In just one month, the changes that happened under Chang'an City made the princes of the world look sideways. So, as the arrogance of the traverser, he occupies the innate advantage of predicting the situation, is there no small action at this time?

The answer is: not really.

Zhang Qi didn't think that when Dong Zhuo was killed, he suddenly appeared under Chang'an City with troops and captured Chang'an in one fell swoop. However, after carefully considering the various matters related to it, he could only admit with frustration that this kind of thing was not something that the current state army could do.

First of all, raids are a thing that emphasizes suddenness and accuracy. It's a pity that Zhang Qi only remembered that Dong Zhuo was killed, but he didn't remember the specific time when Dong Zhuo was killed. The longer you want to disguise the presence of a large army, the less likely it is. If the timing is not accurate enough, the news of the raid will inevitably leak out, and it will no longer be sudden.

Secondly, Sili is the base camp of the Han family, since He Jinquan collected Sili and hunted down the Taiping Daoists, the Taiping Dao, which suffered heavy losses, was almost completely ineffective in Chang'an. Once the state army set foot on the land of Sili, it was equivalent to entering the scope of the enemy country. How to obtain supplies, how to pass through the passes and garrison strongholds along the way, in front of the state army, can be described as an unsolvable problem.

Finally, just as the current situation has evolved, even if Zhang Qi succeeds in capturing Chang'an City, he will have to face the army of Han Sui and Ma Teng who are advancing westward. With the strength of the Korean and Malaysian coalition forces, how many people will Zhang Dong send to be able to defend Chang'an City?

Without sufficient strength, all schemes are empty.

In addition, what benefits can the occupation of Chang'an bring to the arrogance?

Hijacking the Son of Heaven?

Cao Cao can welcome the Son of Heaven to his side, that is because Cao Cao's family is a family of officials of the Han Dynasty, and it can be said that they are well-rooted. With the popularity accumulated by his grandfather Cao Teng, father Cao Song and Cao Cao himself for three generations. He "obeys the orders of the Son of Heaven and does not obey him", and he has a deep foundation and a sufficient stand. It is true that among Cao Cao's enemies, some people scolded Cao Cao for "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", but it is an indisputable fact that the influence of the Son of Heaven can be fully exerted in Cao Cao's hands.

If insolence gets the son of heaven of the Han family. And what should I do?

The arrogance of the Yellow Turban, who was born in the Yellow Turban, may be regarded by the corporal of the world as an important minister in the court, so that he can "serve the Son of Heaven and not be a minister"?

In private, Zhang Qiang secretly speculated, but he was afraid that the result of this would be that he would become a super large target. Any prince, if he wants to attack the arrogant, as long as he erects the banner of "Qingjun's side", he can be in the shouts and cheers of the corporal in the world. Rest assured that I boldly attacked the arrogance.

This point was mentioned to Zhang Mad as soon as he mentioned the matter of controlling the Son of Heaven to his subordinates, and Changshi Guo Yi euphemistically mentioned it to Zhang Mao. Realizing that his origin would become the biggest obstacle to "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", Zhang Mad felt for the first time that the original surname "Zhang" [Zhang Jiao's Zhang] also had something bad.

Therefore, he was a little depressed and arrogant, and then completely put aside the strategy of Si Li. It's just that the assassin in charge of espionage is engaged in Wei Xiao, and strengthens the generals in Chang'an who are registered with the state. For example, the contact of Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others, when these guys run away from Guanzhong, they will think of the choice of joining the state.

Zhang Qi didn't believe that there was an example of the party guarding Zhang Yang [although this one is still under house arrest], and Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others would not care at all about this piece of kindness thrown by Bingzhou.

Lu Bu's unbridled kindness to Bingzhou is, of course, felt something. But. The route he fled from Chang'an this time was not to the north, but to the southeast.

