Since Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to move the capital to Xuchang, the seeds of contradiction were planted between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Later, with the development and growth of the two forces, Cao Cao annexed the Central Plains and Yuan Shao unified Hebei, and the contradictions between the two parties slowly rose to the level of the main contradictions. Especially in Cao Cao's first integration of Yu, Yan, Si, and Xu four prefectures, and then easily won Guanzhong with the power of the Son of Heaven, which almost subdued Huainan Zhang Xiu to dominate the entire Central Plains, which made Yuan Shao Group deeply feel the threat from Cao Cao.

Finally, as Yuan Shao sat firmly in the land of Hebei and confirmed his position as the first prince in the world, he took the lead in making trouble, openly singled out the contradiction with Cao Cao, and played the banner of the Qing monarch's side. Bo Chen Lin, the head of Yuan Shao's account, put Cao Cao in the ranks of "national thieves" of the same kind as Dong Zhuo for the first time in the document announcing the counties and counties of the world!

As soon as the notice arrived in Huainan, Zhang Xiu, the general of Pingkou, responded to Yuan Shao's call and completely broke with the Xuchang Han court, refusing to respect the orders of the imperial court before hitting the "rebel" Cao Cao.

Coincidentally, Liu Bei, who lived in Guangling County, also accepted Yuan Shao's appointment as the Taishou of Guangling, and raised the banner of courting Cao, respecting the legitimacy of the Han Emperor Liu Xie, but refusing to accept any edict from the Xuchang court under Cao Cao's control.

In June of the third year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao Group had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liyang, and countless heavy grains and grasses. It is rumored that Yuan Shao will raise 500,000 Hebei soldiers in the autumn solstice and go south to attack Cao! At that time, Huainan Zhang Xiu attacked Yuzhou, Guangling Liu Bei attacked Xuzhou, and defeated Cao Cao in one fell swoop.

In this regard, Cao Cao's group sent the general Cao Hong to garrison the Yellow River crossing fortress, and the main force of soldiers and horses was also stationed in the north of Xuchang. The general Cao Ren also led the southern border defense of Xuzhou in Yuzhou, and guarded Zhang Xiu in Huainan and Liu Bei in Guangling. Zang Ba was responsible for the defense of Yuan Shao Qingzhou and prevented Yuan Tan from assassinating Yuan Tan in Qingzhou. Guanzhong was handed over to Zhong Xuan to be responsible, and Du Yi was appointed as the Taishou of Hedong!

In addition, the eldest son Cao Ang led an army to garrison Nanyang, an important town conquered earlier, and held the main road from Jingzhou to the Central Plains.

Here we must mention Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao Liu Jingsheng. Compared with the clear statements of Zhang Xiu, Zhang Wenjin of the rest of Xiliang and Liu Bei, Liu Xuande, and the grassroots imperial uncle Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, who are pro-Yuan and anti-Cao, this genuine imperial uncle and pure imperial relatives who can no longer be pure, Liu Biao, and Liu Jingsheng, are extremely stubborn and insist on neutrality. Refused to accept the solicitation of either Yuan Shao or Cao Cao.

Liu Jingsheng's "inaction" couldn't help but arouse the dissatisfaction of Jingzhou's local aspirants, and successfully attracted the attention of his neighbor Zhang Xiu!

Lujiang County under Zhang Xiu's rule actually borders Jiangxia County in Jingzhou under Liu Biao's rule. Moreover, the border is the longest between Lujiang County and all the surrounding neighboring counties. It's just that the Dabie Mountain Range divides the two counties, and the junction of the two counties is mostly primitive alpine and dense forests, and it is sparsely populated. Most of the connections between each other are carried out through the waterways of the Yangtze River and land routes along the Yangtze River, and the inland connections are so small that they can be ignored.

In July of the third year of Jian'an, Zhang Xiu, who had been recuperating for half a year, finally had a big move.

First of all, the original Yangzhou Naval Division, that is, the current Zhang Xiuhuai Southern Naval Army, all went to Fanyang Lake Port. Then, Zhang Xun's troops stationed in the northwest of Jiujiang County were transferred south and stationed in the area on the west side of Jiujiang County and the border with Jiangxia County.

Then, Zhang Xiu personally led the main force Zhang Liao's army and horses, went south to Lujiang County, and stationed in Anhui City, which was close to Fanyang Lake.

