Chapter 41 The 40th Session of Mrs. Cai's Proposal to Dedicate Jingzhou Zhuge Liang to Burning Xinye

But Xuande asked Kongming to reject Cao Bing's plan.Kongming said: "Xinye is a small county, so you can't live there for a long time."It has been recently heard that Liu Jingsheng is dying of illness, so he can take this opportunity to take Jingzhou as a place of refuge, and the common people can reject Cao Cao.Xuande said: "The public statement is very good."But with the kindness of Jingsheng, I will endure it!Kongming said: "If you don't take it now, how long will you regret it?"Xuande said: "I would rather die than do anything wrong."Kong Ming said, "Let's discuss again."

But Xiahou Dun was defeated and returned to Xuchang. He bound himself to see Cao Cao and fell to the ground to ask for death.Release it.Dun said: Dun was tricked by Zhuge Liang and attacked our army with fire.Cao said, "You have been using soldiers since you were young. Don't you know that narrow places must be attacked with fire?"Dun said: "Li Dian and Yu Jin once said this, and I regret it too late!"Exercise is to reward two people.Dun said: "Liu Bei is so rampant, it's really a trouble in the heart, and we must get rid of it urgently."Cao said, "I'm worried about Liu Bei and Sun Quan'er; the rest don't care too much."Now take advantage of this time to level Jiangnan.He sent an order to raise 500,000 troops, with Cao Ren and Cao Hong as the first team, Zhang Liao and Zhang Yun as the second team, Xiahouyuan and Xiahoudun as the third team, Yu Jin and Li Dian as the fourth team, and Cao Cao himself as the fifth team. Team.Each team led 100,000 troops.He also ordered Xu Chu to be the general of Zhechong, and led three thousand troops to be the vanguard.Selected Jian'an thirteenth year in autumn and July Bingwu sunrise division.

Kong Rong, a doctor of the Taizhong, said: Liu Bei and Liu Biao are both clansmen of the Han Dynasty, so they should not be attacked lightly; Sun Quan is in the six counties, and there is a danger of a big river, so it is not easy to take.Today, if the prime minister promotes this unrighteous teacher, he is afraid of losing the hope of the world.Cao said angrily: "Liu Bei, Liu Biao, and Sun Quan are all ministers who rebelled against their fate. How can they not be punished!"Then he reprimanded Kong Rong and ordered that anyone who remonstrates again must be executed.When Kong Rong left the mansion, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "If you are not benevolent and attack the most benevolent, you will be invincible!"At that time, the official censor Xi Ji's family heard this and reported to Xi Ji.Concern was often insulted by Kong Rong, and he hated him, so he sued Cao Cao with this statement; and said: Rong always insults the prime minister on weekdays, and he is good to you.Heng Zanrong said: "Zhong Ni is not dead."Rong Zanheng said: "Yan Hui was born again."Xiang Zhe Ni Heng's humiliation to the prime minister is the envoy of Rong.Cao was furious, so he ordered Ting Wei to capture Kong Rong.Rong has two sons, who are still young, and Fang is at home at that time, playing chess against each other.Urgent reports from left and right said: Zunjun was taken away by Tingwei, and he will be beheaded!Why didn't the second young master avoid it in a hurry?The second son said: Under the broken nest, are there still eggs?Before the words were over, Ting Wei came again, took all the children of Rong's family, and beheaded both sons, and ordered the Rong's corpse to be thrown in the city.Jing Zhaozhi used to lie down on the corpse and cry.When Cao heard it, he was furious and wanted to kill him.Xun Yu said: "Yu heard that Zhi Xi often remonstrated with Rong, saying: Gong Gang is too straightforward, and it is the way to bring disaster."Now Rong died and came to cry, he is a righteous man, and he must not be killed.Fuck it.Xi collected the corpses of Rong's father and son and buried them.Later generations have a poem praising Kong Rong saying:

