Yuan Shao urgently summoned Manzhong and promised to send money and food to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's strength is not good now, even if he is supported by money and food, but under the attack of Li Yi, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, it is difficult to support it for a long time, so after thanking Yuan Shao for his help with money and food, Man Chong put forward a request to ask Yuan Shao to send troops to help.

Yuan Shao agreed.

"If Li Yi sends troops to Yanzhou, will General Yuan's army meet it?" Man Pet hesitated for a long time and asked cautiously.

Yuan Shao said with a smile: "Since I sent troops to help Meng De, of course I am in the same boat with him." Don't worry, as long as Li Yi crosses the river, we will fight together. However, in order to gain the advantage of blocking the Northern Xinjiang Army as soon as possible, we must defeat Liu Bei and occupy Xuzhou before March anyway. ”

Then Yuan Shao's face changed, and he said sharply: "Meng De has killed too many people, now he can't see people's heads, can't smell blood, and can't sleep?" ”

Full of shame on his face, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Cao Cao's massacre of hundreds of thousands of unarmed homeless people and civilians in Xuzhou was really an outrageous affair.

Back then, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun killed people, and those Yellow Turban soldiers were all rebellious, but now Cao Cao killed innocent lives, which is a heinous crime.

In the future, if the Son of Heaven returns to power and does not kill Cao Cao, he will not be able to explain to the people of the world at all, so if Cao Cao and his subordinates want to save their lives and survive, they can only fight bloody battles and rest until death, and there is no way out.

In other words, if Yuan Shao can't control Cao Cao now, he will definitely have to meet Cao Cao in the future. The reason is very simple, whether the Son of Heaven is in charge or Yuan Shao is in charge, in order to win the trust of the world, the first thing to kill is Cao Cao.

In the future, even if Li Yi was a rebel of the Han Dynasty, Li Yi saved tens of millions of displaced people and defended the territory of the Han Dynasty, and his exploits are known to the world, which is enough to offset his mistakes.

But what about Cao Cao? In addition to pacifying the scourge of the Yellow Turban, Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou, attacked Xuzhou, and killed people everywhere.

Since the Son of Heaven wants to kill him, Li Yi and Yuan Shao also want to kill him, where is Cao Cao's way out? Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai, Mao Jue, Cheng Yu, Man Chong and others have carefully discussed, and there is only one way, which is to defeat Li Yi and Yuan Shao, like Dong Zhuo, and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the world, so that he can save his life and keep his glory and wealth. Of course, it can also keep the Han's country.

In the future, Li Yi is dead, Yuan Shao is also dead, this history will be written by the victors, and the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Xuzhou can be counted? Just find a reason to deceive future generations. If you really can't do it, you will completely erase this mistake from history.

With a way to survive, an ambition to dominate the world, and a strategy to coerce the Son of Heaven to command the world, the first thing Cao Cao has to do next is to survive.

The first thing he needed was Yuan Shao's help, so he sent Man Chong to Luoyang, willing to send his family members to Luoyang as hostages, in exchange for the most needed money, food, and ordnance.

However, the situation in the world has changed, Cao Cao suddenly became important to Yuan Shao at this moment, Cao Cao became the most important chess piece for Yuan Shao to pacify the world, and what he needs now is not Cao Cao's family but Cao Cao's trust.

Only by gaining Cao Cao's trust and Cao Cao's allegiance can he control the situation in the Central Plains and then successfully occupy Guanzhong.

"You tell Meng De that if he kills again, I will never save him." Yuan Shao said bitterly, "If I do this now, I will offend the people of the world and be insulted by the people of the world, do you know?" I lost so much, not for Cao Mengde, but to prevent Li Yi from occupying the Central Plains and preventing Li Yi from usurping the world, I am for the sake of the Han Sheji, do you know? ”

Man Zhong nodded again and again, and said a lot of words of gratitude in fear, and then he made another request: "Can General Yuan convince Gongsun Zan to stay still?" ”

"I have already sent someone to Qingzhou." Yuan Shao said, "Gongsun Zhan is a native of Northern Xinjiang, although he has an enmity with Li Yi, but we still can't trust him too much." Once the Northern Xinjiang Army moves south, the situation in the Central Plains will change greatly, and we cannot predict whether Gongsun Chan will remain still. ”

Full of favor got Yuan Shao's promise, was overjoyed, and left.

