The time came to late March of the first year of Jian'an.
A full year has passed since Yuan Yao traveled to the end of Han Dynasty.
The butterfly effect caused by him will inevitably change the trend of history.
The so-called butterfly effect means that small changes in initial conditions may drive a long-term and huge chain reaction of the entire system.
To put it more graphically, a butterfly flapping its wings in South America may trigger a tornado in Texas, USA.
Take Yuan Yao's famous first battle - the surprise attack on Haixi. His original intention was to prove himself to Lu Su and use Chen Yu as a novice boss to practice, but he did not expect that it would affect the trend of history.
First, Yuan Shu was worried that his beloved son would be lost, so he forcibly ordered Ji Ling to lead an army to respond. Coupled with the news that Yuan Yao had defeated Chen Yu, most of Guangling County surrendered to Yuan Shu's forces in advance.
Liu Bei, who succeeded Tao Qian in charge of Xuzhou, chose to turn a blind eye to the loss of Guangling County because he had not yet sorted out the relationship with the various factions, and more importantly, Xuzhou had not yet recovered from Cao Cao's massacre.
From this point on, everything south of the Huaihe River belonged to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu and Liu Bei were able to draw the river as their boundary. This actually reduced the friction and conflicts between the two sides, and also made Yuan Shu's hostility towards Liu Bei much less.
Therefore, when Yuan Yao returned to Shouchun and urged Yuan Shu to give up attacking Xuzhou, Yuan Shu was not determined to attack Xuzhou.
Only then did Cao Cao's undeclared war begin.
Because the main force of Yuan's army moved north to defend in time, Cao Cao failed to capture Runan County as he wished.
After nearly two months of tug-of-war, Cao Cao, exhausted from long battles and running out of supplies, had no choice but to abandon Runan County and move west to fight in Yingchuan County.
Against Cao Cao, Yuan Shu lost more than he won. Yuan Shu, who relied solely on his numerical superiority in troops and food, did not dare to continue fighting against Cao Cao.
He even directly rejected the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army Huang Shao and He Man's request for help and watched Yingchuan County fall into Cao Cao's hands.
Although Yuan Shu's sphere of influence in Yuzhou has been greatly reduced, fortunately he still retains control over Peiguo and Runan County.
And Cao Cao did not occupy almost the entire Yuzhou as in history, but only occupied half of Yuzhou in the end. Yuan Yao can still accept this result!
Yuan Yao also knew that Cao Cao would be busy heading west to welcome Emperor Xian. At least for half a year, he would have no time to look east, and he could concentrate on conquering Jiangdong!
But to say who benefited the most from the battle between Yuan and Cao, it had to be Liu Bei who had been holding back.
Because Yuan Shu did not launch a large-scale attack on Xuzhou, Liu Bei did not lead his army to fight. Naturally, there was no such thing as Zhang Fei defending Xuzhou.
The story of Lu Bu's attack on Xiapi did not happen in this time and space.
Until now, Lu Bu is still staying in Xiaopei, calling Liu Bei big brother every day!
Compared to a villain like Lu Bu who was capricious and had difficulty making good alliances, Yuan Yao was naturally more happy to have Liu Bei lead Xuzhou.
Yuan Yao, this little butterfly, is currently fanning the wind.
For the situation in the Central Plains, the changes are not small.
But for the general trend of the world, the impact is not big.
The emperor is still running around, living a life of hunger and satiety.
Yuan Shao is still steadily expanding his power in Hebei; Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Liu Zhang in Yizhou are doing whatever they need to do; Guanzhong is still in ruins...
The biggest change, even completely different from history, is the situation in Jiangnan.
The original script of Sun Ce starting a business in Jiangdong and annexing the heroes has now been directly replaced by the scene of Sun Ce and Yuan Yao "two tigers competing for food"!
Sun Ce was invincible throughout Jiangdong, and the tiger dominated one side, ruling the roost!
