Chapter 5 The news of Yuan Shao's capture of Wuguan in the fourteenth section greatly shocked Chang'an. Li Dao, Guo Yan and others immediately listened to Jia Xu's opinion, urgently summoned Zhang Ji and Wang Fang from Tongguan to come to their aid, and issued an order in the name of the Son of Heaven to urge Xu Rong to lead the Northern Xinjiang Army to enter through Tongguan and cross the river east of the river.

Now the situation in Guanzhong is critical, and the imperial court can no longer defeat the rebellion by its own strength, so it can only put the Northern Xinjiang Army in Guanzhong and let Xu Rong fight against Yuan Shao.

The more forces in Guanzhong, the more tense the situation becomes. Because the forces of all parties were worried that they would be besieged by the other party, no one dared to let go, and at this time, the opportunity for the imperial court came.

As long as the imperial court can quickly defeat Han Sui and Ma Teng, the situation in Guanzhong will definitely change. As soon as the news of the Northern Xinjiang army crossing the river reached Chang'an, the counselor in Chang'an City, Chong Shao, Ma Yu, Zuo Zhonglang, Liu Fan, and others in Chang'an City couldn't help it.

According to the predetermined strategy, Yuan Tan, Pan Feng and others will quickly kill Chang'an after defeating Duan Xuan, who is stationed in Wuguan, and join the army of Han Sui and Ma Teng to attack Chang'an City.

They opened the gates of the city to the army for the sake of the inward. However, Yuan Tan's army blocked Duan Xuan in the Shangluo area, and he was unable to reach Chang'an.

Two or three days later, if Zhang Ji, Wang Fang's reinforcements and the Northern Xinjiang Army reached the Chang'an area, the strategy to attack Chang'an would have failed.

Chong Shao and the others immediately decided to launch a mutiny in advance, open the city gates, and put Ma Teng's army into Chang'an City.

The reason why Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others were reluctant to take the initiative to attack the city was because they were worried that someone in Chang'an City would take the opportunity to rebel.

They secretly sent a large number of people to monitor the powerful ministers in the city, and as long as they found the slightest clue, they immediately launched a hunt and kill.

But the actions of Chong Shao and others were very **, and Li Dao has not been able to find out. At this time, an unexpected thing happened.

The army of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan suddenly appeared in Dasanguan, and they rushed to Chang'an under the banner of King Qin.

Li Wei was furious, and immediately sent people to arrest Liu Yan's sons Liu Fan and Liu Dan. This time, both of them participated in the mutiny, and they thought that the plan was leaked, and they resisted desperately, and both were killed.

The cronies of the two couldn't help but torture them, and they were all recruited, and Li Dao immediately arrested them in Chang'an City.

The counselor Chong Shao and the servant Ma Yu were the first to get the news and fled from Chang'an City in a hurry. Li Wei solved the hidden danger in the city, and immediately ordered Guo Yan and Fan Chou to lead the army out of the city to engage Ma Teng.

A day after the bloody battle between the two sides, Zhang Ji and Wang Fang's reinforcements were already approaching Chang'an, but Yuan Tan's army still had no news.

Ma Teng was helpless and quickly withdrew to Fufeng County. Ma Teng was defeated and went to Fufeng, and the situation in Guanzhong immediately took a sharp turn for the worse.

In late April, Yushi and Yang Fengtun, who had received the news, were in Xiatai City on the bank of the Weishui River and no longer marched to Chang'an.

Yuan Tan was blocked by Duan Xuan under Shangluo City, and it was difficult to move an inch. Xu Rong led his army back to Guanxi, traveled 200 miles, and attacked Chun Yuqiong near Shaancheng.

Chun Yuqiong didn't expect Xu Rong to come back so soon, she was caught off guard, and she left Michi and Xin'an in a panic, and returned to Hanguguan again.

