Small Landlords of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 28 043. Declare War on Liu Biao
Taishi Ci was actually trying to lure the enemy deeper. Huang Zu led the army and chased him thirty miles outside the city. Seeing the sunset, Taishi Ci turned around and came back.

They used heavy cavalry to attack Huang Zu's infantry, except for the light cavalry led by Huang Zu who escaped, all the infantry were captured by Tai Shici.

Huang Zu was frightened by Tai Shici and fled back to Jiangxia, but after dark, Gan Ning led five thousand sailors across Xiakou, and hundreds of boats rushed straight to Jiangxia City.

Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, was stationed in Jiangxia with Huang Zu. When Huang Zu left, he said that he could capture Tai Shici.

And Liu Qi didn't know much about military affairs. The mercenaries who had mixed up in Jiangxia City set fire to the dock. Before the five thousand sailors who stayed in Jiangxia could react, they were captured by Gan Ning who came in afterwards.

Liu Qi led thousands of infantry and did not dare to fight, so he fled out of the city overnight, but met Taishi Ci who was chasing Huang Zu. Liu Qi and Huang Zu were captured by Taishi Ci and Gan Ning, and Jiangxia also fell into the hands of Wang Hao.

Wenpin led the remnants and fled to Baoyang, stationed under the command of Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng, there were no more than [-] soldiers and horses. Hearing that Wenpin's [-] troops were defeated by Changsha County, he was too scared to send troops to Jiangxia. Wenpin had to report to Liu Biao to send troops support.

The ranch also had a successful start, and Zhang Ji led hundreds of cavalry to defeat Nanjun.

Xu Huang led the cavalry in pursuit all the way. Wang Hao gave him the order to pursue Zhang Ji, neither to kill him nor to let him go. At first Xu Huang didn't know what kind of tactic this was.

It wasn't until Dianwei's infantry followed to clean up the battlefield that Xu Huang realized the power of kite flying tactics.

No matter how Zhang Ji ran, he was wandering around in Jingzhou, no matter which city Zhang Ji hid in, Xu Huang and Dian Wei could quickly capture it, and then let Zhang Ji go and continue to chase.

Wuling and Lingling counties were soon swallowed up by Wang Hao, together with Jiangxia County captured by Tai Shici and Gan Ning.

Wang Hao has annexed three counties of Liu Biao, and four of the nine counties of Jingzhou have fallen into Wang Hao's hands.

Liu Biao learned that Liu Qi and Huang Zu had been captured by Wang Hao, and that Guoyang, where General Wenpin was stationed, had fallen again and retreated from Jiangling to Nanyang.

Only half of Xiangyang and half of Nanyang, Nanjun, and Wancheng are left.
So Liu Biao gathered an army to resist Wang Hao, and at the same time reported to the emperor that Wang Hao despised the clan of the Han family and attacked Jingzhou...

It's a pity that Wang Hao's letter was faster than him, and Wang Hao posted it before Zhang Ji did it.

By the time Zhang Ji attacked the ranch, Wang Hao's report had already reached Cao Cao.

"Wen Ruo, what do you mean by Wang Hao?"

After Cao Cao received Wang Hao's submission, he discussed with his advisers in the prime minister's residence.

When the princes of the Eighteenth Route were begging for Dong, he thought that Wang Hao, like Liu Biao, was just a harvester, and Wang Hao did not participate in the subsequent princes' struggle for hegemony.

One person works on some pastures and farms in Changsha County, and keeps taking in refugees from all over the world. His wealth is so rich that even the prime minister Cao Cao is jealous.

Not long ago, he created an academy, and the world's great scholars scolded him for a while, but Wang Hao still went his own way, regardless of what others thought.

And no matter whether Emperor Xian is in the hands of Dong Zhuo, Guo Si Li Jue, or Cao Cao, even after the capital was moved to Xuchang.

As a courtier of the Han Dynasty, Wang Hao has always paid tribute. It can be said that part of Cao Cao's food and grass was contributed by Wang Hao. Wang Hao is the only Han courtier who still pays tribute.

Yuan Shu said that the emperor and queen Wang Hao showed their fangs. Originally, there were only [-] soldiers in Changsha County, and they were just a bunch of mobs.

But who would have thought that there were more than 2 cavalry in Wang Hao's hands, and fierce generals such as Huang Zhong, Tai Shici, Xu Huang, Gan Ning, and Dian Wei did not belong to the generals of the Cao Wei camp at all.

Huang Zhong rode thousands of miles alone to win the four counties of Yangzhou, and divided Yuan Shu's Yangzhou equally with Jiangdong Sun Bohu.

Wang Hao's appetite is bigger than Sun Ce's, and even Jiaozhou is included in his pocket.

Although in Cao Cao's view, Jiaozhou is a piece of chicken rib, but chicken rib is also a piece of territory.

