At the end of September of the 19th year of Jian'an, the battle in Shuzhong ended with Liu Zhang leaving the city to surrender, and Liu Bei officially entered Yizhou, but the world was not stable. In Hanzhong, Cao Cao and the Shu army continued. With Liu Yi's departure, Cao Ren from Fangling led his army to attack Xi County after failing to attack Guancheng. At the same time, Cao Cao personally went to the front line to command the war.

Liu Feng fought with Cao Ren three times, winning, losing and drawing, but Liu Feng was short of troops. After the three battles, his troops were short of strength and could only defend the city and checkpoints. Cao Ren took the opportunity to take a detour and attack Fangling directly. He wanted to capture Fangling first, and then take Shangyong first, and then attack Liu Feng. Even if he could not attack Hanzhong, the gateway to the west of Hanzhong must be open to Cao's army.

Meng Da got the news in advance that when Cao Ren and Liu Feng were fighting hard, they returned to Fangling to do defensive fortifications. Cao Ren took this opportunity to break through Guancheng and blocked Cao Ren's Guancheng for more than a year. At this point, he was finally taken down by Cao Ren. Although Fangling has not been lost, the portal has been opened by Cao Ren, and Fangling and Xi County are all exposed within Cao Ren's attack range.

Meng Da and Liu Feng had no choice but to ask Hanzhong for help.

However, the 50,000 Shu troops left when Liu Bei left, after more than a year of war, the troops were less than 30,000, and they had to be divided into various places. For a while, they could not draw many troops to support Liu Feng, Meng Da, and Wei Yan on the front line, and they didn't know where to transfer troops. They could only ask Yan Pu to send a letter to Shuzhong and ask Liu Bei to send troops to solve the matter in Hanzhong.

When Liu Bei received the news, he immediately wanted to lead his army to Hanzhong in person and meet his old opponent Cao Cao for a while.

Liu Bei is rich and powerful. The Hanzhong Army and the Shu army conquered along the way had 60,000 troops. The 20,000 troops that Zhang Fei came to support were 80,000 troops. Liu Zhang surrendered, and the 30,000 Shu army in Chengdu naturally fell into the hands of Liu Bei. With the troops that Ba County and Jianwei surrendered, Liu Bei can gather 150,000 troops in his hands, without fear of Cao Cao at all, let alone the terrain of Shu. Innately, Liu Bei had the advantage of geographical advantage.

"Now that Yizhou has been decided, the lord should not leave easily." Huang Quan, who had just surrendered with Liu Zhang, frowned.

Although he was the number one person who strongly opposed Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan, now that Liu Zhang surrendered himself, as a minister, his loyalty has been fulfilled. Moreover, at the beginning, Huang Quan had already resigned, and Liu Bei entered Cheng. After the capital was closed, Liu Bei came to invite him in person. Huang Quan felt his sincerity and agreed to become an official.

Since I decided to be loyal to Liu Bei, I naturally have to consider it for Liu Bei.

At the moment when Liu Bei first occupied Yizhou, although the situation was stable, if Liu Bei left at this moment, rebellion would inevitably occur in Shu. This is not an exaggeration. In fact, although Shu is rich, rebellions occur from time to time in the hands of Liu Zhang and his son. What's more, as the new leader, Liu Bei's foundation in Shu was unstable. Once he left rashly, there would be problems with this Shu area where his parents-in-law had just now.

When Liu Bei heard this, he frowned slightly. The truth was indeed the case, but Hanzhong could not be ignored. Once Cao Cao came in, even if he was unable to enter Shu again, Hanzhong was taken away by Cao Cao, which was not a good thing for Liu Bei. Cao Cao was not as easy to pass on like Zhang Lu.

His eyes fell on Pang Tong.

Seeing this, Pang Tong smiled slightly, stepped forward and bowed, "Lord, I think it's not difficult to retreat Cao's army. I just need to send a general into Hanzhong and make a decisive battle with Cao Cao, and Cao's army will retreat!"

