Yuan Shu's current situation seems to be far worse than that of Yuan Shao.
Not only because Sun Jian, the most powerful general in his hand, was killed, but also because Nanyang, the base area on which he relied for survival and development, had basically been carved up by Liu Biao and the Xiliang army, especially Wancheng, which was the most elite of Nanyang County and its
The surrounding areas have fallen into the hands of Liu Biao, and now only a few counties in the northeast remain in Yuan Shu's hands.
However, facing Liu Biaojun who was in full swing, it seemed that it was only a matter of time before he was lost.
Is Yuan Shu like this, who was defeated by the Jingzhou Army and the Xiliang Army and fled, still worthy of other people's attention?
This question may seem to modern people as a question that does not need to be answered, especially in the game. The ability value of this direct descendant of the same fourth generation and third prince is far worse than that of his half-brother.
It cannot be compared with Jizhou. In another dimension, he will become the same public enemy as Dong Zhuo for some well-known reasons. The degree of stupidity of his actions is definitely among the top three in the Three Kingdoms. Compared with Wang Yun's
The behavior is completely childish.
But such a master is actually regarded as a serious problem by Yuan Shao now. Isn’t it a bit incredible?
Actually that's not the case.
Because regardless of personal ability and the ability of his subordinates, the conditions for Yuan Shao's rise are almost exactly the same as those of Yuan Shu.
Although a battle against Dong gave Yuan Shao a lot of points, facing Yuan Shu, who was a direct descendant of the famous Yuan family of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes, in Yuan Shao's view, even the most optimistic estimate was just that the differences in status were
The disadvantage brought about by this was reversed, but if you want to completely throw Yuan Shu away, Yuan Shao's current strength is still not enough.
Not to mention that through the alliance with Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian, the power that Yuan Shu can mobilize on the surface is far greater than that of Yuan Shao, who on the surface is allied with Liu Biao and has a younger brother named Cao Cao.
After all, Liu Biao is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and his eyes have never left the supreme throne in Chang'an City. His uncertain surname is higher than that of Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian. And the strength shown from Jingzhou is not weaker than that controlled by Yuan Shao
In Jizhou, which had been bitten by Bingzhou and Gongsun Zan, Liu Biao also had a very high reputation among scholars, and there might be a hidden struggle for dominance between the two sides.
And don’t forget, although Yuan Shu lost the important Nanyang Basin, with Sun Jian’s death in the war, Yuzhou, the area that was originally “leased” by Yuan Shu to Sun Jian, returned to his name, and the geographical conditions of Yuzhou are no better than
Jizhou is no different, and it faces Yanzhou to the north and Yangzhou to the south. If it develops properly, it can also gather the capital to achieve hegemony.
Therefore, at least judging from the current situation, Yuan Shao and his forces are stronger on their own, while Yuan Shu's side has stronger external forces. But no matter which aspect, the gap between the two sides is very limited.
The perspective of contemporary people looking at problems is naturally different from that of people in the future. Therefore, in the eyes of most powerful families and even ordinary people, the current Han Dynasty is completely a competition between the two Yuan Dynasties.
As for Li Shushi?
Maybe it will be a weighty weight in this competition, or maybe just a passerby passing by with soy sauce.
Well, even if Li Shushi has been busy, in the eyes of the Central Plains people, this country boy who also comes from the "frontier land" is only second to Dong Zhuo at most. Dong Zhuo has been played to death, and Li Shushi can turn over again
How big is the wave?
This is not because the aristocratic family is arrogant, but because the aristocratic family is absolutely confident in its own strength. It is confident that any prince who wants to conquer the world must rely on them. Even though some families rise and others decline in this process, for the entire aristocratic family this class
Generally speaking, they who basically monopolize knowledge will inevitably have a huge say in national governance.
When fighting for the world, military generals may still have some role, but after the establishment of the country, if the families that rose up because of their martial arts do not move closer to the aristocratic families, they will only end up being ostracized and marginalized by the inner circle.
Not to mention that aristocratic families can also rely on better nutrition and more inheritance to create more military honors.
In this situation, the aristocratic families would not give up their arrogance without being forced to the head by swords.
But to be honest, Yuan Shu's performance was not really that bad.
