186 A.D., October

Sun Ling returned to Yangzhai City, and after only a few days of idleness, he received news from the shadow guards everywhere.

In order to seek Jizhou, Yuan Shao listened to the strategy of his adviser Feng Ji. Internally, he contacted Jizhou, those famous people who had worshiped under the Yuan family, and asked them to go out to persuade Han Fu to give way. Externally, Yuan Shao deceived Gongsun Zhan with a letter, asking him to lead troops to attack Han Fu, adding pressure to him, and after the matter was completed, the two divided Jizhou equally.

Gongsun Zhan has long coveted the treasure land of Jizhou, and after getting Yuan Shao's invitation, he happily agreed, and took the people of his headquarters to kill Jizhou violently. With the approach of Gongsun Zhan's soldiers outside and the persuasion of Jizhou celebrities inside, Han Fu could only be forced to reluctantly give Jizhou to Yuan Shao.

After Yuan Shao got Jizhou, he did not keep his promise to share the territory equally with Gongsun Zhan. Seeing this, Gongsun Zhan began to sprinkle, and in the end, because the sprinkle was ineffective, he could only lead his headquarters to wreak havoc in Jizhou to retaliate. In this way, the flames of war ignited in Jizhou.

Yangzhou, because Zu Mao died after his own break, Sun Jian hated Yuan Shu to the core. After Sun Jian left the alliance army, he returned directly to Wu County, reorganized his troops and horses, and took the tiger Sun Ce to repeatedly attack the territory of Yuanshu in Huainan.

Yuan Shu received an urgent report from Huainan on the road, and hurriedly galloped back. At that time, it was Liu Miao who served as the assassin of Yangzhou, and Yuan Shu hated him for letting Sun Jian and his son go unpunished, attacking his own territory but ignoring it. He listened to the advice of his subordinate Bo Yanghong, usurped power, seized Shouchun, and established himself as the assassin of Yangzhou.

After Liu Miao learned that Yuan Shu had seized Shouchun and established himself as an assassin, he fought against Yuan Shu together with Sun Jian and his son. In Yangzhou, there is also a lot of war.

Chang'an, because after Lu Bu was stationed in Chang'an, Wang Yun and other ministers were worried that he would be as brutal and unreasonable as Dong Zhuo, so they had the intention of expelling. But because Lu Bu has a large number of generals, the ministers have nothing to do. In the end, Situ Wang Yun used a counter-plot to use the stunning dancing girl in the family to catch up with Li Xun and rebel against him.

Lu Bu had no intention of guarding against Li Xuan. When he was drunk, he was assassinated by Li Xun and others, if it weren't for the desperate protection of his subordinates, Lu Bu would have died under the knife.

Although they escaped the assassination carefully planned by Li Zhuo and others, the soldiers and horses that originally belonged to Dong Zhuojun had already been rebelled by them. In the end, Lu Bu was defeated, so he could only take the remaining 8,000 men and horses and fled from Chang'an in a hurry.

Lu Bu, who had nowhere to go, thought of taking 8,000 men and horses back to his hometown and state to take refuge in Zhang Yang. Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned to Bingzhou, he learned that the Xiang clan who occupied Liangzhou came to attack with men and horses.

In the face of the fierce Xiang clan, Zhang Yang couldn't resist, and after learning that Lu Bu had returned, he pinned his hopes on him. And Lu Bu did not live up to Zhang Yang's expectations, and led the people of Bingzhou and the Xiang clan led by Xiang Longtu, in the territory of Bingzhou, you and I fought back and forth.

Yanzhou, because the state pastor Liu Dai was killed by the rebellious Qingzhou Yellow Turban, at this time there was a war in Yanzhou, and the Yanzhou clans were powerless to resist, so they could only ask Cao Ying to come out. Unlike other people's careful planning, Cao Ying was ordered to be promoted to the position of Yanzhou pastor by the Yanzhou clan.

Controlling the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou, Cao Ying launched an all-out expulsion of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans who were in rebellion in Yanzhou. Cao Ying is also worthy of being evaluated as an outstanding military strategist by later generations, relying only on 40,000 Yanzhou troops, he drove hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou yellow turbans back to Qingzhou.

After the catastrophe of the Yellow Turban, Yanzhou at this time was already full of mourning. Cao Ying listened to the advice of his adviser Cheng Yu, recuperated and developed his arms. The main forces were put into Qingzhou, the border of Jizhou, to prevent the attack of the Yellow Turban, and Yuan Shao, who was ambitious in Jizhou. As for Yuzhou, if Sun Ling wants to make a move, with Cao Ying's current strength, even if all of them are pressed to prevent it, it will be in vain.