At this point, together with the Ji Ling Department originally stationed in Lujiang, Zhang Xiu's 120,000 troops gathered in Jiangxia - the first line of the Lujiang River. On the front line of the Huai River, only Gao Shun's soldiers and horses were left to garrison Shouchun.

When Zhang Xiu set off, it was written by the lord Bo Yanxiang and Han Song, the former Wenchen of Jingzhou, and sent a notice to the counties of the world. The gist of it is that Liu Biao, as a clan member of the Han family, does not think about the ministers of Wang Qingjun, and only cares about self-protection and secession, which has made Yuan Shao, the general who is loyal to the king, very dissatisfied, and also made Zhang Xiu, who is determined to help the Han family, very angry!

This time he gathered 120,000 troops and transferred 1,000 ships on the border of the Lujiang River in Jiangxia, which was Zhang Xiu's way of expressing his anger!

When he arrived at Lujiang, Zhang Xiu asked Han Song to write a letter to Liu Biao, which was similar to the previous notice, but was more harshly worded. The meaning expressed throughout the letter is to ask Liu Biao to stand in line quickly, otherwise he will send troops to Jingzhou.

Anyway, now Cao Cao's main force is guarding against Yuan Shao, who has an incomparably strong military force in the north, and Cao Ren in the north of the Huai River is only a few soldiers from Xuzhou County in Yuzhou, and they are reluctant to protect themselves, don't think about what kind of storm Cao Ren stirs up.

Even if Cao Ren wants to make trouble, or Cao Cao secretly gathers some of the main forces to draw a salary, but the newly repaired Jiancheng Shouchun, as well as the world's first-class strategist Chen Gong, who regards Cao Cao as the enemy who killed his father, plus Zhang Xiu's general Gao Shun and his 40,000 soldiers, will make Cao Cao feel the taste of gnawing a hard bone.

What's more, Cao Jun, who had lost 100,000 good fighters, was unwilling to step into this land of right and wrong without Guo Jia and Xu Chu.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu can launch a fairly large-scale annexation war after integrating the military horses of various ministries and raising enough military rations!

It is unrealistic to swallow the nine counties of Jingzhou, but Zhang Xiu asked himself, with the current strength of the Huainan army, it is completely okay to eat the rich Jiangxia County, and even capture Jiangling and Xiangyang.

If it's totally possible, why not do it?

So Zhang Xiu came.

The letter to Liu Biao did not reach Liu Biao. When the envoy sent by Zhang Xiu passed through Jiangxia County, the letter written by Han Song was intercepted by Huang Zu, the Taishou of Jiangxia, and Huang Zu directly tore up the letter and threw it into the Yangtze River after reading it, and this unlucky messenger was also expelled by Huang Zu.

At the same time, on the one hand, Huang Zu actively organized his subordinates and put on a posture to face the battle. On the other hand, contact Xiangyang,

The messenger sent was sent back in embarrassment, and the other party made a gesture of waiting for you to fight. Zhang Xiujun was excited, Zhang Liao took the lead in asking for battle, and Zhang Xiu agreed.

So the 40,000 Zhang Liaobu soldiers who adapted to the life of a month's water boat in Anhui City, after Zhang Xiu decided to start a war, the first batch of them boarded the ship in Fanyang Lake Port.

At the same time, Zhang Xun's troops and Lu Mian's troops also concentrated their troops and horses, and Zhang Xiujun's army quickly prepared for the concurrent attack on land and water.

Just when Zhang Xiujun was still fighting his troops, Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong, took the lead in declaring war on Liu Biao. In the name of avenging his father, he borrowed Danyang County, raised Jiangdong heavy troops, pointed at Jingzhou, and the soldiers went straight to Yuzhang County.

Liu Miao has long been sick and died, and the person in charge of Yuzhang is Taishou Huaxin, but Yuzhang County is located in the middle of Jingzhou, Huainan and Jiangdong, and the political situation has been turbulent in recent years, and Taishou is changing one a year. Zhuge Liang's uncle Zhuge Xuan, as well as Zhu Hao, the son of the famous general Zhu Jun in the late Han Dynasty, and Haoqiang Zhenrong, who was born in Danyang, all competed for the position of Taishou in Danyang.

