Go back to the Three Kingdoms to grow vegetables

Chapter 680
In February 197 A.D., Yuan Shu abolished the Southern Emperor and proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun.

All the princes condemned him, even Liu Bei, his longtime ally, condemned him.

In a rage, Yuan Shu bestowed all the official positions of the feudal lords under his command, and personally led an army to attack the State of Chen.

Yuan Shu established the son of King Chen as the Southern Emperor, and the chickens and dogs of the nobles of Chen State ascended to heaven. It can be said that Yuan Shu obtained Chen State without any effort, although Cao Cao won the land of Chen State.

However, due to Yuan Shu's pressure, the gentry of Chen State offered their cities one after another after Yuan Shu's army arrived, so that most of Chen State belonged to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu became popular.

Immediately, Yuan Shu begged Lv Bu's daughter for his son Yuan Yao, and invited Lv Bu to attack Cao Cao together, promising that half of Yanzhou would be returned to Lv Bu.

Yang Hong took Yuan Shu's imperial decree and a large amount of gold and silver goods to Xuzhou.

Lu Bu was in desperate need of goods because he was updating the armor and equipment of the Xuzhou Army, so he agreed.

The mastermind Chen Gui dissuaded him, and his confidant Chen Gong also dissuaded him.

Lu Bu had no choice but to accept the property brought by Yang Hong, and promised to remarry his daughter when she grew up.

Yuan Shu couldn't understand such a clumsy strategy, and cursed Lu Bu for being greedy, lustful, and ungrateful.

When Cao Cao saw that Xu Rong of Suanzao had no signs of mobilizing troops in Henan and Jin, he immediately ordered Xia Houyuan to sit in Chenliu to fight against Xu Rong, and Cao Ren to sit in Dongjun to guard against Zang Hong. He personally led [-] elite troops to Chen Guo.

Yuan Shu supported [-] troops in Chen State. It was spring and food and grass were scarce. Yuan Shu then ordered generals Qiao Rui, Liang Gang, Lejiu, Li Feng, and Yan Ming to plunder the counties of Chen State.

As soon as Cao Cao entered the state of Chen, he defeated Li Feng, beheaded Li Feng, and issued a notice to Anmin.

Instead of Xuzhou Tucheng, Cao Cao made three chapters of the law with the people, and Chen Guoshi and the people voted for it one after another.

Le Jiu, Liang Gang and others will be expelled.

Yuan Shu reorganized his army and horses, and made Qiaorui the general. Le Jiu and Liang Gang fought against Cao Cao as the left and right generals, but he turned around and returned to Shouchun.

Qiao Rui knew that he had many new recruits under his command, and that he would be unpopular by plundering the food of the nobles of the Chen Kingdom, so he defended the whole time, and set up two lines of defense with Yishui and Yingshui, divided into generals Le Jiu and Liang Gang to guard.

The battle of Chen Guo fell into peace, but outside Wuguan, a big battle was about to start.

Liu Bei proclaimed himself king in Lishan Mountain, took Zhang Fei as the vanguard, marched northward along Taihang Mountain, harassed Jizhou with Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army and took the opportunity to attack Weijun, threatening Yecheng, Yuan Shao's political center.

Guan Yu was also left in Chang'an, and Huang Zhong sent troops to Wuguan as the vanguard to retake this pass into the Sanfu Pass.

Zhang Xun of Wuguan asked Yuan Shu several times to return to Nanyang and return Wuguan to Liu Bei to ease the tension between the two sides.

Originally, Yuan Shu had Nanyang, Yuzhou Quanzhou, Yangzhou Quanzhou, and a part of Xuzhou. However, after becoming emperor, Sun Ce became self-reliant and expelled Yuan Yin, the prefect of Danyang established by Yuan Shu.

According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", Nanyang has 37 cities, 50 households, and a total population of more than 240 million. Whether it is agriculture, handicrafts or commerce, it is very developed. It is the largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are also 37 cities in Runan next to Nanyang County. , with 40 households and a population of 210 million, is the second largest county after Nanyang.Yuan Shu himself occupied Nanyang, and Runan happened to be the hometown of the Yuan family, which undoubtedly became Yuan Shu's strong backing.

In troubled times, population is the biggest strategic material.

In the later period of the Three Kingdoms period, the population of Wei State was only 600 million, and Yuan Shu only had 450 million people in Nanyang and Runan, plus Yangzhou and Xuzhou.

