The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Perhaps sitting in this position and being a puppet all day, it would be better to be an An Le Gong who doesn't care about the world.

Seeing Liu Bian being so knowledgeable, Liu Zheng also nodded.

"Alright, if the big man is handed over to me, I will definitely be able to let him continue for hundreds of years. As for you, I will arrange a place for you, make you king, and live a comfortable life."

Liu Bian's nature is not bad, and he is the emperor. After he abdicates, he will still enjoy a sufficient status. This has existed since ancient times.

Liu Zhengnian's love for him when he was a child will not kill him, and after all, he is the sect, Liu Bian is more useful alive than dead.

A living Liu Bian can bring Liu Zheng some fame boost.

After hearing Liu Zheng's answer, the last trace of worry in my heart was completely gone.

Liu Bian smiled.

"it is good."

The first thousand 340 chapter two residual forces

After Liu fought for Liu Bian's throne, although he knew that this was the general trend, the throne, to be honest, should have belonged to Liu Bian.

Although he didn't force Liu Bian to retreat, everyone has selfish motives. It is impossible for Liu Bian to continue to be the emperor in front of so many people.

Even if Liu Zheng agreed, the civil and military officials under Liu Zheng would not agree.

So Liu Bian abdicated, and Liu Zheng succeeded the great man.

It is already the general trend.

After defeating Luoyang, the next thing is very simple.

On the one hand, Liu Zheng entertained the former team of officials in Luoyang with good food and drink, and on the other hand, he started to pacify the remaining places of the big man.

Before suppressing these rebels, he wanted to spread the news that Luoyang had fallen and the little emperor had been captured by him, so that the confidence of the enemy army could be disintegrated to a greater extent.

Let these rebels know that the little emperor has been captured and they have no way out. Only in this way will those rebels gradually surrender.

After all, even the loyal emperor is gone, they continue to fight Liu Zheng stubbornly, there is no benefit, only a dead end.

The news spread out, firstly, it could hit them, and secondly.Soldiers who lost the emperor's support had no money and food, and would lose their combat effectiveness in a short period of time. Therefore, Liu Zheng could order his troops to quickly seize the territory occupied by these enemy troops.

This protracted war can be resolved in a short time.

The first time the news spread was naturally from Chen Jun in Yuzhou.

This is the main battlefield that Liu Zheng can control, and it is also the main force of this battle in Jingzhou.

Liu Zheng's biggest opponent, even though Liu Bei escaped from here, Liu Zheng has never caught him, and he doesn't even know about him.

But Liu Bei's two younger brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, have always been here.

What Liu Zheng thought was that although he failed to catch Liu Bei, if he could catch Guan Yu or Zhang Fei, he would be able to cut off Liu Bei's greatest support. Without these two brothers, Liu Bei would be just a toothless tiger. For concern.

So he thought of this.At the beginning, Lu Bu was ordered to lead a part of Gan Ning's army to return to Yingchuan County, and then went to Chen County to attack Guan Yu.

It's just that it takes a long time to go back and forth.

By the time Lu Bu led his troops to Chen County, the battle here had already ended.

In fact, the battle here has not been fought a long time ago.

Although Chen Jun, where Luo Jun was stationed, was not an iron barrel, it was not so easy for Guan Yu to defeat it with only more than 2 cavalry.

Moreover, there are Sun Ce and Huang Zhong in the rear, who have already led the troops and are gradually relying on Chen Jun. Runan has been recovered by them, and they are not far from Chen Jun's position.

The spies under Guan Yu had already received the news.

And told Guan Yu, Guan Yu knew that if he couldn't win Chen Jun in a short time, it would not be good to wait for his result.

At that time, it is very likely to end up with the same result as on the Jingzhou battlefield.

So Guan Yu planned to take down Chenjun as soon as possible at any cost, but it just so happened that new changes took place in Yingchuan County at this time.

Liu Zheng's army invaded on a large scale, causing Liu Bei, who was guarding Yingchuan, to escape temporarily. As soon as Liu Bei retreated, he immediately sent a message to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu in Chenjun learned that his elder brother was no longer in Yingchuan, so Guan Yu's food and grass were cut off.

Guan Yu, who still had some confidence and wanted to fight Luo Jun, immediately died down.

He knew that his ability was no longer enough to fight Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses here, and if he continued to stay here, he would only die.

Even if he was able to take down the county at that time, there was no way how long he could hold out under the siege of so many soldiers from Liu Zheng.

Instead of consuming soldiers, horses, food and grass here, it is better to find a way to solve the current crisis.

And Guan Yu could think of the best way, that is, at this time, to seek refuge with his third brother Zhang Fei in Yanzhou.

