The death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was half a year ahead of schedule, Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing was also half a year ahead of schedule, and finally Cao Xing's entry into Beijing was a series of things, which imperceptibly accelerated the process of history, and the time of history has been disrupted, and now it is the end of 191 AD, but the struggle for hegemony has begun.

Cao Xuan had just obtained the land of the five cities of Yanmen County, but Che Wu sent one piece of information after another to Cao Xing, Cao Xuan saw this information, and his heart was also full of emotion, he was not the only one who was improving, and those people were progressing faster.

The first is Cao Xing's neighbor Yuan Shao, although Cao Xing caused some damage to Yuan Shao's rule, but this is harmless for Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao eventually ruled the entire Jizhou.

Speaking of Cao Cao's side, after the end of Dong Zhuo's crusade, Cao Cao returned to Chenliu, although Cao Cao was a little unambitious when he was in Luoyang, but then again, Cao Cao seems to have completed an amazing transformation.

Cao Cao returned to Chenliu, and immediately got the support of two local wealthy families, one is the Cao family, the other is the Xiahou family, although Cao Cao's surname is Cao, but he has a blood relationship with the Xiahou family, with the support of the two families, Cao Cao quickly raised troops in Chenliu.

It happened that in Yanzhou, there were a large number of Yellow Turban Army rebellion, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou at that time, was killed by the Yellow Turban Army in the chaos army, Cao Cao took the place left in the Yanzhou Assassin History, rectified the soldiers and horses, and began to clean up the Yellow Turban Army, this battle, Cao Cao fought quite beautifully, not only cleaned up the Yellow Turban Army, but even incorporated all these Yellow Turban Army for his own use, forming the famous Qingzhou Army in history.

Yuan Shu also occupies the territory of Runan, and the easternmost part of the Central Plains is Xuzhou, which is currently controlled by Tao Qian.

In the south, Jingzhou is controlled by Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, and Yizhou is controlled by Yizhou Mu Liu Yan.

In general, the trend of this period of history is still the same as before, but it is worth mentioning that a different trend has occurred in Jiangdong, that is, Sun Jian, the fierce tiger of Jiangdong, did not die because of this.

Because Cao Xing got the jade seal with the arrival, Sun Jian didn't get the jade seal, so he was naturally safe, but after returning to Jiangdong, Sun Jian also began to summarize his pros and cons, he could see that the Han Dynasty Mansion was about to fall, even if he turned the tide, he couldn't save it, and in the end, I would end up with no bones, so he didn't hesitate, and immediately used his appeal in Jiangdong to start a rapid army.

Sun Ce first set his sights on his hometown of Wu County, which is now under the control of Liu Xuan. However, Sun Jian found a reason, that is, Yan Baihu's father and son under Liu Miao were very restless, so he raised troops to clean up the two fathers and sons.

Sun Jian quickly formed his own forces in the area of Wu County, and now under his hands, there are not only loyal three generals, but also his son Sun Ce who emerged on the battlefield, and was called the little overlord of Jiangdong by the locals, so in the process of many princes competing for hegemony, Sun Jian can be said to be the most fierce on this road.

Although now the major heroes have their own territory, but since this is a troubled era, then it is destined to be unpeaceful, even if it has its own territory, it must be expanded externally, and the first restless person is Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao first contradicted Yuan Shu to the south of it. The two brothers have always been at odds, Yuan Shu has always coveted Yuan Shao's territory, and will take advantage of the fire to rob because of this, Yuan Shao naturally quit.

Yuan Shao also wanted to clean up his younger brother, but his relationship with his neighbor to the east was not good, and the east was Gongsun Zhan, the assassin of Youzhou, Gongsun Zhan had been fighting the haze in the north for a long time, and he could be regarded as a bloody person, and even when the Eastern Han Dynasty collapsed, he didn't care so much, he insisted on going his own way, and directly let himself ascend to the position of the assassin of Youzhou, and then for the orders of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was simply not to listen to the announcement.

Just a few days ago, Yuan Shao actually killed one of Gongsun Zhan's younger brothers, and Gongsun Chan was naturally furious and wanted to start a war with Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Chan also united Yuan Shu and others in the south, and even it is said that Karasuma in the north was ready to move, Yuan Shao saw this scene and immediately became anxious, but several of his strategists immediately suggested to Yuan Shao, why not unite with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao also immediately thought of it.

So Yuan Shao informed Cao Cao of this, Cao Cao thought for a moment and agreed, the reason why Cao Cao agreed was very simple, not because he had a friendship with Yuan Shao, but because Cao Cao also wanted to expand his territory, and secondly, since Yuan Shu got the jade seal, his relationship with the people around him has subtly undergone some changes.

The jade seal symbolizes the emperor and symbolizes the imperial power, although Yuan Shu is noble, but there are many people who disobey him. If it weren't for the fact that this is the period when the major heroes are competing for hegemony, it is estimated that he Yuan Shu will be targeted very badly.

