The most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms

August 202 AD.

Shouchun City was still captured by Sun Ce.

Yuan Shu, Yuan Yin and others fled the city in a hurry. However, they were chased by the Wu army on the way.

Yuan Shu was still unable to defeat the destiny and died on the way to escape.

Yuan Yin led hundreds of remaining soldiers and continued to flee north, preparing to surrender to Zhou Cheng.

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Inside Shouchun City.

Wu Jun was still cleaning up the dead bodies in the city.

Most of the dead bodies in the city were civilians who were sent to the top of the city when they were defending the city.

If it is not dealt with in time, a plague will soon break out in this city.

After conquering Shouchun City, an important step in conquering Yangzhou has been completed.

However, Sun Ce wanted to completely control Yangzhou and use Yangzhou as capital to launch a northern expedition to Zhoucheng. This could not be completed within one or two years.

First of all, Sun Ce needs to continue to attack Yuan Shu's subordinates and clean up the remaining forces of Yuan Shu in Yangzhou.

At the same time, Sun Ce also needs to come up with effective means to appease and win over the people of Yangzhou and allow the refugees to start production.

And these require a lot of money and food

It also means that Sun Ce needs to re-establish relations with the wealthy families in Yangzhou.

Let the wealthy families in Yangzhou support you.

This is no easy task.

Because these wealthy families are likely to waver.

It is easy to conquer the world, but difficult to defend it.

Be it Sun Jian, Sun Ce, or Sun Quan who succeeded Sun Ce in history.

The reason why they were able to rise in the short term was entirely because of a stable Jiangdong.

Relying on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, we can devote all our troops to the expedition without having to worry about the rear.

Moreover, with the natural danger of the Yangtze River, as long as there is no threat from the Jingzhou navy, it is almost invincible.

However, once Sun Ce wanted to extend his power to Yangzhou, he would inevitably conflict with Zhou Cheng and Liu Biao.

In order to defend Yangzhou, money, food, and military strength must be left behind in Yangzhou.

This is quite an investment.

Moreover, the short-term benefits far outweigh the risks.

Therefore, how to conclude an agreement with Liu Biao and how to prevent Zhou's army from going south requires careful consideration.

Of course, Sun Ce can also continue to attack Yuzhou.

If Sun Ce really wanted to attack Yuzhou, it would not be impossible.

It's just that the price of the attack may not be enough for Yangzhou.

This is like a little bear breaking corn. There is a lot of corn that can be broken, but there is a limit to what can be taken away.

This is why although Zhou Cheng occupied the north, he was still willing to temporarily allocate Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Bingzhou and other places to Ma Teng, Yuan Xi, Zhang Yan and others.

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Two flowers bloom, one on each side.

Sun Ce captured Shouchun City and Yuan Shu died.

And in Brazil County.

Cao Cao had no intention of leaving.

Brazil County is much richer than Guanghan, and it has a larger population.

If you stay here, you can grow your power again.

However, Zhang Song sent someone to deliver a letter to Cao Cao, in which Zhang Song suggested that Cao Cao leave Brazil County immediately.

Although Brazil County is good, what is it compared to the entire Yizhou?

Of course, Zhang Song did not explicitly mention the matter of seeking Yizhou, but made a clever analogy.

After Cao Cao read the contents of the letter, he handed it to Xun Yu, Xun You, Liu Ye and others.

After Xun Yu and others read the contents of the letter, they said:"My lord, although what Zhang Song said is reasonable, if you evacuate this place, your future will be in the hands of others."

Xun Yu said bluntly.

What Zhang Song said is true. The inside should cooperate with the outside to capture Yizhou.

However, capturing Yizhou is not that easy.

Starting from Liu Yan, Liu Zhang and his son have been in Yizhou for many years and have long been rooted in Yizhou. Countless people have benefited from Liu Zhang and his son.

Moreover, even if Yizhou is not militarily aggressive, it still has tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

If Liu Zhang detects this, Liu Zhang can mobilize an army at any time to encircle and suppress Cao Cao.

I am a fisherman and a fisherman.

Cao Cao would not do such a thing.

Cao Cao also felt that Zhang Song was unreliable. After all, Cao Cao also judged people by their appearance.

Therefore, Cao Cao did not adopt Zhang Song's suggestion and decided to stay in Brazil County.

Cao Cao stayed in Brazil County and refused to leave.

This not only made Pang Xi angry, but also made Liu Zhang murderous towards Cao Cao.

In Liu Zhang's opinion, Cao Cao wanted to occupy Brazil County by force.

He originally only used Cao Cao, but he didn't expect that after Cao Cao became more mature, he actually raised another 'Zhang Lu'.

How can I bear this?

Therefore, Liu Zhang wrote a letter urging Cao Cao to return to Guanghan, and at the same time, Liu Zhang began to mobilize the army.

If Cao Cao doesn't know what to do and leaves, then he will attack directly. _Feilu reminds you: three things about reading - close