Liu Xin returned to Zhangwu stronghold in the evening and saw that Gongsun Zan's six thousand elite troops had surrendered. He saw Yan Gang standing next to Zhou Tai and nodded to Zhou Tai. This time he not only captured Gongsun Zan's ten thousand infantrymen, but also two thousand

The cavalry also captured Gongsun Zan's 6,000 elite troops and one general. This was an unexpected gain from the trip to Youzhou.

But seeing nearly 20,000 more troops, Liu Xin was worried. If so many people boarded the ship, his fleet would not be able to pull many more people.

But Liu Xin would never let these people go, so the defeat would have a great impact on Gongsun Zan. Losing so many elites would make it difficult for him to compete with Yuan Shao for Jizhou. Moreover, Gongsun Zan was seriously injured this time.

It's hard to say how much combat power it can exert.

With more than 12,000 people from Zhangwu stronghold and 18,000 captives, the entire fleet suddenly had 30,000 more people, which made the 17 large ships basically reach the load capacity.

The fleet continued to set off. The next stop was Donghai County in Xuzhou, which is now Liu Bei's territory. Liu Xin needs to go there to pick up his stronghold and caravan personnel. Before arriving, he needs to sort out the prisoners on the entire fleet.

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Walking on the sea was boring, so Liu Xin asked Jiang Li and other officials to do ideological work for these prisoners. Then he moved from one ship to another every day, collecting all the prisoners who could be included in the military symbols, and then 4,200

Select a number of personnel whose loyalty is less than 20 and whose combat power is less than 20 points. Putting these people down when they arrive in Donghai County should be enough to make room for your own personnel.

In this way, Liu Xin checked the attributes of all the people on the seventeen ships every day by consuming the [Detection Card], and divided everyone into several levels. When the person with the lowest level reaches the next destination, if the location on the ship is

If it's not enough, Liu Xin will eliminate these people.

News of the battle between Liu Xin and Gongsun Zan in Zhangwu County soon spread to the ears of all the princes in the world. When they heard that Gongsun Zan was seriously injured by Liu Xin in two rounds, many people were very surprised. Gongsun Zan was the most powerful prince in the world.

Liu Xin couldn't make it past two rounds, so everyone was guessing who should be the best in the world, Liu Xin or Lu Bu.

After Yuan Shao learned that Gongsun Zan had lost all his elite troops in Zhangwu County, he began to lead his army to attack Gongsun Zan. At this time, Gongsun Zan's generals had not yet come out of the shadow of their failure in the battle with Liu Xin. They fought with Yuan Shao's army many times.

All ended in failure, and Gongsun Zan never appeared on the battlefield.

This made Yuan Shao's army even more excited. Some people even speculated whether Gongsun Zan was dead. Changshan, Zhongshan, and Hejian counties soon fell into Yuan Shao's hands. In the end, the two sides organized a battle of nearly 100,000 people in Nanpi County, Bohai County. As a result, Yuan Shao because

The battle line was too long and the supply of food and grass was insufficient. The two sides began to move the battlefield from the south of Zhongshan Kingdom to the south of Bohai County. If Gongsun Zan lost Bohai County, Qingzhou and Youzhou would be completely separated, and the entire Qingzhou might be lost.

Yuan Shao's strength began to expand, and Lu Bu of Yanzhou was defeated by Yuan Shao and Liu Bei. Although Lu Bu was recommended by Chen Gong, Zhang Miao, Zhang Yang and others as the shepherd of Yanzhou, they only made Lu Bu their spokesperson. Lu Bu

All the food and fodder needed by the army needed to be provided by noble families like them, so Lu Bu was also very frustrated in Yanzhou and could not use his full strength.

Liu Bei had a reputation for benevolence and righteousness, and many big families in Xuzhou were willing to support him. Therefore, after gaining the upper hand in several battles with Lu Bu, he saw that Yuan Shao had gained an advantage in the fight against Gongsun Zan, and he had new ideas.

