In the spring of the ninth year of Jianning (202), Liang County of Wei, Suidu, King Cao Cao of Wei drove slowly back to the city from the south. Back then, he couldn't stop the "tidal enthusiasm" of the hundreds of officials and the people under his rule, Cao Cao was still the king after all, and in the situation that all the countries in the world were either emperors or kings, he was only the Duke of Wei, and he was too unremarkable. Even if he is called the king, in order to miss the Han who has basically passed away, Cao Cao still uses the Jianning era.

On top of the king's car, Cao Cao accepted the warm welcome of the people of Suidu. Cao Cao, in the Wei State, won the hearts of the people. This time, on the bank of Suishui in the southern suburbs, he took the lead in opening the first cultivation of the Wei State this year.

The palace of the king of Wei was expanded on the basis of the original overlordship, which cannot be described as magnificent at all, and compared with Chang'an and Yedu, it is too simple. Even compared with Chengdu of Shu Han and Xiangyang of Chu Han, it is inferior. However, it is precisely because of this that Cao Cao was highly praised by the Wei State for his frugality.

"Summoning the prince, Shang Shuling and the servants and the solitary!" As soon as he returned to the palace, Cao Cao commanded the left and right.

"What's going on in Qingzhou?" After Cao Ang sat down with Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye and other ministers, Cao Cao asked directly.

In the past few years, the world has been relatively calm on the whole, the three northern countries are licking their wounds, recovering their strength, defending each other more than attacking, and there are no major wars.

But between Xia, Zhao, and Wei, there has never been less friction. From the land of the two rivers, to the Taihang line, and then to Youzhou, it was almost scorched along the confrontation of the Northern War. The only difference is probably that Zhao Wei also began to conflict with each other.

Cao Cao's side is still serving the former Han, which is a slap in the face for Yuan Zhao of the Han Dynasty. Although it is a consensus to secretly cooperate to resist Xia, the relationship is indeed difficult to be as "intimate" as it was at the beginning.

At the end of last year's autumn, there was a conflict on Qingxu's side. First the border patrol guards fought, and then the border troops were involved, and a local battle was set off while fighting. Guo Yuan, the general of Zhao State, led the army south from Linzi to attack Wei Taishan, but failed, and more than 1,000 troops were surrendered.

The winter solstice strikes, and at the beginning of this year, the troops are mobilized again. Wei Weilu, the general Zang Ba, who had been guarding Langya for many years, led the army north, cooperated with Taishan to guard Zang Hong, and resisted.

"Back to the king, Zang Fujun and General Zang reported that the Zhao army had retreated!" Cheng Yuyu said: "There are two Zang in the east, the king can be relieved!" ”

"Ziyuan and Xuangao's ability, Lone is trusted!" Cao Cao stroked his thick beard and chuckled.

Zang Hong, who is a generation of heroes, ran several times in his early years and stayed under Yuan Shao for a few years to help stabilize Qingzhou. It's just that his heart is not Yuan, and he was later suspicious of Yuan Shao, and after Zhao Wei was not harmonious, Cao Cao sent Zhang Chao to use a divisive plan, and he had no choice but to rebel against Zhao and return to Wei.

As soon as he entered Wei, he was valued by Cao Cao, and with great trust, he handed over Chongjun Taishan to him.

With a narrowing of his eyes, Cao Cao was a little mocking: "Yuan Benchu, after becoming the emperor, he was greedy and vain!" Instead of entangled with Gu in Qingzhou, why don't you think about dealing with Liu Xia's invasion? ”

"Yuan Shao usurped the Han, the king respected the Han, if it weren't for Hu Xia's threat in the west and north, I'm afraid that Yuan Zhao would have fought with me endlessly!" A scribe at the bottom, who looked very vigorous, said lightly.

Guo Fengxiao!

Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia, this substitute for the deceased drama talent is enough to conspire with the world's ghost talents.

