Since Yuan Changxian passed on the jade seal of the country, Liu Xie decisively no longer had strong opposition to moving the capital to Youzhou. After some deliberations, it was decided to formally implement the plan to move the capital in three days. Liu Xie did not object, and those officials who thought that they had misunderstood Yuan Chang naturally would not object, so the decision to move the capital was so decided.

Three days later, Liu Xiehe and Baiguan only took a few personnel, and set off from Luoyang City under the escort of Yuan Chang and Cao Cao. The remaining concubines, palace maids, relatives of hundreds of officials, guards, slaves, etc., were escorted by the 10,000 soldiers left by Yuan Chang, and then slowly went to Youzhou. And the food for this trip to Youzhou also has Cao Cao's full support, and there will naturally be no shortage of food and drink along the way, but the conditions are much better than when they were chased and killed by Li Dao and Guo Yan before, as if it was like going out to travel.

Yuan Chang and Cao Cao are neck and neck, both of them are tall and spirited, full of momentum.

Yuan Chang looked at the direction and said lightly: "Yanzhou Mu, after His Majesty arrives in Youzhou, the new law reform will be spread to the world, and I hope that Yanzhou Mu can respond positively and shout for the new law reform." ”

"Don't worry, since you and I are united, I will not let Youzhou Mu down. ”

Although it is not clear what the situation of Yuan Chang's new law reform is, Cao Cao knows that it must be a reform that is beneficial to the world. At least, Cao Cao is still willing to do something for the world and the people.

In this way, I thank Yanzhou Mu. ”

Yuan Chang thanked him casually, and his lazy expression made people a little speechless. Cao Cao rolled his eyes helplessly, before he didn't know Yuan Chang, he only listened to the title of the rebel, maybe he would think that he was a positive, full of fighting spirit, and always kept motivated. However, with Yuan Chang's posture, Cao Cao felt that he had a better chance of victory.

Speaking of which, Yuan Chang and Cao Cao are more than twenty years apart, and it is difficult to have any common topics. Although the two are temporarily united, they are still opponents in the end. If it is Yuan Shao, Cao Cao can still tell the story of the past, and Yuan Chang does not seem to have any topic.

Looking at Guo Jia and Zhao Yun who Yuan Chang was following, Cao Cao had nothing to say and said, "Youzhou Mu, this one in your left is Guo Fengxiao, the military advisor under your command, Yingchuan?"

"Well, that's right!"

Yuan Changzi did not deny it, speaking of which, Guo Jia was a corner he dug from Cao Cao. Originally, Guo Jia had already intended to go to Cao Cao, but he was cut off halfway, of course, Yuan Chang would not feel that there was anything wrong, after all, Guo Jia was only intentional, and he had not officially joined Cao Cao's command. Even under his command, Yuan Chang didn't think it was a big deal. Counting it up, the people under Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were all cut off by Yuan Chang. Xu Shu should have been Liu Bei's person, and Tai Shici was Sun Quan's person, but now they are all under his command.

However, strictly speaking, the fate of Guo Jia and the three is not very good, and Yuan Chang changing their fate seems to be a good thing for them.

Let's just say that Guo Jia, because of his poor health, died when he followed Cao Cao to conquer Karasuma, which can be regarded as a young death, as Cao Cao's right-hand man, he did not enjoy the slightest meritorious treatment; and Xu Shu, who followed Liu Bei, only played a small role, and then because his mother was arrested by Cao Cao, he was transferred to Cao Cao's command, and since then he has been unknown and wasted his great talents; as for Tai Shici, he is a friendship with Sun Ce, and he is one of Sun Ce's henchmen. Later, Sun Quan ascended to the throne, and Tai Shici was marginalized. Perhaps Sun Quan also knew that Tai Shi Ci was Sun Ce's confidant and did not dare to reuse him, so Tai Shi Ci in the later period did not have any outstanding deeds.

And now, because of Yuan Chang, the fate of Guo Jia and the three of them has changed, if nothing else, at least, it will be much better than their original situation.

After confirming Guo Jia, Cao Cao remembered Guo Jia's appearance, and then looked at Zhao Yun, who was handsome and handsome, and said: "This is Changshan Zhao Zilong, the general under the command of Youzhou Mu?

Yuan Chang glanced at Cao Cao and said lazily: "Zilong fights all the generals under Yanzhou Mu, so there is no big problem in thinking about it. ”

“…”

Cao Cao had a speechless expression on his face, how could he take such words? However, he also understood what Yuan Chang meant, Zhao Yun was at least a fierce general who had reached the sixth sense, and all the generals under his command were not opponents, so there seemed to be no doubt. The only Wang Xun was assigned to him by Yuan Chang to protect him, thinking about this, Cao Cao felt that his subordinates were a little shabby, and he didn't know when he would be able to get such a strong general to work for him.

