Chapter 378 The World Is in Turmoil

"The general is back!"

"Mother, I'm going to see the general."

Hearing that Liu Ye had returned with his troops, all the soldiers and civilians in Luoyang City poured out to watch. There were huge crowds of people on both sides of the road, cheers were like thunder, and filled all directions.

Therefore, Liu Ye ordered Zhang Jai, Ma Chao, Xu Huang and others to lead the army to station outside the city, and he brought more than a thousand elite soldiers back to Luoyang's Cheqi General's Mansion.

"Wen Ze, Gongda, the situation in Luoyang is thanks to you for maintaining the situation in Luoyang in the past few days when I am not here. I thank you in advance."

Liu Ye sat on the main seat and spoke.

"It's nothing, thanks to Wen Ze's decisive decision, he went out of Wuguan with light troops and wiped out the Nanyang Yellow Turban bandits. Otherwise, the Yellow Turban bandits would attack from two directions and shake the Guanzhong." Xun You said modestly.

Liu Ye smiled and looked at Yu Jin: "Wen Ze, reward five hundred pieces of silk later."

"Thank you, General, for the reward."

Yu Jin has always been taciturn, and the generals in the army are used to it.

After talking and laughing for a while, Liu Ye said seriously: "By the way, Gongda, I have been in the army for a long time these days, so I don't know much about it. What's going on with the princes of the world recently, please tell me."

Xun You nodded, stood up and stood in front of the map.

"My lord led the army in the Northern Expedition and defeated the Xiongnu. In the northern part of Bingzhou, Marquis Wen led the army to garrison, which is relatively stable. But now, except for Bingzhou, other states and counties in Hebei are in turmoil."

"First of all, Jizhou. The lord defeated Sun Qing and Wang Dang's troops. Zhang Yan's strength was greatly damaged. Yu Du led more than 100,000 people to break away from the Black Mountain Army. Please Bohai Yuan Shao resist Yu Po, now Yuan Shao has personally led the troops into Yecheng, and the battle with Yu Po is imminent."

Liu Ye frowned. According to the original trajectory, Yuan Shao entered Jizhou and gradually grew into the most powerful prince in Hebei. He did not expect this to happen now.

It's a pity that Xu He swept the Central Plains, and he didn't know how long he would have to deal with an army of millions, so he didn't care about Hebei.

Liu Ye's face was serious: "Yuan Shao is ambitious, Han Fu is cowardly, and Jizhou civil and military support Yuan Shao one after another. I'm afraid Jizhou will change hands."

Jia Xu nodded and added: "According to the intelligence of the spies, Jizhou Biejia Jushou had debated with Xun Chen and strongly opposed Yuan Shao's taking over Jizhou, but it is a pity that most of the civil and military personnel in Jizhou supported Xun Chen, so Han Fu did not adopt Jushou suggestion."

Hearing about Jushou, Liu Ye immediately became interested. Tian Feng Jushou has always been known as a resourceful man in Hebei. When the Three Kingdoms fans of later generations discuss the ranking of the Three Kingdoms counselors, the two are often on the list.

"What did Ju Gongyu say?" Liu Ye asked with interest.

Jia Xu smiled: "This Ju Shou is quite knowledgeable. He believed that Zhang Yan sent troops to attack Pan Feng as a feint, and suggested that Han Fu transfer Pan Feng and 30,000 elite soldiers back to Jizhou to resist the poison. At the same time, he opposed Yuan Shao's entry into Jizhou. Bring on your own disaster."

"I have long heard that Ju Gong is very wise and well versed in military strategy, so he really has extraordinary insight." Xun You said with emotion.

"It's a pity that there are national scholars and we can't use them, Han Fu"

Zhang Jai sneered.

Xun You shook his head: "General Junyi, you only know one thing, not the other."

"Oh? Please enlighten Mr. Gongda." Zhang Jai frowned and asked modestly.

