Rebirth Wei Yan

"Haha, my lord, Mr. Xi's plan really worked! Now Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan have been killed!" After completing the task arranged by Cao Cao's military advisor Xi Zhicai in Jizhou, Xu Chu knew that he was pretending to be Yuan Shao's subordinate.

The plan to kill Gongsun Yue and his party was successful!

Xu Chu, whose courtesy name was Zhongkang, was a native of Qiao State. He was more than eight feet long, with a waist ten girth wide, a majestic appearance, and great courage. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Xu Chu gathered thousands of strong men and clansmen to jointly build defense facilities to resist the invasion of bandits.

At that time, more than 10,000 rebels from Gebei in Runan attacked Xu Chu. Xu Chu was outnumbered and exhausted from the battle. He also ran out of arrows. He ordered both men and women to find big rocks to defend against the enemy. When the enemy soldiers rushed up, Xu Chu flew back with stones.

, so the thieves did not dare to approach. When the food was almost exhausted, Xu Chu pretended to make peace with the thieves and discussed using the cattle in exchange for food. After the thieves moved the cattle away, they ran back by themselves, and Xu Chu went to the front of the battle and took the cattle with him.

After walking more than a hundred paces with his tail, the thieves were frightened and did not dare to come back to fetch the cattle. From then on, in the land of Huai, Ru, Chen, and Liang, everyone was afraid when they heard Xu Chu's name.

Originally, in the second year of Jian'an (197), Cao Cao occupied Huai, and you and Xu Chu sent their people to submit to Cao Cao. They paid homage to the captain on that day and introduced the guards. However, due to the intervention of Wei Yan, a little butterfly, Cao Cao saw Huang Zhong.

The power of a fierce general like Dian Wei, coupled with the stimulation of "Lü Bu among men", led Cao Cao to take Xu Zhong and play Zhicai with him after he failed to attack Dong Zhuo.

, Cao Ren and Cao Zixiao rushed to Runan to ask Xu Chu to serve him. Xu Chu was still hesitant at first, but with the sincerity of Cao Cao's repeated visits, Xu Chu finally worshiped Cao Cao as his lord! From then on, this "tiger idiot" served Cao Cao and Cao Cao's men.

There were also top generals! Later, when the left general Wei Yan heard that Xu Chu had returned to Cao Cao, he regretted it!

As for why Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai wanted to be independent, it was all because after Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou, Bao Xin said to Cao Cao: "Yuan Shao is the leader of the Kwantung Allied Forces. He will cause chaos because of his power grab. He will be Dong Zhuo soon."

! Now you are no match for him. The only plan for now is to choose a county south of the Yellow River to wait for changes." This is how Xi Zhicai came up with his plan!

"Haha, I, Cao Meng, have the ambition and talent in literature and Zhongkang in martial arts, what else can I not achieve?!" Cao Cao said proudly after hearing Xu Chu's words! Although Cao Cao envied Wei Yan for having talented people like Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Xun You around him

, there are powerful generals like Huang Zhong and Dian Wei, but if you look at the Xi Zhicai around you, Xu Chu, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xia Houdun, Xia Houyuan, Le Jin and other talents are not inferior to Wei Yan!

"My lord, it is only the first step to make Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan at odds. The second step is to find a way to contact the Black Mountain Army and make the Black Mountain Army rebel. At this time, Yuan Shao has been beaten to a pulp by Gongsun Zan. Then the lord will send troops.

Here's a chance! Finally, we choose a place, and then slowly map it out. When the lord has his own territory and soldiers, who will be his opponent in the world?!" After Xi Zhicai heard Cao Cao's words, he hurriedly

He was extremely humble, and then continued to analyze to Cao Cao!

"Okay! Just do what Zhicai said! Haha -" Cao Cao said excitedly after hearing Xi Zhicai's words!

Sure enough, in the autumn of the second year of Chuping (191), the Black Mountain Peasant Army led by Yu Du, Bai Rao, Sui Gu and others attacked Weijun (southwest of Linzhang, Hebei), Dongjun (southwest of Puyang, Henan) and other places.

The prefect of the county, Wang Gong, could not resist. Yuan Shao sent Cao Cao, who was subordinate to him at the time, to introduce troops to Dongjun to develop his own power. Cao Cao defeated the Bailuo tribe of the Black Mountain Army in Puyang. Yuan Shao appointed Cao Cao as the prefect of Dongjun and changed the rule of Dongwuyang.

