When Liu He had a hunch that the time for him to return to Youzhou was approaching, a conspiracy against him and Liu Yu was quietly unfolding.

The first to perceive Liu He's intention to control Luoyang and then control Si Li, and from then on, it was Tian Feng, a strategist beside Yuan Shao, who coerced the Son of Heaven to make the princes intend.

Tian Feng told Yuan Shao: "If the lord allows the Liu family to grow strong in Luoyang, then after the warlords of Chang'an become weak due to internal friction, Liu He will send troops to welcome the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang, and from then on command the world, no one can be defeated!" ”

Yuan Shao was a little disapproving, and said: "Luoyang has been the land of four wars since ancient times, even if Liu He is making a lot of fun there, he only occupies a county, and what kind of climate can he get?" ”

Tian Feng reminded Yuan Shao: "Don't forget the identity of Liu and the royal family!" If someone else occupies Luoyang, it may not be easy to win the hearts of the world, but Liu He is a relative of the Han family and the uncle of today's son. You see that he has only been in Luoyang for two years, and how many talents are vying to go to work? In the long run, I am afraid that the heroes and heroes of the Central Plains will return to their hearts, and at that time, Liu Yu will raise troops in Youzhou to go south, and Liu He will raise another army to cross to the north, so where else can the lord go? ”

Being analyzed so deeply by Tian Feng, Yuan Shao was suddenly shocked that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Tian Feng's words were not easy to say directly, but Yuan Shao understood them.

Liu He now occupies Luoyang in a grand manner, but it has not aroused the disgust and verbal criticism of the people of the world, just because he is the uncle of today's son and the son of Taifu, so he is qualified to replace the emperor who has no heirs to guard the eastern capital Luoyang, if others lead troops to attack Liu He at this time, it is equivalent to telling the people of the world that they want to rebel.

What's even worse is that Liu He has another backer that no one can snatch, and that is his father Liu Yu. Liu Yu is now staying in Youzhou steadily, hanging over the heads of the warlords in Hebei states like a sword of Shangfang, once Liu He grows stronger in Luoyang, he will be able to pretend to be the name of the Son of Heaven at that time. You can clean up whoever you want, and it's the kind of father and son who go into battle together, how does this make others play?

Yuan Shao said with some regret: "I knew that this was the case, even if I lost my troops and lost my generals, I shouldn't have let Liu He go south from Jizhou!" ”

Xu Yu comforted Yuan Shao and said: "The lord doesn't have to blame himself. When Liu He led his troops south, no one would have thought that he would be able to quell the rebellion in Chang'an with only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and he would be able to retreat in time and take root in Luoyang. ”

Guo Tu said with emotion: "Alas, this Liu family should not be underestimated! Even if he later entered Luoyang, don't we speculate that he will eventually withdraw due to lack of food? The result? He was caught in the north and fished in the south to solve the famine in Luoyang. ”

Tian Feng said again: "According to the news from Luoyang. Liu He now has nearly 10,000 elite cavalry and 20,000 elite infantry in Luoyang, and if you add the 10,000 under Zhu Jun, there are 40,000, which is already a very powerful force. If Liu He defended with these 40,000 troops, it was enough to resist the siege of 100,000 troops. ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent, and they didn't dare to give Yuan Shao random ideas.

"Mr. Yuan Hao. Now that this has come to this, what can be done to deal with it? Yuan Shao asked.

Tian Feng had already considered this, and replied: "If the lord wants to achieve an immortal career, then the Liu family and his son will never be able to stay!" The only way to do it now. It is to immediately send people to contact Gongsun Zhan, Cao Mengde, Gongsun Du, and even Liu Biao and Chang'an to form a large network against Liu's father and son, and when the time comes, the lord and Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Du will mobilize a three-way army to attack Liu Yu together. Force Liu He to lead his troops from Luoyang back to the rescue, while Cao Mengde and Liu Biao can send surprise soldiers to ambush Liu He on both sides of the road back to Youzhou and ambush him! ”

"It's just dealing with a little Liu He. Is it necessary to use such a large battle? Xin Ping asked with some puzzlement.

"Xin Zhi, you really underestimated Liu He. I think even if it is arranged like this, it may not be able to cut off that Liu He! Think about it carefully, since Liu He commanded the army, have you ever suffered a defeat? Tian Feng asked Xin Ping with a serious face.

"Mr. Yuan Hao is right! In order to prevent the children of the Liu family from monopolizing the division and controlling the court situation, Ben Hou decided to form an alliance with Gongsun Bogui, Cao Mengde, Gongsun Jisheng, Liu Jingsheng and others to deal with Liu He together! Yuan Shao finally made a decision and adopted Tian Feng's suggestion.

In order to facilitate this alliance against Liu and his son, Yuan Shao sent his most capable henchmen to move around and launched a secret "big series".

Yuan Shao first sent a tent to Xinping to Nanpi to meet Gongsun Zhan and put forward a proposal for an alliance between the two sides. Gongsun Zhan was angry that Liu Yu had deprived him of the matter of Youzhou Mu, so he agreed without hesitation.

After Gongsun Chan agreed to the alliance, Xin Ping suggested that Gongsun Chan send someone to Liaodong to contact Gongsun Du, and let Gongsun Du send a large army from the northeast to help in the war, Gongsun Chan also felt that it was very reasonable, so he immediately sent his henchman Guan Jing to Liaodong by boat to contact Gongsun Du.

Last time, Xian Yuyin took Tai Shici and them to return to Yongnu from the Bohai Sea to Gongsun Chan as a wake-up call, and now Gongsun Chan has also paid more attention to the construction of some naval forces, and let people build a dock in the lower reaches of Zhangshui and build some fast boats that can sail in the sea.