Compared with the arrogance who lived in one place and had a bad reputation, Lu Bu, as well as Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Cheng Lian and others who fled with him, all felt it. Now the most powerful post-general Yuan Shu is the most promising overlord in the world. Lu Bu felt that he was not desperate enough to take refuge in a Yellow Turban remnant.

In this Chang'an turmoil, the main gain of insolence is probably to get the swordsman Li Su who once assassinated Dong Zhuo to vote. And the actual cause of Dong Zhuo's death made Zhang Qiang sigh again, and there are really a lot of unreliable records in history.

Let's talk about Lu Bu. A few years ago, when Lu Bu was still serving under Dong Zhuo, he had a fierce battle with Sun Jian, the number one general under Yuan Shu, and once shot Sun Jian's confidant Zu Mao. In view of this, Lu Bu led more than 500 elite cavalry of the Northern Han Army, and after stepping into the boundary of Yuzhou, he stopped and sent someone to see Yuan Shu first to find out Yuan Shu's attitude towards this group of remnants.

Due to the great changes in Chang'an, Yuan Shu suddenly stopped his offensive against Yanzhou, and turned the spearhead of the forward to the turbulent Si Li. This gave his tired low-level soldiers a brief respite.

I have to say that Yuan Shu, as the prince with the highest prestige in the world, if he can conquer Chang'an in one fell swoop and gain the control of the Son of Heaven, he will definitely be able to overwhelm the other princes in prestige in an instant. With the help of this prestige, Yuan Shu will definitely be able to achieve the effect of one hundred responses by integrating many of Yuan's former protégés, so that he can successfully achieve his desire to dominate the world!

At that time, Yuan Shu could be completely sure that those former officials of the Yuan clan who still obeyed his brother Yuan Shao at this time would inevitably turn against him. And Yuan's sister-in-law will definitely be able to completely suppress the "maid son" who is quite good at jumping!

After that......

Perhaps, the Yuan family is no longer just the most prestigious family in the world. Perhaps, in the future history books, there will be a "Benji" to record the glorious deeds of his Yuan Shu, (1) maybe......

Considering the offensive division, it is the time to employ people. Although Yuan Shu despised Lu Bu's background and character, he still accepted him happily. As for the past grievances between Lu Bu and Sun Jian, Yuan Shu gently exposed it with the sentence "Everyone is their master". Although Sun Jian was dissatisfied in his heart, he was not good at turning his face with Yuan Shu because of this, so he had to press it in his heart.

Yuan Shu's temporary change in the direction of the attack can be said to give Cao Cao a feeling of escaping death. Not to mention anything else, the most important thing is that now Cao Cao's big backer Yuan Shao is being entangled and beaten by the army of Gongsun Zhan, a heroic man in the north. Without Yuan Shao's support, with Cao Cao's control over Yanzhou, he didn't think that he could successfully hold on to it under the three-way siege of Yuan Shu's 200,000 army.

However, with Yuan Shu, the second lord, he suddenly threw the strategic offensive direction of the "200,000" army to Si Li. Now Cao Cao only needs to sit obediently on the side and watch how Yuan Shu's 100,000 army fights to the death with the Qiang Han Iron Cavalry from Liangzhou. When the battle between the two sides is over, whether it is Yuan Shu or Han Sui, there will inevitably be a lot of losses. And with the buffer of this time, Cao Cao was confident that he was already enough to grasp the situation in the entire Yanzhou.

I felt relieved. Not only Cao Cao, but also Liu Biao and Yuan Shao.

Liu Biao's control over the four southern counties of Jingzhou has always been very poor, and this time Yuan Shu waved his army to the west, and he just sent his general Zhang Xian to lead troops into Changsha to attack the four southern counties. After starting with the four counties of Jingnan, Liu Biao's power will be greatly strengthened, both in terms of territory and population. Of course, with the poor foundation of the four counties of Jingnan. Liu Biao's actual strength will not change decisively, it can only be regarded as having a backup base.

