In the spring of the first year of Jian'an, the princes of the world actually still had the last trace of rationality left in addition to the riots on all fronts.

In fact, the diplomacy and planning during the spring ploughing period show that they put the large-scale military action of the real troops after the spring ploughing...... Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are like this, Gongsun Xun and Gongsun Zan are like this, and so are Liu Biao and Liu Bei.

Especially Liu Xuande, whose soldiers and horses are 3,000 Danyang recruits, and Tao Qian is faintly behind to provide money and food, obviously there is a chance to attack Jiujiang, but he still stopped on the bank of the Huai River and took the initiative to go to Chang'an, which is not only a political statement, but also considering that spring ploughing is imminent, and he is unwilling to use full-time soldiers to destroy the most basic agricultural production in Jiujiang.

In all fairness, how could this kind of person, even if it was a Jiujiang person who was about to be hostile to him, not like it? Not to mention Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu, whose position is already biased. Seeing that Liu Bei could not move lightly on the bank of the Huai River, he gave up his plan to take refuge in Jiangdong, and instead took the initiative to stay in Fuli to take care of Liu Bei's rear.

And Zhang Zhao is a first-class celebrity in Xuzhou, and since he voted for Liu Bei, he attracted scholars from Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou and other places to face up to Liu Yuzhou, who only has six counties.

However, the scholars were always habitually hesitant and cautious, which was in stark contrast to the vigorous and resolute style of the warriors.

As early as the end of the spring ploughing, the messenger was endless, the Wei general Gongsun Xun was the dominant family in Chang'an, his position was clear, the posture was decisive, and he simply vetoed the 'mediation' suggestion of some courtiers, and directly issued a decree from Shangshutai in the name of the little emperor to order the world - Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are called Hanchen, which are actually Han thieves.

In other words, it is not the first time that the central center has wanted Er Yuan, Dong Zhuo has also been wanted, and now the area and population directly ruled by Er Yuan together are one-third of the world, and it is not impossible to squint and brag about pulling Yangzhou into half of the world, so no one expects this imperial decree to be really.

But then again, General Wei Gongsun Xun is not Dong Zhuo's kind of person who relied on mutiny to rise to power, nor is he particularly brutal enough to shake the hearts of the people in the world, on the contrary, he is a hero who is a hero of Dong and an auxiliary general who is well known in the world, so he can dispatch the influence of the remnants of the Han family...... And in this world, although in fact the heroes are divided, everyone is still theoretically a courtier of the Han family, and they want to use the name of the Han family to do things; Moreover, there are still a large number of loyal ministers and scholars who are deeply influenced by Confucianism in this world; At the same time, many grassroots officials and people do not understand the overall situation, but they know the meaning of the word holy decree.

Therefore, as soon as the edict came out, not to mention Yuan Shu, even Yuan Shao had clearly appointed the local governor in person, and imitated Gongsun Xun to design the shogunate of the chariot general, but there were still many people who were unwilling to take on the word Han thief, and they went to the wilderness one after another.

Not against, but not involved.

However, putting aside these middle- and lower-class influences, for those who understand, it is the Gongsun clan and the Yuan clan, the Northland coalition army and the Kwantung coalition army, who are finally asking Dong to completely tear off their faces and break openly!

In fact, with the issuance of the edict, Er Yuan also began to publicly release the list text, accusing Gongsun Xun and Gongsun Chan of being traitors, and Gongsun Clan's plot to take the Han family instead, and called on the people of the world to fight against Gongsun's family.

Of course, this is also nonsense, and how can those neutral and powerful people, such as Tao Qian, Liu Yan and others, do anything because of a letter? People like them, if they really want to be more particular, why didn't they send troops when they were fighting Dong in the first place?

Dong Zhuo's scourge and rape are comparable to Gongsun Xun? Dong Zhuo's threat is not greater than that of Gongsun Xun? In the past, he didn't ask for Dong, but today he asks for his grandson?

Why, isn't this nonsense?!

In fact, even Liu Biao was only because his territory was close to Nanyang, so he couldn't mediate with Yuan Shu, so he had to participate passively.

