The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Two days later, he led people again and entered Xuzhou City.

Start to clean up the mess here in Xuzhou.

Taking place on the Xuzhou battlefield, the battle between the three parties finally came to an end in September 191.

In the end, Liu Zheng defeated the ambitious Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, and successfully brought Xuzhou back.

Chapter 842 Brothers Fight the Wall

Yuan Shao's death had serious consequences.

First of all, the soldiers and horses entrenched in Xuzhou basically would not continue to stay in Xuzhou, and began to evacuate directly, and all fled back to Qingzhou.

Although Liu Zheng sent Guan Hai to occupy Tan County, those remnants who wanted to escape could still bypass Tan County and escape back to Qingzhou by other routes.

Wen Chou and Jiang Qi have more than ten thousand cavalry under their command. These cavalry are highly mobile and can come and go freely. It is easy to escape back to Qingzhou.

As for Gao Gan, Shen Pei, Ji Feng and others, although most of them are infantry, they still have some soldiers under their command. These troops are familiar with the local terrain, and it is not difficult for them to escape back to Qingzhou.

When Liu Zheng was still cleaning up the territory left by Liu Bei, these people had already fled back to Qingzhou, and they didn't stay in Qingzhou at all, so they directly led the troops back to Jizhou.

They knew that with the remaining manpower, even if they guarded Qingzhou, they would not be able to stop Liu Zheng's attack.

In addition to Yuan Shaoxin's death, they had to bring Yuan Shao's body back to Jizhou.

In just half a month, news of Yuan Shao's death had spread throughout the north.

Still in Yanzhou, Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, who attacked Liu Bei, was furious when he heard the news that his father had been defeated and died. He didn't even care about the war in Yanzhou, and returned directly to Yecheng in Jizhou.

Because Yuan Shao had several sons, but he did not decide on his heir.

Yuan Shao's death represented a blank period for the forces under his command.

The eldest son Yuan Tan, the second son Yuan Xi, and the third son Yuan Shang are all capable of competing for the head of the family.

Of course, there is also a young son, Yuan Mai, but Yuan Mai is still a baby, and he has no ability to compete for the position of head of the family.

Although the eldest son Yuan Tan is the eldest son, like Yuan Shao himself, he is not Yuan Shao's direct son, he is a concubine, and he was adopted by Yuan Shao's younger brother Yuan Ji.

This Yuan Ji was directly executed by the court when Yuan Shao crusade against He Miao, so Yuan Shao felt sorry for his younger brother and asked his eldest son Yuan Tan to adopt him to Yuan Ji.

Yuan Ji was the eldest son of the Yuan family, and should have inherited the Yuan family in Runan, but after Yuan Ji died, Yuan Shu automatically became the eldest son of the Yuan family, and the Yuan family in Runan also fell into Yuan Shu's hands.

Of course Yuan Shao wouldn't watch Runan Yuan Shu fall into Yuan Shu's hands, that's why he came up with this bad idea, let his son inherit Yuan Ji's foundation, and wanted to inherit the Yuan family in a disguised form.

But it didn't work.

The second son, Yuan Xi, is Yuan Shao's legitimate son, but Yuan Xi was born to Yuan Shao's ex-wife. After his ex-wife died, Yuan Xi was not favored by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao sent him to Youzhou very early to serve as Youzhou The governor is not around.

The real threat is Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang was born of Yuan Shao's stepwife, Liu Shi, and Yuan Shao liked him very much, because Yuan Shang was somewhat similar to the young Yuan Shao, and he was Yuan Shao's chosen heir.

It's just that Yuan Shao hadn't confirmed that Yuan Shang was his heir, he had already led the army to fight and died in battle.

The result of this is that Yuan Shao's heir is undecided, and several of his sons have the ability to compete for the head of the family.

And because of half-brothers, Yuan Shao's three sons all have their own supporters.

Of course, there are mainly two factions.

The eldest son Yuan Tan is a faction.The third son, Yuan Shang, was in the same school.

