Being threatened by Dong Zhuo, the Sili clan headed by Yang Biao all looked at Yuan Wei and the others. Dong Zhuo might not be able to tell how many of Yuan Wei's disciples and former officials there were, but they knew it all!
Yang Biao even walked up to Yuan Wei and whispered: "If you Guandong people dare to cause trouble in Luoyang City, we will help Dong Zhuo fight Yuan Shao. I will do what I say!"
The Yang family is also the third generation of the fourth generation, and their family background is no worse than that of the Yuan family. The only difference may be that Yang Biao is too young and not as prestigious as Yuan Wei. But now that it is a matter of life and death, Yang Biao doesn't care so much! His hometown is Hong Kong.
Huayin County, Nong County, is right next to Luoyang City. Lei Gong has occupied Luoyang City, and his hometown will also be destroyed!
Yuan Wei could only smile bitterly. Once a person's ambition is drawn out, it can never be extinguished. The Han Dynasty's prefect has lost the restraints of the court in the past six months, and now his heart is wild. The current situation is no longer under his control.
Yes.
Dong Zhuo sneered when he saw the scholars in the imperial court being divided. Under the pressure of Lei Gong, Yang Biao and other Sili clan nobles would help him take good care of Luoyang City! This is what Dong Zhuo hopes to see. If Luoyang City is unstable, he
Most of his army will be used to suppress the noble clans in Luoyang City. There will not be many troops to deal with Yuan Shao and the others. But now that the Kanxi clan clans are in check, he can at least dispatch more than 70% of his army!
Then Dong Zhuo signaled Tian Yi to continue introducing the battle situation!
Tian Yi continued: "Yuzhou Mu Kongnu has an army of 30,000 troops and Yingchuan Prefect Li Min has an army of 10,000 troops. They have already stationed at Yangzhai, the seat of Yingchuan County, and they threaten Shenyuan Pass.
Finally, there is Yuan Shu from Nanyang. Since he came to Nanyang, Yuan Shu has made violent conquests. With the help of Runan, he has now recruited 40,000 troops and is stationed in Luyang. It is said that Yuan Shu's friend Sun Jian raised troops to support Yuan Shu and now leads 10,000 troops from Changsha.
March to Luyang!
Dong Zhuo said angrily: "This Sun Jian was rude to me a few years ago, and now he dares to rebel against me. I can't spare him!"
Tian Yi waited for Dong Zhuo to finish and said: "The total strength of the rebels now is about 200,000, mainly provided by Han Fu from Jizhou and Kong Min from Yuzhou who supply food, grass and baggage to the rebels!
Dong Zhuo smiled and said: "It seems that Yuan Shu's strength is not as good as Yuan Benchu's. He only has two or three helpers. Compared with Yuan Shao's dozen or so eunuchs, he is far behind. It seems that the Taifu still prefers Yuan Shao as a concubine. He is not afraid of deposing the concubine.
There is internal strife in the Yuan family!"
Yuan Wei just looked at Dong Zhuo coldly, and now he had nothing to say to Dong Zhuo.
In fact, he was also a little annoyed with Yuan Shu's escape. Yuan Shu's departure from Luoyang City was not arranged by him at all. Yuan Wei knew that concentrating his strength could defeat Dong Zhuo better than using two fists. However, Yuan Shu had already seen that the situation in Luoyang City was not good, so he did not contact him.
Yuan Wei immediately ran away.
So the situation became like this. All the disciples and former officials of the Yuan family were supporting Yuan Shao. This was originally arranged by him, but because Yuan Shu was the legitimate son and they were close to each other, the Yuan family in Runan fully supported Yuan Shu.
So Yuan's power was divided into two shares!
Tian Yi, on the other hand, smiled and said: "The Taifu's family is still very strong. During the Yellow Turban Uprising, the imperial court could not send out 200,000 troops. Now I see that the Taifu family has sent out 200,000 troops. The Four Generations and Three Dukes really have a profound background!
I just don’t know if the Taifu can recruit another 200,000 troops after these 200,000 troops were annihilated by the Prime Minister!
Although the Yuan brothers have a large army, Dong Zhuo and the others are not afraid, because most of these soldiers are newly recruited for less than a year, and they are confident that they can defeat them!
Dong Zhuo looked at the civil and military officials present and said: "The situation has been introduced. Let's discuss how to deal with the Yuan brothers!
Zheng Tai, the Minister of State, said: "The prime minister of the country should govern with virtue, not with having many soldiers."
Dong Zhuo said unhappily: "According to what you say, the army is useless?"
