Turf is the foundation of the achievement of hegemony.

If there is territory, there will be people; With the people, there will gradually be a source of soldiers, food and wealth. Only in this way can we build an army, conquer cities and conquer the world.

Yuan Shao's attack on Gongsun Zhan was just to expand his territory.

When all the princes were trying their best to gain territory, Han Cheng was naturally no exception.

At the same time that Yuan Shaoling Juyi led the Jizhou army to besiege Gongsun Zan in "Yijing", Meng Dai in Gaoliu County, Youzhou Dai County, led a large army, passed through Sanggan County, and slowly withdrew from Dai County.

Han Cheng raided at night and took Sanggan County from Yuan Shao's general Chun Yuqiong, and the guard general Chun Yuqiong led his soldiers to flee without any news.

When Meng Dai from Gaoliu County heard the news, he was anxious.

Because the military rations in Gaoliu County were all transported from Sanggan County, when Sanggan County was lost, the grain roads in Gaoliu County were naturally cut off.

There are generally two situations in which there is no food and no retreat: either they are left to die and then lived, or they are left to die and have no life.

Those who can die and survive are all famous generals in the world, and Meng Dai knows that he obviously does not belong to this kind of famous general.

Therefore, Meng Dai had no choice, so he had to send someone to report to Yuan Shao in Yuyang County about his current situation.

Yuan Shao saw the helper sent by Meng Dai, and silently calculated in his heart: "Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, committed the anger of the people, and was attacked by the crowd.

Han Cheng in Bingzhou, Liu Yu's old department, and the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes in the north of Youzhou all want to come and get a piece of the pie.

If he doesn't pull out a dime, Gongsun Zhan, who is now besieged, may be himself in a few years.

It is better to give Daijun to Han Cheng, Shanggu County to Liu Yu's old people, and the area east of Liaoxi County to the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes.

After the Quartet forces get the benefits, they will no longer fight their own ideas, and they can deal with Gongsun Chan with peace of mind.

After one to two years later, after defeating the turtle-like Gongsun Zan and gaining the land of Youzhou Zhuo County, Yuyang County, Youbeiping County, and Liaoxi County, you can settle accounts one by one.

When the time comes, will these forces still be able to jump out of the palm of their hands? ”

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao immediately wrote a letter to Han Cheng.

The general content of the letter was to give the land of Daijun to Han Cheng, but in exchange for Han Cheng to let Meng Dai's army retreat to Yuyang County unscathed.

Han Cheng received Yuan Shao's letter and said in his heart: "This letter came at the right time, and now is indeed not the time for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao."

Because Yuan Shao was fighting Gongsun Chan at this time, if he took the opportunity to besiege and kill Meng Dai's army of more than 10,000 people, with Yuan Shao's character, it was very likely that he would immediately give up attacking Gongsun Chan, lead a large army, and fight to the death with himself.

Although I am not afraid now, it is really not worth it.

I don't have a deep friendship with Gongsun Zhan, so there is no need to do my best for Gongsun Zhan.

What's more, as soon as Gongsun Chan dies, Youzhou will be ownerless, which is very beneficial to Yuan Shao and himself.

Although according to the current situation, Gongsun Chan is destroyed, and Yuan Shao will definitely get a large amount of land in Youzhou, but in this battle, Yuan Shao invested the most troops and contributed the most, and he deserved so much land.

If you take 10,000 steps back, even if you occupy Youzhou now, you won't be able to recover for a while.

It's better to give the dilapidated Youzhou to Yuan Shao first in exchange for personal favors. It's good that you just get the Daijun steadily, and after Youzhou recovers, you're making a decision. ”

After thinking about the stakes, Han Cheng quickly replied with a letter to Yuan Shao.

The two sides immediately agreed according to the contents of the letter: Meng Dai's army withdrew from Gaoliu County, and could pass through Sanggan County and return to Yuyang County.

After Meng Dai led the army to retreat, Han Cheng transferred another 10,000 troops from Bingzhou, bringing the total strength of Daijun to 30,000.

With such a large number of troops, within a few days they were able to occupy all the counties of Dai County.

After that, Han Cheng migrated the people under the rule of the Montenegrin Army.

After all, the decisive battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan could not be ended in a month or two, and Jia Kui's management of the floods of the Yellow River in Xihe County and Shangjun was not an overnight thing.

For such a long time, it is not possible to let the nearly 300,000 people under the rule of the Black Mountain Army wait in vain in the Taihang Mountain, so it is better to settle in the Dai County first.

After Jia Kui finished controlling the floods of the Yellow River in the two counties, the people under the rule of the Montenegrin army would have a real place to settle, and they could migrate over when the time came.

The thousands of miles of fertile fields in these two counties need people to cultivate, and only after cultivation will a large amount of grain be produced, so as to solve the current situation that Han Cheng's army food is not very sufficient.

From this point of view, Han Cheng sought to capture Dai County, and Xihe County and Shang County in the merged state.

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During this period, Cao Cao of Yanzhou attacked Tao Qian in Xuzhou on the grounds of avenging his father.

After leading a large army to break through strategic points such as Pengcheng and Fuyang in Xuzhou, he carried out a brutal massacre of the local people and the army.

This massacre was clearly for Tao Qian to see.

It was only at this time that Tao Qian, who was in Tancheng, knew that Cao Cao was really an existence that he couldn't provoke.

As a result, Tao Qian could only send generals to rescue the counties besieged by Cao's army on the one hand, and ask for help everywhere.

At this time, the various princes were either unable to protect themselves, or were eager to expand their territory, and only Liu Bei, who had severed relations with Gongsun Zhan, led an army to save them.

