With Cao Cao's defeat, Yue Fei, Li Jing and Song Que's three armies successfully met under Xuchang City, and the general trend of the world became clearer. Although there was still Jiangdong Shuzhong and Xuzhou, the place in Xuzhou had not been pacified, with the pacification of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Hanzhong, and the Yongliangyou and Ji five continents that Li Xuan had previously owned, the thirteen states in the world, and the dragon stamina occupied the nine states. The fortune of the entire plane gathered towards the dragon stadium continuously. The mighty power made the remaining princes change their faces.

However, Li Xuan did not pacify the world with a sweeping force as the princes were worried. After the three armies met in Xuchang, he returned to Longting with a group of troops. The troops from Da Yan did not continue to attack, but began to enter a period of rest, which made the remaining princes such as Sun Ce, Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu and Liu Yan in Shu breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Xuan did not continue to expand externally, and these princes naturally did not have the courage to sweep their beards at this time. Liu Biao was old and his former aura had long been exhausted. Liu Yan was seriously ill and could not and dared to provoke the increasingly powerful Li Xuan at this time. Zhang Xiu of Wancheng was sandwiched between Liu Biao and Li Xuan. Without the poisonous soldier Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu was in a very dismal period. Sun Ce from Jiangdong was willing to make progress, but the newly occupied Guangling and Jiangdong were not completely cleaned. There was also a blank territory left by Cao Cao such as Lujiang in Runan and Lujiang waiting for him to collect. Although he knew that if Li Xuan continued like this, he would only be stronger in the future. He was willing to unite a group of princes to fight against Li Xuan. However, the group of pig teammates around him were really not strong, and even attacking each other. While Sun Ce secretly hated him, he could only watch Li Xuan quickly stabilize the situation.

As for the Chen family in Xuzhou, they were facing an embarrassing situation at this moment. Cao Cao's sudden defeat was obviously beyond the expectations of the Chen family and his son, and his backer fell. It was obviously not realistic to defect to Li Xuan. After Xuzhou's planning, they and Lu Bu were completely enemies. Since Li Xuan took over Lu Bu, there was obviously only one relationship between the Chen family and Li Xuan in the future, but in this way, the Chen family had to stand on the stage to face the princes who were eyeing him.

Sun Ce occupied Guangling and was obviously very jealous of Xuzhou. However, Sun Ce has devoted more energy to annexing the Runan area and has not paid attention to Xuzhou for the time being. However, Chen Gui and Chen Deng are very clear that with the current situation in Xuzhou, although they control most of Xuzhou, there are too few generals available. Not to mention that they can compare with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Ce, Taishici, even a first-class general, Xuzhou cannot produce them. After the Chen family's father and son worked hard to explore, they found a general with the potential of famous generals from Haixi, named Xu Sheng. From Chen Gui's perspective, perhaps Xu Sheng could not compare with those peak generals in martial arts, but he was proficient in combat formations. He was better at training troops and had the resources of famous generals.

Just Xu Sheng was obviously unable to alleviate the embarrassing situation in Xuzhou where there were soldiers but no generals. At this time, Liu Bei's arrival was undoubtedly a great news for the Chen family father and son.

Since Liu Bei was defeated by Lu Bu and drove out of Xuzhou, he went to Xuchang and defected to Cao Cao. On the one hand, he was looking for protection, and on the other hand, he also hoped to get a chance to be rectified. He was descended from the Han Dynasty. After King Jing of Zhongshan, he has always been Liu Bei's political capital, but this capital has always been a part of Liu Bei's heart.

Liu Bei knew very well that the descendants of the royal family sounded like a very tall identity, but the Han Dynasty had been passed down for four hundred years and had countless descendants of the Liu family. Thinking about the terrifying base, this identity is actually nothing to be proud of. It is okay to fool a person like Guan Yu, but when facing those aristocratic families, this identity was simply a joke. Otherwise, the princes would not be so embarrassed when they were despised Dong.

Without the recognition of the royal family, this identity is just a laughing stock in the eyes of an upper class.

It was also Liu Bei who had a good time. After experiencing the puppet of Dong Zhuo, Li Qu, Guo Si, Emperor Xian urgently wanted to control the power. Cao Cao was good to him, but so what?

Only ten years of puppet career have also made Liu Xie understand one thing. Before he has no strength in his hands, he must not show his fangs too early. Therefore, since he moved the capital to Xuchang, Liu Xie has always been very low-key. Even if Cao Cao was not aware of many things, he would take the initiative to ask for opinions on many things, as if he was a match between the king and the minister, but secretly, he secretly contacted loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty and cultivated his own power.

But what kind of character Cao Cao is? How can these small actions be hidden from Cao Cao? It’s just that Cao Cao also wanted to use the sign of Emperor Xian to make a pot of court officials in the court who were dissatisfied with him, so he pretended not to know, but the battle between Cao and the royal family became more and more intense.

