Faced with the news that Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, the world was shaken, and this was the second prince after Dong Zhuo to blatantly confront the Han Dynasty.

Ming Jian also convened his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Yuan Shu is rebellious and arrogant to the emperor, what should the court do?"

As soon as Ming Jian's voice fell, Tao Qian said: "Your Majesty, Yuan Shu has always been ambitious, and Huainan is close to Xuzhou, which is a big disaster. ”

As he spoke, the excited Tao Qian coughed.

Ming Jian secretly thought that Tao Qian's body was really not good, and he hurriedly said: "Xiangguo doesn't need to move, Yuan Shu's bones are dry in the mound, so don't worry." Do you have any other comments? ”

Cao Cao said: "Your Majesty, before the personal conquest, the soldiers had many losses, and Your Majesty has greatly developed agriculture, and now it is difficult to defeat Yuan Shu in one fell swoop with soldiers." Besides, Liu Bei has no reply letter, and the imperial court marches again, I am afraid it will be difficult to work, it is better to announce it to the world, so that the princes of the world will crusade together, and the court will give a reward at that time, so that the princes of the world must be very interested in the weak Yuan Shu, if this plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf can work, the court can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

Cao Cao's words made Ming Jian feel pleased, it is true that there are not many soldiers in the imperial court now, and in order to meet the development of agriculture, the total number of Han troops will not exceed 100,000.

Of course, if you add up all the sergeants in Tuntian, it will still exceed this number.

After these forces were dispersed to the states, they were really inconspicuous, and Ming Jian really didn't have enough manpower to deal with Yuan Shu now.

As for Liu Bei, there is a feeling that he can't explain clearly, you said that he betrayed, he didn't say it clearly, and his family still stayed in Xuzhou; But you have to say that he worked hard, but it didn't work, and when he arrived in Shouchun, it seemed to have disappeared.

So it is unrealistic to rely on Liu Bei.

Let others deal with Yuan Shu, this trick will work.

"Then give an order, let the princes of the world send troops to crusade against Yuan Shu." Ming Jian said.

"Yes!"

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The holy decree of the imperial court soon spread all over the four directions, and after receiving the holy decree, all the princes had their own plans, and Yan Baihu of Jiangdong Wu County was actually the first to respond.

In fact, only the forces in Jiangdong had the opportunity to respond, Ma Teng contained Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao fought against Gongsun Zhan, and Sun Ce resisted Liu Biao, these people basically had no way to conquer Yuan Shu.

Yan Baihu, who is also famous in history, caused a lot of trouble in the process of Sun Wu's unification of Jiangdong. He occupies Wu County, has a force of men, and is not weak.

In this time and space, Jiangdong is still a situation where heroes coexist, Sun Ce was fighting with Liu Biao in Changsha at this time, and he didn't expect to develop in Jiangdong, so the current Jiangdong is basically the world of the family.

The four major families of Lu, Zhang, Gu, and Zhu basically monopolized the officialdom of Jiangdong, and disobeyed the imperial court, and on the surface they submitted to the imperial court, but in fact they were the local emperors of Jiangdong.

The imperial court only installed a Wang Lang and served as the chief inspector, but Wang Lang's time in Jiangdong was still short, and he did not fully control the situation in Jiangdong at present.

However, this Yan Baihu is a strong place, with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and he is very powerful, and this time he was the first to respond, which surprised many people.

However, this is good news for Ming Jian, once Yan Baihu loses in his conquest of Yuan Shu, it will be almost difficult for Jiangdong to have strong local forces against the imperial court, and when the time comes, send a few generals over and envelop the family, and Jiangdong can be pacified quickly.

Therefore, Ming Jian quickly gave Yan Baihu a big official - General Zhengnan, and ordered Du Xi and Wang Lang to give Yan Baihu money and food, and encouraged Yan Baihu to march to attack Yuan Shu.

After sealing the general of Zhengnan, Yan Baihu got so much money and food, so he was naturally full of confidence, and he sent people to Xuzhou to thank him on the one hand, and marched into Huainan on the other.

Ming Jian ordered the state capital along the road to give the green light, and let Yan Baihu go straight to Huainan to kill, and along the way, he also added a lot of weapons to Yan Baihu.

The soldiers and horses along the way were menacing, but they soon attacked under the city of Heqi, and a fierce battle began.

"Yuan Shu is a traitor and arrogant emperor, which is really a great rebellion! This general was ordered to crusade, and you should open the city and surrender as soon as possible, otherwise after breaking the city, there will be no chickens and dogs! Yan Baihu shouted and scolded loudly under the city.

However, the city did not surrender, but rewarded Yan Baihu with a rain of arrows, so angry that Yan Baihu immediately ordered to attack the city.

Most of the sergeants under Yan Baihu are Baiyue people, and there are also many thieves and idle people, who want to attack the city, which is really a little difficult for him.

So after a siege, Yan Baihu killed a quarter of his men and horses.

At his level, it is inevitable to suffer.

Yan Baihu then used the method of digging tunnels to attack Heqi City, but it still had no effect, and many people were killed.

In desperation, Yan Baihu chose to give up attacking Heqi and instead attacked other places.

In order to build momentum for Yan Baihu, Ming Jian ordered Qin Qiong and Guan Yu to lead 20,000 troops and approach Shouchun, causing a two-sided attack.

This offensive also quickly clashed with Yuan's army.

Yuan Jun knew that Qin Qiong and Guan Yu were strong, so he did not fight with the two alone, but chose to use the formation to fight with the two.

Within a month, the two sides fought more than ten battles, but the Han army did not get any benefits, and the two sides reached a stalemate.

Ming Jian's orders to Qin Qiong and Guan Yu were also not to be aggressive, as long as they could attract Yuan Jun, the focus was to create an opportunity for Yan Baihu.

Not to mention, Yan Baihu really began to go crazy in Huainan, although this kid can't attack the city and plunder the village, but he is a good hand at harming Huainan's production, and he also plundered the population along the way, expanding the army, just after another month, Yan Baihu actually expanded the army to 100,000 horses.

In this regard, Ming Jian naturally continued to support and give money, food and weapons, so that Yan Baihu's life would be very comfortable.

In addition to those advanced bows, crossbows, Mo knives and Pu knives, other siege equipment, bows and arrows, and ring-headed knives all supported Yan Baihu, as if he was an important minister of the imperial court.

Ming Jian's next move is to seal Yan Baihu as the king of Huainan!

When the holy decree was sent to Yan Baihu, Yan Baihu himself was dumbfounded.

"The emperor's grace is vast, how dare the minister not serve his life? Your Majesty, if you don't destroy Yuan Shu's traitor, you won't return to the court! ”

After receiving the holy decree, Yan Baihu wept bitterly and expressed his heart.

The huge temptation of the king made Yan Baihu die, a place is strong, and he actually got such a great courtesy from the court, can Yan Baihu not be moved?

He began to command the army and launched a frantic attack on all parts of Huainan.

In this way, people have a goal to pursue, and they are naturally motivated.

Yan Baihu fought for his throne and took Huainan, and he thought he deserved it.

On the contrary, Yuan Shu had a headache, in the end, there was only such a small territory, and Yuan Shu was unable to support the two-front battle.