It's November, and the temperature in Hanzhong is extremely low, and the feeling of dampness and coldness is always entwined around, making people feel very uncomfortable, as if they are about to burrow into people's bodies.

This time to capture Hanzhong, basically there is no big war, relatively peaceful acceptance of Hanzhong, both the economy and people's livelihood, are relatively intact, theoretically speaking, this is a good thing, especially the abundant money and grain in the treasury, enough for Liu Bei's army, but in Liu Yi's eyes, the entire Hanzhong is in a state of ruin.

It was not easy to show his strength, he didn't have to be tied up like when he was in Jingzhou, and the money was enough, since Zhang Lu had not surrendered, Liu Yi walked around the two ends of the three days to check the terrain and landforms, especially in the direction of Meridian Valley, Liu Yi ran no less than ten times during this time.

200 million funds were finally successfully leveraged by Liu Yi from Liu Bei 130 million, in Liu Yi's point of view, these money naturally cannot be invested in the construction of the meridian road at once, he needs to use the best materials, so all kinds of factories must be picked up first, which will take a lot of time, and when these factories can be operated, the siege will officially begin, but the initial excavation work has begun, Liu Yi is busy with his feet not touching the ground during this time, basically preparing for the plank road in the Meridian Valley, and he has to build a checkpoint at the other end, and the construction of the meridian road is not as good as the previous road from Jiamengguan to Nanzheng, although there are some simple plank roads and paths, but basically no one walks.

According to Liu Yi's plan, even if the Meridian Road is completed, it must not be opened immediately, at least it must be opened after all the places of Xiliang Sanfu fall into the hands, but it is best to build it now, and when the time comes, it will also be convenient for Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong to have enough understanding of this road, and then allocate troops, don't be like this attack on Hanzhong, the two sides have a time error, and they almost fell short.

In short, Liu Yi was very busy during this time, but Liu Bei's investment has gradually taken effect, and now he can see all kinds of different manor towns in Hanzhong more frequently, and the whole Hanzhong seems to be able to feel the hot atmosphere, and at the same time, various temples have also been established, and Hanzhong is gradually restoring stability, and Liu Bei's foundation is constantly consolidated.

However, compared to the stability on Liu Bei's side, for the princes, the news that Zhang Lu announced the surrender of Liu Bei at the end of October was not good news.

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Yecheng, Tongque Terrace.

When Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong, he was obviously distracted for a moment.

Xun Yu looked at the bamboo slips silently, Cheng Yu beside him frowned and stood up, bowed to Cao Cao and said: "Prime Minister, Liu Bei has Hanzhong, and he will return to the division to capture Yizhou. Although Liu Bei won Hanzhong, but its foundation is in Jingzhou, if you can't go down to Yizhou, it will be difficult to take care of the end, and you will give up a place, but if you let it win Yizhou, then Liu Bei will also be the land of the two states, and it is bound to be in danger of three auxiliaries! ”

Cao Cao didn't know this truth, but the land of Hanzhong was easy to defend and difficult to attack, with the solidity of mountains and rivers, and Liu Bei seized the opportunity, even if he counterattacked Yizhou, with the danger of Hanzhong, only one general could defend Hanzhong.

......After closing his eyes and pondering for a moment, Cao Cao suddenly opened his eyes and said, "This time, I should go to Hanzhong!" Ordered Cao Hong to transfer Luoyang's troops to Chang'an to converge, defeat Ma Chao as soon as possible, and prepare to go to Hanzhong. ”

Sitting down, Zhong Xuan's expression moved, looked at Cao Cao and bowed and said: "Prime Minister, Ma Chao is already poor, why not postpone the attack and ask that Ma Chao to attack Hanzhong?" ”

Someone wondered: "That Ma Chao regards the prime minister as an enemy, how can he be willing to obey the prime minister's orders?" ”

"Ma Chao and Zhang Lu have a friendship, this time to plunder Xiliang, Zhang Lu also sent troops to help, now most of the land of Xiliang has been recaptured, although Ma Chao is not defeated at this time, but its foundation has been lost, if Liu Bei waved his troops to counterattack Yizhou, someone persuaded Ma Chao to take Hanzhong first as the foundation, you think, how will Ma Chao choose?" Zhong Xuan smiled.

With Ma Chao's temperament, seeing that it is profitable and can get a place to build a foundation, I am afraid that he will not hesitate to agree.

When the ministers heard this, they all nodded silently in agreement, and Zhong Xuan smiled: "Regardless of whether Ma Chao can capture Hanzhong, our army can slowly transfer troops, and when both sides are tired, they will send troops again, and Hanzhong can go down in a battle." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he stroked his palms and smiled: "Good! ”

Just as he was about to give the order, Zhijin Wu Jia Xu suddenly said: "Yuan Changgong's plan is quite good, but wouldn't it be better if he could send someone to persuade Sun Quan to send troops?" ”

"This ......" Cheng Yu looked at Jia Xu suspiciously: "Then Sun and Liu have an alliance, how can Sun Quan attack Liu Bei?" ”

Jia Xu didn't answer, just took a sip of the Chinese wine, and said with a smile: "In the past, when the princes fought against Dong, the princes were also allies. ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized how strong the momentum was when they were discussing Dong, but what was the final result? The princes intrigued, and later attacked each other, how could they have the appearance of half an ally.

