I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 359, the unpopular Yuan Shu
Xun Kan's words made Yuan Shao obviously ponder. In the original history, Yuan Shao would not do the matter of coercing the emperor to order the princes, because he is the biggest prince in the world. Not to mention that it is not effective, but he is easily coerced by the Han Dynasty. Of course, it is easy for him to become a powerful minister, even a powerful minister like Dong Zhuo, but it is very difficult to replace the Han Dynasty.But at this time, Yuan Shao no longer wanted to be a powerful minister, but wanted to replace the Han Dynasty, so he let Cao Cao take advantage of it.

Of course, Cao Cao was also restrained by powerful officials. Just looking at Cao Cao in history, he basically conquered the world from the ground up, but because he conquered the world in the name of a big man, it was very difficult to break free from the shackles of the Han Dynasty. In the later period, Cao Cao During the battle, there must be turmoil in the rear, which also made Cao Cao miss the opportunity to unify the world!
Most of Yuan Shao's territory was taken over by his fame, and the only princes he eliminated was Gongsun Zan's family, so Yuan Shao's internal Han Dynasty was so powerful that he didn't dare to let Emperor Xian come to his territory.

And the problems Yuan Shao encounters are similar now, even worse than in history. A year ago, he had only 4 confidants, and he didn’t even have a piece of territory. Now he has rapidly expanded to the territory of the three states, basically relying on His family background, and the fear of Lei Gong from the powerful families of the Central Plains!It can be said that the power of the Han Dynasty within Yuan Shao's forces is also very strong, which is why Yuan Shao did not want Emperor Xian to come to Luoyang City!

But at this time, there is an extremely powerful Lei Gong. Yuan Shao knows that even if he occupies the land of the three states, he cannot be Lei Gong's opponent. It is not unacceptable to use the power of the court to deal with Lei Gong at this time!
Guo Tu persuaded: "Ming Gong and Lei Gong are powerful, even if we gather soldiers and horses from various states and counties together to deal with Lei Gong, we may not be able to defeat Lei Gong, and the current state of the big man is not Lei Gong's. The opponent is gone, only under the righteousness of the court can we unite the soldiers of the entire Han Dynasty!"

"Allied forces!" Yuan Shao said helplessly!He naturally knew the harm of such an allied army with their own ghosts. At the beginning, their Kwantung coalition had several times more troops than Dong Zhuo, but because everyone had their own ghosts, they couldn't work together, so they were defeated by Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of troops. Friends Zhang Miao and others even became scapegoats and were beheaded by Dong Zhuo for public display!If they want to continue to use the model of coalition forces, they will still be defeated by Lei Gong!
Tian Feng continued: "Now my lord and the other princes of the Han Dynasty have to face Lei Gong as a powerful enemy. As long as the lord fights against Lei Gong, even Liu Bei, Tao Qian and other princes will support the lord. If the lord leads the coalition forces to capture Jizhou, kill Lei Gong, this is the work of saving the world for the big man, and the lord can establish a strong prestige and make outstanding achievements.

Tian Feng's words made Yuan Shao's eyes brighten. The reason why he is in such a dilemma now is because he has not made achievements and established prestige. Even his confidants do not have much approval for him to replace the Han Dynasty.

But if he kills Lei Gong, the great enemy of the powerful clan, the whole powerful clan of the great Han will be grateful to him. By then, his prestige will be high enough, and his meritorious service will be prominent enough, and it will not be a matter of course to replace the Han Dynasty!
After figuring it out, Yuan Shao said: "Okay, I'm going to go to Xiangyang City right now, but before we leave, we need to discuss how to save Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Shu and I are at odds, he is my younger brother after all!"

Xu You said with a smile: "Gaolu is about to learn some lessons. Otherwise, with his bold personality, he doesn't know how much trouble he will cause. This time Liu Bei will definitely not make it easy for him. His soldiers will definitely be defeated by Liu Bei." , the site was occupied by Liu Bei, and without the army and the site, the highway would no longer be able to cause trouble. At first, it was enough to send Liu Bei a letter and leave the highway with his life, and Shi Ji was also under Liu Bei's command. Ji will not kill the road!"

