The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 182 Yuan Shu Didn't Proclaim Emperor
In December of the third year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu surrounded Lu Bu in Xiapi, and filled the soil day and night.

When the earth mountain was the last foot away from the city wall, the offensive and defensive battle between the two sides became more and more intense, and they shot each other crazily every day.

Arrows piled up under the city like a mountain.

Since Lu Bu's army was unable to leave the city, all the arrows that fell below the city belonged to Yuan Shu.

After three or two days like this, the army inside the city was short of arrows, while the army outside the city had more and more arrows.

Lü Bu failed to break through the siege, so he drank with Diao Chan every day for fun, disregarding military affairs, and instead angrily blamed the generals for not doing enough to defend the city.

Seeing that the city was about to fall, all the soldiers complained, and their hearts were fluctuating. In private, they wanted to offer the city to Yuan.

When Chen Gong heard the news, he hurried to remonstrate with Lu Bu, but was prevented by his servants from seeing him.

After leaving the door, Chen Gong looked up to the sky and sighed, "I will die here soon!"

At that time, among the eight strong generals, Song Xian, Wei Xu, and Hou Cheng saw that the situation was not good, so they stole the red rabbit horse at night, and sent people to sneak out of the city to surrender to Yuan Shu.

Before the city is destroyed and the people die, abandon the master and steal life.

At this time, the lower half of the earth mountain was already on the city wall, and the top of the mountain was only three feet wide from the top of the city wall, and the soldiers could jump over it.

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Gao Shun broke into the door and told Lu Bu.

At that time Lu Bu was sweating hard on the couch, he was shocked when he heard the words, and went to the top of the city to supervise the battle. After a day of fierce fighting, he was able to repel Yuan Shu's soldiers and stop the spread of the earth mountain.

But at night, Yuan Jun began to secretly transport soil to fill the city again.

There were no more arrows in the city, and Lü Bu was in a hurry, so he didn't care to rest, so he patrolled the city himself overnight.

But seeing Yuan Jun jumping up to the city, they all cut him off with a single sword.

Yuan Shu saw that Lü Bu was brave and could not enter even though the city was connected with the soil, so he ordered the crossbowmen to shoot on the earth hill to suppress the defenders in the city.

Immediately, the arrows are like locusts.

The soldiers of the Lu army died when they took the lead, so they had to retreat under the female wall to take shelter.

Lv Bu did not sleep or rest, and guarded the South Gate of Xiapi (White Gate Tower) for three days and three nights, trying to prevent Yuan Jun from entering the city.

At noon on the third day, I finally fell asleep by the pillars due to exhaustion.

In a trance, only the sound of shouts and killings shook his ears, Lu Bu thought it was just a dream and did not wake up.

After an unknown amount of time, he was suddenly awakened by a bucket of cold water pouring over his head.

Lu Bu looked left and right, and realized that he was tightly bound, and Yuan Jun had already rushed into the city.Chen Gong, Gao Shuo and others were all captured; Diao Chan, Yan's and other family members also fell into Yuan Shu's hands.

Song Xian, Wei Xu, and Hou Cheng stood beside Yuan Shu with happy faces.

Yuan Shu waved his hand, and asked people to bring everyone under Lu Bu's command.

When Chen Gong came to him, his face was ashen, wishing for death.

Yuan Shu failed to recruit, so he had no choice but to follow his wish and order someone to push him out and behead him.

The four generals Gao Shun, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, and Cheng Lian also refused Yuan Shu's offer and begged for death one after another, but they were all pushed down and beheaded.

Only Zang Ba chose to surrender.

Until this time, Lu Bu knew that the generals under his command were loyal and remorseful.

When it was his turn to deal with Lu Bu, Yuan Shu hesitated.

He loves his bravery and wants to be his minion; he also fears that he will be capricious and difficult to control.

Unable to decide, he asked Agudo, the special envoy of Hebei beside Ji, to hear his righteous brother's opinion on this matter.

Agudo said: "Your Majesty does not want to live."

But I want... The corner of Yuan Shu's mouth twitched, noncommittal.

Agudo said again: "The general doesn't want to live either."

He is jealous that I have a strong general... Yuan Shu sneered.

Aguduo could only say, "Have you not seen what happened to Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan?"

Fuck... Yuan Shu didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered Lu Bu to be beheaded.

Before his execution, Lu Bu scolded Liu Xie for being ungrateful and for not remembering his old kindness; he also scolded Yuan Shu for being unfeeling, for refusing to serve warriors, and he would be defeated sooner or later;

The executioner cut him down with a knife.

There was an instant silence upstairs at the White Gate.

So far, Yuan Shu raised an army of 20 troops and fought fiercely for more than a year. He finally defeated Lu Bu and won the three counties of Xiapi, Pengcheng, and Guangling in the south of Xuzhou.

Momentarily complacent and high-spirited.

Even Lu Bu, the world's most powerful general, was beheaded by him, and he felt that the world's heroes were nothing more than mediocre.

Once this person is proud, he will forget himself.

Yuan Shu is no exception.

He considered that he had a vast territory under his jurisdiction, sufficient supplies of soldiers and supplies, the support of his righteous brother Cheng Yuanzhi in the north, Sun Ce as the left wing in the south, and the Jade Seal of Chuanguo in his hands.In the great Han world, the Yuan family already occupied more than half (including Cheng Yuanzhi's territory), and plans to proclaim themselves emperor gradually emerged.

