All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 359 How many divisions does the Zhen family have?

"Gongtai."

In Puyang city, in Lu Bu's mansion.

Lu Bu looked at the man in front of him in confusion. "I heard that you and Cao Mengde are good friends. Why did you encourage me to rebel against him?"

Chen Gong stroked his beard and smiled, "Today, the world is falling apart, and heroes are rising up. You are a brave warrior of the time, and you should lead thousands of brave soldiers to conquer the world. Why would you join Cao Mengde and beg for food?"

"I did have a past with Cao Mengde, but we had different beliefs and parted ways long ago."

"General, are you really determined to serve as a general under his command?"

Lu Bu naturally has ambitions, but he is not stupid.

He knew that he had betrayed his adoptive father and brother many times, and his reputation in the world had long been shattered.

It was with great difficulty that Cao Cao was willing to take me in. If I betrayed him again, no one would take me in again.

By then, there will be no place for him in this vast world.

Because of this, he never dared to make up his mind.

As for why Chen Gong and others launched a rebellion, it actually had nothing to do with personal relationships. The only reason was a struggle for interests.

Cao Cao emerged as a dark horse and quickly rose to prominence as a family of officials, and seized places such as Yanzhou, which had a large population and rich resources.

During the late Han Dynasty, wealthy places like Yanzhou were naturally crowded with local tyrants and aristocratic families.

They originally had a firm grip on the local area and reaped the benefits like local tyrants.

However, Cao Cao's rise inevitably affected the interests of local dignitaries.

Such as conscription, grain collection, tax collection, conscription of laborers, arrangements, personnel appointments and dismissals, etc.

The powerful families in Yanzhou thought that, in the past we didn’t even pay taxes to the Emperor of Han, so why should we pay taxes to you, the descendant of a eunuch?

If Cao Cao wants to develop, he needs money, food, supplies and people.

He didn't have these things, so he could only seize them from powerful families.

As the saying goes, moving someone's money is like killing their parents.

Since they have killed their parents, of course they will rebel.

To Chen Gong and his men, Lu Bu was just an invited foreign aid.

It would be better to have it naturally, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t have it.

From this we can see that Chen Ran's method is more effective. If he directly eliminates the enemy physically, there will naturally be no such troubles.

Seeing that Lu Bu was still hesitating, Chen Gong simply threw out his trump card.

"At this time, the General of the Cavalry also supports it."

"Ok?"

Lu Bu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly asked, "Really?"

It's impossible to say that he has no regrets.

After all, the pressure Chen Ran put on him was too great, the kind that crushed him in all aspects.

At this time, Chen Ran controlled the Northwest, Guanzhong, Sichuan, Jingxiang, Sili, Nanyang, and Hedong. He was invincible and was definitely the most powerful person in the world.

More importantly, he also held the emperor in his hands and used him to control the princes.

Such tremendous pressure has greatly reduced Lu Bu's ambition.

Chen Gong was a little surprised, and nodded to confirm, "Indeed, the General of the Cavalry personally wrote to me about this matter."

"it is good!"

Lu Bu, who was delighted, immediately decided, "I'll do it!"

He seemed to have returned to the state when he worked under Chen Ran.

Although I was very bored at that time, I felt very safe.

Following my brother, all I have to do is move from one victory to another.

But after following Cao Mengde, there are enemies everywhere. Even the territories we have conquered are starting to rebel. The future is really bleak.

Now that his brother agreed and even secretly encouraged this matter, his motivation immediately increased.

"When shall we do it?"

"Three days later!"

Xuzhou, Cao Cao’s military camp.

Cao Cao, with a dark face, asked everyone, "Who is Liu Bei? Why would he come to negotiate peace? If his father was killed, would he still have to drink and talk happily with his enemy?"

None of the generals spoke. Everyone knew that their lord had been in an extremely bad mood ever since the news of Cao Song's murder, and no one wanted to bring bad luck upon themselves.

Among the crowd, only Xun Yu stepped out and saluted, "My lord, Liu Bei is an outsider and has nothing to do with this matter. There is no need to push him to Tao Qian's side. You only need to persuade him with kind words, and explain that it is natural for my lord to avenge his father, and naturally he can be persuaded to withdraw his troops and stay away from the trouble."

As they were talking, they heard a report coming from outside the tent. Xun You, who stayed in Yanzhou, sent an urgent messenger to report!

"Urgent news from Yanzhou?" Cao Cao was puzzled. "What could possibly happen in Yanzhou?"

Yanzhou was his rear base.

Yuan Shao in the north is the boss, the Sun family in the south is very far away, and Chen Ran in the west has not made any moves to mobilize troops. It can be said that everything is peaceful, so how could there be any emergency?

"Come in!"

The messenger brought news that made Cao Cao dizzy.

Among the hundreds of counties he ruled, more than ninety counties rebelled!
"My Lord~~~"

When everyone saw Cao Cao shaking with his hands covering his head, they hurried forward to support him.

"What a bunch of ungrateful wolves!"

Cao Cao naturally knew that the only one who could make more than 90 counties rebel overnight was the local powerful family.

He thought he had treated these people well, which was much better than Chen Ran who directly eliminated them physically.

In this situation, he actually betrayed me. I am so angry~~~
"Chen Gong, Lu Bu." As the messenger said the names of the leaders of the rebellion, Cao Mengde became so angry that he suffered a cerebral congestion and a migraine.

"Gongtai! You actually betrayed me too?!"

"Lü Bu! An ungrateful wolf that can never be tamed!"

Cao Cao was furious and did not even bother to seek revenge on Tao Qian. He hurried back with his troops.

