After the New Year, a group of men in white walked windingly at the foot of Mount Tai.

The mountain of Mount Tai is majestic and beautiful, with beautiful scenery, and is scattered with sky and a strong air. In ancient legend, after Pangu's death, his head turned into Mount Tai, so Mount Tai is the place closest to the sky in people's minds, full of mystery...

"The Literature of Zhou, the Official of the Spring, and the Dazong Bo" records: "With blood sacrifice to the country, the five sacrifices, and the five mountains." It can be seen that the Five Mountains were granted by the emperors, and they were the sacred place for sacrifice to heaven and earth and to worship the throne. Among the Five Mountains, Mount Tai swallowed the West Hua, suppressed Nanheng, and drove the Zhongsong, Yi Beiheng, and were the leader of the Five Mountains.

"Collected Interpretation of the Records of the Grand Historian" records: "The sky is out of reach, so I set up Fengshan on Mount Tai and worship it, hoping to be close to the gods." What made Mount Tai famous was the large-scale Fengshan ceremony held by Emperor Qin Shihuang on Mount Tai, which established Mount Tai's position as the leader of the mountains in one fell swoop.

The magnificent scenery along the way did not attract the attention of the group. They did not talk to each other and just kept their heads forward. After about an hour, they finally stopped in front of the entrance of a quiet valley.

The leader had a long arms above the knee and a large earlobe. He looked lonely. It was Liu Bei. After looking around for a while, he asked in a deep voice: "Chang Yun, will the third brother's tomb be built in this valley?"

The big red-faced man standing beside Liu Bei sighed and replied, "That's right, more than a hundred craftsmen work day and night, and the construction was completed seven days ago."

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

Guan Yu's eyes also became sad. He suddenly thought of something. His face suddenly became ferocious and said to Liu Bei: "Brother! The third brother died at the hands of Yuan Shao. How can I avenge the three of us who have become a feud in Taoyuan if we don't avenge this revenge? I want to bring troops north and take Yuan Shao's head to commemorate the third brother!"

Liu Bei shook his head slowly and said, "I also have this intention. But this matter is urgent. Second brother, accompany me into the valley to see my third brother..."

An hour later, Liu Bei and his rank slowly walked out of the valley, their expressions even more sad, but their depression became less. I thought they had vented hard before Zhang Fei's tomb.

"Second brother," Liu Bei said to Guan Yu softly, "This time I came from Moling. I can't stay for too long to avoid the suspicion of the Marquis of Wu. If you are stationed here, remember to send your trusted persons to secretly use the agreed method."

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

Liu Bei continued: "In the Battle of Guandu, the third brother took this great danger for the sake of your and my brothers' foundation, and he is no longer alive. I think his heroic soul will bless you and me. After Li Yang withdraws his troops, the second brother, you insist on garrisoning troops in Mount Tai. Why don't I understand my intentions? Wu Hou did not agree in the early days, but I was still shy. Fang persuaded him. However, this is not a good opportunity to use troops. Second brother, don't be impulsive. Everything is to be discussed for a long time."

During the Battle of Guandu, Liu Bei's troops were on the flanks. He also participated in the final pursuit and killed more than 10,000 soldiers from Hebei and captured a lot of supplies. Zhou Yu generously decided to postpone the attack on Jizhou. In order to compensate Liu Bei, he handed over all the captured Hebei soldiers from him and transferred a lot of food, weapons, and uniforms from the capture of the Jiangdong Army. As a result, Liu Bei's troops greatly increased their strength, and all replaced their uniforms and weapons, and organized the prisoners into the army, increasing the total strength to 30,000.

Zhou Yu had already learned about Zhang Fei's alone in Jizhou, but the news of Zhang Fei's death still made Zhou Yu feel a little sad. Among the three brothers of Liu Bei, Zhou Yu was only happy with Zhang Fei. Unlike Liu Bei's sleekness and Guan Yu's arrogance, Zhang Fei was generous and loyal, and had read poetry and knew how to advance and retreat. He was a talented general who could lead the army. Unfortunately, Zhang Fei worked hard with Liu Bei and never had the opportunity to show his skills. Now he died in a foreign land, which is indeed a pity.

