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Yuan Shao greeted ten miles away from Huaicheng, everyone greeted each other, and then returned to the city. Yuan Shao wanted to invite Lu Zhi to take a seat, Lu Zhi bowed down and said, Your Excellency is now a general of the chariot and cavalry, in charge of state affairs, and his position is respectful and powerful, so he should be seated, and the order of respect and humility cannot be disordered. Yuan Shao was modest and reluctantly sat down. After Yuan Shao sat down, Lu Zhi respectfully sat on Yuan Shao's left side.

Xu You talked about the current situation, especially the movements of the three generals Yushi, Yang Feng and Yan Liang. Xu You said that according to our estimates, at least one of these three people would lead the army to cross the river to the south in order to form a horn with Xu Rong, who was stationed in Xingyang. In this way, it was the combined forces of Dong Zhuo and Li Hong who were blocking us in the northwest and due west. To the northwest were Li Su, Zhang Yang, and a general from northern Xinjiang, due west were Xu Rong and Hu Zhen, and to the southwest and south were Dong Zhuo's subordinates Li Meng and Lü Bu.

"Have the armies of the states and counties been assembled?" Lu Zhi asked.

"Not yet." Xu You shook his head and said, "The west is our main direction of attack, and more than 30,000 people have been gathered, and only Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiao and Jibei Xiang Bao Xin have not yet arrived." Cao Cao had already promised to send troops, and he would soon arrive at Sour Zao. Chen Guoxiang Xu Ling, Jingzhou Assassin Wang Rui and Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi have no intention of sending troops so far. Although other states and counties received the letter, and some even agreed verbally, they were all hesitant and waited, and they could not count on it for the time being. ”

Lu Zhi said to Yuan Shao with an anxious expression: "My lord, we must meet the alliance earlier in order to gather strength." Now that the forces of various states and counties are so scattered, they cannot pose a huge threat to Dong Zhuo. ”

"I've asked Meng Zhuo (Zhang Miao) to handle the affairs of the alliance." Yuan Shao said, "Just wait for the army to be assembled, and immediately make a blood alliance." ”

Yuan Shao then talked about several things he was worried about.

Yuan Shao undertook the control of the world, and led the troops and horses to fight against Dong with the general of the chariot and cavalry, and Yuan Zhang immediately became a rebel of the Han Dynasty. Yuan Kui, Yuan Ji and Luoyang's Yuan Valve relatives were naturally arrested and beheaded, which was also expected by everyone. The sacrifices made by Yuan Kui for the sake of Dong are obvious to all. No one scolds Yuan Shao because of this incident, in the face of righteousness, the sacrifice of the personal family is unavoidable, and Yuan Valve will win the reputation of the world because of his sacrifice, and be admired and worshiped by the world. Yuan Shaoqiang held back tears, buried the heart-rending pain in his heart, and killed his relatives with a knife, which is indeed a very cruel and painful thing.

Sacrifices must be worthwhile.

Yuan Kui's purpose was to use this "edict of inheritance" to determine Yuan Valve's position as the backbone of the discussion of Dong and his future dominance in the imperial court, and it was also this edict that forced all the scholars who followed Yuan Valve to the opposite side of today, so that they completely lost their way to retreat, and there was only one way to the end. The strong cohesive force and determination of the Dong Alliance are a mortal threat to northern Xinjiang, which is in dire need of help and relief. Dong Zhuo has exhausted himself and is unable to protect himself, and the existence of Northern Xinjiang is not determined by the support of Dong Zhuo and today's son, but by the support of Dong Zhuo and the powerful states and counties. Yuan Kui thought that Li Hong would definitely fall to the side of the Dong Alliance in the end, and he had no second choice at all. Now even if Li Hong wants to go south to quell the rebellion, his army needs to eat, drink and pay, how can he solve it? After Li Hong teamed up with Yuan Shao to fight Dong Zhuo, today's son was a potential worry for him. At this time, if Yuan Shao proposed to re-establish the new emperor, Li Hong would probably have to agree if he didn't agree. With Li Hong's support, Yuan Shao could not only re-establish the new emperor, but also have the opportunity to wait for the opportunity to govern.

Dong Zhuo didn't kill Yuan Kui immediately, which showed that he was very sober, and he also saw the power of it, and he might not want to immediately break with the Dong Alliance. Leave Yuan Kui, and everyone will have a chance to sit down and talk.