Cao Cao understood Yuan Chang's words, but those generals under Cao Cao could not understand them. After all, Cao Cao couldn't explain the matter of the Shuntian Alliance and the Rebels to everyone, so after listening to Yuan Chang's words, generals such as Xu Chu and Xiahoudun all looked at Zhao Yun with high morale, and they had a challenging posture. However, where would Cao Cao let his subordinates go to find abuse, and after saying a word, he took his subordinates back to his own soldiers.

In order to prevent the generals under his command from not knowing that Zhao Yun's strength was abused, Cao Cao also reduced the number of meetings with Yuan Chang, so that everything was safe.

Luoyang to Guandu, a distance of more than 100 kilometers, arrived in ten days without chariots and horses, old and weak women and children to follow. After that, Cao Cao sent his troops back to Yanzhou, and he took Xi Zhicai, Xu Chu, and some guards to follow Yuan Chang and them across the Yellow River from Guandu to Jizhou to meet Yuan Shao.

At this time, the news of Liu Xie's decision to move the capital to Youzhou was also spread to the world through the post station.

The area around Sili is the closest to Luoyang, and it is the first to get the news that Liu Xie moved the capital to Youzhou. Li Dao and Guo Yan, who had already retreated to Chang'an, were shocked for a moment when they heard the news, and then they were overjoyed. Originally, according to the course of history, after Cao Cao moved the capital to Xuchang, he ordered the generals of Guanxi to crusade against Li Dao and Guo Yan in the name of the Son of Heaven, and in the end, Guo Bi was killed by the generals, and Li Dao was exterminated by the generals of Guanxi. Now, Yuan Chang and Cao Cao have no time to deal with the two of them because of the affairs of the Shuntian Alliance, which naturally makes the two of them overjoyed.

However, the threat of Yuan Chang and Cao Cao was far away, and Li Dao and Guo Yan had their own ideas.

Originally, it was to regain control of the Son of Heaven in his hands, and to deal with Dong Cheng and other talents who were temporarily united. Now, the threat is gone, the Son of Heaven has moved the capital to Youzhou, and the two of them have the most soldiers and horses in this area, and everything is under their control. However, it is obviously better for two people to control a place than to control it alone. Therefore, Li Dao and Guo Yan both had ideas at the same time, thinking of getting rid of each other.

One day, Li Dao and Guo Yan each found a reason to send their men to the other party's house to ask for the guilt. Then, both of them understood each other's intentions, so they led their soldiers and horses to set up a formation outside Chang'an City and fought each other again. The people in the vicinity of Chang'an City were plundered and plundered, those who were killed were killed, and some of them had already fled to other places. Therefore, the fight between Li Dao and Guo Yan did not affect the lives of the people. The strength of the two is equal, and the soldiers and horses under their command are all from Xiliang soldiers, and they all know each other, so I am afraid that they will not be able to tell the winner in a short time.

At the intersection of Jingzhou and Yuzhou, at the foot of Xuanyuan Mountain, Zhang Ji was stationed here with soldiers and horses.

At that time, after separating from Li Dao and Guo Yan, Zhang Ji came here with soldiers and horses. Because he had offended Liu Xie before, Zhang Ji didn't dare to jump around with great fanfare, so as not to attract Liu Xie's attention. According to Zhang Ji's thoughts, Li Dao and Guo Yan offended Liu Xie more, if Liu Xie wanted to blame others, the first thing would definitely be to trouble Li Dao and Guo Yan, and he would naturally not be targeted too early. Therefore, Zhang Ji was stationed here with soldiers, and when there was a shortage of food, he asked people to go to Jingzhou or Yuzhou to buy grain and grass, and they could also go to Xuanyuan Mountain from time to time to hunt, and their lives were also happy. Then, he got the news that Liu Xie moved the capital to Youzhou.

Therefore, Zhang Ji was even happier.

Liu Xie moved the capital to Youzhou, and obviously had no time to take care of them. Although I don't know why Liu Xie moved the capital to Youzhou, Zhang Ji knew that it must be Yuan Chang or Cao Cao's idea, and knew that after Yuan Chang and Cao Cao appeared, Liu Xie would not want to be free, of course, if they were robbed by Li Dao and Guo Yan, it would be the same. Therefore, after learning that Liu Xie left Luoyang, Zhang Ji's heart suddenly swelled.

"Someone, order the soldiers to gather!"

Zhang Ji decisively ordered the soldiers to gather, and then said with emotion: "Brothers, if the capital is moved to Youzhou today, there is no time to take care of us, and it is time to show your strengths." Now Yuzhou is a borderless land, as long as we capture Yuzhou, in the future, eat fragrant, drink spicy, glory and wealth, everyone has a share. However, if anyone wants to fish in troubled waters, don't say that they eat fragrant and drink spicy food, then they will blame General Ben for being polite!"

