Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

After learning about the situation of Bingzhou, all the princes reacted one after another.

The first person to express sincerity was Liu Zhang from Yizhou.

At this time, Liu Zhang had completely controlled Yizhou. In order to be able to be the local emperor in Yizhou safely, he actively showed his favor to the Cao Group.

When he heard that Cao Ang was leading his army northward and collecting grain for disaster relief from various princes, he immediately ordered people to prepare grain and grass that could last an army of [-] men for half a year, and sent people to Luoyang with great fanfare.

With Liu Zhang taking the lead, others donated a lot of food even though they were reluctant.

Jingzhou Liu Biao, on the grounds that he was still at war with Sun Ce, only transferred 5 horses and half a year's worth of food to Luoyang.

Sun Jian was fighting on two fronts at this time, so he only gave 3 men and horses food and grass for half a year.

As for Tao Qian of Xuzhou, he is the same as Liu Zhang.

Cao Cao couldn't help but smile when he saw the food and grass sent by various princes one after another.

"This Liu Zhang is trying his best to show his kindness because he is afraid that I will put his two brothers back and compete with him for the position of Lord of Yizhou."

"However, since he is so obedient, then naturally I will not take the initiative to find those troubles."

Cao Cao made up his mind that Liu Zhang would not take action for the time being.

Tao Qian gave him a lot of food and grass, and Cao Cao was also very satisfied.

It was Liu Biao and Sun Jian who made Cao Cao very unhappy.

It is known to the whole world that Jingzhou is wealthy. Although Liu Biao suffered several defeats in a row, at those times, the biggest losses were in troops and baggage, but not much in food and grass.

As a result, now, Liu Zhang and Tao Qian were only given half of their money on the grounds that they were fighting.

Sun Jian was even more abominable and only gave Liu Zhang less than a third of his money.

However, after all, they had already provided food, so it was natural that Cao Cao could no longer find fault with him, so he set his sights on the major aristocratic families.

Those aristocratic families with people serving as officials in the court naturally had to take the lead, and they took the lead in donating food.

When people in other prefectures and counties under the imperial court heard that Bingzhou was invaded by barbarians, they spontaneously organized fund-raising activities to help the people of Bingzhou.

The only one who didn't respond was Xiliang.

At this time, the war in Liangzhou was raging, not to mention that the two groups of people in Xiliang had already fallen out with the Cao Group and would definitely not provide food.

There is another person who has a hard time, and that is Sun Jian.

Sun Jian, with the cooperation of Wei Xu and Song Xian, defeated Moling County.

Although Lu Bu was caught off guard, he still relied on his strong martial arts to escape from Moling County and headed for Danyang County.

Gong Xun, who was stationed in Danyang County, saw Lu Bu's embarrassed escape and knew that the situation was over. They had no choice but to give up the territory of Danyang County.

Therefore, Lu Bu and Gong Xun led their troops to withdraw from Danyang County and returned to Xuzhou.

After Sun Jian regained Danyang County, money was needed everywhere. In addition, the [-] sergeants were allocated half a year's food and grass, which caused his pockets to be completely empty.So Sun Jian began to visit aristocratic families one by one to solicit their support.

It's just that such a thing is not easy to do. Many people in those wealthy families are not willing to give Sun Jian face. Some families only meet Sun Jian because of the face of the Zhou family behind Zhou Yu.

This made Sun Jian so angry that he said, "These old stubborns, don't they know that I have soldiers in my hands? If you piss me off, I will kill all these powerful families!"

Zhou Yu looked a little embarrassed when he heard this.

Sun Jian realized that what he said was inappropriate, so he hurriedly changed the topic and explained: "I just said it casually to complain. Don't take it to heart."

After hearing this, Zhou Yu shook his head helplessly: "My lord, now that you have taken all the four counties in Jiangdong into your hands, the next thing to do is to consolidate your power."

"These local aristocratic families still need to have a good relationship. I am young and my words have no weight. My father is not willing to get involved in these things."

"So, in my opinion, we can only ask Mr. Zhang Zhao to come forward and negotiate with these wealthy families."

After Sun Jian heard Zhou Yu's suggestion, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "That's right, why did I forget Zibu!"

After thinking of Zhang Zhao, Sun Jian immediately contacted him, and then began the second round of confrontation with those wealthy families.

At the same time, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, who were far away in Liaodong, had also separated at this time.

After all, Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Kang came from the same Gongsun family, so their relationship was even closer.

However, after the battle at Weijun in Jizhou, Gongsun Zan was almost alone, and naturally he no longer had the strength to compete for world supremacy.

Yuan Shao, on the other hand, still retained a lot of vitality, so the Liaodong County was controlled by Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Kang led their troops to Xuantu County.

Originally, Gongsun Zan wanted to take advantage of Yuan Shao's serious illness to control his power.
However, none of Yuan Shao's three sons are very busy and can save money.

Yuan Shao's power was divided into three. The eldest son Yuan Tan occupied the Xiangping generation, the second son Yuan Xi occupied the Xi'an Ping generation, and the third son Yuan Shang occupied the Pingguo generation.

Although the three people are temporarily in a tripartite situation, no one is convinced by the other.

At present, Yuan Shao's three sons and Gongsun Zan have all received news that Bingzhou was invaded by barbarians.

Yuan Tan, on his side, looked down upon the emperor's edict: "What the emperor's edict is, it's not just a cover-up created by the Cao family and his son, who want to steal a fortune from various princes."

A group of counselors felt that what Yuan Tan said made sense, and since they were at odds with the Cao Group, it was naturally impossible for them to support Liangcao.

Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang are similar to Yuan Tan. They both feel that everyone has become like this, so is it necessary to do this?
Therefore, they all dismissed the emperor's edict.

Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Kang, who were far away in Xuantu County, both looked unhappy after learning that the prairie barbarians had begun to plot against Bingzhou.

After all, the Gongsun family has always been the main force against the grassland barbarians, and the two of them also have deep hostility towards the grassland barbarians.

Especially for the grassland barbarians, Gongsun Zan, who was given the title of White Horse General, was even more dismissive of those grassland barbarians.

"This Ding Yuan is really a waste. He was beaten back by the barbarians on the grassland. He still needs to ask Cao Ang for help. It's really embarrassing!" (End of this chapter)