After the meeting was dismissed, Liu Xie returned to the harem with a heavy heart.

Speaking from the heart, he is also unlucky as the emperor, the war is constantly in chaos, and he finally has a chance to revive the government, but he encounters this kind of thing, of course, he is distressed.

Wang Zifu and others were even more angry, this time stealing chickens did not make rice, but instead caught up with Dahonglu Zhou Huan's year-old Yulu, and was led by Xu Ji in the super hall, so he was naturally annoyed.

Xu Ji doesn't care about this, anyway, Xun Yu is coming soon, what is his level of counterattack? When the time comes, you will be well pleased.

However, Xu Ji did not forget his true purpose of transferring Xun Yu to Chang'an, Xu Ji was not at ease with Xun Yu, he needed to watch this friend by himself, otherwise he might regret it too late.

In the end, Wang Qi, the captain of the Yue cavalry, and Chong Shao, the counselor, were left behind by Liu Xie, which was said to be to assist Xu Ji's work, but in fact, it was to prevent Xu Ji from taking the opportunity to expand his power.

Xu Ji is too lazy to talk nonsense with them, as long as they hand over a list of guards in the Chang'an region to themselves, and they have to plant Shao to see what their relationship with Wang Yun is, of course, these are all cover-ups.

The fact that they were led to the ban on entry was something they couldn't have imagined. But it's no wonder, after all, who would have thought that Li Yan, a new generation of famous generals in Jingzhou, would be from Yanzhou? What's more, there are still two Xiongguan separating Chang'an and Sizhou!

However, Wang Xin and Chong Shao are not bad, at least they are not people who do not distinguish between importance for personal grievances, especially Chong Shao, whose position is impartial, and they are friends for the time being, but in the future, when they become more and more domineering in the court. Then I don't know what attitude this Shao master will take.

Hurriedly returning home, Xu Ji found that he didn't have a helper by his side. Once again, he deeply felt that he was not prepared to come to Chang'an this time, but Xu Ji did not regret it at all. Judging from the current situation of the war. If he and Jia Xuxu acted a little late, I am afraid that Wang Yun would have succeeded, and the situation in Chang'an would definitely not be the current situation, and at that time, even if he had Liu Xie in hand, he would not be qualified to gain a foothold in Chang'an. Because at that time, Wang Yun's strength was not weakened, but strengthened, and at that time there was only one big fight.

Just think about it, after fighting Chang'an, there is Xiliang, and Lu Bu. And Hanzhong, how much manpower, material and financial resources will you invest? There is a good chance that the war will be a protracted tug-of-war. This is obviously absolutely detrimental to the great cause of their own reunification, so although he is not strong enough in Chang'an now, it is also worth it, not to mention that it is only temporary? At least he now occupies Chang'an, eliminates Wang Yun, and greatly advances his plan forward.

Now he can't be in a hurry, Xu Ji knows that the only thing he has to do is wait.

The following day, the atmosphere in Chang'an Chengli began to become tense, and the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden searched the whole city. Of course, it is to find the three brothers Liu Zhang. And Chang'an Cheng's soldiers and horses also began to strengthen their precautions. Of course, there is also good news coming constantly: first, a letter came from Jizhou, saying that Xu Ji's wife Yining was pregnant. This made Xu Ji ecstatic, he was finally going to be a father. And from a political point of view, this is extraordinary. It is undoubtedly a spiritual encouragement to the area under his control: the Lord has a queen, and his luck is prosperous!

In the lovesickness, Xu Ji couldn't help but smile at the cute appearance of the future beauty Yining's pot-bellied poop. And this is also a matter of Xu Ji's heart, in the past few years, he has been busy with the war and has a little time to spend with his wife. Now that she has a child, her own mother finally has someone to accompany her. Then it was the fight with Yuan Shao. Substantial progress was finally made: Yuan Shao, after holding on to the west bank of Yingshui for a period of time, finally couldn't help but fight the Yanzhou army. Zang Ba used a little trick, and after losing a few innocuous battles, he began to retreat, Yuan Shao tasted the sweetness, ignored the bitter persuasion of the strategist Feng Ji, and immediately crossed the river.

Who knew that Yuan Shao had just crossed the river, and the army had not yet crossed the river halfway, when Zang Ba's army suddenly appeared, and Yuan Shao was caught off guard. also knew that he was the first opportunity, in order to delay time and let the army cross the river, Yuan Shao personally went to battle, asked to see Zang Ba, and even justifiably arrogant, he was very dissatisfied with the Yanzhou army taking the lead in provoking, and even asked the Yanzhou army to relieve the siege of Lingbi and let Guo Tu come back. also used language to imply that if you want Xu Ji's mother to be safe, she will be obedient. But Zang Ba immediately showed Yuan Jian, and asked Yuan Jian to state in front of the two armies that the masters of the Yuan family were doing things for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, when Zhen Mi was robbed and Xu Ji's "mother" was robbed in public, the two armies were in an uproar, Yuan Shao was caught off guard, and he didn't know how to react at all. And Zang Ba took the opportunity to tell Yuan Shao the news that he didn't know until now: Gongsun Zhan was destroyed, and Xu Ji's mother was safe and sound.

