Chapter 211 Precise Layout

A conspiracy always takes time from planning to final implementation, and the larger and more terrible the conspiracy, the longer it will take to prepare.

The problem with this is that more and more people may know what is going on.

However, once some conspiracies are in operation, even if the targeted parties detect some clues, it may be too late to stop them.

For example, this time, a group of warlords with different evil intentions targeted Liu and his son's conspiracy.

Yuan Shao targeted Liu He and his son, wanting to eliminate the situation of abdominal and back pressure, and then monopolize Jizhou, and then control Hebei Prefectures and replace Liu Yu.

Gongsun Zhan targeted Liu He and his son, wanting to return to Youzhou, completely occupy the entire territory of Youzhou, and then compete with Yuan Shao for hegemony in Jizhou, which was also the idea of controlling Hebei Prefectures.

Gongsun Du targeted Liu He and his son because he was worried that Liu Yu would liquidate his various transgressions in the future and claim the throne in Liaodong, and at the same time, it was also to regain the face that was slapped by Xian Yuyin and Han Heng last time.

Cao Cao targeted Liu He's father and son because he saw Liu He's long-term intentions and didn't want to have another opponent in the world who could really compete with him for the world.

Liu Biao aimed at Liu He and his son, wanting to take a tailwind boat to further consolidate his territory in Nanyang, and then completely cut off the hidden dangers left by Liu He in the Danshui area.

Lu Bu targeted Liu He and his son because he felt that his influence on the imperial court was gradually declining, and he had a sense of crisis, so he made the first move.

These people have different reasons, but in the final analysis, they are still driven by interests, because none of them really think about the stability of the country and the life and death of the people, in fact, they are all the consequences of the expansion of their personal desire for power.

Probably half a month after Xu You met Cao Cao, Liu He suddenly received a strange warning, asking him to be careful about the movements of Youzhou, no matter what happened. Don't go back to Youzhou.

The one who came to warn was a dead soldier, and he didn't say a word to Liu He other than these words.

Liu He did not embarrass the dead soldier who reported to him, but took advantage of the dead of night to send him out of Luoyang quietly. From beginning to end, Liu He did not ask where this man came from, whose orders he was on, and what purpose the person who sent him to warn him.

After sending off the warning people, Liu He immediately asked the guards in the palace to wake up Guo Jia and Li Yan, and then relayed the somewhat abrupt news to the two. Let them help us go through it.

Guo Jia thought for a moment, frowned and said, "Does Gongzi feel that the states on both sides of the Yellow River have been a little too quiet in recent months?" ”

"It's a bit of a quiet anomaly." Liu He nodded and said.

Guo Jia continued: "Although I don't know which camp the person who came to warn Lu Dao belongs to, and I don't know who Lu Dao was instructed by, but judging from the news brought by this person, there must be a big operation against Youzhou, and the real purpose of the people behind the scenes who manipulated this conspiracy is to force you to return to Youzhou, and even prepare to besiege you on the way back to Youzhou." ”

Li Yan and Liu He nodded at the same time, agreeing with Guo Jia's analysis.

Guo Jia very decisively suggested: "It is a top priority. The first is to immediately send capable people back to Youzhou and notify Youzhou to make preparations for a major crisis; the second is to immediately rectify the Luoyang soldiers and horses and prepare to return to Youzhou; The third is to find suitable candidates to stay in Luoyang to avoid Luoyang's achievements from falling into the hands of others! ”

Li Yan said with some doubts: "Since I know that it is dangerous to return to Youzhou. Why do you have to make up your mind to return to Youzhou? ”

Guo Jia explained: "Anything in the world is more dangerous, and the more rewarding it is. Luoyang is really not a place to fight for hegemony, and Gongzi must return to Youzhou in order to truly embark on the road of hegemony. Now that someone else has taken the lead. Then you can't stay in Luoyang for a long time. ”

"If you are determined to return to Youzhou, why do you want to find loyal and reliable people to stay in Luoyang, wouldn't this distract your strength?" Li Yan asked again.

Guo Jia replied: "Although Luoyang is not a place to fight for hegemony. However, it is located in the center of the world, and it can not only provide a lot of useful information, but also attract the attention of many powerful forces, so it is best used as a bait, so try not to give it up when you can. ”

"There is a situation that I think it is necessary for Fengxiao to master." Liu He then told Guo Jia about Tian Chou and Xian Yuyin going to Chang'an from Saiwai and Mobei.

After Guo Jia heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said with a strange face: "The news that Shiren just said is very important, whether you can win by surprise depends on it!" ”

Guo Jia then told Liu He and Li Yan about his idea, and after listening to it, both of them looked at Guo Jia with admiration, and seemed to be very supportive of Guo Jia's proposal.

After plotting that night, Liu He immediately sent people to Danshui to urgently recall Tian Chou to Luoyang, and sent his guard Ding Guo to leave Luoyang overnight.

Youzhou has now added Xu Rong and Li Ru, although they don't look outstanding, but judging from the intelligence fed back to Liu He by Xian Yuyin and Xu Miao and others, both of them are talented people with outstanding abilities and can be of great use, so Liu He is not too worried that his father will not even be able to support the first wave of attacks in the face of a sudden crisis against Youzhou.

Not long after Liu He's side moved, there was suddenly a bad news from Chang'an.

It turned out that Li Dao, Guo Yan and others actually sent troops to Chang'an again because of some contradictions with Chang'an Lu Bu, and there seemed to be signs of a second siege of Chang'an.

Soon after Liu He received the news, the Kwantung states also learned about the situation very quickly, and changed their previous behavior of pretending to be deaf and dumb, and many powerful forces sent envoys to Youzhou, asking Taifu Liu Yu to be the leader of the alliance, and organize everyone to send troops to Chang'an together, completely solve the warlords such as Li Dao and Guo Yan, and welcome the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang.

