March 15, the ninth year of Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, is a very memorable day for Liu Qi, because after more than a year of conquest, Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang finally led the people to surrender, which also shows that he Liu Qi has completely unified the entire southern region since then, and his strength is unmatched in the world.

Liu Qi slowly came to the city of Chengdu, and saw a middle-aged man with a somewhat fat and bloated body tied up, with a square gold seal hanging on his neck in front of him, sighed helplessly, knelt down and said: "The subordinate Liu Zhang does not know the time, does not measure himself, and dares to confront the general, which has brought endless disasters to the people of Yizhou. ”

Liu Qi hurriedly dismounted, helped Liu Zhang, and sighed: "This official is not unreminiscent of the love of the clan, it is really the general who is weak and suspicious, although benevolent, but there is no prestige, not enough to serve the public, resulting in Jia Long, Zhang Lu, Zhao Wei's disasters have happened repeatedly, Gaoding small tribes, can be divided into Yue, the people of Yizhou have suffered too much, there are many wise people and good generals under the command of the general but can not be used, Zhang Ren, Gan Ning are all good generals, but they are not reused, Pang Xi is greedy, but can dominate Brazil, Zheng Du, Fa Zheng is wise, Wang Ti is loyal, Dong He is benevolent to the people, if the general can enable them, why are you afraid of clowns like Jia Long and Zhao Wei? Why worry about the injustice in Hanzhong? The so-called puppet is not guilty, he is guilty, the general sits on the land of Bashu, but he is weak and suspicious, even if he does not die in my hands, Cao Cao and Liu Bei will inevitably follow. ”

Liu Qi saw that Liu Zhang was silent, and said: "Although the general is a descendant, this official can assure you that as long as you enjoy the food, clothing, rent and tax with peace of mind, and have no other thoughts, the general can guarantee that you can enjoy your old age in peace, and the marquis will be sealed, purple clothes and gold ribbons, and the descendants can also have hereditary titles, no matter what, the general and I are both descendants of King Lu Gong, and blood is thicker than water." ”

Liu Zhang was convinced, and then bowed: "Please rest assured, I, Liu Zhang, will never have him in my heart in the future, and the lower officials heard that Zhang Ren and others under my command are unwilling to surrender to the Lord, and now I wish to write a letter to persuade him to surrender, I don't know what the Lord wants?" ”

Liu Qi was immediately overjoyed: "The fact that the general can have this heart shows that he is sincere, and the official is naturally grateful." ”

When he came to the public hall, Liu Qi ascended to the hall and sat down, and met with the generals of Yizhou, but saw Fazheng, Zhang Song, Meng Da, Wu Yi, Wu Ban, Fei Guan, Peng Yi, Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Li Hui, Zhang Yi, Qin Mi, Lu Yi, Yang Hong, Zhou Qun, Gao Pei, Fei Shi, etc.

In addition to these generals, the generals who followed Liu Qi to conquer Yizhou were Gan Ning, Liu Shi, Zhang Tong, Fu Wei, Kan Ze, Zhuge Jin, Wen Ping, Huo Jun, Jia Xu, Pang Tong, Wang Cang, Yan Yan, Ling Bao, Li Yan, Shen Tan and others, as well as Huang Zhonghe's Tian Feng, Huang Xu, Li Dian, Jiang Wan and other generals, and Pei Qian's Sha Moke, Meng Shu, Liu Ba, Liu Xi, Yuan Hui, Xu Jing, Xu Ci, Xue Zong, Cheng Bing and others.

At this moment, Liu Qi got another piece of good news.

It turned out that during the time when he personally led the army to conquer Yizhou, Cao Cao first occupied the entire Jizhou, and then continued to send troops to accept Yuan Shang's Youzhou Yuan Xi, as a result, Yuan Xi's generals Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan betrayed, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi defected to Karasuma after the defeat, Cao Cao took the opportunity to turn the spearhead and attack the high cadres of the state, the high cadres were difficult to support under the backlash of Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and finally defeated and killed, Liu Bei and Cao Cao started a big war in order to compete for the state.

