In February 197 AD, Duan Xuan led the expanded headquarters of 15,000 men and horses to Luoyang, and set up camp outside the west city of Luoyang.

Yang Biao and Dong accepted Liu Xie's entrustment and came to Liu Yu's old house in Luoyang, now the General's Mansion. Liu Tong welcomed Yang Biao and Dong Cheng into the lobby, and as soon as Yang Biao opened his mouth to ask Duan Xuan, Liu Tong stopped the topic and ordered Wu Ji to bring Duan Xuan to the lobby.

After Duan Xuan arrived, he saw Yang Biao and others coming, and scolded Liu Tong. Liu Tong smiled but did not speak.

Duan Xuan finally got tired of scolding. Liu Tong asked: "Duan Xuan, did Dong Zhuo bring troops from the west and enter Luoyang?" ”

Duan Xuan didn't think about it and replied, "Yes." ”

Just as he was about to refute, Liu Tong then asked: "Are your Xiliang generals Li Dao and Guo Yan also leading troops to claim to protect His Majesty and the Qing Jun's side, and attack Luoyang?" ”

Duan Xuan was so angry that he was incoherent, and after Yang Biao and Dong Cheng heard it, they didn't dare to speak.

Liu Tong did not stop and continued: "I ordered you to guard Chang'an, under the control of General Zhang Jaw, you can get Zhang Jaw's approval when you leave Chang'an?" Can you transfer troops to Luoyang to get the general's order? ”

"I have His Majesty's holy decree!" Duan Xuan finally calmed down and shouted sharply.

"Divine decree?" Liu Tong said angrily, "The princes of the Eighteenth Road are begging for Dong, Cao Cao and many others, and your Xiliang generals are also accustomed to this method. Bringing troops into Beijing privately, do you want to learn from Dong Zhuo or do you want to learn from Li Dao and Guo Yan? Liu Tong walked towards Duan Xuan as he spoke, and kicked Duan Xuan to the ground.

Liu Tong glared at Yang Biao and Dong Cheng, and continued to say to Duan Xuan: "Supporting the army and fighting for power, the ambition is inflated, and then holding Your Majesty hostage, scourge the country and society, and learn from the past!" Is my Liu family Jiangshan waiting for fish and meat on the case? ”

Liu Tong kicked Duan Xuan again, glared at Duan Xuan, and roared loudly: "Is my Liu family a fish on your case?"

Duan Xuan didn't dare to answer, and he couldn't answer, Yang Biao and Dong Cheng were drenched in cold sweat when they saw Liu Tong asking like this. Indeed, this Han Jiangshan belongs to his Liu family, Yuan Shao, Han Fu and others once wanted Liu Yu to be the emperor, even if Liu Yu was the emperor at that time, it is understandable.

Indeed, Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, and Guo Yan are all lessons from the past, as Duan Xuan of the Xiliang system, no one dares to guarantee whether he has ambitions, even if he does not, just by virtue of Dong Zhuo's old department, Yang Biao and Dong Cheng will no longer dare to intercede for Duan Xuan who led troops into Beijing.

Yang Biao and Dong Cheng had to leave in a panic to report to Liu Xieyu, and when Liu Xie heard Yang Biao and Dong Cheng relay Liu Tong's words, he felt remorse in his heart, and he remembered Dong Zhuo and Li Dao's evil deeds vividly, and his heart palpitated.

After Yang Biao and the others left, Liu Xie felt that Liu Tong was arguing strongly, and he didn't take himself as an emperor in his eyes at all! Hatred grew in my heart.

However, it was said that Liu Kuan had already ordered the recruitment to use thunderbolt means to lead the army to surround and reorganize 15,000 men and horses. Duan Xuan's troops have been in contact with the National Army for a long time, and they dare not resist, and many people even wish to be reorganized by the National Army. A turmoil dissolves invisibly. After that, Liu Tong strengthened the training of the army, and other government affairs were handled by Jia Xu and Chen Gong, who were already members of the Military Aircraft Department.

However, it was said that just as Liu Xie was about to use the matter of Duan Xuan as a breakthrough to put pressure on Liu Tong, he suddenly got a report that in February, Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor in Shouchun, and the name Zhong was established, and the Gongqing was placed in the northern and southern suburbs of the temple. After Yuan Shu became the emperor, he appointed Jiujiang Taishou as Huainan Yin, placed ministers and courtiers, and built altars for the emperor to worship heaven and earth in the north and south of the city.

Since the time of Emperor Guangwu, there has always been a proverb in the Han Dynasty: "Those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gaoye." "Yuan Shu got the jade seal from Sun Ce, thinking that the surname Yuan came from Chen, Chen is after Shun, Han is fire, Yuan is earth, and the earth bears the fire, which has to be the right time; He also thinks that he has the same meaning as the word highway, Tu Tongtu, and the meaning of the highway and the high road are almost the same, both of which mean that the road is far away, and he thinks that he is justified as the emperor.

In addition, when Yuan Shu made up his mind to become emperor, it coincided with Li Dao and Guo Yan pursuing Emperor Han Xian and the hundred officials of the Gongqing in the Caoyang area of Hongnong County, Yang Feng was defeated by the Liangzhou army, and Liu Xie fled to the north of the Yellow River with more than a dozen ministers and retinues. Yuan Shu thought that the Liu family was in decline, and he should uphold the will of heaven and conform to the will of the people, although Yuan Shu's subordinate Yan Xiang and others objected, he still insisted on the same.

Not long after, Zhang Xiao, a native of Hanoi, divined a hexagram for him, saying that he had the destiny to be the emperor, and he used this as an excuse to become the emperor as scheduled.

