Chapter Seventy-Eight, the World is in Turmoil
When Lu Bu first entered Hebei, he not only alarmed Yuan Shao, but also Jizhou Mu Hanfu, Youzhou Sima Gongsun Zhan, and even Dong Zhuo, Li Ru and others in Luoyang, who always paid attention to the situation in Jizhou.
Originally, Lu Bu left Luoyang, although on the surface he and Dong Zhuo did not show a complete break, but everyone in the world knew that the connection between them had basically come to an end, and Lu Bu's arrival in Bingzhou was already equivalent to self-reliance, but at this time, many people did not have a high evaluation of Lu Bu, and they didn't think that he could open up the situation in today's complicated Bingzhou, not to mention that other light and publicity alone was enough for him to have a headache.
It must be known that when he was under the command of Ding Yuan, although Lu Bu had the prestige title of "Flying General", he would not be worse than him in terms of power and other aspects, and when he returned to Merge Prefecture, he was nominally a Han Dynasty and a state pastor, claiming to have four counties, but in fact he only occupied one Wuyuan County and half of Xihe County, compared with it, Zhang Yang really occupied Taiyuan and Shangdang two counties, and at this time the comparison of forces between the two would not be too bad, of course, the loss of Zhang Yang in the fire bull array outside Yanshi City was also real. This is a great loss to his power, but no matter what, it will not allow Lu Bu to defeat and wipe out in a short period of time and quickly digest the two territories he left behind, but Lu Bu did it, and it was before everyone reacted.
A moment ago, they were still thinking about how long Lu Bu and Zhang Yang would be in a stalemate in Pingzhou City, and those who guessed were basically thinking that it would end up shaking hands and making peace. But he didn't expect that Lu Bu's thunderous momentum sent Zhang Liao and Gao Shun around the two counties of Taiyuan, cutting off Zhang Yang's connection with the rear, not to mention, and making Zhang Yang hate in Pingzhou City in one fell swoop.
And I have to mention that there was a Montenegrin army before Zhang Yang, but this can only be regarded as a small wave in comparison, and it has not set off any big waves, and although the Montenegrin army is numerous, it has not been paid much attention by the princes.
Now Lu Bu is holding on to the prestige of expelling the Southern Xiongnu from Shan Yuting, and what no one has done for decades has been done by him, there is no doubt that it is a good encouragement to the people of the state, and the people at the border of the Central Plains who have been tortured by the Southern Xiongnu several times are afraid that they will also worship Lu Bu. The impact of this is not yet apparent. But it is definitely far more than the battle of the Tiger Prison that he was famous for before; Of course, at the same time, his military power deserves everyone's attention.
It is precisely because of this that Lu Bu's entry into Hebei was quickly interpreted as a premeditated military operation, as for whether he meant to be alone, or was he connected with Gongsun Zhan, who was in a difficult situation. I don't know.
Although this is simply true. But the artificially motivated element of these rumors is too obvious. Obviously, he wanted to add fuel to the fire and push Lu Bu to a so-called moral opposite, which was originally wrong to cross the border rashly, so it was wrong to add to wrong.
Regarding this court, Dong Zhuo was manipulating, so he naturally sent a letter to reprimand Lu Bu for his unauthorized claims. The Han Dynasty has always had a good face, so even if the Southern Xiongnu were recuperating and gradually growing stronger, when the wolf germinated and repeatedly invaded the south, it was mainly a strategy of appeasement, so at that time, whether it was to make the position of the Xiongnu Zhonglang General or the Duliao General very important, this kind of thing was also under their control, even if Lu Bu was the pastor of the state, he had no right to ask, let alone expel the Southern Xiongnu from the Han Dynasty's Xiongnu Nandan Yuting.
But with the crumbling of the Han family that has experienced the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants and the rebellion of Dong Zhuo, the chaos in the world has become a trend, especially now everyone knows that there is a Dong Zhuo who is coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so no one will take this so-called rebuke seriously, even if Dong Zhuo estimates that he just wants to disgust Lu Bu, of course Lu Bu will not be fooled, he eats and drinks well.
However, Gongsun Chan seems to appreciate Lu Bu's actions, he has mentioned this matter several times publicly, and his words are all direct rebukes for the Huns, and even inevitably take Lu Bu out to warn those who are obsessed with always "their own people against their own people", pay more attention to some of the alien races around them, and Gongsun Zhan, who seems to be also entangled with the alien Karasuma people, may have some common language with Lu Bu in this regard.
If you dig a little deeper, I don't know if this can be understood as Gongsun Zhan, who is now in a grim state, took the opportunity to show favor to Lu Bu and wanted to bring this relationship to relieve some of his urgent needs, but what can be clear is that Gongsun Zhan's remarks also led to another tendency of speech, although it is not excluded that they will speak for their own interests, and work against the court and Dong Zhuo, but the public opinion of these princes has invisibly reduced a lot of pressure on Lu Bu, although he has never been worried, Even mentally prepared to shoulder these pressures on their shoulders for a long time.
Of course, in addition to these princes in the north, the princes in the south are also always paying attention to the situation in Hebei, Cao Mengde in Xuzhou, Yuan Shu in Yangzhou, Sun Ce in Lujiang, Liu Biao in Jingzhou and even Liu Yan in Yizhou, etc., the princes from all walks of life in the south, regardless of the size of the east or the west, or the size of the power, at this moment they are all affected by the situation in Hebei, even if the people who are not so well-informed in the news channels will know that Lu Bu directly passed through the three counties of Yanmen and then entered the land of Hebei, and made it clear that he has the determination to intervene.
These people's concerns naturally have their reasons, I have to say that Hebei does have its special features, first of all, it is that the area is wide, the population is large, and the geographical environment is superior, the grain production conditions here are very good, there are several famous granaries.
In later generations, Hebei was only a province, but at this time this represents a whole area, spanning four states "territory" vast, if it is said that those who can pass the middle of the world will win the world, then those who can get Hebei can dominate the north.
In the original history, Yuan Shao was the sole hegemony of the four states of Merge, Hebei, Qing and You, and became the largest overlord in the north at that time, and also the largest force in the world, and the most promising person, but unfortunately a battle of Guandu made it easy for him and Cao Cao to attack and defend, and it was really difficult to explain the fate of the time.
However, now that the situation has changed, the situation in the north is more complicated than before, and a small Hebei is also mixed with too many forces, and there are more wolves around it, eyeing each other, Yuan Shao still has a long way to go to complete the finality of Hebei.
Today is Lu Bu coming across the border, and Dong Zhuo, who has already recovered the pain of the Battle of Tiger Prison tomorrow, will definitely not be willing to be lonely, at least he will not let Yuan Shao complete his territory expansion lightly, but the princes in the south themselves are deeply entangled in their own entanglements, especially the tripartite forces of Sun Ce, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, who are sticking to the key, and for a while they can't bring up more energy to participate in here except for paying attention at all times, and Liu Biao and Liu Yan basically belong to the type of dogs who guard the house, And it is some distance from Hebei.
The world has already heard the wind, but Lu Bu is still stationed in Changshan, Jizhou at this time, and he doesn't seem to care about it at all...... (To be continued......)