Preaching begins with Tai Chi

Chapter 235 The Value of Benevolence and Righteousness

For a while, the emperor Liu Xie regained control of Sizhou Luoyang and the second capital of Chang'an, and veterans such as Lu Zhihuang Fusong came to escort him. If Dong Zhuo's remnant party can be completely pacified, then the entire Liangzhou, Sizhou and Bingzhou will be connected. The future is promising.

However, at a critical moment, Wang Yun and a group of courtiers had a falling out, and they couldn't wait to ride on Liu Xie's head, following Yiyin Huoguang's old affairs.

So the original advantage of chasing the dog in the water changed, the court was in chaos, each other was hostile to each other, and they fought endlessly, giving Li Ru, Li Jue, Guo Si a rare chance to breathe.

Li Ru became ruthless: "The grand master is dead. If I surrender with my arms tied, I will die without a place to die. If I return to Liangzhou, old Lu Zhi has already laid a net. For the present plan, the only way to capture Chang'an is to capture the emperor." , to live!"

All the generals knew that this was a critical time of life and death, and it was time to fight for their lives.

So they gathered more than [-] elites and besieged Chang'an City.

When the battle was intense, almost everyone turned into monsters, and it seemed like the end of the world for a while.

Even if there were famous generals such as Lu Bu and Huang Fusong sitting in the city, they would not be able to resist at all. After only ten days of fighting, the city of Chang'an was already in jeopardy.

At the critical moment, Huangfusong requested to move the capital, and moved the capital back to Luoyang.

Only Wang Yun clamored that "the emperor will die to the country", and he was determined not to retreat.

At this time, survival is the most important thing, the Xiliang army has become a monster, and when the city is broken, the emperor may not be able to survive, let alone all the officials?

So everyone took Wang Yun as a lunatic without any hesitation, and rushed straight to Luoyang.

The emperor Liu Xie handed over the task of guarding Tongguan to Lu Bu, the hussar general, which made Lu Bu's teeth itch and wanted to scold his mother.

Even if he killed Dong Zhuo with his own hands, the emperor only got close to Huang Fu Song Lu Zhi, and did not trust him, the former adopted son of Dong Zhuo.

Although Tongguan is dangerous, there is no room for development at all. Lu Bu is now a dignified and warm-hearted general, and the Hussar General has naturally developed a heart of self-reliance.

As for the direction, it is also very simple, it is naturally his hometown, and the land of Bingzhou.

Most of the Bingzhou Wolf Riders who had been loyal to Dong Zhuo had taken refuge with Lv Bu in secret, and now Lv Bu still has [-] elite soldiers in his hands, an absolute capital.

Bingzhou is now in a state of no ownership, which is a very rare opportunity.

It's just that the emperor handed over Tongguan to himself to guard, isn't it a bit too much to leave without saying goodbye?
So Lu Bu repaired a letter, telling the emperor that he decided to guard Bingzhou for the great Han, and set off in three days.

Liu Xie had just returned to Luoyang City where he was born and grew up, and he hadn't even sat down when he received this bad news.

When Huangfu Song hurriedly led the army to Tongguan, there was only one guard left, a thousand soldiers.

"The last general Zhang Liao, under the order of General Hussars, handed over the defense of Tongguan to Generals of Chariots!" Zhang Liao just saluted on his horse, and then led a thousand knights away directly.

"It's really not a son of man!" Huangfu Song gritted his teeth angrily, but there was nothing he could do.

He also didn't dare to pursue Lu Bu's responsibility, after all, he was still a loyal minister and the number one hero who assassinated Dong Zhuo.

If Lu Bu is forced to turn against him again, the Han Dynasty will completely sink.

Dong Zhuo died suddenly, and Bingzhou had become a power vacuum. Zhang Jiao of Youzhou, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, and Gongsun Zan of Changshan all marched into Bingzhou immediately, wanting to take a bite.

Fortunately, Lu Bu marched rapidly, successively pacified the three counties of Hedong, Xihe, and Taiyuan, and took the most elite places in Bingzhou into his hands.