With a smile on his face. If Cao Cao respects the Han wholeheartedly, it is not likely, otherwise, he can support a Han family member as the emperor. However, the situation of the Wei State today is that the original Han feudal state has been turned into Wei Zhi counties, and those counties have been removed one by one.

"Yecheng, what's the situation now?" Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu.

"Lively!" Cheng Yu gloated a little, and replied happily: "Yuan Shao is old and in poor health. The sons under him seized the prince, and the families of Hebei and the Central Plains attacked each other and fought endlessly. Today's Zhao State, although it is still strong, has lost the enterprising spirit of the past. ”

"Yuan Shao is indeed old, and the strong enemy is waiting for him and letting the sons fight among themselves continue. In the matter of the heir, if Yuan Shao does not handle it well, his Zhao State will not think about it for a long time! ”

"The king said this! After Yuan Shao became emperor, Zhao no longer had the unity of the year, and Yuan Shao was old and faint. Internal friction is Yuan Zhao's biggest weakness! Xun Yu's face was full of affirmation.

"Where's Hu Xia?" The smile in Cao Cao's eyes narrowed, and he asked in a condensed voice.

After several years of repair, Hu Xia is still the number one power in Zhuxia, threatening the necks of all countries from time to time, even if he does not speak out, it will make all countries take strict precautions and dare not relax.

"Hu Xia's battle for the throne is not as fierce as Yuan Zhao's, but in Yichen's view, it is just the result of Liu Yuan's suppression. Although he set up the son of Fuchang princess Liu Zhi as the crown prince, in a vain attempt to win the hearts of the Hanchen people, the rest of the sons are not simple characters. Today's Hu Xia, the contradictions between Hu and Han, and the contradictions between the kings are all troubles, and now Liu Yuan can still suppress it, but it will be impossible to say in the future! Xun Yu's eyes were bright, and he looked at Cao Cao: "Hu Xia, sooner or later there will be chaos!" ”

Hearing Xun Yu's words, Cao Cao was in a trance. In the same way, more than three years ago, before he died in Luoyang, Xi Zhicai also told him like this.

"Liu Yuan has given birth to some good sons!" After a while, Cao Cao sighed: "Only that Liu Heng, Zi Xuan is not impressed!" ”

Hearing Cao Cao's question, Cao Ang also recalled the story of Liu Heng leading the remnants of the army under the encirclement and suppression of the elite soldiers of Cao Wei's many good ministers, and still fought for thousands of miles and went south to Jingzhou.

"Brave and resolute, not afraid of life and death, but a masterpiece!" Cao Ang gave his evaluation.

"Liu Yuan put his four sons in Youbei, and I heard that he is also a character, and over the years, he has brought a lot of trouble to Yuan Shao!" Cao Cao sighed: "The son of the lonely, I'm afraid only Cao Zhang can compare with it!" ”

"Liu Yuan's sons are all outstanding people, but their hearts are not aligned, and there will be a disaster of Xiao Wall!" Cao Cao smiled faintly: "The lonely sons are by no means as good as them, but the lonely sons, brothers, friends and brothers, work together for the country." At this point, Liu Yuan is not as good as lonely! ”

Now in the Wei State, the position of Cao Ang's son has been determined early, as long as Cao Ang is not at fault, there is almost no possibility of shaking his position. And his character and talent have been recognized from top to bottom, and he is also respected by his brothers in the palace.

Today, when it comes to national stability, Wei is the first. The rest of the countries, more or less, have a bit of a problem.

"Today's solitary call to you is for a big event!" Cao Cao raised his index finger lightly: "Yuan Zhao deceived people too much, and repeatedly invaded my Dahe County." Desperate to reorganize the army and send troops to the Northern Expedition! ”

As soon as these words fell, the ministers were shocked.

"The king can't!" Cheng Yu immediately persuaded.

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Dissolved, Cao Cao's dispatch of troops to attack Zhao was decided, and the ministers admonished bitterly, and their hearts could not be shaken.

