The world has settled down temporarily, but anyone with a little vision knows in their hearts that the Han Dynasty will not allow the original complete world to be divided for a long time, and it is still a matter of time before the world is unified.

Yuan Xi, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei, the three parties who stood on the opposite side of the imperial court, had to find another way to survive in order to survive, hoping to delay the time for the imperial court to send troops. This is a helpless move, the front is just not the court, but you can only find another way.

Sun Quan had planned to use the assassins to disrupt the court, but everyone had no energy to find trouble for themselves when they were in danger. Unexpectedly, as soon as he had this idea, he planned to take Sun Ce first, but he was warned by Liu Xie, and he had to stop and temporarily suspend the original plan.

Compared with the huge intelligence network of the imperial court today, whether it is Yuan Xi, Sun Quan or Liu Bei, it is far from enough. First, Liu Xie started early, and secondly, Sun Quan and Liu Bei had limited resources available in their hands, even if they wanted to learn Liu Xie, they didn't have the strength to spend a lot of money on intelligence. And Yuan Xi in Hebei is in a much better situation than Liu Bei and Sun Quanlai. The fourth generation and third duke of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao's monopoly on Hebei has won the support of the vast majority of the Hebei family, and it is precisely because of this unique advantage that Hebei is now the only existence that can compete with the imperial court, which may also be why he dared to put Zhuge Liang and Gu Yong together when he was judged.

Once the imperial court uses troops, the strength of Liu Bei and Sun Quan alone will not be able to compete independently, even if Sun and Liu join forces, it will only delay the time of defeat a little, and only Yuan Xi will lend a helping hand to keep the Sun and Liu families. Etiquette must be asked for by others, Hebei has no fear, and naturally does not care what Liu Bei and Sun Quan think in their hearts.

In order to resist the future difficulties of the imperial court, Yuan Xi worked Huguan, and a large number of materials were transported to Huguan. In order to be able to get a helping hand, Yuan Xi strengthened ties with the Karasuma people in the north, hoping to borrow troops from Karasuma to fight against the imperial court in the future. In the past, there was also a Liaodong Gongsun Du in Hebei to contain Yuan Xi behind his back, but since Gongsun Du was destroyed, Hebei Yuan Xi dominated Youji, and his strength recovered quickly.

However, this does not mean that Yuan Xi has no worries, after the death of Gongsun Du in Liaodong, the palace that was originally attached to Gongsun Du led the people to seize the two counties of Lelang and Xuansu, and Yuan Xi ignored it in order to prevent the Han from having time to take care of him. And the palace was particularly dissatisfied after winning the two counties of Lelang and Xuansu, and sent an envoy to Chang'an to ask the emperor of the Han Dynasty to give the two counties of Belt Fang and Liaodong.

However, the wishful thinking of the palace was wrong, Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty, was not confused at all, and was not tempted by the proposal of the palace to promise to send troops to attack Yuan Xi when the Han attacked Hebei.

The palace was far away from the emperor of the sky, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty had nothing to do with him, turned a deaf ear to the Han's request, and turned around to find Yuan Xi to form an alliance. But what the palace didn't expect was that Yuan Xi also didn't take them into account, and the same as the disposition of the imperial court, except for leaving a message with a message, the rest of the envoys were all cut off as a whimsical reply to the palace.

The palace was furious, but he didn't dare to send troops to provoke the powerful Han, so he could only endure this breath alive, and continue to be his soil emperor after comforting himself with the spiritual victory method. However, his good life as the emperor of the earth is about to come to an end. After he sent an envoy to try to form an alliance with Yuan Xi and was rejected, Yuan Xi regarded the palace as a target that must be eliminated. Karasuma people have always looked at the Yuan family, but Yuan Xi just took out a batch of grain and grass, and then made the palace like killing his father and enemy.

If it weren't for the fact that the palace was good at guerrilla warfare and Badun maneuvering in the mountains, at this time, the head of the palace would have been sent to Yuan Xi.

And this was not what the palace was most worried about, just when he was anxious about the offensive of Badun, an even worse news was delivered to him. According to reliable sources, in the open sea of Obifang County, warships with the banner of the Great Han were found. Wei Gong was shocked, he didn't expect the big Han's movements to be so fast, he thought that he was far away, and he occupied the Obifang County, but he didn't want to occupy it for less than a year, and the big Han's warship appeared.

