Chapter 239: The Yuan Clan's Dispute
However, even if Yuan Shu had some city government, he didn't attack on the spot, but laughed out loud to hide his embarrassment, and then said to everyone: "This general is right, the position of general was indeed given by Dong thief, but heaven and earth can be learned, I, Yuan Shuke, have never accepted this title, and when I learned that Dong thief wanted to win me over from the position of general, I escaped from Luoyang overnight." My determination to oppose Dong is definitely firmer than anyone else, I think our Yuan family is a descendant of Chen Shun, and our team is the fourth generation and the third prince in modern times, how can we betray the righteousness of the world for the position of a mere general? However, although my jurisdiction Nanyang is relatively close, and I am also responsible for everyone's food and grass, and I have a lot of troops, I am only a shallow learner, and I can't be the leader of the alliance! You'd better find someone else. ”
Although Yuan Shu said that his ability was not enough to serve as the leader of the alliance, in fact, what he said was all to remind everyone: Don't forget, your food and grass are still supplied by me, and my power is also very strong, coupled with my background and status, I'm afraid no one can be more suitable for the position of alliance leader than me, right? You're still holding on, as long as you nominate a few more times, I'll reluctantly agree to you.
However, the result made Yuan Shu very disappointed, it seems that his status in the minds of the rest of the princes at this time is not very good, except for the first few small princes who were attached to him jumped out to respond to him to be the leader of the alliance, the rest of the dozen or so heavyweight princes all remained silent and did not express their position. And at times like these, silence is actually a sign of negation.
So after a period of awkward silence, Cao Cao stood up and said to everyone: "The purpose of all of us now is to crusade against the Dong thieves who are causing trouble in the imperial court. To face the strong combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army, and there is also the barrier of Xiongguan Jiancheng in front, so the leader of the alliance we elected must not only have enough qualifications to serve the public, but also have very outstanding military talents. But the first brother is a little older, we respect the elder, and it is natural for the first brother to be the leader of this alliance. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the first brother has also made great achievements in the process of fighting the Yellow Turban Army, although the enemy we have to face now is much stronger than the Yellow Turban Army, but I believe that the first brother will be able to lead us to victory! ”
It seems that Yuan Shao's status among these princes is much stronger than Yuan Shu. After Cao Cao's words came out. Including Han Fu Taoqian and other heavyweight princes at the state assassin level, they all responded and agreed to let Yuan Shao serve as the leader of the alliance, such a strong contrast before and after made Yuan Shu grit his teeth in anger: "These old and dizzy people would rather support a concubine's house slave than support me!" It's disgusting! However, no matter how dissatisfied he was at this time, he couldn't show it, because this almost represented more than half of the princes' power, and if he behaved at this time, he said that only he could be the leader of the alliance. Then he will be spurned by the scholars in the future, and it will be difficult for him to gain a foothold in the scholars.
However, although Yuan Shu is not a great talent. But there are a lot of little cleverness, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he thought of an idea, only to see that when everyone almost unanimously elected Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, he suddenly said loudly: "In my opinion, there is actually a more suitable candidate to be the leader of the alliance!" ”
When Yuan Shao was about to become the leader of the alliance, the words that Yuan Shu said were simply earth-shattering, and the eyes of all the princes in the tent were all focused on him, they wanted to see who the person Yuan Shu was talking about, did he finally have to recommend himself as the leader of the alliance?
Yuan Shu saw that the attention of the people around him was attracted, and he became the focus of everyone again, and he felt a little proud in his heart: Didn't you let me be the leader of the alliance but recommended that concubine to be a house slave? Okay, then I'll make trouble for you, anyway, no matter what, I don't want to see that house slave become the leader of the alliance and then snatch the Yuan family's inheritance with myself! So I saw that after Yuan Shu had satisfied the appetite of the people around him, he slowly turned around and looked at a very special person among them - Wenmin! Yuan Shu pointed at Wenmin and said: "I recommend Yun Zehou to be our alliance leader, I think what Brother Meng De said just now is very reasonable, the most important thing in this alliance leader is not his background and status, but his military talent." I believe that everyone still trusts Yun Zehou's leading ability very much, right? In the previous crusade against the Yellow Turban, Yun Zehou could be said to be a great achievement, and even in the final battle, it was precisely because of his command that we were able to achieve a complete victory in the final battle! Completely wipe out the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, if Yun Zehou can command us, I believe that we will definitely defeat the Dong thief! Moreover, Yun Zehou is now also a county guard, a general who leads the fourth rank, and his identity is also a liehou, which is enough to serve as our alliance leader! I, Yuan Shu, first stated that as long as Yun Zehou is the leader of the alliance, I Yuan Shu will fully support it, Dong Thief will not die, and I will always obey his orders! ”
Everyone in the tent, including Wenmin himself, was shocked by Yuan Shu's righteous and awe-inspiring words: he didn't expect that he would hate his half-brother to such an extent, and would rather let an outsider be the leader of the alliance than let Yuan Shao succeed, it seems that the competition between the two brothers for Yuan's foundation has reached a white-hot point.