Although losing the wealthy Nanyang was a big blow to Yuan Shu, he still used the land of Nanyang to successfully create a huge rift between the Jingzhou Army and the Xiliang Army.
Of course, there was Yuan Shu's instigation, but one has to admit that without Dong Zhuo's control, the Xiliang army was like a pack of wolves without the leader. While it had no target, it had a greater attack power.
In addition, the only person who could bring these wolves back to a certain level of justice had given up his obligations for some reasons. Therefore, under the combined effect of various internal and external factors, the Xiliang army raided for the loot.
Facts about Jingzhou Army.
Suddenly, before they had time to celebrate that they had basically unified the entire Jingzhou Army, the Jingzhou Army had to face huge pressure from the Xiliang Army. The fact that they were at a disadvantage in several battles made the Jingzhou Army a little hot-headed after defeating Yuan Shu's Army.
The generals calmed down, and some even developed some kind of phobia towards Xiliang's cavalry troops.
However, relying on the temporarily reinforced city defenses of Hewang and Wancheng, and the time difference when the main force of the Xiliang Army was still busy with internal matters in Xiliang, the Jingzhou Army managed to maintain the front line and took the opportunity to move the population in the north of Nanyang southward.
From the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Jiangxia Mutiny, Sun Jianqiang killed Nanyang Governor Zhang Zi, the war against Dong Zhi harassed Nanyang, Yuan Shu over-exploited the Nanyang area, and now the large-scale relocation in order to preserve the fruits of victory, etc.
, Over the past few years, Nanyang, which originally had a population of one million, countless powerful families, and accumulated countless assets, gradually declined in this round of washing, and the prosperity of the past has turned into a waste of time.
This is really disappointing.
However, the decline of Nanyang led to the rise of two other princes - one is naturally Jingzhou Mu Liubiao, the current ruler of most of Nanyang, and the other is Yizhou Mu, who has gained considerable strength by accepting refugees from Nanyang and even the Central Plains.
Liu Yan.
Although the latter suffered heavy losses in the Chang'an Rebellion, they accepted refugees from Sanfu and Nanyang, and at the same time incorporated a large number of Qiang, Di, Yi, Sou, etc. through various means such as bribery, assassination, and even marriage.
These ethnic minority tribes in the southwest formed two armies. The former were called Dongzhou soldiers and the latter were called Xizhou soldiers.
The common characteristics of these two armies are that they have poor discipline and are extremely cruel and brutal. Although their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with that of the powerful armies of the time, such as the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army, they can be used to pacify those families in Yizhou who are dissatisfied with Liu Yan's rule.
Being powerful is more than enough.
And if the battlefield is placed in the mountains of Yizhou, the strength that those Xizhou soldiers can exert cannot be underestimated.
Ahem, it seems to be a bit off topic, so let us turn our attention back to the relationship between Liu Biao and Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu found an opponent for Liu Biao to the north that he had to devote 120% of his energy to deal with. The mere existence of the Xiliang Army caused most of the main force of the Jingzhou Army to be contained between Xiangyang and Nanyang.
The front line, and the equally important strategic location Jiangling, was exposed like this.
So, Yuan Shu made his second move.
The chess piece that was played was Liu Biao's general Zhang Xian from Nanyang.
Zhang Xian comes from a family surnamed Zhang in Nanyang. In his early years, he served as the county magistrate of Guiyang and Lingling areas. He had good political achievements and had a huge reputation among the Jingnan generation. He was especially good at communicating with and appeasing the ethnic minorities in Jingnan area.
Because Liu Biao killed Sun Jian, the gentry and people in Changsha County where Sun Jian once served were very hostile to Liu Biao. They missed the benefits of Sun Jian's time in Changsha. So under the instigation of the local powerful Su Dai, the gentry and people in Changsha quickly
He elected Su Dai as the governor of Changsha and raised an army to resist Liu Biao.
Although the rebellion of the Su Dynasty was quickly put down by the powerful Jingzhou Army at the time, the antagonism between the gentry and common people in Changsha and Liu Biao did not ease. Instead, it seemed to be getting more intense.
In desperation, Liu Biao had no choice but to accept Zhang Xian, who had a good official reputation and excellent ability to maintain stability, as the prefect of Changsha.
