After Hua Rong returned to Ji County from Wangxian County, Li Hongzhang found him and said: "Now that Guanzhong is at the beginning of peace, it needs to be suppressed by a large army. Song Jian also heard about this, and recently there have been some changes. I have already contacted Yan Yanming, as long as the general attacks Caohan, he will lead his troops from Jincheng to assist the general. ”

When Hua Rong heard this, he said to Li Hongzhang: "I went back to Liangzhou this time for Song Jian. This time, I led 50,000 troops, plus Yan Xing's soldiers and horses, enough to deal with Song Jian. I just don't know what kind of attitude Han Wenyue has. ”

Song Jian and Han Sui became good friends, and the two were also old acquaintances. Although Han Sui has now handed over his military power, he has a high reputation in Liangzhou, and Li Hongzhang also needs Han Sui to appease Liangzhou.

Li Hongzhang said: "Han Wenyue has ignored the world, and Li Shanchang has only tested Song Jian, and Han Wenyue has not spoken for Song Jian. ”

"That's good!" Hua Rong breathed a sigh of relief.

"The general doesn't need to worry too much about it." Li Hongzhang said: "If the general trend is clear today, the Lord will definitely be the lord of the world. It's just that now the Han family is still there, and the lord can't give up the skin. The previous Shouchun people persuaded the lord to be the king, but the lord ignored it, but slapped Zhuge Liang out, but he couldn't stop him from nagging in his ear. Now that Guanzhong has been won, half of the world has been gained, and this matter is the time for everyone to choose, if the choice is wrong, it will be harmful. ”

Hua Rong had Li Hongzhang's guarantee, and immediately sent troops to Longxi, from Didao to the west, and went straight to Caohan.

Song Jian of the Han Dynasty is of mixed Han and Qiang descent, with a Han name but also a Qiang king. It has been entrenched in the area of Caohan for several years, and it has always been stable.

His principle is that no one will take refuge or help anyone, and I will stay on my one-third of an acre. In the early years, when Liangzhou was in chaos, he naturally had no such attitude, because no one had time to pay attention to him, and provoking him would backfire and give the opponent a chance.

But now that Zhang Yi has taken Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and the surrounding Qiang people are all convinced, they will naturally attack him, a person who does not obey the king's law.

Song Jian also sensed this, so he also began to feel uneasy recently, recruiting as many people as possible to prepare to fight against Zhang Yi's army.

So as soon as Hua Rong's army arrived near Caohan, Song Jian knew about it. When he saw that Hua Rong had few soldiers, he chose to lead his troops to meet him, wanting to fight a beautiful victory to deter the enemy.

When the two armies met, they began to attack each other without saying a word. Hua Rong took five thousand cavalry and shot arrows directly around Song Jian's cavalry.

Although Song Jian's subordinates are all Qiang, they are all very good at archery. But compared to the cavalry with strong crossbows under Hua Rong, they can only be pressed and beaten.

The range of the two sides is not equal at all, and Hua Rong's range is about twice that of Song Jianbu.

In less than half an hour, Song Jian was defeated and defeated. Xiang Yuhan fled back.

But when it came to Caohan, he found that the banner of Yan Xing was floating on the head of Caohan City.

Song Jian shouted at Yan Xing under the city and scolded: "Yan Xingxiaoer, you and I are both handsome in Liangzhou, why do you want to help outsiders?" ”

Yan Xing replied loudly: "Zhang Zhengdong's Tianzong capital, in fact, you can be compared to this grass coward?" Liangzhou has been a Han land since ancient times, you are just a traitor, this matter has not been repented, and when? ”

Where was Song Jian willing to listen, Hua Rong also led the cavalry to chase after him. Song Jianjian fled, but before he could take a hundred steps, Hua Rong injured the horse with an arrow and was captured.

Song Jian was arrested, and Liangzhou was pacified. Song Jian was a Qiang handsome, which was not enough for Li Hongzhang to be sent to Shouchun and directly imprisoned in Ji County.

Li Hongzhang conscripted several of Han Sui's sons as officials, and sent his eldest son and Yan Xing to Shouchun to meet Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi has gained a lot of talents in Shouchun.

"Hao Zhao, Force: 85, Strategy: 93, Strategy: 86, Internal Affairs: 72, Education: 80, Diplomacy: 75. Trait: Defend the city. ”

"Zhang He, Force: 94, Strategy: 95, Strategy: 87, Internal Affairs: 72, Education: 83, Diplomacy: 78. Trait: Good General. ”

"Zhang Ji, Force: 78, Strategy: 89, Strategy: 92, Internal Affairs: 93, Education: 90, Diplomacy: 95. Trait: Civil-military. ”

"Congratulations to the host's forces for killing the historical celebrity Xiahou Yuan and summoning the historical celebrity Shan Xiongxin."

"Shan Xiongxin, Force: 95, Strategy: 92, Strategy: 78, Internal Affairs: 64, Education: 60, Diplomacy: 70. Trait: Pilot. ”

"Congratulations to the host for quelling the Liangzhou Rebellion and summoning the historical celebrity Wang Meng."

"Wang Meng, Force: 72, Strategy: 97, Strategy: 98, Internal Affairs: 99, Education: 89, Diplomacy: 92. Characteristic: Phase. ”

Ma Chao heard that Xue Rengui and the others had taken Guanzhong, and immediately went to Zhang Yi to hug him: "Lord, didn't you say that you would attack Guanzhong only after I went back?" ”

Zhang Yi also had a headache when he saw Ma Chao complaining, and hurriedly persuaded him: "This battle in Guanzhong is really an accident. Xiahou Yuan came out to cut off the grain and grass by himself, and was caught by Wei Rui and Zhuge Liang. So Xue Rengui and the others directly captured Chang'an. But don't worry, we still have a lot of wars to fight! Next, we are going to attack the Central Plains, and your desire to seek revenge on Cao Cao will definitely come true. ”

Ma Chao stopped at this time and continued to study at the Academy of Martial Sciences. But he didn't know that his chance to take revenge on Cao Cao was gone.

After taking Guanzhong, Zhang Yi had three more counties to manage. He appointed Jiang Wan as Jing Zhaoyin, Liu Ba as the left Feng Yi Taishou, and Fei Guan as the right Fufeng Taishou.

Zhang Yi is also a big family now, not to mention a group of wives and concubines, and he has more than ten sons. But it's not the most important thing, the important thing is that there have always been people encouraging him to be king. Not only Zhuge Liang, but also Liu Ye, Liu Muzhi and others, Liu Ye is still a relative of the Han family, but he is the one who is the most happy. Zhuge Liang was sent to Liangzhou by him, and Liu Muzhi was also sent by him to Yizhou to inspect the officials.

But Liu Ye couldn't be sent out, and the officials under him basically let him be king, but he couldn't send them all. Liu Ye can't be sent, and there is another veteran who can't be sent, and that is Li Shangyin.

Liu Ye helped him deal with affairs, and Li Shangyin helped him write official documents, so he couldn't do without the two of them. But the two relied on a good relationship with him, and they talked about it every time they met, which made Zhang Yi start to avoid them.

In September of the third year of Cheng'an, Zhang Yi received a news that shocked him that Cao Cao had died. After Zhang Yi heard the news, he was completely blindsided. Because Cao Cao won't die until at least seven or eight years later, why would he die now? Zhang Yi repeatedly confirmed the news, but the news was true, even if Zhang Yi didn't believe it.