Chapter 18 The Seventeenth Round of Yuan Gonglu's Rising Seventh Army, Cao Mengde and Three Generals

However, Yuan Shu was said to be in Huainan, with vast land and plenty of food, and the jade seal pledged by Sun Ce, so he assumed the title of emperor; The breath is exhausted, and there is a great deal of turmoil in the sea.My family has four generations and three lords, and the people belong to it; I want to obey the heavens and obey the people, and I will be the ninety-five, what do you people think?The chief bookkeeper, Yan Xiang, said: "No: in the past, Houji of the Zhou Dynasty accumulated virtues and meritorious deeds. As for King Wen, there are two thirds of the world, and he still serves Yin."Although the family of the Duke of Ming Dynasty was noble, it was not as prosperous as Zhou Dynasty; although the Han Dynasty was small, it was not as violent as Yin Zhou.This is absolutely impossible.Shu Nu said: "My surname Yuan comes from Chen."After Chen Nai Dashun.Using soil to carry fire is just in line with its destiny.It is also prophesied: those who replaced the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao.My word road is just in response to its prophecy.There is also the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, if you don't become the king, you will go against the way of heaven.My will has been decided, and those who talk too much will be cut off!Then he built the name Zhongshi, established officials such as Taiwan Province, rode on dragon and phoenix chariots, worshiped the northern and southern suburbs, and established Feng Fangnv as the queen, and established the son as the East Palace.Because he ordered the emissary to urge Lu Bu's daughter to be the concubine of the Eastern Palace, but he heard that Bu had sent Han Yin to Xudu, where he was beheaded by Cao Cao. Lu Zheng Xuzhou: General Zhang Xun of the first road is in the middle, Qiao Rui of the second road is on the left, general Chen Ji of the third road is on the right, deputy general of the fourth road is Lei Bo on the left, deputy general of the fifth road is Chen Lan on the right, and general of the sixth road is surrendered Han Siam is on the left, and Yang Feng, the seventh general, is on the right.All the leaders and subordinates will set off soon.He appointed Jin Shang, the governor of Yanzhou, as Taiwei, and supervised the transportation of seven routes of money and grain.If you don't follow suit, kill him by technique, and use Ji Ling as the rescuer of the seventh route.Shu self-introduced 30,000 troops, so that Li Feng, Liang Gang, and Le were the urging envoys to meet the soldiers of the Seven Routes.

Lu Bu sent people to find out that Zhang Xun's army took Xuzhou from the main road, Qiao Rui's army took Xiaopei, Chen Ji's army took Yidu, Lei Bo's army took Langya, Chen Lan's army took Jieshi, Han Xian's army took Xiapi, and Yang Feng's army Take Junshan: The army and horses of the Seven Routes traveled fifty miles a day, and they plundered the future on the road, so they urgently called all the counselors to discuss.Chen Gong and Chen Gui, father and son, came together.Chen Gong said: "The disaster in Xuzhou was caused by Chen Gui and his sons. They flattered the imperial court in order to seek a noble salary, and today they blamed the general."You can cut off the heads of the two and offer Yuan Shu, and the army will retreat.Bu listened to his words and ordered Chen Gui and Chen Deng to be captured.Chen Deng laughed and said, "Why are you so cowardly?"I see the soldiers of the Seven Routes as seven piles of rotten weeds, so why bother!Bu said: "You have a plan to defeat the enemy, and you will be spared the death penalty."Chen Deng said: "If the general uses the old man's words, Xuzhou can be safe."Bu said, "Try it."Deng said: "Although there are many soldiers in the army, they are all Wuhe's divisions, and they are not trusted. I defend them with regular soldiers, and win them with strange soldiers, and they are all successful."There is another plan, not only to protect Xuzhou, but also to capture Yuan Shu alive.Bu said: "The plan will be released?"Deng said: "Han Xian and Yang Feng are old ministers of the Han Dynasty. They left because they were afraid of Cao Cao. They had no home to rely on and returned to Yuan Shu for the time being. The art must be taken lightly, and he is not happy to use it."If you rely on the ruler book to form an internal response, and even Liu Bei as an external cooperation, Yuan Shu will definitely be captured.Bu said: You must go to Han Siam and Yang Feng to write a letter in person.Chen Deng promised.Bu Nai announced to go to Xudu, and wrote a letter to Yuzhou, and then ordered Chen Deng to lead several riders, and waited for Han Siam on Xiapi Road first.Siam leads the troops to the camp, and after finishing the village, see you at the log.Siam asked, "You are from Lu Bu. What are you doing here?"Deng laughed and said: "Someone is a minister of the great Han Dynasty. What kind of man is Lu Bu?"If you are a general, you used to be a minister of the Han Dynasty, but now you are a minister of rebels, so that the merits of guarding the Guanzhong in the past will be wiped out, and the general will not take it if you steal it.Moreover, Yuan Shu is the most suspicious of nature, and the general will definitely be killed by him.If I don't make a picture early today, I will regret it.Siam sighed and said: "I want to return to Han, but I hate that I have no ears."Deng Nai published a book of cloth.After reading the book, Siam said: I know it.The public will return first.I and General Yang fought back.But seeing the fire as a sign, it is okay for Marquis Wen to respond with soldiers.Deng resigned from Siam and returned to Lu Bu urgently.