Kong Rong lives in Beihai, and his heroic spirit permeates Changhong: the guests are full of people sitting on the table, and the wine in the bottle is not empty.The article shocks the world, and insults princes by talking and laughing.The history pen praises loyalty and straightness, and saves the official Ji Taizhong. Cao Cao killed Kong Rong and ordered the five armies to set off one after another, leaving only Xun Yu and others to guard Xuchang. But it was said that Liu Biao in Jingzhou was seriously ill, so people asked Xuande to come and support Gu.Xuande Yinguan, Zhang went to Jingzhou to meet Liu Biao.Biao said: I am terminally ill and will die soon; Teto is alone with my good brother.My son has no talent, and I am afraid that he will not be able to inherit his father's career; after my death, my virtuous brother can lead Jingzhou by himself.Xuande wept and worshiped, saying: "Be prepared to do your best to help your virtuous concubine. Do you dare to have other intentions?"Just as he was talking, people reported that Cao Cao had commanded his own soldiers.Xuande resigned urgently from Liu Biao, and returned to Xinye in the starry night.When Liu Biao heard this letter while he was ill, he was quite surprised. He discussed writing a will and asked Xuande to assist his eldest son Liu Qi to be the lord of Jingzhou.Mrs. Cai was furious when she heard this, and closed the inner door; Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were ordered to guard the outer door.At that time, Liu Qi was in Jiangxia. Knowing that his father was critically ill, he came to Jingzhou to visit him. When he went to the outer gate, Cai Mao said, "My son was ordered by his father to guard Jiangxia, and his mission is the most important. Now he leaves his post without permission. If soldiers from the Eastern Wu Dynasty arrive, it will be like this What?If you enter to see the lord, the lord will be angry, and the disease will increase, which is not filial piety.It is advisable to return quickly.Liu Qi stood outside the door, wept a lot, got on his horse and returned to Jiangxia.Liu Biao was critically ill, and hoped that Liu Qi would not come. On Wushen Day in August, he yelled several times and died.Later generations have poems lamenting Liu Biao and saying:

In the past, I heard that the Yuan family lived in Heshuo, and I saw that Liu Jun dominated Hanyang.The family is always tired because of the morning, and the pity will be destroyed soon! When Liu Biao died, Mrs. Cai negotiated with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, wrote a fake will, and made her second son Liu Cong the lord of Jingzhou, and then mourned for the funeral.At that time, Liu Cong was fourteen years old, and he was very clever. He gathered people and said: "My father passed away, my brother is now in Jiangxia, and my uncle Xuande is in Xinye."You have established me as the master, and if the brother and the uncle raise troops to question the crime, how do you explain it?Before all the officials could respond, Li Gui, the curtain officer, replied, "The words of the young master are very good."Now I can urgently send a letter of mourning to Jiangxia, asking the eldest son to be the master of Jingzhou; he ordered Xuande to be the director together.The north can fight against Cao Cao, and the south can reject Sun Quan: this is a perfect strategy.Cai Mao scolded and said: "Who are you, dare to speak nonsense to disobey the will of the lord!"Li Gui scolded and said: "Your friends at home and abroad have conspired, falsely claiming to be a will, abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones, seeing the nine counties of Jingxiang, and sending them to Cai's hands!"Therefore, the Lord has a spirit, and he will kill you!Cai Mao was furious, and ordered him to push out and cut him off.Li Gui yelled and cursed until he died.So Cai Mao made Liu Cong the master.Cai's clan led the soldiers of Jingzhou; ordered Deng Yi and Liu Xian to guard Jingzhou; Mrs. Cai went to Xiangyang with Liu Cong to guard against Liu Qi and Liu Bei.Liu Biao's coffin was buried in Hanyang, east of Xiangyang City, but Liu Qi and Xuande were not obituary.

