In the second year of Jian'an, that is, 197 AD, the princes of all parties have been stable for several years. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were busy building the eastern capital of Luoyang, and the other was stepping up their time to arm themselves. Liu Bei was also living happily in Xiaopei. After all, just now It’s been a Spring Festival,
Liu Biao also withdrew to Jingzhou and gave up his strategic rivalry with Yuan Shu. In the past few years, it was not Cheng Feng or these princes who gained fame and fortune, but Yuan Shu, who had always been ignored before, now he occupied Yangzhou, Xuzhou and Jingzhou In some areas of Qingzhou, it is the largest prince in the true sense. It is rich in products, has a vast territory and a large number of people, and has millions of people. It can overwhelm any prince at the same time. Even Cheng Feng has to admit that the power of the family is still too great. Too scary!
Xiahou Yuan's fame in the battle at Chang'an spread throughout the world, and he later took the opportunity to attack the remaining party members and soldiers of Han Sui and others, and securely occupied Chang'an for Cao Cao. He was awarded various awards by Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and Cheng Feng also praised his cavalry as unparalleled in the world. Tiger steps to the right of Guan, so Xia Houyuan was also called General Zhufeng!
Yuan Shu once again took out the Imperial Seal. He had already forgotten how many times he had seen this charming treasure! Ever since Sun Jian offered the jade seal, the thought in Yuan Shu's heart has been lingering. Now that his power can be said to be number one, he can no longer hold back his desire to become emperor!
"Lord! There is auspiciousness in Shouchun. It is said that there is a unicorn appearing, there are colorful auspicious lights on the street, and the chicks turn into phoenixes!" Yan Xiang said, the generals in this group of people all hope that Yuan Shu will become emperor, and the civil servants also have this idea. There are only a few old people who think this is inappropriate, but they have very little say!
"Oh! It seems that this is God's arrangement!" Yuan Shu said with a smile, this Yan Xiang is so good, he can think about himself anytime and anywhere, and make some impossible arrangements more reasonable!
"In addition, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and all the people have come forward to respectfully invite the lord to ascend to the throne. This is what the people want!" Ji Ling said, this group of people can't understand this matter, why do the people recognize it so much? As for Yuan Shu, this was actually Cheng Feng's handiwork. Due to the lack of generals, he could no longer attack the city, so he had to engage in underground activities, using the power of the Beggar Gang, Qing Gang and other gangs to send a large number of refugees into Yuan Shu's territory, and then came This request creates the illusion of what the people want!
"Those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gaoye! My lord, don't hesitate. The so-called God's gift will lead to future troubles. This is God's mercy!" Chen Jidao, as long as Yuan Shu is deceived into ascending the throne, his group will be the ministers of the dragon. With that status The meaning is different!
"No! Never!" Yang Hong said, "In the past, King Wen of Zhou occupied two-thirds of the world, and the people's hearts returned to the Western Zhou Dynasty. They still respected King Zhou. Now, although we have gained some cities, we are still no match for the princes of the world. , please, my lord, think twice!”
"The legend of King Wen of Zhou is so good, not because he has a thief's heart but not his courage. I, Yuan Shu, the eldest son of the Fourth and Third Dukes, have disciples and former officials all over the world, and command millions of soldiers. What does the stability and rule of the Han Dynasty have to do with the Liu family? Our family is not all in charge. Now is a good opportunity for my Yuan family to become a dragon. How can we miss it just because of fame and reputation?" Yuan Shu was furious, but he didn't expect Yang Hong to suddenly object.
"Lord, please calm down. I want to persuade your lord to wait a few more years until we are more prosperous before ascending the throne!" Yang Hong said quickly, feeling a little uneasy at the same time. Damn it, you Yan Xiang dissuaded me last time. It's okay and I can still get a good reputation. Why can't I do it this time?
"It's a big taboo to be unresolute in situations of trouble!" Yuan Shu glared at Yang Hong and said, "Don't show your presence at all times. This is the general trend. If I don't proclaim myself emperor, I will lose the support of the people and cause the army to lose morale. Then how can we fight for hegemony in the world?"
"My lord is wise!" Yang Hong said quickly. Among other things, his lord is very ambitious and willful, but he is also a good player. Of course, the Yuan family all have this character!
Seeing that there was no objection, Yuan Shu was overjoyed. Ji Ling, Yan Xiang, Yang Hong, Chen Ji and others chose a good day to sacrifice the emperor's land. Yuan Shu ascended the throne in Shouchun and proclaimed himself emperor. He was named Zhongyuan and named the prefect of Jiujiang as Huainan Yin. , set up officials and hundreds of officials, worship heaven and earth in the suburbs! Ji Ling was appointed as the Grand Governor, governor of all the troops and horses in the country, and Zhang Xun was appointed as the General, commanding the troops and horses of Runan to resist Cao Cao in the north and Liu Biao in the west! Qiao Rui was a hussar general, leading troops to guard half of Xuzhou and overpowering Liu Bei and Lu Bu!