Bu Nai divided his troops into five groups: Gao Shun led an army into Xiaopei, and fought against Qiaorui; Chen Gong led an army into Yidu, against Chen Ji; Zhang Liao and Zang Ba led an army out of Langya, and fought against Lei Bo; Song Xian and Wei Xu led an army Going out of Jieshi, the enemy is Chen Lan; Lu Bu leads an army out of the main road, and the enemy is Zhang Xun.Each led 10,000 troops, and the rest defended the city.Lü Bu went out of the city and went to the stronghold thirty miles away.When Zhang Xun's army arrived, he expected that the enemy Lv Bu would not be able to reach him, so he retreated 20 Li and settled there, waiting for the soldiers from all over to meet him.At the time of the second watch, Han Xian and Yang Feng divided their troops and set fire everywhere to welcome Lu's army into the village.The Xun army was in chaos.Lu Bu took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack, and Zhang Xun was defeated.When Lu Bu arrived at Tianming, he bumped into Ji Ling to meet him.The two armies greeted each other, and just waiting for the confrontation, Han Xian and Yang Feng came to kill each other.Ji Ling was defeated and left, and Lu Bu led his troops to pursue him.A Biao army arrived from the back of the mountain, and the gate flag was opened. I saw a group of soldiers and horses, playing dragon, phoenix, sun and moon flags, four buckets and five square banners, gold melon and silver axe, yellow scorpion and white scorpion, under the golden umbrella cover of Huang Luopin, Yuan Shu was wearing In the golden armor, with two knives hanging from his wrists, he stood in front of the formation and cursed at Lu Bu: Be a slave to the master!Bu Nu, halberd forward.Li Feng, the general of the art, came to meet him with a gun; he was not able to fight well, and was stabbed in his hand by Bu, so Feng abandoned his gun and left.Lü Bu's soldiers rushed to kill, and Shu's army was in chaos.Lü Bu led his troops in pursuit, taking countless horses and armor.Yuan Shu led the defeated army, but they could not walk for several miles, when a group of soldiers came out from the back of the mountain and blocked the way.The first general was Guan Yunchang, who shouted: "Rebel!"Not to die!Yuan Shu fled in a panic, and the rest of the crowd fled in all directions, and was killed by Yun Dachang for a while.Yuan Shu packed up the defeated army and rushed back to Huainan.Lü Bu won the victory, and invited Yun Chang, Yang Feng, Han Xian and other people to Xuzhou to have a big banquet and take charge of it.Sergeants are rewarded.The next day, Yun Chang resigned and returned.Bubao Han Xian is Yidu Mu, and Yang Feng is Langya Mu, and they negotiated to keep them in Xuzhou.Chen Gui said: No way: Han and Yang occupy Shandong, and within a year, the city of Shandong will belong to the general.Bu Ranzhi sent the two generals to camp in Yidu and Langya temporarily to wait for their orders.Chen Deng asked his father privately, "Why don't you keep the two of you in Xuzhou to kill Lu Bu?"Gui said: "If the two of you assist Lu Bu, you will be adding minions to the tiger."Deng is to obey his father's opinion.

