Small Landlords of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 26. 041. First Show
"What do you all think of Yuan Gonglu's proclaiming himself emperor?"

Yuan Shu's proclaiming the emperor shocked the princes, Xu Xu Yuanzhi, Guo Jia and others thought it was inconceivable.

It seems that the feudal hegemony has become a foregone conclusion, and the Han Dynasty is already at sunset.
However, it is one thing for the princes to separatist regimes, and it is another thing to proclaim themselves emperor. It can be said that Yuan Shu is completely looking for death.

"Since the imperial court has issued an order, with my lord's current strength, it is not impossible to raise troops to attack Yuan Shu.

It's just that there is a fear that Liu Biao will plot behind his back. I heard that Liu Biao has asked General Wenpin to lead tens of thousands of troops to garrison Jiangxia.

As for Zhang Ji's [-]-strong army, Liu Biao actually allowed him to stay in Yiling. Yiling is adjacent to Changsha County, so there is no guarantee that Zhang Xiu will not..."

Xu Yuan directly pointed to something, and Wang Hao naturally knew this too.

Liu Biao had long been on guard against Wang Hao, and sent scouts to Changsha many times.

Wang Hao Ranch is located at the junction of Yiling and Jiangxia. Wang Hao's wealth is also known to the world.

Liu Biao also proposed to Wang Hao many times to increase taxes, but Wang Hao refused because of the new relocation of the people.

"You can rest assured Yuan Zhi, I think about my master's plan to leave early..."

Guo Jia sat next to Xi Zhicai, looking at Wang Hao with a smile on his face,

Xu Huang, Tai Shici and others did not express their opinions. The generals just lead troops to fight, and leave the plots and schemes to these counselors to worry about.

"Huang Zhong listened to the order and ordered you to lead [-] cavalry and [-] foot soldiers to march to Yangzhou with Guo Fengxiao as the army commander.

Tai Shici listened to the order, and immediately ordered you to lead [-] infantry and [-] cavalry to occupy the shore of Jiangxia...

Xu Huang listens to the order and orders you to lead five thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry, and Xu Yuanzhi will be the marching army commander..."

Following Wang Hao's orders, Changsha County began to dispatch troops.

The princes from all walks of life also responded to the call, only Yuan Shao did not come. He was named a former general during Dong Zhuo's time, but Cao Cao is now a general of Biaoqi.

Yuan Shao did not recognize Cao Cao's official title at all, thinking that he was coercing the emperor to make the princes regard Cao Cao as a traitor.

Yuan Shao failed to buy war horses from the Southern Huns, but Zhang Ren told Yuan Shao that Wang Hao was willing to sell him a thousand good horses.

However, it is necessary for him to rectify the name of the academy for Wang Hao, and with Yuan Shao, a son of the Yuan family who is the fourth generation and third lord, come forward, the academy will not be confirmed.

Yuan Shao summoned his counselors to discuss and finally felt that the deal was worthwhile.

Yuan Shao promised that as long as Wang Hao's horse was delivered, he would send someone to send a thousand volumes of books as a reward.

An additional fifty Confucian students from the Yuan family were sent to teach in Changsha County.

After the imperial decree to crusade against Yuan Shu came out in Xuchang, Cao Cao used his seven armies to crusade against Yuan Shu.

Liu Bei was also one of them. From Xiaopei, he went south to capture countless cities, but Lu Bu just put on a show, and at most he wanted to return the Xuzhou territory occupied by Yuan Shu.

Cao Cao has countless generals and has 20 soldiers. Although Yuan Shu also claims to have an army of 20, he is now besieged on all sides.

Lu Bu sent troops from Xuzhou, ordered Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to be the vanguard, and attacked all the way to Guangling City. Although the troops entered the southwestern Runan area, they returned to Xuzhou due to insufficient food and grass.

Sun Ce escaped from Yuan Shu and didn't get any soldiers. When he came to Lujiang County, he felt resentful and beheaded the Lu family in Lujiang County.

Naturally, Sun Ce did not dare to fall behind in this crusade. From Wuhui, he sent troops to Danyang County, Jian'an County, Piling Diannong School, and half of Yangzhou fell into the hands of Sun's family.

His generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Zhou Tai are all heroes who are one in a thousand. Except for Ji Ling, none of Yuan Shu's subordinates can compare with them.

Yuan Shu was defeated by various princes and was forced to flee to Shouchun, Runan and refused to fight.

