I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 739 Great victory

Xun Chen patiently persuaded Yuan Shao for a long time. What he meant was: in this situation, there is no need to cede counties to Cao Cao, but he still needs to correct his position. At least he should form an equal status with Cao Cao. Alliance, only in this way can one's side be in an invincible position.

After all, Liu Jian's current power is too powerful.

In fact, from a rational point of view, Yuan Shao knew very well that what Xun Chen said to him now was for his own good, but he just couldn't get around this detour in his heart.

It's no wonder that he was born in the Yuan family of the fourth generation and the third Duke. Although he was not allocated the most resources like Yuan Ji when he was young, through Yuan Shao's own efforts, he finally stood at the top of the Yuan family.

Over the years, he has become accustomed to overlooking all living beings.

Especially for someone like Cao Cao, he has always been the little brother who has been following him since he has known him.

But now that times have changed, such a little brother actually wants to be on an equal footing with him, and he even wants to cut a piece of land from his own hands and eat his own flesh!
How could Yuan Shao be so willing?
It's not that Yuan Shao doesn't understand the current situation, but the inertia and resilience in his heart prevent him from easily accepting this fact.

Yuan Shao originally wanted to shelve the matter of forming an alliance for the time being, but suddenly a news came from the north, which frightened all the people in Jingzhou.

Liu Jian's army began to station and build strongholds in the Nanyang Basin, aiming directly at Fancheng! There is a strong intention to attack Xiangfan.

He could only lend Jiangxia County to Cao Cao to garrison his navy. As for Changsha, he was determined not to give it to him.

At the same time, the envoys sent by Yuan Shao to Yizhou also returned.

But he asked Cao Cao to immediately send troops to attack Yuzhou to help him contain Liu Jian's troops who came to attack.

As for the Jiangxia and Changsha counties that Cao Cao requested, Yuan Shao said that it was impossible to allocate them all to Cao Cao.

The strength of Yizhou is not comparable to that of other prefectures and counties.

In desperation, Yuan could only find Lu Fan and tell him that he was willing to agree to Cao Cao's conditions.

After Yuan Shao heard the news, his mentality collapsed. He did not expect that Liu Jian would launch another attack so soon. He would not give up until he wiped out the Yuan family in one fell swoop.

Yuan Shao may face pressure from the Central Plains in Jingzhou, but Yizhou is surrounded by dangerous mountains and mountains, making it a completely isolated paradise.

As a result, the leaders of major families began to advise Yuan Shao one after another, hoping that he could join forces with Cao Cao to resist Liu Jian's attack.

Therefore, Lu Fan returned to Shouchun with Yuan Shao's "full" sincerity.

Originally, Lu Fan didn't think that Yuan Shao could cede such a large area of ​​land to Cao Cao at once. If only Jiangxia was ceded, it would be very beneficial to Jiangdong.

Moreover, being able to form an alliance with Yuan Shao and jointly counter Liu Jian has always been a situation that Cao Cao hoped for.

Yuan Shao's attitude was actually what Lu Fan had expected.

They never expected that Liu Jian would not be satisfied after eating Nanyang and Yuzhou! Now that the New Deal has not been fully popularized in Nanyang, Yuzhou and other places, we will launch another attack on Xiangyang!

The heads of the major families in Jingzhou were all nervous after hearing the news.

The matter of ceding land and collecting profits is originally a matter of discussion and bargaining between people.

However, although Yuan Yi is not under as much pressure as Yuan Shao, he also knows that such a situation is not a long-term solution for him. Once Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others are really eliminated by Liu Jian, no matter how dangerous the mountain roads in Shu are, No matter how strong the barrier is, he will slowly be trapped by Liu Jian and eventually be eliminated!

It's just that the northern army is just making preparations and has not made any changes yet. They are building military strongholds near the Nanyang Basin and transporting siege equipment. It is obvious that they need to take the next step.

As for Yuan Yi, he now knows that Runan has been occupied by Liu Jian and Yuan Shao's foundation has been lost. He is very anxious. After all, he is also a descendant of the Yuan family.

After all, Liu Jian's army is too powerful. Jingzhou can now defend itself with Xiangyang's solid city walls, but if it goes on for a long time, who knows if Wancheng will be lost again?
Just simply defending is not a good strategy after all.

But compared to Yuan Shao, Yuan Yi's current pressure is much lighter.

Therefore, the survival of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao is his greatest guarantee of survival.

But after the last war, Yuan Yi deeply realized that although he controlled a large population in Shu, which could be used to form an army, he lacked talented generals who could act alone!

Generals like Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, etc., although they are also excellent generals, are only capable of sitting at a level, not generals who can lead troops to march forward!
However, if the generals from Shuzhong are allowed to lead the Northern Expedition into Guanzhong, or into Nanyang County to echo Yuan Shao, they are still not qualified.

Therefore, Yuan Yi could only write a letter to Yuan Shao, hoping that Yuan Shao could send outstanding generals into Yizhou to help him coordinate with Yuan Shao.

