Summer is gone, cold is coming, spring is coming again, and before you know it, another year has passed.
During this year, there were more or less wars in You, Ji, Qing, Yu, Yang, Jiao, Yi, and Yanzhou.
The Thirteen Prefectures of the Han Dynasty, including the newly established He Prefecture, the separated Si Prefecture and Yong Prefecture, should now be the fifteen Prefectures of the Great Han Dynasty. There are more than half of the places where wars have occurred to some extent.
In this year, many forces perished. Several of the twenty-two princes in the once vigorous Alliance to Defeat Dong had disappeared in just one year.
The first two people to disappear were Kong Rong and Han Fu. Fortunately, Kong Rong, although he lost Beihai, and his generals who joined Liangshan were given to Liu Bei as a big gift package, but at least he still had his life. Now, with Liu Bei's protection, my life has been relatively smooth.
But Han Fu was once the lord of a state after all, and he committed suicide in such a cowardly way. In fact, he has already given up Jizhou, since Yuan Shao has no interest in causing trouble for him anymore.
But who knew that Han Hui would actually get it wrong, thinking that Yuan Shao was still unwilling to let him go, so he ran to commit suicide in fear. The most special thing was that he committed suicide in the toilet.
Yuan Shao was quite speechless after receiving the news.
But Han Fu's death gave Gongsun Zan an opportunity, which directly set off a wave of public opinion war in the Three Kingdoms version. As a result, Yuan Shao was busy dealing with public relations crises for a long time.
Of course, Yuan Shao was not idle when dealing with the public relations crisis. While confronting Gongsun Zan, he also dealt with other small princes in Jizhou.
Needless to say, Yuan Yi, the Prime Minister of Changshan State, had no ambitions. In addition, we were all members of the same family, so he just handed over Changshan State to Yuan Shao. And Yuan Shao did not treat this wise tribesman badly, and there was no shortage of high-ranking officials and generous salaries. When Zhang Miao saw that his arm could not twist his thigh, he gave up Zhao County and surrendered directly to Yuan Shao. However, he himself went south to Yanzhou to find Cao Mengde, whom he admired very much.
Gongsun Zan, on the other hand, made a time lag and sent troops to capture Anping and Julu counties while Yuan Shao was integrating the forces in Jizhou. From then on, Yuan Shao controlled six of the nine counties in Jizhou, while Gongsun Zan supported three.
In addition to these princes, the next most serious problem is Yuzhou. After Yuan Shu obtained the Imperial Seal, his ambitions soared, and he immediately began to conquer the entire Yuzhou.
In addition to Yuan Shu, Yuzhou also has figures like Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian. Sun Jian is naturally not a peaceful master, especially after having the assistance of his clan brother Sun Wu, he also began to have ambitions to expand his territory.
With these two people making such a fuss, Kong Min, Bao Xin and other small princes in Yuzhou would not be able to live in peace. Even Cao Cao of Yanzhou took advantage of the chaos in Yuzhou to send troops to take advantage of this talented man from Yingchuan County. The cradle was held in his hands.
With this year's war, the prototype of Yuzhou's power was basically determined. Among the counties in Yuzhou, Cao Mengde took advantage of the chaos and took Yingchuan County. After all, Yuan Shu had a strong foundation and a large number of troops. Even with Sun Jian, the military sage, Sun Jian had the upper hand in the early stage and captured several counties including Chen County, Yiyang County, Yang'an County, Xiangcheng County, and Ruyin County. Sun Jian only captured the three counties of Liang, Pei and Qiao.
However, he felt uncomfortable during the next battle between Yuan Shu and Sun Jian. With Sun Wu, a god-level commander, even though Yuan Shu's military strength was much higher than that of Sun Jian, he was taught a lesson and lost his troops and generals one after another. The generals Yuan Shu sent to fight on the front line almost doubted their lives.
But Yuan Shu's background is really deep. Even if Yuan Shu has been defeated several times, his power is still not comparable to that of Sun Jian. However, Yuan Shu was forced by Sun Jian to temporarily give up attacking Sun Jian and chose to defend temporarily.
In Yangzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang still chose to let Hong Xiuquan go for the time being. After all, Hong Xiuquan was not a big threat to him, and keeping him had some uses.
But Zhu Yuanzhang did not give up the pace of expansion. Although he did not touch Hong Xiuquan for the time being, he made plans for other counties in Yangzhou.
The princes in Jiangdong are really too weak. Even the little overlord Sun Ce can easily defeat them, not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor who had the lowest starting point but still established a generation of hegemony. Then Zhu Yuanzhang started with a bowl level. It’s not just talk.
Yuzhang and Kuaiji were easily taken into Zhu Yuanzhang's hands. The territory of these two places and counties was really large. In terms of light road area, it was almost comparable to some smaller states. Of course, after taking these two places, it means that Zhu Yuanzhang must face the threat of Shanyue.
At the same time, during this period, Cao Cao also joined forces with Liu Dai and Tao Qian to fight against Chi You of Yanzhou.
After this battle, I don't know who got the advantage in the end. Cao Mengde was lucky enough to defeat Jiyin County, but his two allies suffered heavy losses.
Liu Dai died directly in this battle, and his remaining forces were naturally annexed by Cao Mengde.
On Tao Qian's side, his confidant Cao Bao unfortunately died on the battlefield. I don't know whether it was a coincidence or intentional. Anyway, afterwards, when there was no suitable candidate, the one in Cao Bao's hands Tao Qian, an elite soldier, could only be temporarily handed over to Zhao Kuangyin to lead.
Among this battle, the one that shocked the world the most was the battle between Cao Cao's most powerful generals, You Liang and Chi You. The elder You Liang is indeed brave, but there is still a small distance compared with Chi You who is at the peak of the divine general. The two sides finally fought for nearly 200 rounds and ended with Chi You's victory.
But it's a pity that although Chi You has the ability to defeat You Liang, Chi You can't stop You Liang if he wants to run away.
In the land of Jiaozhou, more than a year has been enough for Xiang Yu to completely capture it. Xiang Yu not only completely captured this place, but also went to Yizhou for a tour.
However, Yizhou is famous for its difficult terrain, and people are staying behind closed doors. What can you do no matter how powerful your force is?
Having wasted more than a year here without making any achievements, and Liu Biao's forces in northern Jingbei were also on the verge of making a move, Xiang Yan had no choice but to return home and give up his plan to attack Yizhou. Fortunately, this dispatch of troops was not a loss. At least Jiaozhou was successfully captured.
In addition, the Xiang family has also gained a number of talents in Jiaozhou. Cheng Bing, Xue Zong and others have also made up for the Xiang family's shortage of civil servants to a small extent.
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