The nine counties of Yizhou are vast and vast, and the territory is vast.

It has jurisdiction over Hanzhong County, Ba County, Guanghan County, Shu County, Qianwei County, Zangke County, Yuewei County, Yizhou County and Yongchang County, of which Yizhou County is a county with the same name as Yizhou. In the romance, there were more than a dozen counties in Yizhou when Zhang Song presented the map, and the reason for this was because Yizhou also included three subject states of the southwest barbarians, and these three subject countries and counties were almost equal to the level, so when Zhang Song presented the map, the total number of counties was as many as a dozen.

Later, Liu Bei led his troops into Sichuan, upgraded Zitong County under the rule of Yizhou County to a county, and divided Ba County into three, divided into Brazil County, Badong County and Ba County, making Yizhou have fifteen counties.

Liu Yan served as the pastor of Yizhou, and although he only had nine counties under his jurisdiction, he still managed a large area of land.

It's a pity that Liu Yan occupied Yizhou, although the territory was large, but it was not worthy of the name.

Not to mention that Wang Can occupied Hanzhong and did not listen to Liu Yan's orders, the three vassal states of the southwest barbarians often attacked Yizhou, which made Liu Yan very annoyed. Although Liu Yan hated the barbarians, he could not exterminate the barbarians, because the barbarians lived in the mountains and forests all the year round, and there were many mosquitoes, insects and beasts in the deep mountains and old forests.

Compared with Liu Yan, Wang Can controls a county in Hanzhong, although the territory is not as large as Liu Yan, the overall strength is not weaker than Liu Yan, because Liu Yan controls more counties, but not all counties obey Liu Yan's orders, but only nominally obey Liu Yan's dispatch. In addition, Liu Yan must also consider the local control, and must station a certain number of troops in each county to deter the scheming clans, and many fetters make it impossible for Liu Yan's forces to be gathered together.

Wang Can used the strength of a county to confront Liu Yan, and after killing Zhang Lu, Liu Yan could only remain silent, allowing Wang Can to establish himself in Hanzhong and dominate one side.

However, Liu Yan still wants to save face, he widely published an article to denounce Wang Can and support his face.

Liu Yan denounced Wang Can, saying that Wang Can had no court, disregarded the law of the country, and was a traitor to the country.

However, after Wang Can got the news, he was not to be outdone, and sent a document to denounce Liu Yan, saying that Liu Yan killed the court envoys in the name of the royal family, occupied Yizhou and stood on his own, and wanted to let his son inherit the Yizhou pastor.

Liu Yan and Wang Can did not send troops, and chose a painless way to fight a war of words.

However, Wang Can ignored Liu Yan's scolding and didn't take it to heart at all.

Because the temporary suspension of the war was a strategy set by Wang Can, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and Xun You, Hanzhong fought a series of battles, and it took a certain amount of time to recuperate. When Liu Yan heard Wang Can's words, he was depressed all day long, often fainting to the ground in anger, and sometimes vomiting blood in anger. There was a war of words on both sides, Wang Can ate well, slept soundly, and was accompanied by beauties. Liu Yan's body was getting worse and worse, crumbling, and half of his body had entered the coffin.

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Chengdu, Jiafu.

The inner hall, in the study.

Jia Long sat on the main seat, and below sat two middle-aged men in black robes, both of whom were collared shirts, with fluttering clothes, and their bodies were sitting upright, showing their own bearing.

"Jia Gong, Wang Can annihilated Zhang Lu's army, morale is flourishing, and he should immediately send troops to attack Chengdu, there is a way that is repeated, and then declined, and then exhausted, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be for Wang Can, and Liu Yan's losses can also recover quickly. When Liu Yan's strength recovers, it will be a little difficult to attack Chengdu. ”

The person who spoke sat on the left side, named Li Yuan, the word Boming, was the descendant of the Li family in Yizhou.

