In the second year of Jian 'an, Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu accepted Jia Xu's advice and asked to surrender. Cao Cao also took in his aunt Zou, who lived in the camp and was isolated from the outside world. Zhang Xiu was ashamed and angry. He asked Jia Xu for advice and sent Hu Che 'er to steal Dian Wei's double halberds while he was drunk. That night, Zhang Xiu rebelled, and Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin were killed. Cao Cao relied on Dian Wei to block the gate and escape from the back. Dian Wei was guarding the gate alone. He was injured dozens of times. He was seriously injured and still stood at the gate. The soldiers were afraid and did not dare to approach. Later, Xu Chu arrived and rescued the unconscious Dian Wei. - Book of Eastern Han
The news of Cao Cao's defeat spread throughout the world, causing a commotion among the vassals. Among them, the happiest was not Yuan Shao of Hebei, who was still at war with Gongsun Zan, but Yuan Shu of Huainan. In the seventh month of the second year of Jian 'an, Liu Bei's army had finished collecting the summer grain and was making arrangements to march into Qingzhou. As more and more letters from Cao Cao urged them to march, the emperor also issued an edict urging them to march. The words were very strict, causing Liu Bei, who had always taken it as his duty to support the Han Dynasty, to have a headache. Fortunately, Cao Cao's army had just lost a battle, so they should not have any plans to advance for the time being.
After some discussion, they decided to act according to the decree. With Lu Bu as the commander and Huang Zhong as the deputy, they would lead 10,000 troops to wipe out the bandits in Qingzhou. Of course, Lu Bu's trusted general Gao Shun and Chen Gong, who was now considered Lu Bu's personal aide, had also gone out with the army, leaving only Cao Xing to guard Lu Bu's family in Tancheng. The day before the army was ready to march into Qingzhou, a piece of news came, and everyone was stunned.
"What is it? Yuan Shu has proclaimed himself emperor." Liu Bei, who was discussing the logistics of the march with the others, suddenly jumped up from his seat. "Exactly." Mi Zhu passed the information he had just received to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei grabbed it and hurriedly opened it. He saw that the information was written with Yuan Shu's declaration of emperor: In the past, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was only a Tingchang on Surabaya, but he had the world. Now it has been 400 years, and the weather has come to an end, and the sea is boiling. The surname Yuan originated from the State of Chen. The State of Chen is a descendant of Shun. The earth bears the fire, which is in line with the weather. Moreover, Yuan's four generations of three public, the people are attached; Therefore, according to heaven and man, the right position is the ninth five. In addition, folk prophecy said: replace the Han Dynasty, is Dangtu Gao. I, Yuan Shu word road, is in line with his prophecy. There is also a royal seal. If you don't become a monarch, you're betraying heaven. Therefore, today's establishment of the name Zhongshi, the establishment of Taiwan Province and other officials, riding a dragon and phoenix chariot, sacrifice to the southern and northern suburbs, Feng Fang's daughter as the queen, Feng Fang's son as the prince. Now the imperial edict ordered the world, all states quickly submitted to the table, otherwise, will send troops to attack.
After Liu Bei finished reading it, he showed it to everyone. Chen Qun saw it and shook his head,""Yuan Gonglu is courting death." Jian Yong smiled and said,"It's a wonder that someone is so eager to die."”
"Although the Han Dynasty is weak now," Sun Qian said,"its prestige still remains. Yuan Gong declared himself emperor at this time, and all the people in the world must compete to attack him. Although Yuan Gong occupied Yuzhou and Yangzhou, he was bound to fail if he used the land of Yuzhou and Yangzhou to resist the army of the vassals. My lord still needs to make plans early."
Lu Bu also said,"Lord Ming, Yuan Shu is now the Emperor. It is impossible for our army to enter Qingzhou." Lu Bu is willing to be the vanguard and lead ten thousand troops to attack Yuan Shu. He will certainly bring Yuan Shu's head to Ming Gong.”
Zhang Fei also shouted," Big brother, what are you waiting for? Let's go to Huainan and let Yuan Shu have a taste of my Eight-Foot Snake Spear."”Liu Bei felt gratified when he saw the surging crowd. Even though they might not have the same thoughts, they had a common goal, which was to attack Yuan Shu. However, seeing that Yang Lei was silent, he felt strange and asked,"Fifth brother, what do you think?"