What bothered Liu Xie was that he had many well-educated scholars around him, such as Ma Ri, Zhao Rong, Yang Biao, Liu Tao, Huang Wan, Kong Rong, but Cao Cao held it tightly in his hands, and Liu Xie could not intervene. In Liu Xie's hands, there was no general who could entrust him to.

Liu Bei's arrival is definitely a great help for Liu Xie. Although Liu Bei's name is not as dazzling as Li Xuan and Cao Cao, the three heroes fighting Lu Bu at Hulao Pass have long been famous all over the world. The name of a descendant of a royal family is definitely a sure profit for two peerless generals and one Liu Bei who has the same combat power. What's more, with the identity of a clan, even if Cao Cao wants to win over Liu Bei, he has to consider it.

Unfortunately, Liu Xie's plan disappeared with Cao Cao's death. At the beginning, Liu Xie was really excited. If Cao Cao died, no one could stop him from taking over the power.

But this excitement did not last long. In the past, Emperor Xian naturally wanted Cao Cao to die immediately. But until Cao Cao was truly dead and it was his turn to take charge of everything, Liu Xie could truly realize how many storms and rainstorms Cao Cao, who was regarded as a confidant in the past, blocked him by him.

The biggest contradiction is naturally the conflict between the old ministers of the Cao family and the Liu Xie faction.

Without Cao Cao's suppression, it was time for these formerly squeezed royalists to be proud. Except for a very few true wise men, others gradually began to become domineering. No matter how long the stormy Xuchang court could last under Li Xuan's attack, a group of people were only concerned about fighting for power and profit.

What made Liu Xie even more uncomfortable was that although Cao Cao died, his military power was held tightly by these Cao's old ministers. Liu Xie wanted to command but could not command at all. He could only let these people fight against the enemy, and the Cao's old ministers who did not have unified command were gradually divided and then defeated one by one. During that time, Xuchang suffered a defeat almost every day. When the Cao family's old ministers felt that something was wrong and wanted to join forces with the royal family, the three armies had already reached the city of Xuchang.

It was during this period that Liu Bei continued to win people's hearts and began to form a team for himself.

Cao Cao was defeated too quickly and too suddenly. Not to mention the Cao generals, even Liu Bei felt a little caught off guard.

But after the initial surprise, Liu Bei soon discovered that his opportunity had come.

From the beginning, Liu Bei never thought about joining Liu Xie's broken ship. Of course, on the surface, Liu Bei was still a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. He needed this sign to win over more talents for himself.

During this period, with the identity of the emperor and his personal charm, Liu Bei has really won over many talents for himself, including Chen Qun, Chen Zhen, and Lou Gui, Yingchuan, who were all the talents that Liu Bei secretly won over during this period.

Cao Cao's death was not good news for Xuchang and even for Liu Xie, but for Liu Bei, it undoubtedly allowed him to win over more talents.

The frontline defeat continued to be heard. Coupled with the open and secret struggles in Xuchang City and the exclusion of the imperial party, many former Cao generals were disheartened, but Liu Bei took this opportunity to continue to win people's hearts. First, he secretly conquered Yu Jin and Wenze, the former general under Cao Cao. With the recommendation of Yu Jin, he secretly conquered Xu Chu's brother Xu Ding.

As the struggle in the court became more and more intense, the Longting army pressed forward step by step, Liu Bei's actions became more obvious, especially in an accident, when Zhang Fei saved Xiahou Dun's orphan, Xiahou clan, and fell in love at first sight, Liu Bei seized the opportunity and personally handled it, asking Zhang Fei to marry Xiahou clan, which immediately greatly improved the view of many former Cao generals of Liu Bei. Many people saw the court falling apart, and after Liu Bei faintly revealed that he had another way out, many generals of the Cao clan and Xiahou clan also began to come to join.

Xiahou Yuan's second son Xiahou Ba was young, but he was brave, even Guan Yu praised him. In addition, Cao Chun, the former commander of the Tiger and Leopard Camp, Cao Chun, the Cao family, a thousand-mile horse, and Cao Peng, a member of the Cao family. In addition to having no territory, Liu Bei's civil and military strength is no longer inferior to any princes in the world.

The Longting army was pressing forward step by step, and the war in the Central Plains was so decayed that it was irreversible. In the Xuchang court, Liu Xie had already taken a precaution against Liu Bei, which made Liu Bei firmly determined to leave and secretly contacted Chen Gui, the current Xuzhou master.

