Yuan Shao's father and son were frightened, and finally retreated to the old village, Yuan Shao saw this, and hurriedly ordered the three armies to start to rest, when the soldiers of Yuan Shao's army were about to eat, I saw Zhang Liao on the left again led thousands of soldiers and horses to Yuan Shao's army to kill, and Zhang He on the right also led thousands of soldiers and horses to Yuan Shao's army to rush to kill, and these two soldiers and horses quickly killed in front of Yuan Shaozhai!

Seeing this, Yuan Shao hurriedly got on the horse and led the army to flee again, at this time Yuan Shao only had Wanyu soldiers and horses left, the defeated army had just fled to Cangting, the soldiers were tired, and they were about to rest, at this time, the Cao Cao army behind came again, Yuan Shao saw this, and hurriedly gave up his life and left.

Yuan Shao's defeated army was on the way, only to see Cao Hong on the right leading thousands of soldiers and horses to rush towards Yuan Shao's army, and Xiahoudun on the left again led thousands of soldiers and horses to rush towards Yuan Shao's army, and the two soldiers and horses quickly rushed to the front, blocking the way of Yuan Shao's army.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao shouted loudly: "Soldiers, if you don't decide to fight to the death, we will be captured by them!" ”

After Yuan Shao shouted, he personally led the army to charge, and the army struggled to clash, and finally escaped from the encirclement, at this time, Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi and nephew Gao Gan were all wounded by the enemy's feather arrows, and the two or three hundred thousand troops had already died, and Yuan Shao had completely lost the strength to fight again!!

The first half of Yuan Shao's life can be described as extremely proud, and he suffered such a fiasco and suffering!!

Yuan Shao, like Yuan Shu, was born in the Yuan clan of Runan, the third prince of the fourth dynasty.

The meaning of the fourth and third dukes is that from Yuan Shao's great-grandfather Yuan An, there are five officials in the fourth generation of the Yuan family to worship the three dukes, and the Yuan family at this time is also very prosperous. uncle Yuan Kui, the official worships Situ; Uncle Yuan Cheng, the official worshiped Zuo Zhonglang, but died young.

Yuan Shao was born as a concubine, and because Yuan Cheng had no son, Yuan Shao was passed on to Yuan Cheng's room, and Yuan Cheng loved him in every way.

Yuan Shao was born handsome and mighty, even won Yuan Feng, Yuan Kui's love, with the world's wealth, Yuan Shao was young as a lang, less than 20 years old has been the magistrate of Puyang County, in the government and the opposition also has a reputation for being honest and capable, but soon after, Yuan Shao's mother died, Yuan Shao resigned and began to mourn for his mother, after the end of his mother's mourning period, his father died, Yuan Shao then mourned for his father, a total of six years, under the rule of benevolence and filial piety, Yuan Shao resigned for his parents to mourn for six years, this move was very praised by the world, in this six years, Yuan Shao gained a lot of prestige.

After the mourning period, Yuan Shao did not become an official, but refused the call of the imperial court and began to live in seclusion in Luoyang City, which was the increasingly dark era of the Eastern Han Dynasty!

Although Yuan Shao claimed to be a recluse, on the surface he did not communicate with guests, in fact, he secretly befriended party members and chivalrous people, such as Zhang Miao, He Hao, Xu You and others. Zhang Miao is a well-known party member and one of the "Eight Chefs". He Hao was also a member of the party, and had a close relationship with the party leaders Chen Fan and Li Ying (both of whom were one of the three jun), and often entered Luoyang privately several times a year to discuss countermeasures with Yuan Shao and help the party members take refuge in the disaster of the party.

Xu You was also an active participant in the struggle against the eunuchs, and among Yuan Shao's close friends, Cao Cao and others also opposed the eunuchs' rule, and they shared the same ideals, so they secretly formed a political group with the purpose of opposing the eunuch dictatorship.

At this time, Yuan Shao's activities also attracted the attention of the eunuchs, and Zhao Zhong, the regular attendant, warned angrily: "Yuan Benchu raised his value, and he should not be summoned by the imperial court to raise outlaws, what does he want to do!"

Yuan Kui heard the rumors, so he reprimanded Yuan Shao: "You are preparing to destroy our Yuan family!"

However, Yuan Shao was not afraid and was not moved by it at all, and still led the scholars to oppose the eunuchs' governance.

In the first year of Zhongping (184), after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Eastern Han Dynasty was forced to cancel the party ban and grant amnesty to the party members.

He Jin is the half-brother of Empress Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and Qi Guixian, who commanded the left and right Yulin Army, was dissatisfied with the dictatorship of the eunuchs, Yuan Shao intended to use He Jin's power to get rid of the eunuchs, and He Jin was also very trusting of Yuan Shao because of Yuan's prominent family, and since then, the relationship between Yuan Shao and He Jin is extraordinary.

At that time, the power of the eunuchs was still very large, and Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang, etc., were named marquises, and Zhang Jun in Langzhong wrote a letter denouncing the harm of the eunuch dictatorship, and was actually arrested and imprisoned by Zhang Rang and others

In the fifth year of Zhongping (188), the Eastern Han Dynasty formed a new army in Xiyuan, and placed eight captains, Yuan Shao was appointed as the lieutenant of the middle army, and Cao Cao was the captain of the military academy, but the power in the army was in the hands of the eunuch captain Jian Shuo, and even the general He Jin had to obey his dispatching command.

In April of the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was seriously ill, and the crown prince was not established at this time, and the contradiction between the eunuch and his relative He Jin was completely intensified on the issue of succession to the throne.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had two sons: one was born to Empress He, named Liu Bian; The other was born to Wang Meiren, named Liu Xie.

The ministers asked to set up the prince, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was very disliked because of Liu Wei's frivolity and shallowness, but he abolished the heir and established the concubine, and was worried that the ministers would oppose it, so he was indecided, and the eunuchs such as Jian Shuo of course understood it, and the most important thing was that he did not want the power to fall into the hands of He Jin, so under the pretext of Han Sui's rebellion, he proposed to ask the general to lead the troops to the west to quell the rebellion. At this critical moment, He Jin had insight into the eunuchs' tricks, and with the revival of Qingxu and the Yellow Turban as an excuse, he asked Yuan Shao to send Yuan Shaodong to Xu Yan, and when Yuan Shaobing returned, he would attack Han Sui in the west.

After a while, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died of illness, Jian Shuo decided to punish He Jin first, and then set up Liu Xie, so he sent people to welcome He into the palace to plan affairs, but He Jin gathered troops outside the palace, and waited for it, and said that he was not inadequate. Jian Shuo was forced to set up Liu Wei as the emperor, Liu Wei was the emperor, Empress He was called the queen mother, and the Taifu Yuan Kui and the general He Jin assisted the government, and recorded the Shangshu affair with the relatives, the bureaucrats, the doctors, and the eunuchs.

At this time, Yuan Shao said to He Jin through He Jin's guest Zhang Jin: "The eunuchs of the Yellow Gate and Chang Shi have been in power for a long time, specializing in bad things, and the general should choose another virtuous one, rectify the country, and eliminate harm for the subordinates."

He Jin thought so, so he appointed Yuan Shao as the lieutenant of Si Li, He Hao as the lieutenant of the Northern Army, Xun You as the Huangmen squire, and Zheng Tai as the Shangshu, and more than 20 people were promoted at the same time, and they all became He Jin's henchmen.

In this regard, Jian Shuo was very uneasy, and planned to kill He Jin again, but was denounced, He Jin ordered to hunt and kill Jian Shuo, in view of the eunuch's imminent move, He Jin was afraid that an accident would occur, saying that he was sick and did not participate in the funeral of Emperor Ling.

Yuan Shao thought that only by killing all the eunuchs could he avoid future troubles, and he said to He Jin: "In the past, Dou Wu was ready to kill his inner pet, but he suffered from it, because the incident was not confidential and his words were leaked. The soldiers of the five battalions were all under the orders of the eunuchs, but Dou Wu trusted them, and as a result, he killed himself. Now the general occupies the position of the emperor's uncle, and the brothers lead strong soldiers, and the generals of the army are all handsome and famous, and they are willing to do their best to serve the general. Everything is in the hands of the general, this is a good opportunity given by the heavens, and the general should get rid of the scourge in one fell swoop and make a name for future generations!"

He Jin thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't sit down and make a final decision, and finally told the Empress Dowager He about it, but the Empress Dowager He did not agree to this matter, and He Jin did not dare to act against the will of the Empress Dowager.

Yuan Shao saw that He Jin was shaken, and then said to him: "The eunuch is close to the Supreme and conveys the edict, if you don't catch it all, you will definitely suffer endlessly." Besides, now that the plan has been revealed, why didn't the general make a decision earlier? Things change over time, and if you start late, you will suffer. “

However, because Empress Dowager He's mother Wu Yangjun and He Jin's younger brother He Miao were bribed by eunuchs many times, they obstructed them and obstructed them in many ways; also because He Jinsu was indecisive and hesitated, so there was still no result.

