Three days later, in Liu Zhang's reluctance, Liu Bei submitted his resignation. Liu Bei did not forget the purpose of his entry into Sichuan, nominally, he was invited by Liu Zhang to help Liu Zhang to resist Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Liu Bei in order not to arouse the suspicion of Yizhou officials, let them peek into their secret intentions of coveting Yizhou, so he would resign from Liu Zhang, and led the 30,000 soldiers he brought from Jingzhou to go straight to Jiameng Pass in the north of Yizhou, ready to be stationed there to resist Zhang Lu's attack.

Liu Zhang did not keep Liu Bei, Zhang Lu invaded Yizhou for many years, which had already made Liu Zhang tired of it, and Liu Zhang couldn't wait for Liu Bei to immediately eliminate Zhang Lu and get rid of this big trouble. Therefore, Liu Zhang funded Liu Bei's army of 20,000 and provided grain and grass for the 50,000 army to eat for half a year, so as to strengthen Liu Bei's entourage.

Liu Zhang's stupid move made Liu Bei laugh in his heart, and he got 20,000 troops for nothing, how could he not let Liu Bei snicker? What's more, there is still half a year of grain and grass, with these grains and grasses, Liu Bei has enough confidence to gain a foothold in Jiamengguan, and then gradually encroach on the northern areas of Yizhou, secretly transforming these areas into his own territory. How similar is the situation in front of him to Liu Bei's defection to Liu Biao? At the beginning, Liu Biao only gave Liu Bei a Xinye County, and Liu Bei gradually developed and controlled the four counties in the south of Jingzhou with a small Xinye, who can guarantee that Jiameng Pass will not be the beginning of Liu Bei's occupation of the entire territory of Yizhou? With a happy mood, Liu Bei led the army to advance towards Jiameng Pass.

At the same time as Liu Bei marched, Ao Lie was also on the way. After three days of traveling, Ao Lie led his soldiers to Bingzhou City, and Guo Huai, who succeeded Lu Bu as the pastor of Bingzhou, had already prepared 10,000 soldiers who were ready to go, as well as grain and grass for 70,000 troops. After waiting for half a day in Bingzhou City, the 20,000 troops sent by Tongzhou Mulusu also arrived in Bingzhou, and after the 70,000 troops were converging, Ao Lie asked them to camp outside the city to rest. By the way, get acquainted with each of their new companions. While the army was familiar with and rested, Ao Lie took the time to inspect the situation of the state and found that Guo Huai was really a good hand and managed the state in an orderly manner, which also made Ao Lie completely relieved and truly recognized Guo Huai's ability.

After half a day and a night of rest, Ao Lie led an army of 70,000 to embark on the journey again, aiming at Jicheng, the capital of Liangzhou. Historically, the geographical location and jurisdiction of Liangzhou were not fixed, and the jurisdiction was sometimes large and sometimes small. The reason for this phenomenon. It's because of Yongzhou, which appears from time to time. Historically, there have been several times the title of Yongzhou, a large state, when Yongzhou appeared, several counties in the east of Liangzhou will be merged into Yongzhou, and when Yongzhou is canceled, these counties will return to the rule of Liangzhou, Liangzhou and the division of the school and the lieutenant department, equal division of the counties of Yongzhou. And because Liangzhou is located in the westernmost part of the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou has several nicknames such as Xiliang and Yongliang.

At the time of Dong Zhuo's rebellion. Yongzhou reappeared, Dong Zhuo manipulated the regime at that time and forcibly established Yongzhou, and Yongzhou's dependencies included the Sanfu region under the direct control of Liu Xie. and several counties that originally belonged to Liangzhou, and then Liu Xie, with the help of Ao Lie, captured the Sanfu region and the Guanzhong region, and directly controlled the six counties in these two regions. formed the Sili School Captain Department, a large state with a different name from other large states, and drove Dong Zhuo's old subordinates Li Dao and Guo Yan back to Liangzhou, and Yongzhou existed in name only. Later, Li Dao and Guo Yan fought for rights. Yongzhou was abolished, and several counties incorporated into Yongzhou were assigned to Liangzhou, and then strengthened the power and territory in their hands, and since then, the name of Yongzhou has never appeared from the territory of the Han Dynasty, and there is no name of Yongzhou in the list of the sixteen states of the Han Dynasty released by Liu Xie.

