Sun Jian died on the front line, and the news soon spread to Cai Mao and Huang Zu.

Cai Mao and Huang Zu were shocked when they heard this.

Because now among the generals in Jingzhou, Sun Jian can be called the number one general under Yuan Shao.

Sun Jian's death had a great impact on the strategy of attacking Sizhou and Guanzhong.

Moreover, Sun Jian's death can be regarded as completely tearing the last layer of window paper between Yuan Shao and Liu Jian.

At this moment, the true colors of both of them were revealed!

It's also a never-ending trend.

The war between Liu Jian and Yuan Shao was completely kicked off.

Sun Ce took Sun Jian's body and headed towards Nanyang County, and at this time, Yuan Shao had already assembled heavy troops on the border.

When the news of Sun Jian's death had reached Yuan Shao's main battle camp, Yuan Shao, who was wearing armor, couldn't help but show surprise.

"Wentai is dead, it's really a loss of my arm!"

When he said this, he saw Yuan Shao sighing, and two tears couldn't help flashing in his eyes.

"Where is Wentai's body now?"

Some of his subordinates reported to Yuan Shao.

"Now he is escorted by his son and grandson to Nanyang County."

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "I know, Yuan will personally receive Sun Ce when I go back." ”

A few days later, Sun Ce returned to Nanyang County with Sun Jian's body, and after seeing Yuan Shao, he immediately cried and worshiped in front of Yuan Shao.

"Sun Lang, don't be like this."

Yuan Shao looked distressed, and then reached out and helped Sun Ce up from the ground.

Then I saw Yuan Shao stretch out his hand and pat Sun Ce's shoulder with emotion and said: "Alas, Wentai is in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, and I don't want to go like this, I really am, I really ......."

When he said this, Yuan Shao couldn't help but reach out and wipe the corners of his eyes, looking very sad.

Then he saw Yuan Shao and said: "Sun Lang, as the son of Wentai, can inherit the position of Wentai and lead the old department!" ”

"Xie Yuan Gong!"

"Sun Lang and Fuwentai's coffin will return to Wancheng for burial, and I will go to Sizhou in person to fight Liu Jian and avenge Wentai!"

Sun Ce immediately received the order.

Not far behind Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu watched all this silently, and then, he saw him say to Yuan Tan on the side: "Nephew." ”

Yuan Tan looked at Sun Ce at the moment, and he was also quite sentimental, Yuan Shu called him, but he didn't react for a while.

"Uncle, what do you command?"

Yuan Shu smiled: "Sun Lang is the same age as you, you should be good friends with him!" ”

Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard this.

Then he seemed to be a little stunned.

In fact, during this time, Yuan Shu has been in Jingzhou, by Yuan Shao's side, as Yuan Shao's younger brother, Yuan Shu naturally saw a lot of hidden dangers within Yuan Shao's family.

First of all, Yuan Shao really dotes on the sons born to him and his stepwife Liu, especially the third son Yuan Shang, and Yuan Mai, who was just born at the beginning of the year, Yuan Shao attaches great importance to these two small ones.

On the contrary, although the eldest son Yuan Tan was quite powerful and good at military affairs, he was not valued by Yuan Shao.

Or rather, not the most important.

Yuan Tan's mother died early, although he was the eldest son, but now the Yuan family lacks a foundation, on the contrary, his younger brothers are all born to Yuan Shao's wife, mother and son are connected, in Yuan Shao's descendants, Yuan Shao's youngest sons have a very advantage in this regard.

Now Yuan Tan, there is really no one who can support him.

But now, the arrival of Yuan Shu seems to have given Yuan Tan a person to approach and confide in.

Of course, Yuan Tan can't talk to Yuan Shu about everything!

Yuan Shu is not the kind of person who chases Yuan Tan closely and discusses with him, but occasionally reminds Yuan Tan at critical moments.

Today's Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard Yuan Shu suddenly speak to him, saying that he wanted him to befriend Sun Ce.

Then it was all of a sudden.

He nodded gratefully at Yuan Shu and said, "Uncle is very pointed. ”

Yuan Shu smiled: "Sun Bofu is young, and he can snatch his father's body back in front of the three armies and among the ten thousand armies in Hebei, which shows his bravery, and he will become a great weapon in the future. ”

"Exactly, exactly!"

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After Yuan Shao lost the general, he was filled with righteous indignation and raised troops to go straight to Sizhou.

And Liu Jian, on his side, did not feel very excited after learning the news of Sun Jian's death.

