I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 633 Liu Jian is Sizhou’s savior
Sun Jian died on the front line, and the news soon reached Cai Mao and Huang Zu.

Cai Mao and Huang Zu were both shocked when they heard this.

Because among the entire generals in Jingzhou, Sun Jian can be said to be Yuan Shao's number one general.

Sun Jian's death in battle had a great impact on the strategy of attacking Sizhou and Guanzhong.

Moreover, Sun Jian's death can be regarded as completely tearing apart the last layer of paper between Yuan Shao and Liu Jian.

At this moment, the true colors of both of them were exposed!

It can be regarded as a fight to the death.

The war between Liu Jian and Yuan Shao has finally begun.

Sun Ce took Sun Jian's body towards Nanyang County, and at this time, Yuan Shao had already assembled heavy troops at the border.

When the news of Sun Jian's death in battle had reached Yuan Shao's main battle camp, Yuan Shao, who was wearing armor, couldn't help but look shocked.

"If Wentai dies, I will lose an arm!"

When he said this, he saw Yuan Shao let out a long sigh, and two tears flashed in his eyes.

"Where is Wentai's body now?"

Someone reported to Yuan Shao.

"Now he is escorted by his descendant Sun Ce to Nanyang County."

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "I understand. Later, Yuan will receive Sun Ce in person."

A few days later, Sun Ce returned to Nanyang County with Sun Jian's body. After seeing Yuan Shao, he cried and worshiped in front of Yuan Shao.

"Mr. Sun, don't do this."

Yuan Shao looked distressed, then stretched out his hand to help Sun Ce up from the ground.

Then Yuan Shao reached out his hand and patted Sun Ce on the shoulder with emotion and said: "Oh, Wentai is at its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period. I didn't want to but just left like this. I really, really..."

When he said this, Yuan Shao couldn't help but reach out and wipe the corners of his eyes, looking very sad.

Then he saw Yuan Shao and said, "As the son of Wentai, Sun Lang can inherit Wentai's position and lead the old ministry!"

"Thank you, Duke Yuan!"

"Mr. Sun, please carry Wentai's coffin back to Wancheng for burial. Wait until I go to Sizhou in person to fight against Liu Jian and avenge Wentai!"

Sun Ce immediately took the order.

Not far behind Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu watched all this silently. Then, he saw him saying to Yuan Tan beside him: "My nephew."

Yuan Tan looked at Sun Ce with sadness at this moment. Yuan Shu called him, but he didn't react for a while.

"Uncle, what do you want me to do?"

Yuan Shu smiled and said: "Sun Lang is about the same age as you, you should make friends with him!"

Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard this.

Then he seemed to realize something.

In fact, during this period of time, Yuan Shu has been in Jingzhou, beside Yuan Shao. As Yuan Shao's younger brother, Yuan Shu naturally saw many hidden dangers within Yuan Shao's family.

First of all, Yuan Shao really doted on the sons he had with his second wife Liu, especially the third son Yuan Shang, and Yuan Mai, who was just born at the beginning of the year. Yuan Shao valued these two little ones particularly.

On the contrary, although the eldest son Yuan Tan was quite majestic and good at military affairs, he was not taken seriously by Yuan Shao.

In other words, it is not the most important thing.

Yuan Tan's mother died young. Although he is the eldest son, the Yuan family now lacks a foundation. On the contrary, his younger brothers were all born to Yuan Shao's second wife. Mother and son are connected. In Yuan Shao's later years, Yuan Shao's younger sons are in this aspect. It's very advantageous.

Now Yuan Tan really has no one who can support him.

But now, Yuan Shu's arrival seems to have given Yuan Tan someone he can approach and talk to.

Of course, Yuan Tan can't talk to Yuan Shu about everything!

Yuan Shu is not the kind of person who chases after Yuan Tan and discusses with him. He only occasionally reminds Yuan Tan appropriately at critical moments.

Today, Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard Yuan Shu suddenly speaking to him, saying that he wanted him to befriend Sun Ce.

Then it suddenly dawned on me.

He nodded gratefully towards Yuan Shu and said, "Uncle's advice is very good."

Yuan Shu smiled and said: "Sun Bofu is young and can snatch his father's body back in front of the three armies and among the thousands of troops in Hebei. This shows his bravery. He will become a great weapon in the future. If you make good friends with him, It’s not harmful to you.”

"Exactly, exactly!"

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After Yuan Shao lost his general, he was filled with righteous indignation and raised a large number of troops and went straight to Sizhou.

