The Yuan family felt that the fourth generation and three dukes of his family, countless protégés and former officials, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were leading troops, Dong Zhuo did not dare to touch the Yuan family no matter what.

Unfortunately, they misjudged.

They estimated that Dong Zhuo would be Wang Mang, so he would be inseparable from the support of the scholar clan and would never touch the Yuan family; However, Dong Zhuo just wanted to rule the world with the Shi clan, but the Shi clan was too uncooperative, so he could only choose the most secure way.

When the Yuan family was killed, not only the ministers of the DPRK and China were dumbfounded, but even Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were dumbfounded, and they didn't know how to deal with it next.

Yuan Shao was fainted, and before his foundation was completed, his uncle had already left; After Yuan Shu's grief, he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, now that his uncle is gone, he is the patriarch of the Yuan family, and he has the power to mobilize the power of the Yuan family.

Subsequently, the news gradually increased, and Yingchuan, Runan and other places were plundered by the Liangzhou army and suffered heavy losses; Yuan Shu was even happier in his heart, this was the weakened Yuan Shao's strength.

However, ten days later, Yuan Shu couldn't laugh, and the Nanyang County Lord Bo Yanxiang he appointed only brought a few people to the barracks, knelt down in front of Yuan Shu and wept. When he calms down, go through the story.

Yuan Shu was shocked, his face turned pale, and if he lost the rich land of Nanyang, where would he go?

Immediately summoned Yang Hong, Ji Ling, Yuan Yin and others to come to discuss.

Everyone is also anxious, losing their foothold, how to talk about development? Compared with crusading against Dong Zhuo, it is more important to find a foothold first.

Military advisor Yang Hong thought calmly for a while, and suggested: "Lord, Hong thinks that Yangzhou should be used as a base, for the following reasons, first, Yangzhou has not affected the Yellow Turban thieves in recent years, and it is relatively stable and rich; Second, Yangzhou's military strength is very weak, which is convenient for occupation; Third, there are many big families in Yangzhou, and the fourth and third princes of the lord and the head of the Yuan family, they absolutely welcome the lord to move in; If you take Yangzhou as the foundation and wait for the strength to be strong, you can map Jingzhou in the west and go north to the Central Plains. ”

Yuan Shu heard that this was more in line with his uncle's original meaning, before he fled, his uncle confessed, first occupied Nanyang, went south to Jingzhou, and plotted Yangzhou; So Yuan Shu directly asked: "Yangzhou Assassin Shi Kong Ling is in the army, why do you occupy Yangzhou?" ”

This is difficult for the wise man Yang Hong, and said with a smile: "My lord, this matter is easy, the imperial court has removed Kong Ling from his position, just send someone to lobby, suggest that he return to Yangzhou, stabilize the place, remove it by the way, annex his army, and then easily occupy Jiujiang County, and then join forces with Danyang County, you can occupy Lujiang County, or you can return by Yuan Yin in advance, and occupy Lujiang County in advance; If these three counties are used as the foundation, how can they be worse than Nanyang County? ”

Yuan Shu was overjoyed, with the assistance of Yuan Yin, the Taishou of Danyang County, he could easily occupy the three counties, and then easily occupy Wu County, Yuzhang County and Huiji County; In this way, he can surpass Yuan Shao's development speed and become the true patriarch of the Yuan family.

Subsequently, Yuan Shu ordered the military advisor Yang Hong to believe in the plan and implement it as soon as possible, and he would give his full support.

Yang Hong was also surprised that Yuan Shu was so refreshing, and was grateful for Yuan Shu's trust, so he took action with Yan Xiang.

And Ji Ling and the others are reorganizing their soldiers and horses and preparing to return.

Yuan Shu also took the opportunity to make false accounts and embezzle the allied army's money, food and other property for his own use.

Yangzhou Assassin Shi Kong Ling and others were dismissed from their official positions, anxious in their hearts, and worried about how to find an excuse to return to the jurisdiction and stabilize the situation, Yuan Shu sent someone to lobby, just what he meant, and he readily agreed to return without suspicion.

However, Yang Hong first arranged for the Taishou of Danyang County to set off in advance, preparing to occupy Shu County when he borrowed Lujiang County, and took Lujiang County by surprise in advance.

Later, Yuan Shu and others returned, preparing to go to Changsha County through Danyang County, and Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, hoped to occupy Yuzhang County by the way.

The departure of the four princes at one time greatly reduced the strength of the allied forces, and the remaining princes were also absent-minded.

