After the two families dismissed each other, Yuan Shao returned to Jizhou. Liu Bei also returned to Qingzhou. The two families are recuperating and gathering strength to prepare for the next conflict.

Sun Jian was in Yangzhou, after building the mouth of the Xushuikou, when he saw Liu Bei retreating north, he summoned Sun Ce and others and asked them to take care of each place. Cousin Mao is the Taishou of Huiji, Han Dang is the Taishou of Danyang, Huang Gai is the Taishou of Yuzhang, Wu Jing is the Taishou of Wujun, Zhu Zhi is the Taishou of Jiujiang, and Zhou Yu is the Taishou of Lujiang. Cheng Pu is the long history, Zhang Hong is the main book, and Lu Su, Gu Yong, Yu Fu and others are all engaged in the house. After rewarding meritorious deeds, Sun Jian left his son Sun Ce, took out the jade seal and said: "Now the rune treasure is in me, and the Sun family should be ordered again." Today, the princes are divided and each fights with each other. I intend to take Yangzhou as the foundation and take Jingzhou to the west. There are two states in hand, raising the people, recruiting soldiers, and when the Central Plains changes, they can fight for the river and Luo, so as to fight for the world. ”

Sun Ce said: "What my father said is exactly what I want, Liu Biao sits on the land of Jingzhou and has no intention of enterprising, and this dog guarding the door is also." And attack me again, and cut it down. ”

Sun Jian and Liu Biao have always had a grudge. When they were still under Yuan Shu, in order to compete for Nanyang, the two fought to the death. Now Liu Biao responded to Liu Bei's crusade against the thief, sent troops to attack Yuzhang and occupied Yuzhang. Sun Ce attacked for a long time and didn't take it down. It made Sun Jian even more unhappy. The new hatred and old hatred are counted together, so Sun Jian has the intention of annexing Jingzhou.

Once the father and son were on the same page, they began to make plans around this goal. Throwing Zhou Yu in Lujiang was also the result of Sun Jian's careful consideration. Zhou Yu is a native of Shu County, with local advantages and outstanding ability, and is an ironclad supporter of Sun Ce, with him in charge, he should be able to deal with Cao Cao and Guan Yu in the north of Jiujiang. As long as these two families do not join forces, and there are Zhu Zhi of Liyang, Han Dang of Danyang, and Wu Jing of Wu County as the strategy, the Yangtze River defense line can be regarded as safe.

Next, it is to drive away the Liu Biao forces entrenched in Yuzhang. Now Liu Biao's generals Wen Ping and Liu Pan are guarding Nanchang and the other is in Chaisang, one inside and one outside, relying on each other. There are also former Yangzhou assassins Liu Xuan and Yu Zhang Taishou Hua Xin to help. It was Sun Ce who was helpless to take them.

Now that Yuan Shu has fallen, the overall situation of Yangzhou has been decided. It's time to go all out against them. At least it has to be Huang Gai, this Yuzhang is too guarded, and it is not.

Sun Jian planned to salute first and then soldier, so he first asked Zhang Hong to write a letter to Liu Xuan, in which he said: "Yuan Shu is dead, Sun Jian is not talented, and he was ordered to come to Yangzhou." In order to avoid many political doors, the people were panicked, and asked Zhengli and Ziyu to make a decision as soon as possible. If you return, you will be waiting for it; If you want to go, you will send a gift ......"

After Liu Miao received this letter that was polite on the surface but full of threats on the surface, he was so angry that he choked up. He was also unlucky. After Yuan Shu occupied Yangzhou, the imperial court quickly appointed Liu Miao as the assassin of Yangzhou. The main reason is that Liu Miao also has a foundation in Yangzhou, he can expel Yuan Shu, and he can fight against Yuan Shu at the worst.

Liu Xuan's confidant Lu Kang was appointed as the Taishou of Lujiang, Wang Lang was appointed as the Taishou of Huiji, and Huaxin was appointed as the Taishou of Yuzhang, not only did Yangzhou have three Taishou on his side, but he also had foreign aid from Xuzhou, and Zhao Yu of Guangling was also his little friend. Moreover, Liu Xuan's grandfather Liu Chong also used to be a member of the Huiji Taishou, and the history was the great governance of the county, and the people cherished it when he left office. Not to mention the mass base, Liu Miao is also a member of the Han family with Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou next to Yangzhou, and Liu Miao's father also served as the Taishou of Shanyang County, Liu Biao's hometown...... It can be said that all aspects of the imperial court have been taken into account. The only thing that was not taken into account was that Liu Miao actually met Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

Young people are fearless. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu joined forces, broke through Liu Xuan's three lines of defense in a row, crossed the Yangtze River, and then rose up in the hinterland, under the attack before and after, so that he lost his division and lost his ground, and he could only lead the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Yuzhang to survive. Thinking about it now, Liu Miao is still indignant.

