Chapter 100: The wind and clouds rise

Guo Jia, who came to Hanzhong to inspect the naval camp, was full of pomp, but in fact there was nothing to inspect here. The construction of water camps and warships was in full swing, and the selection of naval personnel was also underway.

Standing by the river, Guo Jia looked at the foggy scenery in the distance from the river. Behind him were a group of civil and military officials, including Wu Yi, Yan Pu, etc., while Gan Ning stood beside Guo Jia, and Guo Jia cordially held his arm.

"Xingba, I remember that you and I first met in Linjiang back then. Today, it will take more than ten years to come."

Guo Jia sighed.

Gan Ning was also full of emotion. If someone told him more than ten years ago: You would be a famous military general in the world. He would never believe it, but he has come to this day step by step. He has witnessed Guo Jia's rise and realized his life ambitions.

Gan Ning did not want to stop his progress in his position and his identity.

"Yes, over the past decade, the situation in the world has undergone great changes. From the collapse of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo has caused trouble to the capital, to the Cao thief who has commanded the emperor to order the princes, how the situation will develop in the future is really hard to speculate on how it will develop."

Guo Jia smiled slightly, turned his head and said to Gan Ning: "The future situation is that there are fewer and fewer princes, and the one who lives to the end is the new emperor."

When facing Gan Ning, Guo Jia could speak without any restraint. This was heart-to-heart. He didn't need to keep the slogan of supporting the Han Dynasty in front of Gan Ning.

From Dong Zhuo stealing Longting, the eighteen Kanto coalition forces invading the princes to attack Dong, to Li Jue and Guo Si counterattacking Chang'an, and then looking at today, the era of heroes rising up is about to pass, and the chaotic warlord separatism will soon enter a clear current situation. In the past, there were more than thirty princes entrenched in various places, but now there are only a dozen people.

Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan in Hebei, and Gongsun clan in Liaodong.

Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Liu Bei from the Central Plains.

Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Sun Ce in Jiangdong, Yuan Shu in Huainan.

Han Sui and Ma Chao in the northwest.

Plus, Guo Jia, who is in Guanxi.

The chaotic pattern in the past gradually became clear, and the princes annexed and conquered each other, the powerful princes' territory continued to expand, and the weak princes were constantly annexed and destroyed.

The pattern of Guanxi was established after Guo Jia won the victory in the Guanzhong Battle. Han Sui and Ma Chao did not have the courage to provoke Guo Jia. In Guanxi, Guo Jia was already the uncrowned king.

The Kanto pattern will soon usher in a decisive battle.

The cold wind suddenly rose, and the river water was rippling. Guo Jia, who was standing by the river, looked at the slightly dizzy sky.

"When the wind and clouds are surging, the bright red Guandu is a god-given opportunity for me to sweep the Central Plains."

A month later, Cao Cao first conquered Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu surrendered in the city, but he could not bear the humiliation of Cao Cao's encirclement of Hu Cheer and other subordinates and uncles. Cao Hong and Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang lost their lives to replace Cao Cao's escape.

The following spring, Cao Cao went out to fight against Zhang Xiu for the second time. Cao Cao's troops arrived at Wancheng but suddenly withdrew his troops. Zhang Xiu pursued and returned in a crushing defeat. Cao Cao took the opportunity to kill him and retaliate. Zhang Xiu was forced to surrender. Zhang Xiu, as a warlord who separatist Wancheng, withdrew from the historical stage.

Yuan Shu became arrogant and extravagant in his posthumous desire to become emperor. Not only the people in Huainan, but also Yuan Shu's army had to feed on tree bark and grass roots.

To sum up, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor because of his ambition and also because of superstition. Nowadays, the folk rumor that "those who replace the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao" is widely rumored by the people. Yuan Shu claimed that the ancestors of the Yuan family were Yuan Taotu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and he responded to the word "tu". His own name is Shu and highway, and they are also connected with the word "tu". The Han Dynasty belongs to Fire De, so the official uniform is red, and the Luo character in the imperial capital Luoyang also avoids Luo next to the word "Shui". Yuan Taotu happens to be a descendant of Dashun, and Dashun is earth virtue. According to the five elements, fire produces earth. Therefore, Yuan Shu is a descendant of Tu De, and it is natural to take it in the Han Dynasty.

Whether Yuan Shu chose to use superstition to help increase confidence because of his ambition or grew ambition because of his superstition, his short imperial career ended after Cao Cao pacified Zhang Xiu.

Cao Cao did not need to go out to deal with Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu's power was self-defeating. With Yuan Shu's talent, it was not enough to govern the country and pacify the world. Even if it was a territory, it would be difficult for him to operate it for a long time. The evacuation of Nanyang is the best example. After Huainan, he was exhausted by Nanyang, and he built a large number of officials. They all consume astronomical money and food. His army was distorted because the people under Yuan Shu's rule were full of complaints, and the soldiers of the army also had family members. If their families could not survive, they would naturally lose their motivation and direction when they joined the army.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world sound just a slogan, but it has a very objective truth. Regular troops are not bandits and bullies. No one will join the army for a day of stagnation. They cannot accommodate the people's livelihood. The cohesion of the army can be imagined to be pitiful.

As soon as Cao Cao's army arrived, Yuan Shu's army collapsed thousands of miles. The once glorious Yuan Highway, the foundation of more than ten years of history collapsed and no longer existed.

After running away from Shouchun, Yuan Shu's army became fewer and fewer, and the soldiers who followed him were also injured.

Yuan Shu is about to withdraw from the stage of history, and in Xuzhou, the same turmoil has recurred. No matter whether he has the idea of ​​not allowing others to snore on his side, the capricious Lu Bu aimed his finger at Liu Bei of Xiaopei. Liu Bei was not strong and had pitiful few soldiers. Even if he was involved in Zhang Xiong and Hu General, he could not stop Lu Bu's tens of thousands of troops.

