[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de":3,"chapter-three-kingdoms-the-coalition-insulted-me-so-i-de-three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-174":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Three Kingdoms: The Coalition Humiliated Me, So I Defected to Dong Zhuo and Married Dong Bai",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2117610,3441,"Chapter 174","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-174",174,"\u003Cp>Plus the low morale of the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they brought the main army of Huainan back, they still couldn't defeat Sun Ce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle situation thus fell into a stalemate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Ce had the upper hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Liu, Guan, and Zhang brothers and the Huainan aristocratic families had the lower hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piece of news that no one expected came flying toward the Huainan land!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was Liu Bei or Sun Ce, both were shocked!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Huainan region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Ce’s marching camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Sun Ce was holding a meeting in the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuan Shu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dispatched Ji Ling to lead fifty thousand troops to station in Xiacai City, Lujiang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening to the news sent by the messenger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange look appeared in Sun Ce’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long ago, after the second Guandong Allied Forces’ failed attack on Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu did not suffer heavy losses like the other warlords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why say this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in Gu Yi’s plan, the value of Yuan Shu had not been completely squeezed dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than rushing to eliminate Yuan Shu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was better to cripple the more threatening forces like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keeping Yuan Shu was also playing a big game of chess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this big game of chess took shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yuzhou aristocratic group and the Nanyang aristocratic group, and even all the aristocratic families in the Guandong, would suffer a devastating blow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Briefly feeding Yuan Shu some bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was more conducive to the arrival of the moment to close the net!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the first Guandong warlords’ attack on Dong Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shu’s overall strength could almost be called the top three in the Guandong region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of economic strength, supported by the Yuzhou aristocratic group and the Nanyang aristocratic group, he was the well-deserved number one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after the first Guandong Allied Forces’ failed attack on Dong Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shu’s power was greatly damaged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, Yuan Shu was again embroiled in a bitter war with Sun Jian and Sun Ce for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shu’s ability to lead troops to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strictly speaking, it couldn't be considered bad, but incompetent to the extreme!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for the full support of the Yuzhou aristocratic group and the Nanyang aristocratic group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m afraid Yuan Shu would have been killed by Sun Jian and Sun Ce, who were known as the \"executioners of aristocratic families,\" long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with the full support of the two major aristocratic groups behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shu managed to hold on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And occupied fifty percent of Yuzhou’s land with Sun Ce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the northernmost part of Jingzhou, Nanyang Commandery near Yuzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shu only occupied less than twenty percent, while the other eighty percent was captured by Liu Biao. (See Chapter 74 for details)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Equivalent to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since the first warlord alliance’s failed attack on Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu had been going downhill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yuzhou aristocratic group and the Nanyang aristocratic group behind him also suffered heavy losses due to the slaughter by Sun Jian and Sun Ce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the start of the second warlord alliance’s attack on Dong Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shu’s strength had fallen to a second-rate warlord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one level higher than Zhang Yang, Kong Rong, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even compared to Tao Qian, he was inferior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roughly on the same level as Liu Bei, who had just occupied the Huainan region and had not yet firmly established himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they received support from the Hebei aristocratic group and the Yingchuan aristocratic group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The territory and military strength under their command were thriving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led to Yuan Shu’s voice becoming soft during the second warlord alliance meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no strength in hand, who would care about him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were still like before, getting angry and wanting to \"fork people out,\" I’m afraid Yuan Shu himself wouldn't have the confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things suddenly took a turn here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First was what happened to Sun Ce, Yuan Shu’s \"mortal enemy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to avoid the edge of the allied forces, Sun Ce took the initiative to withdraw his troops from Yuzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led to the land in Yuzhou that was originally occupied by Sun Ce being instantly vacated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Yuan Shu, who liked to take advantage of small things, let go of this once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly sent troops to incorporate the land originally occupied by Sun Ce into his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Guandong warlords, because their territories were not close to Yuzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or because of other factors, could only watch helplessly as Yuan Shu ate this benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Cao Cao, although his territory, Yanzhou, was very close to Yuzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original shareholders under his command were the Yingchuan aristocratic group led by Xun Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the recent Battle of Sishui Pass, the grain and forage under Cao Cao were burned to the ground by Gao Shun with the Trap-Array Camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers under his command were on the verge of running out of food, and whether they could successfully return to Yanzhou had become a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Cao Cao wanted to take the opportunity to take that part of Yuzhou’s land, he was powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The allied forces encountered Zhang Liao’s surprise attack outside Hulao Pass and suffered heavy losses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Qian died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yang and Kong Rong were defeated and captured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei also suffered losses of troops and generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Yuan Shu suffered the least loss, which could even be ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Liao and the generals at Hulao Pass deliberately did not focus their targets on Yuan Shu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Yuan Shu the only winner in the second Guandong warlords’ attack on Dong Zhuo, apart from the Dong Zhuo force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the various warlords retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That piece of land in Yuzhou all fell back into Yuan Shu’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After three years of slaughter by Sun Jian and Sun Ce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuzhou had become a scorched earth, and its overall strength was not as good as before.\u003C\u002Fp>",1025,"2026-06-16T10:17:20.643Z","2026-06-16T10:29:10.858Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d91f3694b3e0ffbe60e04d3500af275f057deded82973488d76530b5b60dd696","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-175","three-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-chapter-173",1103,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-kingdoms-humiliated-by-the-coalition-i-def-cover.jpg"]