When Liu Cong arrived in Xiangyang, he stopped his horse and suddenly reported that Cao Cao had led an army to Xiangyang.Cong was shocked, so he asked Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and others to discuss.Dong Cao's Fu Xun said, "it's not only worrying about Cao Cao's soldiers coming; now the eldest son is in Jiangxia, and Xuande is in Xinye. I haven't reported the funeral. If he raises troops to question the crime, Jingxiang will be in danger."Xun has a plan, which can make the people of Jingxiang as safe as Mount Tai, and can also preserve the lord's name.Cong said: "Is the plan going to be safe?"Xun said: "It's better to dedicate the nine prefectures of Jingxiang to Cao Cao. Cao will treat the lord seriously."Cong Chi said: "What are you talking about!"How can I just abandon the foundation of my ancestors if I have not settled down yet?Kuai Yue said: Fu Gongti's words are also true: there is a general principle of whether the husband is against the law, and there is a certain trend for strength and weakness.Today, Cao Cao used the name of the imperial court to conquer the south and the north, but the lord refused, and his name was not suitable.And the lord is newly established, external troubles are not peaceful, and internal troubles will arise.The people of Jingxiang heard that Cao's soldiers had arrived, and they were frightened before fighting. How can they fight against them?Cong said: "Everyone speaks kindly, but I don't follow them; but if you abandon the deeds of your predecessors to others, you may laugh at the ears of the world."

Before the words were finished, one person stepped forward and said: "Fu Gongti and Kuai Yidu's words are very good, why not follow them?"Everyone looked at him as a man from Gaoping, Shanyang: his surname was Wang, his first name was Can, and his courtesy name was Zhongxuan.Can has a thin appearance and a short stature; when he was young, he went to see Zhonglang Cai Yong, and at that time Yong was full of friends, and when he heard about Can, he walked upside down to welcome him.The guests were all shocked and said: Why does Cai Zhonglang respect this kid alone?Yong said: "This son has a different talent, I am not as good as it."Can be well-known and memorized, no one can do it: try to read the inscriptions beside the road, and you can memorize them; watch people play chess, the chess game is chaotic, and you can play it again, not missing a piece.Also good at arithmetic.His writing is wonderful.In the seventeenth year of the year, he was appointed as the servant of the Huangmen.Later, when he came to Jingxiang to avoid chaos, Liu Biao considered him a guest of honor.That day, he said to Liu Cong, "How do you think the general compares to Duke Cao?"Cong said: "It's not as good."Can said: Duke Cao's army is strong and his general is brave, resourceful and resourceful.Capture Lu Bu at Xiapi, destroy Yuan Shao at Guandu, drive Liu Bei to Longyou, break Wuhuan at White Wolf: there is no way for an owl to defeat those who are in a state of instability.Today, with a large army going south to Jingxiang, it is difficult to reach the enemy.Fu and Kuai's plan is a long-term strategy.The general should not hesitate, causing regret.Cong said: "Mr. sees that the teaching is very correct."But you have to tell your mother to know.Seeing Mrs. Cai turn out from behind the screen, she said to Cong: "It's Zhongxuan, Gongti, and Yidu who saw the same thing. Why tell me?"So Liu Cong decided to write a letter of surrender, ordering Song Zhongqian to surrender to Cao Cao's army.Song Zhong took the order and went as far as Wancheng, followed by Cao Cao, and presented the letter of surrender.Cao was overjoyed, rewarded Song Zhong heavily, and sent Liu Cong out of the city to meet him, making him the Lord of Jingzhou forever.

Song Zhong bid farewell to Cao Cao and took his way back to Jingxiang.The general was about to cross the river when he suddenly saw a group of people coming. He saw it as Guan Yunchang.Song Zhong couldn't avoid it, but was called by Yun Chang, and asked about Jingzhou's affairs.At the beginning of Zhong Zhong, he kept a taboo; later, he was interrogated by Yun Chang, but he had no choice but to tell the truth about everything before and after.Yun Chang was shocked, so he caught Song Zhong and went to Xinye to meet Xuande and prepare to talk about it.Xuande cried when he heard it.Zhang Fei said: "This is the case. You can kill Song Zhong first, then raise troops across the river, capture Xiangyang, kill Cai Shi and Liu Cong, and then fight Cao Cao."Xuande said, "you keep your mouth shut."I have my own discretion.Nai scolded Song Zhong and said, "you know what people do, why didn't you report to me earlier?"Although beheading you now, it will not be beneficial.Can go quickly.Thank you sincerely, and run away holding your head like a mouse.

