"What? Liu Cong wants to negotiate peace? Zhang Lu didn't expect that when he sent troops to fish in troubled waters, he knew that he would definitely offend Liu Cong. It's just that I didn't expect that now that Liu Cong has the advantage, he will take the initiative to negotiate peace. What is Liu Cong's idea?

"Lord, now that Cao Cao is in Chang'an, if we consume it with Liu Cong at Baishui Pass, not only will we not get cheap, but Cao Cao will also send troops south at any time. So it's a good thing to negotiate peace at this time! When the military advisor Yan Pu heard Zhang Song's intention, he suggested to Zhang Lu to accept the peace.

"Yes, my lord, the general of Zhengnan now occupies Jingzhou and Yizhou, and there are many generals, so it is not wise to confront them with the land of a county in Hanzhong. Besides, Cao Cao is eyeing him, and our future enemy should be Cao Cao, not Liu Cong......" Yang Song obviously accepted Zhang Song's gift, so he tried his best to help Liu Cong speak.

"But Liu Cong seized my city and killed my general, is it over?"

Zhang Lu actually vaguely felt that Liu Cong's initiative to negotiate peace was a good thing for Hanzhong, but he still couldn't get down in face, and he sent troops to attack Baishui Pass in the name of retaking the city and avenging Yang Ang.

"My lord, this is the time! At the beginning, Liu Cong was invited by Liu Zhang to enter Shu, and he helped Liu Zhang deal with us. Now that Er Liu has turned his back, Liu Zhang has been expelled from Yizhou. Our festival with Liu Cong can also be put on hold temporarily......" Yan Pu purely stood in the perspective of a strategist, he knew that if Zhang Wei and Ma Chao marched at the same time, there was still a chance of victory, and now that Ma Chao had retreated, Liu Cong personally led the army to Jiameng, and Zhang Wei's men and horses could not help Liu Cong.

"Zhang Taishou, my father-in-law said, as long as Zhang Taishou is willing to give up his previous suspicions. My lord is willing to work with Zhang Taishou to resist Cao Cao......" Zhang Song listened to Zhang Lujun's discussion on the side, and lost no time in interjecting.

"This ......"

"Zhang Taishou, now Cao Cao is in trouble, my lord is a member of the Han family, and the younger brother of the current Han Emperor. He was appointed to govern Yizhou and Jingzhou. Sooner or later, the army will enter the Central Plains Kuangfu Han Room! Zhang Taishou is a great Han courtier, there is no reason to go against my lord......"

Zhang Song immediately put on the righteousness again, in fact, everyone present understood very well that the so-called righteousness was just an excuse for the princes to crusade against their opponents.

But what Zhang Song said is not false, Liu Cong is a relative of the Han family, and everyone knows it! As for the younger brother of today's son, no one cares, because the Son of Heaven himself is difficult to protect! But this identity is a big banner for Liu Cong. Kuang Fu Han room, Qing Jun side......

Zhang Lu fell into deep thought after hearing this, he wanted to fish in troubled waters, but he was definitely not ready to go toe-to-toe with Liu Cong. Zhang Song's words hide needles in the cotton. There is also a taste of warning Zhang Lu. The subtext is that my lord owns Jingzhou and Yizhou, and you just occupy a county in Hanzhong and fight against my lord for a long time, can you afford it?

Zhang Lu, you can become one of the separatist warlords in the late Han Dynasty, naturally he has his advantages. He was the tenth grandson of Zhang Liang, the Marquis of the Western Han Dynasty. The grandson of Zhang Ling, the master of the Wudou Rice Dao. The word Gongqi (a "public flag"), Pei Guofeng (now Feng County, Jiangsu) people. After Zhang Ling's death, his son Zhang Heng followed his steps. Heng died, and Zhang Lu succeeded as the leader. His mother is good at health, "has little tolerance", "and coerces ghosts", and goes back and forth to Yizhou Mu Liu Yan's house.

