The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 583 A new chapter
The Northern Huns were severely damaged in the first battle, and the coalition forces of the four countries were still fully strengthened, so they naturally took advantage of the situation to pursue them.

Xubuduge and Huyan China, who had escaped early, regrouped the more than 40,000 fleeing Northern Huns, took away a large number of their tribesmen, and retreated directly to the north.

Although the coalition forces wanted to pursue, Hu Yanchi was extremely cunning and led his troops to harass the food supply route from behind.

With the coalition forces on high alert and at the advantage of geographical location, he caused a lot of trouble to the coalition forces by appearing and disappearing like a ghost.

After weighing the pros and cons and adhering to the idea of ​​playing it safe, Cao Cao decided to let go of the 40,000-plus cavalrymen and allowed Huyan China to flee north with nearly 200,000 of his clansmen.

The Four-Nation Alliance naturally took over the territory of the Northern Huns, and at the same time gathered more than 100,000 tribesmen that Huyan Chi had not yet taken away, but most of them were old and weak.

Cao Cao and others naturally did not have the leisure to educate these people.

They were sent directly to the Western Regions to build railways, and whether they could survive depended on their performance and luck.

After taking over the territory of the Northern Huns, the territories of the four countries finally became more spacious.

Originally, they were all crowded in the territories around Shule and western Wusun, but the size of the two states was really too cramped.

Now, the territory of the Northern Huns is as large as four states.

Although there are many grasslands and deserts, there are also a lot of fertile lands, and it can even be called a small Central Plains.

Cao Cao and his men set their sights on this piece of land not only because of the blood feud with the Northern Huns, but also because it was indeed fertile and the most suitable place for them to gain a foothold.

And to the south of this place are Khwarezm, Kangju and Dayuan.

Cao Cao and his men had long regarded these three kingdoms as something they could conquer, but they had not been in a hurry to act due to the existence of Parthia and Kushan, which together controlled as much territory as three states.

Once these territories are completely connected, they will have a firm foothold in Central Asia.

With a territory of half of the Han Dynasty and a population of tens of millions, it would not be difficult to annex Parthia and Kushan with a little management.

Quickly draw the surrounding terrain and divide up each territory.

Yuan Shao immediately sent people to circle the places that various countries were planning to use as agricultural land on the map, and sent it to Tian Ze at an express speed of 800 miles.

Waiting for Tianze to give them the "cheating".

Yuan Shao and his companions felt it was a dream when they thought that they would easily own tens of thousands of acres of fertile land with an annual output of about eight stones.

What a cheat!
What are they afraid of when playing like this?
If they were given thirty years, they would dare to attack Rome, let alone the other side of the sea.

In this era, land and food are almost everything.

The news that the Northern Huns had been driven away quickly spread throughout the surrounding areas.

After hearing the news, the Western Regions countries, which had been extremely well-behaved, no longer dared to have any other thoughts.

The neighboring kingdoms of Khwarezm, Kangju and Dayuan also immediately sent envoys to show their goodwill.

You know, the Northern Huns are their boss behind the scenes.

If it weren't for the instigation of the Northern Huns, there wouldn't be the Three Kingdoms.

Now that their boss has been driven away and Parthia and Kushan have been badly offended, they naturally know who to rely on next.

After discussion, Yuan Shao and others accepted the goodwill shown by the three countries and secretly provided a lot of "help".

Like the Wusun Kingdom, a small number of troops were quietly stationed within the territories of the Three Kingdoms, creating an enclave.

Due to their weak fighting power, the Three Kingdoms naturally did not dare to raise any objections.

In fact, they had also considered whether to surrender to their original leaders, Parthia and Kushan.

However, Parthia and Kushan did not react at all to the expulsion of the Northern Huns. They only sent friendly signals to the four countries.

Because their domestic problems were extremely complicated, their energy had already been involved in internal struggles, and they had no time to care about these things. Therefore, the Three Kingdoms saw through the strengths and weaknesses of Parthia and Kushan, and firmly sided with Yuan Shao and others.

In addition to the garrison, Yuan Shao and others, while focusing on development, also began to infiltrate the Three Kingdoms.

The many noble families that came from the Northeast Plains, after choosing their own masters, naturally and skillfully began to display their respective strengths.

With their political abilities and infighting skills, and with a strong enough country to back them up, it was easy for them to infiltrate the ruling systems of the Three Kingdoms.

At this point, the situation in Central Asia was gradually stabilized by the four countries, forming a new "Three Kingdoms" situation with Parthia and Kushan.

As soon as the railway was repaired and Yuan Shao and others made some progress, they were ready to take action.

As the mastermind behind all this, Da Qi naturally also gained great benefits.

The three kingdoms were restraining each other, and the external threat to Da Qi was completely quelled in a short period of time. The war with Liu Bei was also about to end, and Da Qi could focus all its energy on development and was about to usher in a new take-off.

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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

The war in Central Asia is progressing smoothly and in full swing.

Tian Ze's final battle to unify the Central Plains also went quite smoothly.

Although Liu Bei was prepared for a desperate resistance, his civil and military officials were also willing to die under his personal charm.

However, human hearts are ultimately no match for the general trend.

Faced with Liu Bei's stubborn resistance, Tian Ze did not hold back at all.

Guan Yu led an army of 150,000 from Yuzhou in the east to Jiangxia, Zhang He led an army of 150,000 from Sili in the north to Nanyang, Lu Xun led an army of 100,000 from Yizhou in the west to Nanjun, and Gan Ning led a naval force of 100,000 upstream along the Yangtze River.

Being attacked from all sides, Jingzhou's positional weaknesses were immediately exposed and defense was needed everywhere. Liu Bei could only divide his few soldiers into four groups to resist, while he himself stayed in Xiangyang to provide support.

There were only 200,000 soldiers and horses in total, and Liu Bei and Pang Tong couldn't figure out the math no matter how hard they tried.

In the end, I had no choice but to grit my teeth and split it equally.

Huang Zhong and Huang Zu were generals, leading 40,000 troops to resist Guan Yu; Zhang Fei and Tian Yu were generals, leading 40,000 troops to resist Zhang He; Wen Pin and Wei Yan were generals, leading 40,000 troops to resist Lu Xun; Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were generals, leading 40,000 troops to resist Gan Ning.

In addition, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Yi Ji and Jian Yong were appointed as military advisors.

Although this lineup of civil and military forces is barely acceptable, the number of troops is too small.

Moreover, the general trend of the world has become clear, and the local powerful families have no intention of resisting.

The people under the rule of the Qi army lived a prosperous life, the army had strict military discipline, and the people had no intention of opposing it. It was already an extraordinary benevolence of Liu Bei that he did not provide food and drink to welcome the royal army.

The result was undoubtedly that all four armies were defeated.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun suffered the worst defeat and were chased all the way to Jiangling by Gan Ning.

In the end, all four armies were defeated and retreated back to Xiangyang.

Liu Bei wanted to defend the city to the death, but Zhang Yun secretly opened the city gate and surrendered the city.

Chen Qun, Pang Tong and others were not unaware of this, but they all pretended not to know and allowed the Qi army to take Xiangyang.

It’s time for this “performance” to end!
The price they paid was already high. If they continued to defend, they would really lose their vitality.

At this point, Central Plains was completely under Tian Ze's control.

The world situation has also opened a new chapter.

(End of this chapter)