In Chinese history, the most powerful external performance is Genghis Khan of the Mongolian tribe, and he is the only one who has truly expanded the territory and raised the prestige of our army.

Putting aside whether Mongolia belongs to the Han people for the time being, it is just that in the end he died on the way out because of his age. In order not to let such a regrettable thing happen again, Zhang Chao is determined to seize every moment of time, he wants to do what he usually does in a year as half a year, and what he does in a few years as a year, only in this way can he do better and more things in his tenure, and lay a solid foundation for the future strength of the dynasty.

To say that Dian Wei is indeed a brave man. If someone else gets this task, it will take half a year to complete, and I am afraid that I will not dare to agree to it. But instead of him, he only put forward two conditions, and said that as long as he could meet them, he would be able to complete the task within half a year.

The two conditions mentioned by Dian Wei are money and grain.

With money, you can recruit troops locally, and you can buy off some other small forces in Xiliang to let them engage in internal friction and infighting.

With food, the army will have confidence and morale, and when it gets started, it will naturally be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

Regarding Dian Wei's two requests, Zhang Chao agreed without any hesitation.

The money aspect has been settled, and Dong Zhuo, under the torture of the members of the Sky Eye, has already opened his mouth and told the hiding place of his treasures. Zhang Chao also sent Xu Chu to check, it is indeed a lot of wealth, and if he takes out one and gives it to Dian Wei, he can solve his request.

As for food, it's even less of a problem. The land in Youzhou and Bingzhou has been developed a lot in recent years, and Zhang Chao has implemented the army hoarding system, once there is no war, the army needs to go to farming to ensure that it is self-sufficient.

With enough population and labor, and a large area of land, plus the wind and rain have been good in recent years, grain has really been accumulated.

Although the wars were one after the other, and many were consumed, there were still some remaining, and the amount provided to Dian Wei for a legion was still very rich.

The two demands were met, and Dian Wei took the lead with the Sixth Army Corps, which still had an army of 80,000.

The day after Dian Wei left, it was the day Zhang Chao said he left Cangsong City. On this morning, the whole city army was assembled in full gear.

When the army was about to go on the march, Zhang Chao gave an order, and an iron guard brought Dong Zhuo, who was tied very strongly, to the side of the road.

After a few days of torture, Dong Zhuo has long been embarrassed, and after suffering a lot of torture, he has personally realized what life is better than death.

Now that the hour was coming, he was not afraid, but he had a feeling of liberation.

Of course, before Dong Zhuo died, he wanted to scold a few words, scolding Zhang Chao for his inhumanity and righteousness, and scolding him for obviously getting his own treasures, but he really didn't give himself a life. It's just that it's impossible for him to do this, his mouth is gagged, and he can't speak at all.

Zhang Chao didn't want to give Dong Zhuo a chance to speak, and after verifying Dong Zhuo's identity in front of several legions and armies, Zhang Chao just made a gesture and waved down very happily. Then the executioner, who had been prepared a long time ago, raised his knife and fell, and a human head with blood was thrown to the ground.

Dong Zhuo died, and the death of this generation of heroes who had controlled the Han dynasty for several years also represented the complete destruction of another prince's power on the land of China.

"Let's go, go back to Luoyang!" Seeing Dong Zhuo's head fall to the ground, many people sighed. But Zhang Chao did say in a very firm tone. In Luoyang, the situation is still a bit complicated, and the death of General Gui Ni and his 110,000 men should also have a result at this moment.

As time passed, the members of Tianyan finally found out who was responsible for the ambush of General Gui Ni, and when the answer was sent to Zhang Chao's desk, he also had a sense of sudden enlightenment.

"It turned out to be Cao Pi and Sima Yi." Looking at this answer, Zhang Chao also remembered that the enemies he had to deal with were not only Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao, but also Cao Pi, the second son of the Cao family, and Sima Zhongda, whose intelligence was not inferior to Zhuge Kongming.

In history, Sima Yi's rise was after Cao Cao's death, although he had cut off his head and feet before, but because he had been questioned by Cao Agui, he was much more restrained. But who would have thought that because of Zhang Chao's unexpected rise, this person would also show his strength in advance.

Knowing Sima Yi's strength, Zhang Chao informed Xu Huang in Luoyang City and Zhang Liao in Xin'an City early, asking them to focus on holding on and solve this problem together when they brought the army back to help.

Zhang Chao was worried that the Fifth Army and the Seventh Army would be ambushed by the other party in vain. However, it was precisely because these two legions were ordered not to send troops at will, but Cao Pi's 150,000 horses became rampant near Hangu Pass.

