After the Battle of Sili, the Liangzhou rebels, oh no, should now be renamed the Liangzhou Coalition Army, and successfully gained a foothold in the Sanfu area of Guanzhong. Moreover, although the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty in their hands does not seem to be very easy to use, it is also the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty after all.

It is only because of the war that the spring ploughing work in Guanzhong this year has been seriously damaged, resulting in the autumn harvest season inevitably being a poor harvest year. A large number of people were killed and injured, so that many corpses could not be buried in time. When summer came, a huge plague broke out in the Sanfu area, and thousands of people died, making the already dilapidated Guanzhong look more and more dilapidated and desolate.

As for Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's side, although they lost a strategic defeat in this war, the losses were not so great that Yuan Shu could not accept them. And the powerful force displayed by the newly joined "Fenwu General" Lu Bu also did not reduce the military prestige of Yuan Shujun.

It's just that Lu Bu is obviously not a peaceful master. In other words, in Lu Bu's eyes, Yuan Shu, who seems to be incompetent in martial arts, does not have the capital to suppress Lu Bu like Dong Zhuo back then.

With the title of Wen Hou and the official position of General Fenwu, Lu Bu thinks that his identity is not under Yuan Shu. is also Lu Bu's conceited force, but not everyone can convince him. In this way, Lu Bu, who didn't take Yuan Shu very seriously, would inevitably put forward some rude demands, such as asking for a substantial increase in troops, asking for a large post-war reward or something, which made Yuan Shu very dissatisfied.

There is another thing that makes Yuan Shu's forces extremely headache, which is this year's harvest. Because Yuan Shu wantonly requisitioned the people to fill the army at the critical moment of spring ploughing in the territory, the spring ploughing in Nanyang and Yuzhou obviously did not do well.

It is conceivable that at the turn of the summer and autumn of the following year, when the green and yellow are not harvested, there will also be a considerable degree of famine under Yuan Shu's rule. on this. Huang Shao, Gong Du, Liu Pi and other leaders of the Yellow Turban Army lurking in the area of Funiu Mountain can be said to be the most anticipated. On the contrary, Yuan Shu himself didn't care too much about this, and he didn't know how much this gentleman lacked agricultural knowledge.

When the combined forces of Yuan Shu and Sun Jian ended the battle with the Liangzhou army, it was almost the time when Cao Cao defeated the Xuzhou army.

Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is a capable official. This point began when he arrived in Xuzhou, and he quickly effectively suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising, which was in full swing. It is precisely because of Tao Qian's outstanding achievements that he was able to leap from Xuzhou Thorn History to Xuzhou Mu.

But. Tao Qian's ambition is not big. As a local magistrate living in troubled times, Tao Qian had no intention of taking the opportunity to establish a hegemony. It's not that Tao Qian is loyal to the Han and never thought about this, but Tao Qian's conditions don't have the capital to do so.

When he entered Xuzhou to serve as the assassin, Tao Qian was already an old man who was close to the age of six. Due to his slightly poor background and lack of family power, his governance in Xuzhou must rely on the support of the local powerful clans.

At that time, if it weren't for Yuan Shu and Tao Qian, they happened to have similar personalities. secretly introduced several Xuzhou wealthy families such as Pengcheng Cao's family and Donghai Chen family to Tao Qian, and Tao Qian would not be accepted by Xuzhou Haoqiang so smoothly.

His own lack of strength means that it is difficult for Tao Qian to leave the foundation of Xuzhou to his two sons with mediocre ability. is old, which means that Tao Qian does not even have enough time to pave the way for his son to take over. The combination of these factors means that once Tao Qian falls ill or dies, he will immediately lose his authority to rule Xuzhou.

So. Tao Qian, who is old-fashioned, is under the premise that progress is hopeless. In order to prevent his children and grandchildren from being innocently murdered in this troubled world, Tao Qian simply asked his two sons not to enter the official career and obediently be a good citizen at home. In this way, when Tao Qian handed over Xuzhou to the successor, the successor would also take care of the two brothers for the sake of the second son not having the slightest threat.