Yang Lei smiled." Big brother, I was just thinking that Cao Cao had the emperor under his control to command the vassals. Now that Yuan Shu has proclaimed himself emperor, he should be the first to be angry."”
At this moment, Guan Yu also said,"Cao Cao wants Big Brother to attack Yuan Shu. Instead of letting him issue an edict to urge him, why don't I first issue a denunciation and then send an army to attack Yuan Shu?"”Liu Bei heard this and nodded slightly. As a relative of the Han Dynasty, I should first issue a denunciation to crusade against Yuan Shu.”
In Xudu, when the newly defeated Cao Cao was grieving over the price he had paid for his lust, the news of Yuan Shu becoming emperor was like a stimulant that made Cao Cao forget everything. One had to know that Cao Cao was not the most powerful vassal yet. His greatest advantage was that he had the political advantage of having Emperor Xian of Han. If the matter of Yuan Shu becoming emperor could not be quickly settled, it could be imagined that the already weak Han Dynasty would be even more worthless in the eyes of the vassals. In that case, the advantage he had would disappear.
This was Cao Cao's idea. Cao Cao had just gathered his civil and military officials for a meeting when another piece of information arrived. It was the denunciation issued by Liu Bei, the Overseer of Xu Prefecture, to attack Yuan Shu. After Cao Cao saw this, he sneered and said,""Does Liu Xuande want to be Yuan Benchu, who attacked Dong Zhuo?”
Xun Yu looked at the report and smiled.""Don't worry, Lord Ming. I see that Liu Xuande is only defending the prestige of the Han Dynasty because he is a relative of the Han Dynasty. You can order Liu Bei to lead the army as the vanguard to attack Yuan Shu in Huainan. Our army should go straight to Runan Yuan's nest. If we attack from both sides, Yuan Shu will be defeated.”
" Oh." Cao Cao pondered for a moment before nodding."That's good. However, if we were to attack, Yanzhou would be in danger.”
Xun Yu smiled and said,"My lord, you worry too much." Yuan Shao was the first to disagree when Yuan Shu wanted to declare himself emperor. The Lord grew up with the Yuan brothers. How could he not know the details of the two?”
Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a bright light, and he smiled,""Wen Ruo is right. I'll submit a memorial now and ask Your Majesty to issue an edict.”"My lord, don't forget about Sun Ce and Sun Bofu, the little overlord of Jiangdong."”"Oh? Fengxiao, do you have any good ideas?" Cao Cao immediately cast his interested gaze towards Guo Jia. This was a strategist that he had always relied on.
"Sun Ce is known as the Little Overlord of River East. He pacified the six counties of River East in a month, comparable to his father, Sun Jian, the Tiger of River East. However, his temperament is strong, adhere to his father's will, for the sake of borrowing soldiers and Yuan Shu hostage jade seal. Yuan Shu dared to declare himself emperor because he thought that Sun Ce had pacified Jiangdong and belonged to him. If you grant him an official position at this time, let him cut off Yuan Shu and attack him from behind, then Yuan Shu's defeat will be imminent.”Guo Jia laughed, but it caused another bout of coughing.
"Fengxiao, you still have to take care of your health.”Cao Cao saw Guo Jia coughing and hurriedly comforted him. Guo Jia smiled gratefully." My lord, since you've decided on Yuan Shu, Liu Bei is like a turtle in a jar. He can be captured."”Cao Cao nodded.
In Ye City of Jizhou, Yuan Shao's tent was also filled with people. Shen Pei, Shen Shou, Tian Feng, Ji Guo Tu, Xu You, Xun Chen were all gathered together. This time, they were surprisingly united. Although they were separated by Cao Cao and Liu Bei, they should at least issue a denunciation or something.