Among them, Zhuge Xuan represents Liu Biao's interests and has Jingzhou as a backup. However, Yuzhang County was too remote to Xiangyang, and Zhu Hao, who had Liu Xuan's direct support, quickly defeated Zhuge Xuan. But the good times didn't last long, and Liu Xuan's comrade-in-arms Zhen Rong killed Zhu Hao again. Liu Miao can't beat the little overlord Sun Ce, but it's still okay to clean up a strong Rong. After summoning the soldiers and horses of the subordinate counties to pacify Zhenrong, the famous man Hua Xin was pushed out to serve as the Taishou of Yuzhang.

As Liu Xuan's political successor, Hua Xin inherited most of Liu Xuan's political legacy after his death. However, compared with Liu Xuan's control of Yuzhang County as the orthodox Yangzhou assassin history, Hua Xin is still too bad.

For example, Sun Ce's main force had already reached the border of Yuzhang County through Danyang County, and Hua Xin only got the news here. In terms of the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized, Hua Xin only has the soldiers and horses commanded by the soldiers and horses of several subordinate counties near Yuzhang County.

As soon as Sun Ce entered Yuzhang, the guard general Peng Ze over there surrendered directly, which made Sun Ce easily open the gateway to Jingzhou!

A few days later, the envoy sent by Sun Ce to Yuzhang County sent back the news that Yuzhang Taishou Huaxin had decided to give up Yuzhang Taishou's position!

This news is actually equivalent to Hua Xin's surrender. Because apart from Hua Xin, who can also gather the hearts of the people in Yuzhang, there is no one who can raise troops in Yuzhang to fight against Sun Ce. It's just that this is different from the real surrender, Hua Xin's surrender was only dedicated to Yuzhang County, and he himself did not have the idea of being Sun Ce's vassal.

All this is no different from history, Hua Xin, who knows how to judge the situation, still handed over Yuzhang County to Sun Ce. It protected the people of Yuzhang from being disturbed by the war, and also preserved their own reputation.

Of course, he also had to give up!

With the naturalization of Yuzhang and the control of Sun Ce, the military pressure on Jingzhou has increased sharply!

Pengze, south bank of the Yangtze River.

Sun Ce stayed on the beach and looked at the wide river.

On the river, an extremely mighty fleet of ships is sailing downstream with the rolling eastward water.

The flag hoisted by this mighty fleet was not the handsome flag embroidered by Zhang Xiu on the other side of the river, nor was it the flag of Sun Ce's general, but it was a big flag with the word "Yuan" fluttering how strange it looked.

Sun Ce, who was stationed on the Ma River Beach, raised his whip and pointed to the fluttering fleet, and asked with a smile at the generals around him: "Guess how much grain and grass Yuan Shao sent to Zhang Xiu this time?" ”

The generals next to him all looked at the size of the fleet and the size of the grain ship, looking pensive. In the end, it was Jiang Qin, who was born as a water thief, who was the first to speak: "I'm afraid it's not less than 500,000 Hu!" ”

Sun Ce laughed and looked at Jiang Qin with appreciation. This attitude shocked the other generals Sun Wu. The veteran Huang Gai immediately spoke: "500,000 grains and grass? Isn't that embroidered guy having a good winter? ”

Sun Ce shook his head, and suddenly said, "It's not fifty hundreds, but one million hundreds, or even more!" ”

Hiss~hiss

There was a gasp around him!

One million Hu! What kind of concept is this, this is more than twice the annual grain tax of all the counties in Koto combined! If you feed people, it will be enough for the millions of soldiers and civilians in Huainan to do nothing, and they will be able to nourish and nourish this year!

Don't say anything, Yuan Shao, the first prince in the world, we serve!

Another veteran Cheng Pu couldn't help frowning and said: "One million grains and grass is enough for Zhang Xiu to run rampant in the Huaiyang area." It is no wonder that Zhang Xiu chose Jiangxia County, which is inconvenient with Huainan, as the direction of sending troops, and it turned out that there was enough grain and grass as the backing. ”

"If you eat people's food, you naturally have to do things for others. But how do I think this embroidery is under the banner of doing things for Yuan Shao, and actually seeking personal benefits for himself? Another general, Han Dang, also spoke.

Sun Ce still had a bold and bright smile: "Everyone in the world has selfish intentions, and it can be known from Zhang Wenjin riding to Jiangdong alone that this person is by no means a person who eats and waits for death." In the past, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, and now it is his time to operate, and he can take advantage of the dispute between Cao and Yuan, and get rid of the problem of food shortage, and still have the strength to divide Jingzhou with me. This person must not be underestimated in the future! ”

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