I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 224, The Eastern Han's 'Mushou'

Threatened by Dong Zhuo, the Sili family headed by Yang Biao all looked at Yuan Kai and them. Dong Zhuo might not be able to tell how many former students Yuan Kai had, but they knew it all!
Yang Biao even walked up to Yuan Kai and whispered, "If you people from the Guandong dare to mess around in Luoyang City, we will help Dong Zhuo beat Yuan Shao. I will do what I say!"

The Yang family also has four generations and three fathers, and their family background is no worse than that of the Yuan family. The only difference may be that Yang Biao is too young, and his prestige is not as good as Yuan Kui's.His hometown is Huayin County, Hongnong County, which is next to Luoyang City. Lei Gong has occupied Luoyang City, and his hometown will also be finished!

Yuan Kai could only smile wryly. Once a person's ambition is hooked out, it is impossible to extinguish it. The prefect of the big man has lost the restraint of the court in the past six months. Now his heart is wild, and the current situation is beyond his control. that's it.

Dong Zhuo sneered when he saw that the scholars in the imperial court were split. Under Lei Gong's oppression, Yang Biao and other nobles from the Sili clan would help him take care of Luoyang City!This is what Dong Zhuo hopes to see. If Luoyang City is unstable, most of his army will be used to suppress the nobles in Luoyang City. There will not be too many troops to deal with Yuan Shao and the others. Now there are Kansai clans. At the very least, he can dispatch more than 7% of the army!

Then Dong Zhuo signaled Tian Yi to continue introducing the battle situation!

Tian Yi continued: "Mu Kongni of Yuzhou has 3 troops and Yingchuan prefect Li Min has 1 troops. They have already stationed in Yangzhai, the governor of Yingchuan County, and they are threatening this Yuanguan.

The last one is Yuan Shu from Nanyang. Since Yuan Shu came to Nanyang, he has extorted money and extorted money. With the help of Runan, he has recruited 4 troops and is stationed in Luyang. It is said that Yuan Shu’s friend Sun Jian raised troops to support Yuan Shu. March to Luyang!

Dong Zhuo said angrily, "This Sun Jian, who spoke disrespectfully to the truth a few years ago, dares to rebel against the truth now. The truth will not spare him!"

After Tian Yi waited for Dong Zhuo to finish speaking, he said: "The total strength of the rebel army is about [-] now, and Han Fu from Jizhou and Kong Ni from Yuzhou are the main ones who supply the rebel army with food and supplies!

Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "It seems that Yuan Shu's strength is not as good as Yuan Benchu's. He only has two or three helpers. Compared with Yuan Shao's dozen or so eunuchs, he is far behind. It seems that the Tai Tuo still likes Yuan Shao more. The Yuan family is fighting among themselves!"

Yuan Kai just looked at Dong Zhuo coldly, and now he has nothing to say to Dong Zhuo.

In fact, he was also a little annoyed by Yuan Shu's escape. Yuan Shu's departure from Luoyang City was not arranged by him at all. Yuan Kui knew that concentrating strength could defeat Dong Zhuo better than two fists, but Yuan Shu had already seen that the situation in Luoyang City was not good, so he had no contact. Yuan Kui knew he had escaped.

So the situation became like this. The Yuan family's disciples and old officials were all supporting Yuan Shao. This was originally arranged by him, but the Yuan family in Runan supported Yuan Shu with all their strength because Yuan Shu was the direct son and they were close to each other. So Yuan's power was divided into two!
On the contrary, Tian Yi said with a smile: "The strength of Taifu's family is still very strong. During the Yellow Turban Uprising, the imperial court couldn't send out 20 troops. Now the Taifu's family can only send out 20 troops. The four generations and three princes really have a deep foundation! I just don't know if the Taifu can recruit another 20 troops after the 20 troops are wiped out by the Prime Minister!
Although the Yuan brothers have a large army, Dong Zhuo and the others are not afraid, because most of these soldiers have been recruited for less than a year, and they are confident that they can win!
Dong Zhuo looked at the civil and military officials present and said: "The situation has been introduced, let's discuss how to deal with the Yuan brothers!

Shangshu Zheng Tai said: "President of the country, government depends on virtue, not on the number of soldiers."

Dong Zhuo said unhappily: "According to what you say, the army is useless?"

