Chapter 176 Li Ru turns the tide
In the second year of Chuping (191 AD).
The world was shaken. Lu Bu in Guanzhong successively used the position of the governor of Xiliang to command Ma Teng of Xiliang, and Han Sui's two princes to rebel, and later led troops to defeat the mighty Liu Yan army in Yizhou.
The whole world was in chaos. Although the Han Dynasty had become a mess, there were two more important political orders.
The emperor of Luoyang issued an imperial edict to enfeoff the empress dowager of Chang'an with the imperial seal, and the world was in chaos.
In Hebei alone, Yuan Shao of Jizhou said that Empress Dowager Yuan Shao was in chaos and disrespectful to him. Gongsun Zan of Youzhou had long been happy to receive the Youzhou governor rewarded by the Empress Dowager Chang'an.
Zhang Yang, the governor of Bingzhou, all this is nothing. What is important is that the former Empress Dowager Liu Yu of Youzhou was appointed as the governor of Jizhou. Gongsun Zan must be happy, but how could Yuan Shao stop?
In this way, the battle between the two heroes was about to begin, and Gongsun Zan even led troops to drive Liu Yu out of Youzhou on the grounds of being granted the title of Empress Dowager's decree, and asked him to work in Jizhou.
But how could Yuan Shao be willing? For some reason, Liu Yu was of course Gongsun Zan's statement on his way to Jizhou and was killed on his way to Jizhou.
Yuan Shao said that it was Gongsun Zan who conspired to murder, while Gongsun Zan said that Yuan Shao was afraid of Liu Yu taking him away from Jizhou and assassinated him. Anyway, everyone had their own reasons and could not make sense.
The most aggrieved person in Hebei should be Yuan Shao. Lu Bu was obviously trying to cheat him, and Dong Zhuo sent him the emperor's imperial edict to grant him the title of the governor of Jizhou.
But Yuan Shao really couldn't accept this imperial edict. Who told him to be the leader of the eighteen princes but Dong Zhuo took the title of emperor. Isn't he just slapped himself in the face if he took it at this time?
Bingzhou.
"Damn Lu Datou, I'll make trouble for me for nothing. You want to take it by Bingzhou yourself and let me be the first to be a pioneer."
Zhang Yang, who had just taken down Jinyang, couldn't help but feel angry when he saw Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in Hebei almost knocked out the dog's brain.
The barren Bingzhou, Zhang Yang relied on the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager to be granted great justice, and the reputation of the current general and the Marquis of Wen, Lu Bu, was unstoppable in Bingzhou, and almost all of them were obtained.
Xuzhou.
Tao Qian was also very aggrieved in the governor's residence. You said that he had just beaten Dong Zhuo before, and at this time the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager Chang'an actually ordered him to work in Yanzhou.
But Yanzhou has been beaten by Cao Mengde, so what is he going to do? Or do you want to fight again or be a puppet?
Tao Qian from Xuzhou pretended to be stupid because of this. Anyway, he could not accept Dong Zhuo's edict now. Let's see who in the world will take it first. If the empress dowager Chang'an edict is pretending to be invisible, Xuzhou is in his hands anyway.
Xia Pi.
"Brother, Tao Qian is so rude that he will dominate Xuzhou and refuse to let him go."
Zhang Fei was yelling in anger in the room, and Liu Bei also had the joy of getting a piece of land at the beginning to his frustration now.
"Although my third brother speaks recklessly, he is reasonable."
Guan Yu, who stroked his long beard with one hand, also looked unhappy and said respectfully to Liu Bei: "If there is chaos today, there are territories everywhere, so can we just watch it like this?"
Facing his second and third brothers, Liu Bei was also hesitant.
"Oh, the envoy Tao is kind and righteous, and it is really hard to send troops to fight him. The soldiers are killed and injured, and they are all the people."
Liu Bei was also frustrated. He watched the princes in the world expand their territory and develop, but he just shrank.
It would be a big deal if he had no soldiers and territory. But now he is the prefect of Xia Pi, and he has more than 20,000 elite soldiers under his command. He is frustrated when his ambitions are developing.
