Gongsun Zan won the land of Youzhou, Yuan Shao won the merger of states and had the momentum of two states, Cao Cao fought with Liu Bei again and saved the Son of Heaven and returned to Xuchang, but he was not idle!

After Cao Cao arrived in Xuchang with the Son of Heaven, he changed Xuchang to Xudu, and then built the palace and palace, established the temple and the yamen of the Provincial Taiwan Division, repaired the city and the treasury, expanded the city, and built the Xudu into two cities: the inner city is the residence of the palace minister and the palace of the Son of Heaven; The outer city is for the pawns of the market and the common people to live!

After that, Cao Cao invited the Son of Heaven to seal Dong Cheng, Zhu Jun and other thirteen people as liehous. Reward and punish the crime, and listen to Cao Cao's disposal. Cao Cao proclaimed himself the marquis of Wuping, Xun Yu was the servant of Shangshuling, Cheng Yu was the military advisor, Dong Zhao was the Sima sacrificial wine, Manzhong was the Sikong Cang Cao Peng, Ren Jun was the pawn farmer, and Fan became Xu Duling.

Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong are all generals, Lu Qian, Le Jin, and Yu Ban are all captains, and Xu Chu is the captain;

The rest of the soldiers were given official titles by their sons. Since then, the power has been attributed to Cao Cao: the major affairs of the imperial court, first to Cao Cao, and then to play the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven should first discuss with Cao Cao when he makes a decision!

Moreover, in order to show his heart to the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao married his beloved daughter Cao Jie to the Son of Heaven as a concubine, and the entire palace guard was still in charge of Zhu Jun and named the Praetorian Guard, but the number was only 5,000, and the survey could protect the safety of the Son of Heaven!

Cao Cao's major event has been decided, but to set up a banquet hall, gather all the strategists to discuss together, during the banquet Cao Cao said:

"Although the Son of Heaven has been saved now, Liu Bei has seized the land of Luoyang Sizhou, and built a pass in the West of the Tiger Prison Pass to block the westward advance of the Son of Heaven, although I can garrison the Tiger Prison Pass to resist Liu Bei, but I can't win it by fighting, so what should I do?"

Xu Chu stood up and said: "I am willing to borrow 50,000 elite soldiers, behead Liu Bei, capture Luoyang, and then escort the general and the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang to calm the world." ”

Xun Yu on the side thought for a while, and then said to Cao Cao and Xu Chu: "The general is brave and brave, and he doesn't know how to use it." Today, Xu is newly determined, and it is not possible to use troops. And now the lord is newly defeated, there is a shortage of soldiers and soldiers, and there is only half a state; Liu Bei's soldiers are many generals, and the strategists are like clouds, and the battle between the lord and Liu Bei is a battle between two tigers and the rest of the princes benefit!

Although Liu Bei gathered in the Western Regions, Liangzhou, Yongzhou and Sizhou, Liu Bei had three shortcomings:

First, the three states of Sizhou, Liangzhou, and Yongzhou have been in war for several years, the people are withered, and the source of soldiers is scarce.

Second, in the Western Regions, although Liu Bei has been in business for many years, it was Liu Bei who destroyed dozens of countries and took it, because there will inevitably be a rebellion after Liu Bei leaves the Western Regions, and at the same time, the entire Western Regions is surrounded by strong enemies, and Liu Bei must be garrisoned with heavy troops, so the troops of Liang, Si, and Yongzhou are naturally stretched;

Third, in the land of Liu Bei, there is a military pass in the south to prevent it from going south, and the road in Yizhou in the west is difficult, and it cannot be defeated without several times the military strength, and there is a tiger prison in the east, so although Liu Bei is strong, he is like a trapped beast, and he cannot threaten the lord for the time being!

Therefore, a certain thought, at this time, it is better to befriend Liu Bei to ease the pressure of the Tiger Prison Pass, and then the lord will lead the army to Yanzhou, and at the same time wave the army to the east, in order to avenge the death of the lord's father. ”

Cao Cao immediately issued an edict from his words, sent an envoy to Chang'an, and named Liu Bei as a hussar general to lead Liangzhou pastor.

The generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty were also an important part of the central government, including the Great General, the Hussar General, the Che Cavalry General, the Wei General, the Former General, the Later General, the Left General, and the Right General.

The general is on the three dukes, and the hussar generals, the chariot generals, and the Wei generals are listed in Jiuqing, and they are under the three dukes.

The front, rear, left, and right generals are listed in Jiuqing and are not often placed. After the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Empress Dowager was called the system, and her relatives were ruled by generals, and they were called the Five Mansions together with the Taifu and the Three Dukes.

