With the death of Liu Xie and Cao Pi, the situation of the entire Han Dynasty changed again.

The war that had begun in Yanzhou stopped in an instant. Cao De ordered that Xu Shu was fully responsible for the army on the front line, and the more than 200,000 troops stopped and turned from offensive to defensive.

Cao De believes that the outside must first be safe. Around Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou and Luoyang, Cao De has just taken over, and everything is not stable. Therefore, Cao De needs time to integrate and let the entire central and western regions of the Han Dynasty condense into one, which will be more beneficial to future development.

Cao De transferred nearly half of the officials from the former Han China, and they entered Jingzhou, Jizhou, and other places that had just been annexed. They are like tireless worker ants, not only to repair the new ant nest that they have just gotten full of holes, but also to build the new ant nest as strong as the old ant nest, but also to connect the old and new nests.

In this way, when Cao De, the ant king, goes out to fight with the soldiers and ants, the rear can be safer and stronger.

It is precisely because of these backbones who came out of Hanzhong, coupled with the capable generals under Cao Cao's command before, that Cao De's Great Han Kingdom is developing at a high speed.

On the other hand, Sun Ce did not let go of this opportunity. Didn't Zhou Yu ransack the southern part of Jingzhou, although it was only a small part of Jingzhou, but what Zhou Yu brought back was the output of Yangzhou for a year.

And Sun Ce used these things to start recruiting a large number of soldiers.

As for Liu Bei, Qingzhou and Xuzhou have been squeezed enough over the years, and if Liu Bei recruits troops again, Qingzhou and Xuzhou will not be able to afford it.

Under this cut, the strength ratio between Cao De, Liu Bei and Sun Ce will be even more disparity. Therefore, Liu Bei had to start looking for new allies.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed quickly. The confrontation in Yanzhou also lasted for three years. Of course, this is also the quietest three years since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Uprising.

In the past three years, Cao De, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce have spared no effort to develop in order to strengthen their strength and become the winner in the final battle.

The most inhumane was Cao De, whose army had nearly doubled in three years.

From the original army of 340,000, it suddenly expanded to 700,000!

Among them, the Blue Dragon Army, the White Tiger Army, the Vermilion Bird Army, and the Xuanwu Army suddenly expanded to a scale of 50,000 people. Originally, according to Cao De's plan, it was to be expanded to 60,000 people, but due to the restrictions of war horses, Cao De's plan can only be a plan at present.

Among the cavalry, the only one that has not expanded is the Flying Wolf Army. At first, the Flying Wolf Army was composed entirely of Huns. Due to the battle with Yuan Shao, the Flying Wolf Army lost more than half, and there was no way, Cao De could only use the Qiang and Han people to make up for the Flying Wolf Army.

Taking advantage of this expansion of the army, Cao De transferred all the Han people in the Flying Wolf Army to serve in the Qinglong Fourth Army, and the difference between the Flying Wolf Army was re-made up by the Huns and Qiang people in Liangzhou. It was again restored to the size of 30,000 people.

If you add the 40,000 cavalry in the Tianxiang Army and the Tianrui Army, Cao De's single cavalry has already exceeded 300,000 people, reaching a terrifying 320,000 cavalry.

How terrible this number is, that is, when the Han Dynasty was at its strongest, that is, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was four hundred years ago, the Han Dynasty did not have so many cavalry!

And the infantry under Cao De also doubled in unison, reaching 340,000!

Coupled with the sailor division that Cao De had just formed, Cao De's army just gathered 700,000!

700,000, it's a headache to think about. How much grain do people get when they eat what horses chew?

Cao De once saw the 300,000 troops moving together at most, and he already felt dazzled. And when Cao De once again felt the 500,000 troops gathered together, fortunately, Cao De did not have a phobia of denseness!

It needs to be mentioned that the 700,000 people mentioned do not include the state army that Cao De later formed.

According to the scale of 50,000 people per state, Cao De's current total army has reached 1.1 million!

One million and one million, a number that Cao De never dreamed of.

Cao De's army had been refitted, and after three years of development, the Great Han Kingdom had the ability to wage war. Therefore, Cao De is now on the gate of Luoyang, and the 400,000 army has taken a neat step to the east.

The clouds of war began to brew in the final stages. When the positive and negative factors in the clouds start to rub, the storm is about to begin.

If Cao De is the positive factor, then Liu Bei and Sun Ce are the so-called negative elements.

Cao De's 500,000 troops gathered in Yanzhou, and in Chenliu County, the tents lined up stretched for nearly 100 miles. Of course, Liu Bei and Sun Ce, who confronted Cao De, were not to be outdone, and laid down an army of 300,000 in Yanzhou to confront Cao De.

500,000 vs. 300,000, it seems that there is a big difference in strength. But in fact, if the number of people exceeds 10,000, it is impossible to simply compare the size.

The 300,000 people of the Sun and Liu families cannot be underestimated, among which Liu Bei alone once again made a big battle of 200,000 troops. Moreover, Guan Yu, Liu Ye and others have also appeared on the edge of the battlefield. On Sun Ce's side, although there were only 100,000 soldiers and horses, Sun Ce personally led the team, including Lu Meng and Lu Su, who had already served as deputy governors.

There is a question here, doesn't it mean that Sun Ce's resources were much more than Liu Bei's three years ago, how can Liu Bei be able to take out 200,000 horses, and Sun Ce only has 100,000 soldiers. Don't forget, only 500,000 of Cao De's 700,000 horses appeared in Yanzhou, and the remaining 200,000 were all in Jingzhou. And the rest of Sun Ce's soldiers and horses were also under the leadership of Zhou Yu and confronted Xu Shu in Changsha County. There are 150,000 soldiers and horses, and most of them are sailors!

Here, we have to mention Cao De's sailor. Why is Zhou Yu's navy an army, but Cao De's navy is a sailor?

The difference is here, Sun Ce's naval army has always accounted for a relatively large proportion, while Cao De's naval division has only been formed in the past three years. Although Cao De's sailor was given full responsibility to Gan Ning, and Gan Ning also successfully sat on the throne of the governor of the Han Dynasty, the gap between Cao De's sailor and Sun Ce's navy was not at all something that could be made up in just three years.

The two battlefields have almost become a foregone conclusion in the Han pattern.

The strength of the two battlefields is compared, although the strength of both sides can fight, but Cao De still has a certain advantage after all. Therefore, since three years ago, Liu Bei began to look for a third party or even a fourth-party ally.

In the southeast and northwest of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei searched all over the place, and even where the footsteps of the Han people had reached, Liu Bei sent envoys.

The address is now in Southeast Asia. Liu Bei sent people, but the alliance was not negotiated, and Liu Bei's envoy was slaughtered.

In the Western Regions, Liu Bei's envoy also went. But in the same way, the head of Liu Bei's envoy arrived in Chang'an and was sent to Cao De by the new king of Dawan Kingdom, the former third prince. By the way, Cao De's Western Regions Protectorate was also established again at the same time.

Ding Chong was in Yumen Pass, and he could watch Cao De's banner fly in the Western Regions.

Liu Bei really spared no effort to find allies.

Liu Bei, a Yi person in the south of Yizhou, once contacted him, and Liu Bei also co-opted the Qiang people and Huns in Liangzhou. But Cao De was kinder and sent Liu Bei's envoy back.

But in the end, the emperor lived up to his wishes, and Liu Bei finally found an ally!