Chapter 010: Coalition Leader

After Yuan Shao fled to Jizhou, although Dong Zhuo did not order his arrest, but instead granted him an official position, this did not mean that Dong Zhuo was really at ease with him, Dong Zhuo later appointed Han Fu as the pastor of Jizhou, and let Yuan Shao be controlled by Han Fu.

Han Fu is a native of Yingchuan County, and he is also a protégé of the Yuan family, who originally held the position of Zhongcheng in the imperial history, and is a disciple of the old Yuan family, perhaps hoping that he would take care of Yuan Shao in Jizhou, so Zhou Secretary and Wu Qiongcai elected him as Jizhou Mu.

But what people didn't expect was that Dong Zhuo made a mistake, Han Fu himself suddenly got a high position, just like picking up a piece of gold on the side of the road, and cherished it very much, so he took his position as Jizhou Mu very seriously, and Yuan Shao was very famous, and many people came to attach to him, Han Fu was a little inferior to Yuan Shao because he was a subordinate of the Yuan family, so when he saw this situation, he was very afraid that Yuan Shao would threaten his status and deal with himself, so he sent his subordinates to monitor Yuan Shao all the time.

Of course, Han Fu may have done this for Dong Zhuo to see, but Han Fu made the fake real for his own reasons.

After Yuan Shao left Luoyang, although he gained the support of many people, due to Han Fu's suppression, he even lost his basic freedom, so he could not talk about fighting Dong Zhuo.

Until Qiao Mao sent a letter to the three princes and counties, asking the princes to raise troops against Dong, Han Fu was very hesitant at this time, on the one hand, as a scholar, he couldn't stand what Dong Zhuo did, and he also knew that as a righteous party, he should crusade against Dong Zhuo, but on the other hand, he couldn't let go of his vigilance against Yuan Shao, and resisting Dong Zhuo was tantamount to helping and supporting Yuan Shao.

In order to make a choice, Han Fu convened his subordinates to discuss and asked everyone: "Should I help the Yuan family or the Dong family now?" ”

As a result, Liu Zihui, who was engaged in the governance of the country under his command, replied to him: "Xingbing is for the country, how to say what Yuan and Dong!" ”

Han Fu had nothing to say, and finally decided to confront Dong Zhuo due to the situation, so he wrote to Yuan Shao to express his support for him, and he was not blocking Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shao was free to organize anti-Dong actions, but Han Fu was not willing.

In history, because Yuan Shao accumulated great prestige in the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants and the opposition to Dong Zhuo's abolition, everyone elected Yuan Shao as the leader of the anti-Dong League, and the Kwantung Anti-Dong Coalition Army was formally established in the first month of the first year of Chuping (190).

At the beginning, the coalition army was ready to fight against Dong Zhuo in the name of reinstating King Yinghongnong, but unfortunately, Dong Zhuo first sent Li Ru to Liu Bianjin to offer poisoned wine and poisoned Liu Zhuo to death.

On the twelfth day of the first month of the first year of Chuping (March 6, 190), Lang Zhong ordered Li Rujin to offer poisoned wine to King Hongnong, and said to Liu Wei: "Taking this medicine can ward off evil." Liu Wei is not stupid, but in the face of the strength of Dong Zhuo's forces, he can only struggle and say: "I'm not sick, this is just trying to kill me!" ”

Because Liu Wei refused to drink, Li Ru forced him to drink, and Liu Wei had no choice but to say goodbye to his wife Tang Ji and the entourage of the palace people. In the process of drinking, King Hongnong sang sadly: "Heaven is easy, how difficult it is for me!" Abandon the ten thousand times and retreat to Tibet. The rebel minister saw that his life was not extended, and he would pass away! ”

It made Tang Ji dance, and Tang Ji raised her sleeves and sang. After the song, King Hongnong said to Tang Ji: "Aiqing is the concubine of this king, and she will no longer be the wife of the people." Take care of yourself and leave forever! He drank poisoned wine and died at the age of fifteen.

