Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

The flowers bloom at both ends, each on one side.

Liu Zhang fought Yuan Shao for several months. During this period, the princes of the world were enough to do something.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Yuan Shu of Yangzhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou and others just waited and watched. Governor of Qingzhou and Minister of Beihai Kong Rong, who were so close to Yuan Shao, did nothing because of their lack of strength, while Cao Cao of Yanzhou did something during this time. The first major event was to move the capital to Xuchang.

After he welcomed the Han Emperor back, he rebuilt Xuchang, and then placed the Han Emperor Liu Xie in Xuchang, where the imperial court was rebuilt.

With the emperor in his hands, Cao Cao soon swelled up. He asked the emperor to issue an edict to make himself a general, but Xun Yu immediately reminded himself that Yuan Shao in the north and Liu Zhang in the west were both ruthless characters, and they should not be provoked yet.

Therefore, Cao Cao suggested that the world issue an edict to make Liu Zhang the great Sima, Yuan Shao the general, and himself the prime minister.

Then, several edicts were issued, intending to induce the princes of the world to attack each other, but when the edict arrived, the princes would not be fools. Although they thought about it in their hearts, they did not attack each other on a large scale.

Not long after Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng, he received the emperor's edict. He was very happy to know that the emperor named him a general, but after asking the emperor's special envoy, he was so angry that he vomited blood .

He sighed again and again, Liu Zhang's son, who is only [-] years old, dares to steal the position of Da Sima.

The Great Sima and the Great General are both the highest officers of the army in the country, but the Great Sima is more noble than the Great General, so Yuan Shao is jealous.

However, at this time, Yuan Shao himself knew that in a short period of time, he was unable to fight Liu Zhang, let alone destroy him.

After Yuan Shao vomited blood, he could only swallow his anger and recuperate in Yecheng.

Although he lost the four first-class generals Han Meng, Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Zhu Ling, Yuan Shao was not worried at all. With his current territory in the three states, it would only take a year to recover.

Don't look at Cao Cao who just welcomed the emperor back in these four months, but his benefits are many.

After stabilizing the emperor and the court, he summoned his subordinates and asked what to do in the next period of time.

In fact, it is who to hit.

Yuan Shao and Liu Zhang in the north cannot fight, but Li Jue and Guo Si in Luoyang in the west, Zhang Xiu in the southwest, Liu Biao and Yuan Shao in the south, and Tao Qian and Qingzhou in the east can all be fought.

However, it is precisely because of this that Cao Cao has an army of [-], but he dare not move lightly. He must defend on all sides, and there are not many troops that can be mobilized.

Xun Yu just reported on the logistics of Cao Cao's side recently, and Guo Jia suggested to attack Yuzhou first.

At present, there is no assassination history in Yuzhou. Under the rule of Yuzhou, there are Yingchuan County, Runan County, Chen State, Liang State, Pei State, and Lu State. The population is originally 516 million, and the population density is very high.

However, Yuzhou was also the place where the Yellow Turban Rebellion was the most serious, and its population has long since decreased a lot.

Among the six prefectures in Yuzhou, Yingchuan County, Chen State, and Liang State in the north belonged to Cao Cao, Runan County and the southern part of Pei State were occupied by Yuan Shu, and the counties in the north of Pei State were the most special.

These counties are between the three forces and are currently in a state of autonomy.

Because Cao Cao, Tao Qian, and Yuan Shu did not dare to send troops to take it easily, so as to avoid large-scale wars.

Cao Cao's hometown is in Peiguoqiao County, where the Xiahou and Cao clans still have some influence, but his subordinates suggested that Cao Cao send troops from Xuchang to attack Runan County.

Runan County originally had a population of 210 million, and one county is equivalent to the population of one state in other states.

The Yuan family of the fourth generation and three princes came from Runan, and the Yuan family had the greatest influence in Runan. However, since Yuan Shu took over and came to Runan, Runan has been getting worse day by day.

After Yuan Shu was in the Huainan area, he spent a lot of time enjoying himself every day.

In order to support his enjoyment, he extorted money in the Huainan area, and Runan County has become more and more difficult under his governance in the past few years.

However, the area occupied by Yuan Shu is the most affluent area in the Central Plains. Although the area under his jurisdiction is not extensive, the population under his rule is large, and there are as many as 30 soldiers under his command.

After discussing with his subordinates, Cao Cao decided to set out with Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others, and led an army of [-] to attack Runan.

In Cao Cao's view, although he only had [-] troops to go out, he was worthy of Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu at this time was actually at his strongest when he had 30 troops, sitting down like a cloud of fierce generals, and raining counselors, no less than Yuan Shao and Liu Zhang.

However, Yuan Shu's biggest problem is that the territory is too small and lacks strategic depth.

In Shouchun, Yuan Shu's power became stronger and stronger, but it was only superficially powerful. His rule in Huainan area has gradually become unpopular.

One day, while drinking honey water in Shouchun City, he was watching a beauty singing and dancing performance when suddenly Yan Xiang, the chief counselor under his command, broke in and came to Yuan Shu.

She cupped her hands and bowed loudly: "My lord, I have something important to tell you, please reject the diva!"

Yuan Shu was originally full of interest, so he glanced at Yan Xiang indifferently, "I'm busy now!"

"My lord, Runan urgent report!"

Seeing that Yan Xiang was still insisting, Yuan Shu stretched out his hand with a displeased expression. "Get back!"

Immediately, the music stopped, and the singers also stopped moving, and then they got together to salute Yuan Shu, and then retreated together.

After all the irrelevant people left, Yan Xiang ignored Yuan Shu's impatience, and immediately said: "My lord, Cao Cao personally led an army of [-] to attack Runan from Xuchang, and now he has captured Zhaoling and Xiping." In the two counties, the prefect of Runan is in a hurry."

After finishing speaking, he handed over the urgent report from the prefect of Runan.

Yuan Shu was skeptical. "Cao Aman dare to attack me?"

However, he still took the bamboo slips handed over by Yan Xiang, and then opened them to read.

Soon, he threw the bamboo slips on the table with a displeased face, "Ah Cao lied to me too much, he dared to attack Runan with only [-] troops."

After being angry for a while, Yuan Shu said to Yan Xiang: "Quick, call Sun Ce!"

Yan Xiang knew that Yuan Shu wanted Sun Ce to resist Cao Cao, so he said, "My lord, you sent Sun Ce to attack Lujiang a month ago."

"I forgot!" Yuan Shu thought for a while, and then said: "Order Ji Ling as the chief general, and Yuan Yin, Han Xian, Chen Lan, and Li Feng as the deputy generals, leading [-] troops, to reinforce the Runan prefect."

"No!" Yan Xiang thought for a while, and felt that it would be absolutely no problem for Ji Ling to lead 10 people and resist Cao Cao's 5 people.

Three days later, Ji Ling mobilized an army of [-] in Shouchun, then left the north gate and headed west.