The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

It was shocking, but it was only shocking to others. Xun Zhen had long known that this would happen.

That is: Dong Zhuo killed more than fifty people, including Taifu Yuan Hui, Tai servant Yuan Ji, and Yuan family infants. All Yuan clan members in Beijing, no matter how old or young, were killed by Dong Zhuo.

When the news reached Yangzhai, Xi Zhicai, Xun You, and Xun Yu were all shocked.

When Xun Yu got the news, he came to Xun Zhen, and he said to Xun Zhen indignantly: "Dong thief has done a perverted act, and actually executed Yuan's whole family, even the chikou infants. "

Xun You and Xi Zhicai also came one after another.

With a worried look on Xun You's face, he said, "Yuan's family has been executed in the capital. Junhou, will Sikong be able to do that?"

"Sikong" said Xun Shuang naturally.

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said: "Sikong is driving from the car, now Chang'an, not in Luoyang, Sikong has a profound wisdom, I heard that he is friendly with Prince Situ, and he is surrounded by tiger soldiers specially sent by the lord to guard him. It should be safe.”

Xun Shuang did not stay in Luoyang, but went to Chang'an with the Son of Heaven. Dong Zhuo was in Luoyang, but he wanted to kill Xun Shuang, but he couldn't kill him for a while, or maybe he couldn't kill him either.

Why do you say you can't kill it, or even kill it? For three reasons.

One is because of Wang Yun.

The emperor left Luoyang on the 17th day of the second month, and arrived in Chang'an on the fifth day of the third lunar month. Among the ministers in the line, some were of high stature, some were of high rank, and some were distinguished. The noble and the real power, but now only Wang Yun is the only one. Wang Yun is now the Situ, and he is also the Minister of the Book. Situ is one of the three princes. , is the most powerful position in the dynasty. At present, all the internal and external matters of the Chang'an dynasty are entrusted to Wang Yun. Now, the first person in the Chang'an Dynasty is the most uncompromising person, so to speak, such as Yang Biao, Huang Wan, etc., these famous scholars have been demoted by Dong Zhuo one after another, and Wang Yun is also known as a clean and upright name Why can a celebrity sit in such a high position? For no other reason, just because he behaved differently from Yang Biao, Huang Wan and others, he always flattered Dong Zhuo, flattered his horse, and pretended to obey, so he won Dong Zhuo's trust.

Wang Yun had gained the trust of Dong Zhuo, and Xun Shuang had been his "subordinate officer" in the past. Xun Shuang wrote a letter to Xun Zhen some time ago. Secretly discussing the matter of killing the director together, in other words, this means that the relationship between Xun Shuang and Wang Yun is very close, and the two are "one party", so with Wang Yun outside to cover and say good things , Even if Dong Zhuo was dissatisfied with Xun Zhen, he would not implicate Xun Shuang if he thought about it.

Second, because of Xun Shuang himself.

When the party was incarcerated, Xun Shuang was also victimized by it. He was imprisoned and escaped from Hanbin for more than ten years. Over the years, he had seen and heard it, and had personally experienced the fierce and **** political struggle between the DPRK and China. Dao, and also intensively study the "Yi", he is a famous contemporary master of the study of Yi, and he is more aware of the art of protecting oneself, so on the surface, he has always been not deliberately targeting Dong Zhuo, and sometimes "follows the power", such as Wang Yun, like Wang Yun, flattered Dong Zhuo, so Dong Zhuo didn't hate or hate him very much either.

Third, it was because Xun Zhen sent the guards to protect Xun Shuang.

Because Xun Zhen knew that Yuan's family was being executed, Xun Shuang had long been worried that Xun Shuang might be implicated by his own family, so early on, he selected some brave and loyal dead men and specially sent them to Xun Shuang and Chen Ji to share them. As the **** of the two of them, if something goes wrong, under the **** of these dead soldiers, even if surrounded by a group of enemies, the two of them will have a chance to escape.

Xun You and Xun Yu glanced at each other, both of them agreed with Xi Zhicai's judgment in their hearts, and their faces were slightly worried.

Xi Zhicai pondered for a moment, then said to Xun Zhen: "Yuan Shi was executed more than 50 times, which is a tragic incident in the world, but Junhou, Junhou and General Sun have been planning to discuss the second appeal against Dong, I secretly think that it is a one-sided relationship. In terms of arguing against Dong, it is not an opportunity for Yuan to be executed."

Xun Zhen said, "What do you mean by Zhicai?"

"That's right. This time, the Guandong group started to attack Dong. Yuan Benchu ​​was the leader of the alliance. The Yuan brothers were divided into north and south. One used Jizhou for capital and the other took Nanyang for use. In terms of strength, the two of them should be the strongest. , Yuan Gonggong did not move. Although Yuan Benchu ​​sent thousands of troops, it was useless. Now, Yuan's family in Beijing has been executed, Yuan Taifu, Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonggong's father, Yuan Taipu, Yuan Gonggong's co-brother, The country hates the family, and the two of them think that they will still wait and watch, and still refuse to fight, right?"