"Haha! Yuan Shu has proclaimed himself emperor! Haha" Sun Jian laughed heartily after receiving the news. Although Yuan Shu also sent someone to confer an official position on Sun Jian, as soon as the envoy arrived, Sun Jian cut down the sacrificial flag!
"If heaven wants to make people die, it must first make them crazy! Yuan Shu is seeking death!" Zhou Yu said with a smile.
"The princess can take this opportunity to raise a banner, attack Yuan Shu, and further win the hearts of the people in Jiangnan!" Zhang Zhaodao
"Yes, if Yuan Shu becomes emperor, all the princes in the world will definitely send troops to attack him. This new round of struggle for hegemony is about to begin!" Sun Ce said, but when he said this, there was no trace of worry, his eyes were full of excitement!
"Prepare the army, kill Yuan Shu's navy first!" Sun Jian ordered
After receiving the news that Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, all parties reacted in the same way. They basically laughed it off, and then prepared to attack. Liu Bei and Cao Cao were furious, especially Cao Cao, who almost died from laughing. After laughing, he dispatched his troops. The general ordered Yu Jin to unite his troops and launch a full-scale war with Zhang Xun. After Cao Cao paid homage to Emperor Xian, he issued an edict, ordering all the princes in the world to raise troops to attack Yuan!
After Lu Bu received the news, he was excited at first, because he was married to Yuan Shu. Now that Yuan Shu had become the emperor, wouldn't he be a relative of the emperor? For this reason, Lu Bu even held a banquet for the guests, which made Chen Gong sighed, Lu Bu's political IQ is really zero!
"Fengxian can't do it! Now that Yuan Shu has become a traitor, will Fengxian also be doomed with him?" Chen Gong said seriously
"The Jade Emperor takes turns to sit and come to my house next year! The Liu family's world will not be short! What's more, now that Yuan Shu is powerful, there is nothing we can do!" Lu Bu said disapprovingly
"Confused! Can Yuan Shu withstand the joint efforts of all the princes in the world? Didn't you see that the Yuan family has not expressed support for Yuan Shu? Now Yuan Shao has drawn a clear line with Yuan Shu and is preparing to raise troops. This shows the absurdity of Yuan Shu proclaiming himself emperor. ! Fengxian is the Marquis of Wen personally appointed by His Majesty, and he is a general of the Han Dynasty. What's more, the general has the merit of killing Dong Zhuo and is a hero of the Han Dynasty. If he joins Yuan Shu now, wouldn't he be willing to fall?" Chen Gong said sadly.
"What should I do? Sir, please teach me?" Lu Bu broke into a cold sweat after being told this and quickly saluted.
"Behead Yuan Shu's envoys, publish the news, respond to the emperor's edict, and raise troops to attack Yuan Shu!" Chen Gong said word by word,
"This? What will happen to Xuzhou if we send troops?" Lu Bu asked worriedly
"No one dares to send troops to start a war at this time. The only place where fighting will happen is in Huainan! Let Liu Bei be the vanguard and let them attack Yuan Shu first. This will solve Xuzhou's defense problem!" Chen Gong said, as for Beihai Kong Rong and others are all a bunch of trash talking about fame and reputation, and they are not enough to bring it to the table. The local Chen Gui and his son in Xuzhou are worth noting, but they have no military power and cannot achieve anything!
"Okay! Order Liu Bei to be the vanguard, Gao Shun to lead the camp, and I will personally command the entire army! The troops will be born in spring!" Lu Bu said excitedly,
"Lord! Yuan Shu has finally proclaimed himself emperor!" When Cheng Feng's camp far away in Changshan heard the news, Cheng Feng almost jumped for joy. Now Guo Jia also said with a smile.
"It's not in vain that I have been operating for so long!" Cheng Feng laughed and said, "The chaos is about to begin!"
"Cao Cao will definitely issue an edict from King Qin. It seems that Yuan Shu is going to start a full-scale war!" Tian Yu said
"Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, it's a good time to use troops! But we are far away, so we don't need to send out many troops. In addition, Yuan Shao may not move, so please be careful in using troops!" Tian Yu said, he was very happy to see Cheng Feng today , I'm afraid that this guy will cause trouble again, after all, this kid's brain circuit is not that simple!
