Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 398
Not long after, the news that Pingshou had been captured spread to Xuzhou, and everyone in Bawang's hometown was beaming with joy.

Xu Fang and Yu Jin lived up to everyone's expectations and led a lone army deep into the enemy's hinterland. After seven battles and seven victories, Wu Sheng took the lead in breaking through the city, and then beheaded Kong Rong with his own hands.

Kong Rong, the prime minister, had to be killed. Wang Zheng had discussed this with Guo Jia before the army set off.

According to Wang Zheng's thinking, the original intention was to capture the other party alive. After all, he is also a courtier of the Emperor Xian in name, and Kong Wenju's reputation is too great. Although his talents are mediocre, he is outstanding in internal affairs and family background, so it would be a pity to understand him at once.

Guo Jia, on the other hand, resolutely opposed it, and even told Wang Zheng directly that Kong Rong had absolutely no chance of surrendering!
At this time, the Confucius family in Shandong, although considered to be well-known in the country, has not yet reached the level of literati plaques of later generations, but similarly, it still inherits the blood and backbone left by the ancestor Kong Qiu.

Especially Kong Rong, who is notoriously upright and tough!
Most people in the later generations know the allusion about Kong Rong, or the "Kong Rong let the pear", but they don't know that Kong Rong before the weak crown, it is another anecdote that really made him famous all over the world.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, eunuchs such as the ten permanent servants controlled the government and poured power into the government and the public. When Kong Rong was 15 years old, Zhang Jian, a celebrity, exposed the crimes committed by one of the ten permanent servants, Hou Lan, and his family. After being framed, Hou Lan secretly ordered Qingzhou Prefecture to arrest Zhang Jian and punish him.

Zhang Jian is a good friend of Kong Rong's older brother Kong Bao. In desperation, he fled to Kong's family to ask for shelter. Unfortunately, Kong Bao was out at this time and was not at home. Kong Rong's father, Kong Zhou, had passed away for many years at that time. Only Kong Rong, who had not yet reached the crown, came out to receive him.

Seeing that Kong Rong was too young, Zhang Jian didn't explain why he came, but Kong Rong was very smart, and he saw that Zhang Jian's expression was tense and hesitant to speak. There must be something embarrassing, so he said to Zhang Jian: " Although my brother is not at home, but you are his good friend, can't I make the decision to take you in?"

Therefore, Zhang Jian lived in peace.After hiding in Kong Rong's house for several days, he found a chance and finally escaped safely.

Unexpectedly, someone found out about this and reported it to the government.The government was very angry that Zhang Jian could not be caught, so they arrested Kong Rong and his brother Kong Bao.

The judge said to Kong Rong and Kong Bao: "Which of your brothers let Zhang Jian go? Do you know that Zhang Jian is a key criminal of the court, and letting him go is a crime of beheading!"

After listening to the judge's words, Kong Rong knew that his brother and Zhang Jian were good friends, and the court would not let him go easily. Only by taking the initiative to take responsibility for the crime would he save his brother's life.So he said to the judge: "I am the one who kept Zhang Jian. If you want to punish him, please punish me!"

Hearing that his younger brother took the blame on himself, Kong Bao hurriedly said, "Zhang Jian has come to join me, and this has nothing to do with my younger brother! If you want to kill him, kill me!"

Brothers Kong Rong and Kong Bao fought in the classroom, saying that they let Zhang Jian go.

Seeing that the two brothers were arguing about crimes, the judge could not make up his mind, so he sent someone to ask their mother.

This was out of uneasiness and good intentions, deliberately disgusting the other party, after all, the palm of the hand is flesh, and the back of the hand is also flesh, but Mrs. Kong replied: "Both sons are underage, no matter whose fault it is, it should be done by my mother who is not good at teaching." Take the blame!"

The three members of the same family rushed to die, which moved the judge and could not make a decision, so he asked the court for instructions, and the imperial edict finally convicted Kong Bao and ordered him to be killed.

Although Kong Rong failed to save his elder brother in the end, in Guo Jia's view, just based on his childhood deeds, he would rather be straight than crooked. Coupled with the death of his elder brother, Kong Rong would cherish his family even more. Feather, no matter whether it is intimidating or lured by profit, it is difficult to make it take refuge in Wang Zheng, who is regarded as a "rebellious minister and thief" in the eyes of the other party.

That being the case, sooner or later they will be killed, the sooner the better, so as to avoid more troubles later.

After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Wang Zheng was silent for a long time before agreeing.

With the fall of Pingshou and the news of Kong Rong's death spread, the resistance of the remaining officers and soldiers in Beihai became more and more unbearable. In just a few days, the Heavenly Army went down three cities in a row.

At this time, Wang Zheng was still stationed in Fenggao, guarding against Yuan Jun in the north.

