The soldiers stationed in Jingzhou received Zhou Yu's order early, and did not make the slightest difficulty to the Han army under Ao Lie's department, but gave the green light and let the Han army drive straight in, and came to Xiangyang City smoothly.

Twenty miles outside Xiangyang City, Zhou Yu, a famous Jiangdong general, dressed in white, stood quietly on the side of the road with his hands down, quietly waiting for the upcoming Ao Lie. Behind him, Lu Meng, who was wearing helmets and armor, and Lu Xun, who was only fourteen years old, stood on the left and right sides of Zhou Yu respectively; Further back, there is a group of old Jiangdong generals such as Ding Feng and Jingzhou officials who have recently returned to Jiangdong. Zhou Yu, who replaced Sun Ce to guard Jingzhou, put on the highest scale of the welcome lineup to show his respect and welcome for Ao Lie.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded like thunder, and the iconic outfit of Ao Lie's White Horse Golden Armor Overlord Spear first appeared on the horizon and jumped into the eyes of Zhou Yu and the others. Immediately afterwards, Xu Chu and Dian Wei, two hideous tiger generals, appeared in Ao Lie's left rear, while the handsome and dashing Zhao Yun and Ma Chao appeared in Ao Lie's right rear, in stark contrast to Xu Chu and Dian Wei. What remains eternal is the momentum that they radiate together, the momentum that is unique to the soldiers of the Han army, full of desire for victory, and never say die.

The night snow dragon horse brought up a cloud of smoke and dust, and galloped in the direction of Zhou Yu like lightning, until he was still ten steps away from Zhou Yu, Ao Lie, who was sitting on horseback, shook the reins slightly, and shouted softly: "Don't move!" The psychic Zhaoye immediately retracted his speed, and his strong and powerful four hooves were like four thick steel nails, which were nailed to the ground fiercely, and he instantly restrained his galloping steps.

Seeing Ao Lie stop, Zhou Yu took two steps forward with a smile on his face, and arched his hand towards Ao Lie and said, "The last general, Zhou Yu, see the regent." With Zhou Yu's greeting, the remaining dozens of officials immediately saluted Ao Lie with their fists and greeted them in unison: "See the regent." Regent Chitose Chitose Chitose! ”

Ao Lie sat on the back of the horse and said with a smile: "It's all a family, these politeness will be waived, let's get even." Gong Jin, you have also learned red tape now. ”

The smile on Zhou Yu's face became a little thicker, and he said humbly: "Etiquette must not be wasted." The regent had a long journey, and asked him to go into the city to rest. "Sun Ce and Sun Quan's brothers, although they did not officially announce to the world and joined the camp of the Northern Han Dynasty, they have always regarded themselves as disciples of Ao Lie. Their attitude has a profound impact on Jiangdong civil and military officials, and Zhou Yu has great respect for Ao Lie, so there is almost no big difference between him and those Han soldiers and soldiers to Ao Lie.

In a burst of laughter, Ao Lie, Zhao Yun and other important ministers led a thousand bloody battles, and with Zhou Yu and others entering Xiangyang City, the rest of the Han army was elite. Under the command of Gan Ning, a temporary camp was set up outside the city as a resting place.

When he came to the palace in Xiangyang City, Zhou Yu gave up the seat that originally belonged to the position of Jingzhou Mu. insisted on asking Ao Lie to sit on it, but Ao Lie did not refuse, strode to the main seat in the hall, and sat down steadily. Zhou Yu and other officials in Jiangdong and Jingzhou. sat on the main seat on the left side of Ao Lie's hand, and Zhao Yun and other Han army generals sat on the guest seat on Ao Lie's right hand. After everyone sat down, Zhou Yu took the lead and said, "Regent." General Bo Fu was on his way to arrive, and he believed that he would be able to reach Xiangyang within five days. Although Sun Ce was Zhou Yu's lord, in front of Ao Lie, Zhou Yu did not call him so, but renamed Sun Ce as General Bofu, which fully expressed his respect for Ao Lie, and also showed Sun Ce's respect for Ao Lie.

Ao Lie smiled and said: "Bo Fu, this person, everything is good, but he is too anxious, isn't it the same when he goes to Jianye alone?" Why bother to run this trip yourself. ”

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Actually, Jiangdong has great respect for the regent from General Bofu down, and I heard that the regent is going to pass through Jiangdong this time, and Jiangdong is looking forward to it." When saying this, Zhou Yu intentionally or unintentionally aggravated his tone in the key words, and gave Ao Lie a euphemistic hint at the mentality of Jiangdong civil and military officials towards Ao Lie.

In fact, strictly speaking, Zhou Yu's approach, without Sun Ce's permission, to reveal the internal movements of Jiangdong to outsiders can be regarded as betraying the master, but if the target is Ao Lie, then it is another matter. In the core leadership of Jiangdong, nine out of ten people have never regarded Ao Lie as an outsider, especially Sun Ce, Sun Quan brothers and Zhou Yu, the Sun brothers are Ao Lie's disciples, and they have learned a lot of lifelong benefits from Ao Lie, and they are naturally very kind to Ao Lie; And Zhou Yu can never forget that when he was desperate in Jiangdong Sun's house, it was Ao Lie who stretched out a rescue hand and lent Sun Ce 20,000 elite soldiers free of charge to help Sun Ce make a comeback. Although Ao Lie has now jumped from the original champion Hou to the current regent, this promise is still valid in Zhou Yu's heart!

