Lu Bu left Puyang on his hind feet, and Zhang Miao took his subordinates and followed him out of Puyang City.

"Big brother, where are we going?" Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao has followed Zhang Miao for many years.

"Go to Huainan to join Yuan Shu, before that, go to Yongqiu to pick up your mother, you have to be fast, you must pick up your mother before Cao Cao captures Yongqiu."

Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao led thousands of soldiers under them and quickly rushed to Yongqiu.

What they can think of, Xi Zhi can naturally think of.

Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao had just led their troops to the outside of Yongqiu City, and sharp arrows shot out from the head of the city, killing Zhang Chao with one arrow.

"Zhang Miao, your mother is in our hands, she is a gentleman, so she came into the city alone."

Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, and Xiahou Yuan appeared on the city wall at the same time, and it was the sharpshooter Xiahou Yuan who just shot Zhang Chao.

"Meng De, Chen Liujun is my territory, I gave it to Lu Bu, I didn't feel sorry for you, why do you have to chase me so hard?" Zhang Miao yelled towards the city.

"Zhang Miao, when you gave Chen Liujun to me, it was because you asked yourself if you didn't have the ability to defend Chen Liujun, after I got Chen Liujun, did your family live a peaceful life for a few years?"

"Even if you want Chen Liujun to give it to Lu Bu, why do you want to join forces with Lu Bu to take away my Yanzhou?"

"Zhang Miao, you are a heinous villain, a stupid pig."

The more Cao Cao spoke, the more angry he became, and finally he burst into foul language.

"You say I'm a villain, why aren't you?" Zhang Miao was also angry when he thought about it, and he didn't care that his mother was still in Cao Cao's hands, so he scolded Cao Cao.

"Cao Aman, I kindly gave Chen Liujun to you, but what about you? actually connived at Zhang Guang to bully me, mutilated me, and cut off my hand, have you ever come out and said a word for me? ”

"That's what you asked for, Zhang Guang, even I can't see through him, but you, just want to hurt the people around him, you say, are you a stupid pig?"

"You? I ......" Zhang Miao gritted his teeth, but he couldn't think of anything to refute Cao Cao.

"Mother, forgive the child's unfilial piety, and the generals will listen to the order and follow me to Huainan."

Zhang Miao knew that he would not be able to rescue his mother in Cao Cao's hands no matter what today, so he had to choose to leave.

Zhang Miao's choice made Cao Cao dumbfounded, he didn't expect Zhang Miao to be so ruthless and abandon his mother.

"Zhang Miao's subordinates, you all listen carefully, many of your relatives are in Yongqiu City, today, if you leave with Zhang Miao, they will die and have no place to be buried." Xi Zhicai's voice sounded in the city and reached the ears of Zhang Miao's subordinates.

"If you want to go back to Yongqiu, you will kill Zhang Miao beside you, and as soon as Zhang Miao dies, General Cao will be good and will no longer pursue your betrayal."

Xi Zhicai's words made Zhang Miao's subordinates suddenly riot.

"General Cao, what that general said is not serious?" Someone asked Cao Cao.

"Seriously!" Cao Cao responded.

"Despicable villain, you go and die."

Poor Zhang Miao, his younger brother was shot, his mother was not rescued, and he died from the random arrows of his subordinates.

As soon as Zhang Miao died, Xiahou Yuan seemed to remember something, and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, there is something that his subordinates don't understand."

"What's the matter? You said! Cao Cao killed Zhang Miao's family and avenged his hatred for almost dying, but he was also happy.

"I remember that when Zhang Guang and Dian Wei broke into Zhang Miao's mansion together, they kicked him and cut him off."

"Yes, we all know about this matter, Xiahou Yuan, why do you want to mention it here again?"

"But, my lord, Zhang Guang said something at that time, do you know?"

"What?" Xi Zhicai asked first.

"He said: Leave you Zhang Miao a dog's life and give it to Cao Cao to take it later."

"What?" Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

"It's true, Chen Gong and Wei Zhen, who were present at the time, both told me about it later."

"Lord, Zhang Guang, if he can't be subdued, he must not stay." When Xi Zhicai spoke, he looked at Cao Cao with his eyes, hoping that Cao Cao could also understand the hidden dangers brought to him by Zhang Guang's existence.

"Don't say much about this, I have my own plans." Cao Cao turned around and walked down the city wall, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.

Let Cao Cao be ruthless and kill Zhang Guang, he really can't do it.

Although Zhang Guang has always been reluctant to convince himself, his current strength in the past few years is inseparable from Zhang Guang's calculations at every step.

At the beginning of the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, it was Zhang Guang who led his only 1,000 people at that time to save himself from Shouzhang, defeat Zhang Xiao in Jinan, and subdue hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Army for himself, paving the way.