Liu Jian, on the other hand, did not feel very excited after learning the news of Sun Jian's death.

The current Sun Jian, in Liu Jian's eyes, is not a figure of the same level. He is just a thug under Yuan Shao, a figure who can pose a threat to his own generals in front of the battle.

But he poses no threat to himself.

His death may make Xu Rong, Xu Huang, and Zhang He famous, but it will not make Liu Jian famous.

For Liu Jian now, the key issue is Sizhou's noble family.

No matter how the war turns out, Liu Jian can afford it, but the most important things in Sizhou right now are food prices and people's livelihood, as well as many rebel refugees.

Only by taking care of these things and making the situation in Sizhou truly stable can Liu Jian enter Guanzhong with confidence.

Sun Jian suddenly counterattacked Xu Rong. Although it disrupted the original situation in Sizhou, the result of the war made Liu Jian quite satisfied.

At least, now that Yuan Jun's influence in Sizhou has been greatly weakened due to Sun Jian's death, the matter of controlling food prices can proceed smoothly.

At the moment, Liu Jian no longer hesitated. He pushed the grain and grass stored in Hanoi and other places into Sizhou in a large scale, and asked all the families of the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade Association to work together in Sizhou, and tried their best to control Sizhou with all the strength of Hebei. state food prices.

In addition, Liu Jian also issued an order to the Eighth Kitchen Group in the Central Plains, asking them to restrict the food supply channels from the Central Plains to Sizhou, especially the food collection channels of those families who are still trying their best to drive up food prices. Dead.

Zhang Miao has now betrayed Yuan and defected to Liu, becoming Liu Jian's loyal best friend for the benefit of the Eighth Kitchen Group.

Nowadays, the food price disaster in Sizhou has also spread to the Central Plains. Logically speaking, Zhang Miao, Wang Fen and other members of the Eighth Kitchen Group hope that food prices will rise so as to harvest the blood of those poor farmers.

Liu Jian is also suppressing food prices now, which is very inconsistent with the interests of the Bachhu Group.However, in recent years, Liu Jian has formed an encirclement of Yanzhou. Although his troops and power are not in Yanzhou, his penetration into Yanzhou is unparalleled.

Especially now, the main channel for obtaining goods for various businesses in the Central Plains has become a distribution center for dumping Hebei products to the south. As a mid-tier merchant, Bachhu Group has increasingly relied on business cooperation with Hebei in recent years.

Therefore, after the final weighing of the Eighth Chef Group, they still thought it was better to listen to Liu Jian.

You can't make a lot of money by choosing the right one, right?
Of course, if they just rely on trade and political means to suppress food prices, the noble families in Sizhou will not be convinced.

In addition to economic methods, Liu Jian also needed to cooperate with military methods.

After Xu Rong defeated Sun Jian and established a foothold in Sizhou, Liu Jian gathered all his troops, marched into Sanhe, and headed straight for Luoyang.

This time Liu Jian gathered most of Hebei's elite troops, plus Xu Rong's front troops, totaling [-] troops.

Of course, the number of soldiers and horses in Hebei is relatively large in the world now, and in order not to take care of the foreign affairs in the north, Liu Jian can also dispatch more soldiers and horses to go south.

However, in Liu Jian's view, the action of these [-] troops was already considered a shocking event.

Enough to settle all battles!
Sun Jian's defeat caused the prominent families in Sizhou to lose confidence in Yuan Shao.

Now Liu Jian arrived in Sizhou in person and vigorously suppressed food prices, making all the forces in Sizhou frightened.

Many prominent families in Sizhou began to secretly plan to betray Yuan Shao and seek refuge with Liu Jian in order to save their families.

After all, although interests are important to them, the existence of the family is more important.

Although most people think this way, there are some people who do not have this vision.

Especially some families that have been rampant in Sizhou for a long time, they really don't take the rising heroes like Liu Jian seriously.

They feel that the Han Dynasty is still their world, and the rules of operation of the world are still the same as before.

It's just a pity that after the intricate changes in the world's current situation over the years, all systems and operating rules are no longer what they were back then.

It is really impossible for noble families, nobles, and powerful rightists to be as arrogant and overbearing as before in the local area and to have authority over the government.

After Liu Jian's army entered Sizhou, the first thing they did was to suppress food prices!
The second thing is to gather the refugees and gather the rebels.

He wants to reintegrate the rebel refugees into good people and give them fields so that they can rest and recuperate.Live a stable life again.

This matter is considered the most important thing for Liu Jian.

