I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 232 So, don’t give up moving forward!
Sun Zun's words were like an iron hammer, hammering Wang Ji's heart again and again.

He thought about it and felt that what Sun Zun said made sense.

If you escape now, you will be in danger of death. Even if you can escape from the pursuers and make it to Lingnan, you may not be able to endure the harsh climate there. If you go there, you may die in a few months, and your death may be even more miserable.

If they stayed, not only would they have soldiers and food, but there would also be many remnant forces of the eunuchs' followers in the Central Plains who could be recruited for help and they could unite with them to rebel.

There are too many people that Yuan wants to settle accounts with, and there are too many of them. If they join forces to fight against Yuan, the outcome is really unpredictable!
As soon as he thought of this, Wang Ji's desire to survive turned into a burning flame. He realized that he was not on the road to death, but still had a chance to survive.

As long as we can gather people and contact helpers, and raise the banner of rebellion together and counterattack Luoyang, it is still unknown who will win!

So Wang Ji took a deep breath and looked at Sun Zun.

"What you said makes sense. We are all going to die anyway, so why not give it a try? The outcome is still uncertain! I am a 2,000-stone official with full military and political power. Isn't it natural for me to dispatch troops to attack the false emperor?"

Sun Zun was overjoyed when he saw Wang Ji’s renewed fighting spirit, and bowed deeply.

"I am willing to serve you like a dog or a horse!"

"it is good!"

Wang Ji nodded viciously and said angrily: "Then take action immediately! It won't be easy for the Yuan family to kill me! Sun Zun, you will immediately write a letter to Zhang Hao, Cao Shao, Wen Mu and others, explain the pros and cons, and ask them to join me in raising troops to attack the Luoyang Yuan family, attack the false emperor, and help His Majesty restore his throne!"

Sun Zun nodded immediately.

"Here!"

Wang Ji then summoned his subordinates who had not left yet and gave them a speech.

Wang Ji told them that if they ran away now, a mere village headman or archer could catch them, kill them, and ask for a reward with their heads.

And if you don't leave now and stand with me, we have food, weapons, and foreign aid. We can raise the banner of rebellion and call for followers to rise up and fight against Yuan. The outcome is uncertain!
We are not alone, we have a lot of help, we have everything we should have, and we also have everything we shouldn't have. There are so many people, so many high-ranking officials, so much soldiers and food. If we just surrender like this, wouldn't it be extremely foolish?
Those who are willing to fight with me, I, Wang Ji, will never abandon you. From now on, if I have a bite of meat to eat, you will have a bowl to wash.

If we are lucky enough to succeed, defeat the Yuan family, and help the deposed Liu Hong to restore the throne, then we can continue to dominate the world, ennoble our wives and children, live a life of luxury and wealth!
Running away means death, fighting to the death also means death, so if that’s the case, why not fight to the death?
Wang Ji tempted everyone with high positions and generous salaries, analyzed the current situation to them, and quickly stabilized the people's hearts in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Then he started to act without saying a word.

On the one hand, they posted manifestos and launched a public opinion counterattack, saying that Yuan was a traitor who had betrayed his master and deposed the emperor and supported a false emperor. He was a traitor to the country. Wang Ji, the prime minister of Pei State, followed the will of heaven and wanted to raise an army to fight the traitors, attack Luoyang, eliminate the Yuan family, restore the emperor to the throne, and restore order.

At the same time, he immediately arranged for his subordinates to count and prepare the weapons and equipment, money, food, cloth, etc. controlled by the Pei State Prime Minister's Office, and then sent people to start recruiting soldiers, using generous salaries and sufficient food to lure people to join the army. If there were those who did not want to join the army, then he would be straightforward and just capture the able-bodied men!
Anyway, judging from Wang Ji's actions in Pei State over the years, his power must be enough to raise a sizable army.

And with the cooperation of Sun Zun, the military strategist, they also planned some tactics.

For example, although they have soldiers and food, they lack sufficient weapons and armor. Once they face the central army in Luoyang, they may be at a disadvantage in equipment and find it difficult to fight back.

But this is not without solution.

Cao Shao, the governor of Dongjun, is on their side and is very likely to help them. There is an arsenal in Dongjun with enough weapons and equipment to arm 300,000 troops. As long as they get them, they can make up for the gap in weapons and equipment with the Luoyang Central Army.