Zhong Xuan squinted his eyes and smiled: "What Brother Wenhe said is good, Prime Minister, Sun-Liu Alliance, but forced by the power of the Prime Minister, and at that time Sun-Liu Alliance, Liu Bei was a vassal of Sun Quan, and now Liu Bei first got Jingzhou, and then Hanzhong, if Liu Bei gets Yizhou, this strength and weakness will inevitably be reversed, then Sun Quan may not be willing to sit and watch Liu Bei grow, the Prime Minister can send an envoy to Jiangdong, form an alliance with Sun Quan, and allow him to concurrently herd the power of Jingzhou and discuss Liu Bei!" ”

The princes are in dispute, where are the allies to speak of, in the end, it is still interests, Liu Bei and Sun Quan formed an alliance for the sake of interests, and now Liu Bei is strong, and Cao Cao and Sun Quan are also feasible.

"Good!" Cao Cao smiled when he heard this: "But I don't know who is willing to go to Jiangdong on behalf of Gu?" ”

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Jingzhou, Public Security.

When Zhuge Liang received the news of Hanzhong's victory, his face couldn't help but change slightly.

"It's a good thing that the lord has to take Hanzhong this time, why did the military advisor change color?" Ma Liang looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously.

"If it's just for Yizhou, it's a good thing." Zhuge Liang picked up the feather fan on the table and fanned it silently, the cold wind blew his beard, Zhuge Liang closed his eyes and pondered: "But it also prematurely exposed the heart of the lord to benefit the state, and the thief must have a move, even ......"

In the end, Zhuge Liang was silent, what would Jiangdong do when he got this news?

Putting down the feather fan, Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Liang and said: "Quickly pass on my military order, order General Yide to go to Yueyang to garrison, Changsha and Guiyang counties are all dispatched by General Yide, there must be no mistake, and in addition, Zilong is ordered to go to Jiangling to assist Yunchang in garrisoning." ”

"Strategist, have you been overly concerned?" Ma Liang said, but the movements in his hands were not slow, and he quickly made military orders.

"Let's prepare for the worst." Zhuge Liang sighed, he also hoped that he was thinking too much, but Hanzhong had already fallen, how would Sun Quan react, it was difficult to say, why did Liu Bei only bring 5,000 men into Sichuan when he left? One is to make Liu Zhang feel relieved, but the other is also worried about the rear, so the main army is left in Jingzhou, and even Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other generals have not been transferred.

"Send someone else to deliver a letter to my lord." Zhuge Liang thought about it and began to write a letter to Liu Bei, now that Hanzhong has been taken, it is impossible to complain about anything, for the sake of today, only ask Liu Bei to capture Yizhou as soon as possible, as long as Yizhou is taken, all problems can be solved.

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Yizhou, Chengdu, Du, Zhang Song quickly entered the Assassin's Mansion with good news, after the report, he entered the mansion, and before he entered the door, Zhang Song had a smile on his face: "Lord, great joy, that Zhang Lu has surrendered, and the imperial uncle has successfully broken through Hanzhong." ”

"Oh?" Liu Zhang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he took the good news handed by Zhang Song, and after reading it, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Uncle Huang really didn't disappoint me, and passed on my order to send more money and grain to Hanzhong to reward the soldiers of the three armies." ”

"Wait!" Zhang Song was about to agree, but saw a person come in quickly and shouted loudly.

Liu Zhang looked, but saw the chief bookkeeper Huang Quan coming in quickly, bowed to Liu Zhang, and said: "Lord, since Liu Bei has obtained the land of Hanchuan, the soldiers of our army should take it back, and in addition, Zhang Lu rebelled, and he was a thief, so Liu Bei would not return to Hanzhong, but he should also sacrifice Zhang Lu's head." ”

"This ......" Liu Zhang was a little hesitant when he heard this, he was mainly worried about Cao Cao, as for Zhang Lu, there was no deep hatred, at least Liu Zhang's hatred for Zhang Lu was not too strong, and the soldiers and horses should come back, but Liu Zhang couldn't help but ask: "This will inevitably make the imperial brother unhappy, the imperial brother is a benevolent gentleman, how can he detain the soldiers and horses?" Gongheng doesn't have to worry too much, and he will return it in the future. ”

Huang Quan frowned, he understood Liu Zhang's temperament, and if he wanted Liu Zhang and Liu Bei to ask for Hanzhong or soldiers and horses, Liu Zhang might not be able to erase this feeling, and sighed secretly in his heart: "Since this is the case, but Zhang Lu is my Yizhou traitor after all, and the lord should write to Liu Bei, asking him to escort Zhang Lu to Chengdu and the capital, and the lord will send it." ”

When Zhang Song heard this, he suddenly smiled and said: "What Gongheng said is good, that Zhang Lu should indeed be handled by the lord." ”

When Huang Quan heard this, he frowned and looked at Zhang Song, all along, Zhang Song has been secretly speaking for Liu Bei, and may even have secretly voted for Liu Bei, this, Huang Quan can see it, many people in Shu can see it, but Zhang Song does things without leakage, and no one has taken the handle, plus Liu Zhang himself is kind to Liu Bei, and everyone can only helplessly watch Zhang Song jump up and down.

How could this Zhang Song want to embarrass Liu Zhang today?

Just thinking for a moment, Huang Quan reacted, this Zhang Song, I'm afraid he wants to give Liu Bei the name of counterattacking into Shu.

Shaft!

In Huang Quan's eyes, the killing machine flashed away, but then he suppressed the anger in his chest, and looked at Liu Zhang silently, with Liu Zhang's character, it is difficult for him to take the initiative to deal with Liu Bei, since this is the case, it is better to let Liu Zhang see Liu Bei's purpose clearly, let Liu Bei take the initiative to attack, only one Hanzhong, want to counterattack Shudi? What's more, half of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses are Shu soldiers, Huang Quan doesn't believe that in this situation, Liu Bei can still fight in!