The nearby Dongping State and Rencheng State were plundered by Qu Shuai Buji many times as early as the Yellow Turban Rebellion, with a sparse population, economic depression, and poor military defense capabilities, which were more suitable for the plundering of Changfeng.

Seeing that the people of Jibei were stable, well-defended, and not threatened by external forces, Dongping and Ren Chengguo also moved their minds and immediately sent people to contact Qingzhou Mufangliang, hoping to take refuge in Qingzhou and get shelter.

Fang Liang did not refuse, accepted all of them, and managed them according to the model of Jibeiguo.

Rectifying the army and strengthening the defenses is very simple for Qingzhou.

Then, large-scale construction was carried out, and the three counties were very close to Jinan, and the roads were very easy to build or widen, which was strongly supported by the local people; Subsequently, hydraulic construction was carried out, drainage was built, floods were avoided, large areas of fertile land were developed on the alluvial plain of the Yellow River, and a number of farms were built, all of which were considered the private property of Gao Shun, and could be rewarded to meritorious officials in the future.

Qingzhou and Jizhou accepted the four counties of Yanzhou at once, and quickly stabilized the local situation, carried out large-scale construction, and won the support of the local government and the people, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were very dissatisfied with this.

Yanzhou has a total of eight counties, previously, the imperial court has assigned Taishan County to Qingzhou, and now there are four counties to Qingzhou and Jizhou, and there are three counties left, namely Chenliu County, Jiyin County and Shanyang County.

Dong Zhuo couldn't sit still, and immediately discussed with Li Ru, and decided to send Zhonglang to lead Niu Fu to lead troops to seize the remaining three counties of Yanzhou, and Lu Bu accompanied him.

Lü Bu was unwilling to accept Niu Fu's command, so the two decided after discussing that the troops would be divided into two routes, Lü Bu would first attack the northern sour dates, and then all the way to the east, directly approaching Jiyin County Zhidingtao, to occupy the northern part of Chenliu County and Jiyin County; Niu Fu attacked from the south road, joined forces with Chenliu County Taishou Hu Zhen, first took Chenliu County to govern Chenliu City, occupied the southern area of Chenliu County, and then occupied the southern part of Jiyin County to the east; In the end, the two joined forces to attack Shanyang County, defeating Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and Yuan Yi, the Taishou of Shanyang County.

Niu Fu's command level was not good, but with the assistance of the cunning Hu Zhen, it was very easy to occupy the southern part of Chenliu County, and the former Taishou Zhang Miao had to flee with a few followers.

The successful occupation of Chenliucheng and the surrounding counties greatly increased Niu Fu's confidence, and the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung soldiers was too low; Originally, he still wanted Hu Zhen to assist him in continuing the battle, but now it seems that it is no longer necessary, where the strong army passes, the enemy will have already fled, or immediately open the door to meet him, such an easy battle feat, he does not want others to share.

If you lead a large army to escape, you can't get rid of the pursuit of the Liangzhou cavalry at all; The difficulty Zhang Miao is facing now is whether to take refuge in Cao Cao or Yuan Shao; His position as Taishou was recommended by the Yuan family, and he was a protégé of the Yuan family, but he was more optimistic about Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's strength developed rapidly, and with Yuan Shao's approval and covert support, he now occupied Jiwu County and Fugou County in the south of Chenliu County, as well as eleven counties in the east of Yingchuan County in Yuzhou and three counties in the northwest of Chen State, with more than 40,000 infantry and more than 5,000 cavalry.

Lu Bu has been aggrieved for a long time, and this time he was released and led the troops to fight alone, ready to make his reputation.

As early as when he was merging states, he began to ponder siege techniques, and now it comes in handy.

After the evacuation of Allied officers and soldiers, Suozao County became a ruin, and most of the local people fled to escape the fighting, leaving few people behind.

Lu Bu's army arrived, and before he began to attack the city, the county commander had ordered someone to open the city gate to greet him, and he didn't have a few soldiers now, how could he resist?

