Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 57 Welcome to Nanyang
When Shen Chen learned that he had another elder, it was already two days later.

In the Han Dynasty, the father who called the mother was not called grandpa, but grandfather.

His maternal grandfather was Deng Hong's cousin, so he would call Deng Hong Cong Liu's uncle, which means Tang.

So what should Deng Hong's child be called?

From the seventeenth uncle or aunt.

Because the Deng family is a big family, there are six brothers in Deng Hong's generation, and there will be more in the next generation.

Shen Chen's mother had to ask Deng Hong's children to follow their brothers and sisters.

It is really uncomfortable to be young.

Shen Chen's face was dark all day, and his seniority in the clan was not very high, everyone was his elder, even Zhuge Liang was two generations older than him, and now there is one more.

But there is no way, who made him come from a bad background?
You can't blame your parents why you are not from a famous family and why your seniority is not higher.

Of course.

There is also good news.

Liu Biao decided to send troops.

Act according to the plan and start to lure the Yellow Turbans around Nanyang.

Zhang Xiu also quickly wrote to the leaders of the surrounding Yellow Turban Army, asking He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man and others to come to Nanyang for a big meal.

By mid-February, Cao Cao had also led troops to attack Yingchuan and Runan Yellow Turban.

At this time, He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man and others had also heard the news, and immediately sent people to contact Yuan Shu.

But what kind of bird is Yuan Shu?
Now I am still dreaming of the emperor's spring and autumn dream, and I don't pay attention to them at all.

This caused the Yellow Turban Army to fall into isolation and helplessness in the face of Cao Cao's wolves and tigers.

Because He Yi's territory is in Yingchuan County, and Cao Cao sent troops from Chenliu to attack He Yi's hometown, Xu County. He was defeated and had to gather people to flee south.

After entering Runan, he united with Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man and others. Cao Cao's troops were already approaching, heading towards Wuyang, Xiping, Dingying and other places.

At this moment in Xiping County, Huang Shao's territory, He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man and others gathered together to discuss how to deal with Cao Cao.

Everyone sat in rows, and He Yi looked around them and said, "Everyone, Cao Cao has already killed us, and he is going to kill us all. Don't you all just watch the sword and ax add to your body, and your death is imminent?"

"Cao Cao is powerful and has many soldiers and horses. I'm afraid it will be difficult to confront him head-on." Liu Pi said with a sad face.

"Yeah, we should think of a countermeasure." Huang Shao also said.

He Yi said anxiously: "Then you should think about it. In my opinion, everyone should unite and fight against Cao Cao together."

"United? How to unite?"

On the side, He Man sneered and said: "You can't keep Yingchuan by yourself, and now you come to beg us. It's nothing more than dragging us into the water and wanting us to help you deal with Cao Cao. Why should I help you?"

"He Man, what are you talking about?"

He Yi was furious and said, "I know you complained about my attack on you last time, but you know in your heart that it's the time of our lives and deaths. If we don't unite, we will all be killed by Cao Cao."

"Humph."

He Man said coldly, "At least I'm not being attacked by Cao Cao now, so it's none of my business."

"You gutless rat!"

He Yi was furious and violent, drawing a knife and wanting to chop.

"come."

He Man didn't show any weakness, and also drew his knife to fight back.

"Stop both of you."

"The enemy is still fighting among themselves, what exactly are you trying to do?"

"Stop hitting them all."

Liu Pi and Huang Shao hurriedly dissuaded them, and after a while, they finally persuaded them.

The records of their gang in history are that each has tens of thousands of people.

But in fact, these tens of thousands include the elderly, weak, women and children.

The soldiers who can really fight are actually less than [-] each, or even fewer, only a few thousand.

Otherwise, Cao Cao only has 5 to [-] horses, and they have tens of thousands of people, adding up to more than [-] people, and they should be able to fight Cao Cao no matter what.

In addition to the small number of troops, the more important thing is that the Yellow Turban Army also has serious internal friction, and there are a lot of mutual killings.

Since Zhang Jiao's death, the Yellow Turban Army has been scattered and acted independently. Although they occasionally unite with each other, most of the time they are on their own guard and deal with them carefully, and it is difficult to form a unified command.

Therefore, Cao Cao defeated them one by one, first breaking the Yingchuan Yellow Turban, and then attacking the Runan Yellow Turban.

And this attack also allowed Cao Cao to earn a lot of money, harvested a large amount of labor and cattle, and made full preparations for the farming system.

At this moment, He Yi and others naturally don't know that they are a stepping stone to Cao Cao's success in history, but they also know very well that if they don't do something now, they will definitely be wiped out by Cao Cao.

So the internal strife belongs to the internal strife. Under the persuasion of Liu Pi and Huang Shao, He Yi and He Man did not fight in the end. One sat down angrily, while the other sneered.

At this time, the soldiers guarding the gate came to report: "Report, Chief Gong is here."

"Du Gong is here?"

Huang Shao said, "Let him in."

Gong Du is based in Shangcai, because it is farther away on the east bank of Rushui, so he came last.