Yuan Hui was the father of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, Yuan Ji was the same-born brother of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao was adopted to Yuan Cheng, he and Yuan Shu were half-brothers, Yuan Ji was called his elder brother, In fact, he was also his half-brother, so Yuan Hui and Yuan Ji were killed. For Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, it was not only a matter of state, but now they had a **** family feud with Dong Zhuo.

According to common sense, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu should not wait and see and not fight this time, right?

However, Xun Zhen knew that even though more than fifty members of the Yuan family including Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji were killed, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu still did not send troops.

This may seem ruthless, but whoever wants to compete in the world, how many people will put family affairs first? Gaozu did not even care about his father, wife, and children in order to fight for the world. Besides, Yuan Hui and Yuan Ji were only the fathers and brothers of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu?

Xi Zhicai probably knew this, so although he said, "It's not an opportunity for Yuan Shi to be executed alone", but there was no special expression on his face, it was just indifferent.

Xun Zhen said, "How can a person who is for the country take care of his family? Yuan Ben originally wanted Jizhou, Yuan Gonggong wanted Jingzhou, but now Ji and Jing have not yet completely fallen into his hands. Although Yuan Taifu and Yuan Taipu were killed, they both I am afraid that I will not raise troops to take revenge for it.... However, I am preaching the letter, in the name of revenge for the emperor Kuang above, and revenge for the Yuan family below, calling for troops from all walks of life to attack the Dong bandit together. As for whether it can be successful, it is not You and I may have done it."

Xi Zhicai nodded and said, "If it can be done, it is best; if it cannot be done, the world will know who is the most loyal person."

This is the real purpose of Xi Zhicai.

As the leader of the Dong alliance, his clan members were killed, but if he still kept his troops and stayed out of Hanoi, Yuan Shao's reputation would definitely be slightly damaged, and if Xun Zhen was spreading the word around the world at this time, his reputation might be affected by this. can be further improved.

Xun Zhen then asked Chen Yi to write an oath, signed with Sun Jian, and sent it to the world the next day.

A few days later, in Dong's military camp in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo saw this letter.

He glanced through it roughly, threw it aside, and asked left and right, "Is there any change in Yuan Shao in Hanoi and Yuan Shu in Nanyang?"

The account reported in return: "Except for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu paying homage to Yuan Wei, there has been no change in his two troops so far."

Dong Zhuo said disdainfully, "The brothers of the Yuan family have empty names. Compared with their courage, how can they compare to Xun and Sun!"

The person under the tent said: "The prime minister's intention to punish Yuan is to kill the chickens and show the monkeys. Yuan's brothers and Suanzao all dared not speak, and they all bowed their heads in fear. Only Xun and Sun did not know the good or bad, but they dared to spread the word to the world and advocated Allied troops attacked Luo. Xiangguo, Xun Shuang, the father of Xun Zhen's clan, Chen Ji, Xun Zhen's wife and clan, both of them are in Chang'an now, why not just kill both of them? The heart of a traitor."

Dong Zhuo looked and saw that it was his son-in-law Niu Fu who was speaking.

Niu Fu was Dong Zhuo's close confidant and Dong Zhuo's son-in-law. He knew that Dong Zhuo's real purpose of killing more than fifty people of Yuan's family was to kill chickens and set an example to monkeys.

When Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Hui and others, his intention was not for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, but for the Allied Forces of Suanzao. He wanted to use this to intimidate Zhang Miao, Cao Cao and others. Most of the princes of Suanzao were born in famous clans and were officials from generation to generation. Before starting the army, some still lived in Luoyang. Almost all of them had family members, children, and clansmen in Beijing. Not to mention others, such as Cao Cao, he had family members in Luoyang, Cao Cao. When he escaped from Luoyang that day, the situation was urgent, and he walked away without taking a few people with him. In his early years when he was in Qiao County, his youngest wife Bian and his second son, Cao Pi, were unable to leave with him. The two armies became enemies, and Cao Cao had no way to send someone to pick up the Bian family, Cao Pi, etc., so they are all still in Luoyang. Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Wei and others, just to tell Cao Cao and the others: If you If you still follow Yuan Shao and me as enemies, your family members, children and clansmen who stay in Luoyang will end up with Yuan Hui and others.

This was a psychological blow to Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and other princes who followed Yuan Shao.

Another person said: "It is absolutely impossible for the prime minister."

Dong Zhuo looked again and saw that it was Jia Xu, the commander of the prison squad.

