The fifth year of Jian'an may be a disaster year for the Yuan family, and the two brothers of the Yuan family, originally one in the south and one in the north, had the appearance of two heroes competing for hegemony, and in this year, Shengsheng was abolished.

Yuan Shao failed one after another in Jizhou, was beaten by Liu Bei and Cao Cao and lost the city and lost his land, and most of the foundation was gained, and now he can only shrink in Wei County to survive.

And Yuan Shu's side seems to be even worse.

It stands to reason that Yuan Shu, who did not call himself the emperor in history, would not have been surrounded by enemies shouting and fighting, but in this year's time, he was first persuaded by Sun Ce to Zhang Zhao to come forward to attack Lu Bu and wanted to take Nanyang, but he was killed by Lu Bu in Wuyin for more than 30 days, and hundreds of thousands of troops died and surrendered, and more than ten cities such as Pingchun, Jiangting, Canyang, and Yangzhai were lost, and they were almost defeated.

However, Sun Ce took advantage of Yuan Shu's attack on Lu Bu, first added Yuzhang, reoccupied Danyang, and waited for Yuan Shu to come back to his senses and wanted to conquer Sun Ce, Sun Ce deliberately waved his troops to Jiujiang to attract Yuan Shu's army, but took advantage of Yuan Shu's transfer to lead the naval army upstream, defeated Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, and occupied Lujiang.

Of the six counties of Yangzhou, only one Jiujiang remained, and the rest were taken by Sun Ce, Runan and Yingchuan were also taken by Lu Bu, who was originally the overlord like Ye Zhao, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao, but now it has become Sun Ce's stepping stone, and many soldiers and horses under his command have defected to Sun Ce.

It was also Yuan Jian who helped Yuan Shu and said that Liu Biao would send troops, which made Sun Ce have no choice but to withdraw his troops, otherwise Jiujiang may not be guaranteed.

"I really didn't expect this grandson to be so powerful." Xi Zhicai exclaimed: "In this way, the pattern of the world has indeed changed again. ”

There are Ye Zhao, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao in the north, and Lu Bu, Liu Biao, and Sun Ce in the south.

Among the remaining princes, Ye Zhaohu is located in Guanzhong, backed by the country of abundance, and dominates the four states, Cao Cao's land spans the Central Plains from the south to Runan, north to Jizhou Qinghe, east from Qingzhou, west to Luoyang, and the land includes Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and part of Yuzhou and Jizhou, adding up, the territory and population are not much less than Ye Zhao, after all, although Ye Zhao is said to be in the four states, but like Xiliang and the land of the state, the population is actually not much, at most it is just an addition.

And the embarrassing thing is that now Ye Zhao has been fighting almost every year since he occupied Guanzhong in the fourth year of Jian'an, and now although the area is large, he urgently needs to stabilize and recuperate, and many of Ye Zhao's new policies will be laid out in the four states, and Ye Zhao's grassland plan and the Western Regions plan have just been launched, if he gives up this time, I am afraid that he will spend more time in the future to rearrange the grassland, and the Western Regions Protectorate is also preparing to rebuild, so many things are accumulated and need to be dealt with urgently, and there is no time to take care of the south.

And although Liu Bei has gained a lot of benefits, but the war potential is squeezed cleanly, such as today, after the princes went through this round of elimination, although he survived by luck, he is the most in need of recuperation.

Cao Cao is now the only one of the three major princes in the north who still has some spare strength, but it is good to be able to take the entire territory of Jizhou, and he also needs to be repaired to digest the gains.

This made the southern princes lose the suppression of the north and began to become active, if the south was unified when Ye Zhao and Cao Cao had no time to take care of it, then in the future, whether Ye Zhao or Cao Cao, it would be difficult to go south, which was also a place where Xi Zhicai and Ye Zhao were worried.

"Gan Ning is now training the navy in Dianjiang, and he has fought a few battles with Liu Biao without suffering, but it is only a small fight." Ye Zhao pointed to the map and said: "Liu Jingsheng has been in the land of Jingxiang for more than ten years, his power is already stable, and there are many talents in the land of Jingxiang, but there is no need to worry about being destroyed in a short time." ”

"As for Sun Ce." Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "He has the same problem as us, he has just swallowed most of Yuan Shu's territory, and it is not easy to make progress at this moment, but this Lu Bu's recent performance is remarkable." ”

Ye Zhao looked at Xi Zhicai and smiled: "It seems that Jia Wenhe really has some ability." ”

"But Lu Bu can't move at this time, after this battle, Liu Biao must be very jealous of him, and Yuan Shu is now only left in the land of Runan, if Lu Bu is too forced, I am afraid that Yuan Shu will resist desperately, so Lu Bu seems to be arrogant now, but Na Jia Xu may not let him move again, this is the time to consolidate his power." Xi Zhicai said.

"If it was Sun Ce, it is estimated that he would listen, but Lu Bu is ......" Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "In good times, you can't live forever, and in adversity, you can't slump in bad times, at this moment, with the power of Yuan Shu, Jia Xu's words, he may not be able to listen to it, with this person, it is not easy for the south to calm down, such as today, it can be very stable, Zhicai does not have to worry, if Lu Bu's gun is used well, it can at least give us three or five years of time!" ”

For Lu Bu, don't look at the arrogance now, but his favorite general Gao Sheng is Ye Zhao's person, and his favorite concubine Luo Yan is also Ye Zhao's secret agent, with Lu Bu's character, Ye Zhao doesn't say that he is completely controlled, but at some critical moments, it is no problem to influence his decision-making.