"Bong-hyo! Filial piety and live! Cheng Yu called Guo Jia and gasped: "Kill Zhao, it is absolutely not advisable." There is Hu Xiahu on the side in the west, and Chu and Wu in the south. I don't believe that you can't see it, if you don't persuade you, why don't you persuade Fengxiao! ”

"General Xiahou and others have already gone to mobilize troops and horses, and all Cao Cao is also preparing ordnance, grain and grass, there is no time to delay, you and I are looking for Wenruo, and then persuade the king!"

"Zhong De is not in a hurry!" Guo Jia had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and when Cheng Yu's mood calmed down a little, Fang said: "You and I can see that it is not enough to attack Zhao at this time, and with the deep plan of the king, will you not be able to see it?" ”

"What do you mean by Bonghyo?" Cheng Yu's expression eased.

"As we discussed, the king focused on inquiring about matters in the west and north, but did not mention Chu and Wu in the south." Guo Jia pointed out.

"I'm too anxious this time!" They are all smart people, Cheng Yu quickly realized something, saluted Guo Jia, and glanced south.

King Wei attacked Zhao, his intention is to be in the south, not in the north!

In the past two years, the south has not been very peaceful.

Shu Han, who lives in Yizhou, has been more than ten years since the time of Liu Yan. Liu Yan left a rich legacy to the current Shu Han Emperor Liu Fan, but in the six or seven years since Liu Fan ascended the throne, it was difficult for Yizhou to be peaceful.

Liu Fan himself is just a middle-aged person, compared to his father's old and spicy, his ability and wrist gap is not a little bit. If he wants to subdue the Yizhou family like Liu Yan, fight Haoqiang, reject the barbarians in the south, and control Zhang Lu in the north, he can't do it. At that time, the succession was only a few months, and it was a vivid chaos.

First, the rebellion of the powerful minister Zhao Wei spread to several counties and lasted for nearly half a year. Fortunately, Liu Fan listened to Liu Yan's deathbed admonition, reused Wu Yi, Pang Xi, Zhang Ren, Gan Ning and others, and with the assistance of the ministers, he leveled it. After this turmoil, Liu Fan's prestige plummeted.

Later, only two years after the turmoil of Zhao Wei's rebellion, the people of Yizhou recovered from the trauma of the previous war, and Liu Fan's imperial brother Liu Dan, the king of Wuyang, rebelled again. This time, Liu Dan is actually just a character on the table, and it is a group of local families in Yizhou who really wrestle with Liu Fan.

In the Liu Yan era, the Yizhou family was suppressed by Liu Yan all the time, and Liu Fan succeeded to the throne, continuing Liu Yan's policy and suppressing the lawless family. But in terms of grasping the situation and balancing the forces of all parties, Liu Fan is far less old than his father.

The families of Yizhou were afraid of Liu Yan, but they were not afraid of Liu Fan, and then hooked up with Liu Dan, who was ambitious for the throne, and a rebellion recurred all over the country. This time, with the support of the local family in Yizhou, the rebels were full of stamina, and it was difficult for Liu Fan to calm down in a short time.

Fortunately, Shu Han is not a rebellion in the whole country, in addition to neutral forces, there are still many Yizhou clans firmly on Liu Fan's side. The righteousness is in hand, the people are determined, and the Dongzhou Group firmly guards Liu Fan, and the final winner is still Liu Fan.

Liu Dan's rebellion took nearly two years, and Shu Han's losses in this civil strife were far greater than Zhao Wei's rebellion. Several counties in the south of Yizhou were centrifugal, and the southern barbarians invaded, and Zhang Lu in the north did not dare to be lonely, occupying a lot of territory in Yizhou. This is also the reason why Liu Yuan was able to rest assured that he would go all out to deal with Zhao, Wei, and Chu during the Great War in the north.