Jia Xu was known for his wisdom, and Dong Zhuo valued it very much, so he asked, "Wenhe, why not?"

Jia Xu is in his 40s this year. He was born in Liangzhou. He was in a low-lying area. He was not well-known when he was young. Only Yan Zhong thought that he was different. After entering the dynasty, he went to the official and returned home due to illness. After staying at home for a while, he was confiscated by the government and came to Luoyang again. He was moved to Taiwei, and Dong Zhuo went to Beijing because Jia Xu and him were from the same state. , so he made great use of him, first worshiped him as the captain of Pingjin, and ordered him to guard Xiaopingjin in the eight passes around Luoyang.

Jia Xu said respectfully: "Yuan Wei, Tai Fu Ye, Yuan Ji, Tai Servant, Duke Ming has already executed him, and the court and the public are terrified. Makes you feel uneasy inside and out, or becomes disaffected, and strengthens Eryuan's momentum."

Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji were Yuan Shao's clansmen. Dong Zhuo killed him, but Xun Shuang was also one of the three males. If Dong Zhuo killed him again, he would kill two three males in a row in a short period of time. Seeing it, it will definitely lead to the danger of all the ministers and ministers in the DPRK, and it is not conducive to Dong Zhuo, who is far away in Luoyang, to strengthen his control over Chang'an.

Dong Zhuo agreed, nodding and saying yes.

Jia Xu added: "This time when the Kwantung is rising, the leader of the alliance is Yuan Shao, and those like Xun Zhen and Sun Jian are just subordinates, neither the name of Yuan Shao nor the crowd of Yuan Shao, no matter how fierce and brave they fight, it doesn't matter. As for the overall situation, in my humble opinion, the prime minister does not need to pay too much attention to the two of them. It is enough to make General Hu guard the gates of Yique. The important matters of the moment should still put the two yuan first, as long as the two yuan can be taken first. Especially when Yuan Shao is defeated, the rest of the Guandong generation, the clown jumping on the beam, is not enough to rule the country."

Yuan Shishi is the third prince, his disciples and former officials are all over the world, and his political power is extremely powerful. It's just people and horses, nothing to do with the world's political situation. The most important thing at the moment is indeed to find a way to defeat Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu first. As long as they can be defeated, the Guandong Rebels will be a group of dragons without a leader, and they will be scattered. Until then, with the strength of Liangzhou and Bingzhou's army and horses, Dong Zhuo. You can strike them one by one, calmly and calmly.

Dong Zhuo said, "Wenhe, your words are very true." After a pause, he asked Jia Xu, "Now I have killed Yuan's family in Beijing, and if you want to come here, all the jujubes and jujubes have all been cracked. Wenhe, do you think, What should I do next to force him to drop me?"

Jia Xu had already made up his mind, when he heard Dong Zhuo's questioning, he immediately replied: "It's exactly as Duke Ming said, Yuan Hui, Yuan Ji, etc. were executed, and he expected that all the sour jujubes would be horrified and scared, worried about their family members in Beijing. If you think about it, you should not dare to openly become an enemy of Duke Ming, but if you want to force him to disperse, or even worse, make him tie himself up and seek surrender, from the following point of view, he has to throw another fire into the pyre."

"What fire?"

"The Duke of Ming can dispatch the good generals, so that they can use the elite soldiers to attack Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu."

Dong Zhuo laughed out loud~www.wuxiaspot.com~ slapped the table and said, "What you said is exactly what I mean."

If you shoot a man, shoot a horse first, and if you capture a thief, capture the king first.

This time, the "King" of the Guandong attack on Dong was Er Yuan, especially Yuan Shao. From the earlier Xun Zhen, Sun Jian, Cao Cao, Bao Xin, etc. sent troops, and the rest did not go out with the combined troops, we can see the momentum of the Kwantung Allied Forces Although they are prosperous and have their own plans, then, on this basis, seize Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who are the two leaders, to pursue and fight fiercely, kill Yuan Hui and others first, psychologically intimidate the others, and then send troops to attack the two separately. Yuan, to intimidate Yu militarily, with a two-pronged approach, the top ten can disintegrate the Kwantung coalition. As long as the Kwantung coalition disintegrates, the pressure on Dong Zhuo's side will drop, so he can either recruit or attack, and calmly separate one from the other. Once settled.

It has to be said that Dong Zhuo is indeed an outstanding individual, with ambition, ability and skill.

First take the defensive and watch the movements of the Kwantung Allied Forces. After seeing that the Kwantung Allied Forces have their own plans and are not monolithic, they make a decisive decision and immediately execute Yuan's family in Beijing, thinking they are intimidating. Attack the coalition forces militarily to force them to disintegrate. His whole set of methods to deal with the Kwantung Allied Forces is very well-organized.

It's a pity that he overlooked one point, which eventually led to his failure.