In the following days, Gao Shun and everyone continued to improve the Yizhou military plan, and symbolically met with the celebrities in the Sanfu area, and made arrangements for those who were willing to go out, of course, many people did not like Gao Shun's style of doing things and did not come.

At the end of September, Gao Shun and Guo Jia set off to return to Jizhou; The eldest princess and Gao Feng stayed in Chang'an City temporarily.

The military advisor began to be busy arranging scouts and spies to go to Yizhou.

The relocation of the people of Liangzhou is proceeding in an orderly manner, and it is estimated that all the relocation will be completed next summer; The officers and men of Liangzhou who were incorporated gradually stabilized, and Ma Teng, Pang De, and others were very happy with the current arrangement.

Due to the economic and cultural marginalization of the people of Liangzhou, they were regarded as "contemptible people" and suppressed and ostracized, which was also the most fundamental reason why Ma Teng first rebelled against the Yuan family and then against the imperial court; Now Gao Shun treats them and the people of the Central Plains equally, without prejudice, which makes them see hope, hoping to gradually integrate into the mainstream class with the help of Gao Shun's power.

At this time, there was a dark tide surging in Yizhou, because the state pastor Liu Yan attacked the local heroes and strengthened his own power, and made people panic; The Liangzhou rebels were put down, and the army entered Wudu County, which made Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, Hanzhong County Taishou Zhang Lu and others feel a great danger, but some people think that this is an opportunity.

Qianwei Taishou Ren Qi and Jia Long and others were afraid of Liu Yan's rule, and in order to protect themselves, they planned to start an incident.

However, the current situation and history have changed a lot, and Jia Long and others did not act rashly, but actively contacted the scholars to discuss countermeasures.

Some scholars hope that the people of Yizhou will govern Yizhou, and they do not want to be controlled by external forces.

However, Jia Long and others believe that the world is in turmoil, and Yizhou is difficult to survive alone, and must rely on a strong force. He thought in his heart that Shu was closed and rich, and the folk customs were "indulged in pleasure", relatively weak, fond of enjoyment, and not martial, so the surname was Xiongzhang, and the foreign regime could only be content with the status quo and defend itself with the state surname; Liu Yan relied on the support of the Yizhou family to gain a firm foothold in Yizhou, but he reversed his word and used other things as an excuse to kill more than ten heroes in the state, such as Wang Xian, Li Quan, etc., who would not survive forever.

Everyone supported Jia Long's opinion and agreed to introduce external forces, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with Liu Yan, the state pastor. At that time, there were three forces that could be introduced, the first was Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, who was close at hand, followed by Dong Zhuo, who was far away in Luoyang, and the third was Liangzhou Mu Zhou Fei, that is, the chariot general Gao Shun.

After Liu Yan gained a firm foothold in Yizhou, in order to consolidate his rule, actively develop the people's livelihood, and absorb the displaced people, tens of thousands of people in Nanyang and Sanfu took refuge in Shu.

Liu Yan offended the surname of Yizhou, and did not want to alleviate the contradictions, but relied more on the Dongzhou people, an external force, as minions to fight against the Yizhou wealthy family, resulting in irreconcilable contradictions between the two sides.

During this period, the contradiction between the host and the guest between the foreign household and the local surname was extremely acute, and they and the state pastor Liu Yan were in a relationship of mutual use, if they did not rely on the state pastor, I am afraid that under the anger of the host-object contradiction, the Dongzhou people in a foreign land would end up very miserable.

Liu Yan also actively pacified the barbarian forces in the state for his own use, and the two sides were also mutually beneficial.

Zhao Wei, a native of Ba County, was originally Taicang Ling, resigned to follow Liu Yan, and went to Yizhou together, trying to make political investment; He knows a lot about the Central Plains, and he is no stranger to Gao Shun's forces, although Gao Shun does not reuse the Shi clan, but he has no intention of suppressing it.

After Liu Yan killed Bajun Taishou Wang Xian and other powerful people, the Ba people turned away from the state pastor, Zhao Wei was no exception, and Jia Long and others contacted him, Zhao Wei strongly supported the introduction of external forces to overthrow the rule of the state pastor Liu Yan, and Liangzhou was the most convenient and safest force; At least the Liangzhou clan is an example, although some political interests have been lost, the economic interests have not been damaged, and in a stable environment, it is more conducive to the long-term development of the family.

Everyone has made up their minds, so they will endure it for the time being, and send Chen Chao to envoy Chang'an and welcome the Liangzhou army to help in the war.

Now Gao Shun is firmly in the land of six states, the soldiers are strong and strong, and people of insight can see that Gao Shun is the final candidate to quell the rebellion in the world and end the troubled times in the future, and hugging their thighs in advance is their wisest choice.

