Liu Yao, like his brother Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was a man of good reputation but no practical work.
It sounds like these two brothers started with a bad start, but they played badly with their good cards!
In terms of family background, he is a member of the Han clan and is a noble person! Even the Yuan family of Runan, the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes, could only bow their heads and stand back obediently in front of the Liu clan!
After all, in this Han world, he is the master! No matter how powerful you aristocratic families are, you are still just ministers.
Although the shares of the boss surnamed Liu are constantly being diluted and reduced, as long as the group remains unchanged, his identity will always be the most noble of the Liu family!
After talking about birth and background, Liu Dai started as the governor of Yanzhou, and Liu Yao started as the governor of Yangzhou. Unlike Yuan, Cao Cao and others who got on the bus first and then made up their votes, these two governors were officially appointed by the imperial court. , there is no legal choice.
As for the civil and military skills of their men, the starting configuration of these two people is not low. Liu Dai starts with Cheng Yu as his counselor, and Liu Yao has Tai Shi Ci as his general.
However, in terms of ability, these two brothers can be said to be useless. They neither know how to lead troops in war nor know how to know people well.
In Yuan Yao's words, both of them are "ATMs" and "the best brother combination to send warmth in the Three Kingdoms". They both have "third-rate dungeon difficulty and super-first-rate dungeon rewards."
Liu Dai forcibly gave his life to the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and then asked Cao Cao to take Yanzhou as his base.
Liu Yao did not hesitate to give in too much, and was defeated repeatedly. Each time, Sun Ce defeated more with less, and gave Jiangdong to Sun Ce as his inheritance.
The three families of Wei, Shu and Wu, you two brothers gave two families a place to start their lives, which is really good.
I don’t know if your father, Liu Yu, knows that he has given birth to a pair of sleeping dragon and phoenix chicks!
It is said that after Liu Yao was defeated in the decisive battle between Qu'a and Sun Ce, although he still had more than 10,000 troops, he completely lost the confidence to fight against Sun Ce.
In order to avoid Sun Ce's attack, Liu Yao led his troops to take the water route from Dantu and retreat up the Yangtze River to Yuzhang.
These more than 10,000 tribesmen came from afar and fought two consecutive battles, making them even more exhausted.
When they were at their weakest, Yuan Yao led the soldiers and horses of Huang Zhong and Lu Dai to hide in day and night, and traveled under the stars and at night, appeared in front of them, and directly launched a full-scale attack.
There is no suspense, Yuan Yaojun easily won the victory, and this victory was easier than expected.
As soon as the two armies engaged in battle, Liu Yao's army of tens of thousands of people was defeated.
After the war, Yuan Yao learned that in order to face the battle, Liu Yao incorporated all the prisoners of Zuo Rong's army who had been captured the day before into the army to participate in the battle.
And many of these prisoners were former subordinates of Xue Li and Zhu Hao.
The morale of these people was extremely low. They only suffered more than a hundred casualties before completely collapsing.
Liu Yao's main force was at the back, but they were tired and didn't have much fighting spirit.
The most important thing is that all the generals in Liu Yao's army, such as Zhang Ying, Fan Neng, Yu Mi and others, were killed or injured in the battle with Sun Ce. At this time, facing Yuan's army's well-prepared offensive, there was no general who could restrain and command the army.
Liu Yao wanted to lead his defeated army back to Pengze, but on the way, news came that Pengze City had been attacked by Yuan's army.
It turned out that Yuan Yao had already sent Meng Chong's captain Zheng Bao to lead his navy across Penglize, and took advantage of the emptiness in Liu Yao's rear to attack Pengze.
In the end, Liu Yao led only a few thousand troops and was besieged by Yuan Yao on Shiyin Mountain.
A few days later, Liu Yao's troops, who were short of water and food, descended from the mountain and surrendered. In the end, Liu Yao had only a few hundred personal followers left, and he was captured alive by Yuan Jun.
The soldiers escorted Liu Yao to Yuan Yao with a piece of cloth tied around his mouth.
Yuan Yao's face immediately changed: "How could you do this to a clan member of the Han Dynasty? Why don't you quickly untie yourself and take off the gag!"
The escorting soldier quickly explained: "When this man was captured, he kept swearing at you, Major General. We were afraid of bumping into the Major General, so we blocked his mouth."
"Hahaha, this man gave me so many heavy equipment, so what if I let him curse a few times?"
"Yesterday, this gentleman was a Yangzhou shepherd with more than 10,000 people, but today he has been reduced to a prisoner. He can't be scolded by others!"
The soldiers then untied Liu Yao's rope and cut the strips of cloth wrapping his mouth.
With his mouth free, Liu Yao immediately yelled at Yuan Yao, saying, "What do you do to me, the son of the Yuan family?" He kept hearing the words of rebellious ministers and traitors.
Yuan Yao just smiled and watched Liu Yao scolding him without any emotion in his heart. He even dozed off after listening for a while.
Finally, when Liu Yao stopped cursing and was breathing heavily, Yuan Yao opened his eyes and said, "Is this the end? Nothing further?"
