【Alliance Confrontation】

After Yuan Shu and his brother Yuan Shao broke up, both of them made foreign aid with each other's ideas, Yuan Shu befriended Gongsun Zhan, and Yuan Shao united with Liu Biao. At that time, most of the heroes were attached to Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shu was furious and said: "Do these vertical men not follow me, but follow my slaves? ”

Yuan Shu also wrote to Gongsun Zhan, saying that Yuan Shao was not born to the Yuan family, and Yuan Shao was furious when he found out.

Liu Biao was the assassin of Jingzhou at that time, controlling Yuan Shu's grain route, so Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to crusade against Liu Biao, hoping to relieve the trouble, but he didn't expect Sun Jian to die in battle, Liu Biao simply cut off Yuan Shu's grain route, so that Yuan Shu couldn't stay in Nanyang anymore, and was forced to turn his attention to Yanzhou. Yuan Shu wrote a letter to Gongsun Chan for help to deal with Yuan Shao, and he and the Yanzhou assassin Shi Jinshang appointed by the imperial court to crusade against Yuan Shao's ally Cao Cao, with Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian as the leader of the Yuan Shu camp and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao led by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao launched a large-scale battle across Jingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou and other six major states during the early peace period of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the result ended in the complete victory of Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Shu was also driven to Yangzhou by Cao Cao.

After Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao, he abandoned Nanyang County and entered Yangzhou instead, but from then on, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao formed a bond, and Cao Cao also became Yuan Shu's nemesis, and the confrontation between the two lasted until Yuan Shu's death.

【Fight for Yangzhou】

After Yuan Shu came to Yangzhou, his strategy was basically to seize Xuzhou in the north, Yuzhou in the west, and Yangzhou in the south.

Yuan Shu's seizure of Yangzhou and Xuzhou's assassin Shi Tao Qian had a substantial conflict of interests, causing the two to turn against each other, and Tao Qian was also one of Yuan Shu's main enemies in the early capture of Yangzhou.

According to the mainstream historical materials "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", Yuan Shu killed Chen Wen of Yangzhou after going to Yangzhou and led Yangzhou Mu himself, but there are different records in a considerable part of the materials, comprehensive "Heroes", "Jiangbiao Biography", "Shanyang Gongji", "Kyushu Spring and Autumn" and other historical materials records, in history, Chen Wen, the history of Yangzhou Assassin Chen Wen was not killed by Yuan Shu, but died of illness, and then Yuan Shu sent Chen Yu (that is, Chen Li) to lead Yangzhou pastor.

But who is right and who is wrong is now impossible to determine.

Chen Yu was the son of Chen Qiu, the Taiwei during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and Chen Jue was his cousin. According to the second version, after Chen Wen's death, Yuan Shao appointed Yuan Yi as the assassin of Yangzhou, but Yuan Yi was soon defeated and killed by soldiers when he fled to Peiguo. Then Yuan Shu listed Chen Yu as the assassin of Yangzhou and included Yangzhou in his sphere of influence. However, after Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao, Chen Yu had a disagreement with Yuan Shu, and probably contacted Tao Qian through Chen Jue's father and son, and when Yuan Shu retreated to Shouchun, Chen Yu refused to accept Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu retreated to Jiujiang County, reorganized his troops to fight again, and attacked Chen Yu again, Chen Yu was defeated and fled to Xiapi, which may also be the beginning of the break between Yuan Shu and Tao Qian.

But no matter what, after Yuan Shu took control of the Jianghuai land, he led Yangzhou himself, and was also called Xuzhou Bo, with Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and others as generals. is already eyeing Xuzhou, and Tao Qian is obviously opposed.

Historically, Yuan Shu once listed Sun Jian as the assassin of Yuzhou, if Chen Yu was indeed sent to lead Yangzhou, then Yuan Shu's sphere of influence once included Yangzhou, Yuzhou and Nanyang, the northern county of Jingzhou, in the early peace period.

In addition to Tao Qian, Yuan Shu's opponent in Yangzhou, there is also his good brother Yuan Shao. At that time, Yuan Shao appointed Zhou Xin as the Taishou of Danyang, and his second brother Zhou Ang as the Taishou of Jiujiang, and may also appoint Yuan Zhi as the assassin of Yangzhou.

According to the "Heroes", Yuan Shao once appointed Yuan Yi as the assassin of Yangzhou, but was defeated by Yuan Shu.

