After Yuan Shao led his troops back to Wei County, he was very angry and realized his lack of strength, so he issued more stringent orders to the counties.
He wants to raise an army of 100,000 in the shortest possible time as capital for his ambition to conquer the world.
He thought that with Jizhou's wealth, it would be easy for him to raise an army of 100,000.
In fact, with Jizhou's population base and production level, it is not impossible to recruit 100,000 troops, but it must be based on a certain foundation and requires a very good level of political power.
The grass-roots regime that Yuan Shao had just established was not at this level.
However, Yuan Shao didn't care about this, and he probably didn't realize it. He issued an order and personally sent people to each county to supervise the recruitment of troops. The ten counties in Jizhou suffered terribly, and it also made some knowledgeable people feel embarrassed, and they all suggested that Yuan Shao shouldn't do that. Expand the army impatiently, otherwise it will be troublesome if it causes local chaos.
If you can't recruit troops, you still have to encircle and suppress them. What kind of thing is this?
Yuan Shao was initially a little tempted and wanted to relax a little, but when the news came in early August that Gongsun Zan had been appointed governor of Youzhou, General Fenwu, and stationed troops in Zhuo County, Yuan Shao could no longer hold back.
He didn't know much about Gongsun Zan, so he sent someone to find out about Gongsun Zan's political background. Once he learned about it, he became depressed.
Lu Zhi's disciple, Liu Bei's fellow disciple and good friend, once served as the magistrate of Zhuo County, and had a close relationship with Liu Bei.
Good guy, Liu Bei arranged for such a close confidant to serve as the governor of Youzhou, and it was clear that he wanted to threaten Yuan Shao from north to south. Yuan Shao was not being attacked from both sides, but from three sides.
Faced with this situation, Yuan Shao was not panicked, but... surprised.
In his opinion, it does not take a lot of effort to oppose a low-quality, incompetent and humble court like the Luoyang court. He, the fourth and third prince of the Yuan family, has disciples and former officials all over the world. He raised his arms and people all over the world gathered to respond. He wanted to It should be easy to accomplish anything!
Why did the Luoyang court respond when he raised his arms?
Logically speaking, after so many years of misfortune caused by Liu Hong, the reputation of the Luoyang court in the local area could not be regarded as a response to a hundred calls, but could also be regarded as a hatred of people and dogs. Local calls to the Luoyang court would often automatically add a layer of [eunuch] Filter] be considered.
When the order from the Luoyang court reaches the local area, the first thing everyone will think about is - what are these eunuchs going to do?
That's why Yuan Shao worked hard to spread rumors to gain an advantage for himself. He even did not hesitate to open the magic box and release the evil in people's hearts, so as to gain his fans in Jizhou and tie these greedy people to his chariot. .
Many people in Jizhou were indeed released from the greed and evil thoughts in their hearts, and did many bad things, and were forced to be bound to him, with no way out.
So in Jizhou, he gained the right to rule.
But now it seems that the effect of the rumors he spread is not very good. Except in Jizhou, it does not seem to have caused a big response in the whole world. On the contrary, the Luoyang court has received more support and received more support. Much more promising.
How could the appeal accumulated by the fourth and third sons of the Yuan family be so unworthy?
At present, Jizhou is surrounded by enemies on three sides, and his grand plan is facing the danger of encirclement and suppression before it has even begun. This makes him very worried, so he can only further recruit troops and capture strong men everywhere to increase his sense of security.
He rejected the persuasion of local officials and the advisors around him.
He only knows one thing.
Only by living can he have a future. He needs enough troops to stay alive.
However, Tian Feng and others' suggestions are not meaningless. If they continue to use force against Jizhou, there will definitely be problems. He must do something to open up the situation.
Taking the initiative is the best way.
Dong Zhuo was fierce, powerful, and resolute. He could not fight head-on and needed to defend.
Liu Yu's attitude was also very firm. The Qingzhou soldiers under his command were quite effective and popular in Qingzhou, so he could not fight head-on.
So, who is left?
Still Gongsun Zan.
He is the weakest link in Jizhou's encirclement.