Not long after, when the good news finally reached Mount Tai, Fang finally breathed a sigh of relief. After leaving 2000 people Ma Lingchangxi on guard, Dongsheng immediately returned to Xuzhou.

Different from when I came here, this time it was a spring breeze and a horseshoe disease.

Xiapi.

In the various government offices in the city, countless officials have been rushing in and out in the past few days. Some are from Qingzhou, some are from Xuzhou, some are from humble backgrounds, and some are from famous families. No matter what type they are, there is no difference in appearance between them at this moment. , but you can guess the position behind them from the expressions on their faces.

His footsteps are brisk and joyful from the bottom of his heart. He was born in Qingzhou, who was determined to be Wang Zheng's direct line. Some forced smiles and pretended to be happy, but sighed gloomily from time to time for no reason. Needless to say, they must still have a conscience and secretly harbored a part of the Han Dynasty who was demoted.

Every victory of the king's government, the expansion of the territory, and the expansion of the power again will make the city where he is located, staged joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, and all kinds of human states.

Coincidentally, the Battle of Fenggao City Defense and the Battle of Beihai Extermination of the Nation happened to last for nearly forty days, and by this time it had already entered the March of the first year of Jian'an.

The trees are verdant, the willows are hanging upside down, the streets are crowded with people, every restaurant, tea house, including shops, are decorated with lights and festoons.After all, the west and the north are both glorious victories, so the Xiapi government naturally organized a series of rallies to celebrate.

Wang Zheng personally approved, lent the small school field in the army for his use, and the whole city must have a carnival for ten days.

There are Zhangtai tiles everywhere, beating gongs and drums, singing, performing arts, juggling, lively and lively, gathering in one place.

On the high stage, the trained comedians of Tianji Camp vividly told how Xu Fang predicted the enemy like a god, how Yu Jin strategized, how Huang Zhong flooded the enemy army, and how Wu Sheng was the first to ascend to peace.

Of course, the most colorful place is always to explain to the people in detail, how our most wise and mighty state shepherd Wang Yukou, how he was so bold and bold, turned the building from the collapse, and rushed thousands of miles to burn the Jizhou military grain road. Feng Gaozhi's siege.

At this time, Xiapi has been under Wang Zheng's rule for nearly half a year.

During this year, Wang Zheng distributed land, cut taxes, opened schools, encouraged farming and mulberry, built roads, opened canals, encouraged commerce, and developed production. It can be said that his policies took into account the interests of most classes, especially those at the bottom. The hardworking people benefited the most, and their lives were much better than under Tao Qian and Liu Bei's rule.

After all, Wang Zheng's biggest advantage is that he never needs to consider maximizing the interests of the aristocratic family.

Moreover, during this period of time, the comedians of Tianji Camp have also been in the streets and alleys, sparing no effort to promote some simple concepts on behalf of Wang Zheng, such as everyone is equal, and things such as not being judged by their background, and they often talk about things like "" The common people in the world are one family" and other concepts that are contrary to the basis of the rural clan in this world are nothing more than slowly instilling the meaning of "class" in order to divert the attention of ordinary people and transform the biggest force of the family. Injured, "outsider" identity.

The slogan of dividing the land and beating local tyrants has not yet been directly shouted out, but it has already begun to lay the groundwork.

Wang Zheng is still clear that his current family background is not enough, the territory is not big enough, and the strength is not strong enough. Under the current conditions, shouting such slogans is actually an act that is worse than proclaiming the emperor!
The current basic market will continue to be stable, and this kind of stability cannot be separated from the support and support of the nobles, aristocratic families, and the literati class for the time being.

Therefore, the most essential meaning is still to forbear.

In fact, in the past dynasties, the slogans of most rebels seem to be quite different, but in fact they go hand in hand. They are nothing more than labeling the "court" and the monarch as "innocent".

Because the other party has lost the way, so the destiny will belong to me, and the one who has gained the way will definitely help more, and the one who has lost the way will naturally give less help.

The "help" between the amount is actually a class struggle in essence.

To fight for the hearts of the people, to put it bluntly, is to fight for classes, classes, and for the support and support of different classes and classes.

It's just because the people's wisdom is not developed, coupled with the constraints of economic conditions, therefore, the struggle is over, victory, at most, a group of heroes and heroes will be replaced, the former emperor will be dismounted, and a new emperor will be replaced. .

Wangzheng's propaganda and specific governance, one is spiritual, the other is material, and the effect is remarkable.Especially in Xiapi and Pengcheng, the important status has always been the top priority of his propaganda and administration. As soon as the news of the capture of Pingshou and Feng Gao's relief came out, at least [-]% of the people took to the streets to celebrate. I am sincerely happy.

And with honor.

In fact, not only the two parties involved in the war on both sides of Xuzhou, but also the princes near Wangzheng have been paying attention to it silently.

