Guo Jia's words gave Wang Can a wake-up call and made Wang Can sober up.

Defeating Han Sui and Ma Teng is just the beginning, and it has just opened up the situation of entering Xiliang. However, the process was difficult and then easy, and the rest went more smoothly than before.

Early the next morning, Wang Can invited Guo Jia, Fa Zheng and Yan Xing to the study.

The four guests sat down, and Wang Can said with a smile: "I came to you mainly to discuss Xiliang's next matter." ”

With a smile on his face, Fa Zheng arched his hand and said: "Lord, Han Sui and Ma Teng have been wiped out, and the rest are all shrimp soldiers and crab generals, don't worry, wherever the lord's army goes, who dares not to surrender?" ”

Wang Can smiled and did not reply.

Guo Jia's thin cheeks were still light, as if what happened last night hadn't happened.

Yan Xing had just joined Wang Can's command, and he was cautious and cautious, and did not interject indiscriminately.

Seeing that Wang Can didn't speak, Fa Zheng showed a puzzled expression on his face, not knowing why.

After a while, Wang Can looked at Yan Xing and asked, "Yanming, you are a native of Xiliang, you have followed Han Sui to the east and west for many years, and you know the situation in Xiliang best, you carefully talk about the situation in Xiliang." ”

"No!"

Yan Xing nodded and responded with his fists clenched.

He cleared the clues in his head, and said unhurriedly: "As Lord Fa said, Xiliang's forces are respected by Ma Teng and Han Sui, and the two are the most important people. When the two were alive, the rest of the Xiliang warlords didn't dare to compete with the two at all, so they could only endure it. Not only that, but even the Liangzhou Assassin appointed by the imperial court could only shrink back in might, and did not dare to compete with Han Sui. ”

Fa Zheng immediately said: "In this case, what else is there to worry about? ”

Yan Xing shook his head and said: "Ma Teng and Han Sui are dead and the clan is wiped out, and the Liangzhou Assassin appointed by the imperial court will definitely seize the opportunity to rectify the chaotic situation in Xiliang and become the new overlord of Xiliang." ”

Fa Zheng asked, "General Yan, who is the Liangzhou Assassin?" ”

Yan Xing replied: "The current Liangzhou Thorn Shi is named Wei Duan, and he is from Jingzhao. His knowledge is good, but his ability is average, and he can sit firmly in the position of Liangzhou Assassin because Han Sui did not dare to kill Wei Duan, so he can stay in the position of Assassin History. ”

Wang Can became interested and asked, "Why didn't Han Sui dare to kill Wei Duan?" ”

Yan Xing said: "Wei Duan is a native of Jingzhao and was born in the Guanzhong clan. Wei Duan's life and death are related to the interests of the Guanzhong clan, and Han Sui is afraid of offending the Guanzhong clan, so he can only let Wei Duan serve as the assassin. The last general just said that Wei Duan is likely to rise suddenly, because the Guanzhong clan led by Wei Duan may come to the aid and let Wei Duan occupy Xiliang and enhance his strength. ”

Wang Can sneered: "Guanzhong clan, what a Guanzhong clan!" ”

After a pause, Wang Can said again: "In this way, Liangzhou is secretly a place controlled by the Guanzhong clan. ”

Yan Xing nodded in agreement.

Wang Can didn't care at all, and there was nothing to worry about in his heart. In Han Sui's eyes, the Guanzhong clan was a behemoth, but in Wang Can's eyes, it was nothing.

The Guanzhong clan has unlimited scenery on the surface, but it is already yesterday's yellow flower.

Because the power of public opinion in the hands of the Guanzhong clan is not enough to compete with Wang Can, and the private soldiers raised by the Guanzhong clan cannot enter Wang Can's eyes.

Whether it is morality or strength, it cannot compete with Wang Can.

Wang Can established the Academy of Literature in Chengdu, with Cai Yong, Pang Degong, and Sima Hui in charge, which is like a new academic holy place, and the power of public opinion in Wang Can's hands is a behemoth and immeasurable. In addition, Wang Can occupies Yizhou, and he also has the support of the local Confucian celebrities in Yizhou, and such a power is incomparable to the Guanzhong clan.

