Chapter 1 Danger lurking Section 17 Although Li Hong made up his mind not to send troops to quell the rebellion, he had personally agreed to Yuan Shu on this matter, and now the trend of the Quartet's checks and balances has gradually taken shape, if he blindly delays and refuses, I am afraid that it will anger Yuan Shu and cause unnecessary trouble.

In any case, Dong Zhuo is the target of Northern Xinjiang that really needs to be attacked and suppressed, while Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are the targets of Northern Xinjiang.

The alliance between Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Northern Xinjiang is not only directly related to the survival of Northern Xinjiang next year, but also related to the question of how long the trend of checks and balances will last.

The longer the balance is maintained, the more beneficial it will be for northern Xinjiang. As long as the northern Xinjiang gets rid of many crises and becomes stronger, it will be an easy task to both Qinwang and stabilize Sheji.

Li Hong summoned Li Wei, Yu Peng, Yang Feng and others to discuss. Li Hong was inclined to send troops to quell the rebellion. Due to the threat of northern Xinjiang and the increasingly rampant riots of ant thieves in Montenegro and Qingzhou, Yuan Shao, Han Fu and others were afraid of defending the enemy on both sides, so they were forced to accept Li Hong's covenant, but this alliance was an alliance between northern Xinjiang and the army of Dong.

In this way, on the one hand, Northern Xinjiang formed a tripartite balance with Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu, and on the other hand, it unilaterally formed an alliance with Dong Dajun.

This kind of practice and attitude of swaying on both sides and currying favor on both sides in northern Xinjiang is not only a matter of not being firm and unclear, but also an attempt to take advantage of the contradictions between all sides to benefit from the fishermen.

Once Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu know about this matter, it is not yet known what kind of response they will make, but one thing is certain, whether it is Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shu, they must be very angry at this kind of behavior in Northern Xinjiang, which harms others and benefits themselves, and the only little trust between them will be gone.

What is particularly worrying is whether the newly established tripartite checks and balances will also break down?

After forming an alliance with Dong Dajun, in order to prevent Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu from reacting violently, Northern Xinjiang also made corresponding countermeasures, mainly threatening and restraining Dong Zhuo and befriending Yuan Shu.

Li Hong ordered the reduction of the garrisons of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin and the requisition of 10,000 troops back to Hedong, just to threaten Dong Zhuo, and sent Tian Chou to Nanyang to meet Yuan Shu, just to explain to Yuan Shu the matter of shaking hands with Yuan Shao in Northern Xinjiang and Yuan Shao, and to discuss with Yuan Shu the specific policy of mutual assistance.

Northern Xinjiang can't convince Yuan Shu with one mouth, it must have practical actions that Yuan Shu can see, and use it to prove that Northern Xinjiang keeps its promise and is willing to sincerely join forces with Yuan Shu to check and balance.

Northern Xinjiang and Yuan Shu got closer, and the threat to Dong Zhuo was greater, and they had more strength to suppress and restrain Dong Zhuo.

How can Beijiang and Yuan Shu rebuild trust with each other? That is to form a large army with Yuan Shu and send troops to quell the rebellion.

First, the northern Xinjiang fulfilled the original promise, the second was to help Yuan Shu gain merit and fame, and the third was to come to the northern Xinjiang to get the favor of the soldiers and horses of Dong's army, which would help the army to go south to stabilize Sheji in the future, and fourth, it could also quell the riots in Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou as soon as possible and defend Sheji.

Li Wei, Yu Peng and others also agreed to send troops to quell the rebellion. The military expenses of the counterinsurgency army were provided by Yuan Shu, and the northern Xinjiang only needed to send people.

Moreover, now that the situation in Gyeonggi has changed, there is no reason for Northern Xinjiang to insist on not sending troops. At present, there are only 10,000 troops stationed in Luoyang, and in addition to guarding Mengjin, Xiaopingjin, and Hujiao, the northern Xinjiang can only send about 2,000 to 3,000 troops at most.

