Yuan Shao was also very uncomfortable when he heard the news that Sun Ce occupied most of Yizhou.He is not like his younger brother Yuan Shu, who has such a knot in his heart that he needs to be emperor.The inferiority complex deep in his heart made him only want to have a position in the world and in the court, where anyone who sees him or mentions him has to respect and obey him.

For example, he currently has the position of general.

This is also due to his life experience.

He was born in the famous "Yuan family in Runan". Starting from his great-great-grandfather Yuan An, several generations have been ranked among the three princes (Situ, Sikong, and Taiwei), and he is a real first-class family in the Han Dynasty.However, his life experience is more obscure. Some say he is the bastard son of his biological father Yuan Feng, and some say he is the illegitimate son of his biological father Yuan Feng.

Anyway, he was raised in his uncle Yuan Cheng's house since he was a child.

Because he is handsome and hardworking, he is quite loved by his biological father.His uncle Yuan Kui was the Taifu of the dynasty, and he also loved him very much.His outstanding performance made Yuan Shu, the legitimate son of his biological father Yuan Feng, inferior to him in every way compared to him, a "child from other people's family".

So Yuan Shu satirized him by mentioning his background when he saw him. The two had a long history of disagreement.

Later, Yuan Cheng had no children, so his biological father adopted him as Yuan Cheng's heir.It stands to reason that he has succeeded, so it is time for Yuan Shu to reduce his hostility towards him.It's a pity that the adoption was a bit late, and the relationship between Yuan Shu and him was irretrievable.

Now that Yuan Shu is dead, the general Yuan Shao is sitting in four states, with strong soldiers and horses, and he responds to every call.The dream in his heart has already been realized.But before Yuan Shu died, he wrote a letter to him, implying that I can't do it, and the Yuan family should be able to get the throne.That's up to you.

Yuan Shu used his confidant Geng Bao to test his generals, but no one supported him to ascend the throne and establish himself as emperor.He had to put away his small thoughts and continue to be a Hanchen under the banner of the emperor Liu Xie.

Cao Cao originally wanted the position of general, but Yuan Shao refused to obey the edict, forcing Cao Cao to give him the title of general in Luoyang.He also sent Kong Rong as an envoy to Yecheng with the emperor's talisman festival, worshiped him as a general, and gave him bows and arrows, talisman festivals, axes and iron, and tiger and ben sergeants.Let him take charge of the four states of Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, and carefully seek peace with him to obtain his understanding.

At the same time, he also helped him to legalize and justify the action of military division to remove Gongsun Zan in the court.

Cao Cao's deeds made the relationship between the two "respect each other as guests", but after Yuan Shao killed Gongsun Zan, the little flame in Yuan Shao's heart that was jumped by Yuan Shu began to grow slowly against the wind.

After the Yuan family became the Yellow Emperor, they should have replaced the Liu family as the emperor.In this troubled world, whoever has the strongest soldiers and horses will be the emperor.But Yuan Shao forgot one thing, the step by step of the Han Dynasty to today's situation has something to do with the long-term turmoil of the Han Dynasty's eunuchs and relatives, and it also has something to do with him.

32 years ago, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty Liu Zhi died, but he had no son.Empress Dou Miao came to the court to ask about politics, discussed with her father Dou Wu and others, and chose ten-year-old Liu Hong as emperor, who later became Emperor Xiaoling to inherit the Datong.When Emperor Ling came to the throne, the imperial power was held in the hands of his relative Dou Wu.But the eunuchs have been harming the Han family for many years and refused to back down.Dou Wu wanted to kill the eunuch who was fighting for power with him.However, the plot to murder the eunuch was leaked, and the eunuch acted ahead of time, and a "September [-] Coup" came about.The political situation was reversed overnight, and Dou Wu and his followers were killed.From then on, the imperial power continued to be controlled by eunuchs.