Therefore, under the advice of Tian Feng, Shen Pei and others, Yuan Shao decided to recruit troops, defend at the same time, and prepare for a surprise attack.
It is not Yuan Benchu's character to sit still and wait for death. The more critical the situation, the more he has the desire to fight.
Gongsun Zan, before he became the governor of the state, was just a vassal captain, with a shallow foundation and no widespread prestige. The people of Youzhou have not yet fully recognized him, so he was the one to be beaten!
After Gongsun Zan was defeated, Youzhou was exposed to Yuan Shao's troops. Moreover, Youzhou was Liu Bei's hometown. If he could bring disaster to Liu Bei's hometown, wouldn't it be regarded as revenge for his Yuan family?
That's not bad.
Only a few people know about this matter currently, and Yuan Shao's side has not been infiltrated yet, so Liu Bei has no way of knowing what Yuan Shao's plans are.
But Liu Bei is very happy now.
He was now extremely convinced that his insistence on not destroying the Luoyang court was the right thing to do.
A court that still has a certain degree of dominance and appeal has a great influence on the people of the world.
The huge political inertia brought by the four hundred years of Han Dynasty rule to the people of the world means that as long as this court does not seek death, the powerful people in the world will basically not abandon this court. Even if this court is still alive, it will still have dominance over the world. and appeal.
What's more, after Liu Bei became the general, he injected a powerful factor into the court that far exceeded that of Liu Hong's reign. If the people of the world want to oppose the Luoyang court, they must consider whether they are the opponents of Liu Bei's army.
After the first batch of enemies surfaced, Liu Bei was also very surprised to find that it was unexpectedly useful for him to control the court to issue instructions to the outside world. Things that could not be done in the past could be done through this court.
He could easily spread his voice to the entire Han Empire through the channels of the court, and he could easily convey his will - although he could not be sure whether the other party would follow his will.
But his voice is loud enough for people to hear it and then judge whether they need to comply based on their interests.
After a period of experience, Liu Bei realized that some of the ways and institutions established by this court to rule the world were not as useless as he imagined, so that the court could survive in some way and maintain a certain degree of influence in his hands. The appeal is right.
Therefore, after Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu committed chaos and committed suicide one after another, those who originally had doubts about the Luoyang court because of the rumors finally realized that the Luoyang court was more reliable.
Faced with the real threats posed by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, they still chose the Luoyang court. They did not want to help each other, but chose to take sides.
So Liu Bei easily used the court's orders to build an encirclement around Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
When the military forces under his direct control still needed time to form combat effectiveness, he directly blocked the possibility of further development of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu through the court.
Although this kind of blockade is not as awesome as the Trisolaran blockade, it is still a physical blockade.
Yuan Shao wanted to break out and directly faced Gongsun Zan, Dong Zhuo and Liu Yu.
Yuan Shu wanted to break out of the encirclement, and was directly faced with the four surrounding counties. They were all full of hostility towards Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and were willing to obey the orders of the Luoyang court.
Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu need to compete with the encirclement through the power and encirclement built by those who are willing to follow them. This must be a process of mutual consumption, and the power directly belonging to the Luoyang court can barely develop at this stage.
But in the final analysis, the enemy is not that scary, so Liu Bei can continue to develop with peace of mind. If the enemy is more scary, he will end up himself.
He felt more at ease with Dong Zhuo, Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu. These three people had more resources and would definitely make Yuan Shao happy.
It’s hard to say how powerful the four counties are in fighting. The Central Plains region has been at peace for a long time, and the military equipment of the counties is weakened. It is probably a situation where novices are fighting each other, but those who have no bottom line will have an advantage.
Yuan Shu is the person who has no bottom line.
Therefore, Liu Bei also planned to take this opportunity to observe the combat effectiveness of the leaders of the four counties.
Soon, the opportunity came.
In mid-August of the sixth year of Zhongping, when Liu Bei directed the recruits to launch a large-scale military exercise in Shouyang Mountain next to Luoyang City to observe the training results of the recruits, Yuan Shu couldn't help but take action.
