Yuan Shao sent a challenge to the court in the name of the Qing monarch's side, Cao Cao and Liu Zhang responded, Liu Biao was silent, Liu Bei spoke to condemn Yuan Shao's self-respect for supporting the army, and committing the following injustice, but at this time Liu Bei was soft-spoken, and no one listened to what he said.

The toughness of the imperial court was somewhat unexpected by Yuan Shao and others, Xun Yu, who was going to be cleared, not only did he do his situ steadily, but also won a gold medal from Liu Xie, as long as Xun Yu's descendants did not rebel, then they could enjoy wealth forever, and even if they rebelled, they had a chance to avoid death.

As soon as the gold medal for avoiding death came out, the eyes of many families immediately turned red. Let's not talk about whether this death-free gold medal works or not, Liu Xie's trusting attitude towards Xun Yu alone makes people envious, jealous and hateful. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was an era when the monarch chose his ministers, and the ministers also chose the monarch, which was far from the era advocated by later generations, when the monarch wanted the minister to die, and the minister had to die. Liu Xie was able to treat Xun Yu like this, and those who consciously cherished their talents and did not know the master couldn't help but be moved.

Not long after Yuan Shao issued the document, the imperial court also passed on the edict to the world, first defining Yuan Shao as a thief, announcing that he would regain all the honors awarded to the Yuan family by the imperial court, and then he took back the throne of Liu Zhang, the king of Shu in Yizhou, and made him an anti-king, and sent troops to conscript. Before Yuan Shao's army crossed the Yellow River, the Han'an army, which had already been ready to go, followed the order of the main general Huang Zhong and drove into Bashu.

Soldiers, you are fast! Liu Zhang never dreamed that the imperial court's reaction would be so fast, let alone that the imperial court would take himself first when Yuan Shao's army was overwhelmed. In Liu Zhang's vision, the imperial court fought fiercely with Yuan Shao, and he beat the side drum on the side, and by the way, he asked for some benefits from the imperial court, such as getting Hanzhong, the gateway to Bashu. And in order to avoid fighting on two fronts, the imperial court will agree to its request. Unexpectedly, the angels of the court did not wait, but waited for the crusade of the Han An army.

What does it mean to steal chickens and rice! The current Liu Zhang is. Because of the wrong judgment of the imperial court's reaction, Liu Zhang only verbally responded, but in fact, Yizhou's soldiers and horses did not take action. So much so that when Han Anjun showed his knife, Yizhou Jun was still stunned and at a loss.

"What's going on? Didn't you say that the court wouldn't hit me first? In Chengdu's Shu Palace, Liu Zhang grabbed Xin Bi's collar and roared loudly. It's no wonder that Liu Zhang was angry, the army of the imperial court reacted too quickly, so that Liu Zhang had to suspect that this was Yuan Shao's conspiracy with the imperial court to set himself up.

"The lord is angry." Seeing this, Wang Shang, Huang Quan and others on the side hurriedly persuaded.

"Stop your uncle's anger! Lao Tzu just got on the thief ship surnamed Yuan! Drag him down and cut him down! The more Liu Zhang spoke, the more angry he became, and he pointed to Xin Bi and instructed him left and right.

As soon as they heard that Liu Zhang was going to kill Xinbi, Wang Shang and others hurriedly dissuaded him. has already turned his face with the imperial court, if he beheads Xin Bi again and offends Yuan Shao, then Yizhou will not offend everything that can be offended.

"The lord is angry, Xinbi is still useful, and he can't be killed for the time being." Huang Quan persuaded hard.

"What's the use of keeping him?"

"At least I won't offend my allies. Lord, now that we have turned against the imperial court, the only thing we can use is Yuan Shao. ”

"Uh......" Liu Zhang was reminded by this, and finally calmed down a little, ordered the left and right to let go of Xin Bi, and remained silent. Seeing this, Huang Quan hurriedly said to Xin Bi: "George go back to the post house to rest first." ”

Seeing that Liu Zhang was silent, Xin Bi hurriedly bowed his hand and retreated. Fang Cai was really scared of Xin Bi, but he didn't expect that it would be so frightening to watch Liu Zhang, who was wilting, launch a surge, and for a moment Xin Bi even felt that Liu Zhang wanted to eat himself raw.

When Xin Bi retreated, Liu Zhang asked Wang Shang and the others with a sad face What should they do now? He wanted to pick up some bargains, but he didn't want to get into big trouble. But Wang Shang and the others couldn't think of any plans at the moment, when they received the benefits of Xinbi, when Liu Zhang decided to respond to Yuan Shao, they followed and coaxed, but now that the court is angry, they are also dumbfounded.

