In the battle of Hulao Pass, Li Jing won a complete victory and powerfully defeated the enemy's five-way alliance of princes. Although one of the five alliances of princes withdrew their troops early, and another kept paddling, this battle once again established Li Jing's reputation.
After the battle at Hulao Pass, the world was shocked. The combined battlefields of this battle were equivalent to the Jin army fighting against the eight princes of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Chi You, Qin Zheng, Dou Jiande, Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Che, and Liu Xiu. .
Among the eight princes, six of them made great efforts, especially Liu Che. He dispatched 300,000 soldiers and horses alone, and the strength of one family was greater than that of several families.
While everyone was frightened by the strength of Liu Che, who had always been secretive, they once again truly realized the strength of the Jin army, the overlord of the princes.
But even so, even if so many princes took action together, they were still repulsed by the Jin army one by one, and they even took Jingbei forcefully, and it can even be said that they wiped out all the princes.
Indeed, in the eyes of all the princes, Liu Xiu now exists in name only, and whatever little strength he has left can be said to have left the ranks of the princes in the world. He only controls half of the county, and the so-called princes are only in name only!
After the news spread, the princes who did not participate in this princes alliance fell silent.
Especially Zhao Kuangyin, looking at the letter in his hand, felt a little boring about the war with Yuan Shu. However, the murderous intention towards Yuan Shu also became more intense.
This war, due to the Japanese army's cheating, had a lot of subsequent impact on Zhao Kuangyin. How could the morale of the frontline soldiers not be shaken when the rear was stolen? Especially since there were many smart people under Yuan Shu, they would naturally think of ways to cause greater trouble to Zhao Kuangyin all the time.
Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin still suffered some small losses in this battle, and his sphere of influence shrank back to Xuzhou. The half of the county that the Sun family had annexed a few years ago was originally intended to be a bridgehead for sending troops to Yuzhou, but Now, it was snatched away by Xian Zhen and fell into the hands of Yuan Shu.
To be honest, even Li Xiang was a little envious of Yuan Shu's life. He only enjoyed himself in his own palace, and everything was handled directly by the people below, and it was done quite properly.
In these small days, which prince could live as relaxedly and happily as Yuan Shu?
However, now that the alliance of princes is over, Zhao Kuangyin has other ideas. After this battle, he is probably not the only prince who is dissatisfied with Yuan Shu. Perhaps, he could use the power of other princes to deal with Yuan Shu.
On the other hand, when Liu Che received the same defeat of the alliance of princes at Hulao Pass, he no longer persisted, but asked Zhou Yafu and Xu Shiji to withdraw their troops from Yongliang Prefecture.
The other princes had already been defeated, so there was no need for him to continue fighting. Moreover, these two groups of troops were originally sent to contain the Jin army's strength.
Although he was defeated on the battlefield in Jingnan, Yang Su only returned with less than 20,000 remnant troops, and even the generals had lost a large number. However, while Liu Che was angry on the surface, I don’t know what he was thinking in his heart!
This time, although Liu Xiu could not be saved in the end, and almost all the troops and horses in the expedition were lost, Liu Che was not dissatisfied with the result. At least, the situation he wanted to see has basically been seen, and the results he wanted to see have almost been achieved.
The only pity is that after losing these troops that needed to be lost, it did not hinder the expansion of the Jin army.
At the same time, Liu Che's heart became more and more tense. After experiencing this battle, his internal problems were not completely resolved, but at least Liu Che was now confident that he could completely control them.
Now that everything has been stabilized internally, Liu Che also feels that it is time to start the next step. To forge iron, you still need to be strong. Only when your own strength is truly strong can you really have hope of helping the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, his sword has been hiding its edge for so many years, and it’s time for the world to truly see his edge!
As for Liu Che's next goal, I believe it is not difficult to guess. After all, if Liu Che wanted to leave Yizhou, there were only two princes he could choose from.
Moreover, Liu Che's current army is indeed full of elite soldiers and talented people. If we want to rank the strength of the princes in the world, in addition to the Jin army being far ahead, then Liu Che is ranked behind the Jin army.
Now Commander-in-Chief Liu Che has Xu Ji, Yang Su, Zhou Yafu, Chen Qingzhi, Chen Tang, Dai Tuo...
The fierce generals include Yang Jian, Huang Pao, Jiuchong, Jiufeng, Yu Yuan, Zhang Yi, Dongfang Bo, Yu Da, Yu Shi, Liu Zhiyuan...
And among so many powerful generals, there are also a lot of divine generals.
Civil servants include Huo Guang, Wei Xiang, Zhufu Yan, Dong Zhongshu, Liu Qi, Zhang Song, Xu Meizu, Lu Polou, Fazheng, Chao Cuo, Liu Muzhi...
It can be said that among the princes in the world, except for Li Xiang, Liu Che's lineup is no worse than anyone else.
Qingzhou Liu Bei, Liu Bei lived quite peacefully during these days. While other princes were launching wars, he was silently recovering his strength.
And, what makes him even more delighted is that during this time, a celebrity kept jumping into his bowl. In particular, the son of brother Liu Chenxiang went down the mountain to look for his father, which gave Liu Bei a truly powerful general who made up for one of his shortcomings.
Originally, Liu Bei didn't think much of Liu Yanchang, a brother in the clan who was also a member of the Han clan. Liu Bei's vision is so vicious, you can almost understand how talented a person is after just a few words of conversation.
This Liu Yanzhang is at most a scholar who is proficient in writing. He can't get on any big stage, so he can only be a small official. If he goes up a little bit, he may not have this ability.
It was just out of his habit and because Liu Yanchang's brother Liu Yanzong had real talents that Liu Bei expressed his enthusiasm as always.
However, Liu Bei never expected that Liu Yanzhang really gave him a huge surprise. Although he himself doesn't have any great abilities, having a powerful son is enough.
This is a more brave general than Guan Yu, and it also gives Liu Bei a real strong general besides his two brothers.