When Xuande was depressed, he suddenly reported that his son Liu Qi had sent Yi Ji to come.Xuande was grateful to Yiji for saving him in the past, so he stepped down to welcome him and thanked him again and again.The book said: The eldest son was in Jiangxia. He heard that Jingzhou was dead. Mrs. Cai discussed with Cai Mao and others, but instead of coming to report the funeral, Liu Cong was appointed as the master.The young master sent someone to Xiangyang to inquire, and he said it was true; for fear that the king would not know it, he sent someone to report it with a letter of mourning, and asked the king to send all the best soldiers under his command to go to Xiangyang to question the crime.After Xuande finished reading the book, he called Yiji and said: Uncle Ji only knew that Liu Cong was standing arbitrarily, let alone that Liu Cong had dedicated the nine prefectures of Jingxiang to Cao Cao!Ji was shocked and said: "How did the emperor know it?"Xuande made a statement about capturing Song Zhong.Ji said: If this is the case, it is better for the envoy to go to Xiangyang in the name of mourning, and lure Liu Cong to come out to meet him, and then capture him and punish his party members, then Jingzhou belongs to the envoy.Kong Ming said: "Ji Bo's words are true."The lord can follow it.Xuande wept and said: "My brother is in danger and trusts me alone. If he seizes his son and seizes his land today, he will die under the nine springs in the future. How will he see my brother again?"Kongming said: "If we don't do this, Cao's soldiers have already arrived in Wancheng. How can we resist the enemy?"Xuande said: "It's better to go to Fancheng to avoid it."

During the discussion, Tan Mafei reported that Cao Bing had arrived in Bowang.Xuande hurriedly sent Yiji back to Jiangxia to rectify the army and horses, while discussing with Kong Ming how to resist the enemy.Kong Ming said, "my lord, be at ease."The previous fire burned most of Xiahoudun's troops; now that Cao's army comes again, he will teach him this trick.I can't wait to live in Xinye, so I might as well go to Fancheng as soon as possible.So he sent people to four gates to put up a list and tell the residents: no matter you are old or young, men or women, if you are willing to follow, you will follow me to Fancheng for a while today, so you can't make mistakes.Sun Qian was sent to the river to allocate ships to rescue the people; Mi Zhu was sent to escort the family members of the officials to Fancheng.On the one hand, gather all the generals to listen to the order: first teach Yunchang: lead a thousand troops to Liutou on the Baihe River to ambush.Each brought a cloth bag, filled with more sand, to contain the water of the Baihe River; until the third watch of the next day, only to hear the lowly headman screaming, he hurriedly picked up the cloth bag, flooded it with water, but killed the generals along the water to meet it.He also called Zhang Fei: Lead a thousand troops to ambush at Boling Ferry.The water here is the slowest, and Cao Jun was flooded, so he must flee from here, but he took advantage of the momentum to fight to meet him.He also called Zhao Yun: He led an army of three thousand and divided them into four teams. He led one team to lie outside the east gate, and the other three teams were divided into the west, south, and north gates, but they were ahead of the houses in the city. things.When Cao Jun enters the city, he must rest in the houses.After dusk the next day, there will be a strong wind; but when the wind blows up, the three ambush troops from the west, south and north will be ordered to shoot rockets into the city.When the fire broke out in the city, you shouted and cheered outside the city, leaving only the east gate to let him go; but you attacked him from behind outside the east gate.In the morning, we will meet at Guanguan and General Zhang Er will withdraw his army and return to Fancheng.Then Mi Fang and Liu Feng were ordered to take two thousand troops, half of the red flag and half of the 靑 flag, to live in front of Quewei slope 30 li outside Xinye City.As soon as Cao Jun arrived, the Red Banner Army walked on the left, and the Qi Banner Army walked on the right.He is suspicious and dare not chase.But the two of you went to ambush separately.Just hope that the fire in the city will catch up and kill the defeated soldiers, and then they will come to Liutou on the Baihe River to meet them.Kong Ming's allocation has been decided, so he and Xuande climbed up to watch, only waiting for the news of victory.

