In fact, as early as mid-to-late July, Yuan Shao already felt very uncomfortable, and Dong Zhuo, the governor of the prefecture, sent troops into Shangdang County to perform martial arts in Huguan to deter Wei County.

Dong Zhuo's army was only three hundred miles away from Yecheng, where Yuan Shao was located, and the army could reach it in five or six days if it moved a little faster, and there was no dangerous terrain around it to hold, and the main advantageous terrain was in Bingzhou.

If this fights, can he do more than the fierce state soldiers?

Not to mention here, Qingzhou also gathered troops in Pingyuan County, and it is said that there are no less than 10,000 troops, and they are conducting large-scale military exercises, making a posture of conquest, one east and one west, which makes Yuan Shao very worried.

Why did the situation suddenly become so difficult for me to look at it directly?

He realized that this incident was inseparable from the conflict between him and the Zhen family, because the Zhen family had rejected his threats and warned him not to act rashly, otherwise General Liu would not let him go.

Will Yuan Shao be afraid of Liu Bei?

Even if you are afraid, you are not afraid now!

So he immediately transferred an army into Wuji County in Zhongshan Kingdom, intending to be tough on Zhen.

The Zhen clan seemed to have confidence, and actually united with several families in Zhongshan to dispatch all the private soldiers and tenants in the family, armed them, and pulled up a team of more than 2,000 people to confront the Yuan army.

Yuan Shao was very angry, and when he was about to increase his troops to attack Wuji County, the news that Dong Zhuo sent troops to Huguan came, and not long after, the news that Liu Yu sent troops into Pingyuan County came.

Yuan Shao, who guessed what the reason was, suddenly didn't dare to continue to threaten the Zhen family, and he didn't dare to deter the other major families more.

The nest is threatened, and if you continue to confront these families, your home will be stolen.

Originally, in addition to the Zhen family in this matter, there were several families who were unwilling to give in, and only the Wen family in Bohai County was willing to talk about marriage with Yuan Shao, and the other six big families were unwilling to marry Yuan Shao.

The Wen family still decided to follow Yuan Shao to the end because they did not stand the test of interests, killed the eunuch clan and seized the eunuch property, for fear of being pulled from behind.

Several other families did not attack the eunuch industry and withstood the test of interests, since this is the case, it is even more impossible to comply.

But Yuan Shao no longer has the energy to deal with the rebellion of these families.

The threat posed by the armies of the three states was still greatly stimulated, and he ordered the recruitment to be further accelerated, and he was to recruit as many troops as fast as possible to defend against the risk.

Then at Tian Feng's suggestion, he had to do two things.

First, marry the Wen family as soon as possible, get the resources of the Wen family, and enhance your strength.

Second, send someone to contact Liu Yu and engage in diplomacy.

Dong Zhuo gave up, and the traitor who betrayed his Yuan clan would not compromise no matter what, so he sent his generals to lead 10,000 horses to garrison and defend Sheguo County on the bank of Zhangshui, thinking that he would deal with it.

In addition, Yuan Shao thought that Shanwei could win over Liu Yu, who openly recognized the orthodoxy of the Luoyang court and the new emperor.

For this reason, Yuan Shao was even willing to offer a very high price.

He sent Feng Ji as a lobbyist to persuade Liu Yu.

When Feng Ji saw Liu Yu, he didn't say anything else, and directly magnified his moves.

"When the situation is today, Liu Bei usurped and rebelled against Luoyang, the eunuchs were reckless, the world was turbulent, people of insight were heartbroken for this, they were willing to kill Liu Bei, hated to eat his flesh, sleep on his skin, the Luoyang court was controlled by traitors and eunuchs, and the puppet emperor Liu Xie was just a puppet.

You are weak, footprints all over the north and south of the river, for the official for a long time, prestige day by day, on the Han family relatives, the world's admiration for you is absolutely first-class, and today can save the Han River, there is no one more than you, as long as you are willing, General Yuan is willing to respect you as the Son of Heaven, reorganize the Han mountains and rivers! ”

Feng Ji saw Liu Yu and directly said the words of persuasion that made Liu Yu's eyes darken.

He discussed with Yuan Shao for a while, and planned to talk endlessly, if the current situation cannot be reversed, if it is not a heavy punch, it will not be reversed, since this is the case, he will simply make a heavy punch and make Liu Yu's heart move, so as to win Liu Yu for his use.

He thinks that he has no grievances with Liu Yu in the past and no enmity in the near future, and Liu Yu, as a state pastor and in power, should be ambitious, and have the intention of replacing the little emperor of Luoyang, so persuasion will definitely break the alliance between him and Liu Bei.

As long as Liu Yu agreed to be the emperor, then it would be much easier to unite the forces of Qingzhou and Jizhou, and then instigate the Central Plains forces to rebel against the Luoyang court.

But Liu Yu was shocked after hearing this suggestion, very angry, and pointed at Feng Ji is reprimand.

"Since I came out, I have been loyal to the court and the Son of Heaven, the first emperor is here, I am loyal to the first emperor, and I ascended the throne today, which is reasonable, although there are some controversies, but it is not the main reason, such as today, people have agreed to ascend the throne today, you are saying such things to me now, are you going to roast me on the fire?!"

Feng Ji looked at Liu Yu's expression and felt a little surprised.

"How did the puppet emperor ascend the throne, the people of the world have their own opinions, it is obviously a traitor and a villain and a eunuch who joined forces to do ugly things, for which Zhongliang was brutalized, so that Zhongliang lost his life, and orthodoxy is no longer there, as an elder of the Han family, how can you turn a blind eye and let the puppet emperor ascend the throne?"

