Chapter 653: Yuan Shao's panic
Zhu Jun suddenly gave up Zhongmu Zhuxian and waved his army north, and the troops disappeared in Hanoi and their whereabouts were unknown.
If Zhu Jun really went to Yecheng, it would be tantamount to a bolt from the blue for Yuan Shao.
Is it possible for Zhu Jun to rush to Yecheng?
Of course!
Regardless of the subjective will or the objective situation, Zhu Jun has sufficient reasons to enter Yecheng.
This has to start with Zhu Jun's recent situation.
Zhu Jun is a famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although he was born in a poor family, but in the court of important ministers on military merits, I am afraid that only Huangfu Song is qualified to be compared with him. After the end of the campaign against Dong Zhuo, Huangfu Song was taken captive to Chang'an and was subject to Dong Zhuo, while Zhu Jun insisted on opposing Dong in Zhongmu and continued to fight for the Han family.
But no matter how high the prestige is, it is difficult to hide the embarrassment in reality.
Zhu Jun crusaded against Dong Zhuo in the Zhongmu Tun army, Zhongmu belonged to Henan Yin, Dong Zhuo abducted the population when he gave up Luoyang, and caused Henan Yin a lot of harm, and the former royal capital became dilapidated and withered. Zhu Jun barely occupied five counties, asked for money but no money, no food, no people, and had no choice but to call on the local princes of various states and counties to send troops to come over and jointly crusade against Dong Zhuo.
With his prestige and popularity, he thought that the princes would have to sell face no matter what, and besides, for the country, the princes had no reason not to support it. It's a pity that most of the Kwantung princes support their own troops, except for Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian's enough support, the other princes are either false and wrong, or pretend to be deaf and dumb, which makes Zhu Jun sad and angry, and is very disappointed.
If you want to select the princes who are most dissatisfied with Zhu Jun, Yuan Shao's ranking must be very high.
The Son of Heaven and the hundred officials were taken captive to Chang'an, and the great plan to save the country relied on the joint efforts of the heroes of the Kanto region, which should have been the time when Yuan Shao, the lord of the Guan, was shining and making contributions to the Han court and the common people in the world.
But Yuan Shao is not an alliance leader who regards the world as the public at all.
After the crusade against Dong Zhuo ended, this thing began to form a gang and appoint princes to enclose land without authorization, setting a very bad precedent. Later, General En's revenge and revenge for Han Fu, who had kindly taken him in, was not satisfied, and when Sun Jian attacked Dong Zhuo and did not return, Zhou Ang was appointed as the assassin of Yuzhou to seize the territory, and Sun Jian was forced to return to the division to save himself. followed by a big fight with Gongsun Zhan, which can be called the source of the chaos in the Kanto region.
With Yuan Shao's various actions, if it weren't for the fact that his uncle Yuan Kui's family was killed by Dong Zhuo, it really makes people wonder if this guy was sent by Dong Zhuo to the Kanto undercover agent......
If the alliance leader is still so selfish, how can other princes be dedicated to the public?
Now the Kanto is the second Yuan rivalry, at least one Tao Qian in the Yuan Shu camp sent 3,000 elite soldiers to Zhongmu, and Sun Jian, who was attached to Yuan Shu, was the only prince in the Kanto who fought with Dong Zhuo, which was considered to have contributed to the imperial court. On the other hand, Yuan Shao's camp, that is, there were no troops to fight Dong Zhuo, and he did not send troops to send food to support Zhu Jun, and he also stabbed Sun Jian in the back of his buttocks.
The Kwantung princes divided their own sides, and Zhu Jun could not get strong support, and his life was very sad.
Dong Zhuo sent Li Wei and Guo Yan to resist Zhu Jun, Zhu Jun's westward advance was repulsed, the troops could not be replenished, money, food, and military salaries were even more stretched, and Zhu Jun, who only occupied the land of five counties, became more and more difficult.
Li Wei and Guo Yan saw that Zhu Jun was weak, and not long ago, they united with Zhang Ji to lead tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry to attack Zhongmu, defeated Zhu Jun, and plundered the counties of Chenliu and Yingchuan counties along the way.
