Great Han Empire

Chapter 558 Immediately Crossing the Gun
Lu Zhi's eye sockets were sunken, and he looked very haggard, his face flushed from the cold was full of worry.

Yuan Shao greeted him ten miles away from Huaicheng, everyone greeted each other, and then returned to the city.Yuan Shao wants to invite Lu Zhi to take the seat.Lu Zhi bowed and said, Your Excellency is now a chariot general, in charge of state affairs, respecting power, and should be seated.The order of honor and inferiority cannot be disordered.Yuan Shao was modest and reluctantly sat down.After Yuan Shao took his seat, Lu Zhi respectfully sat on Yuan Shao's left side.

Xu You talked about the current situation, especially paying close attention to the movements of the three generals Yushi, Yang Feng and Yan Liang.Xu You said, according to our estimation, at least one of these three people will lead the army across the south of the river in order to form a horn with Xu Rong who is stationed in Xingyang.In this way, it is Dong Zhuo and Li Hong's coalition forces that block us in the northwest and due west.To the northwest are Li Su, Zhang Yang, and a general from Northern Xinjiang, to the west are Xu Rong and Hu Zhen, and to the southwest and south are Dong Zhuo's men Li Meng and Lu Bu.

"Has the army of each state and county been assembled?" Lu Zhi asked.

"Not yet." Xu You shook his head and said, "The west is our main attack direction. More than 3 people have been assembled. At present, only Qingzhou Governor Jiao He and Jinbei Minister Bao Xin have not yet arrived. Cao Cao has already agreed to send troops. , he will soon arrive at Suanzao. Chen Guoxiang Xu Jun, Jingzhou governor Wang Rui and Nanyang prefect Zhang Zi have no intention of sending troops. Although other states and counties have received the call, some even verbally agreed, but they are hesitant to wait and see. Can’t count on that yet.”

Lu Zhi said anxiously to Yuan Shao: "My lord, we need to form an alliance earlier in order to gather strength. Now that the forces of the states and counties are so scattered, they cannot pose a huge threat to Dong Zhuo."

"I have asked Meng Zhuo (Zhang Miao) to handle the matter of the alliance." Yuan Shao said, "As long as the army is assembled, we will immediately make an alliance with blood."

Yuan Shao then talked about a few things that he was worried about.

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Yuan Shao took over the world and led troops and horses to challenge Dong with chariot generals. The Yuan Clan immediately became a big Han rebel. Yuan Wei, Yuan Ji and the Yuan Clan relatives in Luoyang would naturally be arrested and beheaded. This is what everyone expected.Yuan Kui's sacrifice to challenge Dong is obvious to all scholars in the world.No one scolded Yuan Shao because of this incident. In the face of righteousness, the sacrifice of one's family is unavoidable. Because of his sacrifice, the Yuan Clan will win eternal fame and be admired and worshiped by the world.Yuan Shao suppressed tears, buried the heart-piercing pain in his heart, and killed his relatives with a knife. This is indeed a very cruel and painful thing.

Sacrifice must have value.

Yuan Kai's purpose was to use this "Decree of Inheritance" to determine the Yuan Clan's position as the backbone in the fight against Dong and its dominance in the court in the future. People are all pushed to the opposite side of today's world, so that they have completely lost their retreat, and there is only one way to go to the end.The strong cohesion and determination of the Dongdong League to break the boat are a deadly threat to Beijiang, which is in desperate need of help and relief.Dong Zhuo was at the end of his rope and could not protect himself. The existence of Northern Xinjiang was not determined by the support of Dong Zhuo and the current emperor, but by the support of the Dong Zhuo Alliance and the powerful states and counties.Yuan Kui believed that Li Hong would definitely fall to the side of the League of Directors in the end, and he had no second choice at all.Now even if Li Hong wants to go south to suppress the rebellion, his army needs to eat, drink and pay, how will he solve it?After Li Hong teamed up with Yuan Shao to beat Dong Zhuo, today's day is a potential worry for him.At this time, if Yuan Shao proposed to establish a new emperor, Li Hong would have to agree if he refused.With Li Hong's support, Yuan Shao could not only re-establish a new emperor, but also had the opportunity to wait for the opportunity to rule.

Dong Zhuo didn't kill Yuan Wei immediately, which shows that he was very sober, and he also saw the power of it. Maybe he didn't want to immediately break with the alliance with Dong Dong.Keeping Yuan Wei, everyone still has the opportunity to sit down and talk.

