Why didn t Cao Cao, Sun Ce, Liu Bei and L Bu eliminate Yuan Shu at once?

Because Yuan Shu's strength was indeed not to be underestimated at that time, and the coalition forces of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others had their own ghosts and did not exert their greatest combat power. In 197, an earth-shattering event occurred in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty: Yuan Shu usurped the throne!

Although everyone is chasing the Central Plains, they are all for the sake of achieving immortal karma;

However, since Yuan Shu dared to jump out at this time and risk the condemnation of the world, he really provoked the joint attack of various warlords in the Central Plains at that time. In the same year, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Ce, and Lü Bu formed a coalition army, which shook the world.

These four people are the most outstanding "heroes in the world" in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Liu Bei, Cao Cao is a hero, so naturally there is no need to mention it; Sun Ce, the combat effectiveness of Lu Bu's subordinates was also second to none at that time. However, they united to attack Yuan Shu, but they did not "succeed in the first battle", and the reason behind it is thought-provoking.

First of all, we have to understand, why did Yuan Shu dare to be the emperor? Is it because he is consumed by lust for profit and blinded by power? There is indeed this reason, but the reason why he dared to jump out to be this "wronged leader" was because among the princes of the Central Plains at that time, Yuan Shu's strength was indeed the strongest.

Before Sun Ce left, even the actual power in the Jiangdong area was in the hands of Yuan Shu. At that time, Yuan Shu, compared with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Lu Bu and others, had a level higher in terms of comprehensive strength. The so-called "hundred-legged insects, dead but not stiff", even if Yuan Shu is defeated, it is difficult to "collapse".

Secondly, the book lineup of the coalition of these four heroes does look very "luxurious", but it is precisely because of their excellent personal abilities that this coalition army also has the same problem as the "Dong Coalition Army" back then: that is, "the monarchs are not evenly united", and everyone has their own plans.

Sun Ce, he only responded to Cao Cao's call, but did not really send troops to help the war; Liu Bei did send about half of his army, but his power was really not very good at that time, and this little force was also very inconspicuous;

And what about Lu Bu? He is just a puppet who only has immediate interests, and before Yuan Shu was defeated, he made peace with Yuan Shu in private and went to attack Liu Bei. The only one who really fought on the front line of this coalition army was Cao Cao.

Because they have their own interests, it is difficult for these people to obey the dispatch of one person, and Yuan Shu's territory is relatively large, so they have not eliminated Yuan Shu once.

Because each of them has their own ghosts, they are all planning for their own interests, and they have not achieved a common goal; The lack of a unified management and action plan has led to Yuan Shu having time to drill.

Because the war has been going on for a long time, the food has run out, and the men and horses are tired, and they can no longer fight.

Lu Buyuan shot a halberd, and his name shocked the generals. In the end, it succeeded in mediating the dispute between Liu Bei and Yuan Shu. But looking at the situation before and after, everyone found that Yuan Shu had approached Lu Butao several times, and even agreed to marry his own mother.

Why did Lu Bu save Liu Bei at this time? In order to better attack Liu Bei, Yuan Shu invited Lu Bu to unite, and agreed to give Lu Bu money and food. But when Lu Bu sent troops, Yuan Shu played a scoundrel and didn't give money and food, which made Lu Bu very bad.

So why didn't Lu Bu join forces with Yuan Shu to save Liu Bei?

The second troublemaker, Yuan Shu, invited Lu Bu to send troops again, and first gave Lu Bu a million catties of grain crops. But this time, Lu Bu did not send troops, and his mentality towards Yuan Shu changed from enthusiasm to indifference. Why did Lu Bu's mentality change so much?

There are two reasons for this.

One. Lu Bu received Liu Bei's letter. Liu Bei informed Lu Bu:

Fu Zida will be in mind, so that he can be prepared in Xiaopei, and worship the virtue of the clouds. Now Yuan Shu wanted to take revenge for personal revenge and sent Ji Ling to lead troops to the county. Death is on the verge of death, and there is no way to save it if you are not a general.

Hope to drive the division of the first brigade to save the overhanging urgency, but the enemy is very lucky! The data that Liu Bei paid attention to in the letter was mainly Lu Bu's friendship with Liu Bei. Liu Bei showed that not only did he not care about Lu Bu's capture of Xuzhou, but he was grateful to Lu Bu for sheltering him in Xiaopei.

Subsequently, it was stipulated that Lu Bu sent troops to rescue him. It can be said that Liu Bei's letter only pointed out his own gratitude, and for Lu Bu, it was not very infectious. It's your business that Liu Bei was attacked by Yuan Shu, what does it have to do with Lu Bu?

Second. Lu Bu's own discernment of the situation. That's the most important thing.

After receiving Liu Bei's letter, Lu Bu and Chen Gong analyzed the situation: "The previous Yuan Shu sent food to a letter, and Gai wanted to make me not save Xuande. Now Xuande came to ask for help again.

I want Xuande Tunjun Xiaopei, but I may not be able to harm me; If Yuan Shu merges Xuande, then the generals of Mount Tai in the north will be like me, and I can't sleep in peace. It's better to save Xuande. It is clearly stated in the romance that this sentence is not a criticism of Chen Gong, but only stems from Lu Bu's own discernment - which is also in line with the account in the history books.

Lu Bu saw the relationship between Yuan Shu and Liu Bei's interests very clearly. Once Yuan Shu solved Liu Bei, then Yuan Shu could capture the prefectures and counties outside Pengcheng according to Xiaopei, and then independent Pengcheng and capture all of Xuzhou.

It can be said that Lu Bu's vision is very sharp, and he has seen the situation for a long time. Then, why didn't Liu Bei inform Lu Bu of this kind of power. I think there are two reasons.

On the one hand, there is no account of Liu Bei's letters in the history books, and on the other hand, Luo Guanzhong's diligence highlights Liu Bei's benevolent brand image. Even if Lu Bu was unkind at that time, Liu Bei had no complaints, but was grateful to Lu Bu. Yuanmen shot a halberd, Lu Bu saved Liu Bei's net worth, but in the end, Liu Bei ** finally died in Baimenlou It is indeed unfortunate.

Because when the two of them joined forces in the past, Yuan Shu always didn't give money and food, and was always playing scoundrel, which made Lu Bu very bad.

This is because Lu Bu admires Liu Bei very much, and then trusts Liu Bei very much, but he doesn't trust Yuan Shu, so he wants to save Liu Bei and doesn't choose to join forces with Yuan Shu.

It was because Liu Bei wrote him a letter at that time, and it was also because of the situation at that time, so he had to save Liu Bei.

He wanted to kill Liu Bei with the help of Yuan Shu's hand, because these two people were his enemies, and Cao Cao was at the time of employing people, so it was inconvenient to kill Liu Bei in person, so he wanted to borrow a knife to kill people.

Because Yuan Shu's strength was much stronger than Liu Bei at that time, Cao Cao chose to crusade against Yuan Shu first, and then turn around to deal with Liu Bei.

Because Liu Bei was still a small force at that time, he was not a threat in Cao Cao's view, and the biggest threat was Yuan Shao, who still had to crusade against him.