In Jixian County, Youzhou, Zhang Jiao looked at the Tianji List and sighed: "It's a pity that there are so many talents in the world, but they can't be used by me!" ”

Zhang Jiao discovered his biggest shortcoming, which is the talent crisis.

The banner of "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand", coupled with the foundation of Taoism, made him unable to get the loyalty of the scholars at all, and could only rely on his own training.

Once Zhang Jiao still wanted to recruit Yu Ji, Zuo Ci and Zhang Lu and others on the Dao Law list, only to find that they had more ideas than the other, either to establish a sect or idle clouds and wild cranes, it was impossible for him to use them at all.

But Zhang Jiao is very resolute, three hundred years of humanity fighting for the dragon, he has taken the lead, and the next thing is to encroach.

Jizhou is the rich land of Hebei, the most extreme state of the Han Dynasty, and the origin of Zhang Jiao's fortune.

Zhang Jiao rubbed his hand against the map of the Han Dynasty that he personally carved and recorded, once he occupied Jizhou, he had the foundation equivalent to Emperor Guangwu, plus the Yellow Turban believers who were still active in Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and other places, Zhang Jiao believed that he had great advantages and unlimited potential.

Of course, the most important point is that the elite must be developed, and the rabble can no longer be recruited.

The rabble is simply unreliable.

Therefore, Zhang Jiao can no longer directly sweep the world like the first Yellow Turban Uprising, but slowly encroach on one county after another.

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In Chang'an City, Dong Zhuo was pleasantly surprised to find that there were so many talents under his command.

On the list of generals, there are Lu Bu in the third, himself in the eighth, Zhang Liao in the seventeenth, and Xu Huang in the twentieth; On the Taoist list, there are Jia Xu who is sixth, Li Ru who is tenth, Cai Yan who is fifteenth, and Zhong Xuan who is seventeenth.

If you really want to talk about quantity, your own command is the first.

But what Dong Zhuo didn't know was that the vast majority of them were loyal to the Great Han, not Dong Zhuo himself.

Dong Zhuo himself admires Cai Yong very much, and he can be regarded as a benchmark example set by himself, and when he saw that Cai Yan was actually on the Taoist list, he wanted Cai Yan to marry his nephew as soon as possible.

However, Cai Yan is also a person, she has already set a family business in her early years, but she is widowed, and she is fond of Qindao, and her father is afraid that she will lose her life and wisdom, so he specially found a "Tai Chi Longevity Sutra" for her, hoping that she can live a healthy and happy life.

However, Cai Yan's cultivation talent far surpassed that of his father, and he quickly got started, and all the way to the Golden Pill Yuanying, and attained the immortal fruit position.

After his immortality, Cai Yan turned to all kinds of Taoism, and finally chose the "Shangqing Dadong True Scripture" as his main practice, and he had already practiced the form of an emperor.

After learning the news of Dong Zhuo's forced marriage, Cai Yan went away with Jiao Weiqin as soon as possible, leaving only a letter to his father, saying that he wanted to travel around the mountains and rivers and cultivate his sentiments.

A Gao Zhen on the Taoist list, even if it is a woman, is also a well-deserved celebrity, with the right to choose, no matter where he goes, he is a guest.

Just like female scholars and masters, they will be honored as "sir".

For example, Jia Xu and Zhong Xuan's generation are all ministers of the Han Dynasty, not Dong Zhuo's ministers, not because they are stupid and loyal to the Han Dynasty, but they can't find a suitable lord yet, so they just practice with the help of the Han people's luck for the time being.

No matter who represents Han in the future, they will not be too deeply bound to Dong Zhuo, so that they will be buried together.

Among the military generals, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang are only under Dong Zhuo's orders, Lu Bu was already the ruling Jinwu before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Qinggui was still above the history of the state assassination, and the position of Wen Hou was also sealed by the imperial court rather than Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, Lu Bu only surrendered to Dong Zhuo, and did not have much gratitude.

The only people who are truly loyal to Dong Zhuo are Li Ru and Li Dao Guo Yan, and they are the real people themselves.

Li Ru and Dong Zhuo discussed and finally settled on a principle, that is, no matter what happens in Kanto, he must be a good-stirring stick, make good use of the Son of Heaven, and prevent a big warlord from appearing in Kanto that cross-state and county-annexed warlords, and defend in Tongguan and Bingzhou, and the main offensive direction is Xiliang.

Wu Wei guarded Lu Zhi like a thorn in their backs, like a fish in the throat, and had to be pulled out.

The appeal of this old minister of the Han Dynasty was too strong and the lethality was too great, and he would never be allowed to integrate the entire Liangzhou to attack.