Ma Teng from Xiliang had an imperial edict to confer the title of the Empress Dowager saying that he was the governor of Xiliang, and Han Sui also had an imperial edict from the Emperor of Luoyang. There were two governors in one place. If it weren't for the heavy snow, the two people from Xiliang would have been slammed into the dog's brain.
Nanyang!
When the weather just improved in February, Yuan Shu in Nanyang was full of frustration. He led an army of 60,000 and was helpless, and abandoned Nanyang County, the most prosperous and populous in the Han Dynasty.
Dong Zhuo from Luoyang was still confronting Hangu Pass and Lu Bu, but in the blink of an eye, the land of Nanyang appeared.
The black Dong Zhuo cavalry was domineering, and after Yuan Shu defeated him twice, he could no longer have the desire to fight.
"Madman! Dong Zhuo, you are fighting to the death, your life is not as worthless as you."
Yuan Shu's army, who was cursing in his heart, went south, while Dong Zhuo's army began to trample on the land of Nanyang in his heart. Liu Biao from Jingzhou seemed to have not seen it.
Perhaps, there was a secret relationship between the three from the beginning.
The Empress Dowager Chang'an ordered Yuan Shu to be the governor of Jingzhou, while Liu Biao, the current governor of Jingzhou, was granted the title of Emperor Luoyang.
Lu Bu wanted Yuan Shu and Liu Biao to fight to the death, but Liu Biao secretly made a deal with Dong Zhuo from Luoyang.
Luoyang.
"Wenyou, has it been done?"
In just one year, Dong Zhuo became even more cruel and decadent, or almost lost his heroic spirit. All the burdens were almost all on his son-in-law Li Ru's shoulders.
"Don't worry, if this plan is done, Luoyang will regain vitality again and we still have a chance."
With black and white hair, Li Ru showed even more vicissitudes, but at this moment his eyes were staring at Nanyang and muttering to himself.
"The more than two million people in Nanyang are enough to rebirth in Luoyang from the ashes, and the lord's hegemony can continue."
Li Ru, who muttered to himself, never noticed that his loyal Dong Zhuo had lost his fighting spirit under his seemingly crazy and cruel face, and Dong Zhuo had lost all his ambitions in his twilight years.
However, the land of Nanyang suffered an unprecedented disaster. Part of Dong Zhuo's army disguised as Yuan Shu's troops, frantically plundered the people and even trampled on fertile fields, burned houses, and a large number of displaced people were displaced in grief.
Immediately after the army led by Xu Rong entered Nanyang, the people of Nanyang were recruited to move to Luoyang to avoid the war with the order of the emperor.
After seeing this scene before evacuating, Yuan Shu was unwilling to accept it, but he could not stop it. He secretly hated him and secretly sent some troops to disguise themselves as the Xiliang army and plunder the people.
February! In just one month, within a month when the cold has not subsided, Nanyang, a county known as the number one county in the Han Dynasty and a population of 2.5 million, was filled with smoke and the people were displaced.
With the loss of population in Nanyang, the number of people in Dong Zhuo's army in Luoyang moved to one million. The remaining people were all exiled, including tens of thousands of people who fled to Hanzhong, and many more people fled to Guanzhong.
April.
After the war in Nanyang disappeared, and after Liu Biao led his troops into the jurisdiction, the population of Nanyang County was less than one million.
Under this catastrophe in Nanyang, Dong Zhuo, who had the greatest profit, restored the withered people in Luoyang in one fell swoop. When millions of refugees flocked to Luoyang, Li Ru, who was prepared, promptly ordered all officials of the court to distribute the newly abandoned fields, houses, etc.
Since then, this group of millions of refugees from Nanyang have temporarily settled in Luoyang.
The second one who made a profit was probably Liu Biao. He took down Nanyang County without any effort and drove away Yuan Shu, who was the most threatening one.
The most unlucky person from beginning to end should be Yuan Shu, who lost this wealthy county in vain and was forced to go south.
Chapter completed!