Rebirth of the Southern Barbarian Meng Huo

As Meng Huo said, Cao Cao invited Liu Bei to the banquet the next day.While drinking, suddenly some of Cao Cao's subordinates came to report.However, Yuan Shao had already defeated Gongsun Zan and occupied four states.However, Yuan Shao's younger brother Yuan Shu was not popular among the people and was getting seriously ill. He seemed to have the intention to pass the throne to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu was about to personally send the imperial seal to Yuan Shao.

Liu Bei listened in detail and thought about Meng Huo's words. He thought it was a good opportunity and immediately stood up and said to Cao Cao: "If Yuan Shu surrenders to Yuan Shao, he will definitely pass through Xuzhou. Prepare an army to intercept him halfway, and he can capture him."

Cao Cao smiled and said: "I will report to the emperor one day, even if I raise an army." However, Cao Cao also knew that Yuan Shu was not easy to deal with, so he deliberately let Liu Bei take the lead.

At this moment in the palace, Meng Huo met Emperor Xian in the harem.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Shu rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor. Now he wants to surrender to Yuan Shao. I invite you to go to Guandu and attack Yuan Shao's troops." Meng Huo said to Emperor Xian.

Emperor Xian was a little worried. He didn't want Meng Huo to leave just like that, but he was afraid that Cao Cao would hurt him, so he said: "Yuan Shao was an official to the general, leading the soldiers of the four states, and his family was the fourth generation and the third prince, no matter in the court or in the Jianghu, especially In the Confucian lineage, its influence is far-reaching, and the national master is afraid that the master will become unknown if he attacks it."

Meng Huo shook his head and said: "Public or private, I have to fight with Yuan Shao. If we talk about the lineage of Confucian saints, I also have some concerns. My sworn brother Kong Rong is the son of the current saint, but Yuan Shao's son Yuan Shao Tan actually attacked Beihai three years ago and kidnapped my sworn brother's family. I swear to avenge this hatred!"

Meng Huo told the truth, and the incident became a big joke, even shocking the world for a time.It turned out that in the first year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan entered Beihai.If Kong Rong had not had Kunpeng help him escape, he would have been killed like his wife and children.The representative figure of Confucianism killed the Confucian saint, which made people laugh at him for a while.

Originally Kong Rong was a local prince.It is most normal for family members to be killed.But Kong Rong's other identity was the Holy Son, and the biggest supporter of the Yuan family was the Confucian sect.The consequence of this incident was the disunity of Confucianism, which led to the rise of the Legalist lineage, and Cao Cao was the spokesperson of the Legalist school. Almost all his advisers and civil servants abandoned Confucianism and followed the law.

Emperor Xian also knew that he could not stop Meng Huo. At first Meng Huo called himself "Chen", but in the end he called himself me, as a reminder to Emperor Xian.His status as Meng Huo was not under that of the emperor.

Seeing Emperor Xian's sad face, Meng Huo knew what Emperor Xian was worried about. In order to make a name for himself, Meng Huo had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will leave two princesses behind, and Concubine Huan will stay in Hongshui Camp to take my place." Control the Red Water Battle Formation; Concubine Wen will enter the palace from time to time to accompany the Queen to relieve her boredom."

Emperor Xian was immediately overjoyed and said immediately: "I will issue the decree immediately. The imperial master will go out on my behalf."

Emperor Xian immediately drafted an imperial edict and handed it to Meng Huo.

Meng Huo left with the imperial edict and went straight to Kong Rong's mansion.

After escaping alone three years ago, Kong Rong no longer regarded himself as the Holy Son, and he also married another wife.Two children have been born in three years.

When Meng Huo arrived, Kong Rong was writing an essay.

See Kong Rong's haggard look.Meng Huo said: "Brother, my foolish brother wants to go to war."

"But going to Qingzhou?" Kong Rong asked without raising his head.

Meng Huo nodded and said, "Exactly. Foolish brother also borrowed his elder brother's name."

"Since you have decided to aspire to the world, why bother to hide it?" Kong Rong asked.

