Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

"Cao Rui is an incompetent person!"

In Youzhou, the mansion of the prefect of Xiangping County, Liaodong, a roar came from the hall.

Accompanied by the sound of crackling and smashing things, the owner who announced the roar was full of unwillingness.

In November of the first year of Jianxing, the great Han wiped out the last resistance of Cao Wei, the main general Xia Houyuan committed suicide, and the Eastern Front was defeated.

Sima Yi, the chief general of the Cao army on the southern front, saw that the situation was over, and finally chose to surrender. Since then, Cao Wei has no more troops. The Han army surrounded Yecheng, Cao Zhi committed suicide, and Cao Wei was wiped out.

Since Yecheng is very far away from Liaodong, more than 1000 kilometers away, coupled with the inconvenience of news circulation, exchanges basically depend on the exchange of envoys between the two sides.Therefore, when Cao Wei was eliminated in November, Gongsun Yuan, who was far away in Liaodong, did not know the news at all.

He even thought that Cao Wei could withstand the attack of the Han army.

Until December, Zhuge Liang sent Zhao Yun and Ma Chao northward to Youzhou, and sent envoys all the way to Liaodong, giving Gongsun Yuan two choices-surrender or die in battle. Only then did Gongsun Yuan know that the Wei State was gone.

Although he knew that the battle of Wei State was unfavorable, he did not expect Cao Wei to lose so quickly that Gongsun Yuan regretted it. If he had known this, he would have agreed to Cao Rui's request to send troops to help.

In June and July, Cao Rui sent envoys over, hoping that Gongsun Yuan would send troops to help him, and he proposed the concept of death, but Gongsun Yuan was quite hesitant at that time and did not agree.

Mainly because of himself.

Gongsun Yuan was not the lord of Liaodong from the beginning. He also fought with his uncle Gongsun Gong early last year, and finally put Gongsun Gong under house arrest, and then became the king of Liaodong.

As a result, he had just become the king of Liaodong, and when the internal situation was not stable, Cao Wei asked him to send troops to help him.

How can this send troops?

You must know that Gongsun Gong has been operating in Liaodong for more than ten years, with deep roots and high prestige.Although he was unable to have children due to illness, the foundation of his business for so many years is still there, and there are still many people who are loyal to him in Liaodong.

If he wanted to help Cao Rui at that time, Gongsun Yuan's family background would definitely require him to bring someone there in person. Once he left, if Gongsun Gong came to power, it would be a question of whether he could come back in the future.

Yu Fuluo should have a deep understanding of this.

At the beginning, the Han Dynasty conscripted the Southern Huns to fight. As a result, after Yu Fuluo arrived in Bingzhou, internal strife broke out in the tribe. Yu Fuluo's father, Qiang Qu Shanyu, was killed.

So at that time, Gongsun Yuan finally did not agree to send troops to help. Originally, he thought that Cao Wei should be able to hold on for a while, and wait for himself to stabilize and see the situation.

As a result, I never expected that Cao Wei would be wiped out directly.

Now Gongsun Yuan was dumbfounded.

Cao Wei is gone, and the powerful big man is back. His one-acre land in Liaodong is only tens of thousands of mobs, how can he fight against the big man?

So right now, he was furious for a while, and things in the hall were smashed everywhere, making everyone tremble.

Many generals of Gongsun Yuan gathered in the hall, and the general Jia Fan said: "Duke Ming, now that Cao Wei has been wiped out, the general situation cannot be changed. Now that the imperial army and envoys are coming, it is better to surrender sooner!"

"Early drop?"

Gongsun Yuan looked at Jia Fan with a gloomy expression.

Jia Fan explained: "Duke Ming, Liaodong is remote and the weather is cold, and the court doesn't want to go to war. If you surrender early, you will still have the position of Marquis, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

"Ha ha."

Gongsun Yuan smiled, stood up from the seat, walked slowly down, and said as he walked: "The general's words are indeed reasonable. But you don't know."

I don't know what?
Jia Fan was slightly puzzled.

Gongsun Yuan walked up to Jia Fan, drew out his sword suddenly, stabbed Jia Fan in the chest, and said with a grinning smile: "But you don't know, if I surrender, my family will go to Luoyang to be a mermaid!"

puff!

