The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Chapter 363 Yanzhou Chaos ()

(I was depressed for two days, sorted out my mood, and continued to write the book. From July to yesterday, unless I used a leave request under special circumstances, I never had any interruptions. The results were a bit miserable, so I thought about not writing, but I persisted. It’s been so many days and I can’t bear to leave. Come on!)

195 years. (Because Emperor Liu Xie passed away, the calculation will not be based on the chronological year. From now on, it will be calculated according to the AD calendar.)

The disaster will eventually pass, and people will eventually have to look forward.

A locust plague briefly extinguished the war that had been ignited for several years in the Han Dynasty. All the princes were licking their wounds secretly. The smell of gunpowder in the war has not diminished but increased, especially - Yanzhou!

The two enemies, Cao Cao and Lu Bu, or the foreign gentry group headed by Cao Cao and the local gentry group in Yanzhou, are constantly accumulating strength and are ready to launch a larger-scale war at any time.

Due to Liu Han's timely announcement and Cheng Yu's departure, there was no such vicious incident as "human breast" in Dong'a, but it was able to survive this year of war and famine, but many people died of starvation. people.

Cao Cao and Lu Bu had been at odds for more than a year, and they were fighting for their family wealth.

It's a pity that no matter how rich Cao Cao's family background is, it is not as rich as the Yanzhou nobles, but he can still win over some people when he is in politics in Yanzhou.

At the beginning (194), the hundred-day battle between Cao Cao and Lu Bu in Puyang came to an end. Cao Cao returned to Juncheng, and Lu Bu's supplies in Puyang were also eaten up. Both parties gave up on Puyang and looked for ways to survive.

Cao Cao had Qingzhou soldiers in his hands, and he had two autumn campaigns in Xuzhou, so he had more supplies than Lu Bu. Although Lu Bu was invited by the local nobles in Yanzhou, they looked down on Lu Bu in their hearts. In their eyes, Lu Bu was just a thug they invited to drive away Cao Cao, etc. Cao Cao was beaten away, and Lu Bu would either become a puppet, or he would be like Cao Cao, no, it might be worse than Cao Cao, and it would be impossible to gain a foothold in Yanzhou anyway.

Lu Bu can live for so long in troubled times and still play so happily. He is not incompetent. At least in terms of lack of quality, the only person who can call him a brother is Yuan Shu.

Since Puyang can't stay any longer, he will move his position. The princes of Yanzhou will not look down on him and will not help him. Zhang Chao, Wu Zi and others do not help him, so he will use his own methods to find sources of food and grass.

There are only two methods, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

It is impossible to reduce expenditures. It is impossible to reduce expenditures in this life. The soldiers under my command live a life of licking blood every day. If they are not allowed to live a better life, the people's hearts will be scattered and the troops will be difficult to lead.

The army is the greatest capital you can use to survive!

So, Lu Bu led his army directly into Chengshi County of Jiyin County, and went to Chengshi County to open up the land (eating big households).

The most powerful family in Chengshi County is the Li family. And Li Feng, who was in charge of Lu Bu's administration, was from the Li family of the Cheng family.

Of course, there are not only people from the Chengshi Li family who are with Lu Bu, but also with Cao Cao. Cao Cao's general Li Qian, his son Li Zheng, and nephew Li Dian were also members of the Cheng family. On the one hand, it is basic for a wealthy family to bet on both sides; on the other hand, the opinions within the Cheng family and the Li family may not be unified.

At that time, the elder of the Li family, Li Shujie, and his younger brother Li Jinxian were both in Chengshi County.

At that time, Lu Bu came to Chengshi City, and there were disagreements within the Li family. Li Shujie decided to go out of the city to visit Lu Bu, but Li Jin did not intend to leave the city, because Li Dian was in Cao Cao's army, and Li Jin stationed Li Dian.

Li Feng, who was in charge of governance, was from Li Shujie's family. Li Shujie decided to work for Lu Bu and asked Li Jin to slaughter the fat cattle first, and took dozens of shi of wine and 10,000 pieces of Hu cakes to entertain the guests.

In lean years, this can be said to be a big deal!

