Last time, it was said that after Cao Cao had finished packing up Liu Bei and resting for a while, he once again raised an army to attack Hebei, and Yuan Shao urgently summoned his sons to support.
Since Yuan Shang killed Shi Zhuo, he thought that he was invincible in the world, and before Yuan Tan and others arrived, he led tens of thousands of horses to Liyang to meet the Cao army.
Zhang Liao was the first to go out, yuan Shang raised his gun to meet the battle, and in less than three rounds, he could not be overwhelmed, and fled in defeat. Zhang Liao led an army to cover up and kill Yuan Shang. Yuan Shang led the remnants of his army to flee back to Jizhou.
Yuan Shao heard that Yuan Shang had been defeated, and was stimulated again, the old disease recurred, vomiting blood and fainting on the ground. Lady Liu hurriedly rescued Yuan Shao into the bedroom, but Yuan Shao was already terminally ill and in danger.
Lady Liu was busy asking the judge to go to Yuan Shao's bedside to discuss the aftermath. Yuan Shao could no longer speak, and could only point his finger at Yuan Shang.
Lady Liu asked, "Is it for Yuan Shang to inherit the family business?" Yuan Shao nodded.
The judge wrote a will in front of the bed. Yuan Shao rolled over and screamed, vomiting blood and dying.
Although Yuan Shao did not have the same great talent as Cao Cao, he was also very human. When Yuan Shao was young, he repeatedly advised He Jin to destroy the eunuchs, but He Jin was difficult to make up his mind because of Empress He. Yuan Shao made a faint move, asking He Jin to summon Tianxia Haojie to lead an army into Beijing to destroy the eunuchs, leading to Dong Zhuo's rebellion. The world was in chaos.
Yuan Shao, with his family lineage of the fourth and third dukes, the first merit of suppressing eunuchs and the courage to fight with Dong Zhuo, became the most prestigious prince in the world. Later, he led the princes to attack Dong Zhuo, took the opportunity to expand his territory, develop his strength, and take Jizhou as the main anti-guest strategy. Later, he destroyed Gongsun Zhan, unified Hebei, and became the largest prince in the world.
Yuan Shao can achieve such great achievements, there is definitely something outstanding, otherwise he would not have been able to sit firmly in the four counties of Hebei. However, after Yuan Shao's strength swelled, his ambitions also swelled, and because he was worried that Emperor Xian of Han would become a stumbling block, he refused to grant Emperor Xian's advice to emperor, and lost the opportunity to blackmail Tianzi to make the princes, and watched Cao Cao sit on the throne. After destroying Gongsun Zhan, he could not wait to compete for the world and took the initiative to launch a war against Cao Cao.
However, at this time, Yuan Shao had already been swallowed up by ambition, his heart was inflated, he could not listen to advice, and he encountered the most powerful opponent at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and finally Guandu was defeated and ended up with hatred.
After Yuan Shao's death, The Trial Match and others presided over the funeral. Lady Liu could not wait to kill all five of Yuan Shao's favorite concubines, shave their hair, stab their faces, and destroy their corpses to prevent them from meeting Yuan Shao again under the Nine Springs.
(It's really the most poisonous woman's heart!) This is just a description of Mrs. Liu, female comrades see do not enter the seat! ）
Yuan Shang was worried that the families of the spoiled concubines would retaliate and cause trouble, so they were all arrested and killed.
(It is true that there must be a mother and a son, the same fierce heart.) )
Yuan Shang was made the general of Sima Da, serving as the pastor of the four prefectures of Ji, Qing, You, and He, and sent emissaries to report funerals everywhere.
At this time, Yuan Tan had already sent troops to leave Qingzhou, and when he learned that his father was dead, he consulted with Guo Tu and Xin Ping.
