Yuan Shao and the others were able to form an army of hundreds of thousands in a very short period of time. Even if they did not count other parts of the Han Dynasty, they occupied more than a dozen of the richest and most populous counties in the Han Dynasty. Compared with Dong Zhuo, they could barely rely on Luoyang.
As far as the city is concerned, their strength far exceeds that of Dong Zhuo.
But this does not change their embarrassing identity, that is, they have no legitimate reason to attack Dong Zhuo, because Dong Zhuo represents the Han Dynasty, and they are all ministers of the Han Dynasty. Using ministers to attack the monarch is rebellion.
In this regard, it is convenient for them not to have Xu Wei. Xu Wei is a common man. If he can't survive, he can rebel. He doesn't need anyone's approval. His rebellion is to break the shackles.
But Yuan Shao and other noble families, as the old saying goes, have been favored by the emperor for generations, especially a family like the Yuan family with four generations and three princes, which has the least reason to rebel. Their followers are the beneficiaries of this set of rules.
If Yuan Shao dares to proclaim himself emperor, he will be breaking this system that is beneficial to them. This is unacceptable to Yuan Shao's followers. Even his disciples and former officials of the Yuan family will leave Yuan Shao!
They originally thought that they could strip Dong Zhuo of his identity as Prime Minister and attack him as a big Han traitor. After all, Dong Zhuo's actions seriously harmed the interests of the scholars. But obviously they think this kind of thing is not enough.
The prefect still recognized Dong Zhuo's status as the prime minister. Although the scholars in other places hated Dong Zhuo, they did not hate him enough to start a rebellion.
As long as most of the governors of the Han Dynasty still recognize Dong Zhuo's identity, they are the ones who are rebellious, and it will be difficult for them to gather the power of the entire Han Dynasty to deal with Dong Zhuo!
Obviously Dong Zhuo and Huba alone are not enough to maintain their righteousness of rebellion. They want a high-sounding reason for the world to accept!
So Xun Chen asked anxiously: "The Grand Tutor has no other explanation. Although Dong Zhuo's postscripts are not to the level of anger and resentment, Huangfu Song's thoughts represent the thoughts of the governors of the world. Then we have really become a rebel. I'm afraid we
The power of more than a dozen counties is no match for Dong Zhuo?"
No wonder Xun Chen was so anxious. The Xun family was just a lower-ranking noble family than the Yuan family. He only joined because he was a good friend of Yuan Shao and because he also believed that Dong Zhuo was a traitor who was causing harm to the country.
But judging from the situation this month, other people in the world seem to have completely different views from them. They seem to think that they are a group of second-generation nobles who are messing around in the Central Plains. The governors in other places do not communicate with them at all. This pair of people who support Yuan Shao and the others
It's too disadvantageous.
At this time, the attendant took a letter to Yuan Shao and said that it was given to him by Yuan Wei!
Yuan Shao was overjoyed and opened the letter to read, and then he saw something that stunned him.
Yuan Wei told him that if they want to have great righteousness, they must support Hongnong King Liu Bian as emperor, so that they will have great righteousness to deal with Dong Zhuo!
After Yuan Shao read the letter, he gave the letter to others to read. Xu You and others didn't know what to say after reading it!
The reason why everyone initially pushed Dong Zhuo to depose the Young Emperor was because Yuan Shao killed all He Jinman's family. Everyone was worried that keeping the Young Emperor and the Queen Mother He would retaliate against the noble family headed by the Yuan family. Now they have pushed out King Hongli, instead of slapping themselves in the mouth.
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Especially when you abolished the Young Emperor and now established the Young Emperor, what does the Young Emperor think in his heart? Will he regard the Yuan family as treacherous ministers like Liang Ji?
Yuan Shao is 100% sure that as long as the young emperor has a chance, he will definitely wipe out the nine Yuan family clans. This is not like raising a tiger by your side!
Yuan Shao broke into a cold sweat when he thought about Liang Ji's fate. People said that the Yuan family was the number one family in the Han Dynasty, but it was far behind compared to the Liang family.
Nine members of the Liang family were granted the title of marquis, three became queens, six became nobles, two generals and wives were born, seven of the daughters enjoyed food, three married princesses, and the rest were high officials.
, General Yin, there are fifty-seven people in the school.