Weigong was a little panicked, but the people who lived there seemed to be born with a bad problem, and they didn't know how thick the sky was. Obviously, the Karasuma people have been scurrying around in the mountains like rabbits, and they still think that they have the ability to defeat the Han army. I really don't know where their confidence comes from.,Mysterious self-confidence.。

Soon, Weigong paid a heavy price for his self-confidence. In Obifang County, ten warships of the Han Dynasty docked, and the cronies of the palace who were in charge of staying behind did not know whether they were alive or dead, and dared to lead the crowd out of the city to fight, trying to drive the landed Han army into the sea. It's just that when the Han army set up a position on the shore, the three Han people who killed them immediately became frightened. Compared with the heavily armed Han army, the drape on their bodies can be described as polite with the word shabby.

Sun Ce took the lead, and Cao Zhang, Guan Ping, Zhang Hu, Xu Gai and others who went out with him took the lead, and after defeating the enemy army on the shore, they took advantage of the victory to pursue and recover Obifang County in one fell swoop.

When the news broke, the whole country was shocked. In particular, Sun Quan in Jiangdong was even more shocked in one night, and the truce was only a year old, and the Han navy already had the ability to cross the sea to fight. Since you can go to Obifang County, it must not be difficult to attack Jiangdong from the sea.

Originally, Sun Quan mainly focused on the Yangtze River, after all, the Yangtze River is dangerous, as long as the Yangtze River is guarded, the safety of Jiangdong can be guaranteed. But now it seems that it is not enough to protect the Yangtze River, and it is necessary to prevent the Han army from entering Jiangdong from the sea. The military needs to be adjusted, which is time-consuming and laborious, but it will not work if it is not done.

In order to ensure the safety of the coast, Sun Quan ordered the construction of five ships to prepare for the sea to find suitable islands for troops to prevent the Han army from approaching the coast of Jiangdong unknowingly. I don't want the newly built building ship to capsize not long after it reaches the sea. Afterwards, Sun Quan knew that the design of the boat was unreasonable, and the draft at the bottom of the boat was too shallow, so he could not stand the blow of the sea breeze and lost his balance before it overturned.

But what worried Sun Quan was that not long after the boat capsized, rumors began to appear in Jiangdong, saying that the Sun family in Jiangdong was against the sky and suffered retribution.

Rumors stop at the wise! Although this is true, there are still only a few wise men in this world, and more of them are foolish men and women who listen to the wind and rain. Sun Quan ordered the arrest of those who spread rumors, but in this way, he appeared to be a thief and confirmed the claims of the previous rumors.

Just when Sun Quan was anxious about the rumors, Liu Bei in Jingnan was not idle. As early as a year ago, after reaching an armistice with the imperial court, Liu Bei seemed to have figured it out and no longer had illusions about monopolizing Jingzhou. After Zhuge Liang's return, Liu Bei focused on Jiaozhou this year, and even further south of Jiaozhou.

In order to speed up the pace of his own development, Liu Bei tore off his benevolent disguise and launched a plunder against those natives. With the Wuxi Man of Shamoke as the vanguard, he went around to conquer the natives south of Jiaozhou. Following Jiangdong's treatment of Shanyue, the household was organized into an army and a barbarian army was established.

Before he did not hack those natives, eighty percent of the soldiers and horses in Liu Bei's army were Han Chinese, and only two percent were barbarians. But after Liu Bei let go of his hands and feet, in just this year, Liu Bei's proportion of soldiers and horses has become half of each. Although the number of troops has increased significantly, the hidden dangers left behind also make Zhuge Liang, who was already opposed to this, feel worried.

It's just that Liu Bei turned a deaf ear to Zhuge Liang's persuasion. Zhuge Liang at this time is not as deeply used by Liu Bei as he said in the romance. The failure of the three-point world made Liu Bei not fully trust Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang's military talent was indeed inferior to his expertise in internal affairs.

Zhuge Liang's biggest advantage is that he is cautious, no matter how big or small, such a person is a good hand at staying in the rear to grasp internal affairs, and his ability can even be on par with Xun Yu. But Zhuge Liang's biggest shortcoming is also cautious, fighting a war has always been a good match, winning by odds, if you want to win the war, how to do it without taking some risks. But Zhuge Liang often has to be 100% sure of doing things, which has led to the loss of many fighters.

Although Liu Bei's ability is not outstanding, and his luck is not very good, he has a very accurate vision for people. Just like seeing Ma Jian in the romance, Zhuge Liang didn't believe it, and in the end he had to kill Ma Jian with tears. And Liu Bei's understanding of Zhuge Liang is also very thorough, and whenever he goes to war, Liu Bei will leave Zhuge Liang in the rear to take care of his home. As for the war, I won't take Zhuge Liang to play.

