Chapter 253 Competing in the Central Plains ([-])
Although Xu You was talented, his virtues were in vain and he was considered a celebrity. He was considered the worst of the eight conspirators under Yuan Shao's command.

Jushou, Tian Feng, Xu You, Fengji, Shenpei, Xin Ping, Guo Tu, and Xun Chen are the eight masterminds. Some of them are incompetent, and some are undercover agents from the beginning, but no matter which one they are, they are superior to Xu You in terms of character. .

Jushou "has little ambition, but is good at strategy". In 189 AD, he was Han Fu's farewell driver, worshiped as the captain of cavalry, promoted Maocai, and served as county magistrate twice.

He once proposed a good strategy to Han Fu, but it was not adopted. After Yuan Shao took control of Jizhou, he was appointed to supervise the internal and external, and Megatron three armies, and helped Yuan Shao capture Qingzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou to unify Hebei.

Jushou once proposed to Yuan Shao to flatter the emperor, oppose the separation of the schools, and proposed a strategy of exhausting Cao for three years, but Yuan Shao did not obey. Not only was it not adopted by Yuan Shao, but his military power was weakened.

But even so, Ju Shou still did his best in the Battle of Guandu, and proposed a slow-moving tactic, which was still not adopted.

On the eve of the burning of Wuchao, Jushou once again proposed to protect food on the outside, but was not accepted. After Yuan Shao's defeat, Jushou was captured. In this case, he still refused to surrender to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao treated Xu You generously until Jushou wanted to return to Hebei, and he killed Jushou after the defeat. Cao Cao once sighed: "If we get together early and alone, the world has nothing to worry about."

Although there are certain compliments and exaggerations in these words, Ju Shou's character and ability are indeed worthy of praise.

It's a pity that Yuan Benchu's pen and ink were too little, which also led to the lack of achievements of his civil servants and generals. Zhang Yun was later ranked among the "Five Sons of Good Generals". Excessive, but the record is only a few words.

During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he was appointed as an official in the prefecture, and he was promoted as a magistrate. He had two county magistrates. He had little ambition and was good at strategy.

In 189 AD, he bid farewell to Han Fu and paid homage to the captain of the cavalry.

In 191 A.D., when Han Fu was planning to sell Jizhou, Ju Shou, Chief Shi Gengwu, and Biejia Min Chun advised him: "Although Jizhou is small, there are millions of people who can wear armor and go into battle, and the food is enough to last ten years.

Yuan Shao looked up to me as a foreigner and a poor army, just like a baby in the palm of an adult, if you don't feed him, you can starve to death immediately, why give him Jizhou? "

"The officer will leave!"

"The last will wait and retire!"

The hall, which was still very lively, was completely gone in a short while. After leaving the general's mansion, Liu Bei stopped Xu Huang and Yang Feng.

"General Xu, General Yang, you are new to Beiping City, and you are not familiar with everything here, why don't you show me around, how about it?"

Hearing Liu Bei's words, except for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, everyone else's expressions darkened. Yang Feng was still hesitating, but Xu Huang was very decisive and directly stated his position.

"Brother Xuande kindly accepts it, but I have just arrived in Beiping City and I have a heavy responsibility as the lord, so I have to consult General Xu Rong as a matter of urgency about the size of the Sixth Army of Youwuzu. I really don't have much time.

After getting acquainted with the situation, I will definitely invite brother Xuande to come over to the house for a briefing, and I hope that brother Xuande will have the honor to visit the humble house when the time comes! "

Seeing that Xu Huang had rejected Liu Bei's invitation, Yang Feng also found that everyone's emotions were a little subtle, and thought of excuses like Xu Huang, and rejected Liu Bei's invitation.

"Brother Xuande, when you first arrived in Beiping City, you were blind to many affairs of the Wushuang Camp, and there are more than three hundred brothers who need to be resettled, so today is not the same.

Another day, another day Fengding will visit Brother Xuande in person, and I hope that Brother Xuande will not be disgusted and bother me. "

"Lord Situ, something is wrong! Now that rumors are spreading, we must stand up and clarify as soon as possible, otherwise, once the Xiliang soldiers make a move, it may be too late!"

Seeing the rumors and panic in Chang'an City, Huo Qubing had a premonition of imminent danger, so he came to Wang Yun's mansion with Lu Bu and asked Wang Yun to stand up and speak out.

"Ziyong, don't worry about being the first, Xu Rong, Hu Zhen, and Yang Ding have already surrendered to the court. With them taking the lead, more and more people will surrender, and sooner or later the Xiliang army will fall and disperse.

Niu Fu is the son-in-law of Dong thief, Dong Yue is the relative of Dong thief, Li Jue and Guo Si have committed many crimes, they must die, otherwise the old man's hatred will not be eliminated! "

Seeing that Xu Rong and others had surrendered to the imperial court, Wang Yun felt that his handling method was correct, and he became more arbitrary and refused to listen to anyone's opinions.