When Yuan Shao saw this situation, he was very anxious, and once again offered advice: "You can mobilize the fierce generals from all over the world to lead the troops to the capital and admonish the Queen Mother." He Jin thought this was a good idea, so he ordered Dong Zhuo, the governor of the annexed state, to lead the army to Beijing, and sent his subordinates Wang Kuang and Bao Xin, the cavalry captain, back to their hometown to recruit troops.

The Quartet rose up, the Beijing division was shaken, and the Empress Dowager He felt that the situation was serious, so she hurriedly put the eunuchs such as Zhongchang and Huangmen home, and the eunuchs panicked, panicked like a lost dog, and went to ask He Jin for forgiveness, Yuan Shao repeatedly persuaded He Jin to take this opportunity to kill them, but He Jin still let them go.

Yuan Shao was very unwilling, and wrote a letter to inform the state and county, falsely claiming that it was He Jin's intention to order the arrest of the eunuch's relatives to be imprisoned.

Under the command of Zhang Rang, Duan Jue and others led dozens of party members, waiting for He to enter the palace, and beheaded He Jin in front of the Jiade Palace.

He Jin's general heard that He Jin was killed, led the troops into the palace, Hu Ben Zhonglang attacked Yuan Shu in the palace, burned the Qingzuo Gate, Zhang Rang and others then took the young emperor Liu Wei and Chen Liuwang Liu Xie fled from Fudao in a hurry.

Yuan Shao and his uncle Yuan Kui pretended to be edicted, killed the eunuchs Xu Xiang and Fan Ling, and then ordered the eunuchs Zhao Zhong and others who did not have time to escape, and ordered the palace gate to be closed, strictly forbidden to enter and exit, and commanded the soldiers to search for the eunuchs in the palace, both old and young were killed, and there were more than 2,000 dead, and some people who did not have long beards were also killed as eunuchs.

Just as Yuan Shao was massacring eunuchs in the inner palace, Dong Zhuo led his army to the western outskirts of Luoyang and met the young emperor and King Chen Liuxia in the north.

After Dong Zhuo received the holy decree, he was overjoyed, immediately gathered people and horses, led the army into Beijing for several days, and according to He Jin's meaning, wrote to the young emperor, asking for "chasing the evil on the side of the king" and "collecting the army to clear the traitorous and filthy".

Zhang Rang and Duan Si, the regular servant, hurriedly abducted the young emperor Liu Wei and Chen Liuwang Liu Xie and fled to Pingjin, the crossing of the Yellow River, Dong Zhuo saw a sea of fire in the capital from afar, knew that the situation had changed, and heard that the young emperor was in Beimang, Dong Zhuo hurriedly led his troops to go.

The young emperor was frightened by the swarming army and burst into tears, Dong Zhuo was majestic, swaggered forward to see the young emperor, and asked him about the incident. The young emperor stammered and spoke incoherently, but Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, who was standing on the side, took the initiative to step forward and tell Dong Zhuo about the whole incident, and the narrative was unambiguous and clear.

At that time, Liu Xie was only 9 years old, a full 5 years older than the young emperor, Dong Zhuo saw this, his heart was very happy, thinking that Liu Xie was much stronger than Liu Wei, and because he was raised by the Empress Dowager Dong himself, Dong Zhuo had the original idea of deposing Liu Wei and supporting Liu Xie.

After Dong Zhuo welcomed Liu Wei to the palace, he coerced the princes to order the princes and began to intervene in the central power of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty.

When he first arrived in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo's subordinates did not exceed 3,000 troops, in order to create a strong military deterrent effect on Luoyang at the beginning, he ordered his subordinates to sneak out of Luoyang quietly at night every four or five days, and then drove into Luoyang in the second morning.

Although the illusion can temporarily confuse people, it will eventually be seen through, Dong Zhuo's move can only be an expedient measure, and after a slight adjustment, he began to take practical actions to expand his troops and gain military power.

After the general He Jin was ambushed and killed by Zhang Rang, his general Wu Kuang had a deep resentment against He Jin's younger brother He Miao, believing that He Miao was unwilling to cooperate with He Jin, and also suspected him of colluding with Zhang Rang to deal with He Jin together.

Wu Kuangnian thought that He Jin was kind to him on weekdays, and vowed to kill He Miao and avenge He Jin. He mobilized his soldiers and told them: "It was He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry, who colluded with Zhang Rang to kill the general, and we must avenge the general!" So, Wu Kuang and Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Min jointly attacked and killed He Miao, after He Miao's death, Dong Zhuo sat on the profits of the fisherman, and collected He Jin and He Miao's troops without a single soldier.

In order to control the central power, it is extremely important to grasp the military power of the Luoyang Weiwu army!

Dong Zhuo made specific arrangements and sent his henchman Lu Bu to kill Zhi Jinwu and take over all the defense forces in the capital.

At that time, Bao Xin had a more sober awareness and understanding of the expansion of Dong Zhuo's military power, and he once said to Yuan Shao: "Dong Zhuo has a strong army and has always been ambitious, if you don't want to get rid of him now, you will definitely be restrained by him in the future." Now that Dong Zhuo's army is mixed, the morale of the army is unstable, and the organization is not strict, so he can get rid of it as soon as possible. ”

However, Yuan Shao was afraid of Dong Zhuo, indecisive, did not take action, with a strong military backing, Dong Zhuo had no fear, do whatever he wanted, first he forced the imperial court to remove Sikong Liu Hong from his position, and replaced him, and then, in order to further monopolize the central power, Dong Zhuo decided to convene a hundred civil and military officials to discuss the abolition of the young emperor and the establishment of a new emperor.

At a court meeting, Dong Zhuo unscrupulously: "The young emperor is ignorant and cowardly, he can't worship the temple, and he is not qualified to serve as the monarch under him." For the sake of the country and the Han family, I want to follow the story of Yi Yin Fang Taijia and Huo Guang abolishing Changyi, abolishing the young emperor, and re-establishing Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, as his son! ”

Most of the officials present were intimidated by Dong Zhuo's obscenity, and dared not speak out against his arbitrary and filial piety, only Shangshu Lu Zhi objected to it in person, believing that the young emperor was only young, and his behavior and character could not be compared with Taijia and the king of Changyi at all.

Dong Zhuo was furious, he didn't expect Lu Zhi to be so disrespectful and dare to oppose him in public, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to push him out and behead him, fortunately, Cai Yong tried his best to dissuade him, and Lu Zhi was saved from death, after that, Dong Zhuo abolished the young emperor and demoted him to the king of Hongnong; In addition, Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, was appointed as Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

After the abolition of the emperor, Dong Zhuo looked down on the Empress Dowager He again, thinking that she hindered his free movement and prestige in the court, so Dong Zhuo held a meeting of the ministers and counted the so-called crimes of the Empress Dowager to the ministers, how she persecuted her mother-in-law Yongle Empress Dowager, so that the Empress Dowager died of worry, this kind of law that violates the common sense of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and does not pay attention to filial piety and etiquette should be severely punished.

After that, Dong Zhuo ordered the Empress Dowager He to move to Yong'an Palace, and soon, Dong Zhuo used the excuse to kill the young emperor Liu Wei and poison the Empress Dowager He.

Through the replacement and handling of the highest level of personnel of the central power, the entire Eastern Han Dynasty government was almost completely subject to Dong Zhuo: the abolition of the emperor, the appointment and dismissal of courtiers, and the formulation of major policies were all decided by Dong Zhuo

After the establishment of Emperor Xian, Dong Zhuo promoted himself to Tai Lieutenant and became one of the three dukes, in charge of the national military and former general affairs, and later proclaimed himself a county marquis, worshiped the prime minister, and jumped to the head of the three dukes, holding the power of prime minister.

Although Dong Zhuo is known as the minister of state "under one person and above ten thousand", in fact, he far surpasses the emperor, enjoying privileges such as praising and worshipping the nameless, entering the court, and going to the palace with a sword.

After he added the official and entered the knighthood, Dong Zhuo also used the privileges in his hands to add a large number of members of the Dong family, he first named his mother as Chi Yangjun, Yue Li was equipped with family orders and retainers, and his status was equivalent to that of the royal princess, at the same time, Dong Zhuo worshiped his younger brother Dong Min as the left general, and named the Marquis of Yu, and also named his young granddaughter as the Yang Jun, and even more, "Zhuo's concubines embraced the middle son, all of them were marquis, and they were made with gold and purple."

In order to control the emperor more effectively, Dong Zhuo ignored the opposition of the courtiers and coerced Emperor Xian to move the capital from Luoyang to Chang'an.

When he first arrived in Luoyang, although Dong Zhuo's subordinates also gathered a group of confidants, it was far from enough to rely on these people to dominate the huge central bureaucratic system. Moreover, many bureaucrats in the DPRK and China who had a certain amount of power and influence at that time did not accept Dong Zhuo at all.

In this regard, in the process of playing with power, Dong Zhuo secretly cultivated minions, widely recruited cronies, and used means such as co-optation, temptation, and exclusion to attack and frame all forces and groups that were unfavorable to him.

