The war between Qin Guan, Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan ended, and the country fell into a brief period of peace.

Qin Guan established a dominant position in the south of the Yangtze River, and the situation was very good, which was very beneficial to Gao Shun, and he was very happy in his heart.

However, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were outside, which always made Gao Shun feel a stumbling block, and he was afraid that Cao Cao would have an independent problem, so he negotiated with Ma Gui and Li Qiang.

Li Qiang said: "My lord, if you call the king directly, Jiangbei can declare reunification, and Dong Zhuo is helpless about it." ”

Ma Gui thought about it for a long time and suggested: "My lord, why don't you let Lu Zijing and Cao Mengde announce that they will join our forces first, so that we can justifiably incorporate their army, strengthen the management and construction of the local area, and put pressure on the imperial court." ”

Gao Shun was a little moved, if he used troops against Dong Zhuo from Jiangbei, he must strengthen the construction of northern Jingzhou to ensure the smooth flow of the logistics road; And in this way, there is no need to worry about Cao Cao's rebellion.

At this time, Cao Cao was also worried, one was worried about Gao Shun's suspicions, and the other was worried about Dong Zhuo's counterattack, you know, Dong Zhuo still has a strong navy in his hands, but he can't do anything about the navy, relying on Lu Su's navy alone is far from quenching his thirst, so he negotiated with Chen Gong.

Chen Gong is now a little decadent, unable to find the position, and does not know where to go in the future, very distressed; Cao Cao's inquiry made him think about it, so he suggested: "It is better to propose to the Marquis of Gao Jun to take refuge openly, so that Dong Zhuo will not dare to go north." ”

Cao Cao had no better way, so he adopted Chen Gong's suggestion, so the two immediately wrote a letter to Gao Shun.

Gao Shun received Cao Cao's letter, his heart was overjoyed, he was worried about how to explain to Cao Cao, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative, saving a lot of trouble and avoiding Cao Cao's suspicion, so he asked Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu and others to negotiate.

Xi Zhicai suggested that even the Lusu forces should be singled out together, so that the land north of the river would be unified and easy to manage.

Jia Xu supported Xi Zhicai's suggestion, in this way, large-scale construction can be carried out, you must know that the current four counties of Jingbei and the two counties of Sili basically have no people, and they must be resettled and built as soon as possible.

Gao asked Xi Zhicai to send a letter to Lu Su and consult Lu Su's opinion.

Soon after, Cao Cao's defection to Gao Shun's forces was made public, which shocked the world.

Gao Shun transferred Cao Cao to the assassin of Youzhou, appointed Cao Chun and Xiahou Dun as Zhonglang generals, Chen Gong as a member of the army, and returned to Yecheng to serve; The Taishou and Governors of Yingchuan County, Nanyang County, Yangyang County, and Nanjun were reappointed.

Cao Cao changed from the position of Taishou to the position of assassin history, there was no dissatisfaction, the family can produce four Zhonglang generals, he is satisfied, their family is already a big force that the Han can count, if he fights for the official again, he will be suspicious of Gao Shun.

Lu Su naturally hoped to take refuge in Gao Shun openly, so he agreed with Xi Zhicai's opinion; Subsequently, Lu Su announced that he would join the Gao Shun forces, which not only shocked the world, but even Dong Zhuo couldn't believe it.

Emperor Liu Xie was extremely disappointed, and secretly lamented that the general trend had gone, and the Han court was hopeless; He also lost hope in Fang Liang, Zhou Fei and Feng Yong, the three emperors-in-law, he couldn't figure out why the three emperors-in-law were strong but didn't rescue the imperial court, if the three emperors-in-law launched a call, the champion Hou would also be concerned about their strength, and Cao Cao and Lu Su would definitely join them to work with the king, now everything is impossible, everything is late, and the world has become the world of the champion Hou.

Gao Shun nominally completed the unification of the Jiangbei region.

According to the thinking at that time, the Jiangbei region belonged to the Central Plains region, and Gaoshun's unification of Jiangbei and beneficial states meant that he unified the world.

Subsequently, Gaoshun carried out the integration of administrative divisions and the redeployment of troops.

Expand the territory of the Sili area, and assign Chenliu County and Yingchuan County to the Sili area, which is under the jurisdiction of Feng Yong; and carved out part of the territory from Nanyang County and Yingchuan County to form Luyang County, which was subordinate to the Sili area; So far, the Sili area has six counties under its jurisdiction.

