Chapter 672 The world''s general trend


    Chapter 670: The world''s general trend


    Shortly after Lu Bu left, the eighteen princes also dispersed.


    The eighteen vassal coalition forces gathered only because of Xiang Yu.


    Now that Xiang Yu is dead, all the princes naturally return to their own families. Since then, the battle to attack Ming Dynasty has come to an end.


    From June of the fourth year of Zhongping, the five Han army attacked the Ming Dynasty, until December of the fifth year of Zhongping, Xiang Yu was killed by Qin Hao.


    The Battle of Ming Dynasty lasted for a total of one and a half years. The war spread throughout the Kanto region, involving nearly one million troops, which is second only to another peerless war with the Yellow Turbans.


    The Ming Empire, whose territory spanned the five prefectures of Yan, Xu, Qing, Ji and Henan, was finally defeated after a year and a half of siege and troops scattered.


    As for the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, they retreated to Taihang Mountains and Mount Tai and Dabie Mountains to defend themselves to continue to resist the rule of the Han Dynasty.


    The victory of the Battle of Ming Dynasty made many loyal ministers who still had hope for the Han Dynasty again see the hope of the revival of the Han Dynasty, but this was destined to become a luxury.


    After this battle, Daming was truly destroyed, but the Han princes who invaded many Ming territories also became stronger and stronger, while the weak situation of the Han court did not change at all.


    One will rise and the other will decline, the court will be weak and the princes will be strong. If this continues, sooner or later, annexation and melee between the princes will break out.


    The war will not stop.


    In this battle against Ming Dynasty, the major princes benefited more or less, but the six major princes benefited the most were Tao Qian, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Yao and Dong Zhuo.


    Although Tao Qian was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang, he successfully recovered Xuzhou and became the only prince except Dong Zhuo to occupy all the state.


    Of course, Tao Qian''s army has very weak combat power, so the neighbors around him are also coveting his Xuzhou.


    Yuan Shu almost occupied Yuzhou, and his forces had entered the Jianghuai River, and he was the second prince to benefit this time.


    Most of the Jianghuai occupied by Liu Yao was a happy event, but Yuan Shu''s ambition for Jianghuai made him feel very troubled, and the two sides were in private.


    Nearly half of the land of Jizhou abandoned by the Ming Dynasty was occupied by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao also pulled his teeth out of Qingzhou and took away a county land, becoming a prince whose profit was second only to Yuan Shu.


    Cao Cao''s contribution this time is second only to Li Shimin, but because he ignored the capture of the city due to his main battle in the early stage, he did not occupy much land in Yuzhou. In the later stage, he occupied the four counties of Chenliu, Jiyin, Taishan and Rencheng in Yanzhou, and also gained great results.


    As for Dong Zhuo, he took control of the military power of Sizhou with Yang Jian and Li Yuan, which was equivalent to completely undermining Lu Zhi and taking Sizhou under his command.


    Although the court initiated the battle against Ming Dynasty, the Chang''an court had almost no effect except for sending Houyi when siege and killed Xiang Yu.


    The imperial court dispatched very few troops and provided not much food and grass. It mainly relied on various princes to start the war, so after the war, he could only use heavy rewards to make up for all princes.


    Yuan Shu was named the governor of Yuzhou and the Marquis of Yu.


    Cao Cao was governed by Yanzhou and Marquis of Wei.


    Yuan Shao was named the governor of Qingzhou and the Marquis of Zhao.


    Since then, except for the Jiaozhou governor Liu Dai, who died in the battle, all the governors of the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty have returned to their posts.


    In such a big battle, of course, we would not only enfeoff these few people.


    Sun Jian, who made great contributions, was named the governor of Jiaozhou and the Marquis of Wu this time.


    The three sworn brothers Qin Wen, Sun Jian and Cao Cao were all named as princes, and this matter has become a good story.


