Although Liu Dai was the governor of Yanzhou, he did not have a strong control over Yanzhou.

Like Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, who had considerable autonomy, they were even willing to do so, which was even more hindering to Liu Dai. After all, Changyi, the capital of Yanzhou, was located in Shanyang County.

However, this time, Liu Dai got rid of a lot of restraints.

Not only did the prefect of Dongjun Qiao Mao die, Shanyang prefect Yuan Yi finally chose to retreat south with the coalition forces. Even the remaining prefect of Chenliu Zhang Miao, now he can only be on the same mind as Liu Dai to resist the threat from Luoyang.

So, from Liu Dai's own perspective alone, although the coalition forces failed, he actually made a profit.

But the premise of all this is that he can survive Lu Bu's attack.

Under such circumstances, Liu Dai was ready to recruit soldiers before returning to Yanzhou.

As a large state in the Central Plains, Yanzhou once had a population of more than four million. Even after some turmoil recently, the population was as high as more than three million.

With such a huge population base, Yanzhou can actually afford a lot of troops.

Even if you don’t consider the people’s livelihood, Yanzhou can bring in an army of hundreds of thousands of people.

In the past, Liu Dai was not under his command because he was considering the people's livelihood and had Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, Yuan Yi and others checked and balanced.

However, after returning to Yanzhou this time, all constraints have disappeared, and Liu Dai also knew that the most important thing for him now is to pass the current level, and people's livelihood must be considered after he defends Yanzhou.

In this way, as long as Liu Dai is given a certain amount of time, he can at least bring in another 200,000 to 300,000 troops in Yanzhou.

But unfortunately, Lu Bu did not play according to common sense at all.

Without any warning, he led 10,000 light cavalry into the hinterland of Yanzhou.

Although Lu Bu did this on the surface and put him in danger, this also forced Liu Dai to use his only troops to encircle Lu Bu first.

Now all the troops under Liu Dai's command are only 50,000.

When he participated in the alliance, he brought 30,000 people, and 20,000 left behind in Changyi.

However, after this withdrawal, Liu Dai left 20,000 troops in Henan County to relied on the camp left by the coalition forces and deployed defenses in the corridor. After returning to Yanzhou, he had not had time to recruit troops, so now there are only 30,000 troops around him.

Fortunately, as the prefect of Chenliu, Zhang Miao still has 20,000 or 30,000 troops under his command, which can share a lot of pressure for Liu Dai.

So, after communicating with Zhang Miao, Liu Dai decided to let the 20,000 troops left by Liu Dai in Henan County continue to block the Lu Bu army from Hulao Pass according to the source plan, and they tried to encircle Lu Bu, who was alone in Chenliu and Jiyin.

But just when Liu Dai and Zhang Miao were willing to dispatch troops here and were preparing to encircle Lu Bu, a sudden news also stunned them - after Lu Bu led his troops into Yanzhou, he did not come towards Changyi, but headed towards Puyang!

There is no way. In Lu Bu's impression, in history, Lu Bu and Cao Cao fought around Yanzhou, and fought around Puyang, so this time he led 10,000 light cavalry first, and his idea was to attack Puyang.

More importantly, Lu Bu now has only the camp of the sank besides the grassland Hu Qi.

So are you counting on the grassland Hu Qi to understand the situation in Yanzhou, or are you counting on the trapped camp to point out Lu Bu’s mistakes?

In this way, Lu Bu led his men to Puyang directly.

But in Liu Dai and Zhang Miao's opinion, Lu Bu's move was completely inexplicable!

The capital of Yanzhou is located in Changyi, OK!

He is also from Liu Dai in Changyi!

You, Lu Bu, went deep alone, wasn’t it just for him, Liu Dai?

Then you come and fight Changyi!

What are you doing in Puyang?

More importantly, Lu Bu's shot at Puyang also completely failed their arrangements!

Puyang is the county seat of Dongjun, and the prefect of Dongjun is nothing but Qiao Mao!

However, Qiao Mao had already died outside Hulao Pass, and even the eight thousand soldiers he brought were annexed by other princes, so the current Dongjun can be said to be completely unprepared.

If Liu Dai could be given some more time, then he could take advantage of his identity as the governor of Yanzhou to take advantage of this opportunity to take Dongjun. However, the incident happened so suddenly that Liu Dai had no time to deal with these things, which led to a Dongjun facing Lu Bu with completely open doors!

Along the way, Lu Bu's troops all opened the city to surrender. Yan County and the White Horse fell into Lu Bu's hands, without even a decent resistance.

In this way, before Lu Bu could figure out why it was so smooth, he had already arrived outside Puyang City.

Then Lu Bu was welcomed into Puyang City.

The person who welcomed Lu Bu in Kaicheng was named Qiao Ge, who was Qiao Mao's relative.

Outside Hulao Pass, Qiao Mao was pulled over by Yuan Shao and died of arrows. Although the princes behind him divided Qiao Mao's troops, there was no airtight wall in the world, and the news finally came back to Dongjun.

In this way, the Qiao family has no favoritism for Yuan Shao and the coalition forces.

However, the Qiao family was weak and Qiao Mao, the largest pillar in the clan, was still dead. Even though he had resentment towards Yuan Shao and the coalition forces, he could only swallow his anger.

However, although the Qiao family can't afford to offend Yuan Shao and the coalition forces, there are still people who can afford to offend!

Therefore, when Lu Bu, who was at the city, reported his identity, Qiao Ge took people to open the city gate without hesitation and offered the city.

Although Qiao Mao was also a member of the coalition forces against Lu, Qiao Mao died in the end because of Yuan Shao, and even his troops were divided up by a group of princes.

In this case, the Qiao family would rather turn to Lu Bu than surrender to Yuan Shao or the coalition forces.

Puyang Prefecture House.

Listening to Qiao Ge telling the whole story, Lu Bu's expression was also a bit strange.

Is there such a good thing?

Although he was not sure about the specific situation, Yuan Shao, as the leader of the coalition forces, must be safe.

The only time I might encounter a dangerous situation was when he shot an arrow.

In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, Qiao Mao, the unlucky guy who was pulled over to block the arrow, should have been shot to death by him.

As a result, the Qiao family now surrendered to Yuan Shao in order to disgust him...

What is this?

Of course, Lu Bu will definitely only think about this kind of thing in his heart and will never say it under such circumstances.

After all, Qiao Mao was the prefect of Dongjun, even though he was already dead, his influence in Dongjun was still there.
Chapter completed!