Xiaoqi

Chapter 201

Qingchuan calendar, luxuriant grass, and early summer season.

Bathed in the scorching sun, riding lightly on their horses, a group of thousands of cavalry rushed into Shangdang County.

In front of the gate of the county guard's mansion, the Bingzhou Civil and Military Forces, headed by Governor Cui Yan and Zhenbei General Teng Xiao, lined up to greet them, and there were also generals such as Jizhou Governor Ju Yi and Xu Huang.

Obviously, the battle in Jizhou was over, and the tens of thousands of soldiers led by Ju Yi and Xu Huang failed to hold Changshan Kingdom after all, and were forced to return to Bingzhou.If he hadn't suffered a defeat, with Ju Yi's proud and arrogant nature, he would definitely not stand behind Teng Xiao, let alone hang his head down for fear that Li Li would see him.

"Weichen (the last general) is waiting to meet the lord!"

As the sound of "da da" horseshoes got closer, Cui Yan and Teng Xiao led all the civil and military soldiers to greet them quickly, saluting in unison.

"That's all." Waving his hand to signal everyone to excuse him, Li Li got off his horse and threw the reins to Teng Xiao, who bowed and led the horse in front of him. He gave him a cold look, and then strode towards the gate of the house: , General Zhonglang and the above generals followed me into the mansion to talk, and the rest of the civil and military perform their duties, so go back."

Seeing the displeasure of the lord, Teng Xiao hurriedly handed over the reins of the Hualiu horse to the guards, and caught up with Li Zhi, the commander of the guards, in three steps at a time, and said in a low voice: "This time Teng made a big mistake, Zicheng You must help my brother. If the lord wants to kill your brother later, you must intercede for my brother, otherwise, your sister-in-law and nephew will become orphans and widows.” This is the prestige. The demeanor of Teng Xiao, the general of Zhenbei, saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately walked out the back door, and went directly to the cold-faced Li Zhi.He obviously wanted to probe Li Zhi's tone.But he pretended to be pitiful by being sideways, which made Li Zhi feel sad.It seems that it was not Teng Xiao who made the mistake but Li Zhi himself, or that if Teng Xiao was punished it would be Li Zhi's fault.

"Brother Yunlong is serious. No matter what mistakes you made, as long as you don't betray the lord, you won't be executed. Therefore, brother, you can rest assured that the lord will not kill you. "Li Zhi stopped and whispered to Teng Xiao.

Li Zhi had always been taciturn, except for Li Li and a few colleagues, he would not pretend to be ruthless to anyone, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was ruthless.So who wants to get the word out of his mouth.It is undoubtedly wishful thinking, it is purely self-defeating, and no useful information can be obtained at all.But Teng Xiao was an exception.The reason why Li Zhi looked at him differently, or in other words, treated him differently, was because Teng Xiao was definitely one of the most experienced generals under Li Li's command, and he had been kind to him.

Back then, when Teng Xiao was serving as the captain under Li Li's command, Li Zhi was still feeding the horses in the stables of Han Sui's mansion in Jincheng.At that time, Li Zhi had no name yet, and he was locked up with Han Sui's horse Hualiu all the year round.Han Sui called him "Zhi slave", implying that Li Zhi was a useless bug.But Teng Xiao is not the case. He joined Li Li on his way to Wuwei County to take office. He is the first batch of generals with the oldest and highest official positions under Li Li's command so far.He has always won the trust of Li Li, and has repeatedly entrusted him with important tasks.When Li Zhi first arrived in the Xiliang army, except for Li Li.There are only three people who have the best friendship with him, one of them is Dian Wei.The other two are brothers Teng Xiao and Teng Yu.

When Li Zhi first served as the deputy general of the personal guard camp, the two brothers Teng Xiao and Teng Yu helped him a lot.Every time the guard battalion was replenished with soldiers and horses, the two brothers gave their full support, giving priority to sending the best sergeants under Li Zhi's tent.Since then, he has been in close contact with the Teng family brothers and loves them like brothers.Therefore, Li Zhi could not give others face, or even ignore it, but when facing Teng Xiao, he could not shirk and evade.