Guo Tu said: "The lord is not in Jizhou, and Yuan Shang will definitely be the main duke by the trial and discipline." We should hurry to Jizhou. ”
Xin commented: "The trial and the fengji must have been planned, and to rush to Jizhou now is to die." ”
Yuan Tan asked, "So what should I do now?" ”
Guo Tu said, "We are stationed outside the city, I will first go into the city to inquire." ”
Guo Tu then went to Jizhou to see Yuan Shang, and After Li Bi, Yuan Shang asked, "Why didn't my eldest brother come?" ”
Guo Tu said: "He was sick in the army and couldn't come. ”
Yuan Shang said: "My father left his will, and he made me the main duke, and crowned the eldest brother as the general of the Che Riders. Now that Cao Jun is pressing the situation, please ask the eldest brother to be the front, and I will then transfer troops to respond. ”
Guo Tu said: "No one in the army discussed countermeasures, and asked for the trial and Feng Ji to go to the army to assist. ”
Yuan Shang said: "I also need to rely on them to advise me, and I can't do without them." ”
Guo Tu said: "Let the two of them go to one, how about it?" ”
Yuan Shang had no choice but to send Feng Ji to bring Shangguan Yin with Guo Tu to Yuan Tan's army.
Feng Ji accompanied Guo Tu to Yuan Tan's army, saw that Yuan Tan was not ill, and was uneasy in his heart, and presented the official seal.
Yuan Tan was furious and wanted to behead Feng Ji. Guo Tu secretly advised: "Now that Cao Jun is suppressing the territory, he will leave a hospitality for the time being, so that Yuan Shang can rest assured." It is not too late to fight for Jizhou after repelling the Cao army. ”
Yuan Tan listened to Guo Tu's words and immediately set off to fight against Cao Jun outside Liyang City.
Yuan Tan sent the general Wang Zhao out of battle, Xu Huang came out to meet, and within a few rounds, Xu Huang slashed Wang Zhao under his horse. The Cao army took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and Yuan Tanjun was defeated.
Yuan Tan retreated into Liyang with the defeated army and sent someone to ask Yuan Shang for help. After Yuan Shang consulted with the trial match, only 5,000 reinforcements were sent.
When Cao Cao learned the news, he sent Lejin and Li Dian to lead their troops to ambush them halfway and kill the reinforcements.
When Yuan Tan learned that Yuan Shang had only sent five thousand reinforcements and was killed in the middle of the road, he was furious and called Feng Ji to scold him.
Feng Ji said, "Let me write a letter to the lord and ask him to personally lead the army to help." ”
Yuan Tan ordered Feng Ji to write a letter and sent emissaries to Jizhou to give yuan Shang. Yuan Shang consulted with the trial match.
The judge said: "Guo Tu is resourceful, and before he compromised and left, it was because Cao Jun suppressed the territory. If Cao Cao was defeated, they would definitely come to fight for Jizhou. It is better not to send reinforcements and use Cao Cao's strength to get rid of them. Yuan Shang felt justified and refused to send troops.
The emissary returned, and Yuan Tan was furious, beheaded Feng Ji, and prepared to surrender to Cao Cao.
Feng Ji initially offered Yuan Shaojin an anti-guest plan, helping Yuan Shao to seize Jizhou and develop and grow. Later, Feng Ji knew that Yuan Shao did not see Tian Feng in the face, and entered the rumor pit Tian Feng, giving Yuan Shao an excuse to kill Tian Feng. Now Yuan Shang and The Trial Match Pit Feng Ji did not even blink an eye. The Yuan camp, between the junchen colleagues, there is no emotion to speak of.
After Yuan Shang learned the news, he was busy discussing with the judges, saying: "If Yuan Tan surrenders to Cao Cao and comes together to fight Jizhou, then I will be finished." Therefore, he stayed in the trial and the general Su Yu defended Jizhou, and led a large army to Liyang to save Yuan Tan.
Yuan Shang sent the generals Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang brothers as the vanguard, leading 30,000 soldiers and horses to Liyang first.
Yuan Tan was overjoyed to hear that Yuan Shang had personally come to his aid, so he gave up the idea of surrendering to Cao Cao. Yuan Tan was in the city, and Yuan Shangtun became a soldier, fighting each other.