Zhang Jiao occupied Yanmen County, Gongsun Zan annexed Xinxing County, and Yuan Shao annexed Leping County. So far, only Huang Zhong, the prefect of Shangdang, was left in Bingzhou, who was still a vassal.

In the land directly under the imperial court, there are only three counties of Hongnong, Hanoi, and Henan left. Fortunately, there is a group of loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, so that Liu Xie is no longer a puppet, and can enjoy the real power of the emperor.

At the same time, Cao Cao's father died in Xuzhou.

Cao Cao was angry and led his army to attack Xuzhou.

Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, hurriedly asked Kong Rong and Liu Bei for help.

In these years, Liu Bei can be said to be a good man with a reputation throughout Qingzhou and Xuzhou. He helped the nearby prefects continue to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which can be called Donglai timely rain.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao also had a lot of friendship when the princes were begging for Dong, and they wrote a letter to resolve their enmity.

However, it is false for Cao Cao to avenge his father, and it is true to annex Xuzhou. How can he be willing to retreat?
When Liu Bei was struggling, Yuan Shao's general Yan Liangwen Chou had already crossed the river and dispatched troops to the counties of Jinan and Le'an in Qingzhou.

For a while, Qingzhou became Yuan Shao's lunch, and Xuzhou became Cao Cao's pocket.

Liu Bei didn't even know who to support.

At this moment, Kong Rong finally said something fair: "Xuande, all these years, we have been able to continue to hold real power because of your protection and kindness! Now Yuan Shao is eyeing Qingzhou, Cao Cao is eyeing Xuzhou, They are all the generation of tigers and wolves, without Xuande Gong, you are generous and benevolent. After Kong Beihai is Confucius, no matter who wins Qingzhou, he will praise me, but if you have ambitions, I am willing to write letters to the prefects of various counties , and jointly regard you as the Lord of Qingzhou!"

Liu Bei was so overjoyed that he had served as the prefect of Donglai for almost 15 years, and finally won the opportunity to enter Qingzhou with benevolence!

So after a series of alliances, the three counties of Beihai, Chengyang, and Langya joined Liu Bei's command one after another.

It's a pity that Kong Rong is just a celebrity, not a mastermind. He continued to eat, drink and have fun, but he couldn't provide Liu Bei with a strategic plan.

At the same time, Yuan Shu attacked Lujiang and Huainan counties in Yangzhou.

Sun Jian changed his direction and no longer pursued Changsha, but also turned to Yangzhou. He personally commanded the army to attack Luling and Yuzhang, and his eldest son Sun Ce and Zhou Yu attacked Kuaiji along the coast.

Liu Bei and Tao Qian formed an alliance to fight against Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead the main force to guard Beihai to prevent Yuan Shao from invading. His personal commander Tai Shici Zhao Yun went to Xuzhou to support Tao Qian.

Now that Qing and Xu Erzhou are considered to be dead with cold lips and teeth, they are watching and helping each other, and Liu Bei is also willing to go all out, pulling out an army of 15 people that he has carefully built over 5 years.

Beihai County.

Wherever Yuan Shao's army went along the way, the three counties of Jinan, Le'an, and Qi did not resist at all. Naturally, the vanguard general Yan Liang was not satisfied, and led an army of [-] to Beihai.

At the head of Beihai City, the guard is Guan Yu.

More than ten years have passed since he sought Dong, and Guan Yu has grown to the peak, and now ranks fourth in the list of generals, only under Wang Yuetongyuan Lu Budianwei.

It's just that he can only deal with bandits and bandits for so many years, and spend most of his time working, building and teaching, so that the world seems to have forgotten his reputation.

Anyway, Yan Liang was very dissatisfied. He fought in the north and south, and conquered countless states and counties for the lord. It was a pity that he had to guard his hometown at the beginning, so he couldn't participate in the battle against Dong, so Guan Yu took advantage of it and became famous overnight.