Dong Zhuo not only restored all the previous titles of Chen Fan and others, but also promoted their descendants so that they could be used for their own use for generations to come, but in fact, almost no scholars were bought by Dong Zhuo.

In addition to arranging his own forces in various ministries of the central government, Dong Zhuo also planted local minions by appointing Taishou and assassinating history, so that Dong Zhuo had basically controlled the main political forces of the central and local governments by placing eyes and ears at various levels, and as long as officials who were dissatisfied with him made the slightest move, he would ruthlessly and completely eradicate them, kill chickens and monkeys, and deter the government and the opposition.

Long before the abolition of the emperor, Dong Zhuo wanted to use Yuan Shao to support him, but was strongly opposed by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao once said: "The kindness of the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty is all over the world, supported by all the people, and the country is safe and secure." Although the emperor is old, he has not spread evil deeds. If you want to depose the emperor and set up a new emperor, I am afraid that no one agrees with your opinion. ”

After Dong Zhuo heard this, he revealed his fierce appearance, and angrily scolded Yuan Shao with a sword: "I deliberately value you, I didn't expect you to be so ignorant, if you don't kill you now, it will always be a disaster in the future!" ”

Yuan Shao also pressed the hilt of the sword,-for-tat, Dong Zhuo did not dare to act rashly, and that night, Yuan Shao fled to Bohai County for refuge. Dong Zhuo originally planned to order Yuan Shao to be arrested, but someone advised Dong Zhuo at that time: "Abolishing a major event is not something that ordinary people can understand." Yuan Shao didn't know the general situation, so he was afraid to run away, not because he had other meanings. If he is too hastily arrested, it will inevitably provoke an incident. The four generations of the Yuan family have been widely clothed, and their protégés and former officials are all over the place. If Yuan Shao recruits heroes and pulls up the team, the heroes will take advantage of the situation, at that time, Kanto may not be under the control of Ming Gong, so it is better to pardon him and give him a county guard, then, he is glad to be exempted, and he will not cause trouble. “

As a result, Dong Zhuo appointed Yuan Shao as the Taishou of Bohai and gave him the title of Marquis of Yixiang.

In the first month of the first year of Chuping (190), the county of Kwantung Prefecture raised troops against Dong and elected Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance.

Yuan Shao called himself the general of the chariot cavalry, and Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuangtun Hanoi, Han Fu Liuye, supplied military rations, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Lingtun Yingchuan, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang Miao, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin and Cao Cao Tun Jujube, and the later general Yuan Shutun Luyang, each with tens of thousands of troops.

Dong Zhuo learned that Yuan Shao had raised troops in Shandong, so he killed Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui and the Yuan clan in Beijing.

Yuan Shao assigned Wang Kuang to kill Hu Muban, Wang Pai, Wu Xun and others, Yuan Shu also hunted and killed Yin Xun, and only Han Rong was spared death because of his high morality. At this time, most of the lower heroes belonged to Yuan Shao, and because of his family's suffering, everyone wanted to avenge him, so the troops in the prefectures and counties swarmed, there was no one who did not play the banner of the Yuan family, Dong Zhuo saw that the Guanqian army was huge, so he hijacked the emperor and drove the people of Luoyang to move the capital to Chang'an.

The princes are all stationed in the sour jujube and no longer take a step forward, every day is just a big banquet, no one is willing to go to fight with Dong Zhuo's army, after the sour jujube food is exhausted, the army turns into birds and beasts scattered, and a crusade can not be defeated.

After Dong Zhuoxi went to Chang'an, Yuan Shao was ready to abandon the emperor and set up a new monarch in order to make it easier to control, he chose the Han clan and Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, when the Yuan brothers were not harmonious, Yuan Shu had a self-reliant heart, he pretended to maintain loyalty and righteousness, and opposed Yuan Shao to set up Liu Yu as the emperor.

Yuan Shao wrote a letter to Yuan Shu, in which he wrote: "Previously, I conspired with Han Wenjie (Han Fu) for a long-term plan, so that the sea could see the lord of Zhongxing. Now Chang'an has a young monarch in name, but it is not of Han blood, and the officials below the minister are all flattering to Dong Zhuo, how can you trust him! At present, only troops should be sent to garrison the fortress of Guanjin and let him die of exhaustion. Dongli Shengjun, the day of peace is just around the corner, is there any doubt! Besides, my Yuan family was slaughtered, and we must not be able to do anything in the north again. “

Regardless of Yuan Shu's opposition, in the name of the Kwantung generals, he sent Zhang Qi, the former Lelang Taishou, to meet Liu Yu and submit it to the public, but Liu Yu categorically refused, Yuan Shao still did not give up, and asked him to receive the Shangshu and undertake the system to worship, which was also rejected by Liu Yu.

At this time, Dong Zhuo did not fall, but the Kwantung herdsmen fought with each other in order to expand their territory, compete for land and population, and Han Fu was afraid that Yuan Shao would sit big, and deliberately reduced the supply of military supplies, in an attempt to starve and collapse Yuan Shao's army, and Yuan Shao was not satisfied with a Bohai county, and coveted Jizhou, which was known as the heavy capital of the next, for a long time.

When the joint forces were fighting against Dong, Yuan Shao once asked Cao Cao: "If the big things don't go well, where can I defend it?" Cao Cao asked rhetorically: "What does the foot mean?" Yuan Shao replied: "I am based on the Yellow River in the south, Yan and Dai in the north, and I have both Karasuma and Xianbei, and then fight for it in the south, so I may be able to succeed!"

Yuan Shao's so-called south according to the Yellow River, north of Yan, Dai, the vast area is rich in products, a large population of Jizhou, however, at that time Yuan Shao was not in a recession, the doorman Fengji suggested that he capture Jizhou, Yuan Shao was very hesitant, can not make up his mind. Yuan Shao said to Feng Ji: "Jizhou is strong, our army is hungry, if I can't attack, I won't even have a place to stand." Feng Ji offered a plan: "Han Fu is a mediocre talent, we can secretly make an appointment with Shi Gongsun Zhan, the governor of Liaodong, and let him attack Jizhou in the south." As soon as his army moves, Han Fu will inevitably panic, and we will take the opportunity to send someone who can speak well to clarify the stakes with him, and we are not afraid that he will not let him come out of Jizhou. “

Yuan Shao valued the reunion very much, so he wrote a letter to Gongsun Zan according to his wishes.

In the second year of Chuping (191), Han Fu's general Quyi rebelled, Han Fu's crusade was unfavorable, Yuan Shao sent envoys to make friends with Quyi, and at the same time, Gongsun Zan sent troops to attack Jizhou in the south.

Han Fu was defeated in a battle, panicked, at this time Yuan Shao's guest Gao Gan and Xun Chen lost no time in arriving in Yecheng, Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, Xun Chen and Han Fu have a good relationship, they said to Han Fu: "Gongsun Zhan took advantage of the victory to go south, and the counties looked at the wind and fell; Yuan Cheqi also led the troops to Yanjin, his intentions were unpredictable, and we were all worried about the general in private. “

When Han Fu heard this, he couldn't help but gasp, and asked eagerly, "Since that's the case, what should I do?"

Xun Chen didn't answer directly, but asked: "According to the general's estimate, how are you better than Yuan Shao in terms of generosity and benevolence to people?"

Han Fu: "I'm not as good."

"In terms of decision-making in danger and being wise and brave, how are you better than Yuan?"

Han Fu again: "I'm not as good."

"So, in terms of giving kindness to the next generation and benefiting the next family, how should you compare with the Yuan family?"

Han Fu shook his head: "It's still better."

After asking a few questions, Xun Chen said: "Gongsun Zan led the elite people of Yan and Dai, and the soldiers were irresistible; Yuan is a heroic hero for a while, how can he stay under the general for a long time. Jizhou is an important place for the survival of the country. If Yuan and Gongsun Zhan join forces and fight with the general under the city, the general will be in danger of death. The Yuan family is an old friend of the general, and they have formed an alliance, and now the plan is to give Jizhou to the Yuan family. After Yuan gets Jizhou, he will definitely treat the general well. Gongsun Chan couldn't fight him. At that time, the general will not only gain the reputation of Rangxian, but you will also be more stable than Tarzan. I hope the general doesn't have to wonder!"

Han Fu was cowardly by nature and lacked assertiveness, so he agreed after hearing Xun Chen's words.

However, many of Han Fu's subordinates were worried, and Changshi Gengwu, Don't drive Min Chun, and Zhizhong Li Li advised: "Although Jizhou is remote, there are millions of soldiers, and the food is enough to last for ten years, while Yuan Shao is a lonely and poor army, looking up to me and snorting, just like a baby in my hands, once weaned, he will starve to death immediately, why do we want to give Jizhou to him?"

Han Fu helplessly: "I am the former official of the Yuan family, and my talent is not as good as the original, and I am virtuous and virtuous, which is respected by the ancients, why do you still blindly blame it!"