However, Gongsun Zhan's arrangement was more than that, and in a trance he remembered Cao Xing, so he also sent his meaning to Cao Xing.

Gongsun Zhan asked Cao Xuan to send troops from the west to fight against Yuan Shao together, and divide Jizhou at that time.

Cao Xing smiled at this matter, but he still immediately started a military meeting and asked everyone to express their attitudes.

Chen Hu Zhongqi and other fierce generals didn't say a word, and immediately felt that this plan was feasible, and it was a pleasant thing to carve up Jizhou, and they also saw that this Yuan Shao was not pleasing to the eye, Yuan Shao had relied on his identity to oppress Cao Xing everywhere, and this time he just took revenge.

Cao Xing could only smile at the remarks of these militants, and finally looked at Jia Xu.

Jia Xu looked at Cao Xing staring at him with burning eyes, and he also smiled helplessly, knowing that he couldn't hide this time, so he finally offered his hand to Cao Xuan and asked, "Lord, have you ever thought about why Gongsun Zhan wants to unite with you!" ”

Cao Xuan only thought for a moment before replying, "Interests! ”

Although Cao Xuan did save Gongsun Chan before, Cao Xuan believed that compared with the grace of saving his life, Gongsun Chan cared more about the power in his hands, the troops in his hands, and the territory he could control, which was the true idea of the people who divided one side.

"Then the lord thinks that if you cooperate with Gongsun Chan and others, what is the possibility that you can get this level of benefits!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing fell into deep contemplation, carving up Jizhou, what a big temptation this is, his Cao Xing's heart is also pounding, even if the interests are great, no matter how strong the temptation is, then you must keep your heart, if you die for the sake of interests, then it really makes no sense.

In the end, Cao Xing shook his head, he was really not sure that he could win Yuan Shao, after all, Yuan Shao's foundation was too thick compared to his Cao Xing, Yuan Shao's subordinates had four major strategists, Hebei Siting Zhu, and even Ju Yi and other fierce generals, anyway, Cao Xing can't be compared now.

If it is said that Gongsun Zhan united many people to wage war against Yuan Shao, there may be a certainty of victory, but now that Cao Cao is also involved, and Cao Cao has made it clear this time that he is joining forces with Yuan Shao, with the skills of Yuan Shu and Tao Qian, how can he beat Cao Cao.

Therefore, Cao Xing is not very optimistic about their alliance this time. In the end, Jia Xu also named one thing to everyone, that is, why Cao Xuan did not bring the entire Yanmen County under his rule, but left the three most remote county seats.

It's not that Xu Shu doesn't have the ability to take it, but Cao Xing asked him to keep it on purpose, and after the three county seats, it will be Jizhou, so Cao Xing regards those three county towns as a buffer for him and Yuan Shao. Therefore, Cao Xing's subconscious in his heart may also feel that it is purely impossible to compete with Yuan Shao at this moment.

The generals were also silent after hearing this, their strength was not as good as Yuan Shao, maybe this time they could only watch this piece of fat run away from their mouths, but someone still stood up and said unconvinced.

"Mr. Wenhe, you also know that Yuan Shao's dog thief is against my eldest brother everywhere, if he waits for it to develop, it will definitely become my eldest brother's henchmen, and then it will not be us who will trouble him, but he will take the initiative to find us trouble, do we have to watch him Yuan Shao continue to grow this time!"

However, when Jia Xu heard this, he smiled, glanced at everyone, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and then said: "General Chen Hu is right, our current strength is not comparable to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao has at least 100,000 mercenaries, and we only have a little more than 20,000, but this time, we can adopt the strategy of fighting without fighting, and fighting without fighting!" ”

Hearing this, all the generals glanced at Jia Xu with some suspicion, and Cao Xing looked at Jia Xu's eyes with a glimmer of light, Jia Xu's strategy may have come from Sun Bin in the Warring States Period.

In general, Sun Bin's plan was to let his country take the greatest advantage, and whether it was his enemies or allies, they all suffered great losses, seeing this, Cao Xing couldn't help but smile, this old fox is really poisonous.

Jia Xu looked at Cao Xuan and understood what he meant, and also smiled, then pointed to the map with his finger and said, "Since the lord has already decided, it is not appropriate to start a war with Yuan Shao at this moment anyway, so why doesn't the lord cast his eyes elsewhere!" ”

With a stroke of his finger, Jia Xu pointed to the west of Bianyun County, and seeing this, a bright light rose in the eyes of many people.

At this moment, Cao Xing couldn't help but stand up and applaud Jia Xu, he discussed it with the generals again, and finally made a decision. It was implemented according to Jia Xu's strategy, weakening Yuan Shao while strengthening himself.