This battle caused Zhu Jun heavy losses, and it became more difficult to rely on the Zhongmu troops.
The strong enemy is on the side, the stronghold is dilapidated and difficult to raise troops, and it is not surprising that Zhu Jun gave up Zhongmu.
The key is Zhu Jun's next step!
Leaving the original base area, you have to find a new place to stay.
Abandoning Zhongmu to the north, most of Hanoi is Wang Kuang's territory, and several counties in the west are occupied by Li Dao and Guo Yan, and there is no place for Zhu Jun; Further north is Shangdang, Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang is a native of Bingzhou, in Shangdang a few years to pacify the bandits and even hopeful, and Zhang Yang and Lu Bu have a very good relationship, robbing Shangdang is not tight, it is likely to be retaliated by Dong Zhuo's camp and the state army, no matter how you look at it, it is not suitable to become a new base.
Wang Kuang and Zhang Yang are both princes of the Han family, they have participated in the discussion of Dong, and they have no bad deeds. In fact, Zhu Jun did not rob Hanoi and Shangdang.
So where are Zhu Jun's troops?
After entering the territory of Hanoi, he disappeared, did not go north, did not have the strength to go west to meet Dong Zhuo, and returned to the original point to the south, it seems that Zhu Jun's department only has the option of going east.
There are four places to the east of Hanoi, including Tran Liu, and Anh Chuan.
However, Chen Liu and Yingchuan had just been looted by Li Dao, Guo Yan and others some time ago, and their damage was not much better than that of Zhongmu. Although Zhongmu also suffered from war, Zhu Jun retreated to the county seat after being defeated, and the towns outside were seriously damaged, and the most important county seat was relatively intact, much better than Chenliu and Yingchuan, which had been looted in many counties. If Zhu Jun wants to change places to garrison troops, Chen Liu and Yingchuan can be excluded at the earliest.
The third place to go is Dongjun, but the Taishou of Dongjun is Cao Cao.
Cao Cao once personally risked the assassination of Dong Zhuo, and after the defeat, he escaped from Luoyang to "scatter his wealth and raise the righteous soldiers", and the first volunteer soldiers called on the heroes of the world to crusade against Dong Zhuo, so far, he has done a lot for the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he is one of the few hot-blooded people. Cao Cao's strength was relatively weak, and after the end of the discussion with Yuan Shao, he formed an alliance with Yuan Shao to protect himself, and he had no spare strength to give Zhu Jun more support, but with Zhu Jun's popularity, status and position, even if he urgently needed a place to live, it was unlikely that he would attack Cao Cao.
The last place to go is Wei County.
Chen Liujun and Yingchuan County have no relationship with Yuan Shao; Dongjun belongs to the territory of his ally Cao Cao, located in Yanzhou, and is occupied by Zhu Jun, and the board will not be directly hit on Yuan Shao's buttocks, at most he will find a piece of land for Cao Cao, and it would be better if Cao Cao was willing to invest directly under his account; Only Wei County is the territory of Jizhou.
Yecheng is in the territory of Wei County, and it is also the seat of Jizhou Prefecture!
If Zhu Jun enters Wei County, it means that this famous general has decided to compete with Yuan Shao for Jizhou!
Jizhou, the world's most capital, a rich land in Hebei, with a large population and abundant products, is obviously more suitable than Yingchuan, Chenliu and Dongjun from the perspective of finding a base area.
You must know that Yuan Shao's means of entering Jizhou were not above board, although the original Jizhou assassin history was relatively mediocre, he finally took in Yuan Shao and lent Yuan Shao the most populous Bohai County in Jizhou to settle down, and the state government also continued to send money, food and materials to Bohai to support Yuan Shao to train the army to crusade against Dong Zhuo.
Han Fu did his duty to Yuan Shaoren, in exchange for Yuan Shaojiu's occupation of the magpie's nest.
Yuan Shao purely eats bowl noodles and turns over the bottom of the bowl.
