All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 367: Alliance of Cao, Liu and Sun

"The imperial edict?"

Chen Ran looked at the imperial edict written on the jade belt in his hand and laughed, "You can't bear to be lonely."

Come to think of it, no emperor wants to be a puppet.

Some are more intense, like Cao Mao, who fought as hard as he could.

Those who are more low-key will try their best to get out of trouble.

Liu Bian had no other choice but to take advantage of Chen Ran's long stay in Youzhou, Hebei, and call on heroes from other places to come to the king's defense.

Unexpectedly, his secret decree could not even be sent out of the imperial palace.

Throwing away the imperial edict, Chen Ran clapped his hands and said simply, "Let's go through the process."

The so-called procedure is naturally the procedure of abdication.

The emperor took the initiative to issue an edict, stating that his virtue was not worthy of the position and that the position should be occupied by someone with more virtue.

Then he praised General Chen Ran and expressed his willingness to follow the example of Yao and Shun and practice abdication.

Chen Ran wrote a letter to decline the position, saying that he was incompetent and had no moral integrity, so how could he accept the throne?

The emperor issued another decree, continuing to request abdication.

Chen Ran wrote another letter, continuing to decline politely.

This happened three times, completing the process of three refusals and three declines, before he finally accepted the abdication.

Among them, Empress Dowager He played a very important role.

After all, Liu Bian is more principled than Liu Xie.

Seeing that the big man was about to die in his hands, he even thought about just dying.

It was still Queen Mother He who persuaded her and said, "What if you die? There are so many Liu clans in the world. We just need to find another one to support him. But what about you? Don't you think about me, your mother, and Tang Ji? Don't you think about the children? If you abdicate, you will have a rich and prosperous life. But if something happens to you, what should we do~~~"

Liu Bian was persuaded, and for the sake of himself and his family, he had to cooperate with the performance with a gloomy face throughout.

As a thank you, Chen Ran made an appointment with Empress Dowager He to go out for an outing, and they discussed state affairs in the carriage. It is said that the wheels were about to fall apart during the discussion.

On an auspicious day, Chen Ran ascended the throne and formally took over the imperial seal from Liu Bian.

He established the Ming Dynasty, changed the era name to Yongle, changed Luoyang to Luoyang, and issued a general amnesty.

The so-called amnesty actually means there is nothing to pardon.

Chen Ran promoted the classical military and state ideas, and military law was also implemented locally.

It was strictly forbidden to move around the military settlements without permission, and anyone found guilty would be caught on the spot and dealt with according to military law.

If they escape or commit crimes while on the run, they are bandits and are not included in the amnesty.

If one dares to abdicate before the world is unified, then he must have enough confidence to wipe out all the heroes in the world.

In fact, someone had already been arranged to help him.

Lu Bu, who was badly beaten by Cao Cao and on the verge of collapse, was the first to jump out and express his willingness to surrender to Chen Ran.

On his side, Chen Ran also took the opportunity to intervene in the Battle of Yanzhou. He led the northern and southern armies and a large number of surrendered soldiers from Hebei, and marched into this land where the war had not yet subsided.

"Brother~~~"

Lu Bu, who only had two or three thousand soldiers left by his side, came to greet Chen Ran with tears in his eyes. As soon as they met, he choked up, as if he had thousands of words in his throat but didn't know how to say them.

Chen Ran forgave him very generously, "Second brother, don't be like this, stand up and talk."

"We can let bygones be bygones. After all, you and I are brothers, and we still have some friendship."

"It's just that it can happen once or twice, but not three times. If there is a next time, I will not let you off easily!"

As for Lu Bu, Chen Ran focused more on using him.

After all, this man is very capable in commanding cavalry, and he will definitely be an expert in the future Western Expedition.

There is no point in wasting time on internal strife; the right thing to do is to use it to suppress the barbarians.

"Brother~~~" Lu Bu's heart finally settled down, and he was so moved that he subconsciously wanted to pay his respects and shouted, "If you don't abandon me, I will worship you as my foster father~~~"

Fortunately, Chen Ran did not give him this opportunity.

After providing a batch of food and supplies, he immediately arranged for Lu Bu to turn around and serve as the vanguard to attack Cao Cao.

At the same time, Cao Aman, who received the news, immediately ceased hostilities with the local powerful families in Yanzhou, and quickly formed an alliance to fight against Chen Ran in the name of "restoring the Han Dynasty".

However, he knew very well that the war-torn Yanzhou could not defeat the powerful Chen Ran at all, so he anxiously sent people to contact Liu Bei of Xuzhou and Sun family of Jiangdong to resist together.

At this time, Tao Qian had already died of illness. The powerful families in Xuzhou looked down on Tao Qian's sons and jointly recommended Liu Bei to be the governor of Xuzhou. This was the highlight of his life.

After receiving the request for help, Liu Bei discussed with the representatives of the aristocratic families in the state, and then took Liu, Guan, Zhang and Taishi Ci, whom he had accepted when passing through Qingzhou, to send troops to Yanzhou for rescue.

As for the Sun family in Jiangdong, Sun Jian and his men naturally realized that if they did not resist, they would all be swallowed up by Chen Ran, so they were willing to send troops without hesitation.

However, Zhou Yu said, "We in Jiangdong are good at naval warfare. Sending land troops on a long journey is a way to play to our weaknesses and avoid our strengths."

Sun Jian was hot-tempered and asked immediately, "What do you think?"

"Attack Jingzhou, take Nanyang, and march north to Luoyang! This is the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao."

"Good!" Sun Jian agreed with this strategy and agreed to it immediately.

