Ma Teng agreed to surrender, he stayed in Wuwei, and will assist the new Xiliang Thorn Shi to govern Xiliang, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De will join Chen Mo's army as a general, Chen Mo is also very generous, Ma Chao and Pang De directly gave the post of general, and Ma Dai is the cavalry captain, responsible for the security of Chang'an and the affairs of thieves.

Ma Teng fell, next, no matter how Han Sui chosen, the Xiliang war situation has been decided, Chen Mo promoted Xu Rong to the protector of the Western Regions, Feng Liehou, Hua Rong as the captain of Shuji, and concurrently served as the Jincheng Taishou, by the two governors of Xiliang military power, Tai Shi Ci was promoted to protect the Huns Zhonglang General, transferred to Yunzhong to monitor the Huns, after the Huns were cleaned up by Huaxiong for a period of time, it seems that they have no long memory, not very honest, it just so happens that the overall situation of Xiliang has been decided, and the army stationed here can be reduced and transferred to Yunzhong.

However, the rear is stable, but Chen Mo is not happy, Di Dao Office, Chen Mo read the letter in his hand again, and sighed.

"What is the Lord worrying about?" Xun You and Xu Shu were a little puzzled, this Xiliang victory, Chen Mo's rear was completely stabilized, although Han Sui had not yet expressed his position, but it was only a matter of time before Jincheng was taken, this Xiliang was a moment, Chen Mo would sit on the land of Bingzhou, Sanfu, and Xiliang Sanzhou, a proper northern overlord, at this time, shouldn't he be happy?

"This is a document sent directly from Luoyang yesterday." Chen Mo didn't speak, handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Xun You, and asked them to see it for themselves.

"Xuzhou has been breached!?" Xun You looked at the bamboo slips, and looked up at Chen Mo in surprise, the content of the letter is indeed not much, but it is only more than 100 words, but the news attached to it is really not happy.

Xuzhou is the rear of Cao Cao, all along, Cao Cao is sandwiched between Chen Mo, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, although there are two states of Yanyu, densely populated, talents, but also from Chen Mo to intercept the Son of Heaven, for himself to get a glimmer of life, but after all, it is still the land of four wars, has been surrounded by the three princes and Liu Bei in the middle.

But now that I have got Xuzhou, this situation is different, which is equivalent to opening a gap for myself, which was originally surrounded on all sides, but now it has become three.

Moreover, Xuzhou was captured, and Yuan Shu did not support Liu Bei to be destroyed, which is really a bit strange, Xun You remembered that at the beginning of the year, Liu Bei had sent his strategist Jian Yong to persuade Yuan Shu to form an alliance with Liu Bei.

"It happened three months ago, after all, Xuzhou is too far away from me, and the middle is under the jurisdiction of Cao Cao, the news is not very smooth, I sent troops to Xiliang again, and the information was not sent in time." Chen Mo shook his head and smiled: "Brother Meng De is quite able to find the right fighter. ”

Now Cao Cao and Yuan Shaoke are still allies, and Cao Cao chose to send his troops to Xiliang during this time, and the timing is just right.

"Yuan Shu actually sat back and watched Liu Bei's defeat!?" Xu Shu looked at Zhu Jian in confusion.

"Cao Cao sealed Sun Ce as the assassin of Yangzhou." Chen Mo looked at the bamboo slip handed back and sighed: "As a result, Sun Ce didn't do anything, Yuan Shu actually sent troops across the river to attack Sun Ce, and finally let Sun Ce drag it down, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to seize Xuzhou." ”

Xun You and Xu Shu were a little regretful when they heard this, was Yuan Shu wrong? In fact, Yuan Shu was not wrong, at the beginning of Nanyang, Runan and other rich and rich places, but the two largest counties were taken away by Cao Cao, and now only Yangzhou remains, and for Sun Ce, Yuan Shu has also been suppressed, and has rejected Sun Ce's position as Jiujiang and Lujiang Taishou, this matter is not authentic for Yuan Shu to do, but he is also worried that Sun Ce will develop, and even after Sun Ce took Danyang, Yuan Shu also sent someone to serve as Danyang Taishou, but was driven away by Sun Ce.

It was precisely because of this that there began to be contradictions between Sun Ce and Yuan Shu, especially after Sun Ce won Huiji, and gradually began to break away from Yuan Shu's control.

Now that Cao Cao directly gave Sun Ce the official position of Yangzhou Assassin History, what does Yuan Shu think? At that time, Sun Ce even took Wu County, and the land of Jiangdong, except for Yuzhang, was almost annexed by Sun Ce, and its power was no longer under Yuan Shu, if Sun Ce was not destroyed while Sun Ce's foundation was stable, Yuan Shu would have become a piece of fat between Sun Ce, Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and there was no danger to defend, so from Yuan Shu's point of view, Yuan Shu was not wrong.

The benefits of the Son of Heaven in hand were also reflected at this time, just one sentence made Yuan Shu and Sun Ce break up and attack each other, giving Cao Cao a precious opportunity.

Although Zhang Zhiyong is concerned, there is also Chen Gong on the side to help, but Liu Bei's foundation is unstable, and the military and people of Xuzhou have a strong fear of Cao Cao, Cao Cao has slaughtered Pengcheng before, and many local wealthy families directly asked the local county order to surrender after Cao Cao entered Xuzhou, or directly helped Cao Cao open the city gate.

Since Liu Bei entered Xuzhou, he has been governing Xuzhou with benevolence and righteousness, and the law is relatively relaxed, firstly, he is a newcomer, and in order to stabilize his position, he must marry the local gentry, and secondly, Liu Bei has always acted in the name of benevolence and righteousness.

