Xu Huang finally finalized the candidates for the expeditionary force, which was composed of the second cavalry division, the sixth cavalry division, the eighth cavalry division, the Xianbei servant army, and the Xiongnu servant army.

The whole army is composed of cavalry, which is very convenient for maneuvering and meets the requirements of the Central Army's blitzkrieg.

At the same time, Lu Bu also sent a letter to Fa Zheng about this deployment, asking him to pay attention to the changes in the battle situation and seize the opportunity.

At this time, the inconvenience of communication in ancient times was once again highlighted, the transmission of information was too slow, and the timeliness was extremely poor.

The Central Army had already used the most advanced means of communication at that time, flying pigeons to pass on the news, but it was unable to achieve the coordination between the two armies that were far away, so they could only communicate with each other, prepare in advance, and adapt to changes.

The Ministry of Intelligence sent the latest information about Cao Cao, and in the face of the famine, Cao Cao, at the suggestion of Xun Yu and Guo Jia, opened a large number of tuntian.

Cao Jun's tuntian was also divided into two ways, one was Mintun, that is, the land allocated to the tuntian by the government, using his own cattle to the tuntian, and when the harvest was made, half of the harvest was handed over to the government, and half of the harvest had to be handed over.

Those who use the government's cattle need to hand over 60% of the harvest to the government.

The military tun is better understood, that is, the soldiers on active duty directly farm the fields, and the harvest is handed over to the army.

Tuntian can solve the problem of military rations for Cao Cao's army very well, without the trouble of military rations, Cao Cao can devote himself to the training of the army.

In October 195, Yuan Shu, who was plagued by the problem of grain and grass, was really unable to continue and could not survive any longer, so he wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, expressing his willingness to attribute the emperor title and jade seal to Yuan Shao.

He said that the Han family has been declining for a long time, and even the jade seal of the country can fall into the hands of the Yuan family, and it seems that our Yuan family is also favored by God, and it should be carried by the heavens, so it should dominate the world.

Today's situation is no different from the trend of the Seven Heroes at the end of the Warring States Period, and now among the Kwantung princes, Yuan Shao is the most powerful, and his life experience and status are also the highest.

Yuan Shu said that he sincerely gave all this to Yuan Shao, hoping that Yuan Shao could be more revitalized.

Yuan Shao gladly accepted Yuan Shu's surrender, after all, he couldn't write two Yuan characters in one stroke.

So Yuan Shu happily went north to join Yuan Shao's eldest son, and was appointed by Yuan Shao as Yuan Tan of Yanzhou Assassin History.

As a result, he didn't expect to be intercepted by Liu Bei and his army on the way, refusing to let him go north, and even wanting to snatch his jade seal.

Yuan Shu could only flee back to Shouchun with grievances, and then wanted to go to his old departments Chen Lan and Lei Bo, but was rejected by the two old departments.

The desperate Yuan Shu could only keep moving around in Yangzhou, and in the end, only Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, was willing to take him in.

It's a pity that the disheartened Yuan Shu vomited blood and died on the way to Lujiang, but a generation of heroes could only end in such a tragedy.

Yuan Shu's brother Yuan Yin could only lead the remnants of the old department to protect Yuan Shu's coffin and family to Liu Xun.

In March 196, after Yuan Shu's death, his subordinates were divided, Yang Hong, Zhang Xun and others had an old relationship with Sun Ce, and wanted to cross the river to join Sun Ce, but they were intercepted by Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, and most of them were captured.

Sun Ce listened to Zhou Yu's advice, and used treasure and humble tone to persuade Liu Xun to come forward to take over the territory left by Yuan Shu, and touted Liu Xun as the first person in Yangzhou today.

Liu Xun got a lot of benefits, and he was slapped by Sun Ce's sycophancy, so he really thought that he was the boss of Yangzhou and really sent troops to take over the territory left by Yuan Shu.

After Liu Xun sent troops, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others took the opportunity to lead the army to make a detour to attack Liu Xun's old nest Anhui City, and easily fought down.

After breaking the city, Liu Xun's family and Yuan Shu's family attached to it were captured, and only Yuan Shu's brother Yuan Yin escaped alone.

Later, after a lot of hardships, this Yuan Yin successfully escaped to Chang'an and dedicated the jade seal to Lu Bu, who naturally rewarded Yuan Yin heavily.

