Cao Cao came to see his old friend, got two comments, and was as happy as a child, and inevitably drank a few more glasses.

When he finally went back, Cao Cao was supported by Cao Ren to return to the barracks.

Guan Yu and Zhang Xi were speechless for a while. This Cao Cao, is his heart too big, and he dares to drink too much at this kind of party? !

Cao Cao has a good grasp of Guan Yu's temperament and character, knowing that Guan Yu will not use this kind of fair and honest gathering.

In addition, Cao Cao did get two rare evaluations, untied some knots in his heart, and drank a few more glasses in a happy mood.

After Cao Cao returned to the camp, Zhang Xi and Guan Yu also returned to the city to rest.

But the next day, Cao's offensive began again.

This was indeed a bit unexpected by Zhang Xi and Guan Yu.

Originally, Zhang Xi and Guan Yu saw that Cao Cao had drunk that virtue yesterday, and thought that Cao Cao would most likely choose to withdraw his troops, but they didn't expect that they would still attack the city today.

But fortunately, although the two guards predicted that Cao Cao would withdraw his troops, they did not really let the soldiers relax their vigilance, so today's Cao army's attack was still in vain.

As for Cao Cao, he was indeed sobered up at this time, and under the escort of Cao Ren, he came to the front line to observe the progress of the siege.

After watching the siege for a whole day, Cao Cao finally understood Cao Ren's difficulties.

Back then, the thunderbolt car that crisscrossed Hebei was like a little brother under Fancheng City, either smashed by someone or on the way to be smashed by someone.

Although Cao Cao was far away from the enemy's catapult and could not see the specific structure clearly, it could be seen that it was not controlled by manpower.

Human manipulation can't maintain range and accuracy for so long.

Therefore, to continue to attack rashly without understanding the construction principle of the enemy's catapults is only to increase its own casualties in vain.

After watching the siege of the city all day, Cao Cao returned to the camp and held a military meeting.

After the military discussion, Cao Cao himself went first and returned to Wancheng.

And the remaining generals Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, and Zang Ba were still confronting Zhang Xi and Guan Yu outside Fancheng, but they did not attack the city again.

This kind of confrontation lasted for about half a month.

At the beginning of March, Guan Yu and Zhang Xi, who were in Fancheng, received a battle report from Xiangyang City in the rear - Liu Bei sent Kou Feng to lead 10,000 troops to attack Shangyong, and the three eastern counties dominated by Shangyong, under the leadership of the Shen brothers, all chose to surrender the city.

Liu Bei immediately ordered Kou Feng to be the governor of the three eastern counties and pay attention to the rescue of Xiangyang at any time.

At the same time, Cao Ren outside Fancheng began to slowly withdraw his troops.

As soon as the three eastern counties are opened, it means that Hanzhong can go down the Han River to support Xiangyang, and the battlefield from Hanzhong to Xiangyang will be connected, and Xiangyang will no longer face a shortage of soldiers.

At this time, Cao Ren continued to confront Guan Yu and Zhang Xi in Fancheng, and there was no longer any meaning.

What's more, Cao Cao had already ordered Cao Ren to let Cao Ren choose the opportunity to withdraw from the army.

Therefore, Cao Ren acted according to the order, slowly withdrew the army to Wancheng, left Zhang Liao and 30,000 soldiers to guard Wancheng, and Cao Ren went to Xudu alone, and cooperated with Sima Yi in Xudu to guard Xudu.

Zang Ba led the remaining Xuzhou soldiers back to defend Xuzhou to guard against a sneak attack across the Jiangdong River, and at the same time to respond to the defense of the Huainan region.

In this way, the two major battles from Hanzhong to Xiangfan finally stopped temporarily.

Neither side was able to launch the next round of offensives.

In Hanzhong, Liu Beijun dragged down the logistics supply of Cao's army, not Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao in the front, so the battle of Hanzhong was a battle of killing 10,000 enemies and losing 8,000 themselves, especially in terms of grain and grass logistics.

Therefore, after the end of the confrontation, Liu Bei did not have the spare strength to develop in Guanzhong or Liangzhou.

In addition to dividing troops for Kou Feng to attack the three eastern counties, Liu Bei's most important deployment was to appoint a candidate for the Taishou of Hanzhong.

This appointment surprised most people, but it was not unexpected by Zhang Xi - Wei Yan, a general who had just emerged when he entered Sichuan, was promoted all the way, and finally took over the position of Taishou in Hanzhong.

Wei Lao Pifu finally achieved this position and became the commander of another army of Liu Bei's group.

Then, Liu Bei sacrificed to heaven and earth in Hanzhong, and was advised by the ministers, went to the court, and officially ascended the throne as the king of Hanzhong.

In fact, to a certain extent, Liu Bei and Cao Cao have reached a time when they can't help themselves.

Even if you don't want to be king, there are times when you have to. What's more, these two may not be really unhappy in their hearts.

And Liu Bei is at least more legal orthodox than Cao Cao, after all, Liu Bei's surname is Liu, and he is still a descendant of the Han family, and he is the king, but he has not destroyed the tradition of "not Liu Buwang" established by Liu Bang.

Besides, Cao Cao is the king, if he Liu Bei doesn't call the king, wouldn't he be a generation shorter than Cao Cao in name?!

Therefore, it is necessary to be king.

In addition, there is also a practical need for Liu Bei, who can't always wear the hat of a general Zuo and open the government to govern affairs, right? !

