Johime Three Kingdoms

180 Threat
A year later, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu attacked Shucheng again.

But this time, he was working on the target he attacked last time, which made Zhou Yu a little unhappy...

Shucheng is now under the control of Liu Xun, who actually has a grudge against Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. When Sun Ce inherited the Overlord's legacy, he almost lost it to Liu Xun. Many Jiangdong disciples who served as low-level generals in the army were overdrawn by Yuan Shu. He became the enemy of the "waste man", and Sun Ce also blamed him for half of it.

Liu Xun also knew that Yuan Shu had run away, and even... When Hefei fell, Liu Xun had some ideas. Yuan Shu informed Liu Xun before going north. After all, as the prefect of Lujiang, Liu Xun had Yuan Shu's many soldiers under his command, and even After Yuan Shu was weakened, he seemed to be unwilling to listen to the announcement. He ignored Yuan Shu's previous letter and had no intention of converging.

When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu arrived at Shu City, Liu Xun directly sent a letter saying that he wanted to surrender the city.

Historically, after Yuan Shu's death, Liu Xun did the same thing. Not only did he detain Yuan Shu's son-in-law and nephew, but also Yang Hong and others who defected to him, but he directly detained them all and later defected to Cao Cao.

Sun Ce was a little angry about this, and he wanted to fight Liu Xun to vent his anger, but he still reported the matter to Bai Tu.

The old grudges between Bai Tu and Liu Xun were just battles on the battlefield, which were fundamentally different from Yuan Shu's behavior of robbing the people.

Maybe Bai Tu couldn't be like Cao Cao in history, who could accept Zhang Xiu despite the hatred of killing his son, but he wouldn't be able to forgive him just because he had fought with him - then Long Aotian's words, hold on to him again. No matter how dark the technology is, it won’t go far.

Although Liu Xun had no ability, and his surrender was only forced by the situation, it saved him from a battle after all.

Therefore, after asking Sun Ce and finding that his second brother did not hold a grudge, he ignored the third brother's resentment and promised to win a Guannei Marquis for Liu Xun.

Liu Xun also knew that Bai Tu looked down upon his ability, and he had a grudge against Sun Ce, so he would probably be idle in the future, but it was good to have a title, not to mention... it was impossible to fight, Even if you think about it, you know that you can't beat it at all!

Old man Lu Kang is probably on his way. If you want to hold on then, you may have to be careful of the "inner ghost" - just as Lu Kang's reputation in Shucheng was good at the beginning, Yuan Shu's reputation in Shucheng is as bad as it is!
When the time comes, the people in the city will be closer to the troops attacking the city than to the troops defending the city. How can they hold on?

As a result, Baitu has basically occupied Huainan. In terms of territory... excluding Jiaozhou, which has little sense of existence today, it is already larger than Soochow.

The population is also slightly exceeded. After all, although most of the population of Huainan historically moved to Jiangdong, the preservation is definitely not as complete as it is now.

What's more important is not only the size of the territory, but also the geographical advantage. After occupying the south of Huainan, Baitu will have an advantage over the Central Plains.

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The situation in Shouchun has spread in Huainan, Central Plains, Jiangdong, Guanzhong and other places in a short period of time. I believe Bashu and Xiliang will also get the news soon...

Yuan Shu, who was born in the fourth generation and the third prince, went so far as to plunder the people, which is even more bottomless than the previous claim to be emperor.

However, Yuan Shu claimed that he was only prepaying taxes for the next few years... As for Shouchun being out of Yuan Shu's control, he could only blame the latecomers for continuing to collect taxes.

Regarding the problem of chaos and disaster after the main force left, Yuan Shu also directly blamed a few "rebellious generals", regardless of the fact that many of the troops who later plundered the city also followed Yuan Shu across the river before Lu Bu arrived and followed Yuan Shu northward.

Of course, no one believes this kind of rhetoric...

It's just that Yuan Shu still has [-] elite soldiers in Runan, and they are all his confidants, so everyone can barely convince themselves to "believe" in him.

However, after losing Huainan, Yuan Shu seemed a bit reluctant to feed the [-] troops.

In addition to verbal condemnation, most of the people were unwilling to confront Yuan Shu, except for Bai Tu and Cao Cao!

Bai Tu directly announced Shouchun's situation to the court, and directly issued a warning, declaring that those who participated in plundering the people not only declared that they would not be in conflict with the false emperor, but also bluntly stated that they would not forgive the generals who plundered the people if they surrendered, no matter how they escaped. Wherever he goes, he will be killed!
Bai Tu's behavior of clamoring not to accept surrender before the war has begun is definitely disadvantageous militarily.

However, this time, the princes in the world, whether it was the suspicious Cao Cao or the "naive" Liu Zhang, did not show too much doubt. After all... it was a white picture.

"Aren't those who died all his father? Tut, tsk, tsk." Liu Zhang made a disdainful sound after learning the news in the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion.

Cao Cao also felt the threat hidden in Bai Tu's message after reading it. It seemed that as long as he accepted Yuan Shu's old troops to participate in plundering the people, he would be targeted by him...

This is indeed the case. Bai Tu saw Shouchun's miserable situation with his own eyes and was determined to set an example and teach the world and crazy guys like Yuan Shu a lesson!
As for the soldiers under Yuan Shu's command?
When fighting on the battlefield, everyone has their own master. Bai Tu will not kill or capture the generals just because they were enemies, but... Bai Tu will never let go of the generals who participated in the Shouchun disaster.

Cao Cao also declared war on Yuan Shu at the same time. Compared to Bai Tu, Cao Cao's purpose was much simpler.