So the first thing they had to do was to build an army, lead the main force to Dongjun, meet up with Cao Shao, get the equipment from the Dongjun arsenal, and then march towards Luoyang together.

At the same time, Liang State borders Pei State, and the two armies should unite and march into Dongjun together, and then join forces with the army of Dongjun. In this way, the military strength will be stronger and the prestige will be boosted.

Theoretically, Yuzhou Governor Jiong Fei and Jizhou Governor Li Shao were not far from Dongjun. However, as governors, they had gradually acquired the responsibility and authority to lead troops to suppress rebellions since the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty. They were able to mobilize troops and weapons themselves, so they would not lack military equipment.

As long as a letter could unite them all, it would be possible to form a situation where multiple armies could advance towards Luoyang together.

By then, it would be unclear who would win! After Sun Zun's analysis, Wang Ji felt that he had the opportunity to turn things around, and his heart was filled with lofty ambitions.

Yuan Feng, do you want me to die?
Not that easy!
I will fight you to the end!

This is what Wang Ji planned and did.

As soon as he made up his mind, he asked Sun Zun to send news to many eunuch confidants, explain the interests involved to them, and do his best to encourage them to join the struggle, telling them not to worry about their wives and children at home, as the only thing that mattered was that they were alive.

Counterattack Luoyang, kill all the Yuan family members, and refocus their efforts on Liu Hong. This is their only way to survive!
So don’t give up and keep moving forward! ! ! !

Liang and Pei were adjacent to each other and closely related, so Liang's prime minister Zhang Hao was the first to receive the letter from Wang Ji.

The letter was like a flash of lightning in the dark night, cutting through the confusion and fear in Zhang Hao's heart.

Before this, when the news came that Liu Hong was deposed and Liu Kui ascended the throne, Zhang Hao's heart sank suddenly, as if being tightly grasped by an invisible big hand. He felt dizzy and his eyes went dark. He almost fainted. When he calmed down a little and thought about it, he felt that the road ahead was bleak and his hope of survival was slim.

He seemed to be in a desolate desert, surrounded by endless sand and unable to find a way out.

He didn't even know where to escape or where to survive.

However, at this critical moment, Wang Ji's letter appeared before him like a blessing from heaven.

Wang Ji's words in the letter were sincere and the content touched Zhang Hao's heart.

If you run away, you will most likely die. The road to escape is full of unknowns. You may be captured by pursuers, you may starve to death in the wilderness, or you may fall ill in a corner where no one cares. Even if you manage to escape, you will just be another fugitive, hiding in a deserted place, living in constant fear.

Even if they reach those wild places alive, how long can they survive?

He is just barely surviving, like a walking corpse.

If you resist, the possibility of death is a little greater. After all, the Yuan father and son are extremely powerful and control the government of Luoyang. They can be strangled by the power of the whole world. However, if the resistance is successful, the whole world will be gained!

Yuan and his son were able to control the entire world through Luoyang, so why couldn't they follow suit and counterattack Luoyang? Why couldn't they control Luoyang and then gain power over the world?
This is the true way to survive, and it is what a real man does! Since we are all going to die, why not fight to the death?
After reading Wang Ji's letter, Zhang Hao's heart was in turmoil. After thinking it over, he felt that what Wang Ji said made sense.

His godfather Zhang Feng had been killed, so there was no way he could survive. Whether he surrendered or escaped, he would suffer a miserable end.

Nowadays, if you don't have power, you are an ant. If you are not at the table, you will be on the menu. This is obvious. Zhang Hao was once a person sitting at the table. He knows how miserable the people on the menu are. If he doesn't take advantage of the power of two thousand stones to raise an army to protect himself, when will he wait?

Do I really have to wait until I’m on the menu?

Zhang Hao gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, anger rising from his heart and evil thoughts filling his heart.

Yuan Feng, Yuan Shu, you want me to die?

I don't!
I am rebelling!
So he immediately wrote back to Wang Ji, agreeing with him to launch an uprising together, gather the army, and then go to Dongjun together to find Cao Shao and get weapons from him.

Dongjun where Cao Shao was located was not far from Liang State and Pei State, with Jiyin County in between. Once the two armies joined forces, they could go directly to Dongjun and meet up with Cao Shao by simply passing through Jiyin County.

So, can they pass Jiyin County smoothly?

(End of this chapter)