"What's the solution?" Liu Bei looked at Pang Tong in surprise and said.

"Lord, although our army has exhausted its strength for a long time, it will first get Hanzhong and then Shuzhong. The morale is strong. Cao's army attacks each other for no reason and has no success in a long battle. The morale of the army will be tired of war. This is one of them. The second is not in Hanzhong, but in Xuchang and Yecheng. Cao Cao launched his troops to attack this time. After a long time, how could the loyal Han people in the court sit down and watch Cao Cao be in a difficult and powerful military force? Moreover, the development of an expedition will consume a huge amount of food and grass. Even if Cao Cao has a great momentum, more than 100,000 troops will consume more than 100,000 troops every day, and if he consumes more than 100,000 stones, he will be able to survive. At this time, our army only needs to fight the Cao army to death. How can Cao's army not retreat?" Pang Tong analyzed with a smile.

Not to mention too much, even if Cao Cao has a 100,000 army now, the daily consumption of grass is not only the 100,000 army, but the civilians who carry food and grass logistics have to eat. Such people eat horses and chew at least tens of stones of food and grass a day. Pang Tong estimated that Cao Cao had now wanted to withdraw his troops, but he mobilized all the troops like this. However, except for dealing with Ma Chao and driving Ma Chao into Qiang land, he made no achievements and could not get over the face. He would stop in Hanzhong without giving up.

Liu Yi nodded again in front of the scene. At this time, Boss Cao should have received news that Liu Bei had occupied Shuzhong, but he had been unwilling to withdraw his troops. Liu Yi probably might be a matter of face.

If Liu Bei was so weak that Boss Cao could live up to his face, he would probably have withdrew his troops, but the territory of Hanzhong could not be given up. This was related to the stability of the rear in the future. Moreover, Liu Bei is not the last of the three major princes in the past. Yizhou is in the middle of the mountain and rivers. There are also mountains and rivers, and Jingzhou, a rich land, perhaps the total strength of the three families is the weakest, but the troops that can be mobilized are no less than Boss Cao. At this time, when choosing a hard stake, Liu Bei can afford to stake, but Cao Cao can't. But in this way, whether the alliance with Sun Quan can still be maintained with such a strong rise is a question.

But there is no hurry to do this for the time being.

Liu Bei asked, "I don't know who can be a general?"

Liu Yi felt cold when he heard this and found that Pang Tong's eyes were a little joking. This guy must have no good intentions. He immediately stepped forward and said, "Lord, the third general Zhang Fei, once repelled a million Cao troops in Danyang. His power is the greatest. I think that if the third general leads his troops personally, he will be able to intimidate Cao's army!"

Hey ~

Pang Tong glanced at Liu Yi with a funny look. What is your reaction?

When Liu Bei heard this, he thought: "Yide is indeed suitable, but Cao Ren, the Shangyong, should not be underestimated. Now that Liu Feng and Meng Da are in a weak army, they also need a general to retreat to Cao Ren."

"I think General Guan Ping's march is steady and can take on a great responsibility!" Liu Yi continued to answer. Anyway, he was not going to Hanzhong again. He finally survived the autumn. He was just trying to enjoy the scenery of Shu and look at the terrain. Now that Shuzhong is now settled, the treasury is rich in money and grain. It is a good time to build a large amount of construction. He also wanted to finish the work here before the spring of next year, and then resigned from Liu Bei to Jingzhou to spend the leisurely life of his wife and children on the warm kang. When he went to Hanzhong, it took several months for the march back and forth. How could Liu Yi agree?

Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi speechlessly. He could see that Liu Yi didn't want to move anymore, so he pushed Zhang Fei and Guan Ping out as a shield.

But then again, Liu Bei was not prepared to let Liu Yi go to Hanzhong. What was the situation when Liu Yi was so excited?

"Yide, Tanzhi!" Liu Bei looked at the two of them and smiled.

