Chapter 255: The Storm Rises Again
Yuan Shao since the defeat of the battle of Guandu and the battle of Cangting, he began to collapse and suffer, Yuan Shao could not be a director, he could only hand over the military and political affairs of Jizhou to his third son Yuan Shang, with the support of the two people, Yuan Shang was in charge of Jizhou, and had become the actual Jizhou pastor!
The internal discord among the sons of the Yuan clan and the struggle for power and profit among each other can be said to be known to people of insight, and everyone knows that as long as Yuan Shao dies, the four states under his command will immediately fall into a situation of mutual conquest, and the reason why Cao Cao has not gone north to crusade against Yuan Shao until now, what he is waiting for is this opportunity!
For example, the reason why there is no big war in various places today is because Cao Cao has Cao Cao as a deterrent in the Central Plains, and no one wants to fight with the rest of the princes, and finally let Cao Cao reap the benefits of the fisherman!
Although Yuan Shao has experienced two defeats and lost a lot of Hebei's vitality, but after all, there are still four states under his command, after two years of rest, Hebei soldiers and horses have also replenished a lot, has recovered a lot of vitality, at this time Hebei four states have gathered hundreds of thousands of troops here.
If Cao Cao wants to lead his army north to conquer Hebei, he must pour out his army and do his best to succeed, so that when he conquers Hebei, he will definitely be powerless to take care of him, and this is also the best opportunity for the rest of the princes to annex others to increase their strength!
Fighting for world domination is like sailing against the current, if the power of the rest of the princes grows, but you don't move at all, it means that you are lagging behind!
If Cao Cao conquered Hebei, they did not move, then when Cao Cao unified Hebei, how could they continue to compete with Cao Cao?
The general trend of the world is like this, you have to fight if you don't fight!!
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In this way, Yuan Shao's life and death can be said to involve the general trend of the whole world, of course, such a 'honor' is definitely not what Yuan Shao wants to see, I think he will definitely prefer to see the power of 'one person is angry and ambushes for a hundred miles'!
As the saying goes, if you don't take it, you will be blamed!
Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao under such a big advantage, who could he blame at this time?
Yuan Shao's illness has increased, and now the dying 'secret' has long been discovered by the secret agents of the princes of all parties, and the princes of all walks of life have begun to transfer grain and grass to accumulate soldiers and horses to prepare for a big war after learning the news of Yuan Shao's death!!
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Now the eyes of all the princes and people of insight in the world have gathered in the land of Yecheng, and they have all gathered on the dying Yuan Shao, now it depends on how long Yuan Shao can last!
After Cao Cao learned the news of Yuan Shao's recent death, he immediately began to prepare for a big war, he ordered Dong Zhao, Xiahoudun and Man Chong to sit in Xuzhou to guard against Yuan Yao, and ordered Cao Ren and Li Dian to sit in Runan to reject Liu Biao and Liu Bei, and Xun Yu stayed in Xu Du to deploy the army's ordnance, money and food, and then he personally unified the army and marched to the garrison of Guandu, just waiting for Yuan Shao to die in the civil strife in Hebei, and then he wanted to wave his army north to Liyang and Yecheng.
After Cao Cao's army started, all the princes in the world also moved!
Yuan Yao ordered Liu Ye, Qi Jiguang and Zhang Xutuo to stay in Anhui County, and he personally led Yang Zaixing's 20,000 personal guards, Zhou Yu's 20,000 sailors and Gan Ning's 20,000 sailors, a total of 60,000 troops into Xiakou and approached Jingzhou; After Liu Biao learned the news of Yuan Yao's troops, he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly mobilized heavy troops to gather in Xiangyang, Jiangling and Linxiang to prevent Yuan Yao.
As if the rise of Yuan Yao gave the princes of the world confidence, when Cao Cao marched into Hebei in history, the Xiliang princes, who did not make any moves, were also ambitious this time.
Han Sui and Ma Teng, the princes of Xiliang, formed a coalition army again and commanded 100,000 iron cavalry stationed in the Jincheng area, eyeing the land of Guanzhong, and Zhong Xuan, who was the commander of the school lieutenant in the capacity of the servant, and supervised all walks of life in Guanzhong, after learning that the Xiliang iron cavalry was attacking in a big way, he hurriedly told Cao Cao about the matter and asked for reinforcements, and gathered all kinds of soldiers and horses to be stationed in Tianshui and Fufeng to prevent Xiliang iron cavalry.
Guanzhong soldiers and horses were mobilized in a large way to guard against the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, so there was no way to continue to contain the Hanzhong army, which also gave Hanzhong the opportunity to guard Zhang Lu with troops. After Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang learned of this, he hurriedly ordered Zhang Ren to lead the army into Jiameng Pass to prevent Zhang Lu, and ordered the defenders to build deep ditches and barriers to wait, and not to send troops without authorization to avoid being tricked by the enemy!
The army is gathered, the killing is about to start, the wind and rain are about to come all over the world, and the land of Shenzhou is once again full of war!!
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In the seventh year of Jian'an, May 28 (June 28, 202 AD).
The land of Hebei, Jizhou, Yecheng, and the General's Mansion.
Yuan Shao lay on the bed weakly, his face was pale, thin and boneless, he had long lost the grace and prestige of the past to claim the power of the world, and now he was just a dying person like a candle in the wind.
Yuan Shao seemed to realize that his limit was approaching today, so he asked Mrs. Liu to summon him in, and asked him to summon the two of them, Mrs. Liu saw that Yuan Shao's face was pale and frightened, and hurriedly asked people to act according to the order to summon the two of them.
Seeing this, Yuan Shao also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, suddenly vomited blood and was unwise, and finally fainted on the bed, Mrs. Liu saw this, and hurriedly ordered the doctor to come to the rescue, and when the two of them arrived, Yuan Shao seemed to sense something, and his surname turned around.
However, at this time, Yuan Shao was speechless, and could only make gestures, unable to speak at all.
Seeing that Yuan Shao was about to die, Mrs. Liu was worried that Yuan Shao would go directly without saying anything, so she hurriedly asked, "Husband, do you want my son Yuan Shanglai to inherit your position as a general?" ”
At this time, Yuan Shao couldn't hold on any longer, and after hearing Mrs. Liu's words, he didn't know whether he was nodding or just dying, so he directly pierced his head and lost his life.
Fortunately, Mrs. Liu, Xian Pei and Feng Ji all supported Yuan Shang to inherit Yuan Shao's position, and when Jubei saw this, he shouted loudly: "The lord's will, with Shang Gongzi as the heir to inherit the position of general!" ”
After the trial was finished, he wrote a will in front of Yuan Shao's corpse and stamped Yuan Shao's big seal, and asked people to go and find Yuan Shang, so that all the civil and military forces in Yecheng were summoned to come to the General's Mansion to discuss matters. After the civil and military forces of Yecheng arrived in Qi, the two of them read out Yuan Shao's last order in the court, established Yuan Shang as the general, and led the position of Ji, Qing, You, and the governor of the four states.