"Take Yuzhou!"

"Eat fragrant and drink spicy!"

"I'll follow the general to the death!"

Compared with Li Dao and Guo Yan, Zhang Ji treats his soldiers well, so unlike Li Dao and Guo Yan, either his soldiers rebelled, or they were all killed by his subordinates. Therefore, when they heard that Zhang Ji was going to attack Yuzhou, these soldiers were all in a fierce state of war, and they couldn't wait to be on the territory of Yuzhou now.

"Forty miles away from the southeast is the Xiangcheng of Jingzhou, since you want to attack Yuzhou, you have to ask for grain and grass, Xiangcheng as the intersection of Jingzhou and Yuzhou, there are countless grains and grass in the city, I will take the right to Xiangcheng for the time being, it should be borrowed from Jingzhou, and it is not too late to return Jingzhou after he takes Yuzhou in the future. ”

Xiangcheng is the bridgehead city of Yuzhou and Jingzhou, and if you want to enter Yuzhou, you have to take Xiangcheng. Therefore, Zhang Ji naturally will not be polite.

Forty miles away, Zhang Ji's army arrived at dawn and evening, and after resting for the night, Zhang Ji ordered the army to attack the city.

Xiangcheng as the frontier of Jingzhou and Yuzhou, naturally the city wall is tall and strong, if the city defenders are tens of thousands, with Zhang Ji's current more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, naturally can not be taken; however, because Yuzhou has no owner, Jingzhou Liu Biao did not station too many men and horses in Xiangcheng, and there are more than 2,000 troops, if Zhang Ji attacks with all his strength, half a day's effort may be able to take it. And Nanyang County, which is the closest to Xiangcheng, will take nearly a day for cavalry to reinforce Xiangcheng, so the time to attack Xiangcheng is more than enough.

Zhang Ji has always been brave in leading his troops, which is also the reason why his soldiers work hard. I don't know if it's because of the joy and sadness, Zhang Ji commanded the army to attack Xiangcheng, but as a result, it was too close to the city, and a stray arrow flew from the city, which hit Zhang Ji's heart, and he only had time to hand over the soldiers to his nephew Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Ji died on this. As soon as Zhang Ji died, the morale of the soldiers under his command suddenly plummeted, and the 2,000 soldiers of Xiangcheng also blocked the siege of Zhang Ji's army. Then, the scout reported that the soldiers and horses of Nanyang County were already on the way to reinforcements, and as a last resort, Zhang Xiu, who temporarily took over the power, led his troops to retreat.

A few days later, Zhang Ji led his troops to attack Xiangcheng, and the news of his death by a stray arrow spread to Xiangyang City.

Liu Biao gathered his cronies, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Cai Mao and others were in the list, Liu Biao asked: "Everyone, Zhang Ji, Li Dao, Guo Yan and other thieves threatened the Son of Heaven before, and now, the Son of Heaven moved the capital to Youzhou, Zhang Ji thought that he wanted to take Yuzhou, so he would invade Xiangcheng." Now that Zhang Ji has died in the middle of his body, and his nephew Zhang Xiu has led the troops at the foot of Xuanyuan Mountain, his heart is not dead, what do you think?"

Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and others can be regarded as first-class strategists, and it is okay to guard the land of a state, but they are afraid that they do not have this ability. Otherwise, in terms of the soldiers under Liu Biao, they were the biggest force in the world in the early days, and there was no one. Before Yuan Shao did not occupy the land of Sanzhou, no one could compare with Liu Biao. You must know that when thieves surged up in various parts of the world, Jingzhou could be said to be immobile and not affected in the slightest. Moreover, when Dong Zhuo was in turmoil later, many people in Sili, Yuzhou and other places fled to Jingzhou. Of the thirteen states in the world, the population of Jingzhou alone accounts for one-sixth of the world. With such capital, Liu Biao can be said to have the best foundation in this troubled era. After all, ancient wars, in the absence of thermal weapons, relied on population. If there are top strategists to give advice, it is not impossible for Liu Biao to sit on the world. However, until Jingzhou was taken by Cao Cao, Liu Biao always only occupied the one-third of an acre of Jingzhou, and when someone persuaded him, he sent troops to tease Cao Cao, or Yuan Shu, and did nothing else.

Of course, it is also because Jingzhou is too stable, and the strategists and generals under its command also enjoy peace and do not want to fall into the quagmire of war, and the fault naturally cannot be allotted to Liu Biao alone.

Liu Biao asked, as one of the strategists, Kuai Liang, stepped forward and said: "Lord, Zhang Ji is in the realm, it is reasonable, and the lord should send troops to punish him, so as to show the prestige of the lord." However, in today's situation, subordinates think that the lord should not conflict with him, or it may be the best policy to solicit him. ”