Chapter 256 Replenish Your Energy and Wait for the Opportunity
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Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao left, taking advantage of the fact that Dong Zhuo had not completely taken over Luoyang, so they left with their own troops.
Also leaving was Cao Cao, who also took his troops with him.
Dong Zhuo naturally welcomed them to leave, but they took away thirty thousand soldiers, which he could not allow. However, Li Ru warned that the foothold was not stable now, and the fourth and third princes of the Yuan clan were not easy to provoke, so
Dong Zhuo could only swallow this breath.
Not only that, they had to make Yuan Shao the governor of Bohai and Yuan Shu the governor of Runan. I thought that with the rewards, the two young men would not be dissatisfied with themselves even if they were not grateful.
Indeed, the two readily accepted the appointment and took office quickly. It was naturally impossible to be grateful, but they did not actively come forward to cause trouble for the time being, so Dong Zhuo tolerated them.
Liu Xie, who was deep in the inner courtyard of the palace, became emperor just as in history, and his name was still Emperor Xian.
Only now did he know why Liu Bian left Luoyang.
However, it was already too late. He could do nothing at this moment, he could only survive under Dong Zhuo's surveillance.
He could only read any memorial, but could not review it.
All the review matters were handed over to Li Ru by Dong Zhuo, and after Li Ru had finished processing, it would be his turn to use the seal. The process of using the seal still needed to be carried out under the supervision of three Liangzhou soldiers.
The huge Han Palace directly became Dong Zhuo's inner courtyard. The concubines and maids during the Ling Emperor period were all taken into Dong Zhuo's private room for his own pleasure. With his violent character, he would often kill them if his movements or expressions were not in place.
Drop the opponent.
So much so that all the palace maids were afraid of being favored by Dong Zhuo and asked them to sleep with him tonight.
But one day it is worth mentioning that because the Ling Emperor is no longer the same as the one in history, there are actually not too many female relatives in the harem. In addition, a lot of them escaped during the Shichangshi Rebellion, and only a few remained.
More than three hundred people.
In other words, Dong Zhuo's murders were at least dozens or hundreds less than those in history. At least, that's how it was viewed from the perspective of the palace ladies he killed.
Almost all of the palace and harem where Liu Hong once lived were occupied by Dong Zhuo, and even the East Palace was given to his nephew Dong Huang to live in. Liu Xie, the poor guy, was assigned to live in the former cold palace.
Every night, the three or four old women in the cold palace, even the crazy old women, become Liu Xie's nightmare. However, in terms of seniority, these old women are from his grandmother's generation, at least they used to be.
Brother Emperor, where are you? Come and pick up your Emperor!
Listening to the howling of ghosts and wolves outside the door every night, Liu Xie looked at the moon in the sky, feeling endless desolation in his heart.
After another three months, the undercurrent began to partially brighten.
From Luoyang Dong Zhuo:
First of all, in order to appease the scholars, Dong Zhuo recruited a large number of famous people to join the court. Cai Yong was originally on the list, but Cai Yong is currently in the Huaxia Academy and is so happy that he has no time to be an official?
But if he didn't go, others would naturally go. Wei Zhongdao of the Wei family had been cured of his illness. After being conquered, he joined Dong Zhuo's camp. With the addition of more scholars, the framework of the Luoyang court was completed, and the scholars'
Dong Zhuo's impression also changed slightly.
Secondly, Dong Zhuo sent troops to Yongzhou and occupied Yongzhou and Liangzhou, which Emperor Han Ling had finally taken back. At the same time, he placed a group of confidants in key positions to help him guard Yongzhou and Liangzhou. After all, these two states are Dong Zhuo's
root.
After some actions, Dong Zhuo's dominance over the Guanzhong area has been confirmed. He has more than 200,000 armored soldiers under his command, as well as 200,000 elite Liangzhou cavalry, and 30,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry brought by Lu Bu.
His strength continues to expand, but the ratio of military expenditures and taxes is completely unreasonable, so he is eager to further expand his territory.
Regarding Liu Bian in Hanzhong:
Within three months, Liu Bian was very tough and dismissed Liu Yan and became the governor of Yizhou.
