Sun Ce won the battle and returned victorious, which should have been celebrated by the whole country, but some people in Wu State did not seem so cowardly, these people were naturally those nobles of the family, Sun Ce's methods of dealing with the family were quite cruel, anyway, he would kill if he didn't accept it, so he formed a lot of grudges.

Although the family is a big problem, and without the support of the family, it will be even more difficult to govern the place, but Zhou Yu has a way.

Zhou Yu's method is also very simple, that is, referring to Cao Xing's previous governance and annexation of the state, he got a lot of inspiration from Cao Xing's deeds of governing and merging the state, knowing how to appease the family, how to control power, how to make Wu's treasury more sufficient, so with Zhou Yu's assistance, Jiangdong quickly calmed down.

Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Wu and Wen, under the joint efforts of the two, Jiangdong quickly stabilized, gradually resumed production, and Jiangdong began to get better and better.

There is no longer the harassment of war on the Jiangdong side, and it is gradually calming, but the fact that they are calm there does not mean that others are also calm.

In the north of Jiangdong, there is the land in Yuzhou, which is now occupied by Cao Cao, Cao Cao now occupies Yanzhou Yizhou, and Xuzhou Sanzhou, the power is already very large, but there is another person's power, which is greater than Cao Cao, that is, Yuan Shao in the northernmost place, Yuan Shao occupies Youzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou.

In the ancient feudal society, the north has always been the main body of the economy, and most of the population is concentrated in the north, and the place in Jizhou has a large population, sufficient soldiers and horses, and there are many talents in the Three Kingdoms period, which are from that place in Jeju, so in comparison, Yuan Shao still has a huge advantage.

One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and in the couch, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have already faced each other invisibly. It is said that Zhao's intelligence organization has secretly infiltrated Wei many times, and often does some inexplicable things in Wei, anyway, those things are quite unfavorable to Wei, and it can be seen from this that the struggle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao has almost begun.

When Cao Xing received this secret report, his heart was full of surprise, in fact, before Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in history, Cao Cao also occupied the Si Li generation, but now the Si Li generation has been all occupied by Cao Xing, Yuan Shao also occupied the Bingzhou area, but the Bingzhou area was occupied by Cao Xing, Cao Xing also thought that because of its existence, these two historical heroes would not fight again, at least not so easily, I didn't expect a scene in history to be repeated after all, These two guys should still fight, is the battle of Guandu coming?

The Battle of Guandu was a famous battle in the state during the Three Kingdoms period, and it was also the earliest large-scale battle, which established Cao Cao's position as the overlord of the north.

In other words, if Cao Xing let it go, according to the trajectory of history, Cao Cao would swallow the three prefectures and counties occupied by Yuan Shao in one go, and expand to six counties at once, and Cao Cao would be the dominant family at that time.

Thinking of this, Cao Xuan naturally resolutely denied it, no matter whether this battle of Guandu was won by Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, it would be of no benefit to him Cao Xing, he would not watch either of the two of them become bigger, Cao Xuan felt that he had to intervene in it. Anyway, they won't be able to please both of them.

However, just when Cao Xuan was actively planning how to deal with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, suddenly, information came from Cao Xing's side, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had no chance to deal with Cao Xing, but there was a problem on his side first.

Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Liu Yan, the king of Shu in Yizhou, and Han Sui, the king of Liang in Liangzhou, sent troops to gather in Hanzhong.

This is the information submitted by Wei Yan on the front line, Cao Xuan couldn't help but squint his eyes when he saw this, Liu Yan is in Yizhou, Zhang Lu is in Hanzhong, if these two people have some connection, it seems to be reasonable, but this Han Sui is obviously in Xiliang, what are you doing here, so it is definitely a problem for these three people to gather together at this time.

Only half a month later, a relatively shocking news came from Hanzhong, Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong and proclaimed himself the king of Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu is also regarded as a prince in the middle of the world, occupying Hanzhong, and founded the Wudou Rice Sect, but because the territory is not very large, and he is not particularly keen on war, Zhang Lu has a feeling of peace and ease, which does not give people a deep impression, but now Zhang Lu's title is also strong enough.

