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In the midst of the hustle and bustle, half a month has passed in a blink of an eye.

Half a month ago, that is, at noon the next day after the storm, Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang led Yizhou civil and military forces to the east gate to open the city and ask for surrender.

At that time, Li Li led Zhou Yu, Li Xian, Fa Zheng, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong and others to gather nearly 200,000 people outside the east gate.

At the same time, the four gates of Chengdu City were opened, and the people in the city and the surrounding people rushed to hear the news and witnessed the scene of Li Li taking over the Yizhou Pastoral Seal Ribbon from Liu Zhang.

At that moment, Li Lilong, dressed in a golden armor and dark red robe, walked to the gate of the city, and Liu Zhang led his subordinates to kneel down to greet him, and then presented the Yizhou Pass seal and bowed his head.

When Li Li took the ribbon, he reached out to help Liu Zhang with a solemn expression, and then walked into the city gate hand in hand. Then the Xiliang army took over the city defense, 50,000 cavalry followed Li Li into the city, and the remaining more than 100,000 cavalry passed through the city, went out of the city through the West Gate, and then stationed outside the West Gate City, and the camp stretched for more than ten miles.

At this point, the land of the Han Dynasty, which has gone through more than 400 years of the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty, has completely lost its relationship with the Liu royal family.

Li Li took over Yizhou and took over all the counties and subjects of Yizhou from Liu Zhang, officially incorporating the southwestern half of the city into his territory.

According to later statistics, more than 100,000 people in Yizhou watched the surrender ceremony that day, and no less than 100,000 people in the city saw Li Li and his army enter the city. If we add more than 50,000 Yizhou troops and 200,000 Xiliang troops, about 500,000 people witnessed the historic scene of Li Li taking charge of Yizhou.

This grand occasion is actually the grandest surrender ceremony in the more than 200 years since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It's an all-time event, and it's not an exaggeration to say it's unprecedented.

It is worth paying attention to: During the surrender, Li Li gave Liu Zhang a very high courtesy, and drove with him to the state governor's mansion in the luan given by the Son of Heaven that year. Such a courtesy. It was also the first among the many defeated surrenderers of the previous dynasties, which impressed the crowd at the scene and had a far-reaching impact.

However, no matter how spectacular the scene is, there will be a time for it to come to an end, and the surrender ceremony is no exception.

After Li Li entered Yizhou, he did not make a big move against the Yizhou bureaucrats, but held a feast to entertain Yizhou's civil and military affairs, major families, scholars and celebrities, and powerful gentlemen, all for three days.

During the feast, Liu Zhang, the former Yizhou pastor, appeared at the banquet on the day he invited himself to surrender. He never showed up again. It is said that he took the initiative to ask for orders to take his family to Chang'an, but was stopped by Li Li, and he still lives in the backyard of the state governor's mansion.

At the same time as the feast, Li Li appointed his subordinate Wenwu to take over the counties under the rule of Yizhou, and to remove the county guards and the guards of the passes in various places on a large scale.

It is worth mentioning that the change of ownership in Yizhou was due to Liu Zhang's initiative to surrender, which was determined by the transmission of the counties and counties in Yizhou, and there was no phenomenon of disobedience to the order. In this way, the transfer of power went very smoothly. There was hardly any turmoil, and the change of power was completed.

Of course, this is directly related to the 200,000 troops under Li Li's command stationed in Yizhou, and the 100,000 iron cavalry is ready for battle, and its deterrent effect is great. Immeasurable. In addition, the rebel leader Zhao Wei took the initiative to surrender, and tens of thousands of Yizhou troops under his account switched to Li Li's command. It also played a positive role in Li Li's recovery of Yizhou that cannot be ignored.

After Li Li's edict in charge of Yizhou was transmitted to the entire territory of Yizhou, Li Li appointed Li Xian as the general of Zhengnan. Temporarily led the governor of Yizhou, and took over all the soldiers and horses in Yizhou. At the same time as the comprehensive reorganization of the Yizhou army, soldiers and horses were sent to take over the county cities and passes, and then advanced one by one to take over all the armies in the entire territory of Yizhou.

When the situation in Yizhou was not completely stable, Li Li took charge of the Yizhou pastor and appointed Zhuge Liang to act as the assassin and take over the government affairs of Yizhou. Huang Quan and Dong He were appointed as the leaders of Yizhou, assisting Zhuge Liang to sort out the government affairs of Yizhou, pacify the territory and the people, restore the government affairs and people's livelihood in the counties and counties of Dongchuan, and restore agricultural production.

After a busy time, half a month passed quietly, the situation in Yizhou tended to stabilize, and the military and political affairs had been sorted out and gradually got on the right track.

At this point, Li Li withdrew from the complicated military and political affairs and dealt with many specific affairs that had been temporarily shelved, in fact, some Yizhou officials and generals who had been isolated and set aside. These things can only be handled by Li Li personally, and others have no way to interfere, let alone do it for them.

?????? State capital, back garden.

As night falls, the garden is breezy and refreshing.

At the beginning of the lanterns, in the open-air attic with ventilation in all directions, there is a pot of fragrant tea on the stone table, four tea cups, and two slim maids stand aside, carefully serving Li Li, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu and Fa Zheng who are sitting in the pavilion to talk.

