Chapter 1149: Liu Yao's Demise

In the autumn of the fourth year of Chuping, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun, granted great feudal titles to all his ministers, and blessed him with auspiciousness, which amazed the world.

The scene when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor can no longer be described as magnificent. Wangcheng Shouchun was directly promoted to a quasi-imperial city, and the word miracle is not even enough to describe this great change.

The scene that happened in Shouchun spread to the ears of princes all over the world like a hurricane, and the three-way coalition army that was vowing to prepare for the expedition also came to an abrupt end, and the army wandered in the border area.

Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Diao Chan stopped to discuss the matter of Shouchun in detail.

None of the three are stupid, and they are very clear about the reason why tigers are infested. If it was a single army, there was no need to stop it. Anyway, Yuan Shu had been completely offended, and even if he couldn't beat it, he would still fight. It would never be like this.

However, the bad thing is that the three of them are now in the coalition state.

Cao Cao and Diao Chan were still fighting each other before, and it would be troublesome if they wanted to put aside their past differences and work together. And once the coalition forces are formed, the question of who will be the vanguard and who will be the rear will inevitably arise, and how to cooperate with the dispatch is also a big problem.

If it was Yuan Shu from before, then there was nothing to say. With the strength of Cao, Liu, and Diao, it would be enough to just pass A. How could Feilong lose?

But now, the situation is somewhat different.

There are no idiots among the lords, and what Shang Ji can think of, there is no reason why the other lords can't think of it. This change in Yuan Shu made the lords immediately think of the number one prince in the world who was so powerful and almost swept the world—Dong Zhuo !

Most of Dong Zhuo's original 108 demon generals were unknown people. Who can be sure that Yuan Shu will also suddenly conjure up a large number of top princes?

However, before the three of Liu Bei had an argument, Yuan Shujun, no, the army that should be called Zhongjun now began to attack on its own initiative.

However, Yuan Shu didn't aim at Liu Bei and the three of them again. He directly sent troops southward, took Li Feng as the general, and led 200,000 soldiers to protect the country, a million soldiers, and 3 million regular troops to attack Liu Yao, who lived in a corner. .

Facing the sudden blow to the head, Liu Yao was completely dumbfounded.

He was bullied by Yuan Shu terribly before. He was a majestic Yangzhou shepherd. The actual area under his jurisdiction was only the southern part of Kuaiji County and Yuzhang County. The essence of Yangzhou was all occupied by Yuan Shu.

The reason why it was once was because the princes who are currently suffering the most are Gongsun Zan and Kong Rong, one has already belched, and the other has disappeared.

However, after being ravaged by Yuan Shu several times, Liu Yao also learned to be good, and took the initiative to shrink the sphere of influence, living in the wild land in the south of Yangzhou, with a posture that I can't afford to provoke and can't hide.

After Liu Yao confessed, Yuan Shu didn't bother him any more - the main reason was that the essence of Yangzhou had already been occupied, and the remaining remote places Yuan Shu didn't like at all.

In this way, Liu Yao quietly hid in the corner and became an invisible person, living a life of being drunk today. In fact, Liu Yao has essentially withdrawn from the stage of fighting for world hegemony.

Moreover, among the envoys sent by Yuan Shu before he proclaimed himself emperor, Liu Yao was the prince who respected the envoys the most. He had already made up his mind that once Yuan Shu really had the qualifications of an emperor, he would offer his soil and surrender.

The reason why he hasn't moved yet is because Cao Cao and others were sharpening their knives before, and Liu Yao was not sure whether Yuan Shu could stop the counterattack of Cao Cao and others. Anyway, Liu Yao's strategy is already very clear, he will serve any big boss when he comes, and he will never be picky.

As a result, when Liu Yao moved out of the small bench and escaped from the ice-cold watermelon, and was about to watch Yuan, Cao, Liu, and Diao start a movie in the corner, Yuan Shu suddenly sent troops south, and the mace hit him hard on the head!

This blow was really too hard, so that Li Feng's army was so powerful that they conquered Pengze, Chaisang, Liling and other important towns repeatedly, and only reacted when the soldiers were forced to turn Yang.

After reacting, Liu Yao immediately sent envoys to Shouchun on the one hand to propose surrender conditions; on the other hand, he hurriedly dispatched heavy troops to stop Li Feng's army.

However, surrender is surrender, but there are many types of surrender. Total surrender and suzerain-style surrender are two different concepts. What Liu Yao is fighting for is the second way of surrender—leading the crowd to surrender to Yuan Shu, but still retaining his own army and territory. Entered the Zhongguo court as an employee, not as an employee.

Liu Yao also has the confidence to do so. Although there are only two incomplete counties left under his command, Yuzhang and Kuaiji, these two counties are super large counties, and the two counties account for about two-thirds of the entire Yangzhou. Moreover, there are so many students and mountains in these two counties, which is quite tasteless for Yuan Shu.

When the three of Cao Cao were sharpening their knives, they surrendered to Zhongguo in the form of joining, and it was almost impossible for Yuan Shu to refuse.

However, what surprised Liu Yao was that the envoy he sent didn't even see Yuan Shu's face at all, only a word from a low-ranking official—surrender, or die!

As the saying goes, clay figurines still have three points of temperament, let alone a prince? Liu Yao was furious immediately, and immediately dispatched generals Zhang Ying, Xue Li, and Fan Neng to fight Li Feng with all their elite troops.

Liu Yao dared to make a request with Yuan Shu, so he had a certain amount of confidence.

Although Yuan Shu bullied him badly before, it doesn't mean that he is really useless, at least Liu Yao was very powerful when attacking Shanyue and Xi people.

Under his rule, the barbarians in Yuzhang and Kuaiji were very honest, and even heard that Liu Yao was going to send troops to fight Yuan Shu, and they also took the initiative to send troops to support them.

However, if Yuan Shu dared to provoke Liu Yao at this time, he was sure of victory.

The armies of both sides fought a decisive battle near Panyang. The final battle situation surprised the princes of the world—the Dazhong army commanded by Li Feng defeated Liu Yao's army, Liu Yao's general Zhang Ying died in battle, Fan Neng disappeared, Xue Li surrendered, the three commanders died, one died and the other surrendered, and the main force was completely defeated. , the whole army surrendered, and four out of ten were killed in battle.

More importantly, such a decisive battle took only three days, and Liu Yao's army was completely defeated in just three days!

Liu Yao's army was defeated so quickly that before the envoys sent by Liu Bei and others arrived in Nanchang (Yuzhang County), Liu Yao lost all his money!

The envoys sent by Liu Bei and others arrived in Nanchang almost at the same time as the envoys sent by Zhong Guo to persuade them to surrender. On the one hand, they begged Liu Yao to continue to insist that Liu Bei and Cao Cao were about to send troops. The envoy of Zhongguo who exterminated the nine clans of Liu Yao.

Liu Yao thought about it for a while, and finally decided to send Liu Bei's envoy out of the country, and then surrendered in Kaesong, officially surrendering to Dazhong.