If Northern Xinjiang is not even willing to come out with this little bit of people, it is really unreasonable. Yang Feng, Sun Qin and others were reluctant to send troops.

They still have the same reason, when the imperial court appeased the Yellow Turban Army, the first emperor and Li Hong swore that they would never recruit the Yellow Turban Army to fight the Yellow Turban Army.

Li Hong smiled: "Let's make a compromise." Let's send troops first, and fight for Yuan Shu first, so as not to tear their faces and hurt the peace. After the army arrives on the battlefield, whether to fight, when to fight, and how to fight is not our own business. If you agree, I will write to Zhang Yan personally. ”

"Who's in charge?" Yang Feng asked,

"If it's Yan Liang, I still don't agree."

"What do you see?"

"In the past, no one wanted to go to the generals of the Yellow Turban Army." Yang Feng said,

"Those who don't want to die in a war can't be allowed to go. If Yan Hutou goes, it will be strange if he doesn't fight, he will make meritorious contributions. ”

"I'm going to let Gao Ran and Gao Shun go, what do you think?" Li Hong asked. Yang Feng and Sun Qin looked at each other and smiled at each other, and nodded at the same time.

Late July. Liang Baiwu, Lin Xun, Li Yun, and Yang Chun led an army of 10,000 to return to Hedong. Captain Wu Xiong led 3,000 troops to garrison Mengjin and Xiaopingjin.

Hulie's general Yan Liangqin led 4,000 soldiers to defend Tiger Prison and Xingyang. Wu Yi Zhonglang led Gao Lan and Wu Meng's captain Gao Shun to Zhongmu with 3,000 troops, waiting to join Yuan Shu's army, and prepare to go to Yanzhou and Xuzhou to quell the rebellion.

After Chang'an received the news that the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court was about to set out, the Son of Heaven immediately issued an edict to reward the soldiers of the counterinsurgency army.

Yuan Shuzun was the son of today, did not recognize the court ruled by Dong Zhuo, and claimed that he only joined forces with the hussar general Li Hong to send troops to quell the rebellion, so there was not a single soldier of the Northern Army in this army.

Dong Zhuo wanted to send troops, if nothing else, he wanted to forcibly pull Yuan Shu to his side. Sending troops together with the Northern Army, that is, joining forces with Dong Zhuo, and making peace with the enemy, if so, Yuan Shu's reputation will be greatly damaged.

Yuan Shu resolutely did not agree with the Northern Army's participation in the limonograph, and although the Son of Heaven issued a holy decree, Yuan Shu immediately declared that if the Northern Army left the customs, he would not go to quell the rebellion.

Of course, Dong Zhuo didn't want to lose such an opportunity to deplete Yuan Shu and Li Hong's troops, so he had no choice but to dismiss this idea.

As Li Hong and Yuan Shu successively ordered the blockade of the main roads leading to Guanzhong, Guandong, and Guanxi, Chang'an and Luoyang gradually fell into greater difficulties.

Dong Zhuo successively issued edicts to Li Hong and Yuan Shu in the name of the Son of Heaven, asking them to open the pass, but the two turned a deaf ear and not only did not cancel the blockade, but strictly ordered the local government offices to arrest them immediately and never tolerate them as long as they found that someone was using small money.

The deepening crisis in Gyeonggi and the constant coercion of Li Hong and Yuan Shu made Dong Zhuo gradually lose confidence in checks and balances, and he had to find a way for his own survival.

Dong Zhuo ordered Huangfuhong and Dong Yue to take the initiative to attack Han Sui and Ma Teng, and at the same time played the Son of Heaven and put forward a proposal to appease the rebels of Xiliang.

The Son of Heaven agreed to Dong Zhuo's request, and ordered Han Sui to be worshiped as a guerrilla general, Ma Teng as a partial general, and Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi and other rebel leaders were also worshiped as school captains and captains.

