These days, Liu Zhang has been training the troops step by step, and others are not idle, first talk about Dong Zhuo, he stabilized Lu Bu, and found out that Liu Zhang has no plans to go on the Northern Expedition for the time being, and transferred a large army from the south and east lines to Li Dao, Guo Yan, Ma Teng, Han Sui The pressure has increased dramatically, and the two sides have fought more than ten battles in the past three months, and the Ma and Han coalition forces have been defeated and lost, with heavy losses, according to the report of the spies, now the two only have less than 40,000 Ma Bujun, and they are besieged in Wuwei County by Li Dao and Guo Yan's fifteenth army, and they are destroyed or in front of them. There are strong enemies outside, and there are internal troubles at home, which is the current situation of the Ma and South Korean coalition forces. According to the spies, in the face of huge pressure, Ma and Han have lost harmony internally, and Ma Teng advocated a bloody battle to the end, but he was really invincible, so he retreated to Zhangye and Jiuquan. And Han Sui thought that the disparity between the strength of the enemy and us was too great, and continued to resist and sacrifice the lives of the soldiers in vain, and finally the whole army would inevitably be destroyed. However, Ma Teng has used this trick too many times, Dong Zhuo will not be gullible anymore, he has publicly stated more than once in Chang'an that he wants to break Ma and Han into pieces, and if he surrenders to Dong Zhuo, he will be harmed by him. Han Sui also refuted Ma Teng, the two of them still had 40,000 Ma Bujun in their hands, and their strength was still there, Dong Zhuo didn't dare to act rashly...... Neither of the two was convinced, and in the end there was almost a fight, but fortunately, both of them understood that now they were openly coaxing, and they were undoubtedly seeking death, so they brought the situation under control in time. But if they don't come up with a unified decision soon, their demise is almost inevitable.

Lü Bu did not make much moves during this time, and the Huguan area was still in a stalemate with Yuan Shao, and the occupied original Cao Cao's territories such as Yucheng and Sujube had also become a strong defense line against Cao in the east after this period of construction, because Dong Zhuo and Liu Zhang had no intention of capturing Luoyang for the time being, and Lü Bu only guarded the two with a small number of troops. Although the territory has not changed much, but Lü Bu's strength has grown a lot, with Hanoi, Luoyang, Yanzhou counties, half of the prefecture taxes, grain and grass, population, and Liu Zhang's business and earned a lot of grain, grass and money, Lü Bu began to vigorously recruit people, in ten months, Lü Bu has reached a strong lineup of 30,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry. During this period, Lu Bu regularly rotated his troops to Huguan, and in addition to fighting with Yuan Shao to gain combat experience, he only launched one battle, this time it was Emperor Wei Wu who was unlucky, and the specific situation will be explained later.

Yuan Shao's battle against Gongsun Chan was also about to reach the final stage, Gongsun Chan was besieged in Youbeiping, trapped in a lonely city, lack of food and grass, no reinforcements outside, in this case no one could hold the defensive line. In the case that the overall situation has been decided, Yuan Shao sent a support army to Yan Liang and Fu Zhu of Bingzhou, and ordered his eldest son Yuan Tan to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Beihai. According to Liu Zhang, in two months at most, Yuan Tan will capture the entire Beihai.

The saddest thing is that Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, after being pried away one after another by Liu Zhang who swung the steel drill again and again to pry away one after another people who should have belonged to him, even Emperor Wu of Wei felt the lack of talents, especially after the death of Cao Ren and Cao Hong, he felt that the use of talents was stretched. After repairing for half a year, Cao Cao once again launched an attack on Xuzhou, the last time Xuzhou was limited in grain and grass, and had to retreat, but it also caused a very big blow to Xuzhou, a large number of elites were killed, countless towns were slaughtered and burned, although there was a buffer for half a year, but the strength has not been restored to its peak. Cao Cao learned the reasons for the failure of last year's attack on Xu, prepared sufficient grain and grass, and decided to settle Xuzhou in a war and control this grain-producing state in his own hands. The result can be imagined, Tao Qian was defeated again and again, and asked Cao Cao for peace three times, seeing that victory was in sight, Cao Cao rejected Tao Qian's request for peace. Tao Qian saw that his request for peace was rejected and had to fight to the death, he withdrew his troops to Xiapi and deployed defenses along Surabaya and Yishui, hoping to rely on Surabaya and Yishui to block Cao Cao's army, and at the same time, he asked Kong Rong and Yuan Shu for help. Although Kong Rong had the heart to rescue Tao Qian, he heard that Yuan Tan was leading a large army to Beihai, and his self-protection was not enough, where was there any extra troops to rescue Tao Qian? However, Yuan Shu, after capturing Huainan, his ambitions were even more inflated, and after receiving Tao Qian's letter asking for help, he thought that this was an excellent opportunity to annex Xuzhou, so he immediately ordered the general Ji Ling and the guest general Sun Ce to lead an army of 50,000 to rescue Tao Qian. After Cao Cao found out the news of Yuan Shu's dispatch, he sent Xiahou Yuan to lead his troops to block the attack, and on the other hand strengthened the attack on the Surabaya defense line, as long as Yuan Shu defeated Tao Qian before Yuan Shu broke through Xiahou Yuan's defense line, he could return to the division to rescue Xiahou Yuan and block Yuan Shu back to Huainan. It's a pity that Emperor Wu of Wei was too sad, seeing that Xiahou Yuan was able to block Ji Ling, Tao Qian's Surabaya defense line was about to be broken, and there was trouble in the rear. It turned out that two years ago, Cao Cao took Yanzhou by Liu Dai's death in the hands of the Yellow Turban, and killed Chen Liu's famous scholar Bian Rang, these things made a big man very dissatisfied, and he always wanted to repay Cao Cao, but he never had a good opportunity. Seeing that Cao Cao was about to defeat Tao Qian, and his strength was about to grow, he couldn't wait any longer, and persuaded Chen Liutai to guard Zhang Miao and raise troops against Cao Cao. Cao Cao, who was pulled back, received Xiahoudun's urgent documents, and was so anxious and angry that he had to give up the victory in hand, hurriedly withdrew his troops from the Xuzhou front, and returned to his division to quell the rebellion. In the face of Cao Cao's counterattack, the big man and Zhang Miao couldn't resist it, so they had to break through and escape from Chen Liu. As a result, Zhang Miao's younger brother died on the way to break through, Zhang Miao went to Luoyang to vote for Lu Bu, and the big man Liu Zhang has been letting Xu Huang watch to see if there is a chance for him to rebel against Cao and return to Liu, so after he and Zhang Miao raised troops, Xu Huang arranged for spies to approach, and finally, on the way to escape after defeat, the big man decided to go to Nanyang. When he arrived at Liu Zhang's territory, it would be difficult to leave again, not that Liu Zhang was strong, but that he was moved by Liu Zhang's sincerity and swore allegiance to Liu Zhang. Later, after the establishment of the Hanzhong Field Army, this big man was entrusted with the post of chief of staff of the Hanzhong Army Corps. Besides, Cao Cao, although he put down the rebellion, he once again lost the opportunity to take Xuzhou into his arms, but instead consumed a lot of money, grain and grass, and troops. When Lu Bu got Zhang Miao's report, he even sprinkled salt on his wound and sent troops to attack Chenliu, although he did not capture a county seat, but he also burned Cao Cao's anger, and he was helpless because of the lack of food and grass and the fatigue of the soldiers. Alas, it is really sad that a generation of heroes was forced into such a field.

