Chapter 6: Success in the Twelfth Section of the Heavens, August of the second year of Xingping of the Han Kingdom (195 AD). With food and ordnance, the armies of Xinfeng City immediately stabilized.

Under the persuasion of the Son of Heaven and Taiwei Yang Biao, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and others shook hands with Huang Fuhong, and everyone sat together to discuss ways to solve the crisis in Guanzhong.

After the Battle of Chang'an, the general's Northern Frontier Army and Han Sui's Western Liang Army withdrew from Guanzhong at the same time. Now, there are still four armies left in Guanzhong, including Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Ma Teng and Duan Xuan, with a number of about 50,000 people.

We can't beat these 50,000 people by force, and we have to think of other ways. Recently, there are many reasons why Yuan Shao did not launch an offensive.

First, after the Battle of Chang'an, his army suffered heavy losses and needed time to rest and replenish grain, grass and ordnance.

Second, earlier he could not be sure of the true intention of the Northern Xinjiang Army to withdraw its troops, and he did not dare to use troops lightly. The third is that Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and others are still strong, if they attack and kill the Son of Heaven, he will be charged with killing the king, and he does not want to become the target of the public before the hegemony is achieved.

Fourth, Luoyang is not stable. The Northern Xinjiang Army attacked the Kwantung region for more than a month, and besieged Luoyang for more than 20 days, which caused great damage to the Kwantung region, and it took time to appease the people, and it also needed time to recapture the Hangu Pass to ensure the safety of the Kwantung region.

Another point is the most important, that is, starting from the current situation in Guanzhong, how Yuan Shao can achieve the two goals of King Qin and capture Guanzhong at the same time, he needs time to think.

The current situation in Guanzhong is very favorable to Yuan Shao, under the premise of King Qin, Liu Biao's Jingzhou soldiers, Ma Teng's Xiliang iron cavalry, and Duan Xuan's Guanzhong soldiers are all willing to obey Yuan Shao's military orders.

After the Northern Xinjiang Army burst the embankment in the Yellow River and Hebei was damaged, it basically lost the possibility of sending troops to Qinwang again.

Therefore, as long as Yuan Shao killed Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and other rebels, King Qin would succeed. The Son of Heaven was saved, Guanzhong was in hand, and Yuan Shao had the final say on the rest.

He wants to depose the son of today and rebuild the imperial system, but he can change his course and re-respect the son of today.

Liu Biao definitely wanted to be the king of Qin and wanted to take the Son of Heaven to Nanyang for refuge, but Liu Biao absolutely did not want to see Zhang Ji and Wang Fang holding the Son of Heaven hostage to Nanyang.

Similarly, for the sake of their own survival, Zhang Ji and Wang Fang will definitely not hand over the Son of Heaven and let the Son of Heaven leave him and leave Guanzhong.

In this case, Yuan Shao and Liu expressed some kind of tacit understanding. Yuan Shao immediately turned his face and refused to provide food, intending to use the shortage of food to intensify the contradiction between Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and Huangfuhong, so that the generals of Guanzhong would fight each other, intending to win without a fight.

The general obviously expected this situation, and in order to ensure the safety of the Son of Heaven and also to fight against Yuan Shao, he immediately provided the Son of Heaven and the generals of Kwantung with food, grass and ordnance.

After Yuan Shao learned the news, what countermeasures would he take? The Kwantung generals hugged together again.

Yuan Shao's discord plan has lost its effect, and he can only fight. But Liu Biao would not risk killing the monarch to help Yuan Shao attack the camp of the Son of Heaven, and the same was true for Ma Teng and Duan Xuan.

The purpose of Ma Teng and Duan Xuan to take refuge in Yuan Shao was not to help Yuan Shao achieve hegemony, they wanted to be diligent to the king and establish a meritorious career.

They and Zhang Ji, Wang Fang, Huang Fuhong and others are all from Xiliang, and they have a deep friendship with each other, once they defect, Yuan Shao will be driven out of Guanzhong.

