Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 481 The Prefect of the Twenty-Four Counties (Part 2)

Chapter 480: Prefect of the Twenty-Four Counties (Part 2)

The five governors of the Yellow Turbans are in charge of the five states, but what these five people want to do most is the same thing, which is to unify their own jurisdictions.

Except for Zhang Sheng, who controlled Yanzhou, none of the five governors controlled a single state. Naturally, the one who suffered the worst was Hong Xiuquan.

 Qingzhou has jurisdiction over two counties and four kingdoms, while Huangchao has one county and three kingdoms, namely: Jinan, Le'an, Donglai, and Qi Kingdom;

Jizhou has jurisdiction over three counties and six countries. Dou Jiande has two counties and two countries, namely: Julu, Anping, Zhao and Zhongshan;

Yuzhou governs two counties and four kingdoms, and Li Midi has four kingdoms, namely: Liang, Pei, Chen, and Lu;

 Xuzhou governs two counties and three countries, and Fangla has one county and two countries, namely: Donghai, Langye, and Guangling;

Yangzhou administered six counties, while Hong Xiuquan only had two counties, Danyang and Yuzhang, and several counties in Jiangbei. The real essence of Yangzhou was still in the hands of the Han army.

As the disciple of a great virtuous teacher, but now he was the worst among the governors, Hong Xiuquan naturally couldn't sit still.

Hong Xiuquan urgently needed achievements to prove himself, so Baijia simply deceived Hong Xiuquan.

 After the war with Yangzhou Mu Liu Yao, Hong Xiuquan achieved four victories in four battles, and soon captured the land of Huainan.

Liu Yao's vulnerability surprised Hong Xiu. He even saw the dawn of unifying Yangzhou, so how could he listen to Zhang Sheng and honestly retreat to Jiangbei?

After receiving the imperial edict, Hong Xiuquan burned it after reading it and changing hands.

This little girl really thinks of herself as the emperor. In fact, she is just a puppet temporarily introduced by the master to temporarily stabilize the situation. She wants me, Hong Xiuquan, to obey orders. It is a dream! Hong Xiuquan sneered.

 Others don’t know Zhang Sheng’s identity. How can Hong Xiuquan, who is Zhang Jiao’s disciple, not know about it? He doesn’t expose Zhang Sheng just because the Yellow Turbans really need her, but this does not mean that Hong Xiuquan will be loyal to a woman.

There were not many but not many people who knew Zhang Sheng's identity, and they all had a tacit understanding that the reasons for not revealing Zhang Sheng's identity were basically the same as Hong Xiuquan's.

With this strange tacit understanding, how long can Zhang Sheng’s identity be kept secret? No one knows.

On the Yangzhou side, Hong Xiuquan ignored Zhang Sheng’s order and continued to lead the army south.

 The situation with Li Mi in Yuzhou is similar to that of Hong Xiuquan.

However, although they were still resisting the decree, Li Mi's superficial work was much better. At least he found an excuse and it was over in terms of face.

 In fact, although Li Mi occupied the land of the Four Kingdoms, he was only slightly better than Hong Xiuquan.

The real highlights of Yuzhou are in Runan and Yingchuan counties. These two counties account for 54 of the 98 counties in the state. Among the four countries, Liang, Chen, and Lu are not big countries, and the only one that is better is Pei. country.

Yingchuan is the headquarters of Confucianism, so the situation is quite special. The Han army did not have many garrisons, and the Yellow Turbans also deliberately avoided Confucian issues, so Yingchuan has always been in a state of autonomy.

As for Runan, when Xiang Yu went south to Jingzhou, Li Mi had already captured and bloodbathed the Yuan family's forces. However, after Xiang Yu's defeat, Yuan Shu took the opportunity to counterattack into Runan.

runan was originally the territory of the Yuan family. Yuan Shu's return was equivalent to his master returning home. The county magistrates who had originally surrendered all switched sides. In this way, Yuan Shu easily recovered more than 30 counties in Runan.

After Xiang Yu's defeat, Qin Hao only captured a few counties such as Wancheng, Fancheng, Xinye, etc. to open up the passage to Sizhou, so most of Nanyang's counties were still in the hands of the Yellow Turbans.

Li Mi originally wanted to incorporate Nanyang, but after Runan was occupied by Yuan Shu, Nanyang naturally became an enclave.