After receiving Yuan Yi's letter, Yuan Shao immediately asked his subordinates to discuss the matter.

"Although Boye has recruited a lot of soldiers and horses in Shuzhong in recent years, he has no generals! The reason why he was defeated so quickly when he entered Guanzhong from Hanzhong was because the army did not have an outstanding general in command. Once they meet Liu Jian's elite soldiers, they will be defeated immediately."

"He hopes that I can send outstanding generals to Yizhou to help him command his troops, so that he can coordinate with me and ensure the coexistence of Jingzhou and Yizhou. According to your opinion, should I send people to Shuzhong? "

Xun Chen admonished Yuan Shao: "Bo Ye's words are indeed reasonable. Although there have been frequent civil wars in Yizhou in recent years, fortunately there have been no major wars, and the loss of personnel is not particularly large. We have recruited capable young people to form an army." The army is still easy.”

"However, Yizhou is located in a remote place, surrounded by high mountains. It is difficult to enter Shu and equally difficult to get out of Shu. Only those who are good at leading troops can lead the army of Yizhou to achieve success. Yuan Gong has many talents under his command, and he can indeed send generals into Shu. Help each other, be each other's lips and teeth, and fight against Liu Jian together."

Yuan Shao stroked his beard and said: "That's the truth. It's just that the families of the people under me, such as Cai Mao, Huang Zu and others, all have their family foundations in Jingzhou. If you ask them to leave their families and careers to help in Shu, I’m afraid they don’t want to go either. If so, what should we do?”

Guo Tu said: "The big families and generals in southern Jingzhou are really not suitable to enter Shuzhong. If they go, they will be half-hearted and unable to effectively help Boye Gong command the army. So I think the most suitable person at the moment is , it’s Sun Ce who just retreated from Yuzhou back to Nanjun!”

"Sun Ce is like his father, and he has elite soldiers like Sun Jiajun under his command. However, they have no place to station troops for the time being, and Sun Ce is in Nanjun. Although he has the ability, it is difficult for him to display it. After all, he has no local roots, but if he is promoted If it goes too far, I'm afraid that if the generals of Nanjun and Jingnan noble families are dissatisfied, there will be chaos and internal strife."

"It's better to let him go to Yizhou! Sun Ce is a man with no roots. After arriving in Yizhou, there are soldiers and generals there, but there is no good combat general. When the time comes, let Sun Ce command the troops in Yizhou. Killing Chang'an from Guanzhong will give Liu Jian another big worry in the northwest, and besides, this person has a grudge against Liu Jian for killing his father, so he can be trusted!"

Yuan Shao was quite enlightened by Guo Tu's words, and he immediately nodded and said: "As of now, this is all we can do. I will summon Sun Ce to the mansion in the future, and I will have a talk with him personally."

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The next day, Sun Ce came to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao immediately told Sun Ce his thoughts.

When Sun Ce heard this at first, he couldn't help but feel a little hesitant, because he had originally discussed with Huang Gai and others to help Yuan Shao fight against Liu Jian after returning to Jingzhou. If Yuan Shao could not succeed, then Sun Ce would directly take over Jingzhou. When the time comes, we will rely on Jingzhou as our foundation to compete with Liu Jian. But now that he was asked to go to Yizhou, Sun Ce was really unwilling to do so!

But then, he also figured out that Yizhou is a vast land and rich in resources. Although there are dangers in the mountains and rivers, it is still a good place to establish a foundation.

Moreover, compared to Yuan Shao, Yuan Yi's character is relatively cowardly, and his military and political talents are far inferior to Yuan Shao.

Perhaps someone like Yuan Yi would give all military power to Sun Ce.

By then, Sun Ce would have gained military power in Yizhou, and it would be easier to avenge his father Sun Jian!

Thinking of this, Sun Ce raised his hands to Yuan Shao and said: "Since my lord has given you such an order, there is no reason why Sun Ce should not respond. He is willing to go to Yizhou to help Lord Boye in his fight against Liu Jian!"

After thinking about this, Sun Ce immediately expressed his willingness to go to Yuzhou to help Yuan Shao.

Yuan Yi trained his troops and horses, organized his generals, and then went north from Hanzhong to Guanzhong to contain the Liu family's headquarters in the west.

Yuan Shao felt quite comforted after hearing Sun Ce's statement.

He immediately asked Sun Ce to lead his own soldiers and generals, and set out on a certain day to go upstream along the Yangtze River to Yizhou to help Yuan Yi.

Sun Ce returned to his own camp and explained the matter to Huang Gai, Zu Mao, Zhu Zhi, Lu Meng and others. These people had been with Sun Ce through life and death over the years. Now that Sun Ce was willing to lead When the soldiers went to Yizhou, they naturally did not hold back Sun Ce, and immediately expressed their willingness to accompany Sun Ce.

Therefore, after Sun Ce reported the incident to Yuan Shao, he immediately sent his troops westward towards Yizhou.