So it was difficult for Yuan Shao to fully trust them. Therefore, if Yuan Shao wants to occupy Guanzhong, there is only one way, that is, after Luoyang is stabilized, he quickly increases his troops in Guanzhong.

At the end of June, the Yellow River burst its banks, and the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew its troops from Guanxi, and it has been more than a month since then, and Yuan Wei's army in Yuzhou should have returned to Yuzhou.

Yuan Wei had an army of 20,000, and his army could be divided into two, one part entered Luoyang to help Fu Zhu, Chun Yuqiong, and Tao Sheng attack Guanxi, and the other part rushed to Nanyang to meet Zhu Ling, and went north to fight in Guanzhong.

Yuan Shao received reinforcements and his strength increased greatly, even if Kuai Yue, Ma Teng and Duan Xuan had opinions in their hearts, they did not dare to openly oppose them, especially Ma Teng and Duan Xuan, and they did not dare to have the idea of betrayal.

After careful discussion, many ministers, including Taiwei Yang Biao, Situ Chun Yujia, Sikong Zhang Xi, Shangshu Lingshi Sun Rui, Hussar General Zhang Ji, Shangshu Jia Xu, and Zhizhong Chongji, unanimously agreed that Yuan Shao's attack would not exceed October at the latest.

Jia Xu immediately proposed two countermeasures. The first is to retreat to Tongguan. Our strength cannot compete with Yuan Shao, and the wisest and safest way is to retreat to Tongguan, preserve our strength, and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

After retreating to Tongguan, we will not only be able to obtain grain, grass and ordnance from the Northern Xinjiang Army, but also receive assistance from the Guanxi and Hebei Northeast Xinjiang Army.

And when the general saw that the Son of Heaven was in Tongguan, he was more relieved and would not take the initiative to trouble us. In addition, after our 20,000 men retreated to Tongguan, the number of troops in Kansai increased greatly.

The Northern Xinjiang Army is guarding the east of Guanxi, and we are guarding Tongguan, no matter what Yuan Shao thinks, he will not be able to take Guanxi in a short time.

Yuan Shao couldn't take the Kansai, just like a fish bone stuck in his throat, he couldn't get in or out, and it was very uncomfortable.

Yuan Shao was uncomfortable, and our opportunity came. As long as the war lasted, the consumption of military resources was large, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou was definitely unwilling to continue to help Yuan Shao fight Guanxi when King Qin failed.

Now it is Yuzhou and Jingzhou that provide Yuan Shao with grain, grass and ordnance, Yuzhou is Yuan Shao's, but Jingzhou is not.

If Liu Biao of Jingzhou wants Kuai Yue to withdraw his troops, Kuai Yue will go back immediately. Ma Teng and Duan Xuan will not do their best for their own survival.

In this way, Yuan Shao was in a dilemma. Let's continue to fight, the loss is too great, and Kansai may not be able to fight yet.

If you don't fight, Guanzhong and Kanto will not be able to unite as one, and their hegemony will be seriously frustrated. It is especially serious that once the general survives this year, he will inevitably make a comeback next year, and Guanzhong will definitely be lost.

Yuan Shao cried, and we were about to laugh. The second method is more risky, but if it succeeds, we will be able to get rid of Yuan Shao this year.

Yuan Shao took advantage of our food shortage and used a discord strategy in a vain attempt to make us infighting, so that he could pick up a big bargain.

We're going to do it, and we're going to give him a divisive plan. Yuan Shao does not know about the provision of grain, grass and ordnance by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and his reinforcements will not arrive in Chang'an until the end of this month and the beginning of next month at the earliest.

We used this more than a month to drive a wedge between him and Kuai Yue, Ma Teng and Duan Xuan, and let them make trouble first.

