Seeing that Cao Cao was so urgent, Sun Qian knew that he was now ready to fly, so he stopped going around in circles, and said straight to the point: "Prime Minister, I don't hide it, the lower officials came to meet this time, mainly to negotiate peace between the two sides." Cheng quite knows that now Liu Qi has pacified Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and has five major prefectures under his rule: Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, Yizhou, and Xuzhou, with a population of more than 10 million, and Liu's father and son have been operating for many years. ”

But seeing that Cao Cao's eyes were slightly closed and his face was expressionless, he said slowly: "Go on." ”

"No." Sun Qian glanced at Cao Cao, and continued: "Fortunately, the prime minister is eclectic in employing people, with hundreds of thousands of male soldiers under his command, my lord Liu Bei has a slight name, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers under his command. ”

Cao Cao also sighed when he heard this, and after a while he said slowly: "In fact, the prime minister has long had this intention, even if Mr. Gongyou does not come, the prime minister will definitely send someone to Lishi to meet Xuande Gong, since Mr. Gongyou has arrived, this minister will naturally not be allowed, please Mr. Gongyou return temporarily, this minister will definitely send an envoy to Chang'an to discuss the alliance with Xuande Gong." ”

"No. The lower officials and the lord are sure to wait for the good news of the prime minister. After Sun Qian finished speaking, he got up and said goodbye.

Cao Cao personally sent Sun Qian back, and then convened all the generals to discuss the alliance with Liu Bei.

The generals had no opinion on this, and unanimously agreed.

And at this time, the long history Dong Zhao offered a plan: "Since the prime minister wants to unite with Liu Bei, he should use the power of the imperial court to reward him, and now the prime minister and Liu Bei and Liu Qi have a full third of the momentum, not the right position, not enough to make the soldiers use their lives, the prime minister since the rise of the army, the wind and rain, more than 30 years, sweeping away the murderers, and the people to eliminate harm, so that the Han family can survive, Liu Qi is still a captain, the prime minister has the merit of supporting the Son of Heaven, how can he be in the same column? Accept the position of Duke of Wei, and add nine tin to show merit. At the same time, the prime minister played Liu Bei as the Duke of Qin, and Liu Bei had to be promoted by the prime minister, and he would inevitably use his life extraordinarily. ”

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, and then asked, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

Cao Hong and Xu Chu immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "With the merits of the lord, even if it is a king, let alone a Wei prince?" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately said: "You are waiting for the Son of Heaven to be blind, talking nonsense, and still not retreating?" ”

Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Lu Qian, Jiang Ji and others all supported Dong Zhao's statement, Guo Jia habitually did not ask or speak, but Shang Shu Ling Xun Yu stepped forward and said: "No." Prime Minister Benxing volunteers, Kuang Fu Han family, should be loyal and loyal, and keep the festival of humility and retreat. A gentleman loves others with virtue, and it should not be so. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he changed color and was unhappy in his heart.

Dong Zhao said: "How can one person stop the public's expectations? "Then please respect Cao as the Duke of Wei, add Jiuxi, and please respect Liu Bei as the Duke of Qin.

Soon after, the Son of Heaven issued a decree to establish the Wei State with Hedong, Hanoi, Wei County, Zhao State, Zhongshan, Changshan, Julu, Anping, Ganling, and Pingyuan Fan ten counties, respecting Cao Cao as the Duke of Wei, adding nine tins, allowing him to praise and worship without a name, enter the court without trending, and go to the palace with a sword, such as the story of Xiao He.

After that, Cao Cao began to build the Wei Sheji Temple, as the Golden Tiger Terrace, and dug a ditch to divert Zhangshui into the white ditch to open the river. Later, Wei County was divided into east and west, and the capital was placed as the captain, and the Shangshu, Shizhong, and Liuqing were initially placed, with Xun Yu as the Shangshu Order, Liang Mao as the servant, Mao Jue, Cui Yan, Chang Lin, Xu Yi, and He Kui as the Shangshu, and Yun Qian and Heqia as the servants.

Xun Yu did not participate in it from beginning to end, just sighed, Cao Cao heard that he was secretly angry in his heart, and then ordered Xun Yu to Shouchun to work in the army, after Xun Yu arrived, Cao Cao took the opportunity to leave him in the army. He was appointed as a servant and a doctor of Guanglu, held a festival, participated in the military of the prime minister, and transferred him from the center.

In addition to canonizing Cao Cao as the Duke of Wei, the Son of Heaven also canonized Liu Bei as the Duke of Qin, making him a country in Jingzhao Yin.

Cao Cao immediately ordered Mao Jue to be the messenger, took the edict of the Son of Heaven to Lishi to see Liu Bei, announced the intention of the canonization of the Son of Tomorrow, and proposed to use the existing garrisons of the two sides as the boundary for a truce, and then formed an alliance to resist Liu Qi.

So Cao Cao and Liu Bei divided the state in this way, the two sides were bounded by the West River, Cao Cao occupied the east of Shangdang, Taiyuan and the area east of the Great Wall in Yanmen, and Liu Bei nominally occupied the five counties of Shangjun, Xihe, Yunzhong, Shuofang and Dingxiang, but because the Xiongnu were entrenched in the area of Yunzhong, Shuofang and Dingxiang, Liu Bei actually controlled only the two counties of Shangjun and Xihe.

