The territory between Liu Bei's army and other princes of Yuan Shu was divided on the southern line, and temporarily closed with Xiakou as the boundary, and it fell into stability.

Sun Ce's attitude, and the territories that he took the opportunity to seize, which were originally Liu Biao, expanded Sun Ce's territory and ensured geostrategic security, and would definitely offend Liu Bei, which would give Liu Bei an excuse to start a war with Sun Ce in the long run.

However, this excuse may not break out within one or two years. As long as Sun Ce does not make more proactive hostile actions and does not attack the benefits that Liu Bei has swallowed, Liu Bei will probably not be the first to deal with him.

The reason is nothing more than "regardless of whether Liu Bei attacks Yuan Shao in the next stage, Yuan Shao will definitely attack Liu Bei."

Therefore, if Liu Bei pretends to ignore it temporarily and does not fight against Sun Ce, he will be to compete with Yuan Shao for the first time.

If you insist on taking action against Sun Ce, it would be equivalent to going to war with Yuan Shao and Sun Ce on the north and south sides at the same time.

Although Sun Ce is not strong, as long as Liu Bei and Li Su are rational, they will know that fighting on both sides is definitely not as good as defeating each other. Setting up a certain amount of troops on the other side of Xiakou to defend against each other, and strangling the Jianghan River Estuary is much easier than attacking on both sides at the same time.

As for why Yuan Shao went to war with Liu Bei, there was no need to argue. Yuan Shu was destroyed and Liu Biao admitted that Liu Bei was the Zhengshuo, there were only four princes left in the world.

Yuan Shao wanted to support Liu He, and Liu Bei would proclaim himself emperor, and the rest were Cao Cao and Sun Ce.

After Cao Cao was defeated and forced to surrender by Yuan Shao in the "Xin. Guandu Battle", he had already half a vassal admitted that he would support Liu He with Yuan Shao in the future. After Sun Ce also admitted that Liu He, all the princes in the world would have finished standing.

If Yuan Shao doesn’t fight Liu Bei, he will have no enemies. Wouldn’t it be like waiting for Liu Bei to continue farming to strengthen his development strength?

At that time, there are only two possibilities:

Liu Bei beat Yuan Caosun at the same time;

Or Liu Bei beat Yuan Cao first, Sun temporarily watched the show and rode the fence to preserve his strength, and farmed himself to develop southern Yuzhang and Fujian.

This is not that Li Su’s diplomatic ability is not good, and he cannot get better conditions. In fact, Liu Bei is already the largest force in the world. Even if the remaining three parties completely join the group for warmth, this is possible.

Diplomatic attitude is always related to strength. During the Warring States Period, Qin was so strong that it attracted the alliance of the six countries to join forces. It cannot be said that Qin's diplomatic level was poor. Even if you want to re-renfeng again later, you have to defeat the leader of the alliance to consider Lianfeng.

The current situation is that the Liu Bei family in the Huaxia in the west, and the three Yuan, Cao and Sun families in the east are from north to south, and Yuan Shao is equivalent to the long line of the Helian Long.

Of course, the battle between Yuan Shao and Liu Bei may not necessarily lead to one collapse at once. Due to logistical issues, both sides will only score the winners of the border. After the victory or defeat has been decided, as long as one side has firm walls and clears the fields and scorched earth retreats, it is still difficult for the other side to seize the victory in depth.

Therefore, it is very likely that you will be in a state of "only deciding victory or defeat, not deciding life or death", and then you will stop. Then you will consider whether to make up for the logistics shortcomings and continue to attack, or take advantage of the opportunity of losing the threat to the opponent's life force, and then find an excuse to deal with other small princes.

...

After the "borderless land" on the southern line was divided, the last piece of fat in the middle line had not been completely "confirmed" by Yuan Shu's territory, which was Henan Yin, where Luoyang was located, and the most valuable place in the capital.

