Xuande

Chapter 538 Liu Bei can't figure it out

The death of the two Zongwangs was hopeless bad news for Yan Xiang and Yang Hong. They immediately found Yuan Shu, vomited bitterness to him, and explained to him the great harm of doing so.

This would ruin Yuan Shu's "grand plans and great achievements" almost immediately.

Not only Yan Xiang and Yang Hong, some elders of the Yuan Shu family also came forward to reprimand Yuan Shu, asking him why he didn't restrain his subordinates, why he killed Zong Wang, and pointed at his head and scolded him severely.

This made Yuan Shu very unhappy.

"If they fight against me, they will have to pay the price! Since I have decided to crusade against the Luoyang court, I must use this to show my determination. If not, people in the world would think that Yuan Gonglu can only talk but not do it!"

Yan Xiang was very annoyed.

"If you have an army of one million and coerce the world, you can do whatever you want! No one can stop you! But you only have [-] soldiers and horses, you can't coerce the world, and you have to be unscrupulous. This will only arouse the worry and hatred of the whole world , you will be besieged!

Liu Bei obviously has a strong military force, but from April to now, for nearly five months, no matter what you and Yuan Shao do, he has not sent troops. Why is that?He is recruiting soldiers, he is training troops, he is rectifying internal affairs to raise money and food, he is making all kinds of preparations!
With his ability, he could clearly send troops to pursue Runan and Hebei regardless of everything, but he didn't do so, why?He is cautious, and his ambitions are great!He doesn't fight unprepared battles, he knows the difficulty of sending troops and expeditions, so he is always preparing!
With his status and strength, he is still cautious and does not rush to send troops. The strength of the general is far inferior to Liu Bei. Why should he be so aggressive and even kill the king?Once King Zong dies, the whole world, even the former officials of the Yuan family will have doubts about you! "

In fact, when he came to this point, Yuan Shu already regretted his rash actions, and regretted that he hadn't instructed Zhang Xun and Sun Jian in advance to let them pay attention to the life of King Zong.

He realized that what Yan Xiang said actually made sense, quite right.

With Liu Bei's military capabilities, he could send troops to Runan and Hebei after the Luoyang Battle in April to kill himself and Yuan Shao.

But he didn't.

He is recruiting soldiers, he is training soldiers, he is rectifying internal affairs, and he is constantly making preparations. Even with Yuan Shu's arrogance, he should have thought of Liu Bei by now, and he is preparing for a big fight.

But so what?
Is this why you scolded me?
Am I still thinking about Yuan Shi?

Yuan Shu's self-esteem was bruised. He felt that he had paid a lot for the whole family, and for the group of people under his command, but they were too disrespectful to him, especially the old fellow Yan Xiang, who dared to scold him like this.

So Yuan Shu decided to depose Yan Xiang from his position in a fit of anger, and also sent him to prison.

"Doubt me? Doubt me what? Doubt that I want to be emperor? Let those idiots doubt! They doubt theirs! I will do mine! No one can oppose me! When I make great achievements, I will send them all to the frontier go!"

Yuan Shu angrily rejected all the advice and reprimands, not only to his subordinates, but also to the clansmen. No one could persuade him.

At the same time, in Luoyang, Yuan Shu sent troops to Chen Guo and Pei Guo to occupy the two countries and the news that the two kings died shocked the government and the public.

The Great Han Dynasty is still there, the Great Han Emperor is still there, and a regime barely recognized by everyone is still maintained. You, Yuan Shu, are so jumpy now, and you actually killed the two kings. Aren't you brazenly rebelling?
Before Yuan Shu said that he wanted to fight against the eunuchs and against Liu Bei, but he acted so violently and rudely, even attacking King Zong. This was a blatant act of rebellion.

Even if Liu Bei exterminates the entire Yuan family in Runan now, no one will say that he is avenging his own private revenge.

To be honest, Liu Bei himself felt incredible when he heard the news.

He thought for a whole day and night, but he couldn't understand how Yuan Shu's mind turned.

How did he think of attacking the two Zong Kings at this time, and it caused their deaths?

It's fine to send troops to attack, you can't kill Zong Wang, you killed Zong Wang, isn't this a blatant rebellion?
No, with the education he received, he shouldn't know, but he did it anyway.

So, is he really going to rebel?

In another time and space, Yuan Shu's ambitions swelled and he also wanted to be emperor, but that was based on the fact that his power had expanded to the land of three states, and he had almost shared the essence of Kanto with Yuan Shao. He thought he had received the destiny, so he was so confident that he prepared to proclaim himself emperor.

Even so, he was only claiming to be the Son of Heaven of the Zhong family, setting up a show to test the people of the world, and did not dare to proclaim the emperor directly.

As a result, he was directly beaten to death by Cao Cao.

What does Yuan Shu have now?
A Runan County base camp, nothing else.

Is he going to be emperor now?
The bandits have no long-term vision. Could it be that Yuan Gonglu is not as good as the bandits?
Liu Bei thought about it, but he couldn't figure out why Yuan Shu wanted to kill those two kings. Ten thousand feet will make him invincible!

So at the court meeting, Liu Bei faced the little emperor Liu Xie, expressed his extreme anger towards Yuan Shu, and then asked the little emperor for orders to kill Yuan Shu.

