Historically, when Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou, the Li family of the Cheng family sided with Cao Cao because of their family interests. However, at the same time, because the Li family was too powerful, even before Cao Cao unified Hebei, he did not

Dare to rectify their family power, because the Li family has too much influence in the Central Plains, and without enough hard power, there is no way to suppress them.

It was only after taking control of North China that Cao Cao became more assertive.

Through negotiations with the Li family, he had just allowed more than 13,000 members of the Li Diantu clan to move to Yecheng. It was during this period that Cao Cao was able to completely suppress the Li clan and allow people from the historical clan to move

In Ye, it was also because they had too much influence in the Central Plains region that they were promoted openly and secretly, suppressing them in a roundabout way.

Now Liu Qi's power is no longer under Cao Cao, who has begun to suppress the Li family in history. At this time, he does not have much need to rely on the Li family. Now the court has strong troops and horses, and the people under him are fully sufficient. There are more Li family

There are not many people, and there are not many of them.

Now Liu Qi completely occupies the active advantage, and he does not have to make a complete compromise with anyone.

What's more, now is the most chaotic time before the unification of the world, which means that it is the lowest cost to carry out cleansing during this period and make a good start for the future prosperity.

This was to save Li Dian's face. Otherwise, Liu Qi would have just tied the Li family to the rebel chariot and destroyed them together with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

But now that the Li family wants to surrender, they must follow Liu Qi's rules.

After the Li family received Liu Qi's notification, they were in chaos.

In other words, the person who was in trouble was Li Jin himself.

Li Jin naturally didn't want Liu Qi to deprive him of his position as father-in-law.

Even if he fought against the Han Dynasty to the end, Liu Qi could not let Liu Qi remove him from his position as the leader of the Li family.

Why?

But Li Jin risked his life to keep his position, but the rest of the Li family didn't think so.

No one would really want to follow Li Jin and fight to the end, burying his entire family and his own life with him.

And why?

First of all, Li Shujie, Li Qian, Li Zheng and others came to persuade him one after another. They probably meant that they hoped that he could see the situation clearly and take the overall situation into consideration, and even if he was not the father-in-law, his status in the clan would still be there, and

The number of clan branches under his command will never be reduced.

It was originally a matter that could be discussed and negotiated, but Li Jin kept his courage and refused to do it. Not only did he not do it, he also cursed his brother Li Shujie and his brother Li Zheng, saying that they knelt down to Liu Qi in a flattering manner.

Selling one's family for glory.

Because Li Qian was one generation higher than Li Jin, he was not criticized by Li Jin, but he did not gain Li Jin's good looks and was kicked out of the house angrily.

The three of them felt extremely aggrieved, but due to Li Jin's bravery, they did not dare to conflict with him head-on. However, they were still very unconvinced in their hearts.

No matter who it is, no one will be convinced.

What's going on here? You say we're on our knees to flatter you, so when you sent people to find Liu Qi and wanted to surrender and surrender, that's not flattery? What the hell! What kind of logic?

But they didn't dare to say this to their face. After all, Li Jin's military power was comparable to that of Lu Bu, Guan Yu and others. If he said this, he would be seeking death.

But no matter how powerful he is, when facing family interests, he cannot survive alone.

Subsequently, prestigious elders in the clan came to persuade Li Jin one after another, including the clan leaders of various clans and branches, and also came to negotiate with him.

Faced with such pressure, Li Jin still gritted his teeth and refused to let go, but in fact his heart was already a little weak.

In particular, after Liu Bei captured Suiyang, he had already mobilized his troops to march towards Chengshi, while Shanyang County had completely turned to Liu Qi. Zhao Yun had captured Chenliu and began to move in. Liu Qi's main army was ready to go.

Also started heading north.

Now Li Jin is facing the situation of merging his Li family.

But the last straw in his heart was the collapse of Cao's army.