The reason for his dismissal was simple. When Liu Yan arrived in Yizhou, he thought the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and he thought he could become king and dominate. However, the ceremony and ceremony were arranged according to the emperor's specifications.
At this time, Liu Bian had four famous counselors, Jia Xu, Xun You, Tian Feng, and Yan Pu, as well as famous generals such as Li Jin, Pan Lin, and Xu Huang (who went to Luoyang with hundreds of officials and was discovered by Li Jin); in terms of politics,
In addition, Wang Yun, Yang Biao, Dong Cheng, Wang Zifu and other old officials of the Han Dynasty have already achieved the strength of a prince.
Finally, at Jia Xu's suggestion, he took the initiative to go to Chengdu. After staying for a few days, he captured Liu Yan in a death sentence, and Li Jin and Xu Huang divided their troops into two groups and marched south to Chengdu from Jiamengguan and Zitong.
, Li Ying Wai cooperated and took away the ownership rights of Yizhou.
Probably Liu Yan had not been here long, so the local aristocratic families had not really returned home. Liu Bian sent envoys, secretly saying that everyone would make a fortune together and would never treat them badly, so they all acted as actors in this battle to seize power.
Centrist.
After Liu Bian took office, he gave up most of his real power positions to the children of the Bashu family, but left all the key positions to his cronies. Under the stick and carrot policy, the Bashu family quickly returned to its original position.
Afterwards, Liu Bian appointed Cui Yan, recommended by Xie Xin, as the prefect of Hanzhong, Xu Huang as the guard general of Hanzhong, and Pan Lin and Yang Ang as deputy generals to assist. The three of them jointly guarded Hanzhong. At the same time, students from Huaxia Academy were also arranged.
Actively improve the economy of Hanzhong.
Regarding Gongsun Sheng of Youzhou:
The Gongsun family had been waiting for this day for a long time. Seeing Dong Zhuo occupying Luoyang, they knew that this was the signal for the struggle for hegemony to begin. So they quickly activated the chess pieces they had placed and quickly occupied all the major counties in Youzhou.
These chess pieces were all placed in various counties and counties through the hands of the Shi Changshi. Because the procedures were normal, Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, could only accept his fate even if he felt unhappy.
Until the Gongsun family completely occupied Youzhou, Liu Yu, the governor of the state, was in name only, and the government orders could not be issued to Fan Yang. He only had the name of governor, but no actual status as governor.
After seizing the rule of Youzhou, Gongsun Sheng sent an invitation letter to Huaxia Academy, inviting Huaxia Academy to move to Youzhou. He thanked the academy in reply and declined, but said that every year's graduates would give priority to Youzhou.
Gongsun Sheng had no choice but to give up the idea of protecting his adopted brother nearby.
However, under the care of Xie Xin, military generals such as Dianjie and Xie Hao, and civil servants such as Zhuge Shang, all came to Youzhou after graduation. Just as Xie Xin promised, students after graduation would be given priority to serve in Youzhou.
And Gongsun Sheng also accepts all comers, as long as they have a diploma from Huaxia Academy, he will stay and put them in good use. At this stage, he has just occupied the entire Youzhou, and still needs a large number of officials to help manage it.
As for a larger territory, he has no idea yet.
The reason is very simple, because although many undercurrents have turned from dark to bright at this moment, they are not clear enough. If he behaves too conspicuously, he will often be treated as a standout. Gongsun Sheng is not a fool, he knows that he can reach the maximum
To what extent.
Regarding Yuan valve:
After Yuan Shao returned to Bohai, he purchased a large amount of grain, grass, weapons, armor and horses through the Yuan family's royal merchant Zhen family. Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who had already expressed their loyalty to him, had been at home for more than a year after graduation, and when they saw that Yuan Shao was officially going to lead the army alone
, and came to vote immediately.
Later, Yuan Shao used his unique charm to recruit three great counselors: Feng Ji, Guo Tu, and Shen Pei. Xu You came to join him not long after.
Thanks to the efforts of his civil and military officials, Yuan Shao had established a firm foothold in Bohai within three months of his arrival. He now has 20,000 troops at hand, 10,000 of whom were recruited after taking office.
