On the tenth day of August 195 AD, Wang Xu pacified Hanzhong, swept away the last hidden danger of entering Shu, and led his troops back to Xiangyang.

At the same time, in the past few months, there have been wars all over the world.

Cao Cao and Lu Bu in the Central Plains fought for more than half a year, and finally had a result. Cao Cao first defeated Lü Bu's generals Xue Lan and Li Feng in June, killed the second general, and cut off Lü Bu's strongest wings. In the following July, Lü Bu regrouped his troops and horses and attacked Puyang again, directly attacking Cao Cao's location.

Cao Cao designed an ambush and defeated it in one fell swoop, and Lü Bu's main force was wiped out from then on, and he was no longer able to compete with Cao Cao, and the defeated army fled to Xuzhou. Xuzhou Mu Taoqian had died of illness a few months ago, before his death knew that the two sons who were not successful could not do anything, in order to avoid the disaster of extermination, but also for the stability of Xuzhou, he entrusted the heavy responsibility of Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

Lü Bu was defeated, bowed his words, and got Liu Bei's mercy, and cherished his bravery, so he let his troops Xiaopei (Pei County) be the first line of defense against Cao Cao. Zhang Miao, who had betrayed Cao Cao and followed Lu Bu, also fled to Xuzhou with Lu Bu.

Zhang Miao's younger brother, Zhang Chao, the former Guangling Taishou, did not dare to stay in Jiyin County after learning that the main force was broken, and took him and Zhang Miao's family members, as well as a small number of soldiers and horses, to resolutely retreat to Yongqiu, Chenliu County.

Who is Cao Cao? Taking advantage of this great victory, he attacked Dingtao, the capital of Jiyin County, non-stop, and took it in one fell swoop, and then divided his troops to pacify the counties. Now, Cao Cao, who has recaptured most of Yanzhou, has taken advantage of Xuzhou's failure to recover and is unable to send troops, and has waved his army straight to Chenliu, surrounding Zhang Chao in Yongqiu, and the two armies are fighting.

Zhang Miao was worried about the safety of his family, and Liu Bei and Lu Bu in Xuzhou were powerless to help. had to take his personal guard entourage south to Yuzhou. Ask Yuan Shu for help. But he never thought that his subordinates wanted to surrender to Cao, deceive him into being alone, kill him on the road, and take his property.

In addition, Hebei Gongsun Zan was pampered and pampered, and as the cavalry under his tent became stronger, he became more and more arrogant. Relying on his own talents and force, he does not show compassion for the people. Only remember the faults of others. But he doesn't remember the good of others, and even the little things that stare at him will definitely take revenge.

He came from a poor background, and now he was in a high position, and he hated the scholars and doctors very much, and those who were above him were framed under the pretense of the law, and he had to suppress the thoughts of those who were talented, and put them in the place of poverty.

Someone asked Gongsun Chan why he did this. Gongsun Chan said: "The scholars and doctors all think that they should be rich, and give them rich. They won't be grateful either. Therefore, Gongsun Chan favored a class of mediocre people, and became brothers with these people, or intermarried with each other. These people were harassing and deceiving people everywhere, and the people gradually began to hate them.

The late Youzhou Mu Liu Yu's engagement, Yuyang Xian Yufu and others took this opportunity to gather an army to avenge Liu Yu.

Yan Rou, a native of Yan State, was elected as the Wuhuan Sima because of his high prestige on weekdays. Yan Rou summoned the Hu people, Han people and other people, there were tens of thousands, and Zou Dan, the Taishou of Yuyang County appointed by Gongsun Zhan, fought in the north of Lu County, Yan Rou won and killed Zou Dan and his subordinates more than 4,000 people.

Subsequently, the king of Wuhuan Qiao also led the Wuhuan people and the Xianbei people, a total of more than 7,000 cavalry, with Xian Yufu to the south to meet Liu Yu's son Liu He, and Yuan Shao's general Ju Yi united, a total of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, to attack Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Chan was defeated in Baoqiu and was beheaded by more than 20,000 people. Subsequently, Dai County, Guangyang County, Shanggu County and Youbeiping County raised troops one after another, killed the officials appointed by Gongsun Zhan, and joined forces with Xian Yufu and Liu He's troops to unanimously resist Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Zhan's army was repeatedly defeated, and the two sides faced off fiercely. Fortunately, the cavalry under his command was extremely powerful, making it impossible for the coalition forces to advance an inch.

