Chapter 5 Momentum Breaking Bamboo Section 17 At the end of February, Feng Ji returned to Luoyang.

"Does the highway agree to attack Xuzhou after the beginning of spring?" Yuan Shao asked,

"This is his best chance to occupy Xuzhou." Feng Ji's face was embarrassed and hesitated.

"He doesn't agree?" Yuan Shao frowned and said dissatisfiedly,

"You didn't make it clear to him what was going on? Once Li Hong occupied the Central Plains, his power increased greatly, and it was not only Cao Cao who died, but also us. He can't see such a simple situation? Did he have to force me to drive him to Jiangdong? ”

"My lord, the situation in Yangzhou has changed a lot." Feng Ji said hesitantly,

"Yuan Shu and Liu Miao are going to war recently."

"Liu Xuan?" Yuan Shao said with a little surprise,

"Liu Miao is going to fight Yuan Shu? Why? After the death of Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, Yuan Shao appointed Yuan Yu to succeed him as the assassin of Yangzhou, but Yuan Shu immediately killed Yuan Zhi, and then he appointed his subordinate Chen Yu as the assassin.

However, two months later, he drove Chen Yu away and took Yangzhou on his behalf. Yuan Shao was furious because of this, and he wanted to kill Yuan Shu, but after all, the two were brothers of the same father, so it was not good to go too far.

So he instructed Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou, to let him play the Son of Heaven, and asked the Son of Heaven to send another minister to Yangzhou to succeed the assassin.

First, he can control Yangzhou, and second, he can limit the development of Yuan Shu's strength. In accordance with Yuan Shao's meaning, Liu Biao recommended Liu Xuan, a speaker in the chapter, as the assassin of Yangzhou.

Liu Miao is the younger brother of Liu Dai, the former Yanzhou pastor, and his relationship with Yuan Shao is extraordinary. In view of the lesson of Yanzhou's assassin Shi Jinshang being driven out of Yanzhou, the Chang'an court agreed to Liu Biao's recommendation.

In the eyes of the Chang'an Imperial Court, Liu Miao could get the support of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao to take charge of Yangzhou smoothly.

At the same time, with Liu Xuan's loyalty to the imperial court, the imperial court was also able to control Yangzhou and get Yangzhou's taxes through him.

Liu Miao carried the decree and went out of Wuguan to Xiangyang, and first went to visit Liu Biao. Liu Biao gave him a detailed explanation of the situation in Yangzhou.

Now that Yuan Shu has occupied Jiujiang County, Liyang City in Jiujiang County, the seat of the Yangzhou Assassin History Department, is also under Yuan Shu's control, if you go directly to Jiujiang County to take office, you will definitely have a conflict with Yuan Shu, and your life is worried.

Liu Biao suggested that Liu Miao go down the Yangtze River and move the administrative office to Qu'a City in Wu County. In this way, Yuan Shu can be avoided and the four Jiangdong counties of Yangzhou can be completely controlled.

At this time, Yuan Shao also wrote to Liu Xuan, and his intention was also to let Liu Xuan go to Jiangdong and control the four counties of Jiangdong.

Liu Miao followed the advice of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, took his retinue and his subordinates, and went down to Qu'a in Wu County by boat to rebuild the Yangzhou Thorn History Department.

Wu Jing, the Taishou of Danyang, Wang Lang of Huiji County, Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang County, and other Jiangdong officials rushed to Qu'a to meet Liu Xuan, expressing their respect for the current son and resolutely obeying Liu Xuan's instructions.

Yuan Shu was furious when he heard the news, but Liu Miao insisted on carrying the decree, and he was not good at openly conquering, so he had to vent his anger on the Yangzhou officials.

Since you have betrayed me, I will strike you. The first to suffer was Lujiang County, which is located north of the Yangtze River and close to Jiujiang County.

Yuan Shu used the excuse of helping Tao Qian fight Cao Cao and asked Lu Kang for money and food. Lu Kang didn't give it. You are not the history of Yangzhou Thorn, why do you point fingers at me.