Not long after, Yuan Xi and Gao Gan also led their troops to the outside of the city, and there were three places of tun troops. Yuan Shang sent troops to confront Cao Cao every day, Yuan Shang was repeatedly defeated, and Cao Cao was victorious repeatedly.
In February of the eighth year of Jian'an (203 AD), Cao Cao divided his troops and attacked everywhere, and Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, and Gao Gan were all defeated and abandoned Liyang and fled. Cao Cao led his army all the way to Jizhou.
Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang entered the city to hold firm, and Yuan Xi and Gao Gan left the city thirty miles away from the village, bluffing.
Cao Cao could not attack for a long time, and Guo Jiaxian said: "Yuan Shao abolished The long and young, and several brothers, all have their own forces and henchmen, in times of crisis, they will also rescue each other, and when there is no external trouble, there will be infighting." It is better to lead the army south to conquer Liu Biao, and wait for the Yuan brothers to tear each other apart. Then it will be easy to clean them up. ”
Cao Cao felt that it was very reasonable, so he ordered Jia Xu to be taishou and garrison Liyang. Cao Hong led an army to guard Guandu. Cao Cao led a large army to Jingzhou.
Guo Jia advised Cao Cao to retreat to advance, sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight was the most brilliant plan in his life, and to clean up the Yuan brothers at the smallest cost was a model of "going up to the army and cutting down the plot". At this time, Cao Cao won a complete victory, took the initiative, and victory was at hand. Although ordinary people understand this truth, it is difficult to give up the results of the battle, after all, it is difficult for anyone to say when the Yuan brothers will be infighting.
The most powerful thing about Guo Jia was that he was able to make Cao Cao obey him.
Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang heard that the Cao army had withdrawn, and they both congratulated each other. Yuan Xi and Gao Gan each returned to Honshu.
Yuan Tan consulted with Guo Tu and Xin Ping, saying: "I am the eldest son and cannot inherit my father's business. Yuan Shang was born to his stepmother, but instead inherited the official title. I'm not reconciled. ”
Guo Tu said: "The lord can garrison the soldiers outside the city, invite Yuan Shang and the judge to drink, and ambush the knife and axemen to kill them during the banquet." ”
At this time, Don't drive Wang Xiu from Qingzhou, Yuan Tan told him this plan.
Wang Xiu said, "Brothers are the right and left hands." How is it possible to fight with others now, to cut off my right hand first, and to say that I will win? Even if your brothers are not close, who else in the world can kiss you? Slander people are separated from each other to seek temporary benefits, please do not listen. ”
Yuan Tan was not happy, drank wang Xiu, and sent someone to invite Yuan Shang.
Yuan Shang consulted with the trial match, and the trial match said: "This must be Guo Tu's trick. If the lord went, he would be murdered. It is better to take advantage of the situation and destroy them. ”
Yuan Shangyi said that he led 50,000 soldiers and horses out of the city. Yuan Tan saw Yuan Shang leading the army to come, knew that the conspiracy was leaking, and also put on his horse and confronted Yuan Shang.
Yuan Shang scolded Yuan Tan. Not to be outdone, Yuan Tan also scolded back: "You poisoned your father and usurped the title." Now I'm going to kill my brother! ”
The two went head-to-head in the battle, and Yuan Tan was defeated. Yuan Shang took the lead as a soldier and led an army to cover up the killing, defeating Yuan Tan.
Yuan Tan led the defeated army to flee to the plains, and Yuan Shang collected his troops and returned to the city.
Yuan Tan was not willing to accept defeat, and Made Cen Bi a general and led his army to Jizhou. Yuan Shang personally led his army out of Jizhou to fight.
Cen Bi scolded in front of the battle, Yuan Shang wanted to fight in person, and the general Lü Kuang had already come out of the horse, slapping the horse and dancing the knife, to fight Cen Bi. The two fought for several rounds, and Lü Kuang beheaded Cen Bi under his horse.
Yuan Tanbing was defeated again and fled to the plains. The trial persuaded Yuan Shang to take advantage of the victory and pursue it all the way to the plains. Yuan Tan could not resist and retreated into the Plain City, unable to hold out. Yuan Shang attacked the city on three sides.
