After finalizing the matter of changing cities with each other, Lu Yuan and He Batsheng began to discuss in detail, how should this territory be exchanged?

After all, between the two countries, they were originally enemies, and Lu Yuan had a deep hatred with each other, and they had no foundation of trust between them.

At the moment, it is said that it is said that it has been swapped with Nanzheng City and Xiangyang City.

But how to change the method is very debatable.

Otherwise, if he handed over Nanzheng City on this side, but Zhou Guo refused to hand over Xiangyang City on the other side, wouldn't he become a wronged boss and give the other party a county town for nothing?

This kind of loss-making business, Lu Yuan will not do it.

Fortunately, He Batsheng had already anticipated his concerns, so when he raised this point, he said briskly: "If the king is not at ease, our country can hand over Xiangyang City first, and the king will send people to lead troops into the city and take over the city defense." Nanzheng City can be handed over again and exchanged for our country. ”

Compared with Lu Yuan's worries, Zhou Guo's worries about territorial transactions were much smaller.

After all, Zhou Guo took Nanzheng City, and if he refused to hand over Xiangyang City in the future, Lu Yuan would naturally have no way to take the other party.

But if Lu Yuan took Xiangyang City, but in the end he refused to hand over Nanzheng City.

So now that the Northern Expedition is over, the two camps of Zhou and Vietnam have their own strikes and negotiate peace.

With the strength of Lu Yuan and Changsha, there is no way to fight against the entire Zhou State alone.

Therefore, if he is really bold and greedy, after taking Xiangyang City, he still refuses to teach Nanzheng Cheng.

Then with the strength of Zhou Guo, there is a way to retaliate back.

At that time, the two countries will fight each other, and Lu Yuan, in the end, I am afraid that it will be okay not to let alone keep the two county towns, and not to spit out all the gains since the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, for Zhou Guo, they were not afraid that Lu Yuan would break his promise, and after taking Xiangyang County, they would not fulfill the agreement and hand over Nanzheng City.

In the face of such a sincere condition, Lu Yuan had nothing to say, of course, he was overjoyed: "In this case, there is no problem with the king." ”

Seeing this, He Batsheng on the other side drank the last sip of tea, then got up and straightened his clothes, and said, "Since this is the case, the matter of changing the city has been decided." When I return to the camp, I will send a message back.

At this time, the king can send people to Xiangyang to take over the city.

The withdrawal of the army is imminent, and the general is busy with official business, so he will not stay long. Say goodbye first. ”

He bowed slightly, then turned to leave.

Lu Yuan hurriedly followed him out of the small pavilion, and when the other party's figure flashed and disappeared into the field outside the pavilion, he stood still for a moment with a distracted expression.

After a while, he came to his senses, smiled, and said to himself, "This is really, a good piece of good news." ”

came out and got a county town for nothing.

How can such good news not be happy?

Therefore, in a happy mood, he glanced at the empty pavilion next to him, and Lu Yuan also walked briskly and returned to Nanzheng City.

When he returned to the city, he immediately asked people to find Lan Cai'er, and then explained the matter to her.

Hearing that her husband had reached such a deal with Zhou Guo, Lan Caier couldn't help but be surprised, and then quickly realized what kind of benefits and benefits there were.

Therefore, when Lu Yuan asked for himself, he immediately led 30,000 troops to Xiangyang and took over the city, and immediately responded: "The king can rest assured." With a concubine here, she will definitely defend Xiangyang City. ”

Lu Yuan hugged Lan Cai'er, and was very satisfied with his queen, and at the same time said with relief: "The queen will go to Xiangyang first, and when my side is done, I will lead the army to meet you." Then we returned to Changsha together to hold an unfinished wedding and officially get married. ”

Since she got engaged, Lan Caier's help to Lu Yuan's career has been great.

It was with the help of the other party that he was able to successfully force the imperial court to compromise and build Changsha. Since the Northern Expedition, he has been able to concentrate on breaking the enemy in the front without worrying about the safety of the back road.

Therefore, for Lan Cai'er's help and friendship, Lu Yuan still remembered it in his heart and was a little grateful.

Moreover, the marriage between the two has dragged on for more than half a year, and although the envoys of various countries have seen him in the face of successive battles, they still stayed in Changsha City and did not leave.

can drag it out any longer, and it is inevitable that there will be no guarantee that someone will not be able to wait and leave first.

Therefore, for getting married and holding a wedding as soon as possible, Lu Yuan also wants to do it quickly, and he doesn't want to delay it any longer.

