Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 547
Judging from the current development of the situation in Guanzhong, there is absolutely no need for Zhu Wei to intervene in this mess.

Even if the situation in Guanzhong is stable, and Guanzhong is nominally subordinated to the Emperor of the court controlled by Cao Cao, Guanzhong is still a place that needs to be revived before it can be used.

After all, the real world is not a city in the game. As long as you occupy the city, you can get food and gold benefits. The Guanzhong land in reality is now really a land of ruins after the warlords.

Therefore, letting Zhong Yao govern Guanzhong in the name of the Son of Heaven and restore the people's livelihood in Guanzhong is equivalent to helping Zhu Wei recover the population and local civil affairs in Guanzhong, and there is no need to migrate the population from Jingzhou and Jiangdong occupied by Zhu Wei. Without Zhu Wei sending people to work hard, Zhu Wei is naturally happy to see it done.

Anyway, in today's Guanzhong, it is impossible to bring Cao Cao any money and food supplements. Instead, Cao Cao may be required to pay materials to restore the people's livelihood in Guanzhong.

Therefore, Zhu Wei just watched from the sidelines, but Cao Cao was also very satisfied that he could bring the land of Guanzhong under his control. Although Guanzhong can only be regarded as a remote control for the time being, at least his territory will expand a little on the bright side. Blockbuster.

But when Cao Cao controlled the war in Guanzhong from afar and thought he could take over the territory in Guanzhong, Yuan Shu actually swallowed Chen Guo and posed a great threat to Xu Du. Cao Cao naturally felt uncomfortable.

Cao Cao also didn't expect that Yuan Shu could swallow Chen Guo. He himself had a bad nose with Chen Guo and Liu Chong, but he didn't expect Yuan Shu to assassinate Liu Chong and swallow Chen Guo so easily. A piece of fat.

This made Cao Cao a little unprepared, and even a little envious.

But thinking about it now, Liu Chong might have had the idea of ​​making some friends with Yuan Shu, so he ignored Yuan Shu's greed for Chen Guo, and was trapped and killed by Zhang Kai.

Under the situation at that time, Liu Chong was caught between the three forces of Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu. Liu Chong had already fought with Cao Cao before, and Yuan Shu's strength was at least very strong on the surface.

Therefore, Liu Chong naturally didn't want to make himself an enemy. Perhaps he wanted to ease the relationship with Yuan Shu, or even form an alliance with Yuan Shu to fight against the increasingly powerful Cao Cao.

Liu Chong definitely didn't want to offend the powerful Yuan Shu after offending Cao Cao. After all, the Chen State controlled by Liu Chong was not really strong enough to be fearless.

So when Zhang Kai, the assassin sent by Yuan Shu, passed by with an excuse, Liu Chong never thought that Yuan Shu wanted his life, so he honestly entertained Zhang Kai, and perhaps secretly contacted Zhang Kai to discuss the alliance. Yuan Shu's actions turned out to be Liu Chong's wishful thinking, but he neglected to guard against Yuan Shu, so Zhang Kai found an opportunity to assassinate him at the banquet.

Of course, Liu Chong's status as the local king of the clan of the Han family, to actually want to befriend the rebellious Yuan Shu, obviously violated the public order and good customs, so the fact that this inside story was not revealed in the history books can be regarded as saving some face for Liu Chong.

In fact, from the perspective of Liu Chong's past, he was not a worry-free person. As early as 173 AD, Chen Guoxiang's "Shiqian" had chased after Chen Guo's former prime minister "Wei Min" and Liu Chong. To offer sacrifices to the gods, with illegal intentions, is really a crime of treason and immorality, but luckily, Liu Chong was pardoned by Emperor Ling of Han, but Wei Min died, making Liu Chong lose his car and be handsome.

Regardless of what Liu Chong's intentions were in offering sacrifices to the gods, anyway, it can be seen that Liu Chong's heart may not be at peace, and now he is gathering troops privately, which is even more against the law of the Han Dynasty.

