The death of the two sect kings was desperate bad news to Yan Xiang and Yang Hong. They immediately found Yuan Shu, complained to him, and explained to him the huge harm of doing so.
This would almost immediately ruin Yuan Shu's "grand ambition".
Not only Yan Xiang and Yang Hong, but also some elders of Yuan Shu's family came forward to rebuke Yuan Shu, asking him why he didn't restrain his subordinates and why he wanted to kill the clan king, pointing at his head and scolding him.
This made Yuan Shu very unhappy.
"They must pay the price for opposing me! Since I have decided to attack the Luoyang court, I must use this to show my determination. Otherwise, people in the world will think that Yuan Gongli can only talk but not do!"
Yan Xiang was greatly annoyed.
"If you have an army of millions and can overwhelm the world, go ahead and do whatever you want! No one can stop you! But you only have 30,000 troops and you cannot overwhelm the world. If you continue to act unscrupulously, this will only cause worry and hatred in the world.
, you will be besieged!
Liu Bei obviously has a strong military, but from April to now, nearly five months, no matter what you and Yuan Shao do, he has not sent out troops. Why is this? He is recruiting troops, training troops, and reorganizing
He is making various preparations to raise money and food for internal affairs!
With his ability, he could clearly send out troops to pursue Runan and Hebei regardless of everything, but he didn't do so. Why? He is cautious and has great intentions! He does not fight unprepared battles. He knows the difficulty of sending troops to expedition.
, so he is always preparing!
Given his status and strength, he was cautious and did not send troops rashly. The general's strength was far inferior to that of Liu Bei. Why would he be so aggressive and even harm the king of the clan? Once the king of the clan died, everyone in the world, even the disciples and former officials of the Yuan family, would be shocked.
I have doubts about you!"
In fact, when talking about this, Yuan Shu already regretted his rash action and regretted that he had not told Zhang Xun and Sun Jian in advance to save the life of the king.
He realized that what Yan Xiang said actually made sense and was quite right.
With Liu Bei's military capabilities, he could send troops to Runan and Hebei to kill himself and Yuan Shao after the Battle of Luoyang in April.
But he didn't.
He is recruiting troops, he is training troops, he is rectifying internal affairs, and making constant preparations. Even with Yuan Shu's arrogance, he should have thought by now that Liu Bei is preparing for a big one.
But, so what?
Is this why you reprimand me?
Am I still thinking about Yuan?
Yuan Shu's self-esteem was bruised. He felt that he had sacrificed a lot for the entire family and for the people under his command, but they were so disrespectful to him, especially the old guy Yan Xiang, who dared to rebuke him like this.
So Yuan Shu decided to depose Yan Xiang from his position and imprison him in anger.
"Doubt me? Doubt me? Doubt me to be the emperor? Let those idiots doubt! They doubt theirs! I do mine! No one can oppose me! When I make great achievements and achieve great things, I will send them all to the frontier.
go!"
Yuan Shu angrily refused all advice and reprimands. He was very resistant not only to his subordinates, but also to his clan members. No one tried to persuade him, and for a while the Yuan clan in Runan was in panic.
At the same time, in Luoyang, the news that Yuan Shu sent troops to Chen and Pei to occupy the two countries and resulted in the death of two clan kings shocked the government and the public. The courtiers were furious and wrote to the emperor Liu Xie to criticize Yuan Shu.
The Han Dynasty is still there, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty is still there, and a regime that is barely recognized by everyone is still maintained. You, Yuan Shu, are so crazy now that you actually killed two clan kings. Isn't this a blatant rebellion?
Yuan Shu had previously said that he wanted to rebel against the eunuchs and against Liu Bei, but he actually acted so violently and rudely, and even attacked the king. This was a clear act of rebellion, and he would be beaten to death without any room for improvement.
Even if Liu Bei kills the entire Yuan family in Runan now, no one will say that he is avenging his personal revenge.
To be honest, Liu Bei himself felt incredible when he learned the news.
He thought for a whole day and night but still couldn't figure out what was going on in Yuan Shu's mind.
How could he think of attacking two sect kings at this time and causing their deaths?
It's okay to send troops to attack, but you can't kill the king. If you kill the king, isn't this an open rebellion?
No, with the education he received, he shouldn't not know, but he still did it.
So, is he really going to rebel?
In another time and space, Yuan Shu was ambitious and wanted to be the emperor, but that was only after his power expanded to the three states and almost divided the essence of Guandong with Yuan Shao. In addition, he obtained the jade seal passed down from the country.
He thought he had received destiny, so he became extremely confident and prepared to become emperor.
Even so, he only claimed to be the Emperor of the Zhong family and put on a show of preparing to proclaim himself emperor to test the world, but did not dare to proclaim himself emperor directly.
As a result, he was beaten to death by Cao Cao.
What does Yuan Shu have now?
A Runan County base camp, nothing else.
Is he planning to become emperor now?
The bandits have such a lack of long-term vision. Is Yuan Gongli inferior to the bandits?
Liu Bei thought about it and couldn't figure out why Yuan Shu wanted to kill those two sect kings, but it didn't matter. If he couldn't figure it out, he wouldn't think about it. To deal with someone who did something stupid, he had to knock him down in time and then step on him.