In late April, Yuan Shu himself had actually retreated and passed Yingchuan County and Runan County under the cover of Ji Ling and Liu Xun, and "moved the capital" to Shouchun, Huainan.

Ji Ling himself ran together with "protecting the car" and helped Yuan Shu to open the way to solve the problem of a small group of Cao Cao's infiltration and intercepting the troops.

After Yuan Shu passed by, Liu Xun gave up Xuchang and retreated east with most of his generals and his direct troops. Liu Xun's role along the way was to cut off the rear and block the pursuers for Yuan Shu.

Ji Ling and Liu Xun took away a total of 50,000 or 60,000 relatively elite mobile troops. In addition, Yuan Shu had originally stationed in Runan and Huainan, after Yuan Shu gave up the western half of the territory, the remaining total troops were reduced to about 70,000 to 80,000.

Compared with the 150,000 mobile troops that Yuan Shu had pieced together when he slaughtered the lord, and the troops of Dong Cheng and Zhu Jun who had eliminated Dong Chenghou, Yuan Shu's peak combat power was once approaching 200,000 at the beginning of March.

As a result, in less than two months, all the swallowed ones were spit out, and many old capitals were spent, and the troops surrendered and revolted a lot. 120,000 out of nearly 200,000 people were lost, with a loss rate of 60%.

Among these 120,000 people, more than 20,000 were left in Luoyang and Yingchuan, and ended up in the encirclement. They cannot be considered annihilated at this moment.

There are still 100,000 that have been destroyed, including 30,000 that have been annihilated by Liu Bei's army, 30,000 that have been instigated by Liu Bei's army and surrendered by prisoners. The other 40,000 have been annihilated by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and captured and surrendered.

However, the remaining 40% is considered to be Yuan Shu's true strength. He is not a person who is forced to follow him or has no will to identify, and he has voted for it. It is definitely not easy to kill them.

After Yuan Shu retreated eastward, Yuan Shao was not only interested in Luoyang, but also was a little lazy to pursue him desperately, but instead adjusted his fingers to prevent Liu Bei.

The reason why Yuan Shao did this was due to his usual greed for small gains: Yuan Shao knew very well that it would be much easier to kill Yuan Shu’s 200,000 people to only 80,000 people left than to kill the last 80,000 people.

Because the former took advantage of Yuan Shu people's panic and wanted to give up part of their territory and retreat, but the other party did not have the will to fight to the end. In the end, the 80,000 soldiers trapped in the two Huai Rivers had no choice but to retreat. Or the generals had the guilt of participating in the regicide and the officers were not afraid to surrender easily.

In this case, handing over the final battle of trapping beasts to Cao Cao to sweep the wall can also save Yuan Shao's strength. Secondly, according to the "Gao Deal" a few years ago, most areas of the Lianghuai River were indeed Cao Cao's sphere of influence. Yuan Shao ate the fat meat and let Cao Cao chew it. This is very reasonable.

Yuan Shao is currently only interested in the fat meat still in the siege of Luoyang, and has also begun to send diplomatic envoys to try to cooperate with the inside and outside, and directly and decently persuade the surrender to take down the Luoyang area.

Yuan Shao was coveting Luoyang, and Liu Bei's camp certainly refused to give up. When Zhang Fei led his troops to block Kunyang, Ye County stalemates with Yuan Shao's army, and Ma Chao went south to enclose land along the Dabie Mountains to Xiakou, Liu Bei's army had the only mobile and viable force in the Nanyang Basin, which was Zhao Yun's army-

That is, the Jingzhou Army brought by Li Su. After Li Su himself opened the Wuguan Road and returned to Chang'an to report the army, the troops were temporarily handed over to Zhao Yun and commander Gao Shun.

After Zhao Yun received Zhang Fei's notification, he had no time to ask Liu Bei for instructions, so he handed over the task of conquering Wancheng to Gao Shun. Zhao Yun divided his troops north and imitated the previous route of the northern expedition to Luoyang, hoping to continue to walk through Luyang to break through the southern three passes of the eight passes of Luoyang.

