Chapter 711 Zhaoyi
On the straight road back to Wuyang, a huge cavalry team slowly advanced under the swaying of countless khaki flags.
These troops in yellow clothes and yellow flags were not the Taishan Army, but the Yuan Army who had just returned from the Han Family Tomb.
When Yuan Shao Zhaoji came to the Central Plains, he did not proclaim himself king as early as Zhang Chong. He still used the banner of the Han Dynasty. Even when his family was wiped out by He Jin and others, Yuan Shao only expressed this attitude:
It is not the emperor's fault that there is a traitor around the emperor.
Of course Yuan Shao knew that the little emperor was the mastermind of the Jiazi Revolution, but he still held high the banner of the Han Dynasty, just because this banner was so fragrant.
But although Yuan Shao did not claim the title of king, he called himself Duke Chen.
The Kingdom of Chen was granted by King Wu of Zhou after the Battle of Muye. At that time, King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty granted the title of Zhu to the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, to Ji after Yao, and to Chen after Shun, which meant "to rise and destroy a country and to succeed the unparalleled world".
This is actually the etiquette system of two kings and three kings, that is, the queen after Shun is called Chen Gong, the queen after Xia is Qi Gong, and the queen after Shang is called Song Gong.
And what is Ke? That is, honoring guests. That is to say, we do not regard them as ministers, but as guests.
Therefore, Yuan Shao's intention of calling himself Duke Chen is obvious, that is, he pursues a unique relationship with the Han Dynasty.
He and the Han Dynasty were guests of honor, not master and servant. But now, the master's family was killed by a group of thugs and their home was taken over. As a guest, he had the obligation to avenge the master's family.
Therefore, Yuan Shao raised his army under the banner of revenge for the Han Dynasty to attract people's hearts.
As Yuan Shao's penmaster Chen Lin wrote in "A Letter to the Thieves of Mount Tai":
"Zhang Chong, the thief of Mount Tai, entangled moth thieves with his charming appearance and deceived words. He drove off the invaders for a long time and defiled the sacred capital. He killed my emperor, banned my ministers, tortured my clothes, raped my children, plundered my property, and killed my soldiers and people. Jackals and wolves Breaking out of the clan society, dogs and hogs lurking in the imperial court, Chixian Qiuxi, Guizhou and Li are covered in charcoal, the demonic atmosphere is burning, and the sun and moon are dim. ”
"Chen Gong and Yuan Shao were ministers of the Han Dynasty before and are now Sanke. They share the same righteousness and hatred, and are deeply gracious and respectful. ... All ministers of the Han Dynasty who do not have loyalty and loyalty are the guests of Sanke and do not forget the meaning of friendship. The traitor Zhang Chong, a thief and a despicable man, can cause chaos and unstoppable evil. His character is worthy of consideration, and his destiny has not changed. He is determined to overcome the rebellion. Please watch today. In this domain, the world is still dominated by the Han family! ”
It is said that when this petition was delivered to Zhang Chong's desk, Zhang Chong, the leader of the thieves, was so frightened that he hid in the toilet, which shows that Chen Lin is as generous as a pen.
It's true that one book can stop a million soldiers.
It was precisely under this announcement that Yuan Shao cried profusely for three days when he raised his troops, vividly showing his anger and grief as both a minister and a guest.
In this way, the morale of the military will be invigorated and the hearts of the people will be united.
It can be said that since Yuan Shao proclaimed himself Duke Chen, he has been in a very favorable political situation. He can not only win the hearts and minds of the Han Dynasty's legacy, but also start anew and take over Kyoto as Sanke.
In the future, if he wanted to establish his own dynasty, he would not have to bear the burden of betraying his master, because he avenged the Han Dynasty as a guest. In the end, the Han Dynasty was grateful and ceded the power of the world to him, Duke Chen. Is there any problem with that? ?
The strategy to persuade Yuan Shao to proclaim himself Duke Chen came from Xu You, which made Yuan Shao more dependent and trustful of him.
There was just one thing Yuan Shao felt uncomfortable about, and that was Shuo Fu.
After claiming to be Duke of Chen, Yuan Shao actually established his own Duke of Chen, so he naturally had to change his clothes and accessories. Since Chen was a descendant of Shun, and Shun was a Tutu, Chen also needed to respect Tutu.
The color of Tude is yellow, but it just collides with the color of the Taishan Army.
Yuan Shao was more superstitious about prophecies and the Five Virtues. He believed that the person who would replace the fire virtues of the Han Dynasty must be Tu De, but now there are two parties in the world who use Tu De as their clothing, which gave Yuan Shao a sense of fate.
He also regarded this battle as the decisive battle with the Taishan Army to decide the world. Who will die in the hands of this deer in the Central Plains depends on this battle.
Thinking of this, Yuan Shao felt even more urgent. He couldn't wait to deal with the affairs in the rear immediately and then return to the front line.
But just when he looked impatient and was seizing the day, he glanced sideways at his youngest son. Seeing him riding on the horse with his back straight, trying to show his maturity, Yuan Shao felt soft in his heart. .
