Today's Nanyang was originally the territory of Yuan Shu, and the northern part of Jingzhou connected with Yuzhou and then to Yangzhou.
However, because of Sun Jian's death and his refusal to meet with Sun Ce, he broke with him and lost a county.
And here the territory connecting Nanyang and Yuzhou is lost. As a result, Nanyang's location is extremely dangerous, it can be said that it is deep into the hinterland.
And if those princes attack, it may be difficult for his Yuan army in Nanyang to come to support.
Yuan Shu's eyes flickered, and he was thinking about giving up the northern area of Jingzhou including Nanyang County and joining Yuzhou and Yangzhou areas.
This will not only bring your own territory together, but also deter Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north, as well as Sun Ce who occupies Jiangdong in the south of Yangzhou.
In the end, Yuan Shu sighed, his eyes hardened, and he made up his mind.
Now that he has proclaimed himself emperor, he has already prepared himself to face the pressure from the princes.
"Everyone, I have decided to abandon the land of Jingbei and switch to the land of Yuzhou and Yangzhou!"
As soon as these words came out, the few remaining civil servants under Yuan Shu expressed their opinions one after another.
Yang Hong and Han Yin nodded quickly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, if you are still entrenched in Jingbei, you will undoubtedly put yourself in danger!"
Yuan Shu nodded. He could still see through this. After all, it was impossible to capture half of Yangzhou.
Most of these Yangzhou lands were taken after Sun Ce, but now Sun Ce does not have the requirement to occupy so many counties, otherwise he would not be able to take advantage of Yuan Shu.
"Everyone, prepare to evacuate Jingbei!"
Abandoning the three counties in the north of Jingzhou is undoubtedly a very huge determination, including a large county like Nanyang among these three counties.
But Yuan Shu also had the confidence to abandon the land of Nanyang and come to Yuzhou, and he had many soldiers under his command.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be arrogant enough to proclaim himself emperor.
Half a month later, unexpectedly, this alliance was headed by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shu!
Several princes gathered together, Yuan Shu had quite a lot of territory under his command, and all the princes who came wanted to take a piece of the pie!
"Brother Meng De, long time no see!" Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao and smiled.
As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person. Cao Cao nodded and showed no interest in Yuan Shao.
Cao Cao had an excellent eye for recognizing people, but he didn't bother to pay attention to Yuan Shao's greetings. After all, he was doomed to be incapable of achieving great things if he was too resourceful and decisive.
Yuan Shao's eyes were slightly ugly, but he didn't say much. After waiting for the arrival of the last two princes who came to make up the numbers, he stood up again.
Looking at everyone, Yuan Shao shouted loudly: "Everyone, first of all, I want to apologize to everyone. There is a traitor like Yuan Shu in the family. It is a shame for my Yuan family!"
Everyone just nodded slightly, this was undoubtedly just a formality.
Zhao Feng on the side simply smiled and said: "But Yuan Shu, I don't think you have anything to discuss."
"The Runan County, which is adjacent to our Chenliu County, will be handed over to us by the Pi State. Everyone else, please do as you please."
Hearing that Zhao Feng actually started to express his stance on dividing the regions, other princes also began to express their stance and each chose a county area.
Yuan Shao's angry words that he had prepared to criticize Yuan Shu were instantly suppressed.
Who would care about him at this time?
After hearing what these people were saying, Yuan Shao quickly came up and said, "In that case, then I will leave Xia Pi County to me."
Indeed, as Zhao Feng said, there is nothing negotiable with just Yuan Shu?
For Cao Cao, this was just looking for a suitable reason to attack Yuan Shu.
After just a rough discussion, the princes directly sent their troops southward!
No matter how strong Yuan Shu is, can he be stronger than Dong Zhuo? Can he be stronger than Lu Bu?
Cao Cao and Guo Jia looked at Zhao Feng on the side.
You must know that all these strategies came from Zhao Feng's hand. Yuan Shu faced Tan Fa from the princes and could not hold on for a few days.
The first places I came into contact with were Runan County, Piguo, and Xiapi County.
Cao Cao showed a hint of curiosity.
"Military advisor, Yuan Shu has nearly ten counties under his command. Are we taking two counties too little?"
After all, with their current military strength, they would have no problem capturing more counties.
Guo Jia on the side shook his head and said: "My lord, the momentum is huge now, there are more wolves but less meat. We occupy the land of two counties, which is considered too much."
"The last four counties will definitely cause disputes!"
Cao Cao nodded.
It was originally close to Runan, so in just a moment, Cao Cao and others came with an army of 20,000. At the same time, Liu Biao from Jingzhou led 5,000 elite troops to help.
At this time, Runan County's general Liu Xun was stationed here with 40,000 troops.
Zhao Feng's eyes showed surprise. Does Yuan Shu still want to defend these counties?
All the soldiers were dispatched towards the outer counties and cities. There were 40,000 soldiers in Runan alone.
However, Zhao Feng was not worried at all. He looked at Cao Cao beside him and said with a smile: "My lord, it's time to check the combat effectiveness of our army."
This time they dispatched 20,000 elite soldiers. What are elite soldiers?
Naturally, they are elite soldiers, and they have sophisticated weapons and equipment. Although these 20,000 are elite soldiers, they are all elite soldiers going to the battlefield for the first time!
But Zhao Feng was confident that with the exception of the 700-strong top elite troops in the trapped camp, there was nothing comparable to the soldiers in the hands of other princes among the Han Dynasty.
At least Zhao Feng can be sure!
In the entire Han Dynasty, no one among the princes had so much financial resources to equip 20,000 people with such good weapons and equipment!
Only Cao Cao, who is rich and powerful, has the profits from the Zhen Chamber of Commerce Snow Salt, and almost all the profits are used to smelt steel!
And Liu Biao had never seen an army of 20,000 people with sophisticated equipment. Looking at his shabby soldiers, he was completely stunned.
Is Cao Cao so rich?
However, Cao Cao's 20,000-strong army may not necessarily be able to defeat Liu Xun's 40,000-strong army.
Liu Biao, who was standing by to help, was ready to run away at any time.
At this moment, the two armies were facing each other in the center of the battlefield. Without any hesitation, the war was about to break out!
The 20,000 elite soldiers headed directly towards Runan without any fear in their eyes.
Although these soldiers were on the battlefield for the first time, their fighting ability and strength were definitely not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers like this.
"kill!"
The vanguard general leading the battle this time was Dian Wei!
It was also his first time on the battlefield, but his invincible performance was unmatched by anyone!
After just one moment of fighting, Liu Xun's army began to collapse.
Liu Xun's soldiers were more fragile than imagined, and a sword slash on the armor could not cause any damage at all.
The soldiers on Cao's side took away the opponent's life with just one sword blow.
Even Liu Xun's face was pale. Whose fucking army is this? The soldiers are all wearing armor. How can they fight like this?
