People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 224 The Central Plains Controversy
In the following time, Li Yao lived very comfortably, completely controlling Lantian, Shangluo, and Shang County, and embraced the beauty again.

He didn't make any more troubles, and he seemed to be very law-abiding. To sum it up, there are only eight words, recruiting refugees, and training soldiers.

With Shangluo as the boundary, Lantian to the north of Shangluo is the army he placed on the surface, and Shang County to the south of Shangluo is the source of the Chinese army he prepared for the future.

And he himself sometimes sits in Daying, Lantian, and sometimes stays with Cai Yan in Shangluo.

No matter how turbulent the Guanzhong court is, at least on the surface it still appears relatively calm, but the Guandong is really turbulent, with various princes vying for each other, and all kinds of conspiracies and schemes are taking turns.

In Hebei, Yuan Shao tricked Gongsun Zan to go south, so Gongsun Zan went south. Youzhou Tuqi was brave and good at fighting, and Baima Yicong was even more unstoppable. In a short period of time, the Jizhou army retreated steadily.

Han Fu was very anxious, but he didn't have great ambitions, and he didn't have any military talent, so he didn't know what to do at this time.

At this time, someone under his command proposed to welcome Yuan Shao to Jizhou. He is the model of four generations and three princes. He is the only one expected by all. As long as he can become the lord of Jizhou, Jizhou will be preserved, and Gongsun Zan will retreat without a fight.

These words are obviously nonsense, and Han Fu is also in a dilemma. He is an old official of the Yuan family, so he cannot openly confront Yuan Shao, otherwise his reputation will be ruined and he will be cast aside.

But to welcome Yuan Shao, what should he do? Can his safety and wealth be preserved?

Han Fu was unwilling and very afraid, but after Yuan Shao made a promise and public opinion turned to Yuan Shao, he could only give up the position of Jizhou Mu.

This is the horror of Four Worlds and Three Lords!
Just in the blink of an eye, Yuan Shao, a prefect of Bohai Sea, directly became Jizhou Mu.

Yuan Shao entered the city of Ye, with this banner, powerful families worshiped him one after another, civil servants and generals defected one after another, Yuan Shao's power expanded rapidly, and Yuan Shao's reputation was in full swing.

The only downside was that he offended Gongsun Zan. Yuan Shao used Jizhou to lure Gongsun Zan to go south. Now that Yuan Shao himself took control of Jizhou, Gongsun Zan was busy for nothing, wasting troops and food, so the two began to fight against each other.

At the same time, Yuan Shao left Hanoi and took control of Yecheng, and some things that had been suppressed were gradually exposed.

Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang, they didn't do anything good when they were in Hanoi. In order to fight against Dong Zhuo, they arrested strong men and searched for food and grass, which aroused people's resentment.

Faced with this situation, Yuan Shao asked Zhang Yang to serve as the new prefect of Hanoi. As for Guo Tai of the Baibo Army and Yu Fuluo of the Huns, Yuan Shao was ready to kill the donkey.

In Henan, Cao Cao was the new prefect of Dongjun. He recuperated in Dongjun and recruited troops. He regarded himself as Yuan Shao's younger brother, backed by Yuan Shao, and began to expand wantonly, annexing surrounding counties.

His military talent was brought into full play. Of course, during this process, the Cao family and Xiahou's family gave their all to help. At the same time, as Yuan Shao's vassal force, many counties did not fight and surrendered directly to Cao Cao.

For example, Chenliu County surrendered to Cao Cao directly. Although this left many hidden dangers, for example, Cao Cao treated celebrities well, and Zhang Miao still served as the prefect of Chenliu.

This is a huge hidden danger. If there is an accident in the future, when he leads the army to go out, he may be stolen and only three cities are left.

But Cao Cao's power is also expanding rapidly, it's true, and in the process of expansion and mergers, he also subdued many civil servants and generals.

And all of this caused Yuan Shu's dissatisfaction. Yuan Shao became the number one power in Hebei, and too many former officials of the Yuan family defected there, which greatly weakened his power.

Especially Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao. The three of them have also known each other since childhood. After all, as the top second-generation children of the big man, it is difficult for them to know each other.

But now, Cao Cao is willing to defect to Yuan Shao, but he is unwilling to defect to Yuan Shu. What does this mean?On behalf of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao is the orthodox Yuan family.

A house slave, born of a concubine, became the orthodox Yuan family, Yuan Shu gritted his teeth angrily, and decided to fight Yuan Shao.

To put it naively, this is a battle of spirits, to put it a little more seriously, it is a battle of orthodoxy.

Whoever is the orthodox of the Yuan family can directly become the overlord of the Central Plains by relying on the former officials of the Yuan family.

The entire Kanto is very huge, but except for those corners, the Central Plains, where there are no old officials of the Yuan family, if there is only one of the two Yuans, then he is the overlord of the Central Plains.

Yuan Shu also had many resourceful men. Since they wanted to fight Yuan Shao, they believed that they must unite Yuan Shao's hostile forces, cut off Yuan Shao's vassal forces, and finally fight Yuan Shao again.

Yuan Shu thought it was feasible, so he sent people to contact Gongsun Zan to the north and Tao Qian to the east, forming a vague alliance, and the three parties worked together to restrain Yuan Shao's forces.

Yuan Shao quickly counterattacked. He formed an alliance with Liu Biao, and at the same time fully supported Cao Cao's expansion, allowing Cao Cao to suppress Yuan Shu in the Central Plains.

Yuan Shu and Liu Biao are naturally opposed to each other. Liu Biao owns Jingzhou, but Nanyang, the richest place in Jingzhou, is occupied by Yuan Shu.

Now that Liu Biao is not that old yet, he still has some ambitions in his heart, so naturally he will not be happy.

He wanted to take Nanyang back, so he formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao's forces were in the north, so there was no conflict of interest between the two sides, and the two sides had an alliance foundation.

The entire situation in the Central Plains became clear at once. It was the Yuan Shao Alliance against the Yuan Shu Alliance, and the dispute in the Central Plains was the Yuan family's civil war.

Originally, they were restrained from each other, but because of fear, they didn't fight with all their strength, but not long after, an accident occurred.

Gongsun Zan was sent to Yuan Shu's place, and his brother Gongsun Yue, who was the representative, died on the battlefield of Yuzhou by coincidence.

Gongsun Zan was furious, thinking that Yuan Shao had killed his brother, so he prepared for the battle with all his strength, and wanted to go south in a big way.

Yuan Shao was shocked. He wasn't afraid of Gongsun Zan, but he had taken control of Jizhou for less than a year. If he went to war with all his strength and turned Jizhou into ruins, then he would have entered Jizhou for nothing.

Yuan Shao decided to give up Bohai County to Gongsun Zan first. At the same time, he sent someone to explain the reason, hoping to ease the relationship between the two parties.

Gongsun Zan sent another clan brother, Gongsun Yuan, to serve as the prefect of Bohai. Gongsun Yuan arrived in Bohai, recruited strong men, collected grain and grass, inspected the armored soldiers, and took Youzhou soldiers with him to the hinterland of Jizhou.

Of course, Yuan Shu would not miss this opportunity. He directly led the troops northward, intending to attack Cao Cao, let him recognize his identity, make a new choice, and see who is the orthodox of the Yuan family.

The dispute in the Central Plains is intensifying, and the war is about to break out...

(End of this chapter)