Yuan Shao wanted to save Yuan Wei and his relatives, so he was not willing to attack first, nor did he want other troops to attack Luoyang immediately. He was not in a hurry about the Suanzao alliance. What he was most worried about was how to control the situation and what method to use You can unite with Li Hong.

Now Li Hong not only sent troops to the south, but also arrested three adults, Cui Jun, Wang Han and Yang Qi. His actions were obviously joining hands with Dong Zhuo.There were nine generals in Northern Xinjiang, and he sent six generals to the south, which was equivalent to sending more than half of the troops in Northern Xinjiang to the south of the Great Wall.Xu Rong, Yushi, Yang Feng, and Yan Liang are now in Gyeonggi, threatening Dong Dajun from the front. Zhang Yan and Qu Yi are one in Changshan and the other in Huguan, threatening Dong Dajun from the flanks.This attacking posture of the northern Xinjiang army has seriously shaken Dong Dajun's confidence.Minister Chen Xu Jie, governor of Jingzhou Wang Rui, and Nanyang prefect Zhang Zi were hesitant about sending troops, but now that they saw the overwhelming army of northern Xinjiang pouring down, they dared not act rashly.

How to know Li Hong's attitude towards raising troops against Dong as soon as possible?How to pull Li Hong to his side as soon as possible, and join forces to deal with Dong Zhuo?

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King Hongnong was killed by Dong Zhuo.After Yuan Shao made public the "Decree of Chengzhi" of King Hongnong, everyone had already expected this matter.From the perspective of today's emperor and the imperial court, King Hongnong's "edict" has already confirmed the name of usurping and rebelling, and it is a miracle not to die.The idea of ​​Yuan Kai and Yuan Shao's group is to re-establish a vassal king as the new emperor, so that the scholars can monopolize the power, revise and implement the national policy without hindrance, and quickly stabilize the society, but Yuan Shao dare not disclose his thoughts now.Firstly, the future imperial court will be dominated by scholars in name, but in fact the Yuan Clan will be in charge. This will cause internal strife among scholars, and may lose the support of scholars in Luoyang and other prefectures and counties.Now that his strength is weak and his foundation is not stable, the crisis caused by the states and counties raising troops to challenge Dong has not yet been resolved. Announcing this idea at this time is undoubtedly suicidal.Since Yuan Shao didn't dare to say it, he immediately raised the second question, the ultimate goal of seeking Dong was gone.After everyone discusses Dong, if they continue to be loyal to today's emperor, what's the point of today's meeting with Dong?Isn't he a traitor and a sycophant?How could today's world let go of these state and county officials who raised troops to challenge Dong and threatened to depose themselves?

The death of King Hongnong made everyone lose the ultimate goal of raising troops to challenge Dong, and also made everyone at a loss as to whether to continue to challenge Dong or find another strategy?The rise of troops is already a fait accompli, everyone is riding on the back of a tiger, and no one can get off.Withdrawing troops now is a dead end, but there is no chance of winning if you continue to challenge Dong, and everyone doesn't know what will happen in the future?This is one of the most important reasons why the soldiers and horses of the states and counties have not been assembled for a long time.

How to solve this problem?Now that we have denied the current emperor, and even slandered him as not the son of the first emperor, everyone has no way out. At this time, what method can we use to revive everyone's morale and confidence in seeking Dong?
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Dong Zhuo has no money and food, Li Hong is racking his brains for money and food, and Yuan Shao is also worried about his own money and food.

The prefectures and counties in the lower reaches of the Yellow River have been hit by disasters for two consecutive years, and this winter has suffered severe cold. Coupled with the inability of the government and prefectures and counties to provide relief, more and more victims have been affected. The population of counties and counties north of the Yellow River, the situation south of the Yellow River is still very serious.Small-scale riots occurred one after another in the counties and counties near Mount Tai, and they have not stopped in the past two years.Everyone felt that a terrible wave of riots was brewing. Once this wave broke out, it would sweep across the Central Plains like a hurricane.