What can Emperor Ling do as a ten-year-old doll? He just obeys the eunuch's orders. The "ten permanent servants" are the "famous names" left by the honored eunuchs in history during the 22 years of Emperor Ling's reign.

When he was ready to crown the queen, he insisted on the daughter of the butcher He's family.The courtiers objected, but the eunuch supported the daughter of the He family who had no foundation as the queen.So He became the queen, and she immediately formed a strong relationship with the eunuch as mutual support.

Emperor Ling grew up surrounded by eunuchs, and had a deep affection for them.Empress He poisoned Wang Meiren, who had just given birth to the prince Liu Xie, to escape the punishment of the deposed queen by relying on the eunuch's intercession.It can be seen that the royal couple had great trust in the eunuch.

After the death of Emperor Ling, the He family, who was promoted to the empress dowager, became more trustworthy and dependent on the eunuchs, which angered He Jin, the general of the He family.

He Jin wanted to kill the eunuch and monopolize the power, but the Empress Dowager He refused.Yuan Shao gave him an idea, asking He Jin to summon the general to remonstrate with the queen mother.The master secretary Chen Lin was worried that the general leading the troops would not obey restraint after entering Beijing, so He Jin would not listen to advice.

The order of "remonstrance" was sent to Bingzhou Mu Dong Zhuo.So Dong Zhuo was recruited into Luoyang.

Before Dong Zhuo entered the capital, eunuchs conspired to murder He Jin.Then Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others rose up in anger and killed two or three thousand eunuchs.

As for Dong Zhuo's plans to abolish Emperor Shao and establish Liu Xie as emperor with his strong military force after he entered Beijing, and to break up with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to flee, this is just the tip of the iceberg in the struggle for power.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo wanted Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu wanted, and also poisoned Lingdi's empress He, the eldest son Liu Bian who had inherited the throne, and appointed Liu Xie, a child who was less than ten years old, as emperor.The eight-year-old baby emperor Liu Xie became Dong Zhuo's name for controlling the government.He regards the court hall as his Dong family's property, and the only thing missing is a reputation.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu escaped from Luoyang. Relying on the prestige of the Yuan family, they called for an army to attack Dong Zhuo.When Dong Zhuo learned that Yuan Shao was raising troops in Shandong, he killed Yuan Shao's uncle, Taifu Yuan Kai, and the Yuan clan in the capital.

National feud turned into family hatred again.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu called on the princes to crusade against Dong Zhuo, but because of Yuan Shao's experience as a lieutenant in the Chinese Army and a lieutenant in Sili in his early years, he also commanded the killing of eunuchs and was elected as the leader of the Kwantung Allied Forces.He suggested that the eighteen princes of King Qin in the world (Liu Bei's route is the number) should establish another emperor.

Yuan Shu, who had a "grudge" against him, jumped out and sang against him.

The matter of setting up another emperor is nothing.

And Yuan Shu, who was used to singing the opposite tune, cut off Sun Jian's food and grass when Sun Jian was victorious against Dong Zhuo.Anyway, each of the Eighteenth Route princes had their own thoughts. Seeing Dong Zhuo kidnap the baby emperor and go west, the world has no master, and it has become a situation of princes fighting for hegemony.

To say that Yuan Shao is also one of the root causes of disaster is really not wronging him.

But Yuan Shao had a good reputation among the gentry since he was a child.The people in Jizhou and other four states he occupied supported him because of his benevolence and righteousness towards the people.He wanted to conquer Cao Cao to seek justice for the emperor Liu Xie and conquer Cao Cao, but there was no voice against him in the world.

Yuan Shu still heard voices against him, from Ju Shou and Tian Feng, the counselors under his account.

But regardless of the opinions of his subordinates, Yuan Shao believed that he had a strong army and a lot of land and food, so he could get Yanzhou after destroying Cao Cao, and the north would be in his hands.