This person has a Chinese face, three short beards under the chin, and a pair of bright eyes, revealing a shrewd bearing. At the beginning, Zhao Wei led the troops to exterminate the Li family, but Li Yuan escaped because he had something to do when he went out. The Li family was wiped out, and Li Yuan hated Liu Yan to the core, and wished that Wang Can would immediately lead his troops into Chengdu and crush Liu Yan's bones to ashes to vent the hatred in his heart.

When Jia Long heard this, he sneered twice and said: "Bo Ming, Wang Can has the initiative, whether to attack Chengdu or not, there are arrangements, now we are begging Wang Can to attack Chengdu and kill Liu Yan, not that we order Wang Can to attack Chengdu." ”

Li Yuan snorted and said, "With our help, it can be guaranteed, what is he afraid of?" ”

Jia Long sighed slightly and said, "Of course Wang Can is not afraid of Liu Yan, but he is afraid that we are too powerful to control, so we have to rest the army and wait for the autumn harvest to do it." ”

At this time, the middle-aged man sitting on the right side spoke, he stroked his short beard under his chin, and said: "In this way, Wang Can also regards my Yizhou clan as a jackal, tiger and leopard, and wants to exterminate us. If Wang Can invades Yizhou, it will be tantamount to luring a wolf into the room, and I am afraid that it will be the second Liu Yan. ”

This person's name is Cui He, and he is the head of the Cui family in Yizhou.

When Jia Long heard this, his face showed disdain, and he said lightly: "Master Cui, Wang Can occupies Hanzhong and dominates one side, how can he be at the mercy of the Yizhou clan." The so-called obedient prosper, the rebel perishes, Wang Can enters Yizhou, the big clan is willing to submit to the natural can get benefits, and if he is unwilling to submit, Wang Can will not be investigated; But if you do something contrary to Wang Can's interests, it will definitely be a combination of swords and axes, and there will be no mercy. ”

"Wang Can's promise to me is that he will not do anything to cross the river and tear down the bridge, but the premise is that the Yizhou clan shall not disturb the stability of Yizhou, raise prices and other things that affect Yizhou. I look at Wang Can, I have the qualifications of a male master, it is worth following, my Jia family has been tied to Wang Can, and I am willing to use it for him, as for you? The choice is yours. ”

After saying that, Jia Long stopped talking.

Cui He sighed and said, "The situation is stronger than people, what can it do!" ”

Li Yuan's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Wang Can wants to rise, this may not be our opportunity." After speaking, Li Yuanhe looked at each other and showed a smile.

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Yizhou, Zhao Mansion.

In the hall, there were many important ministers under Liu Yan's command.

Captain Dong Fu, general Wu Yi, junior generals Gao Pei, Yang Huai, Deng Xian, and Yizhou don't drive Zhang Song. These people are all important ministers under Liu Yan, in addition to these people, there are also some other generals in the army and civil officials in Yizhou. Among all the people, the civil officials were headed by Zhao Wei, and the military generals were headed by Wu Yi.

Zhao Wei is only Liu Yan's subordinate, but Wu Yi and Liu Yan are related by marriage.

Liu Yan had four sons, the eldest son, Liu Fan, who served as the general of Zuo Zhonglang; the second son, Liu Dan, served as the imperial historian of the Zhishu; The third son, Liu Mao, served as the Sima of the Yizhou Division, and was left by Liu Yan by his side; The youngest son, Liu Zhang, served as the lieutenant of Fengche. Among Liu Yan's four sons, except for the third son Liu Mao, the other three sons all served in the court.

However, Liu Fan, Liu Dan, and Liu Zhang were not so much officials in the court as they were taken hostages in the court.

This is also the premise for Liu Yan to be able to serve as the pastor of Yizhou.

As for the reason why Liu Yan entered Shu, he heard Dong Fu say that Yizhou has a son of heaven, so he chose to abandon his three sons and enter Sichuan to serve as the pastor of Yizhou.

Liu Yan entered Shu, and Chen Liuren Wu Yi accompanied him.

