Chapter 10: Winning the Central Plains, Section 52, Luoyang officials discussed countermeasures day and night. After the successive victories of the Northern Xinjiang Army in the Central Plains and Guanzhong, all sides of the coalition army suffered heavy losses, their morale was low, and their morale was weakened.

For this reason, Yuan Shao decided to write to all parties in the name of the Son of Heaven, asking them to rush to Wancheng in Nanyang around October to meet the Son of Heaven and discuss strategies to save the society.

In terms of defensive strategy, although it is difficult to implement according to Yuan Shao's method, it is the only way, and now Yuan Shao's strength alone cannot hold Luoyang, nor can he stop the Northern Xinjiang Army from pacifying the world.

At present, the biggest problem in opening up the eastern and western battlefields is the lack of time. Yizhou on the west road was full of smoke, and it took time to quell the fighting and control Bashu, so as to form enough forces to attack Guanzhong in the north.

Cao Cao and Sun Quan of Xu and Yang on the East Road would have some strength if they could shake hands and join forces to deal with Hebei, but the two sides are now in a situation where they want to make peace, and then it is more difficult to turn around and deal with Hebei than to ascend to the sky.

Yuan Shao therefore planned to hold Luoyang first at all costs. As long as Luoyang is held and the Northern Xinjiang Army is dragged to the death under Luoyang City, Hebei's wealth may be dragged down, and he can also win precious time to open up the eastern and western battlefields, so as to turn defeat into victory and drive the Northern Xinjiang Army out of the Central Plains.

In order to defend Luoyang, in addition to strengthening the defense of the eight passes of Dagu, Yique, Guangcheng, Yuyuan, Hujiao, Xiaopingjin, Mengjin, and Hangu, the most important thing is to ensure the connection between Luoyang and Jing and Henan.

Now the Northern Xinjiang Army has entered Yingchuan, occupied Yangzhai City, and is attacking Luyang. If Luyang is lost, Luoyang will be surrounded by regiments, and the aid from Jing and Henan will be cut off, and the difficulty of holding Luoyang will be greatly increased.

Yuan Shao decided to immediately draw troops from the Kansai battlefield to attack Yangzhai. At present, there are more than 10,000 people in Duan Xuan, Gao Rou, and Zhu Ling on the battlefield in Kansai, and there are four dangerous passes in Shaancheng, Mianchi, Xin'an, and Hangu Pass.

Even if the Northern Frontier Army can reach Hangu Pass, it will take a while. Weighing the two, it is best to support the Yingchuan battlefield first to alleviate the Luoyang crisis.

Yuan's army went south to fight Yangzhai, which happened to hit the waist of the Northern Xinjiang Army. Once Yang Zhai was lost, the Northern Frontier Army attacking Luyang fell into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy.

Therefore, fighting Yang Zhai can not only solve the danger of Luyang, join forces with Liu Biao, Liu Bei and others to flank the Northern Xinjiang Army, but also defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Yingchuan battlefield, so that the Northern Xinjiang Army's strategy to encircle Luoyang this year will be a complete failure.

To open up the battlefield on the western road, we must first control Yizhou, but Liu Biao and Zhang Lu are eyeing Bashu, Liu Zhang and Zhao Wei are fighting each other for Bashu, and if Yuan Shao forcibly intervenes at this moment, it will definitely backfire.

Not only will it make the situation in Yizhou more chaotic, but it will also seriously delay the time to open up the battlefield on the western road. In order to complete the control of Bashu in the shortest possible time and quickly open up the western battlefield to attack Guanzhong, Yuan Shao decided to carefully discuss with Liu Biao, Zhang Lu and others when he met Nanyang in October, and strive to control Bashu as quickly as possible on the basis of taking into account the interests of all parties.

But Yuan Shao was very worried that the Northern Xinjiang Army would enter Hanzhong first and occupy Bashu. If the Northern Xinjiang Army occupies Bashu in front of itself, then in the future, the Northern Xinjiang Army can attack Jingzhou and Jiangdong from both land and water at the same time, and the coalition army will completely lose the power to resist.

Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is not strong, his Wudou Mijiao and Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao have a close relationship, if the Northern Xinjiang Army in Guanzhong enters Hanzhong from the direction of Dasanguan, and the former Yellow Turban generals in the Northern Xinjiang Army appease him, Zhang Lu may surrender.

If Hanzhong is lost, Bashu will not be protected. In order to ensure the safety of Hanzhong, Yuan Shao urgently wrote to Yuan Xi of Nanyang and asked him to keep troops in Hanzhong just in case.

At the same time, he asked him to send someone to Xiliang to get in touch with Han Yi. Han Sui was killed in battle, Han Yi and the Northern Xinjiang Army had a grudge against his father, as long as Han Yi could be persuaded to raise troops to raise an incident, the Western Xinjiang would inevitably be in chaos.

As soon as the western Xinjiang is in chaos, Guanzhong will be in danger. In order to stabilize Guanzhong, the Northern Xinjiang Army will definitely send troops to the western Xinjiang, which can not only temporarily alleviate the danger of Luoyang, but also remove the threat of the Northern Xinjiang Army to Hanzhong and win enough time for itself.

Whether the East Road battlefield can be opened up, and whether Cao Cao and Sun Quan will join forces to fight against Hebei, Yuan Shao is not sure.

With the Northern Xinjiang Army winning successive battles and Xu and Yang in jeopardy, Cao Cao and Sun Quan may change their course and turn to Hebei.

Now the two sides are accepting Hebei's mediation, and Hebei is also trying its best to win them over in order to fight Luoyang.

At present, Yuan Shao could not find any reason to convince them to fight against Hebei, unless Cao Cao and Sun Quan gained a firm foothold in Xu Yang and had the strength to confront the Northern Xinjiang army, they would not kill themselves.

The situation on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River is now very delicate, and it affects the whole body. Cao Cao was firmly pinned down by the Northern Xinjiang Army, unable to move, and unable to send troops to control Lujiang County on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Cao Cao could not occupy Lujiang County, so he faced the threat of Jiangdong and could not gain a firm foothold in Jianghuai. Jiangdong was under the attack of Cao Cao and Liu Biao on both sides, and in order to get out of the predicament, Sun Quan pinned down Cao Cao in Hebei and attacked Liu Biao at all costs, intending to stabilize Jiangdong.

Liu Biao was dragged on the battlefield by Jiangdong, unable to advance or retreat, and was unable to go north to support Yuan Shao. In order to get Liu Biao's assistance, and also to let Cao Cao and Sun Quan get out of the predicament and quickly stabilize Jianghuai and Jiangdong, so as to get rid of the threat of Hebei and help him contain the Northern Xinjiang Army, Yuan Shao planned to send troops to attack Lujiang County and break the dilemma on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River.

In order to attack Yingchuan, the Northern Xinjiang Army let Yuan Yao's army leave Lujiang County and enter Runan. Jiangdong's army was attacking, and Liu Biao did not dare to go north to take all of Lujiang County, so as not to anger Cao Cao.

Cao Cao also did not dare to move, fearing that he would anger Hebei and cause the negotiations to break down, and Xuzhou would be hit. Therefore, there is currently no army in the northern part of Lujiang County, and Yuan Tan can swagger into Lujiang County, and take Lujiang County in one fell swoop when the Jiangdong Army and the Jingzhou Army are fighting fiercely in Jiangxia.

After Yuan Tan took Lujiang County, he was able to not only threaten Jiangdong, but also give Lujiang County to Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao could quickly gain a firm foothold in Jianghuai.

Cao Cao gained a foothold in Jianghuai, which in turn could threaten the Central Plains to pinn down the northern Xinjiang army, and could help Yuan Tan control the southern counties of Yuzhou.

Jiangdong lost Lujiang County, the defensive line shrank to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and was threatened by Cao Cao and Yuan Tan, so it could only withdraw its troops from Jiangxia.

But the withdrawal of troops will leave Jiangdong with nothing, and Jiangdong County is still under the attack of Cao Cao and Liu Biao, at which time Yuan Tan can intervene.

Under the threat of Hebei's strength, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Biao had to form an alliance to gain the greatest benefits.