As for Yuan Shao, in the face of the army of Gongsun Zhan, a strong soldier in the north, it can be said that he did his best to maintain an invincible and undefeated situation. If it weren't for Gongsun Zhan's great ambition, when he confronted Yuan Shao's army, he actually sent the general Tian Kai to break into Qingzhou. intending to control Qingzhou, Yuan Shaodu was really a little unbearable.

For Gongsun Zhan's decision to divide his troops to attack Qingzhou. Yuan Shao is extremely welcome. Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiaohe, who was incompetent, since he was repeatedly defeated by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, actually had some shame and anger, and died of illness in Zibo not long ago. Gongsun Zhan wanted to take this opportunity to enter Qingzhou, but he didn't know that Yuan Shao could also justifiably send his eldest son Yuan Tan into Qingzhou. In the name of helping Qingzhou resist the yellow turbans. And the battle between the two warlords once again stretched the front.

In fact, between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao, the fight has reached the point where it is almost impossible to fight. Due to the huge consumption of troops and food, both sides are trapped. Or they may be in the midst of a serious financial crisis. From November of the third year of Chuping [192] to January of the fourth year of Chuping, within three months, a total of more than ten people were killed and injured on both sides. It can be said that although there was no truce between the two sides during this period, it was almost the same as a truce.

January of the fourth year of the first peace [193] was undoubtedly an unfortunate month that made everyone in the world have no intention of celebrating the festival. In this month, Han Sui, the general of Zhenxi who controlled the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, officially announced to the world that the Yuan was changed to the first year of stability. ②

The first year of stability was not stable at all. The first month has not yet passed, and the 80,000 army personally commanded by Yuan Shu has already set foot on the land of Sili.

At the same time, in Jizhou, Gongsun Zhan collected the last grain at hand and prepared to launch a final battle against Yuan Shao under the city of Raoyang in Anping State.

After this battle, whether it is won or lost, Gongsun Chan will no longer have the ability to take the initiative to attack in the short term. Because, the continuous battles made it difficult for Youzhou Mu Liu Yu to tolerate Gongsun Zhan's consumption of money and grain. Without Liu Yu's logistical support, Gongsun Chan would not have been able to raise enough military rations for the offensive.

In Yanzhou, Cao Cao was also preparing for battle. Although he was fortunate to avoid a direct confrontation with the southern overlord Yuan Shu, the threat from Xuzhou in the east still existed. Cao Bao, the number one general under Tao Qian, has already obtained the command of 20,000 troops, and is trying to take advantage of the war in Yanzhou and the empty treasury to seize the territory of several counties. Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian would not think that the scope of his jurisdiction was too small, and on the other hand, Cao Bao was also interested in concurrently serving as a taishou position.

In Qingzhou, with the death of Jiaohe, the former Qingzhou assassin, Gongsun Zan sent Tian Kai and Yuan Shao sent Yuan Tan to enter Qingzhou one after another, seeking to control such a large state. Tian Kai's army is strong, but Yuan Tan's reputation is high. The Qingzhou officials led by Kong Rong, the Taishou of Beihai, although they remained neutral for the time being, most of them were inclined to Yuan Tan.

In this way, Tian Kai, Yuan Tan, and Kong Rong, plus a Yellow Turban force, and the Quartet forces confronted each other in Qingzhou, and a delicate balance was formed.

Almost at the same time, fierce battles took place on the four battlefields on the land of Shenzhou. This is undoubtedly a disaster for the people of the world who are looking forward to stability. And the "first year of stability" is obviously a bit ironic because of this.

However, it is the Jizhou battlefield that can be said to be the fastest to distinguish the winner and loser. (To be continued......)

PS: PS: (1) Benji is a special term for the biography of emperors in ancient Chinese biographical history books.

(2) The first year of stability, there is no such year in history. This is made up by the author, symbolizing that history has since entered a trajectory that is very different from the original time and space.