Guangling County and Xia Pi Kingdom could not stop Yuan Shu's military advance. Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he heard the news of the army's victory.

The 20,000 troops led by Liu Xun, who sent troops on the same day as Yuan Shu, were also advancing steadily, crossing the Yangtze River and taking straight to Qu'a County, and destroying Sun Ce's nest and killing Sun Ce's power in the cradle.

Both sides achieved great victories in advance, which made Yuan Shu very happy. He did not expect that Guo Peng was sharpening his knife and was ready to attack him.

In addition to Guo Peng, when Liu Biao learned that Yuan Shu had become emperor, he couldn't help but want to send troops.

He tried to send troops from Nanyang County to enter Runan County to conquer the city and expand his territory and power.

At the same time, I would like to ask the group of frustrated people he got from Yizhou, and I felt that although they failed to bring them the land in Yizhou, they were at least not from Jingzhou.

Liu Biao wanted to appoint Gan Ning and others as generals and let them lead troops, so as to balance the power of the local people in Jingzhou around him, but his intentions were seen through by Cai Mao and others.

When Liu Biao proposed to appoint Gan Ning and others to lead troops from Nanyang County to Runan County to open up a new situation, he was dissuaded by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang.

They pretended to be bitter and persuaded Liu Biao not to do this.

Cai Mao advised Liu Biao to say that Gan Ning and others were rebels in Yizhou and were useless. They seemed to be obedient now, but in fact they secretly had the intention of being unjust. If they asked them to command the troops, they would be afraid that they would lead the wolf into the house?

Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang gave many examples, saying that Liu Biao could not act like this, otherwise the entire Jingzhou would be harmed by it.

In this way, Liu Biao realized how much he was under, and realized that even if he wanted to do whatever he wanted, he would not have the conditions, and he would probably have suffered a crushing defeat.

Thinking about it, Liu Biao secretly hated him, but he could do nothing.

Shaoqing, Liu Biao felt a little discouraged and finally decided to give up this great opportunity and simply become a spectator and protect Jingzhou.

In this chaotic era, it may be good to be able to save a piece of pure land, save one's own life and family.

Liu Biao's decision had little impact, at least not as great as it seemed. The impact of Yuan Shu's proclaimed emperor was indeed great, and most of the Han Dynasty would be trapped in the war and could not extricate itself.

Until Yuan Shu really dies.

Just when Yuan Shu didn't know that Guo Peng was going to lead his army to attack him, and there was a man acting silently at the stall where two groups raised troops to attack Tao Qian and Sun Ce.

Yan Rou, with only two guards alone, traveled through difficulties and obstacles, quietly entered Hongnong County with the help of spies from Linziying, and came to Hongnong County.

This is the current place where the sub-city station is also the place where the court is stationed. The surviving court officials, a group of warlords, and their army are in chaos.

After Liu Biao was rewarded by the Hongnong court, he sent people to Hongnong County with a lot of military supplies to build a palace for Liu Xie, and brought Jingzhou's travelers and some goods, barely maintaining the survival needs of Hongnong County.

Yan Rou disguised himself as a merchant in Jingzhou and, with the help of the spy on Linziying, who served as the commander of the city gate, sneaked into Hongnong County.

The situation in Hongnong County at this moment is definitely not very good, and of course, it is not too bad.

After the war, Li Jue and Guo Si's strength was greatly reduced. Jia Xu then took a pot of fire and joined forces with Zhang Ji and Duan Wei, who were stronger, to give them a political liquidation.

He reduced his troops and his posts, and he was reduced from the Grand Marshal and General of the Cavalry to the Captain.

It is equivalent to knocking them back to their true form and back to the way they were when Dong Zhuo was still alive. The honor gained from years of hard work has been gone. How can they not be angry?

However, because of the small force and the prestige have been greatly reduced, I can only be a lieutenant.

Duan Wei and Zhang Ji did not kill them. They probably followed some survival rules of the Liangzhou Army, or they simply felt that the two of them had a fierce battle and could use them. Anyway, the Liangzhou Army was used to winning the king and losing the enemy.

So these two people are now arranged to garrison troops in Shaanxi County, east of Hongnong County.

