Why Yuan Shao has the power he has now is because of his family background. And why he has such a family background is because he was promoted by the Han Dynasty. In other words, the Yuan family is within the system of the Han Dynasty. If Yuan Shao betrays
As a big man, he does not have the so-called family background of four generations and three nobles.
This will cause a question, why should the soldiers in Yuan Shao's hands listen to Yuan Shao?
The soldiers in Yuan Shao's hands eat imperial grain, and they are Han generals. It has nothing to do with Yuan Shao himself. They don't eat the rice of the Yuan family. You, Yuan Shao, are officials of the Han Dynasty, so everyone listens to you. But now, since you, Yuan Shao, are rebellious
, why should everyone do things in your rebellious hands!
Moreover, the disciples and former officials of the Yuan family will also have problems. Although the Han Dynasty is now a dual monarchy, everyone is first the ministers of the Han Dynasty, and then the disciples and former officials of the Yuan family.
If the Yuan family betrayed the Han Dynasty, and the disciples and former officials under the Yuan family did not want to betray the Han Dynasty, they would have no choice but to betray Yuan Shao. Therefore, the appearance of Liu Bian shook the foundation of Yuan Shao's power, and any army that did not treat him well would disintegrate.
Because the Yuan family is the vine attached to the giant tree of Dahan.
Yuan Shao solemnly said: "King Hongnong was also brought out by Dong Zhuo. If he also appears in front of our army, I am afraid that our entire army will collapse. Is there any way you can solve this problem?"
Xu You said solemnly: "I didn't expect that this reckless man Dong Zhuo actually didn't kill King Hongnong, but it is not an insurmountable problem. We can tell the world that Dong Zhuo blackmailed King Hongnong and asked King Hongnong to deal with our coalition forces. Hong
What the King of Nong is doing now is all forced by Dong Zhuo, the traitor! Shilin is in our hands, and the people of the world will believe whatever we say!"
Guo Tuwei said: "But Dong Zhuo has been using King Hongnong to shake our military morale. It is also a very troublesome thing. After all, King Hongnong is alive in front of everyone. This is not something we can deny. The morale of the soldiers will be greatly affected."
The Xiliang soldiers are already more effective than our Central Plains soldiers. If they lose their morale now, it will be difficult to fight this battle!"
Xu You thought for a while and said: "Another way is to establish another emperor. In our war with Dong Zhuo, as long as he has King Hongnong and the emperor in his hands, we will be passive and there will be flaws in our righteousness.
But if we establish an emperor who is admired by everyone in the world and use this emperor to gather the hearts and minds of the entire Central Plains, how can Dong Zhuo, a reckless man, compete with us for the hearts of the people! If the governors of the entire Central Plains join us in the alliance to challenge Dong, we can easily
With an army of millions gathered, do we still have to worry about Dong Zhuo’s Xiliang soldiers?”
Xun Chen frowned and said, "But the late emperor only has two heirs, King Hongnong and His Majesty, and both of them are in the hands of Dong Zhuo. If we appoint other descendants of the clan, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public!"
Originally they didn't care whether King Hongnong was dead or alive. After all, Dong Zhuo wanted to suppress the Sili and Li regions in the Kanto region. Even if Dong Zhuo had hundreds of thousands of troops, he wouldn't be able to allocate many troops to deal with them, and their Kwantung Allied Forces had 20
Yu Wan can defeat Dong Zhuo with his eyes closed.
But two accidents changed the situation of the battle. First, they did not expect that Liu Bei would obey Dong Zhuo's order. He actually led 30,000 Xiliang troops without attacking them. In one battle, they completely annihilated their 30,000 troops. Liu Bei alone contained the Kanto Alliance 10
Wan Dajun,
The second is that they did not expect that the Guanxi clan and the Sili clan would join forces with Dong Zhuo, allowing Dong Zhuo to free up his hands to attack them. Although Dong Zhuo only brought 40,000 Xiliang troops to attack them, Dong Zhuo defeated the 50,000 Kwantung coalition troops in one battle.
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Dong Zhuo's side has gained momentum, and no one present now dares to say that he can definitely defeat Dong Zhuo.
When their strength is equal, or even when they are still weak, the reputation of Dayi is very important. King Hongnong became the seven-inch leader of the coalition.
Xu You said with a smile: "As long as we find a clan that obeys the people and become the emperor, it will be fine. Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, is the wisest among the clan. If we support him as emperor, the people of the world will definitely be convinced.
