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Volume 4 The Battle of Chibi Chapter 559 Turmoil

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    After the New Year, at the foot of Mount Tai, a group of people in white were winding their way.

    Taishan Mountain is majestic and spectacular, with beautiful scenery, splitting the ground and skyscrapers, and awe-inspiring.  According to ancient legends, after Pangu's death, his head turned into Mount Tai. Therefore, Mount Tai is the place closest to heaven in people's minds and is full of mystery.  .

    "The Rites of Zhou, Chunguan, and Dazongbo" record: "Use blood sacrifices to worship Sheji, the Five Sacrifice, and the Five Sacred Mountains." It can be seen that the Five Sacred Mountains were conferred by the emperors and were sacred places for them to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth and to enshrine Zen.  Among the five mountains, Mount Tai swallows Xihua, presses Nanheng, drives Song in the middle, and reaches Heng in the north. It is the leader of the five mountains.

    "Historical Records" records: "The sky is too high to be reached, so we set up a Zen ceremony on Mount Tai to worship it, hoping to be close to the gods." What made Mount Tai famous was the large-scale Zen ceremony held by Qin Shihuang on Mount Tai, which established the reputation of Mount Tai in one fell swoop.  The position of being the leader of the mountains.

    The majestic scenery along the way did not attract the attention of this group of people. They did not speak to each other and just kept moving forward. After about an hour, they finally stopped in front of the entrance of a quiet valley.

    The leader had arms longer than his knees, big earlobes, and a lonely expression. He was clearly Liu Bei. After looking around, he asked in a deep voice: "Yun Chang, is the third brother's tomb built in this valley?"

    The red-faced man standing next to Liu Bei sighed and replied: "Exactly, more than a hundred craftsmen worked day and night, and the work was completed in seven days."

    Liu Bei was silent for a moment, his eyes slowly filled with tears, "Although this valley is remote, it is quiet. There are orchids in spring and chrysanthemums in autumn. Third brother Third brother will definitely like it"

    Guan Yu's eyes also became sad, and he suddenly thought of something.  His face suddenly became ferocious, and he said to Liu Bei: "Brother! The third brother died at the hands of Yuan Shao. How can I repay the friendship between the three of us in Taoyuan if I don't avenge this revenge? I want to send troops to the north and take Yuan Shao's head as a memorial to the third brother!"

    Liu Bei slowly shook his head and said: "I also have this intention. But this matter cannot be urgent. Second brother, accompany me into the valley to see the third brother"

    An hour later, Liu Bei and his party slowly walked out of the valley, their expressions more sad and less depressed. It seemed that they had vented their anger in front of Zhang Fei's tomb.

    "Second brother," Liu Bei said softly to Guan Yu, "I am coming from afar from Moling this time. I cannot stay too long to avoid the suspicion of Marquis Wu. You are stationed here. Remember to send trusted people to contact you in the future, and use the agreed upon method.  Do it in secret.¡±

    "Yu remembered it!" Guan Yu frowned lightly.  Although he was aloof and disdainful of such things, he had to listen to his elder brother's words.

    Liu Bei continued: "In the battle of Guandu, my third brother took such a big risk for the sake of our brother's inheritance. He is no longer alive. I think his heroic spirit will protect you and me. After Li Yang withdrew, my second brother, you insisted on garrisoning the army in Mount Tai. My thoughts are with you."  Why don't I understand? Marquis Wu didn't agree at the beginning, but I was still shy. Fang convinced him. However, this is not a good opportunity to use troops. Second brother, please don't be impulsive. Everything needs to be considered in the long term. "

    In the Battle of Guandu, Liu Bei's troops served as flankers.  He also participated in the final pursuit, killed and captured more than 10,000 Hebei soldiers, and seized a lot of baggage.  Zhou Yu was magnanimous and decided to postpone the attack on Jizhou. In order to compensate Liu Bei, he gave him all the captured soldiers from Hebei and the baggage. He also allocated a considerable amount of money from the Jiangdong Army's capture.  Food, grass, weapons, and military uniforms. As a result, the strength of Liu Bei's troops greatly increased. All military uniforms and weapons were replaced, and prisoners were incorporated into the army. The total strength increased to 30,000.

