Every time when I am in dire straits, I always hope to find a way out of the chaos, to clear away the fog in front of my eyes and determine the direction for the future. However, God smiles and then changes the development path of things to people.
The opposite direction of hope.
Liu Bei hoped to be able to settle down, have a stable territory, a stable group of friends, and a stable industry, and then be able to sleep until he wakes up naturally every day, and be able to have three or five friends every day. Well, it doesn't have to be all friends, maybe
Some Qingke who only know how to flatter are fine, just like his ancestors, be a happy prince, sipping tea, blowing the wind, enjoying the scenery, drinking, teasing and teasing Mei Ji...
Liu Bei smiled slightly.
However, to do this, one must have power and status. A flat-headed farmer, with his face facing the loess and his back to the sky, is not even qualified to wear a hat, let alone thinking about enjoying these. For his own dream, Liu Bei
He kept working hard, but he found that the harder he tried, the more he deviated from the direction he originally hoped for.
Liu Bei's smile gradually stiffened, froze, and then disappeared.
The letter on hand weighs more than a thousand catties.
Although the text was issued in the name of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty and was stamped with the seal of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei did not believe it, or could not believe that this was what Liu Xie meant.
Liu Xie was very dissatisfied with General Yuan Shao, saying that General Yuan Shao had no Han Dynasty, disrupted the world, corrupted the imperial court, and poisoned the local area, so he asked Liu Bei to send his army north to conquer Jizhou.
"Huh..." Liu Bei let out a long breath, and then ordered, "Go and invite the second and third generals to come, and say that we have something to discuss..."
"Wei." The attendant took the order and left.
Attacking Xuzhou is not an easy task. On the one hand, Liu Bei's capital is small, and the total number of soldiers is only the few he brought from Xuchang. If all of them are lost, I am afraid it will never be possible to stand up again, so Liu Bei is very
I am cautious and never take risks when I am unsure, so I have not made much progress during this period.
It can be said that Liu Bei's main goal when he came from Xuchang was to develop his own strength, rather than fight tooth and nail with Ji Ling. From a certain perspective, as long as he restrained Ji Ling here in Xuzhou, for Cao Cao,
It can also reduce some pressure on the side, so although Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei was paddling, he didn't express any opinions and just pretended that he couldn't see it.
With the gradual decline of Yuan Shu, most of Yuzhou fell into the hands of Cao Cao. Even Runan, the hometown of the Yuan family, has basically become Cao Cao's territory. If it weren't for spring plowing and summer planting, which temporarily slowed down the advance of the army.
, it is impossible to say that Cao Cao has already advanced his troops to the Jianghuai front line...
"Brother!" Zhang Fei wailed outside the hospital┗｀o′┛
Liu Bei was thinking about things in a daze, and he was not prepared at all. When he heard Zhang Fei's voice, he suddenly trembled and almost shook his hand and threw away the text he was holding...
"Brother." Guan Yu nodded slightly and bowed his hands.
"Hahaha! Brother!!" Zhang Fei opened his mouth wide, and the little tongue in his throat trembled.
"Yeah, here we are, take a seat." Liu Bei forced a smile, then pointed to the seat and said. After Liu Bei asked about the relevant affairs inside and outside the city, he was silent for a moment, and then took the writing on the desk to Guan Yu
Zhang Fei and the two watched.
"..." Guan Yu fell silent after reading it, and then handed the text to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei stretched his neck long ago and eagerly took it. He glanced up and down a few times and almost jumped up: "What! Are you going to hit Yuan Da?!" Zhang Fei then looked up at Liu Bei, and then
He looked at Guan Yu again and said: "Eldest brother, second brother, this... this..."
Liu Bei twitched the corners of his mouth, barely showing a few teeth, and said: "I came to see you two worthy brothers to discuss this matter..."
"We now have five hundred horsemen, four thousand infantry, and two thousand auxiliary soldiers..." Guan Yu stroked his beard and said slowly. These figures were all in Guan Yu's mind, and there was no need to ask others. "There is a shortage of food and grass."
, if we send out troops, it will only last for a month..."
"What? Second brother, do you really mean to follow this damn order to attack Jizhou?" Zhang Fei widened his eyes and said, "There are many forts in Jizhou, the city is high and the river is deep. With our small number of troops, even if we really surrender,
If you go in, you'll probably just hear the sound of water!"
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and did not answer Zhang Fei's words.
Zhang Fei saw that Guan Yu didn't speak, so he turned to look at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei sighed and said, "It's true. If we march into Jizhou, the troops and horses we have on hand are indeed a bit...but, we know this, don't others know it?"
