The previous part said that Cao Cao asked Liu Bei to drink, and came out of The Plum To Cook Wine on Heroes.
The next day, Cao Cao invited Liu Bei to drink again, and while he was drinking happily, Man Yu returned from Yuan Shao to report: "Gongsun Zhan was destroyed by Yuan Shao. ”
Liu Beiyi listened to the old classmate finish playing, and hurriedly asked how Man Pet was destroyed.
Man Yu said: "Gongsun Zhan lost the battle with Yuan Shao, built a city around a circle, and built ten tall buildings in the circle, named Yijing Lou, and hoarded 300,000 millets to hold on. Others would be besieged by Yuan Shao, and the crowd asked Gongsun Zhan to send troops to rescue them. Gongsun Zhan said: "If you go to save people, those who participate in the war in the future will expect others to rescue them, and they will not fight to the death." So he refused to come to the rescue. Therefore, Yuan Shao's soldiers were killed, and Gongsun Zhan's men fell without a fight. Gongsun Zhan was alone and sent people to Xudu for help, but was intercepted by Yuan Shaojun halfway through. Gongsun Zhan wrote to Zhang Yan again, agreeing to raise the fire as a trumpet, and the inside should be combined with the outside. The messenger was again caught by Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao made a plan and set fire to the enemy outside the city. Gongsun Zhan personally went to battle, ambushed troops, gongsun Zhan was defeated and returned to the city, and most of the soldiers and horses were lost. Yuan Shao dug a tunnel directly downstairs where Gongsun Zhan lived and set it on fire. Gongsun Zhan was cornered, killed his wife and children, and then hanged himself. Gongsun Zhan's entire family was burned. Now that Yuan Shao had annexed Gongsun Zhan's forces, the momentum was even greater. Yuan Shu was extravagant and lascivious in Huainan, did not sympathize with the army and the people, and rebelled against each other. Yuan Shu sent someone to cede the imperial title to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao wanted Yuxi, and Yuan Shu agreed to send it to him personally, preparing to abandon Huainan and defect to Hebei. If these two people cooperate, it will not be easy to deal with. The prime minister must quickly think of a countermeasure. ”
Gongsun Zhan and Yuan Shao competed for the male, and they were given such a paragraph by Man's favor. In the later years of history, Gongsun Zhan was more excessive than Man Yu.
Gongsun Zhan was also a hero when he was young, and he could fight well. He had a superior, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, a relative of the Han Dynasty, and after Liu Xiu, he was much more authentic than Liu Bei. When Liu Yu was loyal to the Han Dynasty and Dong Zhuo controlled the imperial court, Yuan Shao and Han Fu wanted to make Liu Yu emperor and oppose Dong Zhuo, but Liu Yu resolutely refused. Han Fu and the others also asked Liu Yu to lead the Shang Shu and give everyone the title of official, but Liu Yu still refused.
Liu Yu paid attention to benevolent government and sympathy for the people, but Gongsun Zhan only paid attention to expanding his power and plundering the people, and for various reasons, the contradictions between the two became deeper and deeper. Liu Yu raised an army to destroy Gongsun Zhan and eliminate harm for the people. Although Liu Yu's strength was stronger than Gongsun Zhan's, he only wanted to kill Gongsun Zhan alone, did not want to hurt Gongsun Zhan's soldiers, and did not want to hurt the people, burning the city and the city houses, Liu Yu's army, which was not good at war, was restricted by various rules and regulations, and finally Liu Yu was defeated and killed, and his power was annexed by Gongsun Zhan.
After Gongsun Zhan killed Liu Yu, he began to swell, and he remembered badly. Liu Yu was deeply popular in Youzhou. Liu Yu was killed, and several of his men gathered together to unite the anti-Gongsun Zan forces in various places to avenge Liu Yu. Gongsun Zhan was repeatedly defeated in battle, retreating to Yijing and barely repelling the enemy army. But Gongsun Zhan has since believed that victory in war does not depend on military strength, but on providence. So he began to build buildings to hoard grain.
In addition to building the Yijing Building as the speech said, Gongsun Zhan lived in the highest place, installed an iron gate, and his subordinates did not want it, and used a loud woman to convey orders, and he lived in the building with his wife and concubine. Over time, not a single of his cronies around him disappeared, the generals were estranged, and he rarely came out to fight. In the end, just like in the yanyi, it was destroyed by Yuan Shao.
Gongsun Zhan once had kindness to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei listened to him and was very sad, and he did not know the whereabouts of Zhao Yun and could not rest assured.
