Overlord!

Amidst the chaos in Qingzhou, the Han Dynasty spent another year of chaos and entered the sixth year of Jian'an.

No matter how these princes claimed to be kings and hegemons and competed in the Central Plains, the people at the bottom still seized the time to rush for spring plowing.Due to the initial peace of the chaos, all the heroes who had joined forces at the beginning were wiped out, leaving only three powerful princes in Guandong.

Therefore, the people in various places are relatively peaceful. Regardless of Yuan Shao who is recuperating, Cao Cao who is farming and accumulating grain, or Jiangdong who is developing at full strength, the situation of abandoned farmland within the territory has been greatly reduced.Many civilians who were not engaged in industry were forced by the government to cultivate land.

The vitality of the Central Plains is slowly recovering.

Today's situation is somewhat similar to that of the Warring States Period.When the small princely states are wiped out, the large princely states will develop with all their strength and enhance their national strength.Therefore, in the 200 years of the Warring States Period, the population did not fall but rose.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the sharp population decline is slowly being stopped.

If the situation can continue to develop like this, maybe the Han Dynasty can really continue like the Zhou royal family for hundreds of more years.

However, just after the spring plowing, a thunderbolt spread throughout the world.

In the cold spring, Sun Ce was leading his subordinate Wen Wu outside Jiankang City to observe the Jiankang water conservancy project. A Xiuyiwei primary school hurriedly arrived in front of Zhao Yun with a memorandum.

Zhao Yun took one look at it and immediately sent it to Sun Ce and said, "General, Yuan Shao of Hebei Province has issued a petition to impeach Cao Cao."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and said, "Then read it to all your ministers."

"Gai Wenming's master intends to control the crisis, and loyal ministers are afraid of establishing power. Therefore, there are extraordinary people, and then extraordinary things happen; there are extraordinary things, and then extraordinary achievements are made."

"General Cao Cao of the Guards had an eunuch and an ugly legacy. He had no virtue at all, was cunning and coordinated, and loved chaos and misfortune. He personally excavated the corpse, broke the coffin, and plundered the gold and treasure. To this day, the holy dynasty sheds tears and the soldiers and the people are sad. He is in the palace of a prince. In this position, he behaves like a rebel, desecrates the country, abuses the people, and inflicts cruelty on others. In addition, his detailed administration is cruel and harsh, he sets up mutual defenses, traps block the roads, he raises a snare with every hand, and he seizes opportunities with every move, so Yan , There are boring people in Henan, and there is resentment in the world. Historical records show that ministers who have no moral integrity are greedy, cruel and violent, especially in Cao Cao."

"The shogunate held the mighty spirit of the Han Dynasty, rushed into the temples, carried millions of halberds, and thousands of Hu cavalry. They fought hard among the Huang, Yu, and Huo men, hired good bows and powerful crossbows, merged with the state and Yue Taihang, Qingzhou joined Ji and Luo, and formed a large army. The Yellow River flows in front of it, and Cai and Ru in the east of the river take it behind. With thunderous steps and tiger steps, they gather together in the imperial court. Is there anyone who is immortal?"

"Immediately, the four states of You, Bing, Qing, and Ji advanced together. When the book arrived at Jiankang, they gathered their troops. The states and counties organized their troops and horses, gathered in the realm, raised their troops to show their power, and helped the country. This was a great achievement, so it was written .”

"Those who win the title of Cao Cao will be granted the title of five thousand nobles, a reward of 5000 million, and those who will be promoted to subordinates and generals and school officials will be surrendered. Don't ask any questions."

"Promote the favor widely, promote the rewards of the talisman, and announce it to the world. The Xian envoys know that the Holy Dynasty will have difficulty in arresting and forcing them. It is like the law."

After Zhao Yun finished reciting, Sun Ce looked at the slightly deserted farmland in Jiankang and sighed with emotion: "We are here after all. After fighting this battle, the world can turn swords into plowshares, develop people's livelihood, and build a prosperous age!"

This battle was already two years later than in history. The Battle of Guandu, which was supposed to break out in 199, was postponed to 201 by Sun Ce.

The benefits are naturally obvious. Not only can Hebei be able to farm and recuperate, but Jiangdong has also completed water conservancy projects in Piling and Yangxian. This is a century-old foundation comparable to Zhengguo Canal, making Wu County the land of fish and rice from Wuxian and Wuxi. The two areas expanded to the Piling and Yangxian areas, and the entire Taihu Lake area has undergone tremendous development, with millions of acres of paddy fields reclaimed.

It has become a fact that the rice produced in Suhu is tens of millions of kilograms per year, and that Suhu is the world's favorite.Once there is a good harvest here, it will be enough to support millions of people for a year.Basically, the entire Yangzhou and even the entire Huainan region are no longer afraid of floods and droughts.

The treasury supplies accumulated here in two years are enough for Jiangdong to launch a Northern Expedition with a force of [-] soldiers.

The common people's warehouses will also be very prosperous. Even if a young man from a family is recruited to work as a corvee to transport grain, his parents, wife and children will have enough grain stored at home to survive for a year.

A year's time!

