Chapter 1: Danger lurks in the 32nd section: November of the first year of the first peace of the Han Dynasty (190 AD).

At the beginning of November, the Tiger Prison was closed. Xu Chao hurriedly returned from Hanoi. After he rushed to Luoyang on the order of the hussar general, he informed Zhu Jun and Yan Liang of Li Hong's intention to unite Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to attack Luoyang, and then he and Tian Chou went to Hanoi and Wancheng on the other.

After Xu Chao saw Yuan Shao, he carefully expounded Li Hong's thoughts, and explained the specific attack strategy proposed by Li Hong to attack in three ways and win in the middle.

Li Hong's Northern Army attacked Luoyang from the north, cutting off Dong Zhuo's retreat, thus attracting the main force of Luoyang's Northern Army to the west of Hangu Pass.

Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's army attacked Luoyang from the south, pinning down the forces of Luoyang's northern army to return to Hanguguan. When Dong Zhuo was busy dealing with the attacks of the northern and southern armies, Yuan Shao himself personally led the army to attack Luoyang from the northeast, striving to fight down and quickly occupy Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo was tyrannical and cruel, and when the defeat was decided, he was very likely to burn Kyoto and destroy the foundation of the Han Dynasty.

Hedong is the closest to Luoyang, and if Li Hong and Yuan Shu and Sun Jian can effectively contain the forces of the Northern Army, then Yuan Shao will be able to take Luoyang as quickly as possible, so as to avoid the destruction of Kyoto.

Of course, if Zhu Jun and Yan Liang could continue to occupy the Tiger Prison when the Three-Way Army attacked Luoyang, then the heavy task of seizing Luoyang should be theirs.

However, Li Hong believes that this possibility is almost impossible, and Dong Zhuo will definitely drive away Yan Liang who is stationed in the Tiger Prison and Han Hao who is stationed in Mengjin and Xiaopingjin before the end of the year.

In order to ensure the success of the attack, Li Hong hoped that Yuan Shao would consider whether to quietly send troops to reinforce Mengjin and Xiaopingjin when the war in Hanoi was suspended.

Xu Chao explained this attack strategy to Yuan Shao many times, and he repeatedly confessed that the general did not have the intention of monopolizing Luoyang, and the main purpose was to occupy the land of Kanto through this battle.

All the prefectures and counties in the northern Xinjiang, Kanto, and southeastern Kanto directions will be connected into a whole, so that whether it is blockading Guanzhong or pacifying the Yellow Turban Army, the three sides can support each other, so as to win every battle and quickly stabilize the community.

As for the question of who should control Luoyang, Li Hong suggested that the three parties should negotiate in detail after conquering the eastern part of the country and occupying Luoyang.

Anyway, the armies of the three parties will eventually be stationed in Luoyang, and everyone can discuss it slowly. Li Hong believes that there must be a way, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers may be able to reconcile because of this.

Yuan Shao agreed, and promised that regardless of whether the Hanoi army could completely defeat the Yellow Turban Army, it would rush to the area around Heyang at the end of the year and attack Luoyang at the same time as the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Xu Chao was very happy to complete his important task, and was about to leave Hanoi, when Yuan Shao suddenly invited him into the mansion again.

Yuan Shao told Xu Chao about the eldest princess going to build a dynasty in Jinyang. Yuan Shao said, after you return to the Tiger Prison, you should be able to receive news from the general.

The general is likely to ask you to go to Hanoi again, you don't come, you go back to Hedong directly and tell the general that I, Yuan Shao, will definitely obey the instructions of the eldest princess and the Jinyang court and swear allegiance to the death.

Xu Chao told Zhu Jun and Yan Liang about Yuan Shao's promise, and then asked, "Does the eldest princess really want to build a dynasty in Jinyang?" Yan Liang nodded, pointed to Yang Hua who was sitting on the side and said, "It's been many days since I asked, and this news is true." You immediately go back to Hedong and bring back the replies from Yuan Shao, Lord Zhu, and me. Zhu Jun said solemnly: "Because Dong Zhuo is in Luoyang, I can't write a letter to the general, so I'll make a long story short." You go back and tell the general, whether the Jinyang court can convince the states and counties is the key to the general. If the general can quickly capture Luoyang, King Qin will ask for Dong, the eldest princess and the Jinyang court will be able to play a role in saving Sheji, otherwise, the Jinyang court will be an ornament, a more despicable ornament than the Chang'an court. Yan Liang glanced at Zhu Jun dissatisfied, and said coldly: "You go back and tell the general, I will fight wherever the general points out, and if anyone is unfavorable to the general, I will kill him." Xu Chao looked at Zhu Jun's grim face and asked rather embarrassedly, "Lord Yan, there is nothing else to say?" ”

"Nope." Yan Liang said,

"What's the use of the imperial court? Chang'an has a son of heaven and a court, but we still fight Dong Zhuo. We say that Dong Zhuo is a thief, and he is a thief. Whether it is King Qin or saving Sheji, it relies on the sword and force, not the court. I think the general was dizzy to Li Wei and Zhu Mu, and he actually thought of setting up a court in Jinyang. That court has a fart, a pure waste of food. Zhu Jun snorted angrily and walked away.