Shangshu Liu Ai and Shizhong Chongji immediately went to Xiliang to appease them. August of the first year of the first peace of the Han Dynasty (190 AD).

At the beginning of August, Sun Jian, the general of the garrison in Luyang, ordered Zhu Zhi, the commander of the Zhixing Prefecture, to lead 3,000 troops to Zhongmu.

Now as soon as Yuan Shu's army arrives, the counterinsurgency army can set off. However, Yuan Shu received two pieces of news that made him furious at this time.

One is the alliance between the hussar generals Li Hong and Yuan Shao, and the other is that Liu Biao suddenly appeared in Xiangyang as the assassin of Jingzhou.

Yuan Shu originally thought that Li Hong was going to take advantage of the ant thief riot to attack Yuan Shao, but later heard that half of the northern army stationed in Luoyang had returned to Hedong, and he thought that Li Hong had given up the attack plan.

During this period, he also suspected that part of the Northern Xinjiang army returned to Hedong because Yuan Shao and Li Hong had reached some kind of alliance.

It's just that he thinks that with Li Hong's character, he shouldn't do this kind of betrayal, who knows that Li Hong has reneged on the tripartite covenant.

If Li Hong is allied with Han Fu, he can accept it. But Li Hong formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, the rebel of Yuan Valve, and he could not accept it.

Hussar General, what does this mean? Who is the head of the Yuan family? If Li Hong admits that I am the head of Yuan Valve's family, why would he ally with Yuan Shao?

What kind of thing is Yuan Shao, he is just a lowly slave of Yuan Valve, what qualifications does he have to form an alliance with Northern Xinjiang alone?

He's what that's called

"Undertaking" is bullshit at all, who admits him

"Undertake" the world? Whose world is it undertaken? Northern Xinjiang openly rebelled and formed an alliance with a great Han in this way, indicating that the hussar general recognized Yuan Shao's

"Undertaken". In other words, Li Hong not only turned his back on the tripartite checks and balances, but also became a Han rebel. I can't go out with a big man to put down the rebellion.

Yuan Shu immediately ordered Ji Ling, who had already set out, to come back to me immediately, and we would not go to quell the rebellion. Tian Chou hurried to Wancheng in Nanyang County to explain the matter to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shao has temporarily given up the order to inherit the system, and has not mentioned the matter of deposing the emperor for the time being, and he and the various Dong armies are now concentrating all their forces to quell the ant thief rebellion.

Because of this, the hussar general shook hands with the Dong army and gave up the strategy of attacking Hanoi and capturing Yuan Shao.

Tian Chou said: "The hussar general shook hands with the Dong army and made peace, not an alliance with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao is just a relative of Yuan Valve, a Taishou of Bohai County, Jizhou, what qualifications does he have, and what strength does he have to form an alliance with the hussar general? Don't get me wrong. Yuan Shu sneered: "So, the hussar general thinks that Yuan Shao is not a traitor of the Han Dynasty?" Tian Chou replied calmly: "Since Yuan Shao and Dong Dajun have given up the so-called 'inheritance system', the rest is the king of Qin, so in this way, they are indeed not the rebellion of my Han Dynasty." ”

"Give up? He said give up and give up? So what is a 'contracted' edict? What is it to ask Dong Weiwen? What is the murder of the ministers of the court? What is it to denounce me Yuan Shu? If such a heinous rebellion can be forgiven, then my Han will never have peace from now on. In the future, anyone can hold high the banner, in the name of the Qing monarch's side, wanton killing, and even crusade against the Son of Heaven, and when it comes to defeat, he will say lightly, I was wrong, and then he will be fine. Did the Hussar General want to do the same? Tian Chou looked at the excited Yuan Shu and said with a slight smile: "My lord, don't forget, two months ago, it was you who attacked Luoyang. Yuan Shu was speechless, he glared at Tian Chou fiercely, and a murderous aura suddenly shot out of his eyes.