"Haha, sir, don't worry! Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu, the four families can destroy Yuan Shu. However, as the emperor's master, it is very inappropriate not to have such a battlefield! This time, I will personally command the seven thousand God of War Army. However, Wen Yuan and others are still here to keep an eye on Yuan Shao. Once he reacts abnormally, I will kill him directly in Yecheng!" Cheng Feng said with a smile.
"This! My lord has gone through fire and water, risking his own bow and arrow. Isn't this a bit too risky!" Tian Yu asked. Now Zhao Yun is guarding Bingzhou, Xu Shu and Zhang He are pressing the border between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and Zhang Liao is uniting his troops to defend the rear. When foreigners rush back from the border, there are really not enough manpower!
"It doesn't matter! Yuan Shu's life can't bear the honorific title of emperor. He will definitely lose this time. If we don't send troops, Yuan Shu's territory will be divided up by these families. This is the most fertile place. Whoever occupies it will greatly increase their power. . In addition, Cao Cao’s eyes have always been aimed at Xuzhou?" Cheng Feng said with a smile.
"These are the places of the Four Battles, but if Cao Cao captures Xuzhou, he will be even more powerful!" Guo Jia looked at the map and said,
"Fengxiao is coming with me this time! I have to be the chef of this cake!" Cheng Feng said with a smile. Although these people didn't understand what a cake was, the meaning was very clear!
"When will we set off?" Guo Jia's eyes were filled with light. The sword was finally about to be unsheathed!
"When Cao Cao's edict arrives, we will send troops. This time we will march in Yecheng in a big way. Test Yuan Shao's bottom line. If he makes any changes, we can kill him first!" Cheng Feng's eyes were murderous, although his words were not very clear. Yes, but the meaning is very firm!
Yecheng! In Yuan Shao's mansion, the eldest son of the Yuan family was really furious at this moment. He had been roaring for a long time and basically smashed everything around him that could be smashed!
"You bastard, this beast Yuan Shu! Isn't this putting my Yuan family on fire?" Yuan Shao kept hysterical, but after a while, he sat on the ground in frustration and despair, with disheveled hair that could not be seen at all. The shadow of a tall, rich and handsome man!
"Lord!" Tong Yuan said tentatively. As Yuan Shao's top military commander and the top master in combat power, Tong Yuan still gained Yuan Shao's trust! Now that he dares to speak, the other civil servants and generals are silent and wandering around!
"Haha! Don't you think it's ridiculous? This bastard actually dares to proclaim himself emperor, at this juncture!" Yuan Shao smiled bitterly.
"Now, my lord, please stabilize the morale of the army! Should we join Yuan Shu or send troops to attack Yuan Shu!" Tian Feng said
"Now he represents the Yuan family, do I still have a choice?" Yuan Shao was helpless.
"Yes! Yuan Shu is so greedy for profit this time that he will never be able to stop the Han army's attack. In addition, Chengfeng has already mobilized his troops and is ready to destroy our Ye city. Please make a decision early!" Tian Feng said!
"Decision? Haha, you decide, I don't want to make this decision! But the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are all loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty. I don't know what others think. Anyway, I am opposed to Yuan Shu proclaiming himself emperor!" Yuan Shao slowly said Tao, although it feels like I haven’t said anything, in fact I have said everything!
"Understood, I invite Yan Liangwen Chou to send troops to attack Yuan Shu!" Tong Yuan said
"Go! Command ten thousand troops and follow Cheng Feng to attack Yuan Shu. I hope the family can understand this general trend and not be taken advantage of!" Yuan Shao said in a low voice. It is said that the fourth generation and the third prince of the Yuan family are the best in the world. First, but only they themselves know that they were pushed out to attract firepower. The Yang family of Hongnong and the Sima family of Luoyang have great eyes and hands, especially the Sima family. Yuan Shao breaks into a cold sweat when he thinks about it, because he was able to get it last time. Going to Luoyang depends on the Sima family's methods!
Just when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor and the entire Han Dynasty was in panic, Liu Yan passed away in Bashu, Sichuan. At the same time, Zhang Ji in Wancheng also passed away! Liu Zhang successfully took over the old man's team, and then appointed Zhang Ren as the commander-in-chief and Yan Yan as the vanguard. The army directly attacked Hanzhong and killed Zhang Lu by surprise. At the critical moment, Zhang Lu led the wolf into the house and asked Cao Cao, Ma Teng and others for help, but Cao Cao Unable to divide his troops, he went all out to attack Yuan Shu, but Ma Teng took the lead. Ma Chao went out in person. The army fought with the Sichuan army for several times. In the end, Zhang Ren used a trick to burn the grain and grass, and was defeated and retreated to Hanzhong. Then the Sichuan army hesitated and continued to fight, suffering heavy losses. , had no choice but to retreat to Bashu, but Ma Chao could not bear the failure, so he sent out troops brazenly, defeated Zhang Lu and others, and forcibly occupied Hanzhong. Zhang Lu and others also fled in panic and surrendered to Cao Cao in Xuchang!
