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Xi Zhicai has been paying attention to the dynamics.

At this time, he also felt that the opportunity had finally come.

Liu Bei then dispatched people to Shuchuan.

Then Sun Ce and Cao Ang must be allowed to take over some places, otherwise they won't be able to stop Zhang Ming.

Xi Zhicai seized the opportunity.

"Yun Chang, you take 30,000 people to attack according to the predetermined route."

"Zhang He, Yide, you two will take 50,000 people and set off from Nanyang to attract the enemy's attention head-on."

"Xu Rong."

"Gao Shun, Gao Yan."

Xi Zhicai began to assign offensive tasks.

They marched from several directions, in five directions.

In total, there are more than 200,000 troops, and many more are massed here.

Zhang Ming received the news in New Beiping City, a few days later.

"It's time for me to get out of the way."

Zhang Ming is finally about to attack.

"Let Zhang Liao and Zang Ba go, let them choose for themselves, whether they leave or stay, they are all at will, and a few Cao generals can't be released yet."

In the Battle of Shouchun City, a large number of Cao generals were captured.

Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan were also captured.

However, there is no need for Zhang Liao and Zang Ba to continue to be detained.

Who can these two people serve at this time?

They have always been Lu Bu's generals, and Lu Bu is dead.

And Lu Bu died voluntarily to fulfill his reputation.

It has nothing to do with Zhang Ming, and they don't have to hate Zhang Ming, Zhang Ming even arranged most of their old departments.

The army left behind by Lü Bu, except for a small number of people who volunteered to continue to serve in the army and were recruited into the army by Zhang Ming, the rest turned back into peasants.

Zhang Ming released two people, and now there is no need for these generals.

Zhang Ming didn't recruit them, if they were willing to join the army, of course Zhang Ming was very welcome.

But now, he has no shortage of generals.

Because, about to be unified, there will be no war in the world.

Not much army is needed.

Zhang Ming brought hundreds of people with him this time.

The road was very safe, and he didn't need to bring much troops.

Along the way, Zhang Ming and his army ran in the middle of the gallop at a very fast speed.

There were passers-by on either side, but they were separated by flower beds, and the common people were warned not to enter the middle road.

The two lanes in the middle can run quickly without worrying about pedestrians.

After running wildly for three days, Zhang Ming and the others arrived in Yecheng.

At this time, Yecheng was busy.

Zhang Ming saw that Yecheng had begun to be intensively built.

At the outermost level, the foundations of the walls have been dug and built into the ground.

In the city, several avenues began to be paved at the same time, and the whole city pattern was fixed first with avenues, straight or curved roads.

Repair the road first, so that the vehicles transporting goods can come and go well, and the area can also be demarcated, and each of them can build in the area without chaos.

Zhang Ming was not in a hurry to go to Jingzhou, but found Fu Zhu first.

"It's progressing well, and it's in good order, there's no mess."

"This is all planned by King Liao in the early stage, otherwise it wouldn't have been so smooth."

"Well, try to let the craftsmen work day and night if they can bear it, or invite more people and let them take turns resting."

"Yes, King Liao."

It is good for everyone that Yecheng is established as soon as possible and value is generated early.

"Yecheng, if it is completed as soon as possible, it will be able to restore its former prosperity as soon as possible, as long as it takes a few years, Yecheng must be prosperous."

The population of Yecheng is now scattered, and Yecheng has no population now.

However, its geographical conditions are good, and there will be several main roads passing through, and when the time comes, a group of people will be relocated first, and then they will rely on their own development.

After arriving in Yecheng, Zhang Ming continued to go south, this time to Luoyang.

At this time, Luoyang City has also started.

Now on the construction site in Luoyang City, there are about 100,000 people busy.

More than 70,000 yuan were directly invested in construction, and about 30,000 years were auxiliary.

Such as cooking and so on.

100,000 people on the construction site, very busy.

At this time, the ruins of Luoyang were still being cleaned up.

But it's basically cleaned up.

The next step is to start construction.

Someone has already started digging the foundation.

Zhang Ming called Chen Yang.

"Chen Yang, this Luoyang City will be handed over to you, build a Xiongcheng for Lao Tzu."

Chen Yang is happy, after it is built, he will be able to go down in history.

The city of Luoyang was built under his auspices.

"Yes, my lord, I must build a heroic city."

Looking at Chen Yang's happy appearance, Zhang Ming said, "Now, what are the difficulties? ”

"There is basically no difficulty, as long as the money and food are in place in time, these people are very willing to work."

