Chapter 377 The Situation in the Central Plains
Yanzhou Thorn Shi and Jiyin County Taishou Zhang Pet were tortured and killed by Niu Fu, and the world was shocked when the news came out.
In troubled times, as a warlord in charge, the end of failure is death, which is a wake-up call for all princes.
Liu Dai, as a relative of the emperor, was honest and benevolent, quite famous, and died at the hands of Niu Fu, and died so miserably that he was immediately condemned by all the scholars, warlords and royal families.
Dong Zhuo took advantage of the righteousness and asked the imperial court to give an order, threatening that if all those who rebelled against the imperial court did not surrender immediately, this would be the end.
Easily obtaining the three counties of Yanzhou greatly increased Dong Zhuo's confidence, the princes of Kwantung are really paper tigers, and they were still overestimated before, if it weren't for Li Ru's quick decision, he would not have made up his mind to attack the three counties of Yanzhou.
According to Li Ru's suggestion, Dong Zhuo ordered that Niu Fu should be the governor of Yanzhou and the governor of Kwantung, Lu Bu would be the Taishou of Jiyin County, and Changfeng would be the Taishou of Shanyang County; In addition, Chen Liujun Taishou Hu Zhen and Yuzhou Yingchuan County Taishou Wei Xu, both of which were under the command of Yanzhou Cattle Mufu, immediately launched an attack on Yuzhou.
Lü Bu was very happy that he could finally be released and free, so he immediately expanded the army, and all the prisoners he had allocated, as long as they were suitable for military service, were required to join the army, and sent cavalry to Latin everywhere, and soon increased the number of five thousand infantry; According to Lu Bu's plan, if the city is attacked in the future, these 5,000 people will be good cannon fodder.
Changfeng was even more happy, as soon as he surrendered, he became a county guard, which was much stronger than surrendering Qingzhou; He also followed in the footsteps of Lü Bu and expanded his armaments; He understands that in troubled times, only with soldiers can he have power and personal security, otherwise, he is a thief and nothing.
Dong Zhuo's appointment to Chang Xuan was intended to buy a horse's bones, hoping that more warlords would surrender to him rather than other princes.
Li Ru's purpose was very simple, since the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung princes was so low, then eliminate them as soon as possible and not give them a chance to develop.
Xuzhou Thorn Shi secretly rejoiced, fortunately he did not go to the muddy waters of Yanzhou, let alone be tempted by Lu State; Now there are cavalry from Qingzhou stationed in Luguo, Gongsun Zan stationed in Peixian, and Xuzhou is very safe.
Gongsun Zhan was also very happy, fortunately he was not tempted by Liu Dai.
Xu Sheng and Liu Bei, who had occupied Guangling County, were confronting Sun Jian.
Liu Bei lived in the Han Dynasty, and the young Xu Sheng was impressed by Liu Bei's bearing, and he secretly worshiped Liu Bei as the main father, but for the sake of the big plan, Xu Sheng was still the main one on the surface, presiding over the affairs of Guangling County.
After Liu Dai was brutally killed, Liu Bei and Sun Jian had different ideas, each with their own plans, and they did not launch an attack, but they were just confronting.
Yang Hong suggested that Yuan Shu move to the south of the Yangtze River and focus on the development of several southern counties, but Yuan Shu directly refused.
If he retreats to the south of the Yangtze River, he will basically lose the opportunity to dominate the Central Plains, how can he, as the descendant of the Yuan family, retreat? And let Yuan Shao look down on him, more importantly, Yuan Shu is not stupid, his rule in Yangzhou is not stable, especially in the Jiangdong region, mainly by the family, he only rules in name, and the two counties of Jiangbei and Danyang County are stable.
Now that there are Yuan Shao and others in the north to resist the imperial army, it has bought Yuan Shu time, and he can develop Yangzhou with peace of mind, integrate internal affairs, and stabilize his rule.
Han Fu, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others had a clear division of labor and unity, and Chen Bing Yanzhou and Yuzhou bordered each other, and war was about to break out.
Niu Fu is not stupid, he will lose a lot of money if he conquers Changyi City, if there are so many cities in Yuzhou, one by one, how many people will be lost? His strength was cavalry, and he was not good at siege warfare.
So, Niu Fu asked Changyi to guard Changyi City; The cavalry of Lü Bu, Hu Zhen and Wei Xu had to burn, kill and loot Yuzhou without interruption, and take with them those who could take them away, and destroy those who could not take them.