After forming an alliance, Cao Cao, with the support of Jiangdong and Jingzhou, could temporarily get rid of the threat from Hebei and quickly regain his strength.

Sun Quan was also able to temporarily get rid of the danger of Cao Cao and Liu Biao being attacked from both sides, and quickly stabilized Jiangdong. Liu Biao was able to temporarily get rid of the threat of Jiangdong and go north to support Yuan Shao.

Judging from the overall situation, if Cao Cao, Yuan Tan, and Sun Quan could work together to open up the eastern battlefield and launch an attack on the Central Plains when the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked Luoyang, it would be much less difficult for Yuan Shao to hold on to Luoyang.

But in fact, it was simply impossible, Cao Cao's strength was not restored, Sun Quan did not stabilize Jiangdong, and Yuan Tan did not completely control Yuzhou, even if they joined forces, they did not dare to rashly attack the Central Plains.

Unless the Northern Xinjiang Army suffered huge losses under Luoyang City and had become the end of the crossbow, Cao Cao and Sun Quan would not dare to openly jump out to confront Hebei no matter what.

For a long time, Cao Cao and Sun Quan still pedaled two boats in order to get the most out of the cover between Hebei and Luoyang.

Since Cao Cao and Sun Quan did not have the confidence and courage to open up the eastern battlefield against Hebei, Yuan Shao had to choose the most difficult road, that is, to control Yizhou and open up the western battlefield.

There are now three forces in Yizhou. Zhang Lu in Hanzhong has married Yuan Shao. Zhao Wei in Jiangzhou had a close relationship with Liu Biao and repeatedly asked Liu Biao for help.

Liu Zhang in Chengdu was attacked by Zhang Lu and Zhao Wei from the north and south, and his life was difficult, and he had asked Yuan Shao for help several times.

Now is the best opportunity to take control of Yizhou. But the problem is that Liu Biao has long wanted to take Yizhou. If it weren't for the Central Plains War, and not because Jiangdong repeatedly attacked Jiangxia, Liu Biao would have used Zhao Wei to successfully occupy Yizhou.

At today's critical moment when it is related to the survival of Sheji and the life and death of Luoyang, Yuan Shao certainly can't offend Liu Biao because of this matter, not to mention that he doesn't have any extra troops in his hands to fight Yizhou.

However, Jingzhou has frequently used troops in recent years, and the losses are also very large, if another army is sent west to Yizhou, the defensive strength of the Luoyang and Nanyang lines in the middle will be seriously insufficient.

Yuan Shao's army was mainly concentrated in Luoyang, and the defense of Nanyang mainly relied on the Jingzhou army, so now there is only one person left who can undertake the important task of advancing west to Yizhou and opening up the battlefield on the western road, and that is Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei's war in the Central Plains, not only did the army suffer astonishing losses, but even Xuzhou was ceded to Cao Cao. Although Liu Bei later took Yuzhou by name, it was actually mainly to help Yuan Shao block the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and there was no benefit.

Especially after Yuan Tan arrived in Yuzhou this year, Liu Bei became an ornament. Not only Yuan Shao and Cao Cao felt very sorry for this incident, but even Liu Biao and many officials of the coalition army were unhappy about it.

Fortunately, Liu Bei is a minister of the clan, and he has always put the overall situation first, handled it calmly, and did not react violently, but passive sabotage is inevitable.

This time the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked Yingchuan, and almost the entire territory was lost in a short period of time, which had a lot to do with Liu Bei's passive defense, and he did not call in his army for a long time.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei used the pretext of killing Yuan Yao and the Yellow Turban Army to take the army around Honghepi, but they didn't go to the Yingchuan battlefield.

If Liu Bei is allowed to lead the army west into Shu, it is just right to transfer him out of the Yingchuan battlefield and let Yuan Tan take charge of Yuzhou justifiably, and at the same time return Liu Bei's favor.

Liu Biao and Liu Bei are both ministers of the clan, and the relationship has always been good, so Liu Bei is in charge of Yizhou, and Liu Biao has nothing to say, and he has cut off Liu Biao's ambition to expand his strength.

