It was more than a month after Yuan Shao received the secret letter sent by Guo Jia. When he finished reading Guo Jia's secret letter, he slapped the table.

Because it was a secret letter, the only people present were Xu You, who had known him since childhood. When Xu You saw Yuan Shao's actions, he thought he was angry and asked tentatively: "Lord, is that guy Guo Jia rude?"

Yuan Shao closed his eyes and shook his head slowly, saying, "Heroes see similar things!"

Why? Because Guo Jia not only expressed his intention to be effective, but also advised Yuan Shao to establish a new emperor. Yuan Shao had this intention and wanted to support Liu Yu as the new emperor.

As for whether Guo Jia's success was true or not, Yuan Shao did not make much guesses. For him, 70% of the gentry's hearts are devoted to him today, and 30% are respected to Yuan Shu.

Just as he was promoted from the prefect of Bohai to the governor of Jizhou, Yuan Shao is now a military general, a counselor, and a rain.

Shen Pei, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Xu You, Ju Su, Tian Feng, Xin Ping and other advisers, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Chunyu Qiong, Ju Yi and other military generals, and with the support of the northern gentry, what else Yuan Shao lacks?

It is the territory. Although he had just "scared" Han Fu to death and seized Jizhou, he still wanted to unify the north of the Yellow River. The first thing he was to bear was Gongsun Zan, the white horse general in Youzhou. Liu Yu and Yuan Shao were in a sensation, so Yuan Shao wanted to make Liu Yu the new emperor, and then stand at the commanding heights of the political and suppress his strong rival Gongsun Zan, and then order all the heroes. This idea has lingered in his mind for several days. Now, a secret letter from Guo Jia made him love Guo Jia. As for the matter of the Cai family's face being damaged back then, how could those who accomplished great things be petty?

After thinking about it, Yuan Shao ordered Xu You: "To support Liu Yu as the new emperor, go and explore the words of Cao Aman and Yuan Gaolu."

Cao Cao was his ally. Although Yuan Shu only had two counties in Nanyang and Runan, he had to consider his opinions. In the eyes of the world, Yuan Shu was at least the true successor of the Yuan family.

Xu You had ordered to do this, but Cao Cao's reply was against the establishment of another person. Yuan Shu also pretended to be confused and said that he would only oppose Dong Zhuo and not Liu Xie.

Without the support of these two people, and Liu Yu said, "If I force me to be the emperor, I will run out of the Great Wall."

Yuan Shao had no choice but to give up and sighed in vainly at Guo Jia's secret letter.

After receiving Guo Jia's secret letter, Yuan Shu also had his thoughts flying. He is now as anxious as an ant on a hot pan every day.

If today's people with ambition want to serve the wise ruler, the first choice is the Yuan family of the four generations and three dukes. Then Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu chose one of them. Yuan Shao was supported in the north. Although Yuan Shu was not as talented as Yuan Shao in the south, he was also supported by most of the Yangzhou gentry. The two brothers of the Yuan family, one south and one north, almost represent the gentry in the world.

As for Cao Cao, who is still the prefect of Dongjun, is supported by his brothers, but gold will always shine. Later, some people came to follow Cao Cao. Even Xun Yu, who had been observing Yuan Shao for a while, hesitated for a long time before he decided to follow Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu was impatient to expand his territory. The fundamental reason was that his own growth was the fundamental one. The most important thing was that the Yangzhou gentry had been with him for a long time, but if he didn't take Jingzhou or Yuzhou, he could only be anxious in Nanyang. Sun Jian was nominally his subordinate, but in fact, Sun Jian was more like a guest general. Yuan Shu could not command Sun Jian's generals, and did not hold Sun Jian's family by his side. He urged Sun Jian to go back to Nanyang to help him expand his territory every day. However, Sun Jian didn't know what disease he had. While helping the people rebuild their homes in Luoyang, he was posing as a fight with Dong Zhuo to the end.

Guo Jia's secret letter made Yuan Shu impatiently want to conquer Jingzhou, but Liu Biao was in a big way. At this time, he would probably even lose Nanyang. Therefore, Yuan Shu had to take Yuzhou first and Yangzhou successively, and then form a double-team against Jingzhou. However, if Sun Jian did not come back, Yuan Shu could not swallow Yuzhou. If Liu Biao took advantage of the situation and cut off his retreat, he would not be able to take Yuzhou at that time, Yuan Shu would be homeless.

Yuan Shu racked his brains every day and couldn't think of how to recall Sun Jian. The sent people could not make Sun Jian change his mind. Sun Jian made a great righteousness, just to fight to the death with Dong Zhuo and save the emperor. With this great righteousness, Yuan Shu could not do anything about it. Should he tell Sun Jian directly: The emperor is alive and dead, and the survival of the Han Dynasty, no princes care about it anymore!

It's strange that when Yuan Shu was at a loss, Yuan Shao solved his urgent problem by chance.

Yuan Shao, the leader of the princes and the leader of the gentry in the world, had a huge momentum and had even begun to "support the system (general means appointing the emperor)" to appoint local officials. Because the emperor was in Dong Zhuo's hands, the princes in various places had to hold the flag of anti-Dong on the one hand, but they also had to submit the letter to the Chang'an court to appoint officials. Whenever Yuan Shao and other princes in various places needed to appoint new officials to take office, they would respectfully submit the letter to the Chang'an court. As for whether Dong Zhuo agreed or not, whether the emperor agreed or not, they did not care. After submitting the letter, they agreed to the court.

Sun Jian finally returned to Nanyang from Luoyang because it was not that Yuan Shu named him the governor of Yuzhou, but that Yuan Shao also named him the governor of Yuzhou!