Gongsun Zhan was also scared by Liu He's father and son, and the original intention of building this dock was to leave himself an extra way out, and he didn't want it to really come in handy this time.

Yuan Shao also sent Xu You, the former commissioner, to Zhencheng to persuade Cao Cao to join in this "hunting feast" against Liu He and his son.

Xu You and Cao Heizi were originally fellow villagers, and their previous friendship was also good, plus Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have always been brothers, and they have not turned their faces because of the problem of grabbing land, so Xu You's persuasion is much easier.

In fact, without waiting for Yuan Shao to send someone to contact, Cao Heizi was already keenly aware of Liu He's "wolf ambition", otherwise he would not have thought about the convoy escorted by Li Yan at the beginning of the year.

The reason why Cao Cao sat firmly in Diaoyutai and waited for Yuan Shao to take the initiative to send someone to contact him was, of course, to take the opportunity to seize the initiative in bargaining.

Cao Cao asked Xu You: "I have never had a grudge against Liu Yu's father and son, why do you want to help Yuan Gong this time?" ”

Xu You replied: "If one day Liu He welcomes the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang, and then re-sends a person surnamed Liu to the position of Yanzhou pastor, or invites Meng De to Luoyang as an official, how will Meng De respond?" ”

Cao Cao laughed dryly a few times and did not answer directly.

"If I ambush Liu He on his way back to Youzhou, what benefits will I have afterwards?" Cao Cao saw that there was no one left and right. So the most crucial question was asked.

Xu You replied: "Yuan Gong has said that this time the Liu father and son have been eradicated, and he is willing to take the Yellow River as the boundary with Meng De, and continue to provide mutual aid in the future, so as to calm the world." ”

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Liu He's soldiers and horses are fierce, if there are only one or two ambushes, I am afraid that it will be difficult to work." ”

Xu You said with a sinister face: "Don't worry about Meng De, Duke Yuan has already sent someone to Xiangyang to contact Liu Biao, and sent someone to Chang'an to contact Lu Fengxian. If these two forces come in, Liu He will definitely be unable to escape! ”

So, Cao Heizi also joined the lineup to hunt Liu He.

Yuan Shao also sent Chen Lin, who was engaged in the front of the tent, to Xiangyang to meet Liu Biao, and persuaded Liu Biao to send troops from Nanyang County to Chenliu to ambush Liu He.

Chen Lin told Liu Biao: "Do you know who instructed the Danshui mob active in the northwest of Nanyang County? ”

Liu Biao frowned and replied: "It seems that it has nothing to do with Liu Shiren." ”

"So, do you know how many elite soldiers Liu Shiren has recruited from near Danshui in the past two years?" Chen Lin asked again.

Liu He shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"According to reliable sources, Liu Shiren has recruited 20,000 elite infantry from the vicinity of Danshui in just two years! Nanyang is the land of adults, but Liu Shiren regards it as the source of his soldiers, if this matter is known to the world. I'm afraid I'll laugh and be generous! ”

Liu Biao didn't care about any smiling and generous, he was just worried that Liu He would become a mob with weapons in his hands sooner or later, so he also agreed to Yuan Shao's proposal to send troops to ambush Liu He.

Yuan Shao also sent his son-in-law Gao Gan's cousin Gao Rou from the direction of Hexi County to Chang'an to meet Lü Bu secretly. Instigated Lü Bu to participate in the operation against Liu He.

Gao Rou first presented a lot of gold and silver treasures to Lu Bu, which made Lu Bu, who had always been greedy for money, very happy, so Lu Bu asked people to set up a banquet for Gao Rou to wash the dust.

When the wine is hot. Gao Rou pretended to be drunk, and then said, "In the past, people in the world mentioned your name, General. will praise you for being the best in the world; When it comes to the Bingzhou cavalry, it will also be praised as the first in the world. However, for example, many people today say that Zhao Zilong, a fierce general under Liu Shiren, is the first in the world, and the Youzhou cavalry under Zhao Zilong is the first in the world! ”

When Lu Bu heard this, his face suddenly turned ugly, he threw down the wine glass in his hand fiercely, and said angrily: "Teach me to meet that Zhao Zilong in the coming day, otherwise I will definitely let the world see the power of the halberd in my hand!" The Youzhou cavalry can't even beat Gongsun Zhan's white horse righteousness, how dare they claim to be the best in the world? In the coming day, let's see that Benhou personally led the state iron cavalry to destroy the prestige of the Youzhou cavalry! ”

Gao Rou saw that Lu Bu had already entered the hub, so he said slowly: "If the general is interested, in fact, there is no need to wait for the next day, now there is an excellent opportunity to make the people of the world wake up, who is the real number one in the world!" ”

"Oh, there's still such a chance? Please come quickly, Mr. Gao! ”

Gao Rou then told Lu Bu that he would lead the cavalry east out of Tongguan in a certain year and month, and ambush near Hongnong, if Liu He led the army north from near Shaanxi County to Hedong, he falsely claimed that Liu He intended to lead the army to attack Chang'an, hold the Son of Heaven hostage, and then take the opportunity to annihilate Liu He in one fell swoop, and also buried Zhao Yun and the Youzhou cavalry completely on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Lu Bu agreed, called a few of his henchmen in front of Gao Rou, and then secretly arranged it.

Although Lu Bu drank a few more cups, he was actually not a fool who would get angry after being fooled casually, the reason why he agreed to Gao Rou's suggestion so happily was because Lu Bu had already sensed that Liu He's presence in Luoyang seriously threatened his position.

Now the little emperor is still in Chang'an, so Lu Bu can still unite with Wang Yun to control the court situation, if one day the emperor grows up and insists on moving back to Luoyang, then Liu He has already run Luoyang like an iron bucket, and what is the matter with him Lu Bu? (To be continued......)