If Empress Dowager He and Tang Ji fell into the hands of other princes, Liu Wei was not worried at all.
Although the current Han family is in turmoil, it is still a nominal royal family, and the princes from all over the country still have to treat each other with courtesy as courtiers, not to mention that the He family is still the justifiable queen mother, and it is estimated that few princes dare to risk the world's disapproval and do great rebellious things.
But it's Yuan Shu, a traitor, this wolf with great ambitions, in history, this guy only has a piece of land in Huainan in his hands, and when he only has 20,000 or 30,000 remnants and weak soldiers, he dares to encroach on the emperor, which is something that even Dong Zhuo dare not do is so bold that even if Yuan Shu does other things that are rebellious, there is nothing strange about it Thinking of Yuan Shu, Liu Wei remembered that in November last year, he led his men and horses to be ambushed at the junction of Runan and Lujiang on the way south to Jiangdong, which shows that Yuan Shu is now ambitious and has no scruples in doing things "No, we must immediately send troops to Nanyang to rescue the queen mother and Tang Ji" Liu Wei held an umbrella and muttered to himself in the wind and rain.
"Come with me to the study and tell me in detail what I heard, how this Yuan Shu occupied Nanyang" Liu Wei left a sentence and turned around and went straight to the study.
The scout, clad in a robe, hunched over, cautiously followed.
After entering the long corridor, Liu Fang put away the umbrella and instructed the guards who were ten steps and one post under the corridor: "Go to the barracks immediately to summon the people to come here to discuss the army, and by the way, summon the military advisor and Di Taishou to come over."
Things are not tortuous, the princes of the Eighteenth Road asked Dong Zhuo, met in the area of sour jujube, and elected Yuan Shao, the third prince of the fourth world, as the leader of the alliance, and Yuan Shao's half-brother Yuan Shu was appointed as the envoy to supply grain and grass.
The so-called "relief envoy", as the name suggests, is to give grain and grass to all kinds of princes.
The strength of the princes of the Eighteenth Route varied, with more than 40,000 people like Yuan Shao, 30,000 each for Cao Cao and Sun Jian, and nearly 30,000 for others like Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shu, Han Fu and others, and less for Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang and other departments also had more than 10,000 people, and the total number of the Kwantung Coalition Army was close to 300,000.
With so many troops plus horses, at the end of the day, the amount of food and drink must be staggering, so should all the consumption be provided by Yuan Shu, the "relief envoy".
The answer is obviously no, otherwise Yuan Shu, no matter how idiotic he is, will not do this thankless errand, not to mention that Runan County, which he has in his hands, is far from being able to supply the consumption of 300,000 troops.
However, since Yuan Shu was a "coalition envoy" and refused to supply grain and grass, the answer to what else he wanted him to do was to escort grain and grass from all over the country, manage it centrally and uniformly, and then distribute it to the coalition forces.
At the end of October last year, the coalition army met in the Yin area of Henan, and now it has been holding the Xiliang army for four months, and the grain and grass carried by it have long been eaten, but they have to confront the Xiliang army on the front line, and they can't send troops back to their own territory to transport grain, but they can't go hungry to fight.
To put it bluntly, it is that the princes of all walks of life confronted Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army on the front line, and then Yuan Shu hid behind and sent his army to the homes of the princes to escort the grain and grass for you, but it was not directly sent to the princes' tents, but was guarded by Yuan Shu's men and horses, and was uniformly deployed for the various ministries.
Grain and grass is the decisive factor in victory or defeat, as the so-called "soldiers and horses do not move grain and grass first", and taking care of grain and grass is also a top priority, Yuan Shu has strong troops, and it is from the world's first family, after the fourth and third dukes, so the princes are very trusting of Yuan Shu.
But a brave and ambitious guy can have a good character Yuan Shu got this fat difference, not only did he not supply grain and grass for the coalition army well, but took the opportunity to fill his own pockets, and often did things like guarding and stealing.
Then, with sufficient food, he secretly recruited refugees in Huainan and Runan, and in just three months, he expanded his army to 50,000.
After his strength grew, Yuan Shu was even more unpopular, flying and domineering, and even his brother, Yuan Shao, the leader of the Kwantung Coalition Army, did not pay attention to it, and the grain and grass supplied were often late or short of two catties, or shoddy, which gradually made the princes complain.
Taking advantage of the inextricable time between the other princes and the Xiliang army, Yuan Shu sent Ji Ling to quietly attack Jiujiang County, killed Zhao Ke, the Taishou appointed by Dong Zhuo, renamed Jiujiang County as Huainan County, and appointed his brother Yuan Yin as the Taishou of Huainan.
After taking Huainan, Yuan Shu was more confident, and sent Ji Ling and Zhang Xun to escort grain and grass to the territory of Yuzhou Assassin Shi Kong Ling, and attacked Wancheng at night, which caught Liu Pan off guard and successfully snatched Wancheng from Liu Biao's hands.
