Chapter 47 Chapter 6 The Warlords of the Rising Storm Restart the War (6)

This battle was a fatal blow to the Montenegro party members. Therefore, the Montenegrin cavalry, which had been criss-crossing the north and south since Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, never recovered. This year, Cao Cao was thirty-seven years old. Not only did he get the territory of Dongjun, but he also got a very famous counselor named Xun Yu.Xun Yu is the elder brother of Xun Chen, a talented scholar in Yingchuan, he was very talented and famous when he was young.A long time ago, when famous scholars at the end of the Han Dynasty saw Xun Yu, they publicly said: "This son is talented and can be the emperor's assistant."

Later, Xun Yu expected that the local Yingchuan would be hit by a war, so he took the local people who were willing to follow him to Jizhou to join Han Fu.When he arrived at Han Fu's place, Jizhou was already owned by Yuan Shao.However, Yuan Shao treated Xun Yu as a distinguished guest and asked him to work with his younger brother Xun Chen, as well as fellow villagers Xin Ping and Guo Tu.Xun Yu hadn't been with Yuan Shao for long, and soon discovered that Yuan Shao had a great weakness.He believed that Yuan Shao was too scheming and could not be stopped, so it was impossible for him to accomplish much, and he was not expected to achieve great things.In addition, I heard that Cao Cao was a capable hero, so I went to Hanoi in person to join Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao saw Xun Yu, after a conversation, he said happily, "You are my Zifang Zhang!" Zhang Zifang is Zhang Liang, the chief military adviser of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.Cao Cao's metaphor like this shows his admiration and respect for Xun Yu.At that time, Xun Yu was only twenty-nine years old, eight years younger than Cao Cao, who was thirty-seven years old.In order to show his sincerity, Cao Cao appointed Xun Yu as Fenyong Sima with his qualification as Fenwu General.From then on, Cao Cao trusted Xun Yu very much and always consulted with him first.One day, Cao Cao asked Xun Yu, "Dong Zhuoquan has many soldiers, what should we do?"

Xun Yu said: "Everything has a limit. Dong Zhuo is so tyrannical, it is obvious that he has reached the limit. If he develops further, there will be no good end. Besides, Dong Zhuo, if something happens, he is helpless." "But there is still Yuan Shao..." Cao Cao asked anxiously again. Xun Yu smiled and said, "Not to mention Yuan Shao's limited talents, first of all Gongsun Zan will not let him go." Cao Cao nodded. He already knew that Gongsun Zan hated Yuan Shao because he was deceived by Yuan Shao. After Cao Cao heard Xun Yu's words, he recalled the source of hatred between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao.It turned out that Liu He, the son of Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, served as a servant in the palace and went to Chang'an with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. , to ask him to escape to his father Liu Yu, and tell him to send troops to take him back to the old capital Luoyang.

Following Emperor Xian's instructions, Liu He escaped from Wuguan, passed through Nanyang, met Yuan Shu, and told him what Emperor Xian was thinking.Yuan Shu thought it was an opportunity, so he took Liu He as collateral, and asked Liu He's father, Liu Yu, to send troops to help him fight Chang'an.Liu Yu received his son's letter and had no choice but to send troops to help Yuan Shu.When Gongsun Zan heard the news, he believed that Yuan Shu had bad intentions, and advised Liu Yu not to be fooled.Naturally Liu Yu would not listen, and Gongsun Zan was afraid that Yuan Shu might blame him if he knew that he had stopped Liu Yu from sending troops, so he played a trick and sent his uncle and brother Gongsun Yue with more than a thousand cavalry to help Yuan Shu, secretly Advise Yuan Shu to continue to detain Liu He and let him go against Liu Yu so that he can benefit from it.

However, Liu He, who was under house arrest, escaped to the border of Jizhou and was captured by Yuan Shao.Yuan Shao had long been dissatisfied with Yuan Shu because he opposed him making Liu Yu emperor.Holding Liu He right now, it is even more blaming Yuan Shu for contacting Liu Yu on his own initiative and not paying attention to him.He recalled that Yuan Shu appointed Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, as the governor of Yuzhou, so he deliberately appointed his general Zhou Ang as the governor of Yuzhou to compete with Sun Jian for territory.Zhou Ang's attack on Sun Jian is equivalent to Yuan Shao's attack on Yuan Shu.Yuan Shu asked Gongsun Zan's younger brother, Gongsun Yue, to lead the northern cavalry to help Sun Jian fight against Zhou Ang.Zhou Ang was defeated and fled, but Gongsun Yue was shot to death by random arrows in pursuit.