But Yuan Shu was defeated and returned to Huainan, so he sent someone to Jiangdong to ask Sun Ce to borrow troops to repay him.Ce Nu said: You rely on my jade seal, arrogate to the title of emperor, turn your back on the Han Dynasty, you are a big treason!If we want to increase our troops to inquire about crimes, do we turn our backs and help the rebels?So I wrote a book to stop it.The envoy sent a letter back to see Yuan Shu.After watching the technique, he said angrily: "Huangkou Ruzi, how dare you!"I cut it first!General Shi Yang strongly advised Fang Zhi. But it is said that after Sun Ce issued the letter spontaneously, in order to prevent Yuan Shu's soldiers from coming, some troops guarded the Jiangkou.Suddenly Cao Cao's envoy arrived, and he worshiped him as the prefect of Kuaiji, and ordered troops to attack Yuan Shu.The strategy is to discuss, and they want to raise troops.The long history Zhang Zhao said: "Although the technique is newly defeated, there are many soldiers and sufficient food, so we should not underestimate the enemy; it is better to write Cao Cao in his suicide note, urging him to march south, and I will respond later."If the two armies help each other, the Shu army will be defeated.In case of loss, I hope to rescue you.Follow his words and send envoys to reach Cao Cao.

But it is said that when Cao Cao came to Xudu, he yearned for Dianwei, and made a sacrifice to him; he made his son Dianman Zhonglang and adopted him in the mansion.Suddenly it was reported that Sun Ce sent an envoy to send a letter, and he finished reading the book; someone reported that Yuan Shu was short of food and robbed Chenliu.Desiring to take advantage of the false attack, he raised his troops to march south.Order Cao Ren to guard Xudu, and the rest will be conscripted: 170,000 horse and infantry, and more than 1,000 carts of food and supplies.On the one hand, the first movers joined Sun Ce, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu.When the soldiers arrived at the border of Yuzhou, Xuande led the troops to meet them early, and please enter the camp as ordered.After the meeting, Xuande presented two heads.Cao Jing said: "Whose head is this?"Xuande said: This is the head of Han Siam and Yang Fengzhi.Cao said, "how did you get it?"Xuande said: "Lü Bu ordered the two people to live in Yidu and Langya counties.Unexpectedly, the two men plundered the people with their troops, and everyone complained; therefore, Bei held a banquet and swindled to discuss matters; in the drinking room, they threw a lamp as a sign, so that Guan and Zhang's second brothers would kill them, and all of them would be sent down.Today I am here to apologize.Cao said: "It is a great service for you to eliminate harm for the country. How can you say it is a crime?"So Houlao Xuande joined forces to Xuzhou.Lu Bu went out to meet him, comforted him with kind words, and made him General Zuo. When Xu Yu returned to the capital, he exchanged it with Yin Shou.Bu was overjoyed.Cao Shi divided Lu Bu's army on the left, Xuande's army on the right, and the self-unified army in the center, making Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin the vanguard.

Yuan Shuzhi dispatched his troops, and ordered General Qiao Rui to lead 50,000 troops as the vanguard.The two armies will meet at the boundary of Shouchun.Qiao Rui was the first to go out on the horse, but he couldn't fight with Xiahou Dun, and was killed by Xiahou Dun.The Shu army was defeated and ran back to the city.Suddenly it was reported that Sun Ce had sent ships to attack the west of the river, Lu Bu had led troops to attack the east, Liu Bei, Guan, and Zhang had led troops to attack the south, and Cao Zi had led 170,000 troops to attack the north.Shu was shocked and hurriedly gathered all civil and military officials to discuss.General Yang said: In Shouchun, there have been years of floods and droughts, and everyone is short of food;It's better to stay in Shouchun without fighting.When the other's soldiers and supplies are exhausted, changes will inevitably occur.Your Majesty will command the Lin army to cross the Huaihe River: one is familiar, and the other is temporarily avoided.In his words, Li Feng, Le Jiu, Liang Gang, and Chen Ji were left to divide up 100,000 troops to stick to Shouchun;

