Although Yuan Shao rejected Dong Zhuo's peace talks, this did not hide the difficult situation Yuan Shao faced.

Externally, Yuan Shao is facing strong pressure from Dong Zhuo Group, and internally, Yuan Shao is even more powerless. Cao Cao in the Sujube coalition and Sun Jian under Yuan Shu were both defeated by Dong Zhuo's Zhonglang general Xu Rong (Note 1), and Yuan Shao's own Hanoi army was also caught off guard by Dong Zhuo in Heyangjin and suffered heavy losses.

The unfavorable situation in the war situation worsened the situation within the Kwantung coalition army, the sour jujube coalition army was deterred by the strong military strength shown by Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army, lost confidence in confronting Dong Zhuo, became stagnant, stagnant in the sour jujube camp, due to the inaction of the sour jujube princes, Han Fu gradually reduced its supply, after the military rations were exhausted, the sour jujube coalition army was disbanded, and then there was internal infighting, Yanzhou assassin Liu Dai killed the Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, and then appointed his subordinate Wang Qiu as the new Dongjun Taishou.

Jizhou Mu Hanfu also took the opportunity to give Yuan Shao a small stumbling block, step by step to reduce the supply of military rations to the Hanoi army, at that time in addition to Yuan Shao, there were Zhang Yang, Cao Cao, Yu Fuluo and others stationed in Hanoi, what situation did they face at that time?

There is a passage in the Book of Wei that probably records the situation of Yuan Shaojun at this time. "Plagued by desolation, and deprived of grain...... Yuan Shaozhi was in Hebei, and the soldiers ate mulberries. "What is the situation that Yuan Shao's army is already short of military food, and he is already going to eat mulberry fruit, how do you say Yuan Shao fights?

So in the later period, even if Cao Cao, the main battle faction, was here with Yuan Shao, he couldn't send a soldier to crusade against Dong Zhuo in the end, not because he didn't want to, but because the situation didn't allow it, he fought without food.

But if Yuan Shao wants to kill Dong Zhuo, the hatred of the country and the family, the new hatred and the old hatred, that is 100% thinking!

So Yuan Shao did not give up, and he himself was actively looking for a solution.

At that time, Yuan Shao's first task was to solve the problem of grain and grass, due to the limitation of geographical location, Yuan Shao couldn't bypass Han Fu if he wanted to solve this problem, so Yuan Shao had to solve Han Fu.

On the other hand, the internal resistance of the coalition forces, in the face of Dong Zhuo's strong strength, has begun to lose cohesion, which is also a problem that Yuan Shao has to solve.

Of course, Yuan Shao still has a problem that has not been solved, that is, whether the Kwantung princes should recognize Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty supported by Dong Zhuo, when the young emperor Liu Wei did not die, this problem is easy to handle, Liu Xie was illegally established by Dong Zhuo, everyone does not need to admit it, just directly support Liu Zhuo's reinstatement, but Liu Wei has been poisoned by Li Ru, and this problem is a bit difficult to handle.

Because although Liu Xie is not in the right position, this aspect is not his original intention, and the culprit is Dong Zhuo, but Liu Xie, a child who is less than ten years old, is difficult to convince.

At least Yuan Shao was not very convinced of Liu Xie, Yuan Shao was originally He Jin's main strategist, and he was born on Liu Wei's side, and Liu Xie was raised by the Dong family, and the Empress Dowager Dong instigated Emperor Ling to sell his official position in history, disrupting the government, and was very untrusted by the scholars, and later the Dong family supported Liu Xie against He and Liu Wei, who was also Yuan Shao's enemy.

Liu Xie was established by Dong Zhuo himself, and Liu Xie is also young and has no authority, so he can basically only be used as a puppet.

Therefore, Yuan Shao did not recognize the current Son of Heaven Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie, and Yuan Shao's final choice was to set up another one, hoping to re-establish a more authoritative Son of Heaven to replace Emperor Han Xian. Yuan Shao hoped to solve his current difficulties once and for all by establishing another virtuous person.

But whether Yuan Shao wanted to regain Han Fu's help or restore the cohesion of the princes again, the candidate for the new emperor must have a high prestige, even higher than Yuan Shao himself, in order to convince everyone.

At that time, most of the royal family members were within Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence, and there were not many people to choose from, or only so many people, one of whom was Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and the other was Youzhou Mu, the great Sima Liu Yu.

Liu Dai is one of the princes who actively opposed Dong, he was one of the eleventh princes who originally crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and the original alliance of the sour jujube camp, but Liu Dai did nothing as the Yanzhou assassin in the anti-Dong war, and finally made an internal fight in the sour jujube, killing the former Yanzhou assassin Shi Qiaomao who was at odds with him, so Liu Dai was not a good candidate, and Yuan Shao, Han Fu and others were not very convinced of him.

And the other person Liu Yu was one of the very few people whose prestige may still be above Yuan Shao at that time, and he was also a leading figure in the royal family, he himself was not in Guanxi, but in Youzhou in the north, far away from Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence, and he was mature and generous, and won the hearts of the people, and he was the best candidate to replace Emperor Xian of Han at that time.

Not only Yuan Shao was ready to support him as emperor, Dong Zhuo was also ready to win him over, after killing Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui, Dong Zhuo wanted Liu Yu to return to the dynasty as a concubine, but unfortunately due to the long distance, the order could not be successfully conveyed.

After Yuan Shao discussed with Jizhou Mu Han Fu in history, Han Fu also recognized Liu Yu very much, after all, Han Fu did not want to see Yuan Shao because he was afraid of Yuan Shao and afraid that Yuan Shao would take away his power, but not because he did not support Yuan Shao's crusade against Dong Zhuo, so after he discussed with Yuan Shao and set up a separate one, Han Fu still supported Yuan Shao on this major issue of right and wrong.

And as long as he succeeds in the end, Han Fu will at least have the merit of supporting him, and it is likely to go further, even if he fails, what can Liu Xie do as a child, as for Dong Zhuo, he has already offended.

Yuan Shao's support for Liu Yu to claim the emperor is very beautiful, he can first form a united front with Han Fu again through this move, and regain Han Fu's support, so that Yuan Shao's problem in supply will be temporarily solved;

After Liu Yu becomes emperor, a new imperial court will be formed in the eastern part of the country, so that the loose princes can be reunited with the righteousness of the imperial court, and the confrontation between the two imperial courts will be formed in the Central Plains, and the princes of the eastern part of the country, who will be condensed into a rope, will gain the strength to fight against Dong Zhuo;

And after Liu Yu became the emperor, there will be an emperor in the eastern and western parts of the country, so that Yuan Shao and others will not lose to Dong Zhuo in righteousness, and a child who is less than ten years old who is supported by demons, a new emperor who is mature and stable and famous, how should the princes choose, Yuan Shao is also very confident in this.

In history, Yuan Shao had great expectations for Liu Yu, and he hoped that after Liu Yu became the new emperor, he could lead everyone to revitalize the Han Dynasty again with his assistance.

It's a pity that the difficulty of establishing another establishment is still beyond the preparation of Yuan Shao and Han Fu, and Yuan Shao's road to another establishment is destined to be tortuous and difficult to achieve.

Note 1: Yuan Shao's preparation for the implementation of the separate establishment may have been before Sun Jian's defeat to Xu Rong and the dissolution of the Sujube coalition