Yuan Shu immediately sent troops to attack and occupy Lujiang County. Yuan Shu hit like this, of course Liu Xuan, who was the assassin of Yangzhou, couldn't hold his face, and he immediately sent troops to drive Danyang Taishou Wu Jing away.

Wu Jing is Sun Jian's brother-in-law, and his Danyang Taishou was appointed by Yuan Shu. Last year, Tao Qian counterattacked Cao Cao, and Danyang Taishou Zhou Xin ignored Yuan Shu's obstruction and sent troops to help, which offended Yuan Shu.

The two formed a grudge because of this, and the contradiction became bigger and bigger, and later Yuan Shu was angry and sent Wu Jing and Sun Ben to lead the army across the river, drive away Zhou Xin, and occupy Danyang.

Although Wu Jing's attack on Danyang was on the orders of Yuan Shu, he provoked a war for no reason, drove away the imperial court officials, and occupied the county without authorization, which was a heinous crime of rebellion according to the laws of the Han Dynasty.

It was on this basis that Liu Miao led his army to attack Wu Jing. He was famous and quickly defeated Wu Jing and Sun Ben.

Wu Jing and Sun Ben withdrew their troops from Liyang and held on to Liu Xuan. Liu Miao ordered his generals Fan Neng and Yu Yu to garrison Hengjiang, and Zhang Ying to garrison Likou to guard against Yuan Shu's attack.

Yuan Shu appointed his subordinate Hui Qu as the assassin of Yangzhou, appointed Wu Jing as the lieutenant general of the overseer, and ordered Sun Ce, the captain of Zhechong, and Sun Ben, the captain of Danyang, to take Sun Jian's group of old troops to Liyang, and prepare to attack Liu Xuan.

"What can this bastard Yuan Shu do?" After listening to Feng Ji's narration, Yuan Shao was so angry that he slapped his palm on the case and scolded loudly,

"Wherever this bastard goes, chickens and dogs will jump. How could the Yuan family come out with such a loser? ”

"The highway said that sooner or later the Central Plains will be Li Hong's, and he will go to Jiangdong." Feng Ji looked at Yuan Shao, who was angry, and whispered,

"He has a deep prejudice against adults, and he is unwilling to make peace with them, and he even ...... the letters that adults gave him"

"How?" Yuan Shao asked angrily,

"Did he burn?" Feng Ji nodded,

"The highway kept insulting the adults, and the scolding was very ugly." Yuan Shao's face was pale, and he trembled,

"This bastard, if it weren't for my brother, I would have killed him a long time ago."

"My lord, in my opinion, it is better to send troops to drive him to Jiangdong." Feng Ji persuaded,

"Keeping him in Jiujiang County is a great threat to us." Yuan Shao immediately summoned Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Xian Pei, Xu You, Guo Tu and others to discuss whether to choose an opportunity to attack Yuan Shu, and several major subordinates expressed their opposition in unison.

"My lord still asked a few elders of Yuan Valve to go to Yangzhou in person." Frustrated and persuaded,

"In order to successfully occupy Guanzhong, we must drag the Northern Xinjiang Army into Yanzhou, but in order to successfully pacify the world in the future, we must drive the Northern Xinjiang Army out of Yanzhou, so Yuan Shu is very important to us now. The adults should write another letter and persuade them well. What kind of person Yuan Shu is, adults should know very well in their hearts, and believe that he will make the right choice. Tian Feng, Xianbei and others also dissuaded them again and again.

Yuan Shao was still angry, and insisted on solving Yuan Shu's confidant in a short time. If it is allowed to develop, his hegemony may be ruined on this troublesome bastard, and the Yuan family will be buried by this bastard sooner or later.

Just when Fu Zhu and the others were struggling to persuade each other, a secret letter sent from Guanzhong made Yuan Shao dispel the idea of attacking Yuan Shu immediately.