However, when Lu Bu held a meeting with his ministers to discuss this jade seal, people like Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi and others doubted the authenticity of this jade seal.

Because it is said that in addition to being dropped by the last queen mother of the Western Han Dynasty, the text on it should not only be "ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity".

After Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he carved "Han Legend New Wang Mang" on the jade seal, and this jade seal did not have these words.

However, whether it is true or not, since the original jade seal has long been missing, the twists and turns of this jade seal can be connected to the past and the next, so it should be true.

Lu Bu also organized a special celebration of the return of the jade seal, personally presented the jade seal to the Han Emperor Liu Xie, and returned it to the emperor himself, Liu Xie was naturally happy to shed tears and praised Lu Bu greatly.

After Sun Ce heard that Yuan Yin presented the jade seal to Lu Bu and returned it to the Chang'an court, he regretted that the jade seal passed on to him by his father was lost in his hands.

Originally, he actively came to attack Liu Xun, just because he had the intention of taking back the jade seal, but at this point, he could only continue to march to Xunyang and defeated Liu Xun with his own hands.

And at the same time defeated Huang Zhu, the son of Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu, who led the army to help, and Liu Xun went north to Cao Cao after the defeat.

Sun Ce again sent an envoy with more gold, silver and jewels to Chang'an to pay tribute to the Han emperor in the name of celebrating the return of the jade seal.

Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty was very happy, satisfied with Sun Ce's loyalty, and personally issued an edict to entitle Sun Ce as a rebellious general and Jin to the title of Marquis of Wu.

After Sun Ce was named Marquis of Wu, he finally had some happiness, which also made him merciful when he screened the many subordinate families of Liu Xun and Yuan Shu captured after the breakthrough of Anhui City.

Yuan Shu's family, he sent people to protect him, without the slightest neglect, in the process, he heard that there is a bridge father, there is a pair of daughters in the family, beautiful as a fairy.

Sun Ce personally came to visit, and forcibly invited Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao to come out to meet, how dare people not bow their heads under the low eaves, and how dare Qiao Gong offend Sun Ce.

had to let Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao come out to meet Sun Ce, and Sun Ce was really like a fairy when he saw it, and he was shocked.

And Sun Ce himself is also young and handsome, and as the largest prince in Jiangdong, although Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao are seeing Sun Ce for the first time, they are also full of good feelings.

Sun Ce immediately asked Qiao Gong to marry Da Qiao, and did not forget to ask for Xiao Qiao for his good brother Zhou Yu.

The two of them directly sent a matchmaker to propose marriage and sent a heavy gift.

Qiao Gong couldn't afford to offend Sun Ce, but he also knew that in troubled times, how could a civilian like himself have the right to choose?

Maybe marrying his daughter to a prince like Sun Ce is a good marriage, but it is not necessarily!

Zhou Yu heard Sun Ce's introduction, and couldn't wait to visit his future father-in-law, and by the way, he met Xiao Qiao, naturally they were also in love, love at first sight, Zhou Yu is a famous little white face, very good-looking.

Zhou Yu, who was conquered by beauty, urged Sun Ce to welcome his relatives as soon as possible when he came back, and was teased by Sun Ce.

Of course, both of them are just concubines, and they already have wives in the family, but they can't change it casually.

It is also necessary to choose an auspicious day of the zodiac, and then carefully prepare the bride price and wedding banquet.

Naturally, this news was learned by the Jiujiang Branch of the Central Military Intelligence Department, and Li Su had been pretending to be a businessman to operate in the Yangzhou area.

Hearing this news, Li Su immediately confirmed that this Da Qiao Xiao Qiao was the woman Lu Bu was looking for by himself, and because the second daughter was still young and rarely went out, her reputation was not obvious.

Hearing that he was going to marry Sun Ce and Zhou Yu as concubines, Li Su was shocked into a cold sweat, fortunately, he was not married, and the ancient people were not as open as later generations.

Li Su immediately mobilized all the forces in his hands and sent a request for help to the surrounding areas in his capacity as deputy chief of the general staff of the Central Army.

And all the forces of the Ministry of Intelligence were all dispatched, even including some secret agents who had been lurking for many years and had never been used.