Chapter 10 4. Joint Discussion Action

Yuan Shu's arrogance made his two allies, Lu Bu and Sun Ce, have to express their attitudes to the world. The final attitudes of these two are similar: resolutely oppose. Among them, Sun Ce opposed it most simply.Hearing of Yuan Shu's arrogance, Sun Ce immediately wrote a letter to strongly condemn and sever the relationship between the two parties (with a letter of reprimand).This letter has more than 1,100 characters, which is considered very long in an epistolary document. It is written eloquently and was first included in the book "Wu Lu". Even worse, with Dong Zhuo's cunning, he still didn't dare to act arbitrarily on the issue of abolishing the lord and self-reliance, but Yuan Shu dared to do such a rebellious thing. "Wu Lu" said that the letter was written by Zhang, and "Dian Lue" believed that it was Zhang Zhao.

Sun Ce has gradually become popular in Jiangdong, and it will be a matter of time to turn against Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu's proclaiming the emperor undoubtedly gave Sun Ce the most suitable reason to turn against him. In addition, Yuan Shu had detained Mrs. Sun in order to obtain the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and Sun Ce was even more angry. From the heart, this time it is completely broken. After breaking with Yuan Shu, Sun Ce turned to the court in Xu County.According to "Jiang Biao Zhuan", Sun Ce took the initiative to send Liu You and Gao Cheng as special envoys to Xu County to pay tribute.

Cao Cao was very happy to see the envoy sent by Sun Ce, and Yuan Shu's alliance could be disintegrated by attracting Sun Ce. If Sun Ce could attack Yuan Shu from behind, wouldn't Yuan Shu die faster?For this reason, Cao Cao immediately sent King Yilang to Jiangdong as a special envoy in the name of Xiandi, to commend Sun Ce for his courage to fight against the rebels, and worshiped Sun Ce as the captain of cavalry and named him Marquis of Wu. Sun Ce's influence has spread across two or three counties, and the position of captain of cavalry is not even equal to a prefect of a county, at most he is a senior colonel.Sun Ce felt that this position was a bit low, and wanted the title of general.Sun Ce sent people to lobby the king privately (to make people ironic), this king was not simple, and he made a decisive decision before he had time to ask for instructions and report, and he himself returned to the master, and worshiped Sun Ce as a general of the Ming and Han Dynasties again.

At that time, Yuan Shu also had an allied army named Chen, who was stationed in the Haixi area north of the Yangtze River. Cao Cao asked Sun Ce to attack this enemy.Sun Ce took the lead and prepared to lead his army across the river to fight. Just as Sun Ce was about to move, Chen made his move first, and sent people to Jiangdong quietly to make friends with separatist forces such as Zu Lang, Jiao Ji, and Yan Baihu, and planned to attack from behind while Sun Ce's main force was crossing the river.Fortunately, Sun Ce was aware of this incident. He sent Lu Fan and Xu Yi to attack Chen in Haixi, and stayed in Jiangdong to deal with the enemy. "Shanyang Gongzai Ji" stated that Chen was finally defeated and fled alone. He came to Jizhou and was taken in by Yuan Shao.

Lu Fan and Xu Yi defeated Chen and captured more than 4,000 people including Chen's wife and children.Under Sun Ce's timely shot, Yuan Shu believed that the right wing of the foreign aid was cut off. Let's take a look at Lu Bu's situation.After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he sent Han Yin as a special envoy to Xuzhou to report to Lv Bu, and made a request that he would make peace with Lv Bu and marry Lv Bu's daughter as his daughter-in-law. For Yuan Shu's request for marriage, Lu Bu began to agree, and he even handed over his daughter to Han Yin to take away.However, regarding this decision, one of Lu Bu's subordinates was particularly nervous. He thought that if that was the case, it would be bad for both the country and himself, so he hurried to persuade Lu Bu.

This person is Chen, who was the Prime Minister of Xiapi at that time.Chen Zeng rejected Yuan Shu's call-up, and even condemned Yuan Shu.If Lu Bu and Yuan Shu stand together, it will be very bad for him in the future.This is still second, the problem is that once Yangzhou and Xuzhou are integrated, the puppet imperial power will be even more powerful, and the world will suffer (Xu Yang joined forces, embarrassing). As a descendant of a famous official in the Han Dynasty, Chen has always had a strong orthodoxy. Chen was not ambiguous in the face of big right and wrong, so he hurried to persuade Lu Bu.Chen said: "Mr. Cao flatters the emperor and assists the state. General, you should cooperate with him and plan big plans together. Now, instead of marrying Yuan Shu, you will be called unrighteous. I'm afraid there will be catastrophe in the future (there are many eggs in danger) .”

