Said, embroidery vigorously spread Chang'an, Luoyang and Wancheng two places, Wen with increased taxes Mauro cursed the old people to trade and trade in one of the nearest big cities to themselves, so that the three cities for a while once again restored the prosperity of the center of the world, whether it is Yuan Shao in Hebei, Cao Cao in the Central Plains, or Liu Biao in Jingzhou and even Liu Zhang in Yizhou, who is the enemy of Zhang Xiu, all enjoy a lot of benefits.

The princes who bordered Zhang Xiu's territory and did not have fierce conflicts with them enjoyed the benefits, but the more remote Xuzhou Lu Bu and Xiaopei's Liu Bei, Huainan's Yuan Shu, Jiangdong's Sun Jian and Youzhou's Gongsun Zhan's trade routes were blocked, and Xuzhou and Youzhou fought one after another, and even the domestic trade could not be done, so that these princes had almost no income except for the field tax, and only Jiangdong Sun Jian was in a slightly better situation.

Youzhou is already bitter cold, Youzhou merchants are all relying on Youzhou war horses to sell to the Central Plains, and now the trade route is blocked, and Youzhou Gongsun Zan can't win Yuan Shao, which can be described as miserable. And Xuzhou, a large and originally rich state, after several major wars, especially after Cao Cao's slaughter, the entire Xuzhou is no longer rich. After Lu Bu became the ruler of Xuzhou, he was not good at governance, and he was not as good as Liu Bei when he was in Xuzhou.

And just when Zhang Xiu was in full swing to expand Chang'an City, secretly building machinery and equipment, and switching on, the war on the Kanto side also began.

Xuchang, Sikong Fu.

Cao Cao and a group of ministers and generals were all in the ranks, Cao Cao's table was placed on two pieces of cloth, only to see Cao Cao looking at one of the cloths, and said: "The Hebei War has already gained the upper hand at the beginning, Yan Rou, Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou and other Hanhu cavalry have captured Zhayang County, and Zhayang Taishou Gao Dan was killed. King Wuhuan Qiao has also sent troops, united with Yan Rou and others to avenge Liu Yu and Yuan Shao's vanguard Ju Yi's army, and fought with Gongsun Zan in Baoqiu. Coupled with the fact that Yuan Shao's army would arrive at any time, Gongsun Chan was already at a complete disadvantage. He let out a long sigh.

Although Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are still nominally allies now, the distance between the two sides has become farther and farther apart, especially after Cao Cao welcomed the Son of Heaven, the alliance between the two sides existed in name only. If Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zhan, then Youzhou and Qingzhou will belong to him, and Yuan Shao's forces, who own the land of the four states, will leap over Zhang Xiu and become the crown of all princes. At that time, the biggest enemy among the objects that Yuan Shao could attack was himself and Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu's army was guarding the dangerous pass. Yuan Shao will naturally level himself first after weighing it, and now Cao Cao himself only owns the state and the part of Yuzhou, and he is powerless to compete with Yuan Shao.

Guo Jia, who had already jumped to the rank of strategist in the army, saw Cao Cao's anxiety, so he smiled and said: "Although Yuan Benchu has the upper hand, Gongsun Chan is also a hundred-legged insect, Yuan Shao will really get rid of Gongsun Chan, it will take a lot of effort, and the lord can take this opportunity to seize the land of Xuzhou and Huainan, and then the lord will have Chong, Xu Erzhou, and the land of Huainan, so he can compete with Yuan Benchu." ”

At this time, Xun Yu also said: "Yes, Yuan Shu vainly proclaimed himself emperor, but it was the way to bring about his own destruction, and now that his army has invaded Xuzhou, Lu Bu, Liu Bei and the Xuzhou family have joined forces, Yuan Shu may not be able to get benefits."

Cao Cao smiled and put another letter on the table: "Lu Bu is also smart, he joined Liu Bei and the Xuzhou family to fight against Yuan Shu, and he also knew how to go to the court to ask His Majesty for help."