Chun Yuqiong said in a letter to Yuan Shao that Xu Rong was like a high wall that could not be crossed. Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and Wang Fang led their troops to Huaili City and severely damaged Ma Teng.

Yizhou Mu Liu Yan's army also lost more than half, and the counselor Chong Shao and the servant Ma Yu were killed in battle. Han Sui and Ma Teng immediately retreated to martial arts.

Fan Chou and Wang Fang led the army to attack, and Ma Teng was defeated again and retreated to Yicheng. At the end of April, Taiwei Zhu Jun and Weiwei Huangfu Song were ordered to go to Yicheng to appease Han Sui and Ma Teng.

The Son of Heaven worshiped Ma Teng as General Andi, and Han Sui as General An, hoping that the two could quickly withdraw to Xiliang.

Faced with today's predicament in Guanzhong, Han Sui and Ma Teng had no choice but to accept the appeasement of the imperial court and lead the army back to Xiliang.

The remnants of the Yizhou army retreated to Hanzhong via Dasanguan. Li Wei then issued an order to question Liu Yan in the name of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Yan's two sons, both of whom were killed in the battle of King Qin, were furious, blocked the pass to Yizhou, and refused to pay taxes.

Yuan Shao heard that Guanxi was defeated, Chong Shao and Ma Yu were killed, Han Sui and Ma Teng were defeated and went to Xiliang, and the Yizhou army lost the first battle and retreated to Hanzhong, knowing that his carefully planned strategy to seize Guanzhong for half a year had failed, so he urgently wrote to Yuan Tan and immediately retreated to Nanyang and gave up attacking Guanzhong.

May of the first year of Xingping of the Great Han Kingdom (194 AD). On the end of May, Handan. Xu Rong, the general of the expedition to the west, urgently told the general Li Hong that the situation in Guanzhong had changed unpredictably in the past two months, making people feel like they were on the verge of an abyss.

However, fortunately, the crisis in Guanzhong was alleviated in a short period of time, and all forces withdrew from Guanzhong for various reasons.

Although the situation in Guanzhong has barely stabilized and the Son of Heaven is safe, this stability is temporary.

The undercurrent in Guanzhong is surging, and there is a possibility that serious disasters may break out again at any time, so I implore the general to carefully consider whether to enter the Guanqin King as soon as possible under the condition that Hebei's strength is gradually increasing.

Li Hong attached great importance to Xu Rong's proposal, and he and the governors of the three prefectures, Shi Xunyou, Li Wei, and Zhu Mu, also seriously discussed it once.

However, the news from Xuzhou made Li Hong temporarily put aside the matter of Guanzhong, and instead turned his attention to Henan Prefecture.

In order to successfully appease Qingzhou Tian Kai, Li Hong planned to invite Gongsun Chan to go south in person, but Gongsun Chan categorically refused.

Gongsun Zhan's reason is very simple, the war in Youzhou has been over for a long time, and he has written to Tian Kai three times and twice, explaining to him what happened in Youzhou very clearly, but Tian Kai is still pushing back on the matter of being cared for, and it is obvious that he has no sincerity for being cared for.

Gongsun Chan said that I didn't want to go, but I didn't dare to go. Once Tian Kai, Guan Jing and others detained me in Qingzhou, things became complicated.

Gongsun Zhan thinks that Tian Kai's current thinking is no longer the same as in the past, last year Yuan Shao's combination of vertical and horizontal techniques had a great impact on him, and the two also got married, and the relationship was once very close, and some things can not be speculated by common sense.

Gongsun Zhan was reluctant to go, and Tian Kai wavered on the matter of being cared for, so Li Hongzuo asked the eldest princess to let Ma Riyan personally rush to Qingzhou with the letter from the eldest princess to persuade him again.

In Qingzhou, the Beihai Xiang Kongrong has a respected status and speaks with great weight. Ma Riyan first persuaded him, and then under the mediation of Kong Rong, Tian Kai agreed to be appeased, but at the same time made several harsh demands.