Liang Ji had been in power for more than 20 years, and his arrogance reached the extreme. He was rampant inside and outside the palace, and officials did not dare to look him in the face, and no one dared to disobey his orders. Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty had lost power and could not personally intervene in anything. But once he was
Emperor Heng seized the opportunity. A family that had existed for hundreds of years, no matter how powerful it was before, was like an ant in the face of imperial power. The Liang family just disappeared.
After they all read Yuan Wei's letter, their eyes lit up. The great righteousness they had not found was finally brought by Yuan Wei. Is there any better righteousness in the world than King Hongli?
If they hold high the banner of King Hongli, not to mention having all the governors in the world on their side, at least they will not help Dong Zhuo anymore!
After reading Yuan Wei's letter, Guo Tu was overjoyed and said: "Benchu! Grand Tutor, we have finally found enough righteousness to fight against Dong Zhuo. We rescue King Hongli and raise the banner of King Hongli. I think Luoyang City will also be able to watch the wind."
Descended!"
Xu You sneered and said: "Although King Hongli became the deposed emperor, he has been imprisoned by Dong Zhuo near the Nangong Changqiu Palace. How can we save people!"
Feng Ji thought for a while and said: "With Taifu's power in Luoyang City, can't we rescue King Hongli? As long as King Hongli escapes from Luoyang City, we can let him ascend the throne in Yanzhou and proclaim himself emperor again. Then we will fight against Dong Zhuo.
It’s a legitimate crusade against rebellion!”
Xun Chen also wanted to laugh even more and said: "When the time comes we defeat Dong Zhuo and let King Hongnong return to Luoyang City. Those of us who participated in the fight against Dong Daye will become the heroes who saved the Han Dynasty from danger."
This is the most important point. Only when they become heroes will they not be a drag on the family!
The others also became beaming with joy. It can be said that Yuan Wei's move freed them from the shackles of rebellion!
Now everyone finally has the confidence to point their fingers at Dong Zhuo righteously. With this small change, the atmosphere here has completely changed. The morale of Yuan Shao's friends has been greatly boosted, and they are all trying to figure out how to bring the young emperor out of Luoyang City.
, although they were unable to defeat Dong Zhuo's army in Luoyang, it was not difficult to bring someone out of Luoyang City, even the Young Emperor.
Only Yuan Shao forced himself to smile, and the young emperor once again ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. What should his Yuan family do?
What was the point of all they did in the first place? If they had known this would happen, it would be better to let Dong Zhuo go back to Xiliang, and there wouldn't be so much trouble!
But after they finished their discussion and everyone left, Xu You stayed.
Seeing the ugly expression on Yuan Shao's face, he comforted and said: "There is no need to feel embarrassed at first. The Taifu's intention may not be that we want us to re-establish King Hongli as emperor. After all, we already hated King Hongli and were hated by an emperor."
, this is a consequence that no family can bear."
"Master Taifu must have his own way. We just need to train the army with peace of mind. After all, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army is not easy to fight. If they are not defeated, they will become the laughing stock of the world!"
Yuan Shao's eyes lit up when he heard this, yes! His lord was originally in Luoyang City. If he really wanted to rescue King Hongli, now King Hongli has come here. It seems that this is his lord, who is good at killing people with a borrowed knife.
count!
How did King Hongnong lose his throne?
How did Queen Mother He and the He family perish?
This all has something to do with the Yuan family. Your Majesty wants me to declare to the world in a big way that I will reestablish King Hongnong as emperor.
Yuan Shao could imagine how Dong Zhuo, a common man who only knew how to hold a knife, would react. In order to cut off their excuse, he would definitely kill King Hongli.
But King Hongli was the one who became the emperor after all. Dong Zhuo would be scolded by the world if he dared to do such a thing. Even Huangfu Song and Liu Yu joined their alliance to challenge Dong. As long as one of these two people joined, Dong Zhuo's
Failure is already doomed.
So Yuan Shao and the others began to announce with great fanfare that they had received the order of King Hongli before they started to attack Dong. They were on the side of the Qing monarch and punished traitorous ministers. Relying on the influence of the noble family, Yuan Shao and the others once again supported King Hongli as the emperor to punish them.
The news of killing Dong Zhuo, a traitorous minister, spread quickly throughout the Han Dynasty!
But Yuan Shao was not happy for long. When he was hosting a banquet for his relatives and friends who supported him, the spies came with some unfavorable news. Dong Zhuo used Shangdang County in exchange for 5,000 pieces of iron armor and swords. Now Lei Gong's troops were directed at Wei County.
