Chapter 128 Chapter 19 Facing Jieshi to the East to View the Sea (3)

In this way, Wei Gu and Fan Xian accepted Du Xi as the governor of Hedong. One day Du Xi said to Wei Gu and Fan Xian: "You are the ones that the army and people of Hedong look up to and support. I can only take office by relying on the strength of the two. Therefore, we should discuss major issues in the county together." So Du Xi sealed Wei. Gu is the governor, the governor of the county, the leader of the meritorious service, a series of official titles, and all three thousand school officials are handed over to Fan Xian for command.I don't hesitate.Wei Gu and others were very happy, and they also had a good impression of Du Xi, so they made Du Xi the prefect on the surface.

Wei Gu and others wanted to send troops to respond to Zhang Sheng's rebellion, but Du Xi didn't take it seriously, so he said to Wei Gu, "Moving out a large army now will definitely cause harassment in the Hedong area. Why don't you tell Zhang Sheng that on the one hand, we recruit troops, and on the other hand, we must act accordingly?" Take a step back. Watch the changes in the current situation." Soon, high-ranking officials sent troops into Huze, and Wei Gu, Fan Xian and others responded.Du Xi knew that most of the counties in Hedong had obeyed his command, so he recruited thousands of people in more than ten days.Wei Gu, Fan Xian and others united Zhang Sheng and Gao Gan's troops to attack Du Xi, but Du Xi had already made perfect preparations, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

Cao Mengde immediately sent Yilang Zhang Ji to mobilize Guanzhong Ma Teng to lead the army to attack Zhang Sheng.Zhang Sheng was defeated and retreated to the east, but was still defeated by Ma Teng and other coalition forces. Zhang Sheng, Wei Gu, and Fan Xian died in the rebellion. After that, Cao Mengde asked Du Xi to govern Hedong. In December of the tenth year of Jian'an, after more than two months of preparations in Yecheng, Cao Mengde transferred Cao Ren's army, who had been stationed in the southwest of Yuzhou to guard against Liu Biao in Jingzhou, back to Jizhou to prepare to attack Huguan together.

It was a severe winter, with heavy snow falling, Cao Jun had to cross the Taihang Mountains to reach Huguan. Cao Mengde, who was in his fifties, marched hard with the soldiers.How difficult it is to march, the winding and winding roads, the wheels are often broken, and the vehicles are struggling to climb under the weight.The north wind howled the dead trees, and the sound of "rustling" made people feel so desolate.Bears and other ferocious animals in the frigid zone often appear in front of the team, looking greedily and helplessly at this expeditionary army. The howling of tigers and leopards echoes in the valleys in the forest. Look and sigh.Everyone can't help but feel a little sad about bidding farewell to their hometown and the city.

Cao Mengde's mood is also so heavy and melancholy. Like everyone else, he wants to return to his hometown in the East.But can't, can't. "The road is long and long, and I will search up and down." The northern expedition, the arduous northern expedition, is the last northern expedition, and we must grit our teeth and persevere. However, the river was frozen and the bridges were cut off, so the soldiers were often blocked on the way.It is more common to get lost during the march. When there is no place to stay at night, you can't stop. That's the danger of turning into an iceman.Walk and walk, from sunrise to sunset, and then from sunset to sunrise; the people and horses are starving, the soldiers carry their bags and pick up firewood to cook on the spot, smash the ice, and boil the water after the ice melts, you One scoop and one scoop, no words, only thoughts for each other, hurry up and cross the frozen Taihang Mountains.

Faced with this situation, Cao Mengde conceived a majestic long poem, which was composed into a tune and sung by the soldiers. Cao Mengde stood on the top of the majestic Taihang Mountains, stroking his beard, facing the world of the Northland covered in ice and snow for thousands of miles, he sang loudly: How difficult it is to go north to the Taihang Mountains! Yang Changban heckled and bent, and the wheels were destroyed. How bleak the trees are, and the sound of the north wind is sad. Xiong Wei squatted at me, and tigers and leopards cried when they lost their way. There are few people in the valley, and the snow falls He Feifei.

Stretch your neck and sigh long, travel far and have many thoughts. How melancholy my heart is, I want to go back to the east. The water is deep, the bridge is dead, and the middle road is wandering. Confused and lost the way, no place to live in the evening. The day of the journey is far away, and the people and horses are hungry at the same time. Carry the bag to get salary, hold the ax and ice as the moose. The sad Dongshan poems make me decline. The old and high-pitched, gloomy and tragic voice echoed and reverberated for a long time. The sergeants sang along: "Go north to the Taihang Mountains..."

114 In the first month of spring in the eleventh year of Jian'an, Cao Mengde's army finally arrived at Huguan and joined the advance troops of Le Jin and Li Dian.The soldiers and civilians in Huguan defended desperately. Cao Mengde looked back at the vast Taihang, recalled the bitterness of the Northern Expedition, and felt extremely indignant.So, in front of the enemy, he ordered the army: "Take Huguan City, don't leave any survivors, and bury them all alive!" Cao Jun's morale was greatly boosted, and he attacked with all his strength for a month, but Huguan still stood still.

Therefore, Cao Mengde summoned all the generals to study countermeasures. Cao Ren said: "If the people in the city can be given a chance to survive, they will loosen their will to resist. Now that the lord has publicly massacred the city, they have strengthened their determination to stick to it. Moreover, the fortifications of Huguan City are quite strong, and the food storage is very strong. If there are too many, blindly attacking will only increase casualties in vain. Even if the two sides are in a stalemate, it will waste time and increase the difficulty of our supply." It was almost the first time Cao Mengde heard Cao Ren's suggestion, and he thought it was quite reasonable, so he immediately sent a message to the soldiers and civilians in the city to pardon all of them except one high-ranking officer.

Faced with strong pressure, Gao Gan handed over Huguan to Xia Zhao and Deng Sheng for defense, and led his team to seek help from Yuan's allies, the Southern Huns.However, seeing that the Yuan family had declined, the Southern Xiongnu no longer wanted to have any contact with them, declared neutrality, and refused to join the high-ranking officials.The senior cadre had no choice but to bring a few cronies to Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Xia Zhao saw that the hope of reinforcements was in vain, and the general situation was over, so he had to open the city gate and surrender. Gao Gan escaped from Bingzhou, crossed the Yellow River, and arrived in the Luoyang area, just as the Baibo bandits in Hedong were in trouble.Both Hedong and Henan were in emergency, and the defenses were heavily guarded. The remnants of Gao Gan were captured by Shangluo Governor Wang Yan's defenders, and were killed for resisting.

Since then, Bingzhou has been completely brought under Cao Mengde's jurisdiction. After the Battle of Huguan, Cao Mengde had completely controlled the management and administration of Qing, Ji, You, and Bing. attack. The Saibei Long March is imperative. Cao Mengde did not return to Xudu, but returned directly to Yecheng in order to prepare for the expedition to Wuhuan. On the way back to Yecheng, Cao Mengde got news from Chen Lin that Cai Wenji had been redeemed and was returning to Xudu.Cai Wenji's two sons stayed in Hudi, but King Zuoxian of the Huns did not agree.At the same time, Chen Lin sent Cao Mengde a poem "Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia" written by Cai Wenji.