After nearly three months of travel, Chen Chao arrived in Chang'an in mid-October, after a detour through Jingzhou and through Wuguan.

For Chen Chao's arrival, Zhou Fei and Fu Zhu were extremely happy, it was really rain from the sky, and whatever they were looking forward to came, they immediately warmly entertained them and held secret talks.

Chen Chao first told about the situation in Yizhou, expressed his dissatisfaction with Liu Yan, and cut off the connection with the imperial court, which was in essence a rebellion, hoping that Guangnian Hou would send troops to quell the rebellion and take over Yizhou.

The talks were mainly frustrated, and he hoped to understand the affairs of Yizhou before he could make a decision, and the first thing to consider was the choice of the road into Yizhou, and Hanzhong County was the only place to go.

Chen Chao explained: "Junhou, military advisor, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong County claims independence to the outside world, but in fact he is a pawn controlled by Liu Yan, the state pastor, in order to achieve his goal of dominating Yizhou, if your army is willing to enter Yizhou, we will first take Hanzhong County to welcome the army." ”

"Chen Zhi, even if he occupies Hanzhong County, from Nanzheng to Chengdu, he will pass through many dangerous passes, the road will be obstructed and long, the logistics will be difficult to reach, the army will not be able to deploy, and it will be difficult to succeed in a short time. ”

Chen Chao said with a smile: "Don't worry about the military division, we have a good plan, if you enter Chengdu from Hanzhong County through Jinniu Road, it is indeed difficult, if you have our cooperation, it will be much simpler, we can only enter Hanzhong County by seizing Micang Road in advance; Your army can cross the Micang Mountain from the Micang Road and enter Hanchang County, Ba County, and then it is a smooth road, and there is no high mountain obstacles; As for the logistics and heavy military divisions, there is no need to worry, Bashu has not been disturbed by war, stable for a hundred years, rich in the world, a little money and food, why worry about it? We will provide for all expenses for the army. ”

Fu Zhu asked again: "How is Zhang Lu's strength in Hanzhong?" ”

"Back to the military division, after scouts and secret agents inquired, Zhang Lu has about 20,000 troops, but he has a close relationship with Qiang and Di, if we attack Hanzhong County alone, Zhang Lu will invite Qiang and Di to help fight, if the Liangzhou army comes, Qiang and Di will not dare to send troops, and Hanzhong County can go down with a drum."

Zhou Fei and Fu Zhu were extremely moved, if the big clan of Yizhou responded, the troops would enter Yizhou a few years earlier, and it would be much smoother; However, he was skeptical about this kind of pie from heaven, so he asked, "Chen Zhi, how can we trust you?" ”

"Strategist, if you agree with our plan, we and others can send their family sons-in-law to Chang'an as hostages; And Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, famous in the world, who is the enemy? This is also their self-preservation strategy, a way back reserved for their families, in case of defeat, they can still leave a line of incense for their families.

Zhou Fei said: "Chen Zhi, what kind of benefits do you hope to get after quelling the rebellion against Liu Yan?" ”

Chen Chao saluted Zhou Fei and said: "Junhou, we have nothing else to ask for, I just want to treat the people of Yizhou well, and everything can be like the things of Liangzhou." ”

Zhou Fei decided: "There is no need to mention the matter of proton, since it is a cooperation between the two sides, there is no need to leave a mustard, if there is a family member who is willing to come to Liangzhou to settle down, Liangzhou will treat him well." ”

"Thank you for the grace of the prince."

Zhou Fei promised: "For those who have made meritorious contributions in the process of welcoming the army into Yizhou, they will be rewarded at that time, and the families who have made meritorious contributions will be vigorously supported, and the state and county officials will be hired on the basis of merit, but the conditions will not be lowered, and both ability and political integrity must be both." ”

Chen Chao was secretly happy in his heart, this was better than they expected, not only would he not suppress them as wealthy families, but he would also vigorously support them, and they would be satisfied with Zhou Fei's promises; From the moment he entered the Sanfu area, he found that the wealth here was far beyond his imagination, and if Yizhou was like this, it would definitely be more conducive to the development and growth of their family.

The rest of the matter was carefully calculated by Fu Zhu and Chen Chao, especially on the timing of the troops, the number of troops to be dispatched, the route of the army, intelligence sharing, and how the two sides should cooperate.

Chen Chao happily returned, accompanied by five senior military generals, five senior civil officials, and 100 intermediate and junior civil and military officials sent by Zhou Fei, who assisted Jia Long, Ren Qi and others in reorganizing the army, strengthening local management, and seizing Micang Road and attacking Hanzhong County to prepare for the arrival of the army.