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Yuan Shao immediately summoned his friends and gritted his teeth and said: "Dong Zhuo, a treacherous minister who has brought disaster to the country and the people, dared to sell my Han Dynasty's land to Lei Gong, a traitor. Now Lei Gong's troops are directed at Wei County and Hanoi County. What should we do?
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Xu You and the others also cursed angrily. After they saw that Lei Gong was a more hateful person than Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo could kill them at most, but what Lei Gong did in Bingzhou was digging into their roots.
Xin Ping said angrily: "Didn't Huangfu Song have an army of 100,000? Didn't he keep saying that he would attack the Thunder Lord in Bingzhou and let Huangfu Song attack the Thunder Lord, so that the Thunder Lord would have no energy to deal with us!"
Xun Kan looked puzzled: "Dong Zhuo had a hundred thousand elite Central Army troops, plus 30,000 Bingzhou, his military strength has exceeded 130,000. Dong Zhuo also occupied the eight passes of Luoyang, which was dangerous to the Yellow River and Mount Wei. Guang
It is already very difficult to defeat Dong Zhuo with our current army. If Dong Zhuo and Lei Gong join forces, Dong Zhuo will have 200,000 more allies, and our defeat is doomed!"
Xun Kan's words made Yuan Shao and the others break out in cold sweat. They really didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would form an alliance with Thunder Lord. After all, the Han Dynasty never compromised on rebellion, so they didn't expect this.
But for the current Dong Zhuo, no rebellion is as important as Yuan Shao and others. If Lei Gong can be used to attack them, Dong Zhuo would like them to fight with Lei Gong and lose both sides.
Yuan Shao soon discovered Dong Zhuo's vicious intention of abandoning Shangdang County. Having Lei Gong in Shangdang County not only allowed Dong Zhuo to have an additional 30,000 mobile troops, but also asked them to prepare tens of thousands of soldiers to guard against Lei Gong in Bingzhou. This further
In a short period of time, it is equivalent to Dong Zhuo facing 100,000 less troops.
Qiao Mao thought for a while and said: "Dong Zhuo can ally with Lei Gong, why can't we? Lei Gong has no ambitions. Although he has 200,000 elites, he rarely takes the initiative. We have no enmity with Lei Gong, so why can't we form an alliance!
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Xu You sneered: "Dong Zhuo can use Jizhou and Youzhou to form an alliance with Lei Gong, do you dare?"
"Lei Gong massacred the nobles. Do you dare to ally with Lei Gong? Do you believe that Zhang Chao and the others will immediately sell us to Dong Zhuo, and then rely on Dong Zhuo to deal with Lei Gong. By then we will die without a burial place."
"It's better to give up these unrealistic ideas. Lei Gong is not a big deal. Huangfu Song and Liu Yu have been preparing to deal with him. The 180,000 people in Jizhou and Youzhou are enough to fight against Lei Gong. We only need to convince Huangfu
Song, Liu Yu, and Lei Gong will not have time to deal with us!"
Yuan Shao said helplessly: "This way Huangfu Yizhen won't be able to help us hoe the traitors!"
At the time, his master, Yuan Wei, calculated that the alliance against Dong should have more than 300,000 troops, which was three times as powerful as Dong Zhuo. Logically speaking, they were bound to win!
But when he actually implemented it, he found that their original thinking was too good. Huangfu Song and Liu Yu did not join them at all, and he did not expect that Dong Zhuo would dare to alliance with Lei Gong. Now let alone 300,000 to fight Dong Zhuo's 100,000, say
Maybe it will turn into a coalition of Dong Zhuo and Lei Gong with 300,000 troops to defeat his 100,000 troops.
At this time, Yuan Shao suddenly understood that he was a good player in political battles, but he was a layman when it came to military battles that he was not familiar with. All his ideas were just words on paper and could not be implemented in practice, and there were many loopholes. Now Yuan Shao was sighing very much.
If they had known this would happen, they originally planned to find a lieutenant general to check for leaks and fill the gaps. But now it is too late.
Xun Kan laughed hard and said: "The deal between Dong Zhuo and Thunder Lord is not all bad news. Dong Zhuo sold the land of the Han Dynasty to the rebels. This will let the people of the world see clearly the face of Dong Zhuo, a treacherous minister. The wise people of the world will definitely support us in our discussion."
Dong Alliance!"
