As soon as Yuan Shao and Yuan Yu died, the rest of the counties of Wei County fell to the wind. Zhang Fei and Tai Shici flew together to report the victory, and before long, Liu Bei ordered to come, so that Zhang Fei greeted the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and the Son of Zhaoning and took Yuan Shao's corpse to Qingzhou with the Yuan family's children and subordinates. Tai Shi Ci continued to advance westward, joined forces with Zhao Yun, and attacked Hanoi.

When the news of Yuan Shao's death reached Hanoi, Yuan Shang beat his chest and cried loudly. Gao Gan shed a few tears with him, and then persuaded: "Xianfu, people can't be resurrected after death, please mourn." Wei County has been lost, Hanoi has no danger to follow, for today's plan, when the letter valley, all the way to the west. ”

Yuan Shang is deeply loved by Yuan Shao, and the relationship between father and son is also quite deep. At this time, where can I still listen, and in the hazy eyes of tears, I said to Gao Gan: "Everything is decided by Yuan Cai." ”

Gao Gan strengthened his spirit, went out to collect the trilogy, and then abandoned the counties, went out of Jiguan, followed the river all the way to the west, and went to Chiyang to find Li Dao.

The generals of Liangzhou that year, Fan Chou, Guo Yan and others all died, Duan Xuan voted for Liu Bei, and only one Li Daobing was left in Chiyang. Since the Son of Heaven returned to the east, the population in this pass was scattered, and then the generals were exhausted, and they no longer attacked each other, so they gathered a little more. Li Dao was alone in Guanzhong, but he heard that Yuan Shao's soldiers were defeated and died, and the remnants of the high-ranking cadres came west, but they were overjoyed. He needs people to fill the population of Guanzhong. Gao Gan and others are here, which will naturally bring a lot of improvement to the sparsely populated Guanzhong. And if you can annex Gao Gan or ally with Gao Gan, you don't have to worry about Liangzhou Ma Teng and Han Sui coming to attack at all times.

As for whether to rush to the top cadres or work hand in hand with the top cadres, it depends on the specific situation.

Tai Shi Ci and Zhao Yun entered Hanoi together, and while recovering Hanoi, they set their sights on Henan Yin, south of the river. Luoyang is in front of you, should you recover Luoyang first, or continue to go west?

After asking Liu Bei, Liu Bei only replied with two words: "Cross the river!" "Then what else is there to say, then cross the river.

The second general opened a posture in Heyang to cross the river, and Cao Cao couldn't sit still on the Yanzhou side. He confronted the Han army here, and no one was convinced of anyone here, holding his breath here. As a result, Liu Bei was about to cross the river to attack Pingyin in a blink of an eye.

Cao Cao is depressed, don't you want to exterminate the remnants of Yuan Shao first? Everyone ran to Guanzhong. It's a mess there, Liu Xuande, don't you sweep Guanzhong first?

In this regard, Liu Bei said, Guanzhong is not as important as you Cao Mengde.

Faced with such a situation, Cao Cao summoned Guo Jia to discuss with Cheng Yu and others. What to do next.

Cheng Yu said very simply: "Lord, if you want to go south, you will withdraw, and if you want to go north, you will fight." "Whichever side you want to save, if you want to develop southward, you can only retreat here. If you want to confront Liu Bei head-on now, then be ready to fight.

Guo Jia did not say that he would go south to north, but first raised a very important question: "Now that the Yuan clan is defeated and Zhaoning is deposed, why don't the lords first declare themselves to Qingzhou and be canonized by the Son of Heaven of Yanping?" ”

Cao Cao listened, and was about to swear not to be Xuande, but after thinking about it again, as soon as Yuan Shao died, the Son of Zhaoning was abolished again. If he did not submit to Qingzhou and be a vassal, the legal conditions for ruling Yan and Henan would be gone. At that time, Qingzhou will seal another Yanzhou pastor, who will Yanzhou listen to?