Liu Bei saw that Cao Cao's proposal and alliance were in line with his own wishes, so he left Pang De to lead the army to garrison and Zhou, and led Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi and other generals to return to Chang'an and set out to establish the Qin State, and at the same time ordered Zhang Fei to be the vanguard, Ma Chao to be the deputy general, Zhang Ji was the military division, and commanded Ma Dai, Ma Tie, Guo Yuan, Pang Yan, Su Ze, Duan Mo, Liu Xiongming, Su Shen, Yan Bao, Wei Dan and other civil and military generals, in the name of helping Zhang Lu resist Huang Zhong, led an army of 50,000 to Sanguan, and the soldiers pointed directly at Wudu.

Zhang Fei, who was ordered to go to Hanzhong, was very unhappy in his heart, because he was eager to conquer Cao Cao in order to avenge Guan Yu, but his wish was interrupted many times.

The first time was in the fifth year of Jian'an, when Guan Yu had just been killed, he took the initiative to lead an army into Xuchang, capture Cao Cao alive, and avenge Guan Yu, but was stopped by the lord Liu Bei, saying that the battle of Cao Cao's Guandu had just been won, and the morale was flourishing, and he couldn't attack it in a hurry.

The second time was in the seventh year of Jian'an, when he formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, and the three-way army besieged Hedong, which was originally a success, and was about to take Hedong County, but the news that Ma Teng was killed, the lord was not in a hurry to attack Cao Cao, but instead went back to grab Ma Teng's territory with Han Sui, and as a result, Ma Chao lost his land, and the original tiger general became extremely negative from then on.

The third time is naturally this time, nine years after Jian'an, and two years later, he was having fun on the battlefield of Bingzhou, and it didn't take long to conquer Taiyuan, capture Cao Cao alive, and avenge Guan Yu, but the lord retreated inexplicably again, and he didn't know until later that this time it was to form an alliance with Cao Cao to fight against Liu Qi, and it was for the title of a Duke of Qin.

"Originally, I thought that Brother Yun and I have followed the lord since the Yellow Turban Uprising, and he has not abandoned him for the next twenty years, his friendship with us should not be brothers, better than brothers, but since a Zhuge Liang came, he put our brotherhood aside, yes, I admit that in recent years, he has indeed been as good as he said, and he has indeed established a large vast territory, such a foundation is something we never dared to think of before, in fact, I am also sincerely happy for the lord, Because his great cause can finally be realized, and now that he has formed an alliance with Cao Cao, at least he will not be beaten by Cao Cao again. But what about our brotherhood? He could listen to Zhuge Liang's words and give up the hatred of Elder Brother Yun, but I can't. ”

Zhang Fei sighed secretly, a few tears quietly slipped down his face, and said silently: "Senior Brother Yun, please forgive the little brother, so much time has passed, I still can't avenge you, little brother, I still can't avenge you, and I don't even have a chance to fight with Cao Thief, hehe, we have formed an alliance with him, although I know that this is also for the sake of the lord's great cause, but why do I feel so aggrieved?" ”

However, Ma Chao, who traveled with Zhang Fei and served as Zhang Fei's deputy general, had another thought in his heart. After nearly two years of consumption, his ambition is long gone, and all he thinks about is the scene where more than 200 members of his family were killed, and he feels that he has only one purpose in his life, that is, to kill Han Sui and other generals and avenge his family.

But I didn't expect to wait until now, but I waited for the news of Liu Bei's alliance with Cao Cao, Han Sui was originally Cao Cao's subordinate, so if you want to go to war with him again, it will be extremely difficult.

"Hmph, it's okay if Liu Bei took away my father's inheritance and didn't pay it back, but now he can't even revenge it, I'm a super hero, what's the point of living? Rather than this, it is better for me to surrender to Liu Qi, there may be hope for revenge in the future, anyway, I have no family now, I have nothing to worry about, and the only surviving two younger brothers are still by my side. ”

Ma Chaoyue thought that this was a very wonderful idea, which made the sorrow in his heart slowly dissipate, but when he saw the bitterness on Zhang Fei's face, he couldn't help but feel some sympathy in his heart.

If it is said that the general who has a good relationship with him after submitting to Liu Bei, there is only Zhang Fei, this person has an upright temperament, morality, and a good heart, and he has taken care of himself many times, and personally pleaded with Liu Bei, which forced Liu Bei to reluctantly agree to allocate 3,000 soldiers and horses to himself, so that what he did as a general was not a false name.

Zhang Fei knew that he had lost his relatives and was very depressed, so he often ran over to drink with him, and after drinking, he went crazy together, because in his heart he believed that he and he were actually people all the way......

"Alas, poor Yide, now that Liu Bei has formed an alliance with Cao Cao, it is estimated that his heart is as depressed as mine, right? It's just that I can still choose to surrender to Liu Qi, but can he Zhang Fei? He has followed Liu Bei for twenty years as a diehard, not to mention that his enemy is Cao Cao, it is estimated that even if Liu Bei does not ally with Cao Cao, it is estimated that he will not be an opponent in this life, it seems that the only person in this world who can make Cao thief suffer is Taiwei Liu Qi, right? ”

Ma Chao and Zhang Fei had their own concerns, and were leading the army to move forward slowly, but suddenly heard a young general come to report: "General Zhang, General Ma, something is wrong, according to the report of Tanma, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was shocked by the might of our army, and actually surrendered to Yizhou Assassin Shi Huang Zhong, and now the enemy we are facing is no longer Zhang Lu, but Huang Zhong." ”

"What?" Although Zhang Fei and Ma Chao expressed surprise at the same time, their moods became completely different.