Liu Bei can fight well and is very loyal to the Son of Heaven, after he arrives in Yizhou, in order to save Sheji, he is bound to do his best to open up the battlefield on the west road and attack Guanzhong in the north.

Yuan Shao's suggestion was unanimously approved by everyone. Yuan Shao then wrote to Yuan Tan, telling him in detail about Luoyang's defensive strategy after the Battle of Guanzhong, and asked him to rush south to attack Lujiang County, and strive to make Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Sun Quan form an alliance as soon as possible.

Once the situation on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River is under control, Yuan Tan can return to Yuzhou to lead the army to attack Yingchuan, Liu Biao can lead the army north to support Luoyang, and Liu Bei can lead the army into Shu to open up the battlefield on the western road.

In order to delay the speed of the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on Guanxi and Yingchuan and give his side time to buy time, Yuan Shao decided to accept Li Hong's invitation and sent people to Dingtao to negotiate peace.

In the second half of July, Yuan Zhong and Xianbei were ordered to send envoys to Hebei. In August of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty (200 AD), Jinyang.

In late July, the army of Liyi and Yang Feng attacked Shaancheng and was blocked, and Liyi immediately wrote a letter urging reinforcements.

By August, Koji's wording in the cantata began to be harsh, and he wrote three books a day, and he was furious.

At the same time, the concerts of the generals of the unified army on the battlefields urging the imperial court to increase troops also poured into Jinyang like snowflakes.

In mid-August, the general Pang De of Zhengxi hurriedly played the imperial court, and the Qiang people in the Xiliang locust and Caohan areas were killed in the battle of Guanzhong because of Qu Shuai's long time, and the leaders of various tribes fought in order to compete for the position of Qu Shuai.

Among them, the defeated asked for help from the burning Dangqiang near the West Sea outside the country, and more than a dozen Xiqiang tribes about thousands of iron horsemen slaughtered into Jincheng County, and wolf smoke rose in the Huangzhong area.

Two days later, Pound arrived in a hurry. After the Xiliang generals Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Candidates, Ma Wan and others were killed in the Battle of Guanzhong, their land and property were wantonly plundered by Han Yi, Yang Qiu and others, and the relatives and tribes of Li Kan and others were greatly annoyed and asked for help from the Qiang people on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Tietou, one of the great leaders of Xiqiang, led his troops across the river and fought fiercely with Han Yi's army. Only one day later, the first Lingqiang leader rushed to report to the imperial court.

The Burning Dangqiang Marshal Hongri suddenly led his army to the vicinity of the Heavenly Dome Desert and launched an attack on the Xian Lingqiang Iron Cavalry.

Outnumbered, the wind and sand led the army to retreat in a hurry, and has now withdrawn across the Yellow River and returned to the territory of Xianlingqiang. The entire territory of Wuwei County was lost.

There was tension in the court. Lord Taiwei Xu Rong hurriedly played the imperial court. After the death of Han Sui, the western frontier lost control, and there was still inevitable chaos.

Considering the stability and security of Guanzhong, Xu Rong pleaded with the imperial court to immediately order an increase in troops and defenses. Since the Huns, Xianbei people, and Duliao iron cavalry have all returned to Saiwai, only Nie Xiao's Qiang cavalry, Wei Jun's Wula iron cavalry, and Hua Xiong's and He Feng's infantry armies are left in Guanzhong.

The army of soldiers under the command of Li Yun and Zi is currently unusable, and the troops are seriously insufficient. Xu Rong therefore suggested that the imperial court immediately issue an order to stop the attack on the Kansai battlefield and instead transfer troops from the Kansai battlefield back to defend the pass.

After receiving the decree from the imperial court, Lu Yi was furious, wrote a letter demanding that the attack continue, and impeached the prime minister Cai Yong and the imperial lieutenant Xu Rong, believing that the two ministers of the court and the central government ignored the great cause of Zhongxing, one refused to increase troops, and the other demanded that the attack on Luoyang be stopped, and the crime was unforgivable.

The imperial court issued a decree rejecting Xu Rong's plea. Xu Rong was extremely angry and wrote a letter to impeach Koji Yi, believing that he disregarded the overall situation and disregarded the safety of Guanzhong, and demanded that the imperial court immediately punish him, and immediately issued an order to stop the Kansai War.

