After making arrangements for the south road, it was time to head north. Dong Zhuo called his son-in-law.
"The end is here!"
"Niu Fu, today we will confer you the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Broken Thieves. You will lead 20,000 troops to fight against the Baibo bandits. We must stop them in the east of the river!"
Niu Fu was overjoyed and understood that Dong Zhuo was promoting him, so he immediately accepted the offer.
"Don't worry, Prime Minister, the general will definitely fulfill his mission!"
"Li Meng, Wang Fang, you two are Niu Fu's deputy generals, and you will fight with him against the Baibo Army!"
Two more people walked out of the crowd and immediately accepted the order.
"The general will obey your orders!"
Dong Zhuo took a deep breath and kept looking at everyone under his command. Now only Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, and the rebels were left.
"Fan Chou!"
After much thought, Dong Zhuo set his sights on Fan Chou, who was born in Liangzhou. Now, both generals and soldiers under his command were inseparable from Liangzhou, so naturally he could not neglect the people of Liangzhou.
Fan Chou was slightly startled, obviously not expecting Dong Zhuo to call him, and quickly walked out of the queue.
"The end is here!"
"General Fan Chou, you are a steady man, and we will leave this whole road to Hanoi to you!"
Fan Chou's eyes lit up and he was filled with excitement. He was already forty years old and was he finally going to rise?
"Don't worry, Prime Minister, Hanoi soldiers and horses will never be able to set foot in Sili!"
"Okay! Our family will make you Pingbei Zhonglang General and command 10,000 Liangzhou troops to fight against Wang Kuang!"
Just as Dong Zhuo was sending various troops to meet the enemy, Yuan Shao, the governor of Bohai County, was also leading his army to assemble in Yanzhou. The princes from various counties who responded to Yuan Shao were also heading towards Suanzao without stopping.
But there is one exception, Yuan Shu!
Yuan Shu of Nanyang County had already strengthened his troops, but he ignored Yuan Shao at all!
Since killing Zhang Zi, Yuan Shu has completely taken control of Nanyang County. After Sun Jian joined his army, Yuan Shu's power exploded!
After Yuan Shu occupied Luyang, with the secret support of the county magistrates, he immediately recruited 10,000 troops.
The thirty-seven counties of Nanyang County have a total of 10,000 county troops, and Wancheng has a standing army of 10,000. Now they are all captured by Yuan Shu!
Usually good fortune and misfortune always come alone, but today, Yuan Shu had a complete double happiness!
Not only did Sun Jian and his 20,000 men join, but also 10,000 Yuzhou troops led by Li Min, the prefect of Yingchuan, joined!
Yuan Shu, the rear general, is now truly deserving of his title. He actually has 60,000 troops under his command, and there are countless provisions and supplies! Nanyang County and Yingchuan County, two extremely wealthy counties, have money and food at their disposal at Yuan Shu's disposal!
With so many soldiers, horses, money and food, Yuan Shu did not immediately march eastward and capture Luoyang as the people of the world imagined. Instead, he stopped at Luyang! Because Yuan Shu had other ideas!
The 60,000-strong army may seem like a lot, but in fact its combat effectiveness is not very strong. The only ones with real combat effectiveness are the 20,000 soldiers under Sun Jian's command.
The most important thing is that Yuan Shu's mind is not on conquering Dong Zhuo at all. What's the use of fighting Dong Zhuo to the death? In the end, it's still unclear whether he can win, and his own strength will definitely be greatly weakened! This is obviously a stupid behavior!
What Yuan Shu wants to do now is to occupy more territory and have more money, food, soldiers and horses instead of fighting Dong Zhuo to the death!
What is most unacceptable to Yuan Shu is that the governors of various counties actually recommended Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance!
"How abominable! You actually let that concubine's son become the leader of the alliance! Are these prefects blind? Let that despicable thing step on my head!"
Yuan Shu was originally in a very good mood due to his recent surge in strength, but now it was all wiped out by the news about the alliance leader!
"I'm so angry! How dare Yuan Benchu steal the position of alliance leader! These prefects are so blind that they didn't recommend me as alliance leader. Instead, they all defected to that despicable thing!"
The room was full of people, but no one dared to make a sound, for fear of becoming Yuan Shu's punching bag.
"Damn it! These losers can't even tell the difference between the master and the servant of the Yuan family! Yuan Benchu is my servant, Yuan Shu!"
Yuan Shu became more and more angry as he cursed. He stood up, pointed at the air and cursed loudly.
"Lord, calm down!"
Someone finally stood up and tried to persuade everyone, but it did not go beyond everyone's expectations and aroused Yuan Shu's dissatisfaction.
However, when Yuan Shu saw the person who was persuading him, he did not get angry directly, but looked thoughtful.
"Mr. Yan, do you think Yuan Benchu went too far in bullying others?"
If someone else had stood up to persuade him, Yuan Shu would have scolded him, but since it was Yan Xiang who stood up, Yuan Shu would not dare to get angry directly.
Yan Xiang, a person from Runan, was the counselor chosen by Yuan Feng personally for Yuan Shu! The Yan family of Runan is not an ordinary person, and they have always had close friendship with the Yuan family.
"My lord, there is no need to be so angry. We are in troubled times now. In troubled times, strength will naturally come first! Yuan Shao is just the governor of Bohai. How can he compare with my lord with a land of one county?"
After listening to Yan Xiang's persuasion, Yuan Shu suddenly understood.
Yes, why am I so stubborn! Yuan Shao only has 20,000 to 30,000 people at most, how can he compare with me? Not to mention the whole of Yuzhou, even Nanyang County right now, Yuan Shao is out of reach!
After some self-consolation, Yuan Shu looked at Yan Xiang gratefully.
"If Mr. Yan hadn't reminded me, I would have almost realized it!"
Yan Xing was a little flattered to see the "drought ghost on the road" being so humble.
"My lord, among men, I will figure it out even if I don't remind you!"
Hearing Yan Xiang's praise, Yuan Shu suddenly felt refreshed and energetic!
Yan Xiang is different from ordinary people and is the reputation of Yuzhou. Some words spoken from his mouth will naturally be different.
"Sir, you are exaggerating. Now we have 60,000 troops. I don't know what to do next?"
"Then we have to look at the master's ambition."
Yan Xiang did not answer directly, but instead threw the question back to Yuan Shu.
Ambition? At a time when the Liu family was still the dominant force in the world, almost most people would talk about clearing the world and reviving the Han Dynasty. But Yuan Shu's mind was more active.
Since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yuan Shu felt that the strength of the Han Dynasty was exhausted! He often had the idea of replacing it!
It's a pity that Yuan Shu didn't dare to reveal it at all. This treasonous act could easily lead to betrayal and alienation, especially after Dong Zhuo's example!
Before Dong Zhuo usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself on his own, he provoked all the heroes in the world to raise troops to attack him. Once there was a definite act of usurping the Han Dynasty, how strong the counterattack would be?
"Of course I want to help the Han Dynasty!"
There were many people in the room, and their expressions were obviously changed after hearing Yuan Shu's words, especially Sun Jian, who had just joined his subordinates, and his brows widened.
This scene was also seen by Yuan Shu, and he even observed the changes in everyone's expressions.
When his eyes swept over Yan Xiang, Yuan Shu was obviously a little panicked. He found that Yan Xiang was smiling. The smile was very light, but it had an unusual meaning.