After Lü Bu broke through from Chang'an, he went to Nanyang through Wuguan to defect to Yuan Shu. Regarding this material, there is a conflict between the narratives of the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms and the Book of the Later Han. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" said: "Bu Zi took killing Zhuo as a technique to repay him (the same as "hatred"), and wanted to use virtue. The trick is repeated and refused. Yuan Shao in the north, Shao and Zhang Yan in Changshan. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty said: "Yuan Shu treated him very well. Bu killed Zhuo with confidence, and there was a virtuous Yuan clan, so he plundered the soldiers. Surgery. Bu was restless and went back from Zhang Duong to Hanoi. ”

The former said that they refused to accept it, and the latter said that they were treated very kindly, and in such a contradictory situation, there is always one who says something wrong. In fact, the reason is very simple, as I have said before, the main role of history books is not to record the real history. As for which version is more credible? It seems to me that both versions are processed, and both are credible and untrustworthy.

In my opinion, the situation at that time should be like this: after Lu Bu defected to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu temporarily resettled Lu Bu and others. Then when Lu Bu asked Yuan Shu to send troops to rescue the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shu found an excuse to perfunctory Lu Bu. At that time, Yuan Shu was at war with Liu Biao, and his excuse was supposed to be related to Liu Biao. In Lu Bu's opinion, Liu Biao is a member of the Han family, and he would never want to see his own country defeated like this. Therefore, Lu Bu knew that Yuan Shu was perfunctory, so he left with his subordinates and went to Hanoi to defect to Zhang Yang.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" said that after Lu Bu left, he went to Yuan Shao. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty said that after Lü Bu defected to Zhang Yang, because the news of the court's reward was too tight, some of Zhang Yang's subordinates wanted to calculate that Lü Bu would receive the reward, so Lü Bu went to Yuan Shao. In this regard, Sima Guang believed that the narrative of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty should be in line with the real situation, so he adopted the statement of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty in his work. It is said that Zhang Yang and Lu Bu are fellow villagers, and the relationship between the two has always been very good, Hanoi is much closer than Jizhou in terms of distance, and it belongs to the boundary of Sizhou, plus Lu Bu's fiefdom Wen County is also in Hanoi, so the possibility of Lu Bu going to Zhang Yang first is higher.

This year, several more critical events took place. First, Han Sui and Ma Teng surrendered to the imperial court, one was appointed as the general of Zhenxi to garrison Jincheng, and the other was appointed as the general of Zhengxi to garrison Beidi. This shows that Li Dao and others further strengthened their control over the imperial court. Second, Liu Biao paid tribute to the imperial court and recognized the legitimacy of the status of Li Dao and others in the court. Third, after Cao Cao incorporated the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, he also sent envoys to contact the imperial court, which not only showed that he recognized the legitimate status of Li Dao and others, but also reflected a change in his outlook on life and values.

Originally, Cao Cao sent people to Hanoi, intending to borrow from Zhang Yang to envoy to Chang'an. At first, Zhang Yang disagreed, which was naturally due to the fact that Zhang Yang did not recognize the legal political status of Li Dao and others. However, after Dong Zhao's analysis, Zhang Yang suddenly understood that it was useless to only hold a foolish loyalty to the emperor at this time, and the key was to know how to win over allies to develop forces, and then he could talk about loyalty to the emperor. In this regard, Lu Bu also understood this truth after wandering in Kanto for a long time. Therefore, later Lu Bu also changed his thinking, and decided to develop a force of his own first, and then welcome the emperor to return to Luoyang.

In the first month of 193 AD, Cao Cao led his army to garrison Zhencheng. Yuan Shu led the army to move to Tun Fengqiu, and a unit of the Black Mountain Army followed Yuluo to Yuan Shu. Cao Cao fought with them, and Yuan Shu was defeated and retreated first to Xiangyi, then to Ningling, and finally to Jiujiang, but was resisted by Chen Yu, the assassin of Yangzhou. As a result, Yuan Shu retreated to Yinling, gathered troops north of the Huai River, and then led the army to Shouchun again. Chen Yu fled to Xiapi because of fear. As a result, Yuan Shu occupied Shouchun.

There is one person who everyone has heard of, and that is Cao Cao's adopted son Cao Zhen. According to Wei Luo, Cao Zhen's original surname was Qin, and he was Cao Cao's adopted son in this battle with Yuan Shu.

At this time, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan's Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai attacked each other for two years, and the two sides have been at a stalemate. At this time, the situation of Yuan Shao's troops was quite worrying, the soldiers were tired, the food was cut off, and even the wild vegetables and grass in the fields were almost eaten. It just so happened that at this time, the imperial court sent an envoy to mediate the conflict, and Gongsun Zhan and Yuan Shao formed a family of children and daughters, and both sides returned their respective troops.

In March, Yuan Shao led his army to garrison Boluojin, and his Wei soldiers mutinied, and together with the Montenegrin army, Yu Poison captured Yecheng. Subsequently, Yuan Shao recovered Yecheng. In June, Yuan Shao marched to Lugushan to defeat Yu Poison, and the siege broke it for five days, killing Yu Poison and more than 10,000 of his subordinates. Yuan Shao Shunshan continued to march north, and killed all the bandits such as Zuo Ji (pronounced "Zi") and Zhangba. Then he attacked Liu Shi and other bandits, killing tens of thousands of people. In the end, Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan and the four battalions of the Xiongnu slaughtered the tribes. Fighting in Changshan.

The above two paragraphs are the main events that took place in the Kanto region. From this narrative, it can be seen that the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan was still relatively difficult, and there was an attack by the Black Mountain Army in the rear, but he could still withstand it, and it can be said that he has a strong ability to command the army. However, since June, the situation of decadence has been reversed. It can be seen from the description in the information that every battle Yuan Shao has fought since then can be described as overwhelming, and he will win every battle.

I think some people should be wondering, when did Yuan Shao become so powerful in war? "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han" both emphasize that Lü Bu has the credit to Yuan Shao, and thinking that these battles can be won so easily, Lü Bu and others must have played a very important role in them. Although it is not explicitly written in the history books, it is a tacit thing. In addition, it can also be seen from this point that the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army at this time is generally inferior to that of the Western Liang Army, which is also the main reason why they are afraid of the Western Liang Army.