Yizhou City Lord’s Mansion:

Liu Yan convened a meeting with his civil and military officials to discuss an alliance with Yuan Shu.

Yizhou produces talents.

In the city lord's palace, Zhang Song, Wang Lei, Huang Quan, Zhao Wei, Pang Xi, Peng Yi, Zhang Ren, Liu Sui, Lingbao, Deng Xian, Wu Yi, Yan Yan, Wu Lan and others were present.

Liu Yan, Liu Langjun.

A native of Jiangxia, a descendant of Liu Yu, King Lu Gong of the Western Han Dynasty, a true clan member of the Han Dynasty, and one of the princes on another plane.

When chaos broke out in Luoyang, Liu Yan originally wanted to go to Jiaozhou to escape the war, but later he heard Dong Fu say that Yizhou had the spirit of an emperor.

Liu Yan then asked Emperor Liu Hong to move to Yizhou to serve as state pastor.

It can be said that Liu Yan was the chief culprit for the demise of the Han Dynasty.

Originally?

The local governors and governors were still very wary of the imperial court and were willing to obey the imperial court's arrangements and dispatches.

However, Liu Yan reported to the emperor and made a proposal to "abolish history and establish animal husbandry" to give the state pastoralists greater rights.

Where is Liu Hong?

I didn’t think much about it, thinking that since they were all relatives of the royal family, they wouldn’t be against me.

Emperor Liu Hong agreed. At first, the governorship was limited to members of the royal family, but later it developed to the point where one by one the governors became governors.

People like Lao Cao, Liu Paopao, Liu Biao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Tao Qian and others all once served as state pastors.

These people have great power, so who cares about the opinions of the court and the emperor?

The state herdsmen were somewhat autonomous. They could recruit troops at will and preside over local affairs. They had much greater power than the prefects.

The governor used to be a supervisor, but now he has become a state pastor and has greater power.

Therefore, Liu Yan was the culprit who caused the Han Dynasty to fall apart. It was Liu Yan who personally destroyed the Han Dynasty.

When Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, various places raised troops to attack Fatty Dong. As a member of the royal family, Liu Yan turned a blind eye.

Liu Yan didn't care about the life or death of the Han Dynasty at all, he only thought about ascending to the throne in Yizhou, a place with the spirit of the emperor.

To be honest, Liu Yan controlled Yizhou and had a good set of cards, and his civil and military officials were no worse than those of other princes.

Among the civil servants there were Zhang Song, Huang Quan, Wang Lei, Peng Yi, Yang Yi and other outstanding figures, all of whom were good at governing the place.

In terms of military strategy, there is this awesome master named Youfa Zheng. He is a very powerful person, and his strategy is no worse than Xun You.

If Brother Zhu is a master of strategy, Fazheng is undoubtedly a very outstanding tactician.

On a tactical level, Zhuge Liang is simply not as good as Fa Zheng.

It is a pity that Fa Zheng died early.

In terms of generals, Zhang Ren, Liu Sui, Ling Bao, Deng Xian, Wu Yi, Yan Yan, Wu Lan and others are absolutely powerful.

Especially the first four people have always been the most important generals under Liu Yan. The four of them are really powerful in leading troops in battle.

Of course, Yizhou's failure was related to the early death of Liu Yan, who passed the throne to his youngest son Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang was weak and easily controlled by Zhao Wei, an important minister in the court, and others. This was an important factor in Liu Zhang's rise to power.

Liu Zhang had a good hand and gave it to Liu Paopao.

If it were Liu Yan's other sons who came to power, Liu Paopao would never be allowed to enter Yizhou. With Yizhou's strength, Liu Paopao would not have the chance to enter Yizhou.

Everything is arranged by fate.

Without further ado, let’s get back to the topic.

"Everyone, Yuan Shu sent his envoy Yuan Yin to Yizhou to form an alliance with us to deal with Qin Qi in Jingzhou. Please tell us whether we should form an alliance with Yuan Shu."

Liu Yandao.

"My lord, we cannot form an alliance with Yuan Shu, otherwise we will be on the opposite side of General Xiakou Qin Qi.

In the past few years, Qin Qi has been ordered to send troops to conquer the four counties in Jingnan, and successfully took control of Jiaozhou. Last year, he captured Yangzhou and became extremely powerful.

