It is impossible for extremely critical news such as "Zhang is surrounded by arrogance, and he does not know life and death" to be blocked for a long time. Zhang Yan's efforts delayed the spread of this unfavorable news in the army for a full ten days. Ten days later, the news brought by the refugees and merchants from Jizhou finally came to Youzhou, and in an instant, it spread throughout the Zhuolu camp.

Just when more than 10,000 of the Youzhou army, which had recently been incorporated by Zhang Yan, was worried about their future because of this unfavorable news, and even caused many newly surrendered soldiers to have the idea of fleeing, Zhang Yan took the initiative to convene a military meeting and announced a good news to the generals in the army. That is:

——Yuan Shao withdrew, and the battle in Jizhou was won!

After Yuan Shao's withdrawal, the news of Zhang Shao's defeat of Yuan Shao, at Zhang Shao's special request, spread much faster than the news of Yuan Shao's invasion. The Youzhou troops who got the latest battle situation, even if they still have some doubts, finally settled down. Not long after, the news that Yuan Shao's army was defeated by Li Dao and Guo Yan made Youzhou's situation obviously tilt to Zhang Yan's side.

When the morale of the army was completely stabilized, Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, decisively ended the rest, drove the army westward at full speed, and conquered Daijun and Gaoliu in one fell swoop. Liu Yu, who was caught off guard, was intercepted by Youzhou troops on the way to the north, and was sent to Jizhou after being captured. As a result, the task of stabilizing Youzhou was half completed by Zhang Yan.

Liu Yu was destroyed, and the uncles and nephews of the Gongsun family were powerless to fight against the 20,000 troops under the command of Zhang Yan, which seemed to have high morale. Gongsun Xu was unwilling to surrender and fought with Zhang Yan as a soldier, but was beheaded by Zhang Yanjun on the spot. Hearing the result of his nephew's death, Gongsun Fan knew that he was powerless to resist Zhang Yan's army, so he abandoned the city with his cronies and fled to Liaodong, where he defected to Gongsun Du, the Taishou of Liaodong.

Gongsun died and fled. The remaining counties of Youzhou also lost their confidence in resisting Zhang Yan. In the following month, Guangyang, Yuyang, Youbeiping, and Liaoxi counties all surrendered to Zhang Yan. Except for the easternmost two counties, the rest of Youzhou was pacified.

Only Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Du relied on his 100,000 people, and the road was far away, and it was difficult to project troops, so he arrogantly rejected Zhang Yan's persuasion. Zhang Yan due to the bitter cold in Liaodong. And in a remote corner, it was not easy for the army to conquer, so he did not immediately take action against Gongsun Du. Of course, when the arrogant forces make time, Gongsun Du will inevitably be eliminated sooner or later.

And the arrogance of Jizhou, after the news of Yuan Shao's death came out, immediately mobilized the available troops everywhere and launched an attack on the prefectures and counties that originally belonged to Yuan Shao. As he expected, all the prefectures and counties in Jizhou, which originally belonged to Yuan Shao, had no intention of resisting. Most of the city fell without a fight. At a very small cost, the Bingzhou army easily occupied almost the entire Jizhou.

In the spring of the second year of Anding [194], in the entire Jizhou, except for a Qinghe country in the south, which was still occupied by Chun Yuqiong, the rest of the counties fell into the hands of Zhang Qiang. As a result, Zhang Qiang sat on the three states of Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou, and almost took the entire territory of Hebei in Dahan.

Yuan Tan, who lost half of Jizhou, after meeting with Cao Cao. Concentrate on attacking Qingzhou. With the army left by Yuan Shao, he easily defeated Gongsun Zhan's remnant Tian Kai. forced Tian Kai to flee north and return to Youzhou, and later took refuge in insolence. Guan Hai, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, was also repeatedly defeated by Zhang He's troops, and had to cross the Yellow River and defect to Jizhou's arrogance. In this way, Yuan Tan led Qingzhou alone. And as a general of the chariot cavalry, he called himself Qingzhou Mu.

When Yuan Tan unified Qingzhou, it was also the day when Xuzhou changed hands.

The previous Xuzhou Mu Taoqian died of illness on May 11, 194, the second year of Anding. Before his death, he did not leave a formal will. It was clear who the next Xuzhou pastor would be, but he just asked his two sons to transport their coffins back to their hometown to guard filial piety.

Since Tao Qian had no intention of wading into this muddy water, he made the throne of the new Xuzhou Mu a hot ass position for everyone to watch. If there is not enough strength, even if some people succeed in sitting in this position, I am afraid that sooner or later they will be driven down by other forces. And around the issue of the next master of Xuzhou, Xuzhou Zhuhaoqiang, who was originally able to coexist peacefully, finally broke completely.

Liu Bei, who should have taken over as the pastor of Xuzhou in history, was not in a good situation at this time. After all, as a white-bodied martial artist, Liu Bei's reputation is inevitably a little unreachable.

Liu Bei was recommended by Yuan Shao's advisor Xin Ping, and with the consent of Tao Qian and the support of the great tyrant Qiang Mizhu, he took his troops into the Xuzhou territory to temporarily station. Regardless of Tao Qian's attitude for the time being, the support of Mi Zhu and Yuan Shao still has a certain effect.

Even if Xuzhou has always been close to Yuan Shu and opposed to Yuan Shao's side before. Yuan Shao's face is still recognized by some people in Xuzhou. If Yuan Shaoken lobbied Xuzhou Haoqiang for Liu Bei, maybe everyone would agree to let Liu Bei, an outsider with no foundation, take office.