At this time, there was no blood in Yuan Shao's eyes, and his stern expression slowly returned to that of a loving father.
That's how much he loved his little son.
Whether in adolescence, in his prime, or in middle age, Yuan Shao is a hero that fits the family's expectations. He is indomitable, ambitious, and takes world affairs as his own responsibility.
Although he is sometimes hesitant, sometimes emotional, and full of noble pride and family status, he is still a good lord.
But since Yuan Shang was born, neither the victory of the conquest nor the great power and success can compare with this joy.
After watching Yuan Shang grow up step by step, he even thought about changing his heir countless times, but he suppressed them all rationally.
But it was this guilt that made his love for Yuan Shang grow day by day.
Every time he went on an expedition, he would ask Yuan Shang's mother Liu Ji to write to him and tell him whether Yuan Shang had eaten well these days.
Yuan Shao himself would write more letters, including teaching Liu Ji how to take care of children and telling her what she should do and what she should not do.
Even his letter details whether Yuan Shang drinks milk and whether the nanny he has found is plump and juicy enough. Liu Ji must make sure that Yuan Shang has enough milk.
It is in this kind of care that Yuan Shang thrives.
But Yuan Shao's concern was not less, and soon even exceeded his concern for the war.
At that time, it was the most important stage of his battle in Jiangxia. Huang Zu had been defending the city of Jiangxia. Yuan Shao had been fighting under the city for half a month, and the army assembled by Liu Biao was about to arrive soon.
But at this critical moment, Yuan Shao received a letter from the rear. It was Liu Ji telling him that Yuan Shang was ill.
Yuan Shao was so anxious after hearing the news that he immediately handed over the command to his nephew Gao Gan and rushed back to Runan.
In the end, if the Gao brothers hadn't grabbed Yuan Shao and begged him, Yuan Shao might have actually done such a ridiculous thing.
Afterwards, the Huang family could not withstand the pressure and made peace with Yuan Shao, but after that everyone in the Yuan army understood that they must never let their lord receive letters from the rear in the future.
After returning from Jiangxia, Yuan Shao rushed to Kyoto again. This time he took Yuan Shang with him, so he no longer had the pain of missing his son.
Except for making Yuan Jun's generals kneel down and worship Yuan Shang at every turn, Yuan Shao is generally quite stable.
However, at this time, Yuan Shao looked at his sensible son and felt like he was going to be sent to Runan later.
How much he wanted to keep Yuan Shang by his side.
At this time, Yuan Shang also felt his father's gaze, turned around and asked:
"Sir, are you not good at riding a horse?"
He thought that his riding posture made Yuan Shao look at him.
Yuan Shao came back to his senses and smiled:
"No, Shang'er rides very well. He was not as good as his father when he was Shang'er's age."
This is actually Yuan Shao's nonsense. He was a first-class horse-walking boy back then, and his horse-riding skills were amazing no matter where he used them.
Yuan Shang didn't know this. Hearing his father's words, he smiled innocently and asked:
"Then what are you looking at?"
Yuan Shao shook his head, his heart warmed, and he said gently:
"Nothing, I just want to ask you what you think of what you did for your father today." After hearing this, Yuan Shang said as he should:
"Father has certainly done a good job. Anyone who betrays our Yuan family should die."
Yuan Shao smiled and waved to Yuan Shang to come closer.
Yuan Shangli got off his horse, walked quickly to his father, and looked up at him.
Yuan Shao touched his youngest son's head and said with a smile:
"Shang'er, there is no need to say such words in the future. Just remember what my father taught you today."
Yuan Shang listened carefully.
Then Yuan Shao spoke slowly and said:
"Those who are superior will be angry if they don't have enough authority, and they will talk too much if they don't have trust. Shang'er, no matter how much you say, it's not as good as what you do. If you do more, others will know your authority even if you don't say it. So, let's stand up Be powerful rather than talkative.”
Yuan Shang nodded, as if he was aware of it. He asked his father doubtfully:
"Sir, aren't you going back to Runan with Shang'er?"
Yuan Shao touched Yuan Shang's head lovingly and said leisurely:
"I will go back after my father has finished fighting this battle. Then my father will teach you the way to be the best."
But Yuan Shang interrupted Yuan Shao loudly and shook his head seriously:
"Shang'er doesn't want to listen to what is the best way. My father will tell Shang'er more about battle formations. Shang'er likes to hear this."
Yuan Shao laughed loudly, pinched Yuan Shang's cheeks, and said okay, okay, okay.
For a time, the father was kind and the son was filial, and the family was happy.
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No matter what methods Yuan Shao used, no matter how bad his relationship with the powerful people in Yuzhou was, in terms of results, Yuan Shao generally completed the front-end work in Yuzhou.
By extensively mobilizing resources under his rule and building grain and military depots, Yuan Shao spent the rest of April building a military line from Yuzhou to the front line of Daguguan.
In this way, Yuan Shao was also prepared for the subsequent battle.