Yuan Shao wanted to save Yuan Kui and his relatives, so he was unwilling to take the lead in attacking, nor did he want other armies to immediately attack Luoyang. He is actually not in a hurry about the Sour Jujube Alliance, he is most anxious about how to control the situation and what method he can use to unite Li Hong.

Li Hong is now not only sending troops south, but also arresting Cui Jun, Wang Han and Yang Qi, and his approach is obviously to join forces with Dong Zhuo. There were nine generals in northern Xinjiang, and he successively sent six generals to the south, which was equivalent to sending more than half of the troops in northern Xinjiang to the south of the Great Wall. Xu Rong, Yushi, Yang Feng, and Yan Liang are now in Gyeonggi, threatening Dong Dajun from the front, and Zhang Yan and Lu Yi are one in Changshan and the other in Huguan, threatening Dong Dajun from the flank. This offensive posture of the Northern Xinjiang Army has seriously shaken the confidence of the Dong Army. Chen Guoxiang Xu Ling, Jingzhou Assassin Wang Rui, and Nanyang Taizhang Shi were originally hesitant to send troops, but now they saw the overwhelming army of Northern Xinjiang pouring down, and they did not dare to act rashly.

How to know Li Hong's attitude towards raising troops to fight Dong as soon as possible? How to pull Li Hong to his side as soon as possible and join forces to deal with Dong Zhuo?

King Hongnong was killed by Dong Zhuo, and everyone had expected this after Yuan Shao made public King Hongnong's "Edict of Inheritance". From the perspective of today's prince and the imperial court, the "edict" of King Hongnong has confirmed the name of usurpation, and it is a miracle not to die. The idea of Yuan Kui and Yuan Shao and his gang was to re-establish a vassal king as the new emperor, so that the scholars would have monopoly power and could revise and implement national policies without hindrance, and quickly stabilize the society. But Yuan Shao does not dare to make his thoughts public now. First, the future imperial court will nominally be the sole authority of the scholars, but in fact the Yuan lord will be in charge, which will cause infighting among the scholars, and it is possible to lose the support of the scholars of Luoyang and the scholars of various prefectures and counties. His strength is not good now, his foundation is not stable, and the crisis caused by the state and county raising troops to fight against Dong has not been resolved, and announcing this idea at this time is undoubtedly self-defeating. Since Yuan Shao didn't dare to say it, the second question was immediately raised, and the ultimate goal of courting Dong was gone. After everyone asks for Dong, if they continue to be loyal to today, then what's the point of asking for Dong today? Isn't he a disaster for the country? How could today's son let go of this gang of troops to fight against Dong and threaten to depose their own state and county officials?

The death of King Hongnong made everyone lose the ultimate goal of raising troops to fight Dong, and also made everyone at a loss, I don't know whether to continue to fight Dong or find another strategy? The army is already a fait accompli, everyone rides on the back of the tiger, and no one can get down. Now withdrawing troops is a dead end, but there is no chance of winning after reading about Dong, and everyone doesn't know what will happen to Dong in the future? One of the most important reasons for the delay in the assembly of state and county troops and horses is the most important reason.

How can this be resolved? Now that we have denied today's son, and even slandered him as not the son of the first emperor, everyone has no way to retreat, what method can be used to re-energize everyone's morale and confidence in Dong at this time?

Dong Zhuo has no money and food, Li Hong is racking his brains for money and food, and Yuan Shao is also worried about his money and food.

The prefectures and counties in the lower reaches of the Yellow River have been affected by disasters for two consecutive years, and this winter they have suffered from severe cold, coupled with the inability of the imperial court and prefectures and counties to provide relief, and more and more people have been affected. Although more than 2 million people have moved north in the past two years, most of them are people from counties north of the Yellow River, and the situation south of the Yellow River is still very grim. Small-scale riots in the counties near Mount Tai have been repeated one after another, and they have not stopped for the past two years. Everyone sensed that a terrible storm of rebellion was brewing, and once this tide broke out, it would sweep through the Central Plains like a raging storm.

The first emperor once issued an edict for this purpose, ordering all prefectures and counties to recruit county soldiers, and the wealthy men and lords set up their own volunteers in order to quickly suppress the rebellion of the displaced people. But for a variety of reasons, counterinsurgency is not very effective. On the contrary, the scale of the rebels and the resistance of the displaced people have become more stubborn. Especially after the grain was ripe in October last year, the states and counties had little relief in order to prepare for this crusade, which caused the anger of the people in heaven. First of all, it snowed all the time, and the homeless people were hungry and cold, and the corpses were everywhere. Then there were riots, frequent riots, and things got worse and worse. Although most of these minor rebellions were quickly extinguished by the official army, the anger of the displaced people had reached its extreme. At this time, the ant thieves Sima Ju, Xu He, Guan Cheng and others took the opportunity to raise the Yellow Turban banner in Mount Tai, and the rebel leaders and displaced people gathered one after another, and the riot was about to break out.