After pacifying Liangzhou, the second step is to enter Shu, and finally achieve the momentum of the pre-Qin, and then go east to determine the world.

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In Bohai County, Yuan Shao finally launched his own big move.

He and Gongsun Zhan should cooperate with each other and kill Liu Yu.

Gongsun Zhan is also an ambitious person, and he also wants to fight for the dragon with humanity, become the son of heaven, and obtain the inheritance of the Red Emperor.

He and Yuan Shao hit it off, and both regarded Jizhou as their own territory, and regarded Liu Yu, the pastor of Jizhou, as a mortal enemy.

Therefore, when Liu Yu went out on patrol, he died in the countryside not far from Yecheng, and the murderer was the "Yellow Turban Remnant".

I don't know where the remnants of the Yellow Turban came from, but they were able to kill the pastor of a state.

Then Gongsun Zan was surprised to find that it was obviously his main force that killed Liu Yu, but Yuan Shao raised his arms, and almost all the counties and counties fell in despair, and almost all of them voted for Yuan Shao.

And he is not a person inside and out, and there is no strong allegiance to any family at all!

So much so that it only occupied the remote Changshan County, and Yecheng and Jizhou's Julu, Guangping, Pingyuan, Yangping, Leling, Wei and other counties all became Yuan Shao's territory overnight.

Yuan Shao became the master of most of Jizhou overnight, but Zhang Jiao occupied four counties and Gongsun Zan occupied one county.

This is the head of the world's families, the appeal of the fourth and third dukes, although it is not as good as Wang Mang in the late Han Dynasty, but it is far beyond any other family.

At the same time, Yuan Shu led a large army into Yuzhou, expelled the assassin Kong Ling, occupied Yingchuan, Runan, Ruyin, and Chenjun, and controlled most of Yuzhou.

The two Yuan, one south and one north, almost at the same time, smoothly obtained the most elite Jizhou and Yuzhou most of the territory, which completely shocked the world.

can only be said to be worthy of the Yuan family.

Cao Cao also began to exert his strength, and in the name of crusading against the remnants of the Yellow Turban, he annexed Dongjun and Jiyin, and most of Yanzhou had already started.

Sun Jian of Jiaozhou, successively pacified Guiyang, Lingling, and Wuling counties, and firmly surrounded Changsha County.

Liu Biao is also exerting his strength, taking the position of Xiangyang Taishou, uniting the wealthy families of Jingzhou, and successively annexing Jiangxia, Yidu, Xincheng, Nanxiang, and Yiyang five counties, but it is a pity that Nanyang, the richest in Jingzhou, is in the hands of Yuan Shu and is difficult to capture.

And Donglai is too guarded by Liu Bei, and in the past five years, he has been constantly switching between the two modes of construction and conquest.

He, like Zhang Jiao, couldn't get the help of many scholars, so he could only rely on his own training.

Moreover, according to the "Red Flag Datong Sutra", Liu Bei's cultivation of the entire Donglai County far exceeds that of other princes, and he has completely inspired the people and ceased to be Yellow Turban believers.

He opened up the salt and fishing grounds, cracked down on the lawless tyrants, and organized the people to open up farmland, build water conservancy, and build roads, turning Donglai step by step from a remote and desolate place into a happy land.

In the past five years, he has also been invited by Beihai Kongrong, Chengyang, Taishan, Langya and other counties to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

It's a pity that Liu Bei has no mastermind, and he is not ruthless enough, so that his power is limited to Donglai County, and the expansion speed is far behind the surrounding princes.

At this time, looking at the entire thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, the last borderless land, or the place with the lowest difficulty in the strategy, is Xuzhou and Jiangdong.

Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian, like Jizhou Mu Liu Yu, is not a strong and enterprising leader, and the Taishou in Yangzhou is also independent, without a backbone.

But there is not much window left for Liu Bei.

Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Youzhou in the north is the Yellow Turban Army, Dong Zhuo is in the west and Yanzhou in the south, and the only strategic direction is Qingzhou.

While Cao Cao was planning the entire Yanzhou, he was also targeting Xuzhou, while Yuan Shu had a greater appetite and plotted against Xuzhou and Yangzhou at the same time.

What Liu Bei needed most was an opportunity similar to the "Longzhong Pair" to point him in the strategic direction.

The current Liu Bei can no longer be qualified in the position of Taishou, but he is still very confused about the general trend of the world.

Liu Bei treats people with sincerity and benevolence, not only cultivating many monks with the same path, but also recruiting many low-level scholars, but there is no one at the top level.

Liu Bei's life is very fulfilling, but when he looks to the future, he is very depressed.

He felt that the room for his freedom was getting smaller and smaller.

Unify Qingzhou?