Who is known as the king of Hanzhong in history, that is Liu Bang, this Zhang Lu actually got such a title for himself, isn't it implying that he is the reincarnation of Liu Bang, does he have such great ability?

On the surface, Zhang Lu called himself the king of Hanzhong, and also got the unanimous support of the king of Liang and the king of Shu, this matter is a little strange, but anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance what is going on, Zhang Lu has already called the king, his Hanzhong, next to the Qin State, he called the king of Hanzhong this time has only one purpose, to demonstrate to the Qin State.

At this point, basically everything is clear, Cao Xing doesn't know, when Zhang Lu Liu Yan, and Han Sui and the three of them got together, the three of them are together, and they are still very purposeful, as soon as they come, they point the finger at themselves, Cao Xing's heart is very puzzled.

A few days later, Jin Yiwei sent a piece of information to Cao Xing, relieving Cao Xing's doubts. In fact, these three people seem to be unable to fight together, but at this moment, they are united for no reason, and the reason is not without reason, the reason is from Cao Xing.

Cao Xing's birth has surprised many heroes of this era, and more importantly, Cao Xing has brought advanced knowledge and technology, and the empire he built is like an iron bucket, so he is eyeing Hanzhong next to him, how can Zhang Lu not panic, Cao Xing also emancipated his mind and distributed newspapers and other things, so that the people of Hanzhong can also understand what the real Qin State is like, whether it is as terrible as the legend, and whether it is a demon who kills people without blinking.

Everyone has a scale in their hearts, Zhang Lu's heart gradually panicked, the Qin State is so powerful, if you want to destroy him Zhang Lu, it is not a matter of minutes, the reason why Zhang Lu has been able to rely on a piece of land in Hanzhong and work hard to support until now is not all because of the sect he set up. There are many people who support it, and if the people's hearts are shaken, he will be truly finished, so Zhang Lu is worried every day.

happens to have the same worries as Zhang Lu, not just Zhang Lu, Liang Wang Han Sui, although he has cooperated with Cao Xuan for a period of time and opened the Silk Road, but then again, Liang Wang Han Sui has always been obsessed with Cao Xing, and that time to open the Silk Road, it was Cao Xing who was forced to come.

Han Sui also knew that Cao Xuan must not be allowed to develop like this, if it has been like this for a long time, I am afraid that he will not be able to divide Liangzhou with peace of mind, so he united with Zhang Lu, but Zhang Lu and Han Sui alone are not enough, what people didn't expect was that Liu Yan of Yizhou was also involved.

I don't know why, those Han clan relatives in the late Eastern Han Dynasty seem to have the same characteristics, that is, they just want to guard their own one-third of an acre, and are unwilling to do anything to the outside world, just like Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Liu Yan in Yizhou.

At that time, Liu Yan proposed to abolish Shi Limu, and in each state and county, the state pastor was directly promoted to the largest official army, and the political power was concentrated in one hand, so that it was basically a separation.

And Liu Yan's vision is also very unique, he picked the rich land of Yizhou, not to mention the fertile land, and even if there was chaos outside during the Three Kingdoms period, he did not go there, so he could enjoy happiness in his country of abundance.

But this time it was unusual, and he took the initiative to find Zhang Lu, you must know that before Cao Xing came, Zhang Lu and Liu Yan were also neighbors. The relationship between the neighbors is not too harmonious, Liu Yan calls Zhang Lu a rice thief, and often has a little friction with him, but this time, the two came together tacitly, and the reason is that Cao Xing is too strong.

Although Liu Yan is reluctant to be a gentleman to the outside world, but Liu Yan is half a military general no matter how he says, the former Liu Yan has also personally been on the battlefield and exterminated the Yellow Turban, so the strategic vision is still a little unique, Cao Xuan has already led his capital to Luoyang, and there is no heavy defense in Chang'an, it is estimated that it will not be long before Hanzhong will be defeated, and once Hanzhong is defeated, Shu will be in danger.

After understanding all this, Cao Xuan nodded, originally he also wanted to clean up these guys at the end, after all, they were not a big threat, but he didn't expect that these people would take the lead, in this case, Cao Xuan did not need to be polite.

