It only took a month for Kublai Khan to leave Luoyang, return to Longcheng, and then be crowned emperor.
It is hard to believe that the birth of an emperor of a great country could be so hasty and urgent, and Kublai Khan undoubtedly set a precedent.
During the month when the Yuan and Meng dynasties continued to be turbulent and Kublai Khan hastily succeeded to the throne, many major events also occurred in the Central Plains, the most important of which was naturally the Battle of Yecheng.
On the Yecheng side, Bai Qi finally launched the final general offensive. In order to resist Bai Qi's offensive, Han Xin was originally planning to concentrate his efforts on defending Yecheng, but he did not expect to be held back by Yuan Shao's sons.
Before Yuan Shao's death, he sent Tian Feng, Xun Kan and others to protect his three sons, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang, and sent them away from Bohai, along with the seriously injured Tantai Yu.
Soon after the three sons of the Yuan family arrived in Yecheng, they received the news that Bohai City had been conquered, their father Yuan Shao committed suicide, and the family guardian Yuan Shoucheng also died in the battle. This made the three sons of the Yuan family feel that the sky was falling.
King Yuan Shao of Zhao committed suicide, the capital Bohai fell, and only Yecheng and a few other cities were left in the country. Zhao was basically destroyed, and logically there was nothing left to fight for the throne.
But the key point is that although Zhao's territory has basically fallen, there are still nearly 70,000 troops in Ye City.
In the Battle of Hebei, between Yan, Han, Zhao, Liao and Qi, among the five-nation alliance, Zhao contributed the most, mobilizing a total of nearly 250,000 troops, accounting for almost half of the five-nation alliance.
In the three battles of Hebei, Julu, and Bohai, even though the Zhao army lost more than 150,000 main troops, there were still 100,000 troops in Yecheng.
Of course, in the battle with Bai Qi, the casualties of the 100,000 Zhao army were not small. Currently, there are only nearly 70,000 left.
A total of 70,000 main troops is not a small number. As long as the Qin army can be defeated, with this 70,000 army, Zhao will still have the power to restore the country. How can Yuan Shao's three sons not be moved?
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None of Yuan Shao's three sons, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang, were efficient. Their abilities were not outstanding, but their ambitions were greater than the last.
According to the original history, Yuan Shao lost two battles in Guandu and Cangting. Although the heritage of Hebei was wiped out, not much was lost in Hebei.
After Yuan Shao's death, if the three brothers of the Yuan family could work together, they might not be able to stop Cao Cao, but what did the three brothers of the Yuan family do? Not only did they not unite to deal with the outside world, but they kept fighting among themselves.
If this matter were to happen to someone else, he would definitely rather help his brother than take advantage of his enemy.
But the Yuan brothers were just the opposite. They would rather take advantage of Cao Cao, an outsider, than fulfill their own blood brothers. In the end, Cao Cao, an outsider, easily occupied Hebei.
How much hatred and hatred is there!
It can also be seen from this that the contradictions between the three brothers of the Yuan family are deep, which can even make them ignore their flesh and blood ties.
The situation in this life was not much different. After Yuan Shao committed suicide, even with the threat of the Qin army, the three brothers of the Yuan family continued to fight for the throne, and this also made Han Xin anxious.
210,000 Qin troops are just outside the city, and the city of Ye is already crumbling. At this critical moment, the three brothers of your Yuan family are still fighting among themselves. You are simply out of ideas!
While Han Xin scolded the three brothers of the Yuan family, he couldn't help complaining about Yuan Shaolai. Why didn't he establish the heir apparent early so as to cut off the thoughts of the other two sons? As a result, all three sons killed each other in order to win the throne.
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At present, there are still a total of 150,000 Korean and Zhao coalition forces, and there are 110,000 defenders in Yecheng, of which Zhao army accounts for 70,000, more than half of the total number of Yecheng defenders.
Therefore, if the Yuan brothers are allowed to fight among themselves, they will probably end up fighting each other, which will only give the Qin army an advantage.
As the commander-in-chief of the Han-Zhao coalition, Han Xin naturally could not let it go, so he contacted Yuan Hong, Tian Feng, Xun Kan and other generals to prepare to recommend the eldest son Yuan Tan as the trusted king of Zhao.
Yuan Tan is Yuan Shao's eldest son. Although Yuan Shao doesn't like him, he is the eldest brother of the three brothers after all. If he succeeds to the throne, he can at least convince most people.
Therefore, with the support of Han Xin, Yuan Tan succeeded to the throne and became the new King of Zhao.
Han Xin originally thought that Yuan Tan had succeeded to the throne and that the two brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi would at least calm down. However, he far underestimated the conflicts between the three brothers and the consciousness of the two brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi.
Even though the eldest brother Yuan Tan has ascended to the position of King of Zhao, the two brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi still want to bring down the eldest brother. Assassination and mutiny are considered trivial tricks. They even did not hesitate to collude with the Qin army who had the hatred of killing their father.
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After hearing the report from his subordinates, Han Xin angrily smashed the teacup in his hand into pieces and cursed: "Part-time bastard."
Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi thought they were doing something secret, but they didn't know that all their actions were under Han Xin's eyes. With Han Xin sitting in Yecheng, the two of them were destined to fail.
However, Han Xin really couldn't figure out what kind of grudges there were between their brothers. It was really eye-opening for him to hate his own brother so much!
"Brother, have you informed Yuan Tan about this?" Han Yu asked with a frown.
Han Xin thought for a while and then said: "We can't tell Yuan Tan. If he knew, I'm afraid the situation would be even worse."
"What should we do?"
Hearing this, Han Xin also frowned.
Now the brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi were jealous because they did not take the position of King Zhao. In addition, the current situation of the coalition forces was getting worse and worse, and they had already planned to surrender to the Qin army.
It was easy for Han Xin to suppress the two brothers, but the difficulty was how not to affect the two men's armies after suppressing them. After all, the Qin army outside the city was the real enemy.
Just when Han Xin was in a dilemma, military advisor Jushou had a glint in his eyes and said: "My lord, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi have the intention to surrender to Qin. Maybe we can take advantage of them."
Han Xin's eyes suddenly lit up: "The military advisor means..."
Although Han Xin only spoke half of what he said, he had obviously understood Ju Shou's intention. But after pondering for a while, he frowned and said: "With Bai Qi's level of caution, even if this method can attack the Qin army, it will not be able to severely damage the Qin army."
, the crisis in Hebei still cannot be solved."
"My lord, as far as the current situation is concerned, the existing strength of the princes of Hebei is not enough to protect themselves. It is simply impossible to repel the Qin army."
Jushou's eyes were full of wisdom and he said in a deep voice: "Now that the Southern Han Dynasty has started fighting with the Qin army on all fronts, the Qin army's southern front is already in a hurry, but this alone is not enough to make the Qin army withdraw.
The Qin army is extremely determined to occupy Hebei, and Yecheng will probably be captured sooner or later. What my lord should consider is not to defend, but to find ways to preserve his strength."