The thief Shouchang in the mountainous area of Luguo Bianxian County, Yuzhou, saw that the world was in turmoil, and the government had no time to take care of it, so he became bolder.

In the past few years, as long as he does not enter the territory of Qingzhou to plunder, the officers and soldiers of Qingzhou will not pay attention to him at all, so he is ready to take the initiative this time, and the goal is to occupy the country of Lu.

Lu County (now Qufu, Shandong), led 6 counties: Lu County, Wenyang, Bian County, Wu County, Fan County, Xue County.

Chang first occupied Bianxian, with Bianxian as a base, to expand the strength of the surrounding area, in only three months, except for Lu County, the five counties were all owned by Chang.

Qingzhou was unwilling to take care of him, Xuzhou Tao Qian was busy recovering Guangling County, and the civil strife in Yuzhou and Yanzhou broke out immediately, and no one could take care of him, giving him a chance to develop.

Afraid of arousing the anger of the scholars, Chang only besieged Lu County, hoping that the Kong family and the King of Lu would escape automatically; In order to achieve this goal, Chang frantically plundered the landlords, wealthy households, and scholars in the surrounding counties, and those who did not flee in time were all killed.

In each county, a small leader was appointed to be responsible for management, and the state of Lu became the world of Chang; As a result of the reduction of taxes and the abolition of miscellaneous labor, Chang gained the support of the local people.

Chang's crazy action made Bao Xin, the minister of Jibei who was close at hand, very worried, his troops were all temporarily organized peasants, without strict training, it was okay to fight a good fight, and they were by no means the opponents of the bandits with a large number of people, and the bandits were extremely ferocious, killing, tactically cunning, and they would fight if they had fought and run away if they couldn't fight, and if the defense was not strict, they would go crazy and loot, causing great damage to the place.

The coalition was disbanded, the alliance failed, Bao Xin lost his trust in the Yuan family and the people, and now his thinking has changed sharply, and he only hopes to serve as an official for one term, benefit one party, and at least protect local security.

Bao Xin's strategy and vision were outstanding in the late Han Dynasty.

However, the situation of warlord melee has emerged, Yanzhou and Yuzhou bear the brunt, Bao Xin does not have so much ambition, only seeks self-preservation; But Liu Dai is not someone he can rely on at all; He looked at Cao Cao's ability, but Cao Cao didn't have a territory yet, and he couldn't rely on it for the time being.

After discussing with his younger brothers Bao Tao and Bao Zhong, he decided to lead Jibei to defect to Qingzhou Muguangping Hou Fangliang.

Jibei and Jinan are close at hand, close to Licheng, if they defect to Guangnianhou, they will avoid being attacked by other warlords in Yanzhou, and the thieves of Yuzhou Lu do not dare to come to harass.

Qingzhou's richness and stability have long been the envy of his two younger brothers.

The common people don't care what political philosophy they have, they just want to live a stable life, and the same is true for many rich households, they feel that Yuzhou and Yanzhou cannot stay for a long time, and the people and rich households in Yanzhou have begun to migrate to Qingzhou.

The migration to Jizhou is blocked by the Yellow River, and the migration to Xuzhou is blocked by the thieves of the Lu State and the officers and soldiers of Gongsun Zhan, and the migration to Qingzhou is very convenient, and Qingzhou does not refuse immigrants, and even provides a lot of convenient conditions.

The three of them easily reached an opinion, so Bao Xin sent Bao Tao to Qingzhou to visit the state pastor Fangliang.

Fang Liang was very happy, knowing that the lord Gao Shun liked the territory, so he did not ask for instructions, so he first responded to the matter, and promised that Bao Xin would continue to serve as the minister of state in Jibei, but after that, he would only be responsible for civil affairs, people's livelihood and infrastructure, and the military defense would be taken care of by the commanders who were dispatched.

Bao Tao readily agreed, and immediately returned with the chief official arranged by Fang Liang.

Fang Liang sent a senior military attache to be the commander of the Jibei Kingdom, and led a thousand cavalry and some junior officers and fifteen middle-level officers to take up his post.

After the chief officer takes office, the existing officers and soldiers will be evaluated and eliminated, and those who are not suitable for military service will be resolutely eliminated, and all officers will be junior military attachés and intermediate military attachés; The county lieutenants in each county were also replaced by middle-level military attachés, and the officials and soldiers in each county were re-selected, and the insufficient part was recruited on the spot.