Feng Ji thought for a while and said: "Now we have to find a way to let Huangfu Song and Liu Yu lead the army to attack Lei Gong, otherwise the situation will be too unfavorable for us! Dong Zhuo and Lei Gong are allies, but we and Huangfu Song and Liu Yu
But not allies!"
Yuan Shao looked at his friend and asked: "Which of you can convince Huangfu Song and Liu Yu to deal with Lei Gong? This is related to whether we can successfully challenge Dong!"
It's a pity that they all look at each other. These friends of Yuan Shao are all the second-generation officials of the Kanto clan. Huangfu Song, a Kansai general, can't play together! It has always been the correctness of the Kanto nobles to not suppress the Kansai clan. Among them,
It’s really not as good as playing with the Kansai scholars!
Xu You thought for a while and said: "I still have some friends in Jizhou, so let me go find Huangfu Song!"
After thinking for a while, he said: "It's best to let Han Zhoumu and I go together to persuade Huangfu Song. This way we have a greater chance of success!"
Yuan Shao immediately said: "I will write a letter to Wen Jie right now, and you and Wen Jie will go to Zhao State to find Huangfu Song!"
Feng Ji said: "I was familiar with Liu Yu when he was the prime minister of Ganling. Let me contact Liu Yu!"
Yuan Shao excitedly pulled their arms and said: "Whether the Dongdong Alliance can tide over the difficulties depends on you two!"
Han Fu was already in Zhao State, so Xu You quickly found Han Fu in Zhao State, and then followed him to visit Huangfu Song in the military camp.
He saw Huangfu Song and said: "General, Dong Zhuo's intention to harm the country and the people has been revealed. Shangdang County is the most important line of defense for the Han Dynasty against Thunder Lord. But now it has been sold to Dong Zhuo with 5000 sets of iron armor. Now Thunder Lord's troops are directly at the front."
Referring to Hanoi County, which is less than 200 miles away from Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo’s move can be said to have handed the heart of the great man to the blade of Thunder God. Is it possible that the general is still standing aside like this!"
Huangfu Song looked at Xu You with a cold face and said: "When you were in the 5th year of Zhongping, you were wanted by the imperial court for rebellion. The imperial court has not revoked the wanted order until now. Who gave you the courage? I, the general, reluctantly spoke out.
!Do you think my sword is disadvantageous?"
Ju Yi sneered, grabbed Xu You and asked directly: "General, do you want this traitor to be executed on the spot!"
Xu You was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and wanted to struggle to escape, but Ju Yi's arms locked him tightly like steel bars, preventing him from moving at all.
At this time, Han Fu immediately said: "Brother Yizhen, please give me some face and spare Ziyuan's life!"
Huangfu Song then asked Ju Yi to let Xu You go!
Ju Yi snorted and dropped Xu You!
Although Xu You was arrogant, when he encountered someone as unreasonable as Huangfu Song, he was so frightened that he did not dare to speak.
Han Fu then said: "Brother Yizhen was ordered by the late emperor to encircle and suppress Thunder Duke. How could he sit in the Kingdom of Zhao and watch Thunder Lord grow stronger? If Thunder Lord occupied Luoyang City, how would Brother Yizhen explain to the late emperor!"
Ju Yi said coldly: "You second generation people are messing around and using up more than half of the food and grass that our generals have finally accumulated. I don't need to tell you that food and grass go first before the soldiers and horses are used. Now that there is no food, how can we send out the army?"
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Moreover, Thunder God’s army is larger than ours, so you want to consume all our small army in Jizhou so that Thunder God’s army can march straight in and capture the entire Jizhou!”
Han Fu was surprised and said: "With Brother Yizhen's ability, isn't he just a rebellious opponent of Thunder Lord?"
Xu Rong on the side explained: "Hanzhou Mu, Lei Gong is no better than ordinary bandits. The territory of the Tengjia Army was conquered by Lei Gong in the north and south. The Huns were wiped out by him, and the Xianbei people were also maimed by him. 100,000
Lei Gong has commanded several human-level battles, and all of them were victors. In terms of battle results alone, Lei Gong can be regarded as the most powerful general in the world!"
Ju Yi also mocked: "None of you have even been on the battlefield. Why do you think Lei Gong is easy to fight? If Lei Gong is really as easy to deal with as you said, you just asked Yuan Shao to lead tens of thousands of troops to fight from Shangdang County to Ma
Yi, as long as Lei Gong is eliminated, our general has fulfilled the late emperor's last wish, and all the 100,000 Jizhou Army troops can join your alliance to defeat Dong Zhuo and jointly deal with Dong Zhuo!"