Jia Fan opened his eyes wide, couldn't believe it, and spat out blood.

Suddenly, many guards rushed in from outside the hall, staring at the crowd one by one, and all the soldiers were deeply worried for a while.

"Chop off his head and hang it at the west gate."

Gongsun Yuan drew out his sword, and said with a sneer, "If there are others who will persuade you again, they will be like Jia Fan!"

The guards came up and cut off Jia Fan's head and dragged the body away.

Gongsun Yuan looked at the crowd coldly, and the generals who were watched by him were suddenly terrified.

joke.

He only took Liaodong from Gongsun Gong last year. The king of Liaodong is about to surrender in the blink of an eye before his butt is hot and he hasn't enjoyed the joy of power?
You must know that the conditions that the Han Dynasty court gave him were to let him take the whole family to Luoyang, saying that he was going to enjoy the blessings, but everyone knew that it was under house arrest.

Compared with being the local emperor in Liaodong, Gongsun Yuan didn't want his family to be sent to Luoyang to be the fish on the chopping board.

"Duke Ming."

Another general, Lun, saw Gongsun Yuan's appearance and knew that this guy was going to resist.

He didn't want to die with Gongsun Yuan, but he was about to die if he couldn't hold on to him now, so he quickly said: "Surrender is of course not a surrender, but how to treat the court still needs to be considered in the long run."

"Oh?"

Gongsun Yuan asked, "What's your idea?"

Lunzhi said: "If you kill the enemy's envoy, you will anger the court. Now that Cao Wei has been wiped out, the great Han is in full swing, and the barbarians in the frontier have surrendered one after another. The end is bound to be like that of Cao Wei. Therefore, we can only outwit them, not defeat them with strength."

"Well, then how do you think you can outwit it?"

Gongsun Yuan nodded calmly this time. He killed Jia Fan just because he didn't want to surrender, but it didn't mean that he was stupid enough to really think that he could compete against the whole big man with the three-acre land in Liaodong.

So Lun's straightforward words still hit his ears very well.

When Lun saw that he agreed with his own words, he immediately cheered up and said, "We should treat the envoy kindly, and we should first be vague about the matter of surrender, pretending to agree, and delay it for three to five months until the envoy gets impatient and wants to surrender." Go back and report back, and then send him away."

"What if he leaves with troops?"

Gongsun Yuan asked.

Lun said straightly: "Jia Fan is right in one point. Liaodong is remote, and the imperial court may not necessarily want to go to war. After all, the attack on Liaodong requires a long supply of supplies, and the invasion by a large army is not worth the loss. Therefore, the imperial court probably still wants to appease Duke Ming. Lord, as long as Duke Ming is not sure that he wants to resist, the other party will probably send someone to persuade him. At that time, Duke Ming only needs to show that he wants to surrender, but he hesitates for a while because he is not satisfied with the reward from the court. If it drags on for three to five months, the envoy probably has nothing to do."

"Yes, Mr. Ming."

Another general, Yang Zuo, also said: "With this delay, a few years will pass quickly. Even if the agreement is finally reached, Ming Gong can find other reasons to stay in Liaodong. For example, if he is sick and cannot go back, he misses his homeland and so on. Asking the imperial court to designate Duke Ming as the prefect of Liaodong, wouldn't he stay in Liaodong forever?"

"Well"

Gongsun Yuan pondered for a moment, and felt that what the two said made sense.

In history, he had great ambitions. He not only separated Liaodong, but also called himself the King of Yan. He wanted to dominate the Northeast and establish another country besides the Three Kingdoms.

But in history, Cao Wei fought on two fronts and had to fight Soochow and Shuhan, so he never cared about him until Sima Yi made a move and rushed thousands of miles to kill him in seconds.

But now the situation is stronger than people, the big man has unified the whole country, and he can be dealt with by sending any Youzhou troops, not to mention that the main force of the big man is extremely powerful.

If he really confronts the big guy head-on, he may have to move his head in a short time, so Lun Zhi's tactic is the only way to do it.

"Well, Lun's straightforward words are very close to my heart."