Yuan Tan followed Yuan Shao in the South and North Wars, and most of the time, he could get along well with Yuan Shao's cronies, and he was the governor of Jizhou, in charge of Yuan Shao's army.

As for Yuan Shang, it was because of Mrs. Liu's support and because Yuan Tan had offended many advisers under Yuan Shao's command. Although Yuan Tan received the support of many generals, those advisers all supported Yuan Shang.

After the news of Yuan Shao's death spread back to Yecheng, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang immediately started to act.

Yuan Tan was on the battlefield, and by the time the news reached him, it was already too late.

Yuan Xi was in Youzhou, when the news reached him, it was later.

Only Yuan Shang was in Yecheng, and Ji Fengben was very familiar with Mrs. Liu, and he supported Yuan Shang to some extent, so he fully supported Yuan Shang's succession.

After Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan arrived in Yecheng with their people, the matter had become a foregone conclusion.

Yuan Xi is fine, he doesn't have the ability and determination to compete for the position of Patriarch. Since Yuan Shao's counselors all support Yuan Shang as the master, Yuan Xi doesn't care. He is the governor of Youzhou himself, as long as he is his own governor of Youzhou That's it.

But Yuan Tan is different, he is the eldest son, and now has [-] to [-] troops in Yanzhou.Gao Lan and Zhang He are also under his command.Although he is only fighting Liu Bei in Yanzhou now, he has the strength to compete with Yuan Shang.

Therefore, after Yuan Tan returned to Yecheng, he knew that there was nothing to be done, so he stopped talking immediately, but returned directly to Yanzhou. On the battlefield, he mobilized his own troops and retreated from Yanzhou. The second general, with lightning speed, directly returned to Ye City.

Although Yuan Shang in Yecheng inherited the position of Patriarch, his troops in Yecheng were not many, and some of them were just some cavalry brought back by Wen Chou.

Yuan Tan was outnumbered, and he didn't have any generals to guard him, so he couldn't stop Yuan Tan's attack. After a great battle, Yuan Shang could only flee to Qingzhou.

He tried in vain to recuperate temporarily in Qingzhou, and gradually competed with Yuan Tan for the rightful lord of the north.

The Yuan family's infighting also gave Liu Bei a chance to breathe. After Liu Bei brought his people back to Yanzhou, it was the time when his troops increased greatly. However, Liu Bei lost too many soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, and he only lost the lost territory of Yanzhou. After taking it back, he didn't dare to continue to attack Jizhou.

Because Liu Bei is also worried that once he attacks Jizhou, the internal fighting between the Yuan brothers will become unanimously external.

Liu Bei is also happy to see such infighting.After the Yuan family brothers suffered heavy losses in their own internal fighting, Liu Bei would take action and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

The same is true for Liu Zheng in this matter. His purpose of killing Yuan Shao with all his strength is precisely to sit back and watch the Yuan family fight.

The Yuan family brothers were fighting among themselves, and the three states and counties that were originally dispatched in a unified manner were about to split at this time.

Yuan Tan occupied Jizhou, a small part of Bingzhou, Yuan Xi occupied Youzhou, and Yuan Shang occupied Qingzhou.

Because of Yuan Tan's power, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang gradually tended to unite.

Such a situation is a good thing for Liu Zheng. After all, Liu Zheng was able to defeat them one by one due to their internal fighting, and he was able to play tricks among them without much effort, and even incorporated several northern states without any effort.

After the battle in Xuzhou was quelled, Liu Zheng could have continued northward to attack Qingzhou and take Qingzhou back.

However, he didn't.

Chapter 843 The Situation in Xiliang

Not attacking Qingzhou is naturally not because Liu Zheng doesn't like Qingzhou.

But Liu Zheng and Liu Bei's ideas are actually similar.

If Liu Zheng attacked Qingzhou at this time, it would inevitably cause the brothers of the Yuan family to unanimously fight against each other. It was not what Liu Zheng wanted to see if they were allowed to settle the internal strife and unanimously speak out.