Yuan Shao's expression was very ugly. Although he was the eldest son of the Yuan family, he was born of a concubine. Yuan Shu was the true legitimate son. Although both of them were known as the descendants of the four generations and three dukes, he left the Yuan family's old nest in Runan and ran to Hebei to develop. This also showed that the days in the big family were difficult. However, this was also related to the family's strategy. He and Yuan Shu, one in the south and one in the north, developed separately. Perhaps in the future, this burly man would really be theirs. However, Yuan Shu's sudden declaration of himself as the Emperor caused the already bad relationship between the two to deteriorate rapidly. Alright, if you declare yourself the Emperor, then what should I do as your elder brother? In the future, I will have to kowtow to you and call you Your Majesty. How can it be so easy? Besides, I'm about to destroy Gongsun Zan. If you cause trouble, I'll be affected. What was going on? He really didn't know what the elders in his family were thinking. But now, he was certain that the eyes of the world were on Yuan Shu and himself. If they followed Yuan Shu, the strategists and generals under him might rebel. If he wanted to crusade against Yuan Shu, he would be willing but unable to do so. To be honest, if Yuan Shu was by his side now, he would definitely pounce on him and strangle him to death.
Yuan Shao's face darkened as he looked at the strategist under his tent and said hatefully,""Send out a denunciation to crusade against Yuan Shu. However, since he was separated from Cao Aman, he would give him a boost.”The strategists agreed in unison.
In Wu County, Sun Ce, who had just pacified Jiangdong, was in a good mood. He was drinking with Zhou Yu, Taishi Ci, and the other generals. Yuan Shu had sent an envoy to tell him two things. One was that Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor and appointed him as a general. The other was to return the army he had borrowed as soon as possible and return to Huainan to listen to orders. He was to prepare to advance north to Xuzhou.
Sun Ce was furious when he heard this. He shouted,"You rely on my jade seal to arrogate the title of emperor and betray the Han Dynasty. You are a traitor!" I was about to send troops to punish him, but how could I help the rebels?”He immediately wrote a letter and decided.
"My lord," said Zhang Zhao,"Yuan Shu has a large army and sufficient rations. It is better to write a letter to Cao Cao and persuade him to march south. Our army will respond in the rear. The two armies will help each other. Yuan Shu's army will certainly be defeated. In case of failure, I can also hope that Cao Cao will rescue me.”
Hearing this, Lawrence chuckled and said,"Mr. Zi Bu is right." However, I don't think you need to write a letter to Cao Cao. Soon Cao Cao's messenger will come.”" Oh." Everyone looked doubtful. Only Sun Ce listened and did not write a letter to Cao Cao. Ten days later, Cao Cao's envoy arrived and appointed Sun Ce as the prefect of Kuaiji. He ordered Sun Ce to lead the army to attack Yuan Shu from behind. Everyone praised Zhou Lang for his foresight.
The residence of the governor of Tancheng, Xuzhou, was like a circus. It was noisy. Liu Bei had received an edict from Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shu, but it was difficult to choose a vanguard.
This vanguard army was originally prepared to lead the 10,000 men who were going north to Qingzhou. However, when Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei wanted Lu Bu to lead the army instead of him, he was immediately dissatisfied. He clamored to join Lu Bu in the Three Lily Army to determine the vanguard. Lu Bu had married his daughter and had gained trust with great difficulty. Naturally, he would not let Lu Bu lead an army alone. The two of them quarreled and almost fought.
Originally, Liu Bei had scolded him and was about to announce the position of the vanguard general, but Huang Zhong had jumped out and wanted to fight for it. Huang Zhong was thinking that he had returned to Tancheng to listen to orders when he had just finished his work in Jiuli Mountain. Although there were military laws, it was inevitable that he would feel uncomfortable if he did not lead the army after staying in the military camp for a long time. Now that he was attacking Yuan Shu, the vanguard general was his chance to make a name for himself. How could he let it go?
Seeing the two of them fight, Huang Zhong also jumped out. This time, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu, who had calmed down, became angry again. The three of them started to shout in the hall. Yang Lei saw that Liu Bei's face was turning increasingly pale and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
Before he could say anything, Zhang Fei had already seen it. He had already forgotten Yang Lei's instructions and grabbed Yang Lei's shoulder. He was still shouting," Little Five, it's none of your business..." Before he could finish his sentence, he heard three consecutive bangs, followed by continuous cries of pain. Dust flew up from the ground, and the three people who were quarreling happily just now lay on the ground, grimacing. The only people standing in the hall were the dumbfounded Yang Lei and the civil officials and generals with their mouths wide open. This was a little too fierce. Yang Lei smiled bitterly and muttered to Zhang Fei,"I told you not to touch me from behind, especially my shoulders.”Lu Bu and Huang Zhong lay on the ground in shock. They didn't know what was going on.
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