Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 478
Yuan Shu has established himself as the emperor. Yuan Shao is calm on the surface, but in fact he is jealous. Recently, in order to commend the meritorious ministers under his command, he has conferred several titles of Air Lord in a row. Firstly, it can improve the loyalty of his subordinates. In order to test the attitude of his subordinates towards his move.

After all, only the Son of Heaven is qualified to confer titles, and Yuan Shao's actions must be contrary to the way of monarchs and ministers.

Sure enough, after this trial, there were two different voices in Jizhou. Civil and military ministers headed by Guo Tu, Shenpei, Qu Yi, etc. supported Yuan Shao's move very much, while Jushou, the chief military officer of Jizhou, opposed Yuan Shao in front of everyone many times. of this approach.

Jushou said that Jizhou can become a separatist force, and Yuan Shao can also rely on his power to exert pressure on the court to gain hegemony and even demand the title of a king with a different surname, but he must not do things like Yuan Shu that make the people of the world oppose.

But Yuan Shao felt that his own strength was getting stronger and stronger, and the emperor and the court had done little. Seeing that his younger brother Yuan Shu had become the king of men, he really didn't want to continue to endure it.

So in a civil and military court meeting in Jizhou, when Jushou questioned his actions again, Yuan Shao finally broke out.

"The person here will put Jushou on death row, and no one shall intercede for him!"

Yuan Shao's exposure made more Jizhou neutral civil and military people choose silence, but this silence made Yuan Shao regard him as a monarch and minister.

Then he issued three military orders in a row. The first ordered Qu Yi to continue to besiege Gongsun Zan in Bohai. Qian, ordered him to lead [-] troops to garrison Leping Pass to resist the invasion of Bingzhou soldiers and horses.

After the court discussion, Yuan Shao left counselor Feng Ji and Shen Pei to discuss.

"Shang'er sent information saying that Luoyang is going all out to march eastward, Weijun is still safe for the time being, and Gongsun Zan is already at the end of his battle, so there is no need to worry too much. Only Cao Cao's army in Bingzhou is left on the last road. The two can make good plans to speed up Retreat the enemy quickly?"

When Cao Cao's name was mentioned, Yuan Shao's teeth itch with hatred. The two were young, and they were allies before. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao suddenly exposed his pursuit of the regent and took the initiative to send troops to attack Jizhou. This made Yuan Shao even more angry than he expected. endlessly.

"I believe that General Jianwei alone is not enough to deal with Cao Cao, and the Lord needs to conquer the enemy himself to defeat the enemy."

Feng Ji also said that although Leping Pass is dangerous to defend, Changshan County in the north borders Bingzhou, and troops should be sent there to prevent Cao Cao from sending people to attack the north of Jizhou.

Yuan Shao felt that what he said was true, and immediately asked the judge to assist his second son Yuan Xi in defending the north. As for the personal conquest that Feng Ji said, Yuan Shao did not accept it.

After sending the two away, Yuan Shao took out the letter sent by his third son Yuan Shang again.

"Shang'er is suffering!"

Yuan Shao had a distressed expression on his face, because he and Yuan Shang exchanged information in secret language. Although this letter was written by Yuan Shang himself, the inner information is not as simple as it appears on the surface.

"Well, Liu Yu, you have captured my son and want to use his hands to paralyze my Jizhou army horse, hum! Do you really think you can't see the means behind your Eastern Expedition?"

It turned out that the letter stated that because Zhang Xi led troops to assist Qingzhou to go south and wanted to open up the connection between Jizhou and Yangzhou, Liu Yu ordered Guan Yu's troops to stop attacking Weijun and instead use Yanzhou to attack Qingzhou in the east.

This is the superficial information of this letter, but Yuan Shang took advantage of the severity of the writing to secretly convey that he was arrested and could not send out false news.

So Yuan Shao judged based on the feedback from the scouts that it was not the real Guan Yu who went east to Qingzhou, not to mention the melee of warlords in Yanzhou, which one would be willing to give him an excuse.

