Yuan Shu fought a decisive battle with Cao's army in Chenliu County at Yangzhai City in Yingchuan, but was defeated and went south to Runan.
Liu Biao of Jingzhou took advantage of the situation to regain Nanyang and sent envoys to pay tribute.
The emperor, who was controlled by Li Jue, issued an edict to worship Liu Biao as General of Zhennan, Mu of Jingzhou, and granted him the title of Marquis of Wu. He took the holiday to set an example for the world.
At the same time, Li Jue appointed Ma Rixi as the Grand Tutor, and sent a ministerial secretary, Zhao Qi, as an envoy to Guandong. He intended to appease the Guandong princes and show that Li Jue and others had the intention to show goodwill to the Guandong princes.
And our long-lost Lu Bu finally appeared.
After Chang'an was defeated by Li Jue and Guo Si's Xiliang army,
Lu Bu took his men and family members and escaped from Wuguan after many twists and turns, finding a way out.
Exiting Wuguan is Yuan Shu's territory.
Since Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's uncle's family at that time, Lu Bu thought that he had avenged the Yuan Shu brothers by killing Dong Zhuo.
Since there was such kindness, Lu Bu took it for granted that Yuan Shu would take him in and even repay his great kindness.
However, although Yuan Shu's character was not very good, his vision was still there.
Yuan Shu's mind was very clear,
He believed that although Lu Bu was extremely brave, he had learned from Ding Yuan's mistakes.
The head of Dong Zhuo in the back is still hanging on the back of Red Rabbit, wandering around with Lu Bu...
Although Yuan Shu believed that Lu Bu's power would greatly increase his strength,
But after pondering for a long time, Yuan Shu decisively rejected Lu Bu's unstable factor.
Although Lu Bu was angry at being rejected, he was also very helpless. In the end, he could only decide to go north to look for opportunities and try his luck.
That is when Lu Bu hoped to be taken in by Yuan Shu,
As Lu Bu's military advisor, Chen Gong, a famous scholar born and raised in Yanzhou,
I secretly sent a letter to Zhang Miao of Chenliu County at that time.
The letter said: "Now that the world is falling apart, heroes are rising together.
And Zhang Miao, you have an army thousands of miles away, and you occupy an important place like Chenliu County that must be fought over by all parties.
You have such an advantage, even if you don't move your sword, you can still become a prince and be respected by others.
But now, your former younger brother Cao Cao has almost surpassed you.
Moreover, the actual power of Chenliu County fell into the hands of Lu Yan and Cao Ren.
You were once as powerful as you, but now you are controlled by others. Don't you feel ashamed?
My lord Lu Bu is a world-famous flying general and the first hero in killing the traitor Dong Zhuo.
If you can lead us into Chenliu, and take advantage of Cao Cao's takeover of Yanzhou to launch a surprise attack while Yanzhou's foothold is not yet stable.
I believe that we can defeat Cao Cao in one battle.
By then, you will be the new Lord of Yanzhou!"
When Zhang Miao first received this letter, he was in a state of extreme struggle.
On the one hand, the relationship between him and Lao Cao is indeed very good, and the two of them can even have a relationship that can be entrusted to relatives.
But later, Cao Cao gradually let Lu Yan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xi Zhicai and others evade his power.
Then think of Cao Cao’s eldest brother Yuan Shao who always wanted to kill him.
Therefore, Zhang Miao finally crossed the dangerous red line and decided to agree to lead Chen Gong, Lu Bu into Chenliu, and then took advantage of the situation to invade the hinterland of Yanzhou.
However, what caught Zhang Miao off guard was that,
Lu Yan suddenly started to expand his army at this juncture. He expanded the original 15,000 soldiers in Chenliu County to 45,000!
Lu Yan's act, which can be called crazy, frightened Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and Lu Bu who had ulterior motives.
Let me ask, Lu Bu now only has a few hundred thousand men, plus Zhang Miao, who has been emptied of military power.
How could they possibly defeat Lu Yan, who had 45,000 defenders and was on guard?
Chen Gong even thought that his plan had been exposed, so he simply persuaded Lu Bu to put Chen Liu aside temporarily and continue to go north to join Lu Bu's friend Zhang Yang.
The abandoned Zhang Miao was transferred to Juancheng, the capital of Yanzhou, by Cao Cao after being frightened to death, and became a high-ranking official with fame but no power.
Boss Cao is still nostalgic,
Although he learned from Lu Yan's diary that Zhang Miao would betray him, Cao Cao still couldn't bear to hurt him until Zhang Miao really showed signs of betrayal.
But there is a saying that goes well: "You can't have the intention to harm others, but you can't have the intention to guard against others!"
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In the yamen of Chenliu Mansion,
Lu Yan, the current prefect of Chenliu County, is sitting on the throne.
Today, the meeting hall is extremely lively.
Because all the officials in Chenliu County, big and small, whose names they could or could not name, were all present.
There are only two topics for today’s meeting,
One is the pension for soldiers and the establishment of the Martyrs’ Shrine;
The other is the thing that is most in short supply right now, money!
There is no shortage of food in Chenliu County. This year, even the warehouses cannot store it.
In order to solve this happy trouble, Lu Yan also sent people to rush to build warehouses in various places in Chenliu, so that the food did not fall into the wild.
But having food does not mean having money.
Moreover, Cao Cao now occupies the entire Yanzhou. Before other counties and counties can establish a farming system and be completely self-sufficient, Chenliu's grain must be provided to them free of charge.
It costs money to provide pensions to soldiers, and it also costs money to build a Martyrs' Shrine.
Lu Yan even wanted to build solid armor and an indestructible weapon for the soldiers.
This all costs money, oh no, it costs money!
Today's Chenliu County has only been developing for more than a year or two.
The lives of many local and immigrant people have just improved, but in fact many people are still struggling to survive below the poverty line.
Although every family now has a farm,
And there are such magical tools for farming as the Quyuan plow,
However, due to the limitations of seeds and field fertility in this era, the grain yield per mu was not high.
No matter how many people a family has and how many fields they plant, they can barely make ends meet, and this is even when the Chenliu official provides oxen and plows for free.
It is almost impossible to make a fortune purely by farming.
If there were another disaster year, with floods, droughts, locusts and the like,
It is normal for people to be displaced, sell their sons and daughters, sell their fields, or the whole family simply become tenant farmers for aristocratic families to find a way to survive.
Today’s proceedings begin,
Mao Jie, who has now been promoted to a political officer, is still working under Lu Yan.
He was standing in the center of the meeting hall with volumes of forms he had carefully drawn, reporting the latest situation in Chenliu County to Lu Yan and other officials.
"The household registration system in Lijia, Chenliu County, has been perfected.
Each Lijia is jointly held by three highly respected people, who can cooperate fully and supervise each other.
Coupled with the population registration, all of our Chenliu population is now on record and can be checked one by one!"
"Okay!" Lu Yan nodded in praise.
Mao Jie didn't even raise his eyebrows at Lu Yan's praise.
Because he knew very well that the person sitting in the chair was eager to leave all the work to his subordinates.
Here at Lu Yan, you don't have to worry about having no power or official duties.
Because that guy will assign you everything he thinks you can do,
Sometimes you even have to work overtime to finish the work, and they also say: those who are able work hard, and working overtime is a blessing (a blessing on the first day).