"The pain of flesh and blood?" Teng Xiao pondered, shook his head with a bitter face, and said in a low voice: "Zicheng, don't hide it from me. This time Ju Yi returns in a big defeat, and the blame is bound to be placed on Brother Yu. It is hard to shirk the blame, at least he must bear the crime of being unfavorable for reinforcements. Since then, most of the responsibility for Ju Yi's defeat in the battle has fallen on Brother Yu, even if he does not die, he will peel off his skin!" This is Teng Xiao's excuse.In fact, what he wanted to express was: he is a general of Zhenbei, he ranks higher than Sangong, and commands more than [-] soldiers and horses in Bingzhou.Therefore, he spoke very tactfully, and his purpose was to ask Li Zhi to speak kindly in front of Li Li for him, so as to make big things into small things and small things into nothing, so as to avoid punishment in the end and save him from losing face.

Although Li Zhi seldom speaks, it does not mean that he is dull and dull, unable to understand the meaning behind Teng Xiao's words.As soon as Teng Xiao finished speaking, he shook his head slightly and said, "If brother Yunlong wants to avoid punishment, he will be embarrassing my younger brother. This time, Ju Yi returned after a big defeat, and in the end only the [-] troops left Someone must bear the responsibility of dispatching more than [-] soldiers; otherwise, wouldn’t it mean that those [-] soldiers died in vain? If the lord turns a blind eye to this and does not pursue it, once this example is opened, who will work for the lord in the future? Will he still fight bloody battles? So it is impossible for brother Yunlong to excuse all of them, at least half of the responsibility will be taken, and the other half of the responsibility will fall on Ju Yi. This is the lightest punishment. Move your hands and feet, order the executioner to be merciful, that's all, there's nothing else you can do."

After he finished speaking, Li Zhi took a step to leave, but just two steps away, he stopped again, turned his head and told Teng Xiao, "You and I have known each other for many years, if I don't remind my brother about something, I really feel uneasy. .”

Teng Xiao quickly walked up to Li Zhi, and said anxiously: "Brother, tell me quickly, brother Yu is very kind."

"Later, when the lord asks about the course of the battle, the elder brother must remember not to argue. You must tell the truth, take the initiative to admit your mistakes, and ask for punishment. With the lord's always lenient style of dealing with things, as long as brother Yunlong admits his mistakes frankly, the lord will definitely remember the old feelings. However, if the elder brother makes many excuses and denies the fact that the rescue is not effective, it will be counterproductive and will definitely anger the lord. Once the lord gets angry, the consequences will be unimaginable, and it is not impossible to kill the elder brother in anger. In addition, the younger brother also wants to remind Elder brother, as long as the lord wants to know about anything that happened in the army, no one can hide it. This is all I have said, and my elder brother cherishes himself." After speaking, Li Zhi did not stop, quickly followed Li Li, and walked into the county House lobby.

Teng Xiao's expression changed drastically after hearing the words, and he froze in place, dazed.At this time, Guo Jia walked up to him and said softly: "General Yunlong is so capable that he is so familiar with General Zicheng. As far as I know, the only general in our army who can make Zicheng a little bit better Yunlong is alone. I heard what Zicheng said just now, and he is right. Yunlong is indeed suspected of taking revenge this time, but he is a bit disregarding the overall situation. The [-] army was defeated in one battle, and Yunlong cannot absolve himself of the blame. Therefore, Punishment is unavoidable, otherwise, how can we comfort the [-] souls who passed away. For the current plan, what Yunlong has to do is to confess his mistakes and plead guilty, only in this way can he save some face." After speaking, Guo Jia also left.

Teng Xiao quickly thanked: "Thank you for the reminder, the general will know what to do." Then he quickly followed, and followed Guo Jia into the main hall.

Not long after, the military and political discussions officially started. The first thing that was put in front of everyone was the matter of Ju Yi's defeat at Changshan and his return to Bingzhou.Li Li raised this question straight to the point, directly blaming the responsibility on the poor reinforcements of the Bingzhou defenders, and questioned Teng Xiao in class.

"In half a month, Ju Yi sent five batches of soldiers to ask for help. However, the guards in all counties of Bingzhou stood still and ignored them. What's the reason for this move? Teng Xiao, you are General Zhenbei, and all the soldiers of Bingzhou and counties Be restrained by you, tell me why?"

