Sun Ce took Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other former generals of his father, as well as more than 6,000 troops and horses, to cross the Yangtze River eastward. While Liu Yao was still competing with the local tycoons in Jiangdong, he swept away fallen leaves like a strong wind.
A general attack swept Yangzhou. Before Liu Yao could react, Niuzhu, Moling, Danyang, Hushu, Qu'a and other places had already fallen into Sun Ce's hands.
Sun's old tribe, Jiangdong heroes, relatives of the Sun family, and Sun Ce's friends all came to surrender. His uncle Wu Jing joined Sun Ce's army with more than 3,000 troops. His friend Zhou Yu spent all his wealth and recruited 500 warriors.
The leader and Sun Ce met. Suddenly, the situation in Jiangdong changed, and another shining general star rose slowly on the land of China.
Within a few months, Sun Ce's army had expanded to 30,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. Sun Ce had followed Sun Jian on expeditions, and his military style, leadership habits, and methods of doing things were exactly the same as Sun Jian. Every time he fought,
, he personally led a small number of elite cavalry to scout out the enemy's situation, and then commanded the troops to attack from the enemy's weak points.
After defeating the enemy, he led his elite troops to pursue and fight fiercely, without giving the enemy a chance to regroup. When Liu Yao heard that there was a fire in the backyard, he couldn't help being frightened, and hurriedly led his army back to Yangzhou to fight Sun Ce, but he was eaten for several times in a row.
This was a defeat. Liu Yao, who once dominated the army, had many soldiers and had been leading the army for much longer than Sun Ce. Instead, he was defeated by a young man who had just turned 20 and was unable to find the north.
In matters like fighting, most people have to endure time and gain experience before they can become famous generals. But there are also a very small number of people who are born to be famous generals. Sun Jian is like this, and so is Sun Ce. As for Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Zhongmou, cough
, that is, he failed to inherit the excellent genes of his father and brother.
When the situation in Jiangdong changed, something happened again in Yuzhou. The Yellow Turban Army had been silent for a long time after the deaths of the Zhang Jiao brothers. However, in the recent war between Yanzhou and Xuzhou, many people were displaced. In addition, those who had previously arrived from Luoyang
As the common people ran out, the ranks of the Yellow Turban Army swelled again.
Recommended by the hungry people, Gong Du and Liu Pi raised the Yellow Turban war flag again, roaring the slogan "The sky is dead", and went back and forth on the plains of Yuzhou, and even approached Shangcai City at one time. Yuan Tan sent soldiers out to encircle and suppress them, but they failed
Instead, he was defeated by Gong Du and Liu Pi. Yuan Tan was a young man from an aristocratic family. After all, he was not very familiar with war matters, so he could only hide in the city and order generals from all over the country to come to rescue him.
Runan is the home of the Yuan family, and the officials and generals in Runan and the entire Yuzhou are all disciples of the Yuan family. When the world is peaceful and peaceful, these people regard themselves as gentlemen, and they all have their eyes set on the top.
Once something happens, they can only stare and hide in the city without moving at all.
There are many aristocratic families in Yuzhou, and their strength is not inferior to that of Yanzhou and Jizhou. These people have intensified their efforts after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, knocking the people's bones and sucking their marrow, but they still feel that they are not enough. The people have already been a big powder keg, and now Gong Du and Liu Pi have raised it again
After raising the banner of the Yellow Turban Army, countless civilians came to vote.
Just as Sun Ce's strength in Jiangdong was expanding rapidly, the Yellow Turban Army led by Gong Du and Liu Pi was also growing rapidly. Even if he knew that joining the Yellow Turban Army would most likely lead to death, he would not be able to escape death from starvation, exhaustion or death in battle.
During this period, many people chose to live without food and remain starved to death.
The Yuzhou famous generals whom Yuan Tan reused led their troops to fight against the Yuzhou Yellow Turbans, but were defeated. The Yellow Turbans became famous and even occupied some cities. At this time, no matter how much Yuan Tan feared Cao Cao,
There was nothing he could do about it, so he could only hand over the military power in the state to Cao Cao and let him destroy the traitors like Liu Pi in Gongdu.
Cao Cao was also unceremonious. After getting the military power, he started to organize it vigorously and resolutely. Although he was severely defeated in the Battle of Pengcheng, many soldiers still escaped from Yanzhou, and he recruited more soldiers in Yuzhou
There were many brave men and heroes, so they quickly defeated the momentum of the Yellow Turban Army.
After that, people like Yuan Tan and Guo Tu had the final say. After the biggest failure in his life, Cao Cao was not knocked down. Instead, he stood up again as before and became stronger.
.His methods of conduct and military tactics became more sophisticated. While suppressing the Yellow Turban Army, he also incorporated the powerful forces in Yuzhou, and soon took most of Yuzhou into his hands.
When Sun Ce was chasing Liu Yao's defeated soldiers, Cao Cao also made a comeback. At this time, Chen Cheng had returned to Chang'an. After hearing about Sun Ce's sweep of Jiangdong and Cao Cao's comeback, he couldn't help but feel deeply.
Liu Qian peeled off a grape, fed it to his mouth, and said with a smile: "It's hard to come back, just rest at home for a few more days, and don't worry about other things!"