He can't go to Liu Bei's side. After all, the road from Chenjun to Yingchuan must have been blocked by Liu Zheng's men. Besides, even if he can cross Yingchuan, he will go along the road of Hulaoguan. no.

In case of being surrounded by Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, even if his men are all cavalry, there is no way to defeat Liu Zheng.

What's more, without follow-up food and grass support, it won't take long, just two or three days, and morale will collapse.

He can only retreat to a safe place first. This safe place is Zhang Fei from Yanzhou, a friend of nature. Although Yanzhou is also in the Central Plains, it is surrounded by Yuan Yao's army.

But anyway, Yanzhou is now completely controlled by Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses, and Liu Bei still has a lot of reserves in Yanzhou. The military rations alone are enough to support Guan Yu's soldiers and horses for a period of time.

It is not possible to starve and be trapped in the border of Chen County, Yuzhou.

After making up his mind, Guan Yu didn't even attack the city where Luo Jun was stationed, so he directly led his remaining [-] cavalry to divert to Yanzhou.

The journey from Chenjun to Yanzhou is not too far.

After all, Zhang Fei and Liu Chong were fighting near Chenliu County, and Chen County was also very close to Chenliu County.

What's more, Guan Yu's soldiers and horses were all cavalry, and they all entered the border of Yanzhou in just two or three days.

They merged with Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses.

Yanzhou was originally Liu Bei's top priority. The people stationed here, in addition to Liu Bei's third brother Zhang Fei, also included Liu Bei's general Xu Chu.

And Zhao Yun, who is now neglected.

From this, the three people guarding Yanzhou are enough to show that Liu Bei attaches great importance to Yanzhou.

After Guan Yu arrived here, it meant that Liu Bei's most elite soldiers and horses had gathered here.

Counting the troops brought by Guan Yu, Yanzhou still has [-] elite troops.

This is Liu Bei's last team.

Even if Liu Chong attacked this place for a while, Sun Ce and Huang Zhong would rush to help later.

It is also quite difficult to win Yanzhou in a short period of time. This tug-of-war will inevitably last for several months or even more than half a year.

Because of this, Liu Chong, Sun Ce, Huang Zhong and others did not launch an attack immediately after the soldiers and horses arrived here.

Instead, they intend to encircle Yanzhou and cut off their retreat, and then slowly think about attacking.

However, it is not so easy for Yanzhou to resist the vastness and completely encircle it.This also takes time and enough soldiers and horses.

And Liu Zheng was discussing attacking Yanzhou, and when Liu Bei led his troops to capture Xiliang, an important event was happening in the Western Regions in the northwest.

The first thousand 340 three chapters lead the wolf into the house

The Western Regions, at the earliest time, were not under the management of the Han Dynasty.

Originally, there were a large group of scattered small countries here. The reason why the hands and feet of the Han Dynasty set foot here, in fact, it was also thanks to the Huns.

The Huns were a nomadic people in the north of the Han Dynasty. At the end of Qin Dynasty and the beginning of Han Dynasty, they gradually developed into a powerful slavery country.It expands outward everywhere.In the west, it defeated the Yuezhi, took the Hexi Corridor, sent troops to the Western Regions, and cruelly ruled the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions.

By the time Emperor Wu of the Han came to the throne, the social economy of the Han Dynasty had recovered and developed, and the national strength was unprecedentedly strong.So he changed his defensive posture and decided to take the initiative to eradicate the border troubles.

On the one hand, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions twice to find allies to break the right arm of the Xiongnu.

Later, General Huo Qubing marched into Hexi twice, defeated the Huns, handed over the Hexi Corridor, and set up the four counties in Hexi.

Soon after, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing led an army deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu and won the battle with Shanyu. The Xiongnu who killed them fled far away, and there was no royal court in Monan.

In addition to the suppression by force, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions twice, expanding the influence of the Han Dynasty.The countries in the Western Regions had known for a long time that the Han Dynasty was a very rich country, and they wanted to establish a relationship, but they were hindered by the Xiongnu, and they couldn't get through.

At present, the Huns have been hit by the Han Dynasty, and of course they are more willing to get close to the Han Dynasty.

So the Han Dynasty frequently sent envoys to the Western Regions, more than ten times a year, and as few as five or six times; each time there were more than a hundred or hundreds of people, and the phenomenon of "envoys looking at the Tao" appeared. unprecedented prosperity.But at this time, the Xiongnu's rule in the Western Regions had not been fundamentally shaken. Some countries were frightened by the pressure of the Huns and deliberately made things difficult for the Han envoys.

But a few years later, the Great Han expedition to Dawan won the victory. Since then, the Western Regions have been terrified, and all sent envoys to contribute.