Xu Chao and Yang Hua blushed, and hurriedly stood up, sending it or not, not sending it, and looking embarrassed.

"Lord Hutou, in front of Lord Zhu, how can you say that?" Xu Chao complained,

"Lord Zhu is the pillar of this dynasty, he was once the official to the general of the right chariot, and his status is very respectful, and he is also the closest relatives of Li Wei, Zhu Mu, and Zhu Xiaolan, how can you ......?"

"He's made me miserable." Yan Liang scolded angrily,

"Forget it, forget it, don't talk about it." He took out a volume of documents from the desk and handed it to Xu Ming,

"This is a letter from Gao Ran and Gao Shun to the general, you take it to Hedong immediately." At the beginning of November, Nanyang, Wancheng.

There were frequent battles in the area of Yingchuan and Nanyang, and the road was dangerous, so Tian Chou took fifty guards to travel day and night, and rushed to Wancheng again at the fastest speed.

As early as the end of October, Tian Chou was ordered to go to Nanyang to visit Yuan Shu once. After Yuan Shu learned that the Northern Army had sent out of Wuguan to attack Nanyang, he quickly withdrew his troops from Xiangyang to help, and Liu Biao also took the opportunity to send Kuai Yue to Wancheng again to reconcile with Yuan Shu.

At this time, Yuan Shu led the army to fight fiercely with Dong Yue and Li Su in the Wancheng area, and was in urgent need of money, food and ordnance, so in desperation, he had no choice but to agree to Liu Biao's conditions and recognize Liu Biao as the assassin of Jingzhou.

After Tian Chou arrived in Wancheng, Yuan Shu did not wait for Tian Chou to speak, and immediately asked Tian Chou to return to Yan Liang, and asked Yan Liang to lead the army to attack Hu Zhen and Lü Bu from the direction of Yingchuan, so that Sun Jian could get out of Luyang, quickly return to Wancheng, and defeat Dong Yue and Li Su.

Tian Chou comforted Yuan Shu for a few words, and then explained Li Hong's strategy to attack Luoyang. Tian Chou said that even if Yan Liang led the army to support, his strength was limited and he could not change the comparison of the strength of the two sides on the battlefield.

Now the Northern Army has 30,000 troops in the area of Yingchuan and Nanyang, if Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Kong Ling and others can drag these 30,000 troops here, it can greatly help the general and Yuan Shao defeat Dong Zhuo in the shortest possible time and capture Luoyang.

In fact, although Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and Kong Ling were on par with the Northern Army in terms of strength, the gap in strength between the two sides was large, and it was difficult to defeat the Northern Army at present, so Yuan Shu had no objection to Li Hong's attack strategy, but he had his own views on what happened after the capture of Luoyang.

He was reluctant to appear in Luoyang with Yuan Shao. He asked Tian Chou to reply to Li Hong, either to drive Yuan Shao out of Luoyang, or to drive Liu Biao out of Jingzhou,

"Everyone has to be realistic, now that I can't even eat, what can I do to revitalize the community?" Tian Chou quickly returned to the Tiger Prison with Yuan Shu's words, but before he entered the customs, Yan Liang told him that you would go to Wancheng again.

Yuan Shu was very surprised when he saw Tian Chou coming again,

"What's going on in Luoyang? Lost the Tiger Prison Pass? Tian Chou immediately explained to Yuan Shu in detail about the eldest princess's intention to establish a dynasty in Jinyang.

Yuan Shu was surprised at first, but then kept his head down and pondered. Tian Chou asked, "What is the adult's attitude towards this matter?" Yuan Shu laughed at himself and said, "You should know the grievances between me and the general." The general is a good man. I wanted to kill him back then, but he saw through it, but he didn't kill me, he still treated me as a friend, and I am very grateful to him. So today I will also make it clear, you take my words back with them as they are. Yuan Shu looked at the young and handsome Tian Chou, and smiled contemptuously: "You are not yet twenty years old this year, are you?" You are a child in northern Xinjiang, although you have read a lot of books, do you know what the essence of the government is? The general fought in the south and the north, and stayed in Luoyang for less than two months, does he know what is behind the state affairs? Whether it is government or state affairs, to put it bluntly, it is two words, fraud. Tian Chou was secretly frightened, but after thinking about it carefully, he had to admit that Yuan Shu's words were incisive.