Xun You said: "Xun Chen is my family member of the Xun family in Yingchuan. He is of the same generation as a certain uncle. He is quite famous in Jizhou. He personally invited Yuan Shao to take over Jizhou. Everyone in Jizhou is cheering. It is obvious that we have made contact long ago. If Han Fu doesn't agree, Xun Youruo will force the palace, so it's not that Han Fu doesn't adopt Ju Shou's strategy, but that he can't."

Zhang Jaw's face darkened, and he regretted, "Unfortunately, a certain person is from Hebei, but Mr. Jushou's strategy cannot be adopted. Isn't it Xiang Yu not using Fan Zeng's strategy?"

Jia Xu said abruptly: "Although Yuan Shao was in Bohai County before, even though he was fighting hard, a mere Bohai County couldn't afford 30,000 soldiers and horses. That's all. Now Yuan Shao is in charge of Jizhou, with millions of people under his command. Bing Li, it’s really a sleepy dragon ascending to heaven.”

It was precisely because Yuan Shao got the land of Hebei that the Battle of Guandu made Cao Cao, who occupied the Central Plains, unable to hold his head up.

Liu Ye was silent for a while, and said, "Gongda, let's continue."

"promise."

Xun You straightened up and pointed at the map.

"The latter general, Yuan Shu, originally occupied Nanyang. After being expelled by the Yellow Turban Bandits, he led the remnants of the defeated army and retreated to Yuzhou. Half of Yuzhou is equal to Kong Ni."

"After Sun Jian's death, his subordinates supported Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce, and attached themselves to Yuan Shao's tent. This son of Sun Ce was quite brave. He conquered cities and territories for Yuan Shu, and Sun Ce's attack on Yuzhou was mostly due to Sun Ce's contribution."

Unexpectedly, Sun Ce also emerged, and Liu Ye thought for a while.

"I heard that Xu He swept the Central Plains, and the Yellow Turban rebellion also rose in Bashu. Liu Yan, the governor of the state, sent troops to quell the rebellion, but this was news a few months ago."

"Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Beiping, sent his troops south, and Baima Yicong arrived in Beihai County. A few days ago, he won three battles and three victories, and defeated tens of thousands of Yellow Turban bandits. He has stopped the Yellow Turban bandits from Qingzhou to invade Yanzhou."

"good!"

Liu Ye clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Bai Ma Yi Cong crosses the northern border, riding and shooting like no other, and his shots are really extraordinary. As long as the yellow scarves in Qingzhou stop flowing to Yanzhou, our army will be able to defeat the enemy."

If the yellow turban thieves in Qingzhou continue to flow into Yanzhou, the number of enemy troops will continue to increase, and it will naturally become more and more difficult for Liu Ye to defeat the enemy.

Xun You moved his fingers to the Kingdom of Jinan, and said.

"In addition, Cao Cao, Prime Minister of Jinan, merged with Wei Wude of Licheng County, and experienced a great battle with the Yellow Turban Bandits in Zouping, killing more than 20,000 thieves, and their reputation was greatly shaken."

Liu Ye smiled: "As expected, I did not misunderstand Brother Meng De."

Xun You turned around and said, "Now that Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan are leading the army to attack from the north and the south, even if the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou can compete with them, they will not continue to affect the situation in the Central Plains for a while. In other words, the current situation in Yanzhou The power of the Yellow Turban Bandit has reached its peak."

Liu Ye nodded, with a deep expression on his face. Now that the yellow scarves are rampant in Yanzhou, it is also a problem that needs to be solved at present.

"How are Liu Gongshan and the Yanzhou army, and how many cities are there?" Liu Ye asked.

"Bao Xin's 30,000 Yanzhou army was almost completely annihilated in the first battle of Juping. The territory of Yanzhou was empty and the city was in vain. Xu He marched very fast. According to the latest news, Xu He led his army to besiege Puyang three days ago, and the city was destroyed. Liu Gongshan fled soon after. Captured by the yellow turban bandits, Xu He broke through the city, burned, killed and looted, and his life was devastated."

Liu Ye sighed, Puyang was the military headquarters of Yanzhou, since Puyang was breached, the rest of the cities can be imagined.

"In addition, our army's food and grass support will last up to three months." Xun You said seriously.