Chapter 13: Ma Teng, the Qin royal family, avenges his father and Cao Cao’s army
But it was said that the two thieves Li and Guo wanted to kill Emperor Xian. Zhang Ji and Fan Chou admonished him, saying: "No. If we kill him today, for fear that everyone will not accept it, it is better to still regard him as the master, win the princes into the pass, remove his wings first, and then kill him, and the world will be in trouble." Li and Guo Er People follow his words and hold down their weapons. The emperor announced an edict from upstairs: "Since Wang Yun has been killed, why don't the troops retreat?" Li Jue and Guo Si said, "I and other members of the royal family with meritorious services have not been awarded titles, so they dare not retreat." The emperor said, "Your Majesty. "Who do you want to be conferred?" Li, Guo, Zhang, and Fan each wrote their official titles and offered them. If they wanted such official titles, the emperor had no choice but to accept them. Li Jue was granted the title of Chariot General Chiyanghou Ling Sili Xiaowei Jiajieyue, Guo Bin was made the rear general Meiyanghou Jiajieyue, and they share the government affairs; Fan Chou was made the right general Wannianhou, and Zhang Ji was appointed Hussar General Pingyang Hou, led the troops to garrison Hongnong. The remaining Li Meng, Wang Fang, etc. are each serving as school captains. Then he thanked him and led his troops out of the city. He also ordered the body of Dong Zhuo to be tracked down, and some fragments of skin and bones were obtained. They were carved into fragrant wood and put together, and a large sacrifice was held. The king's clothes and coffins were used, and an auspicious day was chosen to move the body to Xiwu.
Before the funeral, there was a heavy thunderstorm, and the water was several feet deep on the ground. A thunderbolt shook the coffin open, and the body was lifted out of the coffin. Li Jue was buried again in Hou Qing, and it happened again that night. After three reburials, he could not be buried. The skin and bones were all destroyed by thunder and fire. The wrath of heaven is great. It’s so great!
Let us say that Li Jue and Guo Si were in great power and brutally abused the people. They secretly sent their confidants to serve the emperor to observe his movements. Emperor Xian moved against the thorns at this time. Imperial officials were promoted and demoted by two thieves. Because of his popularity, Zhu Jun was specially announced to enter the court as a servant and jointly lead the government. One day, people reported to Ma Teng, the governor of Xiliang, and Han Sui, the governor of Bingzhou, led more than 100,000 troops to Chang'an to fight against the thieves. It turned out that the two generals had sent people to Chang'an first, and they had linked up with the servant Ma Yu, the admonishment official Zhong Shao, and Zuo Zhonglang general Liu Fan as internal agents to conspire with the traitors. The three of them made a secret report to the emperor, and named Ma Teng the general of conquering the west, and Han Sui the general of suppressing the west. Each of them received secret edicts and fought against the thieves. At that time, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou heard that the second army was approaching and discussed strategies to defend against the enemy. The counselor Jia Xu said: "When the second army comes from far away, we can only defend it with deep trenches and high fortifications to resist them. In a hundred days, the soldiers will run out of food and they will retreat. Then we can lead troops to pursue them. The two generals can be captured." Li Meng , Wang Fang came out and said: "This is not a good plan. I would like to borrow ten thousand elite soldiers to behead Ma Teng and Han Sui immediately and offer them to my subordinates." Jia Xu said: "If we fight now, we will definitely lose." Li Meng and Wang square They all said in unison: "If the two of us are defeated, I would rather be beheaded; if we are victorious, my father should also lose his head and mine." He called Li Jue and Guo Si and said: "Two hundred miles west of Chang'an, the road to the Mt. , You can ask Generals Zhang and Fan to station troops here and defend the wall until Li Meng and Wang can lead their own troops to meet the enemy." Li Jue and Guo Si followed his instructions and ordered 15,000 troops to join Li Meng and Wang. square. The two left happily and went to the village 280 miles away from Chang'an.
When Xiliang soldiers arrived, two leading troops went to greet them. Xiliang's army and horses blocked the road and set up their formation. Ma Teng and Han Sui came out together, pointed at Li Meng and Wang Fang and cursed: "Thieves who rebel against the country! Who is going to capture them?" Without stopping, they saw a young general with a face like a crown of jade, eyes like shooting stars, and the body of a tiger. Arms of ape, belly and waist of wolf; holding a spear in hand and riding a horse, they flew out of the formation. It turned out that Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng, named Meng Qi, was seventeen years old and was invincible. Wang Fang deceived him because he was young and jumped on his horse to fight. The battle didn't last long, but Ma Chao had already stabbed him under his horse with a spear. Ma Chao reined in his horse and returned. When Li Meng saw Wang Fang stabbed to death, he rode up from behind Ma Chao. Super just do not know. Ma Teng shouted at the gate of the formation: "There is someone chasing you from behind!" The sound continued, and Ma Chao was seen to have captured Li Meng on his horse. It turned out that Ma Chao knew Li Meng was chasing him, but deliberately delayed him. When he was about to attack with his spear, Chao jumped out of the way and Li Meng missed the target. The two horses collided, and Ma Chao relaxed his arms and captured him alive. The sergeant had no owner and ran away looking for the wind. Ma Teng and Han Sui took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill Li Meng. They won a great victory and went straight to the pass to the stronghold. They beheaded Li Meng and ordered him to behead him. When Li Jue and Guo Si heard that Li Meng and Wang Fang had been killed by Ma Chao, they believed that Jia Xu had the foresight to use his strategy seriously and only focused on guarding the pass and letting him fight without going out to meet them. Sure enough, Xiliang's army was short of food and grass in less than two months, so they discussed returning to the army.