Then he took the opportunity to raid Yuan Shao, caught him off guard, and forced him out of Guanzhong. Ma Teng and we are both friends, and in the past, we were both brothers who killed the enemy side by side on the battlefield of Xiliang, of course he didn't want to kill us, of course he trusted us more.

Duan Xuan and we were originally of the same mind, if it weren't for Li Dao, a bastard, who had to kill each other, he wouldn't have gone to Yuan Shao.

What benefits can Yuan Shao give him? Yuan Shao himself is a big rebel, and if he follows him, sooner or later it will be a dead end.

Following the Son of Heaven, everyone will be a famous minister of ZTE in the future, who doesn't know? These two people are easy to convince.

As for the way to separate Yuan Shao and Kuai Yue, it is even simpler. We asked the Son of Heaven to send a holy decree to Liu Biao, saying that we had persuaded the three generals Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and Huang Fuhong that we would take the Son of Heaven camp to Jingzhou and ask the Jingzhou army to escort it.

At this time, the situation in Guanzhong was very favorable to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao would not agree to Liu Biao to welcome the Son of Heaven no matter what.

Once Liu Biao is in charge, he will be the hero of King Qin. Yuan Shao will not only lose Nanyang, but also lose his status among the officials of various prefectures and counties.

In the future, Liu Biao will not only command him, but also command the officials of various states and counties in his place. At that time, Yuan Shao didn't want to say that he occupied Guanzhong, and even his own hegemony was probably going to turn into a big dream in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Yuan Shao did not agree to Kuai Yue escorting the Son of Heaven south to Jingzhou, and there was bound to be a fierce conflict between the two. As soon as the conflict is over, the opportunity for a surprise attack will come.

This one

The "raid" is not that we raid Yuan Shao, but that Yuan Shao comes to raid us. General Huangfuhong can go to deceive and surrender, he can offer advice to Yuan Shao, and he is willing to cooperate with Yuan Shaoli to kill the rebels and rescue the Son of Heaven.

Yuan Shao may be suspicious, but he is very likely to take a risk when the reinforcements have not arrived and Kuai Yue has many contradictions with him.

Because as long as he grabbed the Son of Heaven, the situation would completely change and be completely controlled by him. At that time, whether it was the Son of Heaven, Liu Biao, Ma Teng, Duan Xuan, or Kansai, they were all under his control.

Of course, if the Son of Heaven has an accident, he still has to take a big risk. However, Yuan Shao has always said that when today's son is not from the first emperor, he has always wanted to rebuild the imperial system, if he can quickly take Guanzhong and Guanxi, and the initial success of the king's tyranny, he will probably not be afraid of the accusations of the officials of various prefectures and counties.

So, this

"Risky", he will

"Risky". Yuan Shaolai raided us, and he wouldn't tell Kuai Yue, let alone ask Kuai Yue to help. Kuai Yue knew about it, and he was worried about the safety of the Son of Heaven, so he would definitely stop it.

Yuan Shao would not tell Ma Teng and Duan Xuan either, he didn't believe Ma Teng and Duan Xuan, and was worried that the news would be leaked.

Yuan Shao has an army, but there are only 20,000 people, and we are also 20,000 people.

As soon as Yuan Shao was defeated, the situation changed greatly, and Ma Teng and Duan Xuan would immediately defect. In this way, the strength of the two sides changed, and Yuan Shao and Kuai Yue saw that it was impossible for King Qin and to capture Guanzhong, so they could only withdraw their troops.

Captain Yang Biao and other ministers, as well as hussar general Zhang Ji, did not agree to the second method, and they strongly demanded to retreat to Tongguan.

With the food and ordnance of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Zhang Ji doesn't care about his own food reserves, he wants to preserve his strength now.

And Yang Biao took into account Xu Rong's advice and was worried about the safety of the Son of Heaven, so he did not hesitate to reject the plan to raid Yuan Shao.

Our people here are very complicated, and Yuan Shao has a lot of eyes and ears, once the news leaks, it will be self-defeating, and Yuan Shao will be calculated, and we will die.