(today's Caoxian County, Shandong Province). In the spring of the next year, Cao Cao defeated the Black Mountain Army in Dudu at Dunqiu (now southwest of Qingfeng, Henan), and defeated the Black Mountain Army in Suigu and the harassing troops in Dongjun in Neihuang (now northwest of Neihuang, Henan).

The Xiongnu came to Fuluo and pacified Dongjun. Cao Cao had suffered in the territory since he raised his troops, and now he had a foothold in Dongjun.

After Yuan Shao surrendered to Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao followed the advice of counselor Xu You and encouraged the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou to continue making trouble. In the end, Gongsun Zan had to continue to send troops to suppress. However, although the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army were large in number, they were not Gongsun Zan's elite cavalry.

opponent![

In November of the second year of Chuping (191), the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou (now north of Zibo, Shandong) with 300,000 troops in Bohai County (now northeast of Mopi, Hebei) was preparing to join another peasant army, the Black Mountain Army.

Zan led 20,000 infantry and cavalry soldiers to attack the Yellow Turbans from their base in Youzhou (now southwest of Beijing). The two armies fought fiercely in Dongguang (now southeast of Cangxian County, Hebei Province). Gongsun Zan defeated the Yellow Turbans and beheaded more than 30,000 people. The Yellow Turbans abandoned their baggage and

Crossing the Yellow River south. Gongsun Zan set up an ambush by the Yellow River, and suddenly attacked when the Yellow Turbans were halfway across. The Yellow Turbans died in tens of thousands, and their blood flowed into the river. Gongsun Zan captured more than 70,000 Yellow Turbans, and countless chariots, armor, and property.

As mentioned in the previous chapter, Gongsun Zan was angry with Yuan Shao because of Gongsun Yue's death. Shangshu Chen reported Yuan Shao's evil, and then sent troops to attack Jizhou (southwest of Linzhang, Hebei Province). The two sides started a war to compete for Jizhou. Yuan Shao was afraid of his military power, and

Gongsun Zan appointed his younger brother Gongsun Fan as the governor of Bohai. As a result, after Gongsun Fan arrived at the county, he used Bohai troops to attack Yuan Shao. At that time, Gongsun Zan's army was greatly defeated by Sheng. So Gongsun Zan appointed his general Yan Gang as the governor of Jizhou and Tian Kai as the governor of Qingzhou.

Shan Jing was appointed governor of Jiaozhou, and he was appointed as the governor of the prefectures and counties in Jizhou. The imperial court had no choice but to use his merits to worship Gongsun Zan as General Fenwu and grant him the title of Marquis of Ji. Gongsun Zan became one of the great princes in the world on par with Dong Zhuo!

Just when the princes of the Central Plains were fighting each other to occupy their territories, Liu Yan, who had now taken control of Yizhou in the southwest, was also ready to make a move!

Liu Yan is a descendant of King Lu Gong of the Han Dynasty. During Emperor Yuanhe's reign of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, a branch of King Lu Gong moved to Jingling. When Liu Yan was young, he served in prefectures and counties, and was awarded the position of doctor because of his clan status. Later, he became a disciple of Zhu Tian.

He resigned after his death. He lectured and taught in Yangcheng Mountain. He was praised as a virtuous and upright person, and was recruited by the Situ Mansion. He successively served as the Luoyang Order, Jizhou Governor, Nanyang Prefect, Zongzheng, Taichang and other officials.

In 188 AD (the fifth year of Zhongping), Liu Yan witnessed the chaos of Emperor Ling's dynasty and the decline of the royal family, so he suggested to the court: "The governors and prefects paid bribes to buy officials, exploited the people, and caused rebellion and alienation. We should select those incorruptible officials in the court.

He wanted to serve as the governor of the local state and county, so as to guard and stabilize the world." He himself asked to be the pastor of Jiaozhou, hoping to avoid the chaos in the world.

At that time, the governor of Yizhou, Quejian, was amassing big things in Yizhou, and greed became common. Liu Yan, who originally wanted to lead the state to avoid disaster, heard from his attendant Dong Fu that Yizhou had the spirit of an emperor, so he instead asked the court to be the pastor of Yizhou. So Liu Yan

Yan was the envoy to supervise the army and was the Mu of Yizhou. He was named Marquis of Yangcheng and was ordered to go to Yizhou to arrest Xi Jian and rectify the administration. Because the road was blocked, Liu Yan temporarily stationed at the east border of Jingzhou. At this time, Que Jian had been captured by the Yellow Turban bandits.