At the same time, after the Taishan Army gathered at the northern foot of Songshan Mountain, they did not rush south to fight Yuan Army. Instead, they built an offensive between the Heluo Basin. Not only the conditions at Dagu Pass, but also the Yique Pass line were also strengthened. Be on guard.
Obviously, the Taishan Army also knew about the commotion on Yuan Shu's side.
Because both sides are making final preparations, the original tense atmosphere in the Heluo Basin has relaxed a lot, but everyone knows that this is just the calm before the war.
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Cui Erfa was digging a tunnel with his brothers from the left team. He was shirtless and dripping with sweat.
It turns out that this day is really evil. There was a blizzard more than ten days ago, but now it is unbearably hot. He is annoyed by this weather, because as a farmer, he knows that crops will definitely not survive in such weather.
The coming year will be another year of disaster.
No, maybe there will be a famine in the second half of the year before next year.
If Cui Erfa had encountered such a thing in the past, he would have been extremely anxious. But he was just a little irritated at this time, because at this moment he was already a Taishan military officer.
Following in the footsteps of his elder brother, Cui Dafa also joined the Taishan Army. He joined the Qinghe Camp, the head of his eldest brother's previous camp. But when he joined the army, Qinghe Camp began to organize the army and changed its name to Zhaoyi Army.
He still remembers the appearance of his brother when he came back.
My elder brother was a smuggler in Yecheng in his early years, and then he joined the Taishan Army in Yecheng without knowing it. After that, he fought everywhere with the Taishan Army, even reaching his hometown.
It was also in that battle that my brother recovered from his injuries, but his good days soon came.
Not only did he become the director of the township office, he also married a beautiful daughter-in-law. Later, when the Cui family's fields in Qinghe were confiscated, his eldest brother also rushed to the front and received a lot of appreciation.
Cui Erfa originally wanted to work with his brother, but he was immediately kicked out by his brother, who even took him to the military camp to sign up for the army.
Cui Erfa had never seen anyone waiting in line to join the army. That day, his brother took him and waited outside the military camp for two hours before signing up.
Later, his brother told him that children of Taishan Army like him now send their children to the army. On the one hand, they do not forget the kindness of Taishan Army. On the other hand, for these people, what else can be better than joining the army? What about those who are promising?
Cui Erfa didn't care about this, but like most farmers' children, he was also willing to join the Taishan Army. Because they know that the Taishan Army is a powerful team.
Cui Er's family had a grudge against Hao Shi, and it was their head family, the Cui family of Qinghe. Cui Erfa's family originally had parents and younger siblings.
At that time, Cui Dafa had already joined the Taishan Army. He sent a letter to his family through the military Chinese document to report that he was safe.
But Cui Dafa never expected that the clan elder who read the letter to Cui Erfa and the others would actually find out from the letter that Cui Dafa had joined the Taishan Army, so he went out with the clan that night and sold Cui Erfa and his family.
Cui's tribe captured Cui's family that night. Cui Erfa was not at home when he was going to a farm that day, so he escaped with his life.
Therefore, Cui Erfa really wants to join the Taishan Army and he wants revenge.
In the past, Cui's gang could escape and die after his brother and others fought back. He, Cui Erfa, did not personally avenge his family.
But this time he joined the Zhaoyi Army, Cui Erfa wanted to take revenge with his own hands.
Their Zhaoyi army is all descendants of Qinghe, and most of them have blood feuds with the gentry and local tycoons. Many of them are wealthy farmers like Cui Erfa, and some are from tenant farmers, but most of them were originally farmers. Tu Li.
After they were assigned the land, they followed the long-standing regulations and went out to join the army to repay the king's favor.
Under the training of the Qinghe veteran army, these people filled the newly reorganized Zhaoyi Army. Moreover, their military leader Zhu Ling was a good military leader, and he quickly allowed the Zhaoyi Army to build combat effectiveness.
Afterwards, the transfer order from Yecheng came, and Zhu Ling's Zhaoyi Army marched to Hanoi as the second echelon, and joined the king's main force in Hanoi.
At that time, the Qinghe disciples were optimistic that they would gain glory and land under Zhu Ling's leadership.
This was indeed the case at the beginning. Zhu Ling, who was entrusted with the important task, led them to quickly capture Dagong Pass. However, the military leader later mobilized the main force to the southwest in an attempt to capture Yique Pass, leaving only two thousand troops. People guard Daguguan.
What happened next was a nightmare for all the Qinghe disciples. No one knew why the two deputy battalion generals suddenly rebelled. They were defeated without a trace and retreated all the way to the mouth of the valley.
At this moment, for all the children of Zhaoyi, the humiliation of defeat is only a small matter. The greater humiliation is that the friendly troops in the rear regard them as meticulous.
This made them feel doubly sad.
Thinking of this, Cui Erfa cursed heavily:
"Traitors, you really deserve to die!"
At this moment, someone suddenly called him from behind:
"Cui Qi, the team will be looking for you."
Cui Qi, that was the name Cui Erfa was given after he joined the Zhaoyi Army. Erfa was stunned for a while before he realized that he was calling him, so he quickly put his hoe on the ground and hurried over.
What does the team general ask us to do?
(End of chapter)