As soon as he came in, he saw that the situation on the field was quite tense, and asked wonderingly: "What's the matter? Cao Cao hasn't come yet, but you guys fought first."

He Yi put away the knife and said to He Manu, "Ask him."

"Forget it, what's the fuss about?"

Huang Shao waved to He Man, who was about to explode, and said, "Now think about how to deal with Cao Cao."

"How can we deal with it? The knife is on our necks."

He Yi said coldly: "If you want to die, then sit here and wait to die. I don't want to die anyway."

"How to fight? Can you beat others?"

He Man spread out his hands and said, "As far as our combined strength is only 3 to [-] people, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, the weapons are not good weapons, and there is no armor. What do we use to fight against others?"

Everyone in the world knows that the ring sword in the Han Dynasty was a sharp weapon against the northern nomads, but they don't know that the production of ironware in the Han Dynasty was extremely limited.

Therefore, there are actually very few real ring-shou steel knives, only the regular army in the central government, that is, the fifth school of the Northern Army.

At that time, iron ore was in the hands of the imperial court, and the technology of frying steel was relatively backward, far inferior to that of pouring steel, so that the folk ironware mainly consisted of pig iron and wrought iron.

As for the weapons of the Yellow Turban Army, only the generals have steel knives, and the weapons and equipment of ordinary soldiers are very poor.

How bad is it?

In the early days of the Yellow Turban Uprising, agricultural tools, wooden spears, bronzes and a small number of pig iron blades were the mainstream weapons of the rebel army.

Even after the Yellow Turban Rebellion more than ten years later, they have not developed much.

Due to the suppression of the imperial court and local princes, the Yellow Turban Army at the bottom is very worrying in terms of the quality of its soldiers and its weapons and equipment.

Therefore, in the face of Cao Jun who is like a wolf and a tiger, not to mention that their number of soldiers and horses is far less than that of Cao Cao, but the weapons and equipment are too poor to fight at all.

Otherwise, "Three Kingdoms" said in history that each of them has tens of thousands of soldiers. If these tens of thousands are all soldiers and have enough weapons and equipment, then their strength is stronger than Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao cannot beat them.

Therefore, the truth of a few sentences in the history books is actually that the tens of thousands of people include men, women, children, women and children, and there are only a few thousand soldiers, with poor weapons and equipment, and they are not Cao Cao's opponents at all.

Now they are also very aware of this point. Even if five relatively powerful leaders gather together and concentrate all their forces, it is impossible to defeat Cao Cao.

As a result, everyone here is sad and feels deep despair.

But at this moment, Gong Du looked at the four people who looked lonely, scratched his head and said: "Since you can't beat them, then run away at worst."

"Where can I escape?"

Liu Pi laughed at himself and said, "Cao Cao is to the north, Yuan Shu is to the east, and Liu Biao is to the south. Are you fleeing to Gaoling Mountain?"

Gong Du said, "Go to Nanyang."

"Nanyang?"

He Man shook his head and said, "Will Liu Biao agree?"

"He has to agree if he doesn't agree."

Gong Du took out several bamboo slip letters and said: "This is the letter I intercepted on the road. It was sent to us by cavalry scouts sent by Zhang Xiu, the leader of the Xiliang Army. They were going to deliver letters to Yingchuan and Runan, but I didn't expect you to be sent to Yingchuan and Runan. Cao Cao arrived in Xiping, just happened to meet me outside the city, and asked me to hand it over to you."

"Are you sure you didn't steal it?"

He Yi looked at him suspiciously while finishing the letter.

Gong Du said embarrassingly: "In the beginning, I really wanted to snatch their horses, but they are good at equestrian skills, so I left the letter and left."

People are actually illiterate.

However, there are always people who can read and write in the huge Yellow Turban Army, such as the Yellow Turban Taoist priests left behind.

After getting someone to read the letter, they understood what was going on.

Zhang Xiu went south from Guanzhong to Wuguan, defeated the army sent by Liu Biao, and occupied Nanyang.

Feeling weak and weak, and fearing that Liu Biao's army would overwhelm the country, he invited them to be stationed in Nanyang together to hold a grand event.

"Is this embroidery reliable?"

After reading the letter, He Man was very skeptical. There was no leader named Zhang Xiu in the Xiliang Army.

Huang Shao thought for a while and said, "Anyway, it's not far from Nanyang, so send someone to inquire about it?"

Zhang Ji attacked Nanyang at the end of January, and less than a month has passed. There was no news in ancient times, only those who migrated to Nanyang from the north, and very few people from Nanyang moved out, so they didn't know what happened in Nanyang at all.

Immediately, Huang Shao sent people to Nanyang on horseback to find out the news. Xiping is very close to Nanyang, and the nearest place is only a dozen kilometers away, but they have to go to Wancheng to inquire about the news.

Zhang Xiu had already entered Wancheng at this time, so two days later, they got the latest information about Nanyang.

In January, Zhang Ji, the leader of the Xiliang Army, attacked Nanyang and was shot to death by Liu Ya in Rangcheng.

Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu took his place and continued to attack.

