The news that the two Yuans usurped the emperor one after another reached the Wancheng Imperial Palace.

The Han Dynasty, which had been clamoring for a long time, finally became purified. In the court, the debate between the officials and ministers had been ongoing for nearly two months to attack the two Yuans for the purpose of declaring an imperial edict and proclamation.

During this period, although the three men led by Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song and Cai Yong strongly opposed it, the Grand Marshal Yang Biao strongly opposed it. He did not think that the two Yuans should not be attacked. He was worried that the Han Dynasty's edicts could not call on the princes, but instead caused trouble.

But now, the two Yuan publicly usurped the trumpet and left the appeasement faction headed by Yang Biao speechless. If the Han Dynasty still ignored this at this time, it would be equivalent to its acquiescent status, that is, the Han Dynasty agreed that the Han Dynasty had fallen.

Once the Han court's opinions were unified, the efficiency was immediately revealed. Riding on the courier's fast horse, one team after another came out of the four gates of Wandu, and they were about to fight against Yuan's imperial edict and impose edicts on the world.

The responses of the princes came one after another, and the first one was naturally Feng Yu, followed by Sun Ce from Jiangdong who expressed his willingness to respond to the thief. Then Liu Biao and Liu Yan also expressed their willingness to send troops to fight the thief. Finally, even Shi Xie, who was far away in Jiaozhou and Ma Teng from Xiliang, also replied to the Han Dynasty, willing to send troops to the Central Plains to fight the thief.

However, except for Sun Ce, no one of the princes who were closer to the two Yuans, had clearly replied that the Han court was willing to submit an order to fight against the thieves.

The mansion of the general in Zhuyang City was filled with Feng Yu's military generals and aides. At the same time, the ministers and ministers gathered in the Shangshu Mansion in Wancheng. While discussing the situation in the world, they were waiting for a very important news.

Zhang Liao said worriedly: "Why hasn't anyone expressed his willingness to respond to the thief in the area of ​​Qingxu in Yanyu and Qing? "

Jia Xu smiled: "What's so strange about this? These little princes are afraid of Er Yuan. Although they know that they will be eaten by Er Yuan in the end, they don't want to be the first sheep to be eaten. They all hope that Er Yuan will eat others first. If they eat too much and cannot digest it, they can temporarily let themselves go. If they delay for a while, they may even have a trace of vitality?"

Zhao Yun said in confusion: "Did you just let Yuan Thief annex them one by one?"

Xun You said in a stern manner: "It depends on a person's attitude. It is Cao Cao, his statement is crucial. Only when he stands up can those little princes integrate and fight against Yuan together. But Cao Cao should respond now, so it won't take so long!"

Xun You finished saying this and turned to look at Feng Yu. Feng Yu saw that he was confused and said in a positive tone:

"Don't worry, Cao Cao will definitely be ordered to fight against the thief, unless he is not the Cao Cao he used to, or his mind is broken. He has delayed so long and has no response, so he must have a purpose."

"Is it to bargain with the court?"

"It shouldn't be. If he asked the court for a price, he would have proposed it long ago."

At this time, a commander's army entered the hall to report and interrupted the conversation. "Report! The Fei Ge from Wancheng sent a message, and the news came from the court, a few days ago, Yuan Shao's army captured Xiuwu in Hanoi, and the Hanoi prefect Zhang Yang was killed!"

Everyone in the hall whispered to each other, but Feng Yu smiled and said, "I know what Cao Cao is planning. He wants Yuan Shao to eat a few lambs first. This will allow the other little princes to follow him and attack Yuan Shao wholeheartedly. Second, after he defeats Yuan Shao, he can occupy more territory."

Half an hour later, another order came to spread the news:

"Report! Feige sends a message, news from the Wancheng court. A few days ago, Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan captured the Beihai in Qingzhou, and Kong Rong, the prime minister of Beihai, fled to Yanzhou. In addition, Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, had just sent someone to report to the court and was willing to respond to the imperial edict!"

In the hall, the noise of everyone's discussion became louder. At this time, Feng Yu suddenly stood up, everyone immediately stopped talking, and the lobby became silent.

He said solemnly: "Everyone, this battle will determine the general trend of the world in the next few decades. I concluded that after this battle, there will be no major war in the Central Plains within 20 or 30 years. This battle also determines the future prospects of our Liangzhou and Zhuyang Kingdom. I hope you will be united in one heart and virtue, advance and retreat together to achieve success!"

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In the summer of the first year of Jian'an, both camps were making active preparations for war. While Yuan Shao continued to sweep away the weak forces around him to relieve his worries in the future. He also garrisoned grain, gathered troops, and built siege equipment. He prepared for the attack on Cao Cao.

Those weak forces, who could not survive, Cao Cao raised the banner of fighting against Yuan again and joined forces to fight against Yuan Shao in order to protect himself. He even took the initiative to attack the heart of Yuan Shao's controlled area from time to time to relieve the pressure from friendly forces.

In the south, Yuan Shu crossed the river several times and took the initiative to attack Jiangdong, trying to solve the worries of Jiangdong first, and then he could attack Cao Cao from north to south with Yuan Shao. However, the Yuan Shu army crossed the river was defeated by Sun Ce and returned in vain.

Xinye City on the Nanyang Plain has now become a military town. The camp tents are connected to the sky and the earth. The armies of various princes gather here.

Shi Xie's eight hundred vine armored infantry marched thousands of miles apart for more than a month and finally arrived here. They even brought ten battle elephants over. Liu Yan's two thousand Yizhou soldiers also traveled by Ba County and Handong County, and arrived in Xinye for nearly a thousand miles. However, after entering Handong, the entire journey was "escorted" by Feng Yu's navy on water.

Some of Feng Yu's men laughed at the fact that the two families sent too few troops and were completely pretending. But Feng Yu didn't think so.

In this era, the population is so sparse that transporting troops from thousands of miles is an extremely cost-effective task. Along the way, most areas are wilderness ridges that are hundreds of miles long.

The daily supply needs to be carried by people and carried by horses, and they will be delivered to you one by one. In this case, if there are too many troops, there will be unimaginable price. In the history of the original world, the attacking side suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Yiling and the Battle of Chibi.

In addition, a large number of troops came, and the supply of food and grass by relying solely on the nearby vassals' territories would be a shortage. Therefore, the Shi Xie, who could have been out of the matter, sent these troops was enough to prove their attitude towards the court. It proved that they recognized the current redefined relationship between the court and the princes.

Liu Biao, who was closer, only sent two thousand infantry and cavalry to station in Xinye. However, he assumed the responsibility of providing half of the food and grass to the coalition forces, and the other half of the food and grass were provided by Feng Yu.

At Xia Pi City, thousands of miles away from Xinye, soldiers were also gathering. They were welcoming a unit coming from afar. Tao Qian and Xuzhou officials and generals, including Liu Guan and Zhang, were waiting outside Xia Pi City.

After a while, a large bulge of people appeared in the distance, and they moved closer and closer. Tao Qian stroked his white beard slightly, rode his horse to meet him, and smiled and said:

"The last time Mr. Wen killed Dong's thief with his hand, this time, when our Han Dynasty was in danger, he resolutely broke up with the Yuan thief and vowed to fight against the Han thief with all the heroes in the world. He should be my loyal minister and innocent son of the Han Han Dynasty. Now Mr. Wen is here in Xuzhou, and he will definitely protect Xuzhou from being slaughtered by Yuan thief."

The person who came was Lu Bu. He was introduced to Tao Qian by Chenliu Prefect Zhang Miao, who agreed without hesitation.
Chapter completed!