Zhang Fei couldn't subdue Yan Yan by force, but he made Long Ge's words make Yan Yan's spear stop, which was really unexpected.

However, it seems inevitable to think about it. With the current good reputation of the New Han Dynasty and the general trend, the relatively perfect structure and policies of the imperial court have made people of insight all over the world see which power and princes are more capable of unifying the Han Dynasty, and who can lead the Han Dynasty to a glorious future.

Moreover, there is the most important point, that is, no matter what, the New Han Dynasty can indeed represent the orthodox court of the Han Dynasty, and it has a fatal attraction to those loyal and righteous people in the Han world.

Yan Yan is indeed a loyal general, strictly speaking, he is Liu Zhang's subordinate general in Yizhou, under normal circumstances, he can indeed serve Liu Zhang's life. However, when he was repeatedly defeated and captured, he personally felt the gap between himself and the New Han Army, and, under a more righteous statement, speaking from the position of the entire Han Dynasty, he was stern, and if he was loyal to Liu Zhang, then he would be foolish and loyal. And as a Han person, a person who is proud of the Han people, then, he should serve the real Han people, rather than serve a certain person.

Not to mention the problem that the history books were written by the victors, that is, under the current situation, if the princes of the world fought against the Luoyang court and the Xudu court, which had the young emperor and the emperor Xian, they would first stand in a weak position in the general sense. If they win, they will be regarded as rebels and usurpers, and if they fail, they will be rebels, real rebels, and they will be recorded in the history books forever.

What's more, Yan Yan's heart. Indeed, he wants to keep one side safe and one side safe. And in what Long Ge said to him. made Yan Yan realize that in front of him. It seems that only the New Han Dynasty can make the people under his rule live and work in peace and contentment, and the life of the people of Yizhou seems to be far less comfortable and free than the people under the rule of the New Han Dynasty.

If you fight to the death with the Xinhan army, I am afraid that it will indeed make Yizhou's corpses all over the field and rivers of blood. It's definitely not what Yan Yan wants to see. And if you submit to the New Han Dynasty, then the New Han Dynasty will only make the people of Yizhou live better.

After Yan Yan returned to obedience, Liu Yi saw from the intelligence that from Zhang Fei and Yan Yan, there was a little shadow of the accident between Sun Ce and Tai Shici in history. Yan Yan begged to let him return to Padang City, and let him persuade the old troops in Padang City to open the city gate and surrender. Zhang Fei let Yan go back to Padang City without thinking about it, and soon after, Yan Yan persuaded the Yizhou army in Padang City. The city gate was opened, and Zhang Fei, Long Ge and others were released to enter the city. In this way, it was officially announced that Badong City had fallen into the hands of the New Han Army, allowing the New Han Army to completely open the door to Sichuan and Shu.

Follow. Yan Yan led his old troops, first opened the passage from Zigui County to Badong for the New Han Army, and was beheaded by Yan Yan after several generals of the Yizhou Army. The rest all returned to the New Han Dynasty and changed course from then on. Become a member of the New Han Army.

Of course, the capture of Patong County. It is only the first gate to enter Shuzhong, and it is still more than a thousand miles away from Ba County, that is, the Chongqing area of later generations, and along the way, the road along the Yangtze River will still not be too flat, and there are still many passes waiting for the New Han Army to break through one by one.

Now, Zhang Fei, Long Ge, Yan Yan and other generals have taken a short rest in Badong City, preparing to attack and advance to the west.

This is the latest information that Liu Yi received in Luoyang about the Yizhou war situation.

After Liu Yi saw it, he was naturally open-minded, knowing that the recovery of Yizhou was just around the corner, and if Yizhou fell, the defeat of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was only a matter of time.

However, Liu Yi felt that the offensive against Yizhou was indeed going to speed up. Now that the Jiangdong area is in a good shape, Sun Ce's New Han Army has advanced to Lingnan, and I believe that it will not be long before the Lingnan area will also be included in the territory of the New Han Dynasty, so that the force of Cao Cao in the Middle Earth will remain. At that time, it was the time when the army of the New Han Dynasty rose up and besieged Cao Cao from all directions.