However, can Zhang Guang be left to be stationed in his rear for a long time?

If Zhang Guang really develops and grows one day, it won't be Lu Bu who is so easy to deal with.

Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai both realized this, and Zhang Guang also thought of this.

Since waking up from a nap that day, Zhang Guang locked himself in his room and stayed alone for half a month, during which only Cai Wenji could enter the room.

Half a month later, Pang Tong and Wei Zhen were called into the room.

A large silk silk occupies half of the wall, and it is densely painted with mountains, routes, and some place names.

"Chang'an, Fufeng, Hanzhong, Bajun, big brother, why did you draw the Qinling Mountains that border Sizhou, Yongzhou and Yizhou?"

Pang Tong stood beside the silk silk, his eyes were about to be pasted on the silk silk, and he had never seen such a detailed map.

"This is what I drew from my own memory and some of the books I have read over the years, and some things are not necessarily right, but there are no major mistakes."

"My lord, are you going west?" Wei Zhen asked.

Wei Zhen is also a smart person, and he knows that Zhang Guang will not be bored enough to spend half a month to get this thing, and he must be preparing for what he will do next.

"That's right, it's not an option to live under someone else's roof all the time, and now that we have enough strength to protect ourselves, it's time to consider occupying a place."

"My lord, why don't you just occupy a place near here, such as Hanoi County? Or Yuzhou, Jingzhou and other places? Even if you go to Xuzhou, you can, why do you want to run to such a remote place? ”

"Come and see." Zhang Guang pointed to the map and explained to Pang Tong and Wei Zhen why he chose these two places.

"Chang'an, Fufeng, Weinan and other places, from Tongguan in the east, to Sanguan in the west, to Wuguan in the south, and Xiaoguan in the north, that is, the land of the four passes, we can call Guanzhong."

"The Guanzhong region, with its mild climate and abundant products, is very suitable for burying one's head in the development of strength."

"In Guanzhong now, Ma Teng and Han Sui were defeated by Guo Yan and retreated to Liangzhou."

"Guo Yan is tired of fighting with Hanchen for control of the imperial court, which is a good opportunity for us to seize Fufeng and other places, and as for Chang'an and other places, there will be a chance to seize them in the future."

"Of course, if we don't take Guanzhong, we will take Hanzhong south of the Qinling Mountains, eight hundred miles of Qinchuan."

"Hanzhong, now in the hands of Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu has just captured Hanzhong, and his 'Heavenly Master Dao' rule in Hanzhong is not yet stable, and we have the opportunity to occupy part of Hanzhong."

"As for the Central Plains such as Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou, as well as Jiangdong, Yizhou and other places, leave it to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce and others to toss, and after we develop and grow in Guanzhong and Hanzhong, we will unify the states."

Pang Tong and Wei Zhen are the left and right prime ministers that Zhang Guang is ready to rely on, treat each other with sincerity, tell the two of them all about their next development strategies, and at the same time take out Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and let the two discuss and make a choice together.

"I chose Guanzhong, Guo Bian fought with Ma Teng and Han Sui, although he won, but there were also a lot of casualties, we can take the opportunity to cross Tongguan, seize Guanzhong, rebuild the Han Court, and in the future, in the name of the Han Dynasty, unify Kyushu." Pang Tong made his choice.

"I think Hanzhong is more suitable for us. Since Dong Zhuo became the ruler of Luoyang, Guanzhong, Liangzhou and other places have been in war for many years, and most of the people under his rule have moved east to the Central Plains, or to Hanzhong in the south. ”

"But Hanzhong is different, Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, father and son, have occupied Yizhou for a long time, although they have not made any achievements, but they have made Yizhou stable for many years, and the people are prosperous."

"After Zhang Lu took Hanzhong and Ba County, he used the morality of the Heavenly Master to educate the local people, if we can take one of Hanzhong County or Ba County, it will not take three years to develop the local area into a prosperous place."

Pang Tong focused on the regime, Wei Zhen focused on the development of local people's livelihood, Zhang Guang held his cheeks in his hands, and stared at the map for a while.

"Okay, let's go to Hanzhong County and establish the prosperous land of Hanzhong."

"Next, you should have more contact with the local capable people in Chenliu, and try to take away as many talents as possible who are willing to go to Hanzhong with us, once Hanzhong is captured, people will be used everywhere."

"There is also the old blacksmith's weapons workshop, all the craftsmen, drawings and semi-finished products, raw materials, must be taken away."

"Pang Tong, have you done a good job of the things I gave you?"

"Big brother, it can be done in a month at most, and it shouldn't delay our trip to the west." Pang Tong said with great confidence.

"That's good, when Cao Cao begins to besiege Puyang, we will start to gradually transfer supplies."