Three Kingdoms Guo Jia's growth diary

Those dazed people who didn't know what was going on in Xudu and ran out of the house because of the fire had already squatted down obediently.

Most of the people who are still standing and trying to disrupt the situation are Dong Cheng's accomplices.

In fact, long before Cao Cao set off, Qin Qingtong, Dong Cheng's slave, came to inform him about the clothing belt edict, and revealed that the imperial physician Ji Ping had poisoned Cao Cao, which was also instigated by Dong Cheng.

It turned out that Qin Qingtong, Dong Cheng's slave, had an affair with a maid, and after being punished by his master, he held a grudge and betrayed his master for glory.It's a pity that he has very limited information and cannot be sure how many people are involved in the conspiracy.

In order to frighten all officials, to ensure that during the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, the court would not cause any major disturbances.Cao Cao adopted Dong Zhao's suggestion and used his plan to deliberately give Dong Cheng a chance to make trouble, exposing all his accomplices so that they could be wiped out.

Guo Jia asked himself that he was not a good person. However, he still couldn't watch many innocent people die in a daze.So he asked to be responsible for collecting the net, at least, to leave a way out for most people who were unfortunately involved in this conspiracy.

In addition to the leader Dong Cheng and others who need to be caught alive, they will be handed over to Man Chong for interrogation.Others who were still stubbornly resisting were ruthlessly crushed by the tiger and leopard riders.

Guo Jia didn't look any further, and ordered Deng Zhan, the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry, to quickly clean up the rebels.

On the other side, Wang Zifu and Wu Shuo, who were in charge of seizing the city gate, were killed by Guo Jia's trilogy on the spot, and Wu Zilan and Zhong Ji were captured alive.

Cao Ang was in charge of organizing officials and people to fight the fire.

Dong Cheng was daydreaming, wanting to control a relatively intact Xudu and stick to the city for help.Therefore, there are very few buildings that were actually burned. On the contrary, the fire in the palace was the most serious. Fortunately, there were many officials who went to the palace to fight the fire at the first time. It's not serious either.

Dawn was approaching, the Xudu Imperial Palace was brightly lit, the turmoil in the city had subsided, and there was still a smell of burnt wood in the wind.

The emperor Liu Xie should be well aware of the reason for this turmoil, but when Guo Jia climbed up the steps step by step and entered the main hall, Liu Xie still pretended to be ignorant and panicked He asked calmly: "Guo Jijiu, why is it so messy outside? Why did the water (fire) go away?"

Guo Jia played with the folding fan and said seemingly unintentionally: "Dong Cheng has been detained for rebellion and awaiting trial, does your majesty know?" Everyone can guess what happened to the Yidai Zhao.But this matter cannot involve the emperor, and it is impossible to explicitly admit that Cao Cao exercised power, suppressed the emperor, and dominated the court, so it can only be Dong Cheng's own idea.

Liu Xie's face was ashen, and his voice trembled: "I, I don't know, Dong Cheng, the cavalry general, has the merit of saving him. I don't believe that he will rebel. He must be wronged!"

Guo Jia smiled but said, "Oh, that's strange. Dong Cheng claimed that he was following His Majesty's secret edict to seize Xudu and kill the traitors. Who is the traitor in His Majesty's heart?"

Liu Xie was almost in tears, and tightly grabbed Guo Jia's sleeve: "I didn't issue an edict, no. Guo Jijiu must speak a few words for me, don't let Mr. Cao misunderstand."

Also missed a person who participated in the Yidai Zhao-Liu Bei.

Guo Jia was a little sleepy, and lightly pressed his temple.Coming out of the palace, he went back to the mansion to catch up on sleep, and then went to Tingweizhao Prison to visit Liu Bei and Zhang Fei.

This super "cold yamen" with few people is almost forgotten by everyone.However, Dong Cheng thought that Liu Bei, who had absconded and left Xudu long ago, was secretly imprisoned here.

Zhang Fei is actually a rough but meticulous person, not as reckless as in the novels. This time, arresting Liu Bei and Zhang Fei who had wandered out of the city really took a lot of manpower and material resources.

Ting Lieutenant Guo Hong was also cautious, fearing that Zhang Fei would be violent and hurt others, so he put on heavy shackles, his hands and feet were locked with black iron chains, and the other end was fixed on a huge stone millstone.The scope of Zhang Feineng's activities is very limited.In contrast, Liu Bei was given preferential treatment, a small clean single room with a couch and straw mats, and no shackles.

Guo Jia signaled his entourage to hand over Liu Bei's pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and coughed lightly: "Your Excellency Xuande wrote a letter to General Guan, asking him to be dispatched by Duke Cao temporarily. Go to the death penalty of the two."

