Man Chong is an inconspicuous little strategist in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but he is a great general in the official history. The style of full favor is to kill decisively and dare to make mistakes!
The two Han Dynasty are known as strong men in Chinese history, where is the strength? In addition to the strength of the national and military forces, the word "strong" in the Han Dynasty is also reflected in the folk customs and morale of the two Han Dynasty, which is characterized by daring to commit crimes.
For example, a small county order also dared to take the power of the emperor's relatives and relatives, which was a common thing in the Han Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei's famous ministers were full of favor, and he was such a person.
When he was a civil official, he dared to enforce the law impartially without fear of offending the Cao clan.
When he was a general, he dared to veto the general's decision in person. For example, in the battle of Xiangfan, Cao Ren was able to hold Fancheng and protect Xiangfan under the situation that the seven armies were all destroyed, and he insisted on his own views with full favor, which played a pivotal and key role.
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At that time, Cao Cao's younger brother Cao Hong raised many disciples, some of whom relied on the power of Cao Hong's family, so they often ran rampant and openly violated the ban.
What is Cao Hong's status?
That is the de facto relatives of the emperor, so the officials of Xu Du have to turn a blind eye to this, and most people dare not speak out in anger and dare not take care of this idle matter.
At this time, Xuchang County Ling Manzhong did not believe in evil, and he was very angry. Although Manzhong's official position is small, but his ambition is very high, he followed Cao Cao to level the world, how could he tolerate the Cao clan's rampant lawlessness?
So, Man Zhong ordered, and arrested the most rampant Cao Hongmen on the street and threw him into prison.
When the news of the doorman was arrested, Cao Hong didn't take it seriously at first. He thought to himself, a small county order, a handwritten letter passed over, let him go.
Unexpectedly, Cao Hong's handwritten letter was sent over, but it had no effect. Not only is the doorman detained, but he is still being tried and convicted.
At this time, Cao Hong remembered that this full favor was really not an ordinary person, and he was promoted and appointed by Cao Cao because he dared to make decisions and had talents.
So, Cao Hong hurriedly went to Cao Cao to intercede, confessed what had happened, and wanted to ask Cao Cao to give an order to let Man Pet release him.
Cao Hong is greedy by nature, arrogant and arrogant to the guests under his door who violate the law and discipline, and has a lot of problems. But he fought bravely, was very loyal to Cao Cao, and once saved Cao Cao's life on the battlefield.
Cao Hong saves Cao Cao.
Therefore, Cao Cao is often open to himself, his younger brother. Therefore, when Cao Cao heard this, although he knew that it was illegal, he couldn't help it.
So, he wrote a warrant and ordered someone to hand it over to Man Pet and ask him to let the doorman go.
However, what I didn't expect was that Cao Hong went to Cao Cao to intercede and release him, and Man Zhong also knew about it.
At this time, the crime of the doorman has been tried, and he can be punished according to the law.
The ruthlessness of the full favor was reflected, he didn't do anything, and even grabbed Cao Cao's release order before it was delivered, clicked a knife, and directly executed the illegal doorman.
He was full of favors for doing this, and everyone else sweated for him, and everyone thought: Why bother!
However, after Cao Cao heard this, he was not angry but happy, and praised Manzhong and said: "Shouldn't you be evil? ”
Since then, Cao Cao felt that this person could take on a big responsibility, and he took him very seriously. Cao Mengde, who can rise in troubled times, sweep away the princes, and unify the north, is indeed a hero with extraordinary strength.
Most of the scholars in the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms were all-rounders, that is, they could not only be civil officials, but also command troops for generals to fight, and Man Zhong was also such a talent.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao broke up, and Yuan Shao already owned the four states of Heshuo, and the military was prosperous and powerful.
Before the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's fame and strength were far superior to Cao Cao's. At that time, many people in the world thought that the result of Yuan Cao's dispute would definitely be Yuan Shao's victory and Cao Cao's defeat.
And Runan, under Cao Cao's jurisdiction, was originally Yuan Shao's hometown of this county. Yuan's protégés and guests were all over the counties of Runan, and these people were all powerful clans and had a heart for Yuan Shao, so they supported troops to build dock forts to defend themselves, openly resisting Cao Cao's orders issued on behalf of the imperial court.
Seeing this place in Runan, he will soon be surnamed Yuan!
Cao Cao was very worried about this, who to send to pacify Runan?
The best candidate is full of favors. As a result, the full favor, who was famous for his decision to kill, was appointed as the Taishou of Runan.
At that time, Cao's army was strained and overstretched. Therefore, although Runan was chaotic, the imperial court really did not have the strength to send troops to Runan, so he was full of favor for this Runan Taishou, and only brought some entourage guards, and almost went to work alone.
After Manzhong arrived in Runan, the first thing was to recruit strong men, and after selection and training, they formed an elite army of 500 people.
At the same time, he found out the situation of the various dock forts where the counties secretly communicated with Yuan Shao and resisted the orders of the imperial court.
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After the elite soldiers were trained, the full favor launched the method of both soft and hard.
First of all, with this small army of 500 people, selected some dock forts to break through each one, and won successive battles, breaking through more than 20 dock walls in a row. For a time, the prestige of the full Taishou shook Runan. The heroes who supported the army, all of them were frightened, and those who secretly communicated with Yuan Shao were also shaken in their hearts.