That's why he decided to give up attacking Qingzhou at a critical moment to give Yuan Shang a place to rest temporarily and recruit troops.

After all, after all these years of devastation in Qingzhou, there is nothing left to fish for, even if the population is not large, and it has been in the chaos of war for the past year and has not been obtained. It will be a drag even if Liu Zheng is defeated, and there is no way to give it to him. How much profit he brings.

He can fight at any time, so why rush for a while.

Anyway, he has already won the three states of Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou, and his power has expanded for a while, so he can slowly digest the land of these three states, and Qingzhou is no longer in his eyes.

After this great battle, the imperial court, Yuan Shao, Liu Zheng, and the troops of the three parties all suffered heavy losses.

It's harvest season again.

No one is willing to continue fighting, so a big battle gradually subsides, and each of them rests and recuperates in order to fight again in the future.

Liu Bei sent someone to ask for peace, and Liu Zheng agreed. After all, he had to find a way to consolidate his territory first.

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Liu Zheng returned to Jianye City from Xuzhou.

Xuzhou has been completely controlled by him. Wenpin's [-] troops have been stationed in Xuzhou, plus some soldiers from Guan Hai and Zang Ba, the [-] troops stationed in Xuzhou are enough to deal with the sudden arrival of Liu Bei from Qingzhou and Yanzhou in the north attack.

Tai Shici continued to return to Huainan to guard Huainan. As for Chen Guo, Liu Zheng decided to let Chen Wang Liu Chong return to Chen Guo to guard after careful consideration.

Firstly, Liu Zheng appointed people on their merits. Since King Chen and Liu Chong had decided to take refuge in him, Liu Zheng would naturally not have any doubts.

Now that he has accepted Chen Wang Liu Chong's refuge, if he continues to doubt him, Liu Chong's heart will be chilled.

Besides, the vicinity of Chen Guo was originally Liu Chong's territory, and with him in charge, Liu Zheng was at ease.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if Liu Chong is really a fool, surrendered and rebelled, and stayed away from the core area, Liu Zheng can lead troops to fight at any time, and at the same time recognize whether Liu Chong is a true defector.

This is why he is willing to let King Chen and Liu Chong continue to sit in Yuzhou.

The troops of Gan Ning, Sun Jian and others who were originally stationed in Changsha and Jiangxia counties moved north to Xiangyang and Nanyang at this time.

All the battles have been settled, and the court doesn't have much time to manage Liu Zheng at the moment. After all, Lu Zhi, the newly appointed general, needs to re-manage the court, and many things must be done by himself.

Lu Zhi is still a loyal and patriotic person. He still has a little bit of nostalgia for the big man, so he doesn't want to see the big man who has been passed down for more than 400 years, just disappear, and he is still making the last effort.

Try to make this hopeless man get on the right track and restore his former glory.

Nowadays, there are not many territories that can be controlled in the entire thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

In addition to the Sili area, the only places where the imperial court can have control are Yanzhou, Xiliang, and Bingzhou.

these three places.

Even Yizhou has not obeyed the orders of the court, Liu Yan is at ease as his own emperor in Yizhou.

In addition, the Qiang people in Xiliang have never given up, and there will still be some rebellions every winter. Recently, the reason why Lu Zhi did not lead troops, but came directly to support. The war between Yanzhou and Jingzhou was actually because of being The Qiang people in Xiliang were restrained.

Dong Zhuo, the shepherd of Liangzhou, wanted to monopolize Xiliang, and fought with Han Sui in Liangzhou at this time.

Naturally, Han Sui is not an easy person. He has tens of thousands of former Qiang rebels under his command. Although he was recruited by the court, these people have a fixed time and will explode at any time.

But this guy Dong Zhuo just wanted to provoke, that's why the two sides fought in Xiliang.

