Hanzhong has been captured by Pang Xi.

Zhang Lu was defeated, and in despair, in order not to be insulted, he chose to self-immolate and die.

Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang and other generals were killed in battle, and no one chose to surrender.

The resistance of the Hanzhong army was declared over, and the whole army had been annihilated, and Hanzhong County was already Liu Zhang's territory.

Liu Zhang and Meng Guang suddenly heard this, their eyes widened, and then they were overjoyed.

When Wang Shang heard this, his eyes were also round, and then he was shocked.

What, Hanzhong was really taken down?!

The same sentence is two completely different feelings in the hearts of people with two different minds.

Pang Xi led 40,000 Shu troops to conquer Hanzhong, all of which were based on Hanzhong, and the above table invited Liu Zhang to Hanzhong.

He hoped that Liu Zhang could sacrifice heaven and earth in Hanzhong, proclaim himself the king of Hanzhong, and call on the scholars of the Han family to surrender to Liu Zhang, so as to prepare for Liu Zhang's further entry into Chang'an, Guanzhong, and proclaim himself emperor.

Pang Xi's three-step strategy for Liu Zhang has completed the second step, Pang Xi also said that he is already planning for Liu Zhang's plan to enter Guanzhong to occupy Chang'an and then claim the emperor, please Liu Zhang must believe him, he will definitely conquer Guanzhong for Liu Zhang, occupy Chang'an.

Liu Zhang was ecstatic in his heart, Meng Guang was also ecstatic in his heart, and Wang Shang's mood was very complicated.

The most unexpected and undesirable thing happened.

Pang Xi defeated Zhang Lu in Hanzhong in the first battle and occupied Hanzhong, and the power of the Dongzhou people would be greatly enhanced, and it would be even more difficult for the already weak Yizhou locals to fight against them.

Now, how is it good?

Do you really want to watch Liu Zhang enter the king of Hanzhong and prepare to compete for the world?

There was no need for Wang Shang to worry, Meng Guang tried his best to persuade Liu Zhang to do so, and Liu Zhang was also encouraged, although he was timid and cowardly, but he would inevitably be carried away by the victory, and immediately ordered himself to go to Hanzhong to worship heaven and earth, and obey the will of heaven to proclaim himself the king of Hanzhong.

Wang Shang couldn't stop it, so he could only follow.

So, at the end of February of the fifth year of Xingping, Liu Zhang went to Hanzhong to inspect his new territory and observe the place where Zhang Lu, whom he had always hated very much, died.

He looked at the almost charred corpse with great pleasure.

The relationship between Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang has never been good, just because Liu Yan likes Zhang Lu's mother, so Zhang Lu has also gained Liu Yan's trust, but Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu have always been at odds, and the relationship is very poor.

Being able to kill Zhang Lu this time can be regarded as fulfilling one of his wishes.

Overjoyed, Liu Zhang ordered all Zhang Lu's wives and concubines to be rewarded to Pang Xi, and let Pang Xi dispose of them, and then announced that he would change his name to the king of Hanzhong in Hanzhong.

On the third day of the first month of March, before Guo Peng arrived in Hongnong, Liu Zhang set up an altar in Hanzhong, sacrificed to heaven and earth, solemnly and solemnly removed the title of King of Shu, and proclaimed himself the king of Hanzhong.

Later, the military generals of the great feudal group were used to inspire people and conform to the will of heaven.

Since then, Yizhou has been unified, and Liu Zhang's power has grown.

Because of this victory, the relationship between Liu Zhang and Pang Xi was much better, so in Hanzhong, Liu Zhang and Pang Xi discussed their views on the future strategy.

Pang Xi wanted to go on the Northern Expedition as soon as possible, but Liu Zhang supported Meng Guang's opinion and persuaded Pang Xi.

Liu Zhang told Pang Xi the reason why Meng Guang persuaded him, and when Pang Xi heard it, it was really like that, if he could send troops to the north to pick up the leaks when Guo Zifeng and Ma Han were both defeated, I don't know how much trouble could be saved.

Now, it is better to make some preparations for the Northern Expedition in Hanzhong first.

Prepare grain, grass, ordnance and materials, reorganize Hanzhong and surrender troops, expand the number of Yizhou army, and enhance the strength of Yizhou army.