The first emperor once issued a decree for this purpose, ordering all the states and counties to recruit county soldiers, powerful and wealthy people to build their own volunteer soldiers, so as to quickly suppress the rebellion of the refugees, but due to various reasons, the effect of countering the rebellion was not good. On the contrary, the refugees The rebellion grew in size and resistance grew more tenacious.Especially after the grains matured in October last year, the states and counties provided almost no relief in preparation for the crusade, which aroused the anger of the sky and the people.First, there was a blizzard, the refugees were hungry and cold, and the corpses were everywhere, and then there were riots, frequent riots, and things got worse and worse.Although most of these small rebellions were quickly culled by the officers and soldiers, the resentment of the refugees had reached its peak.At this time, Sima Ju, Xu He, Guan Cheng and others, the remnants of the ant thief, took the opportunity to raise the yellow scarf banner on Mount Tai. Rebel leaders and refugees from all over the country gathered one after another, and a great riot was imminent.

This time, in order to crusade against Dong Zhuo, the troops of Ji, Yanzhou and Hanoi counties almost all went out, and some states and counties in Qingzhou and Xuzhou responded with troops. Zhang Chao of Guangling County in Xuzhou had already rushed thousands of miles to Suanzao.With so many soldiers from the county and rich people from all over the country gathered in Suanzao in Chenliu County, the emptiness of the troops in the rear was obvious.

Will the Yellow Turban Army take the opportunity to start a big riot?
Yuan Shao and everyone else had this problem in their minds. When riots had become a habit of refugees and a means for them to continue to survive, riots were inevitable.The governor of Qingzhou and the governor of Jinbei, Bao Xin, were unable to arrive for a long time. Although Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, verbally agreed, he did not make any promises.At this time, millions of refugees gathered in the Taishan area, and the crisis of riots had pervaded Qing, Yan (yan), and Xu Sanzhou. They were at the center of the riots, and no one dared to lead troops to leave the prefectures easily.

Ever since Zhang Jiao led a million-strong army to revolt in the first year of Zhongping, the disaster of the Yellow Turban has become a chronic disease of the Han Dynasty. It's gone, I've turned a blind eye to it, I'm not surprised by it.For the state and county, there are too many refugees and too many riots. Even if they want to suppress them, they don't have the energy and money.If there is money for counter-insurgency, it is better to use it for disaster relief.Of course, the more riots, the richer the officials.Since the rebellion was not suppressed, when the Yellow Turban Army came, everyone had no choice but to close the gate of the city and make trouble for them.The mob without weapons and food could not attack for a long time, so they naturally dispersed in twos and threes. This is the counter-insurgency strategy of most counties and counties, and it is also the main reason for the increasing number and scale of refugee rebellions.

If there hadn't been this heavy snow this winter, the disaster of the Yellow Turban might have been the same as in the past, and it would not pose a threat to Dong Dajun.Everyone knows when this wave will hit. It should be during the spring plowing in April this year. That is to say, there are still two months to go.

Two months later, if the Yellow Turban Rebellion breaks out in Ji, Qing, Yan, and Xu provinces, at least half of the army gathered in Suanzao will withdraw quickly.If the city is occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, these state and county officials will not have a problem with food, but a problem of where to settle.The foundation is gone, so why fight?

Discussing Dong Dajun has a huge force, and the lack of tens of thousands of troops is not a big problem. Even if it affects the morale of the army, it doesn't matter. If they can't stop, it will intensify, and even threaten the safety of the four states. This is a big trouble. Not only is there a danger of running out of food and grass, but it is even more likely that the entire army will be wiped out.Secondly, even if the riot situation is under control, the spring plowing time must have been missed. By then, a large area of ​​land will be barren, so how will we live next year?
How to deal with this earth-shattering Yellow Turban storm?How to safely avoid this crisis?

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The matter of Yuan Shu has now become a heart disease for Yuan Shao.

Yuan Kui did not arrange for Yuan Shu to leave Beijing at the beginning, and Yuan Shu's leaving Beijing was purely an accident.

Yuan Kui admired Yuan Shao very much, and repeatedly publicized in public that the next generation of the Yuan Clan was none other than Yuan Shao, but the Yuan Clan also had Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu, whose identities and official positions were stronger than Yuan Shao.For the brilliant future of the Yuan Clan, Yuan Kai entrusted Yuan Shao with the heavy task of asking for Dong, and asked Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu to stay in the capital and serve as internal support for him.If this happens, Yuan Shaogong will be world-renowned. Not only will he hold the power of the great Han Dynasty, but he will also become the head of the Yuan Clan as a matter of course.

People are not as good as heaven is, Yuan Shu unexpectedly left Beijing.This incident caused Yuan Kai to lose the matter of being a member of the Li Shangshu, and handed over the power to Dong Zhuo alone, which undermined Yuan Kai's entire strategy.