Then Xiahou Yuan's troops made a dangerous move, galloping all night, cutting off Ma Chao's return route in front of the shocked Qiang people, taking advantage of the situation to seize Ma Teng's Jiuquan and settle the three counties of Wuwei, dividing Ma Teng's power into two parts. Due to Xia Houyuan's lack of troops, He moved all the people from the three places into Chang'an and fortified the walls to clear the country, leaving Ma Teng with three empty shells!
Ten days after Yuan Shu became emperor, the first to attack was not Cao Cao or Liu Bei, but Sun Jian. Taking advantage of the spring breeze, which was the southeast wind, Sun Ce and Huang Gai joined forces to burn Yuan Shu's navy to the ground with a huge fire. It is clean. There are thousands of fires on the Yangtze River, and the sky reflected is red. In the first battle, the Huainan navy was completely killed. Children did not dare to cry when they heard the name of Jiangdong. In this battle, the Soochow general Gan Ning Taishi Ci Breaking into the Chinese army and killing General Yuan Shu's navy, Sun Jian harvested countless ships, which greatly increased the power of the Jiangdong navy and became the overlord of the Han navy. Zhou Yu used a trick to deceive Yuan Shu, starting from Jianye, and approaching Qiu all the way. Jiang, by the time Yuan Shu got the news, his troops were already approaching the city!
"You bastards! Sun Jian, a bunch of scoundrels and rats from Soochow, can only do sneak attacks!" Yuan Shu was furious. He didn't take Sun Jian into account, which put him at a disadvantage!
"Liu Xun is weak and Chen Lan, the three of you quickly unite your troops to stop Sun Jian. You don't seek merit, but seek no fault. Wait until I kill Liu Bei and others, and then deal with Sun Jian later!" Yuan Shu said!
"Yes! Your Majesty!" The three people hurriedly came out. Now they all said that they were full of confidence and their morale was high. They would hit anyone with pressure, and this time was no exception!
"I want to see what all the princes in the world are capable of. I want to conquer Liu Bei personally and destroy Liu Bei first!" Yuan Shu said
"Your Majesty! Please send a message to Lu Bu and ask him to send troops to attack Cao Cao!" Yang Hong suddenly said
"It's a joke. Lu Bu was the first to rebel against me. How could he attack Cao Cao?" Yuan Shu sneered.
"Soldiers are deceitful. Cao Cao is treacherous and Lu Bu is unethical. They don't trust each other. We just need to show it. Their alliance is not unbreakable in the first place. It will be broken as long as there is a chance, and we don't have to waste any time." One soldier and one soldier, just a few pieces of paper, if they can make them suspicious of each other, then it is a success!" Yang Hongdao
"Okay! War is about resorting to all possible means!" Yuan Shu laughed,
"Send the order to Ji Ling to defeat Liu Bei first. Before the others arrive, we can win the first victory and make me feel proud!"
"promise!"
Liu Bei has been looking gloomy recently. Not only did he lose Xuzhou, but the soldiers in his hands have returned to what they were before. The generals are only closed, and his soldiers are less than 3,000. He is really the most unlucky man in the early stage of the Three Kingdoms! Now that Lu Bu asked him to be the vanguard, he couldn't refuse. After all, he was the uncle of the Han Dynasty. It was just difficult to fight this battle!
"Brother, why don't you go to Cao Cao to borrow troops?" Guan Yu said
"Are you afraid that Prime Minister Cao won't give it to you?"
"Haha, the attack on Yuan Shu this time is in name of attacking the rebels for righteousness, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is for the land of Huainan. We have few troops and are not chess players at all. We are the least threatening. The eldest brother openly asked Cao Cao Borrow troops and secretly contact Liu Jingzhou. When the time comes, you can pass through Cao Cao's territory and enter Jingzhou smoothly. At that time, the sky is high and the birds can fly!" Zhang Feidao
"Third brother, what you said makes sense! Yun Chang, you will be the one to borrow troops from Cao Cao this time!" Liu Bei said
"yes, Sir!"
"Yide, you are so helpful to your brother, we must not let anyone underestimate us this time!" Guan Yu said
"Don't worry, second brother!" Zhang Fei said. His three brothers are almost a joke now. This time, they have to get some benefits. Guan Yu is interested in soldiers, but Zhang Fei is interested in reputation. As long as Once the reputation of his three brothers is established, it will be much easier to deal with it in the future. Yuan Shu's proclaimed emperor made him see the quickest way to become famous, which is to kill Yuan Shu!