Yes, although Cao Cao named Liu Bei as a hussar general, Liu Bei's official position is still under Cao Cao!

"Liu Bei's matter is like this for the time being, as long as the Tiger Prison Pass is held, Liu Bei will not be able to threaten my Yanzhou for the time being, but he has not opened what direction I should develop?" Since Cao Cao solved Liu Bei's matter, he began to think about the next direction!

"Lord, if the princes are today, the big one is Liu Bei who occupies the land of the four states; Yuan Shao, Sun Ce, Liu Biao, and Liu Zhang all occupied a state; And the lord now only has half a state of land.

In this way, the current lord should take conquering the entire territory of Yanzhou as the top priority, and after conquering Yanzhou, he can decide whether to capture Qingzhou or Xuzhou according to the situation.

Qingzhou, at this time, although Tian Kai is the history of Qingzhou Thorn, but Tian Kai was originally under the command of Gongsun Zhan, and Tian Kai only occupies a county in Qingzhou, but the entire Qingzhou is also a forest of princes, if the lord leads the army to attack it, it will inevitably be able to break through!

Xuzhou, although Tao Qian dominates Xuzhou, but Tao Qian has no ambition, although he occupies the land of Xuzhou, but he has no heart to enter the world, not to mention Tao Qian is old, if the lord attacks Xuzhou, the resistance will not be too great! Cheng Yu took a sip of wine, and then spoke!

"Since Zhongde and Wen Ruo have the same idea, they have decided that when the army is ready, I will personally lead the army to level the remaining land in Yanzhou!" Cao Cao has finally decided!

Within two months, Cao Cao recruited 30,000 young men to guard several counties in Yanzhou, and then gathered and waved the old soldiers, a total of 50,000 old soldiers to prepare to conquer other counties in Yanzhou!

In the second campaign, Cao Cao took Xu Rong and Lü Meng's 10,000 troops as the vanguard, and he personally led 40,000 troops, and Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Xu Chu, Li Dian and others will be the rear army, and at the same time appointed Guo Jia as a military advisor!

Within the capital of Xu, Cao Cao ordered Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong to lead an army of 20,000 troops to garrison Xudu, with Cheng Yu as the military advisor to assist Xiahou Yuan. And all government affairs in the entire Yanzhou are entrusted to Xun Yu!

At this time, Cao Cao's jurisdiction was actually only four counties, namely Yingchuan County, Chenliu County, Jiyin County, and Dongjun County, while the five counties of Rencheng, Taishan, Jibei, Shanyang, and Dongping were led by Tian Kai, Kong Rong and others!

As for Yingchuan County, it was originally the county of Yuzhou, but because Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou to avenge his father, he was only besieged by Tian Kai, Kong Rong and others, and occupied it in order to increase the depth of defense, and now it belongs to Cao Cao's defense of Hebei, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou, so Cao Cao will send the Son of Heaven to Xuchang!

As for Sun Ce, the assassin of Yuzhou, Cao Cao was too worried because of the alliance, so there was only one Xu Du, and Cao Cao only arranged less than 30,000 horses!

Rencheng, Taishan, Jibei, Shanyang, Dongping five counties, although each county has twenty or thirty thousand soldiers, but none of them are led by famous generals, so this battle is not difficult for Cao Cao!

Even when they went out for the first battle and attacked Shanyang County, Xu Rong and Lü Meng defeated the 30,000 army of Shanyang County with only 10,000 troops and successfully captured Shanyang County!

Then the remaining four counties, Cao Cao personally led the army to defeat them all in five months!

In this battle, Cao Cao led an army of 50,000 to the battle, and in less than six months, he conquered the five counties of Yanzhou, however, as many as 120,000 soldiers were captured! Then these soldiers were selected and converted into Cao Cao's own soldiers, with a total of 80,000 soldiers, so after this battle, Cao Cao's army was as high as 200,000!

In fact, for Cao Cao, it is not difficult to capture the entire Yanzhou, but the previous attack on Xuzhou was defeated, and then the Son of Heaven secretly attacked Li Yu and Guo Yan and others, so Cao Cao has never had a chance to fight for Yanzhou!!

And now, Liu Bei is not out of the Tiger Prison Pass to attack Cao Cao, and Sun Ce is allied with Cao Cao, so Cao Cao can successfully take the entire territory of Yanzhou!

As for why Sun Ce didn't capture the five counties of Yanzhou, the main reason was that Tao Qian's Xuzhou and Cao Cao's territory blocked, so that Sun Ce could not march north!