Chapter 233 Yuan Highway Quanke Yangzhou Cao Mengde was shocked to learn the secret
Wu Jing knew that Wanling was about to lose, so he didn't stay at all, and hurried all the way to Wanling, but he muttered in his heart that Wanling could hold on for a while!
During the march, Wu Jing did not see the defeated soldiers and fleeing people, so he relaxed a little and waited for the time when he had just passed Wuhu.
Finally, after ten days of forced marching, Wu Jing finally rushed to Wanling City, but saw that a tragic battle was being staged on Wanling City, so Wu Jing did not pause at all, but led the army to kill the soldiers besieging Wanling City!
However, things were not as Wu Jing thought, when Liang Gang saw Wu Jing's army coming, he directly commanded the 20,000 troops out of the city to prepare to meet Wu Jing!
When Wu Jing killed Liang Gang's army, Liang Gang had already prepared and fought directly with Wu Jing's army.
Originally, Wu Jing had an army of 60,000, and Liang Gang only had an army of 20,000, and the whole battle should be turned to Wu Jing on one side, but unfortunately, Wu Jing's 60,000 troops were sleepy and lacking, and their combat effectiveness could not be half exerted, so Liang Gang could not resist it!
When the two armies were fighting, the ground remembered the rumbling sound, five miles away, a cavalry of more than 10,000 was rushing to kill, and Wu Jing had no chance to withdraw from the battlefield before being broken in by the cavalry!
It turned out that the army led by Ji Ling did not go far at all, but lurked in a large forest thirty miles outside Wanling City, and after the scout reported that Wu Jing led the army to play Wanling City, Ji Ling led the army to kill Wu Jinghou's army!
In this way, Wu Jing was attacked from both sides, even if he had a numerical advantage, how could he be an opponent, after a day of fighting, Wu Jing's army was finally defeated!
Wu Jing was captured alive, 30,000 of the 60,000 army were killed, and the remaining 30,000 were all captured!
Originally, Wu Jingwangtu used 60,000 troops to fight against Yuan Shu's 200,000 army by the riverside, but in the end he was defeated by Ji Ling's 60,000 army!
Since Ji Ling won, he took Wu Jing and a group of prisoners into custody, and then ordered Liang Gang and other young generals to divide Jing County, Lingyang and other counties in the southwest of Danyang County!
And Ji Ling himself personally led 15,000 cavalry to garrison Wanling City, waiting for Yuan Shu's army to arrive!
Five days later, Yuan Shu led the army to Wanling County safely, and was overjoyed to see that Ji Ling defeated Wu Jing and captured Wanling City!
Then Yuan Shu sent his troops to take the northeast of Danyang County and other counties, and half a month later, the entire Danyang County was completely mastered by Yuan Shu!
Yuan Shu has Danyang County, and Danyang County borders Huiji County, so Yuan Shu can't wait to send Yan Xiang to envoy Zhong Xuan, wanting to bring Huiji County under his rule!
Originally, Yuan Shu thought that there would be ups and downs in this guild, but Yan Xiang's second envoy was extremely smooth, Zhong Xuan learned that Yuan Shu wanted to hand over Huiji County, and he did not stop it at all, and directly comprehended that the officials and soldiers of Ji County left Huiji County!
And Yan Xiang hurriedly reported to Yuan Shu, and then Yuan Shu ordered Ji Ling to lead 80,000 troops and 15,000 cavalry to settle in Huiji County, and at the same time appointed Yan Xiang as the Taishou of Huiji County to govern Huiji County!
At this time, Yuan Shu sat on the land of four counties, and nearly 300,000 soldiers under his command, so the trend of swallowing Yangzhou has been achieved, so after that, Yuan Shu ordered Ji Ling and Zhang Xun to lead an army of 50,000 to capture Wu County.
However, Wu County Taishou Shengxian learned that Yuan Shu led an army of 100,000 to attack him, and the entire Wu County had no natural danger to defend, so he did not wait for the army to kill the county, so he raised the flag and surrendered to Yuan Shu.
Therefore, Yuan Shu basically took Wu County bloodlessly! After training the soldiers and horses of Wu County, Yuan Shu ordered Chen Lan, Lei Pu, Li Feng, and Liang Ji to lead an army of 30,000 troops each to attack Yuzhang County.
