Chapter 240

These seven people were the essence of Jizhou.

It must be said that the legion under Han Fu was truly luxurious. Among these seven, the weakest, Zhu Ling, was already at the second layer of Gang Refining.

Moreover, everyone had a certain amount of experience in leading troops and fighting battles.

Their arrival caused the number of generals under Su Fan to soar once again. In terms of generals at the Gang Refining level alone, Su Fan now had twenty.

Most of them were famous generals of the late Han Dynasty.

Especially the arrival of Huang Zhong, which gave Su Fan a fierce general capable of contending with Lv Bu. As for Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and Gan Ning, these Tiger Ministers of Jiangbiao also all arrived under Su Fan's recruitment.

Now under Su Fan's rule, fierce generals were truly like clouds, while the strategists were a bit inferior to the heavenly group of generals.

However, in terms of quality, they were not low. The internal affairs types Xun Yu and Zhang Zhao, and the strategist types Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and Xun You—these were all top-tier strategists.

It could be said that his current civil and military officials were absolutely the best in the world; even Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu could not compare to him.

As for Cao Cao, that was even worse. Cao Cao was currently just the Prefect of Dongjun, and his status was far inferior to Su Fan's.

He was currently just a little brother under Yuan Shao, with fewer than ten generals and fewer than a hundred thousand troops, and that was still thanks to his Cao clan and Xiahou clan.

Most of the strategists and generals under Su Fan came from Cao Cao.

Su Fan was walking on others' paths, leaving others with no path to walk.

In this life, it was impossible for Cao Cao to be like his previous life. Although he himself was very capable, after Su Fan rose to power, it was destined that there would only be one person in the Central Plains, and that was Su Fan himself.

Looking at the hall full of civil and military officials, Su Fan was also filled with heroic spirit.

After being silent for a few years, he was finally ready.

The world was in chaos, and now was the time for him to make his move.

"My Lord!"

Those who could enter the living room were all Su Fan's confidants and the high-level officials of the Donghai Territory. Now they were all present; looking around, there were no fewer than fifty people.

"Sit!"

"Today, I have invited everyone here to discuss the next goals for our Donghai Territory."

"Now that the Donghai Territory has encountered a bottleneck, if we want to continue to develop, we need to expand."

"And now that Dong Zhuo is dead and the world is in chaos, it is time for our Donghai Territory to shine."

Having been silent for several years, the group of generals present were all shaken upon hearing this. They were all shocked by the uniqueness of the Donghai Territory when they arrived.

Especially the army, which simply made them ecstatic.

No general could refuse elite soldiers under their command, and the soldiers of the Donghai Territory were absolutely the elite of the elite, with well-trained soldiers, excellent equipment, and strong logistics.

This allowed these generals to have no need to consider anything else; they only needed to lead the soldiers to fight battles and win great victories.

Therefore, for every general who came to the Donghai Territory, within just one day, they forgot everything from the past.

In their hearts, there was only this Donghai Territory.

Even if they were low-level officers in the army, they were willing, because they knew that with their own abilities, even starting as a small soldier, they would soon be able to rise to high positions.

What's more, the Lord's understanding of them seemed to be even clearer than their own; everyone was settled in just the right place.

These past few years, everyone had been training with the army, constantly controlling the soldiers, and doing their best to command the great army as if it were their own arms.

They were training silently here in the Donghai Territory, but they were not blind; instead, they were very attentive to news from all over the world. Every time they heard about the style of some generals, they were extremely envious.

As generals, their greatest wish was to go to the battlefield, show their style, and leave their names in history.

As for being granted a marquisate and a generalship, they believed that the Lord would not forget them.

As long as they were with the Lord, they could all perceive how magnificent their Lord was; he was absolutely a figure comparable to the First Emperor of Qin or Emperor Wu of Han.

Of course, there was one point that left everyone, whether generals or strategists, speechless: their Lord seemed to be quite lazy.

This laziness was not a derogatory term.

It was not like many monarchs who ignored government affairs and were licentious and lawless.

No one was unconvinced by the Lord's own abilities; after all, this Donghai Territory was built by the Lord himself. It was just that the Lord didn't like to handle government and military affairs most of the time, but knew how to delegate power.

"Zhicai, tell us about the situation in the world now."

Su Fan looked at Xi Zhicai. The Dark Owl organization was usually controlled by Xi Zhicai, and the large amount of information collected by the Dark Owl was also organized and analyzed by him and Guo Jia.

"Yes, My Lord!"

As Su Fan's number one strategist, Xi Zhicai was naturally confident.

Thus, he began to introduce the many warlords in the world today. After the warlords campaigned against Dong, they scattered and started a mode of chaotic warfare.

You sing and I appear; in every province, many warlords fought in chaos.

The administrative orders of the Divine Han court could no longer come out of the Sili region.

After several years of fighting, several warlords stood out, the biggest being Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in the north, Yuan Shu in the Central Plains, and Sun Jian in the south, etc.

Of course, the relatives of the Divine Han, such as Liu Biao and Liu Yan, were also powerful warlords, occupying the territory of one province.

As for the likes of Liu Dai and Liu Yu, they gradually declined in this chaotic battle.

Especially Liu Yu, who was defeated and killed when competing with Gongsun Zan for Youzhou.

It must be said that Gongsun Zan was truly fierce. Liu Yu was the Inspector of Youzhou, occupying more than 70% of Youzhou's territory.

Moreover, Liu Yu, using the righteousness of the Divine Han relatives, invited Liu Bei and granted him the position of Prefect of Guangyang Commandery.

Liu Bei had indeed made a name for himself in the Battle of Hulao Pass. Liu Yu was not a fool either; with high official salaries and the righteousness of the Divine Han relatives, Liu Bei finally compromised and betrayed his good friend Gongsun Zan.

Of course, to say compromise or betrayal was not quite right; Liu Bei himself was not a subordinate of Gongsun Zan.

He had always been a guest under Gongsun Zan's command.

Liu Yu gave too much, so he had no choice but to choose Liu Yu. Unfortunately, Liu Yu might have had some ability in internal affairs.

But in terms of military affairs, that was too far behind, not necessarily even comparable to Liu Bei.

And Liu Bei's military ability was at the bottom among the founding monarchs of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu.

He could only arm-wrestle with Sun Shiwan.

After all, looking at his whole life, he was defeated repeatedly and fought repeatedly. His will was admirable, but his military ability really had nothing to show off.

Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were fierce generals, they had not experienced rich defeat at this time and could not become the General of the Front who later shook China.

Facing Gongsun Zan, a general who had been leading troops to fight at the border for years, they were naturally not his match.

Although the two of them were peerless fierce generals, there was also Zhao Yun under Gongsun Zan, who was not inferior to the two.

So militarily, Gongsun Zan constantly captured cities and territories, and finally Liu Yu was defeated, and the three Liu Bei brothers fled.

Gongsun Zan rose in the north. At this time, Yuan Shao had just taken Jizhou, and both sides were about to start a life-and-death battle.

The winner would likely sit on Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, three great provinces, becoming the hero of the north and the number one warlord in the world; as for the loser, there was no need to say.

This was the situation in the north.

Compared to the north, in the Central Plains, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou, there were even more warlords. Although Yuan Shu was powerful, he only occupied most of Yuzhou and at the same time had one commandery in Yangzhou.

He was considered the biggest warlord.