In the autumn and winter of this year, Yuan Shu led the people to worship the heavens to officially claim the emperor, and immediately announced to the world that the princes of the world would respect him as the lord and pay tribute, which was obviously his own wishful thinking.

Yanzhou, the state pastoral office.

"I didn't expect Yuan Shu to be so unwise, although he has the identity of the Yuan family's son-in-law, but compared to the beginning, it is really too far behind!" Cao Cao squinted and listened to the information that the spies had just received, and while feeling angry, he couldn't help but sigh a little, he was also the successor of the Yuan family, Yuan Shu was almost completely destroyed by Yuan Shao, although he occupied the richest Lianghuai region in the Central Plains, but he did such a stupid thing, what is the difference between this and suicide?

"My lord, since Yuan Shu is so rebellious, then in order to maintain Your Majesty's dignity, we should immediately call the princes in the name of Your Majesty to crusade against Yuan Shu!" The strategists below admonished one after another.

"That's nature!" Cao Cao nodded, and immediately said to Xiahou Dun, who was in the first column of generals below: "Yuan asked you to gather troops and horses quickly, and we will immediately send troops to attack Yuan Shu!" ”

"Got it, Mengde!" Hearing that he was about to go to the battlefield, Xiahoudun's face flashed with a hint of excitement and fanaticism, and he nodded heavily and walked out of the main hall.

"Wen Ruo, you help me draft an edict to announce to the world, declaring that Yuan Shu's claim to be the emperor is really a great rebellion, I, Cao Mengde, as a Han minister, were ordered by His Majesty to raise troops to attack him, and send a secret report to Lu An, Lu Bu, Liu Bei and others, so that they can raise troops to fight against Yuan Shu, a traitor, with me!" Cao Cao stroked his beard and said to Xun Yu again.

"Lu An is just that, he has a good relationship with us, but will Lu Bu and Liu Bei come to help us attack Yuan Shu together?" Looking at Cao Cao's very affirmative tone, Xiahou Yuan on the side was a little puzzled and asked.

"Hehe, General Xiahou Yuan, this is no better than other offensive wars, although my Han has many tribulations, but the country is still there, Yuan Shu delusionally wants to be the emperor, that is, he has confirmed his great rebellion, you must know that at the beginning, such as Dong Zhuo did not dare to claim the emperor, although Lu An, Lu Bu and others are now divided from one side, but they are all Hanchen, and now there is a rebellion in such a country, they have to come for the sake of reputation, otherwise what will those officials and people under their command think?" Xun Yu explained with a smile.

"I see!" Xiahou Yuan suddenly realized.

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After Yuan Shu became emperor, the princes of the world were shaken, and not surprisingly, the first to denounce him was Cao Cao.

Cao Cao only welcomed the emperor not long ago, Feng Tianzi to order the purpose of not being subordinate has just been achieved, he absolutely does not allow anyone to destroy the majesty of the emperor of the Han Dynasty at this time, so Cao Cao directly sent troops to prepare for the attack on Yuan Shu, and he not only sent his own troops, but also called on the princes of the world in the name of the emperor to besiege Yuan Shu, the traitor who usurped the Han Dynasty, hoping that the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty in the whole world could help him exterminate the traitor.

After Cao Cao, Yuan Shao also immediately denounced Yuan Shu, although he could not send troops to attack Yuan Shu in Hebei, but in the name of the heir of the Yuan family, he publicly stated that Yuan Shu called the emperor completely personal, against the will of the Yuan family, and tarnished the prestige of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family.

With Yuan Cao taking the lead, the princes of the whole world were naturally criticized and written against Yuan Shu, a usurper, and Yuan Shu was forced to a political dead end, and the identity aura of his famous Yuan family's concubine was also completely dissipated under the Zhaowen published by Yuan Shao, after all, although the Yuan family has a high prestige, how can it be compared to the Liu family, which is sitting on the throne, so there were originally some celebrities or families who were very friendly to Yuan Shu, and they also broke off contact with Yuan Shu all of a sudden, and supported or took refuge in Yuan Shao in Jizhou, felt that the current Yuan Shao could represent the Yuan family and identify him as the real heir of the Yuan family.

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"What do you think about this?" In the Nanjing County Governor's Mansion, Lu An sent Cao Cao's secret letter inviting him to attack Yuan Shu to everyone under his command to read them one by one, and then asked softly.

"Yuan Shu is the emperor, and he has become the first bird of the target, we are Han Chen, this time Cao Cao invited us to attack Yuan Shu in the name of the Son of Heaven, if you don't go, you can't go, especially the territory between us and Yuan Shu is still adjacent, it's really unshirkable." Lu Su stood up and arched his hand.

Since the crusade against Shanyue has made great achievements, Lu Su's status in Jiangdong has gradually risen, and now he has a lot of right to speak under Lu An, and when he heard Lu An's question, he immediately expressed his opinion.

"I also know this, sending troops to Yuan Shu is certain, but the question is how to get out, now our entire Jiangdong is bitter haha, we can't help Cao Cao to do day work, if that's the case, I'll just send 20,000 soldiers and horses out to go around and forget it!" Lu An was a little unwilling.

He is not a person who suffers, now that Yuan Shu is called the emperor, Cao Cao asked them to exterminate Yuan Shu in the name of offering the emperor, which is obviously coming with the name of righteousness, and he has to go, but if he helps Cao Cao to fight without any benefit, it will be too cost-effective.