Because of the establishment of this Silk Road, in order to keep the commercial roads unobstructed, the Han Dynasty began to set up school captains here to protect the communication channels between the Han Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions. The area south of the Tianshan Mountains was under the control of the Han Dynasty.

Later, it gradually evolved into Duhu, and Duhufu was established in the Western Regions.

This situation lasted until the Eastern Han Dynasty.

But in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of the imperial court withered, coupled with the Yellow Turban Uprising and the chaos of heroes, the dominance over the Western Regions became weaker and weaker.

Especially now that the imperial court has long lost its dominance over the Western Regions, and even Xiliang in the Western Regions and the Central Plains almost broke away from the Han Dynasty because of rebellion in the early years.

A few days ago, in exchange for strong support, Liu Bei ceded this area to the Guishuang Empire at the expense of the countries of the Western Regions.

Up to now, the entire Western Regions have become the territory of the Guishuang Empire.

All the countries in the Western Regions also surrendered because of the strength of the Guishuang Empire.

It took only a few months for the Guishuang Empire to acquire the Western Regions.

After conquering the Western Regions, the power of the Guishuang Empire expanded for a time.

He also finally extended his tentacles to the Xiliang area, and thus knew that the once powerful Han Dynasty was now falling apart.

The news reached the ears of the core rulers of the Guishuang Dynasty.

The ruler of the Guishuang Empire immediately revealed his ambitions. He knew that this was a great opportunity for the Guishuang Empire to take advantage of this opportunity to rise and dominate the Central Plains.

So without hesitation, he asked his own troops to organize an army of [-] and began to attack in the direction of Xiliang.

The reason why he is absolutely sure of winning is because Liu Bei borrowed 5 horses from them before. Although these 5 horses were borrowed by Liu Bei, they are people from the Guishuang Empire after all. To instigate a reactionary change can cause these 5 people to launch a rebellion in the Han area.

Taking advantage of this turmoil, the external soldiers and horses of the Guishuang Empire can also take advantage of the trend to invade.

They were able to occupy a large number of territories in a short period of time, and thus stationed for a long time, making the already chaotic Han Dynasty even more chaotic.

This is why the Guishuang Dynasty agreed without even thinking about it when Liu Bei sent someone to ask for a loan.

Because they planned to take soldiers and horses to the Han Dynasty to inquire about the situation from the very beginning.

Before, there was no way but to use some caravans to come to the Han Dynasty to inquire about news.

But because of the barrier of the Silk Road, the information they obtained was very limited.

Later, when the big man took the initiative to establish diplomacy with them and asked to borrow troops, the people of the Guishuang Empire immediately knew that this was a great opportunity for them.

That's why he was willing to borrow troops and at the same time recover the Kingdom of the Western Regions as quickly as possible.

After these soldiers and horses of the Guishuang Empire took over the Western Regions, the information about their control over the great man was passed back one by one through the soldiers and horses borrowed before.

The capital of Guishuang Empire, Baiwasha City.

Hupisaka II is the current king of the Guishuang Empire. He inherited the throne of the Guishuang Empire from his father. In the hands of his father, the Guishuang Empire is already at its peak. Central Asia expanded its sphere of influence to Khwarazm, annexed Sistan, and the country expanded greatly, forming a huge empire in Central Asia.

The territory of the empire starts from Patna in the east, Dakhrate in the west, Nabada River in the south, and the Aral Sea in the north.

And when this empire was handed over to Hupisaka II, although the national power of the empire was slightly weakened, it did not mean that the Guishuang Empire was dead.

Compared with the great Han world that has already set in the evening, the Guishuang Empire is still at its peak.

And when they knew the downfall of the big man, they started to covet the big man. This kind of hatred did not exist in a short time, but existed decades ago.

100 years ago, King Guishuang once sent people to the Han Dynasty to ask for marriage, and wanted to marry the princess of the Han Dynasty, but was rejected by Banchao, the governor of the Western Regions at that time. Ban Chao was defeated, and in the end he could only accept gifts and seek peace.

Considering the status of the Guishuang Empire in the Western Regions, Ban Chao didn't have the same knowledge as these foreigners, but this enmity was forged at this time.

Now, 100 years have passed, the Guishuang Empire is no longer the Guishuang Empire of the past. The Han Dynasty, which was once unattainable, has also declined. .

When Liu Bei led the more than [-] people he recruited in Chang'an with great difficulty to enter Xiliang and take over the Xiliang area, he encountered the army of the Guishuang Empire, which was gradually approaching Xiliang from the Western Regions.

Chapter 340, Yanzhou Rebellion

When Liu Bei just discovered these Guishuang Empire troops entering the Xiliang territory, Liu Bei hadn't aroused any vigilance.

He was even a little excited.

I imagined that I could borrow some soldiers and horses from the Guishuang Empire.