"Interests? What benefit can we give him? Tens of thousands of troops, I am afraid that it is a land that allows him a county, and Liu Xuande may not be willing. Cao Cao frowned.

"Chang'an!" Xi Zhicai said.

"Chang'an? This terrain is the same as chicken ribs, what is the use of Liu Xuande? Cao Cao was puzzled.

"If Yuan Shu takes Xiliang, Chang'an will naturally be useless, but if Yuan Shu is repelled, Chang'an will be a back road, or a road to hegemony." Xi Zhicai smiled. He was not so kind to seek a way back for Liu Bei, and there were many calculations in this.

Cao Cao thought about it for a while, and quickly understood Xi Zhicai's thoughts, and suddenly realized: "Exchange Kansai for Yuzhou, Zhicai, you want Liu Bei..."

"Not bad!" Xi Zhicai nodded: "Chang'an is a back road, and it is also an introduction. Liu Bei may choose this place when he is desperate, and then the lord will unify the Central Plains, and the pressure will be reduced a lot. Let Liu Xuande enter the customs, and the two of us will be horns against each other, and Yuan Shu will definitely not be able to move. ”

"But isn't this also a problem for raising tigers? What if Liu Bei becomes the power of Western Qin? ”

"Huh. The lord was too worried, not to mention how many Yuzhou families were willing to follow him to move west, the problem of grain and grass alone could make it difficult for Liu Bei to move an inch. At this time, Guanzhong is thousands of miles away, and there is no need to worry about it without Yizhou's support. ”

Liu Bei seems to be developing rapidly and has a huge power, but in fact, his background is still shallow, and he relies on nothing more than Yuzhou, which was once the first state in the world, with many talents. The local family's defection to Liu Bei is just for the face of the Chen family, and to deal with it superficially, if Liu Bei really chooses to join the main Guanzhong, how many people are willing to follow him is really unknown.

"What's more, Yang Biao has already fallen into the hands of the lord with the Son of Heaven, and the Guanxi family is obviously not optimistic about Liu Bei."

Cao Cao said indifferently: "The Kanto and Kansai families have been opposed for hundreds of years, so it's so easy to let go?" Those families in Yuzhou relied on the merits of the dragon during the Guangwu Emperor period to think that they were superior, and they have always been at odds with the Guanxi family, and I feel strange if the Guanxi family chooses Liu Bei. ”

Yuzhou is the place where Emperor Guangwu made his fortune, and it is really a family here. In addition to the three Yang families, the four major families are rooted here, Yingchuan, Nanyang, and resourceful people are everywhere. At the beginning, Yuzhou has always been the first of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, except for Jizhou, which is barely comparable to the second place due to its economic development, and the others have to lean back.

The most essential part of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty is actually Sili, Yuzhou and Jizhou. This is followed by Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and the six prefectures are the core of the Han Dynasty. The second is the backward land of the four southern states. Finally, there are the three frontiers of secluded, merged, and cool.

If you look at it from the map, Yuan Shu's southern four states are scary, but in fact, in the late Han Dynasty, the four southern states were all weak states in a corner of peace. Don't look at what Longzhong said so well to Zhuge Liang about Jingzhou and Yizhou, it was completely because the north was broken, and there were no tigers and monkeys in the mountains to dominate. If it weren't for Yuan Shu's painstaking management for many years, he might not be as strong as Cao Cao's two states when he controlled the four southern states.

"With the Son of Heaven in our hands, we occupy the absolute righteousness, especially in the face of Liu Bei, who started his family by the descendants of the Han family, we are absolutely invincible." The corners of Xi Zhicai's mouth showed a hint of disdain. Thinking of a vain prince like Liu Bei, it is too easy to deal with.

……

Liu Bei was in the army, and Liu Bei was also very excited after learning that Guan Yu had won the hundred officials, but before he could be happy, the bad news of the Son of Heaven in Cao Cao's hands reached his ears, and the good mood of the new hundred officials was instantly diluted. I have to say that he and Cao Cao really have a heart.

"Is the lord planning to withdraw his troops?" Knowing Jun Mo Ruochen, Liu Ye knows this lord with the same surname very well.