"Lord Situ, although Xu Rong and the others have surrendered, they don't have many soldiers, far inferior to Li Jue, Guo Si and others. The future of the Xiliang Army is still uncertain, and it is still a great hidden danger.

Maybe it's because birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups. Niu Fu has no skills, and his cronies are not good people.

Hu Chi'er and others were greedy for money, so they tied a rope around Niu Fu's waist and lowered him from the top of the city. The rope was loosened a few feet above the ground, and Niu Fu fell heavily on the ground and injured his waist. Niu Fu beheaded and sent his head to Chang'an.

"General Li, something is wrong. General Niu escaped Anyi City with his cronies, but was murdered by his cronies, and his head was sent to Chang'an to claim credit."

"What is good, what is good, or we will escape too."

Hearing the report from the soldiers, Li Jue and others ran around in a hurry in the army tent, and wanted to follow Niu Fu's example and run away with gold and silver treasures.

"General, absolutely not! I heard that the imperial court is discussing whether to kill all of us Liangzhou people around Chang'an. Bind us to the court.

The best way now is to lead the crowd to the west, gather all the Liangzhou corps, and attack Chang'an in the name of revenge for the grand master, so that if things happen, you can "serve the country to conquer the world", even if you lose at that time , It's never too late to escape! "

Seeing Wang Yun's foolish tricks, Jia Xu knew that this person was difficult to take on a big responsibility, so in order to save his life, he had to offer a plan to Li Jue, and awakened the dreamer with one word.

"That's right, Mr. Wen He is right, we can't just leave like this, since Wang Yun won't give us a way out, then we'll go back to Chang'an, it's best if we succeed, if we can't, we can gather people and return to Liangzhou! "

Li Jue is the most important person under Niu Fu's command. He is very good at leading troops in battle. He also won the trust of Dong Zhuo. Together with Guo Si, he is in charge of the most elite "Flying Bear Army" of the Xiliang Army.

Li Jue has a brave and treacherous personality, is good at using troops, and is eloquent. After listening to Jia Xu's suggestion, he quickly made a decision.

"I am willing to respect the general as the leader and lead the troops to attack Chang'an!"

Seeing that Li Jue stood up, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Jia Xu and others were willing to push him to be the boss. After they settled down in the camp, they led thousands of people to Chang'an overnight.

Along the way, after hearing the news, the Xiliang army came to meet up one after another. There were more and more soldiers and horses, and Li Jue and others became more and more courageous. When they arrived at Xinfeng, there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Wang Yun learned that Li Jue and Guo Si wanted to kill himself and Lv Bu in the name of avenging Dong Zhuo, so he sent Huo Qubing and Ran Min with Dong Zhuo's former generals Hu Zhen and Xu Rong to meet Li Jue in Xinfeng.

The two armies met in Xinfeng. Seeing that Li Jue had many soldiers, Ran Min and Hu Zhen decided to turn against the water after discussing. Under the attack, Huo Qubing was killed and defeated. He and Xu Rong led dozens of remnants and fled back to Chang'an City.

With the help of Ran Min and Hu Zhen, Li Jue became more confident. The news of the victory over Huo Qubing spread throughout Sanfu. More than [-] people.

To say that Ran Min rebelled before the battle, firstly, seeing that Li Jue had many soldiers, he knew it was difficult to resist, and secondly, he was not reused, depressed and frustrated, so he had a rebellious heart.

Starting from Hulao Pass, Ran Min and Huo Qubing were not allowed to be reused by Dong Zhuo. Although the situation eased a little later, their roles were similar to those of Lu Bu, just bodyguards.

After Dong Zhuo's execution, Ran Min was only named General Fenwu. Huo Qubing and Lu Bu were in charge of all the military affairs in Chang'an City. The scene that encouraged Hu Zhen to renege on the battlefield.

For Xu Huang and Yang Feng's choice, Liu Bei was not surprised, but he was still a little disappointed. This kind of rejection has been experienced several times since he came to Beiping City. All the civil and military people in Beiping City keep a respectful attitude towards him. .

"Second brother and third brother, Pingyuan Kingdom is bordered by Bohai County, Qingzhou Jinan Kingdom and Yanzhou Jinbei Kingdom. It is a good place to go, but there is no good time to get away. Let's wait and see what happens. You can do your own things.

Our three brothers can't just leave empty-handed like this, we must be able to come up with enough negotiating chips, otherwise, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the plain country, and our three brothers can't always depend on others! "

"Brother, my third brother and I listen to you in everything, and the three of us will go wherever you say, but before we leave, we really need to settle our grievances so that we will not be bound.

In my opinion, General Gongsun has coveted Bohai County for a long time. As long as the three of us brothers help him take this place as a condition, then he will definitely agree to recommend his elder brother to be Prime Minister of Pingyuan! "

Guan Yu valued love and righteousness, and he was unwilling to leave just now, but his thoughts coincided with Liu Bei's. The two looked at each other and laughed heartily, and Zhang Fei also laughed in agreement.

