In June, not long after Zhang Liao set out for Guanzhong, a major event reached Luoyang, causing an uproar.

Chen Wang, Liu Chong, and Chen Guoxiang Luo Jun were assassinated by Yuan Shu!

Liu Chong's identity is very special, he is the great-great-grandson of Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty, the prince of the clan, and the only prince king who has made achievements since the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Pet is brave and fierce, good at using bows and crossbows, and his archery skills are very superb, he can shoot ten shots and ten hits, he is also a restless prince, and the Spirit Emperor Liu Hong was quite jealous of him when he was in power. After the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the officers and soldiers of Chen Guojun abandoned the city and fled, at that time Liu Chong had thousands of strong crossbows, so he recruited soldiers in the territory, stationed in Duting, guarded Chen Guo, and Chen Guoxiang Luo Jun loyally assisted.

At that time, the Yellow Turban thieves were rampant, the world was famine, the princes and kings of the Han family no longer enjoyed the rent income, but were constantly looted, some of the princes and kings could only eat a meal in two days, and they were exiled, or killed, or died in the wilderness, and the country was empty, but Liu Pet, the king of Chen, relied on his own ability to defend the Chen State, and the people took refuge one after another, and the Chen State had more than 100,000 people.

When the princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Liu Chong claimed to be the general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty, raised troops to fight against Dong Zhuo, and once met the alliance with Luoyang, and fought with Dong Zhuo, after the princes dispersed, he retreated to Chen and became a prince.

This time, due to the drought for many years, Yuan Shu said that the emperor was short of food, so he sent someone to ask Chen Guo for grain and grass, but Liu Pet and Luo Jun refused, Yuan Shu was furious, so he sent Zhang Min who had defected to him because of the failure to assassinate Cao Cao's father Cao Song as an assassin, and passed by Chen Guo under the pretense of personal affairs, and took the opportunity to kill Luo Jun and Liu Chong and occupy Chen State.

Although the imperial court had many objections to the restless King Chen, after all, King Chen was the prince of the Han Dynasty, and the court could not turn a blind eye to his death, otherwise the clan would be centrifuged and the Liu family would die faster, not to mention that after Yuan Shu occupied the Chen State, he used the Chen State as a springboard to invade Yanzhou Chenliu to the north.

In mid-June, at Liu Yu's suggestion, the imperial court sent a document to Zhang Liao, a general in Guanzhong, to inquire, and Zhang Liao went to the table from afar to recommend the former general Cao Cao to lead the troops of Yanzhou to attack Yuan Shu.

Yanzhou has always had Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, led by his brother Cao Ren, who stayed in Yanzhou on the grounds of crusading against the remnants of the Yellow Turbans.

At the same time, he ordered the mighty general Zang Ba to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack from Xuanyuan Pass, cross Yingchuan, and send troops to Chen Guo to the east to attack Yuan Shu's flank.

Chen Guo, Yuan Shu, who called himself the son of the Zhong family, personally sat here, and while ordering Qingzhuang to continuously transport the captured grain, grass, baggage, and money and jewelry back to Shouchun, he sent troops to attack Chen Liu.

Yuan Shu's ambition is very full, Yuzhou has two counties and four countries, Yingchuan County, Runan County, Chen State, Liang State, Pei State, Lu State, and now Yuan Shu has accounted for most of them.

Among them, Runan County, which is located in the south of Yuzhou and the border with Yangzhou, is the largest, accounting for almost half of Yuzhou, and is the nest of the Yuan family in Runan, Yuan's power is intertwined here, and there are Yellow Turban thieves Liu Pi, Gong Du, Huang Shao, He Man, He Yi and other forces occupy Shanlin Township County, the situation is chaotic and complicated, but Runan has been under the control of Yuan Shu in the final analysis.

Located in the southeast of Yuzhou, at the border with Yangzhou, Peiguo is the second largest county in Yuzhou, and now it is also under the control of Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu has controlled Yuzhou several times, as early as the third year of the first peace, Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian allied to occupy Yuzhou, and sent troops from Yuzhou to Yanzhou, attacking Cao Cao, not wanting to be defeated by Cao Cao, fled all the way back, lost Yuzhou.

Then Cao Cao was met with the Yanzhou rebellion, the power was reduced, Yuan Shu took the opportunity to kill Yuzhou assassin Shi Guo Gong, occupied most of Yuzhou except Yingchuan, Chen State, Lu foreign country, this time and killed Liu Chong to occupy Chen State, if not Sun Ce rebellion, Yuan Shu has controlled Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou three states, from the population and prosperity of more than Zhang Liao.