Lu Bu has always had some opinions on Yuan Shu, especially in the previous cooperation, Yuan Shu has always said nothing, which made Lu Bu very sad.He was not very firm about getting married. After Chen Yi said, Lu Bu repented, and immediately sent people to catch up with Han Yin and his party, snatched his daughter back, and escorted Han Yin to Xu County, where he was handed over to Cao Cao. Chen Deng, Chen's son, was sent by Lu Bu to escort Han Yin.Chen Deng's name is Yuanlong, he is a capable person. According to history books, he is knowledgeable, resourceful and rebellious.Lu Bu sent Chen Deng to show his favor to Cao Cao, originally for public relations, but as soon as Chen Deng saw Cao Cao, he persuaded him to get rid of Lu Bu.

Although Chen and Chen Deng bowed down to serve Lu Bu, they were always dissatisfied. Cao Cao saw that Chen Deng was a talent and would be of great use in the future, so he worshiped Chen Deng as the prefect of Guangling County.When parting, Cao Cao took Chen Deng's hand again and said, "I entrust all the affairs of the East to you." Later, Chen Deng did his best for Cao Cao as an undercover agent, and became Cao Cao's number one hero in getting rid of Lu Bu. According to the records of "Heroes", Cao Cao asked Chen Deng to bring back a personal letter to Lv Bu, expressing condolences to Lv Bu, and asked Lv Bu to hunt down Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shu, Han Xian, Yang Feng and others according to the emperor's edict.Lu Bu was very happy to receive Cao Cao's letter, and sent an envoy to write to the emperor to express his loyalty.At the same time, I also wrote a letter to Cao Cao, saying that I was originally a "convicted person", and I am very grateful for Cao Cao's personal letter of condolence.

After receiving Lv Bu's letter, Cao Cao sent another envoy, King Fengche Duwei, with the imperial edict, to designate Lv Bu as General Pingdong.Cao Cao also asked Wang Ze to send a letter to Lu Bu, which said: "Unfortunately, the seal and ribbon for the general was lost in Shanyang County, and now it is replaced, but the court did not have good gold, so I took the one I kept at home. Hao Jin made this seal for the general; the imperial court didn’t have a purple ribbon, so I took off the purple ribbon on my own seal and gave it to the general, these are just to show my heart.” Lu Bu was very moved when he saw Cao Cao's letter, so he sent an envoy to Xu County to thank Cao Cao, and gave Cao Cao a good ribbon.

At that moment, envoys from both sides ran back and forth on the road leading from Xuzhou to Xu County. Seeing this scene, you can't imagine that the two met each other a few years ago, and you can't imagine that a few years later The two will kill you to the death. When Yuan Shu heard that Lu Bu had a good relationship with Cao Cao, he not only refused to send his daughter, but also escorted his envoys to Xu County. Tens of thousands of people on foot and riders divided into seven routes and rushed straight to Lu Bu's base camp, Xiapi. How could Han Xian and Yang Feng appear here?Speaking of which, both of them had once been brilliant, they were the commander-in-chief (general) and deputy commander-in-chief (general of chariots) of the national armed forces officially appointed by Emperor Xian, but now they have fallen, and each led a straggler to roam around the Jianghuai area .Yuan Shu took the initiative to contact them and offered many official positions in the puppet imperial court. These two have now joined Yuan Shu's coalition army.But Lu Bu was not prepared. At that time, the troops around him were very limited, only three thousand soldiers and four hundred horses.At this time, Lu Bu felt a little regretful, and complained to Chen, "It's all good things done by you father and son, what should we do now?"

