With Liu Zhang's persuasion, all parts of Yizhou were quickly pacified. Tian Yu collected the armor and weapons of the soldiers, divided his troops to guard the Quartet, and then sent someone to send Liu Zhang's family to Luoyang. Hearing that Yizhou was pacified, Chen Cheng was very happy, waved his hand, appointed Tian Yu as the pastor of Yizhou, and arranged a mansion in Luoyang for Liu Zhang and his family to live in.

The demise of Liu Zhang's army shows that the old-style army is completely vulnerable in the face of the new-style army. In the past ten years, the knightly class has just emerged, but before it has become an absolute dominant ruler, it has been crushed by cannons.

When Tian Yu went out to conquer Yizhou, Chen Cheng ordered that Lu Fang of Yuzhou, Xu Rong of Yanzhou, Zhao Yun of Jizhou, Zang Ba of Qingzhou, Liu Bei of Xuzhou and others were all on guard, and even Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Sun Ce of Yangzhou, and Shixie of Jiaozhou also sent an edict to let them gather soldiers and horses and prepare grain and grass to prevent anyone from having bad intentions.

The general's operation, as always, is full of confusion and incomprehension. But during the entire attack on Shu, the princes in the south did not make any moves, and seemed to pretend that there was no such thing at all. When the news of the Pingdi Shu Kingdom came back, good news also came back from the Western Regions.

Xu Wen, Lü Bu and other generals made an expedition to Kushan, and after several years of fighting, they finally penetrated Afghanistan and entered the Indian valley. The main army of the Kushan Empire was wiped out in successive years of campaigning, and rebellions broke out in the rear. Xu Wen sent a message from the front line, saying that the land was fertile but the people were weak, and asked the imperial court to send more soldiers and horses and more munitions in order to turn it into a land of China.

Chen Cheng took the letter written by Xu Wen and thought about it for a long time, feeling that this matter was not too easy to handle. In fact, the Kushan Kingdom had already been shattered by cannons, but the supplies along the way really cost lives. And at such a distance, the generals at the front could not be restrained at all.

According to the information collected by Wang Yue, Lu Bu and Xu Wen both expanded many armies and recruited several times the number of puppet troops, and they were close to establishing an independent state. Provincial officials tended to transfer Lü Bu and Xu Wen back, and then send some additional generals and soldiers over.

But does that work? Thousands of miles apart, what can you do if you change people? Isn't it the same as becoming an independent regime? Besides, he is not a person like the First Emperor and Ming Taizu who had to seize all the power in his hands, and wouldn't it be a great thing to throw those who like to fight or have ambitions in the country to India and Central Asia?

The world is wide and the opportunities are endless, just waiting for China's heroes to open up. So, he ordered Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others to go to Luoyang to discuss the matter of letting them lead troops abroad to fight.

However, before that, the ministers had unanimously put on the table, saying that "the Duke of Wei has worked hard and made great achievements, and he should become the king of Wei."

"Going to be king so soon?"

Chen Cheng pinched the persuasion and asked, "Is it too fast?" ”

The gray-haired Yan Zhong's face was still ruddy, and he said with a smile: "Where is it too fast?" I'm too slow! ”

On the side, Liu Qian has not changed much except for her plump body, and she is still like when she was a girl. Because the "medical" skills are so strong, it makes every time like the first time. She smiled and said, "Zhongshuling is right, it's too slow, not too fast!" ”

The eldest son Liu Shengdu is already seven years old, and his father has only become the king of Wei, when will he become the prince?

"Okay, since you said that I should be the king of Wei, then I will be the king of Wei."

Chen Cheng is not hypocritical, and he directly became a big stomach........ Ah, no, it's the King of Great Wei. Although Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang once swore an oath to kill the White Horse, saying that "whoever is not the Liu family and is crowned the king will be punished by the whole world", but that was already four hundred years ago. Four hundred years ago, there were no cannons, right?

Hearing that Chen Cheng was named the king of Wei, Liu Bei was extremely angry, thinking that the other party had the intention of arrogance. Chen Cheng did not hide it, and said to Liu Bei calmly: "The arrow is on the string, I have to send it." At this point, things are out of my control. If the elder brother wants to scold, then scold more. ”

"Humph!"

Seeing that the other party stopped talking, Chen Cheng said again: "Lü Bu and Xu Wen have already entered India, where the land is fertile, half the size of China, and the local natives are very weak, which is the place given by God to the Chinese." I'm going to establish a dozen vassals over there, does my brother intend to become the lord of a country? ”

Although he was still in anger, after hearing this, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel excited. But he was still a little hesitant, how could he go to a place six or seven thousand miles away to build a country, how could it be compared to China........ He was thinking about it, Guan Yu remained silent, but Zhang Fei was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, wanting to speak but forcibly holding back.

