Cao Pi used the strategy of Sima Yi, Xun Yu, and Li Ru, on the one hand, he sent an envoy to make peace with Liu Bei, and on the other hand, he sent an envoy to Nanye and Zhou Yu's camp to be crowned king. Although Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, set the rule that he would not be crowned a king with a different surname, but at this time, Liu Bang's descendants and emperors Liu Xie could not be the master, and no one held on to the rules.

This king is also very particular, in order to provoke the three soldiers, Cao Pi named Liu Bei as the pastor of Yuzhou, the king of Guanzhong. Feng Nanye is the pastor of Jingzhou and the king of Shu. Feng Sun Quan is the pastor of Yangzhou, the king of Wu.

Among the three kings, Liu Bei's King of Guanzhong has the most origin. Guanzhong refers to the land of Sili Sanqin, and the geographical location is very important. Thinking that Chu and Han fought back then, King Chu Huai agreed that whoever captured Xianyang first would be the king of Guanzhong. As a result, Liu Bang entered Xianyang first, but Xiang Yu did not give him the king of Guanzhong.

Sima Yi believed that Liu Bei, as a descendant of Liu Bang, a clan relative of the Han family, would never be able to refuse the title of King of Guanzhong. Moreover, at this time, most of the subordinates were already in the hands of Nan Ye, and Liu Bei only occupied a small part east of the Tiger Prison Pass, which was ceded by Cao Pi. As for the canonization of Yuzhou Mu, there is no trap, mainly to show the sincerity of the peace talks.

Cao Pifeng, Nanye, Jingzhou Mu, and Shu King are also a plan to sow discord. In Xun Yude's intelligence, Jingzhou has two counties in the hands of Liu Bei, and Shu is in the hands of Liu Zhang. There are only these two Han clan relatives left among the princes in the world, and Xun Yu just wants these two to join forces to resist Nan Ye. Of course, this official position is not unreasonable, after all, Nanye occupies most of Jingzhou and also occupies the four counties of Nanzhong, and it is reasonable to say that Nanye is the king of Jingzhou and Shu.

Sun Quan's Yangzhou Mu and King Wu seem to be well deserved, but in fact, the southern part of Yangzhou is also in the hands of Nanye. In this way, the relationship between Nan Ye and Sun Quan was provoked. Obviously, the generals of Cao Ying have already regarded Nan Ye as their number one enemy and want Nan Ye to make enemies everywhere.

Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and Pang Tong are not fuel-efficient lamps, so they naturally see the mystery. However, Cao Pi is a trick and uses Liu Xie's holy decree to be crowned king, can he still resist and disobey the decree? What's more, there are no small benefits.

Liu Bei was the first to accept the canonization of peace under the persuasion of Zhuge Liang, and the troops entered the division, blocking Nanye's eastward advance. With Liu Bei's strength at this time, it is already the limit to eat a Yuzhou, and he needs to take a break to raise the people and accumulate strength. Cao Pi's quest for peace was in Liu Bei's arms, coupled with the attraction of the king of Guanzhong, Liu Bei had no reason not to accept it.

Zhou Yu didn't want to accept Cao Cao's canonization and sue for peace and continue to attack Xuchang, but he was not up to him to decide this matter, so he could only return to Sun Quan for instructions. After this back and forth, Liu Bei had already made peace with Cao Pi, and Sun Quan saw that Liu Bei, who was weaker than himself, had been crowned king, so he naturally refused to submit to others, so he accepted the canonization. Zhou Yu saw that Liu Bei and Cao Cao had ceased fighting, and blocked Nanye's way of marching, so he had no intention of continuing to attack Xuchang, and collected his troops back to Jiangdong.

Nan Ye may be the person who doesn't care about the throne the most among the three, and it doesn't matter to Nan Ye whether he accepts it or not, but something is better than nothing, so Nan Ye accepted the canonization but did not mean to reconcile with Cao Cao, it is estimated that even if Nan Ye wants to reconcile Cao Pi, he will not let go of the revenge of killing his father. It doesn't matter if Liu Bei blocks the way to the east, Nan Ye can also choose to fight westward, originally Nan Ye's strategic goal was Xiliang.