The first is to invite the eldest princess and the general to play for her and recommend her as a general. Tian Kai made great contributions in the process of pacifying Qingzhou, and with his qualifications and merits, it is not an exaggeration to be a general.

Secondly, he asked himself to garrison Qingzhou and take charge of the military and politics of Qingzhou. Ma Riyan immediately objected to this condition.

Now, whether it is the establishment of the state pastor or the supervision of the state military administration, it is against the new policy, and the general will never agree.

Just when Ma Riyan and Tian Kai were bargaining, Tao Qian's letter for help arrived. Cao Cao began in early April and attacked Xuzhou again.

He commanded the army to take Langya successively, occupied half of Guangling County, and surrounded Tao Qian in Tancheng.

After holding out for seven months, Tao Qian finally gave up Tancheng and led his army to retreat south. Cao Cao led his army in pursuit and defeated Liu Bei, who was blocked by the broken back, near Tancheng.

In February, Liu Bei was ordered by Tian Kai to lead an army to support Tao Qian. Tian Kai thought that it was difficult for Tao Qian to hold Xuzhou, so he only gave Liu Bei 1,000 men and asked him to go to Xuzhou for a perfunctory time.

The situation in Xuzhou became worse and worse, Liu Bei was powerless, and he was defeated in successive battles, and almost lost a thousand men and horses.

In May, Tao Qian fled to Gaoyou City in Guangling County with the remnants of the defeated army, and Cao Cao led the army to chase and kill, and Xuzhou was about to become Cao Cao's bag.

Tao Qian was completely desperate by now, and he planned to cross the Yangtze River and go to Danyang County in Yangzhou to avoid trouble. When Ma Riyan heard the news, he was very surprised, and sent the news that Cao Cao was about to occupy Xuzhou back to Handan as quickly as possible.

In early May, Li Hong and the Hebei officials were stunned when they heard that Cao Cao was about to occupy the entire territory of Xuzhou.

No one expected that Cao Cao's strength would be so strong. The call for sending troops to Yanzhou suddenly increased. Zhang Wen, Xun You, Li Wei, Zhu Mu and others suggested that Li Hong should immediately prepare the army, horses, grain and grass, while Tian Kai was still hesitating, Lu Bushang did not occupy Yanzhou, and Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were tired, crossed the river to the south and occupied the Central Plains.

Without hesitation, Li Hong immediately ordered the generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army, such as Lu Yi, Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Gao Lan, Zhang He, Sun Qin, and Wang Dang, to lead their armies to assemble in Pingyuan, Dongwuyang, and Dunqiu.

He ordered the county guards of Jizhou to deliver grain and grass to the three places after the harvest was completed in May. After careful planning by the General's Palace, the Northern Xinjiang Army will go south to fight in the Central Plains in early July.

In early May, Lü Bu marched to Puyang. In mid-May, Lü Bu arrived in Changyi, and under the support of Zhang Miao, Zang Hong, and other officials of Yanzhou Prefecture, he established himself as the pastor of Yanzhou.

The counties of Yanzhou betrayed Cao Cao one after another. By the end of May, only Juancheng, Fan County, and Dong'e County in Jiyin County, Yanzhou were still under the control of Xiahoudun, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Zaoyi and others.

Cao Cao received an urgent report from Xiahoudun and was so angry that he was like thunder. Now the supply of grain and grass has been completely cut off, and the troops can only be withdrawn.

When his great cause of hegemony was just starting, he was suddenly hit hard and fell short, which couldn't help but make Cao Cao heartbroken and hated Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and others.

In the second half of May, Cao Cao left Li Dian and Li Quan, and stationed his troops in Tancheng in Donghai County, Xiapi City in Xiapi County and Pengcheng in Pengcheng State, and ordered Mao Jue and Ren Jun to raise grain and grass in these three states, and personally led an army of 20,000 to kill Yanzhou.