"Well, you can pull some fruits, meat, and wine to sell, these people have money, work all day, people will be tired, let them spend properly."

Zhang Ming gives enough money and has an income every day.

It's all paid on time, and no one dares to deduct it, so they have money in their hands.

Although, on the construction site, the food is full, but it is normal for them to want to buy something else to eat if they have money.

Here, working day and night is also very grinding.

There is no war here, and when they rest, they can drink a little to relieve their fatigue.

"My lord, there is an army here, and the army is forbidden to drink."

That's right, the army forbids alcohol.

Zhang Ming said: "They are exceptional, don't ask why they are exceptional." ”

"In addition, you can also invite some storytellers to tell them books, or read newspapers or something."

Entertainment is also very important, working here day and night, although there is food, drink and money, but also tired.

So, at this time, if there is a way to have fun, they are also very willing to relax.

Zhang Ming didn't want anyone to have any bad consequences because of long-term fatigue.

Chen Yang wrote them down one by one, although he didn't think so, but Zhang Ming's orders, he would still resolutely carry them out.

Around Luoyang, some people have gradually gathered.

Many also ran out after Dong Zhuo's death.

Gather around the village to form a village.

It's just a village, but as long as the city is built, they can come back.

The land around Luoyang will also be allocated to them.

Luoyang, although Zhang Ming will not be the national capital in the future, he will also be the accompanying capital, and he will come here from time to time to live for a while.

Luoyang's status is irreplaceable in a short period of time.

Therefore, Zhang Ming needs to be slowly excessive.

After leaving Luoyang, Zhang Ming continued all the way south.

The road was much slower, because there was no road yet.

At this time, Xi Zhicai had already commanded the army to kill it.

It was the time when the two armies were handed over, and at this time Liu Bei's army was in a hurry to leave.

Because there has been progress in Shuchuan.

Just enough to occupy Shuchuan.

However, his soldiers and horses retreated, and Sun Ce and Cao Ang's soldiers and horses had not yet fully entered, and at this time, Xi Zhicai led a large army to kill them.

Then, at this time, Liu Bei's army had just left.

Are they going or staying?

The general who led him suddenly became confused.

Liu Bei was on the front line, and the order given to them was to evacuate immediately and join him, and here, Zhang Ming's army was killed.

At this time, Sun Ce's soldiers and horses had not yet fully reached their positions.

Taking advantage of this gap, Xi Zhi broke through several of their original defenses.

Jingzhou's army never thought that it would be like this.

Suddenly, the five-way army drove straight in.

until he encountered Sun Ce and Cao Ang's soldiers and horses.

At this time, Cao Ang was with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, and Cheng Yu and others were also there.

"The original strategy has changed, I didn't expect Xi Zhicai to choose such a good timing to send troops, and now we have lost a lot of defenses, and we have to reformulate our plans."

Cao Ang said.

Cao Ang was very pessimistic in his heart, he never thought that he could block Zhang Ming's attack.

Sun Ce's heart was also gloomy, no one expected it to be like this.

"With a few mountains, we can still block the attack." Sun Ce said.

It turned out that it was useless to defend the city, otherwise they still had Xiangyang City to resist.

However, Shouchun City failed to block the attack, and everyone did not think that Xiangyang could.

Otherwise, if you keep Xiangyang, you will be able to keep most of Jingzhou.

However, it is not possible.

At this time, they could only be stationed in front of a few mountains to block Xi Zhicai's military peak.

Xi Zhicai attacked all the way and had already killed in front of them.

And Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, part of them didn't go, but part of them left.

At this time, they also had hundreds of thousands of troops on all three sides.

After Xi Zhicai arrived, he did not rush to attack, but gathered his army.

"Go and let Wu Hou and Cao Ang Gongzi come out and speak."

After Xi Zhi arrived, he shouted in front of the mountain and asked people to come out.

Waited for half an hour.

Sun Ce and Cao Ang all appeared.

"The two of them, in Xia Xizhicai, were ordered by the King of Liao to take over Jingzhou."

Sun Ce and Cao Ang glanced at each other.

Take over.

Yes, the word takeover is used.

Now, to give Sun Ce face, he didn't mention it to ask for them.

Once they refuse, the next step is to requisition.

"Xi Zhicai, you are not qualified to talk to me like this, let the King of Liao come by himself." Sun Ce can't weaken his aura, otherwise this battle will be even more difficult to fight.

"No, my lord is on his way here, I have to explain the situation to you first."