From then on, the remaining heroes of the late Han Dynasty, facing the overwhelming threat of Chen Ran, joined forces to fight against this great traitor.

At the same time, the powerful families from all over the country, who knew that Chen Ran was going to deal with them, also donated generously.

Not only did they support food and military supplies, they also took the initiative to provide their own serfs, private soldiers and even family members to help.

It was obvious that Chen Zihou was going to follow the path of the Former Qin Dynasty and leave no chance for the powerful families to survive. Of course, they were going to fight to the death. The troops of both sides met in the area of ​​Juancheng and built camps to confront each other.

The Cao-Liu coalition can be regarded as the spokesperson for the aristocratic families, while Chen Ran is the representative of the classical army and the restoration of the monarchy.

On one hand, there were the aristocratic families who controlled the world in the late Han Dynasty, and on the other hand, there were the grassroots people who formed the foundation of the country but had no interests to speak of.

There's nothing fancy about this war, it's just a simple head-on clash.

As for brilliant strategies, Chen Ran has Jia Xu on his side, and Xun Yu, Xun You, uncle and nephew, and others on the other side.

Basically, no matter what strategy you use, you can't hide it from the other party.

Especially things like cutting off the food supply, Chen Ran likes to cut off the food supply, and Cao Aman also likes to cut off the food supply.

Correspondingly, the protection of food routes is also very adequate.

Fighting back and forth, it can only be a head-on collision.

The result of the head-on confrontation was obviously that the Cao-Liu coalition forces could not withstand it.

Although their troops are numerous, most of them are county soldiers.

Although those family private soldiers are quite powerful, they are unable to perform at all on the battlefield.

Chen Ran's side is not only better in quality, but also has more in quantity than them.

The hundreds of thousands of surrendered troops from Hebei are not just talk.

Originally, the Cao-Liu coalition had placed its hopes on Sun's strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao.

However, when Sun broke the alliance and attacked Jingzhou, he was stopped by Cheng Yu.

As for the navy that the Sun family was proud of, it was not able to get any good results in front of Gan Ning.

Not to mention Xiangyang and Nanyang, they couldn't even take Jiangling.

Since his distant friends were not helpful, Cao Aman could only find a solution on his own.

One day, he found Liu Xuande to discuss how to fight the enemy.

"Xuan De, I have a plan that can defeat Chen Ni."

Liu Bei, who was exhausted by the war, was overjoyed and said, "I would like to hear more details."

"You know we can't win in a head-on battle. So, we can only win by using an unexpected strategy."

"I think the only way to win is to cut off the food supply."

"Running out of food?" Liu Bei frowned. "It's not like we haven't tried before, but it didn't work."

"That's because the troops we sent to cut off the food supply were not strong enough." Cao Aman simply stated, "I intend to send a large army to fight and tie up the main force of Chen thieves. Xuande, you personally lead the Xuzhou troops and bypass Chenliu to cut off the food supply of Chen thieves!"

"This"

Liu Bei seemed a little hesitant.

If you fail to go around the enemy and are instead delayed, it would be a life-threatening situation.

"Xuan De!" Seeing his hesitation, Cao A Man persuaded him earnestly, "If we continue to waste time like this, we will definitely lose! Only if we fight to the death now will we have a chance to breathe~~~"

"Okay." Liu Bei could naturally see that Chen Zihou was too powerful, with an endless supply of soldiers, money, food and military resources. What was even more frightening was that not only did he have a large number of people, but they were also very good at fighting.

It is indeed time to lose if you don't try your best.

In fact, the main reason why Chen Ran’s troops were able to fight was that he was willing to divide the land.

Military settlements are military settlements. Soldiers own their own land in the name of military settlements, but in essence the land still belongs to the soldiers.

In order to gain military merit and obtain more land rewards.

In order to achieve victory and protect the property they already have, they are willing to fight hard on the battlefield.

The Cao-Liu coalition was essentially still a representative force for the powerful aristocratic families.

The soldiers under their command were just begging for food.

One party is willing to fight hard, while the other party is just muddling through.

Once on the battlefield, the winner is clear.

On this day, Chen Ran was in the big tent, reading a military report from far outside the Great Wall.

It was sent by Zhang Liao from outside the Great Wall. He led the cavalry in a thousand-mile chase and finally caught up with the last remnants of the Wuhuan and wiped them out completely.

Not only that, they also found Yuan Shang, Gao Gan and other remnants of the Yuan family in the Wuhuan tribe, who had their hair loose and their clothes lapel on the left, and they had all been dealt with.

"Good fight." Chen Ran nodded with satisfaction. "Add 1,000 households to Wenyuan's fiefdom and a reward of 1,000 gold coins."

"Send him another letter, asking him to return to Youzhou and rest up, and then go out again next year. This time, we must kill all the Jie people, leaving no one alive!"

Chen Ran hated the Five Barbarians deeply and was determined to make them disappear completely in the long river of history.

As for the Sima family, Sima Yi was undoubtedly the best person at the end of the Han Dynasty who knew how to protect himself.

They actually ran away when Chen Ran sent people to arrest their family.

Chen Ran was arrested all over the world but he was never caught.

He believed that Sima Yi would not hide in the mountains and forests under an assumed name, but would definitely appear to avenge his people.

During the discussion, a messenger in embroidered clothes came to report, "Catfish sent a letter."

Jia Xu immediately stepped forward, took the letter, read it, and then handed it to Chen Ran.

"My lord, Liu Bei is leading the main force to take a detour to intercept our army's food supply!"

(End of this chapter)