Yuan Shu thought that after he proclaimed himself emperor, the surrounding princes would obey his orders. But it turned out that his act of proclaiming himself emperor only made everyone the first target of attack. It didn't take long.
, the imperial court that moved to Chang'an issued an edict, ordering all the surrounding princes to fight against the traitor Yuan Shu together.
Cao Cao, the pastor of Yanzhou, responded first and led his troops into Yuzhou. Yuan Shu was entrenched in Luoyang, so why did Cao Cao want to attack Peijun and Huainan and other places? It is simple. After several years of tug-of-war, the area around Luoyang has long been deserted.
If it's useless, it would be better to go south and seize Shouchun and other territories.
There were many people who had the same idea as him. Liu Biao, the Mu of Jingzhou, sent his general Huang Zu down the river. Liu Yao, the Mu of Yangzhou, sent his general Tai Shici to capture 3,000 Danyang soldiers and 20,000 soldiers from the prefecture, and went north to capture Niuzhu, Liyang, and Hefei.
In other places, Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian also sent troops and horses to attack Wu County.
With Yuan Shu isolated in Luoyang, Yuzhou was quickly carved up by various princes. Most of Yuan Shu's defenders left in Yuzhou surrendered without a fight, and only a few resisted for a while, but to no avail.
With almost no effort, Cao Cao expanded his power to the south of the Huaihe River, bordering the forces of Liu Biao and Liu Yao. Just when he was planning to continue to send troops south, the bad news suddenly came. His father, Cao Song, was
He was killed by Xuzhou soldiers and his family members were all killed.
After Cao Cao pacified Yanzhou, he sent troops eastward and invaded Xuzhou several times. Later, when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, Cao Mengde shifted his attention from the east to the south. Now that Yuzhou has been carved up, something like this happened again.
, Cao Cao immediately sent troops to attack Xuzhou again in the name of "avenging his father".
When Cao Jun entered Xuzhou, Liu Bei had already led his troops to attack Luoyang City. After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, princes from all over the world came together to attack. After several defeats, Yuan Shu's soldiers fled one after another.
Yan Xiang, who had dissuaded him from proclaiming himself emperor, also fled westward to Hongnong.
If it weren't for the lack of supply at the rear, Liu Bei would have led his troops to kill him long ago, but it's not too late now. After leading his troops to Hongnong, Huangfu Song was already ill, and the military power was handed over to Liu Bei. He himself also
He was not a first-rate general, but with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as his wing, and with Yan Xiang and Yang Xiu as his assistants, he successfully defeated Yuan Shu's troops, recruited rebels, and increased his strength to fifteen thousand men.
He brought 3,000 soldiers and horses from Guanzhong and took 2,000 men from Huangfu Song. After fighting several battles, his combined strength increased to three times its original size. This shows that the combat effectiveness of Yuan Shu's army was low. After losing
After defeating Sun Jian, none of the generals under Yuan Gongzhi were able to fight.
The weather has turned cold, and the city of Luoyang has become very desolate. When Sun Jian attacked Luoyang last time, the city wall was damaged in many places. When Liu Bei led his army to attack, the gaps in the city wall had not been completely repaired. Yuan Shu's army in the city was unintentional.
When Liu Bei prepared to attack the city, Yuan Shu had already opened the east gate and fled in a hurry with his civil and military officials and concubines.
Originally, Liu Bei wanted to continue the pursuit, but many of his troops surrendered and their military discipline was very poor. After breaking the city, he took the opportunity to plunder Luoyang City. Although Luoyang had been plundered many times, there was still a lot of damage in the city.
There are still many places worth looting.
Upon seeing this, Liu Bei could only stop pursuing Yuan Shu and instead ordered Gao Shun to lead a thousand soldiers and horses to maintain order. He himself, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others blocked more than a dozen city gates to prevent thieves from escaping.
Come in.
"Ming Gong, why don't you continue to lead the troops to pursue Yuan Shu? Capturing Luoyang is indeed a great achievement, but only by catching Yuan Gongluo, this is the first achievement of this troop dispatch!"
Yang Xiu is a twenty-year-old young man. He is tall and tall, but a little thin. As the legitimate son of the Yang family in Hongnong, he funded a lot of food and wages after Liu Bei led his troops to Hongnong, which earned him a lot of popularity.
Liu Bei's respect.
Liu Bei pointed at the chaos in the city and said helplessly: "Why didn't I know that catching Yuan Shu was the first step? But Dezu, please look at the chaos in the city. If we don't restrain the soldiers, I'm afraid the palaces in Luoyang will be burned down!"
Yang Xiu said loudly: "Since these surrendered soldiers are unwilling to abide by military discipline, what use are they? Just kill them all!"
Yan Xiang on the side immediately said: "Since ancient times, it has been unknown to kill prisoners, so this matter must not be done!"
He said to Liu Bei: "My lord, Julu Hou is now in charge. If there is news about killing prisoners at this time, I am afraid that it will attract criticism from officials in the DPRK and Julu Hou's dissatisfaction!"
Yan Xiang was Yuan Shu's chief clerk. When Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he was the only one who tried his best to dissuade him. However, Yuan Gongdao was blinded by lard and had to run towards death. After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, the situation changed.
Sure enough, things took a turn for the worse. Yan Xiang didn't want to perish with Yuan Shu, so he found an opportunity and escaped with more than a hundred cronies.