Liu Bei secretly thought, "I don't want to find a way out now, when will I wait?" ”
So he stood up and said to Cao Cao, "Yuan Shu defected to Yuan Shao and will definitely pass through Xuzhou." I asked to take the soldiers to intercept Yuan Shu halfway. ”
Cao Cao smiled and said, "Tomorrow if you talk to Tianzi, you can raise an army." ”
The next day, Liu Bei asked Tianzi for his life. Cao Cao ordered Liu Bei to take 50,000 people with him, and asked Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao to go with him. Liu Bei bid farewell to Emperor Xian, and Emperor Xian cried goodbye to Liu Bei.
After Liu Bei returned to the house, he packed up the guys and set off overnight, and Dong Cheng rushed to the Ten Mile Pavilion to send them off, telling Liu Bei not to forget the matter of the edict.
After Dong Cheng left, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei asked, "Brother, why are you in such a hurry when you go out on this expedition?" ”
Liu Bei said: "I am a caged bird and a fish in the net. This expedition is like a fish into the sea, birds on the blue sky, and there are no more bird cages and fishing nets to stumble on their hands and feet. So he asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to urge Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao to speed up the march.
Guo Jia and Cheng Yu returned from checking the money and grain, and when they heard that Cao Cao had sent Liu Bei to xuzhou, he rushed to Xuzhou and said, "Why did The Minister of State order Liu Bei to lead his troops on a campaign?" ”
Cao Cao said, "I just want him to intercept Yuan Shu." ”
Cheng Yu said, "Before, when Liu Bei was pastor of Yuzhou, we asked to kill him, but Xiang Xiang did not listen. Now he is given soldiers and horses, which is to let the tiger return to the mountain, and the consequences are endless. ”
Guo Jia said, "Even if Xiang Xiang didn't kill Liu Bei, he shouldn't have asked him to leave." Ancients Cloud: One day to indulge the enemy, the plague of all generations. ”
Cao Cao woke up and ordered Xu Chu to take five hundred soldiers and horses to chase Liu Bei back.
Liu Bei was marching, and when he saw that there were pursuing soldiers behind him, he ordered him to camp, and ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to stand on both sides with weapons.
After Xu Chu came, he went directly into the camp to see Liu Bei.
Liu Bei said, "Is there anything wrong with you coming here?" ”
Xu Chu said, "The prime minister asked the general to go back and discuss something." ”
Liu Bei said: "When the general is outside, the king's fate is not affected." I have met the King, and I have to be told by the Prime Minister. If nothing else, you hurry back. ”
Xu Chu thought to himself, "Xiang Xiang has always had a very good relationship with him, but he didn't order me to beat him." I can only take his words back to his life and see what the prime minister says. So he bid farewell to Liu Bei and took the soldiers back.
Xu Chu returned to Cao Cao and relayed Liu Bei's words. Cao Cao hesitated, and Cheng Yu and Guo Jia said, "Liu Bei's refusal to return to the army must have changed his mind." ”
Cao Cao said, "Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao are there, Liu Bei may not dare to mess around." Besides, how can I send him not count when I send him? So he didn't go after Liu Bei anymore.
When Ma Teng saw Liu Bei leaving, he was in a hurry at the border and went back to Xiliang.
Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou, and shi Shi che came out to greet him. After eating and drinking, he sent someone to inquire about Yuan Shu's news.
The spies returned: "Yuan Shu was arrogant and extravagant, and Lei Bo and Chen Lan defected to Mount Song." Yuan Shu was at the end of his rope, packing up his belongings and coming in the direction of Xuzhou. ”
Liu Bei saw that Yuan Shu was about to arrive, and took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhu Ling, Lu Zhao, and 50,000 soldiers and horses out of the city, and was running into Ji Ling, the pioneer of Yuan Shu.
Zhang Fei didn't even say hello, he took Ji Ling directly. The two fought for less than ten rounds, and Ji Ling was stabbed by Zhang Fei under his horse, and his soldiers and horses were defeated.
Yuan Shu personally brought troops to battle. Liu Beibing was divided into three roads, Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao were on the left, Guan and Zhang were on the right, and Liu Bei himself was in the center to meet Yuan Shu. Liu Bei scolded Yuan Shu under the banner of the door: "You are rebellious, I am ordered to fight you, and I will capture you before I tie my hands!" ”
Yuan Shu scolded, "The generation of the weaving mat weaver [jù] dared to despise me." So he waved his troops out, Liu Bei retreated to lure the enemy, and the left and right armies killed out, winning a complete victory, and the corpses of Yuan Shu's army were all over the field. Song Shan Lei Bo and Chen Lan intercepted Yuan Shu's money grain and forage. Yuan Shu wanted to return to Shouchun, but was attacked by thieves.
Yuan Shu retired to Jiangting, and there were only more than a thousand people under his command, all of whom were old and weak. It was a sweltering heat, and the grain was running out, leaving only thirty hú ] wheat to be distributed among the soldiers.
