In October 200 AD, Liu Biao died, and Liu Qi opened the gate of Xiangyang City and surrendered.

Although Xiangyang City changed hands, it was not destroyed by the war, the prosperity in the city is still the same, people are afraid to block the road on both sides to see the Jiangnan army entering the city one after another, Zhang Quan led the way to greet people, the generals and soldiers in the army followed suit, and people became active all of a sudden.

The first thing after occupying Xiangyang was to take in talents. There are a lot of talents under Liu Biao, including Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Yin, Wang Cang, Wu You, Huang Zhongwen, Cai Mao, Huo Jun, and Liu Pan. Yin Ji was captured when he was in Jiangling, and he said to Zhang Xiu at that time: As long as Liu Jingzhou is still alive, I will not vote for the second master; I didn't expect Liu Biao to die so soon. Liu Qi, Liu Cong and Cai's family surrendered when the city gate was opened, and Zhang Quan immediately ordered Liu Qi to be the Taishou of Jiangxia, but Jiangxia was still in the hands of Sun Quan, and if he wanted Jiangxia, he would take it himself. Wang Cang, who was standing next to Liu Qi, saw that Liu Biao was dead, Liu Qi had fallen, and he had to eat with him, saying that he had followed the young master to surrender, Wang Cang's government affairs ability was still good, and Zhang Quan asked him to rush to Jiangling to deal with civil affairs.

Then I heard that Kuailiang Kuaiyue was still in the cell, Zhang Quan asked Zhao Yun to follow Liu Qi to the barracks to find the generals named Huang Zhongwen respectively, Jia Xu went to the city lord's mansion to take over the affairs, and asked Cai Mao to take Zhang Quan, Pang Tong and others to the prison cell to find Kuailiang Kuaiyue.

When Zhang Quan arrived at the cell, he found that the guards in the cell had dispersed, and the jailer in the cell saw Cai Mao coming and shouted: "Ah, General Cai is here." Cai Mao said, "What's wrong?" Anyway, the prisoners have run away. The jailer whispered, "The city is broken, what prisoners are still guarded?" Zhang Quan looked forward and saw a Confucian scholar in his forties still reading in a private room, and asked Cai Mao to lead him to him.

"Is he Kuai Liang or Kuai Yue?" Zhang Quan asked Cai Mao.

"Back to the young master, he is Kuai Yue. What does the young master command? ”

"Tell him about me."

Kuai Yue in the single room saw Cai Mao leading a large group of strangers in, and asked Cai Mao with an unkind face:

"General Cai, are they?"

"This is the only son of General Zhang Xiuzhang, surnamed Zhang Mingquan." Cai Mao said respectfully.

Zhang Quan bowed to Kuai Yue, and Kuai Yue returned the salute and asked Cai Mao, "Xiangyang has been breached?" General Cai, you surrendered? Cai Mao said impatiently.

Zhang Quan said to Kuai Yue: "Mr. Kuai, I don't know where your brother has gone?" ”

"Oh, this morning when the city was broken, my brother took advantage of the turmoil in the prison cell to go out, and he said that he would live in seclusion in the mountains and forests in the future." Kuai Yue replied.

"That's right." Zhang Quan said with a slight sigh. Historically, Kuai Liang lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests after Liu Biao's death.

"Why do you sigh?" Kuai Yue said.

"I just feel that Brother Ling's talents can't be used by me, so I sigh. But it doesn't matter, I wonder if Mr. is willing to serve my new Jingzhou Army? Zhang Quan said sincerely.

Kuai Yue pondered for a while, then raised his head and asked, "I don't know how many people died in Gongzi and Ling Zun to take this Jingzhou Sixth Army?" Kuai Yue asked.

"Huh?" Zhang Quan tilted his head and muttered, "Take Guiyang soldiers without blood, a few people died in Changsha, hundreds of people died in Lingling, Zhao Yun killed a few people in a sneak attack on Wuling, burned a lot of houses in Jiangling, but there were no dead people, and Xiangyang was only besieged but not attacked, and there were no dead people." Zhuge Liang behind him heard Zhang Quan muttering and calculating like a child doing math problems in front of adults, and couldn't help but think that it was this sixteen-year-old boy, who killed the dragon king of the world by himself in the frozen world a few days ago, and was in awe.

On the day of the battle with the Ocean and the Water Dragon King, after Zhuge Liang was knocked unconscious by Zhang Quan with an ice cube, he soon came to his senses and opened his eyes, as if his eyes were filled with dragon blood in his body, and the whole world was a world of blood; Zhuge Liang rubbed his eyes, only to find that there was no problem with his eyes, but the world in front of him was filled with hot scarlet restless blood.