Wang Fang, Huang Fuhong, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng, Jia Xu, Chong Ji and other ministers of civil and military affairs demanded the second method.

There is a huge concern in the first way to force Tongguan, that is, the situation next year will be very unfavorable for us.

Next year, once the general helps us defeat Yuan Shao and recapture Guanzhong, the Northern Xinjiang Army will not withdraw from Guanzhong again.

At that time, neither the Son of Heaven nor we had any reason to refuse the entry of the Northern Xinjiang Army into Guanzhong and the general to enter the government.

When the general enters the government, he will first deal with us, and our fate can be imagined. So now, the only way to do this is to take the second method, defeat Yuan Shao first, and then stabilize Guanzhong, and everyone still has a way to live.

The ministers refused to give in to each other, quarreled fiercely, and finally unanimously asked the Son of Heaven to decide. The Son of Heaven is fourteen years old, he has already performed the crown ceremony, he is an adult, and he should have his own ideas.

The Son of Heaven chose the second option. He went to Changmen Pavilion to ask Yuan Shao for food. Yuan Shao didn't give it. Chongji was very angry and scolded Yuan Shao, Lord Huangfuhong was almost killed by you, what do you want?

Do you want to kill the Son of Heaven before you stop? The seed album was beaten out of the Chinese army's big tent by the sticks. He ran to Duan Xuan's tent with a blue nose and swollen face, and begged Duan Xuan bitterly.

The Son of Heaven is already dying, how can you, as the minister of the court, turn a blind eye like a rebel? Duan Xuan gritted his teeth and snatched five carts of grain from the mouths of the soldiers for planting.

What's the use of this bit of food? If Yuan Shao is not driven away, the Son of Heaven will return to heaven sooner or later.

Duan Xuan sighed for a long time, heartbroken. Seed Ji went to see Kuai Yue again. The Son of Heaven is dying, you hurry up and escort him to Jingzhou.

If you don't save him, the Son of Heaven will either starve to death or be killed by Yuan Shao. Kuai Yue is full of tears and grief, how can I save Your Majesty?

Unless His Majesty himself is willing to go. Moreover, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang, and Huang Fuhong are also willing to stay in Guanzhong, otherwise Yuan Shao will not agree.

Chongji said, Okay, as long as you agree, and Lord Liu Biao agrees, I will go back and beg Your Majesty, and beg Zhang Ji to help them.

The next day, the Son of Heaven issued an order to ask General Zhendong and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao to send troops to escort him south to Jingzhou.

Kuai Yue received the holy decree, and while urgently telling Xiangyang Liu Biao, he hurried to Xinfeng City to meet the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and Huang Fuhong swore in front of the Son of Heaven that they and others were willing to lead the army to stay in Guanzhong and protect the imperial tomb for the Son of Heaven.

Kuai Yue was overjoyed, rushed back to the camp, and discussed with Yuan Shao about the drive. Yuan Shaotou poured a basin of cold water on him.

It's okay to drive, but you can't send the Son of Heaven to Jingzhou. Why? Kuai Yue said angrily, in the battle of Chang'an, didn't our Jingzhou army contribute?

We are here to help you fight the level, not to help you achieve the cause of the king.

Kuai Yue's speech was ugly, and Yuan Shao's speech was not polite. So you're here to be the king of Qin, and I'm here to help Liu Biao achieve the cause of the king?

King Qinwang is a matter for all of us, not your Jingzhou family. What do you mean by taking the Son of Heaven to Jingzhou?

Chang'an was burned by a fire, and the capital of the Han Dynasty was Luoyang. Luoyang is in my hands, but I asked you to take the Son of Heaven to Nanyang, what will the people of the world say about me?

The Son of Heaven didn't come to Kyoto, but he took refuge in Nanyang, so wouldn't I, Yuan Shao, become a traitor to the Han Dynasty? Do you want me to die without a place to bury?