Runan is already north of Huainan. It is the fattest county in Yuzhou that Cao Cao and Yuan Shu competed for. And reaching up is Yingshui. To the north of Yingshui is Yingchuan County, and Xudu is in Yingchuan!

Whether it was to prevent others from sleeping soundly on the side of the bed, to annex Yuan Shu's tribe, or to compete with Bai Tu for Runan, Cao Cao would never let Yuan Shu go if given the chance.

As for Liu Bei in Xuzhou... he is now beyond his reach. If he wants to attack Yuan Shu, he has to borrow a way from Bai Tu or Cao Cao.

Although Yuan Shu still has an army of [-], he can be described as a centipede insect, dead but not stiff, but... just waiting for a few heavy rains in Huainan, so that next year, even if it is just an ordinary year, Bai Tu can easily crush Yuan Shu in Runan.

After the complete integration of Huainan, that is, Lujiang County, Jiujiang County, Guangling County, and even parts of Xiapi County and Jiangxia County, the population under Bai Tu's rule will reach one million households.

By then, in terms of population, he will be second only to Yuan Shao and Liu Zhang, becoming the top powerful princes of the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shao belongs to Tianhu at the beginning, and Qingjiyou merges with the four states. Although the population of the merged state is sparse and Qingzhou was seriously damaged during the Yellow Turban Rebellion,... the total population of the four states is still close to ten million, which is about 200 million households.

As for Liu Zhang, although his abilities were limited, he was born well. Yizhou had been clearly integrated by Liu Yan before, and was hardly affected by the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Even though Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is now "out of control", he still has people. About one million households.

After Bai Tu completely captured Huainan, he could almost rival Yizhou in terms of population.

As for Liu Biao... the total population of Jingzhou is not inferior to that of Yizhou, but Jingnan ignored Liu Biao, and Zhang Xiu and Huang Zu also listened to the advice but not the propaganda. In fact, the population that Liu Biao can control taxation is also That’s about 60 households.

Then came Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Zhang Lu. The population of the three Central Plains states of Yan, Yu, and Xu was basically divided by Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Originally, Xuzhou was severely damaged by Cao Cao's massacre of the countryside and overdraft of the city residents. However, in the past three years, Liu Bei has worked hard to govern and convince people with virtue, attracting many refugees from Yuzhou and Yanzhou.

In contrast, Cao Cao's methods were too tough, and he often forcibly relocated people and treated them like animals. This was also how the population of Huainan was "driven" to Jiangdong in history.

Of course, there are parts of Yuzhou and Xuzhou that are not under the control of Cao Cao and Liu Bei... Don't ask, just ask about the requisition of the chariot and cavalry generals.

As for Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, he was originally just Liu Yan's "puppet"...

When Liu Yan wrote to the imperial court to establish a prefecture, he had good intentions. After he arrived in Yizhou, in order to cut off the imperial government's control over Yizhou, he supported Zhang Lu in separatist rule in Hanzhong - blocking the passage from Guanxi into Yizhou. The court's orders were completely ignored.

As a puppet, Zhang Lu naturally had protons to stay in Chengdu. However, after Liu Yan died, Zhang Lu was obviously not very convinced of Liu Zhang, so... Liu Yan's genius son Liu Zhang directly transferred Zhang Lu's brothers, mother, and children in Chengdu. Kill them all.

Afterwards, Bashu and Hanzhong became deadly enemies!
Originally, Hanzhong had a population of less than [-] households. Even if the land was fertile, it was impossible to withstand the millions of people in Bashu. However... Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang princes took turns torturing Guanzhong, and all the ten houses in Guanzhong were empty, and it was very difficult. Most of them migrated to Hanzhong
Zhang Lu also gained so much weight that he challenged Liu Zhang. He did not expect that Liu Zhang actually used the hostages as disposable items to vent his anger...

In terms of war potential alone, among the princes in the world, Yuan Shao is considered to be the first-rate, followed by Bai Tu and Liu Zhang, who are considered the first-rate, Liu Biao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Zhang Lu are considered the second-rate, and the princes in Guanzhong can only be regarded as the third-rate or fourth-rate. If they are united together, In terms of military strength, it is barely comparable to the second rate.

Ma Teng and Han Sui of Xiliang are considered third-rate soldiers on their own, but if they can rely on the strength of the Qiang people, they can also challenge the second-rate soldiers. The Qiang people are different from the Xiongnu and Xianbei. Although they often rely on plundering Han people to survive the winter, they have long been accustomed to it. Therefore, it can be used by the strong ones who submit to the Han people.

As for Gongsun Du in Liaodong and Shi Xie in Jiaozhou, the situation is similar. Although Gongsun Du is nothing in front of Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, he has won many battles against Goguryeo and Wuhuan. The leader of Buyeo Kingdom, the predecessor of Baekje, , are now Gongsun Du's sons-in-law, and are nominally attached to Gongsun Du.

Shi Xie was in Jiaozhou, and the Han people under his rule were only 10,000+ households. On the contrary, there were hundreds of barbarian tribes in Jiaozhou... But compared to the previous governor of Jiaozhou, Shi Xie was deeply loved by the barbarians.

Taking into account foreign aid, the strength fluctuates greatly.

Yuan Shu, who was once "the best in the world", may still have second-rate combat effectiveness in the short term, but he has lost the support of the people and is trapped in a cage. Most of Runan County cannot support his [-] elite troops, and it is also controlled by Cao Cao, Bai Tu is caught in the middle, so there is nothing to be afraid of...

　Dongdong: Finally, I updated a big chapter.

　　
　
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