But it is said that Cao Ren and Cao Hong led 100,000 troops as the front team, and Xu Chu led 3,000 armored troops to open the way in front of them, and they rushed to Xinye in a mighty way.At noon on the same day, I came to Quewei Slope, and saw a group of people and horses in front of the slope, all playing red flags.Xu Chu urged the army to move forward.Liu Feng and Mi Fang were divided into four teams, and Qi and Hongqi belonged to the left and right respectively.Xu Chu reined in his horse and taught: "Don't advance, there must be ambushes ahead."My soldiers only live here.Xu Chuyi rode a horse and flew to report to the front team Cao Ren.Cao Ren said: "This is a suspicious soldier, there must be no ambush."You can quickly advance troops.I will urge the army to follow.Before Xu Chu returned to the slope, he raised his troops and rushed in.When I searched under the forest, I saw no one.The day has fallen to the west.Xu Chufang wanted to move forward, but he heard loud bragging on the mountain.When I looked up, I saw a cluster of flags on the top of the mountain, and two umbrellas in the cluster: Xuande on the left and Kongming on the right, sitting opposite each other and drinking.Xu Chu was furious and led the army to find the way up the mountain.On the mountain, the Lei Mu and the stone will come down, and you can't move forward.He heard the shouting from behind the mountain again.It was too late to find a way to fight. When Cao Ren led the troops, he taught them to seize Xinye City and rest their horses.When the sergeant arrived at the bottom of the city, he saw only four doors open.Cao Bing broke in without hindrance, and there was no one in the city. It was actually an empty city.Cao Hong said: "This is because I am lonely and poor, so I took the people to flee."Our army has the right to rest in the city, and we will march in Pingming tomorrow.At this time, all the troops were exhausted and hungry, so they all went to seize houses to make food.Cao Ren and Cao Hong rested in Yamen.After the first update, there was a strong wind.The guard sergeant flew to report the fire.Cao Ren said: "It must be that the soldiers are not careful in making food. Don't be alarmed by the fire of omissions."It's not over yet, and several times in succession, the three gates of the west, south and north are all on fire.When Cao Ren hurriedly ordered all the generals to mount their horses, the whole county was on fire, and it was red from top to bottom.It is the fire of the night, which is better than the fire of Bowang burning village the day before yesterday.Later generations have poems sighing: The treacherous hero Cao Cao guarded the Central Plains, and marched south to Hanchuan in September.Feng Bo came to Xinye County in anger, and Zhu Rong flew down to the sky. Cao Ren led the generals to burst into flames, and searched for a way. Hearing that there was no fire at the east gate, he rushed out of the east gate.The soldiers trampled on each other, and countless people died.Just as Cao Ren and the others escaped from the fire, a cry came from behind, and Zhao Yun led the army to fight in the scuffle.While running, Mi Fang led an army to him, and charged for a while. Cao Ren was defeated and took his way away.Liu Feng led another army to intercept and kill for a while.By the time of the fourth watch, people were exhausted and horses were exhausted, and most of the soldiers were battered. When they reached the Baihe River, they were delighted that the water was not very deep. But he said that Yun Chang used a cloth bag to contain the river in the upper stream. At dusk, he saw the Xinye fire, and at the fourth watch, he suddenly heard the low-level leader screaming, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to grab the cloth bag together. Later, Cao's soldiers and horses were all drowned in the water, and there were many dead.Cao Ren led the generals to look at the slow water and rush away.Walking to Boling Ferry, only to hear a loud shout, an army blocking the way, the first general is Zhang Feiye, shouting: Cao thief, come and take your life!Cao Jun was shocked.It's exactly: red flames spit out in the city, and black wind blows by the water.It is unknown what happened to Cao Ren's life, let's see the breakdown below. ① Kill and kill.