Zheng Tai said: "I don't mean that, but I think that the east of Mount Wei is not worth sending out a large army to conquer. You rose in Xizhou, served as a general when you were young, and are familiar with military affairs. Yuan Shao is the son of a public minister, and he grew up in the capital.
Miao is a loyal elder of Dongping County. Sitting in the hall, he will not look around. Kong Niao can only talk loudly and praise right and wrong. These people have no military talent. They will never be your opponent in a battle. What's more, their official positions are
Those who are granted the title themselves have not been appointed by the court, and there is no order of honor and inferiority.
If we rely on a large number of troops to fight against each other, these people will save their own strength to see success or failure, and will not work together to advance and retreat together. Moreover, the area east of Mount Wei has been at peace for a long time, and the people are not familiar with fighting. Hangu
The area west of Guan has recently been attacked by the Qiang, and even women can bend bows to fight. They are not afraid of servants, and they are not like the troops of Bingzhou and Liangzhou acting as minions. Fighting is like driving tigers and wild beasts to capture dogs and sheep.
Who can resist the strong wind that sweeps away the dead leaves?
Conscription without incident will alarm the world and cause people who are afraid of military service to gather and cause chaos. Abandoning moral governance and using the army will damage one's prestige."
After hearing Zheng Tai's words, Dong Zhuo laughed and said, "Where is your home, Gongye?"
Zheng Tai didn't know why, but he still replied: "I am from Xingyang, Kaifeng, I see. You are not afraid of Thunder Lord. No wonder you helped Yuan Shao and others speak!"
Zheng Tai suddenly broke into a cold sweat and said: "You are wronged! Prime Minister"
Dong Zhuo sneered and said: "You went to the Central Plains to recruit the Yuan brothers. As long as you succeeded, I wanted you to become Sikong. But if you failed, you fled to the Yuan Shao brothers. Of course, I can't do anything to you, but you are in Luoyang
None of my family members will be kept alive! Do you dare to go?"
Zheng Tai meant to ask him not to recruit troops to expand the army. He regarded Dong Zhuo as a fool, but Dong Zhuo really did not recruit troops because Luoyang City did not have enough food and grass, and the army in his hands could no longer expand.
At this time, Yang Biao came out and said: "Zheng Tai is just a white-faced scholar. He doesn't understand military affairs at all. Why should the Prime Minister have the same knowledge as him!"
Dong Zhuo can now not give face to Yuan Wei, but he has to give face to Yang Biao. The noble families of Guandong have become his enemies. Now the only people he can win over are the noble families of Kanxi, and Yang Biao is from Guanxi.
Representative of the noble family!
Dong Zhuo said coldly: "I'll give Wen Xian some face and step back!"
Zheng Tai retreated in cold sweat!
Dong Zhuo looked at Yuan Ji and said with a smile: "Your two brothers betrayed the imperial court and failed the reputation of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family. As the elder brother, you are responsible for the future of the Yuan family. You need to remove these two stains personally. In this way, the imperial court
In order to continue to trust your Yuan family, I will report to the imperial court and appoint you as the Disciplinarian, and you will follow Liu Bei to defeat Yuan Shu!"
This was agreed upon by Dong Zhuo and Li Ru. Liu Bei is the only one who is loyal to the court and can withstand the pressure of the Yuan clan. If Yuan Ji goes to Liu Bei's army, he will definitely be used by Liu Bei to deal with Yuan Shu. If Liu Bei can wipe out Yuan Shu and the others.
It was a huge profit for Dong Zhuo.
Even if Yuan Ji escapes, it will be good for them. Yuan Ji is the legitimate heir to the Yuan Clan. Now that his two brothers are strong, Yuan Ji will definitely not be convinced. If he splits the Yuan Clan again and divides the Yuan Clan into three parts,
It's the best thing for them.
Yuan Wei looked at Dong Zhuo in astonishment. Is this still the common man Dong Zhuo he knew?
He actually thought of using Yuan Ji to deal with Yuan Shu, and even used Liu Bei. Dong Zhuo had an expert behind him!
Yang Biao and others also had the same idea. Dong Zhuo has been played by Yuan Wei for more than half a year, and today's change is too sudden!
Seeing the astonished expressions of the civil and military officials, Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "Didn't Yuan Shao and the others say that they have King Hongli's side edict of the Qing Dynasty in their hands? They have already asked King Hongli about the truth. He has been staying peacefully in his mansion these days.