He first took shelter under Huangfu Song's tent, and later met Liu Bei and knew that he had a close relationship with the general Chen Cheng, so he surrendered to Liu Bei's command. Yan Xiang had been in Yuan Shu's army for a long time and was well aware of the reality of Yuan Shu's army. He followed Liu Bei on the expedition.
, and recruited and surrendered many soldiers and horses of Yuan Shujun.
At this time, after hearing Yang Xiu's suggestion to kill the surrendered soldiers together, Yan Xiang immediately stood up to stop them. Liu Bei was unwilling to massacre the surrendered soldiers, and knew that Yang Xiu's family had been killed by Yuan Shu's army, so he said: "The rebels
Although Yuan Shu escaped, the world is so vast that there is no place for him. Dezu can just rest in Luoyang City for a few days, and there will be news in the future."
After rectifying military discipline and killing more than a hundred rioters who were looting the city, Liu Bei led his troops and stationed themselves in Luoyang City. Luoyang had been in ruins for a long time after many wars, and many of the city walls and palaces were damaged, so Liu Bei
He led his soldiers to do some repair work, and also recruited nearby refugees to farm near Luoyang.
In just over ten days, more than 2,000 people were recruited. However, the surrounding area of Luoyang has long been deserted, and there is no food in the city. The army's supplies are not enough. If there are 2,000 more mouths, there will be even less food.
Liu Bei asked Yang Xiu to find a way to collect more grain and grass from Hongnong, and at the same time he wrote to Chang'an, hoping to allocate more grain and grass.
However, not long after the memorial was sent out, trouble broke out in Luoyang.
Chen Cheng was very strict in running the army, and all kinds of military laws and regulations were laid out there. As long as military discipline was violated, he himself would be whipped if he should be whipped, and those who should be punished with a rod would be punished. Liu Qian, with the dignity of a princess, would punish him
It will be slightly lighter.
Liu Bei's soldiers and horses belong to the Ministry of War, and the quota is three thousand, so supplies have always been distributed based on three thousand people. Even Chen Cheng said hello and said that he would give them more to protect the soldiers when they went on expeditions.
, you won’t suffer from cold or hunger, but it will only be 20% more than the normal supply.
The Xiliang army is well treated, and the soldiers are treated very well. In addition to rice and noodles, the supplies sent also include a lot of bacon, salted fish and other supplies. With an additional 20% of the supplies, Liu Bei is enough to
The three thousand men under his command lived a life where they could eat meat once a week.
However, Liu Bei first took Huangfu Song's 2,000 troops, and later surrendered more than 10,000 people, but the supplies did not increase. After distributing the soldiers' rations to those who surrendered, Liu Bei had already aroused dissatisfaction among the soldiers.
. Now they have to distribute some more food that is barely enough to feed their bellies, and the soldiers are even more resentful.
In the evening, after a tiring day, the soldiers returned to the military camp and were preparing to eat. They were surprised to find that the food had changed from dry rice to porridge, and now it had turned into gruel again. Looking at the rice in the bowl, one could even count the grains.
Some people shouted on the spot, "We have worked so hard to repair the city wall, why should we be fed this kind of rice?"
"that is!"
"We used to have a hard time under Yuan Shu, but we still had enough to eat! Now we have joined Liu Bei, but we are starving!"
Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Yuan Shu's old subordinate Lei Bo took the opportunity to shout: "Liu Bei treats the warriors so harshly, why don't you rebel?"
"Rebellion, rebellion!"
Another former subordinate of Yuan Shu, Chen Lan, also took the opportunity to fan the soldiers and shouted: "Come with me into Liu Bei's military camp! There are mountains of wine and meat there, which is enough for everyone to be happy for a while!"
There was indeed a lot of bacon and salted fish in Liu Bei's military camp, but there was no wine. But how could the angry soldiers care about this? They yelled and killed the soldiers and horses sent by Liu Bei to guard various places, and then
He rushed out of the military camp, set fire to the city, and launched an attack on the surrounding area.
The sudden commotion made the already quiet city become noisy. When Liu Bei heard the noise outside, he jumped up from the bed in shock. He didn't have time to put on his armor, grabbed the horizontal sword and rushed out, loudly asking outside
The guard asked, "What happened? Why is it so noisy outside?"
The guards didn't know what happened, and they had panicked looks on their faces.
"Ka ka ka ka", the sound of footsteps and armors colliding with each other came from outside. Liu Bei immediately drew out his horizontal sword and shouted: "Who is it?"
Gao Shun, who was fully clothed, quickly walked out of the darkness, knelt down on one knee at a distance of more than a dozen troops, and loudly reported: "General, the ten battalions of soldiers and horses in the city have rebelled, and they have now come here!"
After capturing Luoyang, Liu Bei himself did not live in the palace, nor did he allow his soldiers to live in it. Therefore, more than 15,000 people lived in the original city, not too far apart from each other. Once the rebels launched,
Soon they reached the vicinity of Liu Bei.
The torch on the side crackled, and the beating flames shone on Liu Bei's body, pulling out a beating shadow behind him. The expression on Liu Bei's face seemed to be constantly changing, and he took a deep breath.
, ordered loudly: "Gao Shun, lead troops to the streets immediately to quell the rebellion!"
Gao Shun hesitated for a moment and said: "General, the situation is unclear now. It is better to stay here for the time being and wait until dawn before sending out troops."
Liu Bei shook his head and was about to speak when suddenly there was an angry shout from outside, "I am Zhang Yide from Yan, who dares to fight with me?