After all, they were once the governor of Xuzhou, and they were also very popular in the Xuzhou area. Chen Gui and his son both had good views on Liu Bei. In the current situation, although the Chen family and his son had strategies, they were obviously far from separating the country under the current situation. When they heard that Liu Bei wanted to return to Xuzhou, he immediately gave up the position of governor of Xuzhou without hesitation and was willing to be a minister.

When Liu Bei left, he specially visited the Sima family and invited two great talents from the Sima family, Sima Lang, the eldest son of Sima Fang and the second son of Sima Yi. Since then, Liu Bei has all civil and military affairs under his tent. Wen has Sima brothers, Chen family father and son, Chen Qun and Chen Zhen, former counselor Jian Yongsun Qian, Wuguan Zhang, and Cao family generals, who have all civil and military affairs. He has obtained Guangbo land in Xuzhou in one fell swoop, becoming the most powerful prince in the world except Li Xuan.

Moreover, as soon as Sima Yi arrived, he offered a plan for Liu Bei. Taking advantage of Sun Ce's attack on Lujiang, he secretly subdued the Yellow Turban thief Liu Pi Gongdu and other old Yellow Turban generals entrenched in Runan. He took down a large area of ​​the city in Runan without any blood.

Seeing that the flesh in his mouth was snatched and most of it was taken away, Sun Ce was naturally unwilling to give up. In a rage, the troops were sent to Shouchun, but were stopped by Guan Yu at the city of Shouchun. In a big battle between the two sides, Sun Ce was ultimately defeated Guan Yu and was seriously injured by Guan Yu. He returned seriously injured. On the way back to Lujiang, he died. Jiangdong was abdicated. Zhou Yu took Sun Ce's coffin and crossed the river overnight. He held Sun Ce's will and assisted Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Quan to inherit Sun Ce's position.

At this point, the world's general trend gradually became clear. Li Xuan, the Longting in the north, was the northern Central Plains, while in the south, Liu Bei, Liu Biao and the Sun clan in Jiangdong were divided. Liu Yan in the west was trapped in Bashu. As for the two forces in Jiaozhou and Wancheng Zhang Xiu in the south, anyone could see that these two troops were obviously not qualified to dominate the world.

However, just as the princes of the world thought that a peaceful day was about to come, a piece of news from the north made the situation in the world tense. Shortly after Li Xuan returned to Longting, the young emperor Liu Bian officially abdicated and gave way to Li Xuan. Li Xuan changed the country's name to Da Yan and officially established the Da Yan Empire.

Dragon Court, as the territory continues to expand, the dragon energy of Jiuzhou gathers. The nine golden dragons in the past have now expanded to eighteen, and the Dragon City has also floated to a hundred feet high, with a hint of heavenly atmosphere.

Above the Dragon City, the huge human emperor altar no longer appears and disappears like it was when it was just condensed and formed, but condenses into a solid body, with a magnificent and majestic momentum, enjoying the supply of dragon energy in all directions.

On the altar, after celebrating the world, Li Xuan finally officially launched the banner of the Great Flame Empire in this world. Endless dragon energy gathered, and slight bursts of air continued to appear in his body. Li Xuan could feel that his connection with this world was closer, and his body was also constantly strengthening and tempering towards the limits of the plane under the erosion of endless dragon energy. His soul was absorbing the luck of this world at every moment, and there were more and more soul mists.

The underworld world, which has always been coveted by Li Xuan, has been expanding as the coverage of the dragon energy becomes wider and wider, and now it has included the land of Jiuzhou. Every day, a large number of souls pass through reincarnation and enter the underworld. What puzzles Li Xuan is that he found Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun's soul in the underworld, but Cao Cao's soul has never been found.

Li Jing obeyed the orders of the Nine Dragons to the sky chair, Li Xuan slowly opened his eyes and looked at Li Jing among the civil and military officials.

I stepped forward with Li Jing and bowed.

I ordered you to be the general of Zhenxi and take control of Hanzhong. The governor of Yizhou Liu Yan was not far away. I ordered you to rectify your troops. The day when Liu Yan returned to heaven was when I, Da Yan, entered Shuzhong, Li Xuan said calmly.

Liu Bei's rise was indeed beyond Li Xuan's expectations, but it also made Xichuan no one involved after Liu Yan's death. Liu Bei was far away in Xuzhou, Sun Ce was in a new life, and Sun Quan was busy stabilizing Jiangdong, and obviously had no time to take care of Yizhou's affairs.

What Li Xuan is most worried about now is the formation of a three-part world pattern, which will undoubtedly slow down the pace of unification. Therefore, Shuzhong must be in his own hands as soon as possible. As long as he controls Shuzhong and also controls the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, as long as he forms a naval army and goes down the river, the three states of Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Xuzhou will all be within the attack range of Longting. He will just wait until the rest and recuperation is completed, and the water and land will come out together, and the unification of the world is just around the corner.
Chapter completed!