Tian Chou did not continue to entangle with Yuan Shu in this matter, he said to Yuan Shu that Dong Zhuo would definitely solve him in the future, and the society would be stable in the future, and in order to achieve these two things, Northern Xinjiang could only fight hand in hand with adults.

These are all facts, and adults should see them clearly. With the current situation of Yuan Shao and Dong Dajun, after the ant thieves are pacified in the future, they will basically be finished, where will they still have the strength to compete with the northern Xinjiang and the adults?

Tian Chou persuaded Yuan Shu to keep his promise to the world and send troops to quell the rebellion in order to gain merit and prestige.

Then he talked to Yuan Shu about the plan of Northern Xinjiang to buy grain in Jingzhou and Yuzhou after the autumn harvest in October.

If this year's grain prices rise by leaps and bounds due to the ant thieves riots, the finances of northern Xinjiang will be even more difficult.

Tian Chou hoped that Yuan Shu would take into account the difficulties in northern Xinjiang and the need for the two sides to work together to revitalize Sheji in the future, and first pre-purchase a batch of grain for northern Xinjiang in Jingzhou and Yuzhou at a suitable price.

Yuan Shu was suspicious and couldn't make up his mind for a while. So he summoned Li Ye, Yang Hong, Xun Zheng, Yan Xiang and others to discuss.

Yang Hong and Yan Xiang think that Northern Xinjiang cannot be trusted, and Li Hong is a cunning and ruthless leopard, and he must not be fooled again.

He was the one who forced us to participate in the tripartite checks and balances at the beginning, and now he is the one who takes the initiative to betray the alliance, go back on his word, and fight on both sides.

We should also be cautious about sending troops to fight the rebellion. If the credit for pacifying the ant thieves is robbed by Li Hong alone in the future, we will lose not only the army and food, but also the reputation of the Lord and Yuan Valve.

Adults will become the laughing stock of the world. Grain can't be sold casually, this is a tiger for trouble. Li Ye and Xun Zheng believe that Li Hong has joined forces with Yuan Shao, and now even if the tripartite checks and balances are broken, there is no big loss for Li Hong and Yuan Shao, and with the strength of the two of them, it is enough for King Qin to revitalize Sheji.

On the contrary, our strength is weak, and we are not in the same position as Dong Thief, and if we fall out with Li Hong, we will be isolated and helpless, and we will not be able to gain a foothold.

So now there is no choice but to join forces with Li Hong and resist Dong Zhuo. As for Yuan Shao's matter, let's talk about it in the future, as long as we maintain a close relationship with Li Hong, Yuan Shao will die sooner or later.

We can agree to buy grain in northern Xinjiang, otherwise how can we maintain a close relationship with northern Xinjiang? There are still three months to go before the autumn harvest in October, and if the situation is not in our favor, we can completely regret it or sell less.

Just when the two sides were arguing, Xiangyang Gate Valve came to the scene. When Kuai Yue served in the General's Mansion, he was very familiar with Yuan Shu.

When Yuan Shu heard that he was coming, he was very happy and walked out of the mansion. I haven't seen each other for more than a year, and the two of them talk about the past, thinking of the death of the general He Jin and today's defeat of Sheji, and they can't help but sigh with emotion.

"I want to say something to you this time." Kuai Yue smiled,

"Recently, Jinggi has been unstable, and some sect masters in Jingzhou want to take the opportunity to make trouble, so I discussed it with several masters in Xiangyang, and then killed them all when Cai Valve was holding a happy event and sect masters from all over the country came to congratulate."

"Oh?" Yuan Shu asked in surprise, "How many have you killed?" Kill them all? ”

"Fifty-three, almost all the great sect masters of the counties along the river." Kuai Yue smiled,

"In this way, no one in the counties of Jingzhou will dare to plot against them."

"Brother Xenodu, such a powerful method." Yuan Shu said with a smile,

"You are not too guarded, and you have no holy decree, you dare to kill fifty-three people in one go, are you not afraid that the Son of Heaven will punish you for your crimes and punish your clan?"