With the unremitting efforts of some ministers of the Chang'an court, Dong Zhuo's old ministry finally fought among themselves, Li Dao killed Fan Chou, and the chaos in Guanzhong began to appear.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed and immediately ordered to prepare to enter the King of Guanqin. A few days later, Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others came up with a detailed plan to seize Guanzhong.

At present, there are 20,000 troops of Chun Yuqiong and Zhu Ling on the battlefield in Guanxi, 10,000 troops of Zhang Yang and Han Hao in Hanoi, about 10,000 troops in Luoyang and Jingya Baguan, about 20,000 troops in Yuan Wei, Gao Gan, Xin Bi, Yuan Zhong, and Xu Xuan in Yuzhou, and about 20,000 troops in Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Pan Feng in Nanyang.

After two years of army expansion, Yuan Shao's troops reached more than 70,000 troops. According to Fu Zhi's arrangement, the army on the Kansai battlefield will launch an attack on Xin'an and Mianchi after the main force of the army enters the pass, so as to contain Xu Rong's army.

Zhang Yang of Hebei will lead his army to move in the direction of Jizhou around March, making the illusion of containing the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army from crossing the river to the south.

Yuan Wei, Gao Gan of Chen Guoxiang, Yuan Zhong of Pei Guo, and Gao Rou of Liang led 10,000 troops to attack Chenliu and Shanyang in Yanzhou in early March, attacking the back of Lü Bu and forming an east-west flank with Cao Cao.

If the army can drive Lü Bu to the banks of the Yellow River between mid-March and early April. Then we will be able to occupy enough advantages to engage in fierce battles with the southward Northern Frontier Army in every city, and buy enough time for the main army to seize Guanzhong.

"Tian Kai of Qingzhou has already given us an accurate answer, and he will delay the time to enter the Yanzhou battlefield under various excuses." Pointing to the map, he said,

"Now what we are most worried about is Xuzhou Liu Bei. According to the information we received, Liu Bei immediately began to expand his army after Tao Qian's death, and the number of troops has reached more than 10,000. If these 10,000 people attack from behind Cao Cao, the situation in Yanzhou will be reversed. Therefore, when Yuan Shu's army attacked Xuzhou would directly affect the development of the Yanzhou war. ”

"Don't worry, Yuan Shu will definitely fight Xuzhou this time." Yuan Shao said confidently,

"Compared with the four counties of Jiangdong, Xuzhou is too attractive to him. If Yuan Shu takes the opportunity to occupy Xuzhou, plus the Jiujiang County and Lujiang County that he now controls, he will have seven counties, and his strength will immediately increase several times, what choice do you say he will make? As long as I give him food and grass, he will fight faster than anyone else. Frustrated and the crowd looked at each other and smiled.

In order to attract the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army to the south, Yuan Wei's Yuzhou army will be called 30,000 people. In addition, we also sent an army stationed in Luoyang, under the banner of adults, out of the tiger prison, and approached Chen Liu. I think 3,000 people are enough for this bluffing army. Fu Zhu then frowned and continued: "The army attacking Guanzhong is mainly Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi in Nanyang and Xin Bi and Xu Xuan in Yuzhou, with a total of 30,000 troops. This number is obviously too small, and we must get Jingzhou's help. "In the past two years, under Liu Biao's careful governance, Jingzhou has developed rapidly, and the army has expanded to 50,000 people.

The rapid expansion of Liu Biao's strength is entirely due to the stability of Jingzhou. Although there were several small-scale rebellions in Jingzhou, the scope of the war was relatively small and did not hurt Jingzhou's vitality.

In addition, due to the large number of migrants from the south, Jingzhou's population not only did not decrease, but increased rapidly.

The population is larger, and there are more strong men, and the increase in the number of troops is easy. Liu Biao was very willing and actively asked to go north to King Qin, but he was dragged by Liu Zhang of Yizhou this time.

In order to gather enough troops to seize Guanzhong, Yuan Shao had already urgently written to Liu Biao, asking him to negotiate peace with Liu Zhang temporarily.

