoken, couldn't continue at this moment.

Sun Can patted him on the shoulder with a smile, turned around and walked up to Gao Shun who was next to him, "Zhengzhong, I won't say much else. You are one of Can's earliest subordinates. Two-thirds of our 17-strong army Trained out of your hands. "Trapped into the camp" is even more in vain and unfavorable. You can win every attack and create a great reputation. In terms of military achievements, if you are the second in the whole army, no one will dare to be the first. Our army has This achievement is due to Zheng Zhong.”

Even though Gao Shun didn't like fame and wealth, he couldn't help getting excited at this moment, saying: "Don't say that, my lord, Shun is just doing what I should do and what is worth doing."

Looking at Gao Shun's upright and simple face, Sun Can felt a sense of admiration. He had been proud of being a general for a while, but Gao Shun was not fascinated by fame and wealth, and praised with a smile: "Zheng Zhong, really!" Li Mu' wind."

(End of this chapter)