The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 103 One Hundred and One Fragrant Guandong Princes Gradually Centrifuge (610)

For the next ten days, Dong Zhuojun insisted on the strategy of guarding the pass.But seeing the allied forces approaching to challenge, they closed the door like rain of arrows and stones, and now all the princes are not allowed to go back.

The situation was deadlocked.

After the situation was stalemate, the princes gradually calmed down from their initial enthusiasm for raising troops.

Some princes began to have doubts about the slim prospect of crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Some princes began to plan for themselves.

More people gathered in the camp, drinking and having fun every day, not thinking about making progress.

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Thirty miles to the east of Hulaoguan, the camp of the Allied Forces, the tents are like hills and hills, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

The coalition of princes gathered heavy troops here, but the atmosphere of war was not very strong.

The people and hunters nearby, what to do, there is no urgency that the war is coming.

The camps of Yuan Shao, Han Fu, Cao Cao and other princes were built in the middle, and the Hanoi army and the Shangdang army formed camps in the north;
The camps of Yuan Shu and Sun Jian were located at the southernmost point.

At this time, the two were toasting each other in the camp.

Celebrating Sun Jian's promotion to governor of Yuzhou and Yuan Shu's appointment as prefect of Nanyang.

Previously, although Yuan Shu occupied Nanyang, he had no real name and was not appointed by the court.

There is now.

At the beginning of the Huimeng, Sun Jian led an army north from Changsha to the Huimeng, and the troops went to Xiangyang, forcing Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, to death.When the soldiers arrived in Nanyang, they beheaded Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang.

Wang Rui once worked with Sun Jian to put down the rebellions in Lingling and Guiyang. Because Sun Jian was a military general with a rough style, the former often showed contempt for the latter in his daily conversations.

In this regard, Sun Jian has long cherished Qi Di.

Because Wang Rui couldn't get along with Cao Yin, the prefect of Wuling, at the same time, Wang Rui also raised his troops to attack Dong Zhuo, and threatened to kill Cao Yin first to sacrifice the flag.

Cao Yin was afraid of being killed, so he pretended to be Wen Yi, the doctor of Guanglu, and sent it to Sun Jian. The letter mentioned Wang Rui's crimes and urged Sun Jian to execute him.

Sun Jian received the proclamation and immediately sent troops to Jiangling, the governor of Jingzhou (after Liu Biao succeeded, the governor of the state was changed to Xiangyang).

Because he has long been unhappy with Wang Rui.

Sun Jian led a personal entourage and came to the city pretending to be soldiers newly recruited by Wang Rui.

When Wang Rui heard that there were troops coming, he went up to the tower to watch, and sent someone to inquire about the purpose of these soldiers.

Sun Jian's confidant replied: "We have come from a far away place, and we have toiled all the way. Please be kind to Wang Shijun and give me some money."

Wang Rui believed it was true and ordered the gates of the city to be opened so that the soldiers could enter the city to receive their rewards.

The soldiers poured into the city, and Wang Rui found Sun Jian. He was shocked and asked, "The soldiers came to receive the rewards, why is Mr. Sun here?"

Sun Jian replied: "Following the court's order, I have come here to take your head."

Wang Rui asked again, "What crime did I commit?"

Sun Jian replied, "I don't know, I just follow orders."

Wang Rui had no choice but to die by swallowing gold.And all the troops he recruited fell into Sun Jian's control.

After Sun Jian forced Wang Rui to be killed, he led the army to Nanyang, and specially sent an official document to Zhang Zi, who was the governor of Nanyang at the time, ordering him to build bridges and pave roads, and immediately provide a large amount of military rations.

At that time, Sun Jian had tens of thousands of subordinates, and Yuan Shu also arrived in Nanyang.

Zhang Zi asked his advisers how to treat Sun Jian.The counselor said, "Sun Jian is just the prefect of a nearby county. He is on the same level as you. He has no right to transfer our food and salary."

Zhang Zi thought it was reasonable, so he ignored Sun Jian.

When Sun Jian sent the official document to Zhang Zi, he was just looking for a random reason to do something.

Before rushing to Changsha to quell the rebellion, Sun Jian had reached an alliance with Yuan Shu, who told him that he must find a chance to kill Zhang Zi.

In order to kill Zhang Zi, Sun Jian prepared a generous gift for Zhang Zi, and Zhang Zi had to prepare enough gifts to thank him the next day.

Sun Jian held a banquet in honor of him. While the wine was flowing, Sun Jian's chief clerk came in and reported: "There was a document sent to the Nanyang Governor, but the roads have not been repaired and the military money and food have not been prepared. Please punish him."

Seeing that the momentum was not good, Zhang Zi wanted to escape.But surrounded by groups, there was no way to go, so he was captured with his arms tied.

The master also asked Sun Jian for instructions: "The prefect of Nanyang has neglected the righteous soldiers and delayed the great cause of hunting the thieves. Please behead his head."

Sun Jian ordered his subordinates to push Zhang Zi out of the army and behead him.

The prefect was beheaded, and the officials of Nanyang County Government were terrified.

Yuan Shu took the opportunity to quickly take over Nanyang County.

Nanyang was once the hometown of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu, and it was a county with the largest population in the Han Dynasty, and it was very rich.

This made Yuan Shu, who was already well-off, even more powerful, and easily formed an army of 3 people in an instant.

Sun Jian's trip was not in vain. After he annexed Zhang Zi's tribe, the size of his team increased again to 5000, ranking second among the nineteen princes.

Second only to Yuan Shu's military strength.

However, Sun Jian's way of forcing Wang Rui to death and killing Zhang Zi was a bit too overbearing. Although he did gain a lot of benefits, his reputation in Jingxiang was completely bad.