The temptation of Nanyang's piece of fat was too great. Coupled with Yuan Shu's aggressiveness, Li Mi, who had always been calm, lost his mind and even ignored whether he could swallow it.

After Yuan Shu conquered Runan, although he was not unable to hold it, he wanted to preserve his strength, so he asked the court for help.

When the Han Dynasty court learned that the Yellow Turbans had so quickly divided their troops into two groups to attack again, they also felt great pressure.

The hoodlum problem in the north has not yet been resolved, and the Yellow Turban disaster has arisen again.

Faced with Ming's active attack, the big man couldn't help but accept it. Spring grain has just been harvested, so the Han Dynasty is not unable to send troops, but of course it is just impossible to support a large scale.

But just sending reinforcements is not enough. Once the reinforcements are gone, local defense will still be a big problem.

 With no choice but to do so, Liu Hong had to carry out the third conferment in advance, and most of the conferees this time were southern governors.

 The first is the problem of Yangzhou.

 Liu Yao really didn't know how to lead an army. Faced with Hong Xiuquan's repeated defeats, Liu Hong had to give him a few helpers.

Sun Jian performed outstandingly in the Battle of Breaking the Yellow Turban. In addition, he was originally from Jiangdong, so he was named Wuchenghou, the prefect of Wu County.

In addition, during the battle between Liu Yao and Hong Xiuquan, if Lu Kang had not led the army to arrive in time, Liu Yao's entire army might have been annihilated.

 So Lu Kang, a famous scholar from Jiangdong, was named the prefect of Lujiang by Liu Hong, while Wang Lang, a doctor, was named the prefect of Kuaiji.

Yangzhou is far away from Luoyang, but Yuzhou is close at hand.

 Luoyang has already been conquered once by the Yellow Turbans, so Liu Hong will never allow Ming Dynasty to extend its sphere of influence right before his eyes.

Yuan Shu broke through the Yellow Turban and conquered Runan for his meritorious service. He was named the prefect of Runan and ordered to hold off Li Mi until he could get reinforcements from the imperial court.

As for the commander of the reinforcements, Liu Hong chose Cao Cao among the generals in Luoyang.

It's not that Liu Hong doesn't trust Qin Hao, but that Qin Hao has already made great contributions. Liu Hong is still having a headache about how to reward this son-in-law, so naturally he will not let him continue to lead the army.

In this battle to break the Yellow Turban, Cao Cao's performance was second only to Qin Wen, Dong Zhuo and Qin Hao, so he was not only named the leading general, but also awarded the post of Yingchuan Prefect and was granted the title of Marquis of Yangdi.

 Cao Cao had a heavy responsibility when he went to Yuzhou this time. All the previous governors, including Zhou Mu, led their own soldiers and horses to their posts, and he was the only one who "kidnapped" the imperial soldiers and horses to take their posts.

 After conferring Yuzhou, Liu Hong also canonized Xuzhou and Jingzhou.

Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, protected the two counties of Xiapi and Pengcheng and named him Xuzhou Mu. This was how the ninth prefect of the Han Dynasty was born.

 Chen Gui, a famous scholar in Xuzhou, assisted Tao Qian in repelling the Yellow Turbans several times, so he was named the prefect of Pengcheng.

Jingzhou already has a state pastor, so Liu Hong only canonized the prefects of each county.

 Huang Zu was the governor of Jiangxia;

Han Xuan was the governor of Changsha;

 Jin Xuan was the prefect of Wuling;

 Zhao Fan was the governor of Guiyang;

 Liu Du is the prefect of Lingling;

As for Nanyang County, the largest county in Jingzhou, it is close to Sizhou but still under the control of the Yellow Turbans, so it must be recovered as soon as possible.

As for the choice of Nanyang Governor, Liu Hong thought about it and finally decided to give it to his son-in-law Qin Hao.

Liu Hong is quite satisfied with Qin Hao as his son-in-law, and Qin Hao has made such a great contribution this time, so he really has to reward him generously.

Liangzhou was still in the process of quelling the chaos, so Liu Hong was left out. However, because of the stability of Yizhou, several meritorious officials were appointed as governors.

 Three times, Liu Hong was granted the title of shepherd of nine major states and twenty-four prefects. At this point, all states and counties in the Han Dynasty had masters, and the era of vassals officially began.

There are still some princes who have not appeared in the mainland because the territory is no longer divided enough. However, after recovering some lands in Guandong, those princes will still come out, and Liuxiang will try his best to follow the original history.

 (End of this chapter)