When Lan Cai'er heard this, her face immediately blushed, she just nodded slightly, and said, "The concubine listens to the king." ”

Seeing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help laughing.

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After reaching an agreement with He Batsheng, the speed of the Zhou people's withdrawal was significantly accelerated in the next few days.

Obviously, with this covenant that is very beneficial to Lu Yuan, Zhou Guo is not too worried, and Lu Yuan will take action against himself at this time.

In the case of the reassurance of both sides, by the time of September 20 of the eighth year of Hongdao, the 300,000 troops of the Zhou State had all evacuated the Nanzheng Mansion.

Even the 200,000 troops began to follow the road they had come to return north to the Zhou Kingdom.

On the border of Hanzhong County, the Zhou people only left 100,000 people down as a local garrison.

Lu Yuan also said that at this time, let Lan Cai'er lead 30,000 soldiers and horses and began to travel eastward, heading to Xiangyang County to prepare to receive the city.

At this time, he also asked Zhou Qing in the rear to gradually move the family scrolls that recruited Minyong, and moved them all to Wushan, Linjiang, and Yuzhong.

Now that he has negotiated peace with the Zhou people, there are still more than 60,000 people left in Lu Yuan's army.

These people are all strong men, even if they can't be soldiers, they are good at taking them back to farm and do coolies.

The two countries of Xichuan and Hanzhong have been established, although there has been an agreement before, they and Changsha can be allies of each other, jointly resist the Zhou state, and even guard against the imperial court.

But Qiao Kang's incident in Hanzhong still made Lu Yuan wary.

Whether it is him or Ji Hui, who were originally in the two counties of Guangling and Linhai, which were under the control of the core of the imperial court, to say that these two families have a shallow relationship with the imperial court, it is to kill Lu Yuan and not believe it.

Therefore, it is stupid to really take what they say.

So after thinking about it, Lu Yuan felt that he still had to weaken and weaken them again.

And the best way to weaken is, of course, to move their hukou.

At present, there are still 60,000 people, counting the families of these people, that is 60,000 households, 300,000 people.

If these 300,000 people are relocated, the population of Xichuan, which has already been hit hard by the war, will fall off a cliff in the future.

At that time, in addition to the three prefectures of Wushan, Linjiang, and Yuzhong controlled by Lu Yuan, there will be seven mansions left in Xichuan, and I am afraid that there will only be six or seven hundred thousand people left.

On average, there are less than 100,000 people in a single province, how miserable can it be.

As for Lu Yuan doing this, will Ji Hui and Qiao Kangquan have any dissatisfaction?

After realizing that he couldn't fully trust these two people and couldn't form a reliable ally with them, Lu Yuan didn't care.

Even if he did this, what if Qiao Kang didn't exchange territory with himself?

The agreement had already existed before, and even the three prefectures of Wushan, Linjiang, and Yuzhong were still occupied by themselves.

In this case, Qiao Kangquan has the choice, does he have to trade with Lu Yuan?

All the other party can do is to fulfill his promise and then go to Hanzhong County to open the country.

Otherwise, it's a big deal that the two sides have fought a battle, and the battle is decided.

Although the Zhou State retreated, the 200,000 troops of the Liang State were still staying in Jiangxia County at this time.

With this external force, at this moment, Lu Yuan is not false at all for the imperial court camp.

It's a big deal to see who wins and who loses.

However, with a high probability, Ji Hui and Qiao Kangquan will still swallow this breath and obediently accept the reality.

Let Zhou Qing move those Minyong's family members in the rear, Lu Yuan was on the side of Nanzheng City, and after waiting for a few days, waiting for Lan Cai'er to lead the army to take over Xiangyang City for a period of time, he also began to let people move the household registration of Nanzheng Mansion.

The agreement between him and Zhou was to exchange cities.

This does not include exchange populations.

The Zhou people are on the side of Xiangyang Mansion, and they are willing to give it out, which is the other party's business.

But on the side of Nanzheng Mansion, Lu Yuan never said that he wanted to hand over the population here.

He was right.

There are 100,000 or 500,000 people in Nanzheng Mansion, and although more than half of them have been relocated at this time, there are still 200,000 or 300,000 people left, which is also a huge number.

Keeping these people here will only enrich the strength of the Zhou people, so that they can raise more armies and provide more logistics to threaten Han China.

The newly-born Han China does not have much strength to withstand such a strong pressure.

And Han China can't stand it, without this barrier, as a country bordering Han China, Changsha has to face the pressure of the Zhou people?

