Chapter 40 3. Caused a chain reaction

The news of the Suanzao League and Qiaomao's forged Sangong's open letter to the world quickly spread throughout the Jizhou Governor's Department. Ye County, the seat of governance, is not too far away. Although this news was not too sudden to Jizhou Inspector Han Fu, he was unwilling to accept it, because Sangong's open letter clearly called on everyone to unite under the banner of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and the Suanzao people also clearly expressed their willingness to obey Yuan Shao's orders. Han Fu blamed everyone in his heart. He didn't discuss such an important matter with himself beforehand. It was fine for others to respect Yuan Shao, but it was difficult for him to treat Yuan Shao as a leader, because Yuan Shao was now his subordinate.

Han Fu was ordered to come to Jizhou, and the early stage went smoothly. Not only did he quickly stabilize the situation, but he also gathered counselors such as Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Shen Pei, Geng Wu, Li Li, as well as Zhao Fu, Cheng Huan, Min Chun, Yi Yi, etc. , Zhang and other military generals basically cover the entire Jizhou, and there are tens of thousands of troops who can be mobilized to fight. Among the various warlords who started their businesses at the same time, Han Fu had the smoothest start, the most favorable time and place, but he was also the least talented.Therefore, there can only be one reason for today's situation: his luck is really good.

If Yuan Shao didn't come to Jizhou, Han Fu would use it as a base, slowly expand outwards, and become a vassal along the way.Now that Yuan Shao is here, troubles follow. Needless to say, he also understood that Yuan Shao did not come to defect to him, but came to take over him.Back then when Luoyang conspired, he was one of Yuan Shao's and others planted in Jizhou, and now it's time for him to come in handy. Now everything is achieved by my own hands, so what does it have to do with Yuan Benchu?Han Fu was really unwilling to give these away. Not only Han Fu, but no one would be willing to change it.

However, Yuan Shao didn't intend to give in at all. Although he stayed in Bohai County, his eyes were fixed on Ye County.The person Han Fu sent to monitor him reported that people from Chenliu County kept looking for Yuan Shao, and they didn't know what they were plotting. According to Han Fu's thinking, Yuan Shao is the trouble in his heart.As for Dong Zhuo, the two have never had any personal grievances, as long as he doesn't come to Jizhou, it doesn't matter whether he fights against him or not. Just as Han Fu's political stance was wavering, Dong Zhuo's special envoy also arrived.In the name of Emperor Xian, Dong Zhuo ordered Han Fu to crusade against the Suanzao coalition army that had just risen. At the same time, Yuan Shao, the leader of the coalition army, was arrested and escorted to Luoyang.

If he accepts Dong Zhuo's order, it means that his governor of Jizhou will continue to have a legal status, and he can also get the support of Dong Zhuo's group.If he refused to accept it, he would have to bind himself with Yuan Shao. To accept, or not to accept, has become a question for Han Fu to ponder painfully. This is a person who has no big plans. Although luck is better than anyone else, his vision and bearing are worse than anyone else. He doesn't understand that the law of survival in troubled times is that if you don't advance, you will retreat. Do anything adventurous.There is not much controversy about his evaluation in later generations: cowardice.But it seems there should be one more: selfishness.

The cowardly and selfish Han Fu thought and sided with Dong Zhuo.However, he didn't know what to do, and he didn't know what his subordinates thought, so he first asked his confidant about Liu Zihui's opinion on whether he should help Yuan Shao or Dong Zhuo (now should he help Yuan Shixie or Dong Zhuoxie?). Liu Zihui is a native of Zhongshan, and has friendship with many people in Suanzao, especially Liu Dai, who often communicates with each other by letter.Liu Zihui replied to Han Fu: "Now the army is for the country, where is the surname Dong or Yuan?" This answer made Han Fu feel quite ashamed.Liu Zihui further persuaded Han Fu to give up the idea of ​​going to Dong Zhuo's side and fully support Yuan Shao.

Han Fu also considered that it was public opinion to support Yuan Shao, so he gave up his previous ideas and wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, telling him about the Suanzao League and supporting him in raising troops. Yuan Shao regained his freedom, and immediately set off for Ye County with Xu You, Feng Ji and others. After arriving in Ye County, he heard that Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi County, had also joined the ranks of volunteer soldiers, so he rushed to Hanoi County to avoid fighting with Hanoi County. Fu clashed. Hanoi County belongs to the Sili Xiaowei Department, which is closer to Luoyang and is the front line of the confrontation between the coalition army and the Liangzhou army.Yuan Shao came to Hanoi County from Bohai County in the rear, and realized the front command, which gave the entire coalition camp a clearer center, and everyone was greatly encouraged.

Yuan Shu in the south also had good luck. The thunderbolt of the Suanzao Huimeng also spread to the counties and counties of Jingzhou and Yangzhou in the south. Several counties took action relatively quickly and immediately started to act. The fastest responder was Sun Jian, the prefect of Shajun, the governor of Jingzhou. He transferred from the northwest battlefield to the south as a local cadre, and he did a good job.This is a comrade who has always had a high revolutionary enthusiasm, and he will not lag behind this time.Sun Jian rectified his troops and immediately made a northern expedition.