It was enough for Sun Ce to win this decisive battle that was related to the general trend of the world.

Once Cao Cao is defeated, it will be the situation of the Yuan and Sun families, the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

As long as Sun Ce waits until Yuan Shao dies, several of his heirs will be beaten to death.

It can be said that Sun Ce will take over the world because of this!
But if Yuan Shao is defeated by Cao Cao, the problem will be serious.

Because of Sun Ce, Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang did not die in the battle at Wancheng. Then, with two generations of the Cao family, it would be very difficult for Sun Ce to dominate the world.

Sun Ce remembered that Cao Ang should be about the same age as himself. Cao Pi was only 14 years old now and could not pose any threat to Cao Ang at all.

However, the situation of Yuan Cao's decisive battle was much better than Sun Ce expected.

He lamented: "We sent the envoy to Yecheng, but we still successfully had an influence on Yuan Shao!"

As expected, Yuan Shao still listens to advice, and can even be said to be open to opinions. He will consider anyone who makes suggestions to him.

It was already the sixth year of Jian'an, and it was less than three months before Sun Ce made an appointment with him to march.

With this result, Sun Ce was very satisfied.

Three months, in today's world, can be regarded as almost simultaneously entering the army.

After all, in history, Wu and Shu agreed to jointly conduct the Northern Expedition, and there was more or less a gap of several months.

Yuan Shao's generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others may not be as good as Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao himself leads the army. It is almost impossible for Cao Cao to defeat him in three months!

Yuan Shao only had to support Cao Cao for a month or two. By the time Jiangbei Expedition began, Cao Cao would not even have time to send troops to rescue him.

It would be difficult for Cao's army to move from the Yellow River to the Huaihe River within ten months.

Zhang Zhao said: "It's a pity that Yuan Shao can't accept all the good advice. If he can rest for three years and attack Cao Cao from the north and the south together, he will be victorious. We in Jiangdong will even have the energy to repair the water conservancy outside Jiankang City."

Maybe this is called ambition and talent, right?

It is possible that Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one who persisted in the strategy of building walls high, accumulating grain widely, and slowly becoming king for a long time.

That's why he could go from being a beggar to becoming the master of the world.

Sun Ce said with a smile: "To have such a situation has exceeded Gu Zhi's expectations. It's time for us to start preparing for the Northern Expedition!"

Yuan Shao launched the attack first, which may not be a good thing for the alliance, but for Jiangdong, it is undoubtedly of great benefit.

Once the Hebei army marches south in large numbers, Cao Jun will definitely attack with all his strength, and the southern defense line will inevitably be empty.

Sun Ce's army launched the Northern Expedition from the south, and the empty defense line of Cao's army was bound to be stretched to the left and right. Even if Cao's army focused on defense, it could not stop the three-way advance of Sun Ce's army.

As long as there is a way to break through the empty defense line of Cao's army and march straight in, there is not much point in holding on to the other defense lines, and they can only escape far away.

After all, no matter from the three directions of Jing Xiang, Cai Ru, and Peng Pei, if you drive straight in, you will eventually reach Xu County, Cao Cao's heartland.

Once Cao Cao's logistics and food routes are threatened, Cao Cao will stage a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Guandu.Perhaps Cao's army will have more rebel generals than Yuan Shao's men.

So Sun Ce said: "Then deploy the generals and prepare to respond to the alliance leader! Issue a message to coordinate the momentum!"

Although the troops from Jiangdong were sent out in the summer when the rains were abundant and the river water increased, it did not prevent them from spreading the momentum in advance to frighten Cao's army.

In this war, Yuan Shao sent 20 troops and Jiangdong sent [-] troops. That is a real [-] soldiers. It does not need to be called, but it is enough to shock the world.

Since the Han Dynasty implemented the recruitment system, there has not been a large-scale war of this level for a long time.

When the Yellow Turban Rebellion was suppressed, the imperial court sent more than [-] troops to suppress the [-] Qiang and Hus in Xiliang, but Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo and others commanded less than [-] troops.

It is no exaggeration to say that this battle of 20 people shocked the world.

As Sun Ce's military order was issued from Jiankang, mobilization between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River began immediately.

In this battle, the Jiangdong army will dispatch more than [-] navy and army soldiers and more than [-] young and strong corvees to transport grain and grass.

He brought more than [-] ships and canoes, and a total of [-] oxen, horses and carts.

In addition to the [-] troops carried by the army themselves, there were [-] young men and women who helped transport the supplies on the chariots, horses and canals.

It used more than 30 war horses, 2 stones of grain and grass, more than 200 strong bows and crossbows, more than [-] bow strings, [-] million feather arrows and crossbows, more than [-] armors, oars and shields, and more than [-] spears. , other military equipment each number in the tens of thousands, which is difficult to count.

This battle, for Jiangdong, can be said to be an all-out effort.

The first batch of food and grass that could only be carried with the army amounted to more than 30 shi, which was enough to support the [-]-strong army for three months.

In the three important military towns of Xiangyang, Shouchun, and Pengcheng, they had each stockpiled millions of dan of military rations very early on, which was enough to ensure that even if Cao Jun burned the rations on the front line, sufficient logistical supplies would be provided quickly!