At that time, Guan Yu jumped from No. 7 to No. 9 by warming wine to kill Huaxiong. How can I know that today I, Yan Liang, cannot warm wine to kill Guan Yu and jump directly from No. 4 to No. [-]?
Under the Beihai city, the two armies faced each other, and the front line was very long, mainly because they were afraid of being caught in a pot by various Taoist methods.

Yan Liang wanted to take this opportunity to weigh Guan Yu's strength. If he could really beat him, it would be a rare opportunity to jump to the fourth place in the list of generals.

Then, in front of tens of thousands of soldiers of the two armies, the classics reappeared.

Guan Yu got on his horse furiously, held the green dragon saber upside down, opened his phoenix eyes wide, his silkworm brows straight, and charged straight at the other side.The Hebei army broke like waves, Yan Liang was shocked, and resisted hastily, and then his head fell to the ground with a knife.

Yuan Shaojun was terrified and fled in haste.

The two relatives of Guan and Zhang pursued the death and chased the north, killing tens of thousands of prisoners.

Wen Chou was terrified and dared not go any further.

Yuan Shao hurriedly sent Tian Feng to sit in the town, and the two armies faced each other in Beihai County, and there was no longer a large-scale war.

Yuan Shao was also surrounded by enemies, Zhang Jiao and Gongsun Zan in the north, Huang Zhong in the west, Cao Cao in the south, and Liu Bei in the east. Now he only dared to pick up the soft persimmons and dare not confront the hard ones.

In the south, Liu Bei fell into a bitter battle.

Zhao Yun, Tai Shici are all top ten generals in the list of military generals, but Dianwei Xu Chu is also in Cao Jun's formation, and Guo Jia's drama talent Cheng Yu and others have repeatedly performed mysterious Taoism and set up a large formation, so the Qingxu Allied Army is steadily advancing. In defeat, Pengcheng and Xiaopei were lost successively, so they had to retreat to Xiapi County.

At the critical moment, Chen Deng offered advice, wrote a secret letter, and pretended to beg Cao Cao for mercy, but secretly passed the news to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to avenge his father, Cao Cao has successively annexed Lu County, Dongguan County, Liang County, and Qiao County, and occupied Pengcheng and Xiaopei. It can be said that he took the opportunity to annex many counties in Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and his territory doubled. .

If Xuzhou really couldn't bear to surrender, and let Cao Cao take advantage of the situation to kill Liu Bei, wouldn't it occupy Qing, Yan, and Xu three states overnight?

Neither Yuan Shao nor Yuan Shu could bear this.

Yuan Shao in the north accepted it as soon as he saw a good deal. Anyway, the three counties of Jinan had already been acquired, but it was a pity that Yan Liang was defeated, and sooner or later he would avenge this.

So Yuan Shao and Liu Bei signed an agreement to divide Qingzhou according to the facts, and the two sides ceased fighting.

Guan Yu sent Zhang Fei to lead an elite army of [-] to go south to support eldest brother.

Yuan Shu also sent [-] soldiers near Chenliu, threatening Cao Cao's retreat.

Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou for more than two years, and the food and grass could no longer support him, so he had to retreat.

Only a piece of land in Pengcheng, Xuzhou was cut off, and a lot of compensation was obtained, that's all.

After this battle, Tao Qian realized his own shortcomings. In this troubled world, he has no ability to settle down. It is better to hand over the foundation and become a rich man with peace of mind.

But the person who entrusts the foundation must be a benevolent and righteous person, otherwise his family will become a pig and sheep at the mercy of others sooner or later.

As a result, Tao Qian had no choice but to gift Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

In the war with Cao Cao, Liu Bei was defeated and fought repeatedly, very tenacious, and the army under his command was defeated but not defeated, and his heroism was extraordinary.

Wherever the sergeant goes, Qiu has committed no crimes, and he is an absolute king. This has also been recognized by many people in Xuzhou.