Meng Huo said: "My foolish brother has many worries in his heart, so he borrowed his brother's name. After this battle, I am afraid that the Confucian lineage will be completely corrupted, and Legalism is destined to flourish. My brother's name as the Holy Son, I am afraid..."

Kong Rong finally put down the pen in his hand, turned to look at Meng Huo with a smile and said: "Young brother, just go ahead. If you are a saint son, you cannot be an emperor. Likewise, if you are an emperor, you should not care about reputation. In troubled times, all reputations are vain. Yes, only strength is real."

Meng Huo was dumbfounded, but he knew that his sworn brother had chosen to support him. Even without his status as the Holy Son, he still stood by his side. "Foolish brother, let's go now!" Meng Huo turned and left.

After Meng Huo left, Kong Rong wrote a few lines on the bamboo slips on his case, starting with the word "prelude", followed by: prelude to the war, prelude to Meng Huainan's domination, etc. The words jumped out on the bamboo slips.

Then Meng Huo summoned the civil and military forces, but Diao Chan and Cai Zhaoji did not go with them. Cheng Yu and Jia Xu stayed behind, and Pang De, Sima Yi, Xu Chu and others also did not go with them.The only counselors accompanying him were the genius Guo Jia, and the generals were Xia Mou and Gao Shun. They were also accompanied by guard Dian Wei, who brought [-] wolf cavalry and [-] soldiers trapped in the camp.

As Kong Rong wrote, this trip was the prelude to the great war. The biggest war in the north was about to break out. It was no longer Cao Cao's sole show, nor was it the most critical battle of Guandu in the entire north where Cao Cao pacified the whole north.

Even if it is still the Battle of Guandu, Meng Huo must be the one who kicks off the battle.

The next day, when Cao Cao went to the palace to report the battle against Yuan, he had already learned that Meng Huo had left with an army of [-] men.

So Cao Cao handed Liu Bei [-] troops and two generals, and headed straight for Xuzhou, but he wanted to attack Yuan Shu before Meng Huo took action.

At the same time, Cao Cao stepped up his troops and sent troops to Guandu, but he really thought Meng Huo was going to Guandu. But when they arrived at Guandu, Meng Huo's army was nowhere to be seen, and then Cao Cao's army went to Liyang.No one knew that Meng Huo had already gone down the river, took a specially built ship, and headed to the North Sea overnight.

For a time, all the princes in the world lost track of Meng Huo, and no one knew where Meng Huo had gone.

Only Kong Rong knew what Meng Huo was doing. Meng Huo personally started the war for his own great cause.

Hulao Pass is an extremely important fortress above the river. It has been since ancient times. Moreover, it is close to Hanoi. What Meng Huo wants to do can naturally be concealed from others.

After half a month of rapid march, the 10-strong army finally arrived at Hulao Pass.Seeing Meng Huo's flag, the gates of Hulao Pass were opened and all [-] people were admitted.

"Su Da, I have met my lord," the guard of Hulao Pass said excitedly when he saw Meng Huo.

Meng Huo nodded to Su Da, who was Tiedan in Nanman at the time, and said, "General Su, have you done everything you asked me to do?"

Su Da nodded quickly and said: "Everything was prepared three years ago according to the Lord's instructions."

"Thank you for your hard work." Meng Huo nodded to Su Da, "Lead the way."

"Yes!"

Not long after, Su Da led Meng Huo and others to a hidden river bend in Hulao Pass. They saw warships all over the river bend. Each ship was nearly ten feet long and three feet wide. It is a huge thing, and the boat is also three feet tall and divided into three levels.Even the bow is made of fine iron.

There are actually more than 300 such ships.Assuming that each boat carries more than 10 people, it can accommodate exactly [-] people.

And the most surprising thing is that there are no masts on such a giant ship. Without masts, there is no need for sails.

Seeing this scene, even the genius Guo Jia asked: "Lord, how can this ship move?"

Meng Huo didn't explain and turned to look at Su Da.

