Summary of Chapter 11 of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Kong Rong was about to rescue Tao Qian, but he didn’t want to be surrounded by the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, so he immediately sent Taishi Ci to ask for help, so Taishi Ci, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei came to assist (Liu Bei had suffered a lot from the powerful officials of the dynasty). Luo Nuo, knowing that Kong Rong was seeking knowledge, naturally felt that it was beneficial to him, so he agreed to help them), killed the Yellow Turban, solved the crisis in Beihai, and thus flexed his muscles and left a good path for himself.

Kong Rong introduced Mi Zhu, who asked Liu Bei to rescue Xuzhou because Xuzhou was being trapped by Cao Cao, who attacked Xuzhou in the name of avenging his father. Cao Cao's troops were too strong, so Liu Bei first wrote a letter to persuade Cao Cao to stop his troops.

Cao Cao was discussing the matter with everyone when suddenly someone from Yanzhou came to report that Lu Bu had attacked Yanzhou. Yanzhou was in danger, so Cao Cao did a favor and immediately withdrew his troops to save Yanzhou. When they first arrived in Yanzhou, their foothold was not yet firm. Lu Bu took the opportunity to attack and Cao Cao had no choice but to retreat. Extended information

Cao Cao (155-March 15, 220), whose courtesy name was Mengde, whose last name was Geely, and whose nickname was Ahao, was from Qiao County, Peiguo (now Bozhou, Anhui Province). An outstanding statesman, military strategist, writer, and calligrapher in the late Eastern Han Dynasty?, the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms.

Cao Cao served as the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty and was later granted the title of King of Wei, laying the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei. After his death, his posthumous title was King Wu. After his son Cao Pi became emperor, he was honored as Emperor Wu, with the temple name Taizu.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. In the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao conquered all directions, internally eliminated the separatist forces such as Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Ma Chao, and Han Sui, and externally surrendered the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc. , unified northern China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, expand farmland, build water conservancy projects, reward farmers and mulberry trees, attach importance to handicrafts, resettle the exiled population, and implement "rent modulation", thus gradually stabilizing the society and economy of the Central Plains. There's a turning point. Under Cao Cao's rule, the Yellow River Basin gradually became politically clear, the economy gradually recovered, class oppression was slightly alleviated, and social atmosphere improved. Some of the measures taken by Cao Cao in the name of the Han Dynasty had a positive effect.

Cao Cao was proficient in the art of war in the military and valued talents. For this reason, he would take the potential members under his command at all costs. In life, he was good at poetry to express his political ambitions and reflect the sentiments of the people in the late Han Dynasty. The suffering life is majestic, generous and sad; the prose is also clear and neat, which opened up and prospered Jian'an literature and left precious spiritual wealth to future generations. Lu Xun evaluated him as "the ancestor of reforming articles". At the same time, Cao Cao was also good at calligraphy. Zhang Huaiguan of the Tang Dynasty rated Cao Cao's calligraphy as "wonderful" in "Shujuan".

Reference material: Cao Cao (the founder of the Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms) - Baidu Encyclopedia