So with the support of Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and others, Liu Bei entered Xuzhou in a daze, and instantly became the master of Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

Cao Cao was so angry that he almost vomited blood. After some manipulations by himself, he finally won the land of four counties, but Liu Bei's son jumped directly from the prefect of one county to the lord of two states!

Although Chen Deng is not the top resourceful person, he still has a basic strategy.

He offered advice to Liu Bei, saying that Eryuan and Cao Cao are both top princes in the world, and they cannot compete with each other. When the town is quiet, defense is the main priority.

As for Yangzhou in the south, there is now one county and one prefect, and it is scattered instead of monolithic. Moreover, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, and Sun Jian all have ambitions for Yangzhou, so they should take it quickly.

Liu Bei was overjoyed after hearing this, and regarded Chen Deng as the mastermind. He left behind Qingzhou with his second brother Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with his third brother Zhang Fei. .

Liu Biao's vanguard, Huang Zu, and Sun Jian himself competed for the Yuzhang. Sun Jian did not listen to the dissuasion of the generals, and ventured into Huang Zu's army.

However, among Huang Zu's army, there was a large formation personally set up by Mr. Pang De and Mr. Shui Jing Sima Hui, which trapped Sun Jian like a dragon rope.

Sun Jian fought to the death for nine days, but was still unable to break through, and was eventually consumed to death.

In the end, Yuzhang County came under the rule of Liu Biao, and Sun Jian's troops would snatch Sun Jian's body and carry the coffin all the way back to Jiaozhou.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had already attacked Shaoxing for a generation, but when they heard the news of Sun Jian's death in battle, they hurriedly led the army back to Jiaozhou, leaving only a few elite soldiers on the front line to guard.

However, Liu Bei's two armies, land and water, advanced side by side and took Wu County lightly. His opponent was also Liu Yao, the clan of the Han family.

Liu Yao was originally the governor of Yangzhou, who ruled in Shouchun, but was driven across the river by Yuan Shu, and was attacked by Liu Bei.

Both Liu Bei and Liu Yao are clan relatives of the Han Dynasty, and they should have watched and helped each other, but Liu Yao's Yangzhou has become the last piece of fat in the world, and no one wants to miss it.

Emperor Liu Xie was also quite helpless about this, and he didn't know who to help.

In any case, there are still Liu Yan, Liu Biao, Liu Bei, Liu Yao and other clans in the world, as well as Lu Zhi, Huang Zhong and other local loyal officials, and nearly half of the states and counties in the world are under the name of the Han Dynasty.

In the end, Liu Bei and Liu Yao only fought for a while, which did not hurt the peace, and divided the sphere of influence.

Liu Bei took Wu County and Kuaiji County, and Liu Yao still held Danyang, Luling and Lujiang three counties.

However, these three counties have been regarded as meat on the plate by Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, and they are in danger.

In just three years, Liu Bei went from a mere governor of Donglai to the three prefectures of Qing, Xu, and Yang, occupying Beihai, Donglai, Chengyang, Langya, Donghai, Guangling, Xiapi, Pei, Wu, and Kuaiji. The top princes of the land of ten counties.

It's a pity that the land under its jurisdiction is narrow and long, from north to south, bordering Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Liu Yao and Sun Ce respectively, and the pressure on guarding is very huge.

The weakest point is Xuzhou in the middle. Once someone breaks through, you can't care about it from the beginning to the end.

Fortunately, Liu Bei developed the shipping industry for fishing, so he can rely on the sea for transportation.

Liu Bei took his second brother Guan Yu to the town of Qingzhou, his third brother Zhang Fei to the town of Yangzhou, and personally sat in Xuzhou.

It's a pity that because all the states and counties were donated by people, the powerful families could not move lightly, and it was difficult for Liu Bei to fully implement the reforms like Donglai under his rule.

Especially in the three counties of Beihai, Xiapi and Guangling, there are the most aristocratic families, headed by the Kong family, the Tao family and the Chen family.

Liu Bei had no choice but to promote the "Chiqi Datong Jing" in other counties and counties first. He swallowed too much territory at once, and it was a bit indigestible to eat too much.

