After Chen declared independence, in addition to informing Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhan, he did not even notify the imperial court, and only sent people to Jizhou, hoping to get the support of Gaoshun's forces.

At this time, Gao Shun had returned to Taoyuan Fort, and the person in charge of receiving it was the military priest who sacrificed wine and played Zhicai, but refused on the grounds that it was not in accordance with the laws of the imperial court.

Jizhou doesn't want to protect forces that have no interest in it; In order to let the people in the Central Plains have a refuge, Xi Zhicai still agreed to trade with Chen Guo, so that Chen Guo would not be easily wiped out by other forces.

The envoy returned to Chen in disappointment.

Minister Luo Jun was very satisfied with the envoy's report, and it was very rare to be able to trade, which was a very great support.

Chen Wang Liu Chong was very angry, thinking that Gao Shun's forces had eyes and did not know gold and jade, and looked down on him Liu Chong; After consulting with the Minister of State Luo Jun, it was decided to send Xu Jing, a famous scholar who lived in Chen, to contact Xuzhou and Jingzhou, hoping to obtain the support of Tao Qian and Liu Biao.

Xu Jing, whose name is Wenxiu, was a native of Pingyu County, Runan (now Pingyu County, Henan Province), a famous scholar and critic in the late Han Dynasty, and a good deed.

Xu Jing had friendly relations with Liu Biao, Tao Qian, Wang Lang and other celebrities, and was the most suitable envoy.

The news of Chen Guo's Liu Chong's desire to obtain the support of Gao Shun's forces and his rejection spread quickly, and even though Xu Jing had extensive contacts and was friendly with others, he was ruthlessly rejected by Liu Biao and Tao Qian.

Fortunately for Prime Minister Luo Jun, all the forces are unwilling to befriend Chen Guo, but none of the forces embarrass Chen Guo, which is a very good result.

Even Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zhan, who were close at hand, did not choose to support Liu Chong, and the three forces on the envoy did not support Liu Chong, which made him very disappointed; It is not difficult to understand that the princes of any side would not choose such a strong person to be the emperor, which not only has no benefit, but restricts their freedom.

The three forces of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zan could not be hostile to Chen Guo alone; Even if Yuan Shao and Cao Cao join forces to fight against Chen Guo, it will only be a state of equal strength, in that case, it will be Gongsun Zan who will benefit, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao will never do such a stupid thing; And the three families are not aligned, and it is impossible to unite to attack the Chen State; Therefore, Chen Guo is safe for the time being.

Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao gathered their forces and deployed defenses along the banks of the Whirlpool River, but neither of them launched an attack; Cao Cao deployed heavy troops in the western part of Yingchuan County to guard against Wei Xu and Yang Ding of Nanyang County.

Yanzhou and Yuzhou fell into a brief state of peace.

Liu Miao successfully occupied the four counties of Jiangdong, and he was already very satisfied in his heart, and transferred the former Wu County Taishou Shengxian as the Taishou of Yuzhang County, and Xu Gong, the former governor of Wu County, as the governor of Yuzhang County; After that, he recruited Gao Dai, Shiyi and other celebrities for his own use; actively rectify the officers and soldiers, exterminate the bandits, resist the mountains, and develop the people's livelihood; And build a line of defense in three natural dangerous places such as Dangli, Hengjiang, and Niuzhu to prevent Yuan Shu in Jiujiang County and Lujiang County.

Dangli is a high ground, condescending, and close to the ferry, a typical place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack; Hengjiang is also a ferry, grasp this place can grasp the opportunity to "attack the soldier halfway through"; Niuzhu camp is Liu Xuan's grain storage place, here is the famous "quarry rock" of the later generations, the big river is rushed, the water flow is turbulent, and the terrain is dangerous.

And they were allied with Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Tao Qian of Xuzhou, and the position of Liu Miao of Yangzhou in Jiangdong was very stable.

Liu Miao paid attention to defense, but did not pay attention to offense, paid too much attention to the strength of the scholars, and used a large number of scholars, and the big families are selfish, they will put the interests of the family first, and many measures have left a foreshadowing for the subsequent defeat.

Now it was Yuan Shu who was anxious to start a war, his territory in Jiangnan was seized by Liu Xuan, and it was difficult to recover it for a while, and he was anxious to expand his territory, so he turned his attention to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, whom he hated; He hated the support of the Jingzhou scholars for Liu Biao, otherwise Jingzhou would be his Yuan Shu's, not only that, Liu Biao also helped Liu Miao occupy Yuzhang County and Danyang County, which made Yuan Shu even more angry; According to the Yuan family's long-term plan, after Yuan Shu occupied Nanyang County, he should go south to take Jingzhou, but he didn't expect to be picked up by Liu Biao; On the list of his hatreds, Liu Miao and the Jiangdong clans have now been added, and these clans rebelled against him and assisted Liu Miao in occupying and stabilizing Jiangdong.

