Chapter 42 Chapter 6 The Warlords of the Rising Storm Restart the War (1)

When Cao Cao arrived in Hanoi, he learned that something happened to Suanzao.It turned out that Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, wanted to annex the army of Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun.He intentionally sent someone to borrow food from Qiao Mao. Qiao Mao said, "I don't even have enough food for myself. How can I lend more to others?" Liu Dai took this as an excuse to take advantage of Qiaomao's unpreparedness, and suddenly led his troops into Qiaomao's barracks.Before Qiao Mao could react, he was killed by Liu Dai.The person who was the first to issue the announcement was killed by his own allies in this way.

Liu Dai killed Qiao Mao, took over all the soldiers and horses of Dongjun, and sent his own people to be the prefect of Dongjun.In this way, Liu Dai's power is much greater than before. When Cao Cao found out about Qiao Mao's murder, he sighed and said, "Dong Zhuo hasn't attacked yet, but his own people are killing each other first. Where is the alliance? How can it be a big deal!" Then, Cao Cao heard that Yuan Shu, the prefect of Nanyang, conspired with Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, to drive away the governor of Yuzhou, Kong Ni, and Sun Jian himself became the governor of Yuzhou; the famous scholar Liu Biao occupied Jiangnan and became the governor of Jingzhou.

As a result, the original Xingyi soldiers and the allied forces except the violent, now began to separate their territories and attack each other.Cao Cao was very distressed because of this, thinking that the world is in such a mess, and he has only such a small number of people, what can he do? At one point, he felt discouraged—it would be better to go back to his hometown, study in spring and summer, and hunt in autumn and winter. It's time.But he quickly denied his own thoughts. Today's country and society are suffering unprecedentedly because of Dong Zhuo. How can any person with lofty ideals be able to relax at home? So Cao Cao strengthened his will to recruit troops again and continue to attack Dong Zhuo.

In the blink of an eye, in the second year of Chuping, that is, in 191 AD, Yuan Shao discussed with Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, and planned to make Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, the emperor.They believed that Dong Zhuo had abducted the eleven-year-old Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and his life and death were unknown, so another emperor should be established.And Liu Yu is the most prestigious person in the clan, making him emperor is much better than Han Xiandi. Yuan Shao counted Liu Yu's benefits and said: "You see, since Liu Yu arrived in Youzhou, he has focused on farming; he opened a market in Shanggu, allowing Hu people to trade with Han people; he developed the production of salt and iron in Yuyang; There have been improvements, and even many people from Qingzhou and Xuzhou went to Youzhou to join him. Besides, in order to attack Dong Zhuo, it is necessary to establish Liu Yu. If Liu Yu becomes the emperor, then Dong Zhuo will take away the little emperor If it doesn't work, Dong Zhuo will lose power..."

Yuan Shao specifically asked Cao Cao if he had any opinions. Cao Cao disagreed with this very much. He said: "We fought together, and heroes from all over the world responded one after another. The reason why there are so many supporters is because we are righteous soldiers! The current emperor is young and weak, so he is suppressed by treacherous officials. However, he There is no such crime as Yiwang, so why should he be abolished? If he is abolished and other people are appointed, others can follow suit and abolish them at will. What will the world be like then? If the kings insist on going north I would rather go west and be loyal to the present emperor if I set up Liu Yu and proclaim myself a minister."

Yuan Shao knew that once Cao Cao made up his mind, it would be impossible to change easily, so he said nothing more.Yuan Shao then wrote to Yuan Shu, the prefect of Nanyang, asking for his advice. Yuan Shu had long wanted to be the emperor himself. After reading the letter, he learned that Yuan Shao and others wanted to appoint an older and capable person to be the emperor.Of course, he couldn't express what he had in mind, so he had no choice but to reject it openly. Although Cao Cao and Yuan Shu had different intentions, they both clearly rejected Yuan Shao's proposition. Yuan Shao was not discouraged when he hit a wall, and discussed with Han Fu again, thinking that major events should not be missed because of the opposition of Cao Cao and Yuan Shu.So he decided to follow the original plan and sent envoys to Youzhou to express his intention to make Liu Yu emperor.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yu was not happy to hear this, and severely criticized Yuan Shao and Han Fu in front of the envoy. Liu Yu said: "In today's world, the emperor is suffering. I have waited for the court's kindness. I am ashamed that I have not been able to wipe away the shame for the country. You occupy several states and counties, and you should work together to help Why did the royal family conspire against you? If you insist on going your own way, the consequences will be unpredictable. As for me, I will not be dragged into the water by you..." Yuan Shao and Han Fu were also very surprised when they heard the messenger's reply.However, this is their only hope, how can they give up easily, so they bite the bullet and send an envoy to invite Liu Yu, but Liu Yu still firmly refuses, saying: "Are you deliberately forcing me to flee to a foreign country?" ?”

After this, Yuan Shao and Han Fu stopped talking about this matter.The two scolded Liu Yu, saying that he really didn't know how to flatter.In fact, this kind of scolding is just a way to find a way to go down the stairs, and it only has some self-comforting effect. Yuan Shao and Han Fu did not change their course and attack Dong Zhuo if they failed to become emperor, but they still stayed in their respective places, doing nothing.When the food ran out, they seemed to have completed their mission and slipped away one by one... Liu Yu didn't want to be emperor, and the volunteer leaders of each state and county had their own plans.Although Yuan Shao put aside the matter of establishing the emperor, he was still plotting to expand his power in other ways.

Cao Cao saw that the leaders of the volunteer soldiers dispersed one after another, and felt that he could not stay in Hanoi all the time, and he should find another way to realize his ambition. At this time, only one volunteer leader was willing to fight Dong Zhuo, and that was Sun Jian, governor of Yuzhou. It turned out that Yuan Shu objected to establishing Liu Yu as emperor, and wanted to be emperor himself.He stationed his army in Luyang, and used Sun Jian to lead the battle and beat the gongs to clear the way for him.He made an agreement with Sun Jian: Sun Jian went out to charge, and Yuan Shu would meet him behind and supply Sun Jian with food and grass.

After Sun Jian made an agreement with Yuan Shu, he immediately left the Luyang camp with his four heroes, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao, and more than 10,000 soldiers, and headed towards Liang County. Sun Jian fought with great momentum, he always ran in the front, and he was tall and wore a red turban, so the troops behind could be seen from a distance.Therefore, a habit was formed, all officers and soldiers, as long as they saw the red turban moving, they would charge there. Sun Jian's troops advanced smoothly and quickly for more than a hundred miles and recovered Liang County.Hearing that Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong had been transferred away, and that Dong Zhuo didn't have many troops stationed there, Sun Jian stationed the army and took some of his troops to occupy Yangrenju, a town in the west of Liang County. , and set up camp there.

But in the second half of the day, one of Dong Zhuo's generals, Hua Xiong, unexpectedly led his troops to attack, and surrounded Sun Jian's men gathered in Yangyang.It was not yet dark, it was only in the evening, Hua Xiong ordered the soldiers to hold up all the torches, set fire to it, and seize the camp at the same time.Sun Jian found that the enemy's torches and flags were everywhere, and he knew it was bad, so he quickly ordered the soldiers to fight separately and break out of the encirclement.And he himself rushed out with Zu Mao and dozens of cavalry Huicheng.