Yuan Tan and Guo Tu discussed countermeasures, and Guo Tu said: "There is not enough grain and grass in the city, and they are many people, so we are not opponents." It is better to surrender to Cao Cao and let Cao Cao lead an army to attack Jizhou, and Yuan Shang will definitely return to the rescue. If the general then leads the army to attack, he can capture Yuan Shang. If Cao Cao defeats Yuan Shang, we can take the opportunity to recruit Yuan Shang's forces to resist Cao Cao. When the Cao army came from afar, the grain and grass were not good, and it was bound to retreat. We can hold on to Jizhou and then slowly grab the territory. ”
Yuan Tan asked, "Who can be sent as an emissary?" ”
Guo Tu said: "Xin Ping's brother Xin Bi [pí], the character George, is now pingyuan county order. This man could speak eloquently and could send him as an emissary. ”
Yuan Shao had several strategists, and the most pit was Guo Tu. After pitting Yuan Shao in the front, now come to pit Yuan Shao's sons.
Yuan Tan summoned Xin Bi, and Xin Bi was very happy to come. Yuan Tan wrote a letter to Xin Bi and sent 3,000 soldiers and horses to send Xin Bi out of the country. Xin Bi rushed to see Cao Cao overnight.
At this time, Cao Cao attacked Liu Biao in Xiping, and Liu Biao sent Liu Bei to lead an army to meet the enemy as the vanguard.
The two armies had not yet clashed, and Xin Bi had already arrived at Cao Cao's camp. Cao Cao asked him what he meant, and Xin Bi handed Yuan Tan a letter explaining his intentions.
After Reading the letter, Cao Cao left Xin Bi in the village and summoned Wen Wu for consultation.
Cheng Yu said: "Yuan Tan was beaten by Yuan Shang and had no choice but to surrender and could not trust him. ”
Lü Qian and Man Yu also said, "The prime minister has already led the army here, how can he give up here and run to help Yuan Tan?" ”
Xun You said, "What you said is not right, please listen to my thoughts." When the world was in chaos, Liu Biao sat in the land of Baojiang and Han and did not dare to expand outward, indicating that he did not have the ambition to plot the world. Yuan Shao occupied the land of four states, and there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. If the two brothers live in harmony and keep their father's business together, it is difficult to say who will be in this world. Now, taking advantage of their infighting, we will first lead the army to get rid of Yuan Shang, and then destroy Yuan Tan, and the world can be determined. ”
Cao Cao was overjoyed, so he invited Xin Bi to drink and asked him, "Is Yuan Tan really surrendering or cheating?" ”
Xin Bi replied, "Ming Gong doesn't have to care whether he is really surrendering or fraudulently surrendering, just analyze their situation." The Yuan clan suffered defeats for many years, the army was exhausted, the plotters were killed, the brothers turned against each other, and the forces were divided into two. In the face of famine, natural and man-made disasters, everyone knows that they are going to fall apart. Now is the time to destroy the Yuan clan. Ming Gong led an army to attack Yecheng, and if Yuan Shang did not return to the rescue, then his base camp would be lost. If Yuan Shang came back to the rescue, Yuan Tan would definitely be pursuing. Ming Gong attacked the tired people with an elite division, just like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves. Jingzhou has deep roots and is difficult to shake. Moreover, the great trouble in the world is no more than Hebei, and Hebei has been pacified. Please consider it in detail. ”
Cao Cao said happily, "I really hate you for seeing each other!" So he led his army north to attack Jizhou.
Liu Bei was afraid that Cao Cao had a conspiracy, and did not dare to pursue it, so he led his army back to Jingzhou.
No wonder Xin Bi was upside down and accepted the task, it seemed that he had long wanted to turn to Cao Cao.
For Yuan Tan, it is difficult to say a word, or it is not possible! Brothers fight, you must first see the situation clearly, but don't give the robbers an opportunity.
The people of Taiwan should look at the stories of the Yuan brothers' struggle to see whether they want to be slaves to the robbers or brothers with us!