Sun Jian surrendered to Jinxuan, and Jinxuan's power increased greatly.
Sun Ce, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, Sun Lang, Sun Jing and Zhu Zhi were all famous people in later generations, and they also received 70,000 elite troops, which made Jin Xuan's troops reach 800,000.
On the second day, Jin Xuan gathered the civil and military officials of Jianye to discuss the matter of the jade seal. The generals talked about it in a lot, but Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing.Jin Xuan asked with a smile: Why didn’t Kong Ming say anything?
Zhuge Liang said: The lord has already made plans, what does Liang have to say?
Jin Xuan laughed and said: Kong Ming knows my heart.
Jin Xuan said to everyone: The jade seal is a dead thing, and those who win the hearts of the people will win the world.I want to give this thing to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu is greedy and will not pay it.If this happens, the Central Plains will be in chaos again.But I want to take the opportunity to conquer Xichuan.
All the civil and military deeds: The lord is wise.
On the other day, Jin Xuan sent Guan Yu to take a few soldiers to the capital through Shouchun and give seals, and ordered him to do so.
Yuan Shu received the reward and sent Ji Ling to lead a large army of 30,000 to seize it.
When Guan Yu saw Ji Ling coming, he immediately stepped forward and asked: General Ji led his troops to come, what is he trying to do?
Ji Ling said: The lord was afraid that the jade seal would be lost on the road, so the special envoy Ji Ling came to collect it and then escorted it with heavy troops.
Guan Yu said: In this way, General Ji gave Guan a promissory note, and said that you would escort the jade seal to Beijing.To avoid running around.
Ji Ling was overjoyed, wrote the Ming Dynasty in front of the army, and obtained the jade seal to go back to Shouchun.
When Yuan Yin heard about this, he rushed to Yuan Shu's place and said, "I heard that the lord has obtained the jade seal, how dare I ask the lord what he meant?"
Yuan Shu said: This is this treasure, I want to keep it.
Yuan Yin said: If this is the case, the lord will be trapped.I think the King of Changsha is a man of both civil and military affairs. His subordinates are full of counselors. If he really wants to present a seal to the capital, he will send a large group of troops to come. He will escort the young soldiers and pass by Shouchun. This is the lord who must snatch it.If the lord keeps it privately, the princes in the world will rise up and attack him, and take the lead in Sun Jian’s retreat.
Seeing that his words were reasonable, Yuan Shu wanted to send the seal to the capital, but he couldn't give up his heart.In the end, I didn't listen to Yuan Yin's words.Seeing that Yuan Shu insisted on doing this, Yuan Yin sighed in his heart: We have no place to bury ourselves.
I want to wait for the death to leave, but because I have been with me for a long time, I cannot bear to abandon it.
When Jin Xuan saw Guan Yu return, he saw Yuan Shu being trapped. The above stated that the matter was revealed and sent an envoy to Luoyang together with Ji Ling's handwritten letter.
The emperor saw Jin Xuan's letter and knew that the jade seal had been escorted to the capital by Yuan Shu, and was very happy.Cao Cao said: Yuan Shu led his troops to rob the seal, and his intention was to embezzle it. The emperor could send an envoy to search for it, and then he would know the result.
The emperor appointed an envoy to Shouchun and then bounty the envoy.
At this time, Jin Xuan had quietly adjusted the situation and wanted to annex Sichuan.
At that time, Jinxuan's army was 800,000.
Each county magistrate was 5,000, totaling 60,000; Jin Xuan's personal soldiers were 60,000, of which 10,000 were left in Chang'an led by Zhao Yun.
The remaining troops were allocated as follows: the former Zhou Yu navy was assigned to each army, and there were still five legions: the first legion was Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Huang Gai, Sun Quan, and Xing Daorong, leading a total of 100,000 troops to Jianye; the second legion was Pang Tong, Zhang Liao, Han Dang, Ling Cao, and Sun Yi, leading a total of 100,000 troops to Wuling; the third legion was Xu Shu, Huang Zhong, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, and Cheng Pu, leading a total of 100,000 troops to Changsha; the fourth legion was Jia Xu, Sun Ce, Li Yi, Han Hao, and Zhou Tai, leading a total of 100,000 troops to Lujiang.
The remaining soldiers led their own troops, Jin Xuan, with Zhou Yu as their military advisor, and Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Taishici, Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Gao Shun, Sun Lang, Sun Jing and Zhu Zhi, a total of 280,000 troops, and were the Western Expedition Army.