At the same time as Sun Jian, Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang County, also joined forces.Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, failed very well. There were at least two county prefects who had conflicts with him, and they all wanted to find an opportunity to plot against him.One is Cao Yin, the prefect of Wuling County, and the other is Sun Jian. Usually there is no chance, but now when there is a chaos, the opportunity comes. Sun Jian and Cao Yin performed a double reed play together. Cao Yin pretended to be Wen Yi, the imperial commissioner (enforcer of the case) Guanglu doctor who was inspecting Jingzhou at that time, and secretly ordered Sun Jian to general Wang Rui. Arrested and executed.

Sun Jian received this false secret order and immediately sent troops to Hanshou, the headquarters of the Jingzhou Governor's Department. They tricked the city gate into opening, and Sun Jian took out the secret order to arrest Wang Rui.Wang Rui was anxious and angry, and asked Sun Jian what crime he had committed?Sun Jian replied: "I don't know (sitting ignorant)." Wang Rui swallowed gold and died. Sun Jian led his troops to continue northward until they reached Nanyang County. Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang County, was also secretly sent by Yuan Shao and the others to establish a base area. They were originally friendly troops, but the two finally took the sword.

When Sun Jian arrived in Nanyang County, he wrote a letter to Zhang Zi, asking for rations.It may be that Sun Jian's spectrum is too big, and Zhang Zi is a little upset. After discussing with the people below, everyone thinks that Sun Jian is just the prefect of another county adjacent to the state.Zhang Zi thought it was reasonable and ignored Sun Jian. This suddenly angered Sun Jian. Sun Jian, who had just killed the governor, was moved to kill the prefect again.Sun Jian first prepared a gift to visit Zhang Zi. According to the etiquette, Zhang Zi also prepared a gift for a return visit the next day. At the wine table in Sun Jian's barracks, Sun Jian suddenly launched an attack and beheaded Zhang Zi. The imperial court has lost control over the various places, and Sun Jian's act of killing high-ranking court officials without authorization has nothing to do afterwards, so everyone followed suit and killed whoever disliked him, which is no different from a bandit.Sun Jian dared to do this because of his strength. Whoever has the strength has the final say. The world has entered the stage of fighting for strength from the stage of legal system and etiquette. Sun Jian has rich experience in grassroots work, has served in the army for a long time, is courageous and resourceful, and is also good at pulling troops. At this time, he has gathered a group of future famous generals such as Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zhu Zhi, who are very effective in combat. , so dare to act like this.However, in just a few days, the killing spree continued, the place was terrified, people's hearts were unstable, and Sun Jian felt a little guilty.At this time, he heard that Yuan Shu, the later general, was stationed in Luyang County (now Lushan County, Henan Province) in Nanyang County, and immediately went to see him. Ever since Yuan Shu arrived in Nanyang County, his work situation has been difficult, because powerful factions like Zhang Zi and Wang Rui didn't really buy into him.When I was depressed, I heard that a fierce man Sun Jian came and killed Wang Rui and Zhang Zi in a row.Yuan Shu couldn't help being surprised inwardly, worried that this kid would get Dao Wu on his head because of his red eyes. Unexpectedly, as soon as Sun Jian arrived in Luyang, he took the initiative to come to visit, expressing his willingness to follow his command, and his attitude was extremely sincere. It really meant that if you don't accept him, he will really kill you. After Yuan Shu was sure that Sun Jian was not fooling himself, he was overjoyed, and immediately declared Sun Jian as the general who broke the captives and also served as the governor of Yuzhou.Using Luyang as their base, they rested their troops and prepared to continue the Northern Expedition. This is where the word "show" comes in.Speaking of which, there must be strict organizational procedures for the appointment of positions, and local officials and senior generals in the army must be appointed by the emperor himself in the form of edicts. Even if the grassroots recommend, the system is still submitted for approval. Without formal approval, it is illegal . But now, the Son of Heaven is in the hands of Dong Zhuo, so it is basically impossible to ask him for an approval.Therefore, the people below made up their own minds and changed the approval system to the reporting system, approved by themselves, and reported to you to file a case. This is "Biao Zou". As soon as this opening was opened, everyone began to show their strengths. Anyone with a little strength took part-time job in organizing and personnel work for the imperial court.Convenience is convenience, but it is also easy to cause confusion. Since then, there have often been several prefects, governors, and state shepherds in the same county and state at the same time. There is a big problem with Yuan Shubiao playing Sun Jian's position. Yuzhou is not under their control, and there is no vacancy for the governor of Yuzhou. The governor of Yuzhou officially appointed by the imperial court was Kong, who was also an active member of the anti-Dong camp. He also raised troops at the same time and stationed in Yingchuan County, southeast of Luoyang. Now, four anti-Dong bases suddenly appeared, from north to south: Hanoi, Suanzao, Yingchuan, and Luyang, which just formed an arc-shaped semi-encircled circle, forming a confrontation with the Dong Zhuo Group centered on Luoyang.