"I'm on the orders of Lord Assassin." Kuai Yue smiled and said,

"When I came to you today, I was also ordered by Lord Assassin. I am now the chief historian of the Jingzhou Thorn History Mansion. Yuan Shu laughed,

"Jingzhou Thorn History Wang Rui has been dead for a few months, where did the Thorn History come from? Don't joke anymore. A few days ago, I originally planned to let Yang Hong go to Hanshou to lead the post of assassin, so that he could supervise the counties before the arrival of the newly appointed assassin in the imperial court, but because the two counties of Changsha and Wuling were fighting, I ......"

"The current Jingzhou Thorn History is Liu Biao, Brother Jingsheng." Kuai Yue said calmly,

"You don't know?" Yuan Shu suddenly understood, and his face sank in an instant,

"At the beginning, I deceived people too much." Liu Biao has been following Yuan Shao since he escaped from the capital, and now he suddenly appeared in Xiangyang, and he has become the assassin of Jingzhou, which is of course a good thing that Yuan Shao did.

Yuan Benchu, your hand was stretched too long, and you even sent someone to stand behind me with a knife when I was unprepared.

Well, since you don't talk about brotherhood, then don't blame me for being ruthless.

"Brother Xenodu, you should know very well the situation in front of you, Jingzhou is very important to me, and Yuan Shao and I have become a fire and water, I can't let Jingzhou fall into Yuan Shao's hands, let alone put an enemy behind my back." Yuan Shu said coldly,

"Brother Jingsheng and I have been friends for many years, and I don't want to turn against him, so I ask Brother Yidu to tell me when I go back, either ask him to leave as soon as possible, or make a stand, we are still friends." Kuai Yue took a closer look at Yuan Shu's angry expression, then shook his head and smiled: "Highway, since I came today, I have already explained the problem, of course everyone is still friends, otherwise what am I doing here?" How could Brother Jingsheng stand behind you with a knife and attack you? Yuan Shu frowned, squinted his eyes and looked at Kuai Yue, with a look of suspicion,

"When did Brother Jingsheng arrive in Xiangyang? Why didn't he come to Wancheng to tell me before he arrived in Xiangyang? What does he mean by being so sneaky? Am I going to kill him? Sha Yue explained with a smile.

Liu Biao is more familiar with the situation in Jingzhou, he knows that Jingzhou is in chaos in Gyeonggi, and Wang Rui must be in chaos after his death, if he wants to gain a foothold in Jingzhou, he must first pacify the disaster of the suzerain.

So he quietly rushed all the way to Yicheng to find me and discuss ways to eradicate the sect master. If he arrives with you first, the news of the imminent arrival of the Jingzhou Assassin will immediately spread throughout the counties, and the sect masters will be alert, and it will be impossible to kill the sect masters without being guarded at that time.

This is the reason why Brother Jingsheng did not come to Wancheng. The method of eradicating the sect master was come up with by Cai Mao. Cai Mao heard that Brother Jingsheng's wife had passed away early, and he had been alone with children for so many years, so he wanted to marry his sister to Jingsheng, and used the opportunity to marry these sect masters to kill them.

Cai Valve is the first gate valve in Xiangyang, and Brother Jingsheng is a famous party member and celebrity in the world, and the sect master who received the invitation certainly felt that it was a great honor, so they rushed to Jiangzhou in person to congratulate him, completely defenseless.

As a result, we solved this stubborn problem in Jingzhou without much effort. Brother Jingsheng, me, Cai Valve, and your Yuan family have been friends for generations, and we are sandwiched between you and Ben Chu, and we are very embarrassed, so after solving the disaster of the sect master, we discussed for a long time, and finally decided to support you and help you attack Luoyang.

In any case, King Qin's removal of ** and saving the Han Dynasty is the first thing for those of us who are ministers.

Yuan Shu's anger gradually stopped, and he said slowly: "I want soldiers, money, and food, Brother Xenodu, you see ......"