Let's talk about Tao Qian and Cao Cao's war.

Actually, in the beginning. Tao Qian didn't even have the intention of taking the initiative to send troops to Yanzhou. Although his status as a state pastor is high, he cannot pass it on to future generations. Even if he occupies the entire Yanzhou, what is the meaning to Tao Qian personally?

As for the 20,000 people that Tao Qian handed over to Cao Bao, it was only Tao Qian who attacked Yanzhou in order to cooperate with Yuan Shu. And squeezed out of the biased division. In other words, they went to beat the side drum for Yuan Shu.

However, who would have expected that in the imperial court around Guanzhong, there would suddenly be such a big thing?

As soon as something happened to the imperial court in Guanzhong, Yuan Shu's mind moved, and he immediately pulled the 80,000 troops attacking Yanzhou to attack Xijing Chang'an. In this case, it stands to reason that since the main owner is gone, what is the need for the Xuzhou army to launch an attack on Yanzhou?

However, a lot of things are broken on this but. Although Tao Qian is a pastor in Xuzhou, he is an outsider after all. Without the support of several powerful people in Xuzhou, many things could not be done. Therefore, when it comes to the influence of local heroes on the state, there is no one in the world who is strong in Xuzhou.

Cao Bao is the sister-in-law of the Cao family in Pengcheng, and his brother Cao Hong is the other driver of the state pastor's mansion. The Cao family, who can call the wind and rain in Xuzhou, is not a harmless white rabbit for humans and animals. A mere territory of Peng Chengguo can no longer satisfy the Cao clan's rapidly expanding power.

If the actual scope of control of Xuzhou can be expanded, for example, if the Shanyang County and Rencheng Kingdom around Pengchengguo can be defeated, then the Cao clan can take the opportunity to expand, sit on the land of several counties, and become the world's first-class local power!

Cao Bao, the commander of the Xuzhou Division, who had defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou many times in the past, obviously had good combat power. Since Yanzhou is now in obvious weakness, it is an excellent opportunity for Cao Bao. Whether it was public or private, Cao Bao had a strong desire to attack Yanzhou, and for him, the dilapidated Yanzhou was obviously powerless to resist his own powerful state division that had been recuperating for a long time.

Therefore, at Cao Bao's insistence, Tao Qian had to agree to Cao Bao's plan to launch an attack on Yanzhou alone.

It's just that since Cao Cao was able to defeat the Yellow Turban coalition forces in Qing, Xu, and Yan in one fell swoop, how could Cao Bao, a "Taiping general" who had never fought a hard battle, be able to deal with it?

Cao Cao's headquarters elite soldiers didn't even make a move, but only used 20,000 "Qingzhou soldiers" selected from more than 100,000 Qingxu Yellow Turban troops, Cao Bao couldn't resist it, was broken by the First World War, lost four or five thousand soldiers, and fled back to Xuzhou in embarrassment.

This battle. It doesn't last long. But it didn't end there.

Cao Cao is such an easy person to lose?

Xuzhou sent troops to attack, giving Cao Cao enough reasons to fight back and persuade those Yanzhou officials who had no intention of participating in the chaotic war in the world. Following Cao Bao's defeated army, Cao Cao mobilized 10,000 people in his headquarters, with 20,000 Qingzhou soldiers as the forerunner. A large-scale counterattack was launched against Xuzhou.

The Qingzhou soldiers were Yellow Turban soldiers, and their military discipline was extremely poor. In order to encourage the Qingzhou soldiers to fight bravely against the enemy, Cao Cao openly promised that the Qingzhou soldiers could capture and plunder the enemy's counties at will. In this way, the Qingzhou soldiers, who had been formally organized, immediately turned into a group of terrible locusts, burning, killing, and plundering everything. The area they passed through was immediately in ruins.

It is sometimes recorded that after this battle, the war-torn area became "the chicken and the dog are exhausted." There are no pedestrians in the ruins". The tragedy of the Qingzhou soldiers can be seen from this. And Cao Cao has become the most hated and feared "butcher" by Xuzhou people.

