If you look at the territory, this 'business' Liu Biao did not lose money, because he recovered half of Nanyang. But if it is said from the surname of safety, Liu Biao loses again, because he needs to face the pressure brought to him by Lao Cao from now on.

When Zhang Xiu was in Nanyang before, he could also help him buffer, if Lao Cao wanted to go south, then he would definitely not be able to spare Zhang Xiu.

Yes, in the final analysis, Liu Biao hated more than he liked in his heart. The one who hates it even more is naturally Liu Xie. If it weren't for Liu Xie abducting Zhang Xiu away, Zhang Xiu would have cooperated well with him, how could he suddenly abandon him! What an abomination! I knew ......

But whether Liu Biao likes it or not, this has become a foregone conclusion, Zhang Xiu took a group of new and old brothers to Luoyang to 'open up the wasteland', and Lao Cao's army also drove into Nanyang. Of course, between Lao Cao and Liu Biao, he did not continue to fight with each other, but instead sent envoys to repair, so as not to make Liu Biao's mind hot and flirt with Lao Yuan when he was at war with Lao Yuan. Of course, when Lao Cao reconciled with Liu Biao, he did not forget Liu Xie in Chang'an.

Lao Yuan thought of repairing with Liu Xie, and even cooperating with Liu Xie to fuck his old Cao, couldn't Lao Cao think of it? Apparently impossible.

No, when Brother Zhu came back from Xuchang, Lao Cao's envoy followed.

Lao Cao's messenger was Sima Lang, that is, Sima Yi's eldest brother. Sima Lang is not very old, twenty-five or sixteen years old, and now he is Sikong Peng's subordinate, which is to do clerical work for Lao Cao. Today's Lao Cao, compared with the historical Lao Cao, has many fewer talents.

Because of Liu Xie's 'escape', Lao Cao could not 'justify', and now many Confucians are on Liu Xie's side, and even their ** has also run to Liu Xie's side. Although many people cover their ears and steal the bell for their own interests, they do not recognize Liu Xie's orthodoxy.

But there are still most people who believe in Liu Xie's orthodoxy. Coupled with the current prosperity of Yizhou, these people are more and more convinced of their choice.

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When the brothers and they returned, Liu Xie met with Ma Teng's envoy Ma Dai in the Chang'an Imperial Palace, and accepted Ma Teng's surrender.

This time, Liu Xie summoned several armies and generals to 'hold a meeting' in the Deyang Hall to announce the next journey. Among them, Huayin's guard general Duan Xuan, and Zhang Xiu, a general who had just surrendered to Chengcheng, were also among them. These two have just come to Chang'an, but Duan Xuan came faster than Zhang Xiu.

After all, Huayin is not far from Chang'an, Duan Xuan did not disappoint Liu Xie, Guo Jia asked him to cooperate with Chen Zhi and Zhang Ren to attack Li Guo, he did not refuse, and even united with several other generals in Guanzhong. It's just that those generals have been on the sidelines at that time.

But now, those generals are also here, standing in the hall. Those few are Ma Teng's eight generals in history, and now they have all become third-rate generals under Liu Xie. There is no way to do this, they are willing to surrender, Liu Xie will naturally not stop them, and they will not continue to fight.

The only requirement was to surrender the military power, and each of them was allowed to keep only one guard, that is, two hundred. Two hundred people, if they are all as elite as Chilongwei, they can do some things, but this may not be a high surname, even the personal guards of Tai Shici are not so fierce.

In fact, many generals don't have so many personal guards, basically only one team, only about fifty people.

And this person surrendered, and he didn't directly make them generals, basically at the rank of captain. Of course, the rank of the lieutenant is also quite large, but the rank is a rank, and the people they can lead are only one battalion at present. If you want to climb up, then show real skills.

They did not dare to be dissatisfied with the treatment given by Liu Xie, because at this time, they were not qualified to be dissatisfied, and if Liu Xie did not agree to their surrenders, they had enough strength to crush them all. As for the conditions that Liu Xie once promised them, it was already the past, who told them not to surrender before Li Guo's two thieves died! If you are disobedient, the benefits will naturally not be so much.

At the beginning of the meeting, Liu Xie first asked Guo Jia to summarize the achievements made by everyone in the previous stage, and then raised several generals to a small level according to their military merits, such as Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong, and Chen Zhi, who were originally at the school captain or Sima level, and mentioned the general or school captain.

If military merit is not transformed into an official, it is estimated that everyone will not be able to raise their motivation.

Then it is time to form the Western Army, what is the Western Army, it is naturally to attack the Western Regions and restore the Western Regions Protectorate.

The generals are a little strange, at this time, His Majesty does not fight other places, but actually hits the Western Regions first, what does this mean? But they were puzzled, and Liu Xie didn't have the idea of explaining to them, anyway, just let them implement it.

Soon, however, a few belligerent guys stepped forward and began to compete for a spot on the expedition.

Looking at these fierce generals, who are either belligerent or proud, Liu Xie thought to himself, there are too many generals who are too fierce, and they are actually quite a headache.

But it's not, like Zhang Fei, like Xu Chu, like Guan Yu, these are all fierce people, Lao Cao is happy to die when he gets a Dian Wei, but he gets a large number of them, how can he not be happy!

"Alright, let's be quiet!" Liu Xie stretched out his hand and patted the table, and said with a smile: "Very good, it seems that Zhong Aiqing's morale is very high, which is very good, but everyone must not underestimate the enemy, you must remember one sentence: pride makes people backward, modesty makes people progress!" ”

After a pause, Liu Xie's face turned pale and said: "Although our target is those aliens outside the village, don't forget that the alien races also have their advantages, otherwise, why can't those predecessors and sages control them?" We are all very strong, but because we are strong, we can't have a reason to underestimate our opponents! ”

After seeing that all the generals bowed their heads in shame, Liu Xiecai continued: "In this western expedition, I mean to set up a command center, the head of the command will be General Xu Huang, the military division will be Guo Jia and Jia Xu, Tai Shici, Huang Zhong, Guan Yu will be the deputy generals, and Lu Bu will be the vanguard ......."

"Your Majesty, I want to go on the expedition too!" Zhang Heizi began to cheat again.

Liu Xie glared at him and said, "Zhang Fei and Xu Chuke can go out with the army, how to appoint them, and the command will be under the unified command of the headquarters." ”

Although he was warned by Liu Xieyi's glare, Zhang Fei, who got the 'benefit', scratched his head and laughed. The others, who were familiar with him, couldn't help but roll their eyes at him. Although he felt that His Majesty was too good to Zhang Fei, he didn't dare to follow Zhang Fei's example.

Such a dangerous thing can only be done by a stunned young man like Zhang Sanhei!

After the end of the conquest of the Western Army, Liu Xie mentioned the matter of Guanzhong again: "Lu Su and Chen Zhi sat in Chang'an for me, Lu Su built Luoyang, Chen Zhi recruited and trained new soldiers for me in Chang'an, Zhang Ren led the army to sit in Luoyang, and Duan Xuan assisted Zhang Ren ......" (to be continued. )