The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 253

"Lord!"

Just when Wei Tao was about to refuse Kong Rong rather than tear up his face, Zhou Yu suddenly said so.

"My lord, Yu thinks this is acceptable! Yuan Benchu ​​is a traitor and a traitor. Everyone can be punished. If my lord follows the time and harmony with others, he can win in one fell swoop, help the great man, and leave his name in history."

Seeing Zhou Yu open his mouth, Wei Tao was slightly taken aback, Zhou Yu is his confidant brother, he should know his own thoughts, is it like this now, is there some mystery in it?
"Wen Ju, the matter of sending troops is very important, and Yuan Benchu ​​has never become king after all, so it is very difficult to send troops at this time. It is not easy for Wen Ju to escape so far, how about taking a rest first?"

After a little hesitation, Wei Tao changed his words and said slowly.

"In this way, I can find out whether Yuan Shao really rebelled against the big man, and secondly, it can also allow me to prepare some matters. I don't know what Wen Ju thinks?"

Although Kong Rong was a scribe, he knew a thing or two about these military affairs, and knew that it would be impossible for Wei Tao to send troops immediately.

"That's fine, I think the reputation of the general will definitely not deceive me, so I will just wait for the good news of the general!"

Kong Rong took advantage of the situation and got up, regaining his demeanor as a famous scholar. After saluting, Kong Rong withdrew. However, Kong Rong had already made up his mind that he would urge Wei Tao to send troops to save the emperor from danger.

"What is Gongjin's intention?"

After Kong Rong left, Wei Tao asked with a wry smile, and even Xun You didn't say anything just now, implicitly acquiescing to Wei Tao's practice of not getting involved in the struggle in the Central Plains, but he didn't know that Wei Tao and Zhou Yu wanted to stop it.

"My lord, what do you think Yuan Shao will do? At this point, can he still give up the position of emperor? If he is not king, he must be called emperor! However, if this is the case, my lord thinks that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu will be like this for a long time. How long?"

Contrary to Wei Tao's expectations, Zhou Yu did not explain his purpose, but asked and answered by himself.

"The reason why Yuan Shu has been able to survive since proclaiming himself emperor is because Liu Biao is a 'watchdog' in the south, and he is not moved by Jing Xiang, and Sun Ce once used him to raise troops, so it is difficult to counterattack In the north, although there are such heroes as Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde was restrained by Yuan Shao. Although Yuan Shao had attacked Yuan Shu, and both sides had casualties, he was quite restrained, and it was impossible to really hurt Yuan Shu's foundation. Yuan Shu is quite at odds, but he also has an alliance with him, even if Cao Mengde is a hero in the world, he can't wipe out Yuan Shu."

"Yes, indeed."

Wei Tao nodded, then shook his head slightly.

"However, this time when Gong Jin and I went south, we can see that the people of Yangzhou are suffering, but Yuan Shu only knows how to extort money and extort money, and what's more, it's just a matter of sitting and enjoying. It can be said that the bones of the family! Sooner or later they will be wiped out by others, it's not enough to say!"

"That's right, that's exactly the case. So Yu thinks that although Yuan Shao has more ambitions than Yuan Shu, if that's the case, I'm afraid he will be trapped to death! There are Ma Teng and other troops in the west, Cao Cao's threat in the east, and the lord in the north." The reason is that even if you are proud for a while, you can't make a big difference."

Zhou Yu said slowly, Wei Tao already understood what he meant, and Zhou Yu said with a smile the next moment.

"This is a great opportunity, my lord! Since Yuan Shao is already on the verge of death, why don't you win Jizhou all by yourself? Bingzhou is in the hands of the lord, and Youzhou is in the hands of the lord. However, these two states are barren places, so it is impossible." It is the foundation. In the past, we conspired with the lord to take Jizhou as the foundation of logistics! Why don't we take the opportunity to take it now?"

Sure enough.

Now Wei Tao only occupies half of Jizhou, but compared with Wei Tao, it's just that the wealth of this half of Jizhou far exceeds that of Bingzhou, so Wei Tao can't help but be moved.

Expulsion of alien races is not only about words, but also action. Without strong logistical support, let alone expelling alien races, it is impossible to just resist the invasion of alien races.

"Zhou Yu's intention is to take this opportunity to seize Jizhou? If Jizhou goes down, will he be able to serve as the official?"

After thinking about it for a while, Wei Tao finally nodded. This matter is actually not difficult to imagine. Wei Tao couldn't think of it for a while because the center of gravity has never been in the Central Plains.

"That's right. If my lord can do this, I can get Jizhou as my foundation to better resist foreign tribes. Second, I can help the big man and prevent the big man from being destroyed by the villain."

At this time, Xun You also opened his mouth. Compared with Zhou Yu, Xun You probably thought that if Wei Tao did this, it might also revive the reputation of the big man, and this matter would also be of great benefit to Wei Tao, so The words are also very supportive.

"Then what should we do now? Wait for Yuan Shao to claim the throne by himself? It is really impossible to raise troops now."

