Tossing the knife into the air
And what about the sharp edge
To know the way to turn around
Cool in the fire
Cao Cao became the herdsman of Yanzhou in the third year of Chuping. He used both carrot and stick to recruit more than 300,000 Yellow Turban soldiers from Qingzhou. He selected their elites to be "Qingzhou Soldiers" and strengthened their strength. However, on the surface, he still obeyed Yuan Shao and assisted Yuan Shao to attack Gongsun Zan in the north and Yuan Shu in the south to defeat Jianghuai. Lu Bu seized most of Yanzhou, Cao Cao pacified Yanzhou, recovered the lost land, and learned a lesson. He adopted Xun Ang's strategy of "consolidating the foundation to control the world"("The Biography of Xun En in the Records of the Three Kingdoms") to consolidate the base areas of Yanzhou and Yuzhou. He then forced Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to move the capital to Xu (now Xuchang, Henan Province) and appointed himself as a general. He also sought talents and rewarded agriculture. He opened up wasteland in Xu County and the areas along the road to feed his soldiers. In the following three years, he used the strategy of disintegration and destruction to defeat Zhang Xiu in the Battle of Anzhong, captured and killed Lu Bu in Xuzhou, and trapped Yuan Shu to death. He became the only force in the north that could compete with Yuan Shao, who had a large army and a vast territory.
At the same time, Sun Ce also planned to attack Jiangdong and establish a country. In the first year of Xingping (194), he led more than 1,000 former subordinates of his father Sun Jian from Yuan Shu. In the following year, he led five or six thousand troops to join forces with Zhou Yu and led his troops eastward to seize Niuzhu and Moling. Later, he conquered Kuaiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) and occupied Dongye (now Fuzhou). He publicly cut off relations with Yuan Shu and developed independently. Sun Ce occupied the three prefectures of Jiangdong. Cao Cao, who was in a chaotic battle in the north and had no strength to look far away, temporarily took the initiative to win him over. He made Sun Ce the general of the rebellion and the Marquis of Wu.
At this time, Yuan Shao wanted to attack Cao Cao in the south, and Cao Cao also planned to develop north of the Yellow River. Cao Cao won Yuyang prefect Xian Yufu and ordered him to supervise the six prefectures of Youzhou to contain Yuan Shao's rear. Send Zang Ba to conquer Qingzhou Qi, Beihai and other places, in order to strengthen the east wing; He divided his troops to Guandu (now Zhongmou territory in Henan Province, located in the upper reaches of the chasm and facing Bianshui River) to set up defenses. Then, he would try to get Liu Biao of Jingzhou to be neutral and relieve the worries of the southwest. He led the army to defeat Liu Bei and drive him out of Xuzhou, avoiding multiple enemies. When Yuan Shao led 100,000 troops into Liyang (now Jun County) in the fifth year of Jian 'an, Cao Cao first defeated Yuan Shao's army with the tactic of feint in the east and attack in the west. Then he returned to Guandu to resist and burn Yuan Shao's grain and fodder. Taking advantage of the situation, he launched an attack, defeated Yuan Shao's army, wiped out more than 70,000 people, and won a great victory in the Battle of Guandu. After that, he took advantage of Yuan Shao's death and his son's civil war to attack Ye City, the land of Yuan's foundation. He also went on an expedition to Liucheng (now south of Chaoyang, Liaoning) to annihilate the Yuan brothers who had fled into the heart of the Wuhuan and the Wuhuan forces that colluded with them, basically completing the great cause of unifying the north.
But now, with the addition of Feng Siming, it would have an impact on the hegemony of the three countries.
At this time, the Sleeping Dragon Zhuge was already in the tent.
Feng Siming also had plans to recruit Xu Shu.
It had to be said that this move was a little risky.
However, wealth was always sought through danger, wasn't it?
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