He gained trust through his mother's relationship with Liu Yan's family. In the second year of the early peace of the Eastern Han Dynasty (191), Liu Yan appointed him as the governor of Sima, and together with Sima Zhang Xiu of other departments, he led troops to attack Hanzhong Taishou Sugu. After Zhang Xiu killed Su Gu, Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu again and captured his soldiers. Liu Yan died, and his son Liu Zhang took his place, and Zhang Lu did not obey his dispatch and killed Lu's mother's family.

Zhang Lu then seized Hanzhong, educated the people with the "Five Buckets of Rice Dao", and established a regime that integrated politics and religion. In history, Zhang Lu was in Hanzhong, because of the attack on Zhang Xiu's teachings, and "added decorations". Self-proclaimed "Shijun". Those who come to learn the Tao are called "ghost pawns" at first, and they are believed in by the Tao, so they are called "sacrificial wine", and all the leaders and subordinates; Those who lead a large number are "the head of the great sacrifice wine". There are no chiefs, and local government affairs are managed with sacrificial wine.

Inheriting the teachings of his ancestors, the people are honest and do not deceive, so that the sick will surrender themselves; The offender is lenient three times, and if he repeats the offense, then the punishment is increased; If it is a minor offense, then build a hundred steps of the road to atone for your sins. In accordance with the "Lunar Decree", slaughter is forbidden in spring and summer when all things grow, and it is forbidden to drink alcohol. He also founded the righteous house, which included righteous rice and meat for passers-by to eat for free, and declared that if he obtained too much, he would offend the ghosts and gods and become ill.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a swarm of males swarmed, social turmoil, and many people fled to the relatively stable Hanzhong area, such as tens of thousands of people from Guanxi who fled to Hanzhong from the Meridian Valley. Zhang Lu also had the support of the leaders of the Bayi ethnic minority, Du Hao, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, and others. He adopted a policy of leniency to rule Hanzhong, and "the people were happy". "Those who are sent to their places do not dare not be disrespected." Goto Mido expanded its influence with the power of the regime.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Taoist sect taught the Taiping Dao by Zhang Jiao, and the Wudou Rice Dao preached by Zhang Ling and Zhang Lu's ancestors. Five buckets of rice Taoist believers enter the Tao, and they only need to pay five buckets of rice. Zhang Lu has been in Hanzhong for more than 20 years, has many believers, and has become a powerful separatist force in the late Han Dynasty. Zhang Lu is good at preaching, and he is much worse at fighting. He also knew that Liu Cong was brave and good at fighting, and now after the persuasion of so many people, he is also shaken!

Coupled with the continuous persuasion of Yan Pu, Yang Song and others, Zhang Lu finally agreed to reconcile with Liu Cong, and asked Zhang Song to bring back a large number of gifts to Liu Cong, and then Zhang Wei withdrew his troops from Baishui Pass. Liu Cong also left only Yan Yan to continue to garrison Baishui Pass, and the defenders left 20,000. The others returned to Jia Meng.

Cao Cao heard that Liu Cong and Zhang Lu were negotiating peace, and the large army that had planned to go south stayed in Chang'an for two months before returning to Xuchang. Re-target Koto Sun Quan! In Cao Cao's opinion, Ma Chao and Zhang Lu are not afraid, and Cao Cao doesn't want to force these two people to be in a hurry, especially Ma Chao. Cao Cao had already killed Ma Teng and wiped out the three clans. If Ma Chao is in a hurry, it is very likely that he will surrender Liu Cong!

So far, a year and a half has passed since Liu Cong entered Shu, and the time soon came to September of the seventeenth year of Jian'an. The land of Shuzhong unexpectedly reaped a bumper harvest again, and Liu Cong, who occupied Yizhou, began to fight hard because of the huge wealth left by Liu Zhang, and recruited new soldiers in Yizhou.

Liu Cong still followed the Jingzhou model and set up an infantry battalion in Zitong, led by Wei Yan. A new infantry battalion was set up in Chengdu, due to the ban on command. The scale of Chengdu camp is 20,000, and the scale of Zitong camp is 30,000. The troops and horses led by Zhang Renbu were reduced, and the three counties of Jianning, Yunnan and Yongchang were located in remote areas and in barbarian areas, and each county left 5,000 soldiers. The rest were stationed between Ba County and Shu County, and Zhang Ren continued to lead them.

