The Chang'an court is in a mess, and the Luoyang court is not, now it is the third year of Zhongxing, that is, the third year of Chuping, and it has been three years since Liu Yu ascended the throne as emperor. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the beginning, the princes of the Eighteenth Road supported Liu Yu as the emperor, and they were all elated, after Liu Yu became the emperor, he set Liu He as the crown prince, and there was nothing to say, with Yuan Shao in charge, the rest of the princes could only rely on his snort.

But millions of troops gathered in Luoyang, people eat horses and chew, soon the grain and grass will be exhausted, Sili area because of years of war, delayed farming, coupled with Dong Zhuo such a scourge, most of the people fled out, the cultivated land is deserted, naturally there is not enough food, not long after, the contradictions between the princes broke out.

The first to provoke the contradiction was Yanzhou Taishou Liu Dai, Liu Dai asked Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao to borrow grain. Mao refused, and Dai led the army into the Mao camp, killed Qiao Mao, and surrendered to his people.

Liu Dai's move directly announced the collapse of the alliance of princes, and after Liu Dai merged with the bridge, he was afraid of the punishment of the imperial court and directly led his troops back to Yanzhou.

Liu Dai and Yuan Shao are related, Liu Dai killed Qiao Mao, Yuan Shao wanted to punish after learning about it, but then he thought about it, even if he ordered to punish Liu Dai, the other party may not be ordered, if it is to send troops to attack, it is inappropriate, and finally decided to win over Liu Dai and named Liu Dai as Yanzhou pastor.

Yuan Shao was unfair, although the princes from all walks of life did not dare to speak on the surface, but in private, they said everywhere that Yuan Shao was not, and Yuan Shao's prestige was declining.

At this time, the first person to turn his back on Yuan Shao was none other than his younger brother Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, as a general, was extremely powerful, but Yuan Shu was in name only, and felt uncomfortable in Luoyang, so he invited Yangzhou Mu and led the troops back to Shouchun.

Yuan Shu left, the princes fell apart, because the army lacked food, they left Luoyang one after another, returned to their respective hometowns, Sun Jian was ready to return to Changsha, Cao Cao was ready to meet his hometown, Yuan Shao appointed Cao Cao to replace Qiao Mao, as the Taishou of Dongjun.

Of course, there are also some princes who have nowhere to go but to stay in Luoyang, such as Ma Teng, who was copied by Han Sui, and Gongsun Yue's uncle and nephew, in addition, the rest of the princes have returned to their own territory.

Liu Yu rarely went to court because of his illness, and he knew that he was a puppet, although he regretted it in his heart, he had nothing to do, and he was depressed, so he couldn't afford to get sick.

After Liu Yu became terminally ill, Yuan Shao asked the crown prince Liu He to supervise the country, he himself was regent, and the Luoyang imperial court decrees could only be applied to the Sili region, and the officials of other prefectures and counties were in disobedience, and the imperial court had existed in name only and was controlled by Yuan Shao.

Fortunately, Jizhou is rich, and a steady stream of grain and grass is transported from Jizhou to Luoyang, supporting Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops, Yuan Shao also knows the current situation, especially he is more worried about Su Chen, Jizhou and Youzhou are adjacent, if Su Chen sends troops to Jizhou, he can't reach the whip, and the three sons are not necessarily the opponents of the other party, so he appointed his nephew Gao Gan as the assassin of Jizhou, and at the same time sent some of his advisers to assist the three sons.

But he didn't know that after Su Chen learned the news, he scolded Yuan Shao for being stupid, and now, he only needs to provoke in secret, maybe Jizhou will not fight and chaos itself.

It is worth mentioning that Sun Jian and Ma Teng, Sun Jian is ready to return to Changsha to continue to serve as his Changsha Taishou, because the imperial court did not remove him from this official position, but Changsha is Liu Biao's territory, if he wants to grab food, it is not easy to say, if he wants to go back to Changsha, he must pass through Nanyang, he thought of Su Chen's words, worried that Liu Biao would ambush him halfway, thinking that it was better to strike first.

