Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 672 The general trend of the world
Chapter 670: The General Trend of the World
Shortly after Lü Bu left, the princes of the Eighteenth Route also dispersed.

The allied forces of the eighteen princes gathered only because of Xiang Yu alone.

Now that Xiang Yu is dead, the various princes naturally go back to their respective homes, and the battle of Ming Dynasty has come to an end.

In June of the fourth year of Zhongping, the Five Routes Han army attacked Ming, until December of the fifth year of Zhongping, Xiang Yu was executed by Qin Hao.

The Battle of Faming lasted a year and a half in total, and the war spread throughout the entire Kanto region, involving nearly one million troops.

The Ming Empire, whose territory spanned the five prefectures of Yan, Xu, Qing, Ji and Henan, was finally defeated after a year and a half of siege and scattered troops.

As for the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, they retreated into Taihang Mountains and Dabie Mountains and continued to resist the rule of the Han.

The victory of the Battle of Faming made many loyal ministers who still had hope in the Han Dynasty to see the hope of the revival of the Han Dynasty again, but this was destined to become an extravagant hope.

After this battle, Daming did perish, but the Han princes who occupied many Daming territories became stronger and stronger, but the weak situation of the Han court did not change in the slightest.

This will change and the other will grow, the court will be weak and the princes will be strong. If things go on like this, sooner or later a merger and melee between the princes will break out.

The fire of war will not stop.

In this battle of the Ming Dynasty, the major princes benefited more or less, but the six princes who benefited the most were Tao Qian, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Yao and Dong Zhuo.

Although Tao Qian was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang, he successfully regained Xuzhou and became the only feudal lord other than Dong Zhuo who controlled the whole state.

Of course, Tao Qian's army was weak, so the neighbors around him also coveted his Xuzhou.

Yuan Shu almost completely controlled Yuzhou, and his forces had already entered Jianghuai, and he was the prince who benefited second this time.

Most of the JAC that Liu Yao occupied was a happy event, but Yuan Shu's ambitions for JAC gave him a headache, and the two sides were in constant conflict in private.

The land of Jizhou abandoned by Daming was occupied by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao also took away a county from Qingzhou, becoming the prince with the income second only to Yuan Shu.

Cao Cao's contribution this time is second only to Li Shimin, but because he neglected to seize the city in the early stage of the main battle, he did not occupy much land in Yuzhou, but in the later stage he occupied Chenliu, Jiyin, Taishan and Rencheng in Yanzhou. The land of the county is also very rewarding.

As for Dong Zhuo, he took over the military power of Sizhou with the help of Yang Jian and Li Yuan.

Although the battle of Ming Dynasty was initiated by the court, the Chang'an court played little role except for Hou Yi when he was besieging Xiang Yu.

The imperial court dispatched very few troops and provided not much food and grass, and it mainly depended on the various princes to start the war, so after the war, they could only make up for the various princes with heavy rewards.

Yuan Shu was named the Shepherd of Yuzhou and Marquis of Yu.

Cao Cao was the shepherd of Yanzhou, the Marquis of Wei.

Yuan Shao was named Qingzhou Shepherd and Zhaohou.

Since then, except for the death of Liu Dai, the governor of Jiaozhou, all the governors of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty have returned to their positions.

Such a war, of course, will not only seal these few people.

Sun Jian, who has made great contributions, was named Jiaozhou Mu and Wuhou this time.

Qin Wen, Sun Jian, and Cao Cao, the three sworn brothers, were all designated as princes of one party, and this incident also became a good story.

Liu Bei and Song Jiang, who also captured a county in Qingzhou, were named the Marquis of Pingyuan and Marquis of Liangshan respectively.

Yuan Shu's Zhao Kuangyin and Kong Ni also made great military exploits this time, so they were named the prefect of Runan and the prefect of Liang.

Gongsun Xuanyuan, who was under Gongsun Zan's command, was also named the prefect of Western Liaoning.

Bao Xin, Zhang Miao, and Qiao Mao under Lu Zhi's command later followed Li Shimin and made great contributions to defeating Chen Liu, so they were all designated as prefects.

Zhang Miao was the prefect of Dongping, Qiao Mao was the prefect of Dongjun, and Bao Xin was the prefect of Jibei.

In addition, Yuan Yi, who guarded Wuguan, was also in the ranks of rewarding this time because of the contribution of the Yuan family, and was named the prefect of Shanyang.

Since then, all the prefects of Yanzhou, except for Zhang Yao, have returned to their positions in the original history.

As for Li Shimin, the biggest hero in this battle, he was named the prefect of Hanzhong and the champion.

From this award, it is not difficult to see that the Changan court was fully aware of the power of the princes and wanted to check and balance the major princes by dividing them.

Yuan Shao knew that most of his territory was in Jizhou, but he was named Qingzhou animal husbandry. In Qingzhou, there were four princes of Liu Bei, Song Jiang, Kong Rong and Huang Chao.

Sun Jian's territory was clearly in Yangzhou, but he was named Jiaozhou Shepherd, and Jiaozhou was still in the hands of Hong Xiuquan. Sun Jian had to take it himself if he wanted to.

Although Yuan Shu was appointed as the shepherd of Yuzhou, he gave him two more prefects. From then on, in addition to Li Mi, Yuzhou had two more princes, Zhao Kuangyin and Kong Dian.

Cao Cao suffered the worst. He made such a big contribution, not to mention that he did not get a matching reward. There were four other princes around Bao Xin, Zhang Miao, Qiao Mao and Yuan Yi.

You must know that Yanzhou is the center of this war, and the losses are naturally the heaviest. So many princes naturally spread the power of Yanzhou.

Although Li Shimin made the first contribution to the Ming Dynasty, but due to his limited qualifications, he was only a general before, and as Dong Zhuo's son-in-law was added, he was destined to not be rewarded by the court.

Therefore, the court granted Li Shimin Hanzhong County, which is far away from Liangzhou, and added a champion of extraordinary significance to offset Li Shimin's great achievements.

Since then, Li Shimin has also inherited the glorious title of Champion Hou after Qin Hao.

After Li Shimin became the prefect of Hanzhong, there were two princes, Liu Ji and Li Shimin, under the command of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan.

So far, the imperial court has carried out a total of 4 divisions, and each time a state shepherd is sealed, several more prefects will be sealed.

Bingzhou, the state shepherd, Qin Wen, and four princes: Wang Shichong, Wang Kuang, Zhang Yang, and Zhang Chao.

Jingzhou, the state animal husbandry Dingyuan, the princes are Qin Hao, Huang Zu, Han Xuan, Zhao Fan, Jin Xuan, Liu Du six.

Jizhou, the state shepherd Huang Fu Song, the princes include Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Han Fu, and Yuan Shao, who was named Qingzhou shepherd.

Yangzhou, the state shepherd Liu Yao, the princes include Lu Kang, Wang Lang, and Sun Jian, who was named Jiaozhou shepherd.

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As for Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo's control was too high. Liu Biao, the former governor of Jincheng, was completely overthrown, and now he has become a civil official under Dong Zhuo's command, so the court did not continue to divide the seal.

It is not difficult to see from this that the Chang'an court wanted to use this method of drinking poison to quench thirst to maintain the balance between the princes.

However, drinking poison to quench thirst is destined to be poisoned, and this balance is destined to be broken, and then it will be a great era of princes fighting for hegemony.

(End of this chapter)