While galloping on his horse, Ao Lie turned around from time to time and shouted to urge his subordinates: "Quick! Faster! We must strive to rush to Liangzhou before Liu Bei arrives at Jiameng Pass! Under Ao Lie's incessant shouting, 70,000 soldiers ran wildly, bringing up the dust in the sky, and disappeared into the distance in this dust.

When Liu Bei was still a day's journey away from Jiameng Pass, the 70,000 Yan troops who came later had already marched under the urging of Ao Lie to the city of Jicheng. Ao Lie's strategic policy this time is very clear, to surround the point and send reinforcements. besieged Jicheng, but was not in a hurry to take it, attracting the remnants of the rebels of Li Dao, Guo Yan and Han Sui to come to the rescue, and when the rebels were almost wiped out, let Ma Chao stand up and shout to persuade the soldiers and civilians of Liangzhou to surrender to the Yanzi Wang banner. Ma Chao is known as a prestige in Xiliang, known as Xiliang Jin Ma Chao by the local Han people, and known as the general of Shenweitian by the Qiang people.

The result of the matter was not much different from what Ao Lie expected, Ao Lie led 70,000 Yan troops, besieged under the city of Jicheng for half a month, during this period, several rebels in Liangzhou and some Qiang leaders came with their tribes to challenge, but were defeated by the Yan army, the whole army was annihilated, and no one who came to challenge could go back alive.

The war could go so smoothly was expected by Jia Xu. When he first proposed to use Liangzhou to march into Yizhou, Jia Xu had already made it clear that many soldiers in Liangzhou, after losing the four major warlord leaders Li Dao, Guo Yan, Han Sui and Ma Teng, would definitely fall into the embarrassment of the dragons without a leader, with the combat effectiveness of the Yan army, it is not difficult to defeat Liangzhou, and only this method will allow the Yan army to enter Yizhou in the shortest possible time, and then force Liu Bei, so that he is afraid and does not dare to invade Yizhou.

Facts have proved that Jia Xu's inference is very correct. In the absence of a leader, the soldiers of Liangzhou are like a long snake that has lost its head, allowing it to be strong in combat, but unfortunately it has been restricted by the headless, and under the blow of the Yan army, it is difficult to move forward and retreat.

Half a month later, Ma Chao stood up according to the plan in advance, and after the Xiliang army stationed in Jicheng saw Ma Chao, he immediately surrendered without saying a word, and welcomed Ma Chao into Jicheng with gongs and drums, so that even Yan Wang Ao Lie was dwarfed in front of Ma Chao and was snubbed. Of course, Ao Lie will never take this to heart, on the contrary, looking at Ma Chao's popular appearance, as a sworn brother, Ao Lie will be happy for Ma Chao. It was also at this moment that Ao Lie had the idea of handing over Liangzhou to Ma Chao in the future. To manage a large state, Ma Chao is obviously not the best candidate, his character of being a pioneer is really unbearable to take on the heavy responsibility of the state pastor, but in Liangzhou, Ma Chao's reputation and status are unmatched, and Liangzhou is a place where Han and Qiang people live together. If you want the people of Liangzhou to abide by the law, you must find them a state pastor who can convince them, and in this regard, no one is more suitable than Ma Chao. Perhaps, it is also a good choice to let Ma Chao, the first Liangzhou pastor of Yan Kingdom, play an excessive role, and wait for the situation in Liangzhou to stabilize, and then send someone else to take over as Liangzhou pastor.

After the surrender of the military and civilians in Jicheng, the soldiers and Qiang leaders from all over Liangzhou. I heard that Jin Ma Chao returned to Xiliang, eight or nine times out of ten came to meet Ma Chao, expressing their willingness to belong to Yan Wang Ao Lie, some of them had personally participated in the rebellion, in Luoyang, Chang'an had seen Ao Lie's power, but also word of mouth, Ao Lie's wisdom and martial arts, like the rebirth of the overlord and the reincarnation of Han Xin, which invisibly made Ao Lie's prestige. Began to take root in the territory of Liangzhou.