"If you work harder, I'll almost fall asleep!"
Seeing Yuan Yao's calm expression, Liu Yao was filled with hatred, but he did not have the courage to rush forward and fight for his life.
Reputation is the most important thing in the world, so how come he slanders and curses Yuan Yao, but he doesn't show any reaction at all?
Isn’t this Yuan Yao Xiaolian? The great Han ruled the world with filial piety, and filial piety should be the most filial to his parents. He had just pulled out several generations of the Yuan family and scolded them one by one, especially his father Yuan Shu, who had scolded him for half an hour. How could this man act as if nothing had happened?
This person's expression remains unchanged. Could it be that he is deliberately tolerant and wants to make tens of thousands of my followers turn to him in the name of being kind to me?
Humph, wishful thinking!
"Hey, you son of a bitch from the Yuan family, I tell you, don't have any wishful thinking. I will never say a good word about you in front of others, let alone let my subordinates be used by you!"
Yuan Yao just felt that Liu Yao was out of his mind: "Why do you say good things about me? I have no intention of letting you go!"
"Besides, who do you think you are? If you say you are not of use to me, your subordinates will not be of use to me?"
Liu Yao said angrily: "Listen up, you bastard. I am Yangzhou Mu and Zhenwu General who was entrusted by the imperial court and ordered by the emperor. How can you, the self-appointed rebellious ministers and traitors, be able to threaten me?"
"Your crimes will be punished by everyone in the world..."
"Definitely..." Yuan Yao interrupted directly: "Even if you are killed, it won't be your turn. Do you know these words? If you can't say anything else, just go down!"
Liu Yao was startled and said angrily: "Even if I can't kill you, a rebellious minister and traitor, God will punish you for your many unjust actions!"
Hearing this, Yuan Yao laughed: "Don't you know? This general survived being struck by thunder from the sky. If you have the ability, would you let the thunder strike me again?"
Liu Yao was so angry that he was trembling. He forgot for a moment that the incident of Yuan Yao being struck by lightning had been widely spread in the Jianghuai area.
"Okay, let's take him down. There's no need to tie him up and gag him. Just send a few more people to watch over him!"
Yuan Yao met Liu Yao just to see a few more historical figures with his own eyes, and had no other ideas.
Seeing that the soldiers on both sides wanted to take him down, Liu Yao was afraid that he would not be able to scold Yuan Yao after leaving, so he broke away from the others and said provocatively: "Yuan Yao, why don't you kill me?"
Yuan Yao shook his head and said: "You are a clan member of the Han Dynasty. How dare I risk the disapproval of the world and kill such a respected nobleman from Tianhuang like you?"
"If I kill you, then I will never be able to hang out again!"
Liu Yao was stunned, but he didn't expect Yuan Yao to be so straightforward.
"Hahaha, if you don't kill me, you will regret it!"
Yuan Yao was already impatient, so he waved his hand and turned to leave.
But Liu Yao's voice came from behind: "Yuan Jiazhuzi, do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"In less than a month, you will end up like me!"
"You will still be defeated and captured! Hahahaha, if you are not lucky, your head, a rebellious minister and traitor, may be chopped off by someone in the rebel army and used to claim credit!"
Yuan Yao just turned a deaf ear.
Seeing Yuan Yao walking further and further away, Liu Yao became even more arrogant: "You sneak attacked my rear, but you didn't know that your own rear was also attacked, hahaha!"
Yuan Yao turned his head and glanced at Liu Yao who was being dragged away, thinking about the meaning of his last words.
At this moment, he saw Lu Dai running towards him with an anxious expression, three steps at a time and two steps at a time.
"Young Master, I have important military information to report at the end!"
Lu Dai waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him brought up several letters and a clerk.
The civil servant knelt down when he came up, and Lu Dai explained beside him: "This person is Liu Yao's chief reporter. In order to claim credit, he reported an important matter to the general!"
"Please tell me exactly what you just said to me!"
After the civil servant kowtowed, he spoke: "I have heard the name of General Yangwei for a long time. I am lucky to see you today..."
"Talk about the military situation! Pick the key points and talk quickly!" Lu Dai shouted angrily.
Seeing that Lu Dai, who was usually gentle and respectful, became so anxious out of character, Yuan Yao also realized the seriousness of the matter.
The civil servant quickly kowtowed and confessed, and then got down to business: "To General Yangwei, my lord... Yangzhou Shepherd Liu Yao, together with Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Biao, made a plan to attack General Yangwei from east to west!"
"Just now when General Lu's soldiers attacked the mountain, Liu Yao ordered us to burn all the correspondence. His subordinates were in charge of the documents, so they secretly kept the correspondence between Liu Jingzhou and Liu Jingzhou. I think it will be useful to General Yangwei..."
"What you said is true!"
Yuan Yao squinted and stared into this man's eyes.
His eyes were full of fear, but also somewhat flattering. It didn't seem to be fake or a deliberate design.
"If you, the lower official, make false claims, I am willing to be struck by thunder from heaven!"
The clerk hurriedly pointed to the sky and swore.