Through a series of adjustments, the number of officers and soldiers has decreased, but the combat effectiveness has increased; If there is an invasion by foreign enemies, the existing officers and soldiers will definitely be able to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from Qingzhou.

Bao Xin, the king of Jibei Kingdom, and the people of various counties all felt safe and assured.

With the same idea is the Dongjun Taishou Zang Hong, although he was appointed as the Dongjun Taishou, but did not be recognized by the imperial court, more importantly, he has no soldiers in his hands, most of the original Qiaomao's army was absorbed by Liu Dai, only some old, weak, sick and disabled returned, and now Yanzhou is surging, he is unable to protect himself at all.

When he saw that Bao Xin took refuge in Qingzhou, both the officials and the people were in a peaceful atmosphere, and they were not afraid of the occurrence of war, so they intended to move closer to Jizhou, first of all, he moved the county from Puyang on the south bank of the Yellow River to Dongwuyang City on the north bank of the Yellow River; Subsequently, he sent someone to meet Jizhou Mu Gaoshun immediately.

At this time, Fang Liang's letter was also delivered to Jizhou.

Gao Shun was a little dissatisfied with Fang Liang's methods, he promised the imperial court not to interfere in the affairs of the Central Plains, this move was undoubtedly a violation of his promise to Dong Zhuo, and it was easy for the princes of the Central Plains to be wary of him.

Now that the envoy of Zang Hong, the Taishou of Dongjun, has also arrived in Jizhou, Gao Shun can't make up his mind now, so he summons everyone to discuss the solution.

Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia have the same opinion, which can facilitate the army to go south to Yanzhou, which is a good thing; They did not care about the promise to the imperial court, let alone the psychological impact on the princes.

In Xi Zhicai's view, strength determines everything, and strength is strong, so there is no need to care about such subsections.

Xi Zhicai was relieved: "Lord, this is what they took the initiative to vote for, but it was not oppressed by us by force, and it does not violate the lord's promise to the imperial court, and Dong Taishi will not ask for guilt because of such a trivial matter." ”

Guo Jia was even more direct, and said with a smile: "My lord, these two counties should not only accept, but also build and operate well, and have the same system as the people in our jurisdiction, so that the people there can live a future life without being slaughtered by war, and after that, there will definitely be more counties to follow these two counties as an example, and more counties will vote." ”

The judge said: "The lord, according to the estimation of the match, the court will not only not blame the lord, but also praise the lord, if all the counties come to vote, then the court will not have to quell the rebellion, wouldn't everyone be happy?" ”

Gao Shun is reluctant to say some things explicitly, but he feels that the words of the trial are too superficial, and he only sees the phenomenon, but does not see the essence of the problem; Dong Zhuo definitely hoped that Yanzhou would be in turmoil, so he could send troops into Yanzhou, and it was estimated that Dong Zhuo had already regarded Yanzhou as their territory; If the two counties were accepted, it would undoubtedly move Dong Zhuo's interests, and he would definitely be unhappy in his heart.

Xi Zhicai seemed to understand Gao Shun's thoughts, and said with relief: "Lord, now we are strong and strong, and we are not afraid of any force, if we don't accept these two counties, who will dare to get closer to the lord in the future?" Therefore, even if the imperial court and Dong Taishi are unhappy, we must accept these two counties, and our attitude must be clear. ”

Gao Shun thought about it for a while, and felt that Xi Zhicai's words were very reasonable, and he had to show his attitude, which was for the Taishou of other counties, so he agreed to accept the two counties.

Jibei is under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou, and Dongjun is temporarily under the jurisdiction of Jizhou; and referring to the method of Jibei Kingdom, military attachés and troops were sent to Dongjun to be responsible for defense; The administration and livelihood of Dongjun are all under the continued responsibility of Taishou Zang Hong.

At the suggestion of Xi Zhicai, Gao Shun increased his investment and construction in Dong County, and roads, Baima ferry and other projects became the focus of construction, which created many jobs for the people of Dong County and gave many people who could not eat a way to live.

The news spread, which shocked the hearts of all the princes, and Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were also very dissatisfied with this.