The plan to let Zhang Xiubei return to the state was not from someone else's idea, it was Han Cheng's handiwork.

Han Cheng's power has long since changed from what it used to be.

Now there are a large number of subordinates, so Han Cheng's forces can also be called full of talents.

When Han Cheng's plan to let Zhang Xiubei annex the state was conveyed, many people did not understand Han Cheng's approach.

Why did you give Nanyang County, the largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty, to Cao Cao unconditionally. Isn't this typical way to weaken one's own strength and then increase the enemy's power?

Many people even unconsciously thought, "Could it be that Han Cheng's brain is in water"

Han Cheng saw that everyone didn't understand, so he explained to everyone, "At this time, Cao Cao has occupied Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and his power has risen sharply and has become very powerful.

Cao Cao's ambition must not stop there, and Cao Cao has a lot of talented people under him, such as Guo Jia, Xun You, Xun Yu, etc., what if someone suggests that Cao Cao take advantage of the great war between us and Yuan Shao to raise an army to attack us

So, we're going to find an opponent for Cao Cao.

Just north of Cao Cao's territory was Yuan Shao in Jizhou;

In the west of Cao Cao's territory, it was Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Xiliang remnants in Sizhou;

In the southwest of Cao Cao's territory, Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Zhang Xiu in Nanyang County;

In the southeast of Cao Cao's territory was Yuan Shu, who was taking care of himself in Yangzhou.

We can only choose one or two of these five forces.

Yuan Shu and Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Xiliang Yu and others are vulnerable, there is no need to say much about this.

As long as the troops of Cao Cao's army arrived, the battle would soon be over.

Yuan Shao's forces are still extremely strong, and he is at war with us, satisfying all of Cao Cao's interests, so Cao Cao will not fight him for a short time.

Even if we fight against him, it will be after Yuan Shao and us are finished.

Therefore, among these five forces, the only ones who can be Cao Cao's opponents are Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Zhang Xiu in Nanyang County.

It is said that it is two forces, but in fact, it is also one force.

Nanyang County is Liu Biao's territory in Jingzhou, and Liu Biao's letting Zhang Xiu garrison here is nothing more than to block Cao Cao's troops.

The geographical location of Nanyang County is important, no matter whether Cao Cao beats Liu Biao or Zhang Xiu, Nanyang County is a threshold that cannot be bypassed.

Zhang Xiu is now our person, how can he give Liu Biao to stick to Nanyang County in vain

Moreover, Liu Biao is old and weak, and he no longer has the ambition of his youth.

Now I only know that guarding the one-third of an acre of land in Jingzhou, if you don't fight him, he won't take the initiative to fight you.

Therefore, only when Zhang Xiu withdrew, and Cao Cao occupied Nanyang County, threatening Liu Biao's rule, Liu Biao would not remain indifferent.

What's more, Zhang Xiu, who was once assisted by Jia Xu, was not Cao Cao's opponent, not to mention Zhang Xiu, who was not assisted by Jia Xu at this time.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu's defeat is inevitable.

Rather than this, it is better to let Zhang Xiu bring the living force to Bingzhou and increase our strength.

Although the Nanyang County I threw was a barbed bait for Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao is a person who cares about the world, and he knows that there are thorns, and he will not hesitate to eat them. ”

After everyone listened, they suddenly realized.

The lord's analysis included many aspects of Cao Cao, which made people's eyes open and unconsciously awe-inspiring.

However, what everyone didn't know was that Han Cheng's reason was only half of it.

The reason for the other half

It's not Cao Cao, it's Liu Bei.

Others are not familiar with Liu Bei, but Han Cheng is very familiar.

Liu Bei is not a person who is willing to send people under the fence.

Under his weak power, what is hidden is the ambition to dominate the world.

Cao Cao wants to send troops to take Nanyang County, how could Liu Bei miss this good opportunity

will definitely do everything possible to get out of Cao Cao's control and return to his own Xuzhou.

When the time comes, Cao Cao will definitely send troops to Xuzhou again, and he will have no time to take care of the battle of Youzhou between himself and Yuan Shao.

At that time, he could rest assured that he would fight the battle of Youzhou with Yuan Shao.

After all, Cao Cao has a lot of capable people, and if he doesn't contain Cao Cao's troops, how can he rest assured

As for why he had to compete with Yuan Shao for the land of Youzhou, instead of the land of Jizhou, which produced enough grain, there was also Han Cheng's Tao in it.

Since Jia Kui controlled the flooding of the Yellow River in Xihe County and Shang County in Bingzhou, Bingzhou has also become a legitimate grain production place, and Han Cheng has no worries.

With the current grain production of the state, it is not a problem to raise an army of 200,000. An army of 200,000 is enough to defend the land of the two states.

There are three states bordering Bingzhou, namely Sizhou, Jizhou and Youzhou.

Han Cheng has to choose one of these three states.

Sizhou was excluded in the first place.

Because Sizhou has already been tossed by Li Dao and others, it is meaningless to take it; Moreover, Sizhou also has Luoyang and Chang'an, the former capitals of the Han Dynasty.

Han Cheng already has Emperor Han Xian in his hands, and if he takes the land of Sizhou, not only will he not get any benefits, but he will also become the target of public criticism.