Jian'an four years (199), the first month.

Yuan Shu stood proudly at the top of the group and said: "In the past, Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was just the head of a pavilion in Surabaya. He started from this place, and then he had the world; now the land of Surabaya has belonged to me, which means that my Yuan family will take over. Liu Bang's luck, should start a new dynasty here!
"Besides, the Han Dynasty has been four hundred years old, the power has fallen, and the world is full of turmoil. It is exhausted."

"I, the fourth generation and third son of the Yuan family, have assisted the Han family for a hundred years. The common people have returned, and now there are three quarters of the world. It is my Yuan family's turn."

"I should follow the sky and respond to people, and I will be in the ninth five. What do you think?"

The master of the cabinet was shocked and said: "No! In the past, Houji of Zhou Dynasty accumulated great virtues and merits. As for King Wen, he still served the Lord of Yin as his ministers."

"Although the lord's family is expensive, it is still not as grand as it used to be in the Zhou Dynasty; although the Han Dynasty is declining, it is not as brutal as Yin and Zhou, and the people's hearts are still there. This is absolutely impossible."

Yuan Shu said angrily, "My surname Yuan comes from Chen. Chen is the descendant of Shun. In ancient times, Shun surrendered to Yu. Now I take that place and replace him. Why not?"

"Besides, there was a prophecy among the people: the generation of the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gaoye. I have the word highway, which corresponds to the prophecy. And I have the jade seal of the country in my hand, and all these things mean that my Yuan family should be the new king. If I don't become king, wouldn't I be violating the way of heaven?"

"Furthermore, my Yuan family has controlled nine of the fourteen prefectures, so if we proclaim ourselves emperor in Huainan, who in the world would dare to say no!"

Hearing this, all the civil and military personnel under his command were silent.

This statement is not without reason.

There are three Yuan families in four parts of the world, and indeed no one can stop Yuan Shu from proclaiming himself emperor.

As long as the adopted son of the Yuan family in Hebei does not object, this matter will become a foregone conclusion.

But will the one from Hebei not object?

Everyone is skeptical.

If the lord becomes emperor, Liu Xie, the emperor in his hands, will lose his uniqueness and legitimacy. Can he be willing?

……

Yuan Shu then made a petition to Xu Du, asking the emperor Liu Xie to abdicate immediately and make way for the virtuous.Attached is a letter to Aguduo to bring to Yecheng, asking Cheng Yuanzhi to support him as emperor, and discussing that Yanzhou should be used as the boundary, one north and one south, and the two brothers will divide the world equally. The elder brother will be the emperor and the younger brother will be the king. Hit him!

……

Cheng Yuanzhi rejected Yuan Shu's request without hesitation, and solemnly replied to the latter with a letter, which wrote:

"Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, we have been intersecting with the highway for fifteen years. In the past, we were walking around Luoyang City, and scenes of happy life appeared in front of our eyes time and time again. It was hard to look back on the past."

"At this time, the people of the world are still in the Han Dynasty. Listen to my advice, Gonglu. As long as you don't call yourself emperor and don't come to beat me, I also promise that you will never be the first to use force. From now on, we brothers will defend each other. The border is safe and sound."

After sending the letter, Cheng Yuanzhi was in a difficult mood.

After Yuan Shu got Pei County by the Sishui River, he felt that the fortune of the great man had already belonged to him, and this idea was not groundless.

This place in Surabaya has had dragon spirit since ancient times.

The emperor who came out of the Sishui River was not only Liu Bang, but also Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty. These people are all famous emperors in history. Peidi is also known as the "Land of Flying Dragons".

I have to say, this letter still played a little role.

Until the first snowfall in the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Yuan Shu still did not proclaim himself emperor in Huainan.

Cheng Yuanzhi was immediately relieved.

As long as Yuan Shu doesn't risk his life, he will never take the initiative to deal with the former.

.........

After Yuan Shu received the letter, he showed the letter to the crowd on the spot, and said with a very proud expression:

"Although my uncle has passed away, my brother-in-law still recognizes this friendship and promises that as long as I don't become emperor, he will never attack me first! What do you think about this matter?"

Everyone agreed one after another, but the director Yan Xiang said worriedly:

"In this way, the lord should have no serious troubles, but there are hidden worries."

"Jiangdong Sun Ce, originally a subordinate of the lord, has now separated the four counties of Jiangdong, full of wings."

"A while ago, when the lord and Lv Bu fought fiercely in Xuzhou, even Hebei sent troops from the north to respond, but Sun Ce did not move. His intention is self-evident, and the lord needs to make plans early."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu's expression quickly darkened.

It is indeed time to deal with the situation in Jiangdong.

Even Lu Bu, the world's most powerful general, is no match for my Yuan Gonglu, and Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong...

Well, if there is no help from Hebei, I should beat him.

I, Yuan Shu, still have this self-knowledge.

However, how can we deal with this ungrateful Sun Ce?

Four years ago, he borrowed three thousand soldiers and horses from me, and he hasn't given me any interest yet!

Gotta plan well...

(End of this chapter)