When Zhao Fu and Cheng Lian, the governors stationed in Heyang, heard the news, they hurriedly galloped eastward from Mengjin, hundreds of ships, and more than 10,000 people, asking to send troops to resist Yuan Shao, Han Fu did not agree, and finally, Han Fu moved out of the official office, and sent his son to send the seal ribbon of Jizhou Mu to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao led the Jizhou pastor on behalf of him, claiming to be the undertaker, and gave Han Fu an empty title of general Fenwei, with neither generals nor soldiers.

Yuan Shao had a capital official engaged in Zhu Han, who had been coldly treated by Han Fu and had always been haunted, he knew that there was a deep grudge between Han and Yuan, so he sent troops to surround Han Fu's residence, armed with a sharp blade, and broke into the door.

Han Fu fled upstairs, Zhu Han grabbed Han Fu's eldest son, and was tortured with a stick, breaking both feet, Han Fu was deeply stimulated, although Yuan Shao killed Zhu Han, he still left Jizhou to go to Zhang Miao.

There is one, in Zhang Miao's mansion, Han Fu saw that Yuan Shao sent a messenger, and the messenger whispered to Zhang Miao, Han Fu unconsciously raised a cloud of suspicion in his heart, and felt that a catastrophe was coming, so he used the excuse of going to the toilet and committed suicide with a book knife.

Yuan Shao won Jizhou, and asked with great ambition to be frustrated: "Now that the thieves and ministers are in turmoil, the court has moved westward, and my Yuan family has been favored for generations, I am determined to do my best to restore the Han Dynasty." However, Duke Qi Huan could not become an overlord without Guan Zhong, and Gou Jian could not keep the Yue Kingdom without Fan Li. I want to work together with Qing to work together for a safe society, I don't know what Qing has to do?"

Yuan Shao replied: "The general entered the court at a young age, and he became famous at home." When it is abolished, it can carry forward loyalty; Riding away alone, Dong Zhuo was terrified. If you cross the river to the north, you will obey the Bohai Sea; Hold the pawn of a county, and gather the people of Jizhou. The prestige crosses the river, and the fame is more important than the bottom! Now if the general first raises the army to fight in the east, he can set the Qingzhou Yellow Turban; Also begging for Montenegro, Zhang Yan can be eliminated. then returned to the north to march north, Pinggong Sun Zhan; Shock Rong Di and surrender the Huns. You can have the land of the four states north of the Yellow River, so you can recruit heroes, gather millions of troops, welcome the emperor in Xijing, and restore the temple in Luoyang. Under this order, who can resist if you don't obey?"

Yuan Shao listened, very high-chested: "This is exactly what I want!", and then he was awarded the title of General Fenwei and made him guardian of the generals.

Yuan Shao also used Tian Feng as a separate driver and a trial match as the governance, these two people were more upright, but they were depressed under Han Fu's subordinates, in addition, Yuan Shao also used Xu You, Feng Ji, Xun Chen and others as strategists.

There is Gongsun Zan in the north of Jizhou, and Yuan Shu in the south, which are Yuan Shao's two strong rivals, although Yuan Shu is Yuan Shao's younger brother, but the two brothers have always been at odds.

In the winter of the second year of Chuping (191), Yuan Shu appointed Sun Jian as the assassin of Yuzhou, and stationed troops in Yangcheng, when Sun Jian sent troops to attack Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao took the opportunity to appoint Zhou Ang as the assassin of Yuzhou, and sent troops to attack Yangcheng, Yuan Shu sent Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Gongsun Yue to assist Sun Jian to save Yangcheng, and Gongsun Yue was shot and killed by a stray arrow in the battle.

At that time, Gongsun Zhan, who was suppressing the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, was furious: "My brother's death was provoked by Yuan Shao." , so he raised troops to attack Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zhan's offensive was fierce, and he shook Hebei, and for a while, Jizhou counties and counties surrendered one after another.

Yuan Shao was shocked, in order to please Gongsun Chan and ease the situation, he promoted Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Gongsun Fan to Bohai Taishou, but as soon as Gongsun Fan arrived in Bohai, he immediately defected. Seeing this, Yuan Shao could only personally lead his troops to meet Gongsun Zhan, and the two armies clashed twenty miles south of the boundary bridge.

Gongsun Zan with 30,000 infantry, arranged in a phalanx, each wing equipped with more than 5,000 cavalry, Yuan Shao Ling Lu Yi led 800 elite soldiers as the vanguard, with a strong crossbow 1,000 as a cover, he led tens of thousands of infantry behind.

Seeing that Yuan Shao had few soldiers, Gongsun Zhan ordered the cavalry to charge and trample on the enemy formation. The soldiers of Lu Yi calmly prostrated themselves under their shields, and when Gongsun Zhan's cavalry rushed to a distance of only a few dozen paces, they jumped up together and slashed at them; At the same time, thousands of strong crossbows fired in unison and shot at Gongsun Zhan's cavalry.

Gongsun Zhan's army was hit unexpectedly, the whole army fell into chaos, cavalry, infantry were vying to flee for their lives, Ju Yi's army became more and more courageous, and killed Gongsun Zhan's Jizhou assassin Shi Yan Gang in battle, won the first 1,000 people, and chased to the boundary bridge by victory, Gongsun Zhan tried to hold the boundary bridge, but was defeated again. Lu Yi pursued all the way to Gongsun Zhan's camp.

Yuan Shao ordered the troops to pursue the enemy, and he advanced slowly, carrying only dozens of strong crossbows and more than 100 halberd guards, more than ten miles away from the boundary bridge, hearing that the front had already won, he dismounted and unsaddled, and rested for a while.

At this time, more than 2,000 cavalry from Gongsun Zhan's department suddenly appeared, surrounded Yuan Shao heavily, arrows rained down, don't drive Tian Feng to help Yuan Shao, asking him to retreat into a low wall, Yuan Shao slammed his helmet on the ground, "The eldest husband would rather rush forward and die in battle, hide behind the wall, can he live!"

After that, Yuan Shao commanded strong crossbowmen to respond to the battle, killing and wounding many of Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, but Gongsun Zhan's troops did not recognize Yuan Shao and gradually retreated.

After a while, Lu Yi led the troops to meet Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zhan's cavalry withdrew. Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegrin army, sent his generals Du Chang and others to help Gongsun Zhan, but they were also defeated by Yuan Shao, and the Montenegrin army and the Yuan family began to have a grudge.

In the third year of Chuping (192), Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao went to war, Yuan Shu asked Gongsun Chan for help, Gongsun Chan ordered Liu Bei to Tun Gaotang, single through the Tun Plain, and at the same time united with Tao Qian, used to coerce Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao attacked, and broke Yuan Shu, Gongsun Chan and Tao Qian's coalition army.

From the third year of Chuping to the second year of Xingping (192-195), a series of changes occurred in the situation in the Central Plains, in Chang'an, Situ Wang Yun and Zhonglang conspired to kill Dong Zhuo by Lü Bu and others, so that all the people were celebrated, but Wang Yun could not properly deal with Dong Zhuo's subordinates, causing Dong Zhuo's generals Li Dao and Guo Yan to raise troops to rebel, as a result, Wang Yun was killed, and Lü Bu fled.

Later, Li Dao and Guo Yan caught fire and slaughtered each other, and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, as an idol, was snatched up by these warlords.

In Yanzhou, Cao Cao suddenly rose to prominence, after the death of Liu Dai, the original Yanzhou assassin history, the local forces in Yanzhou elected Cao Cao to take over, he took armed suppression and inducement to surrender, forced 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army to surrender, and he cooperated with Yuan Shao to break Yuan Shu and squeeze Yuan Shu to Huainan.

When he went east to Xuzhou to assassinate Shi Taoqian, the representatives of the local forces Zhang Miao and Chen Gong betrayed him to welcome Lu Bu into Yanzhou, Cao Cao recaptured Yanzhou after a hard struggle, in Youzhou, Gongsun Zan sent troops to Longcuo to attack Yuan Shao, but was defeated by Yuan Shao again, and then retreated to Youzhou, never dared to act rashly.

In March of the fourth year of Chuping (193), Yuan Shao went south to Boluojin, at this time, there was a mutiny in Wei County, and the rebellious soldiers and the Montenegrin army met and occupied Yecheng.

At that time, Yuan Shao's troops were holding a celebration banquet for the whole army, and when they heard the news, Yuan Shao's subordinates, especially those whose families were in Yecheng, either changed their faces or cried loudly, but Yuan Shao was the only one who looked calm and did not change his usual demeanor.

There were more than a dozen troops of the Montenegrin army in the whole Ye, but there was a traitor Tao Sheng in the Montenegrin army, who protected Yuan Shao and the families of the officials in the state after entering Yecheng, and sent them to the refuqiu. Yuan Shao reprimanded Qiu, and Ren Tao was promoted to Jianyi Zhonglang General.