So whether it was to weaken the strength of the Zhou State in Hanzhong County, or to help Han China defend this side and move the population of Nanzheng Mansion away, for Lu Yuan, this was always right.

In this way, the time passed slowly, and in a busy situation, it came to the middle of October.

On this day of October 12, Lu Yuan finally received the news from Xiangyang County that Lan Cai'er had successfully taken over Xiangyang City from the Zhou people.

After getting the news, he did not hesitate, and asked people to go and inform the Zhou people of the army left behind in Hanzhong County, and after waiting for a few days, a Zhou army of 50,000 people arrived in Nanzheng City.

Lu Yuan happily handed over the city defense with the other party, and then left an empty city, patted his buttocks, and led his soldiers and horses to leave Nanzheng City.

After this migration for more than half a month, another 200,000 of the remaining nearly 300,000 people in the entire Nanzheng Mansion were taken away.

Among the people who stayed, there was no one in Nanzheng City, and this world-famous city had become an empty city.

In this regard, naturally don't mention how the Zhou people scolded in the back and greeted Lu Yuan's relatives.

As long as the above is not said in his face, it should not exist directly.

If you don't see your eyes and don't hear your ears, it's empty.

Lu Yuan, who had already reaped the benefits and benefits, had already led the last 50,000 elites at this time, and stationed them in the southern three prefectures of Hanzhong County.

The reason why they still stayed in Hanzhong County and did not leave is mainly because Qiao Kangquan and they have not yet established the country, and the will of the Yue Imperial Court has not yet come down, and neither of them can open the country.

Fortunately, he didn't have to wait long.

In late October, Qiao Kangquan arrived at Nanjiang Mansion in Hanzhong County together with the imperial envoys.

When they met again, Qiao Kangquan looked at Lu Yuan, although he had a smile on his face, he was somewhat forced.

Not only him, but the court envoys who came with him also looked like this.

Think about it too.

Lu Yuan and Zhou Guo operated on their side, and Nanzheng City and Xiangyang City completed the exchange.

With such a county town, Lu Yuan's foundation in Xiangyang County has been completely solidified.

On the other hand, the imperial court in the south of Xiangyang County, Jingmen, Jingshan, Jingling, had to be oppressed by Lu Yuan's side, from the two county towns of Xiangyang and Baling, and had the meaning of being attacked from both sides.

The land of Sanfu, which has just arrived in the hands of the imperial court, suddenly has a bit of precariousness.

How can this be happy?

And Qiao Kangquan's side is even more so.

His title is the king of Hanzhong, and he is called Han China. Since they are all called Han China, but there is no Nanzheng City, what is this called?

Jihui's bald donkey still has a Jinguan City, can he confirm the fact that he is the king of Xichuan?

But on his side, he lost Nan Zhengcheng.

As soon as he thought of this, Qiao Kangquan vomited blood in depression.

In addition, some time ago, Lu Yuan asked Zhou Qing to relocate those Minyong's families, which was also a bad thing.

Xichuan County has experienced war, and the household registration is already scarce, and he still took so many people away at this time, isn't this just cutting the flesh of Jihui and Qiao Kangquan?

I was cut off such a big piece of flesh by someone, who is not distressed, and who can not hate?

It's just that although it hurts and hates, and I feel depressed, the situation is stronger than people at this time.

Although he is about to establish the country and become the king, what is the situation of his own Han China, and what is the situation of the Changsha State opposite?

To put it mildly, the two countries are not at the same level at all.

After experiencing a Northern Expedition, Lu Yuan was able to easily pull out more than 200,000 elite soldiers and horses, with a land of seventeen prefectures and a population of millions.

But Han China can pull out 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the territory is only five prefectures, with 6,700,000 household registrations.

This is nearly ten times the difference, even if Qiao Kangquan is already the king, he does not have the slightest confidence, and Lu Yuan's theory is right or wrong.

Therefore, I can only admit the secret loss this time.

Not only did he admit it, but even when he faced Lu Yuan, Qiao Kangquan thanked him with a shy smile: "This time, the king of Changsha guarded the three mansions of Xixiang, Nanjiang and Baishi for me. ”

Lu Yuan looked at the uncomfortable appearance of the other party eating flies, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "You're welcome." If you and I are allies, we are family. Help your family look at the family business, what is there to thank you for? ”

"That's what the king of Changsha said." Qiao Kang Quan endured the nausea in his heart, nodded, and then invited with a smile: "This king is scheduled to be on the altar outside Nanjiang Mansion in ten days, and I hope that the king of Changsha will be able to enjoy his face and watch the ceremony." ”

The normal process of founding the country should actually be like Lu Yuan, build the Temple of Heaven, enthrone and worship the heavens, and then invite envoys from various countries and domestic gentry officials to watch the ceremony.