If Wenmin is not an outsider, based on his performance in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he will serve as the alliance leader, I believe that these princes will not have any objections, but the key is the identity of Wenmin as an outsider, for these NPCs, these outsiders are all ruthless, unrighteous, fatherless, lawless, they only have interests in their eyes, they don't know what loyalty is, they are worried that if such a person is allowed to be the leader of the alliance, they don't know when they will be sold.
And because of the particularity that outsiders can be resurrected indefinitely, it also makes these NPCs in high positions very jealous, for them, ordinary wealth is no longer the goal they pursue, in addition to power, all they can pursue is eternal life, and before they all knew that immortality is impossible, no one can never die.
But since these outsiders entered this world, their world view has changed, they found that these outsiders are really all immortal, no matter how they are hurt, they can be resurrected, the price of resurrection is only a reduction in strength, at least until now, they have not found that any outsiders have really died, and these outsiders seem to be forever tired, and they don't need to sleep and rest, which makes the aborigines jealous of outsiders, So deep down they all have a bit of rejection of the player, so they still have some rejection of having a player lead them.
And at this time, Wen Min actually didn't want to take the position of alliance leader, because he knew that the position of alliance leader actually sounded majestic, but in fact, if he was to be the leader, it would be absolutely thankless. The biggest problem of their alliance is not Dong Zhuo, but the contradictions between the princes of their camp, Wenmin knows that even if he is the leader of this alliance, the best result is at most the same as in history, the purpose of these princes is only to recapture Luoyang, if Dong Zhuo moves west to Chang'an, there are absolutely few people who are willing to continue the pursuit, and in the end, the responsibility of letting Dong Zhuo hold the Son of Heaven hostage back to Chang'an must be borne by him.
So just when those who didn't know how to object, Wenmin himself stood up and refused: "The burden of the alliance leader is too heavy, and I really can't afford it." In fact, I am also an ordinary person, compared to you, I am at most a civilian, but I am lucky to have today, and the importance of this crusade against Dong Zhuo to you is far greater than mine, so this kind of burden related to your future is still borne by you yourself, I can only help an outsider at most, but I can't make decisions for you, so I can only thank Yuan Taishou for his wrong love. ”
Hearing that Wenmin himself took the initiative to refuse, these princes were all relieved, they were worried just now that if Wenmin himself agreed, they really couldn't find a suitable reason to prevent him from becoming the leader of the alliance, and the reason of being an outsider alone was really untenable, and now that Wenmin himself took the initiative to refuse, then they could rest assured, after a fierce debate, Yuan Shao finally became the leader of this alliance.
Although there are still some people who are not convinced, but seeing that the general trend has now been decided, the people who support Yuan Shao not only account for the majority in numbers, but also have more strength than more than half of the coalition army, so their opposition will not play a role.
In the end, under the leadership of Yuan Shao, the princes of all walks of life ascended the high platform to worship heaven and earth, and made an alliance with blood. But as soon as their covenant ceremony ended, Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, was in high spirits, when a soldier suddenly came to report: "Report!" - Lord, Dong Zhuo slaughtered a group of ministers who opposed him in Luoyang City today, among which the Taifu Yuan Huai was beheaded for public display! ”
This news can be described as a slap in the face for Yuan Shao, this Yuan Huai is none other than his own uncle, he has just been elected by everyone to be the leader of the alliance, but he didn't expect Dong Zhuo to take the lead in giving him such a big gift, it was simply a slap in the face! So Yuan Shao, who was on the high platform, yelled: "Dong thief, I swear not to stand with you!" As he spoke, he drew the sword at his waist, pointed in the direction of Luoyang, and shouted: "The whole army immediately pulls out the camp and attacks the Tiger Prison Pass!" This time the thief is related to the Han Dynasty, and the whole army must go all out, but if there is slackness or fear of the enemy, cut it! (To be continued......)