After discovering that it was impossible to mobilize the troops of Luoyang and Xin'ancheng, Cao Pi adopted Sima Yi's suggestion and began to attack continuously, causing some small counties to be attacked, and even occupied several times, and the robbery of money and grain treasury occurred from time to time.

Cao Pi's army even entered Heyin and Heyang for a time, and plundered there, but still did not find the main force of Zhang Chao's army, and did not succeed in creating a decisive battle.

In this regard, Sima Yi also had to praise Zhang Chao's strictness in governing the army. And the information from the front came that it was Xiliang occupied, and after Dong Zhuo was ambushed, he began to think about returning to Yuzhou.

"Second son, Zhang Chao has already returned with a large army, I'm afraid it won't be long before he can kill him, let's consider withdrawing." After Sima Yi was convinced, he spoke to Cao Pi.

During this period of time, Cao Pi was in a very good mood. Although the main force of the state was not found, it really robbed a lot of things, and brought chaos to the entire Sili area.

Cao Pi was very happy to be praised by his father, that is, he still wanted to do a few things, and even he wanted to aim at Hedong, who didn't know that it was rich in iron and salt, and it was an extremely rich land, if he could loot there, the harvest would be more fruitful.

It's just that Cao Pi also attaches great importance to Sima Yi's ability, and this time he can disrupt the subordinates, continuously contain the strength of Zhang Chao's two legions, and make them dare not act rashly.

Because of the importance of it, after hearing Sima Yi's suggestion, Cao Pi asked very cautiously, "Zhongda, can't we leave after the sneak attack on Hedong?" In that case, it can be regarded as a real blow to Zhang Zhiyuan. ”

"Second son, Zhang Zhiyuan's army has returned, and I am afraid that if I can't withdraw in time, I am afraid that there will be a danger of being blocked here." Sima Yi is very clear about his identity, he is cautious, and even gives people a sense of timidity, he will never say anything positive on the spot, and all the tones are discussed.

It was this tone of discussion that gave people a sense of relaxation, Cao Pi thought that the matter was solvable, and immediately laughed and said, "It's okay, let's go and come back quickly." As long as it is arranged properly, it won't take long to solve the problem here. ”

Seeing Cao Pi's insistence, Sima Yi was worried, but he couldn't express it. He understands that no matter how high his merits are, he is just a strategist, and if he wants to influence the second son's thoughts because of this, then he has to make inches.

couldn't say it explicitly, so Sima Yi said in a curved way to save the country: "Second son, Zhang Chao's army returns here, I'm afraid it will be there within half a month." ”

"Half a moon? Then we'll try to withdraw after ten days, so there should be no problem. Cao Pi misunderstood.

"Afraid or not..."Before Sima Yi could say the proper word, General Wang Shuang on the side had already jumped out and said: "Okay, Brother Zhongda, the second son has said that we will withdraw within ten days, so that we will go back without waiting for Zhang Chao's army to arrive, what can he do to me?" ”

Wang Shuang killed the mud, and was praised by Cao Pi and even Cao Cao's letters, and now he has a big picture of the world, and no one is his opponent, and now he sees Sima Yi so cautious, naturally he is not happy.

Cao Pi also won one victory after another, and the young man was naturally a little frivolous, and after listening to Wang Shuang's words, he smiled again: "Yes, Zhongda doesn't have to worry too much, in short, you can rest assured, we will take Hedong as quickly as possible, and we will go back after looting, without delay." ”

Even Cao Pi said this, what else could Sima Yi do, and finally had to clench his fists and say: "Even if the second prince is determined, then please be ready to respond to General Cao Zhen in the new city." This time we went to Hedong, and there will be no shortage of things to rob, and transportation is also a big thing. ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to inform Zidan (Cao Zhenzi) to prepare for the reception." Seeing that Sima Yi agreed, Cao Pi was naturally overjoyed.

Cao Pi had already done a good job of going to Hedong before, and now that Zhang Chao's army was returning, of course they had to set off against time. And when they were marching towards the east of the river, the main force of the Fourth Army Corps guarding Chang'an had already marched in the direction of Xin'an City.

Because of the negligence of the Tianyan intelligence organization, Cao Pijun's actions were not discovered earlier, so that General Gui Gui Ni and the 110,000 army were ambushed and all killed. After this incident, Zhang Chao was furious, and an order was sent back to Jinyang City, and Lu Fei, who was in charge of the organization, and the second lady Bai Tong were all blamed.

Although the identities of the two are noble, one is Zhang Chao's wife and the other is General Zhao Yun's wife, Zhang Chao did not say deeply, but he was able to write a letter to reproach him to express his displeasure.

For this matter, Lu Fei and Bai Tong replaced all the main persons in charge of the intelligence organization in charge of the subordinate area and sent another group of elite generals.