As Zhuge Liang and others calculated at the time, the establishment of the Hebei Puppet Dynasty was not orthodox and did not have a strong centripetal force. Moreover, it was the result of the two forces of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao due to the situation. Such a foundation would not last long.

If the situation is favorable, nothing can be seen, but once the situation is reversed, it is only a matter of time that such a political group without centripetal force will fall apart.

The person who fired the first shot at the surrender of the main force of Cao's army was Chang Xi, who had surrendered to Cao Cao as a thief.

This man, like Zang Ba, is a Taishan bandit, but the difference between him and Zang Ba is that this man is a famous old man in history. He betrayed Cao Cao several times, allowing Boss Cao to continuously accept him, and then

Rebellion and then acceptance are even more jaw-dropping than Zhuge Liang's seven captures of Meng Huo in the interpretation.

Cao Cao's greatest patience in his life was probably given to Chang Xi. But the problem was that Chang Xi's conscience was eaten by dogs.

Cao Cao turned his heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon illuminated the ditch.

Now, Chang Xi once again showed his true nature and surrendered directly to Liu Qi.

Now faced with such a situation in the Central Plains, Chang Xi undoubtedly once again acted as a second-in-command, and directly delivered a piece of paper to Liu Qi's Long Case.

Chang Xi's surrender had a great influence on Cao's army, and Chang Xi's power in Chaohu was not small. His surrender was like adding a wall to the hinterland of the Cao family, blocking the eastward connection between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

The only remaining strategic space for Cao's army in the Central Plains was sealed off.

On the other hand, the Xiliang army rushed from Xiliang to the Central Plains and began to join the battle in large numbers.

Jia Xu, the governor of the Western Regions, arrived at Huang Zhong's camp, met with Huang Zhong, Xun You, Xu Shu, Man Chong and others, and proposed a strategy of differentiation to directly disintegrate Yuan Shao's power.

In Jia Xu's view, Yuan Shao had already lost most of his vitality in the battle with Xixiang, and he had no ability to maintain an evenly matched situation with Liu Qi again. The reason why he was able to persist to this day was mostly due to the Wuhuan and Southern Xiongnu

support.

Xianbei is also ready to make a move. Although Yuan Shao also sent people to communicate with Xianbei, Xianbei is still relatively self-aware. Because Xianbei and the Han Dynasty have always been in extreme opposition, they will naturally accept the invitation of any force in the Han Dynasty.

I think this is blatant exploitation.

Of course, the Han Dynasty was indeed taking advantage of them.

Jia Xu used his old tricks and sent envoys to see Xianbei and the Southern Xiongnu leaders, either to win over or suppress them, or to promise benefits or threats. In short, he used different methods to alienate different opponents.

In the end, under the threat and inducement of the imperial court, Xianbei decided to give up the alliance with Yuan Shao and sit back and watch the success or failure. After all, the matter itself had nothing to do with them.

As for the Southern Xiongnu, Huchuquan, the Southern Xiongnu chanyu who had just taken office, had been questioned by the leaders of various tribes for supporting Yuan Shao. But this time Jia Xu took a different approach and did not directly send people to contact Huchuquan.

He led the Southern Huns royal court to contact him, but instead went to visit Luan Tiyufuluo who was wandering near Shangdang.

Yufuluo is Huchuquan's elder brother. Logically speaking, he is the heir to the Southern Huns royal court. However, it is a pity that Yufuluo did not catch up with the good times.

When he was young, he suffered from the civil strife of his tribe. He was forced to leave the Southern Xiongnu royal court and come to the Central Plains to serve Emperor Xiaoling. Later, he returned to Yuan Shao. However, Fuluo was not a law-abiding master. When he was serving under Yuan Shao, he was kidnapped.

He fell in love with Zhang Yang of the Shangdang Party and was chased by Qu Yi. In the end, he was defeated by Yuan Shao's troops and fled to Bingzhou.