Yuan Shao continued to ask: "But in what name do I want to return to the court?"

Tian Fengxi said: "Naturally, I want to return to the court in the name of dealing with Lei Gong. As long as the lord gathers the princes of the world in the name of the court and discusses how to deal with Lei Gong, the princes of the world will definitely respond to the call of the lord!"

Yuan Shao nodded, as he agreed with Xu You's statement, and then he arranged the affairs of the three prefectures of Sili, and marched towards Xiangyang City with 5000 soldiers!
Yangzhou, Lujiang County, Shu County!
Liu Bei led an army of 5 land and water troops all the way from Jiangxia County to attack Lujiang County along the Yangtze River. Yuan Shu's men surrendered on the way. Basically, when Liu Bei's army came to that county, the county immediately opened its doors and surrendered to welcome Liu Bei's army. arrive!
There is no way, Yuan Shu occupied Yangzhou for a short time, and the county magistrates in many places have not replaced his confidantes, and at this time Yuan Shao cut off Yuan Shu's retreat, which made Yuan Shu furious, and he took over Jiujiang as high as the sky He and the two counties of Lujiang raised money and grain to fight Yuan Shao and wanted to take back Yuzhou.

However, he was defeated by his nephew Yuan Tan and fled back to Jiujiang County, but Yuan Shu was not convinced. After returning, he began to recruit soldiers wantonly, raising money and food to take revenge, but how could the land of the two counties afford [-] to [-] army.As a result, the people of Yangzhou suffered, and a large number of them escaped from the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang. It can be said that although Yuan Shu has been in Yangzhou for less than a year, he has already made Yangzhou angry.
So when Liu Bei led the army to attack Yuan Shu, the officials in Yangzhou completely abandoned Yuan Shu and rejoined the court's camp. It took Liu Bei less than 10 days to attack Shu County, the prefecture of Lujiang!

Yuan Shu's general Liu Xun saw the officials in Lujiang County open their doors and surrendered, and he didn't dare to trust them at all. He concentrated all the [-] troops in Lujiang County in Shu County, intending to rely on Shu County, which is high in the city and deep in the pool, to resist Liu Bei's attack. !

So Liu Bei encountered his first tough battle since the start of the war in Shu County!
Shu County, the camp of the Han army!
Liu Bei will convene the Ministry to discuss how to quickly conquer Shu County!
Chief Shi Yuan Ji frowned and said: "The city of Shu County is high and deep, and Liu Xun has [-] troops in his hands. Although these soldiers are not strong, they are enough to defend the city. Our strength is not twice that of Liu Xun. Let's wait and see." Inspector Yang leads troops here, and we will merge into one place and attack Shu County!"

Seeing Yuan Ji, Liu Bei asked, "Can't Shi Ji persuade Liu Xun to surrender?"

The reason why he brought Yuan Ji to Yangzhou this time was because Yuan Ji was the eldest son of the Yuan family. Logically speaking, he was the rightful head of the Yuan family, and most of Yuan Shu's subordinates were former students of the Yuan family. With Yuan Ji around, he can quickly annihilate Yuan Shu's forces!

Using someone else's elder brother to deal with someone else's younger brother is not in line with Liu Bei's character, but now that the Han Dynasty is at stake, Liu Bei can't control so much anymore!

Not long since the imperial court moved to Xiangyang City!There are prophecies that the Yuan family is about to replace the Han Dynasty everywhere in the Central Plains, and just because the imperial court gave up the Sili, Yuan Shao occupied the three states of the Central Plains and greatly increased his strength, so Yuan Shao had this ambition!

