With Wang Kai's order, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong and Luo Cheng all started recruiting troops separately.

And Fang Qiao picked 30,000 veterans to come out and began to practice the military formation.

Just when Wang Kai was vigorously marching his troops, Cao Cao, who escorted the Son of Heaven into Yanzhou, also quickly launched an expansion to Yuzhou.

Except for the powerful Runan County occupied by Yuan Shu, the rest of the counties in Yuzhou were simply unable to resist Cao Cao's invading army, and Cao Cao soon captured the remaining five counties except Runan.

As for Yuan Shu, although he occupies the largest Runan County in Yuzhou, he doesn't look down on the land of Yuzhou at all, and he has been attacking the land of Yangzhou, so Cao Cao can easily expand his territory.

Besides, when Yuan Shu learned that Cao Cao had taken all the remaining counties in Yuzhou, he just sighed a few words and continued to attack Yangzhou's territory, because Cao Cao did not threaten the safety of Runan County, and Yuan Shu also looked down on Cao Cao very much.

After Cao Cao's army took several counties around Runan, Cao Cao was always ready to meet Yuan Shu, but when Cao Cao learned that Yuan Shu didn't pay attention to him at all, he was immediately very happy, because in this way he could temporarily recuperate, but in order to avoid Yuan Shu's sudden attack, he transferred his base camp to Xu County, Yingchuan County, and Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and the hundred civil and military officials were also forced to follow Cao Cao from Yanzhou to Xu County, Yingchuan County.

After arriving in Xu County, Cao Cao's mastermind Xi Zhicai recommended Xun Yu and Guo Jia and others from Yingchuan Academy to Cao Cao, because Xi Zhicai's body was running out.

Not long after recommending the talents of Yingchuan Academy to Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai died of illness.

Cao Cao was immediately grief-stricken after losing a mastermind.

After a few days, after Cao Cao calmed down, he immediately rushed to Yingchuan Academy to seek talents.

On this trip, Cao Cao got the assistance of Xun Yu and Xun Yu as he wished, and as for Guo Jia, he missed the opportunity to meet Cao Cao because he traveled abroad.

At this point, Cao Cao officially took root in Xu County.

Let's talk about Youzhou.

After a series of battles between Gongsun Chan and Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, Liu Yu was not the opponent of Gongsun Chan, the veteran general of the battlefield after all, he was finally defeated and killed, and Youzhou belonged to Gongsun Zhan.

At the same time, Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai, used means to seize the entire territory of Jizhou from Jizhou Mu Hanfu, and then began to prepare for continued expansion.

Because Youzhou and Jizhou border, the contradiction between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao is also growing day by day.

Turned to Liu Bei's side.

Liu Bei, who served in Qingzhou, had no chance to participate in the war for territory because of his weakness, so he could only waste the years silently.

Finally, let's talk about Sun Ce.

After Sun Ce finished guarding filial piety, he found Yuan Shu to prepare to lead the department out of control, but Yuan Shu was used to Sun Jian's old subordinates, and suddenly he was a little reluctant to Sun Jian's subordinates, so Yuan Shu also played Tai Chi with Sun Ce, he just didn't let go of Sun Jian's old department, when Sun Ce faced Yuan Shu's rogue tricks, although he was angry in his heart, after all, he was under the roof, and in the end, Sun Ce took a compromise plan, and he himself also joined Yuan Shu's command.

Yuan Shu saw that Sun Ce took the initiative to take refuge, and he was very excited to accept Sun Ce, after all, Sun Ce's martial arts are also obvious to all, how can Yuan Shu, who can add another tiger general, be unwilling.

After talking about the main princes, return to Hanzhong County.

In the blink of an eye, most of Wang Kai's one-year appointment passed, and with the return of Wei Chigong, Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng from training, Wang Kai finally made preparations for another expedition to Xiliang.

This time, in order to avoid the mistake of going to Xiliang for the first time, Wang Kai and Fang Qiao had an in-depth exchange, and they imagined all the situations that could be expected.

After repeated deliberations, Wang Kai and Fang Qiao finally formulated a new expedition plan.

With the plan drawn up, Wang Kai and Fang Qiao waited for the autumn harvest to start advancing into Liangzhou.

Time flies like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye, it is the autumn harvest.

Taking advantage of the autumn harvest, Wang Kai immediately ordered the requisition of military rations.

Then, Wang Kai convened the generals to prepare to discuss the matter of entering Xiliang.

As Luo Cheng, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong and Fang Qiao gathered, Wang Kai immediately said to everyone: "Everyone, after a year of careful preparation, our army has been successfully expanded, and now, it is time for us to reap the results, I hope you can work together to help me capture Xiliang." ”

When they heard this, everyone agreed.

Immediately after, Wang Kai once again pointed out the future, this time he still left Qin Qiong to sit in Hanzhong, after all, he had to go out in person at the beginning of the business.

After arranging Fang Qiao, Yu Chigong and Luo Cheng, Wang Kai asked the three to go and prepare.

When Fang Qiao, Wei Chigong and Luo Cheng completed the transfer of troops, Wang Kai immediately led an army of 80,000 troops from Nanzheng to march towards Wudu County.

And Qin Qiong led 20,000 troops to sit in Nanzheng.

This time, because Wang Kai's troops and horses were mobilized very much, and Wang Kai did not deliberately conceal it, the news of Wang Kai's troops sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

The first to receive the news was Liu Yan in Yizhou.

When Liu Yan's subordinates learned that Hanzhong was empty, all the ministers under his command asked Liu Yan to send troops to recapture Hanzhong, especially Zhang Lu, who was driven out of Hanzhong by Wang Kai.

Although Liu Yan also wanted to take advantage of the situation, his physical condition was already deteriorating, so he had the heart to refuse the proposal of the ministers.

When the ministers of Yizhou saw that the great opportunity was missed like this, although everyone felt that it was a pity, they could also understand, but among them, Zhang Lu's resentment was increasing day by day, he not only hated Wang Kai, but even Liu Yan was disgusted, but after all, he was under the fence, so he didn't dare to show it at all, so he could only secretly feel sad.

The second person to receive the news was Liu Biao of Jingzhou, because Nanyang County of Jingzhou was only a stone's throw away from Hanzhong County of Yizhou.

Although he received the news, Liu Biao was a man of honor, and he had no intention of expanding at all.

The third to receive the news were Xu Rongbu near Chencang and Zhang Jibu stationed in Shang County.

These two Xiliang warlords were also indifferent when they received the news, after all, Wang Kai had no grudges with them, and they didn't want to take the initiative to provoke them.

The last people to receive the news were Ma Teng and Han Sui from Xiliang.

When Ma Teng learned that Wang Kai had raised his troops to the north, Wang Kai's army also crossed Longnan Road and entered Wudu County.

This time, because Wang Kai planned to take the camp step by step, so Wang Kai left thousands of people to stick to Longnan Road, because Longnan Road is the only road connecting Hanzhong County and Wudu County, if Longnan Road is lost, Wang Kai can only take the old road, meridian road, Bao slope road and Fu Luo Road from Chang'an into Hanzhong, so that Wang Kai's logistical pressure will increase dramatically, and this Longnan Road is the throat of Wang Kai's entry into Xiliang.

Let's go back to Wang Kai's side.

After the army passed through Longnan Road, the news of Wang Kai's invasion soon spread throughout Wudu County.

After Ma Teng's general Pang Chun who stayed in Wudu County received the news, he immediately sent someone to inform Ma Teng, and Ma Teng received the news of Wang Kai's attack at this time.