The hard hand works, and then the soft hand works.
It was to take advantage of the might of the army to issue a surrender order to those dock forts that had not yet been attacked, and set up a banquet to invite them to come for an interview.
All the heroes and commanders were afraid of the might of the soldiers, and they all decided to go to the banquet, and by the way, they came to watch the direction of the wind to decide what to do next.
But what the Haoqiang never expected was that the full pet did not give them a chance to wait and see.
Because Man Chong has long found out which are the backbone diehards of the anti-Cao resistance, and which are the people who can fight for wooing.
As soon as everyone arrived, Man Taishou gave an order, and more than a dozen die-hard factions were pulled out of their seats on the spot, dragged to the bottom of the hall, and chopped off their heads with a "click".
This trick is called soft and hard, cutting the mess with a quick knife, cutting the grass and roots, and a hundred.
In this way, the rest of them were frightened, and everyone pleaded guilty, and swore an oath one after another, expressing their allegiance to the imperial court, and no longer daring to have different intentions, and in this way, the turmoil in Runan was suppressed, and it was peaceful for a while. Manzhong urged the counties to cultivate, got 20,000 household registrations, and selected two elite soldiers, which alleviated some of the difficulties for Cao Cao, who was very nervous.
Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan, and the general Cao Ren of Zhengnan fought unfavorably and retreated. In the end, Cao's army retreated to Xiangyang and Fancheng, and held on to the two cities.
Cao Cao sent General Zuo Yu Ban to lead the Seven Routes Army to aid Xiangfan, and sent Manzhong, who was worshiped as General Fenwei, to Fancheng to assist Cao Ren in defending the city.
However, the situation deteriorated rapidly!
Guan Yu seized the climate change, used the terrain to flood the Seventh Army, captured the ban, beheaded Pang De, Cao Cao's Seventh Route Army to aid Xiangfan was annihilated, and more than 30,000 cavalry became Guan Yu's prisoners.
This scene of the great defeat of the Cao army in the history of the city occurred under the city of Fancheng, which was a devastating blow to the morale of the soldiers defending the city!
After Guan Yu's victory, he besieged Fancheng, which was soaked in the water, with heavy troops. And the fighting spirit of the defenders of Fancheng collapsed, and it was already overnight.
The generals of the Cao army in the city were all shocked. They all said to Cao Ren:
Today's crisis is beyond human support. We should take advantage of the fact that the encirclement of Guan Yu has not yet been fully formed, and all the troops should take light boats and abandon the city overnight, so that although the city is lost, it can still be fully organized. ”
Fancheng is the gateway to Jingxiang, and it is also the gateway to the Central Plains, which must not be abandoned!
However, Yu Ban's Seventh Army was defeated, and the generals lost their will to fight, which made Cao Ren's determination to stick to it also waver.
When Cao Ren was hesitating, full of favor came.
At this time, the generals of the Cao army in Fancheng were demoralized, and only one person was still insisting on continuing to defend the city.
Full Pet said to Cao Ren seriously
I heard that Guan Yu had sent his troops to the south of Xudu, and the people had already disturbed him. And Guan Yu still uses the main force to besiege Fancheng, why don't he dare to lead the division to rush forward, he is worried that our army will hit his back! ”
This is to point out the great significance of the need to stick to Fancheng!
Then, Man Chong further analyzed Cao Ren:
If he abandons the city and flees now, then Guan Yu will no longer have any worries and can go north with all his might. And south of the Honghe River, it will no longer be owned by the King of Wei. Therefore, even if the Seventh Army is annihilated, the King of Wei will never sit idly by and watch the fall of Xiangfan, and will definitely recruit a large army to help again.
These words finally made Cao Ren suddenly realize and strengthen his determination to fight to the death.
So, Man Chong and Cao Ren gathered the whole army, analyzed the situation for the generals in public, and explained the necessity of holding on.
Man Zhong also sank his war horse in public and vowed to fight to the death to show his determination not to abandon the city.
The reason why the defenders of Fancheng were panicked was because the seven armies under the city were wiped out, and everyone thought that there would be no reinforcements again, so the army's heart was shaken and panicked.
After listening to the mobilization of the full favor, the public understood that the country would never give up Xiangfan, and there would definitely be a second army to come to the rescue.
In this way, confidence returned, and the fighting spirit of the army, which was about to collapse, was instantly inspired.
So the officers and men of the three armies worked hard to renovate the city defense.
At that time, the defenders of Fancheng were only more than 4,000 soldiers, and 4,000 defeated soldiers were stationed in the lonely city, and the city leader swept away his own seven-way reinforcements and wiped out all the troops, but he could still fight without breaking down and continued to hold on to the city, until the second rescue army arrived and defeated Guan Yu. This is a rare miracle in the history of warfare.
And Fancheng Cao Jun was able to create this miracle, and full of favor should be the first credit.
When the soldiers were frustrated and the will of the general Cao Ren was about to be shaken, he stopped the spread of pessimism in time. He persuaded Cao Ren with arguments and made all the officers and soldiers clearly understand that the city must not be abandoned, and the country will never give up their reasoning, which is the most crucial thing.
When the army trapped in the lonely city knows that there will definitely be reinforcements, the army's morale can be cheered up!
Otherwise, even if Sun Wu is reborn and Han Xin is reincarnated, there is nothing that can be done.