Gongsun Yuan nodded: "In this case, Lunzhi, you will be a lobbyist, go to persuade the envoy, take the envoy to visit Liaodong every day, and delay his return."

"only."

Lunzhi was overjoyed, so he was ordered to leave immediately.

When Gongsun Yuan had an idea, he didn't care about it at the moment. Instead, he continued to dominate and become his king of Liaodong.

In fact, he was not worried that the Han army would suddenly attack him.

Because Liaodong is too far away.

Now it is the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the northeast is extremely cold, and it is snowing in Liaodong. In such weather, even if the Han Dynasty sends troops, it will take at least March and May to arrive.

At that time, Gongsun Yuan will be able to deal with it calmly. Whether it is the imperial court sending troops or envoys to negotiate back and forth, he will have enough time.

What Gongsun Yuan didn't know was that Lunzhi and Jia Fan had a very good relationship in history. When Jia Fan persuaded Gongsun Yuan, Lunzhi also assisted him, and they were killed by Gongsun Yuan together.

This time before Lunzhi could speak in the future, Gongsun Yuan killed Jia Fan first, which made Lunzhi terrified and had other countermeasures.

After he got the order to accompany the envoy, he quickly found the Han Dynasty envoy sent by Zhuge Liang, and told him that Gongsun Yuan refused to surrender and planned to continue to fight to the end in Liaodong.

After the envoy learned of this, he pretended to accompany Lunzhi in a show for Gongsun Yuan, but in fact he secretly sent someone back to Youzhou to report the incident to Ma Chao and Zhao Yun.

Soon, at the end of December, before the New Year, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun knew about it.

In Linyu County, Liaoxi County, Youzhou, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun were stationed in different places. Ma Chao was in charge of Yuyang County and the north of Shanggu County. There are many Hu people here. The suppression here is for the peace of the frontier.

And Zhao Yun was in charge of the area from You Beiping to Liaoxi County. Originally, this area was occupied by Wuhuan. Later, Cao Cao rushed to attack Bailang Mountain, and after Zhang Liao beheaded it, it was taken over by Cao Wei.

To the east of Liaoxi is the vassal state of Liaodong. Historically, it was changed to Changli County in the first five years of Cao Wei Zhengshi, and now it belongs to the buffer zone between Dahan and Gongsunyuan.

Zhao Yun was stationed in Liaoxi County, naturally to deal with Gongsun Yuan.If he didn't continue to march into Liaodong, he would give Gongsun Yuan time.

If the intimidation is too urgent, Gongsun Yuan may jump over the wall in a hurry. After all, as Jia Fan said, for Zhuge Liang, it can be resolved peacefully, and he really does not want to use swords and guns to expedition to Liaodong.

It's just that I didn't expect that this guy still didn't know the number of days.

Linyu County is the later Shanhaiguan, and Ma Chao just came to deliver food, grass and supplies to Zhao Yun these few days.

Logically speaking, this matter does not require him to leave, but he is very boring in Yuyang. Originally, Wuhuan Xianbei in Youzhou was beaten by Cao Cao, but now he is more ruthless. The barbarians on the border are more honest than rabbits. .

There was no war to fight, and there was nothing to do every day. Ma Chao always felt that there might be a war in Liaodong, so he looked for an opportunity to jump here. Anyway, it is not far away, it is in the next county.

It happened that there was a batch of grain and grass to be delivered, and if they wanted to send it to the west of Liaoning, they had to pass through Yuyang, so Ma Chao followed.

Zhao Yun and Ma Chao sat opposite each other in the county government mansion of Linyu County. At the end of last year, Zhao Yun was promoted to the general of the town because of his military achievements.

At present, the imperial court only retains the three most senior generals, the general, the general of the hussars, and the general of the chariot, and the military post of the general of the guard is abolished.

Ma Chao was changed to a mighty general, and the rest of Gan Ning, Pang De, Wei Yan and others were also promoted to generals.

Under these three generals, it is the rank of general.

According to the restructuring proposed by Shen Chen, military ranks will be implemented in the future. Except for the honorary rank of Grand Marshal, which is the highest rank of Marshal, the three generals will be generals, and the front, back, left, and right ranks will be top generals.

Si'an, four towns, four campaigns and Siping are the generals.

The miscellaneous general is the major general.