Yuan Shao didn't expect this to be the case, he was so flustered that he still had the heart to command the army, thinking only about how much damage his reputation had suffered, and the crime of harming his parents was enough to ruin his reputation.

Zang Ba took advantage of the situation to attack, Yuan Shaojun was one of the generals who had no fighting spirit, the second was the army's morale was fluctuating and morale was low, the third was that the army was not finished crossing the river and the formation was chaotic, and Zang Ba's army was taken by surprise and attacked halfway, and Yuan Shaoyan was undefeated?

Yuan Shao returned to the west bank of the Yingshui River in embarrassment, regretting that he did not listen to Feng Ji's words, and was about to ask Feng Ji for help, but learned that Feng Ji's office was also attacked by the Yanzhou army and was in danger. Yuan Shao and Feng Ji, who couldn't stand on their feet, had no choice but to abandon Yingshui on all fronts and retreat to Gepo, the land of the princes' alliance.

For a time, Ruyin, Yingshang, Anfengdu, and Lujiang all became the sphere of influence of the Yanzhou army, and Zang Ba took advantage of the victory to pursue Yuan Shao after appointing the guards of these places. Yuan Shao fled to Gepo and joined up with Zhang Ji's army, which was waiting here to pick up Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao was preparing to return to Runan in order to make a comeback.

Who knew that on the afternoon of the day he arrived at Gepo, he ushered in the defeated army that he had deployed in Yingyang and Xiangcheng. Yuan Shao asked only to know that on the third day of his own army to rescue Guo Tudi, the remnants of Yuan Shu's army in Yingchuan and Yangren, Lei Bo's army suddenly fell out of the city, stormed Xiangcheng, Xiangcheng could not resist, sent people to Yingyang for help, Yingyang guard Yuan Min used the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao, led the army to attack Yingchuan, and wanted to force Yingchuan's Lei Bo army to return to defense, but unexpectedly met the ambush army of Yanzhou army on the halfway. After a burst of fighting, Yuan Min didn't look for it. fled back to Yingyang in a hurry, only to find that Yingyang was already in the bag of the Yanzhou army. I knew the Yanzhou army's plan to encircle and help. also knew that Lei Bo had secretly surrendered to the Yanzhou army, just waiting for today's attack.

However, it was difficult to return, so he could only lead the remnants of the army to withdraw to Caicheng, and Yuan Shao's army in Xiangcheng also retreated to Yecheng. Gao Shun's Yanzhou army and Lei Bo's army pursued the victory and fought Yuan Shao's army in two places. Yuan Min expected that he could not win, so he led the army out of the city and asked for a battle with Gao Shun, and proposed a heads-up.

Gao Shun is a professional soldier who will not give up to reach his destination. Where is such a brave fighter? Yuan Min was not given this opportunity at all, and commanded the Yanzhou army to charge.

Although Yuan Min is powerful, he is only a lone player. Where would it be such an elite opponent as the Yanzhou Army? As soon as they clashed, they were suppressed by the Yanzhou Army's efficient cooperative killing skills and the momentum of treating death as home. Although Yuan Min also handed over the Yuan family's technique of dividing and combining to his soldiers, after all, the training time was running out, and how could he really understand and digest such advanced fighting skills, and there was an unattainable distance between him and the Yanzhou Army, an iron-blooded army that had been fighting for many years.

The same goes for Ye Cheng. When Yuan Shao got the news, Yuan Min had already retreated to Runan and the ancient city, waiting for Yuan Shao to return. Runan is a little better. After all, there is a big river next to it, and the Yanzhou army can't come in a hurry. But Ye Cheng was enduring the attack of the Yanzhou army at this time.

Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard the news, Runan was his foundation, if he lost it. There was no place to stand, so he led the army north and entrusted Ge Po to Zhang Ji.

Zhang Jizheng had a headache about how to deal with Yuan Shao, who had a large army in hand. Now it's just right. By guarding Gepo by himself, he could lead the Zang Ba army pursuing from the east to attack Yuan Shao from behind at any time.

This news made Xu Ji feel happy. I know that taking Yuzhou is already within reach, but I think about it. Xu Ji wrote a letter to the generals of Yuzhou, asking them to slow down their attacks and only focus on harassment, after all, they did not have an advantage in Chang'an now, if they did not completely surrender Liu Xie. In case after he conquered Yuzhou, Liu Xie made some Yuzhou assassination, wouldn't he make wedding clothes for others?