It happened that the first head of the Ma Yu family in Chang'an City, together with Liu Fan and Zhong Shao, and Ma Teng and Han Sui, wanted to help the inside. Li Jue and Guo Si were furious. They killed all three families, old and young, good and bad in the city. They took the three heads and came to the door to give orders. Ma Teng and Han Sui saw that their army supplies had been exhausted and their internal response was leaked, so they had no choice but to withdraw from the camp. Li Jue and Guo Si ordered Zhang Ji to lead his army to drive Ma Teng, and Fan Chou to lead his army to drive Han Sui away. The Xiliang army was defeated.
Ma Chao fought to the death and defeated Zhang Ji. Fan Chou went to catch up with Han Sui, and when he caught up with him, he approached Chencang. Han Sui reined in his horse and said to Fan Chou, "My father and I are from the same hometown. Why are you being so ruthless today?" Fan Chou also reined in his horse and replied, "You can't disobey your orders!" Then he said, "I am here to serve as the ear of the country. Why should I force you to do anything?" After hearing this, Fan Chou turned his horse's head, withdrew his troops and returned to the stronghold, letting Han Sui go.
He was not careful about Li Bie, Li Jue's nephew. When he saw Fan Chou let Han Sui go, he repaid his uncle. Li Jue was furious and wanted to raise troops to attack Fan Chou. Jia Yi said: "Now people's hearts are not at peace, and they are constantly fighting, which is very inconvenient. If we hold a banquet and invite Zhang Ji and Fan Chong to celebrate their achievements, we can capture Chong and kill them without any effort." Li Jue was overjoyed and went to work. A banquet was held for Zhang Ji and Fan Chou. The second general Xinran went to the banquet. Halfway through the wine, Li Jue suddenly changed his color and asked, "Why did Fan Chou communicate with Han Sui in order to plot a rebellion?" Chou was shocked and did not reply; he saw swordsmen and axes coming out and beheading Fan Chou under the case. Zhang Ji fell to the ground in fright. Li Jue helped him up and said, "Fan Chou conspired to rebel, so I will punish him. You are my confidant, why should you be afraid?" He assigned Fan Chou's army to Zhang Ji's command. Zhang Ji returned to Hongnong. Li Jue and Guo Si defeated the Xiliang soldiers, and no princes dared to do anything. Jia Xu repeatedly persuaded the people to appease the people and recruit virtuous men. Since the imperial court has little business. Unexpectedly, the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou have risen again, gathering hundreds of thousands of people, with varying leaders, and plundering good people. The servant Zhu Jun recommends one person who can defeat the group of thieves. Li Jue and Guo Si asked who he was. Zhu Jun said: "To defeat the thieves in Shandong, you must have Cao Mengde." Li Jue said: "Where is Mengde now?" Jun said: "He is now the prefect of Dongjun, and he has many soldiers. If you order this person to attack the thieves, the thieves can be defeated. It will be broken by the sun." Li Jue was overjoyed and sent an edict to Dongjun on a starry night, ordering Cao Cao and Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin to defeat the thieves together. After receiving the imperial edict, Cao joined Bao Xin and raised troops together to attack the thieves in Shouyang. Bao Xin entered a stronghold and was killed by thieves. Cao Cao pursued the rebels as far as Jibei, and tens of thousands of them surrendered. Cao immediately used thieves as the vanguard. Soldiers and horses were everywhere, and all surrendered. In just over a hundred days, more than 300,000 soldiers and more than a million men and women were recruited. The elite ones were selected and named "Qingzhou soldiers", and the rest were ordered to return to the countryside. Cao Cao's reputation has grown steadily since then. The letter of victory was reported to Chang'an, and the imperial court appointed Cao Cao as the general of Zhendong. Cao Cao is in Yanzhou, looking for talented people. Two uncles and nephews came to join Cao Cao: they were from Yingyin in Yingchuan, their surname was Xun, their given name was Yu, and their courtesy name was Wenruo. They were also the sons of Xun Nui. Yuan Shao was an old friend, but now he abandoned Shao to join Cao Cao. Cao said to him with great joy, "This is My son's wife!" So he thought he was marching to the army. His nephew Xun You, also known as Gongda, was a well-known scholar in China. He once worshiped Huangmen as a minister, but later abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown. Now he and his uncle joined Cao Cao, who became a marching professor. Xun Yu said: "I have heard that there is a wise man in Yanzhou, but I don't know where he is now." Cao asked who it was, and Yu said: "He is from Dong'a, Dongjun. His surname is Cheng, his given name is Yu, and his courtesy name is Zhongde." Cao said, "I am from Dong'a, Dongjun. He has been famous for a long