The ups and downs of the past year have made him understand many things in books and learn many things that cannot be learned in books.

Fraud, all parties do their best for their own interests, but behind everything, the word fraud is deeply written.

Yuan Shu's words made Tian Chou feel empowered and suddenly enlightened.

"State politics is fraud, it's like a beautiful woman who is stripped naked and standing on the street, **naked, ashamed to death, so she needs a beautiful dress to hide her shame. What is this garment for national politics and fraud? Tian Chou shook his head, he really didn't know what it was.

"Facade." Yuan Shu laughed,

"Facade, gorgeous and dazzling façade." Tian Chou suddenly understood the meaning of Yuan Shu's words, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and he couldn't wait to step back to Hedong.

Yuan Shu seemed to see through Tian Chou's thoughts, and shook his hand at him, signaling him to be at ease.

"The general wins a hundred battles, always defeats the strong with the weak, uses the soldiers like a god, and the way of Qi Zheng, for him, it is like turning the palm of his hand, easy and easy." Yuan Shu looked at his palm, then at the back of his hand, then looked up at Tian Chou, and asked softly,

"Have you read The Art of War?" Tian Chou didn't know what he wanted to say, so he nodded lightly blankly.

"Then you must know about the 'anti-plot'?" Tian Chou nodded again.

Sun Tzu said, those who are opposed, the doubts in doubts, are more than from the inside, and they do not lose themselves. It means that the suspicion array is set up again, so that the other party has its own internal contradictions, so that our side is foolproof. Yuan Shu said with a smile,

"The last time the general came to Luoyang, he said when he chatted with me that he had read a lot of books in the past few years, especially the book of war, so this Sun Tzu must have read the Art of War. However, the general is a bloody man, he likes to go straight and does not like to engage in these conspiracies, so even if he reads Sun Tzu's Art of War, he will definitely sweep away this counter-plan and disdain it. If you go back and tell him, just say that I said it, and ask him to read this counter-plan carefully, and then think carefully about what happened in the past year, and he should understand what is going on in the imperial court, what is going on in the Jinyang court, and what is going on in the state politics, authority, and society. "If Tian Chou realized, he bowed down and received the order,

"What else do you want me to bring to the general?" Yuan Shu thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Zitai, you said that King Qin is begging Dong, how long will it take us to?" Tian Chou looked at Yuan Shu and hesitated.

Yuan Shu's eyes always carried a hint of arrogance and condescension of a child of the family, and there was also a hint of disdain at the corner of his mouth, which made the person sitting opposite him extremely uncomfortable.

Tian Chou coughed lightly to hide the nervousness and unhappiness in his heart. Yuan Shu's words had already made Tian Chou ashamed, and when he faced Yuan Shu's eyes at this time, he was a little uneasy.

"My lord, look at the ...... three years"

"Three years?" Yuan Shu asked in surprise,

"You think it's only three years?"

"There are thousands of miles of fertile fields in Guanzhong, dangerous terrain, plus Dong Zhuo has an army of 100,000 and the foundation of Western Xinjiang, so we don't even think about it if it is not ten years." Yuan Shu said with a smile,

"When the Six Nations attacked Qin, did the army of the Six Nations cross the Tong Pass? The analogy may be a bit inappropriate, but think about it now. Since the first emperor rebuilt the weight of the state and pastoral land, after Dong Zhuo held the imperial power of the Son of Heaven and declined, and after the rise of volunteers from all sides of the Qingzhou ant thief chaos, the states and counties in various places have gradually become a trend of supporting the army and self-respect, and we are not able to serve the king at all. You don't even see that? ”

"The general is the first Han minister to support his own troops, who is next? It was Han Fu, Liu Dai, and all the governors of prefectures and counties who did not pay taxes to the imperial court. If the state and county do not pay taxes according to the law, what is the state and county called? The laws of the Han Dynasty are in vain, and the Son of Heaven and the imperial court have not become decorations? Liu Biao Lao'er ran to Xiangyang quietly, relying on the support of a group of private soldiers, and even named himself the assassin of Jingzhou. A clan minister who has nothing and a hat with a mouth and a party member can do whatever he wants, what will the governors of the prefectures and counties with money, soldiers and territory do? ”

"All states and counties have self-respecting troops, what does that look like? Doesn't it look like the vassal states of the past? Yuan Shu spread his hands and smiled helplessly,

"I am a dignified general of the Han Kingdom, and I have been reduced to the point of leading the army to fight an old man who claims to be the assassin of Jingzhou, which shows how far the state and county have reached the level of self-respect for the army. I admit that I am one, and I am also self-respecting in my army, and I don't want the great general King Qin to succeed. Therefore, it is okay for the general to capture Luoyang, but it is impossible for him to defeat Dong Zhuo and capture Chang'an. ”

"Why?" Yuan Shu asked loudly. Tian Chou hurriedly shook his head.