Zheng Tai said: "That's not what I mean, but I think that the east of Xiaoshan Mountain is not worth sending out a large army to attack. You rose up in Xizhou and became a general when you were young. Miao is a loyal elder in Dongping County. Sitting in the hall, his eyes can't look around. Kong Ni can only talk and criticize right and wrong. These people have no military skills. They are definitely not your opponents in a confrontation. What's more, their official positions are all Those who were sealed by themselves were not appointed by the court, and there was no order of respect.

If you rely on the number of troops to fight against each other, these people will preserve their own strength and see success or failure, and they will not work together to advance and retreat together.Moreover, the area east of Xiaoshan has been peaceful for a long time, and the people are not familiar with fighting. The area west of Hangu Pass has recently been attacked by Qiang people, and even women can bend their bows to fight.No one's fear is like fighting against the troops of Bingzhou and Liangzhou as pawns. Fighting is like driving tigers and beasts to capture dogs and sheep, and blowing up strong winds to sweep away dead leaves. Who can resist!

Conscription without incident will cause a stir in the world, causing those who are afraid of military service to gather and riot.Abandoning benevolent government and using the army is to damage one's own prestige. "

After listening to Zheng Tai's words, Dong Zhuo smiled and said, "Where is your home, Gongye?"

Zheng Tai didn't know why, but he still replied, "I'm from Kaifeng, Xingyang."

Dong Zhuo said clearly, "I see, you are not afraid of Lei Gong, no wonder you help Yuan Shao and the others to speak!"

Zheng Tai broke out in a cold sweat and said, "You've been wronged! Prime Minister"

Dong Zhuo sneered and said: "You go to the Central Plains to recruit the Yuan brothers. As long as you succeed, I wanted you to become Sikong, but if you fail, you also fled to the Yuan Shao brothers. The truth can't help you, but you are in Luoyang None of the family members are left behind! Dare you go?"

What Zheng Tai meant was to ask him not to recruit soldiers to expand the army. This is to see Dong Zhuo as a fool, but Dong Zhuo really did not recruit soldiers, because Luoyang City did not have enough food and grass, and the army in his hands could no longer continue to expand.

At this time Yang Biao came out and said: "Zheng Tai is just a white-faced scholar who doesn't understand military affairs at all, so why should the Prime Minister be as knowledgeable as him!"

Dong Zhuo can not give face to Yuan Kai now, but he has to give face to Yang Biao. The nobles in Kanto have become his enemies, and now he can only win over the nobles in Kansai, and Yang Biao is Kansai A representative of the elite clan!
Dong Zhuo said with a cold face: "The truth is to give Wen Xian some face, step back!
Zheng Tai stepped back in a cold sweat!
But Dong Zhuo looked at Yuan Ji and said with a smile: "Your two brothers betrayed the court and failed the prestige of the Yuan family's four generations and three princes. As the elder brother, you are responsible for the future of the Yuan family. You need to remove these two stains yourself. In order to continue to trust your Yuan family, I will report to the imperial court to designate you as the rebellious Zhonglang and follow Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu!"

This is what Dong Zhuo and Li Ru discussed. Now Liu Bei is the only one who is loyal to the court and can withstand the pressure of the Yuan clan. Yuan Ji went to Liu Bei's army, and Liu Bei will definitely be used by Liu Bei to deal with Yuan Shu. If Liu Bei can wipe out Yuan Shu and the others For Dong Zhuo, it was a big profit.

Even if Yuan Ji escaped, it would be good for them. Yuan Ji is the legitimate heir of the Yuan Clan. Now that his two brothers are strong, Yuan Ji will definitely not be convinced. It's the best thing for them.

Yuan Kui looked at Dong Zhuo in astonishment. Is this the same Dong Zhuo he knew?
He would actually think of using Yuan Ji to deal with Yuan Shu, and even use his Liu Bei, Dong Zhuo has an expert behind him!
Yang Biao and the others thought the same way. Dong Zhuo had been played around by Yuan Kai for more than half a year, and today's change was too sudden!

Dong Zhuo saw the stunned expressions of all civil and military officials, and laughed loudly: "Didn't Yuan Shao say that they have King Hongli's imperial edict of the Qing emperor in their hands, and they have already asked King Hongli about the truth, and he has been staying in the mansion peacefully these days , there is no side edict from the Qing emperor at all, all of this was forged by Yuan Shao for his own ambition! King Hongli wrote to His Majesty, saying that in order to show his innocence, he is willing to go to the front line to persuade Yuan Shao to rebel! After the spring, the truth will bring Hongli Wang went to the front to suppress Yuan Shao's rebellion!"