Yuan Shu's family did not eat, and many of them starved to death. Yuan Shu was not accustomed to eating coarse tea and light rice, and ordered the chef to get some honey water to quench his thirst. The cook said, "There is only blood water, no honey water." Yuan Shu sat on the bed, screamed, vomited blood and died. The year was June of the fourth year of Jian'an (199 AD).
After Yuan Shu's death, his nephew Yuan Yin went to Lujiang with a coffin and his family and was killed by Xu Xuan [qiú]. Xu Xuan seized the jade seal and went to Xudu to offer it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was overjoyed, and made Xu Xuan the Taishou of Gaoling. From then on, the jade seal returned to Cao Cao.
Historically, Xu Xuan only took the jade seal and did not kill Yuan Yin and his family. There are not many records about Xu Xuan, but the most famous deed is that he was sent back to the imperial court by obtaining a jade seal. Cao Cao wanted to give up his position to him, but he did not dare to accept it.
Liu Bei heard that Yuan Shu was dead, and reported it to the imperial court, ordering Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao to return to Xu Capital, leaving soldiers and horses to defend Xuzhou.
Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao returned to Xu to see Cao Cao and said that Liu Bei had left the soldiers and horses behind. Cao Cao was furious and wanted to kill the two.
Xun Yu said: "The military power is in Liu Bei's hands, and the two of them have no choice. Cao Cao pardoned them.
Xun Yu added, "You can write to Che Ji and ask him to get rid of Liu Bei." So Cao Cao sent a secret agent to see Che Ji and convey Cao Cao's orders.
Che Xuan asked Chen Deng for consultation, and Chen Deng said, "This matter is easy to handle." Liu Bei was recruiting people outside the city and was about to return. The general ordered his soldiers to ambush him at the edge of the urn city (a small city outside the city gate to protect the city gate), pretend to greet him, wait for him to come, and slash him to death. I ordered the archers in the city to suppress his rear, and that was it. Che Ji was ready to act according to Chen Deng's words.
Chen Deng went back to see his father, Chen Jue, and said this. Chen Jue ordered Chen Deng to inform Liu Bei.
Chen Deng went out of the city to look for Liu Bei, met Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were preparing to return to the city, and told him about it. After Zhang Fei heard this, he was going to kill into the city.
Guan Yu said, "He is ambushing on the edge of the urn city, and it is not easy to get it." I have a plan to kill Che Guan: take advantage of the night to pretend to be Cao Jun to Xuzhou and lead Che Gui out to kill him. Zhang Fei felt justified.
That night, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led their soldiers to the edge of the city to call for a door. Chengshang asked who it was, and Chengxia replied that it was Zhang Liao's men and horses sent by Cao Chengxiang.
Che Ji shangcheng replied: "I can't see clearly after dark, so I'll talk about it at dawn." ”
Chengxia replied, "Hurry up and open the door to prevent Liu Bei from knowing." The car hesitated, and the outside of the city kept calling for doors.
Che Ji could only take a thousand soldiers and horses out of the city, ran across the suspension bridge and shouted, "Where is Zhang Liao?" ”
In the midst of the fire, Guan Yu raised his knife and killed him, shouting, "You are uneasy and kind, you actually dare to kill my brother!" ”
The car was horrified, fought a few rounds, could not resist, and rode back to the city, but was shot down by Chen Deng's random arrows in the city.
Che Guan could only flee around the city, and Guan Yu chased after him from behind, took the knife in his hand, and cut the che gizzard under the horse. All the armies in the city also surrendered.
Liu Bei returned to the city, and Guan Yu greeted him with the head of the car. Liu Bei was horrified: "What if Cao Cao kills him?" ”
Guan Yu said, "I fought with Zhang Fei. Liu Bei was remorseful, so he entered Xuzhou, and the fathers and elders of the people knelt on the side of the road to greet him.
Liu Bei went to the palace and looked for Zhang Fei, who had already killed the whole family.
Liu Bei said, "After killing Cao Cao's confidant, how could he give up?" ”
Chen Deng said, "I have a plan, I can retreat to Cao Cao." ”
I don't know what Chen Deng said, and listen to the following breakdown.
Cao Cao did not feel sorry for Liu Bei, nor did he take Liu Bei's family members in Xudu as hostages, and Liu Bei turned against Cao Cao in this way, which was really unauthentic.
According to history, Chen Deng should have been Guangling Taishou at this time, not in Xuzhou. Liu Bei attacked and killed Che Gui and occupied Xuzhou, such a simple thing, Yan Yi had to go around such a big circle, and pull Chen Deng and Guan Yu in, nothing more than to show Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, and won the hearts of the people, Guan Yu killed Che Ji and cut off the back road, Liu Bei rebelled against Cao Cao, according to Xuzhou was also unavoidable.