Since Gan Ning and Tai Shici brought back a lot of wealth from Fusang, Ao Lie's life suddenly became a lot easier, Xun Yu and they will no longer come to compare with Ao Lie because of financial constraints, even Tian Feng, who has always been careful in his calculations, has given Ao Lie the green light and agreed to Ao Lie's expansion of the navy, after all, the navy has suffered a lot of losses in order to capture Fusang, and this part of the combat power must be replenished.

Chen Gong, who was in charge of the military government, and Dong He, who was in charge of the government office, worked together to recruit 40,000 sailors in just three months, making the total number of the Yan army's navy reach 100,000, making it the only Han navy that could compete with the Jiangdong navy in terms of numbers. However, the combat effectiveness of the Yan army's naval army is uneven, the Qilin elite and these new recruits who have just enlisted in the army, the difference in combat effectiveness cannot be calculated, it is simply a heaven and an underground, but Ao Lie believes that Gan Ning will definitely have a way to make these 40,000 new troops mature as soon as possible, and become a team that can come when called, can fight, and can fight tough battles. It will no longer be an unattainable dream for the Yan army to catch up with and surpass the Jiangdong navy, and it may soon become a reality, and the special sea area location of Bohai Bay also provides objective geographical conditions for this.

In the past three months, the territory of the Han Dynasty seemed to be very quiet, and Ao Lie was reorganizing the naval army, and at the same time using the wealth brought back from Fusang to carry out a new round of construction of the six major states of the Yan State, striving to make every one of the people of the Yan State live a stable life. Moreover, Ao Lie also specially allocated funds to establish twenty-four Yicang in the territory of six states in China. The so-called Yicang is to provide food to passers-by free of charge, so that passers-by who are temporarily in distress can get food security, and at the same time, the displaced people who have fled from other large states will not starve to death on the streets. However, the rules and regulations of the Yicang are extremely strict, and each Yicang is guarded by local soldiers to resolutely fight against those parasites who are sound in their hands and feet but intend to get something for nothing. In the Yan Kingdom, Ao Lie will never allow these parasites to grow.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of Yicang, Ao Lie also asked Li Ru to send shadow members to secretly visit, once it was found that the officials in charge of Yicang had secretly suffered a deficit, no matter who it was, they would be immediately captured and brought back to Yanjing for questioning, so as to prevent the occurrence of personal interests internally, and ensure that Yicang was people-oriented. The purpose of serving the people is not tarnished.

In the Central Plains, Cao Cao has been very calm recently, and he has hardly made any big moves, but he has moved the administrative office from Changyi to Xuchang, which is not only convenient for the coordination and management of the four counties of Qing, Xu, Yan, Yu and Jingzhou, but also supports the Wei County, the only county in Jizhou that is controlled by himself, and restrains Zhuge Liang in Jizhou. This is also one of the important reasons why he moved north to Xuchang.

It is not difficult to understand Cao Cao's recent calm, after all, Cao Cao lost tens of thousands of men and horses in the battle for Hanzhong, and was later rushed to the camp by Ao Lie, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun. The killing of more than 70 generals of Cao's army caused Cao Cao to lose a whole batch of backbones, and it was by no means possible to make up for this loss in the short term. I'm afraid that in the next year or two, Cao Cao will not make any big moves, after all, the military system is not sound. It will inevitably affect the overall combat effectiveness of Cao Cao's army, Cao Cao is not a fool, he will never rashly take military action before his vitality is fully recovered.

Compared with Ao Lie and Cao Cao, Liu Bei also seems to be very calm, since taking Hanzhong, it seems that Liu Bei's past ambitions disappeared in an instant, and he began to be satisfied with the status quo.

But is this really the case? When the hot summer was coming to an end and it was about to enter the golden autumn season, on the last day of July, Liu Bei suddenly announced to the world that he had written to Liu Xie, the son of heaven, asking Liu Xie to appoint him as the king of Hanzhong! What does this mean? It means that Liu Bei has not put away his ambition to enjoy the existing achievements as rumored, but has become even wilder!

It must be known that in the past hundred years, in addition to the original hereditary kings who have declined, there is only one Ao Lie who has been named the king of a country by the Son of Heaven! Now Liu Bei suddenly jumped out and wanted to be the second monarch, and his ambition was clearly revealed!

Liu Bei's move can be described as a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, which shook the thousands of miles of territory of the Han Dynasty! Liu Bei is not stupid, he is not the fool of Yuan Shu, he clearly knows that it is not the time for him to be the emperor, so he retreats and asks Liu Xie for the position of the king of Hanzhong. The king and the emperor are just a word difference, but the meaning is far from the same, when Yuan Shu was arrogant and called the emperor, he ended up betraying his relatives and leaving his relatives, and killed himself under Ao Lie's Chixiao sword, this bloody lesson is in front of him, how can Liu Bei not learn a lesson? Therefore, Liu Bei did not claim the title of emperor, he didn't want to become the target of the public, and asked for the title of king instead of being the emperor, which stood on the ground in righteousness, so that those subjects who were interested in the Han Dynasty could not say anything, after all, the king of Hanzhong was also one of the princes of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bei did not openly break away from the ranks of the Han Dynasty.

There are two reasons why Liu Bei asked to be crowned king, first, he pointed out in the recital that today's Han is only nominally unified, in fact, it has long been divided secretly, Yan Wang Ao Lie, Sikong Cao Cao and Jiangdong's Yangzhou Musun Ce, these people are all heroes for a while, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not carry out separatist activities in the future because of heavy troops, in order to prevent trouble, Liu Bei volunteered to ask Ying, one by one to eradicate these people, but the so-called division is unknown, so he asked Liu Xie to crown him as the king of Hanzhong, let him represent the imperial court, Go and eradicate them one by one.