After the Sun family captured half of Yangzhou, they began to spy on Lu Bu's Xuzhou in the north. Across the Yangtze River was Lu Bu's Jiangling City. The Sun family planned to take advantage of the chaos to swallow Guangling City.

Lu Bu knew that the Sun family had bad intentions, so he ordered Gao Shun to lead an army of [-] to continue to attack Yuan Shu.
But he was sitting in Xiapi City of Xuzhou, guarding Xuzhou while preventing the Sun family from going north to attack Guangling.

Liu Bei was also harboring ulterior motives. He wanted to take advantage of Lu Bu's crusade against Yuan Shu to regain Xuzhou, but Lu Bu did not follow his wish.

Gao Shun failed to attack Yuan Shu and retreated to Xiaopei, where he and Lu Bu joined forces to guard Xuzhou.

Liu Bei led Guan, Zhang, and Zhao with only [-] infantry. He wanted to attack Lv Bu but was unable to do so, so he could only wander around Pengcheng.

Liu Biao sent General Huang Zu's water army down the river, but was attacked by Yuan Shu halfway and had to retreat to the Xiakou area.

Liu Biao did not send the main force this time, only Jiangxia's [-] sailors accompanied Huang Zu eastward.

He was just putting on a show, and it seems that history said that he was more than successful, and he was right.
Such a good opportunity did not expand the territory, but only guarded the land of Jingzhou to eat and die.

Huang Zhong led the cavalry into the depths of Yangzhou. Yuzhang County was captured by Huang Zhong's cavalry, Linchuan County, Lulin County, Jian'anling and other counties were successively captured by Huang Zhong.

Wang Hao sent Huang Zhong [-] cattle and sheep to show the merits of the soldiers of the three armies. Wang Hao was the first to supply Huang Zhong with food and grass.

Cao Cao had no choice but to retreat to Chenliu and other places due to the shortage of military food in the counties and counties of the successive campaigns. Only Huang Zhong under Wang Hao's command continued to attack all parts of Yangzhou.

Wang Hao and the Sun family divided more than half of Yangzhou equally, and the Sun family has been strong after repeated conquests, occupying the counties in the east of the Yangtze River to cultivate their health and rest.

Huang Zhong continued to go south to attack Jiaozhou. This territory was originally the territory of Jiaozhou Mu Shiling.

After Yuan Shu occupied Yangzhou, Shiling was also defeated by Yuan Shu, and Jiaozhou was merged into Yangzhou.

For the time being, Wang Hao didn't want to go north to compete with the princes from all walks of life, so he chose to go south to attack this territory until Panyu, Hepu and other places.

Wang Hao occupied Jiaozhou and the lands of Jing and Yang. One prefecture and five counties surrounded the southeast of Jingzhou tightly. Liu Biao felt the pressure at this time.

Zhang Ji was called to crusade against Yuan Shu and never left Jingzhou. After arriving in Xiakou, he returned to Yiling and passed by Wang Hao's pasture many times.

After several times of expansion, the pasture occupies more than a dozen small hills, and there are over ten thousand animals such as cattle, horses and sheep.

Moreover, the pasture seeds in the farm are planted, the pasture grows very lush, and there are herds of cows and horses on the green grass.

Selling cubs in the pasture is not worth much, it is better to extract them and raise them yourself. The cubs in Wang Hao's pasture are all extracted from the pasture.

Zhang Ji was very jealous of Wang Hao's ranch, which contained more than 3000 foals, so he contacted Liu Biao to attack Wang Hao's ranch.

Although Liu Biao was unwilling to take action against Wang Hao, the existence of Wang Hao had already threatened his rule of Jingzhou.

Moreover, in this crusade against Yuan Shu, after Wang Hao presented Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in Xuchang, Emperor Xian once again rewarded Wang Hao as General Zhengdong and Marquis of the Capital.

Although he was just a general with no real power, Liu Biao himself was just a state shepherd, plus the title of a royal family member.

In terms of official position, he is still lower than Wang Hao, and now Wang Hao has more territory than him, although those territories are all wild lands.

So Liu Biao agreed, and sent Wenpin to send troops from Jiangxia to attack Wang Hao in Changsha County.

Zhang Ji led his men to dispatch troops from Yiling and headed straight for Wang Hao's pasture.

Just when Wenpin mobilized the army, Wang Hao, who was far away in Changsha, got the news.

Liu Biao probably would not have thought that his wife Cai's maid was a member of the mercenary army.

There are at least five mercenaries in Liu Biao's house, and they are all from different groups, and they don't know each other. This shows the horror of mercenaries.

(End of this chapter)