Of course, as the envoy of the allies, Yuan Shu can't run around casually, he is still in Fengqiu 60 miles behind the sour jujube camp at the moment, taking care of the allied army's grain and grass, but this does not prevent Yuan Shu from dispatching troops and taking advantage of the inextricable time between the princes and the Xiliang army to attack the city and plunder the land everywhere to strengthen his strength.
After learning some useful information from the scout's mouth, Liu Wei gave him a reward and instructed the scout to continue to keep an eye on the movements of Wancheng, but whenever there was any trouble, he should report it quickly.
As soon as the scouts left, Wei Yan, Qin Qiong, Zhou Tai, Ling Cao and other generals rushed to the hall where Liu Wei was, and Liu Bowen, Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang and others, who lived in the same mansion as King Hongnong, had been waiting for a long time.
As for Mu Guiying, since he went to Jinling to recruit troops, he has been training there and has not yet returned.
Seeing that the generals had gathered, Liu Wei told Yuan Shu about the capture of Nanyang, and the fall of the Empress He and Aiji Tang into the hands of Yuan Shu, and finally said: "The widow plans to send troops to Nanyang to force Yuan Shu to hand over the Empress Mother and Tang Ji, what do you think?"
"Yuan Shu dared to ambush His Royal Highness, the heart of the disobedience is obvious, I am afraid that I will never treat the Queen Mother and Wang Ji well, I should send troops to attack Nanyang as soon as possible, I have been training all day long, just take this opportunity to try how the combat power of the soldiers I have trained As long as the king gives an order, I Qin Qiong is willing to be the vanguard, sooner or later I will break through Wancheng and rescue the Queen Mother and Tang Wangji" Hearing that there was about to be a battle to fight, the tall Qin Qiong couldn't hold back her excitement and took the initiative to ask for help.
Liu Bowen shook the feather fan in his hand, and said calmly: "This matter should not be rushed, the bell must be tied to the bell, in my opinion, if you want to welcome back the Queen Mother and Tang Wangji, it is the next policy to attack Wancheng, but you should go to Sujube to find the Kwantung Coalition Army, and ask Yuan Shu directly."
If Yuan Shu does not comply, he can inform the princes of this matter and use public opinion to force Yuan Shu to release him."
"What the Advisor Said Is Good" After listening to Liu Bowen's words, Liu Wei's eyes shone brightly, and he nodded slowly.
As the so-called "snake beats seven inches", there is a debtor and a master, and it is the king to ask Yuan Shu for talents, if you send someone to attack Wancheng, you will not be able to make the defenders anxious, and the Empress Dowager He and Tang Ji will tear up the ticket, and the fish will die and the net will be broken, and the jade will be burned.
In that case, even if Wancheng is taken, what is the point Stroking the beard that was gradually turning blue at the corner of his mouth, Liu Wei's eyes gradually brightened, and there was even a hint of joy: "I really should go to the Central Plains and meet with the princes of Kwantung to discuss the plan to defeat Dong."
In Liu Wei's view, this trip to Henan to meet with the princes was fake, because these princes with their own ghosts were not in harmony, and it was only a matter of time before they fell apart In Liu Wei's heart, in addition to asking Yuan Shu for someone to get back to the cheap mother Empress Dowager He and Tang Ji this time, there are more important things to do.
First, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the Central Plains, and there are talents everywhere who have not yet chosen a king to serve, such as Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Liu Ye, etc., and Wu Youdianwei, Xu Chu and other fierce generals with nearly 100 armed forces, why not take this opportunity to go to the Central Plains to sweep and see if you can hunt back a few available talents In the troubled times, which is more important, talent or turf, Liu Wei came to the conclusion based on his previous experience in playing games, only with talent can he grab the turf, and if there is no talent, sooner or later he will lose it.
Not to mention, take Jiangdong's Liu Miao and Yan Baihu as examples, these two have territory and soldiers, but their subordinates have no available talents, what is the result In the end, it was not destroyed by the talent and no land.
Of course, Liu Miao still has a breath now, but he is already a turtle in the urn, a dog behind closed doors, and it is only a matter of time before he is killed.
For the traverser, the talents everywhere in the Central Plains are just a basic common sense, which is not enough to make Liu Wei inexplicably happy, what really makes Liu Wei excited is another thing, he has never thought of it before.
This time, because Yuan Shu took Wancheng, Liu Wei suddenly realized that there was a treasure in the Central Plains that could be excavated by himself, but he had never thought about it before that Finally, let's talk about the extermination of the clan, few people have done it in history, even if it is such as Cao Cao, the tyrant King Xu, and Yang Guang have never done such a thing, this is not called the Nine Clans, this is called the extermination of the whole clan, and it is beyond the scope of human beings to do so, can thousands of soldiers be able to keep their mouths shut and what kind of situation will it be after the news spreads, and the emperor will still have someone to support the pig's feet, and finally thank Wutian 1235, Ah Measure as soon as possible for the reward of the V classmates This article is reprinted from the online original literature portal: t1706231537: