In the winter of 194 AD, the Han lords emerged from the Han Dynasty, and the situation of heroes separating themselves entered a special stage.

The Luoyang court, with Liu He as the emperor, occupied the six northern prefectures, and was echoed by Qingzhou's praises, with the strongest strength.

The Yizhou court appointed Liu Yan as the emperor and occupied a place in Yizhou. At the same time, Jiaozhou also announced its surrender and sent troops to echo the Yizhou offensive.

The Yuzhou court respected Emperor Xian Liu Xie, who had already announced his abdication, but was actually under the jurisdiction of Cao Cao, with the entire territory of Yuzhou, the half territory of Xuzhou, and the Nanyang County of Jingzhou.

In addition to these three "Han courts", there are several other princes who are traveling abroad.

Jiao He, Kong Rong and others occupied Qingzhou. They not only surrendered to the Luoyang court, but also asked for his money, grain and military sources. They refused and agreed to them all. They were loyal.

Liu Bei occupied the northern part of Xuzhou, as well as the two counties of Donglai and Chengyang in Qingzhou, nominally surrendered to the Luoyang court. However, when the Luoyang army fought with the Cao army many times, they did not send troops to help, nor did they pay any tribute to Luoyang.

Liu Yao occupied Yangzhou, but he was gentle by nature and did not repair military affairs. More than half of Yangzhou's counties and counties were actually occupied by Sun Jian.

Liu Biao occupied Jingzhou, but Nanjun was captured by Cao Cao. The four counties in Jingnan were essentially divided by the four prefects in the four places. Therefore, the actual territory he was under was limited to Nanjun and Jiangxia County. However, the richest place in Jingzhou was originally the three northern counties. Therefore, although Liu Biao only occupied two counties, his strength still exceeded the total of the four counties in Jingnan, especially the two cities, Xiangyang and Jiangling, with water and land, and the prosperity of agriculture and commerce, the population of the two cities was almost equal to any county in Jingnan.

However, he was nominally the lord of Jingzhou. Therefore, when facing the attack on Jiaozhou, although he did not have to send troops to resist himself, he would inevitably supply food, grass and equipment to the four counties in Jingnan. Moreover, the four counties were in trouble, Xiangyang City had to face Liu Yan, Cao Cao, and Shi Xie, attacked from three sides. Therefore, he often did not dare to neglect the four counties for help.

At the southernmost end of the Han Dynasty, although Jiaozhou was barren and deserted, it had a population of more than one million and had abundant resources, and was occupied by local scholar Xie. He sent troops to attack Jingzhou and responded to Liu Yan. However, Jiaozhou was poor and the soldiers were incomplete, so he could not conquer it for a long time and made no progress.

Liu Xie, Yuzhou, issued a proclamation to condemn Liu He and recruited Liu Yan. Liu He also issued a proclamation to the world, denounced Cao Cao's disloyalty and unfaithfulness, held the abdicated emperor, forced him to rebel privately.

As for Liu Yan, he was the weakest among the three forces. Everyone in the world believed that he would choose to remain silent and not express his opinion, neither abdicated and be granted a title, obeyed the imperial court in Yuzhou, nor became enemies with either of the other two sides, and watched the tiger fight. Even Cao Cao and Liu He himself thought so.

But within a few days before the New Year, Liu Yan actually scolded Liu Xie, saying that since he had abdicated, he was no longer the emperor. Liu Yan, who is now the royal family, has the highest generation and the most prestigious reputation. He inherited the throne and attacked the rebel Liu He, was the legitimate emperor of the Han Dynasty.

At this moment, everyone in the world was stunned. There were many discussions in the wine shops and in the streets and alleys. They thought that the emperor of Yizhou was unconscious and actually gave up the good situation. He fought against the strong with one weak and one strong, which was no different from seeking death.

At the same time, Liu Yan sent Zhang Ren to increase his troops by 30,000 to station in Hanzhong, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's feint attack was discovered by Zhang Ren. The army yelled outside the city for half a day until noon, when he was about to return to the camp to have dinner, Zhang Ren suddenly led his troops out and caught him off guard.

Although it was related, the two generals Zhao went out to fight in person, but the Han army also lost nearly two thousand people. From then on, the danger in Hanzhong was solved by itself.

Cui Jun, who had become the governor of Liangzhou, hurriedly compiled a book to Guan Yu, saying that he was very powerful and asked the two generals to lead their troops out of Hanzhong area and return to Wudu to station them, so as not to block the mountain due to heavy snow, blockage of retreat, and cause great disasters.

Guan Yu was originally very unwilling to do so. How could he be the one who suffered a loss? He immediately gathered his troops and attacked Hanzhong City with all his might, but he made no contributions. Instead, he was exhausted and lost his troops. Later, Liu He came in person, and he and Zhao Yun led the troops back together.

At the same time, on the east side of Yizhou, Yan Yan, Meng Da, Wu Lan and other generals led troops to guard Shangyong, Fangling, Fuling and other important towns, and confronted Jingzhou.

Liu Biao, on the other hand, hoarded nearly 180,000 troops in Xiangyang and Jiangxia, and was ready to deal with Cao's attack at any time.

At this point, the three Han dynasties and the disputes between the princes began.

In the blink of an eye, winter is coming and spring is coming, and the last heavy snow has just arrived in the cities of Sili area. In Jingzhou in the south, these days, the ice and snow have melted and everything has revived. However, when the snow melts, the weather is the coldest, so there are still few pedestrians in Jingzhou.

Liu Biao was already old and weak, and now Jingzhou is unstable, and he lost Nanyang County. In a hurry, his old illness relapsed and he was bedridden. It was not until these few days that he had recovered a little bit of vitality and could get out of bed and walk freely.

That day, when he was resting in his bedroom, he heard a "creak" sound, and the door opened, but Liu Qi walked in.

"Father, it's time to have a meal."

He brought a bowl of porridge and several plates of side dishes to a table next to the bed, then came to the bed in person and helped Liu Biao up.

"My son is the most filial, and he is not in vain to love you so much for his father."

Liu Biao was very pleased, got out of bed and sat in front of the table.

He picked up the porridge and was about to eat it, he suddenly asked, "By the way, are there any strange things in the city defense these days?"

Liu Qi replied: "Go back to my father, guarding the city, and the child and Liu Pan cousin personally rectified it. Now there are 80,000 defenders in the city, and there are still 15,000 naval troops on the river outside the city. They are waiting for the battle. If the thieves don't come, they will definitely ask him to come but not come."

"Okay, okay, with Qi'er so dedicated, Jingzhou will be worry-free."

Liu Biao's face felt relaxed and he started to eat.

A bit of arrogance appeared on Liu Qi's face: "Thank you for your father's praise. But I've said a long time ago that my father was the lord of Jingzhou. In the past, the Cai clan relied on his contribution to assisting his father, and he was rampant in Jingzhou and even occupied military power. There were many ministers who bullied the master. However, when my father encircled his stepmother and Cai Mao was demoted to the city gate captain, wouldn't I be safe and sound in Jingzhou?"

Hearing his words, Liu Biao put down his bowls and chopsticks and sighed: "Oh, my father has been relying too much on the Cai clan over the years, resulting in more than 60% of the troops in Jingzhou, and they are actually in the hands of the Cai clan. Because of this, when the emperor came to Xiangyang, he dared to send people to assassinate him unscrupulously, and he ignored my ban on my lord, which is really hateful. Fortunately, the matter was revealed, and my father demoted him in time. Otherwise, he would be so unscrupulous that he would not be able to deal with them in two years. At that time, with such a petty heart as Cai, he would definitely harm you."

"Don't worry, my father has now taken over the army and his cousin. All the generals in the army surrendered, and no one pleaded for the Cai family. This shows that this person is a man on weekdays. It is not difficult to resist Cao's army with strong food in Xiangyang. Then my father sent a quarrelman with generous gifts to Luoyang to pay homage to the emperor and ask the emperor to send troops to attack Yuzhou. The troops and horses of Jingzhou echo each other from afar, and attacked each other on both sides, and the Cao thieves will be wiped out in one fell swoop."

Liu Qi's words caused Liu Biao to nod.

"Yes, Cao Cao was ambitious and arrogant, and dared to respect His Majesty Xian, who had abdicated, and openly confronted the court. His Majesty was furious and sent troops to surrender the thief. He was a man of his father to be a sect, and he was a little bit old, but now he is getting older, but His Majesty is healthy and healthy, as he is at the peak of the sky. When he was bedridden for his father, he could figure it out that the unification of the world and the achievement of the great cause of the generations of today is an unstoppable trend. It is impossible for us to be alone in Jingzhou. It is better to surrender early and completely submit to the court, and we can still get fame and title."

After saying that, he took Liu Qi's hand and said earnestly: "This heavy burden will be handed over to your shoulders. Taking advantage of the destruction of Cao, he made achievements and even made a name for himself. He was famous in history. This is a great opportunity for my son, and he must not be missed."

Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard this: "Don't worry, father, I will live up to my trust. Later, the child will personally select the envoys to Luoyang and agree on the day to attack the Cao bandits."

Liu Biao nodded: "It's so great, you can rest assured to be a father."

It was just when the two were having a good conversation, and someone suddenly came to report outside the door: "Report to the lord, young master, General Liu Pan from Jiangxia, and reported that Cao's army suddenly raised two groups of troops and attacked Jiangxia from Yuzhou and Nanyang respectively. The enemy was coming in a fierce manner, with a force of less than 70,000 to 80,000 people. Please send troops to help quickly."

Liu Biao exclaimed: "How could Cao's actions be so swift?"

Liu Qi comforted him and said, "Don't panic, father, this is because Cao thief is in a hurry to seek medical treatment. The child seems to be dead."

"Oh? What's the solution?"

Liu Qi sneered: "This Cao thief must have seen our army's strict defense and the troops of Yuzhou are not good at water battles, so he knows that it will be difficult to win. Therefore, he made a desperate bet and transferred the Yuzhou defenders to attack Jiangxia first, and then marched on both sides to attack Xiangyang. However, he did not know that in this way, Yuzhou would inevitably be empty. The two generals Gao Shun and Zhang Yong were famous and both wise and brave. Now I am afraid that I, Jingzhou, would not need to send envoys, and the two generals would lead their troops south soon to seize Yuzhou."

"Our Jingzhou troops pretended to be rushing to support Jiangxia. The Cao bandits could not capture Jiangxia for a long time. When they were attacked from both sides, they were inevitably panicked. Taking advantage of the chaos in the army, the child turned his troops north to take back Nanyang, and then ordered his cousin Liu Pan to go out of the city to fight. How could Cao bandits be invincible?"

Liu Biao heard his eyes and laughed: "Okay, my son's knowledge is increasing day by day. In the future, he will definitely make immortal contributions in the court army. As a father, he will hand over all the troops and horses in Jingxiang to you with full authority. You can make decisions on your own in all military affairs and you will not have to report back to your father."

"Thank you, my father!"

Liu Qi clasped his fists and thanked him, and there was an excitement in his eyes.
Chapter completed!