And Yuan Yao occupied Jiangxi, popular electronic sweeps, eyeing Jiangdong with covetousness!
People like Liu Yao, Zuo Rong, Xue Li, and Xu Gong are all the food in the mouths of these two tigers!
However, when the food is almost gone, it is inevitable that the two tigers will fight!
At the same time that Yuan Yao subdued Tai Shici, Sun Ce attacked from the east to the west, bypassing Wang Lang's Guling defense line, advancing from Chadu, and defeated Wang Lang's army!
Yuan Yao also sped up his actions. On the one hand, he stepped up the military consolidation and on the other hand, he sent Jiang Gan to lobby for the recruitment of Zu Lang, Jiao Ji, He Qi, Quan Rou and others.
As Yuan Yao expected, Zu Lang surrendered to him immediately.
Jiang Gan only had a slight idea of what was going on, and the commander of the mountainous area surrendered without saying a word.
As Sun Ce's old enemy, Zu Lang was very afraid that Sun Ce would one day settle old scores with him.
For Zu Lang, surrendering to Yuan Yao, whose status was higher than that of Sun Ce, was naturally the best way to save his life.
But Jiao Ji, another handsome man with a bigger mountain, is not as aware of current affairs as Zu Lang.
Unlucky Jiang Gan was whipped again!
Yuan Yao was too lazy to take action against such a small character, so he sent Huang Zhong, who had just been transferred from Poyang County, to attack him.
Within a few days, Yuan Yao received Jiao Ji's head by express delivery.
In this way, the Shanyue Sect's thieves are initially at peace, and the six counties in southern Danyang are also initially settled!
After Jiang Gan's whip wounds healed a little, he followed Huang Zhong eastward and began to go on missions to various counties in Kuaiji County.
The first stop is Taimo County, a county under Kuaiji County.
Taimo County has a special location. It is located at the junction of Kuaiji County, Wu County, Danyang County and Poyang County. Its geographical location is very important.
Yuan Yao sent Huang Zhong to occupy this place, firstly to test Sun Ce, and secondly because the county magistrate was a general that Yuan Yao had long coveted - He Qi!
Although He Qi was not one of Jiang Biao's twelve tiger ministers, his military exploits were no worse than most of Jiang Biao's tiger ministers!
The reason why he is not well-known is mainly because after he became loyal to the Sun family, he fought internally against the Shanyue armed forces for a long time and rarely participated in external campaigns.
But Yuan Yao knew that fierce men like He Qi, who rarely lost in battles with Shanyue armed forces, were the most indispensable generals for him to secure Jiangdong in the future!
And He Qi is not difficult to recruit.
Yuan Yao knew that this man preferred to be a general commanding troops in battle rather than being a civil servant who governed the local area. Therefore, as soon as Jiang Gan arrived in Taimo County, he took out the talisman letter of the western captain of Kuaiji engraved by Yuan Yao!
Because some counties are relatively large and it is difficult to take into account the overall situation by setting up only one captain. Therefore, two captains in the north and south, or two captains in the east and west can be set up according to local conditions to take charge of one military department.
In the end, He Qi fulfilled Yuan Yao's wish, accepted the letter of talisman from the western captain of Kuaiji, and paid homage to Yuan Yao.
But Yuan Yao's good luck in recruiting talents came to an abrupt end with He Qi.
Dong Xi, one of Jiang Biao's twelve tiger ministers and a native of Yuyao in Kuaiji, had already defected to Sun Ce before Jiang Qian arrived in Yuyao.
Quan Rou, the eastern captain of the east who was officially appointed by the imperial court and the father of Quan Cong, the future famous general in Jiangdong, also raised his troops to join Sun Ce.
At the same time, Sun Ce was furious after learning that Yuan Yao sent Huang Zhong and He Qi to occupy the southern part of Kuaiji. He immediately sent his uncle Sun Jing to lead his army south by sea and ordered him to occupy it before Yuan Yao. Dongzhi County.