Now Liu Bei has a larger territory, more talents, and more people who have been rewarded for their meritorious service. You can't keep making a fool of things with your original official position, right?!

So everyone will be dissatisfied.

Everyone fights the world with you Liu Bei, for nothing more than two things, a name and a knight.

Now there is no hope for this thing, after all, it has to be sealed by the Son of Heaven himself, and Liu Bei, the title of the king of Hanzhong, has to symbolically hand over the chapter to Xu Du.

Of course, it's the same thing for the court to disagree, but you have to have this process.

But the name is different, and the name can be fought for a little.

If Liu Bei is just a general Zuo, then he can divide the feudal auxiliary officers and adjutant so many, even if Liu Bei concurrently serves as a Yizhou pastor, the positions that can be divided now have basically been divided.

Because Liu Bei's foundation was to "support the Han Dynasty", Liu Bei must abide by the official law of the Han Dynasty and cannot break through at will, which caused a more troublesome problem.

Everyone has made contributions, but there is no room for promotion, so they can only make do with some rewards.

This definitely won't work, even Liu Bei knows that this can't be done.

Therefore, Liu Bei must move his position up to make enough space for everyone to make a wish.

Then since you want to lift it, you just raise it a little higher. The relatives of the Han family, and the forces of one side are divided, and they are called kings, isn't it too much?!

In this way, under the recommendation of the ministers, Liu Bei went through the process of the above table, and then succeeded to the king of Hanzhong.

The first thing he did when he became the king of Hanzhong was to make a wish for everyone to be promoted.

The first thing to be sealed is the Quartet General.

The official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Sifang General is second only to the Great General, the Hussar General, and the Heavy General under the Wei General, and it is a permanent general rank.

What are the four marches and the four towns, in fact, strictly speaking, they are all miscellaneous generals, and they belong to the temporary rank of general.

Today, there is a rebellion in the west, then appoint a general to conquer the west to quell the rebellion, and this title will be revoked after returning to the dynasty, which is the regular general system of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Of course, during the Three Kingdoms period, especially after Cao Cao normalized the generals of the Four Expeditions, the generals of the Four Expeditions and the Four Towns became permanent generals with a higher rank than the generals of the Four Directions.

But now, Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, still adheres to the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and below the king of Hanzhong, the most important general rank is the general of the Quartet.

Still like in history, Liu Bei named Guan Yu as the former general, Huang Zhong as the rear general, Ma Chao as the left general, and Zhang Fei as the right general.

By the way, among the generals of the Quartet, only Huang Zhong does not have the right to fake festivals, and the other three have the right to fake festivals.

Actually, there is no way to do it.

Huang Zhong beheaded Xiahou Yuan on Dingjun Mountain, which was too helpful to the battle of Hanzhong, and it can basically be said that Liu Bei captured Hanzhong's greatest hero, so in terms of official position, Huang Zhong must occupy a place among the generals of the Quartet.

But Huang Zhong's qualifications really can't be compared with the other three.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are Liu Bei's Yuan Cong, or Liu Bei's sworn brothers, and they are even more famous, and Liu Bei is very relieved.

Although Ma Chao Liu Bei is not at ease, when people take refuge in him, he has the highest title and official position, and his ancestors are also famous.

Anyway, right under my nose, this fake festival is not a fake festival, and it doesn't mean much.

Therefore, when Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Ma Chao were among the three people, a Huang Zhong was suddenly squeezed in, no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel awkward.

If others don't say it, Guan Yu feels very awkward.

Especially, no matter how Guan Yu looks at it, he feels that this Huang Zhong's selection is full of shady flavor.

Needless to say, Zhang Fei and himself are Liu Bei's own people, whether it is merit or qualifications.

Ma Chao is the highest person under Liu Bei, so he should be the eldest brother to buy people's hearts and attract others to vote.

But this Huang Zhong. No matter how you look at it, you can take care of the taste of Jingzhou faction in it.

Don't be the eldest brother who forcibly elevated Huang Zhong and brought Huang Zhong up in order to take care of the interests of the Jingzhou faction, right?!

As soon as Guan Yu thought of this possibility, his heart began to be awkward, and this awkwardness had not yet officially started to be awkward, so he let Zhang Xi break it open, crumple it, and analyze the reason why Liu Bei did this little by little to Guan Yu.

Huang Zhong squeezed into this list with his true skills, and the killing of Xiahou Yuan was crucial to Liu Bei's occupation of Hanzhong, and it laid the foundation for the victory of the later battle of Hanzhong.

It can be said that without Huang Zhong's beheading of Xiahou Yuan, there would be no Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong.

After listening to Guan Yu, he had to admit that Huang Zhong did have a reason to be selected.

Moreover, a seventy-year-old man actually played a battle slash, and it was a famous general like Xiahou Yuan. Guan Yu calmed down and thought about it, it was indeed incredible.

Even if Xiahou Yuan is looking for death by himself, but he doesn't have any force value, ordinary people give you a chance, and you can't do it.

What Huang Zhong lacks is only qualifications, not ability. Guan Yu is not happy with the corpse vegetarian meal, but it does not mean that Guan Yu is not convinced by anyone.

It's a point.

"This time, I have wronged Brother Zilong!" Guan Yu sighed to Zhang Xi in private.

As soon as Zhang Xi heard this, he realized that the second master was complaining for Zhao Yunming!

(End of chapter)