At this time, news came from Chang'an that because Yuan Shu swallowed up the jade seal, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao discussed the matter and summoned the princes of the world to attack Yuan Shu together.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao each sent 100,000 troops, and six princes including Kong You, the prefect of Qiaocheng, Liu Dai, the prefect of Puyang, Han Fu, the prefect of Yecheng, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, Tao Qian, the prefect of Xuzhou, each sent 30,000 troops, and a total of 380,000 troops were sent.
King Jin Xuan of Changsha, King Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and King Liu Qi of Xichuan all made excuses and did not send troops to come.
However, Jin Xuan had a secret book for Cao Cao.
Yuan Shu was very anxious to get the news and summoned all the civil and military officials to discuss it.
Yuan Yin said: Our army has a total of 240,000 troops, 100,000 stationed in Runan and 140,000 stationed in Shouchun.The coalition army had a total of 380,000 troops. Except for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's troops as elite troops, the remaining 180,000 soldiers of the princes were not worthy of fear.However, if the coalition forces concentrated on attacking Runan, our army would have to go to support, and Shouchun was facing the troops of Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu in Changsha Kings south. If they took advantage of the opportunity to attack, our army would be in danger.
Yuan Shu said: When he was in Poyang, he had a long talk with the confidant Guo Jia of the King of Changsha. The cash was unexpectedly not in Shouchun. Jin Xuan sent someone to report that he wanted to raise an army in Sichuan to avenge the two kings' joint forces in the early stage.If Jin Xuan used troops to Sichuan, the King of Jingzhou would send troops to aid, or attack one of the three counties of Wuling, Changsha and Lujiang, so Jia Xu's troops would not dare to move.Zhuge Liang stationed troops in Jianye, which was the gateway to Jiangdong and was facing Xia Pi in the east, so he did not dare to move lightly.What's more, Zhuge Liang's troops had a total of 100,000 troops. If they might attack, they would send up up to 60,000 troops. Shouchun would be kept guarding for 40,000 troops. Be careful and be safe.
Once the strategy was made, everyone was no different.Yuan Shu found that the soldiers and horses of the princes had moved, and led 100,000 troops to support Runan, leaving Lei Bo to command 40,000 troops to defend Shouchun.
While the princes were conducting military deployment around Runan, the Jin Xuan army in the west attacked lightning and captured Yong'an, the important gateway of Xichuan. The Yong'an defenders were 80,000,000, and more than 10,000 were killed in battle. The rest surrendered.
Liu Qi was shocked and sent an envoy to ask for help from Liu Biao, and sent his eldest son Liu Yan to lead an army of 100,000 to help the important town of Jiangcheng.
Liu Biao got the trust and knew that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold. He gathered 200,000 troops to attack Changsha.
The defenders stationed in Changsha were the Third Corps led by Xu Shu and Huang Zhong. There were 100,000 regular troops, 10,000 Jinxuan personal soldiers, and 20,000 militias in the city.
Liu Biao's intention was not to attack Changsha, but to camp outside the city, and to stalemate with Xu Shu.
However, Pang Tong's troops stationed in Wuling suddenly launched a raid on Jiangling at night.Jia Xu's troops also sent troops to attack Jiangxia.For a moment, the southwest was in chaos.
Yuan Shujun was fighting with the coalition forces in Runan at this time, and they were both victorious and defeated each other.
Because Yuan Shu's army knew that the battle was to determine its survival, the generals and generals worked together.
Although the coalition forces are numerous, the battle power of the princes is not high, not to mention that the princes have many selfish intentions, so although the military power is very different, the situation is not very clear.
Seeing the Battle of Runan, Cao Cao went to Runan in person to command the battle.
As soon as Cao Cao arrived, the situation immediately changed.
When the coalition forces saw Cao Cao coming in person, their morale was greatly boosted, and when the princes saw Cao Cao coming in person, they all put away their selfish thoughts.
After several big defeats, Yuan Shu finally became afraid and sent Yuan Yin to send the jade seal to seek peace.
Cao Cao took the jade seal and sent it to Chang'an, but he refused to allow Yuan Shu to seek peace. He even imprisoned Yuan Yin in the army, hoping to use the troops of the princes to kill Yuan Shu.
It turned out that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were already in a disagreement. Yuan Shao had basically controlled the counties of Hedong. Except for Gongsun Zan, the two counties including Beiping and Xiangping, the five counties including Dai County, Nanpi, Jinyang, Pingyuan, and Yecheng have become Yuan Shao's sphere of influence.
However, Cao Cao controlled six counties including Xuchang, Wancheng, Luoyang, Hongnong, Chenliu, and Qiaocheng.