In June, Yuan Shao marched into the Black Mountain and the Yellow Turban Army, and first sent troops into the Cangyan Valley of Chaoge Lugu Mountain to crusade against Yu Poison, besieged Five, and killed Yu Poison and his more than 10,000 people, and then Yuan Shao's army attacked Zuo Zhangzhang Horn along Lugu Mountain to the north, and wiped them all out. , and successively destroyed Liu Shi, Qingniujiao, Huanglong, Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian, Li Damu, Yu Yigen and many other Black Mountain and Yellow Turban troops, slaughtered their tunbi, wantonly killed, and beheaded tens of thousands.

After Yuan Shao teamed up with Lu Bu and Zhang Yan, the four battalions of Tuge, and Yanmen Wuhuan to start a big battle in Changshan, and fought more than a dozen in a row, although Zhang Yanjun was killed and wounded, but Yuan Shaojun was also very tired, so the two sides retreated.

Zang Hong, the Taishou of Dongjun, resented Yuan Shao and did not send troops to rescue Zhang Chao, and raised the soldiers of Dongjun to confront him, Yuan Shaoxing besieged the city for a year, broke Dongjun, and persuaded Zang Hong to surrender, but to kill him.

Soon, Gongsun Chan annexed Liu Yu, Liu Yu's old department Xian Yufu and others attracted Wu Huan, attacked Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao also sent Qu Yi to send troops, and Xian Yufu and other troops, a total of 100,000 troops, defeated Gongsun Chan in Baoqiu, forced him to retire to Yijing, Ju Yi and Gongsun Chan held each other for more than a year, the army food was exhausted, the soldiers were hungry, and led the rest of the thousands of people to retreat, Gongsun Chan took advantage of the situation to pursue, broke it, and got its baggage.

In October of the second year of Xingping (195), Emperor Han Xian fled to Caoyang under the escort of Yang Feng and other Rao, and then Li Dao led the army to chase after him. He: "The general was born in a family of Zaifu and was supported by loyalty and righteousness. Now the emperor is displaced and the temple is destroyed. In the name of Xingyi soldiers, the state and county shepherds carried out annexation, and no one rose up to defend the son and pacify the people. Now that the general has roughly settled the state city, he should welcome the big car as soon as possible. Build a capital in Yecheng, hold the princes hostage, and accumulate troops and horses to beg for the unsubordinate. At that time, who else will be able to resist!"

However, the opinions of the frustrated professor were opposed by Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong, who: "The Han dynasty has been in decline for a long time, and it is not easy to revitalize it now!" Moreover, at present, the heroes are based in various states and counties, and the soldiers are moving in tens of thousands, and this is the time of the so-called 'Qin loses its deer, and the king who wins first'. If we welcome our son to our side, then we have to ask for instructions at every turn. If you obey an order, you lose your power, and if you don't obey, you will be charged with resisting the edict, which is not a good way. “

Frustrated and bitterly advised: "Yingzi is not only in line with morality, but also a major decision in line with current needs. If we don't strike first, someone will get ahead. Victory lies in losing no time, success lies in agility and speed, and I hope the general will consider it. “

At the same time, Cao Cao did not hesitate to seize this opportunity, when Emperor Han Xian returned to his hometown Luoyang, Cao Cao overrode public opinion, and in August 196 (the first year of Jian'an), he personally went to Luoyang to see Emperor Xian, he used Luoyang to be dilapidated and food shortage, and transferred Emperor Han Xian to Xuchang and established a new capital in Xuchang, so as to control Emperor Xian in his own hands Zheng

Yuan Shao has three sons: the eldest son Yuan Tan, the second son Yuan Xi, and the third son Yuan Shang, he dotes on his wife Liu, and has a special preference for Yuan Shang born to Liu, and intends to take Yuan Shang as his heir, so he takes the eldest son Yuan Tan as the Qingzhou Thorn History, the second son Yuan Xi as the Youzhou Thorn History, and his nephew Gao Gan as the Bingzhou Thorn History, leaving only Yuan Shang by his side. stop

He admonished: "It has been a principle since ancient times that a wise man should be chosen as his heir, and that virtue should be determined by divination. If the general can't change his decision, trouble will happen from this incident. “

Yuan Shaoze: "I am going to let my sons each occupy a state and examine their talents."

After Yuan Tan arrived in Qingzhou, the area under his control was only the plains, so he lined Tian Kai in the north, attacked Kong Rong in the east, and Yao Bing Haiyu, and the entire Qingzhou fell into the hands of Yuan's Zheng

Cao Cao borrowed his son to respect himself, slightly took a large area of land in Henan, and even the secession forces in Guanzhong also came to attach, the power developed rapidly, it turned out, Yuan Shao did not put Cao Cao in his eyes, he recommended Cao Cao to serve as the Taishou of Dongjun, Cao Cao as his vassal, Lu Bu occupied Yanzhou, he and Cao Cao made peace, at that time, the relationship between them was still relatively harmonious.

Now, Cao Cao welcomes the Han Dynasty and presents the emperor to Xu, Xuchang has become the political center of the curtain, and Cao Cao has also become the emperor's natural spokesperson.

Yuan Shao asked to move the capital to Juancheng, which was closer to him and easier to control, but Cao Cao not only refused, but also issued an edict to reproach him: "You have a large land and many soldiers, and you have set up a private party; I didn't see you out of the king, but I saw you send troops to attack each other with others. “

Yuan Shao knew that it was Cao Cao's troublemaker, so he had to defend himself in a book, Cao Cao appointed himself as a general, and appointed Yuan Shao as a captain, and changed the title of Ye Hou, although the captain was expensive, but his status was under the general, Yuan Shao felt deeply humiliated, and the above table was not worshipped.

Yuan Shao said indignantly: "Cao Cao almost died several times, I saved him, and now he is giving orders to me in the name of his son, he really deserves to die!"

At that time, Cao Cao's strength was not as good as Yuan Shao's, and there were Xuzhou Lu Bu in the east, Nanyang Zhang Xiu in the west, and Huainan Yuan Shu in the south.

In the second year of Jian'an (197), Cao Cao sent Kong Rong to envoy Yecheng with his son Fujie, worshiped Yuan Shao as a general, and gave him bows and arrows, runes, axes and iron, and a hundred tigers, so that he could also take charge of the four prefectures of Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, so as to alleviate the contradictions.

In the following years, Yuan Shao continued to devote himself to the crusade against Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan dug ten trenches on the periphery of Yijing, and erected many earthen platforms in the city, generally five or six zhang high, built a building on the high platform, he himself lived in the middle of the platform as high as ten zhang, with iron as the door, men over seven years old were not allowed to enter, there were only concubines who served him, and the correspondence and documents had to be hung with ropes, almost living an isolated life, because there were many valleys in the city, and the defense was tight, Yuan Shao sent generals to attack the past years, and could not attack.

Seeing that the army had been stranded in northern Hebei for a long time, the strategist Tian Feng said to Yuan Shao: "Since the plan to move the capital cannot be realized, we should seize Xudu as soon as possible and welcome the son." At that time, we can also use the edict in the name of everything and order the four seas, which is the best policy. Otherwise, we will always fall into the hands of others, and even if it is too late to regret it. “

Helplessly, Yuan Shao didn't listen.

In the third year of Jian'an (198 years), Yuan Shao personally led the army to attack Youzhou, invincible, and then besieged Yijing, Gongsun Chan sent his son Gongsun continued to ask for help from the Montenegrin army, Yuan Shao put up a ladder, dug tunnels, and constantly strengthened the offensive, Yi Jing was in danger, and some of the generals under Gongsun Chan surrendered and some were scattered.

In the spring of the following year, Gongsun Xu and Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegrin Army, led 100,000 rescue troops to Yijing in three directions. Gongsun Zhan sent someone to send a secret letter to Gongsun Xu, agreeing to use ignition as a signal to attack Yuan Shaojun's army inside and outside, but this letter was intercepted by Yuan Shao's sentry, and Yuan Shao will calculate and light a fire according to the agreed signal.

Gongsun Zhan thought that the rescue had arrived, led the troops to attack, was attacked by Yuan Shao's ambush soldiers, and retreated into the city, Yuan Shao stepped up digging tunnels, until digging to the bottom of the platform, first with pillars against the foundation, and then burned the pillars, and the tower collapsed. Gongsun Chan had no way out, so he hanged his sister and wife, and then set himself on fire, at this time Yuan Shao's soldiers rushed upstairs to cut off his head, and Gongsun Chan's generals Tian Kai and Guan Jing were also killed in this battle.

Yuan Shao ordered their heads to be sent to Xu Du Zhanggong. At this point, Yuan Shao occupied Youzhou and annexed Gongsun Zhan's army.

Gongsun Zhan's generation of heroes, dignified white horse generals, has since disappeared!

At this time, Yuan Shaoji, Qing, You, and the four prefectures had nearly one million troops, and with the increase in strength, his ambition was greater, and the tribute to the emperor gradually became scarce.

Once, he suddenly received a letter from Yuan Shu, who had not been in contact for a long time, which said: "The Han Dynasty has long been lost, the son is controlled, the government is private, the powerful compete, and the land is divided, which is no different from the era of the Seven Kingdoms in the last years of the Zhou Dynasty, and the result is that the strong are merged." Our Yuan family was ordered by the emperor, and the talisman and auspiciousness were all clearly displayed. Today you have four states and millions of households. No one can compare with your strength in terms of strength, and no one can compare with your nobility in terms of virtue. Even if Cao Cao has the heart to help the weak and save the weak, how can he continue to talk about his life after being extinct?"