Ma Xiang and others were killed, but Ma Xiang, who had just proclaimed himself emperor a few days later, was defeated by an army organized by Jia Long, who was engaged in Yizhou. Jia Long then welcomed Liu Yan into Yizhou and established his seat of government in Mianzhu. After Liu Yan took office, he appointed Jia Long as the

He was appointed as the captain of the school and moved to Mianzhu. Liu Yan appeased and sheltered those who had escaped and rebelled, and tried his best to implement a policy of tolerance and kindness, but he had ulterior motives in his heart.

The mother of Zhang Lu, the leader of the "Five Pecks of Rice", was very beautiful. She also knew about ghosts and heresy, and had contacts with Liu Yan's family. Liu Yan appointed Zhang Lu as the governor's commander, and went to Hanzhong with Zhang Xiu, the commander of another department, to attack Hanzhong.

After the prefect Su Gu and Zhang Lu gained power in Hanzhong, they killed Zhang Xiu, cut off traffic, and beheaded Han envoys. The Liu and Zhang families became enmity. Liu Yan then broke off all relations with the central court on the grounds that rice thieves were causing trouble and blocking traffic.

He further attacked local powerful people internally and consolidated his own power. As a result, Yizhou was in a semi-independent state. When the princes of the world attacked Dong Zhuo, Liu Yan also refused to send troops and defended the state. Qianwei Governor Ren Qi and the previous peace

Jia Long, who had made great achievements in the rebellion, raised troops against Liu Yan under the lobbying of Situ Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian was ordered to lead his army into Yizhou, but because Jia Long and others were killed by Liu Yan, he withdrew his troops.

During the Great Chaos in the Central Plains, tens of thousands of refugees from the Sanfu area entered Yizhou, and Liu Yan recruited all of them and called them the "Dongzhou Soldiers." Although this army caused a lot of troubles for the people, it also became the key to quelling the civil strife in Zhao Wei after Liu Zhang succeeded him.

the decisive force.

In the second year of Chuping (191), Liu Yan, the shepherd of Yizhou (now northeast of Deyang, Sichuan), ordered the governor Sima Zhanglu and the other commanders Zhang Xiu to join forces to attack the prefect Su of Hanzhong (now Hanzhong, Shaanxi) and cut off Baoxie Road (

In ancient times, the north-south passage connecting the Qinling Mountains (seven hundred miles from end to end) killed the envoys of the Han Dynasty and claimed that thieves would cut off the road so that they could not contact the court. He also used the pretext to kill more than ten people from the big family in the state, including Wang Xian and Li Quan, to establish his authority.

Soon, Ren Qi, the prefect of Qianwei (now Pengshandong, Sichuan), and Jia Long, the captain of the school, attacked Liu Yan and were killed. Liu Yan became more powerful, and all his sons were in Chang'an at that time. Emperor Xian sent his son Liu Zhang, the captain of the chariot, back to Yi.

The state knew its interests. Liu Yan made him stay in Yizhou and never return, so he separatized Yizhou.

Since Liu Yan's separatist rule, the prestige of the Liu Dynasty has reached its lowest point. Since then, the scholars in the world have also seen that the Liu family's power in the world has been exhausted, and they have searched for their own masters, hoping to compete for hegemony in the world in the future.

Get a share of the pie!

"Wen Ruo, have all the fields in our thirteen counties finished autumn sowing?!" When the princes of the Central Plains were fighting, Wei Yan, his wife Cai Yan and his concubine Diao Chan took over the thirteen counties under their rule.

After patrolling around and returning to Fuyang City, Wei Yan asked Xun Yu!

"Lord, don't worry. Farmers who had no seeds in previous years became very motivated after hearing that my lord distributed seeds for free and rented oxen and plows! My lord, there will definitely be a good harvest next year!" After hearing Wei Yan's words, Xun Yu said:

Said excitedly!

"Okay! However, Wen Ruo, if you take on another important task, it is to organize the refugees and idle farmers to repair the water conservancy facilities! Gongda, who is responsible for receiving the refugees, must make sure to boil the clothes of these refugees, and then ask everyone to

Pay attention to cleanliness! Fengxiao, you must always pay attention to the movements and situations of the princes in the world!" After Wei Yan listened to Xun Yu's words and then listened to Guo Jia's news about the war between the princes in the Central Plains, Wei Yan said to Xun Yu, Xun You, and Guo Jia

!

Just when the princes of the Central Plains were fighting fiercely and all parties were gathering strength, the second year of Chuping (191) passed quietly!