In the era when "faith and righteousness" were still advocated, his behavior was despicable, which was also an important reason why he failed to quickly gain the military and civilian recognition of Jizhou after seizing Jizhou with his prominent background and status as the head of the Guannan Association. If Zhu Jun came to rob Jizhou, it is estimated that none of the Kwantung princes would dare to open their eyes for Yuan Shao, and these princes would not have enough weight in front of Zhu Jun. As for the people's opinions, they are probably "very happy", "it should be so" and so on.
What's more, Yecheng was captured by the rebels and the Montenegrin army, and it was not in Yuan Shao's hands!
If Zhu Jun marched into Wei County and captured Yecheng, it can be said that he would put down the rebellion, and then occupy Wei County, what should Yuan Shaoneng do? If you think about it, there is no better way than to pinch your nose and swallow this bitter fruit. Zhu Jun is not only a famous general who is an important minister in the DPRK, but he has also been on the front line of resisting Dong Zhuo for a long time, and he has done things a hundred times more noble than you Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao has not yet been able to completely convince the people.
With Zhu Jun's prestige and prestige, it is believed that it is not difficult to plot against other counties in Jizhou one after another.
Therefore, once Zhu Jun appeared in Wei County, it was very likely to deal a devastating blow to Yuan Shao.
Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang must have also realized this, and secretly sent someone to report to Yuan Shao. After all, they are the princes who participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo together, and the territory is connected, and the experience of encroaching on the Black Mountain Army together some time ago is quite pleasant, and it is also appropriate to remind Yuan Shao in private.
Wang Kuang easily made a good relationship with Yuan Shao.
Of course, if Zhu Jun really went to Wei County, no matter whether it was successful or not, Wang Kuang would not be able to stand opposite Zhu Jun, and Zhu Jun was an important minister and bigwig like Zhu Jun, and Wang Kuang could not afford to provoke him at all.
The disappearance of Zhu Junbu made Yuan Shao panicked.
The remnants of Zhu Jun are only more than 10,000 people, and the strength is far less than that of Jizhou Mansion, but Zhu Jun has 3,000 elite soldiers sent by Tao Qian, which is said to be the famous Danyang soldiers, and Zhu Jun is a general of the imperial court, and his ability to command troops is extremely strong, and the combat effectiveness of this army will not be bad. Yuan Shao has a lot of troops, but he is fighting with Gongsun Zhan, the northern part of Jizhou and the west of the Bohai Sea are divided into troops to confront, and there are not too many troops that can be mobilized, and if he really wants to start a war with Zhu Jun, he has no confidence at all.
Well, although Zhu Jun's subordinates have not yet appeared, Yuan Shao has already determined that Zhu Jun may go to Wei County.
The stakes are high, and it is better to believe that there is something than to believe that it is not.
Based on this premise, Tian Feng mentioned another key point: why did Zhu Jun come so quickly?
According to the news given by Wang Kuang, Zhu Jun's abandonment of Zhongmu happened half a month ago.
At that time, Yecheng was not in a situation.
If Zhu Jun's target is Wei Jun, it means that he left many days in advance, either because it was a coincidence, or it was directly or indirectly related to the fall of Yecheng.
The rebels colluded with the Montenegrin Army, is there a shadow of Zhu Jun behind it?
The rebels are the old department of Jizhou, and they may not be loyal to Han Fu, but they can't get used to Yuan Shaoen's revenge, and they may want to avenge Han Fu.
By the way, let's talk about Han Fu's whereabouts.
After Han Fu forced Jizhou, Yuan Shao arranged for a Fenwu general to give him a vacant position, and he had no soldiers and no official subordinates. Yuan Shao had a capital official named Zhu Han under him, who was once kissed by Han Fu, and wanted to cater to Yuan Shao's wishes, so he sent troops to surround Han's residence without authorization, and drew a sword to enter the house. Han Fu fled upstairs, and Zhu Han caught Han Fu's eldest son and broke his two feet. Yuan Shao immediately arrested Zhu Han and put him to death, but Han Fu was already frightened.
Han Fu asked Yuan Shao to let him go, Yuan Shao agreed, so Han Fu went to Chen Liutai to guard Zhang Miao. Later, Yuan Shao sent an envoy to meet Zhang Miao, and when he discussed the secret, the envoy whispered in Zhang Miao's ear. Han Fu was present at the time, thinking that he was calculating himself. After a while, he got up and went into the toilet and committed suicide with a book knife that had been scraping Jane.