Let's talk about it first, and then give more gifts, but if it doesn't work, then fight. He asked Liu Biao to lead 30,000 main forces north and fight into Guanzhong with him.

As for Liu Zhang's Yizhou army, 20,000 troops were enough to deal with him.

"If Lord Liu Biao can send 30,000 troops into King Qinqin, we will have 60,000 horses, and we will have a great chance of taking Guanzhong." Frustrated said,

"However, at present, it is not only the Northern Frontier Army that can prevent us from capturing Guanzhong, but also Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang." Last year, Yuan Tan's army was blocked by Duan Xuan in Shangluo City, and he was unable to join Han Sui and Ma Teng for a long time, as a result, they were defeated in successive battles and were forced to retreat to Xiliang, suffering heavy losses.

Han Sui and Ma Teng hated us very much because of this, and they no longer trusted us. Last year, the Lord sent people to contact Han Sui and Ma Teng several times, hoping to join forces with them again to capture Guanzhong, but they all refused.

If we go in this time, Han Sui and Ma Teng will definitely send troops to kill in Guanzhong. For them, occupying Guanzhong is equivalent to solving the problem of survival, how can they miss this golden opportunity?

At present, the strength of Dong Zhuo's old troops such as Li Dao and Guo Yan in Guanzhong is about 30,000, and they are distributed all over Guanzhong.

But precisely because of the dispersion of their forces, it is difficult for us to achieve a quick victory. Once the time of the battle in Guanzhong is prolonged, it is possible for Han Sui and Ma Teng to enter the pass, and the Northern Xinjiang Army may also cross the river and advance westward.

"There is only one way to avoid this." Frustrated and pointed to the city of Chang'an on the map,

"We took Chang'an City as quickly as possible."

"After taking Chang'an City and rescuing the Son of Heaven, we also have Guanzhong and the world." Yuan Shao's thick eyebrows were deep, his expression was solemn, and he didn't speak for a long time.

After directly entering Chang'an and rescuing the Son of Heaven, what will he do? Honor the son of today or immediately depose the son of today and rebuild the imperial system?

If you turn to the current Son, many of the problems and crises you face will be solved, and if you depose the Son of Heaven and rebuild the imperial system, you are likely to become the target of public criticism and be defeated.

Although these people do not say that they respect today's son, in the past few years, behind the many strategies they have given themselves, all of them imply the intention of respecting today's son.

Step by step, they pushed themselves on the road of having to respect the son of today, and now they can't turn back.

At this moment, if he is still stubborn, Liu Biao will definitely not help him, and even if he does, he may become his enemy at any time.

There are also Han Sui and Ma Teng, if they want to force them back to Xiliang, they can only respect the son of today, otherwise they will just give them an excuse to protect the Son of Heaven and attack him.

There are also state and county officials in various places, including many of their own Yuan lord clansmen, they all respect the son of today, if they seize Guanzhong but immediately depose the Son of Heaven, will they think that they are the same as Dong Zhuo?

Will it turn against itself? and Li Hong from Hebei. Since he has captured Guanzhong, the most urgent need is a period of development.

And if you want to win this time, you can only respect the son of today and keep the Northern Xinjiang Army out of Guanzhong.

If you want to attack and kill Li Hong in the future, you will need this edict even more. The edict of the only emperor of the Han Dynasty, who was respected by the whole world, was powerful enough to kill Li Hong.

Fu Zhu and the others all knew what Yuan Shao was thinking, and everyone sat quietly, waiting for Yuan Shao's final decision.

Yuan Shao's frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and a gentle smile appeared on his handsome face.

"When will Duan Xuan sacrifice Wuguan?" Yuan Shao asked.

Duan Xuan said that he needed the personal commitment of adults. Xu Yu replied.

"Okay, I'll go to Wuguan." Yuan Shao said with a smile,

"Ziyuan, you take my handwritten letter and go to Xiangyang immediately. You said to Brother Jingsheng, I'll wait for him in Wuguan. "Jump to