Guo Jia saw it and said with a smile: "This must be the conspiracy of Chen Yuanlong in Xuzhou, Chen Gongtai has an enmity with the lord." will not let Lu Bu come to Xuchang, Chen Yuanlong will do his best for Lu Bu this time to protect the family. Although Lu Bu sent a letter, this was not the time when the lord sent troops. And when Lu Bu defeated Yuan Shu, it was not too late for the lord to send troops

Cao Cao heard this, smiled and asked Guo Jiadao: "Why did Feng Xiao assert that Yuan Shu would be defeated?" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Yuan Shu seems to be powerful, with a mighty army of 200,000, but there are very few real elites, and among the generals, except for Zhang Xun and Ji Ling, the rest are only third-rate. Lu Bu is brave, and his eight strong generals are far superior to Yuan Shu's generals, and the camp led by Gao Shun is even more omnipotent, and even Liu Bei, Heguan, Zhang Zhiyong, not to mention the conspiracy, even if the soldiers are fighting against Lu Bu, they will not necessarily be defeated. The lord can remember that the year before last, Zhang Xiu sold horses, Lu Bu asked for 10,000 horses, Lu Bu's soldiers had horses, and their combat power was not the same, so he let Yuan Shu taste the power of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, which also just consumed the cavalry under Lu Bu

When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed and said, "I have the help of filial piety, which is really a great blessing." Yuan Shu and Lu Bu were fighting each other, and Cao Cao naturally became the scumbag who made the profits, and after finishing speaking, Cao Cao's brows suddenly furrowed, and he said: "Yuan Shu and Lu Bu are not afraid, but Zhang Xiu in Guanxi destroyed Ma Teng and collected all the people of the Ma family, and it is worrying that his power will rise sharply."

After a pause, Cao Cao continued: "This Zhang Boyuan is so courageous, Han Sui, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shu took advantage of his expedition to Ma Teng and attacked him, and then did not return to the division, and first destroyed Ma Teng under the pressure, but the return under this fight was great, and after destroying Ma Teng, he also took Xiao Guan, who was originally under Han Sui, and the four stoppers in Guanzhong were all in his hands, and he was invincible first, and Zhang Xiushi was my great enemy.

Cao Cao said, Xi Zhong, who had recovered from a serious illness, smiled slightly, and said: "Although Zhang Xiu is powerful at this time, based in Guanzhong, but how can the Liangzhou Qiang disaster be so peaceful, this Qiang disaster is difficult for the court to calm for a hundred years, in Yizhong's opinion, to suppress the Qiang people, Zhang Xiu will take several years."

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this: "That's right, how can the Qiang disaster be so peaceful, Yuan Rang, Miaocai, Zixiao, you and so on, let the army prepare, if Yuan Shu defeats our army, it will attack at any time." ”

Xiahou Xuan, who was already blind, and Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren came out together and responded: "No."

In the spring of the third year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu raised the Seventh Army to attack Xuzhou, the Xuzhou family and Lu Bu united, and Chen Deng set a plan for Lu Bu to break the enemy. At the end of spring, Yuan Shu's army had all marched into Xuzhou, and Lu Bu ordered his subordinates Zang Ba, Cheng Lian, Hou Cheng, and Song Xian to guard all places, and he led Guan Hai, Cao Xing, Wei Xu, Hao Meng, and more than 20,000 people who mixed the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and Gao Shun's trap camp to fight.

Zhang Xun's army drove to Xiaopei City to camp, and Chen Deng had already calculated that Lu Bu, who had already left the city, would attack Zhang Xun's camp at night. Fortunately, Ji Ling, who attacked Xiapi, felt inappropriate soon after he arrived at Xiapi City, and immediately collected his troops and turned to Xiaopei, and arrived in time to save Zhang Xun's defeated army. Zhang Xun's army was defeated, and Ji Ling did not dare to face Lu Bu's iron cavalry alone, so he retreated and went to Yuan Shuzhong's army. Yuan Shu heard that Zhang Xun's troops were defeated, and Ji Ling was immediately furious when he retreated, and led his army to capture Pi.