Once Yuan Shao became self-reliant, the great Han might collapse. Originally, a thunderbolt made it difficult for the imperial court to deal with it. Now that Yuan Shao split the three states of the Central Plains, half of the great Han's world would be lost. Not to mention that Yuan Shao's actions would cause other The chain reaction of princes.

Will Cao Cao in Qingzhou also want to become king on his own?Tao Qian from Xuzhou, and Liu Zhang from Yizhou, the entire Han Dynasty will collapse because of Yuan Shao's actions!

So before Liu Bei settled down in the court, he hurriedly led an army of 5 to attack Yuan Shu, wanting to let Yuan Shao see the strength of the court and dispel his idea of ​​wanting to be self-reliant!

So for the battle to annihilate Yuan Shu, Liu Bei must not only win, but also win beautifully and quickly. In this way, the pressure on Liu Bei will naturally be great.He even had to use Yuan Ji to deal with Yuan Shu!And Yuan Ji's role is also very obvious. They have not encountered resistance along the way. Apart from the prestige of the court, Yuan Ji, the son of Yuan's eldest son, is also an important reason. His appearance allows the former disciples of the Yuan family to surrender to the court without any burden. Anyway, they were all members of Yuan's family, and they were not betraying their old master by taking refuge in Yuan Ji.It can also be seen from this that Yuan Shu is unpopular!

Hearing Liu Bei's words, Yuan Ji smiled wryly and said, "I can do something about the others, but Liu Xun is Yuan Shu's confidant, and he has played with Gonglu since childhood. It is impossible for him to listen to my words and leave the city to surrender!"

Zhang Fei said loudly: "If we can't persuade him to surrender, we will attack the city. Now that Yuan Shu has become a dog in the water, don't we need to be afraid of him!"

Guan Yu said: "Shu County has an army of [-], how can it be broken in a short while! As long as Liu Xun is a qualified general, relying on this [-] army is enough to guard Shu County for half a year!"

But Liu Bei said: "We don't have much time to delay in Lujiang County. If we can't annihilate Yuan Shu before Yuan Shao reacts, and wait for Yuan Shao to support Yuan Shu, it will be even more difficult for us to annihilate him!"

Zhao Yun looked at the map of Shu County and shook his head, "Shu County is surrounded by mountains and rivers, so it's not easy to fight, so we can only surround it for a long time. However, my subordinates have heard that Yuan Shu is unpopular in Yangzhou. If we can contact the people in Shu County, let them help us. Open the city gate, so that we can break through Shu County quickly!"

Yuan Ji smiled wryly and said, "Liu Xun no longer believes in the tyrants of Lujiang County. He drove all these people out of Shu County. Now, except for the common people, all the people in Shu County are Yuan Shu's subordinates. We want to instigate against the local tyrants." Can't do it!"

Liu Bei thought for a while and asked, "Where is Inspector Liu and his army?"

Yuan Jidao: "Inspector Liu didn't expect that we would attack Yuan Shu at this time, so he was unprepared. His army is really assembled in Danyang County, but it will take a few days to feel Shu County!"

Zhang Fei said dissatisfiedly, "Yuan Shu captured his territory. He fled to Jiangdong, yet he hasn't assembled an army to deal with Yuan Shu. No wonder he was beaten by Yuan Shu and fled!"

Yuan Ji smiled wryly and said: "Liu Inspector Liu is a famous scholar after all. Although he is good at governing one side, he is not very proficient in military affairs. Moreover, the most prosperous Yangzhou is Jiujiang County and Lujiang County. The six counties in Jiangdong are not only wild lands, but also sparsely populated. It is difficult to support too many troops, and the territory is vast, equivalent to the area of ​​several states in the Central Plains, so it is not as simple as ours to gather troops in such a vast region!"

Liu Bei continued to ask, "Where did Qingzhou Mu, Xu Zhoumu and their allied forces go?"