You, Han Cheng, have controlled Emperor Han Xian and occupied the capital, what do you want to do next

When Dong Zhuo is still the emperor himself

Therefore, Han Cheng's choice was only Jizhou and Youzhou.

There are many families in Jizhou, and there is great resistance to governance after Han Cheng's occupation.

And at this time, Han Cheng's food is no longer lacking, and Jizhou is not so important.

Therefore, Han Cheng chose Youzhou.

Youzhou has two advantages for Han Cheng.

First, the family is scarce, and it is easy to govern after the occupation; The second is that Youzhou is a place where horses are produced, which is very important for competing for the world.

There are three states of Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou.

After Han Chengruo occupied Bingzhou and Youzhou, he completely controlled the source of horses.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the south did not have horses, how to form a strong cavalry

Without strong cavalry, why should you compete with yourself for the world

As for Liangzhou, another place where horses are produced.

Han Cheng didn't control it and wasn't worried.

It's occupied by the domineering Ma Chao and the Qiang people, you go get some horses and try it

In a huge school field in Taiyuan County, General Gao Ran was learning martial arts with Wei Yan.

Martial arts are a thing, and only by learning from each other can you find your own shortcomings, and then make progress.

At this moment, Han Cheng led several of his own soldiers to this school field.

Gao Ran and Wei Yan are both military generals in the realm of eight products, and they can both see six ways and listen to all directions.

Therefore, when Han Cheng came in, he had already found out.

When Gao Ran learned that there was no Huang Zhong behind Han Cheng, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Huang Zhong caused a huge shadow in Gao Ran's heart, making Gao Ran nervous.

Gao Ran is arrogant, and he will punch himself to Huang Zhong

The matter of his own captives has always been in his mind.

In Gao Ran's heart, he felt that Huang Zhong took advantage of his lack of physical strength to knock him down with one punch.

Otherwise, with his own force, how could he have fought with Huang Zhong for dozens of rounds.

The self-aggrandizing Gao Gao is a bit taken for granted.

Therefore, the last time Han Cheng and Huang Zhong came to visit him and were about to persuade him to surrender, Gao Ran was very rigid and showed his dissatisfaction.

After seeing the rigid Gao Ran, Huang Zhong's temper instantly came up, and he went into battle with his bare hands.

After a violent storm, Gao Ran was pressed to the ground and rubbed hard.

Since then, Gao Ran has been honest, after all, he can't beat it, and he can't afford it.

Because of Gao Ran's toughness, Han Cheng didn't have a chance to persuade Gao Ran last time.

In the past few days, Han Cheng had nothing to do, so he came to the school in person, ready to persuade Gao Ran to return to Shun again.

As everyone knows, Gao Ran, who was honest, put his hard eyes on Wei Yan, who couldn't beat him.

Wei Yan saw that someone knew his martial arts and was willing to do it, so there was a scene of the two of them fighting.

Because it was a competition, neither of them could play to the death, so the fight took a little longer.

After about a quarter of an hour, the two separated.

At this time, Han Chengcai walked over slowly.

first said to Wei Yan, "Wen Chang, I haven't seen you for a few days, and my martial arts have improved." ”

Wei Yan modestly replied, "The lord praised it falsely, and it was General Gao Lan's subordinates who showed mercy. ”

Gao Ran on the side seemed to be very surprised, and said to Wei Yan, "Hey, when did you become so modest, are you scared by me, or in front of your lord, you have to be a humble gentleman."

Wei Yan heard the mockery in Gao Lan's words, and replied to Gao Lan, "I became humble from the time I started rubbing you with medicine. ”

Rubbing medicine is a pain in Gao Ran's heart.

Gao Ran was beaten by Huang Zhong because he was stiff and didn't get out of bed for a day, even if he came down the next day, he was in a strange pain.

Wei Yan, who has a good relationship with Gao Ran, gave Gao Ran some drugs that smooth the muscles and invigorate the blood, so that Gao Ran could recover quickly.

After recovering, Gao Ran gradually mingled with Wei Yan, and Wei Yan often used the matter of rubbing medicine to remind Gao Ran to pay attention to proportion.

Gao Ran heard Wei Yan's words, instantly understood Wei Yan's reminder, and knew that he couldn't laugh anymore, and he was going to talk about business, so he put on a serious look.

Han Cheng saw that Gao Ran suddenly became formal, so he said to Gao Ran, "General Gao, how do you feel about my Fenwu Army?"

Gao Ran replied, "Disciplined, the most disciplined army I have ever seen. ”

Han Cheng asked again, "Then General Gao has not thought of joining my Fenwu Army?" ”

Gao Ran didn't answer Han Cheng's words directly, but asked Han Cheng, "General Han, I heard that Ju Yi was killed by Yuan Shao, I don't know if it's true news or fake news."

The matter of Ju Yi, under Han Cheng's deliberate publicity, has spread throughout Taiyuan County.

It's no surprise that Gao Ran knew.

Han Cheng said without a smile, "I learned about this news through three ways, it should be true." ”

After Gao Ran listened, he immediately knelt on the ground and said to Han Cheng, "I am willing to submit to you"

Han Cheng smiled slightly, helped Gao Ran up, and said happily, "With General Gao's joining, I am simply like a tiger with wings." ”

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