The second point is that Liu Bei is the pastor of Yizhou, but he controls most of the eastern and western rivers of Yizhou and most of Jingzhou, and his identity and power are obviously unequal. What is a higher rank than the shepherd of a state? That's the king, of course.

Liu Bei's move was really ruthless and vicious, and he blatantly stretched out his hand to the court to ask for the prince, but on the surface, he had enough reason, so that people couldn't reprimand him, at most he could only say that he was more utilitarian. What's more, there is already a precedent for the princes in charge of one side to be crowned kings. Isn't Yanwang Ao Lie a living example? With Ao Lie in front of him as a foreshadowing, now Liu Bei stretched out his hand to ask for the prince, but it didn't seem so abrupt.

Regarding Liu Bei's request for the title of king, the princes of all walks of life had different reactions. Cao Cao seemed overjoyed, and in this way, Cao Cao was sure that most of Ao Lie's energy would be involved in this matter, and he would be able to take advantage of the opportunity to develop steadily for a while. As Cao Cao expected, Ao Lie looked very angry after receiving the news. Liu Bei, this is a naked separatist country! However, in the matter of Liu Bei's request for the title of king, he did not show the slightest intention of self-reliance, and all the processes were done in accordance with the rules of the imperial court, which made Ao Lie have the heart to go to Liu Bei, but he was unknown, after all, Liu Bei is not the fool Yuan Shu, he will not leave Ao Lie with the flaws of sending troops to fight. Liu Bei's handling of this matter can be said to be leaky.

In Jiangdong, after Sun Ce learned the news, he didn't care at all. In Sun Ce's heart, he only cares about the safety of Jiangdong, as long as it doesn't involve Jiangdong, he doesn't have the mood to care whether Liu Bei is king or emperor. on this. Sun Quan disagreed, believing that it would be best to communicate with the brothers' common master, Ao Lie, if Ao Lie wanted to send troops to recruit Liu Bei. Sun Quan suggested that Sun Ce also send a certain number of soldiers and horses to follow Ao Lie's side to strengthen his momentum, and at the same time he could also gain some good reputation for Jiangdong, showing the determination of Jiangdong's children to be loyal to the Han Dynasty. Sun Ce thought about it again and again, and decided to adopt Sun Quan's opinion, and sent people to set off by sea to Bohai Bay to ask Ao Lie for advice.

The people who were most angry about Liu Bei's actions were not Ao Lie, Cao Cao, and Sun Ce, but Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty today. On the day he received Liu Bei's recital, Liu Xieqi's face was crooked, this Liu Bei had already been expelled from the ranks of the Han clan, why did he ask to be crowned king? And what reason do you have to make him king?

Angry, Liu Xie threw Liu Bei's recital to the ground, and said gloomily to the Manchu Dynasty: "Liu Bei invited himself to be the king of Hanzhong, which is simply contempt for me!" I want to drive the personal expedition and crusade against Liu Bei! Under the protection of Ao Lie, Liu Xie did not become a puppet as in history, he had soldiers and generals in his hands, and he also had his own territory, and he also fought side by side with Ao Lie, and experienced several battles such as the Battle of Luoyang.

Hearing Liu Xie say this, he immediately frightened the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, especially veterans such as Huangfu Song, and they were even more frightened into a cold sweat! In their opinion, it is true that Liu Xie has fought a few tough battles, but in those battles, it was Ao Lie, the king of Yan, who commanded the battles, and Liu Xie, the son of heaven, was just a spectator who followed Ao Lie's side, how could he be the opponent of Liu Bei, who had been through a hundred battles? You must know that the war is not as simple as it seems, without years of war training, it is impossible to be an excellent commander, Liu Xie's level of commanding the battle, in the eyes of veterans such as Huangfu Song, is not even the level of entry, if he really lets him drive the expedition in person, what if there is a mistake, then what can be done?

Huangfu Song hurriedly stood up, and was just about to advise Liu Xie a few words, Liu Xie took the first step and said: "Since ancient times, you have no jokes!" I have made up my mind, and the secretaries don't need to persuade anymore. I'd rather die on the battlefield than be a puppet king! Otherwise, what face will I have under the Nine Springs to meet the ancestors of my great Han? Old General Huangfu, can you still go to the battlefield again? Liu Xie's words were loud and clear, and he had the spirit of a wise man, so that the words of exhortation that the Manchu Dynasty had already prepared for Lu could no longer be spoken.

Huangfu Song, who originally planned to persuade Liu Xie, was also provoked by Liu Xie's words to provoke the long-dormant fighting intent in his chest, and immediately patted his chest and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Lian Po is still able to eat a bucket of rice and ten catties of meat, and the minister is not even eighty, why can't he fight!" The old minister asked for the order to be the vanguard of the army and open up a passage for His Majesty! ”

So, the first imperial expedition in Liu Xie's life was decided, and Huangfu Song led an army of 20,000 as the vanguard general, and ordered Zhu Hao and Huangfu Jianshou, who were guarding Chang'an, to separate one person and lead 10,000 troops out of Chang'an, thinking that they were left-wing troops; Let Wu Qiong and Wu Xi brothers lead 10,000 troops from Tongguan and go to Hanzhong through Xiegu Pass, which is the right wing of the army; With Liu Tao as the grain and grass escort officer, he led an army of 5,000 to supervise the transportation of grain and grass in the rear; Liu Xie himself led Zhong Miao and more than 20 other important civil and military ministers, led an army of 30,000 as the Chinese army, and raised a total of 5 road armies, totaling 75,000 people, and went straight to Hanzhong. (To be continued......)