Cao Cao was shocked at the same time, and then listened to Guo Jiadao: "If you can get the canonization of Qingzhou, while easing the military conflict between the two families, you can also avoid Liu Bei from using troops against me, after all, they are also ministers of the same palace, how can they raise troops to attack regardless of the name of righteousness?" ”

Guo Jia was right, but Cao Cao immediately thought of the flaw again: "However, if I attack, won't Xuande have a reason to raise troops?" And if Xuande worships Yan and Henan governors, how will I deal with myself? ”

These are two headaches.

When Guo Jia heard this, he said: "Liu Bei is temporarily unable to recover Yan and Yu in one fell swoop, because he has to compromise with the lord, otherwise he will not be able to govern Yan and Yu in fact." This is not the work of a wise man. As for the lord west to Yizhou. Now Hanzhong Zhang Lu and Yizhou Liu Zhang look at each other and hate each other, the lord Mo Ru to Liu Zhang, send troops to help him break Zhang Lu, so, you can first seize Hanzhong, and then wait for the opportunity, if there is a change in the north, the lord will raise a large army again, cut down Shu in one fell swoop, and pacify Yizhou. After staying in Yizhou, why is the lord afraid of Liu Bei coming to kill him? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said: "I will follow the words of filial piety." So he prepared a copy and sent it to Qingzhou, saying that he wanted to give up Henan Yin, and asked for the sealing of Yan and Yu, so that the two families would strike the army and settle their people.

Liu Bei got Cao Cao's table, and at a glance, he knew what Cao Cao's idea was. I want to take a step back first, and then get the legal basis for continuing to govern Yan, Yu and other places here in Linjing.

Liu Bei is also very proud in his heart, Mengde, Mengde, there are also times when you are soft, let you stand with Yuan Shao, you deserve it. I thought about it in my heart, did I refuse Cao Cao's request, and then send another Yanzhou pastor? This thought flashed and was suppressed by Liu Bei. Before he temporarily loses the ability to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop, let's not do this. In this way, except for completely angering Cao Cao and the two families fighting in advance, he actually couldn't get any benefits.

So Liu Bei presented Cao Cao's recital to the Son of Heaven, so that the Son of Heaven and the courtiers could be happy together. Facts have proved that Cao Cao is not the only smart person in the world, and it didn't take long for Sun Jian and Liu Zhang's concerts to be sent to Qingzhou successively, and they were all asked to be sealed.

Except for Liu Bei, the Son of Heaven and the courtiers all laughed from ear to ear. What does this prove? This proves that nominally, the Han Dynasty is unified again.

While everyone was discussing with each other, Zhang Fei came back. He brought the rebellious corpse of Yuan Shao, and also welcomed back the deposed emperor Liu Min, Empress Dowager He, and Empress Dowager Tang.

Yuan Shao, as the number one thief, was cut off and hung at the city gate to warn the world. As for his wives and concubines, such as Mrs. Liu and Yuan Tan, they were punished as slaves. As the family members of the usurpers, they were not beheaded, and this treatment was enough to make them happy. Yuan Xi's family was returned to Yuan Xi by Liu Bei.

The Son of Heaven was in the palace and met with Liu Min, the Empress Dowager He, and the Empress Dowager Tang, although the Empress Dowager He had never liked the Son of Heaven and had killed the Son of Heaven's biological mother, but after all, it was a family. And their family is getting fewer and fewer. The death of the princess at the beginning of the year made the Son of Heaven pay more and more attention to family affection. One is his titular queen mother, one is his imperial sister-in-law, and the other is his imperial nephew. Not to mention anything else, this imperial nephew is the only bloodline of his imperial brother, how can he not love it?

Not long, the holy decree came down, and another palace was set up near the palace of Qi, and the Empress Dowager He and the Empress Dowager Tang were raised, and Liu Min was named the king of Hongnong, inheriting Liu Bian's former throne, and by the way, remind people that the imperial brother Liu Bian was once deposed, and he is the only orthodox, so people with ulterior motives, you don't have to bother anymore.