In addition, over the past few years, Qin Qi has spent private money to continuously absorb disaster victims and refugees, making the entire Jingnan and Jiaozhou areas extremely prosperous.

What about our Yizhou? We only have a population of over 2 million, and including the Hanzhong area, it is only about 2.6 million.

Compared with the population in Qinqi's jurisdiction, it is not even a fraction of the population. Once it becomes the opposite of Xiakou, Yizhou will be in danger."

Zhang Song objected.

Liu Yan was slightly startled!

I don’t know if I don’t hear it, but I’m shocked when I hear it.

A few years ago, Liu Yan also thought that Qin Qi was a fool. He had a lot of money and burned it randomly. It turned out that he had this purpose!

Zhang Song, Zhang Ziqiao.

He may look ugly, but he is very talented.

When he was sent to Cao Ying as an envoy, Cao Cao saw Zhang Song's poor appearance and didn't feel good about it. He even showed off "Meng De's Art of War" in front of Zhang Song.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Song had the ability to memorize memories from memory. He only read Meng De's Art of War once and memorized everything secretly.

Tell Cao Cao that he has read this book before and it was not written by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was very angry and asked Zhang Song to carry it down.

Zhang Song read it word for word.

Lao Cao was so angry that he threw the well-intentioned art of war "Mengde's Art of War" into the fire and burned it.

What about originally?

Zhang Song came to see Lao Cao with the purpose of presenting the map of Sichuan. Seeing that Lao Cao was too arrogant, Zhang Song became angry.

No longer presenting the map to Lao Cao, he went to Jingzhou to meet Liu Paopao. At the suggestion of Brother Zhu, Liu Paopao received Zhang Song politely.

When Zhang Song left, he took out the map of Sichuan and presented it to Liu Paopao.

This is the famous picture presented by Zhang Song.

"My lord, I don't think so. It's because we are weak that we should form an alliance with Yuan Shu and let Yuan Shu and Qin Qi fight to the death.

We just need to send some troops to attack Qin Qi's rear. If we succeed, we can occupy the four counties in Jingnan.

Even Jiaozhou may be included in it. It doesn't matter if it fails, as long as Yan Yan is allowed to defend Ba County, no amount of Qin Qilai's troops will have any effect."

Zhao Wei said.

Zhao Wei was an official who followed Liu Yan into Yizhou. Zhao Wei himself was Brazilian. Liu Yan controlled Yizhou and was highly used by Liu Yan.

Under Liu Yan's command, he had great say.

After listening to Zhao Wei's words, Liu Yan felt that it made sense, but he hesitated again.

"My lord, I do not recommend forming an alliance with Yuan Shu. That would not be in the interest of our Yizhou and may even bring disaster."

Wang Lei said.

Wang Lei is a truly loyal minister.

He once persuaded Liu Zhang not to let Liu Pao run into Sichuan, but Liu Zhang, a weakling, refused to listen. Wang Lei looked up to the sky and sighed.

Finally, Wang Lei hung upside down at the city gate to persuade Liu Zhang not to welcome Liu Pao into Shu, but Liu Zhang still refused to listen.

So he cut off the rope and fell to death.

A tragic figure.

"My lord, I don't recommend forming an alliance with Yuan Shu despite my humble position. Yuan Shu is a man of great ambition and talent, and cannot achieve great things. An alliance with him will only bring trouble to Yizhou."

Huang Quan Road.

Huang Quan was also a loyal minister. He once advised Liu Zhang not to welcome Liu Pao to Shu, but Liu Zhang didn't listen!

"My lord, the population of the four counties in Jingnan is millions, which is more than the population of our Yizhou. Once captured, the strength of Yizhou will skyrocket."

Zhao Wei said.

To be honest, Liu Yan was quite moved by Zhao Wei's proposal.

"General Zhang Ren, what do you think?"

Liu Yandao.

Zhang Ren is the most capable general under Liu Yan. It is said that he, Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu are brothers, and they are also from the sect of Tong Yuan, a prodigy.

In terms of force value, Zhang Ren should be among the first-class generals.

"Lord, no matter what the decision is, we will resolutely obey it. We are not afraid of any enemy invading our Yizhou and killing as many as they come."

Zhang Rendao.
Chapter completed!