The matter of asking for Dong is related to the country. No matter how confused Yuan Kai is, he will not let two members of the Yuan clan command at the same time.Not only can the two of them fail to coordinate in their work, but the various forces of the Yuan Clan involved in this matter will also be at a loss as to who to listen to?

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have always been at odds.Yuan Shao looked down on Yuan Shu, thinking that he was ignorant, a playboy and a prodigal son. "Yuan Changshui, the ghost on the road" is a vivid portrayal of Yuan Shu.This Changshui refers to Captain Changshui. Yuan Shu's nickname was left by him when he was Captain of Changshui.

Yuan Shu even looked down on Yuan Shao, calling him a liar.Yuan Shao was so talented that he became a Lang Guan when he was still under age. At the age of 20, he became the magistrate of Puyang County in East County of Yanzhou.His mother died that year, and according to etiquette, Yuan Shao abandoned his official position and went home to mourn for three years.When the mourning period was over, Yuan Shao became very filial and followed his father's mourning period for another three years.Although Yuan Shao had been in mourning for the past six years, he was not idle. He made friends everywhere, and no one was high or low.There are too many friends, so there are some gossips. Zhao Zhong, the Zhongchang servant, once warned Yuan Kai, telling him to go back and tell Yuan Shao to restrain himself a little, not to show his edge too much, so as not to cause unreasonable disasters.Yuan Shu called him a liar for no other reason than "scholars are not noble or humble".As long as the nobles are knowledgeable, Yuan Shao will make great efforts to make friends with them, but it is not enough for the humble scholars to have knowledge, and they need to be famous.Without fame, Yuan Shao wouldn't even let him in. "Aishi" is true, but Yuan Shao did it for "fame".

The matter between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu was clear to Yuan Kai, and Yuan Shu would not obey Yuan Shao.When he heard that Yuan Shu had arrived in Nanyang, he immediately knew that something was wrong.Yuan Shu knew that he did not have as many friends as Yuan Shao, so he went directly to the root of the Yuan Clan.In Runan, Yingchuan, and Nanyang, there are many relatives, disciples and old officials of the Yuan Clan. Yuan Shu is like a fish in water when he comes here, he can get whatever he wants.Sure enough, after Yuan Shu received the Sangong letter, he immediately wrote to Kong Ni, Li Min, and Xu Ju in Yuzhou, and Wang Rui and Zhang Zi in Jingzhou, telling them, you must follow my command and transport the army and food to Lu. The sun is coming.He even wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, telling him not to command blindly, saying that the matter of attacking Luoyang is up to me, and I am the head of the family.

In order to make up for this accident and suppress Yuan Shu, Yuan Kai came up with the strategy of "inheriting the imperial edict".In his opinion, Yuan Shao "righteously" became a chariot general, and you, Yuan Shu, must be obedient.In fact, this "edict" did not have much meaning for fighting against Dong Dajun. Instead, it angered Dong Zhuo and killed dozens of lives of Hongnong King and Yuan Clan in Luoyang in a short period of time. The harm far outweighed the benefit .King Hongnong died too early, which was a great blow to Dong Dajun's morale.Yuan Kai left the court prematurely, which not only affected the communication between Dong Zhuo and the scholars, but also greatly dampened the confidence of the Luoyang scholars.The successive deaths of He Yong, Wu Qiong, Zhou Yu and others also caused Dong Dajun to lose his internal support prematurely.

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Did Yuan Shu become obedient because of this?No.Another reason why Wang Rui and Zhang Zi did not move for so long was Yuan Shu's greed.Yuan Shu was born in a family of officials and eunuchs, and has experienced officialdom for a long time. He is very clear about the filth and darkness of officialdom, and he himself is a good hand in it.Relatively speaking, his judgment of the situation is relatively accurate, he knows how to get out of danger in time, and how to maximize the benefits for himself.Yuan Shu did not have any confidence in capturing Luoyang.These state and county soldiers and horses have not been trained and have no sophisticated weapons. They are incomparable with the Northern Army and the Xiyuan Army, and even more incomparable with the Xiliang Army.Insufficient soldiers can be compensated by numbers, but if the leader is not good at fighting, and even has the idea of ​​preserving strength, then this battle should not be fought at all, but this is exactly the case now.

Yuan Shu was a post-general. He had a lot of officials, and he managed to gather 1 soldiers through various connections, but he had no money or food.Relying on other people's charity is not a long-term solution. He wants to earn and spend by himself, so that he can spend comfortably and don't need to look at other people's faces.So he fixed his eyes on Nanyang and Jingzhou.Nanyang has a population of more than 200 million, and it is the richest county in the Han Dynasty. However, Nanyang is close to Gyeonggi and has no buffer zone, so Yuan Shu still wants Jingzhou.At this time, Yuan Shu's mind was no longer on attacking Luoyang, he was only thinking about how to plot territory, even dreaming about it at night.

With a greedy and vicious tiger watching, how dare Wang Rui and Zhang Zi leave their lair?I'm afraid that the state and county will be lost before he arrives in Luyang.Wang Rui and Zhang Zi didn't dare to tell Yuan Shao about this.Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are brothers, and Yuan Shao is now a chariot general and inherits the power, if Yuan Shao protects his weaknesses, then things will become serious.At this time, envoys sent by Dong Zhuo rushed to Nanyang and Jingzhou in secret. Without hesitation, Zhang Zi and Wang Rui immediately submitted an apology form to the emperor, announcing their allegiance to the current emperor, and agreed with Dong Zhuo to kill Yuan Shu by attacking from north to south.

Since Yuan Shu wanted to capture Nanyang and Jingzhou, of course he had to strictly monitor Wang Rui and Zhang Zi.The secret envoy of the imperial court was captured by Yuan Shu before he left Nanyang.Yuan Shu was ecstatic when he saw the confession form of the two, what should he do next?Did you send troops to attack the two?Of course not, he wouldn't be so stupid.

He immediately wrote a secret letter to Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, casually talking about Wang Rui and Zhang Zi's betrayal of Dong Lian, and told him to immediately lead troops to Nanyang and kill both of them on the way.Sun Jian went north in the name of begging Dong. The two men must have been unprepared, and they killed each other without any effort.If I lead my troops south to kill, it will be a series of bloody battles, and Dong Zhuo will be cheap for nothing.

Yuan Shu wrote to Sun Jian as early as when he raised his troops, inviting him to participate in the discussion of Dong.Yuan Shu said, what's the point of you nesting in that place in Jiangdong where no shit?Come to Nanyang, come to Zhongyuan, this is your world.Now Luoyang is in chaos, all forces are gathering in Gyeonggi, bloody battle is imminent, it is time for you and me to show our talents.Want to be a famous hero in history?Want to build a world-class feat?Come to Nanyang, come to Central Plains, you and my brother join hands, the casino is invincible, and the world is invincible.

Sun Jian didn't hesitate at all, and agreed wholeheartedly.He wrote back to Yuan Shu and said, after I send my family to Lujiang County, Yangzhou, I will immediately mobilize my troops and go north to seek Dong.It was Chinese New Year, and the matter was delayed for a while.Years later, Sun Jian wrote back to Yuan Shu, saying that I am rectifying the army and horses, preparing food and payment, and I can set off in about mid-February.Yuan Shu counted the time and guessed that he hadn't set off yet, so this was just right, killing two birds with one stone.

The killing of two court officials for no reason is unjustifiable both emotionally and legally.Yuan Shu thought for a while, and wrote another letter to General Cheqi's mansion, saying that Wang Rui and Zhang Zi have not paid food and salary so far, and if Yuan Shao can't solve it, he will find a way by himself.The implication is that he is going to kill.This of course is full of nonsense.Wang Rui and Zhang Zi not only gave him food and salary, but also gave him treasures and beauties, lest he would be offended by poor hospitality.Yuan Shao's Chaqi General's Mansion is now in charge of discussing Dong, and memorials from various places have been sent to the camp in Huai County.

Yuan Shu wrote another secret letter to Yuan Shao.Brothers are still brothers, although they are not at odds, but it is related to the important matter of asking for directors, and what should be said must be said, and it cannot be concealed or not reported.If the discussion fails, it will do him no good at all.Yuan Shu then explained the matter carefully, saying that Sun Jian should be blamed for the murder.The fact that Wang Rui and Zhang Zi surrendered to Dong Zhuo must not be known, if the news leaked out, it would be a huge blow to the morale of Dong Zhuo's army.

Yuan Shao was worried, but he couldn't say it clearly.With Sun Jian fighting all the way, what will happen to the south?
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