Yuan Shu in 197 A.D. (the second year of Jian'an) called the emperor Huainan, but only two and a half years later, made the real emptiness, internal and external difficulties, the public betrayed relatives, in the desperate, he "generously" expressed his willingness to give the emperor title to Yuan Shao.

Although Yuan Shao didn't dare to make a noise when he saw the letter, he couldn't ask for it in his heart. He instructed the chief bookkeeper Geng Bao to find a basis for himself to be the emperor, and Geng Bao said to him privately: "Chide has declined, and the Yuan family is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, so he should be obedient and follow the hearts of the people." The meaning of these words is that, according to the "theory" of "five virtues are born together", the Han Dynasty was the so-called fire virtue (i.e., red virtue), and fire virtue should be replaced by earth virtue; The Yellow Emperor is Tude, and the Yuan family is the descendant of the Yellow Emperor, so the Yuan family replaced the Han Dynasty is "meaning".

Yuan Shao disclosed Geng Bao's remarks to the military bureaucrats, and the subordinates all thought that Geng Bao's demons confused the public, confused the public, and should be killed.

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Before the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's work can be described as smooth sailing, even if he is slightly defeated, but it will never damage his vitality, but now, Yuan Shao actually lost nearly one million troops in the first battle, and it can be said that the family foundation is almost gone!!

Yuan Shao looked at the previous glory and happiness, and then looked at the remnants of the defeated army in front of him, and his heart was extremely sad, so he hugged his three sons and cried bitterly, and finally fainted unconsciously!

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly stepped forward for treatment, and after Yuan Shao woke up, he vomited blood and sighed: "Since I started the army, I have experienced dozens of laughing battles, but I didn't expect to be embarrassed today!" This is a loss! You and the others will return to their own state, and when they come, they will vow to fight with Cao Thief again!! ”

After Yuan Shao finished, he ordered Xin Ping and Guo Tu to hurriedly take Yuan Tan to Qingzhou to rectify the soldiers and horses to prevent Cao Cao's army from attacking the territory, and ordered Yuan Xi to still return to Youzhou, and Gao Gan still to return to Merge Prefecture, and each went to pack up his men and horses for mobilization.

Yuan Shao took Yuan Shang and others back to Yecheng to recuperate, and ordered Yuan Shang and Xian Pei, Feng Ji and others to temporarily take charge of the military and political affairs of Jizhou.

However, after Cao Cao's victory in Cangting, while rewarding the three armies, he asked people to go to explore the reality of Jizhou and make a detailed report: "Yuan Shao is now sick in bed, and Yuan Sanjiao and others are guarding the city and not going out; Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Gao Gan have all returned to the state. ”

After Cao Jun's generals heard this news, they all advised Cao Cao to quickly lead the army to attack Yecheng and take Jizhou, Cao Cao thought for a moment, and said: "There is a lot of food in Jizhou, Yecheng city defense is strong and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the trial is wise and resourceful, at this time, it may be difficult to capture Yecheng in a short period of time, and there is not much grain and grass in our army, or wait until the grain and grass in the rear arrive, and then raise troops!" ”

When everyone was discussing this matter, suddenly a messenger from Xun Yu arrived, and brought a letter from Xun Yu's letter, which read: "Liu Bei got tens of thousands of people from Liu Pi and Gong in Runan, and after hearing about the Prime Minister's army to go to Hebei, he ordered Liu Pi to defend Runan, and Liu Bei personally led troops to attack Xuchang!! ”

Xudu is the foundation of Cao Cao, the Han Emperor is Cao Cao's biggest political capital, now Xuchang is lost, where does Cao Cao still have the intention of continuing to attack Hebei, and hurriedly left Cao Hongtun troops and the south bank of the Yellow River to blare against Yuan Shao, and he himself personally led the army back to Xudu to meet Liu Bei!!

After Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao's army was confronting Yuan Shao's army in the Guandu area, and the news that Xu Du's troops were empty, he was immediately overjoyed, so he and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others, led tens of thousands of Runan soldiers and horses, and came to Chen to attack Xu Du and wanted to rescue the Han Emperor.

However, the Cao army city south of Xu Du desperately resisted Liu Bei's army, Liu Bei's troops and horses took a long time, and then they marched to the border of the mountains, Liu Bei did not know that the battle of Guandu had been decided, Yuan Shao's army was defeated, and Cao Cao's army won the news!!

When Liu Bei's army was marching, suddenly a sentry came to report that a large number of Cao soldiers were coming in front!

Liu Bei realized at this time that Cao Cao might have defeated Yuan Shao, but Liu Bei's army finally marched here, and Liu Enbi could not retreat directly after seeing the banner of Cao Jun, and Cao Jun was already close ahead, and Liu Bei could not withdraw his army!

Liu Bei can only hope that Cao Cao's army has been defeated with Yuan Shao, and the combat strength is good, Liu Bei is cautious, so he ordered the army to go down to the village, and the whole army is divided into three subordinates, Guan Yu led the army of 10,000 troops in the southeast corner, Zhang Fei led 10,000 soldiers and horses in the southwest corner, and Liu Bei and Zhao Yun led more than 20,000 Chinese troops to set up a village in the south.

After Cao Cao's army arrived, Liu Bei also led the army to drum out, Cao Cao formed a formation, called Liu Bei to talk, Liu Bei went out of the horse under the banner, Cao Cao pointed at Liu Bei with a horse whip and scolded: "I treat you as a guest, why are you ungrateful and ungrateful?" ”

Liu Bei replied: "You are a famous man, but you are really a national thief!" I am a clan member of the Han family, and I am a secret edict from my son to ask for a thief! After Liu Bei finished shouting, he immediately recited the edict of the cloth belt.

Cao Cao was immediately furious, and ordered Xu Chu to be a battle general, and Zhao Yun behind Liu Bei was out of the horse, and the two generals intersected thirty times, regardless of victory or defeat.

At this moment, there was a sudden shout, and I saw that on the southeast corner, Guan Yu led the army to clash with him; On the southwest corner, Zhang Fei also led the army to conflict, Liu Bei saw this, and also led the army to rush and kill together, and the three places covered and killed Cao Cao's army together, Cao's army was tired from afar, and could not resist the rush of Liu Bei's army, and finally defeated and left, Liu Bei returned to the camp victoriously.

The next day, Liu Bei made Zhao Yun fight again, Cao Cao's army had not yet commanded, Cao Cao ordered the army not to fight, and the next day Liu Bei made Zhang Fei fight, and Cao Cao's army did not fight.

Cao Cao used soldiers to be deceitful, Liu Bei saw this, the more suspicious he became, at this time someone suddenly came to report, Gong Du led the army to transport grain to the halfway, but was surrounded by Cao's army, Liu Bei heard this, and immediately felt shocked, and urgently ordered Zhang Fei to lead the army to rescue.

At this time, another sergeant came to report that Xiahoudun led the army to take Runan behind him, Liu Bei was shocked and said: "If this is the case, I will be attacked by the enemy before and after, and there will be no return!" ”

Liu Bei hurriedly sent Guan Yu to lead his troops and horses to intercept the army of Xiahou Xuan's department, and Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's two armies went.

A day later, Pegasus came to report that Xiahoudun had broken Runan, Liu Bi abandoned the city and left, Guan Yu's army was now surrounded by the Cao army, Liu Bei was shocked, and at this time, another sergeant came to report that Zhang Fei went to save Gong Du, and was also surrounded by the Cao army.

Liu Bei wanted to come back to the rescue, but he was afraid that Cao Cao's troops would attack backwards, and he was in a dilemma between eagerness.

Liu Bei was worried in his heart, he didn't dare to fight, and when it was dark, Liu Bei ordered the sergeants to have a full meal, the infantry army rose first, the horse army followed, and the army pulled out the camp and went straight to Runan.

Liu Bei's army was about a few miles away from the village, turned the earth mountain, and at this time, suddenly saw the torches Qi Ming on the earth mountain, and a sergeant on the mountain shouted: "Hugh ordered Liu Bei to leave!" The Prime Minister is waiting here! ”

Liu Bei saw that Cao Jun had already laid an ambush, and his heart was suddenly in turmoil, and he hurriedly led the army to break through, Zhao Yun saw that the situation was urgent, and said: "Don't worry, but come with so." ”

Zhao Yun jumped on the horse with a spear, killed a road, Liu Bei followed with a double-strand sword, and was in a big war, Xu Chu led the army to chase and fight with Zhao Yun, behind Yu Ban and Li Dian also led the army to kill, Liu Bei saw that the general trend had gone, and could only go away, listening to the shouts behind him gradually distant, Liu Bei looked at the deep mountain and remote road, and escaped by a single horse.

