After picking out all the princes and considering them carefully, Wang Xuan finally focused on three people, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei.
There is no Yuan Shao!
The reason is very simple. Yuan Shao's foundation is unstable. Yuan Shao's strength basically comes from the wealthy families who choose to support him. In this case, it is like a castle on the beach, which can easily be completely shattered by a big wave.
In other words, you can become a god if you have a favorable wind, and you can become a ghost if you go against the wind.
There is no way, if the foundation is not stable, then it will be like this. When the wind is going smoothly, everyone will support you. But once the headwind occurs, these aristocratic families will start to have some thoughts of self-protection. This is understandable. The reason for supporting you in the first place is
To gain greater benefits, choosing self-protection can also avoid greater losses, because your own strength is not enough!
This is also the reason why Yuan Shao failed to recover after the Battle of Guandu. After all, whether Yuan Shao takes over the world or Lao Cao takes over the world, it doesn't make much difference to these aristocratic families, and they will definitely not fight to the end with Lao Cao.
This was very important for Wang Xuan, who had experience in running a country. Yuan Shao liked to take advantage of the situation too much and did not understand that what is borrowed is always borrowed.
In Wang Xuan's view, if you take advantage of too much power, it is better to have no power. Only by relying on yourself to lay a solid foundation bit by bit can you consider taking advantage of the power. When you become powerful, you will consider taking advantage of the power. In this way, you can slowly take advantage of it
Only when what comes becomes one's own can it remain lasting for a long time.
Yuan Shu is different. The entire Yangzhou area in Runan is the base camp of the Yuan family. He has his own power, and his control is far superior to Yuan Shao's Jizhou in Hebei Province.
The remaining time is for inspection. Carefully inspect Cao, Liu, and Yuan, and choose one person to support you so that you can hide behind and absorb your luck!
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As soon as Sun Jian sent out troops, Dong Zhuo received the news immediately. He sat on a high couch, looked at the generals behind him, and said loudly: "The rats from Guandong have gathered an army of 400,000 to cause rebellion. What do the soldiers think?
"
A man stepped out from the tent, with a golden crown on his head, a hundred-flowered war robe, a Tang Ni armor, and a lion belt. He had sharp-cut cheeks and a pair of eyes full of murderous intent. He looked around and showed his domineering attitude towards the world.
, none other than Wen Hou Lu Bu.
The real most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms period was bound to be beaten as soon as he appeared on the scene. Even so, the best he could do was to force him back. Thinking of attacking Lu Bu was a delusion.
"It was because of my father's worries that the Kwantung Allied Forces were almost inferior to pigs and dogs in the eyes of my children. I brought 20,000 elite cavalry to defeat the rats in the Kwantung."
"It's no wonder that my son Fengxian is the best general in the world!" Dong Zhuo heard this and clapped his hands and laughed. He really liked Lu Bu very much. Without him, he was so fierce!
I think back then, Lu Bu attacked their defense line of tens of thousands of people by himself, and his subordinates Hua Xiong, Guo Bang, Li Que, Pan Chou, Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu and others were defeated by Lu Bu alone. If he hadn't run enough at that time,
Quickly, he was about to kneel on the spot. Even so, in order to delay him enough time, Hua Xiong and others were almost taken away by Lu Bu.
You must know that Hua Xiong has reached the pinnacle of Qi training and is able to break through to the master of releasing Qi at any time. Several other people are also generals who have achieved Qi training. A dozen generals combined cannot defeat Lu Bu.
one person.
At that time, Dong Zhuo was really frightened.
Now that he has Lu Bu under his command, he immediately feels full of security.
"You can't kill a chicken with a bull's knife. If you are a mere rat from Guandong, if you are willing to go there, you will definitely kill the opponent!" Hua Xiong stepped forward, and before Dong Zhuo could agree, he cupped his fists and saluted Dong Zhuo.
Hua Xiong, the former number one general in Xiliang, is indeed qualified to say this.
"Okay, if General Youhua takes action, he will definitely be able to destroy all the rats in Guandong in one fell swoop!" Dong Zhuo thought about it for a while and then agreed, "Feng Xian, you'd better follow me and stay in Luoyang to make sure those guys are honest!"
"Hua Xiong listens to orders!"
"The end is here!"
"I order you to be the vanguard, lead 40,000 infantry and cavalry, and march to Sishui Pass to guard against a sneak attack by the rats from the Kanto region."
"The general will obey the order!"
"Xu Rong listens to the order."
"The end is here!"
"I order you to lead an army of 50,000 men and defend Hulao without any loss."
"promise."
"Pan Chou, Zhang Ji ordered you two to lead one hundred thousand infantry to guard the dangerous places in Luoyang!"
"promise!"
"Li Que, Guo Si, you two lead 50,000 cavalry to guard Hangu. If Han Sui, Ma Teng and others dare to do anything wrong, they will be killed directly!"
"promise!"
"The rest of us will strictly investigate the movements of all parties in Luoyang. If anyone dares to liaise with the Guandong Rats, they will be killed without mercy!"
In fact, Dong Zhuo during this period was really capable and a wise man who could listen to people's opinions. Otherwise, he would not have been able to stir up the world.
However, throughout history, there is a reason why the issue of family background has been mentioned repeatedly. Many people come from humble backgrounds, but those with great talents and strategies can always reach the top when the world is in chaos, but once they reach a high position,
Afterwards, they will soon be completely destroyed by alcohol, sex, wealth and wealth. There are countless examples of this.
The most recent one was the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom. After establishing its capital in Nanjing, the Heavenly King was the first to fall. Immediately, there was internal turmoil and was quickly wiped out.
I won’t list other things like becoming a king. Anyway, it’s just a little bit. I have never seen the big world, I have never enjoyed luxury, and I was suddenly blinded by wine, sex and wealth. No matter how fast I rise, I will fall.
How fast.
Dong Zhuo himself was also like a bear. After returning to Chang'an, there were no external enemies and the natural danger of Hangu Pass. As the old saying goes, wine can penetrate the intestines, sex can be like a steel knife scraping bones, wealth can be like a tiger descending from the mountain, and anger can cause trouble.
, and when he returned to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo took advantage of these four items, plus he lived a comfortable life. It would be strange if he did not fall into depravity.
After passing the Sishui Pass, Hua Xiong led his men Li Su, Hu Zhen, and Zhao Cen, leading 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, and fought out in a mighty manner.
"My lord, the army only has three days' supply of food and grass?"
"It doesn't matter, it's the highway that's in charge of the logistics of food and fodder, so it's absolutely foolproof!"
Two days later, "Lord, the food and grass haven't arrived yet..."
Sun Jian was silent for a moment, but still chose to believe Yuan Shu, and said in a deep voice: "One third of the food will be distributed."
There was another moment of silence, "It's too late to retreat now. The whole army will collapse. We can only hope that Dong Zhuo's army won't find any clues."
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Wang Xuan has been sending people to pay attention to the battle ahead. After all, according to 'custom' this time, Sun Jian was defeated and his men rushed into the street.
Before entering the alliance's tent, Wang Xuan approached Liu Bei and whispered quietly, holding Sun Jian for a while to prevent him from making a fuss.
It was not easy for him to take the initiative in this matter. After all, Sun Jian was a prince from the same side and Liu Bei was also a prince from the same side. They had equal status and no one could find fault with his actions. As Zhang Miao's younger brother, his actions were a bit over the top. This had nothing to do with courage, but
It was something completely useless, so he didn't bother to care about it.