In fact, as early as mid-to-late July, Yuan Shao felt very uncomfortable, and Dong Zhuo, the governor of the state, sent troops into Shangdang County to perform martial arts in Huguan to intimidate Wei County.
Dong Zhuo's army is only three hundred miles away from Yecheng, where Yuan Shao is located. The army can move a little faster and can arrive in five or six days. There is no dangerous terrain to hold on around, and the main advantageous terrain is in Bingzhou.
If there was a fight, could he defeat the fierce Bingzhou soldiers?
Not to mention here, Qingzhou has also assembled an army in Pingyuan County. It is said that the number of troops is no less than ten thousand, and they are performing large-scale military exercises in a military posture. They are attacking from the east and west, which makes Yuan Shao very worried.
Why did the situation suddenly become so difficult for me to look directly at?
He realized that this matter was inseparable from the conflict between him and the Zhen family, because the Zhen family had previously rejected his threat and warned him not to act rashly, otherwise General Liu would not let him go.
Is Yuan Shao afraid of Liu Bei?
Even if I am afraid, I am not afraid now!
So he immediately mobilized an army into Wuji County, Zhongshan State, intending to be tough on the Zhen family.
The Zhen family seemed to have gained confidence, and actually united with several families in the Zhongshan Kingdom to dispatch all their private servants and tenants, armed them, and raised a team of more than 2,000 people to confront Yuan's army.
Yuan Shao was furious and was preparing to increase his troops to attack Wuji County when news came that Dong Zhuo had sent troops to Huguan. Not long after, news came that Liu Yu had sent troops to Pingyuan County.
Yuan Shao, who guessed the reason, immediately no longer dared to threaten the Zhen family, nor did he dare to do more to intimidate other major families.
The old nest is threatened. If we continue to cause trouble and confrontation with these families, our home will be stolen.
Originally, apart from the Zhen family, there were several families who were unwilling to submit to this matter. Only the Wen family in Bohai County was willing to discuss marriage with Yuan Shao. The other six big families were not willing to marry Yuan Shao.
Because the Wen family failed to withstand the test of interests, they killed the eunuchs and took away the eunuchs' properties. They were afraid of being listed later, so they decided to follow Yuan Shao's path to the end.
Several other families have not taken action against the eunuch industry and have withstood the test of interests. In this case, it is even less likely to give in.
But Yuan Shao no longer has the energy to deal with the resistance of these families.
The threat posed by the armies of the three states still greatly stimulated him, and he ordered to further speed up the recruitment of troops. He wanted to recruit the largest number of troops as quickly as possible to resist risks.
Then under Tian Feng's suggestion, he had to do two things.
First, marry the Wen family as soon as possible to obtain the Wen family's resources and increase their strength.
Second, send someone to contact Liu Yu and engage in diplomacy.
Dong Zhuo gave up, and he would not compromise with the traitor who betrayed his Yuan family no matter what, so he sent his generals with 10,000 troops to garrison defense in Sheguo County on the bank of the Zhang River in order to deal with it.
In addition, Yuan Shao believed that Shanwei could win over Liu Yu, who openly recognized the legitimacy of the Luoyang court and the new emperor.
For this reason, Yuan Shao was even willing to offer a very high price.
He sent Feng Ji as a lobbyist to persuade Liu Yu.
When Fengji saw Liu Yu, he didn't say anything else and just made a big move.
"The current situation in the world is that Liu Bei usurped Luoyang, the eunuchs were ruthless, and the world was in turmoil. People of insight were heartbroken about this, and they were all willing to kill Liu Bei. They wished they could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin. The Luoyang court was a treacherous villain.
Under the control of the eunuchs, the pseudo-emperor Liu Xie was nothing more than a puppet.
You are an official with a weak title, and your footprints are all over the north and south of the river. As time goes by, your prestige grows. Regarding the members of the Han Dynasty, people in the world definitely respect you first-class. And now, there is no one who can save the country of the Han Dynasty more than you.
Yes, as long as you are willing, General Yuan is willing to respect you as the emperor and reorganize the country!"
When Feng Ji met Liu Yu, he directly said words of encouragement that made Liu Yu's eyes darken.
He discussed with Yuan Shao for a while, and decided to fight until death without making any surprises. The current situation could not be reversed if he could not use heavy blows. In this case, he would simply use heavy blows and offer a price that made Liu Yu's heart beat to win over him.
Liu Yu was used by him.
He believed that he and Liu Yu had no grievances in the past and no enmity in the recent past, and as Liu Yu was the state shepherd and in charge of power, he should be ambitious and wanted to replace the little emperor of Luoyang, so persuading him to move in would definitely break his alliance with Liu Bei.
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As long as Liu Yu agrees to proclaim himself emperor, it will be much easier to unite the forces of Qingzhou and Jizhou to instigate the Central Plains forces to resist the Luoyang court.
But after Liu Yu heard this suggestion, he was shocked and very angry. He pointed at Feng Ji and scolded him.
"Since I became an official, I have been loyal to the court and the emperor. I am loyal to the late emperor. It is reasonable and reasonable for me to ascend the throne now. Although there are some disputes, it is not the main reason. Now everyone in the world has agreed that I have ascended the throne.
, if you say such words to me now, are you going to put me on the fire?!"
Feng Ji looked at Liu Yu's expression and felt a little surprised.