Of course, Cao Cao did not want the Chengshi Li family to fall to Lu Bu, so he quickly sent Li Qian back to Chengshi County, hoping that he could play the role Hu Zhao had in Fan County and Dong'a County, comforting and pacifying the counties on Cao Cao's behalf. At that time, Xue Lan, Lu Bu's assistant, and Li Feng, who was in charge, both wanted to recruit Li Qian and let the Li family completely rebel against Cao Cao. Li Qian refused and was actually killed by Lu Bu's men.

This made the Cheng family Li family angry!

Li Jin, a member of the Li family, directly led his soldiers to fight against Lu Bu. The Li family could not die in such a miserable way! Just when the world thought that the Li family of the Cheng family would become the target of Lu Bu's power, something shocking happened. From Nanyang to Puyang, Lu Bu, who had been shouting "My rules are the rules" to the nobles along the way, ate at the Cheng family. After suffering a big loss, Lu Bu was defeated by Li Jin, a wealthy family of the Cheng family. Li Qian's son Li Zheng also brought his family soldiers to avenge his father, and defeated Lu Bu's Xue Lan and Zhi Zhong Li Feng. Not only did Lu Bu gain nothing When he arrived, he lost troops and generals along the way and was forced to retreat eastward to Shanyang, which gave Cao Cao an opportunity.

In the spring of 195, Cao Cao suddenly launched a surprise attack on Dingtao County, the county seat of Jiyin County. At this time, both Juancheng and Chengshi in Jiyin County were in Cao Cao's hands, and the northern part of Jiyin County was basically stable. So Cao Cao sent his army to Tao. The northern city of Dingtao County was captured by Cao's army, but the prefect Wu Zi fought hard to preserve the southern city of Dingtao, and Dingtao County could not be completely captured.

From the moment Wu Zi chose to rebel against Cao Cao, the road to reconciliation with Cao Cao was cut off. He could only resist with all his strength while sending people for help.

When the two sides were locked in a stalemate in Dingtao, Lu Bu, under Chen Gong's persuasion, hurried over from Shanyang County to support him. "My lips are dead and my teeth are cold!"

Perhaps Cao Cao was unlucky in 193, but after everyone was unlucky in 194, Cao Cao began to bottom out, and the unlucky one in 195 became Lu Bu. Not only did Li Jin defeat him, but Cao Cao, who had not seen him for more than a year, also defeated him.

Lu Bu could only retreat.

Although Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu, his own losses were not small. The stamina to attack Dingtao was not as strong as before, and the city of Dingtao was not captured in the end.

Time came to the summer of 195.

At that time, Lu Bu's companions Xue Lan and Zhizhong Li Feng led their troops to garrison in Juye County of Shanyang County. Cao Cao temporarily abandoned Dingtao and attacked Xue Lan and Li Feng in Juye.

Lu Bu came to the rescue again and was defeated again. Xue Lan and Li Feng were beheaded. The balance of the war was tilting towards Cao Cao little by little.

Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue, and then stationed at Chengshi, taking back ownership of the northern part of Yanzhou.

Lu Bu's situation in Yanzhou took a turn for the worse, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that he was about to die.

But this is not in the interest of all the peripheral forces. A chaotic Yanzhou is a good Yanzhou. If Cao Cao is allowed to unify Yanzhou, no one will benefit except Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu could not do anything on the surface, but he kept making small moves in private.

The same is true for Yuan Shao, but he wants both sides to lose. Only in this way can Yuan Shao have a chance to regain control of Yanzhou.

Of course, Liu Han was also paying attention to the situation in Yanzhou. He knew that Lu Bu could not defeat Cao Cao, but it would take some time for Cao Cao to completely retake Yanzhou.

This period of time is just enough for Liu Han to prepare.

"Six people including Huang Zhong, Xu Rong, Xu Huang, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and Zhang He were sent to Jinyang secretly for a meeting."

Xu Rong and Zhang He are in Jizhou, Xu Huang and Zhang Liao are in Qingzhou, Huang Zhong was sent to Sili, Zhao Yun went to Youzhou, and now none of Liu Han's generals are around.

(End of this chapter)