In the summer and June of the first year of Yanping, Liu Bei took Liyi, Duan Xuan, and Zhang Xiu as generals, and personally led 30,000 soldiers to Guanzhong. plus Tai Shi Ci and Zhao Yunbu, who are already in Hanoi. This time, Liu Bei wants to sweep away the princes of Guanzhong and Liangzhou in one fell swoop. Then see if it's possible to regain access to the Western Regions.

Since the third year of Jianning, Liangzhou Assassin Shi Meng Tuo sent 500 soldiers to the general Dunhuang, and more than 30,000 soldiers and horses such as Sima Cao Kuan of the Wu Department and Zhang Yan, the chief of the Western Regions, and the commander of the Western Regions, and more than 30,000 soldiers and horses failed to defeat the Shule State, the Western Regions has been out of control for many years. Later, with the turmoil of the imperial court, the world was in turmoil, and in fact, the Western Regions had severed contact with the Central Plains.

Although the Western Regions was once described as a cup of bitter wine in the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei still didn't want to give up. The Han Dynasty felt that it would not be beneficial to reap the benefits in the Western Regions, but Liu Bei felt that this was not the case. Before leaving, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to move to Luoyang, Yan Yan to move to Yecheng, and Huang Zhong and others to stay in Qingzhou to prevent Cao Cao.

In the crack of the flag, the army went on the march. All the way to the west, the soldiers went out of Hanoi, and the king of Hedong Taishou heard Liu Bei and led the crowd to greet him. Wang Yi has been in Hedong for many years, relying on the Baibo soldiers, quelling the large and small bandits in the county, and successfully resisting Li Dao's many attacks, which is quite meritorious. Liu Bei met him and praised him in his words. He also ordered the king to prepare grain and grass for his army. In the end, he asked: "Wendu, where are the generals of Bai Bo?" "When I got here, why didn't Bai Bo, who was stationed in Hedong, come to visit?

Wang Yi said: "General, all the generals have died of illness. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he thought of Yang Feng again, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. You are a person, but you are no match for time. In a snap of his fingers, he has reached middle age. You need to pick up the pace.

Along the way, the east of the river is fine, there is Wang Yi in the town, but Hongnong is in chaos. Either the county ordered the city to defend itself, or the generals who didn't know where to stay in the city. Because these people are not suppressed by Shangguan, they are willful and reckless in their respective territories, and the people are miserable. Liu Bei then divided his troops and slightly determined the counties of Hongnong. After sweeping away these cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, Liu Bei was worried again. No officials!

So he flew to Qingzhou and ordered Xun Yu to quickly select officials to govern Hongnong.

When Gao Gan and Yuan Shang arrived at Zuo Fengyi, they went to Chiyang to see Li Dao. Chiyang is where Li Dao's lair is located, and he has been running it like an iron bucket over the years. When the senior cadres arrived in Chiyang, they posted under the city, and Li Dao received the report that the senior cadres were there, and they went out of the city to welcome him. Seeing that behind Gao Gan, there were not a few soldiers and horses. The thought in his heart turned, and he was afraid that he would not be able to swallow this soldier. So he laughed and stepped forward and said to Gao Gan: "There are guests coming from afar, and Li is far away." Forgiveness of sins and forgiveness of sins. ”

The two entered the city together, and after arriving at Li Dao's mansion, Gao Gan said: "The people who have died in chaos have fled here in a hurry, and I hope the general will forgive me." ”

Li Wei smiled and said, "I don't know what Yuan Cai's plans are in the future?" ”

Gao Gandao: "The unknown general intends to Kanto? ”

Li Dao sighed and said, "I want to hear about it." ”

Gao Gan said: "Although the lord of my family was defeated, Liu Bei was newly acquired in Jizhou, and his foundation was unstable. And there are Cao Mengde and Sun Wentai who are hindered. If the general is interested, he can unite with the generals of Liangzhou, lead the troops to determine the division first, and then wait for the opportunity to unite with Cao and Sun to attack Liu together. In this way, wealth is just around the corner. ”

When Li Dao heard this, his face was expressionless, but he scolded secretly in his heart, this surnamed Gao has bad intentions and wants to coax me to die. Although Li Dao is cowering in Chiyang, he is not without ears and eyes. Liu Bei swept through the two states of Hebei and beat Yuan Shao to suicide, who in the world can match this kind of power? Looking at Liu Bei's subordinates again, Guan, Zhang, etc., don't talk about it, Lu Bu, Duan Xuan, Zhang Xiu, these old acquaintances, which one of them has the ability to be under him, are now all under Liu Bei's command. I have eaten enough to provoke Liu Bei? Besides, Liangzhou Ma Teng and Han Sui were recruited, who will be the main one and who will listen to at that time?