This court doesn't play cards according to routines! Don't go to the mastermind, first look for the bad luck of the accomplice. But seeing that the imperial army has already entered Bashu, it is too late to regret it, and now I can only take one step at a time to see who will die in the end. However, from the analysis of the current situation, Liu Zhang's side is relatively hanging.

Yizhou is not monolithic. Liu Zhang was able to become the lord of Yizhou, thanks to the support of the local heroes in Yizhou. Correspondingly, after Liu Zhang became the king of Shu, he also needed to give back some of his benefits to Yizhou Haoqiang. But there are big and small benefits, just like a piece of cake, there are many people who share it, some can get it, and some can't. If you can't get it, you will naturally seek a way to snatch the piece of cake you fancie.

As early as when Liu Zhang just succeeded to the throne, Liu Xie began to lay out in Yizhou, and Li Ru, one of the two leaders of Tianyan, stayed in Yizhou all the year round to secretly connect those scholars who were unwilling in Yizhou. It is precisely because of the help of these local snakes that Huang Zhong's Han An Army can calm people's hearts so quickly and do not have to worry about the future.

In addition to Li Ru's hidden nail playing a role, Zhang Song's role is also obvious. In history, if Zhang Song had not presented the topographic map of Bashu, it would not have been so easy for Liu Bei to take over Shu. And now, Zhang Song, as an internal secretary arranged by the imperial court in Bashu, a topographic map of Bashu that recorded the garrisons and terrain of Yizhou also fell into the hands of Huang Zhong at this time. With this picture, Huang Zhong has a very intuitive understanding of the reality of the Yizhou Army. Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, Huang Zhong is not a brave and unscrupulous person, and the Han'an army is not a rabble, elite soldiers, coupled with this Bashu topographic map, Huang Zhong is confident that he will end the battle in the shortest possible time.

The more the war went smoothly in the imperial court, the more difficult it was for Liu Zhang's side. Since the imperial court sent troops to conscript, Liu Zhang has not heard a single piece of good news in these days, and it is simply bad news. First of all, Zitong was lost, then Pang Yi surrendered in Brazil, and then Liu Biao of Jingzhou was not willing to be lonely, and quickly took the two counties of Badong and Fuling, and is currently advancing to Jiangzhou, Ba County.

If you are poor, you will think about change, the Yizhou army has lost one after another, and Liu Zhang has to start thinking about his own retreat. He also thought about handing over Xinbi to the imperial court and asking the imperial court for peace. It's just that as soon as this idea was proposed, it was opposed by Wang Shang, Huang Quan and others. It's not that Wang Shang, Huang Quan and others want to confront the court to the end, but they know better than Liu Zhang that the court will never withdraw troops because Liu Zhang is soft at this time.

Suing for peace with the imperial court is tantamount to a meat bun beating a dog, and there is no return. Instead of asking for peace with the imperial court, it is better to grit your teeth and insist, as long as Yuan Shao's side can achieve victory, then there is no need to make peace in a low voice, and the imperial court will also change its attitude towards Yizhou. It's just when the imperial court will be able to change its attitude, and Wang Shang and others don't know the bottom in their hearts.

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The monarchs and ministers of Yizhou were full of expectations that Yuan Shao could make the court deflated, but in fact, Yuan Shao had already suffered several big losses from the imperial court. Since the release of the document saying that he wanted to clear the monarch's side, the development of things has greatly exceeded Yuan Shao's expectations in advance.

The imperial court has been prepared for a long time! Not only did they send heavy troops to garrison Mengjin, but they also released two fierce tigers, Zhao Yun and Pang De, to operate in the areas of Xingyang, Gongxian and Chenggao to hinder the advance of the allied forces.

As an ally of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao immediately sent the general Xiahoudun to lead 30,000 troops out of the Tiger Prison Pass to Luoyang after announcing his response. But what Cao Cao didn't expect was that not long after Xiahoudun's army came out of the Tiger Prison, he was ambushed near Aocang, and the 30,000 army called Zhao Yun and Pang De were killed, not to mention, Xiahoudun was shot in the left eye in the melee, and since then he has become a one-eyed dragon.

And Yuan Shao's side originally planned to cross the river directly through Mengjindu to kill Benluoyang, but he didn't want the imperial court to have a naval army to guard Mengjindu, so he killed Yuan Shao's vanguard to pieces, and most of them fed the Wang Ba in the Yellow River.

The early attack was blocked, which did not discourage Yuan Shao, but strengthened Yuan Shao's determination to clean up the imperial court first. At this time, the imperial court is already so difficult to deal with, if the imperial court is allowed to recuperate for a few more years, then who will be able to deal with it at that time?