So Yuan Shu sent Sun Ben to attack Zhou Ang, although Zhou Qiao also came to help his second brother, but Sun Ben still broke through the county governance Yin Tomb, Yuan Shu also recommended Sun Ben as the assassin of Yuzhou again, and then transferred to Danyang Du Lieutenant, acting as the general of the conquest, leading the army to crusade against Shanyue. After that, Yuan Shu appointed Sun Jian's brother-in-law Wu Jing as the Taishou of Danyang, defeated Zhou Xin, occupied Danyang, and Zhou Xin and others took refuge in Wang Lang, the Taishou of Huiji.

Tao Qian was not blindly beaten in the face of the aggressive Yuan Shu, Chen Qi was Pei Xiang at that time, which was equivalent to Tao Qian's hand had reached Yuzhou, in the fourth year of Chuping (193) Tao Qian sent Zhao Yu to the imperial court according to Zhao Yu and Wang Lang's strategy, and was supported by the Son of Heaven.

But soon because of Cao Song's affairs, Tao Qian and Cao Cao broke up, and Cao Cao invaded Xuzhou on a large scale, making Tao Qian basically unable to fight against Yuan Shu in Yangzhou and Yuzhou.

After Li, Guo and others invaded Chang'an to control the imperial court, they wanted to make friends with Yuan Shu, so they sent Taifu Ma Riyan to give Yuan Shuzuo the general, fake the festival, and enter the Marquis of Yang Zhai, but Yuan Shu robbed Ma Riyan of the military runes, and then imprisoned him and did not let him go back.

In the first year of Xingping (194), another major event occurred in Yangzhou, the imperial court appointed Liu Xuan, a clan member of the Han family, as the new Yangzhou Assassin Shi, at first Yuan Shu and Liu Xiang were good, but soon Liu Xiang became Yuan Shu's new enemy in Yangzhou.

Because Shouchun, the governing office of Yangzhou at that time, had been occupied by Yuan Shu, Liu Miao did not have the courage to go to Shouchun, so with the help of Wu Jing, the Taishou of Danyang under Yuan Shu, and Sun Ben, the commander of Danyang, Liu Miao was able to govern Qu'a of Wu County. At that time, Yuan Shu relied on his friendship with Liu Xuan, and first appointed Zhuge Xuan as the Taishou of Yuzhang (one said that Liu Biao appointed him), and then Zhu Zhi as the governor of Wu County.

Later, Yuan Shu prepared to crusade against Xuzhou, but the grain and grass were not enough, so he borrowed 30,000 rice from Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang County, but Lu Kang did not borrow it, Yuan Shu was furious, and then sent Sun Ce to crusade, and the two sides fought for more than a year, and finally Lujiang City was broken, Lu Kang died of illness, and more than half of the Lu clan died.

After Liu Miao gained a firm foothold in Yangzhou, he immediately expelled Wu Jing and Sun Ben, at that time he had Zhang Ying, Fan Neng, Tai Shici, Yu Lu and other generals, Xu Shao, Shiyi and other advisers, as well as Xu Gong, Zhenrong, Xue Li, Zhu Hao and other small princes attached, and later the imperial court also awarded Liu Miao as Yangzhou Mu, Zhenwu general, at that time Liu Miao already had tens of thousands of troops.

After Liu Miao and Yuan Shu broke up, Yuan Shu appointed his old subordinate Hui Qu as the assassin of Yangzhou, Wu Jing was the overseer of the army, Zhonglang would immediately crusade against Liu Shu with Sun Ben, Liu Miao also sent Fan Neng and Yu Ludong to garrison Hengjiangjin, and Zhang Ying was stationed in Danglikou to resist Yuan Shu. The two sides fought continuously in this area, and later Wu Jing attacked Zhenrong and Xue Li, who were attached to Liu Xuan, in Moling, and there was a stalemate in the early stage of the war.

It wasn't until Sun Ce defeated Lu Kang and joined in the war that there was a noticeable turnaround. After Sun Ce led his troops to cross the river, he soon conquered Hengjiang and Dangli, defeated Zhang Ying and Fan Neng, and crossed the river from Liyang, defeated Zhenrong, Xue Li, and Liu Xuan, and finally pacified Jiangdong.

In the battle for Yangzhou, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Tao Qian, Liu Miao and many other powerful princes entered the game one after another. Yuan Shao first took Yuan Zhi as Yangzhou, but Yuan Yu was defeated and killed, and his generals Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang were also defeated by Yuan Shu successively; Tao Qian also had thoughts about Yangzhou at first, but unfortunately he was beaten by Cao Cao and was weak; Liu Miao came a little late, facing the little overlord of Jiangdong, he really couldn't beat it; Yuan Shu won on the surface, but only those who had the last laugh could be considered the real winners.