Moreover, Liu Yu is Liu Bei's old master. If Liu Yu becomes the emperor, maybe Liu Bei will join our alliance to defeat Dong Zhuo. In this way, they will have 100,000 troops to attack Dong Zhuo, and the offensive and defensive momentum will be reversed."
"Moreover, Liu Yu himself has 80,000 Youzhou frontier troops, which is very powerful. If he joins us, Dong Zhuo will have to face an army of more than 300,000. Even if the Xiliang army can fight again, it will be impossible to defeat the 300,000 coalition army!"
As soon as Xu You said this strategy, everyone became excited, because Xu You's strategy could really change their passive situation.
Moreover, they can trust Liu Yu's character and he is a member of their scholarly ranks. If he becomes the emperor, it will be of great benefit to them without any harm!
But Yuan Shao's face became even more ugly. Historically, he had thought of making Liu Yu the emperor to change his political passivity, but in this time and space he was definitely not willing to let Liu Yu become the emperor.
There are not many reasons. Liu Yu is too powerful. He controls 80,000 border troops. Liu Bei also has 30,000 Xiliang soldiers as allies. If he joins the alliance to fight against Dong, the clan will have an army of 110,000.
How can he, the leader of the alliance, continue to do this? This does not mean that Liu Yu has turned against the guest and is the master!
If Liu Yu really became the emperor, he would have to deal with Dong Zhuo first and Yuan Shao second. This would conflict with Yuan Shao's interests, so he would naturally not want to do so.
But the current situation is very unfavorable to the Kwantung Allied Forces. They urgently need new forces to join. If Yuan Shao refuses to join, I am afraid that the current allies will become disloyal.
Yuan Shao thought for a while and said: "For such an important matter as establishing the emperor, we still have to listen to the wishes of other county governors, so that we can make a decision!"
Others also nodded. This kind of matter really requires the opinions of other county guards!
Feng Ji saw that Yuan Shao was unwilling to let Liu Yu become the emperor, so he said: "Promoting the emperor is not a decision that can be made in a short while. We should find a way to rescue Cao Cao and the others first!"
Yuan Shao asked: "Where else can we find reinforcements now? The Xiliang army in Dong Zhuo's hands is far more powerful than we imagined. I'm afraid that the 50,000 troops in our hands will not be able to defeat Dong Zhuo!"
Yuan Shao thought about it and found that for him, the best way to improve his predicament now is to defeat Dong Zhuo. As long as he can defeat Dong Zhuo, all the crux of the problem can be solved. If he really wants to support the emperor, he must support a less powerful person.
A powerful clan!
Guo Tu smiled bitterly and said: "Ming Gong is afraid that it will be very difficult now. When we attacked Dong Zhuo, the Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou became bigger again. Jiao He, the governor of Qingzhou, and Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, both asked us for help. They said that the Yellow Turban thieves had
With millions of people, the entire territory of Qingzhou has been caught in the flames of war. Only Linzi and several large cities in Beihai have not been conquered by the Yellow Turban Army. However, these large cities are also surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army. They attack the cities day and night. Jiao He and Kong Rong are now asking for help everywhere.
Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, and Zishao, the governor of Taishan, also asked us for help, saying that the Taishan bandits and the Yellow Turban bandits from the Central Plains combined have millions of people. They have become bigger again and are conquering cities and territories in Xuzhou. Only a few big cities in Xuzhou are still in Tao Qian's hands.
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Yuan Shao was surprised and said: "How can there be so many Yellow Turban thieves in the Central Plains? There are already 2 million Yellow Turban thieves. Do these Yellow Turban thieves appear from the sky?"
Guo Tu said helplessly: "Originally, the Central Plains had troops to suppress the Yellow Turban bandits, but we deployed 200,000 troops to confront Dong Zhuo. Without the 200,000 troops in the Central Plains, the local areas could no longer suppress the Yellow Turban bandits. Then they continued to grow in size, and finally
It became what it is now!”
In fact, the most important reason Guo Tu dared not say was that the Central Plains had suffered from constant floods and droughts in the past two years, and it was only by driving the victims to Bingzhou that the problem was suppressed.
However, the people of the Central Plains were severely damaged by these two disasters. Not only did they lose 200,000 troops to suppress the local area, but they also had millions of civilians to help them escort food and grass. They also robbed the local area of tens of millions.
Shi's grain was used to support their so-called alliance to fight against Dong.