But how to say it, the disadvantage of benevolence and righteousness is that the price of betrayal is low, and Cao Cao's methods are ruthless, but it also makes people fearful, so after feeling that Liu Bei could not resist Cao Cao, the counties in Xuzhou almost fell to the wind, even if Chen Deng's father and son had the heart to help, but Yuan Shu was dragged by Sun Ce in Jiangdong, and Cao Cao's offensive was too fierce, from entering Xuzhou to the soldiers in Pi, but half a month, the Chen family could only retreat to Guangling, and handed a letter of surrender to Cao Cao, willing to surrender to the imperial court.

Although Liu Bei is concerned with Zhang Zhiyong, and Chen Gong is on the side to give advice, but Cao Cao's timing is too good, there are no allies around, so he can only fight Cao Cao alone, and finally Xiapi was secretly colluded by Cao Bao and was broken by Cao Cao, Liu Bei could only take his family to protect his family, retreated to the East China Sea with the help of the Mi family, and left from Langxie, and went directly to Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, which was considered to have saved his life, but Xuzhou has also changed hands since then, and Liu Bei returned to the state of sending people under the fence from one of the princes.

In this way, the land of the Central Plains, the pattern of the three heroes has been completely formed, Cao Cao holds the Son of Heaven, dominates the Central Plains, Yuan Shao occupies the land of Qingyou Hebei Sanzhou, although Sun Zan has not been completely defeated, but it is only a matter of time, and Chen Mo is now pacifying Xiliang, according to the land of Longxing, the Central Plains, the pattern of the three males is one, unless there is any major change, otherwise in a short period of time, this pattern is difficult to break.

This is the last thing Chen Mo wants to see the ending, even if it is Cao Cao who occupies the Central Plains, in this kind of matter, as long as he can hold it, Chen Mo will never give Cao Cao any chance.

It's a pity that the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, or in other words, God will never stand on anyone's side, Chen Mo wants to get rid of the troubles, and personally supervising the battle of Xiliang is a matter that has been decided a long time ago, and Cao Cao can seize this fleeting opportunity, at this time, everyone can only sigh at Cao Cao's cleverness.

"I couldn't stop it after all." Chen Mo sighed, then smiled and said, "The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say anything else, don't mess up because of this, and continue to do our things." ”

Xun You nodded silently, he could afford to put it down, and he didn't mind what had happened, in this regard, although Chen Mo was young, he did have the qualifications of a hero, not much worse than Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

"My lord, since the pattern of the Central Plains has been decided, the strategy we have set in the past ......" Xu Shu looked at Chen Mo, and according to the strategy set before, he promoted the alliance between Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, so that the three of them could contain Cao Cao, and Chen Mo waited for the opportunity to move, and after pacifying Xiliang, the troops came out of the tiger prison, and joined forces with Yuan Shao to carve up Cao Cao's territory, and most importantly, to recapture the Son of Heaven, after all, the current court is supported by the three princes and nine kings, but many rights, with the establishment of the Juancheng court, no longer have the name of righteousness.

For example, if it weren't for Cao Cao canonizing Sun Ce in the name of the Son of Heaven, Xuzhou would not be so easily captured by Cao Cao.

But now that Sun Ce has sprung up, he dragged Yuan Shu at the most critical time, causing Cao Cao to occupy Xuzhou, so the previous strategy will not be able to support Liu Bei for too long, and it will obviously be difficult to save.

"Develop people's livelihood and wait for the times to change." Chen Mo knocked on the table and looked at everyone: "Send someone to send a congratulatory gift to Cao Cao, and at the same time marry Yuan Shao, this battle is not easy to fight next, let's see if we can take the land of Jingxiang." ”

Now Chen Mo's advantage is geographical advantage, the disadvantage is population, Guanzhong experienced the rebellion of Dong Zhuo and Li Guo, the population is not as good as before, and Bingzhou and Xiliang are all places with a tired population, although Chen Mo sits on the land of three states, but in fact, even if Xiliang is added, the population may not be as good as Jizhou or Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

Population represents the potential of the war, so when the general trend has been achieved and it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser, Chen Mo feels that it is now a retreat to develop, and then see if he can annex Jingxiang or perhaps, he can consider subduing Lu Bu, and then go south to capture Jingxiang to strengthen himself, and Jingxiang is also a place where money and grain are abundant.

"What the lord said is good, but if the lord can win the land of Shu, he can also get a stable rear." Xu Shu bowed and said.

Shudi ......

Chen Mo thought about it, and finally shook his head, Shu is not easy to fight, the three heroes of the Central Plains stand side by side, they are all looking at each other's weaknesses, if you want to cut down Shu, you must fight quickly, but Shu is obviously not a place that can be quickly resolved, Chen Mo has studied the map of Shu, if you want to fight, don't think about it every three or five years, but Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, maybe give yourself three or five years to strengthen yourself?

"The road to Shu is difficult, if our army wants to cut down Shu, even if Zhang Lu helps, I am afraid it will be difficult to make contributions in the short term." Xun You pondered: "It is the land of Jingxiang, there is a lot to be done, if the lord can get Jingxiang, he can connect the north and the south, surpassing the two princes of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao!" ”

Jingxiang Nine Counties, that is the land of money and grain, the population is also a lot, these years of war in the Central Plains, many people fled to Jingxiang, if you can get the population of Jingxiang land, Chen Mo can reverse the strength and weakness, both geographical advantages, and population.

"Gongda's words are good." Chen Mo nodded and smiled: "But what matters now is to completely subdue Xiliang, stabilize the people's hearts, and develop farming." ”

In this era, nothing can be done without food.

"Whoa!"