June of the first year of Xingping of the Han Dynasty (194 AD), Handan. Late at night, Li Hong put down the scroll in his hand and rubbed his eyes very tiredly.

Xiaoyu held a bowl of steaming soup and walked to Li Hong's side lightly,

"Are you going to stay up all night again?" Li Hong looked up at her, pointed to the document on the case, and said with a smile: "It's better to go over, I just need to take my brothers to fight, and I don't care about anything, but now ......" He shook his head,

"There is a world of difference between governing the country and governing the army, and it is too difficult." Xiaoyu frowned lightly, sighed heartbrokenly, and then put the soup in front of Li Hong, snuggled up to Li Hong meekly, and said softly: "You drink a little to refresh yourself." Li Hong stretched out his hand and took her into his arms and sat down,

"Thank you. You are pregnant, you need to rest more, how about Xiaoxue? Still can't eat? ”

"My sister reacted violently, she vomited whatever she ate, and I was really worried about her." Xiaoyu hugged Li Hong's sturdy body, leaned into his ear, and said in a coquettish voice,

"My sister must have a boy in her belly."

"Really?" Li Hong said with a smile,

"How do you know?"

"I heard Sister Xiaolan say that she was like this when she was pregnant with a child." Xiaoyu said shyly,

"I want a boy too." Li Hong kissed her gently,

"Yes, maybe the next one will be a boy, or ......" He patted Xiaoyu's abdomen affectionately,

"Maybe it's the boy here." Xiao Yujiao laughed, with a happy face.

"After a while, I'm going on an expedition, you and Xiaoxue have to take care of themselves." Xiaoyu didn't have the slightest surprise, she was used to it,

"I hope that when the child is born, he will be able to see you at first sight."

"I'll be back before the end of the year." Li Hong used his hands hard and hugged Xiaoyu tightly in his arms,

"When you and Xiaoxue have a baby, I will definitely come back to accompany you." Li Hong opened a volume of documents, which was the letter of Ding Li, the Taishou of Wei County.

In the book, Ding Li explains in detail the many benefits of promoting intensive farming. In the case of the continuous influx of displaced people into Jizhou, the land will become more and more tight, and intensive cultivation can not only solve the problem of overpopulation, but also effectively increase the yield per mu and increase the total amount of grain in Hebei.

If the general agrees, I can try it out for a year in Wei County and the Tuntian District of Wei County to see how it works.

Li Hong replied and asked Li Wei to immediately discuss the matter with Ding Li, and to consider practicing intensive cultivation in some areas with relatively concentrated populations in order to increase grain harvests.

Ding Li also said one more thing, which caught Li Hong's attention. Prefectures and counties along the Yellow River have not seen rain for almost three months since April, and farmers have tried to get water to irrigate their fields, but with little success.

If it continues to rain, the drought situation this summer will be very severe, and it will also affect Hebei's grain harvest this year.

Ding Li suggested digging ditches to connect the Qinghe, Zhangshui, Hutuo and Lushui rivers that traverse Jizhou.

First, it will help improve the irrigation water system in Jizhou, second, it will help the transportation of materials, and third, it can temporarily resettle the displaced people who continue to pour into Jizhou.

The excavation of ditches to connect several main rivers in Jizhou is indeed conducive to the development of Hebei, but this is a major event, which requires overall planning and requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources in Hebei, which is difficult for Hebei to bear today.

There are many displaced people in Jizhou now, and as long as these people can survive and have a full stomach, they are willing to do anything.

Let them dig ditches and provide them with food, and of course they will do it. However, the key question is, can Hebei's financial endowment be supported?

Li Hong planned to talk about this matter with the officials of the three prefectures. There is also a letter from the Chang'an court. Taiwei Zhu Jun and other ministers believed that the six counties of Xiliang, including Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, Wuwei, Zhangye and Zhangye, were too far away from Jicheng in Hanyang County, the seat of the Liangzhou Assassin History Department, and that the connection with Chang'an had also been cut off by robbers, and the territory of the six counties might be completely lost in the near future.