Due to Jiangdong's intervention, the situation in Hebei was similar to that of Jiangdong. This time Yuan Shao did not attack Cao Cao immediately after defeating Gongsun Zan within three months, but prepared for more than two years.

He also easily prepared more than 300 million shi of grain in Yecheng and Liyang. Even if Wuchao was burned down once, he could slowly retreat with his army and get ample supplies from other granaries.

What was disadvantageous to Cao Cao was that Yuan Shao also set up Yangping Cang in Yangping opposite Cangting, on the north bank of the Yellow River in Dongjun.

Yuan Shao specifically mentioned this point in his appeal against Cao Cao. Hebei's army merged with the state of Yue Taihang, Qingzhou crossed Ji and Luo, and the army crossed the Yellow River and crossed in front of it.

Yangpingcang was built along the Luoshui River. Yuan's army was far more prepared than in history. Their supplies could be replenished anytime and anywhere from Liyang in the southwest, Yecheng in the middle, and Jishui and Luoshui in the east.

It can almost be said that it is difficult to predict the outcome of Yuan Cao's decisive battle, but Yuan's army will never repeat the mistakes of history. The entire army collapsed due to the loss of food and grass, and more than 8 people were killed by Cao Cao.

This is [-] pigs, and it is impossible for Cao Cao to kill them all in a few days.

In just a few days, Yuan Jun slowly retreated and could get supplies along the river.

By February of Yangchun, all the generals deployed by Jiangdong arrived at the third front line, and Sun Ce himself had already commanded the Longque Cavalry and Hefan troops to arrive at the middle front line, the military town of Shouchun.

This is the center of gravity of the Northern Expedition and can greatly bring into play the benefits of Jiangdong.

First of all, there is Shaopei here, which is extremely rich in grain production and has abundant logistics. Even princes like Yuan Shu who do not practice moral governance can use it to raise an army of [-].

After Jiangdong captured Huainan, Zhang Hong, the governor of Huainan, presided over the restoration of Shaopei and dredged the fertilizer and water.

Feishui is one of the most important waterways in the southeast. All troops and troops marching from north to south have to go down the river from here.

He himself passed through Shaopi. After clearing the road, he could transport the supplies and grain from Shaopi to Shouchun very conveniently with very low losses.

If that's the case, Zhang Hong cannot afford the reputation of Jiangdong's strategic planner.

While he was recuperating, he mobilized the people at all costs to dig more than [-] miles of canals to connect fertilizer and water supply.

Shishui connects Chaohu Lake. From Chaohu Lake down through Ruxushui, it enters the Yangtze River.

This is a place where troops have been used in ancient and modern times. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei and Wu fought here no less than a dozen times.

Cao Cao alone failed to cross Chaohu.

After Jiangdong defeated Yuan Shu, the most important policy of Zhang Hong, the governor of Huainan, was to connect this place into a front line.

Even though the canal has only been built for more than [-] miles, the scope may not be as large as a township or a pavilion.

But this means that there is a new waterway from south to north, and canal boats can reach Jiankang directly from Shouchun!

This is a golden waterway for Jiangdong that must be dredged every year and widened for water transportation, no matter the cost.

With this waterway, as long as troops are sent from Jiankang to the Huaihe River, relying on water transportation can greatly reduce the consumption of grain and grass, and at the same time enhance Jiangdong's ability to control along the Huaihe River!

It is precisely for this reason that the middle route is the most important route in the Jiangxi Northeast Expedition.

Sun Ce personally supervised the 27th Army, and led the northern expedition from Shouchun with more than [-] land, water and boat divisions.

Moreover, after crossing the Huaihe River, you can enter the three important waterways of Shui River, Ying River and Ru River.

The Jiangdong army can go up the river and penetrate into Runan, where rebellion is rising!

When Yuan Shao issued a proclamation, Yuan's retainers and former officials in Runan immediately launched a rebellion in response. Almost the entire county rebelled, and the powerful commander-in-chief often attracted tens of thousands or even ten thousand people.

As long as the Jiangdong army waits for the water potential to increase, the water levels of these three rivers to rise, and the boat divisions to go upstream, they can take advantage of the provocation without the pressure of logistical supplies.

Therefore, Sun Ce also gathered the largest number of Jiangdong's famous teachers in this area.

Not only did he have his most important equipment, the Dragon Bird Assault Cavalry and the Xie Fan Army, but he also personally ordered Lu Meng to be the vanguard!

Sun Ce assigned tens of thousands of elite infantry and cavalry to him, as well as Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Xu Sheng, Zhou Tai, He Qi, Ling Cao, etc. Dong Xi, Han Dang, Jiang Qin, Zhu Huan and other more than ten brave and courageous generals came to his command to receive his governorship.

It can be said that Jiangdong's capable generals who are good at fighting gathered together on this road. They used Jiangdong's full strength to attack Cao Jun's partial division in the south. Cao Jun had no other choice but to hold on to the city and defend it!As long as they go to war, they will be defeated by these good generals. (End of chapter)