Xu Rong and Lu Yi blamed each other, and the spearhead was invariably pointed at Prime Minister Cai Yong. Prime Minister Cai Yong was greatly annoyed, and he also wrote a letter of impeachment, scolding Xu Rong and Lu Yi with blood.

Pang De, the general of the expedition to the west, sent another urgent report, and the western counties of Jincheng and Longxi have been involved in the war, and the situation in Xiliang is extremely critical.

Regardless of dissuasion, Ma Chao led his troops to leave Hanyang without authorization, rushed to Longxi, and borrowed troops from Bai Maqiang.

I implore the imperial court to immediately reinforce the western frontier. The eldest princess and the ministers of the court and the central government repeatedly argued about the increase in troops, and they were all anxious.

Boss Gai Xun had already sent Shi home to retire, and when he heard about the chaos in Western Xinjiang, he took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Western Xinjiang, but was rejected by the eldest princess.

In August, the eldest princess listened to the advice of the imperial lieutenant Xu Rong, and ordered the Shaofu Jia Xu to lead the Liangzhou Assassin History as the secretary of the two thousand stones, hold the festival, supervise the military and political affairs of Liangzhou, and take office immediately.

In mid-August, ministers such as Taichang Xu Shao, Guangluxun Zhang Yan, Weiwei Lü Bu, Sili Xiaowei Zuoyan, Shangshu Tian Chou, and Qianzhishu Yushi Chen Hao returned to Jinyang.

Two days later, eight generals, including the left cavalry general Xian Yufu, the later general Yushi, the left general Yan Liang, and the Long Xiang general Zhao Yun, returned to Jinyang.

Also arriving at the same time were six ministers, including Yang Qi, Liu Yi, Chen Gong, Dong Zhao, Yang Yi, and Jin Shang. The two prefectures of Qingyan have basically stabilized, and they have both been recalled to Jinyang by the imperial court.

Three days later, Yan Rou, the general of Zhenbei, Huangfu Li, the doctor of Taizhong, Duan Xuan, the general of Hu Ben, and Xie Wu, the captain of the city gate, led Hu Ben and Yulin to return to Jinyang.

In the second half of August, Zhu Mu, the Taishou of Hanbei County, and Yu Peng, the capital of Liaodong Prefecture, were ordered to return to Jinyang. The number of important ministers in the northern frontier increased suddenly, and the debate on increasing troops became more intense.

Prime Minister Cai Yong, Imperial Historian Liu He, General Master Kong Rong and other ministers had a premonition that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable.

In mid-August, Master Zheng Xuan led his disciples Xi Xuan and Zhao Song to Jinyang and preached Master Dong Zhongshu's plan

"Three unifications". Jinyang and Handan have set off a recovery one after another

The tide of the authoritative position of the "three unification theory". Zou Yan and Liu Xin, the old and new masters

The "Five Virtues Always Say" has been seriously challenged. The Hebei scholars launched heated debates on various occasions,

The "three unification theory" began to spread up and down Hebei. In late August, Zheng Xuan, Zhao Qi, Wang Jian, Xu Shao, Cai Yong, Yang Biao, Chun Yujia, Xun You, Zhong Xuan, Kong Rong and other contemporary Confucians gathered in Jinyang University Hall to start a debate on the order of ancient emperors in the "World Classic" by Master Liu Xin, which then sparked

"New Classics",

"Ancient Classics" and

A big academic controversy between the three schools of "modern literature and classics" resulted in a situation that made the court jaw-dropping.

The two schools of modern and ancient scriptures have joined forces

The "New Scripture" is difficult, Master Zheng Xuan and

The official status of the "New Classics" has been questioned and attacked. The eldest princess was shocked, and convened Xian Yufu, Zhang Yan, Li Wei, Zhu Mu, Tian Chou, Yu Peng, Tian Yu and other northern Xinjiang officials overnight to discuss matters.

The "new classic" is the foundation of the people of Northern Xinjiang and the basis for adhering to the Zhongxing strategy to innovate and improve the system of the previous dynasty.