Halfway to the road, just met Lu Bu Er, Yuan Shugu was Ji Ling out of battle, the battle was not counted, Ji Ling was stabbed by Lu Bu and defeated back into the formation, Lu Bu immediately led the iron cavalry to cover the kill, Guan Hai, Cao Xing, Wei Xu, Hao Meng four generals followed to kill, and there was Gao Shun's trap camp behind, and Yuan Shu was defeated and retreated for a while.

When Yuan Shu's army retreated to a small hill, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei each led an army from behind the mountain. Liu Bei also bought some war horses from Zhang Xiu, and after Liu Bei's three brothers were killed, Yuan Shu's army collapsed immediately, and Yuan Shu was escorted by Ji Ling and Zhang Xun to lead the remnants of the army back to Huainan. Yuan Shu retreated, and the rest of the Fifth Route Army saw that the situation was not good, and immediately retreated to Huainan.

Yuan Shu was defeated back to Huainan, the battle lost tens of thousands of troops, and after the generals from all walks of life led the troops back to Shouchun, Yuan Shu roughly a little bit of soldiers and horses, now there are only more than 130,000 points left, and the 200,000 army has lost more than 30%.

Although Yuan Shu was defeated, but Lu Bu's army also suffered a lot of losses, and there were only more than 10,000 cavalry left after the first battle, fortunately, many war horses were only injured and did not die in battle, and they could barely get back 15,000 cavalry after the reorganization.

Yuan Shu was defeated, and Cao Cao, who had been paying attention to the battlefield in Xuzhou, soon received news that Yuan Shu had withdrawn from the army, and Cao Cao, in the name of the Son of Heaven, immediately sent an edict to Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Sun Jian and Liu Biao, about five people attacked Yuan Shu to correct the Han Dynasty.

The will of the Son of Heaven, although Liu Beibing is not much, but he claims to be a relative of the Han family, but he is the first to agree. Lu Bu had just defeated Yuan Shu, and he was complacent, and Yuan Shu's attack on Xuzhou also made Lu Bu very angry, and now he heard the edict of the Son of Heaven and the princes of the five parties to discuss Yuan Shu, and in the spirit of revenge and taking advantage of the mentality, he also agreed.

When Jiangdong Sun Jian saw the edict of the Son of Heaven, he immediately summoned a cadre of civil and military affairs and his descendants to discuss. After Sun Jian sat in Jiangdong, there was no longer a small force with only a few people under his command, and now Sun Jian had all the military and military skills, in addition to the four generals Huang Gai, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, and Zu Mao, who had long followed Sun Jian, there were also Sun Ce's childhood friend Zhou Yu, Jianghuai's Erzhang and Lu Su, and when he was in Jiangdong, he received the Yangtze River bandit Zhou Tai, Ling Cao and others, and then there were Pan Zhang, Chen Wu, Dong Xi and many other big people to vote, and the Jiangdong family was also ready to send outstanding children in the clan to help Sun Jian.

Looking at the civil and military ministers sitting below, Sun Jian was ambitious for a while. The edict of the Son of Heaven: "The edict of the Son of Heaven crusaded against the puppet emperor Yuan Shu, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Yu, a young generation of foreign ministers, heard this, and immediately stepped out and said: "Lord, Yu thinks that he should send troops." The lord is a Han minister, and Yuan Shu is a puppet emperor, if the lord sends troops, he will be able to gather the hearts of the people of Jiangdong. Moreover, the lord will compete with the princes of the Central Plains in the future, but there is no city in Jiangbei, so this time it is an excellent opportunity to take the land of Jiangbei as an outpost to attack the Central Plains in the future.