If the story proceeds to the present, then judging from Zhang Xian's reputation, he should not rebel against Liu Biao, who has been kind to him. Even if Yuan Shu's detailed work spreads rumors all over the world, Yuan Shu's lobbyist's ability to confuse right and wrong is unprecedented.
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But everything that happened next can only be described as dou (dou) and baffling (bi).
Zhang Xian was born in a Nanyang family, and the family tree also records the name of the famous official Zhang Heng. Although he did not become a high-ranking official like Liang Qianshi, he was still considered a famous person in the Jingzhou area, so he was somewhat arrogant.
He would not reveal too much of this arrogance to ordinary people, because it would appear that he was too shallow, but when he met Liu Biao, this kind of arrogance in his bones began to spread out.
At first, Liu Biao was able to tolerate him a little in order to get him to work hard for him, but not long afterward, the two had serious differences over the handling of those who participated in the last rebellion in Changsha. Liu Biao naturally hoped to
Punishing those rebels severely would serve as a warning to others, but Zhang Xian believed that those gentry and common people who had participated in the rebellion should be appeased.
The two had a fierce quarrel over this, and in the end Liu Biao even demanded that Zhang Xian kill a large number of people in the name of Jingzhou Mu. If he didn't kill people, then his head would be taken. But Zhang Xian also had a bad temper, as long as he was in high spirits, he would be killed.
The emperor didn't take it seriously, let alone Liu Biao, who had ulterior motives.
Although Zhang Xian's reputation in the Jingnan area was too great, Liu Biao finally gave up the idea of moving his head, but he did not allow him to continue to serve as the governor of Changsha.
But before Liu Biao could find a suitable replacement, Yuan Shu had already negotiated everything with Zhang Xian. In other words, the two sides hit it off on the issue of confronting Liu Biao. And because of Zhang Xian's reputation in Jingnan, this time
Not only the gentry and common people in Changsha area followed him in the rebellion, but also the common people and barbarians from the other three counties in southern Jingnan joined his ranks.
Trapped in the predicament that his main force was contained in the north, Liu Biao really did not have any extra troops to fight against the rebellion in the south.
Fortunately, if the opponent wants to attack the Jingbei area, they need to cross the surging Yangtze River and the huge and complex Yunmengze. Facing the huge warships of the Jingzhou Navy, the rebels obviously cannot come up with enough equipment to resist, and the northward advance has become an empty talk.
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Although the rebellion in Jingnan seems to be unable to shake Liu Biao's rule over Jingbei, it is precisely because the rebels in Jingnan have diverted most of the energy of the Jingzhou Navy that they can no longer estimate the changes in Yangzhou, their neighbor to the east.
This gave Yuan Shu enough time to launch his own plan in Yangzhou, and at the same time completely locked up Liu Biao's development space.
Therefore, after ensuring the safety of his surroundings, Yuan Shu would naturally not forget to take good care of his "good" brother.
In fact, Yuzhou should have been the hardest hit area by the Yellow Turban Army, not only because Li Shushi once "fighted" here, but also because when the Yellow Turban Army swarmed in, most areas in Yuzhou were far away from the development of Taiping Road such as Jizhou and Nanyang.
In the core area, a large number of bandits took the opportunity to sneak into the ranks of the Yellow Turban Army. Even because their combat effectiveness was higher than that of ordinary people, they were more likely to be relied on by the Yellow Turban Army commanders.
No matter how you look at these people, they don't look like good citizens who would give up this opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
Although in the Battle of Yingchuan that year, Li Shushi severely dealt with the scum that ruined the reputation of the Yellow Turban Army, it was just a drop in the ocean. And with the death of Zhang Jiao and the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, more and more Yellow Turban Army soldiers
In order to survive, I joined those people's old profession.
Of course, there are also private soldiers who take shelter under the local powerful and become their servants - one side provides land and food to ensure their survival and even development, while the other side provides their own force and lives to protect the interests of the employees and even seize more for them.
Many benefits.
Even among the Yellow Turbans who gathered in the mountains and forests, there were cases of collusion with local powerful people. Some of the mountains were even funded by local powerful people to complete some "shady" things.
It can be said that the number of nominal remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou is not much less than that of Yanqing and Qingzhou, and the number of hidden ones is even more numerous. Their destructive power is definitely no less than that of the Yellow Turban Army in Yanqing and other places.
