.      Sun Ce borrowed 10,000 soldiers, 2,000 war horses, and 100,000 stones of grain from Lu Bu. He also obtained the position of General Yangzhou and left with satisfaction.

Lu Fan was the general sergeant of the Yangzhou Corps and went south with Sun Ce. Sun Jian's old subordinates Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, Sun He and others were all brigade commanders in the Yangzhou Corps. However, the battalion commanders, captains, two commanders, sergeants and other grassroots officers were all grassroots soldiers drawn from Lu Bu's Guard Division and were loyal to Lu Bu. Although most of the grassroots soldiers were refugees from Xuzhou and Yangzhou, they also followed Lu Bu for several months. Their lords were Lu Bu instead of Sun Ce. Sun Ce's status in their eyes was barely higher than Guan Hai of the Qingzhou Corps. All appointments of officers must pass Lu Fan's review, and the appointments of officers at the brigade commander or above must be reported to Lu Bu in Yecheng.

No matter how much Sun Ce swears, Lu Bu still cannot believe that this little overlord sweeping Jiangdong would willingly be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Some institutional constraints are necessary.

The reason why Lu Bu lent Sun Ce to troops was Chapter 514. All the military advisers and all senior generals in Yecheng discussed a topic that Lu Bu had just thought of: "After Yuan Shao occupied Jingzhou and Yuzhou, his power expanded very quickly, his troops were strong, and he no longer took our court seriously. He expected that in the near future, he would definitely raise troops to go north, and now we are fully committed to pacifying the north and unable to advance south. How should we curb Yuan Shao's development?"

Military Director Shi Jushu opened the curtain on the wall with a smile, showing a huge map, which was the territory map of the Han Dynasty. Lu Bu looked carefully and found that the map was closer to Lu Bu's requirements and was close to the actual situation.

Ju Su smiled and said, "Lord, after more than a year of hard surveying and mapping by agents at all levels of the Military Intelligence Department and military affairs Department, the territory map of the entire Han Dynasty is generally complete. What is missing is the detailed map of the county and township pavilions. We are rushing to urge county magistrates, township magistrates and court magistrates in various places to draw maps."

Seeing Lu Bu nodding with satisfaction, Ju Su smiled and untied a large cloth covering the big table in the middle of the conference hall. What caught Lu Bu's eyes was a huge sand table, stacked with reference to the large map on the wall, with hundreds of small flags inserted on it, marked in three different colors: white, gray and black.

Lu Bu asked with a smile: "President, these flags do not seem to represent the deployment of troops, right?"

Ju Su pointed to various flags and explained patiently: Now the world is in chaos and local straits are divided, and there are hundreds of forces in a bustling state. Although the forces are complex, they can be divided into three types. One is friendly, marked with white flags, one is hostile, marked with black flags, and the other is neutral, marked with gray flags.

Chapter 514 The prefect Zhu Hao, General Zhang Yan of Pingbei, completely obeyed our Yecheng court. Once the imperial edict was issued, they all followed them. In addition, there were Cao Cao, the prefect of Dongjun, Bao Xin, the prefect of Jibei, Liu Bei, the prefect of Taishan, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling, and Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, selectively obeyed our Yecheng court. As long as the imperial edicts did not harm their interests, they would obey. In addition, there were Ma Teng, the prefect of Wuwei.

Han Sui, the prefect of Jincheng, Yuan Shu, the governor of Yangzhou, and Tu Xie, the governor of Jiaozhou, are very proud. They want our court to promise them great benefits or be pressured by opponents to join forces with us. The most typical example is Yuan Shu, who was previously arrogant. After being forced out of Nanyang and defeated by his brother Yuan Shao, he was besieged by Yuan Shao, Tao Qian and Liu Yao, and had to bow to our Yecheng court. He was regarded as a prince who could strive for loyalty to our court.

The second type of hostile force is roughly Yuan Shao, the governor of Jingzhou, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, Liu Biao, the governor of Yuzhou, the Xianbei in the west, and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong. We are hostile to Yuan Shao, on the one hand because he snatched Han Fu's position as governor of Jingzhou. After the robbery, he declared himself the governor of Jingzhou without the approval of the court. On the other hand, it is due to fear of the crazy expansion of his power; he is hostile to Liu Dai because he instigated the coalition forces of the Yanzhou family to attack Yecheng and refused to meet the emperor in Yecheng. He is hostile to Liu Biao because he instigated the coalition forces of the Yanzhou family to attack Yecheng and refused to meet the emperor in Yecheng. He is hostile to Liu Biao because he was hostile to Liu Biao.

He instigated the Yuzhou family coalition to attack Xingyang County controlled by the Central Army. Needless to mention the Xianbei in the West, he was hostile to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong because of the disagreement of the religious beliefs of the Tongtian Sect and the Wudou Midao. In addition, Dong Zhuo, who occupied Sili, was also included in the hostile force. Although we had formed an alliance with him to fight against the Guandong Family, we controlled Hedong County and Shang County, stared at Chang'an and Luoyang, and always shouted to recover Luodu. Dong Zhuo was still unable to sleep or eat, and there was still frequent friction between the Xiliang Army and the Central Army.