Caught to the Ming, Liu Bei turned his head in front, suddenly a Biao army rushed out, Liu Bei was shocked, looked at it, and then breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that this army was more than 1,000 horses led by Liu Pi, and was escorting Liu Bei's family to come, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Mi Fang and others also came, Liu Pi and others saw Liu Bei, and hurriedly stepped forward to converge, and said: "Xiahou Dun's army is very sharp, we can't resist it, so we abandon the city and leave, Cao Bing came, fortunately Guan Yu blocked it, because of the defect. ”

Liu Bei was worried about Guan Yu in his heart, and said, "I don't know where Guan Yu is now?" Liu Pi replied: "With General Guan's ability, there should not be a danger to his life, so the general should leave the cluster first, and then discuss this matter when he returns to Runan." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he nodded and said, "Now it's all about it!" ”

Liu Bei's army continued to run to Runan, traveled for several miles, suddenly heard a drum sound, only to see a group of people and horses in front of him, the first general, is Cao Cao's general Zhang He, Zhang He saw Liu Bei, immediately overjoyed, shouted loudly: "Liu Bei, you have no way to escape, don't hurry up and get off the horse and surrender!" ”

Liu Bei saw that Zhang He's army was killed, and he wanted to retreat quickly, but at this time, he saw the red flag grinding on the mountain, and an army rushed out from the mountain dock, headed by the general, and the general Gao Ran under Cao Cao was also.

The two armies were sandwiched between the front and back, just surrounding Liu Bei's army, Liu Bei saw that there was no way to live at both ends, and shouted: "Why do you make me suffer such an embarrassment!" At this point, it is better to die! ”

After Liu Bei finished shouting, he wanted to draw his sword and kill himself, Liu Bi hurriedly stopped Liu Bei and said: "Rong fought to the death and killed a bloody way for Xuande Gong!! ”

Liu Bi said this, so he fought the horse to fight with Gao Ran, but Liu Pi's force was far inferior to Gao Ran, and he was cut down by Gao Ran with a knife when he couldn't fight three times.

Seeing this, Liu Bei was even more flustered, but Liu Bi's words also provoked his desire to survive, so he wanted to fight the enemy army.

Seeing this, Liu Bei immediately had information in his heart, and hurriedly looked over, only to see that the person who came was Zhao Yun is also.

Liu Bei saw that he finally had a way to live, so he hurriedly beat his horse and went to make peace with Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun rode his horse and raised his gun, killed the rear team of Gao Lan's department, and came to the front army to fight Zhang He alone.

Zhang He and Zhao Yun fought more than 30 times, Zhang He was defeated, the horse was defeated, Zhao Yun took advantage of the situation to rush and kill, and Zhang He's army rushed together, but at this time, Zhang He's troops and horses guarded the mountain pass, the valley road was narrow, and there were many enemy troops, and Zhao Yun was difficult to kill for a while!

When Zhao Yun led the army to fight, I saw Guan Yu, Guan Ping, and Zhou Cang leading three hundred troops to arrive, and attacked each other, which killed Zhang He's army, and after Liu Bei's army escaped from the pass, the color had darkened, and Liu Bei saw this, so he could only occupy the mountain and go down the village.

After the army set up camp, Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to lead the army to find Zhang Fei's news, before Zhang Fei led the army to save Gong Du, but at this time Gong Du had been killed by Xiahou Dun, Zhang Fei saw this, he could only fight to kill the Xiahou Dun army, Zhang Fei saw that Cao's army was defeated and retreated, so he rushed to go, but he was surrounded by Lejin Yin's army.

Guan Yu met Zhang Fei's defeated army on the road, only then did he learn Zhang Fei's whereabouts, and hurriedly led the army to trace him.

Early the next morning, a sergeant came to report that Cao's army was coming, Liu Bei ordered Sun Gan and others to lead the army to protect the old first, Liu Bei and Guan, Zhang, Zhao Yun led the army to break off, everyone fought and left, Cao Cao saw Liu Bei fleeing away, so he also collected the army and no longer pursued.

Liu Bei's defeated army was less than 1,000, and he ran in embarrassment, and everyone fled all the way until they fled to the front of a river.

Liu Bei saw that Cao Cao's army did not chase him, so he set up camp in Tuanquan, and the local people knew that the person who came was Liu Bei, and they offered sheep wine to reward Liu Bei's army, and Liu Bei gathered to drink on the beach.

Liu Bei took a sip of wine and sighed: "All the gentlemen have the talent of Wang Zuo, but unfortunately followed me Liu Bei, which led to nothing, the embarrassment of the preparation, and the involvement of the monarchs, I am really ashamed!" Today, I have no place to stand, and I am afraid that I will mislead you, so you should abandon your preparations and go to the Lord to take fame, right? ”

When everyone heard Liu Bei's words, they all hid their faces and cried, Guan Yu said: "Brother's words are wrong, in the past, Gaozu and Xiang Yu competed, and they were defeated by Yu Yu several times, and after the success of the first battle of Jiuli Mountain, and the foundation of the Han Dynasty for 400 years. Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, so why should my brother be self-conscious! ”

Sun Qian also followed and persuaded: "What Yun Chang said is very true, sometimes success or failure, the lord must not lose his mind when playing!" Not far from Jingzhou, Liu Jingsheng sits in Jingxiang Nine Counties, the soldiers are strong and the food is sufficient, and this person and the lord are both relatives of the Han family, why didn't the lord go to Jingzhou to join him? ”

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "I also want to go to Jingzhou, but I'm afraid Liu Biao won't contain me." ”

Sun Qian said with a smile: "There is Cao Cao in the north of Jingzhou, Yuan Yao in the east, and the heroes of the world!" Liu Biao has no available people, the lord can resist Cao Cao for him, and Liu Biao will definitely take in the lord! A certain wish to go first, let Liu Jingsheng leave the country and welcome the lord"

"If that's the case, it couldn't be better!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed, so he ordered Sun Qian to go to Jingzhou to meet Liu Biao at night.

After Sun Qian arrived in Jingzhou, he entered Liu Biao, and after the ceremony, Liu Biao asked: "Gongcong Liu Bei, why did you come to my Jingzhou?" ”

Sun Qiandao: "Liu Yuanjun is a hero, although the soldiers are few and the generals are outnumbered, and the ambition is to help the community, Liu Pi and Gong Du in Runan have no relatives, and they will repay them with death." The Ming Duke and the envoy are both members of the Han family; Now the king is newly defeated, and he wants to go to Jiangdong to cast Yuan Yao. He said, 'Don't turn your back on your relatives and neglect them.' Corporal Lixian, General Liu of Jingzhou, returned to the east like water, not to mention the same sect? Therefore, the envoy of the king came to meet the Ming Gong, if the Ming Gong can take it in, my lord is willing to obey the order of the Ming Gong and resist Cao Cao for the Ming Gong! ”

Liu Biao was worried that after Liu Bei defected to Yuan Yao, Yuan Yao's power would become stronger, so he thought for a moment, and absolutely left Liu Bei and let him garrison Nanyang to resist Cao Cao, so as to relieve his pressure and let him deal with Yuan Yao with all his might, so he said: "Liu Bei, my brother also, I have wanted to meet him for a long time but can't get it, if Xuande can come to my Jingzhou today, it would be really good!! ”

Cai Mao was worried that Liu Bei would threaten his position, and said, "The lord can't!" Liu Bei first followed Lu Bu, then Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao, but they all ended up in the same way, which shows that he is also a person. If the lord accepts it today, Cao Cao will add troops to me, so I can only fight in vain. It is better for the lord to behead Sun Qian, in order to offer Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao will treat the lord well. ”

When Sun Qian heard Cai Mao's words, he smiled disdainfully, and said, "Qian is not a person who is afraid of death!" Liu Zhijun is loyal to the country, not Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Lu Bu and others, and he has to follow each other before! Now I heard that General Liu is also a Miao descendant of the Han Dynasty, and he is friendly with the same clan, so he is thousands of miles alike! Why do you follow slander, is it because you are jealous of the virtuous and jealous? If so, my lord will definitely invest in Yuan Yao! ”

When Liu Biao heard this, he was immediately shocked, and then angrily shouted at Cai Mao: "My mind has been decided, you don't need to say more!" ”

When Cai Mao heard this, he could only bow down and retreat, but because of this, Cai Mao also hated Liu Bei even more in his heart!

After Liu Biaosui, he ordered Sun Qian to go back to report to Liu Bei first, and then he personally went out of Guo Thirty Miles to meet Liu Bei.

Liu Bei then introduced Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others for Liu Biao, Liu Biao was very surprised, after everyone was polite, Liu Biao and Liu Bei entered Jingzhou together, and Liu Biao then allocated the courtyard to Liu Bei and others to live.

Although Cao Cao led the army back, he was still investigating Liu Bei and other Rao news, and after finding out that Liu Bei and others had gone to Jingzhou to defect to Liu Biao, Cao Cao wanted to lead troops to attack him.

