袁术

袁绍之弟袁术派大将纪灵率领十万大军攻打刘备。

Yuan Shu sent 100 thousand troops , led by General Ji Ling , to attack Liu Bei .

袁术见他小小年纪就懂得孝顺母亲，十分惊奇。

Yuan Shu was very surprised to learn he was pious to his mother at such a young age .

袁术于公元193年兵败逃到河北（淮河以北），陶谦于次年被击败，刘备在196年投降曹操。

Yuan Shu was driven south to of the Huai River in 193 , Tao Qian was destroyed in 194 , and Liu Bei surrendered in 196 .

但是太监并无兵权，袁绍和其弟袁术率兵人宫，诛杀2000多名太监。

The powerful eu-nuchs being without military support , Yuan Shao and his brother Yuan Shu broke into the palace with their forces and killed more than 2 000 eunuchs .

袁术担心在徐州的吕布救援刘备，派人给吕布送去粮草和密信，要吕布按兵不动。

For fear of L ü Bu in Xuzhou who might lend Liu a hand ， Yuan wrote L ü a letter ， together with many food supplies as gifts ， asking him not to help Liu .

公元191年，袁术的部将孙坚起兵将董卓逐出洛阳，董卓逃至西安。公元192年董卓被其护卫吕布所杀。

In 191 the army of Sun Jian , under the command of Yuan Shu , drove Dong Zhuo from Luoyang west to Chang , an , and in 192 Dong Zhuo was assassinated by his former body-guard Lu Bu .

袁绍的势力主要在黄河以北；向南，在淮河和黄河之间，有袁术、曹操、徐州太守陶谦、西北的吕布和刘备。

Yuan Shao extended his power to the north of the Yellow River , while in further south , between the Yellow River and the Huai River , there was a tense and vicious conflict between Yuan Shu , Cao Cao , and Tao Qian , the Governor of Xu province , Lu Bu from the northwest and Liu Bei ,