"The general King Qin has succeeded, and the imperial authority is in the world, how can the state and county support the army and respect themselves? Is it better to pay taxes in one state and one county to the imperial court or to stay in one's own home? For example, I Yuan Shu ......" Yuan Shu pointed to his nose and said,

"Why should I hit Liu Biao? Because I want to get the whole of Jingzhou's taxes. If King Qin succeeds, can I get such an inexhaustible treasury? ”

"Why did Liu Biao seize Jingzhou? Is he trying to please King Dong Qin? He wants to ask King Dong Qin, why don't you come to give me advice? Why don't you take Xiangyang's gate lord's private army to attack Luoyang? To put it bluntly, he is for me in Jingzhou, he is the same as me, even more shameless than me. It's useless to say anything pretty, it's all bullshit. Why do they call me Yuan Changshui, the ghost in the road? Because I know that they are shameless, and I am going to block the road and rob them, what can they do to me? I am shameless, Liu Biao is more shameless than me, and Yuan Shao is a hundred times more shameless than me, a thousand times. I blocked the road and robbed, in the final analysis, it was just to grab a little money, what about Yuan Shao and Liu Biao? They are not robbers, they are looting, even people with money, washed away, not even a bone is left. Tian Chou was dumbfounded and stammered.

"The general wants to be the king of Qin, he wants to ask Dong, and he wants to fight Luoyang, and in the end there is only one end, that is, there is no place to die. I have said a long time ago that people should be realistic, and gentlemen should also take care of their roots, not to mention those of us who are not gentlemen. If you can't eat enough, what kind of king is you? What social system to save? Isn't that a joke? Yuan Shu pointed at Tian Chou and said,

"You must bring this sentence to the general, and you tell him that his top priority now is not to fight Luoyang, but to fight Jizhou. Even if the general defeated Luoyang a few months later, it would be difficult for him to solve the food crisis in northern Xinjiang. You have seen it all the way, Dong Zhuo and the Northern Army have almost turned most of Yingchuan and Nanyang upside down, Wancheng is full of displaced people, and it is difficult for the general to get assistance from Jingyu and Yuzhou. It's also very difficult for me, I still have to fight Liu Biao and Xiangyang, otherwise, I will be hungry. Tian Chou's mind was in a mess, and it was difficult for him to accept and understand Yuan Shu's words.

You Yuan Shu is such a person, Liu Biao and Yuan Shao are such people, could it be that Sun Jian, Kong Ling, and Zhu Jun are also such people?

He couldn't figure it out. Is this Yuan Shu's counter-plot? Didn't he just say that national politics is fraud, and the court is the façade?

Did he want the general to fight with Han Fu and Yuan Shao? But if the general fights with them, what good will it do to Yuan Shu?

Yuan Shu looked at Tian Chou, whose face was flushed and a little dizzy, and suddenly laughed,

"Zitai, do you think I'm scheming? Ha ha...... I usually tell the truth, and I can reach the point of messing with the truth, and I can definitely fool the other party, haha......" Tian Chou's face turned even redder.

Yuan Shu laughed wildly,

"Zitai, go back, you remember to tell the general my words as they are. Otherwise, you'll be a great general. Tian Chou stood up helplessly and bowed goodbye.

"Zitai, tell the general. Ten years later, I will get drunk with him in Chang'an. "On November, Hedong, Hebei Hussar General's Camp.

The news that Xu Chao brought back made Li Hong very happy, but Gao Lan's reply made Li Hong worried.

Gao Lan, Gao Shun, and Zhu Zhi led the army to Chenliu County first, and Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao and Dongjun Taishou Wang Qiu (after Qiao Mao was killed by Liu Dai, Yuan Shao arranged his relatives, Yingchuan famous scholar Wang Qiu for Dongjun Taishou) to join forces and camp troops in Dingtao in Jiyin County.

Soon, Cao Cao recruited troops from Yangzhou and returned. Cao Cao's recruitment was very unsmooth. Although Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, and Zhou Xin, the Taishou of Danyang, cobbled together 4,000 soldiers for Cao Cao according to Yuan Shao's request, many of these 4,000 soldiers were refugees who fled to Yangzhou from Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and there were also soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who were defeated by the official army and fled to Yangzhou.

