The World of Yellow Sky

Sun Jian controlled Jingzhou, and actually held a suppressive attitude towards them, the Kuai and Cai families.

Cai Mao said nothing, picked up the water glass on the desk and took a sip.

Kuai Liang noticed Cai Mao's movements, he glanced at Kuai Yue first, got affirmative eyes, and said carefully: "Those who are not attached, benevolence is not enough, and those who are attached but not governed, righteousness is not enough. Counties and counties, but the hearts of the people in the world are still in the Han Dynasty, so why should the emperor worry about the hearts of the people?"

The reason why the masses are not attached is due to the lack of benevolence, and the reason why the masses are attached but unable to prosper is due to the lack of righteousness.

Kuai Liang answered the two questions raised by Liu Biao. What he said seemed to be a cliché, but what he said was just the way of benevolence and righteousness.

But it contains a second meaning, the tyrants who now occupy the counties and counties are sect thieves in their mouths.

"The hearts of the people in the world are still in the Han Dynasty, why should the emperor worry about the hearts of the people?"

Kuai Liang's rhetorical question is to express his position.

Kuai Yue glanced at Cai Mao who was still calm, and coughed lightly, which caught Liu Biao's attention.

"Governing peace comes first with benevolence and righteousness, and those who rule chaos first seek power. It's not about having many soldiers, it's about winning people."

"Yuan Shu is brave and unstoppable. Su Dai and Bei Yu are both warriors, so there is nothing to worry about. The Zongzhai commander is greedy and violent, which is a problem for his subordinates. There are hundreds of disciples under his subordinates, all of whom can be entrusted with important tasks, and can be sent to lure each other with benefits. The leader of the sect thieves will definitely come with a crowd after hearing about it."

Kuai Yue stood up slowly, looked at Liu Biao calmly, and said in a deep voice.

"At that time, the envoy will punish those who have no way, and then caress and use all of them. People in a state have a heart of joy, and when they hear that you are virtuous, they will definitely help the old and bring the weak. Why do you worry about the lack of major generals? ?”

"Punish the sect's thieves, and make you the shepherd of Jingzhou, occupying Jiangling in the south, guarding Xiangyang in the north, and the seven prefectures of Jingzhou. Yuan Shu and Sun Jian are far away in the north. No flaws."

Liu Biao didn't answer Kuai Yue in a hurry, but looked at Cai Mao. It was easy to kill the Zong thieves, but after killing the Zong thieves, he had to rely on Cai.

Although the Kuai clan of Nanjun is a giant, it is still difficult to overwhelm the seven counties of Jingzhou by itself after all, and the Cai clan must be added to be fully sure.

Cai Mao bowed slightly, bowed his hands, and said in a deep voice.

"The Cai family in Nanyang was originally the forerunner of the envoy."

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Kuai Yue sent disciples to invite 55 Zong thieves to the banquet. Because it was Kuai Yue's invitation, it seemed that the situation forced him to give up a lot of benefits, so most of the people were not wary.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered Yicheng, they were all captured by the armored soldiers arranged by Cai Mao.

In Yicheng, Liu Biao read out the imperial edict on his appointment as Jingzhou pastor, designated 55 people as rebels, and executed them all.

And when Liu Biao started to attack, the Kuai family and Cai family of Nanjun also acted at the same time, sending troops to attack these thieves and powerful tribes.

For a time, the whole Jingzhou was turbulent, a large number of sect thieves were killed, and the rest of them either surrendered or fled into the mountains, not daring to compete with Liu Biao.

Liu Biao raised a banner and recruited troops everywhere.

Sun Jian had no time to manage, so he could only let those powerful families manage by themselves, and the result was that exploitation was increasing, taxes were increasing, and the people were struggling to live and suffering.

When it was heard that the newly appointed Jingzhou State Mu had beheaded 55 clan leaders and recruited soldiers on a large scale, saying that he would completely put down the clan rebellion, a large number of young and strong people signed up enthusiastically.

For a while, Liu Biao's power expanded rapidly, and a large number of relatives joined Liu Biao's army.

At the same time, Liu Biao's farewell to Liu Xian and Yi Ji, Zhang Yun also arrived in Yicheng.

Zhang Xian, Zhang Yun, and Lu Gong arrived with them.

Zhang Xian, Zhang Yun, and Lu Gong were all Liu Biao's confidantes, and Liu Biao appointed them as generals to lead his troops.

He also took Feng Cai Mao, his younger brothers Cai Zhong, Cai He, his younger brother Cai Xun, and several members of the Nanyang Kuai clan as school lieutenants to lead the army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Jiangxia Anlu Huang family voluntarily joined Liu Biao.

Huang Zu led the army to revolt and responded to Liu Biao's advance. Within half a month, Jiangxia County was acquired by Liu Biao with Huang Zu's cooperation.

Liu Biao's army was in full swing, and a large number of powerful families joined Liu Biao's camp one after another.

Within ten months, the seven counties of Jingzhou except Nanyang County were already overwhelmed by Liu Biao with lightning speed.

Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng and others surrounded Xiangyang and defended Xiangyang, but did not go to the banquet to escape.

