Chapter 381: The Jingzhou Army Attacks Yang Zhai
The young and strong among the people entered the army, not because the people were willing, but now the situation today has decided that if they do not act according to the orders of the princes, it will bring danger to their lives.
Today's Xuzhou army recruits soldiers, Yanzhou is the same, the princes of the world from Lu Bu's order, feel the threat, once Lu Bu will Yanzhou and Xuzhou stabilized, how terrible it will be, Xuzhou is rich, although Yanzhou has gone through the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it is also stable at present, and even the Yellow Turban people in Yanzhou are panicked, even if their strength is strong, do they dare to compare with the army, seeing the arrival of the army, they can only flee, or become prisoners of the army,
It has to be said that Xuzhou and Yanzhou's measures against thieves and yellow turbans have also won a lot of fame for the two armies, and Lu Bu has gradually gained a certain prestige among the yellow turbans.
When dealing with the Yellow Turban, Lu Bu did not kill like other princes, after all, the Yellow Turban is a traitor to the court, and ordinary princes do not dare to blatantly accept it, otherwise, it will be criticized by the literati.
But this kind of influence doesn't seem to be anything to Lu Bu, after Lu Bu entered Xuzhou, he has been burdened with a lot of infamy, does he still care about the literati in this matter, do things according to his own intentions, and let the strength of his rule be more improved, which is what Lu Bu is pursuing.
Only after greater progress in one's own strength can one have a higher status among the princes.
The change in the situation has made the princes gradually see the truth clearly, without strong strength as a backing, they can only keep waving the flag and shouting.
Although Xuzhou's big move attracted the attention of the princes, more people turned their attention to the Yingchuan battlefield and the Jizhou battlefield.
After Yuan Shu's defeat on the battlefield in Xuzhou, he needed to face the attack of the Jingzhou army, which was a big crisis for Yuan Shu, if he couldn't get out of this crisis, he would lose more cities, which also made Yuan Shu's hatred for Liu Biao unbearable.
And the rivalry between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao has never stopped.
After Liu Biao learned the news that the Yanzhou army had seized Jiyin County and Chenliu County, although he scolded Lu Bu for being shameless, he sent additional troops and horses to Yingchuan, and now on the battlefield of Yingchuan, the number of Jingzhou troops has reached 60,000 people, and such an army is definitely something that Yuan Shu does not dare to ignore.
Liu Biao and Yuan Shu are both well-known figures among the princes for a long time, and Liu Biao has always been ignored because Liu Biao is neutral in the changes of the princes and does not participate in the war between the princes, but the defeat of Yuan Shu's army makes Liu Biao unable to hold back.
Just when Liu Biao was about to send troops and horses to capture Yingchuan and other cities in Yuzhou in one fell swoop, Sun Ce led an army of 5,000 to invade Jiangxia, which was quite powerful.
Liu Biao, who has the advantage, has to have more thinking, if he gives up attacking Yuan Shu, Liu Biao will not be reconciled, for this war, Liu Biao weighed the interests of all parties, which made the Jingzhou army dispatch, and after seizing the city under Yuan Shu, Liu Biao's influence in Jingzhou will be greater.
The feeling of being controlled by others is not good after all, Liu Biao doesn't want to have greater achievements, but the strength of the Jingzhou family is strong, and he can control it, balancing the interests of various families and gaining greater power from it, which is also the strategy that Liu Biao has been pursuing, from the current point of view, such a strategy, although it has advantages, there are many disadvantages.
The Jingzhou army did not retreat, but launched a fierce attack on Yang Zhai, where Ji Ling was stationed, and had the potential to seize Yingchuan in one fell swoop.
In addition, the Xuzhou army's invasion of Runan County restrained Yuan Shu's energy a lot, so that Yuan Shu did not dare to send more soldiers and horses to the Yingchuan battlefield.
Whether it is Yingchuan or Runan, now Yuan Shu can't afford to lose it, after the city is lost, his living space will be further compressed, at this time Yuan Shu hates the most is not Lu Bu, but the shameless Liu Biao.
It has nothing to do with interests, Lu Bu was able to occupy Peiguo and Liang Guo, but he defeated his army in a head-to-head battle, and Liu Biao made it clear that he was here to take advantage.
LĂź Bu gained the most benefits from the war, and the princes sent envoys one after another, even Gongsun Zhan was no exception.
Gongsun Chan was originally an ally of Yuan Shu, responsible for containing Yuan Shao for Yuan Shu, in the early stage, Lu Bu was also an ally of Yuan Shu, and the two sides had a certain relationship, but Gongsun Zhan's governance was too far away from Xuzhou, even if he wanted to contact Lu Bu, it was difficult.
Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and the imperial court sent envoys to Xuzhou one after another, and they wanted to make friends with this rising general in the Han Dynasty.
It is not uncommon for such things to happen among the princes, and the princes value interests, as for the true faithfulness, there may be something, but Lu Bu has not found it at present.
When the princes attack each other, they will also put a veil of righteousness in their behavior, which is also the usual method of the princes, and they can't directly send troops to attack other people's cities without saying anything.
Occupying the commanding heights of righteousness will still be of great help when conquest.
When Lu Bu's strength is strong and he has what the princes need, the princes will naturally send envoys one after another, and when Lu Bu is weak and they think it is profitable, they will show a hideous face.
These envoys, Lu Bu handed over to Jia Xu and others to be responsible, anyway, if these people come to have other things that a few people can't call the shots, just come to see him again, talk nonsense with the envoys of the princes, it is better to improve the strength of the officers and soldiers in the army.
When he was in Yanzhou, Lu Bu dealt with Yanzhou officials secretly dealing with officials under Yuan Shu, which made the wealthy families of Yanzhou and Xuzhou still quite admired, no matter who such a suggestion came from, after all, Lu Bu was still more cautious when dealing with the family, which is also the bearing that the monarch should have that the wealthy family needs.
After the incident in Yanzhou, many families showed their loyalty to Lu Bu, and they will dedicate their strength under Lu Bu's rule, in fact, Lu Bu did not discuss with the strategists under his rule when dealing with this matter, and the reason why he did this was also an inspiration, thinking of Cao Cao's approach in history.
What I didn't expect was that there was such a big gain.
However, Lu Bu remembered the matter in Yanzhou, not because the official had contacts with Yuan Shu, but because of the official's letters.