Liaodong County, outside Xiangping City.
Three dusty men were looking at the city and sighing.
It was none other than Cao Pi and the three people who came all the way from Youbeiping.
The journey to Liaodong is not an easy task. There are countless difficulties and obstacles along the way.
The journey alone caused Cao Pi and the three of them to suffer a lot!
Unlike the Central Plains, Hebei and other places, you can go directly between the two places and there are roads to find.
After the evacuation of Youbeiping, he passed through the western Liaoning and Liaodong vassal states. In order to feel the strength of the Gongsun family, he deliberately went around to Xuantu County, and finally entered Liaodong County and came to the foot of Xiangping City.
The road is rough and difficult, and there is no access through difficult and dangerous places.
Mountain barriers are the norm!
Because I didn't know the road well, I almost got lost in the mountains as I went around here and there.
In the most desperate times, there is despair buried in the wilderness.
Fortunately, there is no sure path.
After going through untold hardships, they finally arrived at Xiangping City, the core of the Gongsun family's control of the Liaodong region.
Liaodong is a collective name, not just Liaodong County.
As early as the sixth year of Zhongping, when Dong Zhuo was in charge of the government, Gongsun Du successfully obtained the post of governor of Liaodong thanks to the recommendation of his fellow villager Xu Rong.
When Gongsun Du first took office as the governor of Liaodong, the Gongsun family only took root in one county in Liaodong.
Since Gongsundu himself was from Liaodong, he took control of this place very quickly.
When Gongsun Du was a teenager, he worked in Xuantu County in the north of Liaodong County all year round.
Knowing the situation well, it would be easy to take control of Xuantu County.
Because of this, we can quickly stabilize the situation and strengthen ourselves.
Gongsundu was not an ordinary warlord with only ambitions. He imposed severe punishments, cracked down on powerful forces, and made administration smooth.
After receiving the support of his people, he started to conquer the east and west.
At its peak, even Wuhuan and Goguryeo had to avoid its edge.
At the same time, after Gongsun Zan died in battle, Liaoxi County was also acquired by Gongsun Du.
After becoming more powerful, Gongsundu did not become complacent. Instead, he recruited talents, set up schools, and recruited refugees.
The benevolent government supported by strong power was extremely smooth. Although Liaodong was a bitter and cold place, it rarely became a paradise in troubled times.
Even the learned people from the Central Plains traveled thousands of miles to Liaodong to avoid disaster.
Unfortunately, as his strength increased and the world situation changed, Gongsun Du gradually lost himself.
Taking advantage of the fact that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, he becomes more and more unbridled.
He calls himself the Marquis of Liaodong, leads Pingzhou as a herdsman, and even wears a chariot and drives, which is slightly above the standards of an emperor.
The disloyalty is clearly evident!
Perhaps it was God's punishment. In the ninth year of Jian'an, Gongsun Du suddenly died suddenly.
In the world of troubled times, it has always been the son who inherits his father's legacy, and when the father dies, the son succeeds.
Liaodong is no exception.
Gongsun Du's eldest son, Gongsun Kang, succeeded to the throne and took control of Liaodong.
Like father, like son.
Gongsun Du's style deeply influenced Gongsun Kang.
Moreover, Gongsun Kang’s ambitions were even greater!
He didn't take the imperial court seriously at all, and relied on Gongsun Du's relationship with Cao Cao and Cao Cao's crisis situation to make him extremely proud.
It can be said that for many years it has been a matter of course.
Gongsun Kang controlled the border in Liaoxi County and did not invade Youbeiping.
At the same time, it expanded crazily in other directions, breaking through the capital of Goguryeo as far away as possible.
The military power is so tyrannical that no one can match it in the Liaodong area, and it dominates the surrounding areas.
However, due to geographical constraints, blocked by high mountains, Gongsun Kang's best control area is in Liaodong and beyond.
Liaoxi County is the weak link.
At the beginning, in order to avoid friction with Cao Wei and avoid having an excessively sharp relationship with Tian Yu, the governor of Youzhou, Liaoxi County did not set up heavy troops.
Both sides recognized the ownership of Liaoxi County and tacitly agreed to use this as the boundary.
Because of this abnormal relationship, the entire Liaoxi County has not achieved stability and development.
As time went on, the people of Liaoxi County continued to migrate to Liaodong, and Liaoxi County became more and more dilapidated.
This is also the reason why Cao Pi and the others are in hardship in Liaoxi County.
The roads are impassable, blocked by high mountains, and desolate.
If it wasn't for good luck, I would have been trapped in it.
But since arriving in Xuantu County, everything has changed.
After the death of Wuhuan, the actual threat to Xuantu County disappeared.
Xianbei's demise was imminent and he had too much time to take care of himself, so he did not dare to invade the Liaodong region.
It is extremely peaceful and many people have settled here.
Gongsun Kang also had extremely strong control over this place.
When we arrived in Liaodong County, the situation was even different.
It is quite similar to Yecheng controlled by Cao Wei at that time.
It's almost absolute control.
Cao Pi was both surprised and worried.
With the development and strength of Liaodong, it is enough to temporarily resist the powerful Han army under Liu Zhang.
This is undoubtedly the hope of reviving the Wei Dynasty.
But what followed was pressure. How could such a powerful Gongsun Kang be able to defeat Tao Zang?
Moreover, for the entire Liaodong region, even the Han court did not recognize it, so how could it recognize Cao Wei?
In the hearts of the people here, they only recognize the Gongsun family.
The Gongsun family has brought them stability and harmony, so they will naturally support it with all their strength.
Wanting to seize power and occupy the magpie's nest is not just a problem for Gongsun Kang alone.
As long as there is one person in the Gongsun family, this matter will be very difficult.
Right now, the biggest problem is not this.
The three of them walked almost begging.
Being penniless and in another place, Cao Pi was not allowed to mess around.
If he was killed by the defenders as a thief, wouldn't he feel extremely regretful?
There is no other way. In order to survive, I can only keep bowing my head and lingering.
Living in the open without being able to dress up, the three of them were in a state of desolation.
At first, some people in the city were skeptical about the son who claimed to be King Cao Cao of Wei.
Nowadays, I don’t believe it at all.
Are the princes of Wei so devastated that they go to the streets to beg?
Under such circumstances, no one regarded Cao Pi and the other three as normal people.
No one believed the identities of Cao Pi and the others.
No one believes it, so they won’t report it.
What if Gongsun Kang is informed and it turns out there are three lunatics? Do they still need their heads?
Cao Pi and the three of them are getting more and more depressed as they go, and the more they are depressed, the less likely they are to be believed.
Completely trapped in an embarrassing endless loop.
Fortunately, their tenacity and unyielding spirit allowed them to successfully beg to Xiangping City, Liaodong County.
