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Yuan Shu, who is now the "Son of Heaven", has been in peace for a year, and after recovering from the painful lessons of the last war, he can't help but want to toss again.

The self-proclaimed "Son of Heaven" is the enemy of the whole world, and he has just been besieged by the princes of the Quartet before. If you change people, I am afraid that you will honestly guard your own territory, rely on your huge potential, concentrate on development, try your best to eliminate internal hidden dangers, strengthen your own strength, and then expand your territory.

But Yuan Shu doesn't think so, if he doesn't toss some movement, after a long time, he will feel uncomfortable. At any time, he must become the most eye-catching existence, let alone become the "Son of Heaven".

So after feeling that his strength had almost recovered and the local rule had been stabilized, Yuan Shu remembered the humiliating experience of being besieged and completely defeated, but what Yuan Shu couldn't imagine was what kind of foundation he thought that the strength he had recovered was built on. Tyrannical expropriation, forced conscription, coupled with the plundering of the family, Xuzhou, including the only two remaining counties in Yuzhou, has been a withering people's livelihood, and the people are miserable.

Of course, as the "Son of Heaven" Yuan Shu couldn't see this, he was immersed in his powerful strength again.

The object of revenge is naturally the previous princes, or Yuan Shu's vision is more broadened, and there is a Qingzhou to attack.

After the Yellow Turban Army defected to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu resolutely rejected Yuan Shao's kindness, insisted on incorporating the Yellow Turban Army, and even assigned the northern part of Langya to them as a garrison. It is not only a barrier to resist Yuan Shao's invasion of Xuzhou, but also a bridgehead for the future counterattack on Qingzhou. After all, in Yuan Shukai, the relationship between the only remaining Yellow Turban Army and Yuan Shao could not be eased. After two years of fighting, too many Yellow Turban soldiers died at the hands of the Jizhou army. When Yuan Shao came, it was the same, Yuan Shu accepted the Yellow Turban Army, and there was no affection between him and Jizhou, and he could only become an enemy.

After all, Yuan Shu had also participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising before, Qingzhou Yellow Turban entered Xu, and reached an agreement with Yuan Shu, although he was still wrapped in the Yellow Turban, but he no longer called the Yellow Turban Army, Guan Hai and others preserved their strength, and Yuan Shu maintained his face. At this point, the last large-scale Yellow Turban Army in the Han Dynasty disappeared, and the rest were just sporadic bandits under the banner of the Yellow Turban.

The enemy of the Quartet, Yuan Shu chose to choose and choose, and finally chose Zhang Ji. It was not that Yuan Shu regarded Liu Feng as stronger than Zhang Ji, but that Liu Feng took advantage of the naval army, and in the case that his naval army failed to take shape, once the Lujiang battlefield was continued, Liu Feng's attack along the river and coastal areas could not be accepted.

In July, after the news of Liu Bei's attack on Xiangping came, Yuan Shu raised troops to conquer Zhang Ji under the slogan of recapturing his hometown in Runan. With Ji Ling as the main general, Chen Lan, Li Feng, and Lei Bo as the deputy generals, and Yang Hong as the military division, commanding tens of millions of troops, conquered Runan. It can be said that Yuan Shu is definitely the old man, and sent his first fierce general, Ji Ling, who has always guarded him. In addition, Zhang Xun commanded the army to guard against Cao Cao; Liu Shentun Chen Guo, guarding against Sun Jian; Yuan Yintun Ruyin, guarding against Liu Biao; As for Liu Feng, Liu Xun, who is still in Lujiang, is naturally responsible for the defense; And Qingzhou Yuan Shao is in charge of Guan Hai, who are new to Chengcheng.

Because of Yuan Shu's move, waves gradually arose in the southern country.

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As the target of Yuan Shu, Zhang Ji was naturally very shocked, even if there was a wise man like Jia Xu under his command, and a strong general like Zhang Xiu, but compared to Yuan Shu, Zhang Ji's strength was still too weak. Half of Nanyang plus the captured counties of Runan were simply not enough to deal with Yuan Shu alone. What's more, his surroundings are not so safe. Sun Jian and Liu Biao, the Wancheng that he does not occupy, are eyeing each other.