Dongzhi County is the largest county in Kuaiji County, accounting for almost half of the size of Kuaiji County.
But because it is still basically undeveloped, it is very sparsely populated.
By the way, Dongzhi County had a very nice name in later generations - Fuzhou.
If a county was governed in Dongzhi, the area under its jurisdiction would be almost the same as Fujian Province today.
At the same time, Yuan Yao and Sun Ce were traveling day and night to kill Dongzhi County.
Several ships also docked in a small fishing village not far from Dongzhi County.
On one of the boats were two famous figures in the Three Kingdoms.
Wang Lang, Wang Situ; and Hua Xin, Hua Xiangguo.
At this time, the two of them had been exposed to the wind and sun on the sea for more than half a month, and there were red and sunburn marks on their faces and exposed parts of their bodies.
In addition, since there were no fruits and vegetables on the boat and they could only eat smoked fish and dried meat, both of them lost a lot of weight and their faces looked even more haggard.
"Ming Gong, this should be the Marquis. Please allow me to go ashore to inquire about something."
A civil servant stood up and bowed to Wang Lang.
Wang Lang waved his hand weakly without opening his mouth.
Hua Xin, however, forced himself to stand up, bowed to the official and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Zhongxiang."
"It should be."
Yu Fan responded and got off the boat with the help of another servant.
As a meritorious officer of Kuaiji County, he personally asked the fishermen.
On the boat, Wang Lang took a sip of water while being served by the waiter, and then he said: "Ziyu, save your energy, it's already this time and you still bow to me."
"When Zhongxiang comes back, just sit back and listen to what he has to say."
Hua Xin frowned, becoming increasingly dissatisfied with Wang Lang: "The etiquette must have a beginning and an end!"
"If I ignored him when I first met him, there's nothing wrong with ignoring him now!"
"But I've already had an acquaintance with him, and now I have to return the favor even if I die!"
"Stubborn!"
Wang Lang actually cursed directly.
"rude!"
Hua Xin also responded tit-for-tat.
"pedantic!"
"Lazy!"
Others on the boat saw that the two men were scolding each other again, but they had no intention of trying to dissuade them.
First, they haven't had a sip of water for several days, unlike the two who could still drink twice a day and yell at each other.
The second reason is that they have become accustomed to it as early as halfway.
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More than ten days ago, Wang Lang was completely defeated and fled back to the county to govern Shanyin. At the same time, the entire Kuaiji County was immediately divided!
Many upper-class people, such as Wang Lang's officials, generals, and a large number of celebrities who had taken refuge in Kuaiji County due to the war in the Central Plains, were all panic-stricken!
This is mainly because after Sun Ce crossed the river, he launched a series of bloody revenge on the Jiangdong gentry who were attached to Liu Yao and Xu Gong, causing panic among the gentry.
In addition, Sun Ce was originally from a humble family, and in the eyes of the Jiangdong aristocratic families and scholars, he had the inherent image of a "martial man", "an independent man", and "a brave man".
Although the name of the Little Overlord was resounding, the self-respecting scholars scorned him. After all, in their eyes, Xiang Yu has always been a villain, a failure, and a foolhardy figure.
Therefore, it is not surprising that people in the upper echelons are panicked.
However, the people in the middle and lower classes were eagerly anticipating Sun Ce's upcoming arrival and even welcomed him in groups.
The middle level is the local powerful represented by Dong Xi.
The powerful and talented people in these places regard Sun Jian and Sun Ce as their role models in life!
Sun Ce's arrival is regarded by them as their hope for a counterattack in life!
The fact is just as they thought, while Sun Ce continued to suppress the Jiangdong nobles, he also continued to promote and reuse local powerful people.
Just like Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and others were highly used by Sun Jian in their early years!
Whether it was Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Ling Cao, Ling Tong and his son, or even Dong Xi and others, these local heroes all received special attention from Sun Ce.
Finally, there is the attitude of the people at the bottom towards Sun Ce.