After Li Zhi and Guo Jia raised their points, Teng Xiao immediately bowed his head and pleaded guilty. He simply admitted that he missed the opportunity of the battle, miscalculated the battle situation in Changshan, and the reinforcements were not good, which in turn caused heavy losses to Ju Yi's [-] troops.For this reason, he is willing to take full responsibility for the crime and accept punishment willingly.However, Teng Xiao is by no means a person who is beaten blindly. While admitting his guilt, he also revealed the reason why the Bingzhou defenders have not moved: "Since General Juyi served as the governor of Jizhou for two and a half years, the first batch of grain and grass Except for the luggage, the general will be responsible for supplying the grain, grass, ordnance and all the luggage for the remaining two years.

At the end, for the first time, the [-]-strong army was fully supplied and sent three months of food and supplies to General Ju Yi.Only two months later, General Ju Yi urged for food and grass again, and asked the general to supply the food and grass needed by the [-] army, and strictly ordered the general to send the supply for half a year at one time, and any delay would be punished by military law.In desperation, the last general could only mobilize the food and grass supplies of the guards in the counties to ensure the supply of food and grass for the [-] troops under General Ju Yi's account.

Over the past two years, all supplies have been given priority to Ju Yi's army, but the food and supplies of the guards in the counties of our Bingzhou are seriously in short supply, the weapons are seriously damaged, and the outdated armaments of the city guards cannot be replenished.For this reason, the officers and men of all counties were filled with righteous indignation and complaints.Now that General Ju Yi has been defeated, the last general does not deny that it is not good for reinforcements from the state army. No matter how the lord punishes the young general, the last general has no complaints.But the last general wants to know, where is the food, grass and supplies that are enough to supply 12 soldiers and horses for a year? Facing Teng Xiao's accusation, Ju Yi was speechless. Obviously, Ju Yi squandered all the food, grass and supplies, or was greedy for money, and now they all fell into Cao Ren's hands. In the final analysis, the culprit is still Ju Yi, who always eats more Occupy, causing the Bingzhou Army to hold a grudge against him, which eventually led to today's evil results.

Li Li already knew this well, but because of Ju Yi's new surrender and the fact that he was fighting alone in Jizhou, he kept turning a blind eye and pretending not to know.Therefore, behind Ju Yi's defeat this time, there is also his shadow of Li Li.

At this time, the truth was made public, and Li Li refused to tolerate it any longer, so he ordered Teng Xiao to be punished by sixty, fined five hundred food towns, demoted the generals and officials of the state to two levels, dismissed Ju Yi as the governor of Jizhou, and transferred him to the deputy general of Jin Yiwei. Relegated to general miscellaneous.Subsequently, Li Li ordered the recruitment of [-] Bingzhou troops to Hanoi Daying, stationed at the front line of Sili, and confronted Cao Jun in Hebei.

While Li Li was purging military discipline in Bingzhou, on the other side of Taihang Mountain, Cao Cao of Hebei ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the country was named "Wei", and his capital was Yecheng, that is, the Northern Wei Dynasty.

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Chapter 202

In mid-April of the seventh year of Jian'an, at the north gate of Yecheng, Jizhou, Prime Minister Cao Cao led all civil and military officials out of the city to welcome the triumphant return of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Ten days ago, general Cao Ren led an army of 16 to capture Changshan, successfully repelled the Jizhou rebel general Ju Yi and his tens of thousands of troops, and regained Zhongshan and Changshan in one fell swoop, winning a complete victory.

In this battle, Cao Ren's army completely expelled the rebels who had been entrenched in Jizhou for three years, wiped out more than [-] Juyi rebels, captured [-] prisoners of war alive, and seized horses, grain, ordnance and countless other supplies.After the war, the rebel Ju Yi led the remnants to flee in a hurry, fled into the mountains, and then returned to Bingzhou.

At the same time, Zhang He and Gao Lan led [-] troops to capture Zhongshan and marched eastward to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Xiliang Army stranded in Bohai County. Recapture Bohai County, destroy the Xiliang navy port, and finally thousands of Xiliang remnants fled into Youzhou in a hurry.