Manpower is productivity!
The common people of the Han Dynasty were the fundamental driving force of this country.

We must not let these grassroots people lose too much because of the bad government of the court.

Of course, there were also many rebel leaders who did not want to surrender, so Liu Jian decided to comfort and strangle them at the same time, so as to calm down the situation in Sizhou.

As for the people who are unwilling to submit, it is easy to identify. The leader is Li Xiang, the bandit who currently commands the largest villain force in Sizhou and calls himself Zhang Jiao's disciple.

Li Xiang's military strength is still relatively strong. After all, the rebels under his command are now close to 70.

Of course, the so-called 70 rebels are mixed with a lot of water. There are many young and strong men, but there are also many old, weak, sick and disabled.

In particular, these soldiers have not undergone systematic training. Once they arrive on the battlefield, apart from being able to crush them in numbers, how can they compare with the regular Hebei army?

Of course, you can't underestimate this army. After all, they are hungry mobs. Once they fight for their lives, they will not die!
People who have lost their desire to survive, and mobs that rely solely on their bravery are also very terrifying.

But the problem is that Hebei's propaganda agencies have now trumpeted Liu Jian's benevolent policies in Sizhou.

For example, when Liu Jian arrived in Sizhou, he lowered the price of food, recruited refugee rebels, provided land, and re-established household registration files. All aspects were considered for the people at the bottom...

Liu Jian had such a positive image, so those people under Li Xiang would naturally not fight to the death against the general of Fuyuan, Hebei who cared about them.

If the rebels faced Yuan Shao, they would definitely fight him to the death, regardless of life or death.

Kill one to get enough money, kill two to earn one!They will definitely fight Yuan Shaojun with this mentality.

However, facing people like Liu Jian who wanted to return them to a stable life, they really hesitated.

If Liu Jian can really bring them back to a stable life and give them a way out, then if they fight hard against the Hebei Army, wouldn't they ruin their future?
Soon, many people among the major refugee forces in Hebei began to secretly contact Liu Jian.

This is also normal. After all, most people still want to survive well, and no one wants to put their lives on the battlefield.

There are probably dozens of Sizhou rebels led by Li Xiang who can be named, but after some operations.About half of the Little Five bandits expressed their sincerity in surrendering to Liu Jian.

As for the remaining rebels, even if their leaders do not want to surrender, most of their rebels want to return home and want to live a stable life again.

What's even more terrible is that Liu Jian is a person who does what he says.

Those rebels who surrendered to Liu Jian's command were immediately arranged by Liu Jian to work in the fields and reorganize, and they were re-registered and registered as household registers.

After this operation, all the ordinary rebel soldiers felt a little alive.

Everyone wanted to vote for Liu Jian one after another, so that Liu Jian could re-register them, turn them into good citizens, and continue to live in peace.

After all, this is the mainstream of human life.

Seeing that the attitudes of all the rebels were becoming more and more unpredictable, Li Xiang couldn't help but become anxious.

If Liu Jian is allowed to continue such nonsense, among other things, he will suppress the morale of the rebels to the lowest level. By then, there will be no need for the imperial court to send official troops to quell the rebellion, and the rebels themselves will fall apart.

Under all kinds of unfavorable conditions, Li Xiang finally mustered up the courage!

He gathered all his troops and gathered men and horses at the Mengjin area in the north of Luoyang, preparing for a decisive battle with Liu Jian.

Logically speaking, Li Xiangzai led the poor peasants at the bottom to challenge the powerful class.

To a certain extent, Liu Jian still respects and admires him.

Of course, this respect and admiration can only be kept in the heart.

However, when he saw Li Xiang gathering an army to challenge him, Liu Jian was filled with contempt for him.

If he really petitioned for the people and revolted against the imperial court in order to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, then now that he has arrived in Sizhou, he should take off his armor and surrender to help him stabilize the situation in Sizhou so that all the people can live in peace and contentment. A good life.

If he really did this, Liu Jian would still think that he was a person who truly asked for life for the people.

But now, he saw that Liu Jian destroyed his uprising and recruited his rebels. Therefore, his blood surged and he gathered a large number of soldiers and horses to fight Liu Jian to the death.

Just through this, it can be seen that he is just a warlord-like figure who only cares about himself.

Such people deserve no sympathy and must be eliminated.

So, Li Xiang led the rebel army of 60, while Liu Jian led the Hebei army of [-]. The two sides set up their positions in Mengjin and launched an ultimate decisive battle!
At this time, it was already March of the early spring of the sixth year of Xingping, 196 AD.

(End of this chapter)