And when the victory and defeat were divided, when the whole city of Xiapi was celebrating, countless official documents were also whipped by the spies in Xuzhou, who were lurking, and spread to their respective families around them as if they had grown wings.

In contrast, Kong Rong's defeat was not as good as Yuan Tan's defeat, which made many people secretly shocked and terrified.

That's nearly [-] Jizhou troops!
And it was when most of the main force of the Xuzhou Army was tied down by the Beihai Kingdom.
Not to mention that he didn't capture a mere Fenggao in a month, and even after Wang Zheng went out in person, he was reversed one after another in a short period of time, and finally he was forced to voluntarily withdraw from the territory of Mount Tai!

This caused many people to scold Yuan Tan for being extremely incompetent, but at the same time, they were scrambling to find out the truth about the Fenggao war.

A battle with tens of thousands of participants is already a rare battle in the early days of the warlords' separatism. It is impossible to hide from many eye-liners, and soon the specific inside story spreads.

When the soldiers of Jizhou came to Fenggao City, most of Wang Zheng's troops had already been dispatched and rushed to Beihai. People, all the way out day and night, did not choose the nearest route, but sneaked into Mount Tai from Langya County in the east by detour. Until then, not only Yuan Tan, but even Fenggao's guard Chang Xi didn't know about it.

Even Xiapi, most people are kept in the dark.

Afterwards, Wang Zheng's outstanding soldiers burned down the food storage point behind the Jizhou Army, and personally reinforced Fenggao City. war situation.

The severe shortage of food and grass, coupled with the fact that the opponent's elite combat power at the critical moment was really good, finally forced Yuan Tan to withdraw his troops and returned to Linzi, Qingzhou!

After this battle, the former Yellow Turban rebels, General Tiangong, and now Li Yanghou and Xuzhou Mu Wangzheng have truly become famous in the first battle, and their personal prestige has once again reached a new level.

After all, the opponent's grade determines your grade.

Compared with the previous battles, whether it is Tao Qian, Liu Bei's Xuzhou Army, Cao Cao's Qingzhou Army, or Taishan Bandits, in terms of prestige, they are all inferior to Jizhou Army at this time.

In particular, this is the Jizhou strong crossbow that has just crushed Baima Yicong, another powerful army in the world!
As a result, with such an opponent, Wang Zheng actually forced Yuan Tan to withdraw his troops voluntarily by relying on 4000 people?

The impact and changes brought about by this battle are so far-reaching that even Wang Zheng and Yuan Tan didn't know it. Originally, the other two were also preparing to join the feast of hunting Xuzhou!
Yuan Tan didn't know that from the third day of his attack on Fenggao, Cao Cao, who had received the news, had ordered his general Xiahou Dun to go to Sheqiu City in Jibei County to keep an eye on changes in the Fenggao battle situation.

And when the sentinel returned and Feng Gao saw that it was broken, Cao Cao immediately sent troops to reinforce Snake Hill, hoping that once Yuan Tan took Feng Gao, Xiahou Dun could take the opportunity to recover the cities west of Taishan County first. .

Feng Gao could give it to Yuan Tan, but Cao Cao absolutely could not accept that the entire Mount Tai fell into Yuan Jun's sphere of influence. Even if Cao Cao was still nominally allied with Yuan Shao at this time, he felt that this matter was greatly inappropriate.

On the other side of Yangzhou, Yuan Shu was also eager to move. When he learned that Xuzhou was empty of troops and Taishan was attacked by Yuan Tan again, Yuan Shu also wanted to take the opportunity to take back Xiapi!

Yes, take it back!

In Yuan Shu's eyes, Xiapi should belong to him, and even the whole Xuzhou should belong to him!

So at the same time, Jiujiang Zhongli also had a large number of troops mobilized!
结果
Contrary to everyone's expectations, Wang Zheng still sent troops to help Feng Gao even though his troops were stretched thin, and even defeated the Jizhou army with few victories and many defeats.
After this battle, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu hesitated again!
After all, the former is barely at peace with Wang Zheng at present, and the latter is an ally in name.

This Zongzi is so good at fighting, if he is not sure of victory, is it right to fight him rashly?
In the end, Yuan Shu took the lead in giving up taking advantage of the fire, while Cao Cao hesitated again and again, but received the news that the battle in Beihai had also been decided, and the Heavenly Army was already on its way back.

He sighed and closed his eyes for a long time, knowing that the good opportunity had been lost.

That night, when Xun Yu went to meet Cao Cao, he happened to see the future Emperor Wu of Wei sitting alone in the hall, staring blankly at the bowl of rice in his hand, and then suddenly said something.

"Zhuzi really deserves to be killed!"

"Such a general can't be used by me to force him back!"

Xun Yu was silent at the side, he was so smart, he naturally knew who Cao Cao was talking about.

But it is also clearer that time cannot be turned back.

(End of this chapter)