Liu Yan heard from the face-to-face Fang Shi that Wu Yi's sister Wu had a rich and noble appearance, so he accepted Wu as his wife for his third son Liu Mao, and the two sides became in-laws. From this point of view alone, Liu Yan doted on Liu Mao very much, and Liu Yan left the other three sons in the court as hostages, leaving Liu Mao alone, and it can also be seen that Liu Yan's mind wanted Liu Mao to inherit his position.

Historically, after Liu Yan died of illness, it was Liu Zhang who inherited Liu Yan's position as the state pastor, and the reason was that Liu Mao died early, so Liu Zhang had to find a way to get Liu Zhang back to Yizhou, so Liu Zhang inherited the Yizhou pastor.

Zhao Wei was full of thoughts, his expression was serious, his eyes swept over everyone, and he said in a deep voice: "Recently, the lord's health has deteriorated, and he often coughs up blood, and it is difficult to preside over major events. As the courtiers of the lord, we should not only share the worries of the lord, but also consider the foundation of the lord. There are three sons under the knee of the lord, but the prince is benevolent and virtuous, and has the grace to tolerate people, I think the lord should be invited as soon as possible to be the son of the prince and establish the heir, I don't know what you think? ”

When the words fell, Wu Yi immediately got up and said: "You all know the talent of the Mao Gongzi, I support the establishment of the Mao Gongzi as the son, I hope you will also think twice." ”

The civil and military generals in the hall looked at Wu Yi with a look of disdain on their faces.

Your sister is Liu Mao's wife, you are Liu Mao's brother-in-law, if you don't support Liu Mao, who else can you support?

However, everyone also knows that Liu Yan's other three sons are hostages in Chang'an, and it is impossible to establish them as princes, only Liu Mao is possible, so they all agree with Zhao Wei's words and are willing to support Liu Mao as the son.

The ultimate purpose of a party is to confirm and support Liu Mao as the prince.

The next day, Liu Yan convened a meeting of civil and military officials.

Zhao Wei and everyone in private have unified their voices, stood up to state the benefits of establishing a son early, and asked Liu Yan to establish a son as soon as possible and determine the heir.

Coming in, Liu Yan felt exhausted, and it was difficult to preside over the overall situation.

After listening to Zhao Wei's words, he felt that he should set up a son to avoid chaos after his death, so he directly adopted Zhao Wei's opinion and named Liu Mao as the son.

Liu Yan set up the prince, which made Jia Long's heart slightly cold.

Zhao Wei's approach is already paving the way for the future, once Liu Yan has a change, Liu Mao, as the son, can immediately inherit Liu Yan's position without chaos. Wang Can wants to enter Chengdu, there are two options, one is to forcibly attack Yizhou; The second is that it was supported by the civil and military generals of Yizhou to welcome Wang Can into Yizhou. Liu Yan established the son of the world, and the heir was decided, directly cutting off the possibility of Wang Can becoming the ruler of Yizhou.

Jia Long looked at Zhao Wei and secretly sighed that Zhao Yun was old and spicy, but it was a pity that it was all used in internal fighting.

No matter what, no one can stop Wang Can's footsteps in Yizhou.

Liu Yan's body is getting weaker and weaker, and the internal struggle for power and profit in Yizhou is also more powerful.

At the same time, Hanzhong stepped up the training of the army and reorganized the army for war.

Time is like flowing water, it is already August in an instant, and the fields are full of gold, which is gratifying, and all the people are busy collecting the rice from the rice fields into their homes.

Because of the issuance of tax exemption decrees in Hanzhong, a lot of fertile land has been cultivated.

In addition, the weather is beautiful, the wind and rain are smooth, the harvest is very good, and the grain grown by the people is their own, and they are full of energy. With the completion of the autumn harvest, Wang Can also began to prepare for the attack on Chengdu, and for a while, after four months of recuperation in Hanzhong, the war machine turned again.

PS: The first update, ask for collections, flowers.