But I don’t know whether Yuan Shu stayed in Luoyang to restrain the troops who were captured by Liu Bei’s camp with a terror, or whether Yuan Shu left, he told him that these soldiers were still very hard-working when guarding Yique and Taigu blocked Zhao Yun. It seemed that they really planned to surrender to Yuan Shao decently after agreeing on conditions.

Although Zhao Yun is strong, it is still very difficult to take the pass around Luoyang within ten days and half a month if it takes a head-on attack.

At this point, the work of dividing the stolen Yuan Shu's territory basically seems to have been divided into cartilage and fat, and the rest are all difficult problems.

...

While the work of dividing the spoils and enclosing land on the Eastern Front battlefield is in full swing, Liu Bei and Li Su also have a lot of things to deal with in Luoyang.

On the one hand, Liu Bei's claim to emperor must be prepared. This matter will be held at any time after Luoyang is officially captured. If it is fast, it may happen in May, and the slowest should be on the first day of June. These are mainly left to people like Guan Ning, Xi, Lu, Cheng Bing and others to handle.

At the same time, before becoming emperor, the struggle for political cards, the rectification of our own reform work, the slander of the enemy camp reform, and the struggle and rectification of the aristocratic families in the world all require energy to be treated well.

In addition, there are some handling work of prisoners of war and war criminals that need to be dealt with in a way.

April 22nd, the third day after Li Su returned to Chang'an. Because Liu Bei considered that he was fighting hard, he had not arranged work for him these days, so he asked him to go home to spend the first time with his family, and took two days off.

Li Su's eldest son is over half a year old, but this child has never seen his father since the full moon banquet. Until now, Li Su comes back, so he can't recognize him at all. Of course, Li Su has to be familiar with his wife and children.

As a result, before the holiday was over, Liu Bei called him to go to the palace for a banquet and met an envoy from afar. It seemed that there was something important to let him know about it.

Li Su apologized to his wife, saying that he would only go to the palace for a meal and would not be busy.

After arriving at Weiyang Palace, he went straight to Xuanshi Hall. Liu Bei actually met with an external envoy in Xuanshi Hall, which seemed quite solemn.

After observing the other party, Li Su had a vague impression, but he didn't think about it very much. There were other advisers next to him who reminded him that he was Tian Chou, the commander of Mi Zhu, the prefect of Liaodong.

It has been eight years since I saw each other, and it is normal for Li Su to forget that the other person looks.

"Tian Zitai? Why did you come here? Could it be that something happened to Mi Zizhong?" Li Su was shocked, and then he realized that it was indeed possible.

Because after Yuan Shu killed the lord, the world had no common ruler, and it was possible for Yuan Shao to attack Mi Zhu, who was suspected of Liu. However, Yuan Shao's naval power has always been unsatisfied and could not pass through the 400-mile unmanned land in the western Liaoning Corridor to achieve logistics supply.

Liu Bei seemed to have heard of it roughly, and just to let Li Su know, he signaled Tian Chou to say it again.

Tian Chou completely explained the causes and consequences of his hard work to go on a mission to request grace.

"Since Yuan Shu killed the lord, starting from late February, it has been reported that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are preparing to take down Liaodong in the future, and the Lord of Mifu is deeply worried.

Yuan Shao's navy was originally very weak and not afraid of it, but Cao Cao had invested a lot since he developed sailing two or three years ago and conquered the Three Koreans. Now his strength of warships on the Yellow Sea cannot be underestimated.

There is also the Lu family, a famous Wujun family, who defected to Cao Cao, not only helped Cao Cao build ships, but also sought to become an official at Cao Cao. The Lu family had a young seaship commander named Lu Xun (the setting has been changed, so there is no need to discuss Lu). He was 16 years old this year and was able to command warships to sea.

At the end of February, Cao Cao went north from the Sanhan area and clashed with the military camps of Dingfang and Lelang County of Mifujun. Our army lost to Cao Cao's land battle, and Dingfang County south of the Wushui (Datong River) fell into Cao Cao's hands.