Dong Zhuoxi's Liang soldiers are extremely powerful, and they have the secret support of the champion Hou, and the allies have their own thoughts, how can they be opponents?

Yuan Shao does not seek to attack, but is greedy for enjoyment; Yuan Shu embezzled public property and retreated privately; The behavior of the two of them not to eliminate harm for the country and not to avenge their families made all the princes ashamed and seriously weakened their prestige among the scholars.

Subsequently, Yuzhou Mu Han Fu was resentful because of Yuan Shao's repeated coercion, and at the suggestion of Pan Feng, under the pretext of rescuing the people of Yuzhou, he led his troops back to the jurisdiction of Yuzhou in advance.

Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, took over from Han Fu to manage several armies in front of the Tiger Prison Pass.

Due to the gap between Qiao Mao and Liu Dai before, Liu Dai used the excuse of killing Qiao Mao, the Taishou of Dongjun, annexed his army, and privately appointed Zang Hong as the Taishou of Dongjun.

Bao Xin's self-holding strength was too small, and under pressure, he could only choose to support Liu Dai.

Liu Dai, as a member of the royal family, annexed Qiao Mao's army, and obtained the support of Bao Xin, and his strength was no longer weaker than Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao did not want to kill each other again, so he acquiesced in Liu Dai's appointment; And Zang Hong has a high prestige among the scholars, and he himself snatched Zang Hong's position as the leader of the alliance, which is equivalent to returning Zang Hong's favor.

The chaos within the Allied forces made the other princes even more worried, and they all thought that the Allied forces could not achieve great things, so they led their troops back to their jurisdictions under the pretext of maintaining the security of their jurisdictions.

Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei accepted the invitation of Xuzhou Assassin Shi Taoqian and took the opportunity to propose to go to Xuzhou to station.

Tao Qian was very happy about Gongsun Zhan's arrival, but he also knew that Gongsun Zhan and the others were all tigers and wolves, and they would suffer the consequences if they were not careful, so he asked him to station Xiaopei to help him resist the military threat from Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and all the money, food and salaries were borne by Xuzhou.

In order to guard against Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian also focused on strengthening Pengcheng's troops.

Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei have nowhere to go at present, and for the sake of money and food, they can only choose to endure humiliation.

At this time, only the Yanzhou armies remained, as well as Zhang Chao, the Taishou of Guangling County, and Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Runan County.

But the next news surprised them even more.

Yangzhou Thorn Shi Kongling died of illness on the way back; Yuan Shu took over his army, smoothly entered Shouchun City, took over Jiujiang County, and went to the imperial court to order Yangzhou to pasture.

Danyang County Taishou Yuan Yin occupied Shu County, and Yuan Shu sent people to take over Lujiang County.

The Taishou of Changsha County and the Taishou of Danyang County joined forces to occupy Yuzhang County.

Thanks to the support of the local scholars and the protégés of the Yuan family, everything went extremely smoothly.

When Yuan Shao learned that Yuan Shu was developing so rapidly, he was in a hurry, and he was busy discussing with the military advisors.

Feng Ji suggested returning to Runan County as soon as possible and taking the opportunity to seize Yuzhou, otherwise, something might happen.

Yuan Shao thought so, so he ordered Shanyang County Taishou Yuan to return to the jurisdiction; He himself led the army back to Runan County, but at this time, Runan County had been plundered and riddled with holes, and Yuan Shao hated it.

At that time, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, was stationed in Changyi City, Shanyang County, and was stationed in the same city as Yuan Yi, the Taishou of Shanyang County, which laid the groundwork for Yuan Shao's successful occupation of Yanzhou.

Yangzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling died of illness, everyone thought that he was killed by Yuan Shu, this is not the first time that the Yuan family crossed the river and demolished the bridge.

Yuan Shu developed so rapidly that Zhang Chao, the Taishou of Guangling County, was afraid that the territory would be taken away by Yuan Shu, so he led his troops back to Guangling County in a hurry.

Even the alliance leaders have withdrawn, and the allies naturally have no need to exist; Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, Zang Hong, the Taishou of Dongjun, and Bao Xin, the minister of Jibei, also returned to their stations.

Only Cao Cao had nowhere to go, so he stayed in Chenliu.

The allied forces were scattered, and the happiest was Dong Zhuo, a small plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and the powerful allied forces were scattered.

The most disappointed was Gao Shun, who wanted Dong Zhuo and the allies to consume their strength, but they didn't expect that both sides wanted to preserve their strength, and the allies were disbanded before the war started; He left behind a large number of self-respecting princes, which made it more difficult for him to unify the Central Plains.