And that Jia Xu, judging from what Ye Zhao knew and the information he got from Zhang Xiu before, was not the kind of person who would give direct advice or even death advice.

No matter how chaotic the Central Plains is, but after Ye Zhao analyzed the situation in the world and found that the situation in the world would not become clear too quickly, he started his plan with peace of mind, and was not affected by the outside world.

Under Ye Zhao's new policy, the tribal alliance extended its clutches to Xianbei men, and in half a year, more than 30,000 Xianbei slaves were successively sent to Shuozhou from the clouds after passing through Wuquanfang City, and began to mine in Zhangye, and at the same time Ye Zhao took Huaxiong as the protector of the Western Regions, and led 20,000 troops to garrison Zhangye, one to take care of those Xiongnu miners, and the other to deter the Western Regions to ensure the smooth flow of the Silk Road.

In July, a large number of merchants in Shuzhong and Guanzhong began to gather in the areas of Juyan, Yanqi and Yiwu, and at the same time, the government's own caravans took advantage of the flying boat to directly travel to and from Dawan, Kangju, Wusun and even Guishan and other large countries in the Western Regions.

The appearance of the flying boat made many countries in the Western Regions feel awe of Ye Zhao and took the initiative to come to worship, and many of the effects even took the initiative to ask for attachment.

Of course, those who have the heart to the Han Dynasty naturally have rejection, but no matter what, the prestige of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions is gradually re-established, especially at the end of the year, Hua Xiong led the army to attack Dunhuang, Ye Zhao sent people to establish the Dunhuang Academy in Dunhuang, and welcomed a large number of school-age children from the Western Regions to study in the academy, so as to spread the Han culture and gradually sinicize these Western Regions countries.

Although he can't stretch out his hand to the Western Regions and occupy the countries of the Western Regions for the time being, it doesn't mean that Ye Zhao can't control the Western Regions, the Western Regions Protectorate is only a military deterrent, in fact, he is in the Western Regions, even if it is the Western Regions Protectorate, there is no way to meddle in the affairs of the Western Regions.

The establishment of Dunhuang Academy is Ye Zhao's gradual control of part of the Western Regions, but the real killer is those traders who continue to pour into the Western Regions, relying on the identity of Han Chinese, to open shops in the Western Regions.

These people were able to bring a large number of porcelain, silk and other goods of the Han Dynasty, and then use this to continuously flow the wealth of various countries into the Han Dynasty, and gradually control the Western Regions economically, as long as the time is ripe, national strength and technology allow, that is to say, when Ye Zhao controls the Western Regions.

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To the east of Yin Mountain, the remnant sun is like blood.

Kebineng and his generals walked out of a tribe covered in blood, this tribe, three days ago, had the audacity to attack one of Kebineng's tribes, and all the men, women, and children in the clan were sold.

In a fit of rage, Kebineng directly raised troops to destroy the tribe.

"Your Excellency." A Xianbei military general looked at Kebineng worriedly and said, "In this way, will it attract the attack of the Han people?" ”

"Even if the Han people come, these people will have to be killed!" Kebineng's eyes flashed with a hint of gloom: "If you don't kill them, in the future, more people from the so-called alliance will come to snatch our wealth and sell our people, and we must destroy these lackeys of the Han people with the power of thunder, otherwise, the entire Xianbei will sooner or later become a horse farm for the Han people, and we Xianbei will also be reduced to history!" ”

"But in this battle, we also lost more than 2,000 people!" The Xianbei general smiled bitterly: "Now these people of the tribal alliance have the support of the Han people, have the weapons bought from the Han people, and the equipment is much better than ours, and if we want to destroy a tribe, we will also pay a lot of price." ”

If it was before, Kebi Neng held the area north of Yin Mountain, a large number of tribes were willing to be led by him, and the number of people under his command was as high as 100,000, and the loss of 2,000 people was not much for Kebi Neng.

But since that scuffle, the entire Xianbei, whether it is Kebineng or Wang Ting, has been greatly damaged by the vitality of that group of mad dog-like tribal alliances.

Nowadays, although the territory of Kebineng has not decreased, the population under his rule is less than 200,000, and it is good to be able to gather 60,000 people, and what is worse is that with the introduction of the new policy of the Han people to the grassland through the channel of the tribal alliance, more and more Xianbei people want to take refuge in the tribe, and even accept the naturalization of the Han people.

Naturalization!

This is definitely a shameful word for Xianbei people, from the Tanshi Huai period, after Xianbei entered the peak, it was able to compete with the Han Dynasty, even if Tanshi Huai died later, Xianbei split, but also has the power that the Han people cannot underestimate.

But since Ye Zhao appeared twenty years ago, the situation has changed a little, when the dredging was in Danhan Mountain and Kebineng and Xianbei Wangting, but it consumed a lot of Xianbei's vitality, and later the dwarf was killed by Gongsun Zhan, thinking that it would be better, who knows, Ye Zhao is back.

He was very worried that Xianbei would become the next Huns, which was a situation that Kebi Neng absolutely did not want to see.

Three-legged stand!?

Looking at the south, a cold glint flashed in Kebineng's eyes: "Send an envoy to the royal court, I hope to have a good talk with the leader, a large number of traitors have appeared in our Xianbei, and our two families can't fight anymore." ”

"Yes!"