Xuande

Chapter 534 Two Surrounding Circles

More than a year ago, the Zhen family might have had other ideas, Yuan Shao's idea might come true, but now, the situation is different.

After this incident was learned by the Zhen family, they felt very annoyed.

Yuan's Iron Fist?

I'm afraid you don't know how hard the Luoyang court's iron fist is?

The Zhen family immediately sent someone to report to Luo Yang, hoping to get Liu Bei's protection, and at the same time publicly replied to Yuan Shao—where did the traitor come from?How dare you bark?

After Liu Bei learned about this incident, he felt amused, but he didn't intend to use his own power to help the Zhen family stand on the platform. Instead, he decided to use the power of Bingzhou and Youzhou to deter Yuan Shao's rear, and then use Qingzhou's Forces to deter Yuan Shao from the east, let's see what Yuan Shao thinks.

Holding the Luoyang central mechanism in his hand, it is still a central mechanism that has not yet fallen and split, and has a certain appeal to the people of the world. If he is not a referee, he will end up punching when he is not fully prepared, that is a fool.

At this stage, Liu Bei will be the referee.

Many officials in the world have not publicly recognized Liu Xie's throne, but they have not publicly opposed it.

There is no point in waiting. You should take the initiative to attack. You have to rely on others to give you face, and you have to earn it yourself.

So Liu Bei relied on the power in his hands and issued three orders through the Luoyang court.

First, convey the imperial order to Bingzhou Mu and former general Dong Zhuo, asking Dong Zhuo to send troops to station at Huguan in Shangdang County, and directly threaten Yuan Shao who is in Wei County from the west.

Second, convey the order of the imperial court to appoint Gongsun Zan, the former Lieutenant of Liaodong, to be the governor of Youzhou, and he was also named General Fenwu. He will station his troops in Zhuojun and deter Jizhou from the north.

Third, convey the imperial order to Qingzhou Mu Liuyu, and add Liu Yu as General Fenwei, ordering him to send troops to station in Pingyuan County, to deter Yuan Shao in the east, so that Yuan Shao will not live in peace.

Threatening Yuan Shao from three directions like this, he wanted to see what Yuan Shao had in mind for action.

As for whether these three arrangements can play a corresponding role, Liu Bei is sure.

Not to mention Gongsun Zan, suddenly becoming the governor of Youzhou would make him happy to death, and with the old friendship between Lu Zhi and Liu Bei, he is absolutely reliable at present.

Dong Zhuo also received a lot of rewards, and he betrayed the Yuan family's former official group and took refuge in Liu Bei. Once the Yuan family was in chaos, the danger Dong Zhuo faced would greatly increase.

As for Liu Yu, he has always regarded himself as the elder of the clan and a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Although he has not yet publicly acknowledged the legitimacy of the Luoyang court and Liu Xie, Liu Bei feels that Liu Yu dare not question it.

He is so orthodox.

In the final analysis, this action is only a deterrent, not an attack. He will not suffer actual losses, and will also accumulate the favorability of the court and Liu Bei. Why not do it?

As for when the situation in the world is clearer and the real attack is made, Liu Bei will not be stingy with the strength of these three men. If he can fight more with less, why not fight with more with less?

Being able to sit on the central government and command the world, why not use this to demonstrate power and accumulate prestige?

He has worked so hard to get such a big advantage. If he doesn't use it with all his strength, how can he be worthy of his painstaking efforts?

Even if nothing else is important, the soldiers of his ten armies still need time to train and adjust.

In early July, Dong Zhuo received an order from the Luoyang court.

At that time, Dong Zhuo was still immersed in the joy of becoming the shepherd of Bingzhou and a former general. When he learned that Liu Bei needed him to cooperate in deterring that little brat Yuan Shao, he immediately agreed.

He is very upset to see the members of the Yuan family now, and in the final analysis, if Yuan Shao's little brat rises, Dong Zhuo will be very dangerous. The power of the Yuan family will definitely not tolerate him. Yuan's.

In this matter, his motivation is no less than that of Liu Bei.

Although right now he has some small ideas of eliminating the Bingzhou bandits and taking full control of Bingzhou, but Yuan's threat is greater, so it is better to live in peace with the Bingzhou bandits for the time being.

So Dong Zhuo sent his son-in-law Niu Fu to be the general of Wu'an Zhonglang, and led [-] soldiers to go south to Shangdang County and stationed in Huguan. This demonstrates your presence.

Yuan Shao was such a brat, Dong Zhuo wished he could kill him with his own hands.

On the other hand, in mid-July, Liu Yu, who was in Qingzhou, received an appointment and order from the Luoyang court. After thinking about it, he decided to accept the appointment and order, and began to act immediately.

At that time, someone around him persuaded him to be careful, and it was better to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, but Liu Yu felt that as an official of the clan, he could not violate this order issued in the name of the emperor.

