Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

These words startled the princes who originally supported the two Yuans.

However, seeing that the person who made the proposal was the representative of Liu Yu, the famous "White Horse General" Gongsun Zan, the princes, both big and small, did not dare to directly rebuke or refute Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan glanced around and spoke.

"This alliance was called by Liu Bo'an. Before I led the army here, Liu Bo'an also said that Liu Xuande was a relative of the Han Dynasty, well-known for his benevolence, and had quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He was skilled in warfare and was the best choice for the leader of the alliance."

In an instant, Yuan Shao, who originally thought he had won, looked gloomy.

Without waiting for Yuan Shao to speak, Yuan Yi spoke directly.

"I have heard of Liu Xuande's name, but the leader of the alliance is more about whether he can lead the heroes, make them convinced and coordinate the forces of all four sides to attack the Dong thief, rather than being good at war or having benevolence in vain."

"In this sense, Liu Xuande is still slightly inferior to Yuan Benchu."

In response to Yuan Yi's words, many people in the tent subconsciously looked in Liu Bei's direction, wanting to see how Liu Bei would react.

If an ordinary person were to be chosen as the leader of the alliance, he would definitely be excited and nervous.

However, Liu Bei, who was clearly at the center of the storm, still lowered his eyes and sat with his hands behind his back, looking calm and composed. This impressed many princes who had never had any contact with Liu Bei before.

The next moment, Tao Qian, who had been acting like a good guy and had not spoken a word, stood up and said.

"In my opinion, Xuande is a good choice as the leader of the alliance."

"Having a relative of the Han dynasty as the leader of the alliance will make it easier for the governors of Jingzhou and Yizhou, who are also relatives of the Han dynasty, to accept it. It will also tell the world that this alliance of heroes is not for selfish reasons, but for the purpose of getting rid of the traitors and returning power to the Han dynasty."

Tao Qian's voice was as slow as usual, but there were undoubtedly sharp knives in his words, implying that the princes present had nominated the two Yuans as leaders out of selfish motives, wanting to be the second Dong the thief?

What's more, Tao Qian's words also implicitly pointed out that the governors of Yizhou and Jingzhou, who also participated in the alliance and attacked from other directions, were also relatives of the Han Dynasty.

Just these words made many princes who originally supported the two Yuans feel like backing off.

Previously, when faced with the struggle for the position of alliance leader, Liu Zhang and Liu Qi, who were merely there as mascots, also did not speak out.

But as the situation developed to this point, Liu Zhang and Liu Qi naturally had to express their stance.

Perhaps, Liu Zhang and Liu Qi might not really support Liu Bei as the leader of the alliance, but as both were relatives of the Han royal family, they could not convey the message of internal discord among the Han royal family to the outside world at this moment.

Therefore, as Liu Zhang and Liu Qi spoke out in support of Liu Bei as the leader of the alliance, the situation in the tent was reversed almost in an instant.

The four governors of Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou and Youzhou all supported Liu Bei. This was of great significance and even had the tendency to be the final word.

As for Sun Jian, who also had no good feelings towards the two Yuans, seeing that it seemed to be an inevitable trend for Liu Bei to be the leader of the alliance, he immediately expressed his opinion.

"Although Yuan Benchu ​​and Yuan Gonglu are good, they are only a few sons of noble families who are not familiar with military affairs. How can they be the leader of the alliance with empty titles? Liu Xuande should be the leader of the alliance."

Sun Jian's words undoubtedly made Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who were about to be taken advantage of by others, resentful at the same time.

Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Liu Zhang, and Liu Qi each represented a provincial governor, and it might not be appropriate for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to fall out with them at the moment. But now Sun Jian was only a small prefect of Changsha County, and he immediately attracted the hatred of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Facing the looks from Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, Sun Jian's heart tightened slightly, and then a look of disdain appeared on his face.

Others were afraid of the two Yuans, but Sun Jian, who had an extremely strong character, had never been afraid of them.

What's more, Sun Jian was already on good terms with Liu Bei, and his legitimate son was also Li Ji's disciple. The two had a close personal relationship, so Sun Jian would inevitably support Liu Bei for both emotional and logical reasons.

At this point, except for Captain Pang De who came on behalf of Xiliang County Governor Ma Teng, the rest of the princes had already expressed their opinions.

However, the influence of Xiliang County Governor Ma Teng was not great. No matter who Pang De supported, it would be difficult to have a decisive impact on the current situation.

Pang De just drank silently at the banquet from beginning to end, without any intention of taking sides. Instead, the two young men who looked about fourteen or fifteen years old sitting behind Pang De kept looking at the princes at the banquet with curious eyes.

One of the young men kept staring at Li Ji, while the other one kept looking at Zhao Yun.

This made Li Ji, who was originally observing the situation quietly, notice the young man's gaze and he also looked at the young man.

A face like a crown of jade, eyes like bright stars...

Although he is still young, he is already handsome and heroic.

"Ma Chao?"

Li Ji made a secret guess based on the identity of the young man, nodded at the young man who was suspected to be Ma Chao, and then looked back at the table where the outcome had already been decided.

Even though Yuan Shao was unwilling, Liu Bei had the support of so many influential princes, and was also known for being a relative of the Han royal family and a benevolent person.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Liu Bei is indeed more suitable to be the leader of the alliance than Yuan Shao, and this was also within Li Ji's expectations.

