The battle of Qingzhou lasted more than a month, and after several battles, the scum of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was basically eliminated, and Guan Hai and Li Cheng's troops were surrendered. For a time, the people in eastern Qingzhou were settled.

The next is naturally to reward the meritorious, talking about the battle of Qingzhou Among all the battles, the most fierce is the offensive and defensive battle of Jiaodong County, Huang Zhong blocked the onslaught of 30,000 Yellow Turban Army with a brigade of 2,500 troops. Although there was a suspicion of violating military orders, Huang Zhong killed the bandit leader at a critical moment, causing the Yellow Turban Army to disperse, and making the battle situation in Qingzhou completely change from passive to active. So, take the first credit! Zhuang Shaoyou waved his pen, and Huang Zhong was promoted to the commander of the first infantry division! Brigadier General with the rank of Brigadier General!

Huang Zhong burst into tears when he heard the news, and he was finally promoted to the rank of general! It can be regarded as a glorious ancestor!

The 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 1st Infantry Division have become the elite of a hundred battles, and the 3rd and 4th Brigades have also experienced two major wars and have matured a lot, and the 1st Division is a well-deserved First Infantry!

Wen Ping led the army over the mountains and mountains for more than 200 miles, raided the counties from Taishan County, cut off the retreat of Dongwu City, seriously hit the morale of Zhao Ri's department, and laid the foundation for conquering Dongwu City in one fell swoop. Although there is no promotion, there are many material rewards and honorary titles, which can be regarded as good encouragement.

After rewarding meritorious service and compensating for the dead, the Yellow Turban Army received was reorganized, and Guan Hai and Li Cheng had 7,000 elite Yellow Turban wrestlers and 35,000 ordinary Yellow Turban Army.

Zhuang Shaoyou selected 15,000 elites from them and reorganized them into the Fourth Infantry Division, with Guan Hai as the commander of the division and the rank of brigadier general; Li Cheng is the deputy commander of the capital, with the rank of colonel! The remaining 5,000 men and horses were combined with the 3rd and 4th Brigades of the 2nd Division to form the 5th Infantry Division! The 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 2nd Infantry Division to which Wen Ping belonged and the 5,000 Taishan crossbowmen newly recruited under his command were organized into a division, and the number was still the Second Infantry Division!

At this point, the army under Zhuang Shaoyou already has five full-fledged infantry divisions and one cavalry division!

The First Infantry Division, the division is under the command of Huang Zhong, and the deputy commander is temporarily absent;

The second infantry division, the division is all in charge of the civil service, and the deputy commander is temporarily absent;

The Third Infantry Division, the division is the commander of Sun Guan, the deputy commander, Li Er (the second master of the Taishan thief);

The Fourth Infantry Division, the division is in charge of Hai, the deputy commander, Li Cheng (deputy marshal of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou);

The Fifth Infantry Division, the division is under the command of Zhoucang, and the deputy commander is temporarily absent

The first cavalry division, the division is under the command of Tai Shici, and the deputy capital is under the command of Qinling;

Although Zhang Ning strongly requested to continue to lead the troops, he was rejected by Zhuang Shaoyou, and in the end, he could only be appointed as the deputy director of the Army Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, responsible for assisting Lejin, and mainly managing the old Yellow Turban Department under his command.

The above men and horses are field armies, and with the continuous expansion of occupied territory, and it will certainly increase dramatically in the future, it is not enough to rely on the regular army. Zhuang Shaoyou decided: set up a local garrison!

Zhuang Shaoyou merged the newly occupied three counties of Donglai, Beihai and Chengyang into one and named it Ludong County! In this way, Zhuang Shaoyou has the land of five counties under his command! There is a county lieutenant in the county, who is at the same level as the colonel, and is in charge of the garrison of a county; The county has a county lieutenant, the county lieutenant of the large county is from the seventh grade, the same level as the captain, and the county lieutenant of the small county is the eighth grade, the same level as the captain, and is in charge of the county garrison. The soldiers of the garrison were recruited from the local area, 500 in the large county and 200 in the small county. In peacetime, it is responsible for local garrison, maintaining law and order, exterminating bandits, etc., and can also be used as a reserve for the field army in times of war.

