Kong Rong was besieged in Duchang City by Guan Hai, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, and just when he was struggling to break through the enemy, he thought of sending people to the Pingyuan County, and asked Liu Bei, the minister of state of the Plain, for help. However, when he gathered a large number of civil and military officials and asked who would like to break through, none of his subordinates answered.
For a moment, the scene was silent, and Kong Rong's subordinates all shrugged their heads, looking at that look, they were afraid that Kong Rong would send this task to his head.
At such a time, Tai Shi Ci, who had just broken through into the city the night before yesterday, stood up, clasped his fists, and said to Kong Rongshili: "The Minister of State does not have to be embarrassed, Tai Shi Ci did not once break into the enemy camp alone in the middle of the night, and now he is willing to rush out again and go to the plains to rescue the soldiers for the adults." ”
Kong Rong saw that it was the guest general Tai Shi Ci who received the order, how could he call the guest general? Because Tai Shi Ci was here to repay Kong Rongping Suri's kindness for taking care of his mother, not Kong Rong's subordinate official. What did Tai Shi Ci think, and why did he stand up and accept this task when no one dared to take orders? Do you want to get more attention and recognition from Kong Rong? Or do you want to show your skills and abilities again in front of everyone?
In fact, it was not, the reason why Tai Shi Ci stood up was because his proposal to lead the army to attack was not adopted, and he came to assist Kong Rong and strive to relieve the siege of the city. However, Kong Rongxin could not trust his own ability to unify the army, and did not adopt his own suggestions to break through, so how could this favor be repaid?
Now Kong Rong had determined his strategic plan, that is, to send people to break through to the plains and ask Liu Bei for help to break the siege, which was a good opportunity for him to help and repay the favor, not to mention that none of Kong Rong's subordinates dared to accept this task. Therefore, Tai Shi Ci stood up.
In the face of Tai Shi Ci's initiative to ask for help, Kong Rong also felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh and say: "When you broke through the enemy camp, you have already caused the enemy to learn a lesson and shrink the camp, and now it is no longer as good as it was at the beginning, everyone said that the enemy position was dense and it was difficult to break through." Although you have great ambitions, this is a difficult task after all. ”
Tai Shi Ci calmly replied: "In the past, the emperor of the house took good care of his mother, and the mother of the family was grateful for the kindness of the prince, so she sent me to help the prince of the house, hoping that I could save the country from the crisis; this is because I have my own advantages and strengths, and I will be able to give full play to my ability to help you." Now everyone says that it is impossible to break through, and if I follow suit, will this be the intention of repaying the friendship of the prince who took care of my mother and the original intention of my mother to send me here? At present, the situation is already very critical, and I hope that the government will no longer doubt and hesitate. Kong Rong nodded in agreement.
However, it is easy to say that it is easy to highlight the siege, but it is not simple to do it. To say that Tai Shi Ci's brain melon is still very bright, he came up with a plan. I saw that for several days in a row, Tai Shi Ci opened the city gate and went out of the city, practicing archery in the open space at the city gate. At the beginning, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were very vigilant, and when they saw someone coming out, they all rattled their swords, thinking that the troops in the city were going to break through. But a closer look revealed that only one person had come out, and when I looked at it again, it was actually out to practice archery, and I gradually relaxed.
Tai Shi Ci was like this for several days in a row, and the Yellow Turban Army under the city was all accustomed to being paralyzed. Goodbye Tai Shi Ci out of the city, the Yellow Turban Army outside the city is no longer out of the camp, what is it doing, as if they didn't see Tai Shi Ci.
Tai Shi Ci saw that the timing was almost up, so he unexpectedly attacked the camp of the Yellow Turban Army again, and quickly rushed out of the siege. Some of the fast-reacting Yellow Turban soldiers rode on horseback to chase after Tai Shi Ci, only to be shot by Tai Shi Ci and killed more than a dozen people in a row, which scared the Yellow Turban Soldiers into not daring to pursue them again.
In this way, Tai Shi Ci successfully broke through to Pingyuan County to meet Liu Bei, the minister of state. Liu Beiyi heard that it was an emissary sent by Kong Rong and hurriedly welcomed Tai Shi Ci inside. After learning of the intention, Liu Bei felt very surprised and said in surprise: "Kong Beihai actually knows that there is another Liu Bei in the world?!" ”
After saying that, he ordered three thousand soldiers and horses, and sent the commander to follow Tai Shi Ci to Duchang City to relieve the siege. After Guan Hai, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army under the city, learned of it, he was worried about being attacked from inside and outside, and his abdomen and back were attacked, so he hurriedly withdrew and retreated, and Kong Rong survived this crisis.
After Tai Shi Ci returned, he immediately bid farewell to Kong Rong and went home to resume his life with his mother. Kong Rong had the intention to let Tai Shi Ci stay for his own use, but seeing that Tai Shi Ci had already made up his mind, he knew that it was inconvenient to continue to keep it, and he had to send Off Tai Shi Ci with regret.
Just when Kong Rong was busy building in the North Sea and dealing with the Yellow Turban Army, the situation in the north had gradually undergone great changes. Among the many warlords in the north, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were the most powerful. Although Kong Rong is very good at engaging in internal affairs and engaging in construction and development, he is indeed a good hand, but his ability to unite the army to fight is too poor, and in the face of the Yellow Turban Army in the territory, Kong Rong is really helpless and helpless.