Yuan Kui was completely fooled by Dong Zhuo's hand, and he actually wanted to use King Hongli to deal with Yuan Shao. This idea is simply absolute. Once the two sides meet, Yuan Shao and the others will definitely reveal their secrets. Dong Zhuo really hit the weakness of the Dong League. up!
Yang Biao was a little happy, Dong Zhuo's method suddenly became brilliant, it seemed that Sili could be saved!

In the first year of Chuping, March!
Liu Bei's [-] troops attacked and trekked for a long time, and finally came to Xi County after the cold wind, and then Liu Bei stationed troops here, intending to let the soldiers recover their energy, and at the same time inquire about the surrounding situation, and then decide how to march!
At this time, the officials in Jingzhou heard that Liu Bei led an army of [-] troops stationed in Xixian County, and immediately found him and cried, "General Zhennan, please make the decision for my family's governor?"

Liu Bei asked, "What happened?"

At this time, the officials in Jingzhou immediately told Liu Bei what happened in Jingzhou.

It all started when Yuan Shu fled to Nanyang County.After the alliance against Dong Zhuo was established, in order to compete with Yuan Shao for the position of leader, he immediately went to his hometown and asked the elders of his hometown to help him crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Yuan Shu was originally the son of the Yuan family. Under Yuan Shu's tricks, the clan elders thought that Yuan Shu was arranged by Yuan Kui, so they naturally mobilized the former members of the Yuan family to help Yuan Shu with all their strength. Now that Yuan Shu is here, he is like a fish in water. The elders of the clan gave nothing, and quickly helped Yuan Shu recruit [-] elite soldiers. These are the private soldiers brought by Yuan Shu from his hometown in Runan, which are completely different from the recruits he just recruited.

Then Yuan Shu, in the name of his later general, ordered the prefects of the surrounding counties to transport all the food and salaries of the army to his territory in Luyang, so that he could compete with Yuan Shao for the position of the head of the Yuan Clan!The prefect of Yuzhou still obeyed Yuan Shu's orders, but Wang Rui, governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, prefect of Nanyang, did not want to obey Yuan Shu's orders.

Just kidding, Yuan Shu wanted all their food, grass and army when he came. They were really the slaves of the Yuan family among them. Old, weak and disabled soldiers, thousands of stones of food mean!
But could Yuan Shu endure this?

In addition, he had already taken a fancy to Nanyang County, which has a population of two million, and wanted to rely on Nanyang County's territory to fight for world hegemony, so he had the idea of ​​killing the two of them, so he wrote to his friend Sun Jian and said: "Now The heroes of the Central Plains are vying for the throne, if you want to leave your name in history, come to Luyang with your brother to fight Dong Zhuo!"

Sun Jian was already dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, and he almost killed Dong Zhuo in front of Zhang Wen when he was in Xiliang. Of course, Dong Zhuo quickly joined him, using the news of the rebellious frontiers at that time, and betrayed them to send troops. Zhou Shen's side Sun Jian almost died in Xiliang, so the two sides have a deep hatred.

Now that he can take revenge, Sun Jian is of course happy, so after receiving Yuan Shu's letter, he led all the soldiers from Changsha County to Luyang northward!Prepare to join Yuan Shu!
But when Sun Jian walked near Jiangling City, Yuan Shu wrote again, saying, "Wang Rui, governor of Jingzhou, seems to have a connection with Dong Zhuo and wants to kill his brother. Help me kill him!"

And this is what Sun Jian wanted to do. At the beginning, Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, jointly attacked the rebels in Lingling and Guiyang counties.Wang Rui is a celebrity, so he naturally looked down on a martial artist like Sun Jian. In his words, he despised him, and even contacted other people in Jingzhou official circles to exclude Sun Jian. He was very angry in Jingzhou.But now that Sun Jian can finally have revenge and revenge, he is naturally not polite.

At this time, there were also many internal conflicts in Jingzhou. The governor of Jingzhou Wang Rui had always been on par with Cao Yin, the prefect of Wuling, and threatened to kill Cao Yin first.