Although Liu Bei's background is not high, after all, he is a member of the Han family, and there is no stain on his reputation. And Liu Bei, who can only fight, lacks the ability to govern. When he became the pastor of Xuzhou, he must rely heavily on the help of Xuzhou Haoqiang to ensure the stability of Xuzhou. This is a great thing for everyone. After all, with authority at hand, few people think it's too heavy.

However, just when Liu Bei was frequently active in Xuzhou and felt that his good things were approaching, someone suddenly stepped in and also fell in love with the position of Xuzhou Mu. In the eyes of Xuzhou Haoqiang, the conditions of this spoiler are much stronger than Liu Bei. In this way, Liu Bei immediately fell into a situation of chickens flying and eggs.

So, who is this spoiler?

This person is none other than Lu Bu, the "Wen Hou" who officially ruled Xuzhou after Liu Bei in history.

If you want to say that according to historical records, how did Lu Bu, who was supposed to go to Yanzhou at this time, enter Xuzhou in advance, it has to start with Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu is the son of the top family of the Han Dynasty, and the nobility of his identity is only second only to the Han family's Tianzi family, and compared to those princes and kings, I am afraid that it is even more faintly surpassed. With such a good life experience, it is not wrong to describe Yuan Shu with his eyes above the top.

With his own background, the post-general of this big man has been mixed up before. After accepting Sun Jian, the "Jiangdong Tiger", and Lu Bu, who was "the first in the world's armed forces", the military might of Yuan Shu's forces terrified the world. All in all, before Zhang defeated Yuan Shao, the strongest princes in the world could probably be regarded as Yuan Shu.

In such a good situation, Yuan Shu's son-in-law habits that had been reined in a few years would inevitably sprout again.

Sun Jiangui was the assassin of Yuzhou, and Lu Bu was also a righteous general of Fenwu in the imperial court, and the relationship between the two generals and Yuan Shu was equivalent to a semi-independent subordinate ally. However, with Yuan Shu's self-expansion, the two Han "10,000 enemies" first-class fierce generals were almost called by Yuan Shu as subordinate generals.

Because Sun Jian's troops were in Luyang, Yuzhou, he was some distance away from Yuan Shu's station, and he still had to count on Yuan Shu's support in money and food soldiers, so he could barely endure Yuan Shu's attitude. However, what kind of rebellious person is Lu Bu?

Lu Bu, who has been contaminated with a lot of Hu customs, has always regarded whether he can fight or not as a sign of a person's weight. Yuan Shu's martial arts, Lu Bu is not clear. But Yuan Shu's record, as far as Lu Bu knew, was really not very good. This made Lu Bu inevitably underestimate Yuan Shu a little.

In addition, Lu Bu is lustful, especially the [harmonious] wife of a good person. Once he participated in Yuan Shu's banquet, and in front of a full house of guests, he openly tried to hook up with the concubine sent by Yuan Shu to persuade wine. This kind of behavior is equivalent to slapping Yuan Shu in the face, which will naturally make Yuan Shu angry.

How could Yuan Shu tolerate a subordinate in his eyes being so arrogant in front of him?

When Yuan Shu was annoyed, if Lu Bu was clever and soft on the spot, he would not have learned from the King of Chuzhuang back then and gave Mei Ji to Lu Bu. However, Lu Bu is currently beautiful, and his brain is seriously congested, and he will not back down, making his family lose face in front of the beauty. The two disagreed, and almost moved their swords on the spot.

Taking this as an opportunity, Lu Bu, who was already disgruntled, could no longer stay under Yuan Shu. It just so happened that Pengcheng Cao's and Lu Bu had a slight connection by chance. Seeing that Lu Bu intended to stand on his own without Yuan Shu, the Cao family thought of Lu Bu's fierce achievements, so he took the opportunity to move Lu Bu and invited Lu Bu to Xuzhou to plot great things.

Lu Bu is salivating for the rich Xuzhou. As soon as he got the invitation of the Pengcheng Cao family, he couldn't wait to take his brave and warlike friends, such as Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Cheng Lian and others, quietly sneaked away from Nanyang and went straight to Xuzhou.

Lu Bu, who came to Xuzhou, with the support of the Cao family, the Mi family, who supported Liu Bei, was a little insufficient. In addition, Lu Bu is much stronger than Liu Bei in terms of combat power and fame, which immediately made Xuzhou Haoqiang, who was originally inclined to Liu Bei, begin to waver in his attitude.

Especially once, Liu Bei's confidant general Zhang Fei challenged Lu Bu at a banquet, but he could only fight with Lu Bu's deputy Zhang Liao. As we all know, Zhang Fei is Liu Beijun's number one general, but Zhang Liao is much worse than Lu Bu. After this battle, Xuzhou Haoqiang, who had seen the hard power of both sides, was more inclined to support Lu Bu in the end.

Don't consider anything else, if you don't choose Lu Bu, in case Lu Bu defects to other forces and launches an attack on Xuzhou, who can resist it?

Rely on Liu Bei?

Can it be stopped?

Liu Bei is a clever man. Seeing that Xuzhou Haoqiang was inclined to support Lu Bu, and even Mi Zhu, who had made friends through selling illicit salt, began to waver, Liu Bei knew that he couldn't do anything, so he generously expressed his support for Lu Bu to take over as Xuzhou Mu.

However, as compensation for withdrawing from the dispute between the state and pastor, Liu Bei had a request, hoping that Xuzhou Haoqiang could provide some money and food for his subordinates for Liu Bei's sake and point out a feasible place to go. (To be continued......)