Li Xiang laughed loudly after receiving the news that Yuan Shu had proclaimed himself emperor. He immediately summoned his civil and military officials and said with a smile: "What day is today and what night is it?"
"My lord, it's the fifth day of the fifth lunar month."
"Well, the fifth day of May is a good time! All the fools and fools in the world will come out on the fifth day of May," Li Xiang continued to laugh, "You know, Yuan Shu became emperor and almost made me laugh to death.
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Although Li Xiang secretly did a lot of things behind Yuan Shu's proclaimed emperor, when he heard that Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, Li Xiang was not only happy but also felt funny.
This Yuan Shu really feels good about himself. He dared to proclaim himself emperor with such a small territory. He really thought that other princes in the world would not attack him! The funniest thing is that this guy also sent an edict to everyone in the world, asking others to pay him
Bow your head and bow your head.
"This Yuan Jiujiu is really..." Wang Meng was halfway through his sentence, but he didn't know how to continue describing it.
At the same time, Guan Zhong, Guo Jia, Liu Ji and other counselors were also amused. They did not expect that Yuan Shu would dare to play like this at this time. Although they had all seen that Yuan Shu's character could not accomplish anything big, Yuan Shu could do something famous.
Emperor's stupidity was something they had never expected before.
"My lord, Yuan Shu has proclaimed himself emperor, and I don't know how many princes have taken action against him!" Bai Qi realized something for a moment and asked immediately.
"Liu Biao and Sun Jian!" Li Xiang secretly sighed at Bai Qi's military sensitivity for discovering the fighter plane so quickly.
Li Xiang recalled the news he had received before, that Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang were really capable. When these two people discovered that Yuan Shu's proclaimed emperor was a foregone conclusion, they immediately began to break the situation.
In fact, at the beginning, Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang did not think of betrayal. After all, unless Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, Yuan Shu's ship was already a broken ship, and it might sink if he failed.
This idea was quickly rejected by them.
Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang discovered that even if they rebelled and broke away from Yuan Shu's broken ship, no matter how powerful they were, they could only seize a county's territory from Yuan Shu's hands.
After all, as Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor, not to mention the surrounding princes, they will definitely attack Yuan Shu. In the hands of these princes, it is good enough that Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang can be divided into one county. Even with their
Not even one county can guarantee their respective strength.
In other words, even if Yuan Shu is destroyed by then, the two of them have successfully occupied the territory of a county. With only the physical resources and troops of a county, how can they protect themselves among the princes, let alone plan?
The world is over.
Although the rebel route allowed them to get off Yuan Shu's broken boat, if they waited for them to get off, their small boat might not be able to withstand the wind and waves in this world.
Of course, they can also go to other places to develop. But now the Han Dynasty has no land to occupy, and it will be difficult for Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang to find a prince who is as weak in personal ability as Yuan Shu and easy to annex.
Therefore, Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang finally made a plan and followed Yuan Shu directly. The two people who had been rivals before had no choice but to continue to unite this time. After thinking hard, they came up with an idea.
He came up with some ways to allow Yuan Shu to hold on for a while longer.
After finally convincing Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu reluctantly agreed to form an alliance between the Xiang clan and Chi You. After Yuan Shu agreed, Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang immediately sent envoys to the Xiang clan in Jingnan and the Yellow Turban Chi You in Yanzhou.
In fact, what Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang didn't know was that they could persuade Yuan Shu and Li Shui, which meant that Li Mi played a big role after this.
In view of Li Mi's performance for a long time when Yuan Shu became emperor, it is obvious that Yuan Shu now likes Li Mi very much. Therefore, compared with others, some of Li Mi's suggestions are acceptable to Yuan Shu.
Li Mi came to Yuan Shu not only to let Yuan Shu proclaim himself emperor. In addition, he was also responsible for giving appropriate support to Yuan Shu to make Yuan Shu stronger.
Only when Yuan Shu is stronger can he exert his greatest effect. Otherwise, if Yuan Shu is eliminated too quickly, then Li Xiang may have just sent troops to Yongliang, and the princes who attacked Yuan Shu will be free to stop Li Xiang.
Therefore, Li Mi had targeted Jiang Xiaobai a long time ago and was willing to help Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang persuade Yuan Shu.
Jiang Xiaobai's mission to the Xiang clan was relatively easy. The Xiang clan had originally planned to deal with Liu Biao after Liu Biao fought with Yuan Shu. Therefore, even if Jiang Xiaobai did not come, the Xiang clan would take action when the time came.
Moreover, the Xiang and Liu families have been mortal enemies for hundreds of years, and the Xiang family is usually happy to do anything that makes the Liu family uncomfortable.
It was more troublesome for Wang Mang. After he tried his best and paid some benefits, Chi You began to relax. After all, the Yellow Turbans and the Han Dynasty were enemies. Yuan Shu, who proclaimed himself emperor, lived one more day, and the rest of the Han Dynasty
The little bit of prestige was hit even more seriously.
However, in the end, Chi You only agreed that Chen Bing would be there to help Yuan Shu contain part of Cao Cao's troops.
For this point, Wang Mang's expected goal has been achieved. After all, before this, Chi You had already started fighting with Zhao Kuangyin, who had become the master, which was equivalent to helping Yuan Shu retreat from Xuzhou's troops.
As for Cao Cao, he had already decided to go to Yuzhou to intervene, but Chi You and Chen Bing's actions forced Cao Cao to be on guard. Although Cao Cao could still mobilize some of his troops, after what happened, Cao Cao decided to observe for a while before deciding on specific actions.
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Anyway, in Cao Cao's opinion, the Yuan family is a big business and strong, and this war will not be over for a while.
Therefore, in the end, only two groups of princes, Sun Jian and Liu Biao, sent out troops to attack the rebellious Yuan Shu. Sun Jian sent out two groups, and he and Sun Wu each led an army to attack Yuan Shu.
As for Liu Biao, Liu Yu and Wen Zhong, who had emerged from the grassland war, each led an army. They also divided their forces into two groups and approached Runan.
As for Sui Wang Yang Jian, who represents the emperor, now that there are people outside the imperial court usurping the Han Dynasty and usurping the throne, he is the one who should take action. If Yang Jian takes action, it will further show that he is the pillar of the Han Dynasty and the authentic one of the imperial court.
However, Yang Jian seemed to have keenly felt that Li Xiang might be going to attack him. How could he easily send troops at this time?
Therefore, in the end, Yang Jian only issued a proclamation in the name of the Han Emperor, calling on the princes of the world to suppress the rebellion and support the Han, without choosing to take action himself.