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Chapter 65 Eight Massacres
""One night, when the southeast wind blew, Zhou Yu's general Huang Gai pretended to surrender to Cao Cao, took ten warships, loaded with firewood filled with oil, and sailed straight to Cao Cao's camp along the wind.Seeing that it was not far from Cao Ying, all the ships ignited fire at the same time, and rushed towards Cao Cao's water army warship quickly.The fire was fierce and the wind was fierce. In an instant, Cao Jun's warship caught fire, and the boats connected by iron cables could not be dismantled. The flames soared into the sky, and Cao Cao's water village turned into a sea of ​​​​flames. "

"After a while, Cao Jun's camp on the shore was also in flames, and countless Cao soldiers were burned to death and drowned. Sun Liu's coalition army divided the water, land and commercial roads to pursue the victory. Cao Jun suffered a disastrous defeat. In the end, Cao Cao had only eighteen cavalry remnants left. Go to Huarong and flee back to the north."

""After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was forced to retreat to the north and re-accumulate his strength. Sun Quan's power in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River was consolidated. Liu Bei obtained most of the two lakes and later Sichuan.In this way, the power of the three warlords is equal, but none of them has the conditions to unify the country.Cao Pi, Cao Cao's son, was in Luoyang, abolishing Han and presenting himself as emperor, and proclaiming himself emperor.Liu Bei and Sun Quan also proclaimed emperor and king successively.The Three Kingdoms situation was formed. ""

"After being defeated by the allied forces of Sun and Liu, the world was divided into three kingdoms. After that, there were constant battles between the three kingdoms. Liu Bei entered Sichuan to fight for Yizhou, Shuhan and Cao Wei fought for Hanzhong, Sun Quan sent troops to attack Hefei, Cao Wei went south to attack Jiangling, and more The battle of Yiling between Shu Han and Soochow, with so many wars, the people were naturally in dire straits.”

"In the heyday of the Shu Han Dynasty, the number of soldiers was only 230. You must know that Yizhou was weak, and it took ten people to support one soldier. Therefore, the number of people in Shu was only one million. When Jin destroyed Dongwu, there were 400 million people, and the number of soldiers was 4000 million. There are still more than [-] people, and at this time, the population of Jin State is about [-] million. Calculated, from the prosperity of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the decline of the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population has dropped by [-] million!"

"Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to successive years of wars, the population of later generations has declined, and the economic level has dropped significantly. The situation of the three kingdoms that lasted for nearly 80 years has further deepened the deterioration of the economy. Both Shu and Wu have been unable to complete their tasks due to food problems. Military action."

"Therefore, the Wei and Wu clans of the Shu Han Dynasty put agricultural production in the first place during their rule. Due to the needs of war, metal smelting and shipbuilding technologies made great progress during the Three Kingdoms period. However, after years of wars, after all It consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, and the development of later generations entered a relatively slow period."

"Some people are ashamed of Cao Cao for "tying the emperor to order the princes", and they also call him a traitor and despise him. Cao Cao is indeed "a capable minister in governing the country and a hero in troubled times." He has talents, abilities, levels, talents and strategies. , can indeed be called the hero of the previous generation."

"However, he is also guilty. No matter how great his achievements are, no matter how powerful he is, he can't cover up his crime—massacre."

"Water can carry a boat or overturn it. He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world."

"Set up your mind for the heaven and the earth, set up your life for the people, set up a legacy for the sages of the past, and create peace for all generations."

"However, since ancient times, there have been a few emperors who have been able to do it. The real priority is for the people. No one can justify the massacre of the city. Cao Cao has personally massacred the city many times, and the order is also given by Cao Cao."

"From the very beginning of conquering Tao Qian and slaughtering Xuzhou, to conquering Lv Bu and slaughtering Pengcheng, the slaughter of the city almost accompanied Cao Cao's entire fighting career."

"Cao Cao's first city massacre occurred in the fourth year of Chuping. At that time, his father was killed by Tao Qian's subordinates. When he attacked Tao Qian for revenge, he didn't know if he was too sad. He did a terrible thing. , killing more than [-] people in Xuzhou."

"In September of the third year of Jian'an in the Second Expedition to Massacre the City of Xuzhou, after Lu Bu defeated Liu Bei, Liu Bei ran to Cao Cao's side, and Cao Cao led a large group of troops to attack Lu Bu. In October, Pengcheng was captured, and then all of Pengcheng was taken. Butchered."

"The third time, in the ninth year of Jian'an, after Yuan Shao's defeat in the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao killed [-] to [-] soldiers in order to eliminate the vital forces in Hebei to the greatest extent. After Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fought among themselves, and Cao Cao used them If they don’t agree, continue to pursue them closely, and captured Yecheng in the ninth year of Jian’an, and Yecheng was the home of the Yuan family, so Cao Cao’s slaughter of Yecheng was also very smooth, which is very in line with his usual style.”

"For the fourth time, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi fled to Wuhuan. Wuhuan and the Yuan brothers fought against Cao Cao together. In the 12th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao conquered Wuhuan, beheaded more than [-] people under Liucheng and captured more than [-] people. People. The Yuan brothers fled to Liaodong. Gongsun Kang, the prefect of Liaodong, beheaded the heads of Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi and gave them to Cao Cao. Guo Jia, the greatest hero of the Northern Expedition to Wuhuan, also died of illness on the way back from Liucheng , Cao Cao was very sad about this. Cao Cao slaughtered Liucheng because he chased Yuan Shang and conquered Karasuma."

"The fifth massacre of the city and rejuvenation of the country, in the first month of the spring of the 19th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao eliminated the forces of Ma Chao and Han Sui in Liangzhou, ordered his subordinates to attack Ma Chao, and killed Ma Chao's wife. Ma Chao had to go to Zhang Lu. Han Sui and Ma Chao were in an alliance. So Han Sui also ran to Jincheng, and the wild people in Liangzhou believed in Ma Chao and them, so they helped Ma Chao attack Xiahouyuan, and Xiahouyuan defeated him in the end. Xiahouyuan received Cao Cao's order to slaughter Xingguo and pacify Liangzhou."

"The sixth time Paohan Tucheng Longdi was pacified. After a man named Song Jian rebelled, he called himself the king of Heshou Pinghan, and his capital was Paohan. It was a local separatist force, and it had been unified for 30 years. Cao Cao After quelling the Ma Chao Rebellion in Liangzhou, in October of the same year, Song Jian was pacified, and then Paohan, the place where he was the capital, was massacred.

"The seventh time I went out of Hanzhong, passing Hechi Tucheng. In the summer and April of the 20th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao left Chencang to fight Zhang Lu, but ended up in a place called Hechi. Find a way, don't let Cao Cao pass, a man named Dou Mao thinks he is in a natural danger, just don't let him pass, Cao Cao put him down, and then slaughtered the city."

"The eighth massacre of Wancheng. In the 23rd year of Jian'an, Hou Yin responded to Guan Yu's rebellion. In the spring of the 24th year, Cao Ren put down the rebellion, then killed Hou Yin, and slaughtered the entire Wancheng. The consequence of this is that they all They favored Guan Yu, and after Guan Yu captured Yu Jin and besieged Fancheng, the common people responded to Guan Yu one after another."

"The eight massacres, the five massacres were all ordered by Cao Cao himself. In addition to the massacres ordered by Cao Cao himself, Xiahou Yuan massacred Xingguo and Fuhan, and Cao Ren massacred Wancheng."

(End of this chapter)