Han Fu's suicide was at the end of 191, and it has spread all over Jizhou by now.
Many people in Jizhou blamed Yuan Shao for Han Fu's death.
Regardless of whether Yuan Shao said that he wanted Zhang Miao to kill Han Fu, it is a fact that Han Fu was thrown into idle after receiving Jizhou, and it is a fact that his son was broken by Yuan Shao's subordinates, even if he committed suicide in the end, it is also directly related to Yuan Shao.
The rebels of Wei County colluded with the Black Mountain Army to cause chaos, and it is difficult to say whether there is a reason to avenge Han Fu.
For those who despise Yuan Shao's actions, it is better to give Jizhou to anyone else than to continue to be entrenched by Yuan Shao. But Yuan Shao was born in a high gate, the Yuan family in Runan is the high gate in the high gate, and Yuan Shao is blessed with the main halo of ASEAN, except for the Yuan Shu Group, other Kwantung princes may not dare to wade into the troubled waters of Jizhou. Zhu Jun, who is not a prince, is a very good candidate.
As for why the Montenegrin Army is involved, it is even simpler, the enmity between the Montenegrin Army and Yuan Shao is deep, Yuan Shao is a big threat to the Montenegrin Army in Jizhou, and the encroachment crusade is certain. During the Battle of Jieqiao, the Montenegrin Army sent people to help Gongsun Zhan, taking advantage of the Battle of Longcuo, and cooperating with the Wei County rebels to eliminate Yuan Shao's lair, even if there was no benefit, the Montenegrin Army would actively participate.
Zhu Jun was dissatisfied with Yuan Shao and needed shelter, and the Jizhou rebels and the Montenegrin army hated Yuan Shao.
With a little stringing, it's easy to agree.
When Zhang Yan led his troops to invade Hanoi and coerce Luoyang, it was Zhu Jun who repelled Zhang Yan, but it was on the orders of the imperial court, and the two had no personal enmity. In the past, Yuan Shao asked Yu Buzhi to send a letter to Zhu Jun, inviting Zhu Jun to crusade against the Montenegrin Army, but Zhu Jun never made a move, and it is entirely possible for Zhu Jun and Zhang Yan to cooperate.
The Montenegrin army and the rebels occupied Yecheng and did not go, were they waiting for Zhu Jun to enter the city?
Yuan Shao was shocked!
All he could do now was speed up the march and pray.
When Yuan Shao was in a panic, Dong Zhuo's small life was very comfortable.
To be precise, since he exiled the Son of Heaven and Baiguan to Chang'an, he has basically not encountered any major troubles. The land of Sanfu is close to Liangzhou, the elite Xiliang soldiers are guarded nearby, the princes of Kwantung are busy with infighting and have no time to go west, the power of the court is in the hands of Dong Zhuo, and the status of Dong Taishi is higher than that of the princes surnamed Liu, which can be described as infinitely beautiful.
Dong Zhuo is a very human minister, and the clan chicken dog ascends to heaven.
Dong Zhuo appointed his younger brother Dong Min as General Zuo, and his nephew Dong Huang as a lieutenant of the Central Military Academy, both of whom were in charge of the military. His clan and relatives all served as senior officials in the court, and even the son just born to Dong Zhuo's concubine was also made a marquis, and the gold seal and purple ribbon used by the marquis were used as toys.
The vehicle Dong Zhuo was riding in and the various clothes he was wearing were the same as the emperor's.
He gave orders to Shangshutai, Yushitai, and Fujitai, and officials below Shangshu had to go to his Taishi's Mansion to report and ask for instructions. He also sent people to build a huge fort in the land, the wall was seven zhang high and seven zhang thick, and there was enough grain to eat for thirty years. "When a big thing is done, you can dominate the world; If it doesn't work, staying here is enough to live for the rest of your life. ”
Dong Zhuo believes that even if he can't sweep the world, he can at least dominate one side.
However, not all of them were willing to succumb to his coercion.
In Chang'an, which seems to be calm, a storm is brewing.