Wenpin, the defender of Rangcheng, lost to the enemy and was forced to withdraw his troops. Deng Ji, the defender of Huyang, and Liu Wei and Wang Jie, the defenders of Fancheng, were defeated by Zhang Xiu in the field.

Since then, Zhang Xiu has occupied Wancheng.

Except for the loss of Wenpin, these news are basically true and can stand up to scrutiny.

Moreover, Liu Biao also cooperated with Zhang Xiu to withdraw Wenpin to Xinye. After Zhang Xiu entered Wancheng, he declared with great fanfare that he had defeated Liu Biao and occupied Nanyang.

For a moment, the entire Nanyang people thought that Zhang Xiu had become their ruler, which caused a certain amount of panic for a short time.

Fortunately, Zhang Xiu immediately posted a list to reassure the people, and ordered the Xiliang Army Qiu to commit no crimes, so the people's hearts were reassured.

After hearing the news, the five chiefs held a meeting again.

This time they did not hesitate at all, they all agreed to go to Nanyang to join Zhang Xiu.

After all, the Xiliang army is powerful, and it is indeed a target that can be relied on.

And just when Yingchuan Runan Yellow Turbans, as well as a large number of large and small groups of Yellow Turbans around Nanyang were invited by Zhang Xiu to attend the grand event in Nanyang.

In late February, after more than ten days of rest, Cao Cao was preparing to go south to attack Runan.

Cao Cao is very happy now.

Because after conquering Xu County, he captured a large amount of He Yi's materials, including a large number of cattle and young and strong labor force, which supplemented him with a lot of resources.

Therefore, after learning that He Yi had fled to Runan and joined the Runan Yellow Turban, Cao Cao looked forward to them even more.

"The Yellow Turban Army is a good thing."

On the way to Dingling, Cao Cao rode a tall horse and talked to Cao Hong and Cao Ren beside him.

He compared the Yellow Turbans to things, because he was able to make a fortune all these years because he really couldn't do without the Yellow Turbans.

First of all, the reason why he was able to get Yanzhou was that the Black Mountain Army of the Yellow Turban Remnant Party invaded Yanzhou, and Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, died.

Chen Gong and others elected him as the governor of Yanzhou, and he had a basic board.

Immediately afterwards, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans came to give away the head equipment, and all the millions of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were captured by him. He recruited [-] to [-] elites and became Cao Cao's early Qingzhou soldiers.

Now they have attacked Runan Huangjin in Yingchuan and captured a large amount of supplies.

It can be said that if there is no Yellow Turban Army, Cao Cao would not be where he is today, and the fact that he can have this power now is all given by the Yellow Turban.

Cao Hong smiled and said, "Yes, I didn't expect them to be so rich in supplies. If I knew they had so much grain and cattle, I should have wiped out the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans long ago."

Cao Cao looked around and looked at Rushui in the distance. The vast plain was full of deserted land. He said with emotion: "Yingchuan and Runan have been flourishing places in the Central Plains since ancient times. It's a pity that the mountains and rivers are broken now. If we can occupy this place to recuperate, Should be good."

Cao Hong said: "Let's drive away the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans and move the people here."

"Ah."

Cao Cao nodded, looking from a distance, after passing Dingling, he will soon reach Runan.

Cao Ren stood beside him without saying a word. His ear was cut off. Although the wound healed, the wound in his heart was difficult to heal, so he became more silent. He looked to the south with serious eyes, and suddenly said: "The Shen family, it seems Let's move to Nanyang."

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ren, whose face was like a log, and sighed, "Zixiao, I know you are resentful. But you still have to focus on big things. We will talk about revenge in the future."

"Brother I know, I just will always remember."

Cao Ren turned his head and looked in the direction of Runan. At this moment, he transferred all his resentment to the Yellow Turban Army.

Because only by occupying Yingchuan and Runan, the power of their Cao family can touch Nanyang.

However, what Cao Cao didn't expect was that this trip was destined to disappoint him.

The army passed Dingling and approached the Xiping area of ​​Wuyang.

But the scouts reported that there were no Yellow Turbans in the city.

Cao Cao was very puzzled, so he stepped up his efforts and sent out scouts to find out the whereabouts of the Yellow Turban Army.

A few days later, the scouts reported back. More than ten days ago, He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man, Gong Du and more than [-] Yellow Turbans joined together and went to Nanyang.

at the same time.

Nanyang Bowang Mountain, northeast of Wancheng, is the gateway to Nanyang.

Gan Ning, Deng Hong, Chen Chen, and more than 20 cavalrymen were on the top of the mountain overlooking the mighty Yellow Turban army in the north.

The foot of the mountain is densely packed with migratory population, supporting the old and the young, fleeing to Nanyang.

Most of what Shen Chen saw were ordinary people, and only a few soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army protected them going south. This must be good news for them.

At this moment, he opened his hands and hugged the front, because standing on the top of the mountain, he seemed to embrace the dense crowd at the bottom of the mountain into his arms.

"Welcome to Nanyang."

He said so.

(End of this chapter)