Even Kong Rong's reputation is far higher than him, and he has worked hard for eight years, and he has raised an army of 30,000 in Donglai.

However, the happiness of the people under Liu Bei's rule is definitely the highest, and Liu Bei has done his best to be fair and practice the way of Datong.

Liu Bei established primary and secondary schools in each county and township, and took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Tai Shici to personally teach the "Tai Chi Longevity Sutra" and "Immortal Xuangong" and other exercises.

This army of 30,000 people can be described as the only army of benevolence and righteousness in this era, and the division of justice.

On the streets and alleys of Donglai, a knight appeared, this person was a white horse and silver spear, majestic, at a glance he was a general, his eyes kept falling on the people around him, lingering in taverns, markets, and countryside, and finally stayed outside the walls of a middle school.

Liu Bei's control of his rule far exceeded that of other princes, and after reporting the discovery of the suspected "Zhao Yun" on the list of military generals, Liu Bei didn't even have time to bathe and change clothes, so he hurriedly returned from the countryside and rushed all the way to the middle school.

In the middle school, a teacher is telling the way of Datong, although the teacher is almost just holding the "Red Flag Datong Sutra" and reading from the book, but the spirit and vision of "everyone is like a dragon" also infected all the students and the knights listening outside the window.

Liu Bei now also has an immortal fruit position, and when he sees this young general with a white horse and silver spear, he can also sense that although it contains beautiful jade inside, it is not outwardly visible, but it is also far stronger than his own momentum, not inferior to the second and third brothers, such a shape, such a way, can only be Zhao Yun on the list of generals.

Liu Bei was overjoyed, stepped forward and directly grabbed the knight's hand: "The person who came is Zhao Zilong, a white horse and a silver spear?" ”

The knight nodded: "Grass people Zhao Yun, meet Xuande Gong." ”

Liu Bei took Zhao Yun's hand and never let go, and came all the way to his Taishou Mansion to give a banquet.

There was fish and meat on this feast, which was extremely delicious, but it could only be regarded as home-cooked food, not luxurious, and far less worthy of the high position of a county taishou.

When Zhao Yun asked, Liu Bei sighed: "When I first came to Donglai, I was strong and lawless, the people were poor, and food and clothing were difficult. Now this tea and rice, fish and meat, are all the income of the people I took the people to reclaim and hunt, and now the people under the rule can also eat a full meal with meat during the New Year's Festival, and my heart is a little at ease! ”

Zhao Yun said with emotion: "In the past five years, the grass people have traveled around several states, and I have not seen anyone who loves the people like Xuande!" ”

For a while, the guests and hosts were happy, Zhao Yun thought that Liu Bei was an extremely rare benevolent lord in the world, and such a lord was worthy of following him for a lifetime, and with Liu Bei's sincerity and benevolence and way of treating others, Zhao Yun was soon recruited to his command, and there was another general.

In five years, Yingchuan Xun can be regarded as seeing the general wind direction.

The decision was finally made.

Xun Shuang sits in Yingchuan's hometown, nominally serving Yuan Shu, but he is not a leader.

Xun Yu went to Chenliu and joined Cao Cao.

Xun You went to Yecheng and joined Yuan Shao.

The real dragon in the future is likely to come from between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao was overjoyed and directly regarded Xun Yu as the mastermind, above Chen Gong and Xi Zhicai.

Xun Yu's best Taoist method is born from the comprehension of all kinds of Taoism, which can be called "governing the country and securing the country".

Where this Taoism is covered, the politics are clear, the local peace is peaceful, the officials are less corrupt, the people are less rebellious, and the absolute king is talented.

In this way, Cao Cao Wen has Xun Yu, Chen Gong, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Wu Youdianwei, Xu Huang, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren and other generals, with a lot of talents, strong soldiers and strong horses.

Subsequently, Cao Cao gradually annexed the entire Yanzhou and completely took control of the land of Yizhou.

And in Chang'an City, Situ Wang Yun is planning a big plan.

Now in the Xiliang Army, Lu Bu is the largest mountain except for Dong Zhuo, with famous generals such as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun under his command, as well as tens of thousands of tigers and wolves.

Lu Bu and Li Dao Guo Yan are also very contradictory.

Now Dong Zhuo ordered the army to go to Liangzhou to crusade against Lu Zhimateng, the city of Chang'an was empty, and Lu Bu's army was crucial.

So Wang Yun did not hesitate to use the beauty trick.

It stands to reason that Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu are all immortal fruit positions on the list of generals, how can they still look down on ordinary women?

However, Diao Chan is not ordinary, it has an extremely rare Qingqiu bloodline, and the talent and understanding are extremely outstanding, at a young age, twenty-eight years old, has become the realm of Yuanying, its beauty is far beyond the average woman, looking at the world, only Cai Yan on the Taoist list can be compared.

