Chapter 130

Outside Yecheng,

Ding Yuan Shao was cursing loudly.

"Yan Zhang Liang, Gao Gan, what crime should you be guilty of!"

Yan Zhang Liang and Gao Gan knelt on the ground.

"My lord/Uncle, your subordinates didn't know that Huguan was so difficult to attack!"

Ding Yuan Shao was almost angered to death.

"I told you to wait for the situation to become clear; who told you to attack Huguan without authorization!"

Yan Zhang Liang cupped his hands.

"My lord, we discovered that Huguan was actually garrisoned by a young general named Hao Zhao who was not yet twenty, with only two thousand troops. Your subordinates wanted to take Huguan, so..."

"This Liu Bei looks down on people too much!"

Gao Gan also cupped his hands.

"Uncle, we also wanted to take Shangdang to prepare for taking Bingzhou."

It would have been better if he hadn't spoken; Ding Yuan Shao was even angrier after hearing this. He kicked the table away.

"That would be fine, but you two led twenty thousand troops to attack, suffered losses, and actually couldn't do anything about Huguan with two thousand people, and that Hao Zhao is not even twenty!"

Ding Yuan Shao was almost angered into a heart attack!

Angered by these two useless people!

Guo Tu cupped his hands.

"My lord, calm your anger. It's good that you didn't take it; this time Liu Bei soundly defeated Dong Zhuo. If Huguan had been taken, he would definitely be furious."

Ding Yuan Shao muttered,

"I didn't expect Liu Bei's military strength to be so strong now."

"Ju Yi and Zhang He were originally my Jizhou generals; I only hate that Liu Bei got there first!"

"And those thousand heavy crossbows are also things from my Jizhou!"

Xu You cupped his hands.

"My lord, Liu Bei used Dong Zhuo's underestimation of the enemy to win in one battle this time; it was premeditated. Military strategy, planning, and war equipment are all indispensable."

"Guo Jia is wise, Liu Bei's generals are good at fighting, and the soldiers fight to the death; they will be a great enemy of our army in the future."

Ding Yuan Shao nodded. There was one thing he didn't want to mention: last year the eighteen lords' alliance didn't achieve such good results, but Liu Bei alone actually beat Dong Zhuo into a state of collapse!

Does my Alliance Leader Ding Yuan have no face?

"If Liu Bei unites with Brother Gongsun Zan to attack me, wouldn't it be..."

Xu You cupped his hands.

"My lord, why not send an envoy to Jinyang to show goodwill to Liu Bei?"

Ding Yuan Shao thought it was feasible.

"Who should I send?"

"My lord, the second young master of the Zhen family can be the envoy."

Send Liu Bei's brother-in-law? That works.

Shouchun,

Ding Yuan Shu was frantically smashing things.

"Big-Eared Thief, why, why are you always so lucky?"

Ding Yuan Shu's little expression was extremely aggrieved. He had previously been drinking to celebrate Dong Zhuo's one hundred thousand troops attacking Liu Bei.

Before he could find a girl to celebrate with, in the blink of an eye, Dong Zhuo was defeated!

He felt terrible.

Now the entire Yangzhou was discussing this matter!

"Dong Zhuo is a waste! If I were still in Nanyang, I would definitely lead troops to take Changancheng directly!"

Yan Xiang, Li Li Shunchen, and others all quietly rolled their eyes; the lord was about to blow his own bragging to pieces!

Ding Yuan Shu said angrily,

"Everyone, recruit troops and buy horses; I want to strengthen my power and take Changancheng directly!"

After that, he paused.

"That Yan Xiang, should I send a congratulatory gift to Liu Bei?"

Yan Xiang: ?!

Ding Yuan Shu: ? His expression was somewhat bad.

"Do you think I have no courage?"

Yan Xiang's will to survive was extremely strong.

"No, no! My lord can bend and stretch, and has a breadth of mind that exceeds ours! In the past, Gao Zu suffered humiliation and eventually achieved great things!"

Ding Yuan Shu stroked his beard; that was more like it!

The live stream burst into laughter.

"Ding Yuan Gonglu, you're just a coward!"

"Ding Yuan Shu feels like a punching bag!"

"This little expression is fun!"

Jingzhou, Xiangyang,

The Governor of Jingzhou, Liu Biao, looked at the bamboo slip in his hand and sighed.

"Liu Liu Xuande's thirty thousand troops defeated Dong Zhuo's one hundred thousand Xiliang iron cavalry?"

"My Han clan relative actually has such talent!"

Liu Biao's eyes lit up. Previously, his Nanyang had suffered greatly from Dong Zhuo's plundering, so he could actually make friends with Liu Bei.

"Cai Mao, you send someone to send a congratulatory gift to Liu Bei."

"Understood!"

Jinyang City,

Liu Bei had already led his army back.

Ju Shou organized the battle reports from all over.

"My lord, Zhang Zhang Liao defeated Huchuquan's Xiongnu tribe in Wuyuan Commandery."

"He pursued them for ten days and ten nights, beheaded Huchuquan in the northern desert, captured forty thousand Xiongnu soldiers, including many people from the Western Regions, eighty thousand Xiongnu women, two hundred thousand cattle and sheep, and eighty thousand horses!"

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Liu Bei laughed.

"Zhang Wenyuan has wiped out the Xiongnu's nest. Eighty thousand Xiongnu women—this time there are enough rewards."

The generals all laughed heartily.

Han Hao cupped his hands.

"My lord, the main part of the Xiongnu has been wiped out. In the short term, there is no threat from foreign tribes in Shuofang Commandery and Wuyuan Commandery. We can move our Han people there to occupy the pastures and reclaim wasteland."

Liu Bei nodded.

"I have exactly that intention. For the common people who migrated from Fengyi Commandery this time, those who are willing to go there will be given generous policies."

Ju Shou laughed.

"My lord, I was worried before that there wouldn't be enough land to divide in Taiyuan and Yanmen, but now I feel there are still too few common people!"

"Report~!"

"My lord, Xu Rong defeated the invading Black Mountain bandit Bai Rao in Hedong Commandery, captured thirteen thousand enemy soldiers, and at the same time, one hundred thousand Henei common people followed the army back."

Liu Bei shook his head, seeming somewhat worried.

"This Xu Rong, I only told him to defeat the Black Mountain bandits, I didn't expect him to bring back one hundred thousand common people. How should I reward him?"

Everyone laughed heartily.

Xu Shu cupped his hands.

"My lord, Henei Commandery is a populous commandery with nearly eight hundred thousand people."

"Now there are many forces in Henei Commandery: Zhang Yan, Yu Du, Sui Gu, Bai Rao, and other Black Mountain armies, as well as Zhang Yang, the Administrator of Henei appointed by Dong Zhuo, and Wang Kuang who defected to Ding Yuan Shao, and so on."

"These forces are fighting each other, and the common people are living in misery."

Zhang Fei hurriedly said,

"Big Brother, then we must bring the common people over!"

Liu Bei intended to build Shuofang and Wuyuan into a large granary, which required more population; this was a must!

"Good, put this into the recent goals."

Another soldier came to report.

"Report~! My lord, General Zhao Yun defeated Kebineng's Western Xianbei coalition army five hundred miles north of Pingcheng, captured thirty thousand enemies, seized fifty thousand Western Xianbei women, rescued more than ten thousand Han people, and seized forty thousand war horses and two hundred thousand cattle and sheep."