In order to speed up the offensive against Yizhou, Liu Zhang was forced to surrender, so that Liu Yi could complete the final decisive battle against Cao Cao in the Central Plains. After Liu Yi thought about it, he discussed with Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, etc., and a group of military advisors, and decided to send Ma Chao, who had completed the unification of Xiliang, to lead his Xiliang iron cavalry to attack Yizhou from the west, and at the same time, also suppress Hanzhong.

Liu Yi was in the Luoyang Palace, and after reading the recent backlog of information, he already had a basic and clear idea of unifying the Han Dynasty in his heart.

Now, Cao Cao's development seems to have entered a bottleneck period, in a short period of time, don't think about the rapid development all of a sudden, this, is also to let Cao Cao face the New Han Dynasty victory after victory, one territory after another was included in the territory of the New Han Dynasty, but he can only stare dryly, helpless, and powerless to intervene. What made Cao Cao even more anxious was that the New Han Dynasty had deployed some troops around his sphere of influence, which made him dare not move, and in terms of strategic form, he felt that he was in an extremely passive state.

Seriously, the current Cao Cao really feels very powerless. felt that he was controlled by the New Han Dynasty everywhere, and he, until now, has not been able to come up with a better way to break the situation. can only watch the New Han Dynasty with its eyes, gradually encroaching on the territory of all parts of the world, and thus slowly forming a huge encirclement of his forces.

Think about it, Cao Cao's current sphere of influence is this large piece of territory between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River in the Central Plains. To the west, there are Tiger Prison Pass, Xingyang Pass and a large mountain block, extending to the Wancheng area in the south. What made Cao Cao feel most depressed was that these important passes were all firmly controlled by the New Han Army. Even if he wanted to wave his army to attack the New Han Dynasty, it would be difficult for him to break through those Xiongguan.

Cao Cao also thought that if he raised troops to attack Luoyang of the New Han Dynasty, if he could not break through those Xiongguan in a short period of time, and enter Luoyang before the military horses of the New Han Army could react, then he would definitely succeed or fail, and in the end, he would be counterattacked by the New Han Army. But this is not easy to say, he has not broken through the tiger prison, but in the end. Or did it end in failure.

What hurts him the most is now. The New Han Army only needs to use a small number of troops to ensure that Luoyang can sit back and relax. However, he has always stationed a large number of military horses to guard against the attack of the New Han army. In this way, the New Han Army could mobilize more troops to fight in the south and north against all parts of the Han Dynasty, seizing countless territories along the way.

In addition to this, it is difficult for Cao Cao to raise troops to attack in the west, then the Yangtze River in the south and the Yellow River in the north, these two big rivers. Hindered by natural dangers, coupled with the late formation of Cao Cao's naval army, there was no military strength to fight with the New Han army, making it difficult for Cao Cao to cross the river safely and join the struggle for more power territory. Of course, Cao Cao has not worked hard, but he has always fallen short, if he can win Jingzhou Xiangyang and other places. Then the current world shape shì is also a completely different situation.

In fact, it was precisely because Cao Cao wanted to break through his current power territory several times and sent troops to seek Jizhou and Jingzhou, which caused his troops to suffer, so that he could completely lose his chance in this war for the territory of the Han Dynasty, and could only defend passively.

Liu Yi was naturally very aware of Cao Cao's this. Therefore, it will be safe to open the battlefield everywhere, and now there will be a situation where the Han world is now under control.

At this point. Liu Yicai was really relieved, and felt that he could do more actions immediately.

Spring 195. On February 20, Liu Yi was in the Luoyang court. A grand pilgrimage was held. The Manchu Dynasty was all present and civil, and for the first time, Lu Bu was also announced into the court, and officially named Lu Bu as the general of the expedition to the East, and ordered him to command the 200,000 New Han army and naval troops drawn from Dongting Lake and Qu'a to expedition to the Eastern Wa Kingdom. He also named Chen Gong as the governor of the Wa State and the military advisor of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and went out with Lu Bu's army to conquer the Wa State. After arriving in the Wa Kingdom, Chen Gong was the chief official of the Wa State, while Lü Bu was the commander of the three armies.

Officially named Sun Ce as the general of the Southern Expedition, Zhou Yu as the governor of Jiangdong, Lu Su as the commander of the Jiangdong Army, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Ying, Zhou Shang, etc., all of them were given military posts or official positions, so it was officially announced that the troops and horses of the various units in Jiangdong were combined into a part of the New Han Army, and they were ordered to jointly preside over the overall situation of the Jiangdong region and launch an attack on Lingnan, striving to recover the areas around Lingnan in a relatively short period of time.

