Moreover, Cao Hong must also disperse Cheng Gongying and larocca into his ministries, otherwise, if these people have an accident, they will be much worse than those county soldiers.
Worrying about foreign invasion, Cao Hong is exhausted, but he can also support him. He knows very well that he can’t fall, otherwise the leaders of the city will be attacked by Jingzhou Army, leaving Chen in danger.
After days of hard work, many Cao soldiers were killed by enemy arrows and swords, their hands and feet were damaged by cold weather, or they were infected with cold, and there were more casualties than Jingzhou troops.
Cao Hong also tried his best to do this. However, with the increasingly fierce situation, the casualties of the Ministry have reached a very dangerous point. The reinforcements have been waiting for a long time without news. Although the grain is still sufficient, the arrows have gradually run out, and the ordnance loss is particularly serious. The situation is getting worse every day. Every siege of Jingzhou Army seems to break the city head.
☆, Chapter two hundred and twenty-one Gone with the tragic end.
At the end of November of Jian ‘an, Chen Liucheng broke Cao Hong and died in a disorderly army. Cao Chun led an army to break through and died outside the Jingzhou army camp in the north of the city. All his butch riders were killed. Yue Jin disappeared. Cheng Yu refused to surrender after being captured. He was taken to Jingzhou with Cao Jiang counselors.
Han Sui’s Cheng Gongying and Yan Hang also died in the disorderly army city. There were more than 5,000 soldiers in Cao Jun County, and they turned back after the city was broken. However, after Liu Cong incorporated this batch of county soldiers, he only chose hundreds of tough and elite soldiers, and the rest were sent back to villages around the country.
A few days after Liu Cong breached Chen Liu, Zhou Yu led more than 20,000 steps to ride, and Taishi Ci led a John Wan Dongying soldier to meet Liu Cong’s army in the west after crossing Mangdang Mountain.
The loss of Chen Liu means that Cao Jun lost his important stronghold on the south bank of the Yellow River, and it is also a very serious blow to Cao Cao’s rule. Without Chen Liu, Cao Cao’s south line defense has been solved. Xun Yu and others will shrink their troops along the Yellow River and guard against the attack of Zhang Fei’s troops. He must also make corresponding arrangements
After Liu cong conquered Chen Liu, he took a rest. After all, the soldiers who stormed Chen Liu Jingzhou these days also suffered a lot of casualties.
By now, the minds of the generals in Ma Chao and others have completely changed. After all, Jingzhou Army has shown great strength and Cao Cao is likely to lose to Liu Cong. So what is there to hesitate?
Newly recruited soldiers from counties and counties in Jingzhou were quickly integrated into the ministries. Most of them were young and strong, and some of them were junior students in military studies of various ministries, and most of these teenagers came from poor families of the Han nationality. It was because of the Jingzhou New Deal that they had the opportunity to receive education and saw the hope of getting ahead.
A large number of ordnance came along with it. These grains were produced not only in Jingzhou but also in Yizhou, and the number of thunderbolts, crossbows, armor for well-stop vehicles, crossbows and arrows was extremely large.
Jingzhou army’s rest is not a simple rest and rectification. After the fact that Chen Liu was broken, the situation has become more and more prosperous.
As far as the intelligence sent back by the special guard camp is concerned, Cao Cao is personally leading the troops to besiege Xindu, and the two sides are quite bitter in attack and defense. However, the secret agents of the special guard camp have integrated Liu Bei’s military strength, morale, grain and ordnance and other factors to judge that the letter will soon be breached by Cao Jun, and the area occupied by Liu Bei will be smaller and smaller.
The current situation is extremely unfavorable for Liu Bei, because there is still a part of Youzhou that is out of his control, and the population and food in Youzhou are not enough to support him in Cao Cao’s war. If Liu Bei is still alive, there may be room for change, but even the nominal emperor has collapsed, it is difficult for Liu Bei to have a retreat.
The news that Chen Liu was conquered soon arrived in Yecheng, and many soldiers of Cao Jun were demoralized when Chen Liu learned that Jingzhou Army had breached the city.
The reality is very painful for Xun Yu.
Who died in the end? There are various accounts. It is said that Ma Chao led the Zhongjun into the city and launched a rebellion to try to rob the sky. As a result, the palace was burned to death. It is also said that Cao Cao secretly instructed Cao Hong to send troops to set fire to the sky. There is also a story that the loyal officials in the DPRK took advantage of the chaos to rescue the sky from the palace and deliberately set fire to create an illusion.
So what’s the truth? Xun Yu has his own answer in his heart. After the rise of Jingzhou and the swallowing of Yizhou in Pingjiang, it can be said that the necessity of heaven is getting lower and lower. Of course, this means that for Cao Cao, what about Xun Yu?
Xun Yuchen’s personal virtue is perfect, but he is more like a clan gate. Can the Xunshi family in Yingchuan, to which he belongs, continue to maintain a high position in the gate sequence in troubled times? At the same time, the chips in this troubled times should not be destroyed or demoted like those in Yuan Shaoshen’s Guandu.