time." So he sent people to the countryside to find out. I found him studying in the mountains and invited him to visit. When Cheng Yu came to see him, Cao Cao was overjoyed. Yu said to Xun Yu, "A certain person is ignorant and ill-informed, and is not worthy of being recommended by the public. The man's hometown is named Guo, his first name is Jia, and his given name is Fengxiao. He is a wise man today, so why don't you come here?" Yu Meng said: "I almost forgot! "So Qicao recruited Guo Jia to go to Yanzhou to discuss the affairs of the world. Guo Jiajian was a descendant of the Guangwu sect and a native of Chengde, Huainan. His surname was Liu, his given name was Ye, and his courtesy name was Ziyang. Cao immediately hired Ye. Ye also recommended two people: one was from Changyi, Shanyang, with a surname of Man, a given name of Chong, and a given name of Boning; the other was a native of Wucheng, with a surname of Lu, a given name of Qian, and a given name of Zike. Cao Cao also knew these two reputations and hired him to serve in the army. Man Chong and Lu Qian jointly recommended one person, who was from Chenliupingqiu. His surname was Mao, his given name was Jie, and his given name was Xiaoxian. Cao Cao also hired him to work.
Another general led hundreds of troops to surrender to Cao Cao: he was from Juping in Mount Tai, his surname was Yu, his given name was Jin, and his courtesy name was Wenze. Cao Cao saw that he was proficient in bow and horse and had outstanding martial arts, so he was ordered to be the commander of the army. One day, Xia Houdun brought a large man to see him, and Cao asked who he was. Dun said, "This is a man from Chenliu. His surname is Dian and his given name is Wei. He is very brave. He used to be with Zhang Miao and had a disagreement with the people in his tent. He killed dozens of people with his own hands." Fleeing into the mountains, Dun went out to hunt and saw Wei Zhuhu crossing the stream. He was recommended to the army. Cao said, "I think this man has a strong appearance." Dun said, "He was once a friend." To avenge the murder, he raised his head and walked straight out of the busy city. Hundreds of people did not dare to approach. He only used two iron halberds, weighing eighty kilograms, and carried them on the horse. "Cao immediately ordered Wei Shi to fly. Wei holds his halberd and mounts his horse, galloping back and forth. Suddenly, he saw that the flag under the tent was blown by the wind and was about to fall. The soldiers were holding it uncertainly. Wei dismounted his horse, shouted to retreat the troops, and held the flagpole in one hand, standing tall and motionless in the wind. Cao Cao said, "This ancient evil has come!" Then he ordered him to be the captain in front of the tent. He took off his brocade coat and gave him a carved saddle for his horse.
Since Cao Cao’s subordinates have advisers and powerful generals, they dominate Shandong. Then he sent Ying Shao, the prefect of Taishan, to Langya County to fetch his father Cao Song. Song took refuge from Chenliu and lived in seclusion in Langya. On the same day, after receiving the letter, he and his younger brother Cao De and his family of more than forty people, including more than a hundred followers and hundreds of vehicles, came to Yanzhou. When the road was passing through Xuzhou, the prefect Tao Qian, named Gongzu, was a kind-hearted and honest man. He wanted to befriend Cao Cao for no reason. Knowing that Cao Cao's father was passing by, he went out to greet him, paid homage to him again, and held a banquet for two days. When Cao Song was about to leave, Tao Qian personally escorted him out of Guo, and sent Captain Zhang Kai to escort him with five hundred troops. Cao Song led his family to Hua and Feijian on a small trip. It was late summer and early autumn when heavy rain came, so he had to stay in an ancient temple. The monks enter. Song settled his family in a small house and ordered General Zhang Kai to station his troops in the two corridors. All the soldiers' clothes were soaked by the rain, and they complained together. Zhang Kai called his subordinates to discuss in a quiet place and said: "We are the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. It is useless to force ourselves to surrender to Tao Qian. Now the Cao family has countless carriages. It is not difficult for you to get rich and powerful. I just want to kill everyone at the third watch tonight." Go in, kill Cao Song's family, take the property, and go to the mountains to drop grass. "What's the plan?" Everyone agreed. It was a stormy night and Cao Song was sitting when he suddenly heard loud shouts from all around. Cao De took a look with his sword and was stabbed to death. Cao Song hurriedly led a concubine to run into the abbot and wanted to escape over the wall. The concubine was fat and could not get out. Song panicked and hid with his concubine in the toilet, where they were killed by the rebels. Ying Shao escaped desperately and went to Yuan Shao. Zhang Kai