Cheng Yu stepped forward and persuaded: "My lord, now that Yuan Shao has not been eliminated, Yuan Yao has also risen, if he attacks the land of Jingxiang in a hurry, if Yuan Shao rises from the north and Yuan Yao rises from the east, the victory or defeat is unknown!" The lord might as well return the army to Xu Du first, raise the army and store sharp, and after the spring of the coming year, first lead the troops to break through Yuan Shao, and then capture Jingxiang, and then the benefits of the north and south can be collected in one fell swoop! ”

Cao Cao thought that Cheng Yu's words were quite true, so he raised troops and returned to Xudu, and began to raise troops to prepare for the coming year!

Since Liu Bei arrived in Jingzhou, Liu Biao treated him very well, one day, everyone was drinking together, and suddenly someone came to report the surrender of Zhang Wu, Chen Sun and others to plunder the people and conspire to rebel.

Liu Biao exclaimed: "The two thieves are opposed, it's a disaster!" ”

Liu Bei said: "Don't worry about my brother, please ask for it." ”

Liu Biao was overjoyed, and immediately ordered 30,000 soldiers and horses, and asked people to go with Liu Bei to fight against Zhang Chen's two thieves!

Liu Bei received the order to do it, not a day, he came to the front of the enemy camp, Zhang Wu, Chen Sun led the troops to meet, Liu Bei and Guan, Zhang, Zhao Yun out of the horse under the banner of the door, saw Zhang Wu riding the horse, extremely majestic.

Liu Bei then said: "This must be a thousand miles away, who will take it with me!" ”

As soon as Liu Bei's voice fell, he saw Zhao Yun come out with a spear, rushing to the other side, Zhang Wu came to greet him, and he was stabbed off the horse by Zhao Yun with a shot, and Zhao Yun casually grabbed the bridle of the war horse and returned to the formation.

Chen Sun Zhao Yun was so light on the enemy, he rushed to fight Zhao Yun again with the fighting horse, Zhang Fei shouted, raised his spear straight out, and stabbed Chen Sun to death with a spear, and the enemy army was scattered.

Liu Bei recruited Zhang Chen Yu Dang, pacified the counties of Nanjun, and everyone returned to the class, Liu Biao personally went out of Guo to welcome Liu Bei into the city, and set up a banquet for him to celebrate.

When the wine was half-drunk, Liu Biao said: "My brother is so eloquent, Jingzhou has to rely on, but I still have some worries, Nanyue comes to the territory from time to time to disturb, Zhang Lu and Yuan Yao and other generations are also worried. ”

Liu Bei pondered for a moment and said: "My brother has three generals, which can be commissioned: my brother can make Zhang Fei patrol the realm of Nanyue; Yun Chang rejected Guzi City and took Zhang Lu as a town; Zhao Yun rejected Sanjiang to be Yuan Yao, what does his brother think? ”

Hearing this, he was immediately overjoyed, and he wanted to act according to Liu Bei's strategy, but Jingzhou's civil and military forces objected, and Liu Biao did not immediately sit down and decide.

Cai Mao told his sister Cai Fuyang: "Liu Bei sent three generals to live outside, and he lived in Jingzhou, which will be troubled for a long time." ”

Mrs. Cai said to Liu Biao at night: "I heard that there are many people in Jingzhou who interact with Liu Bei, so I must guard against it. Now allowing him to live in the city is not beneficial to Liu Bei and Fujun, and Fujun should send him elsewhere. ”

Liu Biao said: "Liu Bei is also a benevolent person, and he will not act like this." ”

Cai said: "I'm afraid that others are not like you." ”

Liu Biao heard this, groaned and did not answer, the next day out of the city, Liu Biao saw Liu Bei's horse Jijun, asked, Liu Bei replied, this is Zhang Wu's horse, Liu Biao praised, Liu Bei saw this, so he sent this horse to Liu Biao.

Liu Biao was overjoyed, so he rode the horse back to the city, and after Kuai Yue saw the horse, he hurriedly asked: "Lord, I don't know where this horse came from?" ”

Liu Biao said: "This horse was sent by Liu Bei. ”

Kuai Yue said: "In the past, my first brother Kuai Liang was the best at horses; The more time passed, the more Soma knew. The lord and look, this horse has a tear trough under his eyes, and there are white spots on his forehead, named Lu, and riding is a hindrance to the lord! Zhang Wu died because of this horse, and the lord couldn't take advantage of it. ”

Liu Biao listened to his words and was speechless for a long time.

The next day, Liu Biao invited Liu Bei to a banquet and said: "Yesterday, I benefited the good horses, and I deeply felt the kindness of the virtuous brother. However, from time to time, the virtuous brother has to march to conquer, and often needs this horse, so I will return this horse to the virtuous brother. The virtuous brother has lived here for a long time, and I am afraid that he will waste his martial arts. Xiangyang belongs to Xinye County, which is quite rich and grainy, and the virtuous brother can lead the military horses of the headquarters to garrison the army in this county, I don't know what the virtuous brother thinks? ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he could only bow down and accept the promise, and the next day, Liu Bei thanked Liu Biao and led the army and horses of his headquarters to Xinye.

Liu Bei's army went out of the city gate, only to see a person in front of the horse and said: "The horse ridden by the Xuande Gong cannot be ridden." ”

Liu Bei looked at it, only to see that this person was from Jingzhou, Liu Bei hurriedly dismounted and asked, "Why can't this horse be ridden?"

Yi Ji replied: "Yesterday, I heard that the difference was to Liu Jingzhouyun: This horse's name is Lu, and multiplying it is a hindrance. Therefore, Liu Jingzhou will return this horse to Xuande Gong, how can Xuande Gonggong take it again? ”

Liu Bei sighed and said, "I deeply feel the love of Mr., but mortals are dead and alive, how can a war horse interfere with it!" ”

Yi admired his high views, and since then he has often corresponded with Liu Bei.

Since Liu Bei arrived in Xinye, the army and the people were happy, and the politics were new, Liu Bei recruited soldiers and horses to train elite soldiers, and it could be regarded as a period of stability.

But gradually, Cao Cao started to conquer the north again, Liu Bei learned of this, hurriedly went to Jingzhou, Liu Biao said: "If Cao Cao leads the army to the north, then Xuchang will be empty, if it is the people of Jingxiang, take advantage of the attack, the big thing can be!" ”

Liu Biao said: "It's enough for me to sit in the nine counties of Jingxiang, how can I not try?" ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he was silent.

Liu Biao then invited Liu Bei into the back hall to drink, and when the wine was half-drunk, Liu Biao suddenly sighed, and Liu Bei hurriedly said: "I don't know why my brother sighed?" ”

Liu Biao said: "I have something on my mind, but it's not easy to come out!" ”

When Liu Bei wanted to ask again, he saw Mrs. Cai come out and stand behind the screen, Liu Biao saw this, so he hung his head and said nothing, Liu Bei saw this, so he also got up and said goodbye.

A few days after Liu Bei returned to Xinye, suddenly Liu Biao sent an envoy to Xinye and asked Liu Bei to rush to Jingzhou to meet, and Liu Bei went with him.

Liu Biao personally met Liu Bei, the two finished the ceremony, Liu Biao invited Liu Bei into the back hall to drink and drink, and when the wine was drunk, Liu Biao suddenly burst into tears, and Liu Bei asked why.

Liu Biao said: "I have something on my mind, and I planned to tell Brother Xian last time, but it is a little inconvenient." ”

Liu Bei said: "What is it difficult for my brother to decide? If there is a place that can be used for me, my brother will not give up even if he dies. ”

Liu Biao said: "My ex-wife Chen's eldest son is named Liu Qi, although Liu Qi is a virtuous person, but his temperament is very soft and cowardly, I am afraid it is not enough to do things; The young son born to my stepwife Cai is named Liu Qiong, and this son is quite smart. I want to abolish the elder and the younger, but this matter is hindered by etiquette; But if the eldest son is appointed as the heir, I am a little worried that the Cai clan will be in charge of Jingzhou's military affairs, and there will be chaos in the future, so I have not been able to make a decision on this matter, I don't know if the virtuous brother can teach me? ”

Liu Bei replied: "Since ancient times, it is the way to take chaos, if the elder brother is worried about the weight of the Cai family, he can slowly cut it, and he can't set up a young son because of doting." ”

When Liu Biao heard this, he was silent.

Mrs. Cai has always been suspicious of Liu Bei, and whenever she meets Liu Bei and Liu Biao to discuss affairs, she will definitely come to eavesdrop, at this time Cai is eavesdropping behind the screen, and when she stops hearing Liu Bei's words, Cai's heart is very resentful of him.

Liu Bei knew that his words were wrong, so he got up to go to the toilet, and when Liu Bei got up, he saw that his body was back to life, and he didn't realize that he was sobbing.

Shaoqing entered the table again, and Liu Biao saw that Liu Bei had tears, so he asked him what happened?

Liu Bei sighed: "Bei always does not leave the saddle, and the flesh is scattered; Now I don't ride for a long time, and my hips are fleshy. The sun and the moon are fighting, and the veteran is coming to the end and the work is not built, which is to be sad! ”