The third type of intermediate forces are Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Beiping, Gongsun Du, the prefect of Liaodong, the Xianbei in the central and eastern regions, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, and Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou. Hostile and neutral forces do not respect the edicts of the Yecheng court, but neutral forces will not help the hostile forces, and they even have conflicts with our hostile forces. For example, although Maodun of Wuhuan was enthroned by the court, he did not trust our Han court because of historical problems such as Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun, and Qiu Liju. However, he has always been hostile to the Xianbei in the West; Gongsun of Beiping

Although Sun Zan is currently very respectful to the court due to the face of Grandmaster Lu, we all understand Gongsun Zan's nature. He is definitely not a person who has been living under the influence of others for a long time. Sooner or later, he will have to disobey the court. Gongsun Du even proclaimed himself king and dominate Liaodong. The Xianbei in the central and eastern regions feared the power of our Yecheng and adopted a lukewarm attitude towards the Yecheng court. Although Tao Qian listened to Wang Lang and others' words, he did not get along with the Yecheng court, which was considered a good match. Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou, did not care about anyone who wanted to be a guardian dog."

Lu Bu stared at the flag on the sand table, the white flag and the black flag, and the gray flags were placed crosswise. There was a white goodwill next to the black forces that were beyond the reach of Lu Bu's Central Army, which made Lu Bu think of a professional diplomatic vocabulary: "Far from afar and attack near?"

Ju Su laughed and said, "It is the enemy who is far-reaching and close attacking, forming an alliance with distant forces, and going to conquer adjacent forces. Doing so can prevent the changes in the adjacent forces, and also make the enemy be attacked on both sides and unable to compete with us. This is the strategy given to Qin by Fan Sui. After Shang Yang's reform, Qin became increasingly powerful. Its strategic goal is to annex the six countries and unify China. The six countries far and near are enemies that Qin wants to eliminate. In terms of power comparison, Qin is stronger than each country of the six countries, but weaker than the alliance of the six countries. Qin can only be eliminated one by one. So which one should be fought first and which one should be fought? This is why Fan Sui's long-reaching and close attacking, hiding his own goals, pretending to be friendly to distant countries, and first conquering neighboring countries. The King of Qin adopted the strategy of Fan Sui's long-reaching and close attacking, and finally defeated the six countries one by one and unified China."

Through the planning of the counselors such as Ju Su, Tian Feng, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu, Sun Ce, Yuan Shu and Zhu Hao were arranged in Jiangdong to curb Yuan Shao's development on the basis of pacifying Jiangdong. At the same time, they sent people to Jiaozhou to meet the governor of Jiaozhou, Xie, and convey the will of the court in Yecheng. They appointed Tu Xie as the governor of Jiaozhou and the general of Zhennan, and disturbed Yuan Shao from the south and restricted Yuan Shao's development.

Shi Xie was born in Guangxin, Jiaozhou. His ancestors were from Shandong. They moved to Jiaozhou because they avoided the chaos in the late Xinmang year. The sixth generation passed down to his father Shishi. Shi Xie was a local rich family. Shi Xie's father Shishi served as the prefect of Rinan during the reign of Emperor Huan of Han. When Shi Xie was young, he studied "Zuoshi Spring and Autumn" with Liu Ziqi, a native of Yingchuan. Later, he was elected as a filial and loyal person and was appointed as the Minister of Shangshu. After his father Shishi was sentenced to death, Shi Xie was elected as Maocai and appointed as the magistrate of Wu County. Later, he was appointed as the prefect of Jiaozhi by the Han Dynasty.

At that time, Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhou, collected heavy taxes from various places, which caused resistance and was killed. The court sent Zhang Jin as the new governor, but Zhang Jin "devoured the holy scriptures in front of the past, abolished the Han laws, tasted the head of the red sage, played the piano and burned incense, read the evil Taoist books, and said to help the transformation." Soon he was killed by his general Qu Jing. After learning about this, Yuan Shao, the governor of Jingzhou, sent Lai Gong to take over Zhang Jin's position and sent Wu Ju to serve as the prefect of Cangwu. In order to avoid Yuan Shao's power being too strong, Lu Bu instructed him, the court of Yecheng issued an edict to appoint Shi Xie as the governor of Jiaozhou and in charge of the seven counties of Jiao.

Shi Xie was grateful for the kindness of the Yecheng court, so he immediately sent Zhang Min to thank him and presented tribute. He was appointed as the "General Zhennan" by the Yecheng court and was named "Master of Longduting". Now the Yecheng court can only control the north. Shi Xie was nominally loyal to the Han Dynasty, and in fact he has become a warlord who ruled the counties of Lingnan. The relatives of Shi's family often held important positions in Jiaozhou, such as Shi Xie's three younger brothers served as the prefect of Hepu, Jiuzhen and Nanhai.

Lu Bu was temporarily out of reach, so he could only let Tu Xie have a division, adhere to the strategy of getting along with far and near, and win over Tu Xie against Yuan Shao. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!