In the second year of the Han calendar, everything seems to have changed little, but it is only the first early dynasty of the new year, and a new atmosphere can be seen from the faces of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

The joy on the faces of these people is not because of the Chinese New Year or any messy reason, but because the Son of Heaven really restored the Han dynasty before the end of the first year of the Han calendar!

The battle situation in Jiangdong had already been concluded long before entering the winter, and what really caught everyone's attention was Liu Xuan's bloody purge of the Jiangdong Shi clan - basically except for the Lu family, which had been killed by Sun Ce a long time ago, the rest of the big families had not escaped, and they were all completely killed.

In fact, many people feel that today's murder is too heavy, but who dares to talk nonsense at this time?

Fortunately, he did not be ruthless to the emperor of the scholar clan in Yizhou, probably because Liu Zhang was very far-sighted and directly chose to surrender and handed over all his power, not even leaving soldiers and horses.

It was also with Liu Zhang's cooperation that Zhang Lu's Heavenly Master Dao finally failed to survive this winter, and in the middle of the last month of the first year of the Han calendar, he was defeated by Guan Yu, and the soldiers and horses of the Heavenly Master Dao were almost wiped out, and only a few thieves escaped - it is said that someone secretly helped Zhang Lu to escape smoothly, but the specific situation will not be known until Guan Yu returns.

As for the real situation, of course Liu Xuan knew it clearly, Zhang Lu really didn't send someone to rescue him, it was really a complicated terrain in Xichuan, and after Zhang Lu was defeated, he brought some people close to him into the mountains, and it was difficult to find it again.

If it weren't for Xu Shu having already infiltrated Zhang Lu's tent at that time, I'm afraid Liu Xuan wouldn't know whether Zhang Lu was dead or alive.

When it comes to Xu Shu, he has now defected to Zhang Lu, and his time is very good, it happened to be when Liu Xuan was massacring the Jiangdong Shi clan, which made Zhang Lu not suspect that Xu Shu had any other thoughts, but if he wanted to get Zhang Lu's respect and trust, Xu Shu still had a lot to do.

And in order to avoid being noticed, Liu Xuan asked Xu Shu to help Zhang Lu reorganize his forces wholeheartedly during this time, and then develop to the west, while reducing the number of communications with him.

At this point, the Heavenly Master Dao side will not be bothered, I believe that with Xu Shu's ability, Zhang Lu will definitely be able to fool Zhang Lu to keep developing to the west - he has no other choice, even if he can regroup and pull up a new army of soldiers and horses, but I believe that Zhang Lu himself understands that it is impossible to defeat the Han Dynasty immediately.

And with the re-unification of the Han Dynasty, the strength has grown even more rapidly - even if it does not improve its strength anymore, the vast territory and the elite soldiers who have not yet become corrupt and degenerate are not something he can deal with now.

Even if he wants to wait for the Han Dynasty to change from prosperity to decline, he has to wait while cultivating his own power, right?

From the current point of view, there are many small countries in the Western Regions to the west of the Han Dynasty, as well as many foreign tribes such as Qiang, and further west there are two major empires of Kushan and Anxi, as for the Roman Empire further west, needless to say.

Liu Xuan also knew that after a period of time in the generation from the Mediterranean to the Middle East, a new powerful empire would rise - Persia!

It can be said that Zhang Lu wants to start again, he doesn't have many options, and at a glance, it seems that there is no place for him to exist, but Xu Shu has already gotten news from Liu Xuan - the Rest Empire, that is, Parthia, is now declining year by year, and he can use this to fool Zhang Lu and let him occupy the original territory of the Parthian Empire - the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the present generation of Afghanistan, and the huge territory of the Persian Gulf in the north and south.

As for whether the Sassanid Dynasty of Persia will die because of Zhang Lu's participation? What is the matter with Liu Xuan, love to die or not! Of course, as far as Liu Xuan speculates, it is difficult for Zhang Lu to directly destroy Parthia and Persia, because the differences in race and culture will bring great trouble to his rule. ..., before the group of people in Europe adapted to the Eastern civilization or resisted the Eastern civilization from the bottom of their hearts, Zhang Lu supported the death that is, to establish a force in the eastern Mediterranean, and wanted to unify Europe? Hmph, it is more likely that Sun Quan will directly occupy North America and then cross the Atlantic to attack Europe.

It's a little farther away, and now Zhang Lu is still fleeing in the mountains of Xichuan, and it's too late to wait until he escapes from the realm of the Han Dynasty.

What we need to do now is to appease Jiangdong and the counties of Yizhou, not to mention anything else, because Yizhou has been in war for many years, and the barbarians in the southwest seem to be a little ready to move, wanting to stretch their claws into this rich land.

Guan Yu's army could not come back immediately after exterminating the Heavenly Master Dao, so Liu Xuan instructed him to lead his troops south and go straight to Jianning, first send generals and elite soldiers and horses to guard the town, and then deal with this group of barbarians when Yizhou was cleaned up properly.

For this point, the voices in the court are completely unanimous, when will the powerful Han Dynasty bow its head to the barbarians? Not to mention a group of belligerent generals, even the Wenchen are clamoring to directly level the southwest, Liu Xuan hardly needs to boost morale or state the benefits, and the court has already reached a consensus: that group of barbarians must be taught a profound lesson.

