Zhang Fei arrived at Yewang City, which was originally one of the largest cities in the world with a population of more than 300,000, but now the entire Yewang County is less than 10,000 people.

Zhang Fei led his troops to rob bandits in surrounding counties and mountains and forests to maintain living expenses. At this time, if Sizhou went into any forest, he might find bandits. Some of them had been hiding in the mountains for several years.

The bandits have been a common people for many years. This year, with the heavy rain in June, the harvest will be better than last year. Many villages in the mountains have some food.

The people fled early, but it turned out to be a good thing. Zhang Fei proclaimed himself the magistrate of Yewang County to protect all the people. As a result, he found that more and more people began to return to Yewang County. As the self-proclaimed magistrate, he

But it is becoming more and more stylish.

When winter came, Zhang Fei was short of food, so he sold a batch of war horses and weapons to some bandits in the mountains in exchange for some food. At this time, there was no difference between the princes and the bandits. Which big village was the backing of some small princes?

Don't feel weird at all.

Zhang Fei never bullied the people. He led the people to build water conservancy projects and asked everyone to pay him 10% of the tax next year. Everyone felt that the payment was less. Zhang Fei began to stabilize the order of Hanoi County, and no one among the princes in the world noticed this.

Liu Bei was defeated, and Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu began to seize Liu Bei's territory. Lu Bu saw that this was also the four counties of Yanzhou that sent troops to the county magistrate Liu Bei. In this way, he nominally owned Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and nearly twenty counties in the northern part of Yuzhou, which was undoubtedly the most powerful in the world.

However, Lu Bu knew that the aristocratic family would not really listen to him, and the food he could obtain from these three states was very scarce. He was now working hard to control Xuzhou, and planned to take control of Xuzhou first, so that he could compete with him if he had money and food.

Other princes and aristocratic families resisted.

Cao Cao occupied Qingzhou and the three northeastern counties of Jizhou, Zhang Yan occupied Changshan County and Zhongshan County, and Zhang Xiu occupied the seven counties of Weijun, Julu, Anping, Qinghe, Zhao, Yangping, and Guangping in the south of Jizhou. Suddenly the situation was complete again.

It’s different.

Compared with other princes, Liu Bei has a shortcoming. Although he is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, he does not attach much importance to the royal family and the aristocratic family in his heart. At most, he only pays attention to it on the surface. At least when he has power, he rarely pays attention to it.

The power is given to aristocratic families, such as the Mi family.

Mi Zhu married his sister to Liu Bei. Liu Bei's weapons, horses, armor, etc. were all arranged by Mi Zhu for him. Liu Bei also handed over all the property here to Mi Zhu. He did not let Mi Zhu interfere with political and military power.

As a second-rate military general, Mi Fang was pretty good. Liu Bei was very careful when using Mi Fang. It can be said that the Mi family has been making sacrifices in the past few years. In the end, almost all of the family property was invested in Liu Bei. Now Liu Bei only pays attention to Mi Zhu superficially.

Still unwilling to give him too many rights.

There are also families who have followed him from Zhuoxian County, followed him from Pingyuan County, and followed him from Qingzhou. Now they have basically lost everything and have become ordinary officials or soldiers under Liu Bei's command.

This world is so wonderful. Whenever Liu Bei is in the most desperate situation and needs help, there will always be noble people to help him, but in the end everything will be dull. Liu Bei's character cannot make the family give up at all. He said he is a member of the Han Dynasty, but he is

He came from a poor and ordinary family and did not have the same respect for the aristocratic family and the members of the Han Dynasty clan as the other children of the aristocratic family. This was the reason why Liu Bei was on the run and unable to settle down all his life.

At the end of the year, Yuan Shao fell seriously ill, and the three sons discussed for a long time without deciding what to do. The aristocratic families under Yuan Shao began to flee, seeking refuge with Cao Cao, Zhang Yan or Zhang Xiu, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shao began to flee north, and now they only had more than 20,000 horses and 3,000 carriages carrying more than 100,000 shi of food and property into the Zhuojun area.

Gongsun Zan's men told Gongsun Zan about Yuan Shao's escape to the north. At this time, Gongsun Zan had not worn armor for three years and had no intention of fighting for it, so he ignored it completely and let Yuan Shao's army continue to go north.

Yuan Shao arrived outside the city of Ji County and Liu Yu closed the city gate. I told you not to come, but you have to come. Although I, Liu Yu, have no enterprising spirit, I am not willing to accept your arbitrariness in granting official posts to others.

Yuan Shao granted him an official title. If he accepts Yuan Shao, will he Liu Yu have to recognize the rewards that Yuan Shao gave to all the princes before? Then what does he Liu Yu mean?

I don't know if it was because of shame that Yuan Shao waited outside Ji County for ten days, but he died in the military camp. All the children of the Yuan family burst into tears, and the Yuan family held a funeral for Yuan Shao outside Ji County.

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When Liu Yu saw this, he could only let the three brothers of the Yuan family stay in Anyi County temporarily, which could be regarded as establishing a buffer between him and Gongsun Zan.

The Yuan family began to live in Anyi County. The grain and grass they brought could last until next autumn's harvest. As long as they started cultivating fields in Anyi County next year, they would have a good way of living.

Yuan Shao, once the largest prince in the world, was defeated like this, which made many princes sigh after hearing it. Now the world has basically become fourteen major forces, and these fourteen major forces are basically divided into three levels.

The first-level forces are Yuan Shu and Liu Xin. Both of them rule more than five million people and account for 70% of the world's strength. In the eyes of most princes, Yuan Shu is stronger than Liu Xin. They

Most people know very little about Liu Xin. Yuan Shu occupies the northern part of Yangzhou and the southern part of Yuzhou, which are the richest places in the world. The population of Yingchuan and Nanyang counties alone has exceeded three million. He has the support of aristocratic families, which shows Yuan Shu's strength.

The second level should be Zhang Xiu, Ma Teng, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, and Cao Cao. They all occupy a single state and can command more than 50,000 regular soldiers, but they are not as powerful as Liu Xin and Yuan Shao.

strength.

The third level belongs to Han Sui, Gongsun Du, Liu Yu, Gongsun Zan, Zhang Yan, Sun Ce, and Shi Xie. They all occupy more than two counties, and their strength cannot be underestimated.

There is also the last category of forces that are not princes, such as Liu Bei, Yuan Tan, Zhang Fei, Zhang Lu, and Xu Jing. They all only have the power of one city, but their own strength is not small. As long as they have the opportunity, they will naturally

The possibility of getting up again.

Liu Bei did not dare to come out in Taishan County. He had been waiting for an opportunity. Under his attack, bandits from all walks of life in Taishan County quietly surrendered to Liu Bei. As long as there was an opportunity, Liu Bei would definitely raise troops again. At the end of November, Lu Bu sent 3,000 troops into Taishan County.

At that time, they were attacked by three thousand bandits. As a result, Lu Bu's army was defeated. At this time, Lu Bu had actually guessed that Liu Bei was in Taishan County. While calling attention to Liu Bei's movements, he personally led the army into Taishan County. In this way, Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu also
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