Great Wei Nengchen

"Yuan Benchu, a hero of a generation, my lifelong rival and close friend, just fell away like this?"

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On the bank of Zhangshui River - Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao and a group of civil and military officials were discussing military plans and discussing strategies to attack the city. The secret agents lurking in the city suddenly sent a top-secret information: "Yuan Shao died suddenly, and his son Yuan Shang succeeded to the throne." The general, and the leader of Jizhou Mu! '

Holding the top-secret information in his hand, Cao Cao read it three times in a row, but he still couldn't believe it. He immediately dispatched his confidantes to contact the officials in the city who were willing to surrender, and inquired about the information in detail. Finally, he confirmed: Yuan Shao really died, and Yuan Shang really succeeded up!

After confirming the news, Cao Cao sat on the handsome seat, his mouth was wide open, unable to utter a word, his mood was extremely complicated, some were happy, some were sad, and most of all were lonely!

On the one hand, Yuan Shao died suddenly, the dragons in Hebei were leaderless, and the hearts of the people were turbulent, which was of great benefit to Cao Jun's Northern Expedition. As for Yuan Shang who succeeded him, a child from Huangkou, it was nothing to worry about!

On the other hand, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have known each other for many years. They are both enemies and friends. How can they not be sad when they cherish each other?

"Yuan Shao died suddenly, and the people in Hebei were panicked. Our army launched a fierce attack immediately, and we will definitely be able to take Yecheng!"

"Yuan Shang is still young, he has neither prestige nor ability, and he can't control the overall situation at all. Yuan Jun will definitely lose!"

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Knowing that Yuan Shao was really dead, Cao Ying was elated and clapped his hands and cheered. They all advocated attacking the city and taking down Yuan's lair in one fell swoop. Even Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, two counselors, believed that sending troops at this time would be more effective with half the effort!

As long as Yecheng is captured and Yuan Shang is captured alive, the Hebei Group will collapse, and then the army will continue the Northern Expedition, just like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, and wipe out the remnants of Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Gao Gan, etc. Within a year or two, Hebei can be pacified!

"Sending troops at a funeral is a great injustice. Compared with the ancient sayings of the Spring and Autumn Period, the old man and Benchu ​​have known each other for many years and have a deep relationship with each other. How can we take advantage of people's danger and let him die in peace?

Send people into Yecheng to pay tribute to the funeral, and tell Yuan Shang clearly that he can handle the funeral with peace of mind. The old man will never attack the city within the three-seventh anniversary of his death. Commander - behead! "

Cao Cao resisted all opinions and resolutely refused to send troops. He proved to the world that he was upright and upright, and he also comforted Yuan Shao's spirit in the sky.

In addition, the Art of War says: "Sad soldiers must win, and they cannot attack." Yuan Shao had just died, and the Hebei soldiers were sad and angry. At this time, a large-scale attack on the city may not be a good thing. It is better to sell personal favors to win the hearts of Hebei!

Jiang Gan carried the sacrifices and prepared to go to Yecheng to mourn the funeral and express his grief. By the way, he did some activities, contacted officials in Hebei, persuaded, bribed, poached, and acted as an internal response... It really kills two birds with one stone!

In order to express his grief, Cao Cao took a pen and wrote an elegiac couplet and sent it to the city, where it was hung in front of Yuan Shao's coffin:

Shanglian: Live as a hero, die as a ghost, a ray of heroic spirit supports the sun and the moon!

The second couplet: Success depends on the right time, but failure depends on human schemes. Write the Spring and Autumn Period with full of enthusiasm!

Hengpi: Be the enemy in the next life!

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In Yecheng, Yuan Shang is very busy now, not busy with funerals, nor busy with taking power, but busy killing people, the reason is very simple, his mother Liu Shi wants to kill people!

Mrs. Liu was born in a famous family, with a beautiful face and beautiful appearance, but it is a pity that she is a jealous vat, and her temperament is even more vicious. Yuan Shao has always liked wine and sex, so it is inevitable that he will be merciful and merciful everywhere. There are more than 100 wives and concubines who are famous, and they are picked at will. There are countless wild flowers!

When Yuan Shao was alive, he played and had fun with his concubines every night. The Liu family was old and decrepit, and was gradually neglected. He hated him so much, but there was nothing he could do. Now that Yuan Shao is dead, the concubines are gone. The backer, of course, will settle accounts after autumn!

According to the rules, after Yuan Shao's death, all concubines who did not have children were buried in the mausoleum. However, Mrs. Liu was jealous and couldn't wait a day. Using the right to control the back house, more than 100 concubines, regardless of whether they had children or not, were buried in the mausoleum. However, all of them were beaten to death with sticks!

I was also worried that they would continue to seduce Yuan Shao in the underworld, so they simply shaved their hair, mutilated their faces, and burned their corpses. They also invited wizards to do the same, suppressing the ashes under the well, turning them into lonely ghosts, and they would never be able to recover. The viciousness of the heart will change everyone's face when they hear it!

The problem is that Yuan Shao is very polite and very picky about women. None of the concubines he took in was from a simple family background, either the daughter of a civil official or the younger sister of a general.

Liu's methods were cruel and killed hundreds of concubines. After the news spread, how could their fathers and brothers let it go? If they were civil and military officials, or the head of the powerful family, if they united to make trouble, the General's Mansion might also die. I can't stand it!

I can't wait to see what's in front of me first, Yuan Shang put aside the funeral and was busy dealing with the concubine's family members. His method is the same as that of his mother. Since he has killed someone, let's kill them to the end. If they are all killed, there will be no one to take revenge!

