The generals suddenly realized, and the doubts in their hearts finally came to their senses, and they looked at Zhang Yuan's gaze with even more admiration. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"I didn't expect that the lord had already used the strategy of retreating so early, no wonder the lord was confident and didn't take Han Sui's tens of thousands of troops in his eyes at all, it turned out to be so......" Zu Di stroked his beard and sighed.

As soon as the wine in the cup was drunk, Zhang Yuan looked to the north and sneered: "Han Sui has retreated, Dong Zhuo's plan to benefit the fisherman has been shattered, I expect that in just a few days, Dong Zhuo will retreat west to Guanzhong, and then we can return to the Central Plains and prepare for the final battle with Yuan Shao." ”

The generals' blood was boiling, and everyone's thoughts had been sent to Nanyang, and they flew to the Central Plains, already looking forward to the decisive battle with Yuan Shao.

As Zhang Yuan expected, a few days later, news came from the Wusong side that Dong Zhuoliu Zhang Ji led 2,000 soldiers and horses to defend the Wusong Dynasty, and set off to Chang'an with 8,000 elites.

In Liangzhou, Han Suiliu Hou Xuan led an army of 5,000 to defend Xinye, and he had already led the main army to the south along the Han River to save Xiakou.

Dong Zhuo's new entry into the customs, Ma Han and other Xiliang generals were not attached, and Dong Zhuo wanted to completely condemn Song Long, which was not an overnight thing.

As for Liangzhou, although Ma Teng is brave, Han Sui is not a fuel-efficient lamp, Ma Teng wants to swallow Liangzhou, and he can't do it in a year and a half.

Looking around, Zhang Yuan's external environment became relaxed in a short period of time, and now he can finally concentrate and prepare to fight Yuan Shao.

On the same day, Zhang Yuan led tens of thousands of troops, Zhai Shi returned north, and went to Chang'an.

As for Chang'an, it is an important place connecting Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and it is the southern gate of Chang'an.

Zhang Yuan then stayed in Zudi, led 5,000 elite soldiers to Chang'an, and defended the south of Chang'an.

In order to be foolproof, Zhang Yuan used the name of the imperial court to transfer him to Nanyang Taishou, as Zudi's adviser, to assist him in guarding the northern counties of Nanyang.

Cheng out of this person, for the interests of the family, has secretly colluded with Dong Zhuo in history, and Zhang Yuan has always been jealous of this person.

However, this person is extremely talented, and Zhang Yuan also appreciates it.

Today, Cheng Cheng was transferred to Nanyang, firstly, he could use his strategist to help Zudi guard Nanyang, and secondly, he was also transferred from his hometown in Bingzhou, so that he cared about the interests of his family and did not dare to have two hearts, which could be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

After Zhai Shi returned to Chang'an, Zhang Yuan could finally free up his hands and clean up the recalcitrant Central Plains counties.

Shangdang County, who was suitable for Dong Zhuo, was defeated by Qubei and passed on his head to the capital to show the public.

The Taishou of Runan County, who was rebelled by Han Sui, was also easily defeated by Ran Min's iron cavalry, and after the Taishou was sent to Chang'an, he was ordered by Zhang Yuan to divide the corpses of five horses to deter disobedience.

Han Sui's retreat to the south and Dong Zhuo's retreat to the west caused those who were lucky in the Central Plains to suffer a heavy mental blow.

And Zhang Yuan snatched the Son of Heaven and possessed the trump card of righteousness, which made the resistance forces everywhere quickly collapse.

Less than half a month after returning to the division, the two states of Liangyu that originally belonged to Dong Zhuo, as well as some of the Sizhou counties to which Luoyang belonged, were all subjugated to Zhang Yuan's iron cavalry.

In the autumn of that year, the war in the Central Plains was finally extinguished, and Zhang Yuancong became the second largest prince in the world who held the three states of Xuliangyu and Henan, as well as half of Yangzhou and half of Sizhou.

Under the coercion of Zhang Yuan, Liu Xie, the son of heaven, had to issue an edict to announce to the princes of the world that Zhang Yuan was officially named the Great Sima, taking charge of the government, and taking Suiyang, the place of Liang Guozhi, as Zhang Yuan's fief, and named him the Marquis of Suiyang County.