At this moment, Yuan Shao had no choice but to give in. If he continued to insist, he would only appear unbearable and embarrassed, and would only add to the ridicule.

"Therefore, Yuan Benchu ​​had no choice but to recommend you as the leader of the alliance..."

Just as Li Ji was thinking this, Yuan Shao, after careful consideration, made up his mind to stand up and break the deadlock and maintain his composure.

Suddenly, a lieutenant rushed in from outside the central army tent, then knelt down on the ground in the direction of Yuan Shao, crying bitterly. "My lord, the thief Dong sent someone to deliver a cart of heads..."

Suddenly, everyone in the tent felt something was wrong and looked at the captain.

Yuan Shao stood up suddenly, his face changed slightly, and asked urgently.

"Who's on the bus?"

The captain of the Yuan family fell to the ground, crying bitterly and answered, "There are fifty-three heads in total, including the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei and the Grand Coachman Yuan Ji."

Suddenly, Yuan Shao's body swayed noticeably. If Xu You hadn't supported him in time, he would have fallen to the ground.

"Ah! It hurts so much!!!"

Immediately, Yuan Shao looked up to the sky and howled, crying bitterly.

"There are fifty-three people in my family living in Luoyang, including my uncle and my elder brother, who have all been slaughtered by the thief Dong!!"

After Xu You and Guo Tu realized what was happening, they also cried out in sorrow.

"My lord, I'm so sad, my lord..."

Yuan Shu, who was sitting opposite Yuan Shao, was obviously a little slow to react and only burst into tears a little later.

But in Li Ji's opinion, Yuan Shu was more like laughing than crying.

Li Jike also knew something about the internal relations of the Yuan family.

Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu both claimed to be direct descendants of the Yuan family, the real eldest son of their generation was Yuan Ji.

Therefore, Li Ji couldn't help but suspect that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were more ecstatic than sad.

Once Yuan Ji died, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu would have a real chance to completely inherit the Yuan family.

As for Yuan Wei, he was just an uncle to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, not their biological father.

However, Yuan Shao obviously understood what it meant to offer blood sacrifices to heaven, and his magical powers were boundless.

After crying bitterly in the tent, Chijiao led a group of princes and ran wildly towards the main gate of the Suanzao camp. Then he knelt down in front of the cart full of Yuan’s heads and kowtowed three times, "bang bang bang", causing blood to flow from his forehead.

Then, Yuan Shao drew his sword, pointed it toward the sky, and swore loudly in front of everyone.

"I, Yuan Benchu, and the thief Dong are irreconcilable. If I cannot kill the thief Dong with my own hands in this lifetime to avenge my uncle and elder brother, I will be pierced through the heart by thousands of arrows and die!"

Immediately, Yuan Shao bowed to all the princes and said.

"Please help me to avenge this blood feud. I will repay your kindness even if I have to pay you back!"

For a time, as Yuan Shao's behavior was full of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, naturally no one would directly refuse. Instead, many princes were deeply moved by the filial piety and courage shown by Yuan Shao.

As for Yuan Shu, whose acting skills and reaction were obviously inferior to Yuan Shao's, even though he realized it belatedly, he hurriedly imitated Yuan Shao's actions and vowed to be irreconcilable with Dong Zhuo.

It’s a pity that everyone will only remember Yuan Shao, the first person to do such a thing.

Yuan Shu's imitation has invisibly created the impression that Yuan Shao is now the representative of the Yuan family.

Li Ji saw all this and sighed secretly. He never expected that Yuan Shao, when the outcome was almost decided, would actually use the death of his relative to turn the tide and regain his position as the leader of the alliance.

The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety!
Now Yuan Shao directly sacrificed fifty-three relatives of his clan, determined to take revenge, and also begged for help from the heroes.

Under such circumstances, even Gongsun Zan could not bring himself to let Liu Bei become the leader of the alliance and help Yuan Shao to take revenge.

Therefore, after a number of princes spoke to comfort Yuan Shao and asked him to mourn and accept the change, Wang Kuang once again asked Yuan Shao to serve as the leader of the alliance to fight against the traitor Dong Zhuo in order to avenge the country and family hatred.

The other princes could only acquiesce and express their support.

After Yuan Shao pretended to refuse, he spoke with red eyes and tears in his eyes.

"Shao knew that his qualifications and abilities were not enough to lead the heroes, so he wanted to nominate Liu Xuande, a relative of the Han Dynasty, as the leader of the alliance, and he would be a small pawn, bravely leading the charge to defeat the thief Dong!"

"Yes, the thief Dong killed 53 members of the Yuan family. If Shao does not avenge this, how can he be a son? In addition, since the heroes have repeatedly recommended me, I will temporarily become the leader of the alliance. I also ask for the help of the heroes to chop off the head of the thief Dong as soon as possible!"

"I hereby swear an oath of blood with all of you. With heaven and earth as witnesses, I will march westward today!"

Then, one by one, the princes stepped forward and swore an oath of blood according to the ritual, respecting Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance.

In addition, in order to show his impartiality and appease the hearts of other princes, Yuan Shao appointed Liu Bei and Yuan Shu as deputy leaders and also ordered Yuan Shu to be the governor of grain and grass.

Finally, Yuan Shao, with great dignity, put his hand on his sword, looked around at the princes, and asked loudly.

"In addition, this leader has decided to lead his troops westward immediately. One person is needed as the vanguard to go straight to Sishui Pass to challenge. Who is willing to go?" (End of this chapter)