So Yuan Shao affirmed that this was Liu Yu's strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west, and the real Guan Yu army must still focus on Weijun.

This is why Yuan Shao did not accept Feng Ji's proposal to deal with Cao Cao himself, because he still wanted to find out the disappeared Guan Yu's army, and he planned to destroy this strange army.

It's just where is Guan Yu's army hiding, and where is he planning to send troops to attack Jizhou?

Yuan Shao locked himself in the room for a whole day, and he couldn't deduce the real movement of Guan Yu's army until the evening.

"There are only two ways to attack Jizhou from Hanoi. Either attack Weijun by force, or go around to Yanzhou to attack Qinghe County."

"...Lv Bu of Yanzhou formed an alliance with me in secret, and did not notice that Luoyang soldiers and horses were invading, and Weijun was even more peaceful as usual... Guan Yu's army can't go around to the north of Bingzhou, so prepare to attack Changshan County first!"

Yuan Shao was not a mediocre person, and soon he overturned the last possibility. The long and long journey across Bingzhou caused huge losses. Even if Guan Yu's army arrived there, their morale and logistical supplies would not be enough to support them to start the war.
Even with the support of Bingzhou and Youzhou, it is difficult for Guan Yu's group to become a surprise soldier. It is better to attack Weijun by force.

Can't figure it out.

Yuan Shao was a little discouraged, rubbed his head and was about to put away the map on the table.

It's just that when he rolled up the map, he was suddenly attracted by the three big characters on the map.

Taihang Mountain is a large mountain range that separates Jizhou and Bingzhou.

This mountain range stretches for hundreds of miles, rugged and steep, and it is extremely difficult to get in and out, let alone marching for the army.

However, everything is possible. Two months ago, Zhang Yan's black bandits disappeared without a trace under the attack of Jizhou and Bingzhou. At that time, Yuan Shao suspected that they had taken the Taihang Mountain Road.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao unfolded the map again, and marked heavily on the mountains near Yecheng.

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Yangzhou Shouchun City.

Dazhong Emperor Yuan Shu received a secret letter from his brother Yuan Shao, and the two met to attack Xuzhou together, thus linking Jizhou and Yangzhou to defend against powerful enemies.

Ever since Yuan Shu established himself as the emperor, his life was not as easy as he imagined. First, Luoyang announced to the world that Yuan Shu's crimes were announced to the world, and sent the Habayashi Army to march eastward.

After that, the Jiangdong Sun family in the south of Yangzhou took the lead in attacking and captured Shu County, the seat of Lujiang County.

Then the Jiangxia army in Jingzhou also joined the ranks of attacking Lujiang County. Fortunately, Huang Zu of the Jiangxia army was assassinated, which made Liu Biao of Jingzhou focus more on the collection and management of Jiangxia's military and political affairs.

At the same time, the Luoyang Eastern Expeditionary Army also stopped in Yuzhou, preparing to take the opportunity to occupy Xuchang City in a false plan to destroy Guo.

So Lujiang County had time to breathe, and under the command of the prefect Liu Xun, Yangzhou soldiers and horses began to counterattack Shu County.

"Liu Xuncai sent a letter asking for reinforcements, but my elder brother proposed to jointly attack Xuzhou. How do the military advisers think about deploying these two things!"

Yan Xiang and Yang Hong were his right and left military advisers, and they gave answers after communicating with each other.

"Yuan Tan and Zhang He have already started to move south, and we should respond. However, Lujiang is the southern gate of the Zhong family. I believe that sending troops to assist Liu Xun is the most important thing."

After Yan Xiang finished speaking, Yang Hong nodded in agreement.

"Right now, Yuan Tan and Zhang Yun are still sweeping Qingzhou. When they officially start attacking Xuzhou, it won't be too late for us to send troops!"

"Since the two military advisers agree to reinforce Lujiang first, let Lei Bo and Li Feng each lead 2 people to Shu County!"

(End of this chapter)