Diao Chan really conquered Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, but if he wanted to turn the two against each other and let Lu Bu successfully kill Dong Zhuo, he couldn't avoid a key person-Li Ru.

Li Ru is the tenth great monk on the Dao Law List, and he is by no means just a weak scholar, and at a critical moment, it is enough to make all of Wang Yun's plans fail.

And Wang Yun had to go to test Jia Xu, the Taichang with the highest position in the Dao Law List in the middle of the court.

Jia Xu felt the trouble, and finally couldn't fish happily anymore.

Jia Xu himself is a person from Liangzhou, if Dong Zhuo is really expected to become a true dragon in troubled times, then Jia Xu would have done his best to assist.

It's just that Dong Zhuo's character flaws are too big, he is not a real master, and the degree of hatred is tied with the Yellow Turban Zhang Jiao, although he is ranked high, he can never really succeed.

But if Dong Zhuo died, Wang Yun and Lu Bu would be able to take power?

Just kidding, Wang Yun is an arrogant and arrogant person, and he looks down on almost anyone in his heart, and Lu Bu is also an iron man, who is often repeated, although the force is strong, but the will is not firm.

Even if these two people succeed by luck, it is impossible to solve the overall situation.

However, at the critical moment, an unexpected person made a move.

Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven.

Jia Xu was surprised to find that in the past few years when he was fishing, the young son of heaven had actually achieved the immortal fruit position, and all this was beyond Dong Zhuo's control.

This Son of Heaven is far more intelligent, more scheming, and more patient than his father and brother.

If it is in ordinary times, it can definitely be called a master, but in this world of great contention, even if there is great righteousness, it is difficult to succeed.

Kanto Er Yuan and Cao Cao, as well as Liu Cousin Sun Jian are all making efforts, these five princes, plus the Yellow Turban Zhang Jiao, are basically the most promising princes.

It's a pity that the little brother Liu Bei, who knew a letter from him back then, asked him to help run the official, and he has always been nesting in Donglai all these years, and he didn't even win Qingzhou.

One step is slow, one step is slow, and when the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty fall into the hands of all the princes, it will be extremely difficult to rise.

Jia Xu thought a lot, and finally decided to make a secret move, only to contain Li Ru, and finally sit back and watch the success or failure of Wang Yun and Lu Bu.

Anyway, he doesn't get involved in any cause and effect, and he is a generalist tumbler.

The sixth position on the Dao Law list is his confidence, he is just cultivating with the help of human luck, and he doesn't have to worry about his life being saved in the troubled times.

Wang Yun Lu Bu's adventure was a great success, Dong Zhuo is really not a virtuous person, only has the ambition to dominate the world, but has no wrist to control the overall situation, only arrogant and lascivious enjoyment, but no cautious and cautious everything.

And Li Ru was also imperceptibly influenced by Jia Xu, unable to detect key clues and traces.

In the end, under the lead of Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, an anti-Dong alliance has been formed, and in the end, on the Zen platform, Lu Bu directly killed Dong Zhuo.

Li Ru woke up at the last moment, how did he not know that he had been plotted?

However, Jia Xu did not have the idea of chasing after him, but stopped there.

Li Ru hastily gathered the soldiers and generals of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, seized the Chang'an Gate, and fled.

Wang Yun and Lu Bu adhered to the principle of "poor people don't chase", and they didn't dare to fight hard with Xiliang Tieqi, but they just killed Dong Zhuo Manmen and never let go of a single living mouth.

Most of the Western Liang Army was on the front line in Liangzhou, and after Li Ru escaped, he quickly entangled Li Dao and Guo Yan's generation and prepared for a counterattack.

At the critical moment, Liu Xie, the son of heaven, issued an edict, stamped the jade seal of the country, and crowned Lu Zhi, the Taishou of Wuwei, as a captain and a general, and called on the heroes of the world to jointly crusade against Dong Zhuo's remnants.

However, the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry has always occupied Longxi, Tianshui, Anding, Fufeng and other places, and the Son of Heaven and others only have Chang'an in their hands.

At the critical moment, Sili Captain Huangfu Song led the army into Chang'an to escort the car, and the Shangdang Taishou Huang Zhong sent 5,000 elites to come, Liu Xie was overjoyed, and crowned Huangfu Song as the general of the chariot cavalry, Huang Zhong as the general of Zhenbei, Lu Bu was crowned as the hussar general for the merit of assassinating Dong, and Wang Yun also replaced Dong Zhuo's position as the Grand Master.

Even Jia Xu was promoted one step further and became commonplace.