Guan Yu suddenly opened his red phoenix eyes, his eyebrows were as sharp as an unfolded blade, and said in a deep voice: "It must be Cao Sikong's plan again!"
Liu Bei was silent.
Zhang Fei said in amusement: "This short boy is full of evil! If you don't listen to him! What can he do?!"
Liu Bei grinned, pointed at the text and said: "The problem is that the text is not stamped with Cao Sikong's seal, but... Oh, so if you don't follow it, you will violate the holy will... I just heard that His Majesty issued a reprimand two days ago.
General Yuan, never thought that Cao Sikong’s intention would fall here..."
Zhang Fei scratched his head a little after hearing this. Although he understood the meaning of every word Liu Bei said, it was difficult to connect the scattered information together. On the other hand, Guan Yu frowned and seemed to have some insights.
Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei and explained: "Cao Sikong and General Yuan have an old friendship... There were rumors before that General Yuan ordered Cao Sikong to escort His Majesty to Yecheng... If Cao Sikong obeys his order, His Majesty
He was probably reduced to a puppet in the court, so His Majesty was also worried. Seeing that Cao Sikong had not made a clear conclusion, he forced Cao Sikong and General Yuan to sit separately... I thought that since I had issued a document to reprimand General Yuan, Your Majesty
The migration to the north has come to an end, but I didn't expect..."
Zhang Fei seemed to understand something generally, and then asked: "If this is the case, why did you order us to attack Jizhou?"
Liu Bei laughed bitterly and said, "Cao Sikong must think that the three of us are His Majesty's foreign aid..."
Zhang Fei was stunned and said with some confusion: "We are His Majesty's foreign aid? Has Your Majesty told Big Brother about this?"
"It doesn't matter whether His Majesty has said that," Guan Yu said while stroking his long beard, "Cao Sikong already thinks that we are His Majesty's foreign aid, so even self-defense is useless. What's more, we are Han people.
Naturally, I should share your worries for Your Majesty!"
Liu Bei nodded and said: "That's right! If the emperor is worried, it is the crime of the ministers! Although our army is small, we share the worries of your majesty, and it is our duty to do so! It's just... this strategy of marching into Jizhou still needs to be carefully considered.
Consider one or two..."
Zhang Fei suddenly clapped his hands and said: "Why don't you lead the cavalry and imitate the method of conquering the west and raid Jizhou to disrupt the rest and win?"
Guan Yu laughed twice.
In order to avoid Zhang Fei's embarrassment, Liu Bei took over and said: "What the third brother said is reasonable, but our cavalry are not yet proficient in riding skills, and they should not be as commanding as the Zhengxi cavalry... But what the third brother said
, but I have an idea... I might as well leave it like this, what do you two wise brothers think?"
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Liu Bei faced a choice in chaos, and Yuan Shu in the south also faced a choice. Even from a certain perspective, Yuan Shu faced a much greater chaos than Liu Bei!
After crazy expansion and hustle and bustle, all that is left is often ruins.
The same is true for Yuan Shu.
When he raised his troops from Runan, Yuan Shu first chose the wrong direction. He first tried to attack Luoyang directly and solve the problem at once. Although Sun Jian made some progress, Yuan Shu actually dropped his belt chain at the critical moment, waiting for him to bend down.
When he lifted up his underwear, he looked up and found that Sun Jian had run out of food and had to retreat. This turned the best start into the worst outcome and also laid the foundation for Sun Ce's separation today.
It was obviously Yuan Shu who captured Luoyang, but as a result, Yuan Shao took away his reputation as the leader of the alliance, and his reputation as an anti-Dong righteous soldier was taken away by Cao Cao. Yuan Shu was left with only the supercilious look of Sun Jian next to him...
Soon Yuan Shu chose the wrong direction again. Seeing that Cao Cao had just arrived in Yanzhou, he thought he was going to take action. With the addition of Tao Qian of Xuzhou, Heishan, and the Yellow Turbans of Runan waiting on the side to help, he attacked Yanzhou from all directions. Cao Cao, the eunuch,
The descendants certainly had no other choice but to surrender. However, they did not expect that the coalition forces could not cooperate at all, and there was no coordination or organization between the actions. As a result, Cao Cao ended up in a trap.
After defeating Yuan Shu's main force, some of the remaining coalition forces heard the news of Yuan Shu's defeat before they even had time to set off...