With Ma Chao, Pang De, and Ma Dai as the vanguard, the Nanye army advanced all the way to Xiliang without any obstacles, and everywhere they went, they all surrendered. Only Wei Kang and Yang Fu, who joined the army, retreated to Jicheng and did not surrender.

Wei Kang and Yang Fu were indeed a little unlucky, and when Xun Yu ordered the shrinkage of troops to Xuchang, they also received news. But Xiliang Road is far away, and by the time they wanted to leave, Nan Ye had already captured Si Li and blocked the way. Of course, if the two really wanted to go, they could also learn from Nanye to cross the land of the Xiongnu, but both of them were Wenchen, and they didn't have the courage to risk confronting the Xiongnu. So the two of them shrank their forces to Jicheng to defend strictly, and on the other hand, they sent envoys to the DPRK to ask for reinforcements.

Ma Chao, Pang De's Tiefutu and the kidnapper Ma Pingdi are invincible, but there is no way to attack the city, so they can only wait for Nanye's army to besiege the city.

Nan Ye's troops came to Jicheng, and looking up at the tall city was also a headache. Although the Nanye expedition brought out 100,000 Jiaozhou troops, 20,000 were divided into Jingzhou and 40,000 were divided into 40,000, and there were still 40,000 available soldiers left in their hands at this time. Of course, Ma Chao and Pang De's 10,000 cavalry can also attack the city after dismounting, but Nan Ye is reluctant to abuse it so much.

Originally, Nan Ye still counted on not many soldiers and horses in the city, but through the dart bureau and Ma Chao's careful work, it was found that there were 50,000 soldiers in the city, which was not less than Nan Ye's soldiers at all. In this way, Nan Ye naturally gave up the idea of attacking and began to discuss with the generals the strategy of breaking the city.

Pang Tong took a look and saw that the terrain of Jicheng was not conducive to fire attack and could not be flooded, so he said: "There are both national teachers and Meng Qi in the city, can you make the city open at night?" ”

As early as the Battle of Chibi, Nan Ye had already ordered Cao Cao's territorial dart bureau and Qian Zhuang to evacuate, leaving only a few fine works in various places. The news was acceptable, but he didn't have the strength to capture the city gate, so he shook his head and said: "I have done very little in the city, and I can't use it to open the city, I don't know how Meng Qi is?" ”

Ma Chao also shook his head and said: "The meticulous works I use are all the old parts of my father, or old or sick and unable to fight anymore, because I am loyal to my father, I only spread the news when I arrived." ”

Nan Ye originally hoped that Ma Chao would have the strength to influence the city, but he didn't expect that the people used were all veterans, so he couldn't help but sigh and said, "It would be nice if there was a thunderbolt." ”

This time, Nanye sent troops to take advantage of Cao Cao's defeat at Chibi, and he paid attention to the speed of soldiers, so he naturally could not carry a large number of thunderbolts. Although the Thunderbolt has been improved to be more powerful and maneuverable, it is not suitable for long-distance expeditions.

Jia Xu's eyes lit up when he heard Nan Ye mention the thunderbolt car, and said: "The national teacher didn't mention it, I forgot about it." When I set out for the expedition, Ma Deheng of the Academy of Sciences gave me a drawing, which was to improve the construction of the thunderbolt. It's all because I didn't meet a strong enemy along the way, but I forgot about it, which is really a sin. ”

When Nan Ye heard that it was the drawings given by Ma Jun, he paid attention to it at that time. Now Ma Jun has worshiped under Huang Chengyan and inherited the position of the Mo family's son. He is already ingenious, and with the teachings of Huang Chengyan and the Academy of Sciences, his progress is very rapid, and even Huang Chengyan sighs that he is blue. After Ma Jun's improvement, the power of the Yuanrong repeater and the thunderbolt was greatly improved, which made Ma Jun's status in the Academy of Sciences also rise rapidly.

Jia Xu took out the drawing from his bosom and unfolded it, and saw that the picture depicted a model of a simple thunderbolt. Although the thunderbolt on this drawing is simple, it is drawn at a very high level, not only horizontally and vertically, but also at every connection and every angle. With this drawing, Nan Ye doesn't have to worry about not having a thunderbolt car.