Under Liu Bei's cry, Zhou Yu sent someone to Jizhou to ask for Zhang Fei's body and agreed to the request to let Liu Bei's troops stationed in Taishan. Zhou Yu knew that this was agreed by Liu Bei and the brothers of Guan Yu. Taishan was close to Jizhou. It could not only stay away from his own surveillance and develop his own power, but also facilitate the sending of troops at any time to avenge Zhang Fei.

Regarding 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 prepared for Liu Bei. He used the excuse of many affairs in the court to ask Liu Bei to return to Moling to rectify military affairs. His troops were 30,000 troops, and were led by Guan Yu and stationed in Mount Tai.

After Liu Bei paid tribute to Zhang Fei, he stayed in Mount Tai for two days and hurried back to Moling. Guan Yu received an emergency military report, and several bandits of Mount Tai appeared nearby, plundering the people, so that they could lead their troops to fight.

Guan Yu suppressed his temper and devoted himself to training troops. He did not attack Jizhou for the time being, and the entire Qingzhou area was also resting. In the Liyang area, Gao Shun and Cheng Puguang recruited refugees and reclaimed wasteland. With the help of Zhuge Liang, the new Liyang prefect sent by Zhou Yu, all his energy was to restore order, develop the economy, and benefit the people. He did not raise any more troops. The threat from the south of Jizhou suddenly became lighter.

The pressure from the outside was reduced, and the tenacious force that had been supporting Yuan Shao's body gradually dissipated, and his condition gradually worsened. Finally, he passed away in the autumn of the second year of Tianyou.

Looking at Yuan Shao's life, he became the commander of Xiyuan with his prominent family background and took charge of the heavy troops of the capital. After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he resolutely returned to Bohai. When he was the prefect, he participated in the alliance against Dong and served as the leader. Later, with the help of the powerful Jizhou, he also annexed Han Fu's Jizhou. Since then, his strength has increased greatly, and he fought eastward and westward, southward and northward. He gradually occupied the four prefectures of Ji Qingyou, separating Hebei, leading hundreds of thousands of people, and was named General and Taiwei, and became the strongest overlord of the strongest.

This is the pinnacle of Yuan Shao's life.

Since then, the flaws in Yuan Shao's personality have gradually emerged. Yuan Shao is handsome and mighty, and at the beginning he was able to be respectful to the wise and the nobles. There are endless former officials from Yuan's disciples and former officials, and there are countless capable ministers and generals under his command, so he can defeat Hebei in one fell swoop.

However, Yuan Shao was tolerant on the outside, suspicious on the inside, liked strategy but could not make decisions, was talented but could not use it, and could not adopt good plans but could not adopt them, which eventually led to his failure. Just as Cao Cao once commented on him in the past: "Yuan Shao was harsh and brave, and was fond of making plans without making decisions; he cherished his life when he did big things, and forgot his life when he saw small profits."

What if such a person gets talent? The counselors under Yuan Shao's disciples are jealous of each other and fight against each other, and cannot work together to work together Yuan Shao, Tian Feng, and Ju Su's deaths are examples.

The deposed eldest son Yuan Tan and the youngest son Yuan Shang were another big mistake for Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao's favored wife Liu came from a famous family and was the biological mother of Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang. Yuan Shao made Yuan Shang the legitimate under her instigation, which caused a strong confrontation between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang and the disintegration of his subordinates. Liu was jealous by nature, and other concubines were not tolerated by him and were often persecuted by him. After Yuan Shao's death, his concubines were all brutally killed by Liu.

In any case, Yuan Shao died, and a generation of heroes rushed to the underworld. The situation in Hebei immediately became turbulent! (To be continued...)
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