Zhang Yuanwei went to weight, as the so-called tide rises, and the marquis generals who followed him to the east and west have all been officially rewarded and appointed by the imperial court.

Zu Di, Ran Min, Xiao Maha, Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Ran Min, Li Dingguo, Ji Chang, Zhang Ji and other generals were all promoted to miscellaneous generals, and they were knighted as Pavilion Marquis.

Strategists such as Gao Gong, Touch Long, and Cheng Chu were also appointed as the corresponding marquis of the court, Mo Zhai was in charge of ordnance manufacturing, and Bian Que was named the imperial physician and was in charge of the head of the medical officer.

After sealing the group, Zhang Yuan then feasted all the marquis Wu in his own Da Sima Mansion, one to celebrate, and the other to discuss the next step.

It was already nightfall, and shortly after the feast began, a scout hurried into the hall.

"Great Sima, Hebei urgently, Yuan Shao has broken through Yijing on the second day of the first month of this month, and Gongsun Zan committed suicide by fire."

Gongsun Chan, it's finally over.

The lobby, which was originally staggered and full of laughter, was instantly silent.

Whether it was a military general like Ran Min or a person like Gao Gong, they all fell silent at this time, and there was a trace of jealousy in their eyes.

Although Yuan Shao's defeat of Gongsun Zan was expected, and everyone was mentally prepared, when this day really came, a chill still passed through their hearts uncontrollably.

Yi Jing fell, Gongsun Zhan committed suicide, and Yuan Shao was able to sweep away the remaining enemies of Liangzhou and annex the entire Liangzhou in a few days.

This means that the four states of Hebei and Qingdao will completely fall into the hands of Yuan Shao, and the Yuan family will unify Hebei.

If purely in terms of the number of states occupied, Zhang Yuan owns two states and two states, half of Yangzhou, and half of Sizhou, which is full of calculations, and barely has three states.

It's just that his land of three states cannot be compared with Yuan Shao's land of four states at all.

First of all, it was merged with one place, first by the bloodbath of the Hu people, and then by Zhang Yuan, Wang Hui and Liu Bao repeatedly fought for it, and suffered great damage, and so far the economy and population are not even one-tenth of the original.

As for the land of Liangyu that was seized from Dong Zhuo, it was wreaked havoc by the alien clan in the early years, and then it was repeatedly fought over by Dong Zhuo, Liu Bao and Yuan Shu, and destroyed again.

Although Dong Zhuo's operation has recovered slightly over the years, after the war between Zhang Yuan and Dong Zhuo, it has been destroyed again, and the population and economy are less than one-tenth of the original.

As for Henan Yin, to which Luoyang belongs, this small piece of Sizhou land, was plagued by the disaster of Dong Zhuo's rebellion, although it has been slightly restored in recent years, it is only stronger than the "barren land".

There is also Northern Yangzhou, where Huainan is located, which was originally a rich land, but the people who were harmed by Yuan Shu, a big man, were not able to make a living, and they were also dilapidated.

Therefore, although the area of these territories controlled by Zhang Yuan is large, it is cruel and can only be described by the word "poor".

Hebei is different, in addition to the rebellion of different races, the main thing is that the two princes of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are fighting, and they have not been repeatedly tug-of-war by the heroes, and the damage suffered is naturally far inferior to the Central Plains states, and the population and economy are naturally far stronger than the Central Plains.

Not to mention the other three states, just one county in Jizhou, its population is probably larger than the three states combined.

In this era of underdeveloped science and technology, the economy is strong, the number of troops, the number of people is the number of people, who has more people on the territory, who can recruit more soldiers and horses, who has more Dingkou on the territory, who can grow more food, feed more soldiers and horses.

Taking into account all this, in addition to holding the trump card of the Son of Heaven and occupying the soft power advantage of Dayi, Zhang Yuan's hard power is weaker than Yuan Shao's.

Of course, Zhang Yuan also holds the Hero Summon, the plug-in of this system.