This time, in order to crusade against Dong Zhuo, the troops of Hebei, Yanliang Prefecture and Hanoi County almost poured out, and some prefectures and counties in Qingzhou and Xuzhou also raised troops to respond, and Zhang Chao of Guangling County in Xuzhou had already traveled thousands of miles to Suojube. With so many county soldiers and volunteers from the wealthy men of various places gathered in Chenliu County, the emptiness of the rear troops was obvious.

Will the Yellow Turbans take the opportunity to start a riot?

Yuan Shao and everyone knew this problem, and when riots had become a habit of the homeless people and a means for them to continue to survive, the occurrence of riots was inevitable. Qingzhou Thorn Shi and Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin couldn't come for a long time, and although Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian verbally agreed, he didn't make any promises, and this is the reason. At this time, millions of displaced people gathered in the area of Mount Tai, and the crisis of the riot had spread to the three prefectures of Qing, Yan and Xu, and they were at the center of the riot, and no one dared to easily lead troops out of the prefecture and county.

Since Zhang Jiao led a million-strong army to riot in the first year of Zhongping, the scourge of the Yellow Turban has become a stubborn disease in the Han Kingdom. Whether it is the Son of Heaven or the minister, they have become numb, turned a blind eye, and it is not strange to see it. For the state and county, there are too many displaced people and too many riots, and even if they have the heart to suppress it, they don't have the energy and money. If you have money for counterinsurgency, it is better to use it for disaster relief. Of course, where there are more riots, the richer the officials. Since the rebellion was not quelled, as soon as the Yellow Turban Army came, everyone had to close the city gate and make trouble for them. The mob without weapons and food could not be attacked for a long time, and naturally dispersed in twos and threes, which is the counterinsurgency strategy of most counties, and it is also the main reason why there are more and more rebels of the displaced people, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger.

If it weren't for the heavy snow this winter, the Yellow Turban Disaster might have been as calm as in the past, and would not pose a threat to the Dong army. But it snowed heavily in the first month, and as a result, the wind and clouds surged, and suddenly set off a stormy wave. When this wave will come down, everyone knows in their hearts, it should be in April this year, when the spring ploughing is due, that is to say, there are still two months to go.

Two months later, if the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in the four prefectures of Hebei, Qingdao, Yan, and Xu, at least half of the army gathered in Suozao would have to evacuate quickly. If the city is occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, it will not be a question of whether these state and county officials have anything to eat, but a question of where to stay. The foundation is gone, what war is there to fight?

The army of Dong is huge, and the lack of tens of thousands of troops is not a big problem, even if it affects the morale of the army, it doesn't matter. As long as the continuous supply of grain and grass can be guaranteed, this situation of deterrence can be maintained. But the problem is that if the Yellow Turban Army riot cannot be controlled, it will become more and more intense, and even threaten the security of the four states, this problem will be big. The army of Dong is not only in danger of running out of food and grass, but also has the possibility of annihilation. Secondly, even if the riot situation is controlled, the spring planting time will definitely be missed, and when the large fields are barren, how will the next year live?

How to deal with this earth-shattering Yellow Turban storm? How can this crisis be averted safely?

Yuan Shu's matter has now become a heart disease for Yuan Shao.

Yuan Kui did not arrange for Yuan Shu to go out of Beijing at the beginning, and Yuan Shu's departure from Beijing was purely an accident.

Yuan Kui admired Yuan Shao very much, and he repeatedly publicized Yuan Shao's next generation of family heads in public. But Yuan Valve's generation also has Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu, and their identities and official positions are stronger than Yuan Shao. For the glorious future of Yuan Valve, Yuan Kui handed over the important task of asking for Dong to Yuan Shao, and let Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu stay in the capital and be the same as himself. If this matter is successful, Yuan Shaogong will be high, not only holding the authority of the Han Dynasty, but also becoming the head of the Yuan family as a matter of course.

People are not as good as heaven, Yuan Shu unexpectedly went out of Beijing. This incident caused Yuan Kui to lose his participation in Shangshushi, and handed over the authority to Dong Zhuo alone, destroying Yuan Kui's overall strategy.