"In this case, Zhang He will be appointed as the general of Wuwei, and lead the forbidden army of 5,000 to guard Jianning!"

Zhang He is one of the generals who entered Sichuan with Guan Yu, and he was also highly used by Guan Yu along the way, and he directly thought that he was a pioneer officer, and he made a lot of achievements along the way.

And Zhang He is definitely a general who can lead an army alone, and it is not a matter to always be under someone else's account, this time there is a chance, Liu Xuan directly let Zhang He guard one side alone, and at the same time take Liao Hua as his deputy.

As for this Liao Hua, there is no credit along the way, but it is better to be diligent and hardworking, and to do things carefully and cautiously, Guan Yu's evaluation of it is not low, and Liu Xuan also took advantage of the situation to let Liao Hua stay in the southwest to assist Zhang He.

decided the matter of the southwest guard,

"Now that Yizhou and Yangzhou are flat, Jiaozhou has also been occupied by the imperial court's military horses, the world has returned to the rule of His Majesty, and the people have gone through 30 years of war, and the people have made up their minds, and Your Majesty must not raise swords and soldiers again!"

If you change these words to someone else, you may not dare to say it, but at the moment, this is the old man of the Son of Heaven, and he is the Sikong Cai Yong, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about offending the Son of Heaven by saying a word.

What's more, after so many years, I can see that although the Son of Heaven is a little more murderous, he is not an unreasonable person, at least everyone who kills people is famous, and from the perspective of the law, it is really impossible to find fault.

Hearing his father-in-law make this suggestion to him, Liu Xuan didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

Now Yizhou and Yangzhou have returned to the rule of the imperial court, Jiaozhou because of its remote location and the complex terrain and the inconvenience of peers, which have led to difficulties in travel, have not completely returned to the rule of the imperial court, and the territory ruled by the original Han Dynasty has not been recovered in the Western Regions.

"Oh, I almost forgot about Liaodong!"

Just as he was about to say, 'I also have the intention of recuperating and recuperating', Liu Xuan suddenly remembered that Liaodong had not yet been cleaned up, and it happened that Hebei had initially recovered, and there were also surplus soldiers and horses in his hands, so he ordered people to send Liaodong back.

"What Sikong said is very true, but now that the states are calm, there is still a place that thinks it is remote and refuses to submit to the imperial court, and after the imperial army takes back that place, it is not too late to recuperate!"

As soon as the Son of Heaven mentioned it, everyone remembered that the place in Liaodong had not been taken care of!

It's not that the civil and military people in the court are stupid, but because Liaodong has not really rebelled against the court, and is still nominally an official of the Han Dynasty, so everyone almost forgets that Liaodong is now also in a state of separation.

Whether to fight Liaodong or not, everyone doesn't care, although it is said that the people of the world are determined, but after 30 years of fighting, it is not worse than two years of this year, not to mention that with the current strength of the imperial court, I am afraid that it will take less than half a year to pacify Liaodong. ..., a huge Jiangdong and the Yangtze River moat are all said to be fought, Liaodong? What can they rely on? If they want soldiers or soldiers, they want food and no food, and they are located in a remote area, and there are many alien races around them, if Liaodong is too smart enough, it should have been on the table a long time ago.

In fact, Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Du is also hesitating to be on the table?

Originally, it was nothing to return to obedience, but when today's son is too desperate to do things, once he has a real behavior like himself, he will definitely not be able to continue to stay in Liaodong. At that time, when he left his own territory, whether to live or die was not a casual decision?

Not on the table?

He felt that his Liaodong was remote, and it was not a place rich in natural resources, and the imperial court had been fighting for a year, so he shouldn't be able to take care of his side for a while, right?

Maybe he will be on the table a little bit, show his submission, and then continue to be a soil emperor in Liaodong?

But just when he was hesitating, Liu Xuan directly issued an edict: Gongsun Zhan, the general of Pingbei, led an army of 30,000 and went straight to Liaodong!

Now Zisun Du was dumbfounded, and now he was no longer qualified to negotiate terms with the imperial court, and there were only two options left: either surrender and let the imperial court dispose of it, or fight to the death with Gongsun Zhan.

"30,000 soldiers and horses, it's not that they can't be beaten!"

When Gongsun Du racked his brains and began to think about how to fight this battle, Liu Xuan had already put this matter aside, and after issuing the edict, he felt that there was no need to pay attention to this matter. If Gongsun Chan can't even do such a thing, then he should go home as soon as possible to retire.

After dealing with some affairs at this time, Liu Xuan did not return to the palace to rest or go for a walk in the garden as usual, but came to the specially built Tianji Pavilion.

This is where it is specially made to make it easier to make some things yourself. On weekdays, no one is allowed to enter, only a few people such as Cao Bao are allowed to enter and clean.

After entering the Tianji Pavilion, there was a metal square box as soon as he saw it, and what was placed in it was the body of the little overlord Sun Ce, because of the relationship between the ice jade, this corpse exuded a cold air, but it could only be felt when standing next to the square box, because the strong cold air was limited to this space by this strange square box.

Purpose: It was to keep Sun Ce's body from decomposing because of this! However, if Liu Xuan's next thing to do was smooth, then there would be no need to rely on a treasure like ice jade to maintain this corpse.

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