Yuan Yao opened the letter and first looked at the place where the signature and seal were signed. Although the original owner of his body was uneducated and incompetent, he was very interested in metal and stone seals. In addition, the Yuan family in Runan had a long history of being prominent for generations. Therefore, with just one glance, Yuan Yao could tell that the signed Jingzhou shepherd Liu Jingsheng was six years old. The words are covered with the true seal.
Only then did I read the content of the letter.
The clerk groveled again and explained the chronological order of these letters to Yuan Yao.
Yuan Yao looked over, but the content in his heart surprised him.
Until he saw the last letter, Yuan Yao had already changed his mind.
"Bring Liu Yao back to me!"
Not long after, Liu Yao was brought to Yuan Yao again.
He saw the person kneeling next to Yuan Yao was the clerk whom he usually trusted very much. He also saw Yuan Yao holding several letters that he was very familiar with.
Liu Yao was startled for a moment, then pointed at the inscription and laughed.
After all, this master has been following Liu Yao for many years and has received many favors from Liu Yao. At this time, Liu Yao laughed and pointed at him, which made him feel ashamed.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect it! I didn't expect it!"
Liu Yao waved his hand and said: "Don't try to grab the ground with your head. It is me who should bow your head and kowtow."
"Although you are a villain, you still know some etiquette, justice and shame."
"I'm just exchanging my secret message for some glory and wealth. What does that mean!"
"Besieged for several days, all food and supplies were cut off. You didn't take credit for my head, but waited until I was captured alive. It's not like I raised you in vain!"
After laughing at himself, Liu Yao still looked up to the sky and laughed endlessly.
Yuan Yao looked at the deadly letters in his hand and said distractedly: "Why are you laughing again?"
Liu Yao looked at Yuan Yao and said sarcastically: "I laugh at a certain kid who thinks he is smart and thinks everyone else is a fool!"
"If you think you have a plan, the snipe and the clam will fight, and the fisherman will make a profit."
“But I don’t know that the mantis pounces on the cicada, but the oriole is behind!”
After saying that, Liu Yao sat cross-legged on the ground and stretched his neck to kill him.
"My son of the Yuan family, now that this matter has become known to you, I no longer need to be a prisoner. Please give me a happy life!"
Yuan Yao also knew that he was really onto something this time, but he still forced himself to remain calm and pretended to sneer: "You asked for death, but I won't let you!"
Liu Yao also sneered: "Do you want me to live and see you defeated and killed?"
Yuan Yao threw the secret letter at Liu Yao: "What can Liu Biao do to me?"
"It's just a dog!"
"He's only slightly better than you, a lost dog, but he's just a land-guarding dog, so what's there to be afraid of?"
"I want you to live and see with your own eyes how this general drives him back to Jingzhou!"
On that day, Yuan Jun broke out of camp and headed west, returning to the army along the same route.
Liu Yao's more than 10,000 defeated troops had only gathered about half at this time. Yuan Yao didn't care about subduing these tribes, and did not leave any garrison. He just hastily appointed a few local Poyang natives recommended by Chen Li as officials and asked them to act as agents.
There were also countless heavy equipment, and Yuan Yao also threw them all to these natives.
The next day, bad news came one after another from the west.
First, Liu Fu sent someone to send a message from Shangliao. Shangliao City had been besieged on all sides by thousands of Jingzhou troops, and the leading general was Liu Pan, who was brave and good at fighting.
Then, Nanchang City and Chaisang sent people to ask for help almost at the same time.
On Chaisang's side, Lu Su reported urgently, and Liu Biao sent an army of land and water to besiege Chaisang.
The attack on Shang Liao and Chai Sang was something Yuan Yao was prepared for.
After all, Liu Yao's secret letter directly suggested that Liu Biao attack the two important places of Chaisang and Shangliao first.
The importance of Chaisang is that it guards the north and south of the Yangtze River. Attacking it can cut off the communication between Yuan Shu and Yuan Yao's father and son, leaving Yuan Yao in an isolated and helpless situation.
The importance of Shangxiao is that it is the place where Yuan Yaojun's food supplies are stored. Pulling it out can put Yuan Yao into a desperate situation of no food.
But what Yuan Yao didn't expect was that Nanchang City was also in Liu Yao and Liu Biao's plan.
Huang Yi was left behind in Nanchang. He sent someone to tell Yuan Yao that the two powerful families, the Xu family and the Mo family, had a grudge against Yuan Yao's separation of counties, so they accepted Liu Yao's seal ribbon and gathered a crowd to rebel against Yuan Yao. .
Taking advantage of Yuan Yaodong's expedition, these two families secretly gathered tens of thousands of people, and the city of Nanchang was already in danger.
In one day, the three cities were in emergency, and Yuan Yao was also worried.
Who the hell gave Liu Yao the idea to connect with Liu Biao and attack him from both sides?
Who the fuck pointed out to Liu Yao that Shangliao and Chaisang were the lifeblood of his rear?
Aren’t Mr. Xu and Mr. Mo always doing well? Moreover, Xu Zong, the head of the Xu family, was fine before. Why did he suddenly rebel?