When Liu Bei arrived, Cao Cao had to choose to retreat back to Yanzhou because the army was exhausted, and he was planning for the next year.

Tao Qian felt Liu Bei's kindness in saving himself in danger, so he took the opportunity to show Liu Bei as the assassin of Yuzhou, and stationed troops in Xiaopei.

After Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, the first thing he did was to set up an ancestral hall and fulfill his filial piety to his father and clansmen.

Yanzhou's famous scholar Bian Rang and Tao Qian were friends, and when they saw the tragic 'human tragedy' caused by Cao Cao in Xuzhou, they were furious, so they mocked Cao Cao regardless of their identity:

"After the gelding, where are the offspring? is also delusional to set up an ancestral hall to fulfill filial piety, which is tantamount to a daydream. ”

This word reached the ears of Cao Cao, who was strong in blood and had a clear distinction between love and hatred, and immediately ordered Bian Rang to be killed to set an example.

When the big families in Yanzhou saw that Cao Cao said that he would kill him, and he didn't care about celebrities and celebrities at all, they communicated with each other and prepared to set up another good pastor.

But due to Cao Cao's military might, he could only do it quietly in private.

Chen Gong, a native of Wuyang, said to Chen Liutaishou, Zhang Miao, the representative of the family: "Now that the world is divided, heroes and heroes are rising up in various places.

You have a force of 100,000 people and a high prestige among the counties of Yanzhou.

If you can climb high and shout against Cao Cao, you can be a hero among people. Why bother to be controlled by others now, isn't it too humbling?

I estimate that next year, Cao Cao's army will definitely march east to Xuzhou, and the hinterland of Yanzhou will be empty.

We can take Lu Bu, who is good at fighting and brave and invincible, to occupy Yanzhou together, wait and see the situation in the world, and wait for the changes in current affairs to improve, and then we can dominate the world. ”

After listening to Chen Gong's words, Zhang Miao's heart was moved, so he ordered people to look for Lu Bu in the counties of Yanzhou.

Lu Bu was supposed to be Yuan Shao's general.

But when Yuan Shao led his army north to Youzhou, he had already broken away from Yuan Shao.

It turned out that Lu Bu relied on his superb military force and his prestige in the army was increasing day by day.

Relying on his exploits in Huguan, he asked Yuan Shao to increase his army.

How could Yuan Shao increase the number of people to a person who was not surnamed Yuan, so Yuan Shao did not agree.

Seeing that Yuan Shao did not agree, Lu Bu asked his soldiers to rob and plunder everywhere, so as to achieve the goal of expanding the army independently.

After Yuan Shao found out, he prepared to secretly get rid of Lu Bu.

Lu Bu felt uneasy, so he said goodbye to Yuan Shao and asked to return to Luoyang.

Yuan Shao ostensibly agreed to his request, and appointed Lü Bu as the lieutenant of Sili in the name of the Son of Heaven, and sent a soldier to send Lü Bu to Luoyang, but secretly gave an order to the soldier to get rid of Lü Bu.

Seeing that Yuan Shao was so happy, Lu Bu guessed that Yuan Shao might be fighting his own idea, so he sent someone to play the kite in the camp tent, but he quietly escaped from the camp.

In the middle of the night, those armor soldiers went out and slashed at Lu Bu's bed, and after dozens of knives, they thought that Lu Bu was dead and retreated.

Lu Bu escaped because he escaped early.

At this time, Zhang Yang had been defeated by Han Cheng, and Lu Bu had nowhere to go, so he led everyone to flee south to Chenliu, after all, the relationship between Lu Bu and Chen Liutai guarding Zhang Miao was extraordinary.

Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao, and sent people to look for Lu Bu everywhere in Yanzhou.

But seeing that Lu Bu suddenly sent it to the door by himself, he happily told Lu Bu about his plan and others, Lu Bu thought about it, okay, let himself be the state pastor, so he readily agreed.

In April of the following year, Cao Cao again led a large army south to attack Xuzhou.

At this time, Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao and his younger brother Yuan Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Chen Gong and others betrayed Cao Cao at the same time and welcomed Lu Bu as the new Yanzhou pastor.

After Cao Cao heard the news, he had no choice but to return to Yanzhou, first, to quell the rebellion; The second is to compete with Lu Bu for Yanzhou.

Zhang Miao did not immediately raise troops, but first sent his henchman Liu Yi to tell Xun Yu, the chief official who remained in Yanzhou Juancheng: "General Lü Bu has come to help Caozhou Mu attack Tao Qian in Xuzhou, and Wen Ruo should quickly supply him with military rations." ”

When everyone was very puzzled by this, the quick-witted Xun Yu had already guessed that Zhang Miao was going to betray Cao Cao.

So he could only stabilize Zhang Miao on one side, but on the other hand, he immediately deployed troops to defend, and hurriedly summoned Xiahou Dun, the Taishou of Dongjun in Puyang County, to Juancheng.

On the night after Xiahoudun arrived in Juancheng, he killed dozens of officials who participated in the rebellion, and the situation in Juancheng stabilized.

Xiahoudun's killing made Lu Bu and others know the news that the matter was exposed, so they took the lead and occupied Puyang County.

When Lu Bu occupied Puyang County, he relied on Zhang Miao and Chen Gong's connections and prestige in Yanzhou.

For a time, the clans in Yanzhou County rose up against Cao Cao and responded to Lu Bu.

Only Juancheng, Fanxian, and Dong'e counties did not respond.

It can be seen that Liu Bei and Cao Cao want to seek Tao Qian's Xuzhou, while Lu Bu and others want to seek Cao Cao's Yanzhou.