The next moment, Zhuge Liang saw Zhang Quan controlling the huge blood qi that filled the entire world, attacking the Ocean and the Water Dragon King, the Dragon King who could kill any of them in seconds and could fight a million troops alone, in front of Zhang Quan, this weak-crowned young man in a white shirt who looked powerless, he had no power to parry.

Zhuge Liang suddenly discovered that this world is so ridiculous. When Zhuge Liang had not yet awakened the super hybrid, the secretary and division commander told him that this is the world ruled by a noble emperor who was born, and those heroes on the battlefield are not the soldiers who kill the most enemies, but the handsome talents who command millions of soldiers and horses; When he awakened the bloodline of the super half-blood, he found that in the real world, the real emperor, is a person who can easily slaughter millions of soldiers and horses by himself, or the dragon king, and suddenly found that what Sun Tzu learned in the past, the Four Books and Five Classics, and the battle-hardened soldiers of the million-strong army, when the dragon wings behind the dragon king-level existence are unfolded, it is useless, and he himself is the existence of the dragon king-level; It wasn't until he fought with the Water Dragon King in Dangyang and the Ocean that Zhuge Liang discovered that he himself, who had defeated Sun Quan, another Ocean and Water Dragon King, was ridiculously vulnerable in front of the real Dragon King-level existence. The real world is never recognized by people who are not capable of reaching this level.

Zhuge Liang's thoughts returned to his eyes, looking at Zhang Quan's back, Zhang Quan, who had the strength to slaughter all the princes involved in the struggle for hegemony in the land of China overnight, and then left a monstrous fire in Luoyang, so that the water of the Yellow River was dyed red, so as to deter the world and easily unify the world. However, Zhang Quan still used secular rules, a little bit to accumulate soldiers, horses, food and grass, a little bit to attack the city and plunder the land, at this moment, in order to use talented people to calculate the death toll little by little. The purpose, I'm afraid, is to maintain the rules that ordinary people rely on to survive.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang's eyes looking at Zhang Quan gradually changed from awe to respect, and Zhang Quan said to Kuai Yue:

"Hundreds of people died."

Kuai Yue had already listened to the process that Zhang Quan had just calculated, and after listening to Zhang Quan's words, he immediately knelt down and said, "Xenodu has a little talent in the management of the internal affairs department, so he should do his best to assist the prince and the lord." ”

Zhang Quan helped Kuai Yue up, and then Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu showed that they were out, and Zhang Quan happily agreed.

Anyway, Zhao Yun found Huang Zhong Wenpin, and Wenpin said that the young master would let him lead how many people, Zhao Yun replied that he didn't say that it should not be less, and then chatted with Wenpin. Suddenly, a big knife cut Zhao Yun Wenpin open, and Huang Zhong roared angrily at Wen Ping: "The lord treats you well, and now that the lord is dead, you don't want to take revenge, but you talk about the enemy general." Zhao Yun respected Huang Zhongzhong, didn't say anything, held his spear tightly and vigilantly got out of the way.

Wen Ping couldn't bear to be angry, and immediately became angry from the fright, and looked at Huang Zhong's big knife with a halberd: "Old bastard, why does Liu Biao treat me well?" I've only taken a few hundred people with me so far. Besides, it was Liu Biao who said to surrender, and it was not me who said to surrender. Then Huang Zhong and Wen Ping scolded and fought.

Zhao Yun watched Wen Ping and Huang Zhong fight for a long time on the side, and felt that the martial arts of the generals who were valued by Zhang Quan should not be so bad! Then I thought that when he was talking to Wen Ping just now, Wen Ping smiled a little forcefully, Huang Zhong Wen Ping was excreting the depression after the defeat without a fight!

Then Zhang Quan came, and said that they would be given 5,000 men and horses, and that in the future, according to the increase in military merits, Wen Ping immediately accepted it gratefully, and Huang Zhong said that he would be allowed to transfer in the army for a few days, and in a few days he would be training archers for him.

That night, Zhang Quan, Jia Xu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, and Kuai Yue surrounded a large map in the City Lord's Mansion. Zhang Quan looked at the map of the Eastern Han Dynasty and his first feeling was that it was too small, less than one-third of today's China.

Jia Xu, Zhuge Liang and the others looked at the map and were silent. Zhang Quan said:

"Do you all think that the situation is still mixed and divided today?"

Zhuge Liang nodded.

Zhang Quan picked up a brush dipped in water, and drew three strokes on the map, both horizontally and vertically, Zhang Quan saw Pang Tong immediately burst into a smile and said:

"Shiyuan, come on."