But in any case, whether it is passive or active, in the spring of the first year of Jian'an, with the public break between Gongsun Xun and Er Yuan, if you put aside Jiaozhou, which is too far away, and Tao Qian and Liu Yan, who have no choice but to make a muffled gourd, then the posture of the two camps in the world is actually very obvious:

On one side are Er Yuan and their vassal princes such as Sun Jian, Cao Cao, and Han Fu; On one side are Gongsun Xun, Liu Biao, Gongsun Zhan, plus Liu Bei, Liu Chong, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others...... Of course, Ma Teng Han Sui couldn't be counted on, just like Yuan Shao never counted on Han Fu.

So, as soon as the spring ploughing ended, from Hebei to the Central Plains and then to Jingxiang, the peasants who were still working hard in the fields one moment were immediately recruited from the fields the next moment and became strong men, auxiliary soldiers, and even front-line combat troops; Earlier, the little grain that these peasants had harvested last autumn had been re-taken out and reused into military rations after only a few months in the government treasury. Then, the last remaining arsenals of the Han Empire were opened, and weapons and ordnance were distributed; The goods of the various states and counties were also pooled and distributed to the soldiers and generals as rewards to boost morale.

For a time, on the fronts that stretched for thousands of miles but were intertwined, the flames of war immediately replaced the previous beacon smoke.

Among them, Sun Jian's troops may have been the fastest to start the action this year, and the most fruitful - the reason is simple, at the end of February, as soon as he sent out his troops, he killed Liu Chong, the king of Chen, surrendered almost the entire military force of Chen, and captured the entire territory of Chen.

The experience of this battle is extremely simple, and there is not much to say.

First of all, although Liu Chong, the king of Chen, was the only prince and king in the late Han Dynasty who was ambitious and really became powerful, and he was a recognized marksman, after all, he lacked military experience and did not have a real combat experience in his life...... You must know that when Liu Chong was discussing Dong among the princes, he also wanted to lead troops north to the west, but in the end he only made a circle around Chen State, and then came back without a fight. In the same way, his subordinates are the same, although Chen Guo is densely populated, the fields are abundant, and the military resources are also large, but after all, he has never seen blood.

Such a person, such an army, even if it is 20,000 against 10,000, it is naturally not the opponent of Sun Jian and his old subordinates who climbed out of the bloody Hainan Expedition to the North.

And more importantly, just when King Chen led his troops to the west and came to Chenting on the border of Chen and Yingchuan, bad news suddenly came from the rear - with Liu Chong's tacit understanding, Luo Jun, the prime minister of Chen Guo, who can be called another giant in the country, was actually assassinated!

There was a decisive battle in front, and the prime minister was dead in the back, Liu Chong panicked and immediately retreated, trying to lead his troops back to Chen County, and then regrouped with his back to the national capital...... But who is Sun Wentai? Without hesitation, he immediately seized the fighter plane, ordered the whole army to attack at the tail of it, and at the same time, he personally led a thousand old soldiers to cross the Weishui from the upper reaches, and took advantage of the time when the other party crossed the river to rush Liu Chong's flank.

Liu Pet's 20,000 recruits, on the way to retreat and halfway crossing, encountered both pursuit and flank attacks, of course, they were defeated, and Liu Pet himself was killed by stray arrows in the chaos.

The battle situation was like this, the king and Xiang both died, and Lang Zhongling, who was directly under King Chen, also died on the battlefield, so on the second day of the first month of March, when Sun Jian's army drove to the city of Chenxian County, Chen Wang Fu Han Tuo simply went out of the city in person, bowed his head, called the general, and led the people to surrender.

Han Tuo was very old, and he was a famous man in Hebei, Sun Jian was pleasantly surprised, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he personally dismounted to help each other and escorted the other party into the city all the way, looking extremely respectful.

However, what was even more surprising was that after entering the city, Han Tuo personally led the other party to a place despite his old age.