    Liu Bei and Song Jiang, who also captured a county in Qingzhou, were named Pingyuan Hou and Liangshan Hou respectively. Zhao Kuangyin and Kong Yichang, under Yuan Shu, also made great military achievements this time, so they were respectively named the prefect of Runan and the prefect of Liang.


    Gongsun Xuanyuan, under Gongsun Zan, was also named the prefect of Liaoxi.


    Bao Xin, Zhang Miao and Qiao Mao, under Lu Zhi, later followed Li Shimin to conquer Chenliu and made great contributions, so they were all named as prefect.


    Zhang Miao was the prefect of Dongping, Qiao Mao was the prefect of Dongjun, and Bao Xin was the prefect of Jibei.


    In addition, Yuan Yi, who was guarding Wu Pass, was also named the prefect of Shanyang because of the Yuan family''s efforts.


    Since then, except for one Zhang Yi, the major prefects in Yanzhou have returned to their positions in the original history.


    As for Li Shimin, the biggest hero in this battle, he was named the prefect of Hanzhong and the champion of the marquis.


    It is not difficult to see from this reward that the Chang''an court fully realized the power of the princes and wanted to check and balance the major princes by dividing the feudals.


    Yuan Shao clearly has most of his territory in Jizhou, but he was named the governor of Qingzhou. There are four princes from Qingzhou, including Liu Bei, Song Jiang, Kong Rong and Huang Chao.


    Sun Jian''s territory was clearly in Yangzhou, but he was named the governor of Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhou was still in Hong Xiuquan''s hands. Sun Jian had to seize it himself if he wanted it.


    Although Yuan Shu was named the governor of Yuzhou, he had two more prefects under his command. From then on, in addition to Li Mi, Yuzhou had two more princes, Zhao Kuangyin and Kong Yi.


    Cao Cao was the most miserable. Not only did he not receive a matching reward for his contribution, but he also had four princes around him, including Bao Xin, Zhang Miao, Qiao Mao and Yuan Yi.


    You should know that Yanzhou is the center of this war, and the losses are naturally the heaviest. So many princes naturally dispersed the power of Yanzhou.


    Although Li Shimin made the first contribution to the attack on Ming Dynasty, because his qualifications were too shallow, he was just a general before, and with Dong Zhuo''s identity as a son-in-law, he was destined not to be highly rewarded by the court.


    Therefore, the court granted Li Shimin a title to Hanzhong County far away from Liangzhou, and added a great champion Marquis to offset Li Shimin''s great achievements.


    Since then, Li Shimin has inherited the glorious title of champion Hou after Qin Hao.


    After Li Shimin became the prefect of Hanzhong, two princes were under the command of Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou, and he had two princes, Liu Ji and Li Shimin.


    So far, the court has conducted a total of 4 enfeoffments, and each time a provincial governor is enfeoffed, several more prefects will be enfeoffed.


    Bingzhou, Qin Wen, the governor of the state, and the princes included Wang Shichong, Wang Kuang, Zhang Yang and Zhang Chao.


    Jingzhou, the governor of the prefecture, Ding Yuan, and the princes included Qin Hao, Huang Zu, Han Xuan, Zhao Fan, Jin Xuan and Liu Du.


    Jizhou, the governor of the prefecture, Huangfu Song, the princes included Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Han Fu, and Yuan Shao, who was named the governor of Qingzhou.


    Yangzhou, Liu Yao, the governor of the prefecture, including Lu Kang and Wang Lang, and Sun Jian, who was named the governor of Jiaozhou.


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    As for Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo''s control was too high. Liu Biao, the prefect of Jincheng who was enfeoffed in the past, was completely undermined and has now become a civil servant under Dong Zhuo''s command, so the court did not continue to enfeoff.


    It is not difficult to see from this that the Chang''an court wanted to use this method of drinking poison to quench thirst, so as to maintain the balance between the princes.


    However, drinking poison to quench thirst is destined to be poisoned to death, and this balance is destined to be broken, and then it will be a great era for princes to compete for hegemony.


    (This chapter ends)