There are always thieves invading and there is no way to eliminate it, even if Kong Rong's ability to engage in internal affairs is strong, in such an environment, it is difficult to develop. Over time, Kong Rong also understood in his heart that with his own ability, all he could do was to support himself and maintain the status quo.
At this time, Kong Rong had an aide named Zuo Chengzu who advised him, saying: "If we want to break the current situation and develop and forge ahead, we are afraid that we cannot do it on our own strength, so it is better to introduce foreign aid." We are adjacent to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, these two are strong, we had better choose one of them, connect with it or even ally with it, so as to use their strength to sweep away the thieves in the territory, then why not enjoy it? ”
Zuo Chengzu's words were originally a good intention, who knew, but it immediately angered Kong Rong. Kong Rong turned his face on the spot, he was furious, he was so angry that he was blushing and his neck was thick, and his brain was jumping up and down. Only to see him say loudly, "Think what yuan shao and Cao Cao are?" Now the Young Emperor was humiliated in Chang'an, controlled by Li Dai and Guo Feng, and suffered hardships and humiliations. The ancients said that the Lord humiliated and the subject died. I should have sent an army to serve the king, but I was not strong enough, and I could only protect myself. Thinking that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, they themselves have this strength, but they are only concerned with developing their own strength and expanding their sphere of influence, and they only know how to go around fighting, and which of them has the heart of the Han Dynasty, thinking of serving the king and saving the young emperor from his predicament? Such a young person, but you let me take the initiative to connect with them, where do you want to trap me? Will I be reduced to a young man like them? ”
Kong Rong became more and more angry, and finally became angry, slapped the table hard, and shouted loudly: "Come, pull this little man who is going to trap me in disloyalty and injustice out and cut it!" ”
The guards in front of Kong Rongting looked at it, Kong Rong was really anxious, and did not dare to be sloppy, several people rushed up to tie the staff Zuo Chengzu rope, pulled it out and cut off his head.
In fact, judging from the situation and situation at that time, Zuo Chengzu's suggestion was not wrong, on the contrary, his idea was exactly the way to survive in the chaotic world. However, he ignored that Kong Rong had always been loyal to the Han Room, and his temperament and personality were not flexible, too pedantic and straight. It was also his negligence that caused him to lose his head in a vacuum.
Kong Rongsheng killed Zuo Chengzu in anger, and his subordinates were also very surprised, because they had never seen Kong Rong have such a big temper before, and this time he actually started to kill people. Therefore, after fighting there, no one dared to join hands with Kong Rongti about foreign aid anymore.
What about Kong Rong himself? He has always regarded himself as a noble and high-minded person, and has the ambition to calm the crisis of the country in his chest, but although the ambition is ambitious, it is limited by his own ability, which belongs to the typical kind of ambition and talent. Therefore, he has great ambitions, but he is unable to serve the country. It can only be just barely maintained the status quo.
Kong Rong worked in the position of minister of state in the Beihai State for six years, because he once asked Liu Bei for help, Liu Bei was grateful that he could actually look up to himself so much, and six years later recommended Kong Rong to the imperial court to lead the History of Qingzhou.
In the first year of Jian'an (196), Kong Rong's Beihai State Minister and Qingzhou Assassin History also achieved the first, not that the Central Imperial Court dismissed him from his official position. Instead, Yuan Shao appointed his eldest son Yuan Tan as the History of Thorns in Qingzhou without authorization, and when Yuan Tan looked at it, there was also a Qingzhou Thorn History Kong Rong right next to me, how could there be two people in a place doing thorn history at the same time? Yuan Tan led a large army to the North Sea to attack Kong Rong!
Yuan Tan originally thought that Kong Rong couldn't even cope with the Yellow Turban Army, and it was not easy to sweep Kong Rong away, effortlessly? What he did not expect was that the two sides fought for a long time, and the battle lasted for several months from the spring to the summer, and finally the defenders in Kongrong City were only a few hundred people. However, the arrows fired by Yuan Tan's army were still as many as if it were raining, and then the Yuan army attacked the city, and the two sides launched a short engagement.
Don't look at the battle outside so lively, the enemy is about to hit the front of the eyes, but Kong Rong is still drinking tea and reading in front of the desk, talking and laughing freely, acting very calmly, without the slightest panic.
By the evening of the same day, the city was finally captured, so he escaped from the city and fled to Shandong (east of the Taihang Mountains), but his wife and children did not have time to run, and were captured by Yuan Tan. Speaking of this, I really can't help but mention it in passing, that is, Kong Rong's escape method of abandoning his wife and son is really the same as Liu Bei.'s.
In addition, speaking of the year of Jian'an, we also know that in this year, Cao Cao took Emperor Xian of Han to Xu County, thus establishing the central imperial court there, and Cao Cao also began the era of holding tianzi hostage to order the princes. At this time, Kong Rong thought that Cao Cao had done something that a courtier should do.
At the same time, Cao Cao also extended an olive branch to Kong Rong, who was fleeing abroad, and recruited Kong Rong as a general in the name of the imperial court, and Kong Rong went to Xu County with his head held high, but his attitude of self-esteem caused him a disaster!