Yuan Jidao: "Their coalition forces are still in Xuzhou. After all, Cao Mengde's army is thousands of miles away from Jiujiang County. It will be difficult to reach Yangzhou for a while. Now they should have arrived in Guangling County! Presumably they will enter Jiujiang County soon. Inside! There are 8 coalition forces in the two prefectures, so Yuan Shu would definitely not dare to support Lujiang County, this has created an opportunity for us to conquer Lujiang County!"

Guan Yu persuaded: "Brother, other forces have not yet entered Yuan Shu's territory. We have gone deep enough. Now wait for the armies of other princes to waste a few days. By then, our 16 troops will surround Yuan Shu. , Yuan Shu's subordinates will find a way to surrender even if they want to survive! We are now besieging Shu County and waiting for the armies of other princes!"

But Liu Bei said: "I want a thunderous blow, so that everyone in the world will see the consequences of betraying a big man, so the sooner we fight against Yuan Shu, the better, so that people in the world can see that even the Yuan family is in front of a big man. Vulnerable!"

What he said made Yuan Ji extremely embarrassed, because he was also a member of the Yuan family!
Of course, besides the embarrassment, there is also hatred towards Yuan Shu and the others. A few years ago, he was one of the nine ministers. If this momentum continues, he will become the third prince of the imperial court in less than 10 years, but Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have destroyed everything. Their rebellion not only almost caused him to die in Luoyang City, but also cut off his official career. In the past few years, he has been a long history of Liu Bei, and it is difficult to have a bright future!
Although the general's Chang Shi has a high position and weight, how can he compare with the Sangong in the imperial court? To them, the Yuan family is nothing more than a failure to become a petty official like Chang Shi.

Hearing this, Zhang Fei excitedly said, "Brother, do you want to use gunpowder?"

Now the forces of the various forces in the Han Dynasty have gunpowder forces, namely Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei!Liu Bei's gunpowder was obtained by the court from Xu Wei, and this time Liu Bei brought 3000 catties of gunpowder to attack Yuan Shu, which is already Liu Bei's entire storage capacity!And these black gunpowder is Liu Bei's trump card. He originally wanted to use it to attack Shouchun, but now it will be used in Shu County!
Liu Bei said firmly: "Brother Shi Ji found two coffins for the general!"

Yuan Ji nodded and said, "No!"

"Zilong! Tomorrow, you will lead an army of 1 to attack the south gate of Shu County. Your department will mainly contain Liu Xun's army!"

Zhao Yun said: "No!"

"Yun Chang, Yi De, tomorrow you will each lead 2 troops to attack the north and south sides of Shu County, use gunpowder to blow open the gates of Shu County, and then enter Shu County. They are going to break through Shu County in one day and completely occupy the entire city. Lujiang County!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei nodded and said, "No!"

The next day!

Liu Bei's [-] troops were divided into three groups and surrounded the east, west, and south walls of Shu County respectively!
Zhao Yun in the south set up a suspicious formation, and he fought an army of 3 to [-]. Liu Xun thought that the south was the direction of Liu Bei's lord, so he mobilized a large number of soldiers to the south wall!
And half an hour after Zhao Yun and the others attacked the city, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also led their own armies to attack the city!
They let the guards stand on the officialdom filled with black powder, and then quickly rushed to the gate of Shu County, placed the coffin at the gate of the city, and then ignited the black powder inside!

"Boom! Boom!" Two roaring sounds shook the sky, and a huge gap appeared in the city wall of Shu County immediately!

Zhang Fei was overjoyed to see this and shouted: "Follow me and kill!"

The two armies of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei rushed into Shu County like two long dragons, but Yuan Shu's subordinates were stunned by the two explosions, and they didn't dare to resist for a while. Zhang Fei easily killed Liu Xun in front of him. Stabbed Liu Xun to death, and Shu County was conquered by Liu Bei!

After Shu County was captured, the county magistrate of Lujiang County surrendered to Liu Bei, and the entire Lujiang River was captured by Liu Bei!

(End of this chapter)