According to this setting, after the construction of the two large battalions, the entire Yizhou plus the counties will have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses! However, compared to the millions of people in Yizhou, it can still afford it normally. This is also the reason why many princes covet Yizhou! Yizhou is vast, densely populated and rich, and in the future, it will become a big rear for Liu Cong to compete with Cao Cao and Sun Quan!

Pang Tong remained in Zitong as the military advisor and supervisor of the Wei Yan Department. Liu Cong himself took Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, Fa Zheng and others to prepare to return to Jingzhou. When passing by Shangyong, Liu Cong specially took Bu Liuming to Jingzhou together, and Huang Zu's son Huang Shot was promoted to Shangyong Taishou.

The reason why Liu Cong brought Bu Liuming with him was to let him show up and go to Jiangdong to create chaos when necessary.

Before leaving, Wu Lan brought Huang Quan, Wu Yi and others to Jiameng. For these enemy generals who dared to resist stubbornly, Liu Cong did not relent, and still relied on Huang Quan to intercede, Liu Cong was not moved. Huang Quan even said that he was willing to be a slave and a servant...... Liu Cong remembered the situation in history when Li Mi surrendered to Li Yuan. This Huangquan ambition is not lost to Li Mi, and once he escapes, he will definitely cause trouble in Yizhou.

So, soon Huang Quan and others were executed! Although Wu Lan promised Huang Quan to exchange the treasure for his life, there was an agreement between Huang Quan and Wu Lan at that time.

In this way, in the past two years, Liu Cong had 20,000 elite soldiers into Shu, and there were still 20,000 horses when he returned to Jingzhou. And the temporary emptiness in Jingzhou caused by Liu Cong's entry into Shu and Zhuge Liang's transfer of troops finally restored the situation of peace and stability. Liu Cong's men, together with the soldiers of Yizhou and Jingzhou, combined with nearly 200,000 horses. At least compared to Cao Cao's first southern expedition, if Cao Cao marches south, Liu Cong will be much more calm!

It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao targeted the relatively weak Sun Quan for the next expedition, and in Cao Cao's view, Liu Cong had just captured Yizhou, and the remaining prestige was still alive and morale was high! And Cao Cao repeatedly missed the opportunity to march south, and Xuchang was further divided internally!

In October of this year, a major event happened in Xuchang, Cao Cao was no longer satisfied with the prime minister, and carried the Duke of Wei and Jiuxi!

Cao Cao's heart was exposed, which also worsened the relationship between Cao Cao and Xun Yu, who was already a little detached! Xun Yu was determined to be in Wang Zuo, and he did his best to assist Cao Cao and recommended countless talents to Cao Cao. But the starting point of everything in Xun Yu is just to restore the Han Dynasty! Now Cao Cao is not satisfied with controlling the government, and the prime minister is already under one person and above ten thousand.

Cao Cao ascended to the Duke of Wei, in Xun Yu's view, this is undoubtedly a usurpation of the throne! This is unacceptable to Xun Yu! So both privately and publicly. Xun Yu resolutely opposed Cao Cao's advancement. is even more angry at the initiator Dong Zhao! This made Cao Cao very embarrassed, and Dong Zhao and others seized the opportunity to take the position and squeeze out Xun Yu.

Liu Cong is a traverser, and he was also very embarrassed after hearing the news that Cao Cao wanted to enter the Duke of Wei, Cao Cao was grasping his usurpation step by step, but he couldn't stop it. And according to historical records, in this year, Cao Cao was dissatisfied with Xun Yu, and the two finally parted ways. And Xun Yu died unexpectedly! Is there a way to rescue Xun Yu for himself?

When Liu Cong told Fa Zheng his thoughts, Fa Zheng was also surprised by Liu Cong's bold idea! Xun Yu's talent, Fa Zheng has also heard of it, but Xun Yu is far away in Xuchang, which is Cao Cao's base camp, Xun Yu is also one of Cao Cao's humerus, Cao Cao would rather let Xun Yu die than let him assist others!