Yuan Shu's general Liu Xuntun soldiers Lujiang, Yu thought that the lord should attack Lujiang mainly this time, if Lujiang County can be taken, the lord can attack Jiujiang, Shouchun and even Xuzhou to the northeast, and to the northwest can attack Runan, and take the Central Plains

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, Sun Ce immediately changed his support, and then Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang, Chen Wu, Ling Cao and others immediately expressed their support, but Sun Jian looked at Zhang Zhao and asked, "Zibu, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Zhao replied: "The granaries of all counties and counties in Jiangdong are full, and the lord can rest assured. ”

Sun Jian smiled and looked at the old minister, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zhu Zhi discussed it, and Cheng Pu replied in a loud voice: "Back to the lord, we also agree to send troops, as the prince said, this Northern Expedition puppet emperor Yuan Shu is the outpost of attacking Jiangbei after taking the lord." ”

After hearing this, Sun Jian laughed and said: "Since you all agree, this time Bo Fu will lead 20,000 sailors, 30,000 foot soldiers to command the northern expedition to the puppet emperor Yuan Shu, Demou is the deputy marshal, and Gong Jin is the military division of the army." In addition, Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang, Ling Cao, Chen Wu, and Dong Xi went out with the army. Bo Fu is impatient, you should mention him more, Bo Fu, you should also listen to your Uncle Demou and Gongjian's opinions, not arbitrary

When Sun Ce heard this, he immediately stepped out and said, "Father rest assured, the child understands." ”

Cheng Pu and Zhou Yu also responded: "The lord and rest assured, Pu Yu will try his best to assist the young master and take down the Lujiang worship."

Later, Zhou Tai and others came out together and responded: "The lord and rest assured, the last general will definitely try his best to assist the young master and take down Lujiang County."

Sun Jian smiled and nodded, and said to Zhang Zhao: "The matter of grain and grass is covered by Lao Zibu, Bo Fu, before you go on the expedition, go and visit your mother." Zhang Zhao and Sun Ce naturally agreed one by one.

Here, Sun Jian's army is preparing to go on the march, but Liu Biao of Xiangyang is having a headache for the edict of the Son of Heaven. Last year, he and Yuan Shu joined forces to discuss Zhang Xiu's affairs known to the world, and later Yuan Shu became emperor, although Liu Biao immediately cleared up the relationship with Yuan Shu, but it also made Liu Biao's reputation drop a lot. And if it is according to Liu Biao's general character, the thankless task of conquest of Yuan Shu will naturally not be done, whether it is to take Runan in the north or Lujiang in the east, even if he wins these two places, it is equivalent to chicken ribs for Liu Biao. It seems that Sun Jian is south of the Lujiang River, Sun Jian and Liu Biao are originally feuds, Liu Biao doesn't want to be harassed by Sun Jian day and night after defeating Lujiang. If you fight Runan, next to it is Xuchang, where the Son of Heaven is, Cao Cao's lair, with tens of thousands of soldiers, and it is more chicken for Liu Biao to fight Lujiang than to fight Lujiang.

Sighing, Liu Biao had made up his mind, summoned a personal entourage, and said: "Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Sha Liang, and Fang Yue summoned four people to the Texas Pastoral Mansion to discuss for more than an hour before leaving, and soon Liu Biao announced that Cai Mao would be in command and lead an army of 50,000 to attack Yuan Shu.

In this way, the four princes of Cao Cao all sent troops, of which Liu Bei led 8,000 troops, Lu Bu led 30,000 troops, of which 15,000 were cavalry, Sun Jian led 50,000 troops, Liu Biao led 50,000 troops, plus Cao Cao personally led 150,000 troops, and the five routes army totaled nearly 300,000 to attack Shouchun from all sides.

The five-way army from the edict of the Son of Heaven to crusade against the puppet emperor Yuan Shu, the world shook for a while, originally the world thought that after Yuan Shu defeated back to Huainan, the war here would come to an end, and they turned their attention to the battle in Hebei, how to know that the decisive battle in Hebei had not yet started, and the news of the 300,000 army crusading against Yuan Shu came out here.

The five-way army crusaded against Yuan Shu, and the news reached Shouchun, and Yuan Shu, who returned to the palace and dreamed of his emperor, was shocked for a while, and recruited a group of civil and military forces at the same time, and immediately discussed countermeasures. Today's page is a big cover, all book friends have free time to read the seal to see the testimonials, in addition, ask for a monthly pass, and tomorrow there will be four more to repay everyone!!!