Chen Cheng bit the grape into his mouth and said vaguely: "No matter what, it's Cao Cao and Sun Ce! Now our biggest enemy is Yuan Shao, but in the future it will still be Cao Cao. If Sun Ce doesn't die, he will also be a big threat."
Liu Qian was wearing short sleeves, showing her white lotus-like arms, and said with a smile: "What about Liu Bei? That is the future Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty!"
Chen Cheng chewed a few times and swallowed the grapes. He pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Liu Bei is a good man. As long as I don't proclaim myself king or emperor, he will not embarrass me."
"That's not certain!" Liu Qian said: "I have also met Liu Bei. He is the kind of hero who is unwilling to be subordinate to others. No matter how good your relationship is now, he will definitely raise his troops to rebel in the future."
Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Probably not."
"Then we'll wait and see."
Chen Cheng looked at him and said, "How does it feel to be the temporary general? Do you think it's very impressive and fun?"
As expected, Liu Qian's attention was diverted, and she said with joy: "That's right! Wang Yue and Jia Xu always come to report to me every time they encounter something big, saying that they let me make decisions! Even Zhongshu Ling is polite to me.
Incredible! Now I finally know why everyone wants to be the emperor. It turns out that having power in your hands feels so good!"
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Since you like it, I will let you handle these things from now on. I will just be lazy and sleep every day, feed the horses and walk the dogs."
Speaking of dogs, two big dogs that already looked like calves ran in from outside playing with each other. Seeing Chen Cheng and Liu, the two dogs straightened up, put their front paws on the chair, and put their tails on
Shaking it fast. Liu Qian grabbed a piece of dried meat and threw it up. The big yellow dog jumped up, bit the dried meat in the air, and ran out quickly.
The colorful one yelled and ran out after him.
Liu Qian peeled another grape, fed it to Chen Cheng's mouth, and said with a smile: "I don't want to be a general all the time. I can just play for a few days. If I keep doing it, so many things won't bore me to death."
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"You don't have to worry about it so much and just push things to the bottom."
"Isn't that the same as me now? I don't care about many things now."
"Well, that makes sense."
Liu Qian said angrily: "It makes sense."
She came closer, bit Chen Cheng's ear and said, "Did you know that Queen Fu is pregnant?"
"Your Majesty has been married to her for a long time, so it's normal for her to be pregnant." Chen Cheng felt a little strange and asked, "Is there any problem with this?"
"No problem, I just thought, should we have a baby too?"
Chen Cheng looked at Liu Qian's flawless face and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to squeeze it and said, "How old are you? There's no need to worry about this kind of thing."
"I'm seventeen years old!" Liu Qian said dissatisfiedly: "Ma Yunlu already has a son! I can't lose to her!"
"What's there to argue about... Just keep your word, don't do anything, this is in broad daylight... Hiss~"
As the sound of gasping for cold air sounded, time seemed to flow backwards, from autumn to the time when the glaciers thawed and everything revived.
The world is still in chaos, where there are wars, there are still wars, and where there is blood, there is still blood. After the autumn harvest, Yuan Shao of Hebei and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou began regular military operations. Both sides dispatched large numbers of troops, and the battles were large-scale. But in
After spending countless amounts of money and food, and killing and wounding countless soldiers, neither side could do anything to the other.
Although Yuan Shao has gained the upper hand and is at an advantage in the battle, he has never been able to turn his advantage into victory. It can only be said that after successive battles, his advantage has increased a little. But when will it be considered to be full?
No one knows this.
According to the estimates of Tian Feng, Ju Shou and others, it will take at least two or three more years.
The battle in Shu was inconclusive. Both Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu had plenty of troops and food. The two sides fought repeatedly around the cities and mountains of Dongchuan, with heavy casualties. However, both sides gritted their teeth and continued to persevere.
If there were no external forces involved, the fighting between them would continue for a long, long time, and they would not be able to really tell the winner.
Except for people like Sun Ce, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Zhang Lu, and Liu Zhang who are fighting in the nest, Chen Cheng is most concerned about a man named Gongsun Du. Gongsun Du is Xu Rong's friend from the same hometown and has now occupied Lelang.
and other places, expanding its power to the entire Korean Peninsula.
For this reason, Chen Cheng specifically asked Xu Rong to support Gongsun Du with a batch of ordnance, and named him Pingzhou Mu to support his expansion on the Korean Peninsula. Although there are still Wuhuan people entrenched in western Liaoning, the Wuhuan people are now
People did not dare to provoke the imperial court, nor did they dare to provoke Gongsun Du. The caravans were able to travel between Guanzhong and North Korea, selling ginseng, mink and other specialties near Changbai Mountain to Guanzhong, and also selling cotton, linen, silk, and porcelain from Guanzhong.
, Hengdao, steel armor and other items were sold to Liaodong.
After Gongsun Du was appointed the shepherd of Pingzhou by the imperial court, although he was very grateful, he felt that the imperial court was too weak. He thought it was because the imperial court was beyond his reach, so he adopted such a policy of appeasement. Even Xu Rong
He also secretly wrote to Chen Cheng, saying that although he and Gongsun Du were good friends, such indulgent behavior would only fuel Gongsun Du's ambition.
Chen Cheng wrote back to Xu Rong to reassure him, saying, "As long as Gongsun Du doesn't claim to be king and hegemon, what will happen if he is allowed to rule Korea for the rest of his life?"
