Chapter 400: Independence of the State of Chen
After Gongsun Chan expanded his territory and stabilized, he immediately sent someone to ask for Bo County from Jiyin County Taishou Cheng Lian, Cheng Lian did not want to have a conflict with Gongsun Zhan, so he returned Bo County, Gongsun Chan saw that Cheng Lian was not worried, and occupied his own county, Cheng Lian saw that Gongsun Chan was so strong, he could only swallow his anger and acquiesce to this fact.
Gongsun Zan adjusted the zoning again, returning Bo County to Liang State, Jiyin County Jishi County and Chen State's Zhe County also under the jurisdiction of Liang State, while Xiayi and Dang County were still under the jurisdiction of Pei State, so that Liang State still governed eight counties; Pei Guoling eight counties; Gongsun Zhan's younger brother, Gongsun Yue, was appointed as a lieutenant and stationed in Zhexian to guard against Chen Guo and support the war in Huaiyang County at any time.
The newly occupied five counties, including Linsui, Taiqiu, Jianping, Yuxian, and Danxian, were placed under the jurisdiction of Huaiyang County, and Huaiyang County led a total of 15 counties, and Taishou Gongsun Gong was in charge of the vortex defense line to confront Yuan Shao.
Gongsun Chan led a total of 31 counties.
The whole Yuzhou is in constant turmoil, and the people are struggling to make a living, and there is a happy land at this time, that is, Chen Guo.
Although Yuan Shao declared that the state of Chen was under his administration, it was only nominally under his administration, and the territory of the state of Chen that he actually commanded was only Zhexian on the north bank of the Vortex River, and the narrow passage in the area where the state of Chen and Pei were connected; The remaining eight counties are still under the jurisdiction of Chen; Now that Zhexian County was occupied by Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao also lost his nominal jurisdiction over Chen and completely withdrew from Chen's jurisdiction.
Dong Zhuo's forces Guo Yan, Hu Zhen, Lu Bu and others did not have the courage to go to Chen State to plunder; Cao Cao only made a short stay in Fule County in Chen State, and then all of them entered Yingchuan County.
It's not that everyone doesn't want to take advantage of Chen Guo, it's that no one has the absolute strength to take advantage.
The king of Chen is Liu Chong, the minister of state is Luo Jun, and the officials include Xu Jin and others.
Chen Wang Liu Chong is brave and fierce, good at using bows and crossbows, and his archery skills are very superb, he can shoot ten shots and ten shots, and they are all shot in the same place.
Luo Jun, the minister of state, the word filial piety, Huiji Wusheng (now Yiwu, Zhejiang) people, proficient in history, and understand military strategy, during his tenure, he made great efforts to govern the country, and won the love of the people.
During the Zhongping period, the Yellow Turban Army revolted and was invincible, the county officials abandoned the cities and fled, and the peasants from all over the country responded in groups; Liu Zhong, the king of Chen, had a large number of strong bows and arrows hidden in his house, and he recruited warriors to guard Chen County, the capital of Chen County (now Huaiyang), and strictly guarded all the intersections outside the city; Since Chen Guo had no internal response, there was no chaos, so the social order was more peaceful than that of other counties.
At this time, the neighboring counties, especially the Battle of Changshe in Yingchuan County and the Battle of Gepi, where Runan County and the Yellow Turban Army had fought a great battle, were all close to the Chen State, and the victims poured into the territory of the Chen State. Luo Jun, the minister of state, gave generously to the hungry people like the people of Chen, and he ordered the public warehouse to be opened, and the grain was taken out to distribute the relief, so that tens of thousands of refugees who were on the verge of starvation could survive.
Luo Jun's position as minister of state is mainly to govern the people, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he has always put the direct interests of the people in the first place, from the perspective of loving the people for the people, while creating and guiding the development of food production, vigorously rewarding childbirth, after the birth of a civil woman, regardless of whether a boy or a girl is born, he will send a rich rice and animal meat, to the mother to nourish the body, so that it can better raise the baby, and explain that this is the kindness of King Chen.
Luo Jun's rule of the county gave Chen Wang Liu Chong a strong backing in the military defense operations to protect the security of Chen.
After the Kwantung Alliance, wars broke out frequently, and Liu Chong gathered troops to guard Yangxia County (now Taikang), a subordinate area of Chen County on the periphery of Chen County, so that all soldiers and horses did not dare to take the opportunity to sneak attack, and the territory of Chen State was not affected by the disaster of war.
