Chapter 670: The general trend of the world

Soon after Lü Bu left, the princes of the Eighteenth Route also dispersed.

The alliance of the princes of the Eighteen Roads was only gathered because of Xiang Yu alone.

Now that Xiang Yu is dead, all the princes are naturally returning to their own homes, and since then the battle of Faming has come to an end.

In June of the fourth year of Zhongping, the Fifth Route Han Army began to attack the Ming Dynasty, and it was not until December of the fifth year of Zhongping that Xiang Yu was killed by Qin Hao.

The Battle of Vaiming lasted a year and a half, and the war spread throughout the entire Kanto region, involving nearly one million troops, which can be described as another peerless battle after the Yellow Turban War.

The Ming Empire, whose territory spanned the five states of Yan, Xu, Qing, Hebei, and Henan, was finally defeated after holding out for a year and a half after besieging and scattering troops on all sides.

As for the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, they retreated into Taihang Mountain and Dabie Mountain to defend and continue to resist the rule of the Han Dynasty.

The victory in the Battle of Vaiming made many loyal ministers who still had hope for the Han family see the hope of the revival of the Han family again, but this was destined to become a luxury.

After this battle, the Great Ming Dynasty perished, but the Han princes, who had occupied many Ming territories, became stronger and stronger, while the weak situation of the Han court did not change in the slightest.

If this goes on for a long time, sooner or later a merger and melee between the princes will break out.

The fighting will not stop.

In this battle of Faming, the major princes more or less benefited, but the six princes who benefited the most were Tao Qian, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Miao and Dong Zhuo.

Although Tao Qian was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang, he successfully recovered Xuzhou and became the only prince except Dong Zhuo to occupy a state.

Of course, the combat power of Tao Qian's army was very weak, so the neighbors around him also coveted his Xuzhou.

Yuan Shu almost completely occupied Yuzhou, and his forces had also entered Jianghuai, so he was the second most profitable prince this time.

It was a happy event that Liu Miao occupied most of the Jianghuai, but Yuan Shu's ambition for Jianghuai was a headache for him, and the two sides were in constant contradiction in private.

The land of Jizhou abandoned by the Ming Dynasty was occupied by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao also took away a county from Qingzhou with his teeth, becoming the prince second only to Yuan Shu in terms of income.

Cao Cao's contribution this time is second only to Li Shimin, but because of the main battle in the early stage and neglected to capture the city, he did not occupy much land in Yuzhou, and in the later period, he occupied the land of Chenliu, Jiyin, Taishan and Rencheng in Yanzhou, and also gained a lot.

As for Dong Zhuo, with the help of Yang Jian and Li Yuan, he controlled the military power of Sizhou, which was equivalent to completely overthrowing Lu Zhi and bringing Sizhou under his command.

Although the battle of Faming was initiated by the imperial court, except for sending Hou Yi to besiege Xiang Yu, the Chang'an imperial court played almost no role.

The imperial court dispatched very few troops, and did not provide much grain and grass, and mainly relied on the princes of all walks of life to start the war, so after the war, they could only make up for the princes of all walks of life with heavy rewards.

Yuan Shu was named Yuzhou Mu, Yuhou.

Cao Cao was the pastor of Yanzhou, the Marquis of Wei.

Yuan Shao was named Qingzhou Mu, Zhao Hou.

Since then, except for Liu Dai, the pastor of Jiaozhou, who died in battle, all the state pastors of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty have returned to their positions.

Such a big battle, of course, will not only divide these few people.

Sun Jian, who has made great contributions, was named Jiaozhou Mu and Marquis Wu this time.

Qin Wen, Sun Jian, and Cao Cao, the three righteous brothers, were all named princes, and this matter also became a good story.

Liu Bei and Song Jiang, who also captured a county in Qingzhou, were named Pingyuan Hou and Liangshan Hou respectively.

Zhao Kuangyin and Kong Ling under Yuan Shu also made great achievements this time, so they were respectively named Runan Taishou. Liang Guo is too guarded.

Bao Xin, Zhang Miao, and Qiao Mao under Lu Zhi later followed Li Shimin to defeat Chen Liu, so they were all named Taishou.

Zhang Miao is the Taishou of Dongping, Qiao Mao is the Taishou of Dongjun, and Bao Xin is the Taishou of Jibei.

In addition, Yuan Yi, who guarded Wuguan, was also in the ranks of rewards this time because of the Yuan family's efforts, and was named Shanyang Taishou.

Since then, the major Taishou in Yanzhou, except for one invitation, the rest of the people have returned to their positions in the original history.

As for Li Shimin, the biggest hero in this battle, this time he was named the Taishou of Hanzhong and the champion Hou.

It is not difficult to see from this reward that the Chang'an court is fully aware of the strength of the princes and wants to balance the major princes by dividing the feuds.

Yuan Shao obviously has most of his territory in Jizhou, but he was named Qingzhou Mu, and there are Liu Bei, Song Jiang, Kong Rong and Huangchao princes in Qingzhou.

Sun Jian's territory is obviously in Yangzhou, but he was named Jiaozhou Mu, and Jiaozhou is still in the hands of Hong Xiuquan, and Sun Jian must take it himself if he wants to.

Although Yuan Shu was named the pastor of Yuzhou, he gave him two more Taishou, and since then, in addition to Li Mi, Yuzhou has two more princes, Zhao Kuangyin and Kong Ling.

Cao Cao was the worst, he made such a big contribution, not to mention that he didn't get a matching reward, and there were more princes of Bao Xin, Zhang Miao, Qiao Mao and Yuan Yi around him.

You must know that Yanzhou is the center of this war, and the losses are naturally the heaviest, and so many princes naturally disperse Yanzhou's forces.

Although Li Shimin made the first contribution to the Ming Dynasty, because his qualifications were too shallow, he was only a general before, and with the identity of Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he was destined not to be rewarded by the imperial court.

Therefore, the imperial court gave Li Shimin Hanzhong County, which was far away from Liangzhou, and added a significant champion Hou to offset Li Shimin's great achievements.

Since then, Li Shimin has also inherited the glorious title of Champion Hou after Qin Hao.

After Li Shimin became the Taishou of Hanzhong, under the command of Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou, there were two princes, Liu Ji and Li Shimin.

So far, the imperial court has carried out a total of 4 seals, and each time a state pastor is sealed, there will be several more taishou.

And the state, the state pastor Qin Wen, the princes have Wang Shichong, Wang Kuang, Zhang Yang, Zhang Chao four people.

Jingzhou, Zhou Mu Ding Yuan, the princes have Qin Hao, Huang Zu, Han Xuan, Zhao Fan, Jin Xuan, Liu Du six people.

Jizhou, the state pastor Emperor Fu Song, the princes have Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Han Fu, and Yuan Shao, who was named Qingzhou Mu.

Yangzhou, the state pastor Liu Xuan, the princes have Lu Kang, Wang Lang, and Sun Jian, who was named the pastor of Jiaozhou.

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As for Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo's control is too high, and the Jincheng Taishou Liu Biao in the past has been completely set aside, and now he has become a civil official under Dong Zhuo, so the imperial court did not continue to divide the seal.

It is not difficult to see that the Chang'an court wanted to use this way of drinking to quench thirst, so as to maintain the balance between the princes.

However, drinking to quench thirst is destined to die of thirst, and this balance is destined to be broken, and then it will be the great era of princes competing for hegemony.