Chapter 384

Fourth year of Chuping, mid-November

The Xuzhou battle, which lasted for several months, ended; the joint effort of Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonglu, and Cao Mengde with eight hundred thousand troops to attack Xuzhou ended in failure.

The one hundred thousand troops under Yuan Benchu in Qingzhou retreated to defend Pingyuan Commandery and returned without success.

Cao Mengde of Yanzhou, at the cost of Taishan Commandery, flanked and raided the two commanderies of Yingchuan and Chen.

He led his army to capture most of the land in Nanyang Commandery, and the strength under his command further increased.

The most miserable one was Yuan Gonglu.

His twenty thousand troops were defeated at Xia Qiu City, and the three commanderies of Pei, Liang, and Lu in Yuzhou were occupied by Lin Yang.

The captured Jiujiang Commandery, as well as Lujiang Commandery which relied on him, were all handed over to Lin Yang.

Thus.

The Xuzhou battle ended completely.

And Lin Yang obtained three commanderies of Qingzhou, three commanderies of Yuzhou, one commandery of Yanzhou, and the entirety of Yangzhou.

In an instant, ruling over two provinces and seven commanderies, Lin Yang's prestige was unmatched, even suppressing Yuan Benchu.

The various warlords of the Great Han, at this moment, also noticed this rising top-tier warlord.

Nanyang Commandery, Ye County territory

"Unexpectedly, this time it was making a wedding dress for Lin Ziyuan!"

The plan formulated by Xi Zhicai was originally to find a way to survive under the pincer attack of Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonglu, and Lin Ziyuan.