Yang Zhai City, Champion Hou Mansion. After reading the papers in his hand full of information from all over the world, the corners of Sun Ling's mouth couldn't help but raise a smile. Now that there are endless wars in various places, the prelude to the troubled times has begun, and you can start to shoot.

"Zilong, you go and call them to the council hall to discuss the matter of sending troops." After turning his head and giving instructions to Zhao Yun behind him, Sun Ling walked towards the council hall with those few intelligence letters.

In the conference hall, looking at the people who had already arrived, Sun Ling first stood up, passed the intelligence letter in his hand, and then sat back again, wanting to see what they felt after reading it.

As time passed, everyone in the hall seemed to be immersed in the content of the information, and they all made a thought, and the entire conference hall was quiet.

"Lord, in its current form, the only thing that can pose a threat to us is Liu Biao of Jingzhou, if we go to take Qingzhou at this time, we must take more precautions." Xu Shu, who was old and serious, opened his mouth first. It seems that Xu Shu means that he can't draw out his troops, and he still needs to leave some people to guard Yu and Xuzhou.

"Wen Ruo, what is the deployment of troops in Yu and Xu Prefectures now, you can tell us." After listening to what Xu Shu said, Sun Ling was silent for a moment, and then raised his head and asked Xun Yu.

After coming back this time, Sun Ling transferred Xun Yu back to his side, and the political affairs in Xuzhou were presided over by Zhong Xuan. Now after this period of tempering, Chen Qun and Zhong Miao are in charge of the political affairs of a state, and it is more than enough to have the help of those local officials below. And when Xun Yu comes back, the most important thing is because Sun Ling's side needs to have someone who knows everything about the political affairs of the two states, and Xun Yu is undoubtedly the best candidate.

"Lord, now there are more than 20,000 regular garrisons stationed in Yuzhou, all of which are distributed in various major checkpoints, and more than 15,000 people in the Badao Battalion are in Yangzhai and Xuxian two cities. Xuzhou has a regular garrison of more than 30,000 people, mainly used to strictly prevent the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans from attacking. Because of the lord's last dispatch, there are 10,000 soldiers of the sword battalion, stationed in the counties, waiting for the lord's order to attack at any time. Xun Yu obviously knew everything about the distribution of troops, and as soon as Sun Ling finished asking, he saw that he didn't hesitate at all, so he said this.

After listening to Xun Yu's words, Sun Ling squeezed his brows into a Sichuan shape with some distress, if he transferred all the Badao battalions, there were only 50,000 regular garrisons, and it was obviously not enough to defend the two states. Judging from the form of Jingzhou, if it is attacked on a large scale, Yuzhou, which has only 20,000 garrisons, will be very dangerous.

"Dian Wei, how is the training of the three thousand strong now?" Suddenly remembering the sturdy men who surrendered with Zhou Fang a few days ago, Sun Ling looked at Dian Wei and asked.

"Lord, the strength of those people themselves is very good, and they quickly integrated into the training of the soldiers of the Sword Battalion, except for the poor coordination of the team, the other standards have been met." Hearing Sun Ling's question, Dian Wei got up and said.

That's an extra 3,000 troops, but that's still not enough. It was only now that Sun Ling realized that although he had the most powerful army, with the development of the future, it was obviously not enough to just develop the strength of the Badao Battalion.

This time, we must take Qingzhou, especially those yellow turbans, and we must find a way to surrender them, so that there is no need to worry about the problem of troops in the future for the time being, Sun Ling said secretly.

Thinking of this, Sun Ling looked at the people in the hall and said, "Transfer the 30,000 garrisons in Xuzhou back to Yuzhou to assist in the defense, and make Zhou Fang the general of the sword battalion." Together with the 3,000 people who were trained, 7,000 soldiers of the Badao Battalion were transferred from Xu County and Yangzhai to be dispatched by Zhou Fang, and Xu Shu was the military division to guard Yuzhou. Zhang Mancheng led 5,000 soldiers of the Badao Battalion, and Xi Zhicai was the military advisor to guard Xuzhou. The remaining 3,000 soldiers of the Badao Battalion followed me to Zhuxian to join the 10,000 Badao Battalion and go to Qingzhou. ”

After saying this, Sun Ling looked at the people below, wanting to see if they had any different opinions, this was already the best way he could come up with. Although it may be difficult to fight against the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans with a 13,000 Badao battalion, which is known as 300,000, Yuzhou and Xuzhou are the foundation of Sun Ling, so he can't relax his vigilance.

