Chapter 734 The Liaodong Incident
Yuan Shao died, and the general Yuan Shao was really dead. Cao Cao made great contributions to the world, making the whole world sad. Cao Cao even personally collected Yuan Shao's body, held Yuan Shao's coffin, and buried it with the etiquette of the princes and kings.
Yuan Shao was posthumously named Chengzhong Bohai King. Yuan Shao's wife Liu also followed Yuan Shao after he jumped off the city wall. Cao Cao buried the two together and found a place in Bohai County. This place was found by Yuan Shao in the past, just to prepare for himself in a hundred years. Yuan Shao even thought about moving the capital to Bohai County after pacifying the world.
The capital was not completed, but it was finally buried in the Bohai Sea.
Cao Cao personally went up to the high platform and commented on Yuan Shao's life. When they were together, Cao Cao was sometimes happy and sometimes sad. The whole Hebei people spontaneously wore mourning for Yuan Shao, and tears were shedding in the alleys of the city, as if they had lost their relatives.
"Lord's Day!" Xu Huanglejin and others next to him didn't understand why Cao Cao was so sad to Yuan Shao. Only Cheng Yu knew that Cao Cao's so sad condolences were not only because of the sorrow for Yuan Shao, the former childhood friend, was more because Cao Cao was winning people's hearts.
Yuan Shao was always virtuous when he was in Hebei. He saved Hebei from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and he made Hebei well-fed and well-dressed. The people practiced his good deeds. Yuan Shao died at the hands of Cao Cao. The people naturally hated Cao Cao. However, Cao Cao's appearance made Cao Cao win the hearts of many people. Burying him with such generous gifts to the enemy is enough to see that Cao Cao was broad-minded, not only the hearts of the people, but also the hearts of those gentry. Many scholars began to defect to Cao Cao.
Fan Yang City was broken and Yuan Shao was dead. It can be said that the entire Hebei has been wiped out by Cao Cao.
The princes in the world began to feel heartbroken, because once Cao Cao sank Hebei, the giant creature finally pulled out his body and showed his eyes eyeing him. His bloody mouth seemed to be thinking about whom to swallow.
So everyone was frightened, afraid that Cao Cao would be the first to plot against him.
The person who is most worried about is not Liu Mang, the King of Shu in Yangzhou, but our King of Liaodong, Gongsun Du.
Gongsun Du had been walking back and forth in the main hall of the mansion dozens of times, but Su Shun's frown on his face had not yet released. This was because he was afraid of worry.
The original Gongsun Du dared to do business with Liu Mang, the King of Shu in Yangzhou, because the sky was high and the emperor was far away. Cao Cao was a bird. No matter how powerful you have, I am the local emperor of Liaodong. You can't beat me. Not to mention the high terrain, I just said that there were brothers in the Yuan family blocking me. At least, the Yuan family was not afraid of Gongsun Du in front. How could this Yuan brother be able to block until he was killed?
However, I didn't expect that the Yuan brothers were so unsatisfied that even Gongsun Du wanted to take away some of his unfilial sons to death on behalf of Yuan Shao. The huge Hebei took two years to give up and let people go. It would be almost the same for a year to lose one state. Then I could hold on for four years, now it's OK. It's halfway.
The Yuan brothers were finished, and he, Gongsun Du, was panicked.
"Father, father, let's be like His Highness, the King of Shu in Yangzhou, ask for help!" Gongsun Kang, the future heir of Liaodong, was also suggesting to Gongsun Du.
"Let King Liu Mang send troops to Liaodong" Gongsun Du's eyes lit up. This is a good idea. Anyway, Cao Cao's current chief enemy is not him. As long as His Highness, the King of Shu in Yangzhou sends troops to Liaodong to block Cao Cao, wouldn't it be enough?
However, Gongsun Du shook his head immediately. Not to mention that the situation is urgent now, the long water cannot save the near fire. He just asked the Yangzhou army to come to help him resist Cao Cao in Liaodong. You, Gongsun Du, must have someone stationed in someone else's city. If the Yangzhou army stayed in Liaodong and did not leave, this would be done? Then Gongsun Du would cry.
"Then father, let's surrender to Prime Minister Cao!" Gongsun Kang is worthy of being a scholar. If Liu Mang of Shu is not good, we will change our family and surrender to Cao Cao. You are afraid of Cao Cao, because you are hostile to Cao Cao. If you surrender to Cao Cao, it would be fine.
"No!" Gongsun Du also shook his head. If he could surrender to Cao Cao, he would have done it long ago. It was okay before. Cao Cao even gave him the title of King of Liaodong to zip him. In order to zip him, Gongsun Du was the only one who could fight against the Yuan brothers. But now it is different. Cao Cao defeated the Yuan brothers, and your Gongsun Du is no longer worth it.
What's more, Cao Cao was blocked in Fanyang City by the Yuan brothers some time ago, and half of this was his Gongsun Du.
It was Gongsun Du who became the second-hand dealer who bought weapons and armor from Yangzhou and sold them to the Yuan brothers. It was precisely because of these armor and weapons that Cao Cao's army suffered heavy losses. It can be said that many people in Cao Cao's army now want to swallow him Gongsun Du. If they surrender to Cao Cao, wouldn't this be the bone that came to their door?
"Father, if we go directly to surrender, it is very likely that as your father said, we will be beaten aside by Prime Minister Cao, and even people will directly disagree with our surrender, but if we are sincere, it will be different!" Gongsun Kang said to his father Gongsun Du.
"Sincerity?" Gongsun Du was stunned for a moment, "You said we will give gifts?" Gongsun Du shook his head with a wry smile. Then can Cao Cao's army still lack money?
"Father, why did Prime Minister Cao stop moving down the city of Fanyang?" Gongsun Kang asked Gongsun Du next to him.
"First, Fanyang City is high, second, Yuan Xi is considered a talent, third, I'm afraid they are the weapons and armors produced in Yangzhou!" Gongsun Du had to say that the weapons in Yangzhou were really useful. Gongsun Du looked at the original heavy armor and was completely disgusted. If it weren't for the expensive weapons of Yangzhou armor, Gongsun Du would have let all his subordinates change to that thing long ago.
"Prince Cao must want those weapons produced in Yangzhou very much. Father, what if we give them to Prime Minister Cao with those weapons and armor as gifts?" Gongsun Kang said to Gongsun Du with a smile.
"Give these Yangzhou weapons and armor to Cao Cao?" Gongsun Du thought for a while, but Gongsun Du still felt very painful. You should know that those in his army were all bought with money. Yangzhou Liu Mang, no matter whether you sold it to the Yuan brothers or bought it himself, the price was so high.
"Are these enough?" Gongsun Du was still worried. His army only had 3,000 sets of armor and 5,000 new combat swords. Is these things Cao Cao respected? You must know that Cao Cao had an army of 300,000. After Hebei was pacified, the army would inevitably expand. These three,000 armored combat swords were simply drizzling.
"Father, although there are few armored swords in our hands, there are many places!" Gongsun Kang said with a smile to Gongsun Du.
Chapter completed!