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

As soon as the time comes, the well-prepared Shu army can go out of Qishan to attack the north, and it can catch the warlords of Liangzhou by surprise, and it can also take Guo Peng by surprise.

In this way, not only can you win the land of Liangzhou and Guanzhong, but also buy Liu Zhang valuable time to digest Guanzhong, and when Ma Han or Guo Peng comes again, Liu Zhang will already be able to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong.

It's a really good strategy.

Pang Xi agreed with Meng Guang's statement and decided to abide by this strategic plan, lead troops in Hanzhong, accumulate grain and grass, train troops by the way, and speed up the digestion of Hanzhong, while Liu Zhang fully supported Pang Xi.

For a time, Yizhou actually had some feelings of being politically and harmoniously with each other.

In mid-to-late March, Liu Zhang seized Hanzhong, and the news that he had removed the title of King of Shu and changed his name to King Hanzhong was sent to Jingzhou, and Liu Biao was taken aback.

Liu Zhang's seizure of Hanzhong strengthened his strength, which was a good thing for the anti-Guo Peng alliance, and it was worthy of encouragement and praise, and Liu Biao did not have much opinion on this.

In this way, Yizhou can also directly play an active role in the united front against Guo Peng.

At the same time, Liu Biao felt a little unpleasant.

King of Hanzhong, this is a very important title for all the royal clans of the Liu family.

It was from this title that Liu Bang started from this title, entered Guanzhong to seize the land of Guanxi, and then used it as a foundation to challenge Xiang Yu, defeat Xiang Yu, and obtain the qualification to become the emperor.

The first man in the world to be clothed.

What a remarkable thing this is, and the children of the Liu family are deeply proud of it.

Now, the title has been obtained again.

That person was Liu Zhang.

In fact, in the final analysis, there is nothing to oppose, whoever takes it will take it, and it is the same if his alliance takes it, but Liu Biao just feels not very happy.

The person who took this title was not himself, he was not even allowed to claim to be the king, and his subordinates were not happy, and he didn't even give him a king of Chu.

The more I think about it, the more boring it becomes, and the more I think about it, the more unpleasant it becomes.

Liu Biao was in a very bad mood, so he decided to bring his son Liu Qi to talk to Liu Qi and exchange father-son feelings.

Liu Cong, who was very close to his stepwife Cai, worshipped Cai as his mother and took Cai as his mother, and was supported by Cai and other Jingzhou locals.

Liu Qi is different, Liu Qi is relatively honest, does not know how to cheat, does not have the backing of Jingzhou people, but only occupies the position of an eldest son.

Earlier, Liu Biao liked Liu Qi a little more because Liu Qi looked like him.

Later, because of the reason of pampering Cai's family, and the people who love the house and Wu like Liu Cong, they began to alienate Liu Qi.

Not long ago, when the King of Chu was in turmoil, Liu Biao was deeply aware of his limitations and the clamping down of the Jingzhou people on him, and he no longer liked the youngest son who was desperate to join the Cai family, but disgusted it.

He began to pamper Liu Qi again, and he liked to take Liu Qi with him in everything.

took Liu Qi to a banquet, took Liu Qi to review the army, took Liu Qi out to hunt and the like, and left Liu Cong aside.

Cai Mao and the others naturally knew that this was Liu Biao's way of expressing dissatisfaction with them, and they would never get close to Liu Cong again, and left Liu Cong, who was good at standing in line, aside, which made Liu Cong puzzled and deeply frightened.

Cai Mao and the others also felt anxious before, but they couldn't interfere with Liu Biao's favored son, after all, this was Liu Biao's housework.

Later, Cai Mao and others also figured it out, anyway, they never planned to continue to support Liu Biao's descendants, as long as Guo Peng went south, they would do their best to help Guo Peng, keep Jingzhou intact, and dedicate it to Guo Peng, Liu Qi and Liu Cong or something, it no longer makes sense.

So they also treated this coldly, regardless of the dispute between Liu Qi and Liu Cong.

At present, there is only one Liu Pan and more than 20,000 troops who can be regarded as Liu Biao's descendants, if Guo Peng really goes south, even if Liu Qi ascends the throne, there is only one Liu Pan and no one else.

There is a high probability that the others will surrender with the wealthy families of Jingzhou, turn the gun and come over to kill Liu Pan.

What's the point?

Completely pointless.