And just when Liu Bei and Cao Cao were inseparable in order to fight for the annexation of the state, Xu Shu of Yangzhou took the opportunity to lead a large army to attack Zhang Liao, and with the cooperation of Chen Deng, the Taishou of Guangling, he led the army to break Zhang Liao, and captured Chengde, captured and surrendered Zhang Liao's general Zhu Ling, Zhang Liao had no choice but to retreat to Shouchun.

Liu Qi appointed Pei Qian as the general of Zhennan and the assassin of Jiaozhou, Xu Shu as the general of Zhendong and the assassin of Yangzhou, Wei Yan as the general of Zhenbei and the assassin of Xuzhou, Huang Zhong as the general of Zhenxi and the assassin of Yizhou, Lu Xun as the general of Zhengyi, Yitong Sansi and the assassin of Yizhou, Zhou Yu as the general of the Zhenjun and the Taishou of Nanyang, Huo Jun as the general of Anxi and the Taishou of Brazil, Yu Ban as the general of Annan and Langya, Tai Shici as the general of Andong and Jiujiang as the Taishou of Jiujiang, Wen Ping as the general of Anbei and the Taishou of Badong, Yan Yan as the general of Pingbei and Zitong as the Taishou of Zitong, and Fa Zheng as the Taishou of Shujun. Zhenxi General Military Division, Meng Da is Yongchang Taishou, Li Yan is Bajun Taishou, Zhang Yi is Qian, Xu Jing is Zhennan General Changshi, Liu Ba is Zhennan General Sima, Zhang Song is Zhenxi General Changshi, and Huang Quan is Zhenxi General Sima.

And Peng Yi, Qin Mi, Fei Shi, Fei Yi, Wu Yi and others are all engaged in the Taiwei Mansion, Shamoke is the thief Cao, and Meng Huo is the Wei Cao, one purpose is to reward them, and the other purpose is naturally to restrain them.

The rest of Fei Guan, Wu Ban, Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Li Hui, Yang Hong, Zhou Qun, Li Yi, Pang Le and others were all employed.

After that, Liu Qi personally came to the door and invited Zheng Du, Huang Quan, Dong He, and Qian Qian to come out, and appointed Zheng Du as the Taiwei Mansion, Chen Zhi as the Yizhou Persuasion to Engage in Learning, Zheng Du as the Taiwei Mansion to decide Cao, and Huang Quan, Dong He and Dong Hezi Dong Yun were all engaged in the Taiwei Mansion.

In addition, Liu Qi personally persuaded Zhang Ren to surrender with Liu Zhang's letter, and after listening to Liu Qi's assurance to Liu Zhang, Zhang Ren had no choice but to surrender.

Liu Qi was overjoyed and immediately appointed Zhang Ren as the general of Pingxi and the Taishou of Guanghan.

After that, Liu Qi appointed Liu Zhang as Jingzhou, wore the seal of General Zhenwei, moved the Yicheng Pavilion Marquis, and ordered his wife to go to Yicheng in Nanjun to live and rest, and leave immediately. Immediately ordered Huang Zhong to go out to settle the people, open a warehouse to help the people, build roads, open trade roads, communicate with Shu Jin, and transfer Deng Zhi to Yizhou Tuntian Zhonglang General, specifically responsible for Tuntian and Juntian matters in Yizhou; Xiang Lang was transferred to literature and Yin Huang was to be engaged in classics, and was responsible for the construction and expansion of county schools.

Yizhou was established, Liu Qi ordered Huang Zhong to take the opportunity to recover the entire Zitong County under the pretext of conquest of Pang Xi, Yang Huai and others who defected to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and to find a favorable opportunity to occupy Hanzhong, and then took Liu Shi, Zhang Tong, Fu Wei, Kan Ze, Zhuge Jin, Jia Xu, Pang Tong, Wang Cang, Peng Yi, Qin Mi, Fei Shi, Fei Yi, Wu Yi, Sha Moke, Meng Huo, Zheng Du, Huang Quan, Dong He, Dong Yun and others to command 30,000 troops to return to Xiangyang.