The rest, such as Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Du, Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Zhang Zhao, etc., a large number of military generals and civil officials were all awarded a certain number of general titles and civil official titles in the court.

Liu Yi is like this, as long as it is to reassure the generals of all parties, so that they can better promote the name of the New Han Dynasty and the New Han Army, so that even if they are far away from the court and fighting outside, the court is still paying attention to them, not forgetting them, and giving them spiritual encouragement.

After all, the military generals or literati who can now serve the New Han Dynasty have a very strong sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty in their hearts, and although they will not say much over the years, their hearts are indeed very eager to be recognized by the imperial court. For them, being able to obtain the gift of the imperial court is their glory, their glory, and a thing they think can glorify their ancestors, comfort their ancestors, and glorify their descendants.

This is the national condition of China, and it has been the case for thousands of years, and even in the postmodern era more than two thousand years later, it is an official-based country. Every Chinese Han person will have a complex in their hearts, perhaps, this is also a kind of cultural inheritance of the Han people, and it also belongs to a kind of civilization of the Han people. With the pursuit of the official standard, the broad masses of the people will have a belief and a direction to work towards.

Not that it's all good, but there's no denying that it does have a positive effect.

In later generations, the people looked at the official position more and more lightly, and even talked about or looked at the officials with a sarcastic attitude. However, it cannot be denied that as a person, it is true that there should be some pursuit and yearning, and there should be a sense of honor and honor for a certain reputation.

For example, as a soldier, you should have a glorious and proud attitude as a soldier, and have a belief in pursuing higher powers. As the saying goes, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. If the soldiers do not have the sense of honor as people's fighters, then this army, this country, will soon perish.

Now, Liu Yi does not want to cultivate the idea of what official position the people of the Han Dynasty are, but hopes that every soldier and civilian who serves the Han Dynasty will have a correct understanding and an understanding of being honored and proud of the imperial court's gifts.

As long as all the soldiers and civilians of the New Han Dynasty think that it is a glorious and proud thing to fight for the New Han Dynasty and receive the gift of the imperial court, then they will work harder and strive for the revitalization of the Han Dynasty.

In addition, there are a large number of military generals and divisions of the New Han Army, etc., these have been in place in one step earlier, and they have been sealed with military positions, and these generals and strategists cannot be promoted again, but after the unification of the Han Dynasty in the future, Liu Yi can set up a promotion system according to the military ranks promoted by some soldiers in later generations. Or, as in later generations, it can also establish a military rank of ten marshals, ten generals, and so on.

After appointing a group of military generals and civilian officials, Liu Yi worked out the overall military strategy of the New Han Dynasty from now on with the Chinese military forces of the DPRK.

This, in addition to the previous military operations of Lu Bu and Chen Gong, as well as the military operations against Yizhou and Hanzhong. The main thing is to attack Cao Cao, a big force that can almost resist the New Han Dynasty.

However, this is only the first time that the court has discussed, and Liu Yi is not saying that he must come up with an offensive plan and implement it immediately. Rather, it is necessary to develop a state of combat readiness first.

Make a proposal and let the courtiers below refine it one by one to develop a strategy that is most suitable for adopt.

Liu Yi didn't want to worry too much about this, anyway, I was afraid that he would have to wait for a while, at least after the summer, before he could fully declare war on Cao Cao.

In the end, Liu Yi proposed to lead a naval army to advance south along the Yangtze River port into the South Seas.

Liu Yi felt that he couldn't wait any longer, and he had to go to Nanyang immediately to have a look, and the main thing to divide Nanyang into the territory of the New Han Dynasty was to find rubber trees in the Nanyang area, as well as sweet potatoes. Rubber trees, can allow Liu Yi to make rubber, can carry out an industrial reform, and sweet potatoes are for the unification of the Han Dynasty after the preparation of the great governance, this easy to grow high yield, and delicious and nutritious crops, is the future after the Han population surge, the best food supplement. With this, there is no need to be afraid of starvation in the future, as long as there are no big changes in the Han court, I believe that there will be no greater famine.

Going to the South Seas, Liu Yi decided to go on a personal expedition. (To be continued......)