When Xiaopei fell, Liu Bei lost his family and lost his home again. This time, he was buried under Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu was in a state of stagnation and really didn't want to escape anymore, so he wrote to Yuan Shao, hoping that his brother would reconcile and give up his throne of the emperor to Yuan Shao. The two sons of the Yuan family must have one person to rule the world so that they will not let down the painstaking efforts of their ancestors and their four generations and three dukes.

When a person is about to die, he is good at speaking. Yuan Shu was desperate and finally asked his brothers for help. Yuan Shao felt compassion and cared about his brothers and feet, and agreed to Yuan Shu. At the same time, Yuan Shu had a sentence that indeed reached his heart.

The Yuan family must have someone to win the world

After Yuan Shu became emperor, Yuan Shao had the intention to become emperor. Since there were already two emperors in the world, one more would only accelerate the fall of the Han Dynasty. After returning to Hebei from Guanzhong, he brought up an army of 700,000. With the number of troops, he was the best in the world. When he became emperor, who dared to attack?

Usually, Yuan Shao was an enlightened monarch. If he wanted to be emperor, he had to test his subordinates' reactions. So he asked his subordinates to suggest that Yuan Shao be emperor when discussing matters. As a result, the advisers unanimously opposed it. Even Xu You and Guotu did not agree with the proposal to be emperor. The public was angry and could not offend. Yuan Shao had to use the official he instructed to attack, block Youyou's mouth and express his position.

After sweeping Zhang Xiu, Cao Cao also wanted to remove the hidden dangers in the east. Cao Cao had been secretly planning in Xuzhou. Whether it was the opportunity that Lu Bu had given him to drive the tiger and swallow the wolf, or the current Chen Gui and his son who are secret chess, all of this was the shadow of Cao Cao.

Chen Gui and his son were one of the representative figures of the Xuzhou gentry. The gentry and wealthy families in Xuzhou were oppressed when Tao Qian was in office. Mi Zhu chose Liu Bei as the seeker. Putting aside Liu Bei, perhaps his heroic spirit could make people admire him. In fact, Mi Zhu defected to Liu Bei, which was very similar to the Zhen family defected to Guo Jia.

It can be imagined that when Xuzhou fell, whether Cao Cao or Yuan Shu captured Xuzhou, Mi Zhu, who had a wealthy family, would definitely not be out of it. His family business would definitely be robbed. Therefore, instead of being plundered, it would be better to give it to other trustworthy heroes as a bargaining chip. When Liu Bei was captured by Lu Bu, he was helpless. Mi Zhu dispersed all his family wealth, gave money, food and troops. This timely help would undoubtedly leave a heavy weight in Liu Bei's heart.

However, Chen Gui and his son, who also had a good status in Xuzhou City, did not choose to surrender to anyone.

They looked down on Liu Bei. The Mi family was a merchant family, a scholar, farmers, industry and commerce. No matter how big the Mi family was, it was difficult to be highly regarded. The Chen family was a gentry, so how could he accompany Liu Bei to defeat a lot of Liu Bei’s death?

The father and son aimed at the opportunity to secretly surrender to Cao Cao. This opportunity was just like the reason why Jia Xu suggested that Zhang Xiu surrender to Cao Cao in history. Yuan Qiang and Cao Wu, the two families are about to fight. At this time, surrendering to Cao Cao is not a icing on the cake.

The previous concerns between the father and son of the Chen family were that Xuzhou and Cao Cao had a grudge against killing their father. It was no longer important who the murderer was. At that time, they could only wait and see. Lu Bu was a powerful general, but not the hero of civil and military affairs. Xuzhou was gradually declining under his rule. The Chen family did not suffer heavy damage. Chen Gui was old, but Chen Deng was still young. His youth could not be abandoned in this Xuzhou. Therefore, the father and son secretly surrendered to Cao. As Cao Cao's pawn in Xuzhou, on the one hand, he provoked Lu Bu and Liu Bei, and on the other hand, he was alienated from Lu Bu and Chen Gong.

Before officially raising troops to attack Xuzhou, Cao Cao wrote to Lu Bu, persuading Lu Bu to surrender. Lu Bu was sometimes arrogant, but he did not dare to joke about his life. Not to mention that he had suffered defeat under Guo Jia, he was also defeated by Sun Jian before. Later, he was forced to flee by Li Jue and Guo Si. Most importantly, Lu Bu had a fight with Cao Cao. When Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou, Cao Cao's situation was even more precarious than facing Yuan Shao today. But in the end, Lu Bu did not swallow Yanzhou, but instead embarked on the journey of escape again.

In Lu Bu's heart, you can imagine that he was afraid of Cao Cao.

He wanted to surrender, but Chen Gong strongly opposed it. Lu Bu had no choice but to bite the bullet and start a war with Cao Cao. The two sides confronted each other several times in Xuzhou. Lu Bu retreated all the way and was eventually besieged in Xiapi City.

Lu Bu is a brave man who deserves the best in the world, but his talents in other aspects are not up to the forefront. When he was besieged, even his subordinates chose to betray him. This shows that Lu Bu's ability to manage the army is simply unsightly.

Under the Baimen Tower, Lu Bu was captured alive by Cao Cao. Compared to Chen Gongdayi's death, Lu Bu once again said something begging for surrender.

Lu Bu among people? What kind of hero is he?

Cao Cao originally wanted to accept Lu Bu, a powerful general, but Liu Bei said, "Did Gong Ming forget the fate of Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan?"

Cao Cao immediately ordered Lu Bu to be beheaded.

However, looking at Lu Bu's head.

Cao Cao was not in a state of joy at all.
Chapter completed!