In a big battle in the first year of Chuping, it is difficult to say who lost and who won.

Dong Zhuo withdrew his troops, in terms of momentum, Dong Zhuo was lost, was broken and moved to the capital, but the vitality was not injured, although he gave up the division, but the entire population of Luoyang was moved into Guanzhong, not only did not lose the vitality, but made the population of Guanzhong reach a heyday, and the control of the Guanzhong region was also enhanced with the return of a large number of main troops and horses and the filling of a large number of people.

As for the Kwantung princes, it is difficult to say, more than 20 princes, after the first war, not many came back alive, a plague, so that the mighty 300,000 Dong coalition army was almost wiped out, and the princes, including Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, were all greatly injured.

Needless to say, almost all the soldiers under his command died in the plague, and Yuan Shu ...... Nanyang was given to Ye Zhao, a large county with a population of one million, was coaxed by Ye Zhao to move away more than 600,000, among the surviving princes, Yuan Shu is the saddest one, twice by Ye Zhao pressed and beaten, a large loss of population, Nanyang's war potential was almost hollowed out by Ye Zhao.

After Ye Zhao retreated into Hanzhong, Yuan Shu took Yangzhou Mu by himself, moved the governance office to Shouchun, and handed over Nanyang to the general Zhang Xun to guard, and the power can be said to be not decreasing but increasing, even Yuan Shao could not interfere in the affairs of the south, and could only watch Yuan Shu use the influence of the Yuan family in Runan to rapidly expand his power.

Originally, Han Fu did not plan to participate in this battle against Dong, but Yuan Shao secretly united with Liu Dai, Qiao Mao and other princes joined forces to exert pressure, so Han Fu had to participate.

Although the nominal victory of the princes, but the princes from all walks of life involved in the alliance knew that this was just them putting gold on their faces, this battle, in addition to taking the empty city of Luoyang and the nominal victory, they did not get any benefits, but brought the soldiers and horses in the plague suffered heavy casualties, in the next few years, I am afraid that they will not be able to go west, can only silently lick the wounds.

It is also for this reason that when Dong Zhuo secretly ordered Han Fu to eradicate Yuan Shao in the name of the Son of Heaven, Han Fu did not hesitate to do it, but because of Yuan Shao's prestige, he did not dare to crusade with great fanfare, so he could only squeeze Yuan Shao's living space step by step, drive Yuan Shao away from Jizhou, and thus completely become the lord of Jizhou.

In addition, because of the relationship between a large number of princes who died in this battle, there were also many vacancies in the Central Plains, such as Hanoi Taishou, Dongjun Taishou, Guangling Taishou, Qingzhou Mu, Yingchuan Taishou, Yuzhou Thorn History, Jingzhou Thorn History, Nanjun Taishou, Changsha Taishou, Chen Guoxiang, a large area of land lost its owner, which naturally led to the Central Plains princes fighting each other, causing the entire Central Plains to be in turmoil.

If you want to talk about the winner, let's talk about it in detail, there are really any, one is Ye Zhao, the alliance battle, the loss of soldiers and horses is negligible, but he captured a Huaxiong, and migrated 600,000 people in Nanyang, a county in Hanzhong, but if you can digest all these populations, it is enough to rely on this county to compete with a state.

Population, talents, and a large amount of grain and grass looted from Nanyang, Ye Zhao is definitely the biggest winner in this battle in kind.

And the other, even if it is Cao Cao, compared to Cao Cao, Cao Cao is a little miserable, not many soldiers and horses he brought back, chasing Dong Zhuo alone, only a few hundred of the eight thousand elite soldiers under his command came back alive, if you only look at this, Cao Cao definitely has nothing to do with the winner, but through this battle, Cao Cao's reputation spread far and wide, not only made Tao Qian, Liu Dai and other princes feel a little guilty about Cao Cao, but also won the favor of a large number of talents.

These are hidden resources, sometimes even more effective than practical benefits, after returning to the county, first Liu Dai raised him as the East County Taishou, and successively had Yu Ban, Cheng Yu to vote, under the introduction of Cheng Yu, Cao Cao successfully invited Yingchuan Xun Yu out, and with the addition of Xun Yu, the Xun family's connections were also used by Cao Cao, Cao Cao quickly gained a foothold, and became a veritable prince all the way, although the territory is not large, but the account is already full of talents, in contrast, Ye Zhao's harvest in terms of talent is a little cold.

After arresting a Huaxiong, he has to wait for Dong Zhuo to be defeated before he can be regarded as his own, as for the civil officials, although he already has drama talents and full favors, he is still weak, and even the officials who govern the counties in Hanzhong are a few selected by Ye Zhao from the army.

Although the winter in Hanzhong does not have the knife-like wind in the north, it is still very cold, different from the dry cold in the north, because it is located in the basin, the cold of this Han is the kind of very stuffy cold.

In Nanzheng's newly built General Wei's mansion, Xi Zhicai wrapped a fox fur, handed back an edict to Ye Zhao, sniffed and said with a smile: "This is Dong Zhuo's plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf, the lord is now too famous, and the chosen place is close to Sanfu, no wonder Dong Zhuo is like this." ”

Three days ago, Yangpingguan received an edict from the direction of Chang'an, Ye Zhao was promoted to hussar general because of his meritorious work in quelling the chaos, Ye County Marquis, in terms of title, worship to the county marquis, it is already a top title, and Lu Bu's Wen Marquis level.

