Lu Bu was willing to return the families of Liu Bei's officials and generals. Guan Yu received Liu Bei's order and led his army to Tan County to pick up the families of the officials and generals.

After Guan Yu received the man, it was time to leave Xuzhou. From now on, Xuzhou's surname will no longer be Liu, but Lu. This defeat to Lu Bu was very frustrating. Guan Yu and the generals around him secretly swore that they would take back Xuzhou if they had the chance.

Cut Lu Bu into pieces.

Returning to Dongwu County, the officials under Liu Bei were very happy to see that their family members had been rescued, and Liu Bei also saw his wives and concubines.

Liu Bei took Guan Yu back to his general's palace and talked with Guan Yu about Wei County. Liu Bei's base camp was actually in Yecheng, Wei County, which Liu Bei captured from Yuan Shao. This time they reconciled with Lu Bu and they should also go back.

After all, it was much richer than Qingzhou, so Liu Bei could regain his strength faster there.

"It is not appropriate for us to anger Lu Bu now. From now on, I plan to ask you, my second brother, to sit in Qingzhou and fight with Cao Cao against Yuan Shao.

I will try my best to prepare food and grass and send it to you to try to capture Yuan Shao. I have already discussed it with Cao Cao. From now on, Qingzhou will be handed over to Cao Cao and Jizhou will belong to us." Liu Bei said to Guan Yu.

Jizhou is the largest state in the world, and it is not comparable to the small Qingzhou. If Qingzhou is given to Cao Cao, Liu Bei only needs to take revenge and capture Xuzhou. Then Cao Cao will be completely surrounded, and Liu Bei will capture it easily.

"Cao Cao is a treacherous person, brother, you have to be careful. The Yuan family is deeply rooted in wanting to defeat Yuan Shao. This is an opportunity. My brother is here, don't worry!" Guan Yu said.

Liu Bei nodded, but Guan Yu saw that Liu Bei was worried, so he asked what was going on. Liu Bei did not hide anything and told Guan Yu that Cao Cao had married his daughter to him.

"This Cao Mengde is indeed cunning, and he wants to take advantage of his elder brother like this. He has already sent his daughter, and we can't send it back. But leaving Cao Cao's daughter in an inn like this is not an option," Guan Yu said.

"I'm having a headache over this matter. This Cao Cao sent his daughter to my general's residence, so what secrets can we have from Cao Cao in the future?" Liu Bei said.

The two were silent for a long time, and then Guan Yu spoke: "Brother, you and I are as close as one brother. My younger brother has never married yet..."

"Second brother!" Liu Bei couldn't help but be moved when he heard what Guan Yu said. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had been silently paying for themselves. If they wanted to marry a wealthy family, they were willing to marry their legitimate daughter to them, and Guan Yu was willing to give this hot hand.

When the potato was taken over, how could Liu Bei remain unmoved.

"This is the best way now. We can only get better if we capture Yuan Shao and Lu Bu." Guan Yu said.

"Brother, I'm sorry for you. When I return to Yecheng, I will do my best to organize the people to farm and start farming in the southern counties of Jizhou. When Yuan Shao is captured, we will take back Xuzhou in one fell swoop. This day will not be too far away." Liu Bei said to Guan Yu.

Three days later, Guan Yu held a wedding, and invited most of Liu Bei's civil servants and generals. Many people were still curious about why Guan Yu married Cao Cao's daughter, but those who knew about it admired Guan Yu endlessly. Guan Yu's righteousness was extraordinary. People can imagine this.

Cao Cao's daughter is not so easy to marry.

Zhang Fei rushed back to Dongwu County when he heard the news that Guan Yu was getting married. When Liu Bei told Zhang Fei about Cao Cao's marriage, Zhang Fei was so angry that he went to Cao Cao to fight for his life. Cao Cao was clearly bullying them.

Three brothers.

In this way, the counties around Jizhou were somewhat settled. Yuan Shao was defeated by Liu Bei and Cao Cao was trapped in the north of Jizhou. Guan Yu and Cao Cao often raised troops to attack Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was defeated and lost Zhongshan and Bohai County, leaving only Hejian County.

Under control, he had no way to turn around at this time. Yuan Shao sent an envoy to let Liu Yu attack Gongsun Zan, and then he led his army to flee north. However, Liu Yu was unwilling to fight at all. He lived a stable life in the north of Youzhou.

, why bother getting involved in other people's wars.

At this point, Yuan Shao has basically reached the end of the road. He only has one county left to do what he can do. Liu Bei has occupied most of Jizhou. At this time, he began to send envoys to admit defeat to Liu Bei and express his willingness to submit to Liu Bei.

How could Liu Bei let Yuan Shao go? When the food shortage is over, Yuan Shao's strength will inevitably increase. What if Yuan Shao comes back to life if he is not killed now? Liu Bei did not agree, but he also kept an eye on it. He took Zhongshan Kingdom and Bohai County. Yuan Shao had already

There is not much threat to him, so let Cao Cao deal with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao's counterattack when he is about to die will definitely cause a lot of damage. The opponent and Cao Cao have an undying hatred.

So Guan Yu received the news from Liu Bei and began to clear up wasteland in southern Qingzhou to prepare for spring plowing in the coming year. This year's grain shortage was unprecedented. For the first time, everyone deeply felt that food was the foundation of everything. With connections, money and wealth

At this time, the army is not as useful as food.

Cao Cao saw that Liu Bei began to slow down his offensive, and Guan Yu occupied the southern part of Qingzhou and refused to leave. This was completely inconsistent with their agreement to hand over Qingzhou to Cao Cao. Seeing this, Cao Cao could only quietly defend Liu Bei while increasing his offensive. Others could not

He, Cao Cao, could not kill Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao wanted to kill the enemy, but he was unable to organize a large-scale attack due to lack of food. Yuan Shao only wanted to defend himself and blocked Cao Cao's attack in Hejian County.

This year's grain output in Qingzhou and Jizhou is less than 30% of last year's. Everyone knows that next year will definitely be another year of disaster. The voices of people praying for peace begin to increase. The princes have no power to fight anymore. The situation seems to be getting better.

But today, the land of the Central Plains is riddled with holes. In the past, Jizhou, the largest state in the world, had a statistical population of more than 8 million, and most of the counties and counties had a population of more than 30,000. But now!

There are few large counties with tens of thousands of people anymore. The entire population of Jizhou is less than 2 million. The world is full of corpses of people who have starved to death. However, Qingzhou has less than 600,000, Xuzhou has 1.8 million, Yanzhou has 1.6 million, Yuzhou has 3.7 million, and Youzhou has 2 million.

Ten thousand.

Even the population of these five states is not as large as that of the eight counties under Liu Xin's rule! The population of Jizhou, the largest state in the world, is not as large as that of Shu County, which has only twelve counties.

Bingzhou is under the control of Zhang Xiu and Zhang Yan. Like Liangzhou, these places have rivers and few trees, so there are much fewer locusts than other states in the world. At this time, Zhang Xiu's power has not increased, but the princes in the world have lost their strength due to famine.

It was a big decline, which made Zhang Xiu suddenly appear very strong. Zhang Xiu had already begun to explore the situation in Jizhou to see if there was an opportunity to continue to expand eastward.

The locust plague changed the power of the princes in the world during this severe drought. Some desolate places became stronger at this time. They gained more victims and increased the number of troops, such as Ma Teng of Liangzhou and Bingzhou.
Chapter completed!