Qingzhou, Linzi.

"Xuande Gong, why is this?" Looking at Liu Bei, who was kneeling on the ground, Yuan Tan looked puzzled.

"Childe!" Liu Bei sighed and said: "Yuan Shu is called the emperor, it is really a great rebellion, as a member of the Han family, he should have helped the Han family, how can he be humble and light, seeing that the rebel thief killed the monarch but was unable to repay the emperor, now Yuan Shu is called the emperor, the world is all the heroes to discuss, although the position is humble, but after all, he is a descendant of the Han family, and he should do his best for my Han." ”

"This ......" Yuan Tan frowned slightly when he heard this, he naturally understood what Liu Bei meant, did he borrow troops, after all, although Liu Bei's status here is not low, Yuan Shao also intends to recruit Liu Bei into the court, but in fact, whether it is Yuan Tan or Yuan Shao, he is a little jealous of Liu Bei, after all, he is a figure who has been a prince, and under the pressure of Cao Cao, the three Liu Bei brothers took the military power to resist Cao Cao, but after Cao Cao retreated, Yuan Tan took back the military power.

"Xuande Gong, Yuan Shu said that the emperor is a great rebellion, and his father has also issued a document to denounce him, but if you go to Huainan and go through Cao Cao's land, I'm afraid it will ......" Yuan Tan frowned and said, Cao Cao may detain people.

"Childe doesn't need to worry." Beside Liu Bei, Chen Gong smiled and said: "Cao Cao has also called on the princes of the world to discuss Yuan Shu, but now the only people who really mobilize troops to respond are the Jiangdong Sun Ce family, and we are waiting to go in the name of the prime minister, it is for the sake of righteousness, if Cao Cao does not want to lose his trust in the world again, he will not dare to make a hindrance." ”

Yuan Tan nodded, the princes' crusade against Yuan Shu is a righteous act, logically speaking, Cao Cao naturally did not dare to stop it, but if he really moved troops, Cao Cao may not be willing, which is also the reason why Yuan Shao and Chen Mo responded to the call, but did not send a single soldier, Chen Mo even took the initiative to retreat dozens of miles to make Cao Cao feel at ease.

If Yuan Tan uses troops here without authorization......

Yuan Tan was a little hesitant for a while, Chen Gong took the opportunity to step forward and said in a low voice: "Son, although Yuan Shu is the emperor, although it is a great rebellion, but after all, it is the Yuan family, if I wait, I may be able to save Yuan Shu's life, but if Cao Cao and Sun Ce are allowed to attack him, it will be inappropriate for the Yuan family after all." ”

In the early years, although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu fought fiercely, after all, they were both members of the old Yuan family, and if they were killed by Cao Cao, it would not be a glorious thing for the old Yuan family after all.

Yuan Tan also agreed with the words, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "I don't know how much Xuande Gong wants to borrow troops?" ”

"Three thousand!" Chen Gong said firmly: "If there are too many people and horses, then Cao Mengde may not be willing to let me wait for him, three thousand people, and there is no threat to Cao Mengde." ”

Yuan Tan nodded when he heard this, if he had three thousand, he could still accept it, Liu Bei had made great contributions in the war with Cao Cao this time, and Yuan Shao also appreciated Liu Bei, and now Liu Bei wanted to borrow three thousand soldiers, and it was also for the sake of his Yuan family's face, Yuan Tan thought about it and agreed.

If the pattern has been set today, there is no place for Liu Bei to rise again, at the beginning, Sun Ce's 3,000 soldiers and horses swept Jiangdong, but to this day, those who can still stay are all heroes for a while, and if you want to build a piece of territory with 3,000 people, I am afraid that Sun Wu will not be able to do it.

"Well, it's convenient for Xuande Gong to have 3,000 men and horses, and Cen Bi is the supervising army, what does Xuande Gong think?" Yuan Tan smiled.

Cen Bi is a general under Yuan Tan and a confidant, and he was sent to Liu Bei's side to avoid Liu Bei not coming back after the battle.

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, bowed down and said, "Thank you, son." ”

At the moment, Liu Bei led the people and horses, and set off with the team he had recruited in the past few years, and after converging Cen Bi, he did not go directly to Huainan, but made a detour to Langya, preparing to go to Huainan in Xuzhou, and he couldn't take Xuzhou, but after all, Liu Bei still had some influence in Xuzhou, and there were still a number of his family backgrounds that he didn't bring with him, and now he happened to take them away.

……

Huainan, Shouchun, Imperial Palace.

Let's call it the palace, after all, no matter what, now Yuan Shu is called the emperor, his place of residence, naturally can also be called the palace, and Yuan Shu is so luxurious, even if he was defeated by Cao Cao one after another, lost Runan, Nanyang, Yuzhou these big counties, but he has never been harsh on his quality of life, since he entered Shouchun, the mansion where he lives has undergone several large-scale expansions and repairs, when it comes to luxury, Suiyang Palace is good, Luoyang Palace, it may not be comparable.

"Your Majesty, Sun Ce and Cao Cao are surging from the north and south, and the princes of the world have also condemned it, Your Majesty should think of a strategy to retreat from the enemy as soon as possible." Yan Xiang bowed to Yuan Shu with a bitter face.

Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, and as strategists, Yan Xiang and Yang Hong both strongly advised Yuan Shu not to be in a hurry, and to support a Han clan as emperor like other princes, in order to gain political autonomy.

In fact, with Yuan Shu's current power, supporting the emperor is actually not qualified, and supporting the king is a little reluctant.

But Yuan Shu obviously doesn't want to have more people on his head out of thin air, even if it's a puppet, these years, he was first angry with Cao Cao, and then he was betrayed by his former general Sun Ce, and he suffered a lot of anger, and now that the Son of Heaven is finally dead, he feels that the time has come for him to rise.