For the whole of Yizhou, the two major chaos hurt the muscles and bones. But for Liu Fan, his throne is indeed completely secure, which means that he will stand after being broken. Heroes emerge from troubled times, and many talents have emerged from the chaos. It seems that Zhang Ren and Gan Ning have completely risen in the Yizhou army, and they are in charge of military power with the general Wu Yi. Others, such as Zhang Song, Qin Mi and others, are all in Chengdu. Huang Quan, Li Yan and other ministers were called to be reused by Liu Fan.

In the past few years of the truce of the three northern kingdoms, Liu Fan freed his hands and reorganized his army to the south, recovering the counties of Yinan and eliminating the separatism. Later, with Zhang Ren as the main general, it lasted more than a year, repelled the Nanban, plundered the Nanban population of more than 10,000, and made the south temporarily peaceful.

After resting for a year, he tried to march north, ordered Gan Ning to lead the army out of Zitong, attacked Jiameng Pass in a battle, beheaded more than 2,000 people, and killed Zhang Luai's general Yang Ang. After that, Gan Ning commanded the generals of Yizhou, took advantage of the situation to go north, and completely drove Zhang Lu's forces back to Hanzhong, and the chaos inside and outside Shu Han had to be temporarily eliminated. However, after years of conquest, what was left was the devastated Shuzhong, and now Yizhou, the people are tired and in urgent need of recuperation and recovery.

In the south, the real protagonists have to belong to Chu and Wu, Liu and Sun each have the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and since the time of Sun Jian, they have loved and killed each other.

Sun Jian, Sun Ce's father and son's domination of Jiangdong is full of aggression, but it is too rigid and easy to break, this is reasonable, the two fathers and sons are quite unpopular with the Jiangdong family, even Sun Ce began to implement a policy of softness and began to make some simple compromises.

Sun father and son seem to be unable to escape fate, in the summer of last year, Sun Ce, the king of Wu, went out hunting, got rid of the guards, shot the bear himself, and was assassinated.

As soon as Sun Ce died, the state of Wu suffered another setback and turmoil. This time, Sun Ce passed away before he could decide on an heir. The issue of the heir made the court of Wu State turbulent.

A cadre of the courtiers of the family, strongly supporting the succession of Sun Ce's son Sun Shao, and the smart people can see what kind of calculations this family makes, and the succession of the young lord is convenient for them to control the Wu State. Within the Sun family, it was also divided into several factions, some held Sun Shao, some advocated Sun Quan, and some proposed that Sun Jing, the general Zhaoyi, Sun Ce's uncle, succeed him.

In the army, there was no unity, and Sun Ce's death caused chaos in the state of Wu. In this life, without Sun Ce's exploits in creating Jiangdong, Zhou Yu's prestige in the army was far from enough.

But in the end, it was Zhou Yu who led Han Dang, Huang Gai and other old ministers of the Sun family, and Jiang Biao Tiger General, to fully support Sun Quan, and then the Empress Dowager Wu made the decision, and Zhang Zhao, Huanjie and other good ministers supported to establish Sun Quan. The dispute between the heirs of Wu came to an end.

Sun Quanchu succeeded to the throne, the court situation was unstable, and people's hearts were uncertain. However, Sun Zhongmou is anyone, even if he is twenty years old, he has the qualifications of a male lord and is very generous. Knowing that he succeeded to the throne, there are many disobedient people up and down. In political affairs, the power was given to Zhang Zhao and Huanjie, and in the army, Zhou Yu was the governor of the capital, commanding the entire army of Wu. He lived in the palace, studied and practiced martial arts, and kept his light and obscure. In a short period of time, Wu Guo was at peace.

When the state of Wu was deeply involved in the struggle for succession, the upstream state of Chu could not hold back, and under the instigation of Cai Mao and others, an army of 50,000 people was sent by land and water, and the river marched eastward to attack the state of Wu, and the troops were in Chaisang. At that time, the new lord had not yet been established, the Wu army was uncertain, and the Wu land west of Chaisang had all fallen.

