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Chapter 694 Qingzhou

Actually, although Yuan Shu was a very despicable person and even dared to be the first to proclaim himself emperor in his later years, he still had some pride as a child of a noble family.

Yuan Shu knew that the imperial seal was in Sun Jian's possession, but he did not force it. After Sun Jian's death, he left behind an orphan and a widow, and Yuan Shu also took care of them, and did not force the imperial seal from the orphan and the widow.

It was not until later that Sun Ce took out the imperial seal in order to break away from Yuan Shu, exchanged it for troops and horses from Yuan Shu, and started his own entrepreneurial journey.

Of course, the little overlord of Jiangdong is only sixteen years old now and has not yet made a name for himself.

However, Lu Cheng did not pay too much attention to Yuan Shu, but instead turned his attention to Qingzhou.

In the early summer of the second year of Chuping, Guan Hai, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou, gathered more than 100,000 Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou, including many men, women, old and young, and besieged Beihai.

After Lu Cheng learned the news, he immediately dispatched Generals Taishi Ci and Zhang He, with 30,000 troops, to attack Qingzhou under the banner of rescuing Beihai.

At the same time, he ordered Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to lead 10,000 naval forces to land on the east bank of Qingzhou and attack from both sides.

According to the original historical development, Boss Cao led his troops to defeat the Qingzhou Army the next year, captured more than 30 surrendered soldiers, gained a population of one million, and screened and trained those surrendered soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to form a combat-ready elite force, which was later the Qingzhou Army.

It was with the help of his Qingzhou Army that Boss Cao was able to sweep across the north and establish a huge foundation.

However, Boss Cao is still wandering around Sili, with just over 10,000 soldiers under his command. It is naturally impossible for him to come to fight against the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou.

Compared to the troops of various princes, the Yellow Turban Army was a pure mob. But when such a mob numbered hundreds of thousands or even millions, it was also a force that could not be underestimated.

Moreover, the Yellow Turban Army usually led men, women, old and young to fight in the battlefield, most of whom were ordinary civilians. Killing them would be futile and would result in a huge loss of population.

Therefore, Lu Cheng sent people to contact Guan Hai and other Yellow Turban leaders in advance, hoping that they would surrender directly.

In fact, Guan Hai was a fierce general. During the siege of Beihai, he killed Zong Bao, a general under Kong Rong, with one sword. He then fought with Guan Erye for several rounds before being killed. He was also a character.

After receiving the letter of surrender sent by Lu Cheng, Guan Hai directly refused: "Lu Cheng, like me, came from the Yellow Turban Army and is also a disciple of the Great Sage Master. Moreover, if you really want to talk about it, he was just a small soldier in the Yellow Turban Army in the past. Since Lu Cheng can occupy three states and dominate one side, why can't I? I, Guan Hai, also have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under my command, and I can also build a foundation in this chaotic world."

Upon hearing this, Envoy Lu Cheng did not say much and went straight back to Jizhou to report exactly what Guan Hai had said.

When Lu Cheng heard the news, he just smiled indifferently and ordered Generals Taishi Ci and Zhang He to speed up.

In fact, in order to more easily defeat the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou, Lu Cheng started making arrangements two or three years ago. He selected a group of men from the Yellow Turban Army that had followed him the earliest, and sent them to Qingzhou in advance to lurk in the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou.

Now, there are at least five or six leaders among the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou who control tens of thousands of people. They are spies planted by Lu Cheng.

With such a high-level official as an insider, plus the two great generals Taishi Ci and Zhang He commanding elite troops, and the support of the navy of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, the fate of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou can be imagined.

In Beihai Kingdom, when Yuan Shao, who was recuperating there, learned that Lu Cheng had sent troops into Qingzhou, he originally wanted to gather the remaining troops and look for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with Lu Cheng, but he was dissuaded by his advisers and eventually left Beihai.

Unexpectedly, soon after leaving Beihai, Yuan Shao and his remaining troops were besieged by the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou. Yuan Shao, who was already seriously ill, died in the chaos of the Yellow Turban Army, and his body was not preserved.

Yuan Benchu, who once questioned Dong Zhuo in court, died in such a miserable way before he could become the overlord of a region.

Just like the rolling Yangtze River flowing eastward, its waves wash away all heroes.

There are too many young heroes full of vigor and vitality who, before they could leave a mark in history books, passed away like a flash in the pan.

When standing in the wind, everyone thinks they can fly. But when the wind stops, those without wings can only fall to the ground. The higher you are blown by the wind, the worse you will be when you fall.

In May of the second year of Chuping, Taishi Ci led his troops to the outskirts of Beihai City and encountered the Yellow Turban Army led by Guan Hai.

Although Guan Hai had a large number of soldiers and horses, they were all farmers with farm tools, and many of them were old and weak. Not to mention that they were equipped with armor, even their weapons were hoes, bamboo poles, and carrying poles.

Seeing the elite light cavalry of Liaodong cutting through his army of more than 100,000 like cutting through waves, Guan Hai immediately rushed towards the light cavalry, waving his sword in anger, hoping to stop the charge of the Liaodong cavalry with his personal bravery.

However, Guan Hai met Taishi Ci head-on.

When the two sides started fighting, Taishi Ci thought he could knock Guan Hai off his horse with one blow, but he didn't expect that Guan Hai could actually use the sword in his hand to block his iron halberd.

Then, Taishi Ci also became more serious, and he took out two iron spears in his hands and started fighting with Guan Hai.

Guan Hai was also somewhat surprised at Taishi Ci's martial arts. Since he joined the Yellow Turban Army, he had never lost a fight with anyone. Now facing Taishi Ci, he did not expect that the opponent would be so difficult to deal with. With a pair of iron halberds, he forcibly blocked his powerful sword moves, making him feel more and more frustrated.

After the two fought for twenty rounds, Guan Hai finally couldn't hold on any longer and was stabbed to death by Taishi Ci's halberd.

After Guan Hai's death, Taishi Ci led his 3,000 elite cavalrymen to charge back and forth in the Yellow Turban Army, constantly dividing, driving away, and completely dispersing the hundreds of thousands of mobs.

At the same time, Zhang He led his troops in the rear, surrounded and captured the Yellow Turban Army in groups, and temporarily kept them under guard.

After a great battle, the siege of Beihai was resolved, and Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong led the civil and military officials of Beihai out of the city to welcome Taishi Ci's army into the city.

Afterwards, Lu Su, who was accompanying the army on the expedition, discussed with Kong Rong on how to settle the Yellow Turban Army on behalf of General Lu Cheng, and took advantage of this relief to obtain a large amount of food and supplies from Kong Rong.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng transferred a batch of grain and grass from Jizhou to Qingzhou, and used these grain and grass materials to settle the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou. He also began to widely plant crops such as corn in Qingzhou.

With Guan Hai's defeat, hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops were gathered and reorganized, and the families of the Yellow Turban troops who were hiding in the mountains and forests across Qingzhou also came out of the mountains and forests and were resettled in various places.

All of a sudden, the whole Qingzhou became busy...