Chen analyzed and said: "Han Xian, Yang Feng, and Yuan Shu were united hastily (the ears of the pawns). The alliance is difficult to stabilize. I will send my dog ​​Chen Deng to break them up." Chen has a plan in mind, because he It's not just bragging, Chen Deng does have some tricks.When Chen Deng stepped out, he really instigated Han Xian and Yang Feng. Lu Bu took the initiative to march, only a hundred steps away from Zhang Xun's camp, when Han Xian and Yang Feng suddenly defected, Zhang Xun was caught off guard and fled.The allied forces of Lu Bu and Han Yang continued to attack Shouchun, attacking and robbing all the way, and finally faced Yuan Shu's army across the Huaihe River.Yuan Shu personally led 5,000 troops to the south bank of the river, while Lu Bu and others were on the north bank of the river. They laughed at Yuan Shu and then withdrew. Yuan Shu's life is indeed enough to bear, and he finally had the courage to think about being an emperor. Before others could say anything, his former subordinates and allies first gave him a blow.Not only did Sun Ce and Lu Bu not become his foreign aid, but they rushed to their doorsteps one after another. With the cooperation of Sun Ce and Lu Bu, it will be much easier for Cao Cao.When Yuan Shu had been confused by those two brothers, Cao Cao decided to go east in person. The time was September of this year, and Yuan Shu heard that his old rival Cao Cao had come in person, so he simply left his generals Qiao Rui, Li Feng, Liang Gang, Le Jiu and others to garrison Qiyang to resist Cao Cao, and fled by himself. .Cao Cao ordered Yu Jin and others to attack, surrounded Qiao Rui and the other four in Kuxian, and beheaded them all.Yuan Shu crossed the Huai River in the south again, not daring to fight. Cao Cao had no intention of chasing Yuan Shu, because the problem in Nanyang County had not been resolved, and Cao Hong was overwhelmed by Zhang Xiu. He had to return to the army as soon as possible to fight Nanyang County again. Cao Cao returned to Xu County, and before preparing for the third southern expedition to Zhangxiu, he had to handle a case first, so that relevant departments could file a case against Yang Biao. Yang Biao was originally a Taiwei, and he was born in the famous Yang family in Hongnong County. The reason why Cao Cao thinks of him now is because he is related to Yuan Shu by marriage.Cao Cao may have received a report that Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor and Yang Biao also had a part (in order to abolish the establishment), so he sent Yang Biao to prison and planned to punish him in the name of treason and injustice. The Minister of Construction (who will be a master) Kong Rong heard that it was too late to put on the court clothes, so he ran to see Cao Cao and interceded for Yang Biao: "The fourth generation of the Yang family is pure and moral, and is admired at home. "Book of Zhou" said that father, son, brother The crimes are irrelevant, so how can Yuan Shu's crimes be attributed to Yang Biao?" Regarding Kong Rong's intercession, Cao Cao had no intention of giving in, and asked Xu County Magistrate Man Chong to handle the case. The county magistrate Xu is like the Luoyang magistrate back then. His rank is not high but he has great power, especially he has jurisdiction over the capital area and can try court officials. What's more, Yang Biao no longer holds public office and is like an ordinary person, so he belongs to Xu The county magistrate came to judge. Kong Rong and Xun both found Man Chong in private and asked him not to torture Yang Biao (do not add plundering). Who knew that Man Chong would torture Yang Biao as soon as he got started, which made Kong Rong and Xun angry. Man Chong beat Yang Biao to death. A few days later, he reported to Cao Cao: "Beat Yang Biao to death soon, and he has nothing to recruit. This person is well-known in the country. If there is no evidence, he will be punished (the crime is not clear) ), will surely disappoint the people.” Cao Cao thought for a while, and pardoned Yang Biao from prison the next day.Only then did Kong Rong and Xun realize that Man Chong beat Yang Biao just to save him. Cao Cao suddenly talked about Yang Biao. On the surface, he had something to do with Yuan Shu. In fact, it was because Yang Biao came from a family and represented a certain political force. Although he had stepped down, his influence was still extraordinary.The new court has just been established, and Cao Cao often fights outside, so he must establish absolute authority both inside and outside.Taking Yang Biao as a knife was intended to make an example to others, in order to establish his absolute prestige, and what happened to Yuan Shu was just an excuse for him. Yang Biao was shocked. After he was released, he saw the decline of the Han Dynasty and the Cao family ruled Xu county, so he said that he had a foot disease (foot cramp), and he did not go out for more than ten years to avoid causing trouble.