He appointed Shenpei and Fengji to preside over the military, Tian Feng, Xun Chen, and Xu You as counselors, Yan Liang and Wen Chou as generals, and sent [-] troops to the south to Yanzhou, intending to crush Yanzhou and destroy Cao Cao in one fell swoop.

Cao Cao's Yanzhou has gone through hardships in recent years.Thanks to Xiahou Dun who gave up his power to lead the army and instead invested in the basic construction of farmland, Yanzhou finally achieved food self-sufficiency.However, Cao Ren's [-] elite soldiers were lost in the hands of Sun Ce, and Cao Cao hadn't fully recovered from the blow.

Yuan Shao attacked, and Cao Cao had to fight.

Guo Jia's "Ten Wins and Ten Defeats" was a booster for Cao Cao.But for Cao Cao, the master of military skills who crushed Yuan Shao, it happened to be the most symptomatic. What he lacked was confidence.

The war lasted for a long time, Yuan Shao had plenty of troops and food, but Yuan Shao was indecisive, not to mention the number of civil servants and generals under his tent, they were all very capable.It really corresponds to Guo Jia's statement that Yuan Shao lacks the ability to control talents.Therefore, the quarrels and contradictions between each other hindered Yuan Shao.

Although Cao Cao was weak and had little food, he could only rely on his military capabilities to concentrate his forces in strategically important places to compete with Yuan Shao and draw a tie.However, after struggling hard, Yuan Shao could not avoid being suppressed and beaten many times.

The two sides fought very enthusiastically, and it was inseparable.Sun Ce threw down a big thunder, and Yizhou belonged to him.In the south, he almost collected everything.

Yuan Shao hesitated at Cao Cao's suggestion.Stop here?Then I accused Cao Cao of being a traitor of the Han Dynasty and disrespecting the emperor before, so I just downplayed it lightly?

The people of the world must not laugh at the call to action of the incarnation of the teacher of justice!

Yuan Shao summoned his civil servants and advisers to ask for advice.

Ju Shou suggested that Yuan Shu and Cao Cao stop fighting to make peace.

"My lord, Sun Ce, Marquis of Wu, has already acquired the land in the south, and the lord's confidant has become Sun Ce. Then Sun Ce took over Yizhou under the pretense of Liu Zhang's violation of the system and ignoring tribute and taxes. Half of Xuzhou is in his hands, and the wolf's ambition is plotting The Han Dynasty is already clearly revealed. It is better to issue a general order to let Sun Ce withdraw from Xuzhou and Yizhou first, and let the imperial court token Xuzhou Mu and Yizhou Mu."

"But do you just let Cao Cao go like this? My previous call to action..."

Xu You also suggested that Yuan Shao shake hands with Cao Cao to make peace.

"My lord, let Cao Mengde write a letter to the emperor to admit his mistake. If he can resign from the position of Sikong, this war will be explained to the people of the world."

Feng Ji added a sentence: "The order of the general should be added to order Cao Mengde to take the crime and make meritorious deeds to recover Xuzhou."

Guo Tu said at the right time: "When Cao Mengde's army goes to Xuzhou to fight with Sun Ce, the lord will take Yanzhou again to get something out of his bag."

Yuan Shao was very happy, and ordered Xu You to meet Cao Cao, and settle the matter of Cao Cao's resignation from Sikong and his crimes against Xuzhou.

Yuan Shao also specially replied to Cao Cao.The rhetoric written in the letter was gorgeous, but the accusations between the words and the irresistible instructions made Cao Cao, who is used to controlling himself, change his face in front of Xu You.

When Xu You was young, he had a very good relationship with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. He served as Yuan Shao's counselor, and Yuan Shao often did not listen to his opinions. Such disapproval made him feel ashamed and dissatisfied.

Cao Cao handed Yuan Shao's letter to Xu You to read.

"Ziyuan, you have known Benchu ​​and Cao for many years, and you know that Cao is a sincere person, and you sincerely want to turn your quarrel with Benchu ​​into friendship, but do you think Benchu ​​can give me a way out?"

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