The 3,000 men and horses stationed in Hongya Town in southern Liaoning were reassigned to the garrison of southern Liaoning, and Zhang was still the third lieutenant with the rank of colonel.

In terms of the naval division, there are currently 14 five-masted warships, 32 four-masted warships, and 14,000 sailors, temporarily organized into two brigades and seven squadrons, with Mo Yu and Hu Sanniang as two captains, three squadrons each, and the remaining one squadron is stationed on Hongya Island in the south of Hongya Town, responsible for coastal defense affairs off the coast of southern Liaoning, and is directly subordinate to the commander of Ink.

The personnel of the naval division were not satisfied, but Zhuang Shaoyou did not plan to continue to expand, each squadron was temporarily composed of 2,000 people, with two five-masted warships and four four-masted warships, and the remaining four four-masted warships were assigned to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade as escorts for trade at sea, and the crews were recruited separately.

For seven days in a row, Zhuang Shaoyou was in Qingzhou to sort out the military and politics, and he was very busy.

On July 15, the Intelligence Division sent an urgent report!

On the 10th of this month, the princes' coalition army and Dong Zhuojun fought a big battle at Bishui Pass, and Lu Bu, as the world's first fierce general, was arrogant after slaying several generals, but he killed three Taoyuan brothers halfway and beat Lu Busheng back. Although it is not glorious to bully more and less, the famous Lu Bu was beaten back by Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, who were unknown, and his face was unbearable, and Dong Zhuo's morale was frustrated, and he did not dare to fight according to Bishui Pass.

Yuan Shu of the South Road also sent Sun Jian as the vanguard to lead the army to attack Luoyang, winning three battles and three victories, and killing more than 8,000 Dong Zhuo's troops! What a big win!

Dong Zhuo panicked and ordered the foundation of the Yuan family in Luoyang to be uprooted, and nearly 100 Yuan clans such as Taifu Yuan Kui were killed!

On the twelfth, Dong Zhuo adopted the advice of the military advisor Li Ru, set fire to Luoyang, and forcibly moved the capital to Chang'an! For a time, Si Li was shaken, wailing all over the field, the people of Luoyang, who were struggling with high food prices, could no longer bear it, and a large-scale uprising broke out, and the dragons were leaderless, and they were quickly suppressed by Dong Zhuojun, and Dong Zhuo seemed to know that his actions had greatly lost the hearts of the people, so he became even more unscrupulous, conniving at his subordinates to loot and kill people everywhere, and the people of Sili were killed and injured nearly one million!

When Dong Zhuo withdrew his troops, Lü Bu also led the army to evacuate Bishui Pass, and the alliance leader Yuan Shao commanded the coalition army to pursue at the end of the ranks. The princes' army annihilated nearly 20,000 Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu's army in one fell swoop! It's a big win!

Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu's army retreated westward, carrying gold and silver, dragging the family with mouth, the speed was not very fast, Cao Cao proposed to raise troops to pursue, but the princes were not keen on this, because after Dong Zhuo retreated, Sili became a borderless land, although Luoyang was destroyed, but Sili has always been a rich place, and many princes were enthusiastic about it.

In the end, Cao Cao and Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao and joined forces to pursue Dong Zhuo's army, but Xu Rong set up an ambush after being cut off.

The pursuit of Dong Zhuo could only be stopped, and Luoyang became the focus of attention of all parties, among which the most powerful ones were the alliance leader Yuan Shao and his brother Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shao had the advantage of being the leader of the alliance and had many allies, while Yuan Shu seized the opportunity and sent Sun Jian to quickly attack Luoyang, trying to occupy Luoyang first.

On July 13, Sun Jian suddenly disobeyed Yuan Shu's order and led his men and horses to evacuate Luoyang. Immediately afterwards, news came out that Sun Jian had found the heirloom jade seal in the Luoyang Palace!

Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity!