Fortunately, Pengcheng is the foundation of Xuzhou Cao's family and has strong strength. In the face of a strong enemy, the Cao clan, which was launched with all their might, still survived the attack of the Qingzhou soldiers. And as soon as the Qingzhou soldiers attacked Pengcheng, they had no interest in continuing to gnaw on this hard bone. So they scattered to the countryside to collect grain and grass materials. Transported back to Yanzhou, which was facing the threat of famine.

As a result, Cao Bao's active attack on Yanzhou was beaten by Cao Cao. The Qingzhou soldiers plundered a lot in this battle, which actually allowed Cao Cao to have grain and grass to survive the famine that year.

With this successful example, in Cao Cao's heart, he unconsciously put Xuzhou as a piece of fat. I saw it as food in my mouth. Just after returning to Yanzhou, Cao Cao had already begun to plan to invade Xuzhou again when he was able to get more resources.

Compared with several other battlefields, the winners and losers have been clearly divided in a few months. The battle on the Qingzhou battlefield is extraordinarily long and inseparable. The Yellow Turban Army, Yuan Tan's forces, Tian Kai's forces, and local officials' forces were entangled with each other, each fearing each other, so that the war in Qingzhou dragged on, as if there was no end in sight.

The development of the war in Qingzhou is roughly as follows:

First, Yuan Tan launched an attack on Tian Kai, and the two sides were at loggerheads. Then Tian Kai defeated a Yellow Turban army that wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob and kept his stronghold in Qingzhou. Next, the Yellow Turban Army attacked Yuan Tan and the local officials, and the local forces launched a counterattack against the Yellow Turban Army, which provoked the Yellow Turban Army to make a big move......

Among the four forces, in terms of military strength alone, the Yellow Turban Army is the strongest. Although before this battle, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army had divided hundreds of thousands of people into Jizhou, Yanzhou and other places, and was annihilated one after another. However, among the Yellow Turban Army in the world, the only remaining commander Guan Hai is here, and Qingzhou is still the most powerful place in the Yellow Turban Army among the states in the world.

Of course, the arrogance of the traitor who occupied the annexed state does not count.

However, although the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is strong, it is the common target of the other three parties, and among the four forces, life is the worst.

As for Yuan Tan and Tian Kai, one behind them is Yuan Shao and the other is Gongsun Zhan, both of whom have very hard waists. It's just that due to the big battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, the two sides can be said to be incompatible, and there have been several battles of more than 5,000 people in succession. In contrast, the one who lived the most comfortable life was the original county officials in Qingzhou.

Due to the inaction of the late Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiaohe, many counties in Qingzhou were successively broken by the Yellow Turban Army. Otherwise, the officials in Qingzhou would not tolerate outsiders such as Yuan Tan and Tian Kai to gain a foothold on their own territory.

Of course, in order to protect their own interests from being usurped at will, the county officials in Qingzhou also need a temporary leader to lead their camp.

Originally, this kind of behavior of everyone electing leaders is prone to disagreements and infighting. However, due to the existence of one person, the remaining original officials in Qingzhou avoided those habitual disputes, and almost indisputably elected the same person as the leader.

This celebrity who was promoted by the public is Kong Rong. (To be continued......)

PS: PS: (1) When the party was in charge, Zhang Jian defected to Kong Rong's brother Kong Bao, but Kong Rong was not at home, but Kong Rong took the initiative to help Zhang Jian escape. Later, the incident was discovered, and the two brothers were arrested and tortured in prison. Kong Rong said: "I am the one who shelters and hides Zhang Jian, and the guilt belongs to me." Kong Bao said: "Zhang Jian came to me, it is not my brother's sin, the sin is mine, I am willing." The officials asked their mother, who said, "I am the one who is responsible for the old man's work." "All of them are vying to die, and the county hesitates to make a decision, so they ask the court for instructions. The edict finally condemned Kong Bao, who became famous.