The matter of discussing Dong is a matter of social affairs, no matter how confused Yuan Kui is, he will not let the two Yuan lords command at the same time. Not only will the two of them be unable to coordinate their work, but the various forces of the Yuan Valve who are involved in this matter will also be at a loss, who are they listening to?

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have always been at odds. Yuan Shao looked down on Yuan Shu, thinking that he didn't learn anything, he was a gentleman, a loser. "Yuan Changshui, a ghost in the road" is a vivid portrayal of Yuan Shu. This Changshui refers to the captain of Changshui, and the nickname of Yuan Shu was left by him when he was the captain of Changshui, and he is known as the Beijing Division.

Yuan Shu looked down on Yuan Shao even more and scolded him for being a liar. Yuan Shao was brilliant and became a Lang official when he was a minor. At the age of 20, he became the magistrate of Puyang County in Yanzhou East County. This year, his mother died, and according to the etiquette system, Yuan Shao abandoned the official and went home to serve the mourning for three years. When the mourning period expired, Yuan Shao was full of filial piety and pursued his father's mourning period for three years. Although Yuan Shao was mourned in the past six years, he was not idle, making friends everywhere, and he was not noble or cheap, and he did not devote himself to intersecting, so Yuan Shao became famous. There are too many friends, and there is inevitably some gossip, and Zhao Zhong, the regular servant, once warned Yuan Kui and asked him to go back and tell Yuan Shao to restrain himself a little, not to show his edge too much, so as not to provoke a disaster. Yuan Shu scolded him for being a liar for nothing else, but for "a scholar without a nobleman". As long as the nobles have knowledge, Yuan Shao will vigorously make friends, but the scholars and lowly people will not be able to have knowledge, and they must also be famous. has no fame, Yuan Shao didn't even give him the door. "Aishi" is true, but Yuan Shao is to "raise a name".

The matter between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu is clear to Yuan Kui, and Yuan Shu will not obey Yuan Shao's orders. When he heard that Yuan Shu had arrived in Nanyang, he immediately knew that something was wrong. Yuan Shu knew that he didn't have as many friends as Yuan Shao, so he went directly to the foundation of Yuan Shao. Runan, Yingchuan, and Nanyang are full of Yuan Valve's protégés, and Yuan Shu is like a fish in water here, and he wants anything. Sure enough, after Yuan Shu got the letter of the Three Princes, he immediately sent a letter to Kong Ling, Li Min, and Xu Ling in Yuzhou, and Wang Rui and Zhang Shi in Jingzhou, telling them that you all have to obey my command and transport the army and food to Luyang for me. He even wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, telling him not to command blindly, saying that I was the master of the attack on Luoyang, and I was the head of the family.

In order to make up for this accident, Yuan Kui suppressed Yuan Shu, so he came up with the strategy of "undertaking the edict". In his opinion, Yuan Shao is "justifiable" as a general of the chariot cavalry, and you Yuan Shu must be obedient. In fact, this "edict" did not have much significance to please Dong Dajun, but it angered Dong Zhuo, and killed dozens of lives of King Hongnong and Yuan Zhu in Luoyang in a very short period of time, and the disadvantages far outweighed the benefits. King Hongnong's death too early was a big blow to the morale of the Dong army. Yuan Kui's premature departure from the court not only affected the communication between Dong Zhuo and the scholars, but also greatly dampened the confidence of the Luoyang scholars. The successive deaths of He Hao, Wu Qiong, Zhou Yu and others also caused the army to lose its internal response prematurely.

Is Yuan Shu obedient because of this? No. Another reason why Wang Rui and Zhang Shi have not moved for a long time is Yuan Shu's greed. Yuan Shu was born in a family of eunuchs, has been in officialdom for a long time, and is very clear about the dirt and darkness of officialdom, and he himself is one of the good hands. Relatively speaking, he also judged the situation more accurately, he knew how to get out of danger in time, and how to maximize the benefits for himself. Yuan Shu did not have any confidence in capturing Luoyang. These state and county soldiers and horses have not been trained and have no sophisticated weapons, and they are not comparable to the Northern Army and the Xiyuan Army, and they are even less comparable to the Western Liang Army. The lack of soldiers can be compensated for by numbers, but if the person who leads the army is not good at fighting, and even has the idea of preserving strength, then this battle should not be fought at all, but this is exactly the case now.