When Cao Cao led these 4,000 soldiers to Longkang, Peiguo (present-day Huaiyuanxi, Anhui), several former officers of the Yellow Turban Army in the army led a rebellion and attacked Cao Cao's big tent.

Cao Cao took Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others and hundreds of his old subordinates to fight desperately to get out of the encirclement, and luckily picked up a life.

Later, they dragged hard along the way, and went around again in their hometown of Qiaoxian (now Haozhou, Anhui), and then barely gathered enough 1,000 people to rush to Dingtao to meet Zhang Miao.

Cao Cao was extremely hostile to the Northern Frontier Army. He saw Gao Ran and Gao Shun in Dingtao, and immediately took the men and horses to Chengyang in Jiyin County.

Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, and Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao's army were all at that time, and they had already lost several battles.

In mid-September, Liu Dai led the coalition army to fight in Juye and Kemaju, but suffered another defeat and had to retreat to Dingtao.

Gao Ran unexpectedly met Liu Bei. Liu Bei was very happy to see Gao Ran. Liu Bei said that he went to Danyang with Wuqiu Yi to recruit troops last year, and when he arrived in Xibupi in Xuzhou, he happened to encounter a fierce battle between Xuzhou Assassin Shi Taoqian and the Yellow Turban Army.

Wu Qiu Yi and Liu Bei immediately led their troops into battle. After a bloody battle, the Yellow Turban Army was wiped out. Liu Bei fought bravely, and was appreciated by Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian, so he played for him, and was soon arranged by the imperial court to serve as a county governor in Xiami County (now Changyi County, Shandong) in Beihai County, Qingzhou.

This year, the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou rioted, Beihai County was attacked, and Xiami County was occupied by the Yellow Turban Army.

In late September, Liu Dai led the coalition army to join Shanyang Taishou Yuan and defeated the Yellow Turban Army Wu Ba at Wutang Pavilion in Shanyang County, thus turning the tide of the battle, and the coalition forces immediately switched to a full-scale counteroffensive, linking the Dongping Kingdom, the Rencheng State and the Lu State.

The army was then divided into two, and continued to advance eastward, attacking Jibei and Taishan, and all the way south to attack Peiguo and Pengcheng in Xuzhou.

In mid-October, Zhang Miao, Yuan Yi, Gao Lan and others joined Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian in Pengcheng, Pengcheng, and confronted hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops such as Sima Ju, Xu He, and He Yi.

Gao Ran said that Tao Qian was preparing for a big battle, and it was estimated that he would have to fight the Yellow Turban Army around mid-November.

Judging from the current situation, victory is definitely uncertain, but because winter is approaching, the Yellow Turban Army will gradually withdraw from the battlefield, so in the next few months, the war in Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou will temporarily subside for a while.

Gao Ran believed that it was not a good thing for the Yellow Turban Army to concentrate all of them in the Qingzhou and Taishan areas, and that after a truce of several months, the strength of the Yellow Turban Army had been restored, and the fighting next year would be even more intense.

The repeated wars in Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou made the people of Sanzhou miserable, and countless displaced people rolled away in the north and south directions.

Now in Sanzhou, not only are there no grains in the fields, but even the bark and leaves are almost eaten, and there are dead bodies everywhere, and people are competing for cannibalism.

Gao Ran said that the people had nothing to eat, the army had nothing to eat, the war horses had been killed, and everything that could be eaten was eaten in their stomachs.

He hoped that the heavy snow would come sooner so that the Yellow Turbans would withdraw, but when the snow fell, the displaced people died even more.

Just when Li Hong was hesitant and depressed about the scourge of the Yellow Turban, Yang Hua returned to Hedong. The news that Yang Hua brought back made Li Hong fall into deep thought.

Yang Hua was very shrewd, and in front of Xu Rong, Yushi, and Zhu Mu, he only said that Tian Chou had received Yuan Shu's promise, and did not say anything else.

In the evening, Yang Hua asked to see Li Hong again, and told Yuan Shu what Tian Chou had told him as it was.

After Li Hong sent Yang Hua away, he meditated hard in the military tent alone, and couldn't sleep at night. National politics is fraud, and both national politics and fraud need a façade, a palatial façade.

Reversed? Reversed? Is national politics the unpredictable result of countless interactions?

Facades, state affairs, fraud, anti-intermediary, Qinwang, Dong, Yellow Turbans, and outcasts, countless problems are intertwined, deeply bothering this young hussar general of the Han Kingdom.

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