Originally, Dong Zhuo had the upper hand, but Han Sui had a sworn brother named Ma Teng. This guy was a tough guy. He led tens of thousands of Xiliang cavalry and Dong Zhuo, and there would be a big battle in Wuwei County.

Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng, who was only 16 years old, joined the army with his father. On the battlefield, he led a mere few thousand troops to defeat Dong Zhuo's [-] army.

Dong Zhuo's generals Guo Si, Li Jue and others were not able to obtain any benefits from Ma Chao's men.

Dong Zhuo suffered heavy losses, and was directly beheaded by Ma Teng's soldiers and horses. Dong Zhuo, the original two tyrants of Xiliang, died unexpectedly, and now the whole of Xiliang fell into the hands of Han Sui.

Dong Zhuo was originally placed in Xiliang for the purpose of containing Han Sui, but now the entire Xiliang where Dong Zhuo died fell into the hands of Han Sui and Ma Teng.

Lu Zhi, who was in Luoyang, naturally couldn't stand it. After all, if Han Sui and Ma Teng were more ambitious, they could directly go from Chang'an City to Luoyang.

That's why Lu Zhi took the remaining soldiers and horses in Luoyang and decided to go to conquer Han Sui.

But it is not without good news.A group of Xiongnu soldiers who originally attacked the people of the Han court in the Binzhou area surrendered to the court.

The Xiongnu soldiers and horses this time are Shanyu Fuluo of the Southern Xiongnu.

Speaking of which, this Yu Fuluo was not the Chanyu of the Southern Huns, he was just the son of the old Chanyu.

In fact, the Han court and the Xiongnu have been in a state of peace or even a semi-alliance for decades.

There is no large-scale invasion on the front, but small fights in private have always been there.

When Yuan Shao was in chaos before, the imperial court even went to the Xiongnu to borrow soldiers and horses, preparing to join forces with the Huns' soldiers and horses to deal with Karasuma.

This Yu Fuluo was seconded by the court from the Xiongnu soldiers and horses at this time.

The secondment of Yu Fuluo and others to the Han Dynasty gave some other rebel forces in the Southern Huns royal court a chance. They killed the old Chanyu and directly made themselves kings.

Yu Fuluo and others led some soldiers and horses to fight outside, and it was too late when they received the news and went back.

Yu Fuluo asked the imperial court to send troops to help him suppress the rebellion of the southern Huns' own royal court, but the imperial court was facing the attack of Liu Zheng, Yuan Shao and others at that time. Where there were soldiers and horses to help these southern Huns, the imperial court put this matter on hold down.

Yu Fuluo didn't get a response from the court, so he felt resentful and blamed the court.

At this time, some bandits of the Yellow Turban Army in the Hexi area of ​​Bingzhou were making trouble, attacking Hedong, Taiyuan and other places.

Yu Fuluo also found an opportunity, so he joined the Yellow Turban Army to plunder food and grass in Bingzhou.

But this is not a long-term solution, and the court is also aware of the danger of this group of Huns.

So send people to surrender.

Chapter 844 Baibo Army and Montenegro Army

These remnants of the Yellow Turbans in the Xihexi region are none other than others.

It was Liu Zheng's old acquaintance, who used to be Liu Zheng's immediate boss Xiaoqushuai Yang Feng, Xiaoqushuai Mrs. Guo and others.

At that time, after Yuzhou and Liu Zheng separated, they didn't have many soldiers and horses. Knowing that the Yellow Turban Army was at the end of the road, they dared not continue to walk in Yingchuan under the banner of the Yellow Turban Army.

We can only take some of the remnants and start heading north to the Hedong area.

Because of the Huns all the year round in the north, there are very few people. Even the area of ​​Hexi originally belonged to the Dahan, but because of the harassment of the Huns, the Dahan has given up this area, and even the counties have evacuated. counties.

This gave these Golden Turbans a temporary place to recuperate. They brought some old, weak, sick and disabled, and thousands of people to a place called Baibo Valley, where they fell into bandits and started a self-sufficient life.