"Everyone in the world has their own opinions on how the false emperor came to the throne. It was obviously a scandal caused by the combination of treacherous villains and eunuchs. For this reason, Zhongliang was killed and Zhongliang was killed. Orthodoxy was lost. As the head of the Han Dynasty, you
How could you turn a blind eye and allow a false emperor to ascend the throne?"
"shut up!"
Liu Yu said angrily: "You are a treacherous villain! You are pretending to be an emperor. I think it is a lie that you want me to be the emperor. It is true that Yuan Benchu wants to be the emperor! You are a traitor and a despicable villain. How dare you act in front of me?"
Howling! Take the left and right with me, escort them to Luoyang, and hand them over to the emperor for trial!"
Fengji was horrified. Seeing the warriors on the left and right coming forward to capture him, he was unable to break free and was greatly frightened.
"Why did the envoy treat me like this? How did the pseudo-emperor Luoyang come to power? Don't the envoy know? The two armies are fighting and the envoy is not killed. Do you want to break the ancient rules?"
"For those who abide by the rules, I will naturally follow the rules."
Liu Yu said coldly: "Yuan Benchu did a lot of disobedient things in Jizhou and never obeyed the rules. So for those who don't obey the rules, we must let them know the consequences of not obeying the rules! Escort this person to Luoyang! Report
Emperor, the whole story of this matter!"
Liu Yu was a very traditional and conservative person and did not like flexibility or anything that broke the rules. Previously, Liu Bei was suspected of breaking the rules. He was dissatisfied and did not immediately recognize the Luoyang court.
But now, Yuan Shaoming has broken the rules, and in his opinion, he is the one who made a big mistake.
And this guy actually wanted to persuade him to become emperor.
This is not to help him, but to kill him.
Liu Yu originally wanted to expel Feng Ji and leave, but then he thought about it and was afraid that someone would leak what happened here to Luoyang and let Liu Bei know about it. In this case, he would no longer be a pure minister and would be suspected.
As a pure minister, if he is suspected by the court, wouldn't his reputation be ruined, let alone his future?
The reputation he has worked hard for his whole life must not be ruined, and he must ensure his reputation.
But what Yuan Shao is doing now makes him feel uneasy, and he is worried that he will be regarded as an enemy by Liu Bei and the court, so... it is better to simply send Feng Ji to Luoyang to clear the suspicion and make a contribution.
Yuan Shao never expected that he sent a trusted adviser to persuade Liu Yu, but he ended up sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth. Feng Ji was actually caught by Liu Yu and sent to Luoyang.
Yuan Shao was shocked and became furious. He personally led 10,000 troops to Qinghe State and made a gesture of attacking Pingyuan County. He wanted to ask Liu Yu for an explanation.
After Liu Yu learned the news, he led 3,000 Qingzhou soldiers to Pingyuan County, joined the 10,000 soldiers and horses before, and organized the army to the southwest of Pingyuan County to confront Yuan Shao head-on.
During the confrontation, the two rode to the front of the formation to talk to each other.
Yuan Shao asked Liu Yu why he wanted to seize his envoy and send it to Luoyang. Didn't he understand the rules?
Liu Yu sneered and said that there was no need to follow the rules for those who broke them.
Yuan Shao became angry and threatened Liu Yu that he would attack him. Liu Yu laughed loudly and told Yuan Shao to attack him as long as he was not afraid of death.
Yuan Shao was really angry and wanted to attack Liu Yu's headquarters, but Tian Feng grabbed his sleeve tightly.
"Nowadays, Jizhou is surrounded by enemies from both sides. Once the general starts a war with Liu Yu here, can he win quickly? If he can win quickly, it doesn't matter. If he can't win quickly, knowing that the general is going to war with Liu Yu, Dong Zhuo's troops in Huguan will definitely attack Wei County.
Luoyang's army is also very likely to attack Wei County through Hanoi County.
At that time, three armies will besiege Jizhou, and Jizhou will be attacked from both sides. It is difficult to look at each other from head to tail. The total number of troops under the general's command does not exceed 30,000. How to deal with the enemy? Once Wei County is defeated, can the general's hegemony continue? So I ask the general to calm down and increase his troops.
the most important thing!"
Tian Feng's admonition was effective. Faced with such a critical situation, Yuan Shao's head suddenly cleared up and he realized that what Tian Feng said made sense.
Although I don't know why Liu Bei doesn't send troops to Jizhou now, as long as he starts fighting here, Liu Bei is very likely to give up waiting and see and send troops to Jizhou immediately.
He couldn't bear it.
He must be careful and increase his strength to avoid being taken away by Liu Bei.
So Yuan Shao did not order an attack on Liu Yu after all, but instead led his troops to retreat slowly, and sent people to talk to Liu Yu, telling Liu Yu that he would never invade Qingzhou, and had no intention of rebellion, but was forced to do so by the real rebel Liu Bei.
I'm helpless, please don't misunderstand Liu Yu.
Liu Yu sneered.
"The people of the world will have their own opinions on who the rebels are. Yuan Benchu alone has no say. As long as the court orders it, I will definitely lead the troops to take down the heads of you and other thieves. You should wash your necks and prepare to die!"
Liu Yu respects the rules and is unwilling to break them.
He is a Qingzhou Mu, not a Jizhou Mu. He cannot send troops into Jizhou without permission from the court, otherwise he will be suspected of rebellion.
He cherished his feathers so as not to leave any political stain on himself, so he rejected Tai Shici and others' suggestion to follow Yuan Shao's army and look for opportunities to attack, and asked them to continue to station troops and perform martial arts, waiting for further instructions from the court.