"General, please see." As the local officials opened the door of a place with trembling, Han Tuo entered without hurrying, but pointed to a building in front of him that covered a huge area and said calmly. "There are 200,000 stones of grain, more than 5,000 bows and crossbows, and no less than 100,000 arrows...... I don't understand anything else, just food, if you save some use, it could have supported King Chen's army of 20,000 for more than a year. ”

Sun Jian was naturally pleasantly surprised...... It must be known that after separating from Cao Cao and Liu Bei, he was in Henan Xianshi before, and he was ready to defeat Duan Xuan to capture Luoyang, but after Gongsun Xun completed the discussion of Dong, Duan Xuan became a subordinate of the imperial court and General Wei, and the Yuzhou assassin history expressed by Yuan Shu had no choice but to retreat to Yingchuan.

However, whether it is Henan or Yingchuan, as one of the largest battlefields before, the so-called agricultural production has basically been abandoned.

And now, he suddenly got 200,000 stone of grain, how could he not like it?!

In fact, not to mention Sun Jian, even Huang Gai, Zu Mao, Zhu Zhi, Jiang Qin, Sun Jing, and Wu Jing were also overjoyed.

However, in addition to the excitement, Sun Jian, who has always been high-spirited and arrogant on weekdays, did not show his surprise this time, and he actually turned around and bowed to Han Tuo again, and said sincerely: "Han Gong's kindness is really unforgettable." ”

"Does the general also know the Analects?" Han Tuo, who was already full of white hair, was stunned for a moment when he saw this. "Do you know what it means to be toothless?"

The person replied, not mocking at all, but really surprised...... But it was precisely this that made Sun Jian's cronies around him extremely angry.

But I don't know why, Sun Wentai, who has never been afraid of heaven and earth, still didn't get angry this time, but continued to behave politely and speak humbly.

"It's too Fu to misunderstand." Sun Jian smiled helplessly. "Although he was born in the army in his early years, he has been from the county to the county for more than ten years, from Sima to Taishou, and finally to become a general and assassin history...... In the past ten years, although he has not treated the classics, how can he really not read and know etiquette at all? ”

Han Tuo let out a long sigh when he heard this, but he folded his hands and faced each other: "Since General Sun claims to be a scholar and a scholar, then there is something to ask for ...... below."

Sun Jian's whole body shook almost visibly, and the whole person became nervous: "Guofu, please speak." ”

"These 200,000 stone grains are actually not my credit at all, I am just a country master who reads and writes poems on weekdays." Han Tuo said with a straight face outside the granary. "How can you covet the merits of heaven for yourself? It's ......"

"I know." Sun Jian hurriedly stepped forward and replied. This is the credit of Chen Guoxiang, Luo Jun, and Luo Xiaoyuan...... Luo Xiaoyuan is a member of the Huiji, I am a native of Fuchun, Wu County, although it is a neighboring county, and I have never met, but the two are only separated by a Zhejiang, and they have been known to each other for a long time. But I don't want to ......."

"Don't say these words, general." Han Tuo suddenly interrupted the other party. "You know it's Luo Xiaoyuan's credit, I have something to ask for."

Sun Jian immediately sneered: "Guofu, please speak." ”

"Since Prime Minister Luo is dead, it is useless to say more." Han Tuo said expressionlessly. "And he originally had a son and a daughter, and the son died young, and now he has only one daughter to raise, but he is only eleven years old this year, and he ...... with his mother."

"I'll raise it." Sun Jian hurriedly spoke. "I will marry his mother, and I must raise his orphan daughter to become an adult and marry a good family."

"Kill his father, take his kingdom, marry his wife, and raise his daughter?" Han Tuo suddenly asked rhetorically. "The general thinks this is a kindness?"

Sun Jian and the others were all angry, because according to custom, this was indeed kindness.

However, Sun Wentai stopped his subordinates again: "What does the national master think he should do?" ”

"My nephew Han Rui is the same door of General Wei and Liu Yuzhou, so he is quite important under General Wei, and he has just recently been appointed as the Chang'an Order, and I want to send my family to send Luo Xiang's widow and daughter to Chang'an via Luoyang...... Please send troops to escort you. Han Tuo replied slowly.

Sun Jian lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Is the national master so trusting me?" Actually, not only is it Luo Jun's bereaved family, but the Guofu wants to leave, and I have nothing to say......"