Liu He, who solved the danger of Chang'an last time, is now obviously in Luoyang, but many powerful forces in the eastern part of the Kanto region went to Youzhou to ask Liu Yu for his life, no matter how you look at it, this matter is a bit abnormal.

However, these envoys also have excuses, they say that Liu Yu is the one who really presides over the overall situation, and although Liu He did his best last time, he did not welcome the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang, so he is not enough to take on the heavy responsibility of commanding the coalition forces in the Kwantung region to crusade against Li Dao and Guo Yan.

Liu Yu now has the strategist Li Ru as a staff officer by his side, and he saw the inappropriateness at a glance, so he strongly persuaded Liu Yu not to agree to this matter, and should push the problem to Liu He in Luoyang. Liu Yu had already received Liu He's warning before, so he politely refused the requests of the envoys from all walks of life. Kick the trouble to Luoyang, let everyone go to Luoyang to contact their son Liu He, and they can also elect a respected person as the leader of the alliance, Liu He will definitely participate with all his might.

Envoys from all walks of life were not embarrassed by Liu Yu, and rushed to Yecheng to ask for Yuan Shao, asking him to go out of the mountain again and serve as the leader of the alliance to rescue the Son of Heaven from returning to Luoyang. Yuan Shao politely excused himself, and then said that if Luoyang Liu He agreed to be dispatched by him, he would come forward to serve as the leader of the alliance.

The envoys then went from Yecheng to Luoyang, forcing Liu He to agree to support Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance.

Of course, Liu He couldn't agree to Yuan Shao's insidious request.

To the point where it has come to this. Liu He has already roughly seen who wants to deal with him, if he agrees to support Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance at this time, then Yuan Shao will definitely appoint him as the vanguard, let him lead the army to fight against Li Dao and Guo Yan and other warlords, and Yuan Shao and other warlords will easily occupy Luoyang, and then completely cut off Liu He's retreat, and sit back and watch Liu He be beaten to death by a group of warlords in Guanzhong.

Liu He did not agree to support Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, and the forces of the people forced him to give up Luoyang in order to free up a base for the coalition to advance. As a result, Liu He refused again.

At this time, the Kwantung princes quit, and they accused Liu Yu and his son of scheming, and one of stealing from Youzhou did not want to rescue the Son of Heaven. One occupies Luoyang but tries to stand on his own, and throws all kinds of sewage on the heads of Liu Yu's father and son.

It didn't take long for Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Gongsun Zan of Qingzhou, Gongsun Du of Pingzhou, Kong Rong of Beihai, Tao Qian of Xuzhou, Yuan Shu of Yangzhou, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou to announce to the world that they had formed an alliance to fight together against Liu Yu's father and son, who tried to usurp power and stand on their own.

How did Kong Rong and Yuan Shu get involved? When Yuan Shao sent someone to contact him. You don't seem to be in contact with them, huh?

It turned out that Kong Rong was forced by Gongsun Zhan's threats, while Yuan Shu was motivated by Liu He's life in Danshui Yin at the beginning, and both parties were verbally supportive. In fact, no troops were sent into the war.

Even so, the whole situation immediately had a feeling that black clouds were pressing down on the city and wanted to destroy it, as if Liu Yu's father and son were already angry and resentful, and the world would not tolerate it.

In March of the fifth year of the first peace, Yuan Shao's generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou led an army of 50,000 troops from Pingcheng in Yanmen County, Bingzhou, to raid the adjacent Daijun Gaoliu, fortunately the Gaoliu defenders were well prepared, Liu Yu did not know when to replace the Gaoliu guards with Xu Rong, which withstood the attack of Yuan Shaojun.

At the same time, the 20,000 cavalry sent by Gongsun Du of Liaodong suddenly appeared in the territory of Youbeiping, and joined the 30,000 soldiers and horses led by Gongsun Zhan's general Tian Kai and Gongsun Yue, and then approached Yuyang Lu County, and surrounded the defender Xian Yuyin in the city.

On the Jizhou side, Yuan Shao sent troops to approach Liaotao, making it impossible for Lu Zhi to send his troops to the north to support Liu Yu, while Gongsun Zan concentrated his troops stationed in Qingzhou in the lower reaches of the Yellow River in Le'anguo, near the sea, and then took the troop transport ship provided by Gongsun Du to go north from Bohai Bay to the mouth of the Gushui River, and landed ashore in the lower reaches of Yongnu, bypassing the obstruction of Lu Zhi in Jizhou, and directly sending troops to Youzhou.

As a result, Youzhou once again faced an attack by a three-way army.

Last time, Liu Yu's father and son were racking their brains and busy dealing with the siege of the three-way army under Gongsun Zhan. And this time, Liu Yu's father and son are thousands of miles apart, but Liu Yu has to face the siege of Gongsun Du, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, and the danger and pressure they face can be imagined.

However, fortunately, the speed of the attack of the troops and horses in these three directions did not seem to be fast, and they did not use all their strength, so Liu Yu, under the suggestion of Li Ru, transferred troops and sent troops, but he also supported the initial attack.

In Luoyang, after Liu He learned the news that the three-way army was besieging his father, he said to Guo Jia with a black face: "Fengxiao, now on the road to Youzhou, only Cao Heizi has not made a statement on the crusade against my father and son, what do you say he is doing?" ”

Guo Jiazhi said that Liu He was asking knowingly, so he replied angrily: "Cao Mengde must have made all kinds of preparations in Yanzhou, just waiting for you to lead your troops to pass by, I want to give you a big surprise!" (To be continued......)

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