"The lord wants to use the 13,000 sword battalion to fight against the 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans? This is absolutely unacceptable! There are 50,000 garrisons in Yuzhou, so the lord should take away the 10,000 sword battalions led by General Zhou Fang. Xu Shu, who originally put forward Liu Biao's threat theory, jumped up from his seat after hearing Sun Ling's arrangement, and objected emotionally.

Of course, Xu Shu knew that the Badao Battalion was strong, but no matter how strong it was, he couldn't take 13,000 people to fight with 300,000 people, which was too appalling.

"Yuanzhi, Yu, and Xu are our foundation, and there is absolutely no room for error! I know what you think, but what if Liu Biao really dares to raise a large army to attack? Looking at the emotional Xu Shu, Sun Ling asked.

"This ......" Hearing Sun Ling's question, Xu Shu couldn't help but hesitate a little. He also knew that if Liu Biao really raised an army to attack, then relying only on the 50,000 garrison troops would be dwarfed by the two states. It's just that compared to these two states, Xu Shu is more worried about Sun Ling's own safety.

"Brother Yuan, don't worry. This trip to Qingzhou is mainly to collect and surrender the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and it is not to fight them head-on. What's more, the 300,000 yellow scarves are not gathered in one place. Hehe! Seeing Xu Shu hesitating, Guo Jia naturally knew what he was thinking, poured a sip of wine into his mouth, swallowed it beautifully, and said meaningfully.

As soon as Guo Jia finished speaking, Xu Shu seemed to have thought of something, and in the surprised eyes of everyone, he ran outside. Not long after, Xu Shu came back, but at this time, there was an extra rectangular sand table in his arms.

Sun Ling saw that Xu Shu was struggling to hold the sand table that was longer than his height, and hurriedly ran down, unloaded the sand table from his arms, and gently put it on the ground.

didn't bother to thank Sun Ling, Xu Shu saw that the sand table was placed on the ground, so he squatted down, and in the attention of everyone, he nodded and clicked in several directions in the sand table, and then seemed to think of something, and smirked alone over there.

"My lord, has Mr. Yuanzhi been stimulated by something, and this brain has become abnormal? Do you want me to call Old Man Hua and show him? Looking at Xu Shu, who was smirking alone, Dian Wei came to Sun Ling's side and asked with some concern.

"You let Yuanhua first, and treat your mouth." Seeing that Dian Wei was exaggerating, Sun Ling lifted his foot and was about to kick him, but when he saw him jump away in time, he retracted his foot and said angrily.

Xu Shu also heard Dian Wei's words, but he was not in the mood to accompany Dian Wei to fool around now, and went through those points in his mind again, Xu Shu walked to the front of the sand table again, drew a circle in one place, and said to Sun Ling: "As Feng Xiao said just now, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are not gathered in one place. The lord and look at it, Anqiu, Chang'an, Gaomi, and Yi'an are the places where Qingzhou yellow turbans gather, among which there are nearly 200,000 Qingzhou yellow turbans in Yi'an, which is the most important place.

The lord can first break the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in Anqiu, Chang'an, and Gaomi, which can not only deter the Yellow Turbans in Yi'an, but also reduce the risks that our army has to face. ”

"Yuan Zhi, did you make this sand table?" Sun Ling's eyes followed Xu Shu's fingers, constantly moving in the sand table, and after he finished speaking. didn't care about his strategy, but looked at the Qingzhou sand table that marked the distribution of troops in the four places in shock, and asked.

"Well, the lord said before that he wanted to take Qingzhou, so I cooperated with the information sent back by the Qingzhou Shadow Secret Guard, and used this time to drive out this sand table. It was thanks to Bonghyo's reminder just now that I thought of taking this thing out. From this point of view, even if the lord only brings 13,000 sword battalions to Qingzhou, it is enough. Xu Shu looked at Guo Jia with a relaxed face, and smiled.

"Brother Yuan is a fan of the authorities, and Jia is just a bystander." Guo Jia just smiled indifferently at Xu Shu's praise, and then focused his attention on his own wine.

Since even Xu Shu, who was initially opposed, agreed, Sun Ling continued to assign responsibilities, except for the arrangements of those in front of him. Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, and Xu Huang were appointed as the vanguard generals who captured Qingzhou. Guo Jia, Xun Yu, and Xun Yu were appointed as accompanying military divisions.

After all the deployments were completed, the soldiers and horses of Yu and Xu began to move, and Sun Ling took 3,000 soldiers of the Badao Battalion and his entourage to converge with the 10,000 soldiers of the Badao Battalion stationed in Zhuxian. Raise the sword out of the sheath, this time the deployment is so thorough. Qingzhou, Sun Ling is bound to win!