"Shut up!"

Liu Yu said angrily: "Er treacherous villain! A puppet emperor, I think you want me to be the emperor is fake, he Yuan originally wanted to be the emperor is true! Second minister thief, despicable villain, dare to bark in front of me! Left and right, take it with me, escort it to Luoyang, and hand it over to the Son of Heaven for trial! ”

Feng Ji was shocked, and when he saw the samurai on the left and right coming forward to capture him, he couldn't break free, and he was terrified.

"Why did the envoy treat me like this? How did the puppet emperor of Luoyang ascend to the throne, doesn't the envoy know? If the two armies are fighting and not slashing each other, do you want to break the rules of the ancients? ”

"For those who follow the rules, I naturally talk about the rules."

Liu Yu said coldly: "He Yuan Benchu did a lot of rebellious things in Jizhou, and he never obeyed the rules, so for those who don't follow the rules, let him know the consequences of not following the rules!" Escort this person to Luoyang! Tell the Son of Heaven what happened! ”

Liu Yu is a very traditional and conservative person, and he doesn't like to be flexible, nor does he like anything that breaks the rules, before Liu Bei was suspected of breaking the rules, he was dissatisfied, so he did not immediately recognize the Luoyang court.

And now, Yuan Shaoming has broken the rules, and in his opinion, he is the one who is at fault.

And this guy actually wants to pry him as emperor.

It's not to help him, it's to kill him.

Liu Yu originally wanted to expel Feng Ji and leave, but after thinking about it, he was afraid that what happened here would be leaked to Liu Bei by someone to let Liu Bei know, so that he would not be a pure minister and would be suspected.

As a pure minister, if he is suspected by the court, not to mention the future, won't his reputation be ruined?

He has worked hard to manage his life's reputation, and he must not be damaged, and his reputation must be guaranteed.

But now what Yuan Shao did made him feel uneasy, and he was worried that he would be regarded as an enemy by Liu Bei and the imperial court, so he ...... It's better to simply send Fengji to Luoyang, clear the suspicion, and make a contribution.

Yuan Shao never expected that he sent out a trusted strategist to persuade Liu Yu, but the result was to send the sheep into the tiger's mouth, and Feng Ji was actually caught by Liu Yu to be sent to Luoyang.

Yuan Shao was furious after being shocked, and personally led 10,000 troops to Qinghe Country, making a gesture of attacking Pingyuan County, and asked Liu Yu for an explanation.

After Liu Yu learned the news, he led 3,000 Qingzhou soldiers to Pingyuan County, joined the previous 10,000 soldiers and horses, and went to the southwest of Pingyuan County to confront Yuan Shao head-on.

During the confrontation, the two rode to the front of the battle and talked to each other.

Yuan Shao questioned why Liu Yu wanted to catch his envoy and send it to Luoyang, didn't he understand the rules?

Liu Yu sneered and said that there was no need to follow the rules for those who broke the rules.

Yuan Shao was annoyed and angry, and threatened Liu Yu that he would attack him, Liu Yu laughed, and asked Yuan Shao to come even though he came to attack, as long as he was not afraid of death, he would come.

Yuan Shao was really angry and wanted to wave his army to attack Liu Yu's department, but then Tian Feng grabbed his sleeve.

"Today, Jizhou is under the enemy, once the general starts a war with Liu Yu here, can he win quickly? If you can win quickly, it doesn't matter, if you can't win quickly, knowing that the general is fighting with Liu Yu, Huguan Dong Zhuo's troops will inevitably attack Wei County, and the Luoyang army is also very likely to attack Wei County through Hanoi County.

At that time, the three-way army will besiege, Jizhou will be attacked by the enemy, it will be difficult to take care of each other, and the total number of troops under the command of the general will not exceed 30,000, how to deal with the enemy? Once Wei County is breached, can the general's hegemony continue? So please calm the general's anger, and increase the number of troops is the most important thing! ”

Tian Feng's exhortation was effective, and in the face of such a crisis, Yuan Shao's head was rarely cleared up, and he realized that what Tian Feng said was reasonable.

Although I don't know why Liu Bei doesn't send troops to Jizhou now, as long as he starts fighting here, Liu Bei is very likely to give up waiting and see and immediately send troops to Jizhou.

He couldn't bear it.

He had to be cautious and increase his strength so as not to be taken away by Liu Bei in a wave.

So Yuan Shao did not order to attack Liu Yu after all, but led the troops to retreat slowly, and sent someone to tell Liu Yu that he would never invade Qingzhou, and he did not have the heart to rebel, but he was forced by the real thief Liu Bei to be helpless, and asked Liu Yu not to misunderstand.

Liu Yu sneered.

"Who is the anti-thief, there is a public opinion in the hearts of the people of the world, Yuan Benchu said it alone, it doesn't matter, as long as the court orders, I will definitely lead the troops to take down the heads of the dog thieves, wash your neck, and prepare to die!"

Liu Yu respects the rules and is unwilling to break them.

He is a Qingzhou pastor, not a Jizhou pastor, without the order of the imperial court, he cannot send troops into Jizhou without authorization, otherwise there will be a suspicion of rebellion.

He cherished his feathers so that he would not leave any political stain on himself, so he rejected the advice of Tai Shici and others to follow Yuan Shao's army and seek an opportunity to attack, and let them continue to train troops and wait for further instructions from the imperial court.