Zhuge Liang was helpless, and there was no other way than to secretly pray that something would happen. He also tried to emulate the court's treatment of the relationship between Han and Qiang, but the result was not ideal, the life of the Han and the Barbarians was very different, and after living together, there were constant troubles, and even several bloody conflicts broke out, Zhuge Liang had to stop this attempt and settle the Han Barbarians separately. But there are too many barbarians, and if they don't obey the indoctrination, it is like a bomb that will suddenly detonate at some point, and it has become a heart disease in Zhuge Liang's heart.

Liu Bei was indifferent to this, and still led his soldiers and horses to continue to invade the south. There are not many perfect things in this world, Zhuge Liang only saw the disadvantages of accepting barbarians, but ignored the benefits. Accommodating barbarians is first of all to increase the strength of troops, and the barbarians have a harsh living environment, which also makes the personal combat ability of the barbarians better than that of the Han people. After being organized and trained into an army, at least in terms of jungle warfare, Liu Bei dared to pat his chest and say that he would not lose to the Han army.

The second is that many barbarians have the "bad habit" of accumulating gold and silver, Liu Bei got these barbarians, and the wealth accumulated by those barbarians for generations or even dozens of generations also went into Liu Bei's pocket. Jing Nan, who was suddenly rich and rich, had enough money to buy all kinds of new farm tools sold by the Han Dynasty, and at the same time had the money to buy those money-greedy people in the Han Dynasty who were not strong enough to collect information.

As for the problem of the barbarian rebellion that Zhuge Liang was worried about, Liu Bei didn't think there was anything to worry about. When the barbarians first lived in the dense forest, they had to compete with the beasts in the forest for survival resources, and they also had to fight against epidemics and natural disasters. And after they were taken into use, their living environment can be said to have been greatly improved. It doesn't matter if you don't get used to it, slowly getting used to it is that with the inclusiveness of the Han people, you can assimilate them sooner or later. As long as the strength of the Han people is maintained in this process of assimilation, then there is no need to worry that the barbarians will be anti-guest and occupied.

Jiangdong and Jingnan were shocked by the landing of the Han Navy in Daifang County to conquer the Sanhan Palace, while Yuan Xi of Hebei was shocked and a little ashamed.

Soon after the Han army recovered the band, Yuan Xi received the news. At that time, Yuan Xi was shocked and angry, and was shocked that the Han army already had the ability to cross the sea to fight, which meant that the coast of Hebei was no longer safe, and the Han army could log in and kill key places in Hebei anytime and anywhere. Angry is that his own people and horses are not strong, obviously he launched an attack on the palace first, but until now he has not recaptured the Xuansu County that was seized by the palace, and on the other hand, the people and horses of the imperial court, the first battle was decided to lead the party, and then the victory pursued and killed Lelang, the army of the palace was defeated and retreated, and saw that Lelang County was about to be recovered by the Han army.

The four counties of Lelang, Xuansu, Daifang, and Liaodong were originally the territory of the Han family, and Yuan Xi asked himself that he was the lord of Hebei, and it was his duty to protect the foundation of his ancestors. After the palace took advantage of the opportunity to seize the two counties of Lelang and Xuansu, Yuan Xi always had the intention of recapturing the two counties, and after the palace sent troops to occupy the county of Daifang, Yuan Xi broke out completely and sent troops to conscript.

But right now, Daifang County was taken away by the Han army, and seeing that Lelang County was about to fall into its hands, and the progress on his side was still slow, Liaodong County was already under control, and a Xuansu County was still fighting repeatedly.

I am not afraid of not knowing the goods, I am afraid of comparing the goods, compared with the resolute Han army, Yuan Jun's performance is unsatisfactory, and it is really not good.

Yuan Xi felt that it was a slap in the face, and it was hot. Just when he was ruthlessly planning to transfer troops to take Xuansu County as soon as possible, and at the same time sent heavy troops to garrison Liaodong to prevent the Han army from going north, the envoy of the Han Dynasty arrived in Yecheng.

“…… What did you say? Say it again. After listening to Guo Jia's explanation of his intentions, Yuan Xi directly suspected that he had heard it wrong, not only Yuan Xi, but also Tian Feng, Guo Tu and others who were sitting on the side with an expression of disbelief.