Xi Zhicai doesn't care whether they agree or not.

said directly: "My lord, it is very resolute to take Jingzhou, Shuchuan and Changsha County. ”

"The world must be unified, and my lord has also made a grand wish, only unification will be called the emperor, so he will do whatever it takes to unify this Chinese country."

"And you, there is no point in resisting, you can only live and suffer."

"In the end, there is still nothing, and now if they can reconcile, my lord can also give them a good place to go, you have many choices, and even the possibility of being king outside the territory."

"But if you continue to resist, my lord has never been a good-natured man."

"Now, my lord is hurrying up, and the time limit is before my lord comes, and if my lord arrives, we will attack immediately."

Xi Zhicai is issuing an ultimatum.

With that, he left.

Cao Ang and Sun Ce went back with a heavy heart.

After returning home, they each went to their own army.

Cao Ang called a few Cao generals, as well as Cheng Yu, Li Dian, Le Jin and others.

"Now, there are only these mountains left in Jingzhou's barrier, and after passing these mountains, you can only rely on the city."

"However, with Zhang Ming's strength, no city can stop it."

Cao Ang calmly narrated, and after speaking, he looked at the crowd, and then said, "Everyone, what suggestions do you have?" ”

Cheng Yu was not optimistic, he originally thought that he could rule by rowing the river, but Zhang Ming didn't think so at all.

Now, Zhang Ming has gathered his army here.

"Eldest son, I'm afraid we can't stop it, we can only do our best."

Cheng Yu also lacks skills, and the terrain here is not very dangerous.

Zhang Ming wants to attack, and he can completely fight in, but the casualties are a little bigger.

"My father and uncles have fulfilled me with their lives, but my little nephew can't keep this inheritance."

Cheng Yu said: "The eldest prince, the lord did not pass the throne to you, just because he wanted you to continue to live, the lord had already expected this day, and he did not pass the throne to you in order to protect you." ”

Cao Ang nodded.

And Sun Ce's side is also quite entangled.

He studied with Zhou Yu.

"Gongjin, is there really no way?"

Zhou Yu studied it carefully.

"We can't stop it, we will block it for three months at most, kill and wound 100,000 of their soldiers and horses, and then we must retreat."

Zhou Yu said to Sun Ce after studying it.

"How's that good?"

"Two ways."

Sun Ce sat down and didn't let Zhou Yu say it.

There are two ways, one is definitely surrender.

"Whew, you name it."

"First, naturally Zhang Ming was lowered to protect the Sun family."

And this second.

"The second is to enter Sichuan and resist Zhang Ming with Liu Bei."

"However, once Zhang Ming does not attack Shuchuan, Liu Bei will find a way to kill you, and at the same time, we will also find a way to kill Liu Bei, and Shuchuan can only have one king."

Sun Ce was suddenly in a dilemma.

If you surrender directly, the Sun family will definitely be saved, and you will have a good life.

And entering the river, there are many dangers.

At the beginning, Liu Bei must have happily accepted him.

But there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and soon they will attack each other.

If you lose, there is nothing, and the whole family is slaughtered.

If you win, you can still occupy Shuchuan and continue to develop.

"Shuchuan, can't Zhang Ming attack it?"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "There is no place that can't be defeated, Zhang Ming's subordinates are full of talents, there are many capable people, and it is difficult to resist in Shuchuan." ”

"However, the number of days is reincarnated, and there may be an accident on Zhang Ming's side, such as the explosion of Qin, and then we will have the possibility of fighting back."

Having said that, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce didn't believe it in their hearts.

Zhang Ming is indeed very happy, repairing the road and repairing the city, Zhang Ming is the best.

However, when the war was fought, Zhang Ming cultivated and did not make a little mess.

If we don't wait for a war, will there still be chaos?

Zhang Mingjian gave money to the people.

When you have enough money and food, you can do these jobs yourself.

The two also learned about some of Zhang Ming's methods.

"Fight, fight first, take one step at a time."

Sun Ce still decided to fight.

It was too uncomfortable to make him surrender.

He didn't want to escape, he fled to Shuchuan, either to be Liu Bei's subordinate, or to fight him to the death.

To be Liu Bei's subordinate, it is better to surrender to Zhang Ming.

Sun Ce decided to keep fighting.

After all, let him surrender, and the proud Sun Ce can't do it.

Beat.

Cao Ang also chose to continue fighting.

Let's talk about it if we lose.

Although the chances of winning are not high.

Both began to prepare aggressively.

A few mountains were in front of them, and everyone had already set them up.

More than 100,000 troops were stationed here.

This time it was different from in Yanzhou.

They did not go far from the base.

The city is not far away, and you can rely on the grain and grass in the city.