Cao Yin was afraid, so he forged an official document from the imperial court to Sun Jian, announcing Wang Rui's crimes, and asked Sun Jian to arrest Wang Rui and report the situation after execution.

Sun Jian originally wanted to find an excuse to kill Wang Rui, but now that Cao Yin has sent all the excuses up, what is there to say? After getting this official document, Sun Jian immediately led his army to attack Wang Rui,

Wang Rui was not prepared at all. He was defeated by Sun Jian and fled back to Jiangling City. More than 2 of his men became Sun Jian's captives.

Knowing that Sun Jian led the troops to attack him, Wang Rui sent an envoy to question Sun Jian: "Everyone is an official of the court, why did you attack me?
Sun Jian said: "I have received the official letter from the envoy, and I want to execute you!"

Wang Rui said, "What crime have I committed?"

Sun Jian said: "You have committed the crime of 'ignorance'!"

Knowing that Sun Jian was mentioning Yuan Shu to kill him, Wang Rui had no choice but to scrape off the gold shavings and drink to death.

Then Sun Jian annexed Wang Rui's army and continued northward with [-] people.

Liu Bei and others were stunned after hearing what happened. They never thought that Sun Jian would dare to attack his superior as a subordinate. Such a thing had never been heard before.

Zhang Fei was also surprised and said: "It's not unfounded. Didn't Sun Jian say that he was born as a warrior, and he is so good at playing tricks and tricks! He can still say such shameless words!"

Jian Yong sighed: "The majesty of the imperial court was really destroyed by Yuan Shao and the others. Now the prefects and herdsmen of various places are attacking each other. It is unimaginable to attack the superiors like Sun Jian a few years ago. This is a rebellion. But now he dares to lead the army to attack the officials of the Han Dynasty, and the soldiers will obey his orders, they no longer regard themselves as officials of the Han Dynasty, but princes in troubled times!"

Zhao Yundao: "Now Yuan Shu has 4 troops, and Sun Jian has 3 troops. It would be too bad for us if the two of them join forces. Duke Xuande should take this opportunity to wipe out Sun Jian's troops. The battle behind us will be much easier!

Liu Bei asked the escaped officials, "Where is Sun Jian's army now?"

The official said: "I have just arrived near Xiangyang, and I must be crossing the Yangtze River now, and then heading to Wanxian County, Nanyang prefect Zhang Zi has 5000 troops stationed in Wanxian County!
Liu Bei immediately asked for a map of Nanyang County, and found that his army and Sun Jian's army were about the same distance from Wan County!
Liu Bei said: "If we occupy Wan County in advance, we can prevent Sun Jian and Yuan Shu from reuniting!"

But Guan Yu frowned and said: "But Yuan Shu in Luyang is about the same distance from Wan County as we are. If Yuan Shu learns that we have come to Nanyang County, he will reconcile with Sun Jian in advance, and we will be captured by Yuan Shu and Sun Jian when we occupy Wan County." Sun Jian attacked from both sides, such a strategic situation is too weak for us.

Zhang Feidao: "Wan County is the seat of Nanyang County. It should be rich in food and grass, and the city is strong. If we rely on Wan County's defense, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's coalition forces will not be able to break through Wan County even if they have 7 people!"

At this time, the officials in Jingzhou said: "Yes, yes, yes, Wan County has the food and grass of the entire Jingzhou. It is not a problem for 3 people to be stationed for a year! Just ask Zhennan General to punish Sun Jianming to avenge our governor!"

But Jian Yongdao: "Yuzhou still has tens of thousands of rebellious allies. If we hide in Wan County and Yuan Shu's allies come over, we will face an army of 10. This situation is very unfavorable to us. The best strategy Just before they get together, let's break them one by one!"

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "Zilong, lead the cavalry to intercept Sun Jian's army in Xinye County in advance, and I will lead the army to arrive soon!"

Zhao Yundao: "Our army has just arrived in Jingzhou, and we want some locals to lead the way!"

Liu Bei and the others looked at the Jingzhou officials who came here!
A small official stood up and said: "The villain has been an official in Nanyang County for several years, and he is familiar with the geography of Nanyang County. I would like a general to lead the way!"

Liu Bei bowed his hands and said, "Then please???"

At this moment, Liu Bei remembered that he hadn't asked his name yet, and was immediately embarrassed!

