The situation in Yanzhou was still fierce, and Liu Bei, with his sophisticated equipment and Guan Yu's five hundred school swordsmen, had the advantage in the next few battles.

Cao Cao seemed to be scared, blindly relying on the city to hold on, and was occasionally scolded by Liu Beijun so badly that he sent people out of the city to fight.

It's just that under the impact of Guan Yu's school knife team, it is difficult to take advantage.

The two armies fought each other more than a dozen times, although they fought head-to-head, and Liu Bei's army led by Guan Yu had the upper hand, but Cao Cao often divided a small number of men and horses, and also achieved some victories through the strategy of attacking.

Tao Qian, who was far away in Xuzhou, heard that Cao Liu was fighting in Yanzhou, and despite Mi Zhu's dissuasion, he sent troops to attack Pengcheng and wanted to regain it.

However, Cao Hong, who was sent by Cao Cao, used the strategy of "inviting the king into the urn" to trick Tao Qian's soldiers and horses into the city.

Then, Cao Hong closed the door and beat the dogs, almost annihilating Tao Qian's army, including Mi Zhu's brother Mi Fang, who also died in the battle.

Only Cao Bao led the remnants of more than 100 people to flee back to Xuzhou, and Tao Qian clearly realized the gap between himself and Cao Cao.

So, Tao Qian took Mi Fang's previous suggestion and began to take advantage of the gap between Cao and Liu's war and not being able to look eastward, to recuperate, even if Cao Cao came again, he could hold on for a while.

Helpless, Mi Zhu saw that Tao Qian repeatedly did not listen to his advice, and his younger brother Mi Fang died in battle, so he was disheartened and resigned.

Tao Qian was repeatedly hit, and soon fell ill on the couch, his health deteriorated, but he was sad that Cao Cao had returned.

At the same time, news came out from Yizhou that Yizhou pastor Liu Yan died of illness, and his son Liu Zhang took over as the state pastor.

However, Liu Zhang did not appear in the imperial court, neither sent an envoy to Jinyang, nor sent an envoy to Shouchun, as if he became the emperor of Yizhou.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Zhang began to take revenge and strangled those scholars who had disrespected him before, causing rebellions in many places in Yizhou.

However, due to Liu Yan's governance, many people were still willing to help Liu Zhang, and soon those rebellions were suppressed.

But through this suppression of the rebellion, other nobles began to seize power, and Liu Zhang's power was slowly decomposed.

And because after Liu Zhang took the throne, he took revenge on the scholars, which also aroused their vigilance, and they were no longer so sincere to Liu Zhang.

Yizhou is currently in such a state, where the surface is peaceful, but in fact the undercurrent is surging.

In addition, Liu Zhang is a few lustful people, and not long after Liu Yan died, he accepted his sister-in-law, which caused dissatisfaction and ridicule from everyone in Yizhou.

Then, I heard that Liu Zhang was a little impatient with Zhang Lu's wife recently, and he created many uncertain factors in vain.

Thinking about it, Liu Yan can be regarded as a capable person, but he didn't expect his son to be so ridiculous, the name of the world's number one loser, it is estimated that no one can take it away from Liu Zhang.

When Zhao Qian got the information about Yizhou, he hurriedly recruited Guo Jia for analysis, but Guo Jia asked Zhao Qianlai first: "I don't know what the lord thinks of Liu Zhang's practices?" ”

"He's dying on his own." Zhao Qian said directly.

"To die?" Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, feeling very novel about this word, and nodded randomly, "The lord's language is concise and concise, and he is dead?" That's a very apt description. ”

Zhao Qian smiled and said: "I have a feeling, when Liu Yan was alive, Liu Zhang was silent, and this forbearance is also good." ”

"Sometimes, the forbearance is too much, and when it breaks out, it is also jaw-dropping." Guo Jia echoed, "I just don't know the lord, what are your plans?" ”

Zhao Qian looked at the southwest direction and said, "I want to take advantage of the chaos in Shuzhong to send troops to recover, I don't know if it's possible?" ”

Guo Jia rolled his eyes, thought about it, and said, "But, no." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Zhao Qian asked.

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "The world is not chaotic Shu first, the world is not determined Shu first, if you use troops against Yizhou at this time, it is not difficult to win, but the difficult thing is that after winning, how to govern." ”

Zhao Qian looked at Guo Jia and motioned for him to continue.

"Yizhou Shudi, due to geography and transportation, there is not much communication with the Central Plains, so the Shu people are extremely xenophobic, then Liu Yan is also a good means, balancing the forces of all parties, and sitting firmly in the position of Yizhou Mu, but unfortunately, Liu Zhang messed up Liu Yan's deployment." Guo Jia said with a smile.

"Feng Xiao means that you can take advantage of the chaos to use soldiers?" Zhao Qian asked.

Guo Jia shook his head again and said: "At this time, with troops, although Yizhou can be easily recovered, unless the lord moves the ruling office to Shuzhong, those families will definitely disobey the yang and the yin." ”

Zhao Qian frowned, nodded, and agreed with Guo Jia's statement in his heart, the Shu people are xenophobic, as we all know, even Liu Bei did not solve this problem well in history, let alone the current situation.

"How's that to be?" Zhao Qian asked.

"At present, people who can speak well can be sent to Shuzhong, or lobby, or get married, and win over the Shuzhong family to favor the lord's side. Especially Zhang Lu, the king insults the wife of his ministers, he can make a fuss about this matter, maybe in the future, Zhang Lu will be useful to the lord. Guo Jia said.

Zhao Qian nodded and said, "It seems that Liu Zhang has to live a better life." ”

"Yes, this matter is urgent, at least we have to solve Yuan Shao's matter before we have the energy to deal with Yizhou." Guo Jia said, "In fact, the more time passes, with Liu Zhang's temperament, the more contradictions will be created in Yizhou, and maybe, the Shuzhong family can't bear it anymore and directly welcomes the lord's army into Shu." ”

Zhao Qian smiled and said: "What Feng Xiao said is very much in line with my wishes, but I also need to prevent others from worrying about Yizhou. ”

"What the lord said is that Shuzhong wants to be called the country of abundance, and there are many people who covet it." Guo Jia nodded and said, "The lord can focus on attracting those small and medium-sized families, whether it is money or other resources, they can help each other to balance the big families in Shu, as long as the time is ripe, it is natural for the lord to enter Shu." ”

Zhao Qian nodded and said, "Yes, now let's take a look at the fighting methods of Cao Cao and Liu Bei in Yanzhou, the Yanzhou Rebellion is over, and the real chaos will begin." ”

"Now Yuan Shao is also fighting hard, and he is obviously also eyeing the Central Plains, just waiting for Cao Cao and Liu Bei to divide the winner." Guo Jia also said.

"Who does Bonghyo think will win?" Zhao Qian asked.

Guo Jia frowned lightly and said: "I was not optimistic about Liu Bei before, but now it seems that Liu Bei is obviously not simple, it is difficult to say who wins and who loses." ”

"Oh? That's a lot of fun. Zhao Qian said with a smile.

Guo Jia glanced at Zhao Qian and said, "However, if Liu Bei wins Cao Cao, can the lord sit idly by?" ”

Zhao Qian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Of course not, who made him the emperor's uncle of the puppet emperor." ”