So far, the Xiliang army of the rebels in Hebei has all been defeated. Cao Cao finally regained the whole territory of Jizhou, truly occupied the land of Jizhou, Qinghai, and Yanzhou, dominated Hebei, and watched the world as a tiger.

It stands to reason that the tens of thousands of rebels and the small remaining Xiliang army are undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for Cao Cao, who has more than [-] troops, and are not worth mentioning at all.but it is not the truth.

In fact, the Juyi rebels who occupied the two counties of Changshan and Zhongshan were very difficult to deal with, and they harassed Cao Cao's army for three years.During this period, Cao Cao sent a large army to encircle and suppress every year, but Juyi's rebel army was powerful and cunning, causing Cao's army to lose troops and lose generals.It also spent a lot of money, food and supplies, but the end result was repeated defeats.In vain.

Especially in the autumn of last year, Cao Cao personally led the 18th army to suppress the rebels.After more than four months of continuous fighting, there were still more defeats than victories, with little effect, and the rebels were always helpless.After repeated attacks, Cao Cao became ruthless. After the beginning of spring, he again mobilized 7 soldiers and horses to reinforce the encirclement and suppression. He appointed Cao Ren as the chief general of the Chinese army, and led a main force of [-] to storm Changshan; The partial division of Zhongshan State was attacked by force.The two soldiers and horses attacked at the same time, violently.Don't leave the rebels a chance to breathe, and strive to succeed in the first battle, completely wipe out the rebels, and wipe out all the enemy troops detained in Hebei.

as long as you try very hard, you can achieve anything.Under Cao Cao successively mobilized more than [-] troops to encircle and suppress Juyi's rebels with all their strength, and they were finally defeated and fled.Cao Jun, on the other hand, attacked Bohai County with the prestige of a great victory. While regaining the lost ground, he also destroyed the naval base of the Xiliang Army in one fell swoop, completely eradicating all potential threats in Hebei.

In May of the seventh year of Jian'an.That is, half a month after Cao Ren's army returned from victory, there were lanterns and festoons inside and outside Yecheng, and more than [-] Cao troops and more than [-] people gathered in the eastern suburbs to witness the grand ceremony of Prime Minister Cao Cao's sacrifice to heaven and earth.

subsequently.Cao Cao ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, added honor to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and established the country with the name "Wei".The capital is Yecheng, and the king will rule the world.

then.Emperor Cao Cao of the Northern Wei Dynasty posthumously posthumously named Yuan Shao King of Bohai, and made Cao Ren General Hussars.Commanded the three armies; added Cao Hong as General of Wei, Cao Chun as General of the Front, Cao Zhen as General of the Right, and Cao Xiu as General of the Left; Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, was granted the title of General of Chariots and Yuan Shang, and Yuan Shang as General of the Rear.

Zhang Yun was conferred the title of General Conquering the East, Gao Lan the General Conquering the North, Jiang Qi the General Conquering the South, and Qianzhao the General Conquering the West; more than [-] generals were conferred the title of Bijiuqing, more than [-] generals were appointed as marquises, and the rest All generals are rewarded.

Cheng Yu, Xu You, Chen Qun, Guo Tu, Ju Shou, Zhong Yao, Chen Lin, Liu Ye, Man Chong and other advisers under Cao Cao's command were more than a dozen civil servants and advisers, all of whom were promoted to rank of ministers; the rest of the officials at all levels All have rewards, at least a promotion.Xun Yu was still in the position of Shang Shuling. He was the only important minister who did not receive any rewards after Cao Cao became emperor, while all other civil servants and counselors were awarded titles, and their official positions were all above him.

At the same time, Wei Emperor Cao Cao announced to the world that Li Li of Xiliang was granted the title of King of Liang, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou was granted the title of King of Chu. Promoted to three levels; if the King of Liang and the King of Chu are willing to lead the people to surrender, Emperor Wei is willing to sit on an equal footing with the two vassal kings and rule the world together.

