Zhang Yu took Yanzhou and set up defenses in Yanzhou.

Later, more than 30,000 soldiers and horses came up, but Zhang Yu only had more than 60,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and Zhao Yun had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses outside to continue to clear Cao's army.

But Cao Jun in Luoyang didn't dare to come out, Zhang Yu and they were very safe.

When the news of Cao Cao's defeat came. Xuchang Kaicheng surrendered.

Soon, Zhang Liao and his army also completely occupied Dongjun.

The entire Yanzhou and Yuzhou places were also occupied by Zhang Yu.

Yanzhou is where Cao Cao started, and it was important to him, but he had to abandon it.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's mistake, Zhang Yu might still be fighting Shouchun at this time, and he definitely wouldn't have come here so quickly.

In total, Zhang Yu spent nine months, from spring to winter.

Zhang Yu ordered that the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou and Xuzhou should leave a small part of the defense, and the rest should be driven to Yuzhou, where their defense lines will be rearranged.

Gao Shun occupied Xuchang, leaving 20,000 men, and then marched all the way with other soldiers and horses, and rushed over to join Zhang Yu.

When Gao Shun arrived, Zhang Yu was relieved, they had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and if the Cao army or troops from other directions wanted to kill them, it would be difficult to defend them.

Now that Gao Shun has arrived, the tens of thousands of heavy infantry are a great deterrent.

Zhang Yu didn't expect that this attack on Cao's army would be so smooth, and he would lose hundreds of thousands of troops at any time, but everything was worth it.

"Messy Yanzhou, give Zilong more soldiers and horses, and stabilize this place quickly."

"Zhang Bang Anmin, and at the same time ordered those landlords of the family to hand over the land within a time limit, dissolve the family, once found, no need to explain, no need to be polite, directly raid the house."

"In addition, recruit famous and scholarly students, especially open Enke, and take scholars on the spot."

After Gao Shun arrived, Zhang Yu didn't have to worry about the defense here, and he could govern Yanzhou well.

The families in Yanzhou have understood that the general trend is irreversible, and most of the families obediently follow Zhang Yu's requirements.

Cao Cao has been defeated like this, who else can they rely on, they can only obediently follow Zhang Yu's requirements.

Take the people on the spot, Zhang Yu can't help it, the places of the two states, how many talents do you need, Zhang Yu can deploy some from other places, but there are too many people needed, and he can only recruit some on the spot.

At the same time, it will also quickly stabilize Yanzhou, which will play a great role in stabilizing Yanzhou.

"Yanzhou, Yingchuan, here has a special status for scholars all over the world, immediately let the Ministry of Industry establish a academy in Yingchuan."

"The academy must be on the same level as Jiangdong and Beiping."

Yingchuan has too many talents, and the style of study here is also very good.

Zhang Yu needs to establish a few more academies, and Yingchuan is definitely a good choice.

Zhang Liao was still cleaning up the city everywhere, and basically when their army arrived, Cao's army surrendered.

Cao's army either ran away early or waited to surrender, so there was hardly much fighting behind.

The first batch of civil officials also entered Yanzhou, and Zhang Yu appointed the county guards and county commanders, and now gave them great power to quickly stabilize the place.

By winter, the first snow fell, and Zhang Yu had firmly controlled the two states militarily.

In this way, Zhang Yu controlled Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou and Jiaozhou, the territory on the Chinese mainland, and Zhang Yu occupied seven states alone.

It can be said that in the whole of Huaxia, Zhang Yu controls more than half of the place, and there is no one to compete with him.

Sun Ce is powerful, less than one state, Cao Cao was defeated and retreated, at most he controlled a little more than one state, and Liu Bei also controlled one state.

All of them combined, the territory is not as large as Zhang Yu's, and the population is not as large as Zhang Yu's.

"The general trend has been achieved, and now we can fight war and build at the same time."

With so much territory and so much population, Zhang Yu can completely change the border construction, and the army recruitment can keep up.

Take control of the Central Plains, and most people can see the situation.

"Now, even if the Roman Empire really fights, I have the capital to fight them."

The battle was won, and a new round of expansion began.

Zhang Yu recruited enough troops of 2 million troops and did not continue to expand the number of troops, but mainly to improve the quality of the army.

If there are too many wars, the combat effectiveness of the army will decrease, and it must be trained well.

In winter, when Zhang Yu was still in Yanzhou, he stayed in Yingchuan, and Gao Shun was transferred to the front by him to defend against Cao's army in Luoyang.

This place has stabilized, and Zhang Yu is slowly handling government affairs.

Zhang Yu issued an order to let Xu Shu take over Yanzhou and handle government affairs.

Xu Shu is definitely the main force of the Shaozhuang faction, at the beginning of the year, Zhang Yu appointed Zhuge Liang as the governor of a state, and now taking advantage of the shortage of people everywhere, he promoted Xu Shu as well.

This Xu Shu did a good job in Jizhou, and the management was very good, Zhang Yu promoted him and reused him.

When Zhang Yu occupied these two states, his relationship with Cai Mao was broken.

Cai Mao no longer has a sense of the overall situation and knows that Zhang Yu's goal is to unify the world, and he thought that it was impossible, or not so easy, and he might not necessarily have any conflict with himself for decades.

But Zhang Yu owned seven states plus overseas regions, and he controlled half of the Yangtze River.

Cai Mao knew that Zhang Yu would come over sooner or later, and it would not be too far.

Cai Mao, who pierced the water, was surrounded by enemies, and he also lost his strong economic strength, coupled with the large population of Jingzhou, he could still maintain it for the time being.

He couldn't even beat Sun Ce, who was not as strong as him.

Now that Zhang Yu has controlled Yanzhou, if he wants to fight Jingzhou in the south, he will be very passive at that time.

Zhang Yu's strength was suddenly so strong, and Cai Mao couldn't adapt to it at all.

A few years ago, the two were still equal, and now what qualifications does he have.

This Zhang Yudu has already been proclaimed emperor, and he doesn't even dare to be called king.

"Damn Sun Ce, if I can subdue Sun Ce, annex them, and unite the two families, maybe I can still divide one side." Cai Mao thought there.

Cai Mao summoned more than a dozen of his advisers to come over for a secret talk.

"Now that Zhang Yu has become a big trend, what should we do?" Cai Mao asked.

A strategist said: "My lord, the best way is to unite Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce to form an alliance to fight against Zhang Yu together, but we have enmity with Sun Ce, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei, and I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve." ”

"Then the second way is to annex Sun Ce, the two territories are united, with the developed water system of Jingzhou, the defense is naturally no problem, and it can become a kingdom by itself, and the subordinates suggest that the lord immediately become the king."

Cai Mao listened to the advice of his subordinates and agreed very much, if he wanted several companies to unite, if he didn't believe in each other at that time, he might fail faster, and it would be better to grow stronger.

But what Cai Mao didn't know was that among his several strategists, especially the ones he relied on, they were actually people from Zhang Yu's side.

Zhang Yu had ambushed so many people at the beginning, and almost two of the ten people recruited by Cai Mao were Zhang Yu's people.

(End of chapter)