However, it is said that Cao Bing's 170,000 soldiers spend a lot of food every day, and the counties and droughts cannot provide enough relief; Cao urged the army to fight quickly, and Li Feng and others stayed behind closed doors.Cao Jun refused for more than a month, and the food was about to run out. He wrote to Sun Ce and borrowed 100,000 hu of grain and rice, which was not enough for distribution.The grain officer, Ren Jun's subordinate warehouse officer, Wang Hou, entered the report and said: "There are more soldiers and less food, what should I do?"Cao cao said, "you can scatter the small dendrobium, it's time to save it in an emergency."Hou said: "If soldiers complain, what should we do?"Cao said, "I have my own plan."Hou obeyed his orders and scattered them with small dendrobiums.Cao secretly asked people to inquire in different villages, and they all complained that the prime minister was deceiving everyone.Cao Nai secretly summoned Wang Hou to enter and said, "I want to ask you to borrow something to suppress the hearts of the people. You must not be stingy."Hou said: "What do you want to use for the inheritance?"Cao said, "I want to show off your head to the public."Hou was shocked and said: "A certain person is not guilty!"Cao said: "I also know that you are innocent, but if you don't kill you, the army will change."After you die, I will take care of your wife, so don't worry about it.When Hou wanted to speak again, Cao Zao called out the knife and axe and pushed out the door and chopped it off with a knife. He hung his head high and put out a bulletin to announce, "Wang Hou is a small dendrobium, stealing official food, and I follow the military law."So the grievances began to be resolved.

The next day, Cao ordered the generals of the battalions: If they don't break through the city together within three days, they will all be killed!Cao personally went to the bottom of the city, and supervised the troops to move earth and stones, and fill in the trenches. There was rain of arrows and stones on the city, and two generals retreated in fear.So all the soldiers, big and small, moved forward, and the army was greatly boosted.The city can't resist the enemy.Cao's soldiers scrambled to go to the city first, cut through the gates and locked them, and the brigade rushed in.Li Feng, Chen Ji, Le Jiu, and Liang Gang were all captured alive.Cao ordered all to be killed in the city; burned forged palaces and palaces, and all the forbidden things;Xun Yu remonstrated: "There has been drought and food shortages in the past few years. It may not be beneficial to advance the army and overwork the army and harm the people. It is better to return to Xudu temporarily until the spring wheat is ripe and the army rations are sufficient. Then we can plan it."Cao hesitated.Suddenly the horse arrived, and the report said: relying on Liu Biao, Zhang Xiu is rampant again; Nanyang and Jiangling counties are rebelling;Cao Naichi wrote to Sun Ce and asked him to set up an army across the river, thinking that Liu Biao was suspicious of the army, so he didn't dare to move rashly;Before leaving, Xuande was still stationed in Xiaopei, and he became brothers with Lu Bu, helping each other and never invading each other.Lu Bu led the troops back to Xuzhou.Cao Mi called Xuande and said: "I ordered you to garrison Xiaopei, which is a plan to dig a hole and wait for the tiger."But don't make any mistakes when discussing with Chen Gui and his son.A certain foreign aid for the public.Say goodbye.