Also thinking the same thing as Yuan Shao was Cao Cao. Cao Cao had been mentally prepared for Xiahoudun's defeat before the war, and he knew that the imperial court would not sit idly by. But he didn't expect the imperial court's counterattack to be so resolute and decisive, just as Yuan Shao was worried about, once the imperial court took the initiative to attack, would he still be able to block the imperial court's conquest.

The current world is no longer the time when many princes were divided, after these years of annexation, the remaining few fruits are in addition to the imperial court, that is, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Sun Ce and Liu Zhang. However, Liu Zhang is now being beaten on the ground by the imperial court, and Liu Biao is still with black feet on the side, and it is estimated that Liu Zhang is also hanging this time. In this way, the only princes who can be co-opted by Yuan Shao are Sun Ce's family.

At first, Yuan Shao did not count Sun Ce, after all, Sun Ce occupied Jiangdong and held the Yangtze River in his hands, so there was no need to get involved in the matter of opposing himself and the imperial court. But what Yuan Shao didn't expect was that he didn't send someone to contact Sun Ce, but Sun Ce sent someone to take the initiative to contact him. Perhaps it was Liu Zhang's experience that stimulated Sun Ce, making Sun Ce feel that if he wanted to keep the Jiangdong foundation, it was best to keep the imperial court weak.

However, no matter what Sun Ce's purpose was in forming an alliance, at least Yuan Shao had one more helper by his side. Even if Sun Ce didn't send troops to help in the war, as long as he could hold back the wavering Liu Biao, it would be a good thing for Yuan Shao.

In order to show his strength, Yuan Shao led 500,000 troops and entered Henan County, and Cao Cao, as an ally, was not to be outdone, and led 100,000 troops from Yingchuan County to Hongnong County, echoing Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses.

The soldiers crossed the border, but Liu Bei, who was stationed in Wancheng, closed the city gates, restrained his subordinates, and did not clash with the Cao army in transit. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had an agreement, Cao Cao attacked Wuguan, Yuan Shao attacked Tongguan, and the counties occupied by the two families belonged to each family. This is equivalent to handing over the three counties of Pingyang, Hedong and Henan to others. As for Hongnong County, after Yuan Shao found out that Cao Cao did not occupy all of Hongnong County, he also laughed silently.

Yuan Shaojun invaded on a large scale, and the imperial court did not seem to care much about the defense of the counties except for sending troops to attack and harass in advance. Although the counties did not say that they fled in despair, very few of them rose up to resist. Yuan Shao didn't understand what was going on at first, but after learning the news that there was no grain in the official warehouses of the counties he occupied, he faintly understood the sinister intentions of the imperial court.

The people of the four counties occupied have not gone away, and the imperial court is not forced to move the population this time, and the imperial court that is willing to drag their families away will be resettled, but those who are unwilling to leave their homeland can only ask for more blessings. Without getting supplies from the official warehouse, Yuan Shao naturally could only stretch out his hand to those who had food and not give it? First of all, ask Yuan's knife if it is not good?

500,000 troops, the daily consumption is amazing, the imperial court in the four counties to build a strong wall to clear the wilderness, although Yuan Shao through forced conscription to fill some of the deficit, but his reputation is also stinky. Yuan Benchu, the fourth and third dukes, now has an extra nickname of Yuan Peeling, so angry that Yuan Shao jumped like thunder, drew his sword and wanted to kill.

If you don't compare, you don't feel good or bad. was accustomed to the good governance of the imperial court, and suddenly encountered Yuan Shao's forced apportionment, and the hearts of the various families in Sizhou immediately knew what was wrong. Of course, there are also those who are obsessed and take the opportunity to hug Yuan Shao's thigh, and Hedong Weijia is one of the representatives.

The Hedong Wei family can be said to be a famous family in the Han Dynasty, and the famous Wei Zifu and Wei Qing are the ancestors of the Wei family. However, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Wei family was not as good as before. Especially after Liu Xie came to power, due to Cai Yong's relationship, Liu Xie was not close to the Wei family, of course, this was also related to the Wei family's attitude towards the imperial court at that time.

When Dong Cheng was appointed as the county guard of Hedong, he blindly tolerated the Wei family, so that the Wei family became arrogant and domineering, and after Du Ji's strong point was in, the Wei family's good days came to an end. With the support of Liu Xie, Du Yi vigorously rectified Hedong, and the Wei family suffered a lot of losses, and he had many dissatisfaction with the imperial court in his heart. It's just that the imperial court was strong at that time, and Du Ji had the right to command the soldiers of Hedong County, and the Wei family did not dare to act rashly if they had the heart to resist.