In the water pavilion not far from the attic, a feast is being held at this moment, and it is the generals under Li Li who invite the Yizhou generals to a banquet, called the banquet, which is actually a group of generals sitting together to communicate, so as to deepen their understanding and facilitate their future work together. Sitting on the left side of the pavilion are: Li Xian, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, Zhang Fei and Cao Xing and other more than ten major generals, on the left are: Zhao Wei, Wu Yi, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, Lei Tong, Deng Xian, Wu Lan and other more than ten Yizhou generals.

It is worth mentioning that at present, Zhang Ren and others are in leisure, staying in their respective mansions on weekdays, closing their doors, living in a simple house, if they want to go out of the house or out of the city, they must be approved by Li Xian or Zhuge Liang, and they can only travel after issuing a road guide out of the city. Otherwise, if they leave the house without permission, they will cause unnecessary trouble; If they go out of the city without permission, not to mention whether they can go out or not, without permission alone, it is enough for them to drink a pot, and they will be questioned at least and ?????? Lives are in danger.

This is the consciousness of the vanquished, and it has been so throughout the ages.

Both groups were talking in the backyard garden, but the backyard of the state capital was still quiet and there was no noise. It goes without saying that the feast in the water pavilion is undoubtedly a floating formality, mostly appeasing, and has no substantive effect, but what really determines the fate of the generals in Yizhou is the conversation in the attic.

It is worth noting that such a situation of talking directly in the backyard is rare for Li Li. It is not difficult to see from this that Li Li's wife and concubine did not live in the inner courtyard, but still lived in Wu Yuan's Changle Garden, so there was no need to avoid taboos in the inner courtyard of the state capital, and many military generals could enter to drink and talk. On the other hand, the inner mansion where Li Li's wife and concubine are located does not allow any outsiders to enter and exit, even Li Li's brother Li Xian is no exception, like Li Xuan, Ma Chao, Chen Gong and other relatives, they have many scruples, and it is difficult for brothers and sisters to see each other all year round.

In the attic, unconsciously, a pot of tea had bottomed out, and the maid served tea again, and was immediately waved back by Li Li.

When the maid walked downstairs, looking at the half-round silver moon slowly rising in the west, Li Li sighed with emotion: "Time flies so fast, and it will be the Double Ninth Festival soon." ”

Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng nodded in agreement, but they didn't say much, because they knew that Li Li's emotion was by no means a casual remark for no reason, and the latter words were the point.

Sure enough, after a pause, Li Li continued: "The results of this expedition to Yizhou far exceeded expectations, and the time was also advanced by nearly three months, which can be described as a complete victory and a lot of results. In this battle, Kong Ming, Gongjin, and Xiaozhi cooperated very well with each other and complemented each other, so that there was today's big victory. It is because the three of you have made great contributions, and you should be a model for the public, and you should be rewarded, and I know this in my heart, and I will reward you after the situation in Yizhou is completely stabilized.

However, at present, Yizhou is calm on the surface, but in fact, there are still many hidden dangers, which can be called an undercurrent and must not be relaxed for a moment. These hidden dangers are not limited to Yizhou officials and government affairs, but also involve military wars, or the war in Yizhou is not over, or even far from over. Strictly speaking, I am only halfway done at this moment, and the remaining half is the most important part of this southern expedition. ”

"Oh? Is the war not over? Zhou Yu was surprised, but seeing Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng's expressions as usual, he didn't seem surprised, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly said: "The lord refers to the southwest and the south? ”

Li Li bowed slightly: "Exactly." The disaster of the Southern Barbarians has been around for a long time, and it has long intruded the western counties of Yizhou, and successive Yizhou assassins or state pastors have frequently sent troops to recruit and suppress, but with little effect. Even if it can frustrate its edge and deter the Nanban for a while, it will make a comeback after it recovers its vitality, and so on and so on, the intrusion continues, and it is very difficult. Previously, Liu Zhang took Yizhou and implemented the law of leniency and indulgence against the Nanban tribes, trying to educate many barbarian tribes, and wanted to bring them under the control of our Han king.

It's a pity that this is just wishful thinking, which not only did not educate the Nanban, but instead made it more and more rampant. Prior to this, the Nanban tribes would raid once a year on average, but in recent years, they have raided the border at least three or four times a year, invading the southwestern counties more frequently, becoming more and more unscrupulous, burning, killing and plundering, and doing whatever they want. Obviously, the Huairou method of indoctrination implemented by Liu Zhang and others was cowardly and deceitful in the eyes of the leaders of the Nanban tribe, and they thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and they became more and more emboldened. ”

Speaking of this, Li Li got up slowly, looked at the mountains in the southwest with deep eyes, and said sharply, "Now that I am in charge of Yizhou, we definitely can't sit back and watch the Nanban tribe run rampant!" The border troubles that Liu Zhang could not solve must be solved by our hands, and we must completely remove the threat of the Nanban once and for all. Perhaps you don't know that there is a more extensive land in the west and south of Yizhou, and its area and area are no less than half of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, I plan to mobilize 300,000 soldiers and horses in three to five years to make every effort to pacify the Nanban, and push our Han territory to the west and southwest as much as possible, and then establish a solid defense line, and then send troops to conquer after the world is pacified in the coming day. If it is blessed by the sky, the four seas will be pacified in my lonely life, and wherever my Han Iron Horse goes, it is my Shenzhou territory! ”

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