The Chinese New Year passed peacefully, and Liu Zhang and his family enjoyed a peaceful and warm Spring Festival.
The peace in Yizhou was based on Liu Zhang's previous efforts, and he personally led his army to pacify the entire territory of Yizhou's 12 counties.
All states in the world are still engaged in intense conquests, and the Spring Festival cannot temporarily stop their wars.
After Ma Tenghan fled back to Liangzhou, he immediately gathered his men and launched a fierce battle.
Both sides are at odds with each other, and are determined not to give up until the other side is destroyed.
Ma Teng and Han Sui each attracted the Qiang people with whom they had good relations, and a total of more than 100,000 people from both sides launched a bloody battle at the junction of Jincheng County and Wuwei County.
There was no winner in the end, and both sides ended dismally at the cost of tens of thousands of casualties.
I thought that the chaos in Liangzhou would come to an end temporarily, but Li Jue and Guo Si thought that Liangzhou was not chaotic enough, so they designated four counties in Liangzhou to belong to Yongzhou, and assigned Ma Teng and Han Sui to their respective states.
He was appointed to the other party’s command!
The two men once again had their thoughts on each other's city, and each raised their flags to prepare to accept the territory canonized by the Han Emperor.
Fortunately, Ma Teng and Han Sui's men suffered too many casualties and were temporarily unable to fight again, so the two states of Yongliang and Yongliang were temporarily stable.
Throughout 194, there was no rain in Chang'an, which also led to a severe drought in Guanzhong. Coupled with Dong Zhuo's money making, Li Jue, and Guo Si's tyranny, the price of grain in Guanzhong soared, with a handful of grain reaching a sky-high price of 500,000!
The land of Guanzhong was littered with corpses, and there were countless refugee casualties. More than 200,000 hungry people fled from Guanzhong and flocked to various places. Among them, more than 100,000 hungry people poured into Hanzhong and were properly resettled.
Fortunately, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty couldn't bear it and finally asked for food relief, but even with this life-saving food, Shihou Wen, the censor, still withheld it!
After all the relief efforts, the hungry people still starved to death. In the end, it was Han Emperor Liu Xie who personally measured the rice and made porridge before he captured Hou Wen.
At the same time, the Qiang people in Feng Yi County saw the decline of the Han Dynasty and sent troops to attack the prefectures and counties in an attempt to plunder Feng Yi. The rear general Guo Si, the right general Fan Chou and others led their troops to attack. The Qiang people were defeated and fled.
The only good thing that people do.
Some people are happy and some are sad. This Spring Festival, Cao Cao and Sun Ce had a very unhappy time.
The former attacked Xuzhou under the guise of avenging his father, but there was no progress yet. Cao Cao's former friend Zhang Miao, a member of the Yanzhou family, joined forces with Chen Gong to welcome Lu Bu to Yanzhou.
If Xun Yu and others hadn't fought to the death and barely managed to hold on to three small cities, Cao Cao's position as a herdsman in Yanzhou would have ceased to exist in name only!
Now Cao Cao and Lu Bu are at a stalemate in Dingtao. It must be extremely difficult for Lu Bu and Cao Cao at this year's end!
After his father Sun Jian was killed in battle, Sun Ce completely surrendered to Yuan Shu. Now he is fighting to the death in Lujiang with Lu Kang, the grandfather of Lu Yi, the future governor of Soochow.
Lu Yi is also known as Lu Xun in the future, but the name Lu Yi will be used for a long time, and it will take about twenty years for the name to be changed to Xun.
It stands to reason that Sun Ce had made great contributions to Yuan Shu's campaigns in the north and south over the years, and he should have received some rewards. However, Yuan Shu broke his promise time and time again, and the position of governor he promised to Sun Ce was never fulfilled.
During this attack on Lujiang, Sun Ce vented his grievances on Lu Kang. It had been nearly two years since the battle, and Lu Kang was still resisting desperately.
After Yuan Shu arrived in Huainan, he drove away Liu Yao, the shepherd of Yangzhou who was granted a title by the imperial court, and occupied Shouchun, the seat of Yangzhou government.