He was originally a poor prince, but now he was targeted by Jia Xu.

Jia Xu used his status to make a fuss and agreed to help him regain his position as Chanyu of the Southern Huns, but he needed to be loyal to the Han Dynasty.

Humphrey's dream is to regain the royal court, but he has been wandering outside for many years and has neither strength nor popularity. How can he achieve it?

Now that he had been contacted by Jia Xu, Yuvluo naturally knew that the opportunity had come. He immediately sacrificed his family's lives and swore allegiance to the big man with the curse of eighteen generations.

Of course, Yuvluo himself is a duplicitous villain, and his loyalty is not worth anything in Jia Xu's eyes, but Yuvluo's identity can indeed be of great use.

If there is no war in the Southern Xiongnu Royal Court, but the internal situation is relatively stable, even using Yuvluo, it may not be able to stir up any trouble in the Southern Xiongnu Royal Court.

But the current situation is very favorable to the court, because Lu Bu has repeatedly defeated the Southern Huns royal court, which has greatly weakened Luan Tihu Chuquan's prestige, and the leaders of various ministries are very open to him.

At this time, the Luoyang court recognized Yufuluo's Shanyu status, which would naturally shake up the Southern Xiongnu. Then, through Yufuluo, they would find a way to win over a group of Southern Xiongnu leaders and let them fight among themselves. In this way, the Xiongnu

There is no way to interfere with the civil war of the Han Dynasty.

Jia Xu has basically done this kind of thing in Liangzhou in the past few years when facing the countries in the Western Regions, so this kind of split is completely easy for him.

Why is he so powerful? Nothing more, just familiarity.

For Jia Xu, he still needs to control a degree.

Yufuluo's power is not strong enough yet, so Jia Xu wants to use the power of the Han Dynasty to help Yufuluo establish his own power, so that he can compete with Huchuquan and become evenly matched.

But Jia Xu will also be careful not to let Yu Fuluo's power develop too rapidly. If he really crushes Huchuquan to death, then the consequences of Yu Fuluo's unilateral expansion are not what Jia Xu wants to see.

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In view of this, Jia Xu decided that he could not use Lu Bu to continue to contain the Huns, because Lu Bu's temperament was too radical, and if he did not do well, it would be easy to support Yu Fuluo to destroy Huchuquan.

Jia Xu sent Pegasus to inform Liu Qi and told him all his plans.

Of course, Jia Xu and Liu Qi still had a certain tacit understanding, notifying Liu Qi to return the matter, but the foreign emperor's fate would be affected. There were some things that couldn't wait for Liu Qi to react before he took action, and it would be too late.

Jia Xu found Huang Zhong and asked him to recruit Lu Bu back first.

Then, after much thought, he decided to replace Lu Bu with Zhang Liao, who was born in Yanmen, Bingzhou, to assist and supervise Yu Fuluo.

In addition, Jia Xu asked Ma Chao to lead a group of Xiliang cavalry to assist Zhang Liao from the side and jointly attack Huchuquan.

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Jia Xu's series of actions in the north soon spread to the Central Plains, which made the trend of surrender in the Central Plains even greater.

The Xiongnu is Yuan Shao's arm, and Xianbei is Yuan Shao's hope for his next advance. Now that his current arm and future wings have been cut off by Jia Xu, how can Yuan Shao continue to maintain the northern front?

After the news reached the Li family, the Li family panicked.

The situation is so obvious, how dare Li Jin resist the imperial court? He can resist, but the people in the clan don't have the guts to play with him with their heads!

As a result, the elders of the clan, together with Li Qian, Li Zheng and others, secretly made a plan to capture Li Jin at a banquet on the grounds of an elder's birthday.

This is an extremely risky method. After all, Li Jinyong is irresistible. If you use this method to deal with him, he will easily injure you if you fail to do so. But so far, the Li family members who have been forced to the edge of the cliff have no other choice.
To be continued...