"Good. For example, today (the ancient Chinese only knew the world but did not know the country), simply put, it is the six forces drawn by the young master. He said and pointed with his finger, "The northern world is Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Ma Teng, who nominally rules Xiliang; Zhuge Liang and the others listened carefully, Zhang Quan went to take a sip of tea, and saw Huang Yueying tossing small tools, so he kissed her and mischievolently played with her.

"The southern world is Dongwu, my Jingzhou army, and Liu Zhang of Yizhou." Jia Xu suddenly brightened up, and found that the situation in the world was so clear, and sighed that he was old.

"What about Liu Bei, who occupies Xuzhou?" Zhuge Liang pointed to Liu Bei's Xuzhou in the middle of Sun Quan, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao and asked Pang Tong, and Pang Tong found this omission, "What about Zhang Lu in Hanzhong?" Xu Shu asked.

Pang Tongyi was in a big position, turned around and asked Zhang Quan, only to find that Zhang Quan was gone, playing with Huang Yueying, and shouted to Zhang Quan helplessly: "Young master, now is not the time to play." ”

Zhang Quan returned to the map and replied to them: "The general trend of the world, if you join for a long time, you will be divided, and if you divide for a long time, you will be together." It has been sixteen years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. "Saying a little bit of Zhang Lu's Hanzhong and Liu Bei's Xuzhou, he said contemptuously." They have only occupied such a little land, and they have no share in the struggle for domination of the world. ”

They were immediately intimidated by Zhang Quan's courage. You must know that the rich Xuzhou and the grain-rich Hanzhong, which were only five hundred years ago during the Warring States Period, were a big country that dominated the world. At this moment, in Zhang Quankong, who is still in the weak crown years, it is "such a little territory", I really don't know if he is still too young, or if he really doesn't care about it.

"Then where is the young master going to attack now?" Kuai Yue asked.

"Now our Sun Quan in the east is still busy rectifying Shanyue, and Cao Cao, which borders us in the north, is still busy resisting Yuan Shao." said that he remembered something, and said to Jia Xu:

"Mr. Wenhe, draft a letter to Cao Cao! Let's just say that my father is willing to guard Jingzhou for Cao Cao, but he needs the name of Jingzhou pastor. ”

Jia Xu frowned for a while, his heart trembled, and he thought, "Return to Cao Cao?" Could it be that the young master already knew about the unusual relationship between the lord and Cao Cao? ”

Jia Xu looked back at Zhang Quan with deep suspicion, Zhang Quan didn't feel strange, it was really unreasonable for him to do this, it was worth such a look, Jia Xu thought, even if Zhang Quan knew the truth, Jia Xu still had to pretend that Zhang Quan didn't know the truth.

"Young master, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Jia Xu said, "We have a grudge against Cao Cao for killing our sons." ”

"Cao Cao has a grudge against us, and we have no enmity with Cao Cao. Father will definitely not say anything, as for Cao Cao's side, he should be worried that after we unify Jingzhou, we will go north and Yuan Shao to attack him and recapture Wancheng. We are giving him the confidence to fight against Yuan Shao, and to show that we are defending the land for him and not for the Han Emperor, and he will definitely agree. Sir, let's go to the drafting after the meeting. Zhang Quan said.

"Yes!" Listening to Zhang Quan's analysis of Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao, Jia Xu's back was already sweating. It's not that Zhang Quan's yang conspiracy is terrifying and worldly, as far as the strategy itself is concerned, without considering the combat power of the dragon blood of the dragon clan, it is very good, a work of heaven and man, this is the evaluation given by Jia Xu. It's just that the relationship between Zhang Quan's father, Jia Xu's lord, Zhang Xiu, and the powerful prince Cao Cao is not just a simple relationship such as killing his son on the surface, but Zhang Xiu himself has not planned to tell Zhang Quan, and Jia Xu can't say it.

"Okay, let's divide the Han River with Cao Cao and rule, and the Xinye Shangyong in Jiangbei will give it to Cao Cao and Zhang Lu first." Zhang Quan looked up at everyone with his eyes full of light, and the hope and excitement in his eyes infected them, Zhang Quan said:

"And our next step is to swallow the whole of Yizhou!"

Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly, Quan Shao just loves to do this kind of exciting look, is it that for them, who have just killed one of the eight great kings, the Dragon King, annexing Yizhou, isn't it so simple to turn their hands over?

(The relationship between Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao is a very big pit, a major foreshadowing, and the plot will unfold when Zhang Quan fights Cao Cao)