Combined with his self-proclaimed title of Fuhan General, he definitely has some special thoughts in his heart, and he wants to take himself a step further from being a king.

It can only be said that he was unlucky to meet Yuan Shu, and died in the conspiracy of fighting for the hegemony before he could do anything more. Otherwise, he seems to have a better background than Liu Bei.

After all, Liu Bei is a family member of the declining Han family, and Liu Chong is a veritable king of the Han family.

Well, let's not talk about the matter of King Chen and Liu Chong anymore, just say that now that Yuan Shu has occupied the Kingdom of Chen, Cao Cao must use troops against Yuan Shu no matter what.

Of course, Cao Cao didn't expect Yuan Shu to be empty air at this time. Before Cao Cao sent troops, he was still a little afraid of Yuan Shu's military strength.

Now that Yuan Shu has just swallowed the wealthy Chen State, and has been supplemented by Chen State's money, food and supplies, it is said that the morale of the army is also in a state of prosperity.

Therefore, after Cao Cao discussed with his counselors, he sent envoys to Zhu Wei, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei before sending troops, hoping that they would all send troops together to conquer Yuan Shu, the traitor.

As for Zhu Wei, who has been on hiatus for nearly half a year, he has almost cultivated himself.

After receiving the edict sent by Cao Cao in the name of the Son of Heaven, Zhu Wei, Wang Yuyan, Jia Xu and other military advisers analyzed the current situation, and they readily accepted the edict and prepared to launch a war against Yuan Shu.

So in February 198 AD, Cao Cao marched east from Xudu to Yuan Shu, Zhu Wei attacked Lujiang from Jiangxia, Liu Bei and Lu Bu also sent troops accordingly, from Xuzhou to Huaibei.

Not to mention how Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu used their troops, but Zhu Wei's side, since they decided to send troops, they naturally went out with all their strength, so they prepared three groups of troops to attack at the same time.

The first route is naturally Zhu Wei's main force from Xiangyang, the Central Army Camp and the Xiongba Camp. There are almost [-] troops, plus [-] auxiliary soldiers. After attacking Wanxian, Juchao, and Shuxian counties in Lujiang County, they then invaded Jiujiang from Lujiang and directly hit Yuan Shu's old nest in Shouchun.

The second route was about [-] troops from the Huangzhong Jiangdong Camp, which was originally stationed in Jiangdong, from Liyang to attack Fuling, Nanggao, Hefei and other counties in Jiujiang County. About [-] troops also marched westward from Guangling County to attack Dongcheng. In the end, the two troops joined forces and threatened Yuan Shu's defenses in Yinling, Zhongli, and Quyang.

The third route is about [-] soldiers and horses from the Liangqi Battalion under Zhang Xiu's Department originally stationed in Jiangxia County. Together with the [-] archers and cavalry commanded by Mu Lan and Teng Yuyan, they attack Qichun County in Lujiang County, and then Invading Lu'an, threatening Yuan Shu's Shouchun City from the west, and at the same time preparing to block Yuan Shu's escape from Runan County.

It can be said that Zhu Wei sent troops this time to prepare to swallow Yuan Shu's Huainan land. As for Yuan Shu's Yuzhou and Chen Guo lands in Huaibei, let Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu attack them.

Of course, Zhu Wei also took advantage of the opportunity when Yuan Shu's main army was in Huaibei, so he dispatched such a large army with the intention of occupying Huainan.

But even so, the Yuan Shu troops that Zhu Wei had to face were at least over [-].

It has to be said that Yuan Shu's total strength is indeed large now, even though Yuan Shu sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Lu Bu in Xuzhou in seven routes, but Lu Bu used a plan to surrender Yang Feng and Han Xian, thereby taking advantage of Yuan's internal strife to defeat Yuan's army and make Yuan Shu The Seventh Route Army was almost wiped out.

But now Yuan Shu still has at least 20 troops under his command, and Yuan Shu has nearly [-] troops left in Huainan...

(End of this chapter)