Yuan Shu is a general, the official is not small, and the soldiers have barely gathered 10,000 people through various relationships, but he has no money and no food, and relying on alms from others is not a long-term solution. He wants to earn his own flowers, so that the flowers are comfortable, and he doesn't have to look at other people's faces. So his eyes were on Nanyang and Jingzhou. With a population of more than 2 million alone, Nanyang is the richest county in the Han Kingdom. However, Nanyang is close to Gyeonggi and has no buffer zone, so Yuan Shu still wants Jingzhou. At this time, Yuan Shu's mind was no longer on attacking Luoyang, he was thinking about how to plot his territory, and he even dreamed about it at night.

A greedy and vicious tiger is eyeing from the sidelines, how dare Wang Rui and Zhang Shi leave their nest? I'm afraid that before the people arrive in Luyang, the state and county have already been lost. Wang Rui and Zhang Zhi didn't dare to say this to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are brothers, Yuan Shao is now a general of the chariot and cavalry, and he is the authority of the system, if Yuan Shao protects the short, then the matter will be a big trouble. At this time, the appeasement envoys sent by Dong Zhuo secretly rushed to Nanyang and Jingzhou, Zhang Zhi and Wang Rui almost did not hesitate, and immediately presented a plea to the Son of Heaven, declaring their allegiance to the Son of Heaven, and also agreed with Dong Zhuo to attack from the north and south and kill Yuan Shu.

Since Yuan Shu wanted to seize Nanyang and Jingzhou, of course he had to strictly monitor Wang Rui and Zhang Shi. This appeasement secret envoy of the imperial court was caught by Yuan Shu before he left the Nanyang realm. Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he saw the dedication table of the two, what should I do next? Did you send troops to attack the two? Of course not, he wouldn't be so stupid.

He immediately wrote a secret letter to Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, casually telling Wang Rui and Zhang Shi about the betrayal of the Dong Alliance, and asked him to immediately lead troops to Nanyang and kill both of them along the way. Sun Jian went north in the name of courting Dong, and these two people must be defenseless, and they will kill one accurately, without much effort. If he led his troops south to kill, it would be a series of bloody battles, and Dong Zhuo would be cheapened in vain.

Yuan Shu wrote to Sun Jian as early as when he started the army, inviting him to participate in the discussion of Dong. Yuan Shu said, what does it mean for you to nest in the place where birds don't poop in Jiangdong? Come to Nanyang, come to the Central Plains, this is your world. Now that Luoyang is in turmoil, all parties are gathering in Gyeonggi, and a bloody battle is imminent, which is the time for you and me to show their skills. Want to be a hero who makes a name for yourself? Want to make a world mark? Come to Nanyang, come to the Central Plains, you and my brothers join forces, the casino is invincible, and the world is invincible.

Sun Jian didn't hesitate at all, and agreed. He replied to Yuan Shu and said, "When I send my family to Lujiang County, Yangzhou, I will immediately organize my troops to go north to fight Dong." During the Chinese New Year, this matter was delayed for a while. A year later, Sun Jian wrote back to Yuan Shu and said, "I am reorganizing the army and horses, preparing food and wages, and I will be able to set off in about mid-February." Yuan Shu calculated the time, and estimated that he had not yet set off, which was just right, killing two birds with one stone.

killed two court officials for no reason, and it was unreasonable to be in love or in law. Yuan Shu thought for a while, and wrote a letter to the Cheqi General's Mansion, saying that Wang Rui and Zhang Shi had not paid food and salary so far, and if Yuan Shao couldn't solve it, he would find a way by himself, which meant that he was going to kill someone. This is, of course, full of nonsense. Wang Rui and Zhang Shi not only gave him food and salary, but also gave him treasures and beauties, lest they would offend him by being inconsiderate. Yuan Shao's Che Cavalry General's Mansion is now in charge of the matter of discussing Dong, and the concerts from all over the country are sent to the Huaixian camp.

Yuan Shu wrote another secret letter to Yuan Shao. Brothers are still brothers, although they are not in harmony, but when it comes to the major matter of seeking Dong, what should be said is still to be said, and it cannot be concealed or not reported. If he fails, he will not benefit himself at all. Yuan Shu then explained this matter carefully, and said that Sun Jian should carry a black pot for this murder. Wang Rui and Zhang Shi's surrender to Dong Zhuo cannot be known in any case, and if the news leaks, it will be a huge blow to the morale of Dong Lianjun.

Yuan Shao was worried, but he couldn't say it clearly. Sun Jian has been killing all the way, what will be the situation in the south?

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