But it is said that Cao Cao led the army back to Xudu, and it was reported that Duan Yan had killed Li Jue, and Wu Xi had killed Guo Fan and offered his head.Duan Yan sent more than two hundred members of Li Jue's family, old and young, into Xudu alive.The order is divided into various branches, and the first order is passed on, and the people applaud.The emperor ascended to the palace, gathered civil and military forces, and held a Taiping feast.Feng Duan Yao was appointed as the general of the gangsters, and Wu Xi was the general of the extermination of the captives, and each led troops to guard Chang'an.The two thanked each other and left.When Cao Zou played Zhang Xiu to cause chaos, he should raise troops to attack him.The emperor personally arranged the Luanjia and sent Cao to leave the teacher.At that time, Jian'an was in the third year of summer and April.Cao left Xun Yu in Xudu, dispatched soldiers, and marched from the unified army.During the march, I saw that the wheat was ripe all the way.Because of the arrival of the soldiers, the people fled outside and did not dare to mow wheat.Cao sent people from far and near to tell the elders of the village, and the officials guarding the border everywhere, saying: I follow the emperor's edict to send troops to fight against rebellion and eliminate harm from the people.Now when the wheat is ripe, we have no choice but to raise troops. All generals and academies who cross the wheat fields and trample on them will be beheaded.The military law is very strict, so the people should not be surprised.When the people heard the decree, they all rejoiced and praised it, and worshiped with the dust covering their way.When the officers and soldiers passed through the wheat fields, they all got off their horses, held the wheat with their hands, and passed it one by one, without daring to trample on it.Cao Cao was riding on the horse, when suddenly a dove was startled in the field. The horse's eyes were green, and it jumped into the wheat, destroying a large piece of wheat field.Cao Suihu marching master book, proposed the crime of trampling wheat.The master book said: "How can the prime minister discuss crimes?"Cao said: "I self-made the law, and I violated it myself. How can I convince the public?"He pulled the sword he was wearing and wanted to kill himself.Everyone emergency.Guo Jia said: The meaning of the spring and Autumn period of the ancients: the law does not impose respect.How can the prime minister and the president's army kill themselves?Cao pondered for a long time, and then said: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, there is a law that does not impose respect, so my aunt will not die."He cut his own hair with a sword, threw it on the ground and said: "The right to cut hair is the head."He sent people to show the three armies with hair: "The prime minister practiced wheat, which should have been ordered to beheaded, but now cut hair to replace it."So the three armies were terrified, and they all obeyed the military orders.Later generations have a poetic theory that says:

With one hundred thousand braves and one hundred thousand hearts, it is hard for one person to command the crowd.Draw the sword and cut the hair first, only to see that Cao has deep deception skills. But he said that Zhang Xiuzhi had led the troops, and sent a letter to Liu Biao in a hurry, so that he could respond later; on the one hand, he led the troops out of the city with Lei Xu and Zhang Xian to meet the enemy.When the two battles faced each other, Zhang Xiu stepped out, pointed at Cao and scolded: "You are a person with hypocrisy, righteousness and shame, how different you are from animals!"In a rage, Cao ordered Xu Chu to go out and Zhang Xian to fight.Only three times, Xu Chu beheaded Zhang before dismounting from the horse, and the embroidery army was defeated.Cao led the army to the foot of Nanyang city.Embroidery enters the city, but closes the door and does not come out.When he besieged and attacked the city, he saw that the moat was very wide and the water was deep, and it was difficult to get close to the city, so he ordered the soldiers to transport soil to fill the moat; he also used earthen cloth bags and firewood to make ladders and stools at the edge of the city; he also set up a ladder to peek into the city; Cao cao rode around the city on horseback and watched it for three days. He ordered the sergeant to pile up firewood at the corner of the west gate, gather the generals, and go to the city there.When Jia Xu in the city saw such a scene, he called Zhang Xiu and said: "I know Cao Cao's intentions; now I can follow the plan."It is exactly: the strong have their own strong hands, and deceit is used to repay deceitful people.I don't know what the plan is, let's listen to the breakdown below.

① Dingboding, a pot; boiling, the water boiled; compared to turmoil. ② The ancestor of Houji Zhou Dynasty. ③ Sacrificing to the northern and southern suburbs In ancient times, the emperor prayed for blessings from the gods, offering sacrifices to the sky in the suburbs of the southern city and to the land in the suburbs of the northern city.