"The villain Deng Hong, styled Zirong"

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Zilong! You still have the same word as Zilong! It's so interesting that two Zilongs are together!"

Deng Hong corrected: "It is the capacity of the volume, not the dragon of the dragon!"

Liu Bei continued to salute and said, "Brother Zirong is on my way!"

Deng Hong didn't expect that Liu Bei, as the general of Zhennan, would salute himself, and immediately replied: "You are welcome, general!"

Then Zhao Yun and Deng Hong immediately got ready, and 5000 cavalry marched towards Xinye County!
After Zhao Yun left, Guan Yu looked at the map of Nanyang County and said: "Nanyang County is densely covered with rivers, and there are also many rivers in Yuzhou. If we want to fight here, if we have a navy, we will get twice the result with half the effort. Like this time, if we can find enough If we have enough ships, our army can go down the river from Liguo County to resist Xinye County.

Faster than we can walk, and rejuvenates soldiers! "

Jian Yongdao: "The soldiers we brought here are all soldiers from the north, can everyone get used to sailing?"

Jian Yong knows that boating on the river is easy to get seasick. If you cross the river, it's fine. After all, the time is not long, but now that you are going down the river for hundreds of miles, he is worried that the soldiers will not be able to bear it!
Guan Yu really didn't think of this, he said abruptly: "This is not a big river, you shouldn't get seasick, right?"

Liu Bei thought for a while and asked the officials in Jingzhou, "Is there a navy here in Nanyang County?"

The official said helplessly: "There is a navy in Xiangyang County, but I'm afraid we won't have time to inform, but Nanyang County only has some small rivers, no navy stationed, and there are only some small boats around, which can't carry tens of thousands of troops at all!

Xiangyang City, by the Han River.

Sun Jian killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and annexed 2 troops from the Jingzhou Army. Now he has 3 horses in his hands. At this time, Sun Jian can be described as high-spirited. He led the 3 troops across the Yangtze River, and prepared to become famous in the alliance against Dong. world!
Standing at the ferry, Sun Jian looked at his boundless army and said with a smile: "Junli, after I defeat Dong Zhuo this time, I will never come to Jingzhou again. I will stay in the Central Plains to fight for the world!"

Sun Jian can't be regarded as a loyal minister of the great man, otherwise he would not have killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou. It can be said that he is similar to Dong Zhuo, and he is a warrior with great ambitions!

But Zhu Zhi worried: "Duke Ming, can we just kill the governor of Jingzhou like this? Yuan Shu's family background far exceeds that of Duke Ming, but he still dare not kill officials of the court, but now he lets Duke Ming come forward to kill people. I am worried that Duke Ming will suffer from Dong Zhuo. The Yuan family used to borrow a knife to kill people, Ming Gong had to guard against it!

Zhu Zhi is in his twenties, burly, heroic, capable of both civil and military skills.He is from Danyang and Sun Jian's fellow in Jiangdong. When Sun Jian went to Changsha as the prefect, he was a soldier in the Changsha government.

Sun Jian said with a disdainful smile: "At this time and then at that time, the world is in chaos now. It is the time when our generation of warriors made great achievements. Like Wang Rui, who is ignorant of current affairs, he thought it was a prosperous age. He suppressed us warriors, but he didn't know the strength of the great man." The world has changed a long time ago. If I kill Wang Rui, who will avenge him? Even if his family wants to avenge him, is the knife in my hand not good? Now the big man has changed, and the rules have also changed. Now we speak with a knife It's time!

Zhu Zhi looked at him sideways, hesitant to speak.He, the Duke of Ming, had no imperial edict and no reason to attack and deal with him, but he not only killed, but also killed his superiors. Even if the world was going to be chaotic, he still felt that it was too early for Sun Jian to act like this. Will be hit by others!And even if the world is in chaos, it is not a good thing to offend the nobles.

Yuan Shu's family background is far better than Sun Jian's, but why he didn't kill him was because he was worried that Shilin would hate him because of this matter.Wang Rui is a noble man, and he has a high reputation among scholars. Although his family is not comparable to the Yuan family, it is also very famous in a state. In a word, 2000 shi for a lifetime, offending such a family is not a big deal A good thing!

It's just that Sun Jian is so high-spirited now that he can't listen to his words at all!
(End of this chapter)