This time, Yuan Shao sent a letter to the imperial court, and the Wei family thought that the time was ripe, especially when they saw Yuan Shao leading an army of 500,000 to come, they were full of confidence in supporting Yuan Shao. However, when he entered Yuan Shao's door, Wei Kai, the representative of the Wei family, was shocked to realize that things did not seem to be as simple as they appeared on the surface. Although the imperial court has lost ground one after another, its strength does not seem to be damaged, especially when Yuan Shao asked the Wei family to come up with money and food to support, Wei Kai even had a feeling of getting on a thief ship, and it was easy to get on this thief ship.

I think that when Wei Kai came to visit Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was overjoyed and took Wei Kai to go in and out of public many times, and the Wei family wanted to clear up the relationship with Yuan Shao at this time, and it is estimated that not many people would believe it. At this time, the Wei family had only one way to go to the black, and followed Yuan Shao to advance and retreat.

Wei Kai, who clearly understood this, had to take out the Wei family's savings to support Yuan Shao's army. It's just that the Wei family's savings can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket for Yuan Shao's army of 500,000. Fortunately, at this time, Yuan Shao's army has approached Tongguan, as long as Yuan Shao's army can enter the pass, then the logistics matter does not need to be continued to worry about by the Wei family.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. If you want to break through Tongguan, how can it be so easy! Yuan Shao thought that as soon as his army arrived, the imperial court officials and soldiers would abandon the pass and flee, just like in Hangu Pass. Unexpectedly, this time he hit a nail, and none of the two thousand Yuan troops who went to receive Tongguan escaped back, and all of them died under the random arrows of the defenders of Tongguan.

Looking at the handsome flag of "Hao" fluttering on Tongguan, Yuan Shao knew that the first hard bone he encountered in this dispatch appeared.

Hao Zhao, unlike in history, will not be known until after middle age. As a young general who followed Liu Xie in the early days, after these years of crusades and westward discussions, Hao Zhao's reputation has already reached the ears of most people, perhaps his fame is not as loud as Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others, but the nickname of General Tiebi is enough to show his ability in defense. He is responsible for guarding Tongguan, Yuan Shao wants to take Tongguan, and I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve his goal without paying a price.

With Yan Liangwen and Chou under his command, Yuan Shao was unwilling to waste time waiting for the siege equipment to be transported from the rear, at least before the official attack, Yuan Shao wanted to weaken the morale of the Tongguan defenders. It's just that Yuan Shao only knows himself but doesn't know him, he thinks that Tongguan only has Hao Zhao, a widowed general, but he doesn't know that Liu Xie left Hao Zhao before leaving Tongguan, leaving two generals, Gan Ning and Pang De, to listen to Hao Zhao's dispatch, and in order to let Gan Ning and Pang De obey Hao Zhao's orders, Liu Xie lent the Saber Seven Star Sword to Hao Zhao as a Shang Fang sword, with which Hao Zhao could cut first and then play.

As for Liu Xie himself, he took Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Dian Wei and other fierce generals to Wuguan, after all, if it comes to the quality of military generals, Cao Cao is still better than Yuan Shao.

Outside Tongguan Pass

Yan Liang, the general under Yuan Shao, took the lead in the battle and showed off his might in front of the pass. Seeing this, Gan Ning and Pang De immediately asked Hao Zhao for battle. Hao Zhao naturally did not refuse this, but just told the two people who went to battle: "I have heard that Yan Liangwen is ugly and brave, and the two generals should not be careless." ”

"Don't worry, Bo Dao, I have already discussed with Xingba, he will deal with Yan Liang, I will deal with Wen Chou, as long as he Wen Chou dares to come, I will not make him feel better." Pound said to Hao Zhao with a smile.

"In that case, I'll just wait and see." Hao Zhao also smiled.

The four generals were caught and killed, and the two armies were boiling with enthusiasm, and Hao Zhao personally beat the drums and cheered. And the four people who caught and fought each other fought even more, vowing to divide the winner before they would give up. It's just that Yuan Shao was worried that his love would be lost at this time, so he couldn't hold it and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Hearing the sound of Mingjin behind him, Yan Liang had to choose to stop, looked at Gan Ning, who had fought with him for one hundred and ten rounds, and said: "Gan Ning, there are not many people who can fight against a certain one hundred and ten without getting tired." Today's court has no way and appoints traitors, why don't you abandon the secret and turn to the light, so as not to spoil your good martial arts. ”

"Humph! Who is loyal and who is a traitor, how can you decide with your broken mouth? Yan Liang, go back and tell your master that if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself. He will not die a good death if he is a vassal. Gan Ning replied with a sneer.

"Humph! If you are stubborn, it is useless to say more, and wait for the next day to take your dog's life. Yan Liang snorted coldly.

Gan Ning smiled unwillingly when he heard this: "Gan Xingba's good head is here, and those who have the ability can just come and take it." ”