If possible, Yuan Shao actually wanted to attack Luoyang early on, but Dong Zhuo was too strong and Yuan Feng and others were inside, so he had to be cautious.
In fact, it was because of such scruples that he lost his reputation as the initiator of the feudal war against Dong.
Compared to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu's situation is not bad either.
After entering Runan, he used the strength of his hometown to not only expand the number of troops under his command to 30,000, but also recruited Yu She and Ji Ling, two fierce generals who he thought were "unparalleled in the world". In addition, Wancheng became the Yang family and the Zhang family.
Many forces sent their disciples to surrender, and at that time there were many civil servants under his command.
But compared to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu seems a bit useless.
With just 30,000 soldiers and horses, and before he had a firm foothold, Yuan Shu entered the road of expansion. And there was nothing wrong with it. The first target was actually Nanyang County under Huang Zhong's rule.
As a result, they were defeated by Huang Zhong's troops not long after they arrived. Thirty thousand horses were killed and more than five thousand were injured, more than ten thousand were captured, more than three thousand were lost, and the remaining two thousand soldiers returned to Runan in despair.
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In the end, Yuan Shu followed the advice of counselor Yang Hong and acted like a coward.
Regarding Cao Cao in Qiao County:
Cao Cao is no longer the Cao Cao in history, because Wang Yun had followed Liu Bian to Hanzhong, so the incident of assassinating Dong Zhuo with the Seven-Star Sword did not occur.
As for him, he left Luo with tens of thousands of troops before dawn and returned to Qiaojun, the base of the Cao family. The current governor of Qiaojun is none other than his younger brother Cao Hong.
After Cao Cao returned to Qiaojun, he quickly carried out a change of power. He took out the property he had accumulated earlier and quickly invested it in expanding his army.
Among all the princes, he was the one who raised the banner of driving Dong Zhuo out of Luoyang. Once the banner was raised, he immediately earned a lot of fame.
During the recruitment process, Chen Liuweihong and his whole family came to join the army, which contributed a lot of money and alleviated Cao Cao's financial problems. In addition, Le Jin and Li Dian came to join the army, and through their letters of thanks, they recruited Guoyuan and Dian.
Wei and other outstanding civil and military seeds.
After the soldiers were recruited and briefly drilled, at Guoyuan's suggestion, they took the lead in spreading the word to the world, calling on the princes to fight against Dong Zhuo and eradicate this "national traitor".
For a time, Cao Cao's reputation further increased, and he quickly became known to all the princes and major families in the world.
Similarly, this is equivalent to announcing to the world that 'the Cao family will also join the fight for hegemony'.
For Liu Bei in Pingyuan:
Gongsun Sheng had long known that Liu Bei was an inexperienced wolf, so he had already arranged for him to serve as the magistrate of Pingyuan County when he raised his army, so as not to keep him around and cause trouble for him at critical moments in the future.
Gongsun Zan deeply regretted this. But once Gongsun Sheng was in charge, it would be his turn to speak in the Gongsun family.
However, Liu Bei did not complain at all. In fact, being able to become independent was what he hoped for most. So he took Zhang Fei and Guan Yu and quickly conquered the plains, temporarily establishing a foothold.
However, before the troops could be replenished, Cao Cao received a message. In the end, he had to arrange for his bodyguard Liu An and his best friend Jian Yong to stay in the plains. He only took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with him and went to Youzhou to join Gongsun's family, and then together they went to conquer Dong Zhuo.
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From Nanyang Huangzhong:
After discussing with Xie Yi, Huang Zhong just stood still and was always preparing for the moment when the princes challenged Dong. Before that, he abided by his duty, concentrated on training troops and governing, and lived a relatively leisurely life.
In other words, his blood has already boiled and he can't wait any longer!
Nanyang Huaxia Academy:
"The princes are challenging Dong. Judging from the current situation, there may be more ways to go..." Xie Xin stood on the high mountain and muttered to the night sky.
In Zixiao Palace:
"tnnd! History is about to deviate from the normal range!" Tiandao jumped in anger.