For a time, iron cavalry came out everywhere in Yecheng, searching every house. All the relatives of the concubines, regardless of their official positions, were all ransacked and beheaded. Only the heads of the people were killed, and the bloody wind was bloody. Thousands of people died, many of whom were loyal Yuan's officials!

After Yuan Shao’s sudden death, people were panicked. The situation was already unstable. Yuan Shang had just ascended to power. Instead of winning people’s hearts with kindness, he practiced white terror instead. Keep sending...

After killing people and establishing power, Yuan Shang began to handle funerals. According to the rules of the Han family: once every seven days, a mage should be asked to save the souls of the dead. A total of 49 days, if it is during the war, it can be reduced by half, and Cao Cao also agreed. Will attack the city!

But, Yuan Shang can't wait for 21 days, even seven days. Ever since his father's sudden death, he has been restless day and night and has nightmares. He always dreamed that his father was covered in blood, and he came to ask for his life, sometimes with a concubine Let's form a group together to scare him...

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Traveled to the capital in life, never abandoned the middle field in death,

On the high hall in the morning, and at the bottom of the yellow spring in the evening,

Entering Yuyuan in the daytime, hanging the chariot and resting the four horses,

Although good fortune is divine, it can restore me,

Described as a little rest, the teeth should fall,

It has been like this since ancient times, who can leave it?

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Yuan Shang couldn't stand it in the days of heart-pounding, and made a hasty sacrifice. Three days later, the funeral was held. A group of people carried Yuan Shao's coffin, sang a sad elegy, and walked out of the gate of Yecheng...

Yuan Shang naturally didn't dare to go out of the city. He only bowed a few times on the city wall, and then went back to continue killing. As for the funeral procession, led by counselor Guo Tu, they came to a high slope in the east of the city to dig a grave and place the coffin. , set up a stone monument...

Because of the haste, the tomb was built in a very simple way, the burial pit was very shallow, the soil was very low, and there were few burial objects... There was only one bluestone tombstone, on which was engraved: The tomb of Yuan Benchu, the great general of the ancient Han Dynasty, was instead a martyr. Killed a lot, left many dead bones, all innocent souls...

Yuan Shao was born in a noble family, rose to power at a young age, stepped into an official career, achieved success in middle age, dominated the situation, enjoyed glory and wealth, had a beautiful wife and beautiful concubines, and was magnificent in his lifetime. He never expected that after his death, his funeral was careless and his tomb was extremely shabby. , I am ashamed and can't lift my head, what a bitter tear!

Cao Jun received the military order and did not stop the funeral procession. Instead, he took the initiative to bow and salute to show his condolences. Taking advantage of this opportunity, some people left the funeral procession and disappeared into the wilderness...

Those who left were all messengers, and some of them went to Qingzhou to ask the eldest son Yuan Tan to come back for the funeral. Yuan Shang was worried about his elder brother, and wanted to trick him back to Yecheng, seize the military power in his hands, and do another "righteous killing of relatives". Anyway, his father was killed. I don't care about killing one more brother!

The other part went to Youzhou, and asked the second son Yuan Xi to call up troops and rescue Yecheng quickly. By the way, he contacted the Xiongnu, Karasuma, Xianbei, and Liaodong counties, and asked them to send troops to help. As for the conditions, everything is negotiable. And the envoy of the team leader is Mr. Zimu!

Mr. Zimu killed Yuan Shao, led troops to intimidate civil and military officials, and supported Yuan Shang as the top general. He is the number one hero. However, he is also Yuan Shang's "killing his father and enemy". Despicable character, ready to kill anyone at any time!

Yuan Shang is not a fool, Mr. Zimu is smarter and more vicious. Seeing that the situation is getting worse, he played a game of "Escape the Shell of the Golden Cicada" and fled Yecheng under the pretext of asking for help. Youzhou went to...

Regarding the envoy's departure from the city, Cao Cao knew it well, but he let it go generously. The reason is also very simple. Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Gao Gan separated one side. The distance is long, supplies are difficult, and the outcome is hard to say!

It's better to "surround the spot to fight for aid", use Yecheng as a bait to attract people from Qingzhou and Youzhou, and then wipe them out one by one, which is much easier than Laoshi's expedition. Take care of yourself!

Cao Cao also brought important civil and military ministers to Yuan Shao's grave, made a grand sacrifice with "Tai Lao", wrote a sacrificial oration, and burned it in front of the grave. As for what was written on it, no one knows...

After the sacrifice, Cao Cao mobilized [-] soldiers, each carrying a load of soil, covering Yuan Shao's tomb, making it a large tomb, and asked the artisans accompanying the army to carve stone men, stone horses, stone tigers... dozens of As much as it is placed on both sides of the tomb passage, it also gives Yuan Shao some face-a hero in troubled times will end up in dust!

Chapter 975 The sneak attack failed, think again!

"Two ghosts knocking on the door, impermanence crossing the bridge--this is a beautiful move!"

"A hungry tiger digs out its heart, a wild horse divides its mane--women don't give way to men!"

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On a flat ground outside Hukou Pass, Xiao Yi, wearing a purple gold crown and a hundred-flower robe, sat cross-legged on a soft sheepskin couch, slowly tasting fine wine. , serving attentively, dozens of Xuanjia warriors, guards with swords, and two young female soldiers are arriving at the corner for fun, winning bursts of applause!