Guo Jia seemed to have expected the reaction of Hebei Junchen, and repeated with a smile: "Yuan Yuanjun heard correctly, Guo Mou came here to inform Hebei by holy order, please be ready to receive the two counties of Belt Fang and Lelang." When you are ready, the soldiers and horses left by the imperial court in Daifang and Lelang two counties will return to Qingzhou by boat. ”

“…… Mr. Guo, I don't know if there are other conditions for the Holy One? Tian Feng opened his mouth and asked Guo Jiadao.

"Mr. Tian is too worried, and the imperial court has no other conditions this time. I also know why you have such a reaction, to tell you the truth, the two counties of Daifang and Lelang are far away from Qingzhou, and the supply is inconvenient. This time, the imperial court sent troops just to train the new army. The two counties of Daifang and Lelang were handed over to Hebei, also because Hebei is also Han people, and it is better to cheapen their own people than to let outsiders occupy them. ”

"In this way, I also bothered Mr. Guo to return to the Chang'an era and I Hebei expressed my gratitude." Yuan Xi got Tian Feng's signal, nodded and said to Guo Jia.

Guo Jia was free and easy, busy with business, knowing that the monarchs and ministers of Hebei should discuss the pros and cons of this matter, so he did not stay here for long, got up and said goodbye and returned to the post house, waiting for Yuan Xi and the ministers to discuss a handover charter.

After Guo Jia left, Yuan Xi hurriedly asked Tian Feng for his opinion on this matter. Before Tian Feng could speak, Guo Tu had already said with a smile: "Why should the lord bother about this, this is a good thing." ”

"Why did Mr. Guo say this?"

"My lord, just now you and I are still embarrassed for the Han army to occupy the belt and Lelang, threatening my Hebei rear, and now that this problem has been solved, isn't it a good thing?"

"But why is the imperial court so generous this time? I'm always worried that there's some kind of conspiracy hidden in this. Yuan Xi frowned and said.

"The lord is too worried, as long as he takes back the belt and arranges heavy troops after Lelang, even if the court has a treacherous plan, it will not be able to do it."

“…… What does Mr. Tian think? ”

“…… Lord, what Guo Gong said is reasonable. Tian Feng replied when he heard this, but he didn't notice that Guo Tu, who was sitting opposite him, bowed his head with anger on his face at this time.

Guo Tu is a villain, jealous and jealous, but the luck is not good, he stood on the wrong team at the beginning, and put the chips to the eldest prince, although he later switched to Yuan Xi, but the degree of trust by Yuan Xi has always been less than Tian Feng. Yuan Xi just habitually asked Tian Feng, but inadvertently aroused Guo Tu's jealousy of Tian Feng.

It is better to offend a gentleman than a villain. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge; The villain takes revenge, from morning till night. Although Tian Feng was not afraid of Guo Tu, he was remembered by Guo Tu, and that was not a good thing. And Guo Tu, in addition to being a villain, also knows how to advance and retreat, and he knows very well that Yuan Xi's trust in Tian Feng is far from being shaken by himself at this time, so when he raised his head again, his expression had returned to calm.

The conversation between Tian Feng and Yuan Xi was also terminated at this time, and Tian Feng, Xianbei and others had the same attitude and accepted the matter of the imperial court to hand over the belt party and the two counties of Lelang with Hebei. Why not? He is not a fool, how can he not eat the meat that is brought to his mouth.

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Changan

"Holy Lord, why are you so generous this time?" Knowing that Liu Xie planned to hand over the two counties of Belt Fang and Lelang to Hebei, Cao Cao, who had just returned to Chang'an not long ago, couldn't help but find Liu Xie to ask the reason.

"Lao Cao, it's not been long since I came back, why don't you hurry up to reunite with your family, and you still have the leisure to come and ask me this?" Liu Xie joked with a smile.

"Holy Lord, please also clarify the doubts of the ministers."

“…… This time, there are two reasons for giving up the belt side and Lelang, one is the inconvenience of supply, and the sea battle is still relatively new to our Han army, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, there is no need to take the belt side and Lelang. The second is that the belt side and Le Lang were taken by the Sanhan Palace, although they were recaptured this time, the palace will not be reconciled. If the army is alone, it is not good to fight the war, so it is better to hand over the belt and Le Lang to the Hebei Yuan army, who is familiar with the local terrain, and let them eliminate the clown of Sanhan for the imperial court. In the future, when the army recovers Hebei, the four counties will be recovered together. ”