Yuan Shu became the emperor, extravagant and lascivious, and extravagant. There were hundreds of wives and concubines in the harem, all of whom wore Luo Qili costumes and had all kinds of exquisite food, while the soldiers in his army were hungry and cold. Under his corrupt rule, the people in the Jianghuai region were struggling to make a living, many places were cut off from people, and there was even a tragic situation of cannibalism in the midst of famine.

Liu Xie heard that Yuan Shu said that the emperor was out of proportion, his jade seal was lost, not long ago he was like a lost dog, and now the princes are divided, Yuan Shu is called the emperor, if other princes follow suit, he will become the king of the country!

Liu Xie asked Yang Biao to invite Liu Tong to discuss sending troops to defeat Yuan Shu. Liu Tong either hid in the barracks, or took Chen Gong and Jia Xu to inspect and resettle the displaced people.

Yang Biao couldn't find Liu Tong, so he entered the palace and said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, because of the matter of Duan Xuan, your brother has a gap, you might as well behead Duan Xuan for the crime of rebellion, so that the father and son of Yan Guo can send troops to attack Yuan Shu." ”

Liu Xie was helpless, and he couldn't bear to convict Duan Xuan of the crime of rebellion, so he issued an order to behead Duan Xuan in the name of disobeying the military order.

After the Duan Xuan incident, no one in the northern states and Luoyang City dared to disobey the military orders of Liu Tong's father and son.

Liu Tong inspected and returned to Luoyang, and said to Liu Xie in the court: "Brother Huang, after Duan Xuan is a loyal minister, he has made great contributions to Sheji, and his merits and demerits are offset, and his sins are not to death." Liu Xie almost vomited blood after hearing this. The ministers were dissatisfied with Liu Xie's killing of Duan Xuan.

At Jia Xu's suggestion, Liu Tong asked Liu Xie to issue an order to order Ma Teng, Han Sui, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Cao Cao, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, Liu Zhang of Yizhou, Sun Ce of Jiangdong and others to send troops to attack Yuan Shu. He began to organize grain, grass and troops, claiming to crusade against Yuan Shu, but due to lack of food, the army was slow to assemble, and it was impossible to make the trip for a long time.

Liu Tong has actually been waiting for Liu Kuan's instructions, but Liu Kuan has been hesitating, he has just set a policy of recuperation and recuperation, and he never thought that Yuan Shu would come out to make trouble.

said that at this time, Zhang Lu was attacking Chengdu and was fighting with Liu Zhang. After Sun Ce defeated Liu Miao and occupied Yangzhou, he attacked all the way to the south, then defeated Yan Baihu, and then attacked Liu Biao and Shixie, and attacked Nanhai, Guiyang, Lingling, Changsha and other counties.

Cao Cao, the rebel pioneer, was also extremely depressed, and his mastermind Xi Zhicai died of illness, while the other mastermind Guo Jia was recalled by the ancestral court due to the change in the ancestral court of Yuqing and temporarily left Cao Cao.

However, Ma Teng and Han Sui attacked each other because of some small frictions among their subordinates. Liu Biao was originally a person who guarded the success, and he was worried that Sun Ce would attack him, so he was worried. In other words, when Yuan Shu became emperor, the princes were all lacking in skills. There are very few edicts.

At this time, Sun Ce was in the limelight.

However, it is said that Liu Xianai is the younger brother of Liu Dai, the former Yanzhou Thorn History, for the Yangzhou Thorn History, originally tun in Shouchun, and was later driven away by Yuan Shu and tuned in Qu'a. Sun Ce attacked Liu Xuan, and first fought with Liu Xuan's general Zhang Ying at Niuzhutan, and Zhang Ying was defeated by Sun Ce and his generals Huang Gai, Jiang Qin, and Zhou Tai. Liu Xuan was then defeated by Sun Ce in Shenting and other places, and Zhou Yu captured Qu'a under Chen Wu's response.

Sun Ce tens of thousands of horses went down to Jiangdong, calmed the people and sympathized with the people, and there were countless voters. Wherever Sun Cebing went, he was not allowed to loot, chickens and dogs were not frightened, and everywhere he went, the family and the people were all happy. After capturing Liu Xuan's army, those who were willing to join the army would join the army, and those who did not want to join the army would be rewarded and let them go home to farm. Sun Ce's army was in full swing.

Sun Ce asked Zhou Tai to guard Xuancheng and led his troops to take Wu County.

Yan Baihu of Wu County, claiming to be the king of Eastern Wude, heard that Sun Ce called, let his brother Yan Yu send troops, fought in Fengqiao, Yan Yu was invincible, and wanted to seek peace, Yan Yu said to Sun Ce that he was willing to divide Jiangdong equally, Sun Ce was furious and said: "The rats dare to be equal to me!" Sun Ce immediately stepped forward and slashed Yan Yu with a sword.

After that, Huang Gai and others captured Wucheng and Jiaxing. Yan Baihu fled to Yuhang, was defeated by Ling Cao, Ling Tong father and son, Yan Baihu fled to Huiji, the two sides fought in Huiji, Sun Ce beheaded Yan Baihu's general Zhou Xin, and the Huiji person Dong attacked and beheaded Yan Baihu to vote for Sun Ce. Sun Ce has been like a bamboo, winning Yangzhou, Jiangdong and other places.

Liu Miao fled to Jingzhou with his subordinates to join Liu Biao. Sun Ce went all the way to the west and south to conquer the city, and the momentum was unstoppable.