Yuan Yao walked out of the door, took an ordinary three-pointed two-edged knife at random on the school field of Yuan Mansion, and began to practice the knife technique given to him by Professor Ji Ling.

Now the four years of Chuping have passed, the new year has arrived, last year, Yuan Shu side of the big moves, in Xuzhou and Jingzhou two-pronged, not only won the Jingzhou seven counties in addition to Jiangxia County other six counties, but also took advantage of the Xuzhou rebellion to seize the three counties of Xiapi, Guangling, Pengcheng in one fell swoop. Although Lu Bu, who had helped Yuan Shu take Xiangyang, eventually left Yuan Shu, Yuan Yao brought a Huang Zhong who was not inferior to Lu Bu in strength, and Gao Cang, a young general of Qu A who was not recorded in the history books, joined, and the top powerhouse on Yuan Shu's side was not weakened much.

When the New Year came, Yuan Shu appointed Huang Zhong, Ji Ling, Xu Chu, Gao Cang, and Yuan Yao as the generals under his command in order to win over Huang Zhong and reward his subordinates; Immediately afterwards, Chen Dao, Xia Houlan, Wen Ping, and Sha Moke were appointed as captains, and Niu Jin, Xing Daorong and others also got the position of military commander.

After such a reward, Yuan Shujun's military morale was stable, and his morale was greatly boosted. Many generals who received the reward were happy in their hearts, and they were naturally more loyal to Yuan Shu, while the generals who did not receive the reward also held their breath, planning to win more military merits in the big war that would break out later, so as to get Yuan Shu's appreciation.

Yuan Shu since the dissolution of the Eighteenth Road Princes Dong Alliance, the development is smooth sailing, first to Nanyang, then to take Yuzhou, and then the troops to the Quartet, successively attacked Jingzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and the results are also very remarkable, Jingzhou except Jiangxia County has all fallen into the hands of Yuan Shu, Yuan Yao is to lead Wuxi Man out of the 100,000 mountains, Jingnan four counties increased a lot of population, but also for Yuan Shu to provide a large number of high-quality soldiers.

In the realm of Yanzhou, Chen Zhi originally only occupied half of Chenliu County, but after Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, he used Jibei and Mount Tai as the foundation to fight with Lu Bu, even if the weather was cold, the war between the two could not be extinguished, and as the weather warmed up, the intensity of the battle between Cao Cao and Lu Bu would obviously go to a higher level. The battle between Cao Cao and Lu Bu also made Lu Bu focus most of his attention on Cao Cao, and he had a lot less defense for Chen Zhi, and after Du Raid went to Chen Dao's side, it made Chen Zhi a lot bolder in using troops, and finally designed by Du Raid and implemented by Chen Zhi, and when Lu Bu and Cao Cao were fighting, they quickly captured Chen Liujun.

By the time Lü Bu learned the news that Chen Liujun had been captured and occupied by Chen Zhi, the wood was already in the boat, unless Lü Bu wanted to erect Yuan Shu, a strong enemy, while fighting Cao Cao, Lü Bu could only acquiesce to the fact that Chen Liujun was in the hands of Yuan Shu. Of course, Lu Bu didn't do anything to Chen Liu now because of the situation, as long as he eased up, he would definitely not swallow his anger. Of course, neither Chen Zhi nor Du Raid was too afraid of Lu Bu. Although Lu Bu's strength can be called unparalleled in the world, Yuan Shujun's side is not without people who can compete with Lu Bu.

Huang Zhong Huang Hansheng, in the battle of Xiangyang City, Huang Zhong drew with Lu Bu with the strength of one person, and was known as the fierce general second only to Lu Bu in the world. And now this fierce general is even more under the command of Yuan Shu, and there is a special technique given by Yuan Yao for the blood black bloodline, the Blood Yang Heavenly Gong, which solves the problem of Huang Xu's bloodline mutation, so that Huang Zhong is loyal to Yuan Shu's side, and there is no possibility of betrayal.

It was precisely because of such confidence, and because Lu Bu and Cao Cao were fighting fiercely and were unable to take care of Chen Liu, that Du Xi and Chen Zhi would act quickly and take the land of Chen Liu's county into their hands. When the news that Chen Liujun was completely taken over reached Yuan Shu's ears, Yuan Shu even sent a lot of rewards to Chen Zhi and Du Xi.

The last time Yuan Shu led his troops to attack Yanzhou, he finally failed due to various factors, so that Yuan Shu was always angry, and now Chen Zhi and Du Raid took the entire territory of Chenliu County, Yuan Shu was extremely happy. Although Chen Zhi and Du Shu acted on their own initiative and did not ask Yuan Shu for advice, as long as the final result was achieved, Yuan Shu would not care about these problems at all.

Yuan Shu is a person who attaches great importance to results, for him, all he needs is a result, as for what process is needed to get this result, what price needs to be paid, Yuan Shu doesn't care at all. As long as the goal is achieved, Yuan Shu will not care about the result. Of course, if the goal is not achieved, it will inevitably attract the wrath of Yuan Shu.

The five counties of Xuzhou, in the chaotic war of the five princes of Xuzhou last year, Yuan Shu and Liu Bei had the last laugh, Yuan Shu captured the three counties of Xiapi, Guangling and Pengcheng, and Liu Bei occupied the land of the two counties of Donghai and Langya. At the end of last year, due to the weather, Yuan Shu and Liu Bei did not start the battle lightly. However, neither Yuan Shu nor Liu Bei left Xuzhou, and as the weather warmed up, Yuan Shujun and Liu Beijun were also constantly in friction on the edge of the two forces, and there seemed to be a big war.

However, these are not very important to Yuan Yao, the current Yuan Shu forces can be said to have entered a stage of steady development, Jingzhou in the south can not fight for the time being, it is impossible to start a war in the west, Cao Cao and Lu Bu in the north are in full swing, so they will not provoke Yuan Shu, the only one who can fight is Xuzhou in the east, but Yuan Shu and Liu Bei are rational at this time to suppress the impulse, although the skirmishes continue, but Yuan Shu and Liu Bei will not take the initiative to attack until they find a suitable opportunity.

Now this situation is the best situation for Yuan Shu's side, in the last year, Yuan Shu's side won a lot of turf, and now it needs enough time to take these turf into control and turn potential into strength. Yuan Shu's side only needs to be able to digest these territories, and his strength can definitely increase by a few points.

Although the population of the four counties of Jingnan is not large, as long as they can educate the Wuxi barbarians, a mountain combat corps will not be a problem, and they can prepare for Yuan Shu's side to attack Yizhou, Jiaozhou and southern Yangzhou in the future. Xuzhou is the hinterland of the Central Plains, which can be said to be a place where soldiers must fight, with a large population and a large grain output.

At the time when the princes of the world were making their own moves, Yuan Shu's side did not make a big move for the time being, but began to govern the place with the efforts of many ministers under Yuan Shu's command, it is worth saying that under Yuan Yao's suggestion, Zao Yi has begun to study Tuntian, and it is estimated that it will not be long before Zao Yi can study the results. This is also good news for Yuan Shu's side.