Yuan Shao was undecided because of the Montenegrin thieves, and he was trying to merge Qing and Erzhou, so he had no time to let the main force join the battlefield, so that Gongsun Chan could get a chance to breathe.

In addition, Yuan Shu in the Huainan region was forced to calm the internal troubles under the current situation, and beat Zheng Bao and other thieves to hide in Tibet. It happened that Guangling was empty, and Yuan Shu listened to the construction of Zhuge Xuan, a strategist under his account, and suddenly attacked Guangling County in Xuzhou and captured the entire land of Huainan. Liu Bei saw that Guangling had been lost, and Xuzhou had been attacked by Cao Cao several times, and had not yet recovered his vitality, so he did not dare to attack and led the army back.

This matter also belongs to Yuan Shu's luck, and he was able to get Guangling because of the civil strife in Guangling County.

Earlier, Tao Qian appointed Zhen Rong as the minister of state in Xiapi, and sent this person to supervise the grain collection in Guangling, Xiapi, and Pengcheng. This one quietly took a lot of the grain that the three counties should pay for himself, built Buddhist temples on a large scale, ordered the people to recite Buddhist scriptures, and attracted more than 5,000 Buddhist families from neighboring counties to move to Xiapi Kingdom.

Every time Sakyamuni's birthday, when the "Buddha bathing meeting" is held, a banquet is set up on the roadside, which is continuous, as long as dozens of miles, and costs hundreds of millions of dollars and materials. To Cao Cao defeated Tao Qian several times, the situation in Xuzhou was turbulent, Liu Bei later took over Xuzhou, and Zhenrong led more than 10,000 male and female believers to retreat to Guangling.

At the beginning of last year, Xue Li, the prime minister of Pengcheng, was forced by Tao Qian's army to lead his subordinates to move to Moling, which is now Jianye, and defected to Sun Jian. And Zhen Rong had an old relationship with Xue Li and coveted the wealth of Guangling, so at a banquet, he took the opportunity of drinking to kill Zhao Yu and connived at his subordinates to loot.

Then he crossed the Yangtze River to Jianye to find Xue Li and seek a place to stay, but then he was known by Sun Jian, who was discerning and discerning, and was ashamed of his character.

It was Zhenrong's revenge for killing the lord that made Guangling instantly chaotic, Liu Bei was far away in Pengcheng, the state capital, but Guangling was closer to Jiujiang County in Yuzhou, and when Liu Bei got the report and hurried to it, Yuan Shu had already taken the Guangling County Mansion and reorganized the Guangling sergeants.

Liu Bei was helpless and unable to attack, so he had to retreat, and Yuan Shu didn't want to fight Liu Bei to the death now, so the two quietly reached a tacit understanding, and their respective territories were bounded by the Huai River and did not invade each other. It is a pity that the richest central area of the Guangling Army, and most of the counties and townships are south of the Huai River, Yuan Shu can sit in this rich county, and his strength has increased greatly.

There are no eternal friends among the princes, only eternal interests.

Just after Yuan Shu got the richness of Guangling, the treasury was full, and the military strength was prosperous. Sun Jian's attempt to unify Jiangdong was threatened. Because he sits on the entire south of the Huai River. Land north of the Yangtze River. If Sun Jian is allowed to unify the south of the Yangtze River, it will not be a self-defeating enemy.

The fragile alliance between the two sides was immediately torn up, and heavy troops were stationed at the port of Weixukou and Liyang, forcing Sun Jian, who had fought fiercely with Liu Miao on the front line, to withdraw his troops.

Sun Jian had just hit the Poyang County Government at that time, and when he heard the emergency report, he was furious and scolded bitterly.