"Here!" Zhang Fei and Guan Ping took a step forward and saluted.

"Yi De commanded 30,000 troops and horses. Go to Yangping Pass to retreat to Cao's army. Tanzhi, you lead 20,000 troops to assist Fangling and repel Cao Ren!" Liu Bei said with a smile.

With two new forces joining, even if Cao Cao wants to waste, Liu Bei can afford it. As for the entire army to be dispatched, there is no need to. It doesn’t matter if so many people are stuck in a few narrow roads.

"The last general will receive the order!" Zhang Fei and Guan Ping immediately received the order. In such a formal occasion, it is not a place to show friendship.

After Liu Bei entered Shu, he had not yet rewarded everyone. Although Cao Cao has not retreated, the reward cannot be issued after he retreated, especially those surrendered generals in Shu, which is a time to soothe people.

In the next few days, Zhang Fei and Guan Ping counted their troops to go to war, but Liu Bei began to reward according to the merits of this entry into Shu.

The first is the general in Shu. Although Yan Yan did not participate in many battles, he had a great effect. Yan Yan made great contributions to the entire Jianwei and Ba County being able to fall into Liu Bei's hands so quickly. In terms of rewards, Liu Bei was not stingy and named Yan Yan the former general.

In addition, the one who made the most contribution is Fa Zheng. Although he didn't show up, Liu Bei fought from Jiameng Pass to Chengdu. Fa Zheng secretly helped a lot, and was directly appointed as the prefect of Shu County by Liu Bei. After the two, Zhang Ren was Zhang Ren. Although he had no contribution, Liu Bei admired Zhang Ren's ability. After Liu Zhang surrendered, like Huang Quan and Liu Ba, Liu Bei personally invited him. This reward was appointed by Liu Bei as General Wuwei, responsible for Cheng and Du Defense.

Liu Ba and Huang Quan were the left and right generals. These five people were among the surrendered generals in Shu who obtained real power.

In addition to these five people, Dong He was the general in charge of the army, Xu Jing was the chief general of the left general, and Pang Yi was the Sima in the camp. These three people were famous, but they were worried about their use, so Liu Bei gave the three people high official positions, but their real power was not large. In addition, more than 60 people including Wu Yi, Li Yan, Fei Guan, Meng Da, Huo Jun, Zhuo Ying were rewarded by Liu Bei one by one. Some of them followed him to Sichuan and some were talented. Liu Bei rewarded them one by one based on his understanding of these people. For example, Liu Feng and Meng Da were in Shangyong area, and the rewards were taken by Zhang Fei and Guan Ping.

In addition, the rewards were given by Liu Yi and Pang Tong, the main heroes, Liu Yi decided to promote civil affairs, and killed Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, stabilizing the situation in Hanzhong, so that Cao's army could not enter. After entering Shu, he helped Liu Bei take down Luo County. He made outstanding contributions and was named a general and a master craftsman and also served as General Annan, with a rank of 2,000 stones and a marquis of Yuting.

The fishing pavilion is a fishing township. Liu Bei made it a pavilion, which was considered Liu Yi's fief.

Pang Tong assisted Liu Bei in attacking Shu, and fought from Jiameng Pass to Luo County. He repeatedly made strange plans to serve as the left military advisor and also served as the prefect of Ba County. Zhuge Liang was the right military advisor, Guan Yu was the general of the bandits, Han Shouting, Zhang Fei was the general of the enemy, Xinting, Huang Zhong was the general of the Western Expedition, Wei Yan was the general of the Yangwu, Yang Ren was the general of the Zhechong, and Wenpeng was the general of the Hengjiang. In addition, the civil and military left behind in Jingzhou were also rewarded. In addition, Liu Bei opened a warehouse to release grain and rewarded the three armies to provide relief to the people, which made the military and civilians very happy. The morale of the Yizhou military and the people gradually followed this reward.
Chapter completed!