On the other hand, the fighting between Xianyang and Hanzhong was more intense. Chang'an has figured out the situation more clearly, in addition to the army of Li Qi Guo Yan who besieged Xianyang, the army of Niu Fu has already stationed troops in Hanxing. As for how Niu Fu took Hanxing, no one knows at all, because not even a decent battle happened, and Liu Xie was furious when he got the news. affirmed Xu Ji's judgment even more, hated Wang Yun deeply, and hated not being able to dig up the coffin bones.

Xu Ji knew that the reason why this Hanxing was owned by Niu Fu was that the guards there must have received Wang Yun's order in advance and handed over Hanxing to Niu Fu, not betraying Liu Xie. After all, it was Liu Xie's return to Chang'an, and no one knew yet.

But Xu Ji will never defend this defender, no matter what, there will be a substitute for the dead. At the same time, Hu Che'er strictly abided by Jia Xuxu's general orders, did not seek merit, but sought no fault, and resolutely did not go out of the city to fight against Li Yu and Guo Yan's army, so that Li Yu and Guo Yan were helpless.

However, what greatly annoyed Chang'an was that the guards of several cities around Xianyang were indifferent, and Liu Xie's orders were not effective, and they replied to Liu Xie that the thieves were fierce and difficult to defeat the enemy, and they could only protect themselves. Please choose another good general and send reinforcements to relieve the siege of Xianyang. If you rush out of the city, you are afraid that Niu Fu, who is stationed in Hanxing, will send troops to attack.

This is reasonable, not to mention that the situation is indeed the case, Liu Xie is helpless to take them, but he also knows that they are prevaricating and waiting to see what happens, Wang Yun is dead, Chang'an has no leader, and no one is restrained, large and small forces have sprung up one after another, and everyone is mainly to preserve their strength, especially these self-respecting guards.

Of course, Xu Ji will not think of a way for Liu Xie, this situation is more favorable to him.

Liu Xie has repeatedly sent people to send orders and summon the Quartet, explaining that he has returned to Chang'an and wants the princes from all over the country to withdraw their troops, but now is the time of war and chaos, everyone knows and presumes that they don't know, who will take it seriously? Moreover, the decree has only been issued for a short time, and whether people can receive it or not is still one thing.

Therefore, Xianyang was still surrounded, and Han Sui's army also stood still in Chiyang and resolutely did not retreat. Not to mention Hanzhong. For a while, Chang'an was full of wars, which burned Liu Xie's heart.

As for the fact that Zhang Xiu and Jia Xuxu were not in Shenling, of course, Xu Ji concealed it, if it was known that Jia Xuxu and Zhang Xiu's assassination history were there, he would immediately expose his relationship with Zhang Xiu and Jia Xuxu.

Ultimately. It's all my own chess, and I planned it perfectly. can make Jia Xuxu and Zhang Xiushen attack Weinan and Lantian for themselves unconsciously, but now they are being troubled by the Hanzhong army. Instead, he wanted to cover up his identity for Jia Xuxu. Just when Liu Xie's order to reward Zhang Xiu and Jia Xuxu was not yet given, Xu Ji got the battle report: Zhang Liao was defeated and was retreating to Chang'an!

Xu Ji was shocked. Why did Zhang Liao lose well? As a result, the west and south of Chang'an will face attacks by the Hanzhong army, and the situation is very bad. However, due to limited intelligence, Xu Ji did not know the specific situation of the battle here, so there was no way to know the reason. But what made Xu Ji puzzled was. Zhang Liao's defensive skills are famous and powerful during the Three Kingdoms period, what strategy did the other party use to make Zhang Liao hate it? Who is the person who plotted against the Hanzhong army?

However, the thing that reassured Xu Ji was that Zhang Xiu and Jia Xuxu's army finally caught up with the battle. When Zhang Liao was defeated and withdrew for dozens of miles, preparing to set up camp and die on the battlefield, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu arrived in time.

With Jia Xu here, Xu Ji was naturally reassured. At the same time, Xu Ji quickly tampered with the news of Zhang Liao's defeat, saying only that it was Jia Xu's plan to lure the enemy into the depths.

Subsequently, Xu Ji's long-awaited army of Yu Ban and Li Yan's army finally entered the customs! Li Yan changed his ways. Announcing that he would join the Yanzhou army did not meet with much resistance, and the people under his command were originally his descendants, and Wei Yan was not a stubborn person. On the contrary, he is particularly aware of current affairs.

In addition, Jingzhou is now unstable, and surrendering the Yanzhou army is a good choice.

It's just that no one knows that Li Yan has already invested in Xu Ji's account, and they think that Li Yan is desperate to fend for himself.