This also laid the groundwork for his death in the land of Jingxiang more than a year later.

Because Wang Rui fulfilled his duties as an official, he won the hearts of the people in the nine prefectures of Jingxiang, and he was also a member of the Wang family of the Langya clan. Nanyuan and Hongnong Yang.

In the Western Jin and Eastern Jin Dynasties, the Wang family reached a higher level and reached its peak. The protagonist of "The King and the Horse Share the World" is Wang Rui's grandson.

Sun Jian pacified the Nanyang prefect for Yuan Shu. In return, Yuan Shu played him as the governor of Yuzhou.

Dong Zhuo agreed without hesitation.

In fact, it can be seen from this that the purpose of the princes to raise troops at the beginning was to crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Slowly, after the attack was blocked, the original intention of most of the vassal alliances evolved into asking for territory and official positions.

Only a very small number of people still have their hearts attached to the court.

Cheng Yuanzhi felt that at this moment, for most of the princes, the allied forces were more like a bargaining chip in negotiations with Dong Zhuo.

When the talks were settled, the princes decided to wait and see with a truce.If there is no agreement, then start a fight, even if you can't get a fight, Dong Zhuo will give you a reward in the name of the emperor.

It's also annoying that he gives a reward in the name of the emperor!

Because Liu Bian is dead, even if Liu Xie's throne is in doubt, he has no other choice.

Unless another clan is established as the emperor.

All the feudal lords were under the banner of crusade against Dong Zhuo, but the target of the battle was the imperial court—the imperial soldiers controlled by Dong Zhuo.

Strictly speaking, the princes are untenable in righteousness.

No matter how you cover it up, you can't avoid the fact that they are attacking the court.

This is also one of the reasons why the princes were afraid to move forward after they were blocked by Hulao Pass.

It's just that Wang Rui and Zhang Zi died a little unjustly.

Perhaps for them, it was a mistake to be born in this era.

Who can tell...

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In the camp of the Chinese army, the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao, and all the princes celebrated the victory of Qianfan Banner with wine and wine, and suppressed Dong Zhuo's army at the gate, not daring to take the lead.

From here, we can see the charm of language, even after losing twelve battles in a row, Yuan Shao said that he won the battle and suppressed Dong Zhuojun, who dared not take the lead!
A scout ran in quickly and reported, "Sun Jian was named governor of Yuzhou by the imperial court, Yuan Shu was named governor of Nanyang, and Yuan She was named governor of Hanoi!"

"what?"

Everyone was taken aback.

Yuan Shao's eyes almost shot out of their sockets.

Everyone gathered here to crusade against Dong Zhuo, but the three of them got a reward just after beating him to death?
Yuan Shao stood up in horror and asked, "The imperial court really named Sun Jian the governor of Yuzhou?"

The spies replied, "It's absolutely true, the imperial decree has arrived in Sun Jian's camp."

Now everyone is dumbfounded.

So will this alliance continue?Is this battle still to be fought?

Cao Cao on the side laughed loudly and said, "You don't need to panic, this is Dong Zhuo's plan to split up and win over!"

Everyone's face softened slightly.

Yuan Shao snorted coldly, feeling sour and a little annoyed.

Even if what Cao Cao said was reasonable, why didn't he, the leader, get any benefits, while those three guys did?
Is it because they can fight?So get the benefits first?

Yuan Shao pondered.

Needless to say, Sun Jian, the Jiangdong Tiger, is extremely good at fighting.Ping the Yellow Turban, fight the Xiliang rebels, and ping the Changsha rebellion, and have experienced hundreds of battles.

Shangdang prefect Zhang Yang won all three battles against Wuhuan, and he even had [-] cavalry under his command.In addition, the righteous brother incorporated Ding Yuan's [-] Bingzhou wolf riders.

In terms of combat effectiveness, these troops were indeed the strongest in the Allied Army, and only Gongsun Zan's cavalry could match them.

Dong Zhuo's move can be called symptomatic medicine.

Not surprisingly, Dong Zhuo will definitely continue to send people to divide the princes and disintegrate the coalition forces.

In this way, the process of seeking Dong must be stepped up, otherwise, after a long time, all the princes will inevitably renounce and plan independently.


Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao and asked, "Does Meng De have any good ideas?"


Cao Cao murmured: "The Hulao Pass is steep and we cannot enter in a hurry. Why don't we divide the allied forces into three groups? Yuan She Zhangyang will be the northern army and send troops from Hanoi to attack Mengjin in the north; Yuan Shu and Sun Jian will be the southern army and attack Taigu from Yingchuan. , I wait for everyone to take Hulao Pass by themselves."

"With such a three-sided attack, if one of the barriers is breached, Dong Zhuo will surely be captured without a fight!"

Cao Cao's words are true!

As for ordering the northern army to go out of Hanoi instead of Hedong, it was because Dong Zhuo had already sent his son-in-law Niu Fu to lead [-] troops to guard Hedong.

Yuan Shao glanced at Cao Cao with some surprise. According to his understanding, although Cao Cao had led troops to fight in the past and quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he always fought fiercely without any strategy.

During the intersecting years, Cao Cao was characterized by his good writing and good government, and he did not show much brilliant martial arts.It was because of his suggestions that He Jin was repeatedly harassed and couldn't get off the stage.

Yuan Shao just asked casually, but Cao Cao surprised him suddenly.

"Meng De's words are very kind."

Yuan Shao stroked his beard, nodded to Cao Cao, and re-examined the latter in his heart.

Rival!

Well, when I find an opportunity in the future, I have to hide it from my good friend.

(End of this chapter)