The neighboring counties were divided and wars were frequent, resulting in poor livelihood for the people; Luo Jun was prepared for danger in times of peace, cooperated with Liu Pet to do a good job of defense, ensure the safety of the people, and actively accept displaced people from surrounding counties and counties.
Due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Yuan Shao's brutal exploitation, Runan County lost a large number of people, and the population declined from more than 2 million to 1 million.
At this time, the population of Chen State far exceeded that of Runan County, with more than 2 million people and more than 100,000 troops.
What is even more rare is that not only was the territory of Chen State not damaged by the war, the society was stable, the people were willing to obey Luo Jun's decree, the government and the people were at peace, and the peasants were diligent in production, and the heavens were beautiful, the grain was harvested year after year, and natural and man-made disasters in other places continued one after another, and only every household in the territory of Chen lived and worked in peace and contentment, with food and clothing.
For such a wealthy place, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan all wanted to take it for themselves, but no one wanted to do it first.
Chen Wang Liu Chong is not only strong in martial arts, but also superior in resourcefulness, and ambitious, and is by no means a person who follows the rules, otherwise he would not dare to organize an army to protect himself during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, let alone organize an army of 100,000 to protect himself when the Kwantung Alliance was in the Kwantung Alliance, which was the only one who had the courage and action among the many kings of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
He was able to persuade the minister of state and others to form an army of 100,000 on the grounds of protecting the territory and the people, and convincing the people, which shows his cunning and resourcefulness.
He has 100,000 troops, but he does not participate in the alliance to fight Dong Zhuo and rescue His Majesty the Emperor, which shows that he has a lot of ambitions.
It turned out that Yuzhou had the three forces of Han Fu, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and they united to fight under the oppression of Dong Zhuo's military, and no one dared to do anything to him.
Now that the situation has changed, the relationship between Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao has stabilized, forming a three-legged situation, and no one can help anyone.
And Dong Zhuo reduced the garrison in Yanzhou, so that Yuzhou did not have strong external pressure, and the various forces in Yuzhou could rest assured of internal fighting.
At this time, if the other three forces in Yuzhou jointly attacked him, he would not be able to deal with the attacks from three directions at the same time.
In order to protect himself, he must seek a breakthrough; He also had to act for the sake of long-term planning.
Liu Pet looked at it very long-term, at this time the underage emperor became Dong Zhuo's puppet, Dong Zhuo controlled the court and commanded the world; The world is in turmoil, and the warlords will inevitably not continue to obey the orders of the imperial court after stabilization, and the final outcome is to establish a new king.
And he Liu Chong is the great-great-grandson of Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty, and he is the most ideal candidate for the new monarch, and the top priority is to quickly increase his popularity in the imperial court and improve his status in the eyes of the warlords.
After careful consideration and full preparation, in May of the second year of the first peace, Liu Chongtun soldiers Chen Guoyang Xiacheng, announced to the outside world that Chen Guo was loyal to the imperial court and did not participate in the warlord melee, in order to protect the people in the jurisdiction from the slaughter of the war, he appointed himself as the general of the auxiliary Han Dynasty to protect the territory and the people.
Yangxia is a famous city in the Central Plains, a place where soldiers fight, and the king of Xia Taikang moved his capital here, so it is called Yangxia; After his death, he was buried here again, and people called Yangxia Taikang because of it.
Liu Pet is stationed in Yangxia City, which has deep meaning and hints.
He considered it very comprehensively, Liu Chong believed that he was a general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty and was loyal to the imperial court, and the imperial court headed by Dong Zhuo would definitely not attack him, otherwise, they would be anti-Han; And Niu Fu, Cheng Lian and others, who were temporarily attributed to the faction of the imperial court, as well as Gongsun Zhan, would never rashly attack Chen Guo; Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, for the sake of prestige and reputation, would never start a war against him.
As soon as this move came out, the world was shocked, and it was indeed as Liu Pet thought, and his popularity increased rapidly.
If it was at the end of peace, this would be a rebellion, and now the world is in chaos, and no force cares about his actions, and even the court remains silent.
This move had little impact on Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, as long as he did not participate in the warlord war, in this way, they could concentrate their troops and focus on defense.