Xuzhou, Puyang, Beihai and other counties remain neutral.
Sun Ce, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, Sun Lang, Sun Jing and Zhu Zhi were all famous people in later generations, and they also received 70,000 elite troops, which made Jin Xuan's troops reach 800,000.
On the second day, Jin Xuan gathered the civil and military officials of Jianye to discuss the matter of the jade seal. The generals talked about it in a lot, but Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing.Jin Xuan asked with a smile: Why didn’t Kong Ming say anything?
Zhuge Liang said: The lord has already made plans, what does Liang have to say?
Jin Xuan laughed and said: Kong Ming knows my heart.
Jin Xuan said to everyone: The jade seal is a dead thing, and those who win the hearts of the people will win the world.I want to give this thing to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu is greedy and will not pay it.If this happens, the Central Plains will be in chaos again.But I want to take the opportunity to conquer Xichuan.
All the civil and military deeds: The lord is wise.
On the other day, Jin Xuan sent Guan Yu to take a few soldiers to the capital through Shouchun and give seals, and ordered him to do so.
Yuan Shu received the reward and sent Ji Ling to lead a large army of 30,000 to seize it.
When Guan Yu saw Ji Ling coming, he immediately stepped forward and asked: General Ji led his troops to come, what is he trying to do?
Ji Ling said: The lord was afraid that the jade seal would be lost on the road, so the special envoy Ji Ling came to collect it and then escorted it with heavy troops.
Guan Yu said: In this way, General Ji gave Guan a promissory note, and said that you would escort the jade seal to Beijing.To avoid running around.
Ji Ling was overjoyed, wrote the Ming Dynasty in front of the army, and obtained the jade seal to go back to Shouchun.
When Yuan Yin heard about this, he rushed to Yuan Shu's place and said, "I heard that the lord has obtained the jade seal, how dare I ask the lord what he meant?"
Yuan Shu said: This is this treasure, I want to keep it.
Yuan Yin said: If this is the case, the lord will be trapped.I think the King of Changsha is a man of both civil and military affairs. His subordinates are full of counselors. If he really wants to present a seal to the capital, he will send a large group of troops to come. He will escort the young soldiers and pass by Shouchun. This is the lord who must snatch it.If the lord keeps it privately, the princes in the world will rise up and attack him, and take the lead in Sun Jian’s retreat.
Seeing that his words were reasonable, Yuan Shu wanted to send the seal to the capital, but he couldn't give up his heart.In the end, I didn't listen to Yuan Yin's words.Seeing that Yuan Shu insisted on doing this, Yuan Yin sighed in his heart: We have no place to bury ourselves.
I want to wait for the death to leave, but because I have been with me for a long time, I cannot bear to abandon it.
When Jin Xuan saw Guan Yu return, he saw Yuan Shu being trapped. The above stated that the matter was revealed and sent an envoy to Luoyang together with Ji Ling's handwritten letter.
The emperor saw Jin Xuan's letter and knew that the jade seal had been escorted to the capital by Yuan Shu, and was very happy.Cao Cao said: Yuan Shu led his troops to rob the seal, and his intention was to embezzle it. The emperor could send an envoy to search for it, and then he would know the result.
The emperor appointed an envoy to Shouchun and then bounty the envoy.
At this time, Jin Xuan had quietly adjusted the situation and wanted to annex Sichuan.
At that time, Jinxuan's army was 800,000.
Each county magistrate was 5,000, totaling 60,000; Jin Xuan's personal soldiers were 60,000, of which 10,000 were left in Chang'an led by Zhao Yun.
The remaining troops were allocated as follows: the former Zhou Yu navy was assigned to each army, and there were still five legions: the first legion was Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Huang Gai, Sun Quan, and Xing Daorong, leading a total of 100,000 troops to Jianye; the second legion was Pang Tong, Zhang Liao, Han Dang, Ling Cao, and Sun Yi, leading a total of 100,000 troops to Wuling; the third legion was Xu Shu, Huang Zhong, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, and Cheng Pu, leading a total of 100,000 troops to Changsha; the fourth legion was Jia Xu, Sun Ce, Li Yi, Han Hao, and Zhou Tai, leading a total of 100,000 troops to Lujiang.
The remaining soldiers led their own troops, Jin Xuan, with Zhou Yu as their military advisor, and Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Taishici, Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Gao Shun, Sun Lang, Sun Jing and Zhu Zhi, a total of 280,000 troops, and were the Western Expedition Army.