So in the seventh year of Jian'an (212), most of the many heroes on the power list had been wiped out, and the rest were the top princes of the cross-state joint counties.

First, Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Second, Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao.

Third, Yuzhou Muyuan Shu.

Fourth, the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao.

Fifth, Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei.

Sixth, Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao.

Seventh, Jiaozhou Musun Ce.

Eighth, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan.

Ninth, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao.

Tenth, Bingzhou Mu Lu Bu.

No.11, Li Ru from Xiliang.

No.12, Pingbei General Gongsun Zan.

No.13, General Lu Zhi.

No.14, Liu Yao, governor of Yangzhou.

No.14, Zhenbei General Huang Zhong.

No.15, Koguryo Zhuhui.

That's right, there are only sixteen princes left in Chixian Shenzhou, and all the others have been conquered and wiped out.

Yuan Shao occupied ten counties in Jizhou, three counties in Qingzhou, and one county in Bingzhou, and his strength jumped to become the number one in the world.

Yuan Shu occupied eight counties in Yuzhou, two counties in Yangzhou, and one county in Jingzhou, second only to Yuan Shao.

Zhang Jiaoping destroyed Xianbei and ruled fifteen counties, but they were underpopulated and relatively desolate.

Liu Bei confusedly picked up two state shepherds and ten counties and counties, but they had indigestion and it was difficult to integrate them.

Cao Cao is the number one worker in the world. After three years of war, he only had four counties. Now he has six counties in Yanzhou, three counties in Yuzhou, and one county in Xuzhou. Due to the war, the population has withered, and he only ranks fifth.

There are thirteen states in the world, and there are already eight state shepherds, and the big man can no longer go back.

Next, the entire Chixian Shenzhou ushered in a rare time of peace.

All the soft persimmons have been squeezed out, everyone is busy integrating their own internal forces, and constantly building, practicing and violent soldiers are equally important, and the world is peaceful for a while, and there is no war.

However, in the nearly 30 years of war, the population of Chixian Shenzhou has dropped from 50 billion to 30 billion, and an unknown number of people have been turned into bones.

And above the sky, Li Mi overlooked the changes in the world, although Liu Bei had no mastermind in the early stage, so that he had no strategic plan, and was confined to a small place in Donglai.

But time is not wasted. Liu Bei completely built Dongnai County into a base area, and planned to build an elite army with a scale of 5 people and a per capita golden pill. All officers are Yuanying.

It is precisely because of this top-level elite army and hundreds of thousands of reserve talents who practiced the "Red Banner Datong Jing" that Liu Bei was able to conquer Yuan Shao in the north, retreat to Cao Cao in the west, and conquer Yangzhou in the south, and withstood the pressure from all directions.

Moreover, in the name of his benevolence, he also gained the trust of Qingxu and Xuzhou in a very short period of time, from the prefect of the governor to the trust of the common people, and achieved a miracle that no strategic plan could have imagined.

In three years, from the prefect of one county to the lord of three states.

It's just that the hidden danger has already been planted.

Liu Bei's territory is too narrow and long, and it has borders with almost all the top princes.

Once the enemy unites, there is the danger of immediate extinction.

Internally, because the states and counties are all "contributed", Liu Bei is burdened with benevolence and righteousness, but it is no longer possible to carry out drastic reforms and liquidations like Donglai County.

Internal and external troubles have always troubled Liu Bei, but this is already a better situation than Li Mi imagined.

Without the "Red Banner Great Harmony Classic" and without the more than 20 Datong monks who have been cultivated in the past [-] years of farming, even if Liu Bei had an adventure and could enter Xuzhou and Qingzhou, it would be impossible to retain the fruits of victory.

It will be two years before the next Tianjibang reward and Luda and others arrive in Chixian Shenzhou.

And Li Mi's own Taoism has finally reached the pinnacle of Longevity True Monarch, and his Nine Heavens Calamity is coming.

(End of this chapter)