Chuzhou was newly established, and the state was governed in Xiangyang City, including Nanyang County, Xiangyang County, Jiangxia County, Nanjun and Xiyang County, a total of five counties, but the population was the same as the Sili area, which was too small, and many counties did not have people, and they did not even need to send county orders.

The Liang State was assigned to Yanzhou, and the Peiguo and Huaiyang Counties were assigned to Xuzhou.

Hefei County, Jiujiang County, Lu'an County and Luzhou County were assigned to Yuzhou.

The former Youzhou Mu Xiangrong served as the pastor of Yuzhou, with jurisdiction over Yuzhou and Chuzhou, and Lu Su as a military advisor; Yuzhou Thorn Shi Xin was appointed as the Thorn History of Chuzhou and was under the jurisdiction of Xiang Rong.

Lu'an City, Yuzhou's pastoral station, has jurisdiction over Chenguo, Runan County, Ruyin County, Lu'an County, Jiujiang County, Lujiang County, Hefei County, a total of seven counties; In this way, the center of gravity of the entire Yuzhou shifted to the south, strengthening its influence on the south, and Yangzhou no longer had jurisdiction over the territory north of the Yangtze River.

Xuzhou governs seven counties; Yanzhou has eight counties under its jurisdiction, but the territory area is relatively small.

Originally, Xi Zhicai and Lu Su wanted to set up the state seat of Yuzhou in Shouchun City, where there was a ready-made yamen, but considering the convenience of management and the connection with Chuzhou, Gao Shun finally decided to set up the state seat in Lu'an City; In this way, it is convenient for the defense of the Huai River and the management of the counties.

Xiang Rong's troops were very strong, with seven lieutenant generals under his command, including Xu Huang, Pang De, Wei Yan, Cao Chun, Xiahou Dun, Tai Shici and Zhou Tai, as well as Jiang Qin, a lieutenant general of the navy. Xu Huang and Cao Ren were stationed in Lu'an City, Tai Shici was stationed in Xiangyang City, Pang De was stationed in Hefei City, Xiahoudun was stationed in Jiangling City in Nan County, Wei Yan was stationed in Lingcheng in Jiangxi County, Jiangxia County, and Zhou Tai was stationed in Anhui County, Lujiang County.

Lu'an City also has Xiang Rong's direct guards, 3,000 horses and 10,000 cavalry.

There are also military horses and other army horses stationed in various counties.

Jiang Qin's water county was stationed in Pengze Water Village and Jiangling City, plus the Jiangdong naval army stationed in Shaxian County to ensure the safety and smoothness of the Yangtze River route.

Gao Shun integrated the armies of Cao Cao and Lu Su, and the large army pressed south, which made Dong Zhuo and Li Ru very nervous.

Li Ru brought up the old matter again and proposed to appoint Gao Shun as the king of Wei, Dong Zhuo immediately agreed, and sent Dong Cheng as an envoy to Yecheng to consult Gao Shun's opinion in advance, otherwise Gao Shun would not accept his resignation, which would disgrace the imperial court, and more importantly, Dong Zhuo hoped to negotiate with Gao Shun and divide the river and rule.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the division of the river and the rule of the river, he sent an envoy to Jiangdong to consult the opinions of Qin Guan.

Dong Cheng is not only Dong Zhuo's clansman, but also the father-in-law of Emperor Liu Xie.

Those few courtiers, one is stepping up the plot to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and the other is secretly sending people to contact Qin Guan, and now Qin Guan is the only one who can save the imperial court.

If Gao Shun sent troops, the court was saved; In the past, they still had illusions about Gao Shun, but now that the situation is clear, they are completely dead, and Gao Shun will not come to rescue the emperor and the court.

They put their only hope on Qin Guan, if Qin Guan rescued the imperial court, they could divide the river with Gao Shun and rule, and then unify Jiaozhou, occupy half of the country, and maintain the dignity of the Han court.

Including Wang Yun and others, they have already scolded Gao Shun countless times in their hearts, the standard chaotic ministers and thieves, with such a powerful army, but they do not rescue the court, so that His Majesty is in a predicament, he cannot get due respect, and his safety is even more insecure.

At the request of Li Ru, Dong Cheng went north with great fanfare, and whenever he went to a place, he preached that the imperial court wanted to canonize Gao Shun as the king of Wei.

And this is in line with the thoughts of some careerists, and they can also see that the general trend of the world has been decided, and Gao Shun is expected to return, so he must be familiar with him as soon as possible, and he must make friends with Gao Shun as soon as possible.