There is nothing to say about this. Sun Ce's measures of killing the rich and helping the poor, and Min Qiu's strict military discipline, undoubtedly won a lot of support from the people.
Wu County and Kuaiji were already prosperous places, and the proportion of free citizens was much higher than that of other counties. Therefore, Sun Ce received considerable support from the bottom here.
But what these free people did not expect was that "Sun Lang", whom they regarded as family at this time, would establish a military system called private song system, causing almost all the free people in Jiangnan, as well as their fields, to become The private property of the ruling class of the Sun Wu regime.
So, while the people at the bottom lined the streets to welcome him, and the powerful men at the middle level were looking forward to it, most of the scholars at the upper level, like Wang Lang, chose to flee at sea!
During the war in the Central Plains, many scholars chose to take refuge in Jiangdong.
If Jiangdong is in trouble now, then continue to seek refuge in the south. There is Jiaozhou in the south, right?
However, the situation was so urgent that even Wang Lang only found a few broken fishing boats when he ran to the beach.
Some scholars, such as Bu Zhi and Wei Jing, who were already living in poverty because they took refuge in Jiangdong, could only look back and sigh.
Hua Xin also took refuge in Jiangdong. Because he and Wang Lang had an old relationship, he was able to sit on the same boat with Wang Lang.
However, before sailing, a scholar who could not find the boat and was afraid of Sun Ce's high-handed rule came to Wang Lang and asked Wang Lang to take him on board.
Before Wang Lang could express his position, Hua Xin immediately expressed embarrassment.
Wang Lang said: "Fortunately, the boat is still spacious, why not?"
Something interesting is about to happen, and the friendship between Wang Lang and Hua Xin is about to break!
Sun Ce's pursuers also came in boats!
Wang Lang was afraid of death, so he immediately changed his face and ordered the man who got on the boat to be thrown off.
However, Hua Xin stopped him and said, "At first I was hesitant to take him with me because of this situation. Now that I have accepted his request, how can I abandon him just because the situation is urgent?"
Wang Lang was choked and had nothing to say, so he could only continue to escape with the man.
Fortunately, being at sea is not like catching up on land.
A big wave hit, and the pursuing boat was driven far away.
Wang Lang's expression turned ugly.
It was also the first time that Hua Xin discovered that Wang Lang, who was originally elegant, studious, and courteous to the wise, could be so hypocritical in times of crisis.
In the second half of the game, the two were at each other's throats.
With Yu Fan finally coming back, the scolding on the ship finally got better.
"Zhongxiang, how long will it take to get from here to Dongzhi County?"
Wang Lang asked and gave Hua Xin a cold look.
That means, don't scream at me!
When I enter Dongzhi County, I will still be the former Governor Wang!
It’s just you, my friend, you’re still not my friend, that’s for sure!
Hua Xin closed his eyes deliberately, as if to rest his mind.
Yu Fan licked his dry and cracked lips and made a hoarse voice in his throat:
"It's only a few dozen miles from Dongzhi County."
"You can take a boat from the mouth of this river and you'll be there in less than half a day."
"Half a day?!" Wang Lang muttered to himself: "Want to walk for half a day?"
"Then let's set off quickly!"
"Ming Gong might as well take a rest here and eat some fruits, water and food. It won't be too late to go to Dongzhi again!"
Yu Fan pointed to the small fishing village and said patiently.
Wang Lang refused to listen: "No, let's leave now. It's not too late to rest after entering Dongzhi!"
"I've been floating on this water for more than ten days, not less than half a day!"
Yu Fan still wanted to persuade him, but he really didn't have much strength, so he had to hand over his hand and said: "No!"
"Put me down, I want to rest here first!"
Hua Xin suddenly opened his eyes and said.
"this……"
Yu Fan looked at Wang Lang hesitantly.
"Hmph!" Wang Lang snorted softly: "If he wants to lower himself and eat with these untouchables, let him go!"