, there is no side edict from the Qing emperor at all, all of this was forged by Yuan Shao for his own ambition! King Hongli wrote to His Majesty, saying that in order to prove his innocence, he was willing to go to the front line to persuade Yuan Shao to surrender and rebel! After the spring, the truth will be brought to Hongli
The king goes to the front line to suppress Yuan Shao's rebellion!"
Yuan Wei was completely fooled by Dong Zhuo's actions. He actually wanted to use King Hongli to deal with Yuan Shao. This idea was absolutely incredible. As soon as the two sides met, Yuan Shao and the others would definitely reveal their secrets. Dong Zhuo really hit the weak spot of the Dong Zhuo Alliance.
Got it!
Yang Biao was a little happy, Dong Zhuo's methods suddenly became clever, and Sili seemed to be saved!
March of the first year of Chuping!
Liu Bei's 30,000-strong army marched a long way to attack, and finally arrived at Xi County after enduring cold winds. Liu Bei then stationed troops here, intending to let the soldiers regain their energy first, and at the same time inquire about the surrounding situation, and then decide how to march!
At this time, the officials in Jingzhou heard that Liu Bei was leading an army of 30,000 men stationed in Xi County. They immediately went to him and cried: "General Zhennan, please make the decision for my family's governor?"
Liu Bei asked: "What happened?"
At this time, the officials in Jingzhou immediately told Liu Bei what happened in Jingzhou.
All this started when Yuan Shu fled to Nanyang County. After the alliance against Dong was established, in order to compete with Yuan Shao for the position of leader, he immediately went to his hometown and asked the elders of his hometown to help him conquer Dong Zhuo.
Yuan Shu was originally the direct son of the Yuan family. Under Yuan Shu's deception, the clan elders thought that Yuan Shu was arranged by Yuan Wei. Naturally, they mobilized all the disciples and old officials of the Yuan family to help Yuan Shu. Now that Yuan Shu is here, he is like a fish in water. What does the Yuan family want?
The clan elders gave him whatever he wanted and quickly helped Yuan Shu recruit 10,000 elite soldiers. These were the private soldiers Yuan Shu brought from his hometown in Runan and were completely different from the new recruits he had just recruited.
Then Yuan Shu, in the name of his general, ordered the prefects of the surrounding counties and counties to transport the army's food and wages to his territory in Luyang, so that he could compete with Yuan Shao for the position of the head of the Yuan Clan! The prefects of Yuzhou often obeyed Yuan Shu's orders.
But Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, the governor of Nanyang, did not want to obey Yuan Shu's orders.
It was a joke that Yuan Shu wanted all their food and troops as soon as he came, which really made the Yuan family's slaves among them. They were officials of the imperial court, but they did not dare to offend Yuan Shu, so they delayed and gave some of Yuan Shu's orders.
The old, weak and remnants of the army, a few thousand dan of food means nothing!
But can Yuan Shu endure it?
In addition, he had already set his sights on Nanyang County, which had a population of two million, and wanted to rely on Nanyang County's territory to dominate the world, so he had the idea of killing the two of them, so he wrote to his friend Sun Jiandao: "Now
The heroes of the Central Plains are vying for the throne. If you want to leave your name in history, come to Luyang with your brothers to defeat Dong Zhuo!"
Sun Jian was already dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo. When he was in Xiliang, he almost killed Dong Zhuo in front of Zhang Wen. Of course, Dong Zhuo quickly got along with him and used the rebellious Bian Zhang at the time to betray the news that they were sending troops.
Sun Jian, who was close to Zhou Shen, almost died in Xiliang, so the two sides had a deep hatred.
Now that he could take revenge, Sun Jian was of course happy, so after receiving Yuan Shu's letter, he led all the soldiers from Changsha County to go north to Luyang! Prepare to join Yuan Shu!
But when Sun Jian walked near Jiangling City, Yuan Shu wrote another letter saying: "Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, seems to be in contact with Dong Zhuo and wants to kill his brother. Please help me kill him!"
And this is what Sun Jian wants to do. At the beginning, Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, jointly attacked the rebels in Lingling and Guiyang counties. Wang Rui was a famous scholar, so he naturally looked down on a warrior like Sun Jian. His words were very contemptuous.
He even contacted other officials in Jingzhou to exclude Sun Jian. How could Sun Jian, a small local tycoon, have the same connections as Wang Rui, who was a son of a powerful noble family? Sun Jian had been greatly criticized in Jingzhou over the years. But now Sun Jian could finally avenge and complain.
Of course you're welcome.