Ten thousand feet make him invincible!
So at the court meeting, Liu Bei faced the young emperor Liu Xie, expressed his extreme anger towards Yuan Shu, and then asked the young emperor for orders to kill Yuan Shu.
The little emperor Liu Xie nodded directly.
"allow!"
Therefore, Liu Bei, who had obtained the strengthened claim of great righteousness, began to prepare for the second purge operation against Yuan Shu and the Yuan clan in Runan.
Compared with the last time, which was slightly flawed, this time Liu Bei's purge of the Yuan family in Runan was justified. Everyone supported it and had no objections, and they did not dare to have objections.
Yuan Shu successfully defeated all his hopes of turning around with two victories, ruined his reputation, and nailed himself to the pillar of shame as a rebel. He can be called the flower of hope in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Liu Bei expressed his sincere admiration for this.
Because it involves the death of two clan kings, Liu Bei will personally lead the troops in this expedition and go out with force to show the Luoyang court's condolences and extreme anger at the death of the Liu clan kings.
This is not only to avenge the dead king, but also to show the tyrannical force of Emperor Liu of Luoyang to the ambitious people in the world, in order to prove that the martial virtue of the Luoyang court is still overwhelming, no matter who dares to touch the world
All rules will be severely attacked by the Luoyang court.
So Liu Bei clenched his fists and began to attack.
Of course he himself wants to lead the army to attack, but under the current circumstances, it is obviously inappropriate for him to do so alone.
The whole Yuzhou must be moved, Jingzhou must be moved, Yangzhou must be moved, all of them must be moved by me, no one can think of being detached from it!
It's time to show your loyalty!
Li Min, the governor of Yingchuan County, Yang Xu, the governor of Nanyang County, Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu County, Zhao Yan, Prime Minister of Liang State, Yin Gong, Prime Minister of Pengcheng State, Ruozhang, the Prime Minister of Xiapi State, Jing Xiu, the governor of Jiujiang County, and Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang County, all received messages from them.
The notice from the imperial court required them to lead an army ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 to cooperate with the imperial army to defeat the Yuan family's rebels in Runan.
Surrounding Yuan Shu's group, Liu Bei mobilized all the power of the eight counties.
You are not allowed to send troops, and you are not allowed to prevaricate for any reason. No matter what you are doing, put it down and send troops!
Anyone who fails to send troops for any reason will be severely punished by the court and will be regarded as conspiring with the Yuan family's traitors!
Don't tell me what is there or not, Dayi Qiang claims to be so awesome!
After the order was passed on, Liu Bei mobilized a large number of troops in Luoyang and mobilized the Tiger Ben Army and the Tiger Cavalry Army, the two main forces that had been reorganized, to join the battle.
Xu Huang, the general of Huben Zhonglang, and Zhang Fei, the general of Huqi Zhonglang, became the main generals in this battle.
In terms of specific configuration, considering the weak attributes of Yuan Shu and his army, this battle is still a training battle, and new soldiers can be dispatched for field exercises on the battlefield.
Therefore, Liu Bei planned to form an army with two main armies and ten newly trained battalions of half-and-half soldiers. As for the generals who would accompany him on the expedition, they would mainly be young men, supplemented by old men.
As for the veteran generals, only Zhang Fei and Xu Huang accompanied the attack. At the same time, taking into account the request of Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu County, he sent Tianxing Zhonglang General Cheng Pu to Chenliu County to assist Zhang Miao in commanding the troops.
To deal with the weakling Yuan Shu, three veterans are enough to cope with the situation.
As for new talents, he planned to bring more people, including Cao Chun, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Gan Ning, Gao Shun, Zhang Ren, Shi Huan and other newcomers, and focus on one to give the newcomers a chance.
In terms of specific actions, Liu Bei's army prepared to take the route of Yingchuan County. The army went to Yingchuan County, took the troops from Yingchuan County, entered Runan County from Yingchuan County, and went directly to the Yuan family's home base - Ruyang County.
Regarding the armies of the Eight Commandery States, Liu Bei ordered the army of Chenliu County and the army of Liang State to attack Yuan's army in Chen State, and the troops of Xiapi State and Pengcheng State to attack Yuan's army in Pei State.
Nanyang County's army launched an attack from the direction of Wufang County, cooperating with Liu Bei's main force to attack from the direction of Yingchuan County.
The armies of Jiujiang County and Lujiang County followed the Huaihe River into Yingshui and launched an attack on Ruyin County.
Such a five-pronged attack was carried out in an effort to wipe out all the power of the Yuan family in Runan in one go, and execute all the people, including dogs and chickens, in order to comfort the souls of the kings of the two sects in heaven.
It can be said that this wave of Liu Bei's blow to the entire Runan Yuan family is very fierce. It highlights that no one is spared. Under normal circumstances, there must be many people interceding, but because of Yuan Shu's death-seeking behavior, Liu Bei will do it again.
He spread the word and successfully achieved this strategic goal.
The fundamental reason is that Yuan Shu himself did it beautifully. Yuan Shu actually did something that Liu Bei himself had never thought of, and he did it so simply and thoroughly without leaving any room for error.
There is nothing more to say now, just kill him without any discussion.