Originally, if there was no accident, this battle, not to mention pacifying the entire Liu Miao in one fell swoop. But he can also take Poyang County, forcing Liu Miao to lead the army to retreat to the two counties of Jian'an and Luling in the south, and he will border Wang Xu if he takes Poyang County.

This Poyang County and Luling County were both separated from the original Yuzhang County.

Yuzhang County was originally the largest county in the world, equivalent to a large province in later generations, when Wang Xu captured Yuzhang, because he was unable to hold the long defensive line, he drew a part of the county capital in the upper left corner of the county and its surrounding rich areas according to the boundary line that was convenient for defense, and formed a new Yuzhang County.

The rest of the territory was soon divided into three counties by the imperial court. One is Poyang County, east of present-day Yuzhang County. It is bordered by the Yangtze River in the north and Danyang County in the east.

One is Luling County, which is in the south of the current Yuzhang County, Poyang County in the northeast, Jian'an County in the east, and Jiaozhou in the south.

Jian'an County is based on most of Yuzhang, as well as the southern part of the original Huiji County, and now the north is Huiji County, occupied by Sun Jian, Luling County in the west, and the sea in the east.

If Sun Jian can pay a big price to capture Poyang County, then he will lay the foundation for unifying the boundaries south of the Yangtze River, Liu Jian only relies on Luling and Jian'an two counties, it is difficult to compete with it, but the land of Jiangdong is hilly and mountainous, and the territory is vast, and it is not an overnight achievement for him to pacify.

But it has also laid an unshakable foundation, and now that such a plan has been ruined by Yuan Shu, delaying the work of a year, allowing Liu Miao to breathe and slowly gather strength again, how can he not be angry?

However, Wang Xu, who got the news, was overjoyed, and felt that it was really bad luck, and good things fell in the sky. Jingzhou's strength is now greatly damaged, and it needs a long time to recuperate, but Yuan Shu has done such a big favor and relieved a future trouble, I really don't know how to thank it.

However, although the war in most of China was huge, it could not catch up with the tragic situation of the war in the Xiliang and Sili regions.

Originally, after more than ten years of melee in Xiliang, dozens of forces such as bandits, rebels, foreign tribes, and princes finally killed only the three major forces, and then Ma Teng and Han Sui became brothers, and destroyed the third largest force in the northwest, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, which should have been relatively stable over the years.

Who knows, Ma Teng and Han Sui are not fuel-efficient lamps, the two have no worries, and they are even hotter in Xiliang.

The people of Xiliang are all brave, the people are warriors on horseback, there are many cavalry, and the combat effectiveness is strong, and the tragic Cheng dù of the fight is more fierce than other regions. It is precisely because of this that it is the most difficult to unify there, no one is convinced of the other, either to die or to fight, and if the other party does not fight, it is difficult to completely calm down.

It was a pool of muddy water, Wang Xu asked himself, even if he was in Xiliang and other places, I am afraid that there is nothing to be done for so many years, and he has no skills, so he can only slowly grow and encroach. The saddest thing is that if in Xiliang, except for the local heroes, the talents from outside, if they don't go out, they can't recruit any of them.

The people of the world, all of them regard the Xiliang region as a barbaric place, how can they think that they can achieve hegemony in the world?

Even if he could, he wouldn't do it, and taking most of the foreign armies and mixed-race people to conquer the hinterland of China was opposed by the vast majority of people in this era. Even if Wang Xu said it wildly, all ethnic groups in the world are one family, and what ethnic groups are integrated, will only attract one consequence, that is, the world will discuss together.

And the traverser who also belongs to the traverser, in addition to Wang Xu, Xu Shu, Zhou Zhi, Zhang Jing and others, the last surviving traverser, Ma Teng's eldest son Ma Yi, encountered such a problem.

In the past few months of this year, the Han and Ma families have been bloodied, even if the Ma family has an advantage, it is difficult to help Han Sui.

Because as long as Han Sui is not killed, one or two soldiers and horses are defeated, and it is useless at all. If he is still there and the land is still there, then he will soon be able to organize a powerful force again, unlike the mainland, once the main force is destroyed, it will take time to recover, and the people of Xiliang will be warriors on horseback.