It was also under the desperate battle of the Wu State Navy soldiers that the Chaisang guards Zhou Tai, Dong Xi, Jiang Qin and others led them to resist the elite of the Chu army led by Cai Mao. Cai Mao is not a mediocre talent, his ability to command the army is much higher than that of Huang Zu in Jiangxia, plus the disadvantage of the Wu army itself, the fierce battle of Chaisang, the Wu army kept the walled city, but the sergeants suffered heavy casualties, and there were more than 3,000 people killed in the direct battle.

After the Jiankang affair was decided, Zhou Yu was ordered by King Sun Quan to lead reinforcements to the west and take over the Chaisang army. The new master was established, the commander was here, and the soldiers of Wu Guo had the backbone. In the face of the overwhelming Chu army, Zhou Yu broke out, personally led the Wu State Naval Division, and attacked the Chu Army against the current.

In terms of command, on resourcefulness, where is Cai Mao Zhou Yu's opponent. In terms of commanding the battle and seizing the fighters, Zhou Yu even threw Cai Mao a few streets. Wu Guochai Sang Shui Division, Zhou Yu has been trained for many years, almost like an arm, arousing the soldiers' fighting spirit, three bloody battles, Cai Mao was defeated and left, Zhou Yu took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack.

In the war on the front line of the Yangtze River, the protagonist was the water division, and the Chu army's water division was defeated, and the land was also shaken, and they retreated in a hurry. Zhou Tai, Dong Xi, and Chen Wu led the army to chase after them and killed a lot.

In the first battle of Chaisang, the Wu army won more with less, and the momentum was victorious, and the news came back, and immediately injected a dose of cardiotonic into the Wu country, and gradually calmed down.

After that, Zhou Yu took advantage of the trend and launched a counteroffensive, intending to take Jiangxia again. On the Chu army's side, they lost their troops in the chase battle behind, and more than 10,000 soldiers were killed, captured, and missing. When the news reached Xiangyang, Emperor Liu Biaolongyan was furious, and he couldn't help but say that he ordered Cai Mao to be transferred back.

However, in the face of the invasion of the Wu army, who to send to lead the army to deal with it became a question in front of Liu Mian at that time. He intended to use Liu Bei, which caused the unanimous opposition of Cai Kuo and other families, and he had no choice but to use Zhang Yun. The result was doomed, the Chu army was defeated again, and Exian and Yi counties were lost.

At this time, the Chu and Han courts were shocked, if Zhou Yu was allowed to continue to advance westward and enter the hinterland of Jianghan, the threat would be too great. Caring about anything else, he decisively appointed Liu Bei as the general of the expedition to the east, and went east to unify the army and resist Zhou Yu.

Liu Bei entered Jingzhou for ten years, and so far, the military power is in hand.

Liu Beitun's army in the place where Xia Shui enters the river, first build a village, and then set up a city, named Xiakou, north of Anlu, south of Shaxian, according to the enemy Zhou Yu. With the assistance of Xu Shu, the Wu army was strictly defended, and Zhou Yu could not fight and retreated.

Subsequently, Zhou Yu stationed troops in Exian County, until this year, on the front line of Jiangxia, Chu and Wu, gathered heavy troops, and could not hold each other. Of course, Zhou Yu's attack and Liu Bei's posture have not changed. Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were defeated, which really hurt the vitality of the Chu army, and they wanted to fight back but were powerless.

And Cao Cao, at this time, shifted his gaze south.

Now, Xia and Zhao can't make a sudden attempt, and the only opportunity to move troops to the south is the only one. Chu and Wu are fighting for each other, the new lord of Wu succeeds to the throne, and Liu Biao of Chu is dim, and the storage position is uncertain, all of which are profitable objects.

Compared with Wu, Cao Cao is more fond of Chu, and takes Chu's Nanyang first!