The current Sun Jian, in Liu Jian's eyes, is not a figure of the same level, he is just a thug under Yuan Shao, a figure who can pose a threat to his generals in front of the battle.

But he was no threat to himself.

His death may make Xu Rong, Xu Huang, and Zhang Hezhi famous, but it can't make him Liu Jian.

Now for Liu Jian, the key issue is still the Wang family in Sizhou.

No matter what the war looks like, Liu Jian can afford it, but the most important things in Sizhou at the moment are food prices and people's livelihood, and there are many rebels and displaced people.

Only when these things are done well and the situation in Sizhou is truly stable, can Liu Jian enter Guanzhong with confidence.

Sun Jian's sudden counterattack on Xu Rong disrupted the original situation in Sizhou, but the result of the war made Liu Jian more satisfied.

At least, now Yuan Jun's influence in Sizhou has been greatly weakened because of Sun Jian's death, so the matter of controlling grain prices can be carried out smoothly in the future.

At the moment, Liu Jian no longer hesitated, he put the grain and grass hoarded in Hanoi and other places into Sizhou to a large extent, and asked the families of the Hebei Business and Trade Association to work together to Sizhou, and did their best to control the grain price in Sizhou.

In addition, Liu Jian also issued an order to the Eight Kitchen Group in the Central Plains, asking them to restrict the grain supply channels from the Central Plains to Sizhou, especially the grain collection channels of those families who are still trying their best to raise grain prices.

Zhang Miao is now behind Yuan and Liu, and has become Liu Jian's loyal friend for the benefit of the Eight Kitchen Group.

Now that the disaster of grain prices in Sizhou has also spread to the Central Plains, it stands to reason that Zhang Miao and Wang Fen and other people in the Eight Kitchen Group hope that the price of grain will rise, so as to harvest the blood of those poor peasants.

Liu Jian is also suppressing grain prices now, which is very inconsistent with the interests of the Eight Kitchen Group.

However, in recent years, Liu Jian has formed a situation of encirclement of Yanzhou, and although his soldiers and forces are not in Yanzhou, his penetration of Yanzhou is unparalleled.

Especially now, the main channels for obtaining goods in the Central Plains have become the distribution center for dumping Hebei's goods to the south.

Therefore, after the final weighing of the Eight Kitchen Group, they still thought that it was better to listen to Liu Jian's words.

You can't make any money on both sides, right?

Of course, if you just rely on commercial and political means to force down the price of grain, those prominent families in Sizhou will not be convinced.

In addition to economic methods, Liu Jian also needs to cooperate with the military.

After Xu Rong defeated Sun Jian and gained a firm foothold in Sizhou, Liu Jian took up his army, drove into Sanhe, and went straight to Luoyang.

This time, Liu Jian concentrated the elite of most of Hebei, plus Xu Rong's front soldiers and horses, there were 80,000 people.

Of course, the number of soldiers and horses in Hebei is relatively large in the world, and in order not to take care of the affairs of foreign tribes in the north, Liu Jian can also send more soldiers and horses to the south.

However, in Liu Jian's view, the action of these 80,000 soldiers and horses is already a shocking thing.

Enough to calm all the battles!

Sun Jian's defeat made the major clans in Sizhou lose some confidence in Yuan Shao.

Now Liu Jian personally arrived in Sizhou and vigorously suppressed grain prices, which made the forces in Sizhou frightened.

Many prominent families in Sizhou began to secretly plan to betray Yuan Shao and take refuge in Liu Jian in order to protect their families.

After all, for them, although interests are very important, the existence of the family is a more important thing.

Although most people think this way, there are some people who don't have this vision.

Especially there are some families that have been rampant in Sizhou for a long time, and they really don't take heroes like Liu Jian seriously.

They feel that the Han Dynasty is still their world, and the operating laws of this world are still the same as before.

It's just a pity that after the intricate changes in the world over the years, all the systems and the laws of operation are no longer the same as they were back then.

It is really impossible for the Wang family, Valve, and Haoyou to be rampant and domineering in the local area like the original and override the official office.

After Liu Jian's army was stationed in Sizhou, the first thing he did was to suppress the price of grain!

The second thing is to gather the displaced people and collect the rebels.

He wanted to reclaim the rebels and refugees into good people, and give them land so that they could recuperate. Get back to living a secure life.

This matter is also the most important thing for Liu Jian.

People are productivity!

The ordinary Li Shu of the Han Dynasty is the fundamental driving force of this country.

We must not let these grassroots people lose too much because of the maladministration of the imperial court.