As for the Hongnong area. Because the parties are at war, it has become a power vacuum. Xu Shu, who is in charge of the overall situation of Gunzhou, can maintain it with a small number of troops, so there is no need to worry.

Guo Huaihe, Wang Chen, and the undead returned to Chang'an, and took Xu Ji to write the military withering in the name of Dasikong. Even more coerced by the power of the forbidden army, he went straight to the north of Chang'an. Feng Yu at hand, Gao Ling. The defenders of Chang'an in the three places of Jingyang.

When the guards of the three places saw the Yanzhou army that suddenly appeared, they knew that they could not be defeated, not to mention the personal relationship between Wang Ling, Wang Chen and Guo Huai, coupled with the order of Xu Jida, so that the guards of the three places obediently obeyed. Before the gods knew it, Wang Ling, Wang Chen, and Guo Huai had taken over the duties of the city guards of the three places.

In this way, the vast Chang'an area southeast of Jingyang finally became Xu Ji's sphere of influence.

At the same time, Li Yan's army set out from Qingnikou and drove straight into the northwest direction to join Zhang Xiu's army.

In this way, the strength of Zhang Xiu's army has increased greatly. It made the Hanzhong army dare not move forward an inch. Subsequently, Yu Ban's army was transferred to Chang'an by Xu Ji.

Xu Ji's move immediately caused an uproar, and Liu Xiehe Wang Zifu and others were even more caught off guard. Before there was any reaction, the guarding of Chang'an City was completely handed over to Yu Ban. The other armies of Chang'an were transferred by Xu Ji to Jingyang, Gaoling, and Fengyi, which was called to strengthen the defense of Han Sui's army, but in fact, the three of them wanted to disintegrate the defenders of Chang'an and use them for their own use.

As a result, the power situation in Chang'an has undergone a radical change, and each has its own benefit. flattered Liu Xie and became Xu Ji's dominance. Liu Xiehe, Wang Zifu and others didn't figure out the key until much later.

But there is no way, who would have thought that after Wang Yun's death, the Wang family would fully cooperate with Xu Ji to control Tongguan and Qingnikou? Who would have thought that Li Yan, who had been fighting with the forbidden army, would be Xu Ji's person?

It was only at this moment that they really knew Xu Ji's ruthless methods that could kill people without moving. However, the order to Xu Ji to adjust the defense of Chang'an was personally given by Liu Xie, and it was impossible to say that Xu Ji was plotting against him, not to mention that Liu Xie himself had said before that the defenders of Chang'an were not credible, and they should be planned as soon as possible, so as not to become a big trouble.

Xu Ji just acted on orders, who could blame him?

For a while, the ministers of the court could only endure it. It is precisely because of the sudden change in the situation in Chang'an that Wugong, Xinping, Fufeng and other places, which have always held a wait-and-see attitude, immediately expressed their sincerity to Chang'an, and showed goodwill to Xu Ji, and at the same time expressed their willingness to send troops to support Xianyang.

This change frightened Li Guobian's army a lot, and before Xu Ji could react, he took the initiative to withdraw his troops back to Hanxing and wait and see how the situation developed.

Han Sui was no exception, and slowly withdrew from Chiyang, giving Xu Ji another foothold. After retreating, Han Sui's army also came to Hanxing and joined the army of Li Dao Guo Yan and Niu Fu. The strength of Hanxing's army was greatly increased.

Although Xu Ji won a complete victory in the struggle in Chang'an, the war in Hanzhong was not in his favor. Zhang Liao was defeated, although Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu had made amends, but the passes in Hanzhong were all in the hands of the other party. That means that the enemy has mastered the passage to enter Chang'an at any time, which makes Xu Ji very annoyed, when has he suffered such a secret loss, this is tantamount to threatening himself, but now he is helpless. In fact, after Jia Xu arrived at the front line, he must have tried his best to deal with the enemy, but he could only stalemate, which shows the strength of the enemy's forces.

Therefore, Xu Ji was extremely uneasy about the war in Hanzhong, and now that Chang'an was in trouble, of course he had to go to the front line in Hanzhong to personally supervise the war.

Subsequently, Xu Ji took Liu Xie's reward to Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu, as well as the holy decree that announced to the world that he had returned to Chang'an, and he would personally go to the Hanzhong front line for a while, so that Zhang Liao suffered a defeat and Jia Xu could not retreat from the Hanzhong army. Hum! He has Jia Xu as a strategy, and his generals have Dian Wei, Li Yan, Zhang Liao, Wei Yan, Zhang Xiuzhi's bravery, and others such as Hu Che'er, Zhou Cang, and Fei Yuanshao are not weak, and then there are Xiliang cavalry and the power of the shadow, will they be afraid of each other?

It's just that Xu Ji didn't expect that he would meet a team of fierce opponents who were never inferior to him or even surpassed him.

However, the battle of Chang'an is imminent! (To be continued......)