Liu Bei wept again and again: "How did this happen? Bei has come to this predicament, and he must not implicate the second brother again."

Guo Jia said coolly: "I'm not discussing with you, do you write it or not?"

Yuan Shao's think tank had serious internal disagreements, and Ju Shou and Tian Feng firmly opposed sending troops.Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Pang Ji, and Shen Pei agreed to send troops. Xun Chen's brother Xun Yu was in Cao Ying, so he had to avoid suspicion and did not express his opinion.

Guo Tu took the opportunity to slander, seized Jushou's military power, and persuaded Yuan Shao to immediately march into Liyang, Linhe intimidated Cao's army, suppressed Cao Cao in terms of momentum, and fought a beautiful victory.

But Yuan Shao was hesitant and missed the best opportunity. By the time Yuan Shao ordered the troops, Cao Cao had already taken the first step to garrison Liyang, seizing the opportunity.Liyang is a very critical strategic location, occupying Liyang will have a great advantage when rushing to cross the natural danger of the Yellow River.

Yuan Jun lagged behind step by step, and was basically led by the nose by Cao Jun.

Tian Feng has seen this kind of genius layout before, when he played against Guo Jia, it was on the chessboard.Every step is calculated by others. I am not afraid of you coming, but I am afraid that you will not dare to come.

Tian Feng once again proposed the strategy of recuperating and disturbing the enemy with light troops.He even pessimistically asserted: Yuan Shao will lose this battle.

This kind of ominous remarks finally completely angered Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao put Tian Feng into prison.

Ju Shou's strategy of "three years of fatigue" was also ignored.

Guo Jia: In fact, Yuan Shao could win if he only listened to Tian Feng, Jushou, or Guo Tu.The problem is that as a disease of difficult choice, Yuan Shao can stay in a state of hesitation for a long time, making all good plans come to naught.

In the past few years, Cao Cao's power has grown so fast that Yuan Shao is very afraid.Yuan Shao is already over 50 years old, and he deeply feels that his physical condition is getting worse every year.He felt that he couldn't wait any longer, and he must eliminate Cao Cao as soon as possible while he still had energy and obvious advantages.

However, those advisers who supported Yuan Shao's war also had conflicts with each other.Yuan Shao liked his younger son, Yuan Shang, while Guo Tu and Xin Ping supported his elder son, Yuan Tan.Pang Ji and Shen Pei supported Yuan Shang.

Pang Ji worried that Guo Tu's military power would make the eldest son Yuan Tan gain power, so he also slandered Yuan Shaojin, wanting to take away Guo Tu's military power.

Guo Tu's series of performances made Yuan Shao think highly of him.Especially the suggestion of marching into Liyang to seize the opportunity, Yuan Shao regretted not listening to Guo Tu at that time.But Pang Ji's words are also reasonable. Guo Tu also has a fellow soldier who serves as a military adviser to Cao Cao. It is a bit risky for Guo Tu to be in charge of the army and serve as the director of the three armies.

Therefore, Yuan Shao made a decision that he thought was extremely clever. He ordered: From today onwards, the official position of the chief of the armed forces will be revoked, the army will be divided into three parts, and three governors will be established. A part of the army is not subordinate to each other.

With the contradiction between Guo Tu and Jushou, and the contradiction between Guo Tu of Yingchuan, Jushou of Jizhou and Chunyu Qiong, Yuan Shao's earliest confidant, it is really hard to predict how these three forces will fight.

Jushou was extremely desperate. Before he went out with the army, he gathered his clansmen and distributed all his family wealth to them, saying: "If Duke Yuan wins at Guandu, we will be all-powerful, but if we lose, we will not even be able to protect ourselves. How pathetic!"

This word reached Yuan Shao's ears, if it wasn't for the great enemy, Yuan Shao really wanted to send Jushou to have a prison meal with Tian Feng.

In September, Cao Cao returned to Xudu and stayed in the forbidden area to garrison Guandu.

Cao Cao came back to deal with the matter of clothes and belts.Dong Cheng, Wu Zilan, Wu Shuo and Zhong Ji were all punished by the three clans, and the father's, mother's, and wife's clans all suffered.As for Prince Fu (Liu Fu), he is a descendant of the clan, the grandson of King Liang, and the three clans include the emperor Liu Xie, so he has to make an exception.