What is shocking is that although Yuzhou suffered a certain impact at the beginning of the chaos, soon as He Yi, He Man, Liu Pi, Gong Du and other Yellow Turban commanders came to the fore, the military chaos in Yuzhou actually subsided.
signs.
Those Yellow Turbans who participated in the Yuzhou Rebellion gradually gathered under the command of these emerging Yellow Turban channel commanders. Even if there were occasional small groups of Yellow Turban remnants who were unwilling to accept their leadership, they would be quickly destroyed. Gradually, these channels
The handsome ones have tens of thousands or more than ten thousand in their hands, and each of them has a large number of troops.
Afterwards, it seems not surprising that the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou marched northward under the leadership of these commanders.
As for Yuan Shao, who had guessed the reason for this, how many brain cells he had consumed and how much hair he had scratched off was not humane.
However, it is certain that there is at least one person who has put more thought into this matter than Yuan Shao.
Of course, it is certain that there is at least one person who is more unlucky than Yuan Shao in this matter.
For example, the governor from Yanzhou beheaded Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, and slaughtered Liu Dai and Liu Gongshan of the other three clans.
Another example is Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin and Bao Yuncheng, the Polu general who was also a die-hard supporter of Yuan Shao and had good commanding skills.
If there are some inevitable factors in the death of the former, the death of the latter is really... a bit inevitable.
In an inconspicuous little dark room, there is no light in the room, only a few pairs of eyes that are constantly rolling, revealing a little penetrating light from time to time, giving people a cold feeling.
"Bao Yuncheng is finally dead. Not only has Yuan Benchu lost an arm, but he has also brought us more than ten thousand elite soldiers under Yuncheng's command and a good general, Wenze. In this way, there should be no more people in Yanzhou who oppose me.
Alright."
"My lord is wise and uses the Yellow Turban Army to set up a trap. He takes Bao Yuncheng and a small number of elite cavalry to Shouzhang to set up an ambush, but he orders General [Beep] to delay the infantry and archers behind, so that when the Yellow Turban rebel army reaches the battlefield, I
However, the main force of the army is still quite far away from the battlefield. Then he persuaded Yuncheng to lead the army to the rear, so that the lord can calmly arrange it and let Bao Yuncheng die without a burial place."
"These are not the most exciting things. The most amazing thing for us is that the Lord not only made an emergency landing of the 300,000 Yellow Turban remnants, but also offered a heavy bounty for Bao Yuncheng's bones, but nothing was found. He had no choice but to carve them into wood.
The soldiers of Jibei were deeply moved by being buried in the earth. Looking at that scene, even if the master asked them to die immediately, they would not hesitate at all."
"..." Similar conspiracies seem to be continuing.
And when the door of the small dark room was opened, the three evil-minded and ruthless guys in the room came out, and we could finally see their faces clearly - the black-skinned dwarf Cao Mengde, who looked like a bad guy at first glance, had a white face and a short beard.
[Beep] madman Xun Yu and Xun Wenruo who also likes to wear sachets, and the tall but wretched-looking betrayer Chen Gong and Chen Gongtai...
"By the way, who spread this rumor? This is really damaging."
Looking at the information in his hand, Li Shushi said that it was not easy for him to endure the laughter until now.
"The death of Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin is indeed somewhat suspicious. Although it is impossible to confirm that someone deliberately framed it based on these rumors, there are some things that do not require conclusive evidence. It is estimated that the person who spread the rumors just wanted to drive a wedge between Yuan Benchu and Cao Mengde.
The relationship between them. After all, the current situation in Yanzhou is a bit delicate."
This time, the one who reported to Li Shushi was not the usual Jia Xu or Cheng Yu, but a sunny young man.
Young handsome guy.
Although his behavior on weekdays is a bit frivolous, when he gets serious, his confident and slightly evil smile makes even Li Shushi feel a little dazzling and makes people feel ashamed.
At the same time, behind Li Shushi, who could not see, a girl was looking at the young man with complicated eyes, which seemed resentful, infatuated, and hesitant... But Li Shushi did not see all of this, and the young man
The men turned a blind eye.
Pan Sen: Congratulations to the newcomer~ (To be continued.)