But later, out of jealousy for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to rebel against him, Dong Zhuo simply killed the Yuan clan within his sphere of influence, and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu's uncle Yuan Kui, his brother and servant Yuan Ji, and more than 50 members of the Yuan family were all spared.

Therefore, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu also borrowed a deep blood feud with Dong Zhuo, the new hatred and the old hatred, the national hatred and the family hatred, which can be said to be endless.

After the establishment of the anti-Dong coalition army, Yuan Shao became the leader of the alliance, and the princes who participated were falsely awarded official titles, and Yuan Shao was the self-proclaimed general of the chariot cavalry, in the Han Dynasty, the general of the chariot cavalry belonged to the senior generals, second only to the general and the hussar general, and above the general Wei and the front, rear, left and right generals, he was originally the commander of the chariot army.

Later, the princes of all walks of life formed a three-way main army, namely Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang, who were stationed in Hanoi; In Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, Yuan Yi and Bao Xin of the Sour Jujube Alliance, Cao Cao belonged to Zhang Miao; Yuan Shu stationed troops in Luyang, and Sun Jian rushed from Changsha to join Yuan Shu.

The rest of the people Kong Lingtun soldiers in Yingchuan, while Han Fu stayed in Yecheng and gave the allied army rations, mainly to support the Sujube coalition army and Yuan Shao's Hanoi army, and later Sun Jian's troops were basically supplied by Yuan Shu.

Due to the strength of the coalition army, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu was newly defeated by the Bai Bo army, Dong Zhuo faced the dilemma of fighting on two sides, so he decided to forcibly move the capital and move the capital to Chang'an, and he sat in it, personally commanded the army against the coalition army, and took the Hanoi army led by Yuan Shao as the main target.

In history, Cao Cao decided to take the opportunity to march to defeat Dong Zhuo after Dong Zhuo moved the capital, but he was defeated by Dong Zhuo's Zhonglang general Xu Rong in Xingyang Bianshui, and later Cao Cao lost his right to speak in the sour jujube coalition army because of military defeat, and even Zhang Miao no longer supported him, Cao Cao had to leave, and took refuge in Yuan Shao after raising a small number of troops in Yangzhou.

On the Hanoi side, Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang sent troops to Heyangjin, preparing to use this as a base to attack Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo made the first move, he first sent suspicious soldiers to attract the attention of the Hanoi army, but sent another army to make a detour and sneak attack, and wiped out Wang Kuang's army.

Yuan Shao's Hanoi army suffered heavy losses as a result, and he had no choice but to send Wang Kuang out to re-recruit troops, although Zhang Yang, Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo, Cao Cao and others came to join him, but Yuan Shao was no longer able to launch another attack on Dong Zhuo in a short time.

It's a pity that the bad news is not over, and soon Yuan Shu's number one general, Sun Jian, was also defeated by Xu Rong, and because the princes of the sour jujube were afraid of Dong Zhuo and stopped moving, Han Fu was also worried that Yuan Shao would endanger himself, so he reduced the food delivery to Hanoi and the sour jujube coalition army step by step, although Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and persevered, but after the sour jujube coalition army ran out of food, the princes had turned into birds and beasts.

Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to send Han Rong, Shaofu Yin Xun, Jinwu Hu Mu Ban, Wu Xun, the general master craftsman, and Wang Xuan, the captain of the Yue Cavalry, to persuade Yuan Shao and other troops.

Although the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were in a difficult situation, they did not give in to Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao instructed Wang Kuang to kill Hu Muban, Wang Xuan, Wu Xun and others, Yuan Shu also killed Yin Xun, and only Han Rong was spared death because of his high morality.

Although Yuan Shao was relieved of his anger, this could not change the difficult situation in front of him, and the Hanoi army led by Yuan Shao was already in a very dangerous situation of internal and external difficulties.

Yuan Shao must find a new way out.