These things were not created by him, they existed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Military generals are in this order, while civil servants are divided into Shangqing, Zhongqing, and Shaoqing.

In the history of the Shu Han Dynasty, there were also positions such as Shangqing, Bishangqing, and Second Shangqing.

So at present, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao have the same military rank, and Zhao Yun is slightly higher than Ma Chao in terms of other ranks, scattered officials, honored officers, and titles.

After all, his qualifications are deeper than Ma Chao's, and his military exploits are also stronger than Ma Chao's. Ma Chao can always be in a high position. It was because Liu Bei needed his help in capturing Liangzhou in his early years, otherwise he would not have such a high political status.

At this moment, the two gathered together, and the two soldiers below reported the situation to them.

Of course, the envoy of the Han Dynasty did not go alone, but brought dozens of guards. After Lun informed the envoy of the situation, the envoy sent a few members of the guard back secretly.

Knowing that Gongsun Yuan was stubbornly resisting, Ma Chao immediately said: "Zilong, let me come to this battle. I have been in the frontier for a long time, and I am familiar with war."

Zhao Yun smiled, he was over 60 years old, and Ma Chao was ten years younger than him, so he didn't need to compete with young people, so he said, "Meng Qi can go if he wants."

Ma Chao said happily: "Okay, the newly allocated food and grass just arrived, and the army will start immediately."

"Not urgent!"

Zhao Yun waved his hand and said: "Before the Prime Minister and General Hussars went back, they gave me two kits. They all said that if Gongsun Yuan rebels, they should open it and have a look. Now is the time."

As he spoke, he groped from his bosom for a while, and took out two kits. Ma Chao was puzzled, so he came over and looked at it with Zhao Yun.

The first kit belonged to Shen Chen, and the content on it was relatively simple, with only one sentence: "If Gongsun Yuan rebels, you can lightly ride ten thousand people, bring twenty days of dry food, gallop day and night, and go straight to Xiangping!"

"General Hussars is asking us to raid Liaodong?"

Ma Chao scratched his head.

They don't know anything about the situation on the other side, is it really appropriate to go so recklessly?

"Look at the prime minister's kit."

Zhao Yun took out the letter from the second kit.

I saw that the content of Zhuge Liang's letter was much richer, with hundreds of characters in it.

"Gongsun Yuan just seized the throne of Liaodong from his uncle Gongsun Gongna at the beginning of the year. The foundation is not stable, and the hearts of the people and the army are not attached."

"And he thinks that he is far away in Liaodong, the sky is high and the earth is far away. It is not easy for our army to travel long distances to attack, so he must be negligent in his heart and not very vigilant."

"If Gongsun Yuan wants to rebel, he can lightly ride tens of thousands. Just bring good food and raid Liaodong. Wherever he passes, the enemy will surely surrender."

Zhuge Liang pointed out two points here.

One is that Gongsun Yuan only took the position from Gongsun Gong at the beginning of this year. His prestige, military spirit, and popular sentiment are too low, and the common people and soldiers may not support him.

The second is that he felt that Gongsun Yuan thought that he was in Liaodong, where the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and it was the twelfth lunar month, and the Han army would definitely not come. win.

"So that's the case, the Prime Minister and the Hussar General are really clever."

Ma Chao was overjoyed and said: "In this case, I will immediately order the soldiers and horses, and the cavalry will raid Liaodong and kill them to the Xiangping city!"

"Well, let Meng Qi handle this matter."

Zhao Yun said: "I will lead the army to the Liaodong vassal state and meet Meng Qi in the rear."

"it is good."

Ma Chao immediately got up and left.

Soon, a few days later, more than 1 cavalrymen of the Han army took up their weapons and equipment, and headed towards Liaodong in the face of the wind and snow.

Some friends said that this is the situation where the unification ends immediately. I didn’t do this in the first book. I wrote a lot of things after the unification, but I was scolded for the number of words.In fact, after the reunification, it is almost time to end, and it is best to leave less infamy.As for the post-unification period, it is entirely possible to arrange a side story, to explain things almost, and then write an epilogue. It is enough to write about the evaluation of the protagonist group and what happened in the subsequent dynasty. There is no need to drag it so long, right?