Su Da led everyone onto the huge ship and walked to the lower level of the ship. This ship has three floors, two floors above and one below. But under the bottom floor, there is actually a hidden layer, which is not intended for humans. There are one hundred steering wheels divided into two rows, and the steering wheels are connected to the outside of the hull with iron cables.

Seeing this scene, Guo Jia's consciousness immediately penetrated the hull, and then said in surprise: "Whoever came up with such an idea is really ingenious!"

Meng Huo said: "In my early years, I met a strange man who taught me this method. Xia Mou and Gao Shun gave you five days to allow your officers and men to easily control this boat. In addition, I will give you ten days to complete the task." Let all the sergeants adapt to the bumps of the ship to facilitate water warfare."

"Yes!" Xia Mou and Gao Shun responded in unison.

Xia Mou and Gao Shun arranged for the sergeants to become familiar with the control of the giant ship and the formation of troops on the ship.

Guo Jiaze said: "My lord, if we have a general who is familiar with water warfare, once we complete the flexible formation of troops on the water, we will definitely be able to capture all the princes along the river and along the river with this army."

Meng Huo nodded. There are indeed water war generals, but they are not under Meng Huo at the moment, not even in the north. "Although there are rivers in the north, they often freeze in winter, so there have always been wars without naval forces. On the other hand, there are many rivers in the south, especially the rivers that are so wide and boundless. Hundreds of thousands of troops can be displayed on the water together. I predict that the south will There must be a master of water warfare. After Yuan Shao is defeated, I will personally go to the south and worship a water warrior." But Meng Huo thought of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, but Meng Huo was not sure. You can really surrender the two of them.

While Meng Huo was training his navy at Hulao Pass, Liu Bei had already gained something.

In June of the fourth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu went to Jizhou and passed through Xuzhou. He was attacked by Liu Bei. As a result, Yuan Shu was seriously injured and died within a few days.Cao Cao had already made arrangements, and the jade seal passed down to the country fell into his hands.

When he heard that Yuan Shu was dead, Yuan Shao was furious.I originally wanted to launch an army to attack Liu Bei, but I thought that Yuan Shu had fallen out with him in his early years, and it was not worth it to fight for a dead man.Moreover, Liu Bei also asked someone to send a letter expressing his willingness to join forces with Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao was also afraid of Cao Cao, even though he was a general and had several counties and counties in Hebei, Qing, You, and four prefectures. He was rumored to have millions of soldiers.But even so, he did not dare to enter Xudu, but he had been afraid of Cao Cao, the prime minister for a long time.

When the princes of the Nineteenth Town united, Cao Cao dared to point at his nose and curse. Now when they met, Cao Cao even dared him to take action. Moreover, Yuan Shao naturally had sources of information and knew that both Meng Huo and Cao Cao had second-level battle formations, but he did not. .

In this way, Yuan Shao could only gain the upper hand in terms of the number of soldiers and sent 30 elite troops to garrison Liyang.

Yuan Shao attacked, but Cao Cao was not afraid. He also raised 30 troops. Soon the two armies faced each other eighty miles apart in Liyang.The arrow was on the string, but the two sides failed to fight.

Yuan Shao was doubtful and did not want to join the army.

Cao Cao, on the other hand, was thinking about the jade seal he had just obtained. He also wanted to refine the jade seal as soon as possible and then use it to destroy Meng Huo.Originally, Cao Cao planned to suppress Meng Huo on the battlefield, but he did not want Meng Huo to actually defeat Yuan Shao's army. However, after obtaining the imperial seal, Cao Cao had no fear. He felt that even if Meng Huo really defeated Yuan Shao, he would never be able to stop him. Chuan Guo Jade Seal's blow, so he couldn't wait to refine Chuan Guo Jade Seal.

It's just that refining the jade seal requires luck, but Li Yang doesn't have it, and Cao Cao doesn't have it in his body. The only true dragon of luck is Xu Dou, so Cao Cao left the guard behind, and Cao Cao led an army alone and returned to Xudu.

When Cao Cao returned to Xudu, he went straight to the palace.