Raiding was the strength of the Liangzhou cavalry, and they liked this tactic the most; The cavalry was very mobile and had a wide range of operations, and when fighting in the plains, the infantry had nothing to do with them, but to let them come and go as they pleased; Everywhere he passed, he slaughtered on a large scale, and along the way, "the chickens and dogs were exhausted, and there were no pedestrians in the ruins"!
Lü Bu was based in Jiyin County, facing Liang and Pei in the south as the target of plunder; The army was stationed in Jishi County, first occupying the isolated Jiang County in the northern part of the Liang State, and then suddenly moving east to occupy Xiayi County.
Frightened, Han Fu's army, which was stationed on the border of Peiguo, immediately went south to Huangxian, otherwise there was a danger of being surrounded by Lu Bu and Niu Fu; Fengxian and other counties in the north fell into the hands of Lu Bu.
With Liu Dai's case, the county magistrate encountered either abandoned the city and fled long ago, or immediately opened the door to surrender and offered a large amount of supplies, Lu Bu appeased those who surrendered on their own initiative and did not plunder them, which made the resistance he encountered much smaller than that of the Liangzhou cavalry.
Han Fu's army retreated, making Peixian the forefront of Xuzhou; Gongsun Chan only took strict precautions and did not clash with Lü Bu's army; Tao Qian is now secretly glad that he had chosen to be wise enough to let Gongsun Chan garrison Peixian from the threat of plundering in Xuzhou.
Seeing that several princes in the eastern part of the country were retreating, Li Ru was very happy, and immediately suggested that Dong Zhuo send Zhonglang General Duan Xuan to Nanyang County, and cooperate with Yang Ding, the Taishou of Nanyang County, to attack the southern area of Yuzhou.
The armies of Yuan Shao and Han Fu were all confronting the officers and soldiers under Niu Fu's jurisdiction in the north, and the southern part of Yuzhou was empty and was being taken advantage of by Li Ru.
At the same time, Li Ru ordered Zhang Ji and others to assist Wei Xu and increase the blow to Cao Cao in Yingchuan County.
Cao Cao abandoned Chenliu County and Fugou County as early as the beginning of the war, moved his base camp to Yingyin City (Xuchang), carried out tactical contraction in time, and gave Yuan Shao the task of defending Huzhen.
Dong Zhuo sent a large army to encircle and suppress the warlords in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, but instead made several warlords in Yuzhou tightly united.
At the same time, Yuan Shao discussed with Han Fu and Cao Cao, and sent people to lobby Tao Qian in Xuzhou, Yuan Shu in Yangzhou and Liu Biao in Jingzhou to join the anti-Dong alliance together, otherwise, they would be defeated by Dong Zhuo one by one, and everyone's fate would not be better.
The cruelty of Dong Zhuo's army also stimulated all the scholars and landlords, who shared the same hatred and hatred for the enemy, and funded Yuan Shao and others one after another, and worked together to resist the attack of Dong Zhuo's army.
The news came back from time to time, and Gao Shun, Xi Zhicai and others analyzed the battle situation from time to time.
The development of things exceeded Gao Shun's estimate, the Kwantung princes were actually pressed and beaten by Dong Zhuo's army, and they were beaten without the power to fight back, which is too far from history, I really don't know if these Kwantung princes will rise.
Regarding the situation in the Central Plains, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia are very happy, and this will implement their plan to dominate the Central Plains in advance, and Gao Shun must not oppose it.
In order to better deal with the situation in the Central Plains, Xi Zhicai suggested that the Yanzhou Thorn History Department be established to take charge of Taishan County, Jibei State, Rencheng State, Dongping State and Lu State; In this way, in the future, Yanzhou can focus on the affairs of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and Qingzhou can only focus on the affairs of Xuzhou.
Gao Shun thought for a while and agreed to Xi Zhicai's suggestion, however, the Yanzhou Thorn History Department was still under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou Mu and continued to be managed by Guangping Hou Fangliang.
Guo Tu served as the assassin of Yanzhou, in charge of the administration and people's livelihood of several counties in Yanzhou, and at the same time served as the military division of Yanzhou, stationed in Fenggaocheng. Sun Guan was promoted to Sima of other departments, in charge of 5,000 infantry, stationed in Dongping Kingdom, as a buffer.
Subsequently, Gao Shun, at the suggestion of Xi Zhicai, transferred the junior general Zhang Liao to lead 10,000 cavalry to garrison Dongwuyang City, control the Cangting Ferry, and ensure logistics materials for the counties and garrisons of Yanzhou.
The coercion of Gao Shun's forces shocked Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, and they felt a lot of pressure, and immediately sent people to Jizhou to question.