With Ao Lie's shrewdness, he naturally understood Zhou Yu's hints, and inferred that the vast majority of the high-level people in Jiangdong still tend to submit to the Northern Han Dynasty, as for the remaining very few people, I am afraid that they are all famous local families in Jiangdong, and they are not sure what kind of impact the submission to the Northern Han will bring to their families, so they are still in a wait-and-see attitude. Ao Lie will accept them, otherwise, Ao Lie will not mind using bloody means to subdue these self-righteous guys. In the Northern Han Dynasty, it was absolutely forbidden to have the special existence of the scholar clan.

With a knowing smile on his face, Ao Lie said softly, "Let's wait for Bo Fu's arrival with peace of mind......

As Zhou Yu said, four days later, Sun Ce led five hundred iron horsemen to Xiangyang. On the day Sun Ce arrived in Xiangyang, he ordered Jingzhou to be completely returned to the hands of the Han army, and the Jiangdong army would withdraw to Jiangdong unconditionally with only weapons and armor after the arrival of the Han army. Ao Lie was not polite, and ordered Xu Shu, who was guarding Yizhou, and Zhu Hao, who was guarding Guanzhong, to send 50,000 Han troops over to take over Jingzhou. At the same time, Ao Lie also officially appointed Pang Tong as the first Jingzhou pastor of the Northern Han Dynasty, leading the old officials of Jingxiang, and Chen Ying, who was originally a general of Jingxiang and later followed Liu Bei to Yizhou, stayed to assist Pang Tong. With Pang Tong's popularity and connections in Jingxiang, Ao Lie believes that Pang Tong will definitely govern Jingzhou in an orderly manner, after all, Pang Tong grew up in this land and water, and he is very familiar with the customs and customs of Jingzhou, and no one is more suitable to be in charge of Jingzhou than Pang Tong.

That night, Ao Lie and Sun Ce were alone in a room and had a secret conversation. Sun Ce unreservedly divided the factions within Jiangdong that supported and opposed Ao Lie, and clearly told Ao Lie to know. Sun Ce was not a cowardly monarch, on the contrary, his temper was extremely strong, and Ao Lie did not advise him much for this. The reason why a strong person like Sun Ce willingly surrendered to the Northern Han Dynasty, in addition to his personal feelings for Ao Lie, another important factor is that Sun Ce clearly saw that the Northern Han Dynasty had occupied more than half of the world, and Ao Lie's rule won the hearts of the people, and the regime of the Northern Han Dynasty was like an iron plate, it will only become stronger and stronger, and it will never collapse halfway. Of course, Sun Ce would choose the former.

Returning to the Northern Han Dynasty and officially serving his master Ao Lie, it was also a decision made by Sun Ce after joint consultation with his brother Sun Quan, these two proud protégés of Ao Lie, knowing that Ao Lie's chest learning is better than that of heaven and man, and they believe that under the leadership of Ao Lie, Jiangdong and even the whole world will only get better and better, and the common people can also live a good life of peace and stability. It is also their ambition to end the situation of division as soon as possible and let the world complete the unification, and it is the ambition of being deeply influenced by Ao Lie and adhering to Ao Lie's thinking.

Sun Ce accompanied Ao Lie in Xiangyang for nearly a month, the Han army of Yizhou took the lead in Jingzhou, the arrival of the 50,000 Han army, coupled with the old Jingzhou army, is enough to maintain the normal order of Jingzhou, in order to prevent Cao Cao of the Central Plains from sending troops south to invade Jingzhou, Ao Lie ordered Gan Ning to lead 20,000 Qilin naval troops to stay temporarily to assist Pang Tong to defend Jingzhou, at the same time, Sun Ce also left his subordinates Ding Feng and Ling Tong two generals in Jingzhou, and left 30,000 Jiangdong troops together to help Pang Tong stabilize the situation, in response to Cao Cao's possible southern invasion. After the arrival of the 50,000 Han troops in Guanzhong, Ding Feng and Ling Tongzi would lead the 30,000 Jiangdong army to withdraw to Jiangdong.

In the past month, Ao Lie personally surveyed the terrain of the river in the north of Jingzhou, personally arranged defensive lines in more than a dozen dangerous places, and ordered Pang Tong to build fortifications as soon as possible, place large weapons of destruction such as red-clothed ballistas and thunderbolts, and also let Gan Ning lead his troops into these fortifications on the same day, which could not only resist Cao Cao's southern invasion, but also lay a solid foundation for the future troops to divide into two routes and form a north-south attack on Cao Cao.

After arranging the general direction, Ao Lie threw all the matters in Jingzhou to Pang Tong, and became the shopkeeper himself, no longer asking about the affairs of Jingzhou, but led the troops to Jianye with Sun Ce. Next, with the help of Sun Ce and Sun Quan's brothers, Ao Lie will realize the great cause of dividing the Jiangdong region into the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty and forming a great encirclement of Cao Cao in the Central Plains. (To be continued......)