Under everyone's expectant gaze, Qin Hua did not fall because of the sudden crisis, but quickly calmed down the internal trouble.

Cao Cao had a recurrence of his head wind and fainted directly.

Liu Biao was sick in bed because of fright.

The rest of the princes beat their chests and stomped their feet.

Only Jiangdong Sun Ce was not afraid at all, and he began to step up his conquest of those Jiangdong forces that opposed him, hoping to establish a perfect line of defense before Qin Hua stabilized the interior.

But what Sun Ce didn't know was that the biggest catastrophe of his life was quietly approaching.

Since coming to the Three Kingdoms, Qin Hua has relied on his understanding of the historical process to advance step by step.

He knew that at this point in time, there were three of his biggest enemies, one was Yuan Shao, who had a million-strong army going south, Cao Cao, who was a hero in troubled times, and the other was his own internal family.

Now that the three major enemies have all been eliminated, Qin Hua finally no longer needs to hide his strength, and he can expose his ambitions without any scruples.

After quelling the rebellion of the family, Qin Hua immediately returned to Chang'an.

Now Liu Xie has no prestige at all, and he only has the title of emperor left.

At the behest of Qin Hua, Liu Xie issued an edict to make Qin Hua regent in the name of his youth, and he had full authority to handle everything.

Now Liu Xie is not only actually a puppet, but also nominally a puppet.

The first thing Qin Hua did after the regency was to imprison his father, as the "mastermind" of the family rebellion, Qin Huang was imprisoned in the Qin family mansion in Wuwei, along with his youngest son Qin Fei.

At the same time, Qin Hua carried out a purge of the families involved in the rebellion.

Although there was no blood shedding, there were nearly a thousand beheadings alone, and countless people were exiled to the border.

The family forces under Qin Hua's command were gone, and they could no longer influence the decisions Qin Hua made.

Originally, this kind of large-scale purge of the family's forces would inevitably be resisted by the world's families, but now in the name of rebellion, Qin Hua is justified in doing this.

After this was done, Qin Hua sent the emperor's edict to the major powers, demanding that they submit.

Of course, Qin Hua didn't think that these people would directly choose to surrender, he just laid the groundwork for the future crusade.

After Qin Hua digested the newly acquired states, he could choose the object he wanted to crusade against according to this edict.

Disrespecting the king's order can basically directly define rebellion, and what better way to do it than this article in the name of crusade.

However, what Qin Hua didn't expect was that the first messenger to be sent was actually Cao Cao.

Cao Cao not only expressed his willingness to surrender, but also asked to resign from the position of general, degraded himself as a pastor of Qingzhou, and only wanted to keep Qingzhou.

Regarding Cao Cao's recital, Qin Hua was a little undecided, whether to take Cao Cao in one fell swoop.

There are not many princes left now, but the one that Qin Hua fears the most is undoubtedly Cao Cao.

If you crusade against Cao Cao now, the best result is to directly exterminate Cao Cao's forces, and the rest only needs to be slowly exterminated.

But there may also be another situation, that is, when he exterminated Cao Cao, he encountered stubborn resistance, and at the same time, other princes formed a coalition to attack him, in that case, even if he was victorious, it would cause great losses, which was unacceptable to Qin Hua.

He didn't just want to simply unify the world, if the population of the Han people decreased dramatically because of these wars, then the next five random flowers would be counted on Qin Hua's head.

Qin Hua remembered reading an article before, which said that the population of the Han Dynasty exceeded 50 million during the heyday of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was still registered, and the total number of black households may be more than 60 million.

However, at the end of the Three Kingdoms, the total population of the Three Kingdoms was only about 10 million, and the population decreased by eighty percent.

Cao Cao is not only difficult to beat, but he also has a large number of talents under his command.

After being a sovereign for so many years, Qin Hua knew that there would never be too many talents, and they would never be enough, and it would be a pity if he lost a large number of talents because of the war.

So Qin Hua decided to use Huairou's way to deal with Cao Cao and the others.

The envoys of the various princes continued to enter Chang'an City, except for a few who refused forcefully such as Yuan Shang, most of them chose to surrender, but they were only verbal, and did not have the slightest actual action, and their envoys all asked to retain their status, territory and army.

Two of these cookie-cutter responses stand out.

One is Yuan Tan, who hopes that Qin Hua can help him defeat Yuan Shang, and then he will surrender.

There is also a Zhang Xiu, who hopes that Qin Hua can send troops to defeat Liu Biao and help his uncle avenge it.

Zhang Xiu even said that he was willing to come to Chang'an as a hostage, as long as Qin Hua could keep his promise.

However, before this, Qin Hua still had a problem to deal with, there was a hero among the Xianbei people, and his name was Kebineng.

Although Kebineng has not yet unified Xianbei, his power is already very strong.

He also saw that the internal conquests of the Han Dynasty were continuous, and this time Yuan Shao's million-strong army went south, which would inevitably deal a heavy blow to other princes, and now was a good opportunity to steal benefits.

So this time, the Xianbei people sent a total of 300,000 troops under the leadership of Kebineng, and Han Sui was still defeated with the support of Qin Hua's 50,000 troops, and suffered several defeats in a row.

Jia Xu knows more about Xianbei's information, and he is not in a hurry after receiving the emergency report from the state.

Qin Hua, who wanted to send a large army to attack Xianbei, suggested: "The Xianbei people are just here to take advantage this time, they know that the Central Plains is in turmoil, and they think that with Yuan Shao as an ally, they can be unscrupulous. The reason why these people are still merging states now is just because they don't know that Yuan Shao has been defeated. ”

"Wen He means that as long as I inform them that Yuan Shao is dead, these people will retire from the army on their own?"

"That's naturally impossible, the Xianbei people are tigers and wolves, how can they send 300,000 people to retreat so easily this time."

"Isn't that going to be an army?"

"It's going to be an army, but there's no need to fight. Now our army is short of food and grass, and there is not much left in the battle of Guandu, which cannot support long-term operations. The lord only needs to let General Wen Yuan command 500,000 troops to go to Bingzhou, and when he sees the arrival of our army, with Ke Bineng's knowledge, he must know that he can't take advantage of this time, and then tell him the news of Yuan Shao's defeat, and the Xianbei people will naturally retreat. ”

"Half a million?"

Qin Hua's current regular army is only more than 300,000, where can he make up so much.

"This time it's just to intimidate the Xianbei people, not a real war, the lord can incorporate the military captives into the army, more than 500,000 is enough. It can also be used to co-opt these people. Now it's different from the past, it's just that the original Qin army is no longer enough. ”

"So let's do it."

"By the way, how's the plague thing resolved?"