In this regard, Lü Bu was very satisfied, leaving a division of infantry to stay, and the remaining officers and soldiers continued to move forward to attack the next county town; Lü Bu ordered that the people in the city should not be embarrassed, hoping to reduce the killing, and the local government would reduce its resistance.

Lu Bu's measures were obtained, and he advanced all the way to Jiyin County to govern Dingtao.

Jiyin, Heze ancient name, because in the south of Jishui to get the name, under the jurisdiction of 11 counties, with a population of more than 1.3 million, is the Central Plains region of the political, economic, military, cultural town.

Taishou Zhang Pet was shocked when he learned that the imperial army was coming, he had funded a lot of supplies for the alliance army, and if he was caught by the imperial court, the consequences would definitely not be good.

Taishou Zhang Pet regrets it now, why didn't he throw himself into Qingzhou Mu or Jizhou Mu earlier? If this is the case, at least he doesn't have to be attacked by the imperial court, it's just that he thinks too simply, he feels that the west is a few counties away from the imperial court, and he didn't expect the imperial army's attack to be so sharp.

Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, was also recommended by the Yuan family, and was naturally listed as a member of the Yuan family, but he was a relative of the emperor and was not close to the Yuan family.

Cao Cao secretly rejoiced that he had occupied more counties in Yingchuan County and Chen State in time, otherwise, now there would be no place to stay, and what made him even more glad was that Niu Fu did not attack Jiwu County and Fugou County; However, with his IQ, it can be seen that this is just for now, and after the Chen Liujun Taishou Hu Zhen appointed by the imperial court stabilizes, he will definitely recover these two counties, and war is inevitable; What's more, there is also Yingchuan County Taishou Wei Xu in his rear, and if there is a war in the north, Wei Xu will definitely choose the opportunity to expel him from the jurisdiction.

The drastic changes that took place in Yanzhou, even the thief head of the Lu State, Chang Xuan, were afraid, he even suspected that because of his plunder, the court officers and soldiers who were attracted to it, couldn't help but be a lot more careful, completely recalled the troops who went out to plunder, and began to plan for the future, he planned, if the imperial army really came to exterminate him, he would go to Xuzhou, defect to Xuzhou, Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian is a loyal old man, and lack of generals, will definitely accept him, and after defecting, he will definitely get the opportunity to reuse.

Yuan Shao saw that the imperial court sent tens of thousands of troops to attack, if they waited for them to occupy Yanzhou, how could they let Yuzhou go?

After discussing with several military advisors, Yuan Shao hurriedly sent a letter to Liu Dai and Yuan Zhi, asking them to abandon Yanzhou, come to Yuzhou, and join forces to deal with the attack of Dong Zhuo's army, otherwise Changyi City would be difficult to defend and would fall sooner or later.

Yuan Yi unconditionally carried out Yuan Shao's orders, but Liu Dai didn't think so, he was the assassin of Yanzhou, and he had to stay in the territory and fight against the army of the anti-thief Dong Zhuo, even if he died in battle, he was worthy of his ancestors.

At this time, several forces in Yuzhou temporarily put aside their internal grievances, united and united with the outside world.

Zhou Mu Han Fu was in charge of the defense of Peiguo, Yuan Yi was in charge of the defense of Liang State, Yuan Shao was in charge of the defense of Chen State, and Cao Cao was in charge of the defense of Yingchuan County, each performing his own duties.

In this way, Yuan Shao easily incorporated Chen and Liang into his forces and became his jurisdiction, and he had Runan County as a base, which could provide a steady stream of soldiers and logistics materials.

So, after Yuan Yu retreated, Liu Dai took over Shanyang County, gathered the soldiers of the major families and counties to the city of Changyi, strengthened the city walls, dug deep trenches, prepared bows and arrows and other materials to defend the city, and prepared for a decisive battle.

Previously, many families moved to Jizhou or Qingzhou, and this time the imperial army came, in order to avoid the impact of the war, more people chose to flee, and the people who stayed behind were all staunch supporters of Liu Dai.

Since Yuan Yi had led the army to evacuate, Liu Dai no longer counted on the Yuan family and Yuzhou, so he sent people to Qingzhou for help, and asked the families to transfer some of their families to the jurisdiction of Qingzhou.