Yuan Yi was also very happy when he learned that Yuan Shao had sent Sun Ce to lead his troops to Yizhou to help.

Yuan Yi immediately ordered Captain Jiangguan to open the passes along the coast to welcome Sun Ce into Yizhou.

It was at this time that good news came from Xiliang and Hanzhou respectively.

Liu Jian's great victory in Nanyang and the good news in Hanzhou and Xiliang greatly boosted the morale of the three armies and cheered up the whole country.

Moreover, the news of the great victory also played a very subtle role in Liu Jian's current efforts to appease the nobles in Nanyang and Yingchuan counties.

The first is that Guan Yu has brought all the major local tribes under the rule of the Han Dynasty in Hanzhou.

Moreover, in recent years, due to the great development of the printing industry, the lessons, texts and concepts representing the Han Dynasty have been widely spread to Hanzhou and the countries northeast of Hanzhou through books. People in the three Han Dynasties all studied Han culture and read Han characters.

Their next generation has begun to recognize the Han Dynasty and is willing to belong to the Han Dynasty. Coupled with the opening of shipping routes, the Han Dynasty has unprecedented control over Hanzhou and the Northeastern countries.

The invasion of trade and culture allowed Guan Yu, the Hanzhou Mu, to control a large number of people's hearts in this place and form a powerful army.

He has not been idle in these years, gathering a large number of troops, expanding to the north and east, and defeated several major countries to the north of Hanzhou, and even the main force of Fuyu was wiped out by Guan Yu.

In this way, the penetration of the Han Dynasty was no longer blocked, and the penetration of the Han Dynasty's commercial products to the north was even stronger.

Many laborers were also moved to Hanzhou by Guan Yu, and then entered the Han Dynasty through Hanzhou to serve as corvees to support the construction of the Han Dynasty.

Guan Yu's power in the north became more and more powerful, and the situation in the north became more and more stable.

The annihilation of the main army of Fuyu State meant that the Han Dynasty no longer had any rivals among the Northeastern countries, and its military power had reached the level of hegemony.

It was under such circumstances that Guan Yu wrote a memorial, asking for orders from the imperial court, hoping that Hanzhou, which had been completely stabilized, could be handed over to others to govern, while he himself led his elite troops and generals back to the Central Plains to help Liu. Frugal peace pacified the south.

Now Guan Yu has become the God of War of the Han Dynasty. He wiped out all the tribes and countries in the north for the Han Dynasty and promoted the power of the Han Dynasty. His reputation surpassed that of Wei and Huo. Now in the Han Dynasty, whoever hears Guan Yu's name will The heart longs for respect.

And this God of War, who represents the highest military merit of the Han Dynasty, is finally returning to the Han Dynasty. It will have an unprecedented impact on the morale of the court and the local army!

Not only is Guan Yu returning to the Central Plains, but another thing is that the Han Dynasty protector Zhang Fei of Liangzhou, and the Liangzhou Production and Construction Corps under his command has also achieved significant results in the west.

After Zhang Fei and Liu Biao occupied the four eastern counties of Liangzhou, they began to farm fields and vigorously attracted the Qiang people. At the same time, they also established friendly relations with the local Qiang people.

The Production and Construction Corps also had semi-farming and semi-military management, which allowed Zhang Fei to gradually gain a foothold in Liangzhou.

As the backing of Zhang Fei, the Han Dynasty, coupled with the strong policy of stationing at the border, Han Sui and Ma Teng failed several battles, and rebel leaders such as Li Kan and Cheng Yin successively defected to Zhang Fei, making Zhang Fei The advantages gradually increase.

The local powerful people in Liangzhou gradually no longer wanted to support Han Sui.

Because their financial resources are really no match for those of the imperial court, Zhang Fei, Liu Biao and others.

Under this situation of ebb and flow, Zhang Fei finally led his troops to capture Jincheng County at the end of last month.

The fall of Jincheng County was an unprecedented blow to the rebels, because Han Sui started his career with Jincheng County as his base camp.

Today, although his power is spread across Liangzhou and the west of Liangzhou, Jincheng County is still of great significance to the rebels.

After Jincheng County was captured, the morale of the rebels was almost completely exhausted.

Their soldiers will begin to evacuate to Dunhuang and Zhangye on the border of Liangzhou.

After Zhang Fei occupied Jincheng County, he began to purge the powerful people in Jincheng County who supported Han Sui and Ma Teng.

Because Zhang Fei had previously made great efforts to win over the local Qiang leaders in Jincheng County, he has not encountered any major obstacles in his efforts to purge these powerful people.

As a result, the imperial court's control over Liangzhou took another big step forward.

Liu Jian has implemented most of Liangzhou's strategy of steady and gradual encroachment.

For the entire Han Dynasty, this was an unprecedented victory in Liangzhou, a victory that had never been achieved before.

The prestige of the imperial court is unprecedentedly high!
(End of this chapter)