Cao Cao also knew Zhang Ji and Liu Biao's thoughts. They wanted to bite off a piece of Wang Hao's body. Cao Cao knew this very well and acquiesced.

Now that Wang Hao has come to Xuchang, Cao Cao can't publicly say that he agrees, otherwise Wang Hao, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu will form an alliance and annex Jiangdong and he will be able to attack him northward.

Wang Hao said that Liu Biao and the traitor Zhang Ji joined forces to attack Changsha County without any provocation, causing huge losses to the pasture.

I had no choice but to fight back, helping Liu Biao capture the traitor Zhang Ji,

Due to the loss of the pasture this time, the tribute may be later this year,
As a result, Wang Hao really stopped for half a month and did not send fruits and vegetables to Xiandi in Xuchang.

Emperor Xian and civil and military officials have not seen Wang Hao's tribute for many days. There is no fruit to eat in the palace, and even Cao Cao's prime minister's mansion is gone.

After being questioned by Emperor Xian, Cao Cao said that Emperor Xian heard that Liu Biao was colluding with rebels to attack the Changsha pasture.

Wang Hao was unable to pay tribute because of the loss of pastures and farms.
Let Cao Cao dismiss Liu Biao from the post of Jingzhou Shepherd and let Wang Hao take the post of Jingzhou Shepherd, and send troops to capture the traitor Zhang Ji.

Liu Biao was an orthodox clan member of the Han Dynasty. Under the persuasion of Baiguan and Cao Cao, Emperor Xian did not remove Liu Biao from his state pastoral position.

As for the letter submitted by Liu Biao, Emperor Xian didn't even take a look at it. He doesn't like Liu Biao at all now.

When Liu Biao, Kuai Yidu, Cai Mao and others received the news from Xu Chang, Liu Biao was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Cao Mengde acquiesced to him and Zhang Ji's attack on Wang Hao. Now that he had suffered such a big loss, even his son was captured by Wang Hao, Cao Mengde told him to let it go.

Now that Wang Hao is powerful, Liu Biao can't do anything to Wang Hao, so what if he doesn't agree?

So Pang Ji was sent to Changsha with gold, silver and nylon to make peace with Wang Hao. Wang Hao readily agreed and released Liu Qi and Huang Zu.

But Wang Hao asked Liu Biao to give up the half of Jingzhou south of Baoyang, and Liu Biao also agreed for Liu Qi's son. From then on, the north of Jiangling was Liu Biao's territory, and the south of Jiangling was Wang Hao's territory.

After the conditions were negotiated, Wang Hao dispatched Gan Ning's [-] sailors to garrison Jiangxia City.

Go north along the river to Jiangling to support Xu Huang, go east along the river to Yangzhou to stop Yuan Shu from going south.

Xu Huang led [-] infantry, and [-] iron cavalry stationed in Jiangling to resist Liu Biao in North Jingzhou. After the defeat of Wenpin in Baoyang City,
Both Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng led their soldiers to defect to Wang Hao, and now they are partial generals in Xu Huang's hands.

Tai Shici succeeded Huang Zhong as commander-in-chief of [-] cavalry and [-] newly surrendered infantry, stationed in Lulin, Yangzhou, to prevent the Sun family in Jiangdong and Yuan Shu in Huainan.

Now that Yuan Shu is unable to go south, the feud between the Sun family and the Jiangdong clan has not yet established itself.
Tai Shici can wipe out the bandits in Yangzhou and other places. After all, Yangzhou is also the area that Wang Hao will focus on developing in the future.

Huang Zhong led the remaining [-] cavalry, and the [-] infantry captured by Yangzhou, and went south to Jian'an County at the junction of Jiaozhou and Kuaiji.

In addition to guarding against the Jiangdong Sun family, he is also responsible for suppressing bandits. Jiaozhou is adjacent to the open sea, and there are many pirates and bandits.

Dianwei's Mo Dao Bing also set off with Tai Shici, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River will be home.

If Yuan Shu is defeated, Cao Cao will give it to you, and he will go south, or go east to annex Xuzhou of Lu Bu.

Now that Yuan Shao is attacking Gongsun Zan, this is a good time for Cao Cao to expand his territory.

Wang Hao originally only had [-] government soldiers, [-] heavy cavalry, [-] Mo Dao soldiers, and [-] navy troops.

After taking down the three counties of Yangzhou and the five counties of Jingzhou, Wang Hao conquered nearly 15 armored soldiers.

Among them, there were more than 3 sailors, and after Gan Ning's selection, only more than 1 remained. Including Gan Ning's headquarters, there were a total of more than 3000 people, and they were basically active in the Yangtze River area.

From Jiangling to Jiangxia, from Xiakou to Yangzhou, if it weren't for the Sun family occupying the Jianye Jiangdong area, with Yizhou as the boundary, the south of the Yangtze River would be Wang Hao's territory.

(End of this chapter)