Since his two counselors are in agreement, Wei Tao has also made up his mind, but he also knows that righteousness is important at this time, and now that righteousness is not in his hands, how can he act lightly?
"My lord, Yuan Shao is proud. Now that he has made up his mind, he probably won't hesitate any longer. His intention to seek rebellion is just now. When the time comes, my lord will raise the flag of righteousness and sweep Jizhou with soldiers. He will take Jizhou in one fell swoop. Afterwards, the lord's foundation will be stable, and he will naturally be able to compete with other races at that time!"

Seeing Wei Tao answering, Zhou Yu immediately stepped forward and saluted, obviously he had a plan in mind.

"Now the lord is preparing to go south in the morning, and all the military supplies and equipment must be prepared, especially the logistics routes should be planned in advance, so that we can sweep Jizhou to take them!"

"it is good!"

Now that Wei Tao had confirmed this, he acted immediately. The transfer of soldiers under Wei Tao's command could not be hidden from others. Kong Rong thought that his persuasion had been successful, and now he wanted to quickly urge Wei Tao to send troops.

It's just that Wei Tao refused each time because Yuan Shao had never done anything rebellious.

But in fact, just as Zhou Yu and Xun You expected, Yuan Shao was indeed extremely arrogant, and Liu Xie finally couldn't hold on in the continuous memorials to become king.

Seeing that Yuan Shao was still incompatible with each other, he stepped down from the dragon chair and held Yuan Shao's hand in the middle of the government affairs, begging him to be king.

"Your Majesty, it's not because the ministers are unwilling, but there are two masters in the sky. Even if Shao has his heart, the king is also a minister. What if the order is changed in the future?"

Seeing Liu Xie pleading, Yuan Shao said proudly.

"If you want to rule the world, how can a mere king succeed?"

"This...that..."

After all, Liu Xie has been emperor for several years, and he is also intelligent, so he couldn't understand what Yuan Shao meant, so he couldn't help but ask this question.

"Why did the prime minister force me so far?"

"It's not that I forced Your Majesty to do it, it's really the words from the heart of the minister. This is also for the sake of restoring peace to the world!"

At this time, Yuan Shao naturally couldn't have any soft-heartedness anymore, the words he said were cold and ruthless, but Liu Xie only felt his body soften and almost fainted.

But how could Yuan Shao manage so much, now the Han imperial family has no real power at all, and it has been nearly a year since Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, and no one has ever come to attack him in person, so Yuan Shao's heart is also very hot.

Now that the Han Dynasty has declined so far, why can't I replace it?
If heaven wants to destroy it, it must first make it mad.

If Yuan Shao occupied the land of the four states in history, even though he was the number one prince in the world, he had the great cause of unifying the world, so Yuan Shao was not in a hurry.

But it's different now, Yuan Shao was newly defeated and needed to restore morale, and this time the big defeat was done by the emperor, so Yuan Shao redoubled his disgust.

Yuan Shao finally came up with such thoughts after not doing anything or not.

Under Yuan Shao's thinking, except for Tian Feng's objection, everyone else agreed, it can be said that everyone knows Yuan Shao's thinking.

As for Tian Feng, Yuan Shao directly imprisoned him after repeated objections to no avail, which can be described as extremely miserable.

Liu Xie was not a person who would go to death stubbornly. Under many threats, he finally compromised and agreed to abdicate the throne to Yuan Shao.

Naturally, there is a set of procedures for the ceremony of abdication, but at this time Yuan Shao couldn't wait, and he just ordered people to say that the situation in the world is changing, so it can't be delayed for a long time, and it should be done quickly.

In the end, Yuan Shao became king in three days and emperor in five days, formally edicting the world.

When the news came out, naturally the world was in an uproar, and many princes were all shocked.

Although the princes from all walks of life knew that Yuan Shao had this intention, they couldn't help but be shocked to see Yuan Shao really did this.

Unfortunately, this is the case. Apart from issuing one or two proclamations, the other princes did not see any actual actions at all. Even Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, the two Han clan clansmen, dismissed this, and even Liu Zhang went to appreciate it directly after reading it. After singing and dancing, there was not even a trace of exclamation.

The royal family declined, and so did the clansmen of the Han Dynasty. Only Cao Cao dispatched troops, and his posture of preparing to go to war made many people recognize him as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

But it was just that, there was no other action at all, and the princes of the world were almost indifferent to this, which made people sigh.

In the past, the panic-stricken man who was "even though he was far away" should fall into this place one day, which really makes people sigh.

"What a Yuan Benchu, it really is! Come on! Spread the word to the world, and I will immediately send troops south to attack Yuan Shao!"

The news spread to Wei Tao. Wei Tao, who had been prepared for a long time, did not hesitate, and directly ordered to send troops. Tai Shici and Xu Huang were the vanguards, Zhou Yu was the counselor, and at the same time he sent Gan Ning to lead the water army to help. Forcing Yecheng.

After early preparations, the two armies immediately dispatched. The strength of the army, the righteousness, and the prestige of Wei Tao's invincible prestige, along the way, many counties and counties surrendered, quite a bit without fighting And the meaning of subduing others.

All the way to Yecheng, the limelight stopped. All the officials, big and small, were Yuan Shao's confidantes, but their morale was very high, and they would not let the wind down.

And Yecheng is where the center of Jizhou is located. If Yecheng is lost, Jizhou will fall into the hands of Wei Tao. Yuan Shao naturally knows this. Wen Chou all came here to sit in the town, and it can be said that there were a lot of troops for a while.

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