"The lord sees it!" Sun Shao, Zhang Zhao and others below agreed. Although it is the righteousness of the Son of Heaven, but now Jiangdong is poor, and it is not easy to recover a little vitality in the past two years, but it can't be consumed too much in this battle, anyway, this time the crusade against Yuan Shu Cao Cao is the main force, even if it doesn't work, there are other princes who send troops, and it is not bad for the strength of their side.

"Jia thinks that we should attack with the main force this time and try our best to exterminate Yuan Shu!" Guo Jia smiled slightly and said something different from the others.

"Why?" Lu An asked.

"First, everyone in the world knows that the lord is a loyal minister of the Han family, and now he is crusading against the Han thief Yuan Shu, if we send too few troops, it will inevitably cause criticism, although we can find an excuse to explain, but it will still damage the reputation of the lord! Second, now that our Jiangdong has been banned by the family for a long time, I am afraid that everyone in the world has a little contempt for the lord, and feels that we have declined in all aspects, and now we should also expose some of our strength to let the people of the world know that our Jiangdong is a force that cannot be underestimated, otherwise it will not be conducive to the future development of the lord, and finally, "Guo Jia said with a meaningful smile on his face: "If our trip goes well, we should be able to get a lot of benefits!" ”

"Oh? Tell me about it! Hearing that it was not a day job, Lu An became interested and asked with a smile.

"Of course it's the territory, let's attack Yuan Shu, and the territory we have beaten down can't be given to others!" Guo Jia said confidently.

"This, this isn't very good!" Lu An was slightly stunned, and then said with a wry smile. This era is more faithful, it doesn't matter if they fight each other, but this time he received a secret letter from Cao Cao in advance, and nominally he went to help the Son of Heaven to destroy Yuan Shu, if he occupies a territory, it will be contemptible, and he is not Liu Bei, who can do that kind of cheeky thing.

"Of course, you can't want that area in Huaibei, but the lord is the Yangzhou pastor of the Son of Heaven, and a large part of the Huainan area belongs to Yangzhou, and it is justified for us to occupy that large area!" Guo Jia said with a smile.

"Mr. Guo Jia's plan is very good, we can help Cao Cao send troops to exterminate Yuan Shu together, but it is also reasonable to recover the lost territory in Yangzhou occupied by Yuan Shu!" As soon as Guo Jia finished speaking, the eyes of everyone in the audience lit up, and Lu Su was even more admiring.

That's right, if it is said that it is good to help others send troops, and then go to occupy the territory, it does seem a bit inferior, but if it is to recover the lost land under his official position, there is no problem, Yangzhou Mu's duty is to govern the military affairs of the entire Yangzhou, which naturally includes a large piece that was forcibly occupied by Yuan Shu.

"That's right, if you don't say that I forgot about this stubble, it seems that this time we really have to sell a lot of strength!" was reminded by Guo Jiayi, Lu An also thought of this, and his heart immediately became ready to move, Yuan Shu occupied the richest area of Shouchun Hefei in Yangzhou, in addition, Hefei is also the best road for Jiangdong to open up the Central Plains, although it is slightly worse than Jingzhou's accessibility, but if that piece can be recovered, it will be very convenient to send troops to the Central Plains in the future, otherwise in later generations, Sun 100,000, the Emperor of Eastern Wu, would not have dreamed of taking Hefei down.

"In addition, Jia feels that the lord can also rely on his friendship with Cao Cao back then to ask for grain and grass from him, after all, our Jiangdong has been banned by the family in recent years, and it is a notoriously depressed, and now we are going to help Lord Cao attack Yuan Shu together, I believe Lord Cao will always remember the old!" Guo Jia said again.

"Haha, I'll send a letter to Brother Meng De later!" Lu An smiled slightly, and made up his mind in his heart, some time ago, he was thinking about where the opportunity was for him to meddle in the Central Plains, but he didn't expect that the opportunity would come now, as long as he took the Hefei area, it would be much more convenient for him to transfer troops in the Central Plains at that time.

"Dare to ask the lord, if you go to the Central Plains this time?" Before discussing countermeasures, Gan Ning Zhou Tai and other generals couldn't interject, but now that they had set a strategy, they immediately looked at Lu An with blank eyes.

"Since it is to exterminate the traitors, as the general of the expedition to the east ordered by the Son of Heaven, I should naturally lead the troops in person!" Lu An Zhengse said: "This expedition, send 100,000 troops, Guo Jiajia is the military advisor, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Huang Zhong, Sha Moke each lead one to go with me, Gan Ning Lusu stays in Jiangdong, and the town is small!" ”

"Lord, I 、、!" As soon as he heard that he couldn't go to the front line, Boss Gan Ning was not happy, so he wanted to open his mouth.

"This matter has been decided, no need to say more!" Lu An waved his hand and stopped Gan Ning from speaking, as there are more and more civil and military forces under his command, he should also give those famous generals with outstanding abilities a little more opportunity to make meritorious contributions, otherwise he will always let Gan Ning press on others, whether it is from the balance or from the future hegemony of the Central Plains, it is very disadvantageous, after all, with the intensification of the war in the future, the demand for talents will also be greatly increased, if they are not promoted on the battlefield in advance, they will not be able to convince the public even if they are capable.