It is said that there was a fire in Yuan Shao's backyard at the beginning of the year, and Wei County was occupied by the Black Mountain bandits. He transferred troops from the battle with Gongsun Zan in the northern part of Jizhou to back to the southern Jizhou, and fought hundreds of battles with the Black Mountain bandits for half a year, killing countless Black Mountain bandits. Finally, he fought against the Black Mountain bandits. Zhang Yan fought a decisive battle in the northern part of Changshan County, and finally made Zhang Yan defect to Gongsun Zan.

History has undergone a major change from this moment. The alliance between Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan caused Yuan Shao to lose power in the west of Jizhou and the north. Gongsun Zan took advantage of this to wipe out the banditry in Qingzhou, and also let Liu Bei stationed in Donghai County, taking Sun Qian and Yi in advance. Ji, Chen Dao and others recruited his subordinates.

Cao Cao despised all the princes in the world, and strategically he despised everyone. He entered Xuzhou in the first eastern expedition, and killed Xuzhou with rivers of blood. When he chose to expedition to Xuzhou for the second time, Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and other Yanzhou aristocratic families took control of Xuzhou. Lu Bu, who was fighting for Yuan Shao, welcomed him into Yanzhou.

When Lu Bu arrived in Yanzhou, he first quickly captured the entire southern part of Yanzhou. Cao Cao had no choice but to return to the army when he saw this. The two fought in Yanzhou. Cao Cao was defeated, and then he could only retreat to the north of Yanzhou. At this time, Cao Cao actually controlled only Dongjun and Dongping. The country, the Jibei Kingdom, and the four counties of Taishan County.

Lu Bu led his army to fight with Cao Cao in the north, but Cao Cao was constantly being beaten and moved eastward. Qingzhou and Xuzhou in the east belonged to Gongsun Zan. Cao Cao often entered the two states in order to prepare food and grass, and he was also at war with Gongsun Zan.

When Gongsun Zan entered Xuzhou for the second time, it was Liu Bei who saved Xuzhou. When Tao Qian died, Xuzhou was given to Liu Bei. Liu Bei had actually begun to control the area south of Donghai County in Xuzhou.

Cao Cao was trapped in Yanzhou, unable to move, and was finally forced into Taishan County. He asked for help everywhere but no one responded. This was the result of his random massacre of people in the three states.

Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei were also unwilling to save Cao Cao and did not allow the other party to enter their territory. The stalemate lasted for half a year. By the beginning of 194, Cao Cao had only 3,000 men left in Taishan County.

Yuan Shao saw here that Lu Bu had betrayed him, and Cao Cao was Lu Bu's enemy. He must save Cao Cao, so he sent an envoy to find Cao Cao and asked him to send his family to Yecheng as hostages. He was willing to take Cao Cao in.

Cao Cao had no choice but to agree and join Yuan Shao's lineup (historically, Cao Cao's strength was still there, but he was stopped by Cheng Yu, and now he does not have Cheng Yu).

In this way, the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan turned into Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu attacking Yuan Shao from the north and the south together. Yuan Shao knew that he was defeated, so he began to look for Liu Bei, hoping to persuade Liu Bei to join his lineup.

Liu Bei is now the shepherd of Xuzhou, but he only has the southern part of Xuzhou in his hands. When he heard Yuan Shao's request for an alliance, he agreed. However, he never thought about hanging out with Gongsun Zan. He had already become powerful in Xuzhou, and it was time to carve out a world for himself. .

When Gongsun Zan learned that Liu Bei had formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, he was very angry. He sent troops from Wuji County of Zhongshan State to attack Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao raised enemy troops to fight with him in Guangping. Lu Bu also attacked Yuan Shao Wei County from Yanzhou. Yuan Shao asked Liu Bei to send troops to support him.

The world has begun to fall into chaos. The multi-party melee is full of flames of war. None of the parties wants to compromise their own armies and let others become fishermen. They have never launched a decisive battle to determine the winner. In this way, after the autumn harvest, everyone Then it slowly subsided.

This year Liu Bei stabilized his territory in Xuzhou, and Yuan Shu had the most relaxed life in Yangzhou. The northern part of Yuzhou was occupied by Lu Bu, the southern part belonged to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao occupied the southern part of Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Taishan County in Yanzhou.

Only Cao Cao completely surrendered to Yuan Shao after sending all his family members to Yecheng. Although he made many military exploits in the battle with Lu Bu, it became difficult to break away from Yuan Shao's control.

October, Guoding County, Zhongshan.

Gongsun Zan listened to the report from his men, his face full of anger. There was a drought in Youzhou this year and the food harvest was poor. It would be difficult to maintain the cost of the more than 100,000 troops in his hands.

When faced with such a situation, the first solution Gongsun Zan could think of was of course to buy from Zhangwu County, where as long as you had money you could buy grain.

"Lord, in the past few years, we have given all the money we can collect to Zhangwu County. Hundreds of aristocratic families no longer have much money in their hands, and many places have begun to offer things for things. In the past few years, we have at least given Zhangwu a stronghold

More than 2 billion gold or five baht coins, now the people of the aristocratic families are in urgent need of financial transactions." said Jizhou Mu Yan Gang, Gongsun Zan's subordinate.

"Back then, we had a large-scale transaction with the Zhangwu stronghold for weapons and food, and we even handed over the entire Zhangwu County to the other party.

Now that such a long time has passed, Zhangwu County has earned us countless money, and now we have no money to use. Now it seems that keeping the Zhangwu stronghold is of no use. I plan to eradicate the Zhangwu stronghold. What do you think?"

Gongsun Zan asked his generals and advisors.

"The sooner we deal with it, the better. No matter what, we should not buy anything from Zhangwu County in the future. That will only make us poorer and poorer, and then we will be unable to do anything." Counselor Guan Jing said.

"Why don't we make another profit at the last moment? Anyway, Zhangwu stronghold has made enough money for us in the past few years. The lord can ask them to buy a large amount of food, grass and weapons. When their things arrive, we can lead the troops to rob them.

Zhangwu County, wouldn't this be better?" Fan Fangshuo, another counselor of Gongsun Zan, asked.

In this way, Gongsun Zan has already decided to capture Zhangwu County because he knows the wealth there. Now only by capturing Zhangwu County can he gain the upper hand in the confrontation with Yuan Shao next year.

The next day Guan Jing went to Zhangwu County, met Wang Jinyong from Zhangwu County, and told him the supplies he wanted to buy.

"Master Guan, the amount of food and weapons Jihou wants this time is too huge. It requires at least 400 million yuan. We can basically prepare it in one year, but Jihou doesn't know how to pay for it." Wang Jinyong asked.

"Jihou said that he hopes to receive the goods in April next year. We will receive a batch of money from Xuzhou next year, which will be enough to pay for the goods." Guan Jing said.

"Grain production in Changli County, Daifang County, and Lelang County in Youzhou has decreased this year. I'm afraid it won't be that easy to raise money." Wang Jinyong said.

"We can pay 10% more of the food price." Guan Jing did not give Wang Jinyong a chance to refute.

When Guan Jing left, Wang Jinyong couldn't help but frowned. Liu Xin sent a letter to Zhang Wu's stronghold Feige three months ago, asking him to prepare to retreat. Moreover, all strongholds except the hidden line were withdrawn. This world war is about to begin.

The situation is getting worse and worse, and it is getting more and more difficult to maintain a stronghold outside.
Chapter completed!