Liu Bei, who had untied his knot, was in a much better mood, so he asked people to prepare a banquet, and had a drink with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. They didn't rest until the evening, and they went to the former general's mansion together.

In the evening, the host and guests had a good time with the reception wine, and the wedding was finalized. Although some etiquettes have been simplified, it will still take three months before the wedding can be held.

Not long after the engagement was made, the envoy sent by Yuan Shu arrived in Beiping City, and Gongsun Yue received the envoy grandly at the General's Mansion.

"Your official pays homage to the former general. This time I came here on the order of my lord. I want to form an alliance with the general to attack Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Once captured, my lord will share the land of Yanzhou with Tao Shijun of Xuzhou. The remaining six in Jizhou How about all the prefectures and states going to the former generals?"

Regarding the alliance conditions proposed by Yuan Shu, Gongsun Yue did not express his opinion in a hurry, but carefully sized up the envoy. Di Renjie, Chen Ping and Xi Zhicai were quite familiar with those fiery eyes, and it was the fiery enthusiasm that burst out when they saw talents shine.

The envoy sent by Yuan Shu was none other than Yuan Huan, who was appraised as the most brave man in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty.

Yuan Huanshu thinks before acting, gentle on the outside but decisive on the inside, and courageous in times of crisis. During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, only Cheng Yu, Cao Ren, and Yuan Huan were rated as brave and benyu. They were really rare talents under Yuan Shu's command.

Throughout the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Yuan Huan, like many great talents who governed states and counties, had far less opportunities to appear on stage than those brilliant advisers and generals, but some of their only actions were still praised by people.

And Yuan Huan is most praised for his character. In the original history, he was famous for his dedication and daring to speak out.

Yuan Huan was born in the "Chen Jun Yuan Family". His father, Yuan Pang, came to Situ, and the county guard appointed Yuan Huan as a meritorious officer. Pi, was also promoted to Gaodi, and appointed as the county magistrate of Qiao County, but Yuan Huan did not take up the post.

For this excellent suggestion, Han Fu did not agree, but insisted on giving up Jizhou, and ended up dying in the toilet.

In 195 A.D., Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty went into exile to Hedong and other places. Ju Shou advised Yuan Shao to welcome Emperor Xian and move the capital to Yecheng.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao planned to follow Jushou's advice, but Chunyu Qiong and others believed that it was too difficult to revive the Han Dynasty, and welcoming the Han Emperor would weaken his own power, so they advised Yuan Shao not to use this strategy, so Yuan Shao gave up.

The following year, Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian and moved his capital to Xu County with the support of Xun Yu, successfully coercing the emperor to make the princes.

In 200 A.D., on the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Jushou gathered the clans, distributed their wealth and said:

"If Duke Yuan wins at Guandu, we will be all-powerful, but if we lose, we can't even keep ourselves. It's really sad!"

Jushou's younger brother Juzong disagreed and said:
"Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are not enough for us, brother, why are you afraid?"

But Jushou could see Cao Cao's talent and said:

"Based on Cao Yanzhou's general strategy and the emperor's capital, although we defeated Gongsun Zan, the soldiers were exhausted, the general was arrogant, and the army was ruined in one fell swoop. Yang Xiong said: 'Chi Chi of the Six Kingdoms, to win the weak concubine', That's it."

At Guandu, Yuan Shao marched into Liyang, sent Yan Liang to attack Liu Yan, and Ju Shou persuaded:

"Yan Liang has a narrow personality. Although he is brave, he should not be appointed alone." He objected to Yan Liang leading the army alone, but Yuan Shao refused to listen.

Later, Cao Cao rescued Liu Yan and beheaded Yan Liang. Before Yuan Shao crossed the river, Jushou thought that Yuan Jun should stay in Yanjin and divide his troops to attack Guandu. Yuan Shao still didn't listen.

Jushou lamented that his illness was gone, Yuan Shao hated him for this, and handed Jushou's remaining troops under Guo Tu's command.

After Yuan Shao crossed the river, he stationed in the south of Yanjin, and sent Liu Bei and Wen Chou to challenge Cao Jun. Cao Cao led the army to defeat him, and Wen Chou was killed by Cao Jun, which shocked Yuan Shaojun.

After Cao Cao returned to Guandu, Ju Shou said to Yuan Shao: "Although the troops in Hebei are numerous and powerful, they are not as brave as those in Henan. Henan has less food and less wealth than Hebei.

Henan is good for quick battles, Hebei is good for slow battles, and slow resistance prolongs the war. "It was suggested to consume Cao's army with a long-term and slow-advancing tactic, but Yuan Shao refused to obey.

Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, defeated at first, shot arrows into Cao camp from a tall building, but was defeated by Cao Jun's stone chariot later.

Later, Cao Jun defeated Yuan Shao's transport team, and Yuan Shao ordered Chun Yuqiong to lead the transport team and guard Wuchao.

Jushou also suggested that Jiang Qi be sent as an escort to prevent Cao's army from attacking, but Yuan Shao refused.

(End of this chapter)

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