Of course, there were also a lot of rebel thieves who didn't want to surrender, so Liu Jian decided to soothe and strangle at the same time, and use both to suppress the situation in Sizhou.

As for who is unwilling to submit, it is very easy to distinguish, the leader is the thief Kou Li Xiang, who is currently the largest commander of the villain in Sizhou, who claims to be Zhang Jiao's apprentice.

Li Xiang's troops are still relatively strong, after all, the rebels under his command are now close to 700,000.

Of course, the so-called 700,000 rebels are mixed with a lot of water, and there are many young and strong men, but there are also many old, weak, sick and disabled.

In particular, these soldiers have not undergone systematic training, once they are on the battlefield, in addition to being able to crush the number of soldiers, how can they be compared with the regular Hebei army?

Of course, you can't underestimate this army of soldiers and horses, after all, they are all hungry and crazy mobs, and once they fight for their lives, it will not be fatal!

People who have lost the desire to live, but only with a fierce mob are also very terrifying.

But the problem is that the propaganda apparatus in Hebei has now trumpeted Liu Jian's benevolent politics in Sizhou.

For example, when Liu Jian arrived in Sizhou, he lowered the price of grain, recruited displaced rebels, gave land, and re-established household registration, all for the sake of the people at the bottom......

Liu Jian has such a positive image, so those people under Li Xiang will naturally not fight to the death with this general of Hebei Fuyuan who cares about them.

If the rebels faced Yuan Shao, they would definitely fight to the death, regardless of life and death.

Kill one is enough, kill two and earn one! They will definitely hold this mentality and fight Yuan Shaojun in a decisive battle.

However, in the face of people like Liu Jian who want to make them return to a stable life, they are really hesitant.

If Liu Jian can really make them return to a stable life and give them a way to live, then if they fight hard with the Hebei army, won't they cut off their future future?

Soon, among the major exile forces in Hebei, many people began to secretly contact Liu Jian.

This is also a very normal thing, after all, most people still want to survive well, and no one wants to put their lives on the battlefield.

The Sizhou rebels led by Li Xiang can be named, and there are probably dozens of shares, but after some operations. About half of the little five thieves expressed their sincerity to Liu Jian that they wanted to surrender.

And the remaining rebels, even if their leaders do not want to surrender, most of the traitors under their command want to live a stable life again.

What's even worse is that Liu Jian is a character who does what he says.

Those rebels who surrendered to Liu Jian's command were immediately arranged by Liu Jian to reorganize Tuntian, and re-registered to create household registration.

After this operation, the hearts of all the ordinary soldiers of the rebel army were a little lively.

Everyone wanted to vote for Liu Jian, so that Liu Jian could re-register them, become good citizens, and continue to live peacefully.

After all, this is the mainstream of human life.

Seeing that the attitudes of all the rebels were becoming more and more unpredictable, Li Xiang couldn't help but be anxious.

If Liu Jian is allowed to continue to do this nonsense, if nothing else, the morale of the rebels will be suppressed by him to the lowest, and when the time comes, there will be no need for the imperial court to send an army of officials to quell the rebellion, and the rebels themselves will be scattered and fall apart.

Under all kinds of unfavorable conditions, Li Xiang finally mustered up his courage!

He gathered all his army and gathered his men and horses in the land of Mengjin in the north of Luoyang, preparing for a decisive battle with Liu Jian.

It stands to reason that Li Xiangzai led the poor peasants at the bottom to challenge the elite class.

To a certain extent, Liu Jian still respects and admires him.

Of course, this respect and admiration can only be buried in the heart.

However, when he watched Li Xiang gather a large army to challenge him, Liu Jian's heart was full of contempt for him.

If he really petitioned for the people and rebelled against the imperial court in order to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, then now that he has arrived in Sizhou, he should unload his armor and surrender to assist him in stabilizing the situation in Sizhou, so that all the people can live a good life.

If he really did this, Liu Jian still felt that he was a person who really asked for the people's lives.

But now, he saw that Liu Jian had sabotaged his uprising and recruited his rebels, so he was enthusiastic and gathered a large number of soldiers and horses to fight Liu Jian to the death.

Just through this, it can be seen that he is nothing more than a warlord-like figure who only cares about himself.

Such people do not deserve sympathy and must be exterminated.

So, Li Xiang led the rebel army of 600,000, while Liu Jian led the Hebei army of 80,000, and the two sides set up positions in Mengjin and launched an ultimate decisive battle!

At this time, it was already the early spring of the sixth year of Xingping, in March, 196 AD.

(End of chapter)