"It doesn't have to be." Han Tuo shook his head. "If I had arrived in the past, I would have liked to leave the Central Plains and go to Chang'an to find my nephew to live and retire, but if there is chaos today, the lord of the country is dead, and the minister of the country is also dead, as the only two thousand stones in the country, unless I die, how can I leave without an edict?"

Sun Jian had no choice but to bow his head: "Actually, Yuyuan Pass is now in the hands of Yin Duan Xuan, Henan, and it is only five hundred miles away...... The national master asked his family to take Luo Jun's bereaved family to the other place, and I led a team of cavalry to escort it personally, and I could enter the customs on the 20th in the morning and evening, and I could get a reply in a month, how about it? ”

Han Tuo bowed slightly, but simply turned around with some officials and said goodbye.

As soon as the person left, Zhu Zhi frowned and arched his hand in the storage gate: "Junhou, his people are obviously resentful, at first they were okay when they asked to surrender outside the city gate, but later they couldn't suppress it at all...... It is better to quickly dismiss him, and pass on the general to appoint a trustworthy person as the minister of state. ”

"It is certain to pass on the book to Nanyang." Sun Jian's face was gloomy. "But now that King Chen and Chen Xiang have all died, but the two are compatible, and they are always supported by the country, if I remove this national master again...... How to clean up people's hearts here? ”

Zhu Zhi sighed when he heard this: "Actually, Junhou, I wanted to tell you before, but I didn't have time to march too fast...... These two things are not trivial, King Chen is the first prince of the Liu family to die after Dong Zhuo's rebellion; And Luo Jun's matter is even worse to the extreme, where is there anyone who pretends to be a guest to visit, and then suddenly kills him with a knife in the middle of the banquet? What kind of thing is this, there is such a thing in the world?! ”

Sun Jian became more and more angry, but he was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to deal with it.

"It's not the prince's fault." Seeing this, Wu Jing hurriedly interjected to persuade him. "King Chen is that he has to go into battle in person, so that he dies in the middle of the arrow; This Luo Jun was originally from Jiangdong Township, and the prince was still counting on him as a helper, and no one wanted him to die...... It was Yuan Shu who sent someone to kill him. ”

"Let's not talk about it." Sun Jianqiang suppressed his depression and asked Zhu Zhi helplessly. "Junli, do you think Luo Jun should I go and worship there?"

"It's better not to mention it again at this time, and it's better to pretend not to have it." Zhu Zhi persuaded reluctantly. "Do what you have to do...... Otherwise, people will think that this is what the prince did! ”

"What if I bring the head of the Assassin to worship Luo Jun?" Sun Jian gritted his teeth. "Didn't he wait for a reward with a dozen or so companions in the south of the city?"

"Then it's even more unwashable." Zhu Zhi was also helpless. "And the assassin is the one of the generals, if he kills ......"

Sun Jian couldn't help sneering, but he aimed his eyes at Zu Mao on his side, Zu Darong was stunned for a moment, and then he woke up, and immediately took the knife away.

"Prince." Zhu Zhi was extremely helpless.

"I only kill people, and I don't make a noise or worship." The Jiangdong tiger waved weakly, but he aimed his eyes at the huge storage area in front of him, and calmed down a little. "Just do what you say, what should you do!"

Zhu Zhi and the others hurriedly bowed their heads.

However, before everyone could raise their heads, they heard Sun Jian sneering: "But that's the case, and the next thing is embarrassing...... Chen Guo is playing too fast, I haven't figured out how to deal with Meng De yet! But the Liang country is in front of him. ”

At this moment, Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi, Jiang Qin and others were also silent.

However, it turned out that Sun Wentai was not prepared, but Cao Mengde, who lost Yuan Shao's blessing and fell into a desperate situation, was already prepared.

On the fourth day of the fall of Chen County, that is, on the sixth day of the first month of March, Cao Cao sent a letter from Liang State in the northwest.

"On that day, the teeth on the mountain were clearly ordered, the elder brother was two months, so the king was the brother, I was the younger brother, and now the sword soldiers met each other, and the younger brother had to retreat and give up, with the old grace."