They came from powerful families in Nanjun, and they were somewhat at odds with the Kuai and Cai clans. This time they took advantage of Sun Jian's influence to occupy Xiangyang.

Liu Biao's army was invincible all the way, almost invincible.

When the officials who stole the prefects and counties heard that Liu Biao's army had arrived, almost all of them took off their seals and fled.

So far, Liu Biao has controlled almost all the seven counties of Jingzhou except Nanyang County.

And the only thing left is Xiangyang City in Nanjun. Liu Biao sent his troops northward without hesitation and conquered Xiangyang himself.

When Liu Biao arrived at the city of Xiangyang with a mighty army, everything had already been settled. With just a few thousand remnants, Zhang Hu and Chen Shengliang didn't even have the courage to fight Liu Biao.

Except for Xiangyang, everything has been controlled by Liu Biao.

Kuaiyue and Pang Jiliang entered the city and said they would surrender. Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng handed in their surrender forms and they surrendered without a fight.

So far, the seven counties of Jingzhou except Nanyang County have been basically unified by Liu Biao.

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"Riding into Jingzhou alone, conquering the seven counties of Jingzhou within a few days, is very courageous and strategic, but I underestimated this Liu Jingsheng..."

Sun Jian sighed, first Xu Rong and then Liu Biao, all made him suffer a lot.

To underestimate the enemy and be arrogant is the consequence of underestimating others.

Hearing Sun Jian's sigh, Cheng Pu thought for a while and said, "Jingzhou is too far away from us. Now the supply of soldiers and rations, Jiazhang's military equipment and our army mostly rely on Yuan Shu, and there is also the land of Yuzhou. Even if Jingzhou is lost, it will be of no use to us now. Too much impact..."

Sun Jing said solemnly, "Liu Biao is also from the Liu family. He occupied Jingzhou because he had the same intentions as Liu Yan, to occupy a place, and to observe the general situation of the world, and then make a decision when the situation is clear."

Sun Jing had also heard about Liu Biao, who became famous at a young age, but his official career was not smooth sailing.

During the second disaster of party imprisonment, Liu Biao and Zhang Jian from the same county were criticized and forced to flee.

It was not until the seventh year of Guanghe (184) that the ban on the party was lifted, and Liu Biao was appointed as a vassal by General He Jinzheng, recommended to enter the court again, and served as the middle marshal of the Northern Army.

Liu Biao after the disaster of the Danggu and Liu Biao before the Danggu can almost be treated as two people.

Liu Biao is now in his forties, approaching the year of his destiny, and he no longer has the ambitions of the past.

Re-entering the imperial court as an official, he has gained a lot of sharpness, seldom argues with others, and does not easily express his position, and some stick to the rules.

Therefore, Liu Biao preferred Liu Bian, the eldest son, rather than Liu Xie when it came to inheriting the great unification.

"Although Liu Biao's Jingzhou Shepherd was appointed by Dong Zhuo, there is a high probability that Liu Biao will remain neutral and will neither help Dong Zhuo nor the emperor."

The Son of Heaven in Sun Jing's mouth naturally did not refer to Liu Bian in Chang'an, but Liu Xie in Chendu.

Now all the prefects and governors in the Kanto region respect Liu Xie as the son of heaven and the emperor on the surface.

Although some of them had ulterior motives and did not support Liu Xie's real becoming emperor, the slogan put forward by the Kwantung Allied Forces at the beginning was to restore Liu Xie's throne.

Now that Liu Xiedong has escaped, he really escaped from Luoyang. Even if they are reluctant, the deal is done and there is no way to change it again.

The current Liu Xie is the real emperor of the Han Dynasty, the orthodoxy they need to recognize.

"According to the seven counties of Jingzhou, looking at the trend of the world, this may be what Liu Biao wants to do, and it is roughly the same as Liu Yan's idea."

Liu Yan, the current Yizhou animal husbandry, has proposed the method of changing the state animal husbandry, and has successfully moved into Yizhou as a Yizhou animal husbandry just a few years ago.

Yizhou is the largest prefecture both in terms of area and population. The seat of Yizhou is located in Luo, Guanghan County. The prefecture has 110 towns and 150 counties. According to statistics, there are about 720 million households in Yizhou, [-] Forty thousand mouths.

Of course, this does not include hermits and slaves, as well as some fugitives and barbarians.

Yizhou has a vast land, and the unstated population of this part is also a rather terrifying number.

It's just that although Yizhou has a large population, its foundation is still inferior to the states and counties in the Central Plains.

Moreover, the roads in Yizhou are steep and difficult to walk on. Many places are full of miasma, and it is difficult for soldiers to carry out government orders.

However, as a harvest, a place to hide from the world is not bad. When Liu Yan proposed to change the state pastor, everyone saw the scheming in it.

But because it was extremely beneficial to all the courtiers who came from a powerful family, almost no one raised any objections.

Most of Liu Yan's purpose is clear to everyone. Liu Yan now occupies Yizhou, exterminates thieves internally, and closes it if he can close it externally.