"Jinwen Jingxue" is the foundation of the old ministers of the former dynasty headed by Yang Qi and Chun Yujia, and the basis for adhering to the Zhongxing strategy and carrying out moderate improvements in the system of the previous dynasty.

"Ancient Literature and Classics" is based on Cai Yong, Xu Shao and a group of old ministers of the dynasty, and is the basis for adhering to the Zhongxing strategy to carry out retro repairs in the system of the previous dynasty.

Today, the two schools of modern and ancient scriptures have joined forces to attack

The "New Scripture" is obviously aimed at the northern Xinjiang forces and the imperial court's Zhongxing strategy, and its intention is self-evident.

"Immediately enact a revised bureaucratic system." Xian Yufu said decisively,

"Don't discuss this matter anymore, don't hesitate any longer, and resolutely stop them before they have inflicted a heavy blow on the 'New Scripture'."

"But......" the eldest princess hesitated,

"The newly revised bureaucratic system has not yet been discussed by the court, and there may be flaws in some aspects. If ......"

"If there's trouble, we'll revise it again in the future." Zhang Yan waved her hand categorically,

"The concentration of power in the hands of His Highness is to solve these tricky things." The eldest princess was still a little hesitant.

After all, the revision of the official system is directly related to the success or failure of the great cause of ZTE, and it is necessary to be cautious and cautious, and not to be so hasty.

Xian Yufu and Zhang Yan urged repeatedly. Li Wei, Zhu Mu, Tian Chou and others were also uneasy and did not dare to speak nonsense.

"Your Highness, make a decision now." Xian Yu bowed down and said,

"Even if something big happens, we still have a general." This sentence made the eldest princess's eyes light up, and the melancholy on her face was suddenly swept away,

"Okay, tomorrow morning, the new system will be promulgated." In the court, the eldest princess issued orders in the name of the Son of Heaven.

Accepted Xu Rong's resignation, dismissed him from his position as a lieutenant, and turned to Guanglu doctor Yang Biao as a lieutenant. dismissed Li Wei from his post as a scholar and turned to him as one of the nine kings.

Removed Zhong Xuan from the post of Dasi Nong, and let him lead the history of Yanzhou as the secretary of the two thousand stones. He was dismissed from the post of secretary of Xun Youzhong and worshiped the Shaofu as one of the nine Qings.

Worship Shang Shu Tian Chou as the middle book supervisor. Worship Shangshu's right servant and shoot Cui Yan as Shangshu Ling. Prime Minister Cai Yong and other foreign ministers were surprised and delighted.

It was expected that Yang Biao would be appointed as a lieutenant, but it was unexpected for Cui Yan to become Shang Shuling. Could it be that the people of Northern Xinjiang took the initiative to give up Shangshutai in order to increase their troops?

Soon, the smiles on their faces were gone, replaced by anger and horror. The new official system was promulgated, and the power of Shangshutai was greatly weakened, and all decision-making power was transferred to the Zhongshu Supervisor.

The scale of Shangshutai was reduced, and the institution of the Chinese book supervision was expanded. At the same time, the decision-making power of foreign dynasties was also weakened.

Although the state affair is still by

"The four governments are collegial", but the eldest princess holds the authority, and state affairs are handled by the middle secretary

The "collegiate meeting of the four governments" has become a virtual reality. There was chaos in the court, and the ministers advised one after another, and even thought that the new official system had not been approved by the court and was ineffective, but no minister scolded the officials in northern Xinjiang from beginning to end.

Because it is obvious that although this new official system deprived some of the power of the foreign dynasties, it also deprived the people of northern Xinjiang of their authority, and the power of the general Li Hong was sharply reduced.

The ministers of the foreign court could not scold if they wanted to. The eldest princess joined forces with the people of northern Xinjiang and dealt a heavy blow to the ministers of the foreign courts.

After the end of the court meeting, Prime Minister Cai Yong, Taiwei Yang Biao, and Yushi Da Liu He urgently made an appointment with Xian Yufu, the general of the Left Che Cavalry, Zhang Yan of Guangluxun, and Li Wei, the new chief Si Nong, and Tian Chou, the new supervisor of the middle book.

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