Yuan Shao worriedly said: "But Yangzhou will fall into the hands of Liu Bei. Jingzhou alone makes Liu Bei second only to me in strength. If Liu Bei gets Yangzhou again, Liu Bei will be unstoppable!"
Now Yuan Shao particularly regrets letting Liu Bei take control of the court so easily. Although the prestige of the court is now very low, it is still very useful when it is really needed!
Just look at the few imperial edicts issued by the imperial court, which allowed the princes like Cao Cao to send hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege Yuan Shu. It can be seen that the imperial court still has a high importance in the eyes of the world. If Liu Bei used this method to deal with him, Yuan Shao would not be able to do it.
I can guarantee that I can't resist it. After all, many of his disciples and former officials are devoted to the imperial court!
And Yuan Shao now remembers that his eldest brother Yuan Ji is still Liu Bei's long history. If he comes to Yuzhou as the head of the Yuan family, I am afraid that Yuzhou may be unstable! Even Yuan Shao's subordinates may be attracted by his eldest brother.
Walk.
If Liu Bei really acts according to his idea, Yuan Shao's power may collapse, because Yanzhou is now the front line, and Sili has long been severely damaged after being plundered by the Xiliang army. Now the other two states are relying on Yuzhou
Support, Yuzhou is the most important basic base for Yuan Shao now.
However, this basic base is threatened by Liu Bei. It can be said that Yuan Ji in Liu Bei's hands is Yuan Shao's biggest weakness. Yuan Ji is the true head of the Yuan Clan. The former disciples and former officials of the Yuan Clan who had taken refuge with him may surrender to Yuan Ji without a fight!
Moreover, not to mention Liu Bei attacking Yuan Shu in the name of the imperial court, Yangzhou is also within easy reach, because Yuan Shao understands that Liu Yao is an unambitious person. As long as Liu Bei arranges Liu Yao in the name of the imperial court except for the nine ministers, Liu Yao will give up immediately.
The position of governor of Yangzhou!
And Yizhou Shepherd Liu Yan died of illness. Although the current Zhou Mu is Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang has an unfair reputation and has not been appointed by the court. This is just a private appointment, and even many people in Yizhou are dissatisfied.
Acknowledging Liu Zhang, it was justifiable for Liu Bei to attack Yizhou after gaining Yangzhou. Yuan Shao did not think that Liu Zhang could resist Liu Bei's army.
With the imperial court's righteousness, half of the Han Dynasty will be in the hands of Liu Bei. If this happens, even he will have to rely on Liu Bei. This situation is intolerable to Yuan Shao! Yuan Shao had known that the imperial court was so important, even if he spent all his troops
We also want to keep the imperial court in Luoyang City. It's too late to say anything now.
Everyone noticed Yuan Shao's hostility towards Liu Bei. Obviously their lord could not accept his status under Liu Bei's low status!
Jushou immediately said: "My lord, now Lei Gong is the biggest enemy. We should find a way to make good friends with Liu Bei. If my lord and Liu Bei turn against each other, I'm afraid that my lord's army will fall apart immediately. The nobles and nobles in the Central Plains have joined my lord to deal with Lei Gong."
, instead of wanting the lord to deal with the court!"
Now, most of Yuan Shao's army is raised by noble families. They want to unite to fight against Lei Gong and protect their own land. They don't want to help Yuan Shao conquer the world. If Yuan Shao really commanded the army to attack Liu Bei, his subordinates might still be able to fight against him.
He really knows how to turn against him! After all, compared with Yuan Shao, who suffered repeated defeats, Liu Bei's winning rate is much higher, and he can definitely be called a famous general of his generation.
Feng Ji said, "It is precisely because the strength of various states and counties is no match for Lei Gong. If they want to survive, they must get help from the lord. Now they are begging us, not we are begging them! With Lei Gong's current power
, it is impossible to withstand it with the strength of our three states alone. The lord needs to unite the strength of the entire Han Dynasty to be able to fight with Lei Gong, and the Han Dynasty that is divided as it is now cannot be the opponent of Lei Gong! "
Feng Ji obviously wanted to resolve the divisions within the Han Dynasty first and unify the entire Han Dynasty under Yuan Shao's hands, and then deal with Lei Gong!
Tian Feng said sincerely: "My lord, in this year's Jizhou battle, Lei Gong took advantage of the chaos in Sili and the imperial court's greatly reduced strength to attack Jizhou, so that even though we, the Han Dynasty, had hundreds of thousands of elite central troops, we could not give anything to Jizhou.
Support, isn’t this lesson profound enough? If there is an internal fight between us and Liu Bei, Thunder Lord will take the opportunity to occupy the Central Plains even if he lacks food and grass. If the Central Plains falls, we will definitely die without a burial place!"
Xu You said with a smile: "Although we have a conflict with Liu Bei, we don't necessarily have to fight with swords. With Thunder Lord around, no one wants the Han Dynasty to be divided, because if we break up, we will definitely die. The imperial court is the banner that unites us. We can be in the imperial court
To deal with Liu Bei in court, compared with Liu Bei's military strength, he was as weak politically as Dong Zhuo. His teacher Lu Zhi was dead, most of his classmates and friends died in the battle with Lei Gong, and he himself
He was born into a poor family, and his family had no disciples or old officials to help him.
What he did in Jizhou back then had already made the nobles and nobles in the world want to kill him. If he hadn't been able to fight, and the world needs generals who can fight, Liu Bei would have died long ago!"
"Our advantage is that in the court, how many of the three officials and ministers of the court are our relatives and friends, how many of the civil and military officials are our disciples and former officials, even if Yang Biao is not your brother-in-law at the beginning, everyone can
Together, why let Liu Bei, a warrior, take advantage of us? Originally, you should not have stayed in Luoyang City, but should have gone to Xiangyang to control the court. With our family's strength, Liu Bei will definitely be driven out of the court by us. He
Not only can he fight, but he has generals who can defeat tens of thousands of enemies, so we can let Liu Bei be our sharp knife against Thunder Lord!"
Xun Kan, Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Guo Tu, Chun Yuqiong, Chen Lin and others were all impressed by Xu You's suggestion. Under the current circumstances, engaging in military confrontation would be a recipe for death, but if the battlefield is put on
In the court, the situation is theirs.
Naturally, Yuan Shao's thoughts could not be hidden from the counselors around him, but these people did not agree with Yuan Shao replacing the Han Dynasty. First of all, Yuan Shao had not established enough achievements, and they did not support Yuan Shao's replacement of the Han Dynasty in terms of prestige or force.
Secondly, no one wants to have unrest in the Han Dynasty at the critical moment of dealing with Lei Gong. If Yuan Shao proclaims himself emperor at this time, and the three southern states are all in the hands of the Han clan, they will definitely attack Yuan Shao, and the Han Dynasty will definitely fall apart and never be able to form a new empire.
Let's work together to deal with Thunder Lord.
If Yuan Shao is pushed to the court, even if he becomes prime minister and becomes a powerful minister, it will be better than Yuan Shao establishing a new dynasty. When has the Han Dynasty ever been afraid of powerful ministers?
Xun Kan said sincerely: "Now that the prestige of the imperial court has not been lost, and Duke Ming is in control of the imperial court, he can narrow the emperor's orders to the princes, assemble the entire Han army, attack Hebei, and kill the rebels. The battlefield we want to deal with Lei Gong is not in Luoyang City, but in Luoyang City.
It was in Xiangyang City, and I asked Duke Ming to join the Xiangyang court for the sake of the world!