Han Fu said in surprise: "Really!"
When he was about to continue speaking, Shen Pei stopped Han Fu and said, "Lei Gong is not an idle person. It is impossible for the original army to defeat Lei Gong's army!"
Yes, Shen Pei returned to Jizhou again, although he was originally brought to Luoyang City by Liu Bei to be punished.
But there happened to be too many mutinies in Luoyang City during that time, and there was no one to supervise them. When Yuan Shao and the others were about to escape from Luoyang City, Yuan Wei remembered that there were such a group of local snakes in Jizhou. So he simply released them.
They were reviewed and assigned to Han Fu and brought to Jizhou. It was because of such a group of local snakes that Han Fu could easily take charge of the entire political power of Jizhou, and also grabbed a lot of food and grass from Huangfu Song!
Huangfu Song didn't have time to chat with them. He said sternly: "You take people out of Wei County, and I will take care of the entire Jizhou defense line. You don't have to worry about Lei Gong attacking you. I will stop Lei Gong in Bingzhou! As long as you don't
It’s okay to hinder this general from doing things.”
Ju Yi mocked: "Yuan Benchu, a second-generation official, will fight Dong Zhuo if he has the ability. We don't have time to play with rich kids like you!"
Shen Pei solemnly said: "It is a fact that Dong Zhuo's alliance with Lei Gong has caused harm to the country. What he is doing now is no longer worthy of becoming the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. We kill Dong Zhuo for the sake of the righteousness of the world!"
Ju Yi sneered: "If you hadn't forced me, Dong Zhuo would have given up on Shangdang County. Doesn't he know that Lei Gong's sword has already reached his chest? But under your nonsense, he has to save his life first before he can think of anything else."
thing!"
"You people really don't know what it means. There are hundreds of thousands of people attacking the 130,000 elite Central Army, and this elite still has eight passes to defend. I don't dare to fight such a battle due to the dangers of the Yellow River and Mount Xiao, but you actually have it?"
Confidence defeating a veteran like Dong Zhuo is simply a fantasy.
Xu You, who had been silent at this time, was unconvinced and argued: "Luoyang City is the center of the Han Dynasty. There are countless people in Luoyang City who want to overthrow Dong Zhuo. Although Dong Zhuo occupies a favorable location, he has lost the hearts of the people. The weather is not as good as the favorable location, and the favorable location is not as good as the people.
And, Dong Zhuo has lost the hearts of the people, no matter how elite his army is, it is doomed to defeat!"
Ju Yi mocked: "You people can only talk on paper, but the geographical advantage is not as good as the harmony! Even if you have internal agents and break through the eight passes of Luoyang, have you ever thought that hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting around Luoyang, and the city of Luoyang is still
As long as there are a few living people, you have reduced Luoyang to ruins. This is your way of loyalty! Why doesn't my general join you? It's because he knows that you are destroying the Han Dynasty!"
"Yuan Wei just lost his head. He clearly has his advantage in political struggle, but he wants to give up this advantage to fight with warriors like Dong Zhuo. The plan he made is completely unfeasible. I think you want to divide the entire Han Dynasty, okay?
It’s convenient for you to become king and hegemon! It’s not Dong Zhuo who causes cholera in the world, but Yuan Wei and the Yuan family!”
Huangfu Song said: "If you really still have some sense of loyalty, leave Jizhou so that I can unite the strength of the entire Jizhou to deal with Lei Gong. You are fighting a fierce war on the south bank of the Yellow River. I will not care about it, either."
I can’t control it!”
When Han Fu heard what Ju Yi said, he left worriedly!
After Xu You got Huangfu Song's idea, he also reported it to Yuan Shao!
Han Fu and the others returned to their mansion!
Lord Bo Gengwu sneered: "General Huangfu is right, Yuan Shao is not saving the Han Dynasty, but causing trouble for the Han Dynasty. They should not have let Dong Zhuo take charge of the court in the first place, and after letting Dong Zhuo take over the power of the court, they should not use
Use force to drive away Dong Zhuo. Even famous generals like Huangfu Song could see that driving out by force would not work. Where did the Yuan brothers come from? They could drive away Dong Zhuo without destroying Luoyang City! After destroying Luoyang City, Yuan Shao