    Zhou Yu had already known secretly that Zhang Fei's lone army went deep into Jizhou, but the news of Zhang Fei's death still made Zhou Yu a little sad.  Among Liu Bei's three brothers, Zhou Yu was the only one who liked Zhang Fei. Different from Liu Bei's smoothness and Guan Yu's aloofness, Zhang Fei was generous and loyal. He had read poetry and knew how to advance and retreat. He was a talented general who could lead an army.  It's a pity that Zhang Fei worked hard with Liu Bei and never had a chance to show off his talents. It is indeed a pity that he is now dead in a foreign country.

    Under Liu Bei's cry, Zhou Yu sent people to Jizhou to retrieve Zhang Fei's body, and then agreed to Liu Bei's request to garrison Taishan.  Zhou Yu knew that this was what Liu Bei and Guan Yu had agreed upon. Mount Tai was close to Jizhou, so they could develop their own power away from their surveillance and easily send troops to avenge Zhang Fei at any time.

    For the Liu Bei brothers, Zhou Yu still focused on unity, hoping that they could form a joint force with the Jiangdong Army under the banner of the Han Dynasty.  However, Zhou Yu was still wary of Liu Bei, and asked Liu Bei to return to Moling to rectify military affairs on the pretext that there were many affairs in the court. His 30,000 troops were handed over to Guan Yu's command and stationed in Mount Tai.

    After Liu Bei paid homage to Zhang Fei, he stayed in Mount Tai for two days and then hurried back to Moling.  Guan Yu received an urgent military report. Several groups of Taishan bandits appeared nearby and robbed the people, so that he could lead his troops to suppress it.

    Guan Yu suppressed his temper and concentrated on training his troops. He did not attack Jizhou for the time being. The entire Qingzhou was also recuperating.  In the Liyang area, Gao Shun and Cheng Puguang recruited refugees and startedThe wasteland, coupled with the help of Zhuge Liang, the new governor of Liyang sent by Zhou Yu, focused all his energy on restoring order, developing the economy, and welfare of the people, and no more troops were raised. The threat to the south of Jizhou suddenly eased.

    As the pressure from the outside decreased, the tenacious force that had been supporting Yuan Shao gradually dissipated, and his condition gradually worsened. Finally, in the autumn of the second year of Tianyou, he passed away.

    Looking at Yuan Shao's life, he served as the captain of the Xiyuan School in his youth and was in charge of the capital's heavy troops due to his prominent family background. After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he resolutely returned to Bohai and joined the alliance to defeat Dong when he was the prefect.  With the help of Jizhou's powerful men, he also annexed Han Fu's Jizhou. Since then, his strength has greatly increased. He conquered east and west, south and north, and gradually occupied Ji Qingyou and merged four states. Hebei was separatist, leading hundreds of thousands of people.  He was named a general and a lieutenant, became famous all over the world, and became the most powerful overlord.

    This is the pinnacle of Yuan Shao's life.

    Since then, the flaws in Yuan Shao's personality have slowly become apparent.  Yuan Shao was handsome and mighty in appearance, and he was able to be courteous and virtuous at the beginning. There was an endless stream of disciples and former officials of the Yuan family who came to join him. He had countless capable ministers and generals under his command, so he was able to defeat Hebei in one fell swoop.

    However, Yuan Shao was tolerant on the outside but suspicious on the inside. He liked strategies but could not make decisions. He had talents but could not use them. He heard good strategies but could not adopt them, which ultimately led to his failure.  Just as Cao Cao once said of him in the past: "Yuan Shaose is fierce and timid, and he is always scheming. He cherishes his life when doing great things, but forgets his life when he sees small gains."

    What will happen to such people even if they get talents!  The counselors under Yuan Shao were jealous of each other, plotted against each other, and could not work together to work with Yuan Shao. The deaths of Tian Feng and Ju Shou were examples.

    "Deposing the eldest son Yuan Tan and establishing the youngest son Yuan Shang was another big mistake made by Yuan Shao.  Yuan Shao's favored wife, Liu, came from a well-known family and was the biological mother of Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang. Yuan Shao instigated her to make Yuan Shang his heir, which caused strong opposition between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and the disintegration of all his subordinates.  However, Mrs. Liu was jealous by nature, and other concubines were not tolerated by her and were often persecuted by her.  After Yuan Shao's death, his concubines were brutally killed by the Liu family.

    No matter what, Yuan Shao died, and a generation of heroes went to hell.  The situation in Hebei immediately became turbulent!  (To be continued)

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