Yuan Shu had obviously made arrangements, but not only failed to take Cao Cao away, but instead allowed Cao Cao to gain a firm foothold in Yanzhou. At the same time, it also allowed many people to see clearly the somewhat rugged immortal spirit under Yuan Shu's outer robe...
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At the same time, because Yuan Shu talked about deals and had close contacts with Heishan, the Yellow Turbans, and even the Hu people, many members of the Yuan family in Runan and the local area were very dissatisfied with Yuan Shu's actions.
At this time, Yuan Shu's footsteps accidentally moved to another place. After some conflicts with the Yuan family's family members in Runan, Yuan Shu showed the pride of a descendant of the Yuan family and disdained to fight with the Yuan family in Runan.
No matter what conditions they negotiated or how to reconcile, they resolutely abandoned the base area of Runan and turned to conquer Yangzhou and other places in the south of the Yangtze River. The key was not to take it by themselves, but to send Sun Ce.
Not only that, Yuan Shu saw the civil strife in Xuzhou, and Tao Qian and Liu Bei were all out of his control. He was very angry. Once again, he made a magical move and sent his subordinate Ji Ling out to attack Xuzhou. Then he reached the current situation.
There are two relatively capable generals, one is in Jiangnan and the other is in Xuzhou. However, there are only a few three-legged cats left here, with some recruits who have not yet been fully trained, to resist the joint attack of Cao Cao and Liu Biao.
Defeat...
Yuan Shu inadvertently became the Duke of Zhou whom he admired most. He was still the late Duke of Zhou. The external princes were strong but the main body was weak. However, the key point was that Yuan Shao still did not notice it. He still believed that the generals outside were all loyal and the world was still full of loyalty.
They are all allies and our own people. From Xuzhou to Jiangnan, who else in the world has a bigger territory than him?
Just ask who else?
Yuan Shao?
That bastard Yuan Shao, only Jizhou is pretty good, Qingzhou and Youzhou are all bad, there are no good products, they are not worth mentioning!
Conquer the West?
How many people can there be in that desolate place that is so poor that they can only eat dirt, and how much output can it produce? Even though it seems good now, it is a dry land with no fish, and it will definitely not last long!
Cao Cao?
What a eunuch! If it hadn't been for that so-and-so who died in Cao Cao's place, the dead grass on Cao Cao's grave would have been knee-high!
Liu Biao?
Old thief! Despite his arrogance now, Liu Biao is actually so old, he is like a grasshopper in autumn, he only has a few days left to jump around!
Yuan Shu looked around and found that he was so arrogant and lonely, surrounded by a group of dung-like people. Under such circumstances, Yuan Shu wanted to make another choice, one that affected everyone.
His eternal choice...
Shouchun City, government office.
The chief clerk, Yan Xiang, was so anxious that sweat was dripping from his forehead and flowing down his hair, "Lord! You must not do this!"
Yuan Shu frowned and said: "Yuan's surname comes from Chen, and Chen's surname is after Shun. Now that the virtue of fire in the Han Dynasty has declined, we should use earth to inherit fire and take advantage of it. Why not?"
"My lord!" Yan Xiang said, "Now that the world is uncertain, if we act like this at this time, wouldn't we risk making enemies on all sides? I hope my lord will think twice!"
Yuan Shu was very unhappy. He held a jade toy in his hand and kept turning it in circles without saying a word for a while.
In the past two days, I heard that Yuan Shao was doing something about Shui De in Jizhou, which almost made Yuan Shu so angry that his nose was crooked. Who is Yuan Shao, a guy raised by a maid, who has the right to talk about Shui De?
No, is there anything that can be called virtue?
Ever since, Yuan Shao wanted to build a water virtue, and Yuan Shu wanted to build a soil virtue. After all, water comes and earth covers it, so it should be one step higher than Yuan Shao!
However, he did not expect that as soon as Yuan Shu approached Yan Xiang to propose it, he was met with strong opposition from Yan Xiang, and what was the reason for this opposition?
Making enemies on all sides?
Where can a tough life be without enemies?
Could it be that if we don't call Tu De, these surrounding opponents will surrender one by one and immediately turn enemies into friends? If this is really possible, then it is not impossible not to call Tu De, but the reality is that regardless of whether we call it soil or not, we still have to fight!
In this case, why can Yuan Shao be called Shui De, but I can't call him Tu De?
Yuan Shu looked at Yan Xiang and said, "If a certain person is not called Tu De, will Cao and Liu be willing to surrender?"
"This..." Yan Xiang was stunned for a moment. Are these two things related to each other?
Yuan Shao turned his head and waved his hand impatiently: "I understand... You go down first, I have my own opinion..."