This may be a bit cruel, but assuming Dong Cheng succeeds, Cao Cao's three clans will be killed, and Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Dong Zhao, Mao Jie, Man Chong and others may not escape death.Game of Thrones has always been so cruel, this time, even Xun Yu did not dissuade Cao Cao.Cao Cao was almost poisoned to death and faced the danger of exterminating his family. Who is qualified to let him let his enemies go?

Cao Cao killed Dong Cheng, still angry, red-eyed, armed with a sword, and rushed into the palace with the Tiger Guards (Cao Cao's personal soldiers, led by Xu Chu).

The court ladies and eunuchs along the road were all frightened by Cao Cao's aura. Some knelt on the ground trembling, and some turned around and ran away.

Just after Liu Xie had dinner, he was whispering to Empress Fu in the bedroom, when a servant (eunuch) ran over in a panic, tripped over the threshold, dropped his hairpin, and didn't bother to tidy up, and turned to Liu Xie Shouted: "Your Majesty, Cao Sikong led the troops... ah!"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Chu picked up the Zhongchang servant, threw him out of the bedroom, cleaned up all the idlers, and then welcomed Cao Cao into the hall.

Cao □ stared at Liu Xie, pressed the hilt of his sword with his right hand, and asked sullenly, "Does Your Majesty know about Dong Cheng's rebellion?"

Liu Xie pretended to be confused: "Dong Zhuo has already been executed." Thanks to Guo Jijiu, he was asked once, and he has already figured out how to get away with it.

Cao Cao's voice suddenly rose three points: "It's not Dong Zhuo, it's Dong Cheng!"

Liu Xie said calmly, "I really don't know."

"Since His Majesty doesn't know about it, Dong Cheng is the mastermind. The crime of treason should be punished by the three clans. Dong Cheng also has a daughter who serves His Majesty in the harem, so she should be beheaded as a public display."

Liu Xie didn't dare to say anything, Empress Fu said with dignity: "Concubine Dong is pregnant, I hope Cao Sikong will take pity on her."

"Okay, then leave her whole body." Cao Cao sneered a few times, and ordered Tiger Guards to capture Concubine Dong and hang her to death with white silk.

As for Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, for the sake of Guan Yu's willingness to join the army to conquer Yuan Shao, they will not be dealt with for the time being.

Cao Cao returned to the front line of Guandu again, the military situation was urgent, and Yuan Shao's army besieged Baima.

Xun You proposed the strategy of attacking the west from the east. Cao Cao's troops entered Yanjin, pretending to cross the Yellow River, and went around to attack Yuan Shao in the rear, luring the main force of Yuan's army to move westward.Then, Cao Cao made a surprise attack with light soldiers to break the siege of Baima.

Sure enough, Yuan Shao fell for the trick, and sent Yan Liang to continue to attack the white horse, and personally led the main force to pursue Cao Cao.

Jushou saw through Xun You's strategy and persuaded Yuan Shao: "Yan Liang is narrow-minded. Although he is brave, he cannot lead the army alone. When Cao Cao's troops entered Yanjin, it was probably a strategy of attacking the west. The real goal of Cao's army is to break the siege of the white horse first."

Yuan Shao refused to listen, and ordered the whole army to cross the Yellow River and pursue Cao Cao fiercely.

The great river went eastward, and the turbulent waves were surging. Ju Shou stood on the swaying boat and sang sadly: "The father did not cross the river, but the father crossed the river, fell into the river and died, what can I do?"

This is a foreign ballad recorded in "Qin Cao" by Cai Yong (Cai Wenji's father).

It describes such a story: a crazy man with loose white hair is running in the river with a flagon.Seeing that he was about to rush into the rapids, his wife chased after him and shouted to prevent him from crossing the river, but it was too late, and the madman was drowned by the river.His wife plucked the konghou and sang a song "Konghou Yin": "If you don't want to cross the river, you will...how can you do it!"

Ju Shou's song "Kong Hou Yin" is a metaphor for Yuan Shao's perilous situation, but he is obsessed with it.

Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this, and ordered Jushou's military power to be deprived, and he was detained.

Yuan Shao chased and chased all the way to the south of Yanjin, and finally lost Cao Cao's figure completely.Then, news came that Cao Cao's generals Zhang Liao and Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang and lifted the siege of the white horse.

The author has something to say: In official history, preparations for the Battle of Guandu began in June of the fourth year of Jian'an (AD 199), and lasted for more than a year until Cao Cao won the final victory in October of the fifth year of Jian'an (AD 200).

During this period, according to the records of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", Cao Cao left the front line at least twice, one was to return to Xudu in September of the fourth year of Jian'an, and the other was to fight Liu Bei in the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an.Guo Jia also predicted Sun Ce's death, which also happened during the Guandu period.