In fact, at this point, everything is secondary, and the strength in the hands is the most important.

However, Dong Zhuo obviously not only kindly promoted Ye Zhao to the title, the edict clearly ordered Ye Zhao, and when the edict arrived, he immediately set off to Luoyang to report on his work, and in addition, he also named Ding Li, the general under Ye Zhao, as the Taishou of Langzhong, which is probably Dong Zhuo's true intention.

"If what I expected is not bad, then Liu Yan's subordinates, I am afraid that there is also an important minister who has been sealed to Hanzhong as a taishou!" Ye Zhao threw the edict on the table and laughed: "I think this is a plan for the two tigers to compete for food." ”

"The statement is different, but from the minister's point of view, then Dong Zhuo wants to use this to contain the lord here, Hanzhong is dangerous on all sides, and it is extremely difficult for foreign enemies to invade Hanzhong, but it is much easier for our army to attack Hanzhong, and it can be taken by surprise." Xi Zhicai shook his head with a smile and said: "This is a conspiracy, even if the lord should not, then how could Liu Yan let go of the opportunity to occupy Hanzhong?" ”

Hanzhong is a fertile land, with a population of 100,000 households, plus a large number of people who Ye Zhao moved from Nanyang, which of the surrounding princes is not jealous?

"Shu Zhongfang is newly decided, so he can't wait to come and annex Hanzhong, Liu Yan is quite confident in his appetite!" Ye Zhao sneered.

When he was in Youzhou, because of Liu Mao's matter, although Liu Yan did not say it explicitly, but I am afraid that he also made a secret push in dealing with himself in the future, and now it involves a conflict of interests, and Hanzhong has just received the population of Nanyang, and it has not been completely rectified, if Ye Zhao combs Hanzhong well, it will not be easy to attack Hanzhong, Dong Zhuo is precisely looking at Liu Yan's point, so he will issue an edict at this time to provoke the relationship between the two that does not exist.

"Liu Yan is quite discerning, the lord occupies Hanzhong, which is to cut off the path of Shuzhong to send troops to the Central Plains in the future, and he is naturally unwilling." Xi Zhicai sneered.

"Zhicai thinks that it is time to send troops?" Ye Zhao looked at Xi Zhicai and asked.

"Is the lord worried?" Xi Zhicai didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.

"It is said that this has to be Longwang Shu, and now that Longlong has not yet been obtained, he will enter Shu first, I am afraid of this Shu land...... It's easy to get in and hard to get out! Ye Zhao shook his head, according to his strategy, after he cultivated his internal skills in Hanzhong, he would first enter the Guanzhong, get the fertile soil of the audience, block Hangu Pass, and then focus on Shudi, but now if Liu Yan fights, it is impossible for him not to fight, but there is no good war, Ye Zhao really doesn't want to fight.

"How can the lord be limited by the past?" Xi Zhicai shook his head when he heard this: "In my opinion, the lord is now the best time to attack Shuzhong." ”

"Oh?" Ye Zhao looked at Xi Zhicai in surprise: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"First, the news of Shu is blocked, and the lord is now training soldiers and horses, running Hanzhong, and many things are not enough to appear in front of people." Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "However, Hanzhong has a limited area after all, and the lord wants to develop, which is nothing more than three roads, one of which is as the lord said, send troops to three auxiliaries, and get the land of Guanzhong, but Guanzhong is so good, who can govern for the lord?" ”

Talent has always been Ye Zhao's shortcoming, although Hanzhong Academy has been established, but to cultivate talents, it will take ten years to say the least, or even longer, this self-cultivated talent can come in handy, and during this period of time, even if Ye Zhao wins Guanzhong, there will be a huge vacancy in governance that no one fills.

Although the advent of printing had begun to impact the status of the scholarly class, it was far from enough to overthrow it.

"The people in Shu are outstanding, and all the ethnic groups in Shu have lived in Sichuan for a long time, unlike the Central Plains Shi clan, if the lord can get Shuzhong, then the Sichuan and Shu talents will be collected by the lord, why worry about no one available?"

"Moreover, now the Central Plains is in turmoil, if the lord sends troops at this moment, even if he can defeat Dong Zhuo and annex Guanzhong, it will only attract the common hatred of the Central Plains princes. You can sweep the world! ”

"The three ......" Xi Zhicai suddenly looked at Ye Zhao seriously: "Although I don't know what the lord is planning in his heart, but what the lord is doing, I can roughly guess a little, if the lord really wants to be the enemy of the world's family, let alone the immediate gains and losses, at this moment, he can get Guanzhong, and what the lord wants to do will also be more squeezed out, far inferior to Shuzhong." ”

What Ye Zhao wants to do is not only to encroach on the world, but also to break the order of causes and establish a new order, so that the interests of many people will be touched.

If it is to develop in Shuzhong, it will encounter resistance to the Shuzhong family, but if it is to develop in Guanzhong, then Ye Zhao will face the difficulties of the world's family