At present, Cao Cao had no intention of continuing to move north, because there were many mountainous areas north of the Lelang River, but Mi Fujun could not guarantee when Cao Cao would continue to invade north. So Mi Fujun sent a merchant fleet south in early March and took us by the way, hoping to go on an envoy to explain the situation to the king.

The Yellow River cannot be walked, and there are Yuan Shao's patrols along the way, so we had to walk the Yangtze River and circumnavigate the Han River. First, the Yangtze River is wide, and it is difficult for the speedboat to intercept it. Second, Sun Ce is still in harmony with the king now, and I think he will not have to offend the king and intercept it."

Li Su reviewed the map in his mind. Originally, Cao Cao was probably in the area south of the Han River on the Korean Peninsula, but now he has advanced to the south of the Datong River. That is equivalent to the land between Seoul, South Korea and Pyongyang, North Korea, being occupied by Cao Cao in later generations.

The land should have a depth of 300 miles from north to south, and its horizontal width in the east and west is the same as the width of the Korean Peninsula. Half of the western coast is valuable agricultural reclamation areas, and the eastern half is mountainous areas.

By this calculation, Mi Zhu's situation is indeed quite critical. After all, Mi Zhu's strength in land battles is not very good. He is just a businessman, and he relies on Xu Rong to help him fight. Although Xu Rong was very strong when he was young, he had defeated Sun Jian and Cao Cao in history, but he was Cao and Sun, who were not experienced when he was young. Now Cao Cao has many elite soldiers and generals for many years, so Xu Rong will definitely not be able to withstand it.

Besides, Xu Rong died in battle in 192 in history. Now he has lived in 197 and is already a little old, and his combat power cannot be compared with his peak in his prime. Xu Rong is between Duan Wei and Li Jue and Guo Si, and he is in his early fifties this year.

After Li Su sorted out Mi Zhu's experience, he followed the situation and asked: "Did Mi Zizhong send him for help? Liaodong is far away, so it's hard to save him, alas..."

Tian Chou looked at Li Su, then looked at Liu Bei, and then knelt down and told Liu Bei that Mi Zhu's official request:

"Mi Fujun actually knew that the king could not save him, so he came here this time to ask the king for pardon, and to allow him to be in Yuanying and be in the Han Dynasty. On the surface, he would give in to Yuan Shao to avoid the Liaodong warriors from becoming a disaster again, but he would not send troops to help Yuan Shao become enemies with the king."

After all, Liu Bei was a kind person. After hearing the difficulties conveyed by Tian Chou, he thought for a while and said generously: "Of course he will not make things difficult for him. This matter is beyond the reach of his own strength and cannot be rescued. This is a loneliness, but he is not a loneliness.

He was alone and wanted to take the initiative to seek vassals before he had completely started a war with Yuan Shao. He was afraid that he would surrender in his name and not work hard, and Yuan Shao would not tolerate him. But no matter what, as long as he would destroy Yuan Shao in the future, restore Youzhou, and drink Ma Liaohe, he, Mi Zizhong, reconciled him in time, anyway, I would be the hero of the Han Dynasty."

Liu Bei's words were completely similar to the actions of Huang Quan being isolated in Jiangbei after the Battle of Yiling in history, and Liu Bei pardoned Huang Quan for surrendering.

Liu Bei has always felt that since he could not save his brother, he could be forgiven if he asked his brother to endure humiliation and pretend to surrender to the enemy. It was similar to Guan Yu's temporary submission to Cao in history. Liu Bei was confident in his team's cohesion.

However, when Tian Chou saw that Liu Bei agreed, he was still very surprised. He was worried that he would beg for a long time to make a fuss, but he didn't expect that Liu Bei was so straightforward that Tian Chou himself was very moved.