Liu Yao was forced to have no choice but to cross the Yangtze River south, go to Qu'a to set up a government office, gather powerful people, recruit brave soldiers, and prepare for a deadly conflict with Yuan Shu.
Compared to the misery of other people, the big-eared thief Liu Bei is in a period of great success.
Cao Cao led his army to raid Xuzhou, and Liu Bei was ordered to rescue him. Unexpectedly, when Tao Qian was about to die, he did not hand over the Xuzhou inheritance to his heirs, but instead entrusted it to Liu Bei.
The reason is also very simple. The aristocratic families in Xuzhou favored Liu Bei, and the wealthy Mi family in Xiapi and the Chen family in Guangling even welcomed him personally.
Liu Bei successfully inherited the post of Xuzhou Mu, which also made Cao Cao next door gnash his teeth with hatred.
Cao Cao worked hard for a long time and almost had his base camp stolen, but in the end he got an advantage over Liu Bei.
With Cao Cao's character, he would never let go of this. The war between Yanzhou and Xuzhou would break out again after Cao Cao drove Lu Bu away.
The most aggrieved prince in the world today is none other than Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao.
Due to the mistrust of Yuan Shao's five-pronged attack on Liu Zhang, the already small power was once again compressed, especially the number of troops under direct control, which was even less.
Due to conflicts with Kuai Liang on the issue of Yizhou and no contribution in exchange for Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others as well as the captured soldiers, the Jingzhou family no longer fully supported Liu Biao.
In particular, the two major families headed by Cai Mao and Kuai Liang became increasingly distant from Liu Biao.
Cai Mao even canceled the marriage of Cai's children to Liu Biao's second son, making Mrs. Cai extremely embarrassed between Liu Biao and Cai.
It is worth mentioning that Liu Cong, Liu Biao's second son, was not born to Mrs. Cai.
The conflict between Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, and the aristocratic family in Jingzhou has become increasingly intensified, and this has also been understood by the important figures in Jingnan.
Jingzhou, Nanjun, Xiangyang City, Prefectural Mufu.
Liu Chong sat on the main seat with a gloomy expression, and a group of civil and military officials lined up on both sides, including Cai Hao, Zhang Yun, Kuai Liang, and Kuai Yue, all in the room.
"What did you say! Say it again!"
The soldier knelt on the ground, not even daring to raise his head in the face of Liu Biao's anger, and could only obey the order and report again.
"Reporting to my lord, Zhang Xian, the governor of Changsha, has issued a notice saying that my lord has no moral character and has fought against the enemy regardless of the overall situation of the world. He has been greedy for power and hastened forward, causing heavy casualties to the soldiers of Jingzhou. Now he has led the four counties of Changsha, Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang to become independent.
Accept the jurisdiction of the state pastoral office again!”
Liu Biao's eyes were full of anger, and his fingers turned white due to excessive force.
He couldn't understand why Zhang Xian would rebel at this time!
When they were just defeated by the Yizhou Army, Jingzhou didn't even have the strength to defend itself. If Zhang Xian wanted to rebel, that was the best time.
Why did the various places choose to rebel after they were strictly guarded and the defense force was sufficient?
Zhang Xian successively served as the governor of Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha, and he won the hearts of the people. But when could he persuade Wuling to join the rebellion?
All this was so strange. Not only was the timing of Zhang Xian's rebellion strange, but the movement was also too unusual.
"Everyone, Zhang Xian is openly rebellious, lawless, and ignoring the imperial court. As the Jingzhou Shepherd personally appointed by the imperial court, I cannot sit idly by and ignore it! Therefore, I have decided to immediately send troops to attack Jingnan and arrest and punish Zhang Xian!"
Liu Biao made a decisive decision and decided to take advantage of Zhang Xian's rebellion and immediately send troops to annihilate him with lightning speed.
Unfortunately, Liu Biao's bold words did not receive a response. Everyone in the room remained silent, and their eyes seemed a little dull.