Therefore, the ministers invited the Son of Heaven to divide these four counties out of Liangzhou, and set up another state, named Yongzhou, and recommended Chen Liuren Handan Shang as the assassin of Yongzhou, in charge of the military administration of the four counties of Yongzhou.

The general is involved in the affairs of the general and the secretary, and such a major event in the establishment of the state, according to the usual practice, must be notified in advance. Li Hong shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Xu Rong's words were not wrong at all, the undercurrent in Guanzhong was surging, and the situation would deteriorate again sooner or later. The twelve prefectures and counties of Xiliang are now almost all controlled by Han Sui and Ma Teng, and in order to weaken and restrain the power of Han Sui and Ma Teng, the ministers of the Chang'an court actually want to carve out six counties from Xiliang at this time to build another Yongzhou, isn't this nothing to do?

Although Dunhuang and the other six counties are located in the northwest of Xiliang and are adjacent to the countries of the Western Regions, if Yongzhou is built separately, it can directly threaten the safety of Han Sui and Ma Teng, so the two will not agree no matter what, they will not expose their backs to the enemy.

Now that Han Sui controls these six counties, how is it possible for you to let Han Sui give it up? Li Hong thought about it for a long time, and wrote a letter back to Zhu Jun, the chief lieutenant, suggesting that the implementation of this proposal be postponed and that it be said after the situation in Guanzhong stabilized.

If Han Sui and Ma Teng are angered at this moment, the war in Guanzhong will inevitably break out again. The curtain suddenly opened, and Li Wei came in worriedly,

"General, there has been another earthquake in Chang'an." On the second day of the Lunar New Year in June, an earthquake occurred in Chang'an. On the third day of the first lunar month, there was another earthquake.

The Son of Heaven hurriedly issued an edict and ordered the general to do his best to relieve the disaster. Li Hong convened the officials of the three prefectures overnight to discuss the matter.

"How many people are there in Guanzhong?" Li Hong looked at Xun Yu and asked,

"Since the Son of Heaven moved west to Chang'an, disasters in Guanzhong have continued one after another. The people of Guanzhong are either dead or have fled to Yizhou, Jingzhou or Hedong, and how many people are there now? Xun Yu pondered for a long time and said slowly: "When the population of the three counties in Guanzhong was the largest, it was about 500,000, and after five years of wars and disasters, it would be good to have 100,000 to 200,000 left. Li Hong nodded, turned his head to look at Li Wei,

"Zhong Yuan, if we go all out for disaster relief, can Hebei's grain stocks support the autumn harvest?"

"At the moment, there are more places that need relief. The first is the desert and the border counties. This year, Da Mo and the border counties once again encountered a rare heavy snowstorm, and if it were not for the general last year's order to move some Hu people south, it is estimated that the losses would have been even more heavy. Li Wei frowned and said bitterly,

"There are also the displaced people in Jizhou. The wars in the Central Plains are one after another, and the displaced people are endless, although the governments are doing their best, how can they resettle so many displaced people in a short time? After all, Jizhou is not a vast land in northern Xinjiang, and the land is limited. One of the important reasons why we were anxious to appease Tian Kai to control Qingzhou and cross the river south to attack Yanzhou was to move the displaced people south. So ......" Li Wei looked up at Li Hong and said,

"General, let's be perfunctory about the relief of the matter. Hebei's grain must be met by the army, so that we can cross the river and head south on time in early July. Li Hong hesitated, then shook his head,

"How many displaced people in Jizhou have not been resettled?"