Li Dao thought a lot in a flash, and then he didn't say anything, and only persuaded Gao Gan to feast and drink. Then he said: "Yuan Cai came from afar, he must be tired, he will rest first, and other things will be discussed in the future." ”

So let Gao Gantun Changling. Gao Gan's heart is in a hurry, what is the long future. The Han army has reached Hanoi, and they are about to send a letter to Guguan. If you drag it any longer, people will hit your doorstep. So he opened his mouth to persuade again. Li Dao didn't listen, but just talked about him left and right.

Gao Gan went out of the city and came to see Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang greeted him and asked, "Yuan Cai, how is it?" ”

Gao Gan hung his head and sighed: "Li Zhiran didn't listen to me, he just said that he would discuss it in the future." ”

When Yuan Shang heard this, he couldn't help but be angry: "The husband is not enough to conspire with him, and he will discuss it again in the future, but he doesn't know that Liu Bei's soldiers have arrived in Hanguye?" ”

Why didn't Li Dao know? He naturally knew that the Han army was about to fight. But the Han army came over and he went to fight the Han army, which were two different things. And he felt that the Han army was not here to fight him, but to fight Gao Gan and Yuan Shang. Liu Bei's fame shocked the world, and he had to be reasonable. I just gave a piece of borderless land to Gao Gan and Yuan Shangtun's soldiers, so there's no need to fight him, right?

Li Dao also secretly kept a hand, not afraid of 10,000, just in case. So he went to Liangzhou Ma Teng and Han Sui, and sent letters to Cheng Yin, Hou Xuan, Li Kan and other large and small warlords in Youfufeng, Jing Zhaoyin and other places, agreeing to attack and defend the alliance. After this arrangement, Li Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Since the return of the Son of Heaven, Si Li and Liangzhou have completely lost control, and later as soon as Guo Yan died, Duan Xuan left, and the warlords of all sizes were even more willful, and they tossed joy on this land.

Ma Teng Zengtun right-supported Fengyi County, and later colluded with Han Sui of Liangzhou to attack Li Dao and other generals, but the army was defeated, so he had to retreat to Liangzhou. Together with Han Sui, he was powerful in Liangzhou.

Cheng Yin, Hou Xuan, and Li Kan are all from Hedong. Taking advantage of the chaos in the world, more than 1,000 people gathered to attack the city. Later, Duan Xuan left Huayin, Guo Yan died in battle, and Guanzhong was empty, so they entered Guanzhong, and even entered Chang'an City for a time. At this time, the troops were stationed in Jingzhao.

There are also Zhang Heng, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi, Liang Xing, Yang Qiu and other large and small departments, crisscrossing Guanzhong and Liangzhou, no one can control it. This is the situation in Liangzhou and Guanzhong at this time.

Liu Beijun tun Huayin, flipped through the information provided by Guan Hai in the big tent, and looked at the warlords of all sizes in the three auxiliary places, and couldn't help but have a headache. These people are all high-flying and domineering, and they are used to being free, and they don't know if they can succeed when they send people to say surrender.

Xun Yu was in Qingzhou, and after receiving Liu Bei's letter, he discussed with the princes of the court, so he ordered Pei Mao to be the minister of Hongnong (originally a county, and after sealing the queen of Hongnong, Hongnong County was automatically converted into Hongnongguo. ）

Pei Mao, the word Juguang, Hedong is pleasing to hear. During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he successively served as a county commander, a county guard, and a scholar order. Later, due to the chaos in the world, he abandoned his official position and returned to his home. The Son of Heaven returned to the east, drove to the east of the river, and Pei Mao returned to Qingzhou with the Son of Heaven. In the court for the book.

The Pei family is a big clan in Hedong, and Hedong and Hongnong are only separated by a water, so it would be better to let Pei Mao go to Hongnong.