Seeing this, Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Brother thinks about it for a few more days, if you are really willing to go to India, you will definitely leave a piece of the fattest place." Second Brother Guan and Third Brother Zhang also have the same chance, India is so big, everyone has a piece of anointed land, and it will be passed on to future generations, isn't it beautiful? ”

After coming out of the palace, Zhang Fei couldn't wait to shout, "Big brother, what are you hesitating about?" Isn't it bad to be the head of a country? ”

Liu Bei said: "This matter still needs to be pondered. ”

Zhang Fei's voice was like a bell, "If you think about it deeply, the place has been picked by others!" ”

Guan Yu said: "The third brother must not be rude, the eldest brother naturally has the thoughts of the eldest brother." ”

That night, Chen Cheng was busy for a long time. Some of them have so many wives, and many times they sleep with several people, so they have to work until late. Liu Bei also couldn't sleep all night, he thought about it over and over in bed for a long time, and finally fell asleep in a daze.

Then, he had a dream, and when he woke up, he found Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and said, "In order for Han Zuo not to be cut off, I decided to ........"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Fei shouted, "Big brother, it's good if you can figure it out!" What can you do in Xuzhou? There was a circle of troops on the side, and Wen Zheng was already guarding us. ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "Of course I know that Wen Zheng has been guarding against us for a long time, but ......... Alas, so be it. When we return to Xuzhou, we will start to prepare. In the future, it will be difficult for us to come back. ”

As soon as Chen Cheng's idea of dividing India into a reward for meritorious service was revealed, it aroused a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition. Newspapers were already popular by this time, and various discussions began on them. There are those who are for, there are those who are against, and there are many who fantasize about making a fortune over there.

For many days in a row, the newspapers were talking about the climate and geography of India, trying to exaggerate the weakness of the natives there, but there was gold everywhere. It was certainly impossible to have gold everywhere, but Lu Bu and Xu Wen's army did scavenge a lot of gold over there.

The discussion lasted from the 8th year of Jian'an to the 9th year of Jian'an, and as the caravan and retired soldiers returned from India, they brought back a lot of gold ornaments. It is said that there are many temples there, and the local aborigines believe in a false god called the Buddha, who often builds statues of the Buddha several meters high made of pure gold.

These news made the discussion in the government and the opposition even more hot, and after Chen Sheng and Wu Guang shouted the "prince general, rather have a kind" in Daze Township, the Chinese naturally wanted to achieve a great cause. Over the past four hundred years, this kind of dedication has become more common.

The situation now is very similar to that of more than a thousand years ago, when the Zhou Dynasty was first established. China is more or less unified, and then when you open your eyes and look around, you can see that there are barbarians everywhere who need to be civilized. Moreover, "geography" has been widely spread in China, and it is not easy to make a large globe, but it is easy to make a small one.

Look at the top of the globe and be scared! There are still so many barbarians in need of indoctrination?

While it was still being discussed in China, Shinrikyo pastors had already entered India with the army and slave hunters. Hammer in high and shouting slogans "For God", they rampaged across the vast plains of India. Armed with muskets and cannons, the cathars increased their combat effectiveness to the point where only two or three hundred men were needed to make it uninhabited in the Indian wilderness.

The priests tore down the statues of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva, confiscated all the gold, and then built many statues of Chen Cheng out of cement. After receiving the acquiescence and indulgence of Luoyang, Lü Bu and Xu Wen also expanded aggressively in India, enclosing many lands and enslaving many local natives.

It's just that the locals are too lazy, and it's not good to be slaves, and if you don't use whips, you will only grind foreign workers all day long. What's more serious is that after defeating the main force of the Kushan people, Lu Bujun and Xu Wenjun are both fighting rookies, and the combat effectiveness of the army has declined rapidly, and they are about to fall to the same level as the slave catching team.

Lu Bu didn't care, after he entered India, he quickly let himself go. The quality of those high-caste sister papers in India is very good, and Lu Fengxian collected dozens of them and whipped them every day. He now also has the demigod-like trait of "infinite stamina", which allows him to work from morning to night, and then from night to morning.

At various times, his brother was worn out. But as long as you rest for one night, you will be a good man the next day.

Compared with Lu Bu's obscenity, Xu Wen has much more self-control, and he just accepts more than a dozen beauties. He is not like Lu Bu, who doesn't care about anything except his own coolness. In order to cope with the decline in the combat effectiveness of the army, Xu Wen adopted the method of the imperial court, which divided the land and population around the occupied areas equally among the soldiers under his command, and then the army managed the local people.

It is better to be organized than to be unorganized, and at a time when the combat effectiveness of Lü Bu's army was declining rapidly, Xu Wen had already established a rudimentary but effective rule in India. If it weren't for the fact that the general was preparing to establish a vassal state in India, this kind of day would have been as happy as it would have been.

The local princes and nobles not only did not have much resistance, but lined up to give them money and women. The Han army was not too comfortable over there, even the most ordinary soldiers had hundreds of acres of land in the local area, and dozens or hundreds of slaves worked for them. All they have to do is to go to the ground every day, and then spend their excess energy on the woman's belly.