At this time, news came from Chang'an that because Yuan Shu swallowed up the jade seal, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao discussed the matter and summoned the princes of the world to attack Yuan Shu together.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao each sent 100,000 troops, and six princes including Kong You, the prefect of Qiaocheng, Liu Dai, the prefect of Puyang, Han Fu, the prefect of Yecheng, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, Tao Qian, the prefect of Xuzhou, each sent 30,000 troops, and a total of 380,000 troops were sent.
King Jin Xuan of Changsha, King Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and King Liu Qi of Xichuan all made excuses and did not send troops to come.
However, Jin Xuan had a secret book for Cao Cao.
Yuan Shu was very anxious to get the news and summoned all the civil and military officials to discuss it.
Yuan Yin said: Our army has a total of 240,000 troops, 100,000 stationed in Runan and 140,000 stationed in Shouchun.The coalition army had a total of 380,000 troops. Except for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's troops as elite troops, the remaining 180,000 soldiers of the princes were not worthy of fear.However, if the coalition forces concentrated on attacking Runan, our army would have to go to support, and Shouchun was facing the troops of Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu in Changsha Kings south. If they took advantage of the opportunity to attack, our army would be in danger.
Yuan Shu said: When he was in Poyang, he had a long talk with the confidant Guo Jia of the King of Changsha. The cash was unexpectedly not in Shouchun. Jin Xuan sent someone to report that he wanted to raise an army in Sichuan to avenge the two kings' joint forces in the early stage.If Jin Xuan used troops to Sichuan, the King of Jingzhou would send troops to aid, or attack one of the three counties of Wuling, Changsha and Lujiang, so Jia Xu's troops would not dare to move.Zhuge Liang stationed troops in Jianye, which was the gateway to Jiangdong and was facing Xia Pi in the east, so he did not dare to move lightly.What's more, Zhuge Liang's troops had a total of 100,000 troops. If they might attack, they would send up up to 60,000 troops. Shouchun would be kept guarding for 40,000 troops. Be careful and be safe.
Once the strategy was made, everyone was no different.Yuan Shu found that the soldiers and horses of the princes had moved, and led 100,000 troops to support Runan, leaving Lei Bo to command 40,000 troops to defend Shouchun.
While the princes were conducting military deployment around Runan, the Jin Xuan army in the west attacked lightning and captured Yong'an, the important gateway of Xichuan. The Yong'an defenders were 80,000,000, and more than 10,000 were killed in battle. The rest surrendered.
Liu Qi was shocked and sent an envoy to ask for help from Liu Biao, and sent his eldest son Liu Yan to lead an army of 100,000 to help the important town of Jiangcheng.
Liu Biao got the trust and knew that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold. He gathered 200,000 troops to attack Changsha.
The defenders stationed in Changsha were the Third Corps led by Xu Shu and Huang Zhong. There were 100,000 regular troops, 10,000 Jinxuan personal soldiers, and 20,000 militias in the city.
Liu Biao's intention was not to attack Changsha, but to camp outside the city, and to stalemate with Xu Shu.
However, Pang Tong's troops stationed in Wuling suddenly launched a raid on Jiangling at night.Jia Xu's troops also sent troops to attack Jiangxia.For a moment, the southwest was in chaos.
Yuan Shujun was fighting with the coalition forces in Runan at this time, and they were both victorious and defeated each other.
Because Yuan Shu's army knew that the battle was to determine its survival, the generals and generals worked together.
Although the coalition forces are numerous, the battle power of the princes is not high, not to mention that the princes have many selfish intentions, so although the military power is very different, the situation is not very clear.
Seeing the Battle of Runan, Cao Cao went to Runan in person to command the battle.
As soon as Cao Cao arrived, the situation immediately changed.
When the coalition forces saw Cao Cao coming in person, their morale was greatly boosted, and when the princes saw Cao Cao coming in person, they all put away their selfish thoughts.
After several big defeats, Yuan Shu finally became afraid and sent Yuan Yin to send the jade seal to seek peace.
Cao Cao took the jade seal and sent it to Chang'an, but he refused to allow Yuan Shu to seek peace. He even imprisoned Yuan Yin in the army, hoping to use the troops of the princes to kill Yuan Shu.
It turned out that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were already in a disagreement. Yuan Shao had basically controlled the counties of Hedong. Except for Gongsun Zan, the two counties including Beiping and Xiangping, the five counties including Dai County, Nanpi, Jinyang, Pingyuan, and Yecheng have become Yuan Shao's sphere of influence.
However, Cao Cao controlled six counties including Xuchang, Wancheng, Luoyang, Hongnong, Chenliu, and Qiaocheng.
Xuzhou, Puyang, Beihai and other counties remain neutral.