Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 77 Zhang Rao
Xu Xuan, courtesy name Baojian.

In the original history of the Three Kingdoms, he was an official to Shangshu Zuo Pushe during the period of Emperor Wei Ming.

Among them, the recommendation of Huan Fan, the leader of the Central Committee, is very important.

When interviewing Chen Cao Rui, Huan Fan did not focus on praising Xu Xuan's ability and talent, but instead focused on describing his character and integrity.

He is honest and upright in character.

Just these eight characters moved the young Wei Emperor.

As a supreme being on the throne, except for his short life, Cao Rui is very qualified in all aspects.

Even worthy of wise evaluation.

Huan Fan's evaluation of Xu Xuan, Cao Rui deeply agrees.

At this time, the general trend of the Wei State has been established, and those who occupy high positions naturally put virtue before ability, and character over strategy.

The emperor's employment must not only be eclectic, but also timely.

In troubled times, strategic ability is the key to determining talent, but when it comes to pacifying the world, we should pay more attention to human morality.

Therefore, Liu Bang relied heavily on the resourceful Chen Ping when he was fighting for hegemony between Chu and Han, but he chose Zhou Bo when he was dying.

Including Cao Rui's choice of Cao Shuang on Tuogu, it's actually the same reason.

The king, who died young, saw too well and understood his family member too well.

Although he has the talent for governing, he does not have the tools of a king. He is indeed a suitable candidate for a lonely and important minister.

"Wei's Spring and Autumn Annals": After Shuang stopped the army, he said: "I will still be a rich man."

What a foresight.

As a minister of bones who is famous for being just broken in history.

Although Xu Xuan lost his composure because of the sudden shock, it took only a moment for him to regain his usual composure.

"I'll ask you."

Taking a deep breath, he walked closer and asked in a deep voice, "How many people are there in this band of yellow turban bandits?"

The question seemed to stop the soldier.

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and looked at the people around him in blank dismay for a while, seeing that no one had made it clear, he had to think hard for a while, and then looked at Xu Xuan.

"Master Bing, I was too anxious to break through the encirclement, so I didn't have time to count." He said with some uncertainty:
"However. There must be more than ten thousand people!"

"Most of the yellow turban bandits are vagrants and ants, and everyone drags their families with them, and they are mixed together." Xu Xuan was a little helpless, so he had to make it clear:

"Is the total number over ten thousand, or the young and strong ones over ten thousand?"

"This..." The soldier was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer.

Seeing the other party like this, Xu Xuannong frowned, forced himself to suppress his displeasure, and asked softly, "When did the thief break through Zhao County?"

"Governor, I really don't know when the thieves breached Zhao County." The soldier shook his head, "It's just that I saw some residents of Zhao County among the thieves, so Gong Cao made this guess.

"When did the thief arrive at the city of Guangrao?"

"How to attack the city? Are the equipment available?"

"How much time did it take?"

A series of questions popped up like firecrackers, making the soldiers overwhelmed, so they had to ask their colleagues for help.

Everyone looked at Xu Xuan, and when they saw him nodding in agreement, they answered in a hurry.

"The thieves arrived a few miles outside the city of Guangrao County four days ago. When Gongcao found out that something was wrong, he quickly closed the gate of the city. He immediately organized the soldiers in the city and the gentry in the county to do a good job of defense."

"The thieves don't have any siege equipment, they are all frontal attacks."

"Just." When it came to the last question, several soldiers looked at each other in dismay, everyone was ashamed, and did not want to speak out about this embarrassing thing.

"What are you hesitating about?" Seeing this, Xu Xuan's face changed color, and he snorted heavily: "It's straight."

Once the highest officer of Qi County changed his color, he immediately became very powerful, and the few soldiers who were frightened no longer dared to prevaricate, and the soldier who answered first still answered:
"Master Taishou, at that time my army and civilians in Guangrao County were united and worked hard, also."

"I only persisted for less than half a day!"

"What?" Xu Xuan was stunned again when he heard the words: "If I remember correctly, there are more than [-] soldiers in Guangrao County who are responsible for the city's defense and anti-thief, right?"

"It only lasted half a day?"

Beihai County is located in Ju County at the junction of Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

"Shuai Qu, that Cao army team has been gone for many days, you can rest assured."

A young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was dressed as a scribe, and he was courteously advising a middle-aged man on the main seat: "The current shortage of rations is the top priority of our army."

The object of the young man's words and suggestions was Zhang Rao, the former leader of the 30 Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou.

In other words, the original Wang Zheng was also a soldier under his account.

One year ago, in the third year of Chuping, Zhang Rao was at the peak of his life, with 30 people under his command.

Although he was defeated successively by Ying Shao, the prefect of Mount Tai, and Gongsun Zan, the general of the white horse, after Zhang Rao led his troops back from Jizhou, he also fled after killing Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, which saved his face and greatly increased the morale of the whole army.

It's just that not long after he was in high spirits, he ran into Cao Cao again.

Several fights, not to mention defeats.

The 30 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans became the Qingzhou Army under Wei Wu's command.
Zhang Rao, who almost lost his family fortune, finally fled with only the remnants of less than [-] people.

Qingzhou Yellow Turban was defeated by Cao Cao.

Zhang Rao was also scared by Cao Cao.

For more than a year, he didn't even dare to set foot in his hometown, but stayed in Beihai County, wandering around like a ghost.

Not long ago, when Zhang Rao was leading his army to station in Ju County, he received news suddenly.

A team of 5000 people appeared nearby.

Seeing the familiar black military uniform, Zhang Rao, who had already become a frightened bird, almost ran away again, fearing that Cao Mengde wanted to kill them all.

When Zhang Rao, who was in a state of panic all day long, realized that this group of Cao troops had been hurrying on their way, obviously just passing by, he still worriedly arranged a few sentries to hang behind to observe.

It seemed that he was deeply afraid that the other party wanted to play hard to get, so he came back with a carbine.

At this time, Zhang Rao finally raised his head, revealing a gloomy face.

He looked at the young man and asked, "Then what can you do?"

"Why don't we play Kong Rong's autumn wind again?"

The young man also understands his current mentality of being timid, and has already thought of a partner.

You dare not provoke Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, and Kong Rong, are you not afraid?
"No." Zhang Rao shook his head: "Today is different from the past, Kong Rong is no longer a soft persimmon."

Zhang Rao knew very well in his heart that in the battle that day, he won because of his large number of people, while Kong Rong lost because of his unstable foothold.

Now his own army has no more than [-] soldiers, and his strength has been greatly reduced. However, the other party has gathered the people and recruited celebrities over the past year. Now he has quite a political voice in Beihai. He was called "Kong Beihai" by the people at that time, and his foundation is already solid.

"This"

This is reasonable, and young people can understand it.

It's just that the oil and water in the nearby counties have been scoured by them. Qingzhou is Cao Cao's sphere of influence, and Xuzhou is being attacked by the opponent.

Zhang Rao dared not go to these two places, and there was Gongsun Zan, the white horse general, at the top.

With nowhere to go, the people in my family can only be trapped in Beihai.

If you don't find Kong Rong, where can you get food?

(End of this chapter)