Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 142 Crusade against Yuan Shu
In February of the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, who represented the imperial court, made an appointment with Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei and Yangzhou Mu Baitu to raise troops and crusade against Yuan Shu, who proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun!
Fortunately, Baitu was "very restrained" in sending troops to Wankou.

Considering the special terrain from Wankou to Wancheng, Yuan Shu even ignored him... He just wanted to concentrate on facing the two-sided attack from Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

The Xuzhou Horse Infantry Army, led by Liu Bei himself, raised troops from Xiapi, passed Xuyi, and overwhelmed Zhongli;
The navy, with Guan Yu as general, started from Hongze Lake, passed through Sanhe to Fanliang Lake, which was later known as Gaoyou Lake, and went south by water to attack Guangling.

Along the Huaihe River from west to east, the four major cities are Shouchun, Zhongli, Xuyi and Huaiyin. Between Xuyi and Huaiyin is the Hongze Lake with rich water veins. Previously, the Xuzhou Navy had been stationing troops in Hongze Lake. practice.

Now, while Liu Bei wanted to attack Shouchun, he also did not forget to recover Guangling County, which had been controlled by Yuan Shu for a long time. Therefore, he divided his troops into two groups, one to the west and one to the south.

In contrast, if Cao Cao wanted to attack Shouchun, his journey would be more twists and turns, and he would need to attack Runan first.

But Baitu showed no sincerity. Everyone knew that troops would be dispatched from Wancheng by land. Because of the existence of Dabie Mountain, the only way to go north was to Shiting and Jiashi Road—this area was easy to defend and difficult to attack for both sides, even in the During the period of the Three Kingdoms in later generations, Wei and Wu both pretended to surrender and fought with suspected soldiers, but there was no winner or loser!

Yuan Shu was also very angry. Originally, after Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, the first thing he wanted to tear up was Baitu. Now the Zhong family is the only force that officially criticized Baitu...

However, Bai Tu didn't use too much force now. On the contrary, Cao Cao and Liu Bei had no intention of "submitting" and even jumped up to fight him!

However, Yuan Shu's claim to the throne was not without its benefits. At least his 10,000+ troops were all buffed because of the "founding of the country". The generals at all levels of the army also had their strength greatly improved because of their status as "founding heroes"... …

Normal official promotion can promote the transformation of military symbols and official seals, not to mention someone with such a distinguished status as "the founding hero"?

Even Yuan Shu's Dazhong Dynasty had a lower level of "founding the country", but after all, it still occupied Huainan and a small part of the Central Plains as the country, and they were all rich and prosperous places. Generals and cavalry generals have a much higher effect on improving their strength than ordinary Taiwei of the Han Dynasty.

Ji Ling, who was originally at the pinnacle of gilded gold, was directly promoted to gold and jade during the founding ceremony because he was awarded the title of "General of Chariots and Cavalry"...

After all, Ji Ling can be regarded as a fierce general. Even Liu Xun was forcibly promoted to Jinyu because he was named "General"!
In the past, Liu Xun's military talismans were gold-plated through the light of troubled times...

The tens of thousands of recruits who were originally exploited by squeezing manpower were not weaker than the elite army after receiving the bonus of the founding number.

Thirty thousand elite soldiers have directly reached the level of a hundred-battle division...

The negative impact on military morale originally caused by last year's consecutive defeats has been completely wiped out.

Even the various cities within the territory of Dazhong, although the public support has not improved, but... under the BUFF of "Founding the Country", because the base of all aspects of the city has increased, it can achieve an effect similar to the improvement of public support!

And it is undeniable that the level of loyalty of the grassroots civil and military personnel under Yuan Shu has indeed increased significantly.

After all, they don't have an accurate understanding of the danger of the situation, but...the benefits they gained from the founding of the country are already in front of them.

In the Huainan army, many unknown soldiers at the grassroots level who were one or two levels weaker than Song Xian and his ilk were all given the title of captain, or even partial general, and were promoted to gilded...

To a certain extent, Yuan Shu was not completely stupid - compared with the price to pay for becoming emperor at this time, he may not have made a profit, but at least he did not lose blood.

In history, Yuan Shu was eager to proclaim himself emperor and also took the opportunity to integrate internal affairs and appease people's hearts. However, in the world of Cheng Ji, his behavior was more simple and crude!
In addition, Yuan Shu himself did not expect that the effect would be so good...

It stands to reason that the Han Dynasty is still alive, and Han Dynasty officials are still being used in and under the Han Dynasty to forcibly establish Dazhong. The effect of founding the country will be inhibited by the luck of the Han Dynasty.

Although Wang Mang didn't leave any strategies for the self-reliance of the Han Dynasty back then, and Yuan Shu didn't know before, how much restraint it would have, but now it seems... the restraint shouldn't be big?Is the Han Dynasty so weak?
This is indeed the case!
Normally speaking, with the remaining luck of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shu's attempt to split the earth and found the country should only suppress the buffs in all aspects, but not directly trigger a once-in-a-century drought.

However, due to Xi Zhicai's arrangements during his lifetime, the luck of the Han Dynasty was overdrawn and at the same time concentrated on the "drought" aspect...

Moreover, there was no chance to rehearse this kind of thing. Xi Zhicai only realized this before he died.

In order for others not to see his death, and also because he did not want to see other people's sorrow, Xi Zhicai did not notify anyone at that time. In the end, it was too late to inform Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu was indeed decisive in this regard - after discovering that the founding of the country was "profitable", he immediately drained the water and fished for money.

Another chariot general, another general... sealed them all!
You must know that these are military positions that are not set up on a daily basis. As far as the Han Dynasty is concerned, the highest military attaché in peacetime is the "Taiwei", and the "cavalry general" is the highest commander who is only set up during national wars. After the war, he resigned from office, and "general" was reserved exclusively for powerful ministers. Normally, no emperor would take the initiative to designate a general.

And Yuan Shu doesn't care about that?
If there is any use, dig out the overdraft as soon as possible... which is the same as his attitude towards the manpower and material resources under his rule.

sustainable development?No, as long as I overdraft fast enough, the backlash can’t catch up with me!
As a result, Yuan Shu was beaten to the last breath.

Facing the attack from Cao Cao and Liu Bei, Yuan Shu sent Ji Ling to garrison Zhongli, while Guangling and Runan both fortified their defenses and tried to delay...

The road led by Liu Bei himself is the smoothest way to Shouchun. As long as Zhongli is defeated, you can basically reach Shouchun!

Therefore, Yuan Shu's plan is to defeat this army first, and then let go to deal with other soldiers.

As for Wancheng...

Yuan Shu did not increase his troops at all, but asked the general Liu Xun, who was also the prefect of Luling, to coordinate and dispatch the troops himself.

Liu Xun was undoubtedly a senior general under Yuan Shu. Although his prestige in the army was slightly lower than that of Ji Ling, Liu Xun was from a true noble family and was not as wild as Ji Ling, and he was also more selfish.

Facing Jiangdong's attack on Wancheng, Liu Xun... his backhand was to increase troops and build a wall on Jiashi Road, as if he was going to meet the enemy at Jiashi Road, and he didn't care about whether Wancheng was lost!

(End of this chapter)