"There are still more than a million people who have not been resettled." Sima Lang replied,

"According to the estimates of the county governors, state ministers, and tuntian government officials, there are at least 2.5 million households in Jizhou, with a population of 6 million to 8 million." Li Hong was taken aback,

"Is it eight million or six million?" Sima Lang thought for a moment, and said in a very affirmative tone: "According to my estimates, it has already risen to eight million. If we add the population of Bingzhou, Youzhou and Dadesert, the population of Hebei should be about 12 million. ”

"How can you be so sure?"

"Recently, the governments of Jizhou are compiling households, verifying the population, and preparing for the implementation of 'counting and dictating fields' in the future." Sima Lang said,

"By October, the general will be able to see the exact numbers."

"Brother Zhong Yuan is right, the top priority is to immediately take Qingzhou and Yanzhou to relieve the population pressure in Hebei." Tian Chou interjected on the side,

"Jizhou's population was only more than 6 million at its peak, and now it has exceeded a lot, and there will be a serious shortage of land, which will leave a great hidden danger to Hebei's stability." Li Hong discussed with everyone for a long time, and finally decided to allocate a batch of disaster relief money and grain to Guanzhong, and postponed the dispatch of troops to early August.

In June, Cao Cao led his army to attack Taishan County, and the counties of Taishan surrendered when they heard the wind. The new Yanzhou Mu Lu Bu couldn't even see a shadow, and Cao Cao swore that as long as they admitted their mistakes, they would not be to blame for the past, so who would want to go against this murderous demon king? Surrender. In mid-June, Cao Cao led an army to attack Dongping, Xiahou Yuan led an army to attack Jibei, and Cao Ren led an army to attack Renchengguo. The three counties have donated the city. Lü Bu hurriedly led his army to meet the battle, and he led an army of 10,000 to attack Cao Ren. Cao Ren had only 5,000 men, his strength was weak, and he lost two games in a row, and then fled into Fancheng, where he was in charge of the city, and defended the city. In late June, Cao Cao and Xiahoudun, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others met in Juancheng, Jiyin County. When Lü Bu heard the news, he ordered Shanyang Taishou Guo Gong to continue to besiege Fancheng, and he led his men and horses to kill Juancheng. On the third day of the seventh month, the sky showed a vision, and the heavenly dog swallowed the sun. On the seventh day of the first month, Taiwei Zhu Jun was dismissed, and Taichang Yang Biao succeeded him as Taiwei and participated in Shangshu Affairs. Due to the successive earthquakes and four consecutive months of drought in Guanzhong, the famine was severe, and the price of grain was worth 500,000 yuan. In early July, Hebei relief money and grain were sent from Hedong to Chang'an. The Son of Heaven ordered grain relief and the famine in Guanzhong was alleviated. In July, Cao Cao and Lü Bu fought in Juancheng, and Lü Bu was defeated and took Puyang. In mid-July, Cao Cao attacked Lü Bu's grain and grass camp at night, but was besieged by Lü Bu. Dian Wei protected Cao Cao and fought desperately to get out of the encirclement. In the second month of July, the Tian clan in Puyang City used a counter-plot to lure Cao Cao's army into Puyang City. Lü Bu led the ambush troops to fight on all sides, and Cao Cao was defeated. In the melee, Lü Bu's subordinate Hou Cheng captured Cao Cao. Fortunately, Hou Cheng didn't know Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was covered in blood, and he couldn't tell that he was an officer. So Hou Cheng asked, where is Cao Cao? Cao Cao said that the man who escaped on a yellow horse was Cao Cao. Hou Cheng abandoned Cao Cao and led his army in pursuit, so Cao Cao was able to escape from Puyang City. In early August, a locust plague broke out along the Yellow River. The southern counties of Jizhou, the northern counties of Yanzhou, and the northern counties of Qingzhou were all affected, and the field crops were all destroyed by locusts. In desperation, General Li Hong had no choice but to postpone the dispatch of troops again and focus on disaster relief for the time being. Qingzhou was affected by the disaster, the hungry people were like a tide, Tian Kai was forced by the situation and agreed