Although Sun Ce's Jiangdong is known as 81 states, but in the later period of Sun Quan, it only had a population of more than 200 million.

The reason why these data are listed is because many people think that Yuan Shu is a weak chicken, but it is not. Yuan Shu is the overlord of the early Three Kingdoms, and Yuan Shao is just famous. Even Lu Bu's strength is not as good.

This is Yuan Shu's confidence in proclaiming himself emperor. In addition, Yuan's family is based in Ruhuai, and the entire Ruhuai is the essence of Henan. With outstanding people, Yuan Shu will be proclaimed emperor.

Although Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao and Lu Bu several times, his overall strength did not decrease much. This is of course the credit of Liu Bei. Ruhuai has a large number of soldiers, Liu Bei has a large amount of armor, and he has a large amount of food. The strength of the above is not diminished.

Yuan Shu received Zhang Xun's memorial and heard Yan Xiang's nagging in his ears. He had the heart to return Wuguan to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei made himself king and made him unhappy.

Long Shi Yang Hong came from Xuzhou. He wanted to oppose even if the enemy agreed. He counted Liu Bei's crimes and warned Yuan Shu of the danger of Liu Bei's tail.

In a fit of anger, Yuan Shu ordered Zhang Xun to go out of Wuguan and wait for an opportunity to take Chang'an.

Zhang Xun received Yuan Shu's will, and he dared not disrespect, and dared not send troops, fearing that the relationship between Liu Bei and Yuan Shu would become even more tense, so he sent Mei Cheng to Nanyang to supervise the transportation of food and grass because of the lack of food and grass in the army, and at the same time persuaded through Yan Xiang Yuan Shu.

Zhang Xun did not want to stir up the tension with Liu Bei. All the generals under Liu Bei's command had long been eager to go south. Now Guan Yu was appointed as the general of the town and Huang Zhong was the general of the south. All fools understand that the lord wants to take Nanyang.

There are 40 households in Nanyang. Even after several wars, the population is still one million. How can it not make people greedy for being the largest county in the later Han Dynasty.

Huang Zhong ordered Wen to be hired as a marching scout, and led his headquarters to Wuguan to inquire about news.

Guan Yu ordered Li Yan to send troops from Hanzhong, along the Mian River, out of Wudang, and attack the hinterland of Nanyang.

Liu Biao had already reorganized his army in Xiangyang. He sent Cai Mao as the general and Ji Liang as the military adviser to take Xinye, and Deng Ji as the general to take Huyang, and then joined Cai Mao to attack Xinye.

Sun Ce of Jiangdong was fighting with Chen Yu, the prefect of Wujun.

Chen Yu, courtesy name Gongwei, was born in Xiapi, a brother of the Chen family.

Father Qiu, Yongle Shaofu; younger brother Cong, Ruyang prefect.Yu cited Xiaolian, established the government's mansion, the mayor of Luoyang, and later established the Taiwei's mansion, but he did not arrive.In the first year of Yonghan, he paid homage to Yilang and moved to the prefect of Wu County and General An Dong, who was not an official.At that time, Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, died of illness.Yuan Shu used Yu as Yangzhou.Yu led the state, but his art was defeated by Fengqiu, and he went south to Shouchun, but Yu refused to accept his art.Shu retreated to protect Yinling, and joined forces to attack Yu, who returned to Xiapi in fear.In the second year of Jian'an, Yu stationed in Haixi, and Sun Ce was enshrined in order to rule it strictly. He should join Yu and Lu Bu in the same situation.When we arrived at Qiantang, we sent the capital Wei Wanyan and others to cross the river secretly, and sent more than [-] Niu with seals to communicate with the dangerous counties of Danyang, Xuancheng, Jing, Lingyang, Shi'an, Yi, and She. Marshal Zulang, Jiao Ji, Wucheng Yanbaihu of Wujun, etc., sent envoys to serve as internal support, and waited for the army to attack the counties.

Chen Yu thought he was doing it in secret, but he didn't know that Sun Ce was aware of his plot. He made a big show in Wu County and wanted to attack Yuan Shu, but secretly used Lu Fan as a general to attack Chen Yu. There are more than [-] people including wives and daughters.

Although Chen Yu died, Yan Baihu and others whom he instigated started to make trouble. Sun Ce could only turn around and put down Yan Baihu and others before Yuan was out of danger.

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