By the time most of Liangzhou had been annexed to Ao Lie, it was already a month later, and in this month, Ao Lie sent Jia Xu and others to various counties to pacify the army and civilians on his behalf. To a large extent, Liangzhou contributed to the stability of Liangzhou, and to this day, there are only some surrounding areas, or places where rebels gather. It is still outside of Ao Lie's rule, but these areas only occupy less than a tenth of the area of Liangzhou, so there is no need to worry at all.

When Jia Xu and others returned to Jicheng one after another. Ao Lie issued an edict to let Chen Gong and Ma Dai assist Ma Chao and stay in Jicheng, and at the same time gather the Liangzhou army, train it, and be responsible for clearing those areas that have not yet surrendered. After that, Ao Lie left 20,000 soldiers for Ma Chao and Ma Dai brothers, and then rushed to Wuwei County with the others, and then coerced Liu Bei, so that he could not encroach on Yizhou too smoothly.

The current Jicheng has restored the demeanor of the Liangzhou military and political center, and the Liangzhou army and the Qiang people from all over the country have been annexed, making Jicheng instantly become a military center with 130,000 soldiers, plus the county soldiers in other regions and the 20,000 Yan troops left by Ao Lie, which is enough for Ma Chao to control the situation. It is believed that in time, Liangzhou will be completely restored to the previous level.

Wudu County is the southernmost county of Liangzhou, bordering Sili Xiaowei Department, Yizhou and Hanzhong. After arriving in Wuwei, Ao Lie didn't have time to catch his breath, so he picked up a pen and wrote a letter and a letter. Ao Lie briefly recounted the battle to pacify Liangzhou in the fold, and told Liu Xie that he did not need to worry about the threat in the direction of Liangzhou in the future, because Liangzhou had returned to the territory of the Han Dynasty and there was no threat at all. At the same time, Ao Lie also asked Liu Xie to appoint Ma Chao as the new Liangzhou pastor. Another letter, Ao Lie was written to Zhang Lu, the Taishou of Hanzhong. In the letter, Ao Lie told him about Liu Bei's ambitions, and advised Zhang Lu not to use troops against Yizhou for the time being if he did not want to be used as a spear by Liu Bei, and if Zhang Lu did not listen to the advice, the Yan army stationed in Wuwei would march against Zhang Lu's Hanzhong.

Although Zhang Lu is named Hanzhong Taishou, he occupies Hanzhong and Ba County, the two big counties of Yizhou, because it is located in the northeast of Yizhou, and is also known as Dongchuan, and Yizhou, which is known as Xichuan, faintly has a tendency to fight against each other. In Dongchuan, Zhang Lu relied on the two counties in his hands to raise 150,000 soldiers, which was even comparable to Ao Lie, who only controlled one Youzhou before. The reason why Zhang Lu was able to have 150,000 troops, in addition to the vast territory and dense population of Hanzhong and Ba County, there is another important reason, he is the third generation of Tianshi Dao, Tianshi Dao is also called Wudou Mijiao, which has a very high popularity in Hanzhong, and the believers of the church are all over every corner of Dongchuan. Zhang Lu relied on this to establish Dongchuan, a theocratic struggle for power, which is somewhat similar to the status of the Western pope. It can be said that in Dongchuan, Zhang Lu is the uncrowned king, and his command is strong, so that he can invade the interior of Yizhou year after year and become a prince who divides the northern part of Yizhou, which makes Liu Zhang regard it as a big trouble. It is precisely the existence and threat of Zhang Lu that Liu Zhang will be stupid enough to lure the wolf into the house and attract Liu Bei, a careerist. (To be continued......)

PS: PS: Dongchuan is made up by Da Kun, although there is also the title of Dongchuan in history, but Da Kun is not clear if it is the same meaning as in this chapter. I hope you don't get confused, you are misled by Da Kun.