Yuzhang County guarded Zhang Xun, but did not surrender without a fight as Shengxian generally, but moved the county to Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao! However, to Zhang Xun's surprise, Liu Biao was willing to accept Zhang Xun and his soldiers and soldiers, but he was unwilling to ask for Yuzhang County!
In the end, Yuan Shu was helpless and led 20,000 elites under his command to the west into Liu Biao's Jingzhou land!
In this regard, although Yuan Shu said something on the surface, his hatred with Liu Biao increased a lot!
In this way, after almost eight months, Yuan Shu seized the entire Yangzhou with an absolute superiority in troops!
It's just that because the people of Huiji County were migrated a lot by Zhong Xuan, Yuan Shu also migrated a lot of people from Yuzhang County, Wu County and other counties!
Then, under the advice of Yang Hong and Yan Xiang, who were the masterminds, Yuan Shu was not in a hurry to become the emperor, but worked hard!
At this time, it was close to the end of 196 AD, and in this year, Cao Cao held the Son of Heaven hostage to Xu Du, so he changed the name of the country to the first year of Jian'an!
Similarly, in this year, Yuan Shao in the north seized the land of Jizhou and the two counties of Jizhou through a hard battle; Gongsun Zan of the Northeast won the land of Youzhou, and followed Liu Bei's advice to prepare to target Goguryeo and Buyeo;
Cao Cao eventually controlled the Son of Heaven and the whole of Yanzhou; Yuan Shu grabbed the jade seal of the country and the land of Yangzhou;
Liu Bei exchanged war horses and Huiji County for Nanyang and Wuguan, and obtained the convenience of going out of the customs to fight, and at the same time pacified the civil strife in Kening Prefecture and appeased the people in the great drought!
Although Liu Biao, Sun Ce, and Liu Zhang did not expand their territory, they were thriving in their territory, and their national strength was much stronger than that of several other princes!
At this time, in the whole world, a lot of princes have been eliminated, only Qingzhou is still in a state of princes!
The entire Han world formed a form of division by nine princes, including Liu Bei, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Zhang Lu!
On this day, in General Cao Cao's mansion, Cheng Yu walked inward with a frightened face!
"Why is Zhongde in such a hurry! What is it that alarms you so much? Cao Cao asked!
"Lord, the scout came to report that after Yuan Shu captured Danyang County, he only sent a messenger to Huiji County to say that Zhong Xuan gave up Huiji County, and Zhong Xuan did not become Yuan Shu's subordinates, but led the people and soldiers into Jiaozhou!
A certain combination of Xun You, Zhong Xuan, and Xi Zhong followed Liu Bei; Yuan Shu gave up Nanyang County without a fight, and he felt that Xi Zhong and Zhong Xuan must be Liu Bei's subordinates, and now Jiaozhou already belongs to Liu Bei! Cheng Yu said in a panic!
"What? Jiaozhou, controlled by Xizhong, belongs to Liu Bei? Is this a matter of possibility? If this is the case, the situation in the world will change dramatically! What a good thing we should be! Cao Cao will no longer say calmly!
"Indeed, in recent years, Liu Bei's northwest has been plagued by constant internal troubles, his national strength is not good, and he is trapped in Guanzhong, so he does not pose a threat to the princes of the world!
When Nanyang is taken now, and the state is handed over, and if this continues, in the coming year, Liu Bei can attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou from the north and south. With Liu Bei's strength, he will definitely be able to fight in Jingzhou, so Liu Bei's forces will be connected to the north and south, dividing the whole world into east and west.
After that, Liu Bei can defend the eastern princes with all his might, and the soldiers will attack Yizhou in three ways, so that Liu Bei will get half of the world, and there is the country of abundance to help, there is no shortage of war horses in the northwest, then there is no shortage of war materials such as soldiers, grain, horses, iron, etc., and it will inevitably be able to rival the princes in the east, and no one can compete with it! Cheng Yu analyzed in shock!
"That's true, but the matter of Xi Zhong being Liu Bei's subordinate may be confirmed?" Cao Cao still said with a little skepticism!!
"Lord, there is no need to be sure of this matter, as long as there is a slight possibility, it is enough for us to be ready for battle!" Cheng Yu said.
"In that case, Zhongde, you will summon Fengxiao and Wenruo and others for me, and we will discuss this matter!" Cao Cao hurriedly said!