The two of them had only a few thousand soldiers, but they were not more gentle than before to plunder local areas and harming the people. The number of people was smaller, and the plundering was a little more ruthless.

Hongnong County, as one of the three defense lines set up by Dong Zhuo to defend against the Kanto Alliance, was well built, and the households and production did not suffer much loss.

Among them, Duan Wei is the garrison in Huayin County.

Duan Wei is a person with some culture and knows the importance of grain and production, so he diligently cultivates water conservancy and develops agriculture. Not only does he not plunder the local area according to the consistent style of Liangzhou soldiers, but he also develops the local area and the people can be happy.

Because of the existence of Duan Wei, the production in Hongnong County was not seriously damaged, and the households were abundant, and it was one of the few places in Guanzhong that could be used as storefronts.

So, Duan Wei and Zhang Ji's army can still eat food and not hungry Liu Xie and the officials. Liu Xie and the officials even think that this is the only place where Duan Wei and Zhang Ji are stronger than Li Jue and Guo Si.

Zhang Ji and Duan Wei were just a little unhappy about Li Jue and Guo Si who continued to plunder the local area, and there was no extra restriction, because they did not intend to plunder the local area, and if they were not allowed to plunder the local area, they would starve to death.

But they drew a range.

You can plunder, but you can't cross Shan County to the west to plunder. If you dare to cross Shan County to the west to plunder, Zhang Ji and Duan Wei will raise an army to attack Li Jue and Guo Si.

Therefore, the core parts of Hongnong County were not subject to war, but were relatively harmonious.

As for Huayin County to the west, to the Chang'an area, a plague is now breaking out. The few remaining households escaped the war and massacre, but they could not escape the plague and died tragically in the plague. More than one household in Chang'an had a total of almost all casualties.

The more unlucky ones were Ma Teng and Han Sui, who knew that Li Jue and Guo Si gave up Chang'an and chased Hongnong, thinking about taking advantage of it.

As a result, the contagious plague that caused human life was reported. According to the records, the plague in the late Han Dynasty was very likely to be an epidemic hemorrhagic fever.

So tens of thousands of troops fell ill in an instant, scaring Ma Teng and Han Sui immediately abandoned the inactive soldiers and fled back to Liangzhou.

However, some soldiers with illness also fled back to Liangzhou. After returning to Liangzhou, they became ill and spread the plague to Liangzhou.

Ma Teng and Han Sui were exhausted, but for a moment, a large area of ​​land from Liangzhou to Huayin County became a dead place, and no one dared to approach it.

In fact, if someone understands the principle of infectious diseases a little bit, perhaps the great plague at the end of the Han Dynasty might not have taken away so many lives, hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people would die.

But unfortunately, for a long time, doctors in the whole world did not understand what "infection" is. Traditional Chinese medicine did not understand the understanding of infection until the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Before this, the medical theory of traditional Chinese medicine could never escape the entanglement of gods and ghosts. In ancient times, the remnants of witchcraft followed like shadows, and the ghosts remained undispersed, and the concept of medical treatment was quite simple.

If someone understands what infection is, not to mention treatment, it can at least prevent it, and can end the plague with the final plan of isolation when things cannot be cured, so as not to let the plague bloom everywhere on the land of China, with countless casualties and injuries.

Unfortunately, no.

Li Jue and Guo Si are really lucky, while Ma Teng and Han Sui are really lucky. For a long time in the future, the people of all ethnic groups in Liangzhou will not be very lucky.

Before Yan Rou sneaked into Hongnong County, news that Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor and announced the dethrone of Liu Xie's throne, ended the Han Dynasty's rule, and held the rebellion of Liangzhou people accountable had already reached Hongnong.

Zhang Ji and Duan Wei were shocked, and the civil and military officials in the court were shocked. Jia Wenhe frowned, and Liu Xie simply fainted from anger.

After waking up, Liu Xie smashed several cases, drew his sword and killed two eunuchs, roared at the army to attack Yuan Shu, and said that he would seal the man who had cut off Yuan Shu's head as king.

In short, the political atmosphere in Hongnong County is very tense, everyone is nervous, everyone is confused, and they don’t know what will happen in the future.
Chapter completed!