Xuande

Chapter 536 His Voice Is Very Loud
After Yuan Shao led the troops back to Wei County, he was very angry and realized his lack of strength, so he issued more stringent orders to the counties and states.

He wants to raise one hundred thousand troops in the shortest possible time, as his capital to win the world.

He thought that with the wealth of Jizhou, it would be easy for him to raise [-] troops.

In fact, with the population base and production level of Jizhou, it is not impossible to recruit [-] troops, but it must be established on a certain basis and requires a very good level of government.

However, the regime of the grassroots team that Yuan Shao had just set up did not have this level.

But Yuan Shao didn't care about these things, and he might not be aware of them. He forced the order and personally sent people to the counties and states to supervise the recruitment of soldiers. Impatiently expanding the army, otherwise, once it causes local chaos, it will be troublesome.

What's the matter if you fail to recruit troops and still have to encircle and suppress them?
Yuan Shao was a little moved and wanted to relax a little bit, but when the news came in early August that Gongsun Zan was the governor of Youzhou and General Fenwu and stationed troops in Zhuojun County, Yuan Shao couldn't hold back at all.

He didn't know much about Gongsun Zan, so he sent someone to find out about Gongsun Zan's political background. Once he knew it, he became depressed.

Lu Zhi's disciple, Liu Bei's fellow apprentice, good friend, once served as the county magistrate of Zhuo County, and has a close relationship with Liu Bei.

Good guy, Liu Bei arranged for such a cronies to serve as the governor of Youzhou, and made it clear that he wanted to threaten Yuan Shao from north to south.

Faced with such a situation, Yuan Shao wasn't panicked, but...surprised.

In his opinion, it doesn't take a lot of effort to oppose the low-quality, incompetent, and humble court of the Luoyang court. What should be done is very simple!

Why did Luoyang court respond when he raised his arms and shouted?

Logically speaking, after so many years of misfortune by Liu Hong, the reputation of the Luoyang court is not unanimous in the local area, and it can also be regarded as hated by people. filter] to be considered.

When the order from the Luoyang court spread to other places, everyone would first think—what are these eunuchs doing?
That's why Yuan Shao worked hard to spread rumors in order to gain an advantage for himself, and even opened the magic box to release the evil in people's hearts, so as to gain his supporters in Jizhou and tie these greedy people to his chariot .

Indeed, many Jizhou people have released their greed and evil thoughts, done many bad things, and were forced to be bound to him, with no way out.

So in Jizhou, he gained the right to rule.

But now it seems that the effect of the rumors I spread is not very good. Except in Jizhou, it seems that there is no great response in the whole world. On the contrary, the Luoyang court has received more support and more support. More promising.

Why is the appeal accumulated by Yuan's four generations and three princes so unbearable?

Right now, Jizhou is being attacked on three sides, and his grand plan is in danger of being encircled and suppressed before it even begins. This makes him very worried, so he can only further recruit troops and arrest strong men everywhere, so as to increase his sense of security.

He rejected the persuasion of local officials and the counselors around him.

He only knows one thing.

To live is to have a future, and he needs enough troops to live.

However, the suggestions of Tian Feng and others are not meaningless. If they continue to be aggressive against Jizhou, problems will definitely arise. He must do something to open up the situation.

Being proactive is the best way.

Dong Zhuo is fierce, with a powerful army and a firm attitude. He cannot go head-to-head and needs to defend.

Liu Yu's attitude is also very firm. The Qingzhou soldiers under his command are quite effective and popular in Qingzhou.

So, who is left?
Or Gongsun Zan.

He is the weakest link in the encirclement of Jizhou.

Therefore, under the advice of Tian Feng, Shen Pei and others, Yuan Shao decided to conscript, defend, and prepare for a surprise attack.

It is not in Yuan Benchu's character to sit and wait for death. The more dangerous the situation is, the more he has the desire to fight on.

Gongsun Zan, before serving as governor of the state, was just a captain of a subordinate country, with a shallow foundation and no widespread prestige, and the people of Youzhou have not fully recognized him, so he was the one who beat him!
After defeating Gongsun Zan, Youzhou will be exposed to Yuan Shao's troops. Moreover, Youzhou is still Liu Bei's hometown. If Liu Bei's hometown can be harmed, wouldn't it be regarded as revenge for his Yuan family?

That's not bad.

Only a few people know about this matter, and Yuan Shao's side has not been infiltrated, so Liu Bei has no way of knowing what Yuan Shao's plans are.

But Liu Bei is very happy now.

He is now extremely convinced that his insistence on not destroying the Luoyang court is the right thing to do.

A court that still has a certain degree of dominance and appeal has a great influence on the people of the world.

The 400-year rule of the Han Dynasty has brought huge political inertia to the people of the world. As long as the court does not kill itself, the people in power in the world will basically not abandon the court. appeal.

What's more, after Liu Bei became a general, he injected a powerful factor into the court that far surpassed that of Liu Hong's reign. If people in the world want to sing against the Luoyang court, they must weigh whether they are the opponents of the army owned by Liu Bei.

And after the first batch of enemies surfaced, Liu Bei was also very pleasantly surprised to find that he manipulated the court to issue orders to the outside world, which was unexpectedly useful. Things that could not be done in the past can be done through this court.

He can easily spread his voice to the entire territory of the Han Empire through the channel of the court, and he can easily convey his will - although he cannot be sure whether the other party will follow his will.

But his voice is loud enough for people to hear, and then judge whether they need to comply according to their own interests.

After a period of experience, Liu Bei realized that some of the ways and institutions established by the imperial court to rule the world were not as tasteless as he imagined, so that the imperial court could survive in some way and maintain a certain degree of power in his hands. Appeal, yes.

Therefore, after Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu messed up and committed suicide one after another, the guys who had doubts about the Luoyang court because of the rumors that were circulating finally saw clearly that the Luoyang court was more reliable.

Facing the real threats brought by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, they still chose the Luoyang court. They didn't want to help each other, but chose to stand in line.

So Liu Bei easily used the imperial court's order to build a circle of encirclement around Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

When the military force under his direct control still needed time to form combat effectiveness, he directly blocked the possibility of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's further development through the court.

Although this kind of blockade is not as powerful as that of Trisolaran, it is also a physical blockade.

Yuan Shao wanted to break out and faced Gongsun Zan, Dong Zhuo and Liu Yu directly.

Yuan Shu wanted to break out of the siege, and directly faced the four surrounding counties. They were full of hostility towards Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and they were willing to obey the orders of the Luoyang court.

However, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu need to use the power built by those who are willing to follow them to start a game with the encirclement circle. This is bound to be a process of mutual consumption, and the power directly belonging to the Luoyang court can continue to develop at this stage.

But in the final analysis, the enemy is not that scary, so Liu Bei can grow with peace of mind. If the enemy is more terrifying, he will end it himself.

He felt more at ease with Dong Zhuo, Gongsun Zan, and Liu Yu. These three people had more resources, which would definitely make Yuan Shao happy.

The fighting power of the four prefectures is hard to say. The Central Plains has been at peace for a long time, and the prefectures and states have been weakened. It is estimated that the fighting will be a situation of pecking at each other, but those who have no bottom line will have an advantage.

Yuan Shu is that person who has no bottom line.

So Liu Bei also planned to take this opportunity to observe the combat effectiveness of the heads of the four counties and states.

Soon, this opportunity came.

In mid-August of the sixth year of Zhongping, when Liu Bei commanded the recruits to launch a large-scale martial arts exercise on Shouyang Mountain next to Luoyang City to observe the training results of the recruits, Yuan Shu couldn't help but make a move.

(End of this chapter)