It's a pity that Yuan Shu is arrogant and lascivious, acts unscrupulously, doesn't know how to operate, and makes the land of Sanzhou full of devastation, especially in successive disasters, Jianghuai has a difficult livelihood, Yuan Shu also followed Zhang Liao's example, but all the grain and grass collected are used to expand the soldiers and horses and build the palace, his soldiers and horses expanded to 200,000, which is diametrically opposed to Zhang Liao's way of elite soldiers, resulting in a heavier burden on the people under his rule, and the tragedy of cannibalism can be seen everywhere between Jianghuai.

After Yuan Shu became emperor, Sun Ce's departure was the biggest blow to him, not only lost a large area of land in Jiangdong, but also the Huainan Yin, Jiujiang Taishou Sun Ben, Runan Taishou Sun Xiang, Guangling Taishou Wu Jing also departed, Yuan Shu's fierce generals and Nengchen went half, so Yuan Shu was extremely angry, while ordering the thief Kou Zulang to attack Sun Ce, while attacking Chen State to the north and expanding to Yanzhou.

After Chen Guo took it, Yuan Shu finally felt better because of Sun Ce's departure, and he was even more pleased with the large amount of grain, grass and baggage that he had seized.

King Chen's mansion was heavily guarded on all sides, and above the lobby in the mansion, Yuan Shu was bowing his head and rubbing a sword treasured by King Chen, and there were several courtiers below, Yuan Shu asked casually: "Chen Liuke has taken it?" ”

One person said: "Your Majesty, there is a fierce general under Zhang Liao to the north of Chen Liu, and you must be cautious." ”

Yuan Shu sneered: "No matter how fierce Dian Wei is, there are only 20,000 soldiers and horses, how can he stop 100,000 troops!" ”

Another humanitarian: "Now that Your Majesty has killed King Chen, you must prevent Zhang Liao from leading an army to attack." ”

Hearing the mention of Zhang Liao, Yuan Shu's eyes flashed with hatred, and he was a little jealous, and then he sneered: "I am now in a prosperous place, there are 200,000 soldiers and horses, Zhang Liao's prefecture and county are barren, the people are few and there is a shortage of things, and there are enemies on all sides, there are Xianbei and Wuhuan in the north, Yuan Shao in the east, and Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west. ”

Another humanitarian: "Sun Ce rebelled, Jiangdong was lost, Your Majesty still married Lu Bu first, Lu Bu is brave and can be driven by Your Majesty." ”

Someone objected: "Lu Bu and Zhang Liao are the same party in the same township, and it was not good for His Majesty to fight with them before, if you want to form an alliance, you must prevent him from doing harm behind his back." ”

Yuan Shu sneered: "Lu Bu is cunning repeatedly, the villain is also, he used to be above Zhang Liao, how can he be used by Zhang Liao, I have formed an alliance with him, it is just an expedient measure, I am afraid that he will make waves when I seize Yanzhou, and when I get Yanzhou, I will conquer Xuzhou again!" ”

When Yuan Shu was just proclaimed emperor, he sent someone to form an alliance with Lü Bu and asked Lü Bu to marry his daughter to his son, Lü Bu originally wanted to move, and he didn't want Lü Lingqi to secretly write to inform Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao sent another letter to reproach Lü Bu, and Lü Bu killed Yuan Shu's messenger. Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou in a fit of rage, but was defeated by Lu Bu, because Yuan Shu also hated Lu Bu in his heart.

Of course, what Yuan Shu didn't know was that if Zhang Liao hadn't asked Lu Bu to be in Tuntian, Xuzhou, Lu Bu, who was short of food, would have taken advantage of Yuan Shu's defeat to attack Jianghuai and plunder. At this time, Lu Bu was not short of grain and grass, and the Xuzhou family was constrained, so he did not raise troops to retaliate, but just drove Yuan Shu out of Xuzhou.

When Yuan Shu was thinking about deceiving Lu Bu into forming an alliance again, and took the opportunity to destroy Zhang Liao's 10,000 soldiers and horses, someone from outside came to report: "The Ruoyang court ordered the former general Cao Cao to lead the troops to aid Chen Liu, and ordered the mighty general Zang Ba to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to enter Yingchuan and approach Chen State." ”

Yuan Shu laughed loudly, and almost tears of laughter came out: "Hahaha, Cao Cao was ambushed by Zhang Liao, but the dog who lost his family, don't worry, hahahaha, everyone looks at Zhang Liao, the general of the Han Court, who only sent 10,000 soldiers and horses, it's really funny!" 10,000 soldiers and horses...... Hahahaha, I heard that after Zhang Liao welcomed Liu Xie and those mediocre ministers, he was restricted everywhere and it was difficult to stretch, and now he is so poor? This time, I want to kill all the 10,000 soldiers and horses, and make that Zhang Liao laugh at the world! ”

This smile caused the pain of the old wounds on his body, Yuan Shu's face was gloomy again, his eyes flashed with madness and a hint of happiness, and he muttered: "Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao, I am ready, sooner or later I will teach you to die with ten thousand arrows, so as to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" ”

The voice was resentful and cold, which made the people below shiver.