Chapter 242: The Fear of the Princes Cao Cao won Yingchuan
Liu Yu is now doing his best to accommodate the subjugated Montenegrin people. The people began to live well, while others did not have so good times.
The news that Liu Yu sent troops to Montenegro and annexed Montenegro in one fell swoop to gain millions of people once again shook the whole world.
Originally, all the princes were waiting to see Yuan Shao's jokes, daring to crusade against the Yellow Turban of Montenegro with 50,000 soldiers and horses, I don't know how much courage and courage it was. The princes all speculated that Yuan Shao must have failed this time. As a result, just as the princes thought, Wen Chou was almost wiped out, and the army was defeated and fled back to Jizhou. The princes privately laughed at Yuan Shao's ignorance, and in their opinion, it was impossible to attack Montenegro without 100,000 soldiers and horses.
In the end, the news that Liu Yu sent troops to Montenegro, the princes didn't care so much. If you Liu Yu could destroy Montenegro, you would have done it a few years earlier, and you would have waited until now to make a move? After the princes read Yuan Shao's joke, they were ready to see Liu Yu's joke. However, the slapping behavior in real life is too many to count. The news of Liu Yu's annexation of Montenegro in one fell swoop left the princes speechless. The princes couldn't believe that Liu Yu's march was so fast and the gains were so huge. The princes hurriedly sent various spies to infiltrate the state to inquire about the news, but due to Liu Yu's blockade, the princes' spies did not find any useful news. I just know that there is a man named Wang Dang who played an important role in this battle. Now any intelligence is useless, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban can be entrenched for many years, which proves that they can be self-sufficient, Liu Yu can digest and absorb them very quickly, Liu Yu's strength has been upgraded again after the annexation of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban.
The princes scolded Zhang Yan for being really incompetent, how could he be swallowed up by Liu Yu so quickly. If they knew that Liu Yuwei annexed Montenegro, Hua didn't know how much time and energy they had, and they wouldn't have thought so.
What is now in front of everyone is that in terms of military strength, Liu Yu can now be said to be second to none among the princes. Liu Yu could boldly launch an attack on any of the princes.
The surrounding princes began to feel frightened and began to act separately.
Gongsun Zhan of Youzhou immediately sent an envoy to express his willingness to obey the orders of the imperial court, but due to the previous conflict with Liu Yu, which caused some unpleasantness, hoping that the Son of Heaven and the King of Zhao would forgive him for his mistakes, and paid a large amount of tribute to Liu Xie. For the sake of the face of the rich wealth, Liu Xie, the son of heaven in Luoyang, also issued an edict to forgive Gongsun Zhan's mistakes and instructed him to continue to serve the country. Liu Xie's edict did not have Liu Yu's consent, and in principle, Liu Xie did not need Liu Yu's consent. Liu Yu shook his head, it seems that Liu Xie is growing up day by day and is beginning to have his own ideas.
Yuan Shao of Jizhou did not send any envoys, but only arranged heavy troops to defend at various checkpoints close to Bingzhou. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Yuan Shao was worried that Liu Yu would launch a war of aggression in Jizhou.
Zhang Lu, the rich man of the land, even sent an envoy to pay tribute to Liu Yu with more grain and grass, in order to buy a safe life. Why didn't Zhang Lu pay tribute to Liu Xie, but to Liu Yu, the king of Zhao. Zhang Lu is not entirely stupid, and the current imperial court does not have a single soldier at all, except for its prestige. The court is unhappy, which does not mean that King Zhao is unhappy. And if King Zhao is not comfortable, then the court will be unhappy. Zhang Lu still has this bit of political acumen.
There is a cheap and not to take advantage of it, which is not Liu Yu's style. Liu Yu smiled and put the grain and grass that Zhang Lu paid tribute into the treasury, patted the envoy on the shoulder and expressed his absolute belief in Zhang Lu's trust, and at the same time appointed Zhang Lu as the general of Bashu on behalf of the imperial court. Zhang Lu's envoy was overjoyed, and he would definitely be able to get Zhang Lu's reward when he went back this time.
Han Sui and Ma Teng, who were fighting very hotly on the Liangzhou side, both stopped the war in unison, and when Liu Yu did not make a clear next move, they still preserved their strength first.
Yuan Shu, who was far away in Yuzhou, expressed his disdain for Liu Yu's achievements this time, but he was the one who got the jade seal of the country, and he had a destiny in his body, so he didn't have to fear anyone at all. Yuan Shu began his own ambitious plan and continued to expand his strength. However, there are not long-eyed guys, who give Yuan Shu a huge stuffy stick full of confidence. That was Cao Cao, who planned to capture Yingchuan.
When Cao Cao knew that the surrounding princes were powerless to deal with him, he took advantage of a rare opportunity to start a military campaign against Yingchuan.
With Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Xun You and other strategically advanced military divisions, after careful planning, Cao Cao secretly made a move on Yingchuan. Guo Jiaxunyu and the others are all from Yingchuan, and they are very familiar with this place. Cao Cao's troops captured Yingchuan with lightning speed and stationed troops in Xuchang.
Yingchuan belongs to the rule of Yuzhou, Yuan Shu has long regarded this place as his private territory, Cao Cao stretched out his claws to occupy Yingchuan, and the angry Yuan Shu attacked on the spot, carrying 100,000 soldiers and horses to reason with Cao Cao.
Cao Cao had long expected that Yuan Shu would use troops against him, and he was not too surprised by Yuan Shu's arrival. Guo Jia took advantage of Yuan Shu's arrogant personality and devised an exquisite serial strategy to defeat Yuan Shu in the eastern suburbs of Xuchang. Yuan Shu had to flee back to Shouchun with his soldiers and horses. Cao Cao successfully occupied Yingchuan, a blessed land with many talents, and created conditions for his hegemony.
However, Cao Cao's life is not very good, Yuan Shu is a gentleman, and what he can't get will never let others get it. On the way back to Shouchun, Yuan Shu continued to burn, kill and loot, constantly destroying the local people's livelihood. If Cao Cao hadn't sent troops to pursue in time, the entire Yingchuan might have been turned into a blank field by Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu was cool, but this kind of behavior made most talented people lose confidence in him, resulting in the loss of many talents from Yuan Shu, laying the foundation for Yuan Shu's future defeat.
Cao Cao got a broken Yingchuan, which was simply a burden for him. He is not like Liu Yu, who has a rich treasury and grain and grass to support the livelihood of the entire territory. The grain and grass alone made Cao Cao anxious.
At this time, Cheng Yu proposed to Cao Cao to make all the captives into dried meat and use them as military rations to alleviate the grain and grass crisis.
Cao Cao originally disagreed, which was a bit too cruel. However, the news of Liu Yu's annexation of Montenegro made Cao Cao feel a huge threat, and if Liu Yu freed up his hand to send troops to Yanzhou, Cao Cao, who was in a grain and grass crisis, would have no way to resist. For the sake of his hegemony, Cao Cao also ruthlessly killed all the captives to make dried meat. Cao Cao's grain and grass crisis has been temporarily alleviated.
Xun Yu gave full play to the advantages of his Yingchuan family background, and used his personality charm to help Cao Cao get a lot of grain and grass.
Cao Cao was finally able to gain a foothold in Yingchuan.