But even though he knew about this situation, Zhang Ji still sent an envoy, intending to unite all the princes again and jointly conquer Yuan Shu.

But compared to the last time, this time the princes of several roads are not so active. He promised to the envoy that he would immediately raise troops and ask General Zhang to block the offensive of Yuan Shu's army, but in fact, all the princes were struggling, and there was no atmosphere of sending troops to fight at all. Slowly convene the military affairs under his command, assemble the army without hurry, and mobilize war materials.

Of course, you have to fight, and you can't let Yuan Shu turn over, but how to fight and when to fight, each has its own thoughts. Before that, let Zhang Ji and Yuan Shu fight, anyway, they have no losses, as long as they contain Yuan Shu's other armies, don't let them have a chance to support, and quickly defeat Zhang Ji.

There are profound reasons for the radically different choices.

The princes are still those princes, but Yuan Shu is no longer the original Yuan Shu. After losing Nanyang, the largest county in the world, Yuan Shu once again lost the country of Lu, and Runan, the second largest county in the world, also lost most of it, and half of the Lujiang River was also lost. Although he harvested the entire Xuzhou, the negative cooperation of the Xuzhou family restrained his development. In particular, in the second year of Jian'an, the princes of all walks of life besieged Yuan Shu, although the final truce, but it ended with the defeat of Yuan Shu, and after nearly a year of fighting, Yuan Shu lost too many veterans. These veterans who have been tested by blood and fire cannot be made up for after a year and a half of training. It seems that Yuan Shu has regained his original strength in more than a year, but in fact it is just rootless duckweed.

Therefore, although Yuan Shu is still the strongest on the surface, it is already going downhill, and the surrounding princes have the confidence to resist Yuan Shu's attack. Therefore, they were not so concerned about Zhang Ji's call to unite against Yuan Shu again.

Especially Sun Jian and Liu Biao, in the situation where Yuan Shu's strength was greatly damaged and he could not become an absolute threat, Zhang Ji, who was entrenched in Wancheng, was a bit of an eyesore. Liu Biao dreamed of truly unifying Jingzhou, Nanyang was his heart disease, Yuan Shu was powerful at the beginning, Liu Biao could not fight independently, so he could only unite with Zhang Ji, and even in order to contain Yuan Shu, under the persuasion of the strategist, he gave up Wancheng. But now, Yuan Shu's threat is no longer so great, and Zhang Ji has become an obstacle to his unification of Jingzhou.

Sun Jian is even more so, it was he who went north to infamy and killed Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi, so that he had the capital to start Yuan Shu, and later he once broke through Xiangyang, but in the end he fell short. Huang Zhong's arrow made him unable to use force until now, how could he have no hatred for Jingzhou in his heart? Liu Biao's power has been established, and it is not easy to seize Jingzhou, but Wancheng, where Zhang Ji is entrenched, has become the best springboard to enter Jingzhou. So for Wancheng, Sun Jian is also determined to win.

Therefore, how could they support Zhang Ji's joint anti-Yuan action, just waiting for Zhang Ji's strength to be greatly damaged, sending troops to expel Yuan Shu at the last moment, and cleaning up Zhang Ji by the way.

As a result, Zhang Ji fell into a bitter battle. In less than three months, Ji Ling broke through Pingyu, and Zhang Ji's new county was almost recaptured by Ji Ling, and Yang Ding was seriously injured and retreated. Seeing that the war was about to burn into Nanyang, Zhang Ji could only send his nephew Zhang Xiu out to meet the enemy.

In late September, seeing Ji Ling pushing all the way, the princes from all walks of life finally faced it squarely, and the army quietly assembled.

It's time to intervene, otherwise if you wait for Zhang Ji to be completely defeated, and then want to drive Yuan Shu away, the cost will be great.

Liu Feng is no exception. Although the Nanyang battlefield has nothing to do with him, he has always made people pay attention to Liu Biao's movements. Just waiting for Liu Biao to act, he will set off a storm in Jingnan.