In other words, the Liang State has a large population, but that is because it is located in the core of the Central Plains, but it is a standard small country in terms of area...... It is likely that the meaning of his people is to retreat behind Suishui, which crosses the Liang State, and defend Suiyang, the capital of the Liang State.

In this regard, Sun Jian did not think so, and made it clear to his cronies that he thought that this was Cao Cao's plan to delay the army and suspect the army, if he really believed it, then if his heart was shaken and stopped here, he naturally did not need to mention it; It is a rapid march, and maybe with the other party's military experience, he will also take advantage of his light troops to come in and ambush.

In short, Sun Jian's meaning is obvious, leave this letter alone, according to the original plan, and push it into Liang Guo without hurry. As for the back of the letter, Cao Cao asked him to pay tribute to Luo Xiaoyuan in small characters, so Sun Wentai pretended not to see it.

But five days later, on March 11, as Sun Jian personally raised an army of 30,000 to cross the border between Chen and Liang, he and his subordinates were shocked to find that there was really not a single soldier in the southwestern half of Liang.

From the famous city of Yan County to Yangliangju and Gushu County, which are famous for their wealth on the edge of Suishui, there are no soldiers...... Within five or six days, half of the Liang Kingdom was almost given by Cao Cao to his 'brother' Sun Jian. Even the Malay newspaper did not even guard Cao Cao, the northernmost county of Peiguo, and Cao Cao's own father Cao Song Cao Taiwei and Cao Cao's brother Cao Dechun went directly to Suiyang after ploughing.

Of course, Sun Wentai, who has already come to Suishui, doesn't bother to care about these things, because Suiyang is right in front of him.

"Cao Mengde is also a person who has been with General Wei for a long time and experienced the battle array." Sun Jian immediately stood in Suishui and looked at Suiyang Jiancheng, which could be seen from afar on the opposite bank, and sighed for a while. "In terms of the art of war, he was absolutely right to retreat...... First, I am naturally arrogant; Second, he knew that his troops were weak and few, so instead of fighting with me in the field, it was better to use Suishui as a line of defense and stick to Suiyang City; Third, he deliberately asked me to lengthen the supply in order to consume my soldiers' rations...... It's just that he doesn't know that I got 200,000 stone of grain in Chen Kingdom, and I can't eat it all. Therefore, I can cross the river from the upper and lower reaches, without hurry or slow, attack other places in the Liang Kingdom, and finally calmly besiege the city. ”

The surrounding generals naturally laughed and agreed.

And after some laughter, Wu Jing couldn't help but ask: "That is the case, Junhou, when will I cross the river?" ”

Sun Jian hesitated slightly: "And send out a sentry to see where the upstream and downstream defenses are missing, so that it is convenient to cross the river." ”

The surrounding generals will naturally lead the way.

However, it was only two days, and before the middle of March had passed, it was clear that Ningling, where Xiahouyuan was stationed in the upstream, was used as a base to conduct inspections, but because there was no stronghold in the downstream, Xiahouyuan could only lead a small number of cavalry to patrol hard in Suiyang.

In other words, Sun Wentai could already easily order the river crossing. In fact, after a little hesitation, he ordered Jiang Qin to divide his troops of 3,000 to build a pontoon bridge downstream and cross the river to erect a fortification.

However, at this moment, Sun Jing, who was supervising the transportation of grain in the rear, suddenly arrived, and his people were embarrassed, and at the same time brought a prisoner with a lot of flowers.

"How dare you bind Han Fu?" Sun Jian was furious.

"Brother!" Sun Jing knelt and kowtowed, panting, but her eyes were bloodshot and resentful. "Ask yourself what this old thief has done?!"

Sun Jian was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Han Tuo who was thrown to the ground.

"What can be done?" Han Tuo, who had white hair, was tied up and thrown on the ground in the camp by five flowers, and there were still scars on his body, but he didn't care at all at this time. "But I just want to live up to people."

——————I'm not living up to the dividing line——————

"Brave and resolute, lonely and slight, leading the temperature and killing Zhuo, the mountains and tombs, there is loyalty and strength." - "Dictionary". Yan Pei Song's note

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