The eight characters in Li Si's handwriting, coupled with Hetian Meiyu, represent the supreme power in the world! Luoyang has been destroyed, and the jade seal should be the highest trophy of this coalition operation! For a while, everyone in the princes was excited, and their eyes were hot! Yuan Shu was also very excited, looking forward to Sun Jian bringing the jade seal to him, but what he was waiting for was the news that Sun Jian led his troops to retreat to Changsha.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were both furious, and they used their own means to try to intercept them.

With the news sent by the Intelligence Division, there was also the suggestion of the military advisor Tian Feng.

1. Give up Yanzhou and surrender Qingzhou!

Second, return to Puyang and prepare for the battle!

Zhuang Shaoyou looked at Tian Feng's suggestion and was silent for a long time.

The alliance of the princes won a great victory, Dong Zhuo retreated to Guanzhong, Tian Feng, who had always been far-sighted, suddenly put forward such a suggestion, which made Zhuang Shaoyou feel surprised and inexplicable, but after thinking about it, Zhuang Shaoyou also suddenly realized. It had been guessed before that Yuan Shao was likely to use the name of the coalition army to bring disaster to the east.

And Zhuang Shaoyou's actions in Qingzhou are probably already known, and the close relationship with the Yellow Turban Army is easy to arouse the suspicion of others.

Yanzhou has three counties, Dongjun, Juye and Taishan, with more than 600,000 people, how can they be easily abandoned? But if you go back to Puyang, how will Qingzhou defend it? There is also a Kong Rong in Duchang City, there is Tao Qian in Xuzhou in the south, and the five counties in the west of Qingzhou are also full of large and small forces, although they are not very eye-catching, but if they are in one place, it is also a force that should not be underestimated! There are also more than 600,000 people here in Qingzhou, who have just settled down.

Zhuang Shaoyou began to regret a little, he shouldn't have marched into Qingzhou so hastily, resulting in the front being too long now, and it was blocked by a Mount Tai in the middle, and now the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and it is not good to give up anyone!

Now there are only 15,000 men and horses in Puyang City, which is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and Sun Guan's 10,000 infantry and cavalry battalions of 5,000 men and horses. Moreover, after more than half a year of repair, Puyang City is already extremely strong, if he gives it up now, he will want to recapture it in the future, and it will be difficult to do so!

Once Puyang is lost, Juye County in the east will be directly threatened by the princes of all walks of life, although there is a geographical advantage of Onozawa, but there are still several counties in Dongping that are not in danger to defend. Although Taishan County is located in the hinterland of Mount Tai to the east, the cities on the Wenping Plain are all dilapidated, and they cannot resist the onslaught of the army.

Thinking about it, Zhuang Shaoyou still can't make up his mind, whether it is Yanzhou or Qingzhou, he can't give it up!

In that case, then keep it all!

After making up his mind, Zhuang Shaoyou immediately began to dispatch troops!

On July 18, the Intelligence Division sent urgent information again!

After Dong Zhuo arrived in Chang'an, he immediately stripped Zhuang Shaoyou of all official positions in the name of the emperor and designated him as a thief! Call on the princes of the world to ask for it! and listed a number of crimes.

For a while, the world shook, and the famous general Zhuang Shaoyou turned out to be a Yellow Turban thief! What a great irony!

Dong Zhuo retreated to the west, Luoyang was destroyed, Si Li was ruined, and the jade seal was robbed, except for the false name, the coalition army gained nothing after paying a huge price!

After Yuan Shao's instigation, most of the princes' coalition responded to the call of the imperial court to crusade against Zhuang Shaoyou! Yuan Shu also expressed his support!

Although Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were at odds, they agreed on the issue of treating Zhuang Shaoyou!

Implacable!

Under the instigation of Yuan Shao, under the acquiescence of Yuan Shu, and with the full support of Han Fu, Wang Kuang, Liu Dai, and Yuan Yi, the alliance of Vazhuang Shaoyou was formed again! The rest of the princes had to join the alliance for various reasons.

The alliance of the princes turned their spearheads and slaughtered towards Puyang, East County, Yanzhou.

The Central Plains War has begun!