Fortunately, Xun You was quite capable, and in the panic he still managed to defend Juancheng, Fan, Dong'a and other counties where food and military supplies were stored, thus reserving a place for Cao Cao to stay.

What followed was naturally a bloody fight between the two sides.

Luoyang, the General’s Mansion.

Chen Ran, who received the news of the rebellion in Yanzhou, said with a smile, "If Cao Mengde was willing to learn from me and clean up all the powerful families, there would not be such a disaster."

Jia Xu and others smiled and nodded to show their approval.

But he was thinking, "I am the only one in the world who can be as determined and perseverant as you, who can refuse the money, food, military supplies and troops offered by the powerful families, and instead eliminate them at all costs. In the past, Emperor Guangwu, with the power of restoring the Han Dynasty, would rather fight for the world again and eliminate the powerful families, but he failed in the end. You can do it, really

It's cruel and ruthless.'

It's true when you think about it.

Powerful families are willing to take the initiative to invest in those who have the ability to dominate the world.

For example, the wealthy businessman Mi from Xuzhou invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Liu Bei, with mountains of food and supplies, and tens of thousands of servants!
How many heroes who want to conquer the world can refuse such an investment?

The so-called cost is nothing more than marrying a beautiful girl from a wealthy and powerful family. At most, you will have to spend more time on it at night. What is the cost? You can make it up by eating more eggs.

But Chen Ran just refused to do it.

Not only will he refuse to do it, but he will also treat all the powerful families who are willing to invest in him as his mortal enemies.

Not only can powerful strength not be used for one's own benefit, but it will also become an enemy.

Since Emperor Guangwu, Chen Ran was the only one who did this.

"All right."

Chen Ran greeted everyone, "The Central Plains is in chaos, and the Sun family in Jiangdong is also busy digesting the newly conquered territory. Now we can go all out to deal with Yuan Shao."

He instigated Chen Gong and others to launch a rebellion in order to delay Cao Cao.

After all, Cao Cao and the advisers around him have strategic vision.

If he sent troops to Hebei, they would definitely rescue Yuan Shao, or even directly attack Sili.

In order to avoid trouble, he simply went with the flow and left Cao Cao no time to escape.

As long as he pacifies Hebei, no one can stop him from pacifying the troubled times.

Chen Ran's troops began to gather and stockpile food and military supplies.

When various heroes heard the news, they all thought that he was going to take advantage of Cao Cao's internal strife to take over the Central Plains.

Even Yuan Shao thought so.

Although Tian Feng, Ju Su and others expressed the need to strengthen vigilance towards the south, Yuan Shao did not take it seriously and continued to use his main forces to launch a frenzied attack on Gongsun Zan.

As for why Chen Ran didn't go to the Central Plains to fish in troubled waters.

That's because he knew that if he really went over there, the two gangs who were now fighting each other would immediately unite to deal with him.

Cao Cao was far-sighted and knew that Chen Ran was the biggest threat.

The powerful families in the Central Plains were simply frightened by Chen Ran's cruel treatment of them.

Their dispute with Cao Cao was just about interests, but when Chen Ran came, he was going to dig up their ancestral graves and foundations~~~
Half a month later, Chen Ran's troops suddenly crossed the Yellow River from Mengjin Ferry and headed north, heading straight for Yecheng.

At the same time, the emperor's edict was also announced to the whole world.

They accused Yuan Shao of being disloyal, plotting rebellion, inciting civil unrest, and all kinds of other crimes, and threw them at him for free.

Then the emperor appointed Chen Ran as the general and led his troops to attack Hebei to suppress the rebellion.

When Yuan Shao received the news, he was stunned.

"Why didn't you attack Cao Cao? Why did you attack me?"

He couldn't understand why Cao Cao, who was an easy target, would attack him instead of attacking him.
Seeing that Yuan Shao was still in a daze, Tian Feng and others were impatient, "My lord! Quickly withdraw the troops to rescue Yecheng~~~"

"Yep."

Yuan Shao nodded vigorously, "We should withdraw our troops, but what about Gongsun Zan?"

"We should negotiate peace!" Ju Su said hurriedly, "I heard that Gongsun Zan has an adopted daughter. My lord, you can propose marriage to the second son and borrow Gongsun Zan's strength to fight against Chen Zihou."

"Well." Yuan Shao hesitated a little, "But I have arranged for him to marry the daughter of the Zhen family."

"Lord!"

Xu You was so anxious that he jumped up and down. "It's already this time. We should get help from others. How can we take care of other things? Gongsun Zan has an army of 100,000. How many divisions can Zhen have?"

"Yep."

Yuan Shao, who was obviously a little flustered, nodded repeatedly, "That's right, go and do it, do it immediately!"

"Send someone to Yecheng to bring Yuan Xi out, and have him go to Youzhou to welcome the bride."

Yecheng was Yuan Shao’s base, and he left a lot of troops to garrison it.

The person in charge of the defense of Yecheng was Yuan Shao’s second son Yuan Xi.

That day he was entertaining members of the Zhen family and asked them to evacuate the city first.

Unexpectedly, the messenger arrived in a hurry and reported Yuan Shao's decision, which immediately made the scene extremely awkward.

Going back on one's word and cancelling an engagement is the most offensive thing to do among aristocratic families.

In the end, the embarrassing situation was only eased when the Zhen family members took the initiative to say goodbye.

On the way out, the Zhen clan members discussed whether to leave the city and hide, but one person said, "Hide for nothing! Even if Yuan Shao wins, will there be a place for us Zhen clan to stand in the future? We might as well surrender to Chen Zihou!"

(End of this chapter)