At this time, there were many internal conflicts in Jingzhou. Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, was always at odds with Cao Yin, the prefect of Wuling, and threatened to kill Cao Yin first.
Cao Yin was afraid, so he forged an official document from the imperial court and sent it to Sun Jian, announcing Wang Rui's crime and asking Sun Jian to arrest Wang Rui and report the situation after execution.
Sun Jian originally wanted to find an excuse to kill Wang Rui, but now that Cao Yin had given him all the excuses, what else could he say? After receiving this official document, Sun Jian immediately led his army to attack Wang Rui.
Wang Rui was completely unprepared and was defeated by Sun Jian. He fled back to Jiangling City. More than 20,000 of his men became prisoners of Sun Jian.
Wang Rui knew that Sun Jian led the troops to attack him, so he sent an envoy to question Sun Jian: "We are all officials of the imperial court, why did you attack me?
Sun Jiandao: "I received an official document from the envoy, and I want to execute you!"
Wang Rui said: "What crime have I committed?"
Sun Jian said: "You have committed the crime of 'ignorance'!"
Wang Rui knew that Sun Jian was asking Yuan Shu to kill him, so he had no choice but to scrape off the gold shavings, swallow them and drink them to death.
Then Sun Jian annexed Wang Rui's army and continued northward with 30,000 men.
Liu Bei and others were stunned after hearing what happened. They had never thought that Sun Jian would dare to attack his superior as a subordinate. This kind of thing had never been heard of before.
Zhang Fei was also surprised and said: "This is not unfounded. Didn't Sun Jian say that he was a warrior? How could he be so good at conspiracy? He could actually say such shameless words!"
Jian Yong sighed: "The majesty of the imperial court was really destroyed by Yuan Shao and the others. Now the governors and governors from all over the country are attacking each other. Attacking superiors like Sun Jian was something that was unimaginable a few years ago. This is rebellion.
! But now he dares to lead the army to attack the officials of the Han Dynasty, and the soldiers will obey his orders. They no longer regard themselves as officials of the Han Dynasty, but as princes in troubled times!"
Zhao Yundao said: "Yuan Shu now has 40,000 troops, and Sun Jian also has 30,000 troops. It would be too disadvantageous for us if the two of them join forces. Xuande Gong should take this opportunity to annihilate Sun Jian's tribe. This way
The battle behind us will be much easier to fight!
Liu Bei asked the escaped officials: "Where is Sun Jian's army now?"
The official said: "We have just arrived near Xiangyang. Now we must be crossing the Yangtze River and heading towards Wan County. Nanyang Prefect Zhang Zi has 5,000 troops stationed in Wan County!"
Liu Bei immediately asked someone to find a map of Nanyang County and found that his army and Sun Jian's army were about the same distance from Wan County!
Liu Bei said: "If we occupy Wan County in advance, we can prevent Sun Jian and Yuan Shu from joining together!"
But Guan Yu frowned and said: "But Yuan Shu in Luyang is about the same distance from Wan County as we are. If Yuan Shu learns about our arrival in Nanyang County and meets with Sun Jian in advance, we will occupy Wan County and be defeated by Yuan Shu."
Sun Jian attacked from both sides. This strategic situation is too weak for us.
Zhang Fei said: "Wan County is the seat of Nanyang County. It should have abundant food and grass and a strong city. If we rely on Wan County for defense, the coalition forces of Yuan Shu and Sun Jian will not be able to attack Wan County even with 70,000 people!"
At this time, the officials in Jingzhou said: "Yes, yes, Wan County has the entire Jingzhou's food and grass. It is not a problem for 30,000 people to be stationed for a year! I just ask General Zhennan to punish Sun Jianming in the canon to avenge my family's governor!"
But Jian Yong said: "There are still tens of thousands of rebellious allies in Yuzhou. If we hide in Wan County and Yuan Shu's allies come over, we will face an army of 100,000. This situation is very unfavorable to us. The best strategy is
Just before they get together, we will defeat them individually!"
Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "Zilong, lead the cavalry to intercept Sun Jian's army in Xinye County in advance. I will lead the army and arrive soon!"
Zhao Yundao: "Our army has just arrived in Jingzhou, and we want a few locals to lead the way!"
Liu Bei and the others looked at the Jingzhou officials who came here!
A petty official stood up and said: "I have been an official in Nanyang County for several years. I am familiar with the geography of Nanyang County. I would like a general to lead the way!"
Liu Bei cupped his hands and saluted: "Then please???"
Only then did Liu Bei remember that he hadn't asked his name yet, and he was immediately embarrassed!