Yuan Shu transported Gongsun Yue's coffin to Gongsun Zan, and wrote a letter, inferring that Gongsun Yue was shot to death by Yuan Shao's men, and urged him to attack Yuan Shao nearby.Yuan Shu also stated in the letter that Yuan Shao was originally born to a girl of his father, so he could not be regarded as the authentic Yuan family.In this way, the hatred between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu became deeper and deeper.When Gongsun Zan saw his brother's coffin and read Yuan Shu's letter, he was immediately angry and hated, and shouted: "Yuan Shao relied on me to gain Jizhou, and he didn't want to repay him, but instead harmed my brother. If you don't take revenge, you will be ashamed." A real man too!" Gongsun Zan stationed his troops by the Pan River just to avenge this.

During this period, Yuan Shao still wanted to make a compromise with Gongsun Zan, so he gave the seal and ribbon of Bohai prefect to Gongsun Zan's uncle and brother, Gongsun Fan, and asked him to take office in Bohai.This was clearly seeking peace from Gongsun Zan.However, Gongsun Fan took over Yinshou and did not help Yuan Shao. He still joined Gongsun Zan and opposed Yuan Shao... Of course, Cao Cao was very pleased with this aftertaste.As Xun Yu said, no matter how strong Yuan Shao is, he will not be able to pass Gongsun Zan's test... As the weather got warmer, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, who were confronting the north, also launched their own military operations.

As early as when Gongsun Zan was stationed in Tunpanhe, he publicly announced Yuan Shao's five crimes.The first major crime: Yuan Shao had a bad idea and called Dong Zhuo in, disturbing the world; the second major crime: Yuan Shao, as the prefect, violated the covenant and refused to send troops to Dong Zhuo; Captured Yizhou and blasted Han Fu away; the fourth major crime: Sun Jian conquered Dong Zhuo for his meritorious service, swept away the imperial tomb, worshiped the ancestral temple, and was loyal. He hated Yuan Shao for cutting off his food and grass so that he could not pursue Dong Zhuo, and sent others to seize his governor. Status; the fifth major crime: According to the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the order of respect and inferiority.

At that time, when the five major crimes were announced, it dealt a great blow to Yuan Shao. First, it greatly exposed his old background and various conspiracies, and lost his face; second, it won the support of many people.Yuan Shao was very annoyed by this, he gritted his teeth angrily, thinking that he must deal with Gongsun Zan severely. Immediately afterwards, Gongsun Zan's army set out from Panhe and encountered Yuan Shao's army.As soon as the two armies fought, Yuan Shao's army was quickly defeated because of its small number.Gongsun Zan rode a white horse and led dozens of cavalrymen to give chase in person.Yuan Shao fought and retreated, leading Gongsun Zan far away, separating him from his own army.At this moment, Wen Chou, Yuan Shao's army, came out and stopped Gongsun Zan, and the two were inseparable.But Gongsun Zan was no match for Wen Chou. After fighting for a while, he wanted to retreat, but Wen Chou's soldiers blocked him from the rear and he was unable to retreat.Gongsun Zan's soldiers protected him and broke through the siege. Wen Chou flew over with his horse on his horse, and shot one by one, killing several cavalrymen one after another.Gongsun Zan couldn't see it, so he hurriedly fled into the valley.Wen Chou took the lead and was about to catch up. Gongsun Zan turned around the hillside at once, and Wen Chou also turned around the hillside and shouted loudly behind Gongsun Zan, telling him to surrender.Just as Gongsun Zan was about to turn the second hillside, the mountain road was slippery and his horse stumbled. Gongsun Zan fell off his horse and fell down the slope.Fortunately, the general Yan Gang led the army to fight against Wen Chou and rescue Gongsun Zan.

Although Gongsun Zan suffered a loss this time, his troops were not injured after all. In addition, after Yuan Shao's crimes were announced, all places responded one after another. Liu Bei led his troops to help him, and Zhao Yun also went to vote for him. He surrendered.Gongsun Zan successively sent Liu Bei to help Tian Kai attack Qingzhou and Shan Jing to attack Yanzhou.Several groups of troops succeeded in no time.Although Yizhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou have not yet been defeated, many counties have been occupied. It was when Gongsun Zan captured some cities and continued to advance towards Yizhou that Yuan Shao was so anxious that he had to order the soldiers to guard the main roads and not to fight Gongsun Zan.At this time, he was afraid that Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu would attack him from the north to the south, so he specially sent envoys to Jingzhou to invite Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, to attack Nanyang to contain Yuan Shu. In order to keep Nanyang territory, Yuan Shu also sent a letter asking Sun Jian to attack Jingzhou and contain Liu Biao.Only then did the tragedy of Sun Jian fall into the trap and die among the random arrows.