Cao Xing immediately convened a military meeting to ask Jia Xu Fazheng and others for their opinions, and everyone was surprisingly unanimous.

Zhang Lu dared to be the king in Hanzhong, and in a place where Hanzhong had a big palm, he dared to call himself the king of Han, which was completely a provocation to the Qin State.

At the same time, Fa Zheng also gave a clearer reason, he told Cao Xing, if the princes are fighting today, Jiangdong has just been pacified and can't fight, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north have fallen into the open and secret fighting, of course, if Cao Xuan intervenes at this moment, he may be able to get a little benefit from it, but this is not a long-term solution.

Just because the relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is getting worse and worse, rotten to a certain extent, there will definitely be a big war, if Cao Xuan intervenes at this moment, although he can get some benefits some time ago, but if he accidentally angers either of them, it will make the relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao reconcile.

So the best way now is to transfer over and clean up Zhang Lu.

After listening to these analyses, Cao Xuan couldn't help but nodded, his own strategist really has a unique vision, since this is the case, Cao Xuan has nothing to hesitate, and immediately dispatched troops to prepare to send troops westward.

Under a letter from Cao Xing, the whole country was mobilized, this time Cao Xing was not going to fight a Zhang Lu, but a tripartite force, so all preparations must be ready, this time Cao Xing was going to have a large-scale battle, and it is said that after Zhang Lu heard the news, there was also some panic, with only his strength in Hanzhong, where could he do it over the Qin State.

However, even if Zhang Lu can't do it, he still has two cunning allies, Liangzhou is a little far away from here, and it doesn't seem to be easy for Han Sui to send troops over, but Han Sui is also very determined to fight Cao Xing, so he immediately promised. Let Zhang Lu and Liu Yan charge at ease in front, all the backup preparations will be made by him, anyway, it is to ask for money for money, for grain to give food, since Liangzhou opened up the road to the Western Regions, it has been several times more plural than before, and he Han Sui has no shortage of food there.

After receiving Han Sui's assurance, Zhang Lu and Liu Yan were also a little relieved, and it was time to prepare for defense.

A month later, Cao Xing's side was prepared, and a full 80,000 soldiers and horses were ready to go, among these 80,000 people, Chen Hu led 30,000 soldiers and horses as the vanguard, Gan Ning led 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Cao Xing personally led 40,000 soldiers and horses as the main force of the Chinese army.

Although it seems that there are only 80,000 people, but then again, Wei Yan still has 20,000 horses stationed there, so there are still a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, and 100,000 soldiers and horses are slaughtering towards Hanzhong, which is the largest war launched by Cao Xing in history.

When he heard that Cao Xing was crushed with 100,000 soldiers and horses, Zhang Luguo was really panicked, what kind of joke, he was a small man, and he could withstand the attack of a whole hundred thousand soldiers and horses, it was unrealistic at all.

In order to save the confidence of the Han king, Han Sui transported a large amount of grain from his Liangzhou without saying a word, and it is said that Han Sui's hand was very large, so large that these grains were enough to supply 100,000 soldiers and horses for two years.

And Liu Yan was also very powerful, sending 50,000 troops directly from his Shu State to help Zhang Lu with Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu's two allies are very powerful, so Zhang Lu has also regained a little confidence. He also used his sect to continuously recruit temporary troops in Hanzhong, and anyway, Zhang Lu finally gathered a full 100,000 soldiers and horses, and both sides had reached the point of parity, and the battle was about to break out.

When Cao Xuan arrived at the front line in Chang'an with his people, Cao Xuan immediately sent troops to find out what the situation was in Hanzhong, but the reply from Jinyiwei made Cao Xuan fall into deep thought.

Hanzhong can be regarded as the gateway of Shu, Liu Yan has always wanted to include Hanzhong in the bag, in the history of Liu Yan, throughout his life has not been able to include Hanzhong in the bag, for no other reason, the terrain of Hanzhong can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is Yangping Pass in the north, there is Xiameng Pass in the south, the two checkpoints are like barriers, the Hanzhong is surrounded by strict, as for the mountain roads on the east and west sides, it can be described as more rugged, and it is difficult to climb to the sky if you want to pass.