But now the situation in Hanzhong County is embarrassing, and the Zhou people have recovered Nanzheng City, and they have also stationed 100,000 soldiers and horses here, which can be described as strong.

Guess what's the attitude of these Zhou people towards Qiao Kangquan's Han China?

Therefore, for Qiao Kangquan, he should not build a country as soon as possible while Lu Yuan's army is still there and he still has the confidence on his side.

I'm afraid that if it doesn't drag on any longer, when Lu Yuan leaves, on the day of his own founding of the country, the Zhou people will lead an army of 100,000 to watch the ceremony.

Do you say that when the time comes, will Qiao Kangquan still build a country?

Therefore, even if he knew that he was in a hurry, but the situation was like this, in desperation, Qiao Kangquan could only rush into battle.

took advantage of this time to build the country, set a name, and then seize the time to form soldiers and horses to defend against the Zhou people.

But fortunately, Jihui has already agreed to my request. After Xichuan was founded, 10,000 soldiers and horses would be sent to assist in the defense of Hanzhong.

At that time, I will recruit another 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, and make up 30,000 or 40,000 people, but I can barely defend against the Zhou people.

It's just that in this way, the army is exhausted, and if Han China wants to recover its vitality, it is even more unknown how many years it will take.

It's all that Lu Yuan.

If Nanzheng City is in my hands, then with this Xiongcheng, only 20,000 soldiers and horses are needed, and then I am in charge, even if the Zhou army of 100,000 people comes to attack, what is there to fear?

Today it is so embarrassing, hateful! Hateful! ’

Qiao Kangquan said two hateful words in his heart, but his face was still full of sincere invitation.

This kind of cultivation is really worthy of being the master of the family.

As for this request, Lu Yuan had no choice, nodded neatly and said: "Since this is the case, then the king will stay longer, and wait for the king of Hanzhong to ascend the throne after the ceremony, and then leave." ”

Qiao Kangquan hurriedly said: "Then we will wait for the king." ”

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On the second day of November in the eighth year of Hongdao, Qiao Kangquan sacrificed to the sky outside the city of Nanjiang, officially ascended the throne and became the king, founded the country of Hanzhong, and embraced the land of Xichuan and Hanzhong counties and five prefectures.

Later, he took the 5,000 tribes of Qiao's as the backbone, and then recruited 25,000 new soldiers in Han China to form the military force of Han China.

On the fifth day of the first month of November, the holy monk Jihui held a Dharma meeting in Jinguancheng, gathered thousands of backbone Buddhas, gathered tens of thousands of believers in Xichuan, and officially announced the establishment of the earthly Buddha country.

Nishikawa Buddha National.

Later, the holy monk Jihui sorted out the national affairs, governed the country with monks, educated the people with Buddhism, and initially stabilized the Xichuan country.

Then Xichuan sent 10,000 monks and soldiers to the north of Han China to assist in the defense of the Zhou people.

On the eighth day of the first month of November, Lu Yuan's army returned to Xicheng Mansion in Xiangyang County, and then left 20,000 soldiers and horses here to guard against Hanzhong with his disciple Chu Wei as the commander.

On November 15, the army arrived in Xiangyang, and Lu Yuan left behind 50,000 soldiers and horses, with his disciple Zhou Qing as the governor of Xiangyang, to guard the northern frontier.

The next day, he took Lan Cai'er with him, led the rest of the soldiers and horses, and returned to Changsha City.

On the second day of December, the year-long army of the northern expedition finally returned to Changsha City.

Cui Changqing and Sun Siwen, who stayed in the country, were left and right, and the hundreds of officials and residents in the city were rash, and they went out of the city for ten miles to greet each other.

On the day of returning to the teacher, there was laughter and laughter, and everyone congratulated.

Then.

On the second day after returning to the city, after discussing with Cui Changqing and them, Lu Yuan set a date and decided to officially hold a wedding with Lan Caier on the 23rd day of the end of the month, ushering in the official hostess of Changsha Kingdom.

So Changsha City, which had just returned triumphantly for the army and celebrated for less than two days, ushered in a busy time again.

All the streets and alleys in the city began to be lit up.

Inside and outside the palace, preparations for ceremonies also began.

The envoys of various countries who stayed in Changsha also went up one by one to send famous posts and invite them to watch the ceremony.

Everything related to the wedding was prepared in an orderly manner.