Tian Chou hurriedly said, "Please rest assured about this matter. The Lord Mi Fujun has already thought of a solution. He will send someone to Yecheng with generous gifts to bribe Xu You, a counselor around Yuan Shao, and Ju Su will also make some trouble. I heard that Ju Su has an old relationship with the king, even if he considers Yuan Shao's interests, he will definitely not want to see a lose-lose situation.

Then, the Lord of Mi Fu would propose an amount. Liaodong recognized the King of Yan as Zhengshuo and was vassalized by Yuan Shao. Because the road was dangerous and far, there was no "rent and transfer method" in the Eastern Dynasty. The money, grain and taxes in the border areas were transported to the center, which was often very expensive.

Therefore, the King of Mifu pleaded with the minimum amount of 50 million yuan per year to provide money or expensive military supplies to Yecheng for delivery. It is the annual tax payment and corvee of the people of Liaodong, and it is used by the court. If Yuan Shao came to Liaodong to rule, the taxation could reach two or three times that of this number, but he would never be able to transport so many things to Yecheng."

Mi Zhu's idea of ​​this condition made Li Su lit up his eyes.

This is equivalent to a "tax-bearing vassal", and it is also a contracted transportation. If Yuan Shao comes to rule by himself, he will definitely not have so many things to plunder and squeeze out, but the people are still burdened with heavier, so Yuan Shao really cannot be in trouble with the next life.

When Emperor Ling of Han was the first Emperor Ling of Han, the entire income from the Liaodong region to Youzhou and the court in a year was only 20 to 30 million yuan. Of course, at that time, Liaodong had only 300,000 to 400,000 people, and now it has been managed by Mi Zhu to more than one million people (including Lelang)

Mi Zhu is a businessman, so he has to give full play to his advantages. He organizes shipping with less losses than Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao is definitely willing to accept this tax-bearing autonomy.

Moreover, Mi Zhu's actions can help Yuan Shao ease the calls for the "rental and mediocre transfer laws" to reduce the burden on the "Rent and Message Law" because the most remote Liaodong has already piloted the tax-protecting system.

The value of Liaodong to Yuan Shao is to give 50 million Mars taxes every year in the future. It is similar to the Mars GDP in the "Steel Ambition" of P Society Games.

Liu Bei thought about it and found that this was also the best choice for Mi Zhu to not be destroyed. If he could not save the other party within a few years, he could only do this. It would be better than being swallowed by Cao Cao in a battle.

"I'm sure, Zitai, go back and comfort me, and ask Zizhong not to feel guilty. I'm sorry to him. In the future, he will be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. If others criticize him, Gu will also correct his reputation. It proves that he was a decree to the enemy and temporarily surrender." Liu Bei said frankly.

Tian Chou was stunned: "This matter...no more ministers discuss? I think only the Right General is here today, and the rest of Xun Gong reached Zhong Yuanchang..."

Liu Bei: "If you know more people, you will not be secret. So why don't you harm Mi Zizhong? Of course, you can decide if you have a private chat with Boya."

Tian Chou was moved and shed tears: "The king is kind, and I am grateful to you. I am grateful to you. I will leave."

Liu Bei: "Come back!"

Tian Chou was stunned and thought that Liu Bei had some additional conditions to change his mind.

Liu Bei: "What's the hurry? Wait a moment, I'll ask someone to call Zi Zhong's son Mi Wei. Since I have to do a show, I have to do the whole set. If Zi Zhong still leaves the eldest son here as a scoundrel, how could Yuan Shao be willing to believe that he has completely 'remained'?

If you take Mi Wei away, you will declare to the public that you broke up with Gu and were secretly rescued. Yuan Shao will not make things difficult for you - but be careful not to act. If Mi Wei is forced by Yuan Shao to be sent to Yecheng as a good person, then it will not be beautiful. If you are gentle, you are gentle, and if you are strong, you will be strong. Just say that both sides will not be willing to keep hostages. It is already the limit you can accept."

Tian Chou was stunned: "Big... King, isn't you even need a hostage?"
Chapter completed!