"Chang'an has been taken, but it's just an empty city, what can we do if we don't withdraw at this time?" Although he failed to suppress Yuan Shu, and failed to see Cao Cao and Yuan Shu defeated, Liu Bei had no intention of marching again.

"But it's just such a tiger's withdrawal..."Liu Ye was unwilling. He is quite capable, but he has not been able to get any outstanding records since he came out, and the small-scale battle Guan Zhang was directly flattened, but the only big battle was brushed up by Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, and he was really aggrieved. thought that this trip to Guanzhong would allow him to show his strengths, but Li Dao and Guo Yan slipped away directly, and Yuan Shu also chose to retreat, and Liu Ye was speechless in his heart.

"Ziyang, it is clear that your ability is definitely not below Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia. This time, we captured Tongguan and Luoyang, and recaptured the hundred officials, which is already a big victory. There is only one Yuzhou under my command, which is not as good as Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, if the war drags on any longer, I am afraid that Yuzhou will encounter accidents! It's better to retire temporarily, and there will be opportunities to compete with Cao Yuan in the future. Liu Bei's mind was lively, and he could see Liu Ye's thoughts at a glance, and comforted him with a smile.

"What the lord said is that Ye is in a hurry." Liu Ye's face turned red and he said.

Liu Bei nodded lightly, and was about to say something more, when suddenly a herald broke in.

"Report! Cao Jun asked to see him! ”

Liu Bei frowned: "What is he doing here?" Don't you want to hand over a hundred officials? ”

"Probably not, Cao Cao should know that we won't let go easily. If he really wants to win the hundred officials, the best way is to attack Chang'an first and force General Guan to hand over people. Liu Ye said.

"Xuan!" Although his heart was full of speculation and suspicion, Liu Bei still said calmly.

After that, Liu Bei straightened his sleeves and sat back on the top, and Liu Ye also knelt aside.

"Yingchuan Xizhi only met the general!" Xi Zhicai Shi Shiran walked in and stood in the tent with a smile on his face.

Liu Bei hurriedly stepped down from his position, very enthusiastically took Xi Zhicai's hand, and said eagerly: "Zhicai, please get up quickly!" ”

The cordiality of his words and the sincerity of his attitude are simply outrageous, and those who don't know think that Xi Zhi is his adviser!

Xi Zhicai was stunned, he was a little caught off guard by Liu Bei's enthusiasm, and he couldn't cry or laugh after reacting. This Liu Xuande is really thirsty for talent, no wonder he can easily get the support of the Yuzhou family.

"Thank you Xuande Gong!" Liu Bei was so eager, Xi Zhicai simply changed his affectionate name. If Yuan Shao was suspicious of him because of this, but his lord was the eloquent Cao Cao, Cao Cao would not suspect his most relied on strategist because of this, so Xi Zhicai had no intention of avoiding suspicion.

Seeing that Xi Zhicai was no different, Liu Bei's heart sank, but his face was still enthusiastic: "I don't know why Zhicai came this time?" ”

Xi Zhicai smiled slightly, took out a piece of yellow silk from his sleeve, and looked at it, but it was a holy decree: "On the order of the Son of Heaven, I am here to announce the decree." ”

Liu Bei secretly hated in his heart, what a Cao Mengde, just got the Son of Heaven and gave me an edict, I want to see what kind of calculation you have.

Despite cursing Cao Cao constantly in his heart, Liu Bei still knelt down respectfully to accept the order.

Xi Zhicai calmly read out the holy decree that Cao Cao "suggested" Liu Cheng to draft, to the effect that he first rewarded Liu Bei, praised him for his achievements in coming to rescue him and being loyal to his duties, and named him the real imperial uncle according to the genealogy, and crowned him as the general of Zhengnan. Later, he said that now Chang'an is in turmoil, Li Guo and the two thieves have to be eliminated, Yuan Shu is ambitious, and the situation in Xiliang is undecided, and he is urgently needed to serve as an uncle of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei was quite happy at first, and he was instantly unhappy when he heard it, but the identity of the descendants of the Han family had just been corrected, and Liu Bei was reluctant and didn't dare to disobey the edict like this.

Although he was extremely angry in his heart, relying on his extraordinary qi cultivation skills and acting skills, Liu Bei easily suppressed the anger in his heart, and still accepted the holy decree with a respectful face, and said in a calm tone: "No! ”