Speaking of Yuan Shu, Cao Cao's front foot withdrew, he occupied the back foot, and almost without bloodshed, he took Peiguo, Pengchengguo, and Taishan County, and Emperor Wei Wu, who had twice attacked Xu and consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, only obtained a place in Yuzhou and Lu. This made Yuan Shu praise Cao Cao as a "good man", and I don't know how Cao Cao, who made wedding clothes for others, will react when he hears about it. After learning that Cao Cao had withdrawn from the army, Tao Qian ordered someone to send Ji Ling a large amount of food, gold and silver, but Ji Ling refused all of them, and told Tao Qian's people that the cost of their troops had already been taken by themselves, that is, the three counties of Peiguo, Pengcheng, and Taishan, so there was no need to be polite. Tao Qian vomited three liters of blood after learning about it, and scolded Yuan Shu for being shameless, whether it was the Lu State occupied by Cao Cao, or the Peiguo and Taishan occupied by Yuan Shu, it was okay to say, after all, it did not belong to Xuzhou, but Pengcheng County was really the land of Xuzhou, and Yuan Shu's move was equivalent to cutting off a large piece of fat from him! But what could he do? After all, the disparity in strength is there! Chen Qi had to persuade Tao Qian, this is not all bad, at least Yuan Shu is blocked in front, Cao Cao wants to take Xuzhou, he must first pass the pass of Yuan Shu, so Cao Cao and Yuan Shu must have a bloody battle between the two, now only need to be patient for the time being, with Guangling, Langxi, Donghai, Xiapi sufficient manpower and material resources to slowly recover strength, and wait until Cao and Yuan are both defeated and then sit back and reap the benefits. After listening to Chen Qi's words, Tao Qian relieved himself. But secretly I still sighed that the front door was a tiger, and the back door was a wolf!

Yuan Shu, who got half of Xuzhou, can be described as proud, and has great plans to establish himself as the emperor, but he was temporarily persuaded by Yang Hong and others.

After Yangzhou Taishou was driven across Jiangdong, the strength was seriously damaged, although there was a natural danger of the Yangtze River, but Yuan Shu had the sons and generals of Sun Jian, who was known as the Jiangdong Tiger, these people were well versed in water warfare, if Yuan Shu let them lead the water army to attack, then ...... Fortunately, Yuan Shu was also jealous of Sun Ce, fearing that he would betray him after he became full-fledged, and refused Sun Ce's request to lead troops to conquer Jiangdong several times. Sun Ce was unwilling to be Yuan Shu's minion, and had been thinking hard about how to get rid of Yuan Shu, but he was weak and left Yuan Shu, the master, and had to find another master, the situation was no different, and if he wanted to be independent, the only way was to get a soldier and horse from Yuan Shu, and then capture Jiangdong, and after gaining a foothold in Jiangdong, he looked at the world. But is Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses so easy to get? In recent years, although Sun Ce has made a lot of achievements for Yuan Shu, but the army has always been in the hands of Yuan Shu's cronies, and he has not been trusted so far has not cultivated a descendant army (nor has the courage to cultivate, who knows how many spies Yuan Shu has planted in the army, once he has cultivated his cronies, he is likely to face Yuan Shu's butcher's knife), and the old brothers who broke through from Jingzhou have also been used as cannon fodder by Yuan Shu in recent years, and the casualties are very large, only about five hundred left, fortunately, the general has no losses.

As for Liu Xuan, Yan Baihu and others, their low strength and the fact that they could not become the masters of this change, they would not waste much pen and ink to describe their situation.