On this day, Liu Bei received news from Guan Yu that he had captured Dongjun. Lu Bu had now begun to retreat south. In order to capture Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao also continued to dispatch troops from the south to support the north. He did not have any dissatisfaction with Liu Bei's entry into Yanzhou. This made the original Liu Bei, who had always been cautious, began to have ideas.

As the pastor of Xuzhou, now that the northern part of Xuzhou was still in the hands of Gongsun Zan, he began to let Zhang Fei lead the troops to attack the counties in the northern part of Xuzhou. No one expected that Liu Bei, who had been the most patient, would suddenly use his strength at this time, and the entire Xuzhou was quickly captured by Liu Bei. , for a time Liu Bei became a great prince like Yuan Shao, Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan.

In June, when the fight between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan was at its peak, Lu Bu also had increasing conflicts with the Yanzhou family. Liu Bei's advisers Sun Qian and Yi Ji gave him suggestions to capture Qingzhou, but Liu Bei did not listen and continued to fight. While consolidating the situation in Xuzhou, we are waiting for the outcome of the decisive battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan fought against Yuan Shao for the second time in Nanpi. Both sides basically used all their troops. As a result, Gongsun Zan was defeated and retreated to Zhuoxian County without fighting. In this way, the entire passage between Qingzhou and Youzhou was interrupted, and Yuan Shao began to launch a campaign. The army attacked Qingzhou.

After capturing the entire Jizhou and Qingzhou, Yuan Shao became the largest prince in the world. When all the aristocratic families began to move closer to Yuan Shao, no one thought that Liu Bei, Yuan Shao's ally, would take action.

Liu Bei did not compete with Yuan Shao for Qingzhou, but instead raised his troops to attack Yuan Shao's Nanjun. He asked Guan Yu to attack north from Dongjun, and Zhang Fei to attack his familiar Pingyuan County from Jibei County. As a result, many counties in the northern part of Jizhou were captured by Liu Bei. Yuan Shao originally wanted to capture Qingzhou, but in the end he had no choice but to lead troops back for reinforcements.

Guan Yu's 30,000 troops were outside Ye City. He was standing on horseback in front of Yan Liang's army with the [Qinglong Yanyue Sword] in his hand. Listening to Yan Liang's constant shouting and cursing, Guan Yu's eyes showed a solemn look.

This time Liu Bei attacked Yuan Shao's backyard. How could Guan Yu not know how risky this was. If he could capture Nanjun, then Liu Bei would have all the initiative, and the entire Qingzhou would definitely belong to Liu Bei.

It is also very difficult for Lu Bu to return to the four northern counties of Yanzhou. As long as Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan can flank Yuan Shao and Liu Bei captures the entire Yizhou, he will become the number one prince in the world.

Yan Liang called for formation, and Guan Yu accepted the challenge. When everyone thought that the two would be fighting, Yan Liang was killed by Guan Yu with a single sword, and Yuan Shao's army was defeated.

Guan Yu stormed into Ye City and captured Yuan Shao's family, including Cao Cao's family members who were taken hostage by Yuan Shao. After Cao Cao learned about this, he immediately found Guan Yu in person. He knew that Guan Yu was a very upright man, and asked Guan Yu for his family.

Guan Yu was also very generous, saying that fighting was a matter for a man and innocent people should not be involved. As a result, not only did he let Cao Cao's family go, but he also sent away Yuan Shao's family. For a time, Guan Yu's name was praised all over the world.

After Cao Cao took back his family and tribe, he sent Yuan Shao's family to Bohai County. Yuan Shao felt that Cao Cao's ability was more and more important to him.

After Guan Yu captured the entire Nanjun, he killed Wen Chou, who avenged Yan Liang, with a sword outside Handan City in Guangping County. Liu Bei's military strength was amazing, and Guan Yu began to be known as a martial sage. Many people compared him with Lu Bu and Liu Bei.
Chapter completed!