Kuai Yue was speechless by his scolding. The series comes every day to urge Kuaiyue. Kuai Yue and Yuan Shao quarreled, and the two almost turned against each other.

Duan Xuan and Ma Teng were very angry, and it happened that Zhang Ji, Wang Fang, Liu Ai, Jia Xu and other old friends of Xiliang sent people to contact them one after another.

Following the Son of Heaven is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and following Yuan Shao is a rebel of the Han Dynasty, can't you see the situation clearly? The two then betrayed.

Yuan Shao knew very well in his heart that this was a discord plan by Zhang Ji and others, but he knew that this was a discord plan, and he had to play a trap.

Once the Son of Heaven really arrived in Jingzhou, his troubles were not big, but very, very big, and his situation was far worse than today.

He hurriedly wrote to Nanyang Zhu Ling, Chen Guogaogan, and Gao Rou brothers, and led the army to Guanzhong day and night to support.

In Xinfeng City, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and Huang Fuhong fought again. Huang Fuhong had no choice but to withdraw his troops from the Dao Pavilion and went to the Changmen Pavilion to ask Yuan Shao for food.

Yuan Shao, as always, was hospitable. Huang Fuhong scolded at the banquet, saying that Zhang Ji, Wang Fang, Yang Feng and others were all innocent rebels and wanted to kill the Son of Heaven.

Yuan Shao asked him, is it true that the Son of Heaven is going to Jingzhou?

"Of course it's fake?" Huang Fuhong gritted his teeth and said,

"The Son of Heaven is gone, where do they still have a way to live? These people just want to divide you so that you can't concentrate on attacking Xinfeng City. They not only separated you from the Jingzhou army, but also separated you from Ma Teng and Duan Xuan. I heard that they have secretly contacted Ma Teng and Duan Xuan, and are ready to find an opportunity to raid your camp and drive you out of Guanzhong. Yuan Shao sneered, unimpressed.

"In that case, what else are you helping them do? Don't help me get the Son of Heaven out sooner. ”

"I want to save the Son of Heaven, but how can I trust you?" Huang Fuhong glared at him dissatisfied,

"You say that you want to save the Son of Heaven, but in your heart you are thinking about how to depose the Son of Heaven and how to rebuild the imperial system. If I help you save the Son of Heaven, it is tantamount to harming the Son of Heaven, and I will not do it. Yuan Shao smiled,

"Jianshou, since you don't believe me, and you don't believe in the general, who do you believe? Do you believe Liu Biao? Huangfu Hong looked up to the sky and sighed, drank the wine in the jue in one gulp, and then hugged his head and cried.

Yuan Shao drank wine by himself, but he didn't persuade him, and let Huang Fuhong cry bitterly. When Huang Fuhong had cried enough, Yuan Shao asked, "Have you figured it out?" ”

"You promise me that you won't harm the life of the Son of Heaven." Shao was very happy and swore a poisonous oath.

"I'll go back to Xinfeng City." Huang Fuhong stood up, kicked the table in front of him, and shouted at the top of his voice,

"We should cooperate inside and outside, kill all the rebellions, and rescue the Son of Heaven." Tian Feng persuaded hard, my lord, Huangfu Hong is not credible.

This person only has the Son of Heaven in his heart, and he will do anything for the sake of the Son of Heaven. If he can betray the general, why can't he deceive you?

I'm afraid this is Huang Fuhong's ** plan, we can't be fooled.

"So what do you say?" Yuan Shao said angrily,

"The situation in Guanzhong has reached this point, and I can't help but guard against Ma Teng and Duan Xuan's rebellion. Instead of sitting back and waiting, it is better to take the initiative. ”

"My lord, it's better to wait for reinforcements to arrive before attacking." The trial also persuaded,

"The timing is not good at this time, once the army is defeated, there is no room for redemption." Yuan Shao didn't listen,

"If we lose, we'll get out of Guanzhong. If you win, you can succeed. Success or failure is at stake