Now in the Central Plains, the two emperors stand side by side, but Liu Yan has guarded the checkpoint and sealed Yizhou up. He neither supports Liu Bian nor Liu Xie, but just watches from the sidelines.

It's clear what his thoughts are, and Sun Jing said that Liu Biao might have the same plan as Liu Yan, because Liu Biao's actions now are quite similar to those of Liu Yan back then.

"However, although Liu Biao took Jingzhou to our surprise, but today, my elder brother has been granted the title of Yuzhou Mu, and my elder brother leads Yuzhou Mu to take charge of Yuzhou. Our army has Yuzhou as the backing, so it is not considered a dead end."

"Liu Biao occupies Jingzhou. Even if he really favors Dong Zhuo, if he wants to go north, he must not bypass Nanyang County and Yuan Shu. Our army has Yuan Shu as a barrier in the south, and there is a buffer to ensure safety."

Sun Jing sorted out the context of the matter and said in a deep voice.

There is still room for things now, and now Yuzhou has been handed over to Sun Jian by the emperor, with the support of the emperor, Chen Wang, Liu Chong, and the officials who were originally subordinate to Kong Ni from all over the country are very cooperative.

The current Yuzhou is roughly under the control of Sun Jian, and Sun Jian is not so desperate.

It's just a pity that the long-term arrangement in the three counties of Jingnan, the arrangement of several years has all disappeared.

"There's even worse news..."

Sun Jian raised his foot and stepped on the desk beside him, said coldly.

Cheng Pu and Sun Jing didn't react for a while, but when they heard Sun Jian's words, they both turned their heads to look at Sun Jian.

Is there anything else that would affect them more than losing Jingzhou?

Sun Jian's expression was extremely embarrassing, and Cheng Pu's heart skipped a beat.

The last time I saw Sun Jian's ugly face was in Kuicheng!

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"If Sun Jian advances all the way north, defeats Dong Zhuo, and occupies Luoyang, he will be famous all over the world and powerful all over the world. Before that, he was trusted by the emperor and appointed him as the shepherd of Yuzhou. He handed over all the six counties of Yuzhou to Sun Jian, and he also received leave If you don't take any action at this time, it may be difficult to control it in the future..."

Yuan Shu's eyes flickered, he stood on the city wall of Luyang with his hands behind his back, staring at the official road in the distance.

At this time, there was a lot of people outside Luyang City, and one carriage after another loaded with grain was slowly driving towards the north.

The convoy winds like a long dragon, even standing on the city wall, it is still difficult to see the end.

The blue-clothed scribe standing beside Yuan Shu saw that Yuan Shu hadn't moved, thought about it, and spoke again.

"In this way, isn't it driving wolves and letting tigers go?"

Yuan Shu did not answer what the staff said, and Sun Jian's appointment as the Yuzhou pastor was a thorn in his heart.

Today's emperor seems to have little affection for the Yuan family because of the previous palace change.

Originally, Liu Xie escaped from Luoyang. Logically speaking, he should go to Suanzao or Huai County. After all, that is where the main force of the Kwantung Allied Forces is located.

But Liu Xie's behavior was beyond everyone's expectations. Instead, he ran to Yuzhou and entered Chen State.

This also caused Yuan Shu, who originally wanted to get involved in Yuzhou, to lose the best opportunity and a good opportunity.

But just when he was about to turn to develop southward, another piece of extremely bad news came.

Liu Biao, Dong Zhuo's new shepherd of Jingzhou, sneaked into Jingzhou all the way in hiding, and within ten months, he had conquered the seven counties of Jingzhou except Nanyang County.

"Yuzhou..."

Yuan Shu's face was extremely gloomy.

Although there was a gap between him and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao is still the leader of the Dong Lianjun.

He also had to put on a rather respectful look to face Yuan Shao, and he had to admit that Yuan Shao was now Dong's main force.

The reason why he has been doing his best to help Sun Jian during this period of time, sending him arms, replenishing soldiers, and delivering money and food, is because he wants to vent his anger.

If Sun Jian can win, he will naturally get a share of the credit.

Regardless of whether Sun Jian can enter Luoyang or not, as long as there is a big victory, his Yuan Gonglu's reputation will surpass Yuan Shao.

After all, Yuan Shao was watching from the sidelines at this time, building high fortifications and not daring to fight.

Although Cao Cao and Bao Xin recruited nearly [-] soldiers to attack Dong Zhuo, they were killed by Xu Rong as soon as they arrived in Xingyang.

But now it seems that things are backfired...

Sun Jian is now famous far and wide, but the world has not seen his contribution to Yuan Gonglu.

Sun Jian, whom he thought he was in control of at one time, now after taking up the post of Yuzhou Mu, he also began to realize that Sun Jian seemed to be getting out of his control little by little, and gradually became an existence that could rival him in equal measure.

"As you say..."

Yuan Shu turned around, dropped a word coldly, and before the scribe could react, he had already walked down the city wall.

The scribe was slightly startled, with a smile on the corner of his mouth. Although Yuan Shu had already walked down the city wall and was some distance away from him, he still bowed his hands and bowed solemnly to Yuan Shu's back.

"promise."

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