At first, Dong Zhuo entered the capital to depose and kill the Han Shao Emperor Liu Wei, and then poisoned Empress He, and established the Han Emperor Liu Xie to control the central power of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which attracted the princes to rise up and attack her. In the second year of Emperor Chuping of Han, Yuan Shao and others who raised an army to attack Dong Zhuo prepared to support the Han dynasty and make Liu Yu emperor of Youzhou.
Dong Zhuo.
Who knows, this move angered Liu Yu, who said, "Today there is chaos, and the Lord is covered in dust." I have been greatly favored and have not been able to clear the shame of the country. All the kings and counties should work together to devote themselves to the royal family, and create a rebellion to make mistakes in order to deceive each other and mislead the evil! Han Fu and others also asked Liu Yu to "lead the Shang Shu and undertake to make a worship", but Liu Yu still did not listen, not only did not listen, but also killed the emissary. Soon, Liu Yu sent Youbei Pingtian domain and Xianyu Yinmeng to quietly enter Chang'an to meet The Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie, and Emperor Han Xian, very happy, sent Liu He (Liu Yu's son) to quietly escape from Chang'an with them, telling Liu Yu that Emperor Liu Yu was going to leave the pass from Nanyang and let them quickly lead the troops to meet them.
If Emperor Xian of Han had been born in peacetime, he would have been a Ming Emperor.
Gongsun Zhan.
Why did Yuan Shu stir up Liu Yu's plan? This was inseparable from Gongsun Juan's provocation, Gongsun Zhan knew that Yuan Shu was a treacherous person, and repeatedly advised Liu Yu not to send troops, Liu Yu never listened, Gongsun Zhan secretly advised Yuan Shu to detain Liu He and seize Liu Yu's military power, and from then on, Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan's hatred deepened.
Yuan Shu.
Gongsun Zhan repeatedly attacked Yuan Shao, the result was that most of the soldiers were lost, but still did not give up attacking Yuan Shao, Liu Yu was worried that Gongsun Zhan's abuse of force, and at the same time worried that Gongsun Zhan's power was developing too fast, so he reduced the supply of Gongsun Zhan's army, Gongsun Zhan was angry, robbed the people's property, and at the same time openly looted liu Yu's reward to the Hu people, Gongsun Zhan and Liu Yu denigrated each other in their letters to the imperial court, and the gap between the two sides became deeper and deeper, and later Gongsun Zhan simply built fortifications around Jicheng and prepared to resist Liu Yu's army And Liu Yu invited Gongsun Zhan many times, and Gongsun Zhan couldn't get sick.
In the winter of the fourth year of Chuping, Liu Yu raised an army to attack Gongsun Zhan's "Zhutun soldiers from 100,000 people", however, the combat effectiveness of these 100,000 people was very poor, and Cheng Xu, who was engaged in dai county, said to Liu Yu: "Although Gongsun Zhan is guilty, the crime is not clear. You do not warn him first, make him correct, and act on your own, to the detriment of the country. Besides, victory or defeat is unpredictable, it is better to station the army and show him force, Gongsun Zhan will certainly repent and come to apologize, this is the so-called way to make people submit without fighting" As a result, Liu Yu thought that Cheng Xu had disturbed the hearts of the army and beheaded him to show the public, at this time, Liu Yu's military action plan had been leaked by Gongsun Ji.
Bronze crossbow machine.
The warlords of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Liu Yu's army besieged Gongsun Zhan and could not win, and the soldiers cherished the houses and did not want to set fire to it, as a result, this gave Gongsun Zhan a chance to breathe, Gongsun Zhan took the opportunity to mobilize hundreds of daredevil warriors and rushed out of the city to attack, Liu Yu's army had no combat effectiveness, and was directly washed down, Liu Yu led the remnants to retreat to Juyong County, Gongsun Zhan, the army followed, within three days to conquer Juyong, Liu Yu's whole family was captured, together escorted to Jicheng, at this time, the Han Dynasty Tianzi increased Liu Yu's fiefdom edict to send, Gongsun Zhan took the opportunity to frame Liu Yu for the fact that he had previously allied with Dong Zhuo and prepared to establish Liu Yu as emperor, so he beheaded Liu Yu at the Jicheng street market, and after Liu Yu's death, Gongsun Zhan completely controlled Youzhou.
Model of a Castle of the Eastern Han Dynasty (Eastern Wu)
Looking at the entire "Later Han Book" about Liu Yu's part, I personally feel that this person's character is still said in the past, when attacking Dong Zhuo, Yan Ci refused to be called emperor, when attacking Gongsun Zhan, he could not bear to burn the houses, when he was beheaded, and "the people were old, do not pity him", Liu Yu after his death, some people also came to rob his head and go back to the burial, it can be seen that Liu Yu's character and reputation are indeed very good, but the "Book of Later Han" also said that Liu Yu usually wore very simple clothes, but when Gongsun Yu copied his home, Finding that his wives and concubines were all dressed in pearlescent clothes, some people suspected that Liu Yu's frugality was deliberately feigned.