to be appeased. Wang Dang led his army across the river and stationed in Gaotang and completely occupied Pingyuan County. In August, Cao Cao and Lü Bu attacked each other, and the two sides fought to the death. The disaster in Hebei was serious, and he was unable to help Lu Bu, and the army gradually ran out of food and grass. And Cao Cao's grain and grass were gone, and the soldiers first killed the horses, and after the horses were killed, they ate wild vegetables, and then began to eat the captives. With the help of Yuan Shu, Danyang Taishou Zhou Xin, and Huiji Taishou Wang Lang, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian reorganized the army and launched a counteroffensive against the three counties of Donghai, Xiapi and Pengcheng. In September, the locust plague became more serious, sweeping almost the entire north-central counties of Yanzhou, and groups of hungry people abandoned their homes, helped the old and the young, and went all the way to the Yellow River and Jizhou. Hebei has now become a place of hope for survival. The general looked up to the sky and sighed, and announced that he would abandon the sending of troops and turn to all-out relief and resettlement of the hungry. Cao Cao ordered the army to be downsized, and the old, weak, sick and disabled were driven out of the barracks, leaving them to fend for themselves. Lü Bu ordered the prisoners to be cooked and killed for military rations. In mid-September, the two sides fought fiercely again in Puyang. Lu Bu took the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield and withdrew to Chen Liu. At this time, Puyang was already an empty city, and it was useless for Cao Cao to ask for it, so he ordered the army to withdraw to Juancheng. In October, Tao Qian, Liu Bei, Zang Ba and others each led their troops and horses to successfully recover Xuzhou. In mid-October, Cao Cao withdrew his troops from Dong'e. At this time, Man Chong, who went to Kanto for help, returned to Dong'e with Yuan Shao's letter. Yuan Shao was very sympathetic to Cao Cao's situation and offered to help, but on the condition that Cao Cao must send his family to Luoyang. Cao Cao was at the end of his rope and immediately planned to accept Yuan Shao's suggestion. Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others tried their best to dissuade them. Cheng Yu said that Yuan Shao was ambitious and had the intention of annexing the world, but he was not resourceful enough and could not realize it at all, and there would be a disaster of destruction in the future. If the adults follow him, the consequences are self-evident. Adults have the power of dragons and tigers, and the materials of the sky, how can they charge into battle for such a mortal person? Although Yanzhou is dilapidated, there are still three counties of land in the hands of adults, with nearly 10,000 elites. With the strategy of the adults, coupled with the help of Wen Ruo and the rest of us, we will definitely be able to achieve the cause of the king. Adults should be careful to consider. As long as we work together, even the country is in the pockets of adults. Cao Cao thought about it for a long time, and finally gave up the idea of taking refuge in Yuan Shao, and continued to grit his teeth and insist. In November, Mu Taoqian of Xuzhou fell seriously ill. Xuzhou is worried, once Tao Qian dies, the situation in Xuzhou will be in danger again. Who succeeds Xuzhou has become the top priority related to the survival of Xuzhou. Now in Xuzhou, there are only two officials who are qualified to succeed Xuzhou Mu, one is Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling County, and the other is Liu Bei, the minister of the plains. Liu Beiwen Wuhan Quan, and a descendant of the clan, if he succeeds Xuzhou Mu, he can not only get the full support of Qingzhou Tian Kai, but also get the help of the Hebei general. In addition, Liu Bei succeeded him as the pastor of Xuzhou, and the Son of Heaven and the imperial court would not object, even if they were opposed, there would be a general to speak for him. Once the Son of Heaven officially decrees, who else in Xuzhou will dare to disagree? Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou in February, and with Tao Qian's eight-month campaign, he made great contributions to defend Xuzhou, and there were many people in Xuzhou who were willing to support him as the pastor of Xuzhou. In December, Tao Qian fell ill and Liu Bei succeeded him as Xuzhou Mu. Jump to