Now that Yuan Shu only occupies two counties, no matter how rich he is, he can't afford to support so many officers and soldiers, and rapidly expanding his territory is his only choice.

Sun Jian's mood was similar to Yuan Shu, taking such a big risk, first killing Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, and then killing Zhang Zhi, the Taishou of Nanyang County, originally thought that Jingzhou was within reach, but he didn't expect to be easily picked by Liu Biao The ripe fruit.

Now following Sun Jian can only move forward, not backward, otherwise, how will he face the people who follow him? The attack on Jingzhou became very urgent.

However, Sun Jian is strong in martial arts, brave in battle, and likes to go to the front line in person and charge into battle, but this move makes it inevitable that he will be plotted to die.

Sun Jian was appointed as the Taishou of Lujiang County, and Liu Biao's forces in Jingzhou knew that a war with Yuan Shu was inevitable, so everyone in Jingzhou would support Liu Biao and fully support Liu Xuan, who was the pastor of Yangzhou, occupied the four counties of Jiangdong, and stabilized the four counties of Jiangdong, which would greatly weaken the power of Yuan Shu, and hoped that Liu Xuan would contain Yuan Shu's power in the rear.

Although he formed an alliance with Liu Qian and Tao Qian, there was a case of Tao Qian betraying the alliance, which caused everyone in Jingzhou to dare not relax and have been actively preparing for war.

In the face of external pressure, not only did the wealthy families in Jingzhou unite closely and unanimously to the outside world, but they also worked closely with Liu Biao to avoid internal strife and be taken advantage of by Yuan Shu, which was an unexpected harvest for Liu Biao.

Fortunately, the border with Yuan Shu's forces is now greatly shortened, and it is blocked by Dabie Mountain, which is convenient for the area to attack is very easy to predict, and it is convenient for defense and deployment; More importantly, Jingzhou has a far more powerful naval army, which is an advantage that Yuan Shu's forces do not have; In the event of a war, the navy could go down the river and attack Yuan's rear or cut off the retreat of Yuan's army.

The disadvantage is that Jiangxia County Taishou Huangzu sent his son to lead part of the naval army to garrison Chaisang, and Chaisang is the territory of Yuzhang County, and the strategic location is very important.

The most worry-free is Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian, who secretly allied with Gao Shun and received the support of Qingzhou, which is particularly confident; Now he has complete control over the counties of Xuzhou, and has allied with Liu Xuan and Yuan Shu in Yangzhou and Gongsun Zan in Yuzhou, respectively, without any external pressure.

Now he can develop the people's livelihood economy with peace of mind, and the people who migrated from Jiujiang County in Yangzhou and Yuzhou due to the turmoil, open up wasteland, build water conservancy and roads, etc., and trade with Gaoshun forces made Xuzhou very rich.

After Yizhou Mu Liu Yan settled in, he quickly quelled the civil strife in Yizhou, stabilized the situation, actively pacified and sheltered those who fled and rebelled, and vigorously implemented a policy of tolerance and favor to develop people's livelihood.

Zhang Lu, the leader of the "Five Buckets of Rice Dao", had a beautiful appearance, and knew the heresies of gods and ghosts, and had dealings with Liu Yan's family, so Liu Yan appointed Zhang Lu as the superintendent of Sima, and went to Hanzhong with Sima Zhang Xiu of other departments to attack Hanzhong Taishou Sugu.

After Zhang Lu gained power in Hanzhong, he killed Zhang Xiu, cut off the traffic, and beheaded the Han envoy, and the Liu and Zhang families had a grudge.

Liu Yan cut off communication with the central court on the grounds that rice thieves were blocking traffic. He further attacked the local tyrants internally and consolidated his own power, so that Yizhou was in a semi-independent state.

When the Kwantung League crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Liu Yan also refused to send troops and defended Baozhou.

In the second year of the first peace, Liu Yan made more than 1,000 cars (the frame used by the Son of Heaven) to be the emperor. Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao said to the imperial court, saying that Liu Yan "has the theory that Zixia is suspicious of the saint in Xihe (meaning that he has bad intentions)".

The suspension of the war in the Central Plains was a good thing, but it made Dong Zhuo very difficult; Li Ru had already judged that the military strength of the Gao Shun forces was so strong, and if they did not participate in the affairs of the Central Plains and did not interfere in the affairs of the imperial court, they hoped to use the hands of Dong Zhuo to launch a war and take the opportunity to eliminate many scholars and warlords.