After Yuan Shu relied on Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to drive Liu Xuan away, his self-confidence swelled, and he braved the world's disapproval and proclaimed himself emperor without authorization. As soon as Yuan Shu did this, Liu Miao was angry and hateful. The angry thing is that Yuan Shu is bold and reckless, and the hatred is that he is not capable enough, and he has been defeated and retreated repeatedly, which gave Yuan Shu a chance. Because of this, he fell seriously ill in Yuzhang, and he has almost recovered until now. Now Yuan Shu is dead. jumped out again, and told them to either surrender or get out!

How can Liu Miao not be angry. Sun Jian was originally a subordinate of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was arrogant, Sun Jian saw that the style was wrong, and he also raised the flag against Yuan. It's hard to count you Sun Jian knowing the righteousness. But as soon as Yuan Shu died, you hooked up with Yuan Shao again, stealing the fruits of Xuande's victory in one fell swoop, thus occupying the entire Yangzhou. Liu Miao was not convinced by Sun Jian's appointment as Yangzhou pastor. In his heart, the best candidate for Yangzhou Mu is naturally Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, who first advocated righteousness.

Liu Bei was not only a relative of the Han family, but also the first to raise troops to fight against Yuan when Yuan Shu was under false pretenses. It shows his loyalty to the Han Dynasty. It's a pity that the imperial court is controlled by Yuan Shao, he is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and he would rather hand Yangzhou over to Sun Jian, an ambitious person, than Xuande to guard Yangzhou.

Liu Miao naturally knew the reason why Yuan Shao did this. Isn't he afraid that after Liu Xuande's power is greater than him, he will no longer be able to control the Son of Heaven and the government.

After sulking for a long time, Liu Miao ordered someone to invite Hua Xin over. Hand him the letter and let him read it too. Hua Xin looked at it and was silent.

When it comes to moral knowledge, Hua Xin is a scholar flaunting. When it was his turn, he struggled. It is good to let him descend, or to give up the position of Yuzhang Taishou. None of them were what he wanted. It is impossible to descend, and it is not reluctant to keep this position. It's really unwilling.

But Sun Jian was also appointed by the imperial court as the pastor of Yangzhou. I still occupy this place, and I really can't say it.

Hua Xin pondered for a while and said, "Jingxing is resourceful, why don't you invite him to discuss it?" After Wang Lang's defeat in Huiji, he took his family to Huaxin to avoid the chaos, which was earlier than Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan then went from Hua Xin to invite Wang Lang. Wang Lang came, took the letter and looked at it, and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, I will push it to Liu Jingsheng, if he wants to go to Yangzhou, he will not withdraw his troops." If they don't have that intention, why should we keep it? went to Jingzhou with his army. ”

When Liu Jian heard this, he sent the letter to Wen Ping and said, "Zhongye, Sun Jian's letter is here." Today's Yuzhang military is all entrusted to your hands. If you want to fight and retreat, you can make a decision. ”

Wen Ping got the letter, and he didn't dare to slack off, and he didn't know if the lord was ready to fight with Sun Jian. So he ordered someone to bring the letter and went to Xiangyang in the starry night.

At the same time, in Yuzhang, he stepped up the training of soldiers and informed Liu Pan to make him ready. Prepare for war that could come at any time.

When Sun Jian stared at Liu Biao, there was another person who was also looking at Jingzhou on the map, drooling. This person is Cao Cao.

Xi Zhicai gave him advice: "Jingzhou is fertile for thousands of miles, with a mild climate and plenty of rain. Cultivated grains are harvested twice a year. And Jingzhou has the Yangtze River natural risk, if according to this, to the west can enter Yizhou, down the river, can attack Yangzhou. The foundation of this king is also. Liu Biao has been in Jingzhou since he sat and watched the times change, and he couldn't do anything. The lord can plan early. ”

Cao Cao is now sitting on the two states of Yan and Henan, and it is the time to be high-spirited and look forward to self-pride. Hearing this, I was naturally moved. Now there are Yuan Shao and Liu Bei in the north, and he thinks that he is not an opponent of either of them. Since there was no chance to go north, expanding to the south was his only choice.

I heard that Liu Biao and Yizhou had a feud, and now they are confronting Sun Jian in Yuzhang. Now is the time for Jingzhou to be isolated. It's the right time to attack.