In the spring of the fourth year of Chuping, there was a mutiny in Wei County. The rebels and the Black Mountain Army joined forces with tens of thousands of people from the poison tribe to capture Yecheng and kill the prefect of Wei County.

At this time, Yuan Shao was still dealing with Gongsun Zan in the north of Jizhou. Because Liu Xin provided weapons to Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao lost more than he won. Hejian County, Bohai County, Zhongshan Kingdom, and Changshan County were basically all controlled by Gongsun Zan, except here.

Not many people from the aristocratic family were killed by Gongsun Zan, and it was useless for him to occupy these places.

Liu Bei saw that Gongsun Zan was powerful, and the opponent had captured Hejian County and Bohai County, which were not far from his Pingyuan County. Although he nominally belonged to Gongsun Zan's power, Liu Bei still led the people of Pingyuan County to move eastward into Qingzhou.

The banditry in Qingzhou has never been eliminated. The Yellow Turban Army in each county is said to be millions, and the county towns are controlled by aristocratic families. They form small feudal lords and fight for territory in Qingzhou.

Sometimes there can be more than ten county magistrates in a county. Those magistrates are all appointed by themselves. They all tell others that they have the right to rule the county seat, but in fact they are just contenders for the power of the county seat. In the end, ordinary people want to avoid the war.

, can only be turned into bandits. Even if someone really takes over the entire Qingzhou, it will not make much sense. This kind of territory is very suitable for people like Liu Guanzhang.

Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou, was appointed by Gongsun Zan. Under the environment like Qingzhou, it was impossible for Tian Kai to govern Qingzhou well. He could only eliminate the bandits while wooing Qingzhou aristocratic families in the hope of gaining more support.

Liu Bei's appearance happened to follow Tian Kai's wishes. When Liu Bei's Qingzhou County was besieged by an army of bandits, he would send troops to rescue him. With Generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei around, few bandits could stop them. Instead, relying on Pingyuan County,

Liu Bei also had a relatively stable rear. He could already raise 500 elite troops. In addition, he also recruited and surrendered thousands of captives to serve as regular soldiers, and his reputation in Qingzhou became growing.

The people of the Qingzhou family were very grateful to Liu Bei. After Liu Bei obtained a strong source of troops here, his troops became more and more elite and began to gain a great reputation in Qingzhou. Liu Bei's five hundred elite soldiers were truly elite soldiers with hundreds of experiences.

Those who were eliminated in battle and remained were called big-eared soldiers.

Gongsun Zan ordered Liu Bei and Tian Kai to help his army quickly capture the entire Qingzhou. The two sent troops to help Gongsun Zan capture the city. Some Qingzhou counties originally occupied by Yuan Shao were quickly occupied by Gongsun Zan, and the entire Qingzhou was soon occupied by Gongsun Zan.

Take it.

Gongsun Zan was naturally very happy to regain a state. Yuan Shao led his troops to deal with the Black Mountain bandit Yu Du. How could Gongsun Zan give up this good opportunity?

After taking Qingzhou, Gongsun Zan continued southward and fought all the way to the Donghai Kingdom in Xuzhou. When he saw Cao Cao leading troops from Yanzhou to attack the southern part of Xuzhou, Gongsun Zan saw this and appointed Liu Bei as the governor of the Donghai Kingdom and led the army to eliminate the bandits who called themselves the Yellow Turban Army.

Gongsun Zan now has no shortage of weapons, and he has no shortage of soldiers to fight with him. Therefore, after Liu Yu robbed Ji County, his military strength quickly increased from 40,000 to 100,000. Liu Qi managed Gongsun Zan's rear area in the south of Youzhou.

With the victims coming from the south, and the many agricultural tools Gongsun Zan bought from Pingzihe City, the grain output in Zhuojun, Daijun, and Shanggujun increased significantly in one year, which was enough for Gongsun Zan's army of more than 100,000 people.

Gongsun Zan knew that Qingzhou was the easiest to control among all the states in the world, and the key was the millions of bandits. Taking advantage of the fire in Yuan Shao's backyard, he quickly captured Qingzhou and began a comprehensive suppression of the bandits, with a hundred thousand troops marching from south to north.

Searching from hilltop to hilltop, it was found that every person was spared. Although the speed was slow, the effect was very good. Gongsun Zan took all the elite prisoners from each county under his command, and let others farm outside the city under the control of each county. This has been done

Qingzhou, which had been in chaos for nine years, gradually returned to order.

Liu Xin had a huge influence on Gongsun Zan, because with his appearance Gongsun Zan wiped out one million Yellow Turban troops in Qingzhou, which made it impossible for Cao Cao to obtain "one hundred thousand Qingzhou troops" in Qingzhou in the future.

Gongsun Zan's strength began to grow, which made him pay more and more attention to Zhangwu's stronghold. The other party could send him everything he wanted, including food, iron weapons, and war horses. This allowed him to have everything he has now.

What Gongsun Zan didn't notice was that the money in the three counties of Youzhou, the four counties of Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou that he occupied was getting less and less, and many people from aristocratic families had begun to exchange things for things.

Let's talk about Lu Bu, who left Chang'an City last year and led hundreds of his elite generals to Yanzhou. He was powerful in force and had no rival in the world, and his soldiers were powerful in using their lives. However, Lu Bu's original arrogance was gradually worn away by reality.

Why? Lu Bu concluded that in the end, the aristocratic family has the final say in this world, and who is the largest aristocratic family in the world now? Naturally it is the Yuan family. The two brothers of the Yuan family, Lu Bu, felt that Yuan Shu was a direct descendant, so he went to join Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu felt proud when he saw Lu Bu surrendering to him. At this time, he had just recovered from being defeated by Cao Cao. He knew that Cao Cao in the north could not defeat him and Liu Biao in the south could not defeat him. He might as well go to Yangzhou! He occupied the three counties of Jingzhou. If

It would be easy for Cao Cao to capture Yangzhou and then turn around to deal with Liu Biao.

Just as Lu Bu took refuge, Yuan Shu asked his four men, Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, and Lu Bu, to lead an army into Yangzhou. Now only Wu County in Yangzhou was in the hands of Sun Jian. Sun Jian now faced Kuaiji County Yan Baihu, who was not a simple man.

Generations ago, the opponent was a powerful force who was able to take over Kuaiji County all the way. His strength was also top-notch. When Sun Jian first arrived in Wu County, he had just won the counties. His foundation was not stable, and his food and grass were insufficient. He actually suffered heavy losses at the hands of Yan Baihu many times.

Lu Bu led his troops to Yangzhou. Originally, Yuan Shu only gave Lu Bu 5,000 troops. However, after several battles, Lu Bu selected elites from the prisoners. After successively capturing the four counties of Yangzhou, he had Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other eight generals.

Lu Bu's military strength quickly exceeded 30,000.

Yuan Shu saw that Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, and Qiao Rui had not taken over a county together, and Lu Bu was so brave, so he began to worry about Lu Bu. If he allowed Lu Bu to continue like this, would Lu Bu be in trouble in the future?

With such great achievements, he will become the second Dong Zhuo?

Yuan Shu began to stop Lu Bu and sent troops to support Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, and Qiao Rui. By the end of last year, Yuan Shu had taken over most of the land in Yangzhou. He named himself Yangzhou Mu, and also named Sun Jian the governor of Wu County.

Hearing the reward from Yuan Shu, he accepted it on the surface, after all, he was still nominally under Yuan Shu.
Chapter completed!