But his little soldiers and horses are far from Liu Biao's opponents, so he asked Yuan Shu for help, and wanted to unite Yuan Shu to jointly crusade against Liu Biao, Liu Biao entered the king of Chu, and had already stood on the opposite side of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Jian and Yuan Shu both supported the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the crusade against Liu Biao was justified, plus Yuan Shu coveted the rich land of Nanyang, so he agreed to fight Liu Biao with Sun Jian.

Sun Jian and Yuan Shu's two-way army attacked Nanyang, after Liu Biao got the news, he sent Wang Wei and Zhang Yun to rescue Nanyang, how could Wang Wei and Zhang Yun be the opponent of Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, before they arrived in Nanyang, they were ambushed by Sun Jian halfway, Nanyang Taishou Kaicheng surrendered, and Sun Jian took advantage of the situation to occupy Nanyang.

Nanyang is a treasure land, here is not only rich, but also a strategic place, compared to Changsha, Nanyang is too good, after Sun Jian occupied Nanyang, he didn't want to go, which was contrary to the result of Nanyang's return to Yuan Shu after the first discussion with Yuan Shu.

Sun Jian's cheating behavior completely angered Yuan Shu, who already thought very highly of himself, how could he allow Sun Jian to go back on his word, so he sent his strategist Yang Hong to ask Sun Jian for Nanyang.

Sun Jian not only did not give, but also expelled Yang Hong, after Yang Hong went back to tell with some oil and vinegar, Yuan Shu was furious and felt that his majesty had been violated, so he sent the general Zhang Xun to lead 50,000 troops and went to Nanyang to crusade against Sun Jian.

Sun Jian and He Xu people, even if there are no more than 10,000 Jiangdong athletes under his command, but Zhang Xun is far from being Sun Jian's opponent, and he was defeated by Sun Jian, but because of the friendship between the two, Sun Jian swallowed Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses and put Zhang Xun back.

Zhang Xun was afraid that Yuan Shu would punish him, so he hacked Sun Jian again, and Yuan Shu was completely angry, but he lost 50,000 troops, and he also knew that Sun Jian was not easy to deal with.

After receiving Yuan Shu's letter, Liu Biao was very surprised, and Yuan Shu said in the letter that he and Liu Biao would discuss Sun Jian together, and Liu Biao invited a strategist to ask for advice.

Liu Biao's account is also full of talents, there are Yanping people Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Xiangyang people Cai Mao assisted, after seeing Yuan Shu's letter, Cai Mao suggested: "Wang, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian have seized a county in Nanyang from my Jingzhou, these two are tiger and wolf generations, not to be gullible, now Yuan Shu and Sun Jian because of the uneven distribution of spoils, swords and soldiers face each other, since Yuan Shu wants to unite us, why don't we plan it?" ”

"How do you count it?" Liu Biao asked curiously.

Cai Mao whispered a few words to Liu Biao, Liu Biao nodded frequently when he heard it, and then Cai Mao continued: "Changsha is one of the four counties in my Jingnan, how can I let Sun Jian, the king adopt my strategy, you can easily get rid of Sun Jian and solve the big trouble." ”

Liu Biao immediately adopted Cai Mao's strategy and sent a secret envoy to copy Yuan Shu's secret letter to Sun Jian, Sun Jian was furious, Liu Biao took the opportunity to propose to Sun Jian that the two families form an alliance, Jingzhou provided grain and grass to Nanyang, and Sun Jian helped Jingzhou guard the northern gateway of Jingzhou.

Sun Jian did not doubt him, he also knew that relying on Nanyang alone, he could not resist with Yuan Shu, the top priority, only with Nanyang as a springboard, to attack Yangzhou, is a long-term solution, and to attack Yangzhou, it is necessary to eliminate the threat of Liu Biao and ensure the stability of the rear, so he agreed with Liu Biao on the date, and the two sides formed an alliance on the river.