Not all the gentry in Yangzhou supported Yuan Shu, and there were also those who supported Yuan Shao. This was the case with the Zhou family, a large clan of Kuaiji County.

Yuan Shao was greedy for Shu and wanted to send someone to take charge of Yuzhou first, so he appointed Zhou Ang, the Zhou family of Kuaiji County, as the governor of Yuzhou.

After learning the news, Sun Jian immediately rushed to the south and came to Nanyang County to ask Yuan Shu for battle. He said he was going to take office in Yuzhou, but in fact he was going to settle his former grudges.

When Sun Jian was young and just became famous, he came from Wu County. When a wealthy family rebelled in Kuaiji County, Sun Jian was young and energetic and led the imperial order to enter Kuaiji County, quelling the rebellion in one fell swoop, but he also offended all the wealthy families in Kuaiji. Among them, the Zhou family, led by Zhou Ang and his brothers, was the representative of the most fierce battle with Sun Jian. In the eyes of the wealthy families in Kuaiji County at that time, whether Sun Jian was under the hat of the court or a person from Tongzhou of Wu County, Yangzhou, they were all "invaders".

Later, Sun Jian was promoted and left Yangzhou, and the great contribution was also to the secretly fueling of the wealthy families of Kuaiji County. The revenge between the Sun family and the wealthy families of Kuaiji County was thus formed.

Sun Jian has done many things in his life that he will never know what consequences will be.

For example, the hatred arises that broke into Kuaiji County after he was young and violated the interests of the Kuaiji family after quelling the rebellion continued to the descendants.

For example, when he was the prefect of Changsha in Jingzhou, Sun Jian crossed the border to fight thieves and even ran to Lujiang County, Yangzhou, so he met the Zhou family, a large Lujiang clan. His son also formed a brotherhood with a young man in the Zhou family.

Zhou Ang was going to be the governor of Yuzhou, but Sun Jian would definitely not agree. In terms of order, Yuan Shu named Sun Jian as the governor of Yuzhou. Although Yuan Shao knew this, he still wanted to be the governor of Yuzhou. The hostility among them was obvious.

Yuan Shu, who was already full of resentment towards Yuan Shao, openly broke up with Yuan Shao, and wrote to Gongsun Zan and even stated that Yuan Shao was not from the Yuan family.

This battle for the governor of Yuzhou also involved Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan and the governor of Youzhou Liu Yu were very disagreeable. The origin was that the two of them treated the foreign tribes of the Mihu. Gongsun Zan wanted to kill them all, and Liu Yu advocated Huairou, and the differences eventually became an opposition.

Liu Yu wanted to rescue the emperor, so he sent troops to support Yuan Shu. Gongsun Zan made a hindrance and sent his younger brother Gongsun Yue to accompany him. After arriving at Yuan Shu, he asked Yuan Shu to kill Liu Yu's general and swallow the troops sent by Liu Yu. Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan officially turned against each other.

The most incredible thing is that Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to fight Zhou Ang, the governor of Yuzhou appointed by Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Yue also went there and died in battle!

Gongsun Zan settled the accounts on Yuan Shao, so he had an excuse to start a war with Yuan Shao.

The result of this battle for Yuzhou was naturally Yuan Shu's great victory. After winning most counties in Yuzhou, Yuan Shu was no less than any princes in terms of territory. He owned Nanyang, north of Jingzhou, most of Yuzhou, and most of Yangzhou.

For a moment, Yuan Shuyin had the momentum to sweep the Central Plains. He was preparing to rest for half a year, and then took Jingzhou in one go and unify the south.

This war in Yuzhou made the chaotic melee of the princes of the Central Plains slightly clear.

The reason why Gongsun Zan counted the death of his clan's brother Gongsun Yue on Yuan Shao was that Gongsun Zan needed an excuse to start a war with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao led the governor of Jizhou, and Gongsun Zan's power in the eastern part of Jizhou became passive. Once the showdown was duel, he had the initiative. The battle between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao in the north of the Yellow River had become a force that could not withstand two tigers.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu also tore off the hypocritical mask of friendship. Although the territory is not connected and cannot be directly confronted, the two formed political hostility.

Liu Biao, who had always been afraid of Yuan Shu, knew that Yuan Shu would plot against Jingzhou sooner or later, so he responded to Yuan Shao in Jingzhou and opposed Yuan Shu.

Cao Cao, who was a prefect of Dongjun in Yanzhou, naturally advanced and retreated with Yuan Shao. Even the prefect of Dongjun was recommended by Yuan Shao, but Cao Cao, who was just a prefect of a county, had no more choice.

Tao Qian in Xuzhou only wanted to defend one acre of three-point land in Xuzhou, but his generals gradually restrained themselves in Xuzhou, but they repeatedly ran out of Xuzhou to rob the border of Yanzhou Yuzhou, offending the gentry and wealthy families in Yanzhou. In order to protect themselves, Tao Qian joined the opposing party of Yanzhou, namely Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu.

After a brief period of peace, the princes of Kanto took the lead in seizing Han Fu's Jizhou and broke the alliance agreement. Then they entered the stage of melee. When the battle for Yuzhou ended, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu turned against each other, resulting in two distinct factions.

A warlord was led by Yuan Shao, and the allies included Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Yu, etc.

Another faction was led by Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan, and the allies were Tao Qian, Sun Jian and others.

Among them, the confrontation north of the Yellow River is the main battlefield for the confrontation between the two factions. Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, the winner will unify Hebei.

The situation in the Central Plains is not clear. The main battlefield is between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao. If Yuan Shu wins, he will have the opportunity to unify Jingzhou and Yangzhou. The chance of winning the Central Plains will be very high. Yuan Shu is defeated, and no one knows whether Liu Biao has ambitions to advance the world.
Chapter completed!