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Yuan Shao originally planned to unite with Yuan Shu and attack Xuzhou from Liu Bei's south, so as to achieve the goal of defeating Liu Bei and occupying Xuzhou as soon as possible. However, soon came a news that made Yuan Shao almost vomit blood, that is, Yuan Shu had no intention of going north to attack Xuzhou, and he wanted to start a war with Liu Xuan.

After the death of Chen Wen, Yuan Shao appointed Yuan Yu to succeed him as the assassin of Yangzhou, but Yuan Shu immediately killed Yuan Yu, and then he appointed his subordinate Chen Yu as the assassin, but two months later, he drove Chen Yu away and took the Yangzhou assassin on his behalf.

Yuan Shao was furious because of this, and he wanted to kill Yuan Shu, but after all, the two were half-relatives, 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 Shi, first, he could control Yangzhou, and second, he could 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.

Li Yi is also out of reach of the distant Yangzhou at this time, so he has no preference for who to let be the assassin of Yangzhou, and now since Liu Biao recommended Liu Xuan, he also agreed to Liu Biao's recommendation.

Liu Miao held the festival and went to visit Liu Biao first. Liu Biao gave him a detailed explanation of the situation in Yangzhou.

Now Yuan Shu has controlled the entire Jiujiang County and most of Lujiang County, and Liyang City in Jiujiang County, the seat of the Yangzhou Thorn History Department, is also under Yuan Shu's control. If Liu Miao goes directly to Jiujiang County to take office, he will definitely have a conflict with Yuan Shu, and his life is in danger. Therefore, Liu Biao suggested that Liu Miao go down the Yangtze River and move the administrative office to Wanling, the administrative office of Danyang 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 Peng's subordinates, and went down to Wanling in Danyang County by boat to rebuild the Yangzhou Thorn History Department.

Wu Jing, the Taishou of Danyang, Wang Lang of Huiji County, Lu Kang of Lujiang County, Sun Jian of Wujun and other Jiangdong officials rushed to Wanling 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.

If you have betrayed me, then I will beat 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 was originally very dissatisfied with Yuan Shu's control of many officials in Lujiang County, which almost made him empty, and he only controlled two or three counties in his hands, so Lu Kang simply said no, you are not the assassin of Yangzhou, why do you point fingers at me.

Yuan Shu originally controlled most of Lujiang County, and he had long ignored Lu Kang, the titular Lujiang Taishou, and immediately sent troops to attack and kill, completely occupying 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 he, the 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 resolved their grudges, and the contradictions 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, and he was famous and quickly defeated Wu Jing and Sun Ben. Wu Jing and Sun Ben withdrew their troops from Yangxian in Wu County, and held on to Liu Xuan.

Liu Miao also knew that he had not only offended Yuan Shu by doing so, but also offended Sun Jian, so he ordered his general Zhang Ying to garrison as a sharp mouth to guard against Yuan Shu's attack. Then he sent two other generals, Fan Neng and Yu Mi, to garrison Luyang to guard against Sun Jian's attack.

Yuan Shu appointed his subordinate Hui Qu to assassinate Yangzhou, and united with Sun Jian, the Taishou of Wu County, to prepare to attack Liu Xuan.

"What can this bastard Yuan Shu do?" After Yuan Shao learned the news, he was so angry that he slapped his palm on the desk and scolded loudly, "Wherever this bastard goes, he will jump around." Will the Yuan family have such a loser? ”

"The highway said that sooner or later the Central Plains will be Li Yi's, and he will go to Jiangdong." Feng Ji looked at Yuan Shao, who was angry, and whispered, "He has a deep prejudice against the lord, and he doesn't want to make peace with the lord, and he even ...... the letter that the lord gave him."

"How?" Yuan Shao asked angrily, "Did he burn?" ”

Feng Ji nodded and said, "The highway keeps insulting the lord, and the scolding is very ugly. ”

Yuan Shao's face turned pale, and he trembled and said, "This bastard, if it weren't for my brother, I would have killed him a long time ago!" ”

"Lord, in my opinion, it's better to send troops to drive him to Jiangdong." Feng Ji persuaded, "Leaving him in Jiangbei is a great threat to us." ”

Yuan Shao immediately convened Fu Zhu, Shen 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.

"The lord still asked a few elders of Yuan Valve to go to Yangzhou in person." "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 lord still wrote another letter to persuade him. What kind of person Yuan Shu is, the lord should know very well in his heart, and believe that he will make the right choice. ”

The trial and others also dissuaded them again and again. (To be continued.) )