"Jingzhou's top priority now is to quell the Bei Yu Rebellion in Nanjun, the dispute between the Changsha Su Dynasty and Wuling Cao Yin." Kuai Yue said,

"If these three counties are allowed to continue to suffer, Jingzhou is bound to be in chaos. Therefore, Brother Jingsheng and I are in the opinion that we should first try our best to quell the civil strife in the three counties, and then gather a large army to go north to help the road. What do you think? Yuan Shu thanked him.

After Yuan Shu sent Kuai Yue away, he immediately discussed with Li Ye and others. No one thought that Yuan Shao would take the lead and send Liu Biao to occupy Jingzhou.

Now Liu Biao has received the full support of all the gate valves in Xiangyang, and has pacified the disaster of the suzerain with lightning speed, stabilized the situation in Jingzhou, and won the hearts of the people in Jingzhou.

What is the relationship between Liu Biao and Kuai Yue and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu knows very well that Kuai Yue's words today are not credible at all.

Kuai Yue's purpose was actually to worry that after he got the news, he would take advantage of Liu Biao's unstable foothold to send troops to attack Xiangyang.

Yuan Shu said, although Liu Biao and Kuai Yue will not beat me for the time being, once they are full-fledged and their strength is greatly increased, I will definitely be restrained and restrained by them.

Of the seven counties in Jingzhou, I only occupy one county, and the strength of the future is clear at a glance. Now that I have a rope of balance around my neck and a sharp knife behind my back, it's hard enough for me to sit back and relax.

Li Ye and the others originally wanted to persuade Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and Kuai Yue are both contemporary celebrities, they know what they should do and what they should not do, and they will not take the initiative to participate in the internal struggle of Yuan Valve.

But as soon as he thought of their brothers' rivalry, if they really met each other one day, Liu Biao suddenly changed his hexagram and struck a blow from behind, then Yuan Shuke would be dead.

So everyone thought about it for a long time, but no one spoke.

"What do you want to do?" Li Ye asked.

"Use this matter to send Tian Chou away first. Now, whether it is sending troops to quell the rebellion or selling food, I can't agree to him. Yuan Shu said,

"Immediately gather troops and horses, attack Xiangyang, and drive Liu Biao away as soon as possible."

"Adults want to turn their faces with Liu Biao and Kuai Yue?" Yang Hong asked in surprise.

"It's better to turn your face now than to be killed by them in the future." Yuan Shu sneered,

"Yuan Benchu, this kid is too much, the family wants to rob me, Luoyang wants to rob me, and now even the place where he stays has to rob me ......" Yuan Shu scolded angrily, and then smashed a fist on the case,

"I'm going to kill him."

"My lord, the counterinsurgency ......" Xun Zheng wanted to speak and stopped. Not participating in the counterinsurgency had too much impact on Yuan Shu's reputation.

"I am a rear general, Sun Jian is a broken general, and he is controlled by me, so his sending troops to quell the rebellion is equivalent to me sending troops to quell the rebellion." Yuan Shu waved his hand and said,

"What's more, the food and salary of the counterinsurgency army are all provided by me and Master Kong, isn't it enough that I have done so much?"

"My lord, we have limited money and food, if we supply two battlefields at the same time, I'm afraid it will be ......," Yan Xiang said worriedly,

"Is the attack on Xiangyang postponed for a while?"

"At present, there is a rebellion in Nanjun, Changsha, and Wuling counties, and we are forcing Xiangyang at this time, Liu Biao must not be able to take care of the end, and there is only one way to escape." Yuan Shu said resolutely,

"Hit Xiangyang immediately. If we can't keep our homes, what kind of king are we doing? Except for what**? In mid-August, Wu Yi Zhonglang led Gao Lan, Wu Meng's lieutenant Gao Shun, and Zhixing's lieutenant Zhu Zhi to enter Yanzhou to quell the rebellion.

At the same time, Ji Ling and Qiao Rui led 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack Xiangyang. Jump to