Secondly, he is not dissatisfied with the current situation of the Luoyang court.

Regarding Liu Xie's throne, he had doubts at the beginning, and he also doubted the authenticity of the rumors spread by Yuan.

Although Zheng Xuan retired to the countryside, at this critical moment, he still came out of the mountains, found Liu Yu, and expressed his stance to him, saying that he believed in Liu Bei, guaranteed Liu Bei with his own reputation, and confirmed that Liu Bei would not do rebellious things.

Liu Xie's throne must be orthodox.

Liu Yu doubted Luoyang, but he would not doubt the famous Zheng Xuan, so he decided to cooperate with the Luoyang court in this matter, and in essence recognized the legitimacy of the Luoyang court.

And at that time, he also knew about Yuan Shao's cleansing of the eunuch industry in Jizhou.

He was deeply dissatisfied with this. He agreed with Liu Bei's idea of ​​doing things under the rules, and was full of anger at Yuan Shao's misbehavior of wantonly breaking the rules and not recognizing the Luoyang emperor.

Yuan Shao has made it clear that he wants to rebel against the Han family, how can he, a member of the Han family, turn a blind eye to it?

So he ordered the generals Tai Shici, Guan Hai, Guan Cheng and others he had summoned to lead [-] Qingzhou soldiers to station in Pingyuan County and make a large-scale martial arts gesture to deter Yuan Shao.

As long as Liu Bei gives an order, he really intends to send troops into Jizhou to encircle and suppress Yuan Shao's rebel forces.

In this way, the two armies are ready.

Finally, there is the third way.

In late July, Gongsun Zan, who was living in the Liaodong vassal state, finally received the appointment of the Luoyang court. After learning that he was appointed as the governor of Youzhou and General Fenwu by the general Liu Beibiao, he was stunned for a long time, and then burst into tears Eyes full.

Liu Bei didn't forget him, Liu Bei still remembered him, after years of hard work, it finally came to fruition!

Holding the edict of appointment, Gongsun Zan burst into tears, thinking of the hardships he had suffered before and after. After crying for a long time, he was very excited and took his subordinates to the Youzhou government office to take up his post.

In the first ten days of August, Gongsun Zan arrived in Yuyang, the prefecture of Youzhou, where he assumed the posts of Inspector of Youzhou and General Fenwu. He then announced that he would abide by the order of the Luoyang court and recruit troops in Yuyang, Zhuojun, and Shangjun to prepare to go south to deter Jizhou. Yuan Shao.

After waiting for many years, once Gongsun Zan rose to power, he was unstoppable and extremely sharp.

He quickly recruited the army, formed the army, appointed his own subordinates according to his own vision, and built an army of mixed infantry and cavalry, and then personally led and performed martial arts.

In order to support Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei also ordered the counties to fully support Gongsun Zan in forming an army.

As a result, Gongsun Zan's army continued to increase.

From the end of June to the first ten days of August, in more than a month, the rebel forces surrounding Jizhou Yuan Shao, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou formed a three-way encirclement circle, which was specifically aimed at Yuan Shao.

At the same time, in the hinterland of Yuzhou, a circle of encirclement against Yuan Shu was also formed around Runan County, the base camp of the Yuan family, Yingchuan County, Nanyang County, Chen State, and Pei State.

With deep disgust and guard against Yuan Shu, the four prefectures formed an army to confront them in an all-round way.

On behalf of the Luoyang court, Liu Bei allowed the four prefectures to recruit [-] legal troops each. The four prefectures joined forces to defend and blockade Runan County.

In addition, in response to the request of Li Min, the governor of Yingchuan County, Liu Bei sent his subordinate Zhonglang Pang De to lead a battalion of soldiers into Yingchuan County to provide Li Min with a certain amount of security, and told Li Min that he would definitely send more soldiers in the future army to protect him.

As long as Yuan Shu dares to move.

Before Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu had time to launch a serious attack on Liu Bei, they were still in the preparation stage, and they made stupid mistakes one after another.

And Liu Bei took advantage of the stupid mistakes they made, joined forces, engaged in a diplomatic offensive, built the first blockade around them, found them the first batch of opponents, and made them feel like they were on the back. .

At this stage, after Liu Bei held many military meetings, he also gradually determined the strategic concept of first going south and then going north.

Two-way warfare is not in line with his stability-seeking personality, and it is also a great pressure for him to not be able to reserve the resources for the war, so it is more appropriate to take two steps.

According to the strength of the opponent, first deal with the well-handled Yuan Shu, eradicate the foundation of the Yuan family, and then deal with the rootless but more powerful Yuan Shao.

In order to cooperate with this strategy, Liu Bei needs to find some opponents for Yuan Shao who can fight against Yuan Shu while attacking Yuan Shu. He does not want them to fight, at least, he must make Yuan Shao feel uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)