And the state, Taiyuan County, Jinyang.

"What?" Cao Cao, who heard the news of Liu Qi's pacification of Yizhou, couldn't help but be shocked, gritted his teeth deadly, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he exclaimed: "How is this possible? Shuzhong is difficult and dangerous, although Liu Zhang is incompetent, he has more than 100,000 soldiers under his command, and with the support of the surrounding barbarians, it was pacified in such a short period of time? Is this Liu Zhang a pig? Even pigs can't be so bad, right? ”

"Lord, Liu Qi has now pacified Yizhou, it can be said that the entire Han world has won half of the southern country, if you talk about territory, we and Liu Bei are not enough, plus he has elite crossbowmen under his command, and the pro-soldiers are equipped with iron knives that are sharpened like clay, and the sharpness is not much better than our tiger and leopard cavalry, but our tiger and leopard cavalry is only 5,000, and Liu Qi's personal soldiers have 10,000, plus the powerful crossbow soldiers are the nemesis of our cavalry, and the lower officer thinks that this person will definitely go north to the Central Plains in the near future, The lord must not let go. ”

Strategist Cheng Yu's face was full of melancholy, and he sighed at Cao Cao.

"Zhongde, what do you say we should do? Now we have just pacified Youzhou, and the state has only gotten half of it, Liu Bei'er is a thief, has been coveting our land, and because of Guan Yu's affairs and lingering, the prime minister naturally knows that we must defend Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Qingzhou in the Central Plains for today's plan, but we really can't get away because of the war. Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh and said slowly.

"For today's plan, we can only unite with Liu Bei and fight Liu Qi together." Xun You's eyes full of wisdom flashed with light, and he said slowly.

"United Liu Bei......" Cao Cao's face flashed a look of pain, and he said unwillingly: "A cunning person like Liu Bei, uniting with him is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger, not to mention, such a weaving mat dealer can actually be on an equal footing with Benxiang, I think this person can only be under my command back then...... That's it, let's unite, that's much better than self-destruction, but Liu Bei has a grudge against me, I don't know if Da Er'er will agree. ”

Xun You smiled and said confidently: "I can't help but disagree, Liu Qi now occupies the entire Yizhou, the next step is to plot Hanzhong, as long as Hanzhong is in hand, his Guanzhong area is the first target for Liu Qi to attack, and then Hanzhong and Nanyang will send troops, how can he stop it with his strength?" Therefore, the prime minister is in a hurry, Liu Bei is even more anxious than us, please rest assured, the lower officials believe that in a few days, Liu Bei will definitely send an envoy to negotiate peace and form an alliance with us. ”

Cao Cao didn't believe this, but the next day he found that the enemy army attacking Pingtao had withdrawn, and at the same time, the defenders of Yanmen came to report that Liu Bei's army suddenly withdrew, and Cao Ren, the guard of Yanmen, did not know what tricks Zhuge Liang had, and did not dare to pursue, so he came to ask Cao Cao to behave, and Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei was showing favor to himself, and had the intention of discussing and forming an alliance, so he ordered Cao Ren to just defend.

Two days later, Cao Cao suddenly heard that Liu Bei's envoy Sun Qian had come to pay a visit, and he couldn't help but lift his spirits and immediately went out of the camp to greet him.

"Mr. Gongyou is visiting, it is really brilliant, please." Cao Cao's enthusiasm was unexpected, as if he had seen Xu Yu in the Battle of Guandu.

But Sun Qian still remained calm, because he had already read the result of today's events from Cao Cao's expression, and secretly thought: "It seems that the military advisor guessed correctly, this time Cao Thief is a little unable to sit still, whether it is the lord or Cao Thief, they never want to see Liu Qi become bigger." Hehe, this time, the alliance between the two sides is hopeful. ”

Sun Qian gave Cao Cao a salute, and after sitting down, he heard Cao Cao ask impatiently: "I don't know what happened when Gongyou came this time?" ”