The little emperor Liu Xie nodded directly.

"allow!"

As a result, Liu Bei, who had obtained the declaration of strengthening righteousness, began to prepare for the second purge of Yuan Shu and the Yuan family in Runan.

Compared with the previous one, which was slightly flawed, this time Liu Bei's purge of the Yuan family in Runan is justified. Everyone supports it and has no objections, and they dare not have objections.

With two victories, Yuan Shu successfully defeated all his hopes of turning around, ruined his reputation, and nailed himself to the pillar of shame of the rebels. He can be called the flower of hope in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

For this, Liu Bei expressed his sincere admiration.

Because it involves the death of the two Zongwangs, Liu Bei will personally lead the army in this expedition, and go out forcefully to show the Luoyang court's regret and extreme anger for the death of the Liu clan's Zongwangs.

This is not only to avenge the dead Zongwang, but also to show Luoyang Emperor Liu's tyrannical force to the ambitious people in the world, so as to prove that the martial arts of the Luoyang court is still full, no matter who dares to touch the world According to the rules, they will be severely attacked by the Luoyang court.

So Liu Bei clenched his fists and started to attack.

Of course he himself wants to lead the army to attack, but in the current situation, it is obviously inappropriate for him to be alone.

The whole Yuzhou must be mobilized, Jingzhou must be mobilized, and Yangzhou must be mobilized, all of them must be mobilized by Lao Tzu, and none of them can be detached from it!
It's time to show your allegiance!
Li Min, Governor of Yingchuan County, Yang Xu, Governor of Nanyang County, Zhang Miao, Governor of Chenliu County, Zhao Yan, Minister of Liang Guo, Yin Gong, Minister of Pengcheng, Xiang Ruozhang, Governor of Xiapi Kingdom, Jing Xiu, Governor of Jiujiang County, and Lu Kang, Governor of Lujiang County, all received a call The imperial court's notice required them to lead an army ranging from [-] to [-] to cooperate with the imperial army to crush the Yuan's rebels in Runan.

Surrounding the Yuan Shu Group, the power of the eight counties was mobilized by Liu Bei.

Don't send troops, don't prevaricate for any reason, no matter what you have in your hands, let me put it down and send troops!

Anyone who refuses to send troops for any reason will be severely punished by the court, and will be regarded as an accomplice to the Yuan family rebels!

Don't tell me what's there and what's not, Dayiqiang claims that he is so awesome!
After the order was passed on, Liu Bei ordered more troops in Luoyang, and mobilized the two main forces that had already been reorganized, the Huben Army and the Tiger Cavalry Army, to join the battle.

Huben Zhonglang General Xu Huang and Huqi Zhonglang General Zhang Fei became the main generals in this battle.

In terms of specific configuration, considering the weak nature of Yuan Shu and his troops, this battle is still a battle of training, and recruits can be dispatched for field exercises on the battlefield.

Therefore, Liu Bei plans to form an army with the configuration of two main forces and ten half-and-half recruit battalions for reorganization and training. Among the generals who accompany him on the expedition, he will also be mainly young and supplemented by old people.

As for the veterans, only Zhang Fei and Xu Huang accompanied him to attack. At the same time, considering the request of Chenliu County Governor Zhang Miao, he sent Tianxing Zhonglang General Cheng Pu to Chenliu County to assist Zhang Miao in commanding the army.

To deal with Yuan Shu, a weak chicken, three veterans are enough to deal with the situation.

As for the newcomers, he plans to bring more newcomers, including Cao Chun, Zhao Yun, Zhang Yun, Gan Ning, Gao Shun, Zhang Ren, Shi Huan and other newcomers, mainly to give newcomers a chance.

In terms of specific actions, Liu Bei's army was going to take the route of Yingchuan County. The army went to Yingchuan County, took the army of Yingchuan County, entered Runan County from Yingchuan County, and went directly to Ruyang County, Yuan's old nest.

Regarding the troops of the Eight Commanderies, Liu Bei ordered the troops of Chenliu and Liang to attack Yuan's army in Chen, and the troops of Xiapi and Pengcheng to attack Yuan's army in Pei.

The army of Nanyang County launched an attack from the direction of Wufang County, and cooperated with Liu Bei's main force to attack from the direction of Yingchuan County.

The troops of Jiujiang County and Lujiang County entered Yingshui along the Huai River and attacked Ruyin County.

Such a five-pronged attack, strive to wipe out all the power of the Yuan family in Runan in one go, and execute all the people, including dogs and chickens, so as to comfort the spirit of the second king in heaven.

It can be said that this wave of Liu Bei's blow to the entire Yuan family in Runan is very fierce, highlighting that no dog or dog will be left behind. Under normal circumstances, there must be many people who intercede, but because of Yuan Shu's death behavior, Liu Bei will continue to fight for it. He spread the word and successfully achieved this strategic goal.

The root cause is that Yuan Shu himself did a good job, something that Liu Bei himself never thought of, Yuan Shu actually did it, and he did it so simply and thoroughly that he didn't leave any room for it.

There is nothing to say now, kill him, no discussion.

(End of this chapter)