Obviously, the powerful noble families in the Central Plains would not be able to provide these money and grains. They would at most provide people to occupy official positions and gain fame!
But they had very little money and food, and the expenses of these hundreds of thousands of troops obviously fell on the common people.
The aristocratic gentry go to them when they have advantages and avoid the disadvantages. They are the ultimate in refined egoism. However, these people are Yuan Shao's foundation, so Yuan Shao does not think they have done anything wrong. The gentry and aristocrats rule the people, and the people pay taxes.
Being a soldier and fighting in a war is not a normal thing.
Therefore, since Yuan Shao and the others formed the Alliance to Defeat Dong, the taxes of the people of the Central Plains have more than doubled. The people of the Central Plains, who were already struggling to survive, began to go bankrupt and became refugees in large numbers, and finally joined the Yellow Turban Army camp. This is why the Yellow Turban Army came to power in half a year.
The reason why another 2 million troops broke out within a short period of time was because of Yuan Shao's oppression! In order to conquer Dong Zhuo, they didn't care about the life and death of the people in the Central Plains.
It's just that Yuan Shao didn't expect that the situation would be so dangerous. When he heard that there were 2 million Yellow Turban thieves in the entire Central Plains, he was extremely nervous. The rear area of the Dong Alliance Army was completely in chaos. Under the internal and external attacks of Dong Zhuo and the Yellow Turban Army,
, the coalition forces are about to disintegrate at any time. After all, even if the prefects want to continue fighting, the soldiers in the hands of the prefects cannot have the morale to continue fighting!
The Yellow Turban thieves in the Central Plains completely disrupted his plan to conquer Dong Zhuo. Yuan Shao felt the pressure of death approaching him. Without the coalition forces, it would be impossible for him to defeat Dong Zhuo with his own strength!
Others were stunned when they heard the news. The Central Plains were in chaos, and the alliance's rear was unstable. Even if Dong Zhuo did not move, they would have to retreat. (This is also the reason why the coalition forces retreated in history. Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang City, and they had to march thousands of miles.
Attacked Chang'an City, but their rear was unstable, and those princes had no choice but to go back to their respective homes to exterminate the Yellow Turban bandits in the Central Plains!)
Xu You asked anxiously: "Didn't they look for Huangfu Song? He has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands. Couldn't they be dispatched? It doesn't matter that the Central Plains is too far away, but Qingzhou is close to Jizhou. Even if it is to guard against the elite Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou,
Huangfu Song should also find a way to destroy the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army!"
Guo Tu said helplessly: "Of course I did, but Huangfu Song did not dare to leave. Lei Gong kept mobilizing troops in Bingzhou. It is said that Lei Gong gathered more than 500,000 troops in Bingzhou. Huangfu Song was worried that Lei Gong would rush out of the Taihang Mountains and did not dare to mobilize the army!
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Xun Chen couldn't believe it and said: "How could this happen? God is not going to destroy us!"
Xu You said anxiously: "Our only hope now is Liu Yu. As long as Liu Yu brings Youzhou's 80,000 troops to the Central Plains, whether it is dealing with the Yellow Turban thieves or Dong Zhuo, our strategic situation can be improved!"
Xinpi thought for a while and said: "We have another way. The Thunder Lord of Bingzhou sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight. He saw that Dong Zhuo was weaker than us, so he sold 5,000 sets of iron armor to Dong Zhuo. At the same time, he did not restrict us from going to Bingzhou to buy weapons.
It can be seen that he wants us to fight Dong Zhuo and both sides will lose.
If we go to Bingzhou to buy 10,000 sets of armor, our army's combat capabilities can be improved quickly, and even Dong Zhuo's army can fight! As long as we defeat Dong Zhuo, and then turn around and pacify the Yellow Turban thieves in the Central Plains, with this credit, the entire Central Plains Five
If all the states are under the control of our Dong Zhuo Alliance, we can form an army of hundreds of thousands to deal with Dong Zhuo!"
"10,000 sets of armor!" Yuan Shao and others exclaimed.
They had purchased Bingzhou's iron armor, but the price was too deceptive. One set cost 1,000 shi of grain. When Yuan Shao and the others bought 100 sets, they spent 100,000 shi of grain. It was so expensive that even a wealthy nobleman like Yuan Shao only bought it.
Hundreds of sets are given to military officers at the Sima level for use.