When Xun Yu put the family interests first, he was doomed to be on the opposite side of the Han Dynasty. The aristocratic family economy was to "occupy the mountains and protect the ze" and to annex a large amount of land to operate the manor economy, while the aristocratic manor economy and the imperial court economy were in conflict with each other, and there were so many ordinary people, either when the yeoman paid the imperial grain tax or when the aristocratic family tenant was busy, he paid the grain tax to the aristocratic family. When he was idle, he was a private soldier.
In this way, no matter how devoted Xun Yu is to his duties, the aristocratic family is drinking royal blood and growing stronger, and the aristocratic family never wants the royal family to sit again. Xun Yu represents Yingchuan Xun’s family, and he will inevitably be the opposite of the royal family.
But what about Xun Yu and Cao Cao? Although he gambled on Cao Cao’s family fate, Xun Yu didn’t fully support all the policies of Cao Cao. When Cao Cao weakened the "neat customs", "meritocracy" and "attaching great importance to the merger law" of the aristocratic family, Xun Yu realized that Cao Cao would never lead the aristocratic family back to the old road because Cao Cao was a very strong man and Cao Cao had the ability to stick to his ideas.
Actually, Xun Yu and Cao Cao are by no means as simple as this. Xun Yu first defected to Yuan Shao, but later switched to Cao Cao not only because Cao Cao’s ability was better than Yuan Shao’s, but because Yuan Shao started as a team of Hebei strongmen. Even if Yuan Shao won, his position in Yingchuan Xunshi’s gate valve did not rise greatly. On the contrary, he might be suppressed by Yuan Shao relying more on Hebei aristocratic gate valve. For example, Yuan Shao’s account also came from Yingchuan Guo Tu, and Xin Ping’s position was not as good as that from Hebei Shen Pei and Tian Feng.
On that day, Xun Yu may be able to give advice to Cao Cao with all his heart when the princes merged, but when Cao Cao from all walks of life fell in succession, he gradually showed a tough side to the aristocratic family. Will Xun Yu still be the same as before?
This time, Cao Cao’s northern expedition to Liu Bei moved many great families of Yingchuan and Chen Liu to Yecheng, saying that it was a protection for great families, but rather another kind of prevention.
Xun Yu: It seems that although has suppressed aristocratic families, the means are very hidden. Unless someone jumps out to rebel, there is generally no blood. For example, the most terrible thing in Jingzhou’s New Deal is to vigorously promote general education.
In addition to economic factors, it is because aristocratic families attach importance to education that the emperor must rely on the class, which is fundamentally different from those who rely on force to rise and lose quickly.
Emperor’s rule is inseparable from aristocratic families. It is precisely because aristocratic families attach great importance to education and produce talents that this monopoly on knowledge, once broken, and the destruction of the official selection system, will be very fatal to aristocratic families. This is the source of Xun Yu’s current pain. He is not sad at the death of the emperor, but sad at the end of aristocratic families in this troubled times …
☆, Chapter two hundred and twenty-two Looking back, thinking about the end of the road.
It was spring when I came, and I looked at the misty rain every spring, but I inadvertently recalled the evening in the early spring of Xingping’s second year.
That day, he and his new bodyguard, Wei Yan, were drinking turbid drinks and listening to a wall talking about going back to Mushoufu Road. He was embarrassed after he slipped and slipped.
Have you made up your mind to change anything since that day? In retrospect, Liu Congxian is not so sure. Maybe every fan of the Three Kingdoms has such a dream hidden in his heart. I am lucky and unlucky. Fortunately, I have changed my personal destiny. Unfortunately, I cannot change the direction of this river.
He has never been a particularly ambitious person. For Liu Cong or the name that is somewhat strange now-Liu Cong, who lives in troubled times to protect his family and friends and wants to protect himself, is the driving force behind him along the way and his initial intention to embark on this bloody road.
It’s chilly in spring, but Liu cong’s pace is not too slow. What’s his hurry? Since the invasion of Xudu last winter, after two months of rest after Ke Chen stayed, Jingzhou army is stronger and more combative than before.
Marked troops led by Zhao Yun and Pang Tong have conquered Luoyang, and Zhong You has been captured. At present, they have divided their forces into two routes, one route is led by Zhang Xiu, and the other road is led by Zhao Yun himself and is heading for Mu Ye to attack. According to the plan, they will meet the army led by Liu Cong outside Yecheng.
And Zhou Yu led the East Route Army to occupy the East County, which is sweeping across Qingzhou Dongping, Jinan and other cities along the Yellow River. Chen Wu, led by Huang Gai and Ling Cao, has met Cang Ba and other green Xu strongmen several times and repeatedly defeated the enemy.
Compared with Liu Bei, the situation is even more embarrassing. After losing the capital, the plains, Nanpi Zhending, Anbang and other cities were all broken by Cao Jun, and most of the defenders were scattered. After Liu Bei calmed down the remnants of Yuan Tan in Youzhou, he led his troops to Fanyang River and Bohai Sea, and Cao Jun could return to Fanyang to defend his position after losing the confrontation.
You Zhou barren population and food are difficult to find a soldier, and although Liu Jun has been defeated repeatedly in the battle with Jun, there are still more than 70,000 people who would have been unable to support it if it had not been for Bing’s grain and grass.
Because Youzhou was tight and Yecheng was closely guarded, Zhang Fei did not attack Yecheng and returned to the pot. After that, he led the troops to meet Fan Yang and Liu Bei, so the pressure on Xun Yu was slightly reduced.