Cao Cao had just suffered a major defeat and was now in need of a victory to regain his momentum.

And Yuan Shu became his target.

In the past, Yuan Shu sat in the land of Jiangdong, as well as Yuzhou and other places, and the territory and manpower were among the best, which naturally made Cao Cao jealous.

But now it's different.

Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses fell apart, offended Lu Bu again, and disasters were rampant in Huainan this year.

First, there was a drought, and not long after, there was a locust plague, and the hungry people everywhere did not say that there was no harvest, and there was absolutely no food left in the year.

In this case, the soldiers and civilians under Yuan Shu's command were not very happy.

Therefore, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

The right time, place and people.

Cao Cao, who had the advantage on all three sides, had no reason not to declare war on Yuan Shu.

An order rushed from Xuchang to all parts of the country.

King Qin's order!

Cao Cao directly reprimanded Yuan Shu for his rebellion in the name of Emperor Han.

Invite the princes of the world to jointly crusade against Yuan Shu.

Although it only needs to invite a few princes around Yuan Shu to participate.

But in order to make Yuan Shu more annoying, and at the same time to make his own division famous, Cao Cao still distributed this Qin Wang Decree to the princes all over the country.

A month later.

In the hands of the major princes in the world, they basically got this Qinwang order issued from Cao Cao's hands.

First of all, it reflects Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao.

Liu Biao already had a lot of grudges with Yuan Shu.

When Sun Jian was still a general under Yuan Shu, he once launched an attack on Liu Biao's territory.

And Sun Jian also died at the hands of Liu Biao.

The grievances between the two sides are not small.

There have been several frictions before, large and small.

Although each has a victory or defeat and does not take advantage of anything, the grudge is settled.

Now, Liu Biao will naturally not miss the opportunity to beat the water dogs.

What's more, if he wants to crusade against Yuan Shu, he doesn't need to personally send people out.

It was enough to send his general Huang Zu to lead a part of his troops down the river and plunder Yuan Shu's territory.

Anyway, they occupy the upper reaches of the river, and it is easy to invade Yuan Shu's territory.

It is not a problem to take the Lujiang River, or even surprise attacks on all parts of Jiangdong.

Of course, more importantly, even if they don't send troops and horses to beat the water dogs this time.

In case Yuan Shu was wiped out by Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, all the huge territory would be divided by Cao Cao.

In this way, Cao Cao's power was unprecedentedly inflated.

This is also not very desirable for Liu Biao.

Therefore, he more or less had to send some soldiers and horses to occupy part of Yuan Shu's territory.

The second person to raise troops to react was Liu Bei.

Although Liu Bei was stolen by Lu Bu in Xuzhou.

But Lu Bu did not kill Liu Bei.

still left a little territory, so that Liu Bei could temporarily develop and recuperate.

Relying on this small county, Liu Bei's subordinates also have some soldiers and horses.

Although this bit of soldiers and horses does not pose a threat to Yuan Shu, as long as he can send troops to King Qin, he can also contain some of Yuan Shu's manpower and play a certain role in Cao Cao's army.

Another person who received Cao Caoqin's order was Sun Ce, who was in Jiangdong at the moment.

Sun Ce had openly broken with Yuan Shu before, and he himself occupied a part of the territory with his men. After breaking away from Yuan Shu and becoming independent, he naturally became a prince.

Although there is not much territory, there are a lot of soldiers and horses under his command.

It did not attract Cao Cao's attention for the time being, but Cao Cao still sent him the Qinwang Decree and canonized him as an official official of the imperial court.

Because Cao Cao also hoped that Sun Ce could give Yuan Shu a knife from behind.

In this way, even if Yuan Shu had more soldiers and horses, he would definitely not be able to resist attacks from all directions.

However, after Sun Ce received Cao Cao's Qinwang order, he did not take this matter to heart.

On the surface, he accepted Cao Cao's canonized official position, but he did not send troops to deal with Yuan Shu.

The main reason why he did this was actually that although there was not much affection between him and Yuan Shu, and he had even broken up openly, Yuan Shu was his ancestor after all.

After betraying Yuan Shu, he stabbed him with his backhand.

This is not his Sun Ce's character.

If they really want to do this, those who follow Sun Ce must have some bad opinions about Sun Ce.

Sun Ce wanted to defeat Yuan Shu on the battlefield with dignity, instead of taking advantage of the danger of others to stab him in the back.

As for the other reason, Sun Ce had just captured Jiangdong, and at the moment the people's hearts were scattered and the foundation was unstable, so if he sent troops to deal with Yuan Shu at this moment, it would not be good for him.

The land of Jiangdong is not without enemies, Huiji County is given to Wang Lang, and the sect commander of Wu County is Yan Baihu. and a number of other Sanyue forces threatened his rule over Koto.

took advantage of the fact that Yuan Shu was besieged and had no time to take care of him.

Sun Ce might as well calm down and solve some hidden dangers in his territory first.

When he settled these things in his territory, he trained his soldiers and horses.

Thinking about it again, wouldn't it be better to crusade against Yuan Shu?

Zhou Yu persuaded him to settle inside before he went outside.

Sun Ce thought so, so he decided not to send troops to deal with Yuan Shu, but just to bring people to deal with Cao Cao.

Immediately, he took the main force and threw himself into the battle against Yan Baihu and Wang Lang.

Sun Ce didn't care about it, and when the news reached Cao Cao's side, it would take more than half a month.

And Xuzhou, which is relatively close to Cao Cao, has finally got it in Lu Bu's hands at this moment.

Lu Bu looked at the Qinwang Order in his hand, and immediately laughed.

"Hahaha, sure enough, it's the same as what the virtuous nephew said, then Cao Cao still can't sit still after all, and he was fooled!"

"Let me lead the soldiers and horses to help him crusade against Yuan Shu!"

"Help him crusade against Yuan Shu, what kind of thing is he, he actually uses the little emperor to press me!"

"Compared to Yuan Shu, what I hate more is him Cao Aman!"

When Lu Bu saw King Qin's order, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, once he had King Qin's order, he could lead his troops and horses to approach Yanzhou openly.

When the time comes, he will directly bypass the Yanzhou territory, take advantage of the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, he will directly enter Xuchang, take away the Han Emperor, and smash the Yellow Dragon.

"General, congratulations to the general, General Hexi, as long as you can reach Xuchang directly, Cao Mengde will not have to worry."

"Cao Aman has repeatedly done bad things to me, this time I will also let him taste the taste of defeat, Gongtai, quickly pass the order, rectify the three armies, set off immediately, go to Yanzhou, we will crusade against Yuan Shu!"

Lu Bu couldn't wait for a long time, and he had been waiting for news in Huaibei for a generation, wanting to see Cao Cao's movements, and now that he had finally waited for the news, where could he sit.

On the one hand, he immediately led his troops and horses to approach Yanzhou, and on the other hand, he sent them to contact Yuan Yao.

Because of their conspiracy, they couldn't succeed by relying on Lu Bu alone.