Wang Can glanced at Guo Jia and Fa Zheng and asked, "If we want to pacify Xiliang, we are actually solving Wei Duan's problem." Fengxiao, filial piety, what do you two think? ”

Fa Zheng said loudly: "My lord, since Wei Duan represents the Guanzhong clan, then salute first and then soldier." ”

Wang Can asked, "How to salute first and then soldier?" ”

Fa Zheng replied, "The lord sent a soldier to Weiwu to deliver the order, so that Wei Duan could come and meet the lord. When Wei Duan arrived in Jicheng, the lord proposed to let Wei Duan go to Chengdu as an official, so as to appoint his henchmen to serve as the assassin of Liangzhou and rectify the situation in Xiliang. ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Xiaozhi's suggestion is good, salute first and then soldier, which is enough to show the benevolence of the lord." The lord gave Wei Duan enough face, and if Wei Duan did not accept it, he would send troops to attack Weiwu and sweep Xiliang. General Huang and General Gao led the troops to sit in Chang'an, if the big clans in Guanzhong did not stop, they would send troops to clean up. ”

Yan Xing also said, "My lord, the last general agrees with Lord Fa's suggestion. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Can said, "Okay, let's adopt the strategy of saluting first and then soldiering, and see what Wei Duan plans?" After finishing speaking, Wang Can picked up a pen and paper, drew up an order, and then handed it to Fa Zheng, asking Fa Zheng to send soldiers to Weiwu, and send a message to Wei Duan to come to Jicheng to pay homage to Wang Can.

The three of them got up and left the study, busy with their own business.

After Fa Zheng sent a messenger, Wang Can did not stop.

Wang Can led a part of his soldiers to Jicheng, but sent Yan Xing, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi, and Zhang Ren to the northwest to pacify the counties around Longxi County. Not only that, Wang Can also asked Lü Meng, Dian Man, and Huang Xu to lead an army alone, cross Weishui, sweep the territory north of Weishui, and pocket Qinchuan, Didao, Jincheng and other counties north of Jicheng.

For a time, the two armies drove straight in, approaching the Liangzhou Governance Office of Weiduan.

……

When Wang Can conquered Xiliang, the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao was nearing its end.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought and still won.

Although Cao Cao does not have such a powerful lineup as in history, Xun Yu is the only top strategist under his command. However, many of Cao Cao's strategists were not suppressed by Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and Xun You, while other strategists such as Chen Qun and Liu Ye were reused and played a bright light.

Liu Ye, whose name is Ziyang, is a native of Chengde in Huainan, and is a descendant of Liu Yan, the king of Fuling, the son of Emperor Liu Xiu, Guangwu Emperor.

In the romance, Cao Cao and the Liu royal family were like fire and water.

Because Liu Ye was born in the Liu royal family, he was suspicious of Cao Cao, and he was not reused by Cao Cao, and was almost in a state of silence. However, after Wang Can came out of the air, Liu Xie died early, and Cao Cao's command was also due to the lack of strategists, so that Liu Ye was reused by Cao Cao and became Cao Cao's relied on arm.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were at war, and Liu Ye was always by Cao Cao's side to give advice.

The two sides fought at the beginning of the battle at Baima, and then Cao Cao withdrew his troops, Yuan Shao marched into the army, and the two sides finally stationed troops and crossed the army.

The trajectory of history has strangely returned to its original position.

Yuan Shao was as guilty as ever, and Cao Cao personally led his troops to burn the grain and grass hoarded in Wuchao. When the two armies were fighting, Yuan Shao learned that the grain and grass in Wuchao had been burned and retreated directly. However, when Yuan Shao withdrew his troops, he still left the only remaining generals under his command, Zhang Jaw and Gao Lan, to buy him time.

However, after Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran stayed, they immediately turned against the water and surrendered to Cao Cao.

Not only that, but the strategist Fu Zhu, who was thrown aside by Yuan Shao, was also captured by Cao Cao.

In this battle, the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Yuan Shao were almost wiped out and fled back to Yecheng in embarrassment.

Even though Cao Cao's strategists were insufficient, and even though Cao Cao did not have Zhang Liao, a tiger general, Cao Cao still won the battle of Guandu with his own strength. Cao Cao won, but history has changed slightly. Because of the frustration in history, he was captured but would rather die than surrender, and was finally killed by Cao Cao, but now he has survived.

The reason for this was because of the lack of strategists under Cao Cao's command, so Cao Cao was patient and persuaded him repeatedly.

In the end, Cao Cao persuaded him to surrender and obtained another strategist. In addition, Xu You also defected to Cao Cao, so Cao Cao got Xu You and Fu Yu two strategists, plus Liu Ye, Xun Yu, Mao Yu and other talented people under his command, his and Yuan Shao's strength has undergone fundamental changes.

Cao Cao led the army to pursue the victory, and went to the north with a bang, forcing Yuan Shao to retreat again and again. In the end, Yuan Shao was left with only part of Bingzhou, Youzhou and Jizhou.

In contrast, Cao Cao gained the whole of Qingzhou, as well as a part of Jizhou, and his strength increased greatly.

PS: The fourth of the five watches, this chapter is written very hard, almost picking out words. Originally, it was planned to write about Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in detail, but in the end it was decided to skip one chapter, so as not to spend a huge amount of space to write a few chapters or even a dozen chapters.