Ten thousand sets cost 10 million shi of food. Not to mention that Yuan Shao and the others did not have so much food. Even if they did, they would still have to keep the food.
Seeing that all the five states in the Central Plains have been invaded by the Yellow Turban Army, don't worry about the food of these five states this year. However, these places are the grain-producing areas of the Han Dynasty. The reduction in production in these five states is equivalent to half of the food of the Han Dynasty. Today and tomorrow
In two years, a big man has to travel thousands of miles. Who would trade his 10 million shi of grain?
Xin Pi saw Yuan Shao and said, "My lord, we can only take a gamble now. If we cannot defeat Dong Zhuo in a short period of time, Zhang Miao and the others will definitely retreat. At that time, Duke Ming will face Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army alone."
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And if we can now equip 10,000 iron armored troops and add 40,000 jujube allied troops, we will still have more than 2 times the advantage, as well as the equipment advantage, and the possibility of defeating Dong Zhuo is very high! As long as we can defeat Dong Zhuo, we will have tens of millions of shi of grain.
It’s nothing at all!”
Yuan Shao fell into deep thought when he heard Xin Pi's words. He originally occupied the entire Central Plains, and he had the advantage in terms of consumption. When his uncle made a plan with him, he also consumed Dong Zhuo's food and grass bit by bit, forcing Dong Zhuo to withdraw from Luoyang City.
But when he and his uncle made the plan, they never thought that the Central Plains would once again erupt with more than 2 million Yellow Turbans. This completely messed up his plan, and now he was the one who couldn't afford to delay it.
And Dong Zhuo was sitting in Guanzhong and Sili. As long as he guarded the passes, the turmoil in the Central Plains would not affect him at all. Instead, he asked Dong Zhuo to find a way to attack the Yellow Turban Army and protect his home base!
Xinpi's plan is all about fighting. If he wins, his crisis will be lifted. If he fails, he will be defeated and die, and the Yuan family will fall into a situation that is beyond redemption!
Yuan Shao doesn't want to fight like this, the possibility of failure is too great! He, Yuan Jiajia, has a great business and doesn't want to gamble like this!
Xun Kan said: "Ming Gong, the best way for us to improve our predicament now is to win over Liu Yu. With his 80,000 troops, it will not be a problem to deal with Dong Zhuo or the Yellow Turban thieves, and the success rate is higher, even if
There’s not much risk in failure!”
Obviously, Xun Kan, who is a descendant of a powerful noble family, understands Yuan Shao's thoughts better.
But Yuan Shao was still puzzled: "Although we can support Liu Yu, what excuse should we use? Although the emperor and King Hongnong are now controlled by Dong Zhuo, the late emperor only has their two sons. It is unfair for us to suddenly support Liu Yu."
Not going well!”
Xu You smiled and said: "Let's just use the excuse that the emperor is not the son of the late emperor, so Liu Yu, as a clan relative, will naturally be qualified to become the emperor!"
Everyone looked at Xu You in shock when they heard what he said. They had watched the two sons of the late emperor grow up, and now they actually said that the emperor was not the son of the late emperor. Some people have to believe this!
Xu You said: "It's just unnecessary!"
For the princes of the world, if it is just an excuse in the future, as long as they do not want to become rebellious, then they must agree that the emperor is not the son of the late emperor, so that they can release their moral shackles.
Faced with these two choices, Yuan Shao thought for a long time and felt that it was easier to deal with a good old man like Liu Yu. Even if he really became the emperor, he could still make Liu Yu a puppet!
After thinking about it, Yuan Shao said to his advisers: "I'll ask you to contact the princes from all over the world. We will try to bring Liu Yu closer to the alliance against Dong!"
Xun Kan and others respectfully said: "No!"
Then they took Yuan Shao's letter to contact all parties!
Han Fu was the closest prince, and he was also the first to get the news.
Then he immediately summoned his confidants and told them about Yuan Shao's plan to support Liu Yu.
Chief Shi Gengwu, Biejia Minchun said excitedly: "Yuan Shao wants to split the Han Dynasty, and he also said that the emperor is not the former emperor's son but his heir. This is not deceiving the people of the world. Your Excellency must expose Yuan Shao's sinister intentions!"
Han Fu also looked embarrassed. Yuan Shao's low-level lie made him a little embarrassed. This kind of lie could not deceive anyone at all and could only comfort himself, but it was also a good way to change their current situation.