It doesn't even take much economy to support a large army, that place, there is food, cohesion, and appeal! If you have the strength to eat, it's easier to do, just grab it! So, no one can do anything.

In Wang Xu's eyes, Ma Yi is already a person who is about to withdraw from the stage of history, and he can't set off any storms, and his vigilance many years ago has long been left behind.

I've been hoping to meet him, just to confirm one thing!

Did he hear the last voice in his head in his last life? Why can't Xu Shu hear it? Why does everyone have that voice, and who made that voice?

Perhaps, in addition to playing a peaceful and prosperous era and a big empire, the only thing Wang Xu wants in this life is this......

The sunset at the end of summer is beautiful, red as blood, and the blue sky and white clouds in the sky are attached to a layer of colorful glow, which is gorgeous!

Now that Jingzhou has nothing to do, he often goes out of the city to play with Xu Shu, Diao Chan and other women, and a few people frolic on the hills, enjoying the fragrance of grass and wildflowers, as if they are a fairy couple, loving and happy, and envious of others.

And in the dense forest a few miles away, Shan Huai, Ling Wanqing and Liang Rui, who were quietly looking from afar, had sad faces. Not far from the people, a fierce fight was taking place, and several masters of the spy shadow were besieging a beautiful woman in white.

Although Liang Rui was always as cold as ice, just like an ice girl, in fact, her heart was the softest, and she looked at the white-clothed woman who was fighting softly, and sighed softly: "Hey! Sister Wanqing, why do you say this girl is so persistent? ”

"Aren't you obsessed?" Ling Wanqing blinked her charming eyes and asked rhetorically, as she matured with age, her charming color became heavier, and her gestures were full of charm, just like a fairy in the charming world.

Liang Rui sighed and said leisurely: "But how many times has this been?" In the past two years, she has assassinated no less than eighty times, and each time she has failed, why does she still refuse to give up, is it useful? ”

"Does it matter if it's useful or not?" Ling Wanqing smiled charmingly, shook her head, and said, "The meaning or the result doesn't matter to her!" ”

"And what is she for?" Liang Rui was puzzled, and her cold face showed a little confusion.

"For the meaning of life!" Shan Huai, who had been silent, finally spoke. "She has nothing, her home is gone, all her relatives are gone, she is like a rootless wanderer in this troubled world, with no direction or goal, what else can she do?"

"Can't you find a good man to marry?" Although Liang Rui knew that her words were a little naïve, she couldn't help but say it.

"Marry? Who to marry? Ling Wanqing smiled, as if she was answering, and as if she was chattering to herself: "Where are there still a few pure lands in this troubled world?" It's hard to say that you can marry anyone, she has seen the tragic death of her relatives since she was a child, and she lacks a sense of safety, just like you and me, how can ordinary people take a fancy to it? It's better to live alone. But what does a person do when he lives? Because of the lord, we have a road, so we are not the walking dead, we have a direction, and she does not. ”

As she spoke, Ling Wanqing's eyes were already normal. "Maybe her path is to take revenge endlessly, putting all her hopes on killing the lord, but if she really kills the lord, she herself will come to an end."

"Yes! Poor Zhang Ning! Shan Huai agreed, but a playful smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Actually, I think I can ignore her, or let the lord solve it by herself, she can't kill the lord anyway, and I don't think her subconscious is really bent on killing the lord." ”

"You mean......" Ling Wanqing's eyes lit up.

Shan Huairuo nodded meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about this matter in the future, anyway, the lord is very idle now." Besides, the lord once strictly forbade us to kill Zhang Ning, and never told us to stop her, as long as we watched her and don't use insidious means, she couldn't kill the lord with kung fu alone! ”

"It's good!" Liang Rui nodded. "It's not a way to go on like this endlessly, we can't stare at her for decades, let's let the lord deal with it himself."

Ling Wanqing was always eager to find some trouble for Wang Xu when she was not doing business, and when she heard the conversation between the two, she said even more excitedly: "I have a feeling that this Zhang Ning is afraid that the rest of his life will be dangerous!" (To be continued......)