After all, there is actually no difference between supporting the emperor or being the emperor himself, at least in Yuan Shu's opinion.

In fact, for example, the emperor supported by the major princes today is probably not as good as Liu Xie at that time, but this fig leaf is not something that can be lifted casually, and even if it is to be lifted, it can't be so rude, these are all rules.

"What are your Aiqing's countermeasures?" Yuan Shu frowned, quite unhappy in his heart, everyone is doing the same thing, why can't I do it if you can do it? Cao Cao didn't do it, Sun Ce didn't help himself at this time, but united the princes to fight him, which made Yuan Shu a little unacceptable, after all, Sun Ce was just a young general under his former disciple, too rampant.

Yan Xiang and Yang Hong glanced at each other, and could see the helplessness in each other's eyes, Yan Xiang came out of the ranks, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, for today's plan, our army is difficult to defeat the two princes, and the minister thinks that Your Majesty can temporarily resign from the throne to calm the anger of the people, and then negotiate with Cao Cao and go all out to meet Sun Ce." ”

As for why he didn't make peace with Sun Ce to fight Cao Cao...... That has to be able to fight, in the heyday of Yuan Shu, he fought with Cao Cao and lost consecutive battles, and now most of the territory has been taken by Cao Cao, how can Yuan Shu be able to fight?

Moreover, based on their understanding of Yuan Shu, between Cao Cao and Sun Ce, I am afraid that Yuan Shu would rather seek peace with Cao Cao, the former enemy, than make peace with Sun Ce, the former general, right?

"Ridiculous!" Yuan Shu frowned when he heard this: "The throne is a gift from heaven, how can you resign easily?" ”

"But if you don't give up, it will be difficult for our army to resist Cao Sun's joint attack!" Yan Xiang persuaded: "Lord! At this time, it is not a good opportunity to call the emperor, with the current situation, even the Son of Heaven is just a title, if the lord is willing to temporarily resign from the throne, we still have a chance, but if the lord insists, I am afraid that the day of the death of the country will be now! ”

At this time, Yan Xiang directly gave up being commensurate with His Majesty, he wanted to wake up Yuan Shu and continue to bear the name of the Son of Heaven, and now among the princes of all sizes, the first one to perish is probably him.

Yuan Shu frowned when he heard this, and looked at Yang Hong: "Other than that, there is no way to retreat from the enemy!?" ”

"Please forgive the minister's shallow knowledge, it is difficult to come up with a solution to both worlds!" Yang Hong sighed and nodded, he followed Yuan Shu for the longest time, when the heroes were discussing Dong, he was already Yuan Shu's military advisor, and witnessed the step-by-step rise of Chen Mo, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and even Sun Ce, but Yuan Shu, who originally had a good situation, but in the rise of these people step by step, he became a foil, and he weakened step by step, and now he insists on being the emperor, which has brought ruin to himself, and now, he still wants to continue to be the emperor, in fact, even if Yuan Shu resigns from the throne, Yang Hong is not sure whether Cao Cao is willing to retire.

"Newspaper~"

When Yuan Shu hesitated, he saw a palace captain come to the outside of the hall to ask for a meeting.

"Enter!" Yuan Shu frowned and shouted.

The palace lieutenant walked in quickly, saluted Yuan Shu and said: "Your Majesty, a battle report has been sent from outside the palace, Cao Cao's army has arrived in Ruyin, and the general Ji Ling went out to fight but was defeated by the enemy general Le Jin, and now retreats to Xia Cai!" ”

"It's coming so fast!?" Yuan Shu was shocked when he heard this, hurriedly looked at Yang Hong, gritted his teeth and said: "Send someone immediately to inform that Cao Cao that I am willing to resign from the throne and let him withdraw immediately!" ”

Although he really wanted to fight, but there was no way, Yuan Shu knew very well that now all the soldiers in his two counties added up to only 50,000, and he was still guarding all places, and it was impossible to win Cao Cao, so he could only admit it first.

"Whoa!" Yang Hong sighed in his heart, bowed to Yuan Shu, and left.

But before he could leave the main hall, he saw another palace captain come in, and saluted Yuan Shu and said: "Your Majesty, news came from Lujiang that Zhang Xun surrendered to Sun Ce, and now Lujiang has all been obtained by Sun Ce!" ”

"How so!? Zhang Xunan dares to betray me!? Yuan Shu was furious when he heard this, stood up and scolded, Zhang Xun has been following his general since Nanyang, and now he has been entrusted with an important task by himself to garrison a county, but he surrendered so simply, and he also surrendered to Sun Ce, which made Yuan Shu even more unacceptable.

"Lord, at this time, it is better to focus on the overall situation first, stabilize Cao Cao, and then wait for the opportunity to recapture Lujiang!" Yan Xiang hurriedly said to Yuan Shu.

"Okay, tell Ah Pu that as long as he is willing to withdraw from the army, I am not only willing to resign from the throne, but also willing to be a vassal to Liu Wei!" Yuan Shu gasped fiercely, and almost didn't take a breath just now.

Calling Liu Wei a minister is almost equivalent to calling Cao Cao a minister, although in Jiujiang, he still has absolute autonomy, but after this battle, Yuan Shu can no longer be counted as a prince all the way.

"Whoa!" Yang Hong nodded when he heard this, even so, there is only one county of Yuan Shu left, and it is still a question whether Cao Cao will accept it, and once Lujiang is lost, Yuan Shu is already at the end of the road, even if Cao Cao agrees in the end, I am afraid that Yuan Shu will have to leave and go back to Suiyang with Cao Cao.