"The villain Deng Hong, named Zirong"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Zilong! You still have the same name as Zilong! It's so interesting for two Zilongs to be together!"
Deng Hong corrected: "It's the capacity of the volume, not the dragon of the dragon!"
Liu Bei continued to salute and said, "I'll leave it to Brother Zirong for this journey!"
Deng Hong didn't expect that Liu Bei, as the general of Zhennan, would salute him, so he immediately returned the salute: "General, you're welcome!"
Then Zhao Yun and Deng Hong immediately prepared, and 5,000 cavalry marched towards Xinye County!
After Zhao Yun left, Guan Yu looked at the map of Nanyang County and said: "Nanyang County is densely covered with rivers, and there are many rivers in Yuzhou. If you want to fight here, if you have a navy, you will get twice the result with half the effort. Just like this time, if we can find enough
With the fleet of ships, our army can completely sail down the river in Liguo County to resist Xinye County. This not only
It’s faster than us walking, and it can also restore the soldiers’ energy!”
Jian Yong said: "The soldiers we brought here are all northern soldiers. Can everyone adapt to the boat?"
Jian Yong knew that it was easy to get seasick when boating on the river, so it was okay if you crossed the river. After all, it didn't take long, but now that it was going straight down the river for hundreds of miles, he was worried that the soldiers would not be able to bear it!
Guan Yu really didn't think of this. He said: "This is not a big river, so you won't get seasick, right?"
Liu Bei thought for a while and asked the officials in Jingzhou: "Is there a navy here in Nanyang County?"
The official said helplessly: "There is a navy in Xiangyang County, but I'm afraid we won't have time to notify you, and there are only some small rivers in Nanyang County, no navy is stationed, and there are only a few small boats around, so it can't carry tens of thousands of troops!
Xiangyang City, by the Yangtze River.
Sun Jian killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and annexed the Jingzhou army's 20,000 men. Now he has 30,000 men in his hands. At this time, Sun Jian was very high-spirited. He led these 30,000 troops across the Yangtze River, preparing to become famous in this alliance to challenge Dong.
The world!
Sun Jian stood at the ferry and looked at his boundless army and said with a smile: "Junli, after I defeat Dong Zhuo this time, I will never come to this ghost place like Jingzhou again. I will stay in the Central Plains to fight for world hegemony!"
Sun Jian was not a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, otherwise he would not have killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou. It can be said that he was similar to Dong Zhuo, both ambitious warriors!
Zhu Zhi said worriedly: "Ming Gong, let's just kill the governor of Jingzhou like this, okay? Yuan Shu's family background is much higher than Ming Gong, but he still dare not kill the officials of the court. Now he lets Ming Gong come forward to kill people. I'm worried that Ming Gong will suffer from Dong Zhuo."
The Yuan family is accustomed to killing people with borrowed knives, so Ming Gong has to guard against it!
Zhu Zhi is in his twenties, tall and handsome, with both civil and military skills. He is from Danyang and is Sun Jian's hometown in Jiangdong. When Sun Jian came to Changsha to serve as the prefect, he was a soldier in Changsha Prefecture and followed Sun Jian to put down the rebellion in Ou Xing.
, made many military exploits and became Sun Jian's confidant.
Sun Jian smiled disdainfully and said: "At this moment, the world is in chaos. It is the time when our warriors are making great achievements. Wang Rui, who is ignorant of current affairs, thinks that this is a prosperous time and suppresses our warriors, but they don't know the power of the Han Dynasty.
The world has changed a long time ago. If I kill Wang Rui, who will avenge him? Even if his family wants to help him avenge, is the knife in my hand bad? Now the big man has changed, and the rules have also changed. Now I speak with a knife.
It's time!
Zhu Zhi looked at him sideways and hesitated to speak. As a wise man, he had no decree from the court and no reason to attack and deal with him, but he not only killed him, but also killed his superiors. Even if the world was about to be in chaos, he
I still feel that it is too early for Sun Jian to stand out like this, and he will be attacked by others! And even if the world is in chaos and offends the nobles, it is not a good thing.
Yuan Shu's family background is far better than that of Sun Jian, but why he didn't kill him was because he was worried that the scholars would hate him because of this incident. Wang Rui was a noble man and had a high reputation among the scholars. Although his family was not as good as the Yuan family
, but it is also quite famous in Yizhou. In one sentence, it is not a good thing to offend such a family for 2,000 dan!
It's just that Sun Jian is so high-spirited now that he can't listen to his words at all!