As soon as the Wei Emperor's notice was released, the world was in an uproar, and it immediately caused an uproar. In just half a month, it quickly spread to all counties and even counties in the Han Dynasty.So far, since the sudden death of the Han Emperor and Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao's brothers proclaiming themselves emperors one after another, an emperor reappeared in the world after a lapse of five years. This is the Great Wei Emperor Cao Cao Cao Mengde.

Because Emperor Wei Cao Cao founded the country in Hebei, and the three states under his rule were all in the north, so the people in each state called it "Northern Wei".

At the same time, although Cao Cao proclaimed to the world to change the Yuan and found the country after he proclaimed the emperor, and changed the seventh year of Jian'an to the first year of Huangchu, but the Wei State only had three states, and the newly promulgated year name was only used within the territory of the Wei State. The Jian'an year name is still used; even the civil and military officials under Cao Cao still use the Jian'an year name, and the Huang Chunian name is only used when decrees are issued.

In the two months after Cao Cao ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the world became more and more peaceful, and even the frictions and local struggles on the borders of various forces disappeared.The forces of Li Li in Xiliang and Liu Biao in Jingzhou remained silent on Cao Wei Jianguo. There was no sign of troop mobilization, nor any written congratulations or condemnation.After two months, the two princes did not respond. Everything was brewing in silence, sublimated in the brewing, and exploded in the sublimation.

Inadvertently another month passed.At the beginning of August, Jingzhou, which had been silent for three months, suddenly came out with explosive news, causing an uproar again after Cao Wei Jianguo.

Bingzhou, Shangdang County Governor's Mansion.

Today is the day when Li Lili hosts a banquet in the lobby of the county mansion, a farewell party for the two battalion generals Zhang Yan and Xu Huang who are about to go to the Black Mountain camp.

In the past three months, the Bingzhou Army and the Hanoi Army have completed the rotation of defense.

Now, Jia Xu is serving as the governor of Bingzhou, commanding all the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou and Heishan camps, with a total of 24 troops; Chen Gong takes over as the governor of Sili, and is in charge of the [-] Bingzhou army under Tengxiao's tent in Hanoi.In addition, Xu Rong still served as the governor of Youzhou, commanding more than [-] soldiers and horses to garrison Youzhou. Except for the [-] additional troops in Nanyang County, the rest of the Central Plains prefectures and counties maintained their original status in Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou.

During this period of time, no matter how the situation changed, Li Li always dispatched troops according to the original plan without any interference.When the news of Cao Cao's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor reached his ears, he smiled lightly, and casually put Cao Cao's notice on the handsome case, unmoved, and the scroll of letter is still on the desk to this day, for three consecutive months. It didn't move, it was still in the original position.

Although all the civil and military personnel in Bingzhou wanted to join forces to persuade them to advance, they were stopped by Li Li raising his hand before they could open their mouths. He couldn't open his mouth in a daze, unable to do anything.

After the rotation of soldiers and horses is completed, Feiyan Qingqi under Zhang Yan's tent and Xu Huang's tent will be ordered to garrison the Black Mountain Camp first, and will be responsible for harassing Jizhou.And Zhang Yan's Qingqi had already gone to Montenegro to prepare a camp for the army. After all, Montenegro was Zhang Yan's base camp. This time he was ordered to station in Montenegro, even if he went home, he returned to his old business after eight years.Zhang Yan is the chief general of the Montenegro camp, so he rushed to Shangdang with his own soldiers, listened to Li Li's admonition and exhortation, and escorted food, grass and luggage back to Montenegro together with Xu Huang's first camp.

When the banquet was about to end, Guo Jia and Jia Xu hurried into the hall, and immediately the thirty generals who had entered the camp first put down their wine bottles, and looked at them in unison.Although they don't know what happened yet, the generals can guess that something unusual must have happened just from the dignified expressions of Guo Jia and Jia Xu.

Walking quickly to the steps of the upper hall, Guo Jia did not shy away from the attention of the generals, and hurriedly reported: "My lord, Liu Biao of Jingzhou has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor!"

"Oh? Liu Biao has proclaimed himself emperor!" Li Li responded in surprise, his face was a little dazed, and he muttered in a daze: "Since Liu Biao has proclaimed himself emperor? He is almost 70 years old now, and he is already so old. Impulsive, what's the use of calling him emperor at such an old age?"