After taking away 5 million stones of grain from Jizhou to support Yuan Shao, Huangfu Song took charge of the entire Jizhou as a general of chariots and cavalry. It can be said that he, the Jizhou herder, was a nominal person, and Huangfusong was not from a poor family like Dong Zhuo.
Xijiangmen, his uncle Huangfu Gui was close to the Kanto scholar Guanxi, and he himself served as a shepherd in Jizhou, so the officials from top to bottom of Jizhou also recognized Huangfu Song as the backbone, and only Huangfu Song could stabilize Jizhou.
Especially in Qingzhou, the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army broke out again, and the Yanzhou Alliance against Dong and Dong Zhuo's Xiliang soldiers fought one after another. It can be said that the entire Central Plains was in full swing. On the contrary, Jizhou, which had been unstable a few years ago, was in such a war-torn season.
Stability and peace have been maintained. For the powerful and aristocratic people in Jizhou who have become frightened, the best leader at this stage is Huangfu Song.
So Han Fu became a state pastor who was not worthy of the name, and no one in Jizhou obeyed his orders!
And if Liu Yu is supported by them as emperor, they will have an overwhelming advantage over Dong Zhuo, and he will become a supporting minister. Now in the alliance to fight against Dong, except for Yuan Shao, the self-proclaimed hussar general,
He, as the shepherd of Jizhou, has the highest position. Maybe he will become the Sangong, and then he can leave this dangerous place of Jizhou!
Shen Pei said solemnly: "Ming Gong, making Liu Yu the emperor is the best way to improve our situation. We can even contact Huangfu Song. As long as he agrees, the forces of the entire Han clan will be united. Not only will we
You can defeat Dong Zhuo, and you can also defeat Duke Lei of Bingzhou. This is the best way to improve the situation of the Han Dynasty. If the Han Dynasty continues to be divided, the world will really be taken over by Duke Lei!"
In Shen Pei's view, it would be difficult to defeat Lei Gong even if the entire Han Dynasty were gathered together. And now the Han Dynasty has been split into three major forces. Each force cannot win against Lei Gong alone. If they don't unite, the world of Da Han will be destroyed.
I will be captured by the rebellious Lei Gong!
In Shen Pei's view, compared with Lei Gong, even traitorous ministers like Dong Zhuo look more handsome. If Dong Zhuo could unite all the forces of the Han Dynasty and lead the Han Dynasty to destroy Lei Gong, he would also agree to continue to be the prime minister of the country. He thinks that now
The most important thing in the world is to exterminate the Thunder Lord, other things are just trivial matters!
After hearing what Shen Pei said, Han Fu felt that it made sense, so he began to contact other princes to promote this matter.
But Yuan Shao's plan failed in other places.
Cao Cao and the others did not wait for Yuan Shao's reinforcements in Suanzao, but they did wait for Yuan Shao's letter to appoint another emperor!
Cao Cao objected on the spot and said: "The reason why we people raised an army and people near and far responded is because our actions are just. Now the emperor is young and weak. Although he is controlled by treacherous officials, he is not as powerful as Liu He, the king of Changyi.
Who in the world can accept the mistakes that led to the country's subjugation? Once you change your position to someone else, who in the world will accept it? How is our behavior different from that of Dong Zhuo, a rebellious minister? You go to the north to welcome Liu Yu, and I respect myself as the emperor to the west."
When Cao Cao said this, Zhang Miao and others did not dare to speak out even if they wanted to.
Moreover, Liu Dai pulled out the Yangtze River and said to them: "Whoever dares to establish another emperor, I will kill you rebellious officials and traitors right here!"
Liu Dai is a clan member of the Han Dynasty. In his opinion, the emperor is still there, but someone dares to establish another emperor. This is not rebellion. (He believes that his current behavior is to hoe rape, not to rebel!) In the future, if there are ministers who disobey the emperor, they will
Find a clan member to support him as emperor, and there will be no chaos in the world.
Liu Dai even pulled out his sword, so naturally others didn't dare to say anything that they agreed with!
Han Fu and Yuan Shao wrote to Yuan Shu, saying: "The emperor is not the son of Emperor Ling. We are prepared to follow the example of Zhou Bo and Guan Ying who deposed the young master and established a new king, and respect the great Sima Liu Yu as the emperor."
However, Yuan Shu secretly harbored ambitions to become an emperor and believed that having an older emperor in the country would be detrimental to him, so he pretended to be the emperor and his ministers in a righteous manner and rejected the suggestions of Han and Yuan Shao.