killed Cao Song's entire family, took away their belongings, set fire to the temple, and fled to Huainan with 500 people. There is a poem from a later generation that says: "Cao Cao, a treacherous hero in his lifetime, boasted that he once killed the whole family of the Lu family. Now every household is killed, and the retribution of the natural cycle is not bad." At that time, there were soldiers under Ying Shao who escaped and reported to Cao Cao. When Cao heard this, he fell to the ground crying. Everyone rescued him. Cao gnashed his teeth and said, "Tao Qian sent troops to kill my father. This hatred is irreconcilable! I have now raised a large army to wash out Xuzhou. Fang Xuewu hates me!" So Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were left to lead an army of 30,000 to guard Juancheng, Fan County, and In the three counties of Dong'a, the rest were killed and rushed to Xuzhou. Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin and Dian Wei were the pioneers. Cao ordered: Once you get the city, kill all the people in the city to avenge your father. When the governor of Jiujiang stepped aside and was on good terms with Tao Qian, he heard that Xuzhou was in trouble and led five thousand troops to rescue him. Cao Cao was furious after hearing this, and ordered Xiahou Dun to intercept and kill him on the road. At that time, Chen Gong worked for Dongjun and was also on good terms with Tao Qian. Hearing that Cao Cao had launched an army for revenge and wanted to kill all the people, he came to see Cao Cao at starry night. Cao Zhi was working as a lobbyist for Tao Qian. He wanted to stay away, but he couldn't extinguish his old friendship, so he had to go to the tent to meet him. The palace said: "I heard that Duke Ming came to Xuzhou with a large army to avenge his father, and he wanted to kill all the people wherever he went. For this reason, I came here to give advice. Tao Qian is a benevolent gentleman, not a person who loves profit and forgets his righteousness. The death of my father was the fault of Zhang Kai. , It is not a crime of humiliation. What kind of hatred do the people of the state have against Ming Gong? I hope you will think twice before doing so. "Cao Cao said angrily, "How can I see you again now that you have abandoned me? Qian killed my family and vowed to pluck out my guts and kill my hatred! Even though you are lobbying for Tao Qian, why don't you listen to me?" Chen Gong resigned and sighed: "I can't even see Tao Qian! ” Then he galloped to join Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu.
Let’s say that wherever Cao’s army went, they killed people and dug up graves. When Tao Qian was in Xuzhou, he heard that Cao Cao had launched an army to take revenge and massacre the people. He looked up to the sky and cried, "I have sinned against the sky, causing the people of Xuzhou to suffer such a disaster!" He hurriedly gathered all the officials to discuss. Cao Bao said: "Now that Cao's soldiers have arrived, how can we just sit back and wait for death! I am willing to help you defeat them." Tao Qian had no choice but to lead his troops out to meet him. From a distance, he saw that Cao's army was like frost and snow. The Chinese army raised two white flags, and the big The book contains four words: revenge. The army and horses formed a formation, and Cao Cao rode out of the formation, dressed in plain clothes, raising his whip and shouting curses. Tao Qian also rode under the banner of the gate, bowed and saluted, saying: "Qian originally wanted to befriend Ming Gong, so he asked Zhang Kai to escort him. He didn't want to be a traitor and not change his mind, which would lead to this. It's because of Tao Qian that he really didn't want to do anything. I hope Ming Gong will look into it." "Cao Cao yelled: "You dare to kill my father! Who can capture the old thief alive?" Xiahou Dun responded. Tao Qian hurriedly walked into the formation. When Xiahou Dun arrived, Cao Bao leaped on his horse with his spear in hand and came to meet the enemy. As the two horses crossed each other, suddenly a strong wind blew up, flying sand and rocks. The two armies were in chaos and each retreated.
Tao Qian entered the city and discussed with everyone: "Cao's army is too powerful to be defeated. I should tie myself up and go to Cao's camp and let him cut him up to save the lives of the people in Xuzhou County." Before he could finish his words, someone came forward and said: " Fujunjiu Town Xuzhou , the people are grateful. Even though Cao Cao's troops are numerous, they cannot attack our city immediately. The prince and the people are determined not to leave. Although I am not talented, I am willing to use a small strategy to teach Cao Cao to die without a place to die!" Everyone was shocked and asked the general for his plan! An out. It's exactly this: originally accepting friendship turned into resentment, but knowing how to survive in a desperate situation. After all, who is this person? Let’s listen to the explanation below.