Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 546

As far as the actual situation at this time is concerned, Chen Guo is indeed a relatively wealthy place in the Central Plains.

It's just that Chen Guo was a hard rock for Yuan Shu to bite off. After all, even Cao Cao couldn't get any benefits. When he bumped into Chen Guo, he could only shrink his hand back, not to mention it was just a show. What about Yuan Shu?

But I didn't expect Yuan Shu to play tricks on Chen Guo this time, and he was really tricked by him.

Yuan Shu sent Zhang Kai, who had defected to Cao Cao's father Cao Song, as an assassin. He passed by Chen Guo under false pretense of a private matter, and used a banquet to lure Chen Wang Liu Chong and Chen Guoxiang Luo Jun. Send troops to invade Chen Guo.

It can be seen from this that going to a banquet in this year really can meet a Hongmen banquet at any time.

So in terms of time, although it happened later than the original history, Yuan Shu still sent troops to occupy the land of Chen State after assassinating Chen Wang Liu Chong, and received a lot of money and food supplements from Chen State.

Originally relying on Liu Chong's martial arts and Luo Jun's governance, Chen Guo, which was regarded as a rich place in the troubled times, fell into Yuan Shu's hands, but Chen Guo was not far away from Xudu, and there were no dangers to stop it.

If Yuan Shu is willing, he can definitely send troops to Xudu. Maybe it only takes a day or two for Yuan Shu's soldiers to wander outside the city walls of Xudu.

So no matter what Yuan Shu thought, no matter whether Yuan Shu had the idea of ​​attacking Xu Du in one go, anyway, Cao Cao felt threatened by it, and Xu could no longer ignore it.

In fact, during this period of Zhu Wei's recuperation, Cao Cao was not idle and doing things. He was using the name of the emperor to expand his territory.

It's just that Cao Cao lost more than 2 elites under Xia Houyuan's command in the Battle of Nanyang before, and it did hurt his capital for a while. It is temporarily impossible to expand directly outward military.

Cao Cao did not intend to continue to send troops to Nanyang as in the original history. After all, it is no longer Zhang Xiu who controls Nanyang now, but Wei Yan's Jingnan Camp under Zhu Wei. Cao Cao is not willing to easily provoke Zhu Wei, a powerful enemy, now. .

Therefore, Cao Cao only sent troops to deploy troops on the front lines of Zheng County and Kunyang in Yingchuan County to prevent Zhu Wei from sending troops to raid Xudu.

But Cao Cao, who has the righteousness of the emperor, still appointed Zhong Yao as the captain of the Shizhong Shou Sili as in the original history, and let Zhong Yao enter Chang'an, Guanzhong, in the name of holding the festival and supervising all the troops in Guanzhong.

Next, this Zhong Yao did have some tricks. I don’t know if he secretly provoked him or what. Wu Xi, a subordinate of Guo Bang who originally occupied Mei County near Chang’an, rebelled against Guo Bang, and then led his army to attack and kill Guo Bang. Then Wu Xi So he brought his troops and horses under the name of the emperor represented by Zhong Yao.

However, in the original Guanzhong, the two forces of Guo Si and Li Jue restricted each other. Now that Guo Bang is gone, Li Jue is the dominant family in Guanzhong, and some of Guo Si's soldiers and horses have also been annexed by Li Jue.

But Cao Cao quickly sent Pei Mao, the servant of the audience, as an envoy, ordering him to lead the generals in Kansai, such as Duan Yan and other small warlords, to crusade against Li Jue.

In this way, chaos broke out in Guanzhong very quickly, but Li Jue was born as a warlord in Xiliang, and he started his career following Dong Zhuo by plundering everywhere. It is considered the strongest in China, but in fact it still lacks the local foundation of food and grass supplies.

At this time, Chang'an was under the control of Zhong Yao, guarded by the remaining troops of Guo Si, commanded by Wu Xi, while Pei Mao assembled the Northwest coalition of small warlords led by Duan Yan, bit by bit to swallow up the territory occupied by Li Jue, and through various methods. The method is to divide the soldiers under Li Jue.

Then Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Zhang Heng, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Liang Xing, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, and other Xiliang warlords who were attached to them also took the opportunity to join the opposition. Li Jue beat the dog into the water.

As a result, the war became even more unfavorable to Li Jue. This war started in September and October of 197 and continued until 198 now.

Although Li Jue has not yet been completely defeated, he has already retreated to Huangbai City (now northeast of Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, which was originally a military town for storing grain and stationing troops in the Eastern Han Dynasty), and is conducting the final resistance.

According to the original history, in April 198, Li Jue would be beheaded by the troops of Zhang Heng and Liang Xing who broke through Huangbai City. It is said that the head was finally dedicated to Cao Cao by these Northwest warlords. , expressing his strong hatred for Li Jue.

Anyway, the death of Guo Si and Li Jue means that there is no longer a major independent warlord force in Guanzhong, and it also means that the old Xiliang tribe that Dong Zhuo left behind is basically gone.

Therefore, the remaining small warlords in Guanzhong and Kanxi basically surrendered to Cao Cao at this time, or they were attached to the name of the emperor, and Cao Cao also controlled the land of Guanzhong in name.

Then Zhong Yao sent envoys to Han Sui, Ma Teng and other Xiliang warlords to state their interests, so Han Sui, Ma Teng and other Xiliang warlords did not have the courage to resist the emperor, and each sent their sons to serve Xudu. In order to show obedience to the central government, Cao Cao can develop Guanzhong with peace of mind through Zhong Yao.

It can be said that during this period of time, Cao Cao did not need to send troops at all, and he used the name of the emperor to easily eliminate the two major warlords in Guanzhong, Guo Si and Li Cui, and then subdued the other small warlords in Guanzhong, expanding his territory out of thin air. Blockbuster, got a lot of land in Guanzhong.

Although Zhu Wei also had some thoughts about the Guanzhong land and saw the chaos in Guanzhong during this period, after discussing with his military advisers and advisers, he had no intention of sending troops to participate in the chaos in Guanzhong for the time being.

This is why Zhu Wei did not send troops. After all, Cao Cao is only using the name of the emperor to remotely control the warlords in Guanzhong to fight each other. Zhu Wei will only cause trouble for himself if he intervenes.

On the other hand, although Guanzhong was nominally attached to the Xudu imperial court controlled by Cao Cao under the means of Zhong Yao, Pei Mao and others, it was not directly under Cao Cao after all, but could only be regarded as a vassal of Cao Cao.

Therefore, as long as Zhu Wei gets rid of Cao Cao in the future, Guanzhong will naturally be able to attach to Zhu Wei's side, and Zhu Wei has no need to spend his troops for nothing to participate in the chaotic situation in Guanzhong.

In addition, even if Zhu Wei took Guanzhong now, it would not be of much benefit, not to mention allocating troops to garrison, and Zhu Wei's supplies would have to be spent on recovering the governance of Guanzhong.

Although there is a lot of land in Guanzhong at this time, it does not have enough population.

From the rebellion of Dong Zhuo back then to the melee of warlords in the Northwest today, the catastrophe of wars in the past ten years has turned Guanzhong into ruins thousands of miles away. Many people in Guanzhong have fled to Jingzhou and Yizhou, so even if Zhu Wei got In fact, leaving the land of Guanzhong will not bring much practical benefit to Zhu Wei.

Why not let Zhong Yao manage Guanzhong now...

(End of this chapter)