It is difficult to tell who lost and who won.

Dong Zhuo withdrew his troops. In terms of power, Dong Zhuo lost and was destroyed, but his vitality was not damaged. Although he gave up Sili, the entire Luoyang area was moved to Guanzhong. Not only did he not lose vitality, but the population in Guanzhong reached a heyday. His control over the Guanzhong area was also enhanced with the return of a large number of main troops and the filling of a large number of people.

As for the princes of Guandong, it is hard to describe it. After the battle, not many of the princes came back alive. A plague caused the vast 300,000 coalition forces to fight against Dong to almost wipe out the entire army. The princes, including Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, were greatly damaged.

Needless to say, Yuan Shao almost all his soldiers died in that plague, and Yuan Shu... Nanyang was all led by Ye Zhao. The large county with a population of one million was coaxed and deceived by Ye Zhao and moved more than 600,000. Among the surviving princes, Yuan Shu was the most tragic one. He was beaten twice by Ye Zhao, and the population was lost a lot. Nanyang's war potential was almost hollowed out by Ye Zhao.

After Ye Zhao retreated to Hanzhong, Yuan Shu took the governor of Yangzhou and moved the capital to Shouchun. Nanyang was handed over to the general Zhang Xun to guard. The power could be said to have increased instead of decreasing. Even Yuan Shao could not get involved in the affairs of the south. He could only watch Yuan Shu quickly expand his power with the influence of the Yuan family in Runan.

After Yuan Shao lost a large number of elite troops and only brought 2,000 remaining troops back to the Bohai Sea, he was suppressed by Han Fu in all directions. Originally, Han Fu had no intention of participating in this battle against Dong. Yuan Shao secretly joined forces with Liu Dai, Qiao Mao and other princes to put pressure on him, so Han Fu had to participate.

Although the princes won nominally, all the princes participating in the alliance knew that this was just a gift on their faces. In this battle, apart from winning the empty city of Luoyang and the nominal victory, they did not get any benefits. Instead, the troops they brought were killed and injured in the plague. In the next few years, they would probably not be able to move westward and could only lick their wounds silently.

Therefore, when Dong Zhuo secretly ordered Han Fu to eradicate Yuan Shao in the name of the emperor, Han Fu did not hesitate. However, due to Yuan Shao's reputation, he did not dare to fight with great fanfare. He could only squeeze Yuan Shao's living space step by step, drive Yuan Shao away from Jizhou, and thus completely become the lord of Jizhou.

In addition, the relationship between a large number of princes died in this battle also caused many vacancies in the Central Plains, such as the prefect of Henoi, the prefect of Dongjun, the prefect of Guangling, the governor of Qingzhou, the prefect of Yingchuan, the governor of Yuzhou, the governor of Jingzhou, the prefect of Nanjun, the prefect of Changsha, and the prime minister of Chen. The large area of ​​territory lost its master, which naturally led to the struggle between the princes of the Central Plains, causing wars to break out in the entire Central Plains.

If you want to talk about the winner, if you want to go into detail, there is one, Ye Zhao. In the battle of the alliance, the loss of troops was negligible, but he captured Hua Xiong and migrated 600,000 people in Nanyang, a county in Hanzhong. However, if all these people can be digested, it will be enough to compete with a state with this county.

With population, talents and a large amount of food and grass robbed from Nanyang, Ye Zhao was definitely the biggest winner of this battle in physical matter.

Another, even Cao Cao, compared to this, Cao Cao was a little miserable. He brought not many soldiers and horses back. He pursued Dong Zhuo alone, and only hundreds of people came back alive. If we only look at this point, Cao Cao would definitely have nothing to do with the winner. However, in this battle, Cao Cao's reputation spread far and wide, which not only made Tao Qian, Liu Dai and other princes feel a little guilty towards Cao Cao, but also won the favor of a large number of talents.

These are hidden resources, sometimes even more effective than Shili. After returning to Qiao County, Liu Dai first appointed him as the prefect of Dongjun, and then Yu Jin was successively appointed. Cheng Yu came to join. With Cheng Yu's introduction, Cao Cao successfully invited Xun Yu in Yingchuan. With Xun Yu's joining, the Xun family's connections were also used by Cao Cao. Cao Cao quickly gained a foothold and became a veritable prince. Although his territory was not large, his tent was already full of talents. In contrast, Ye Zhao's gains in talent were a bit shabby.

After arresting Hua Xiong, he had to wait until Dong Zhuo was defeated before he was truly his own. As for civil servants, although he had already had a talent for opera and was popular, he was still weak. Even the officials who governed various counties in Hanzhong were selected by Ye Zhao from the army.

Although the winter in Hanzhong is not as cold as the north, it is still very cold, unlike the dry and cold in the north. Because it is located in the basin, the cold in this Han is that kind of stuffy cold.

In the mansion of General Wei in Xinjian of Nanzheng, Xi Zhicai wrapped a fox fur and handed a decree back to Ye Zhao. He sniffed and smiled: "This is Dong Zhuo's plan to drive away tigers and swallow wolves. The lord is now too famous, and the chosen place is close to Sanfu. It's no wonder Dong Zhuo is like this."

Three days ago, Yangping Pass received an edict from Chang'an. Ye Zhao was promoted to General of Cavalry and Marquis of Ye County for his contribution to quelling the rebellion. In terms of title, being appointed as Marquis of County is already considered a top-level title, and he is the first-class title of Marquis of Wen of Lu Bu.

In fact, at this point, official titles are secondary, and the strength in your hands is the most important.

However, Dong Zhuo obviously not only kindly gave Ye Zhao a title, but the edict clearly ordered Ye Zhao to set off to Luoyang to report his duties on the day of the edict. In addition, he also appointed Ding Li, the general under Ye Zhao, as the prefect of Langzhong. This is probably Dong Zhuo's real intention.

"If I expected it was not bad, then Liu Yan's subordinates would probably have an important official named Hanzhong as the prefect!" Ye Zhao threw the edict on the table and sneered: "I think this is a plan for two tigers to compete for food."

"There is a different statement, but from my opinion, Dong Zhuo wanted to use this to restrain his lord. Hanzhong is in danger, and it is extremely difficult for foreign enemies to invade Hanzhong. However, it is much easier for our army to attack Hanzhong, and it can be unexpected." Xi Zhicai smiled and shook his head, saying, "This is an open conspiracy. Even if the lord does not respond, how could Liu Yan let go of the opportunity to occupy Hanzhong?"

Hanzhong is a fertile land with a population of 100,000. In addition, Ye Zhao moved from Nanyang, which of the surrounding princes is not jealous?

"Shuzhong has just been newly established, so he rushed to annex Hanzhong impatiently. Liu Yan was quite confident in his appetite!" Ye Zhao sneered.

When he was in Youzhou, although Liu Yan did not say anything about Liu Mao, he might have acted as a secret pusher in dealing with himself later. Now it involves a dispute over interests. Hanzhong has just received the population of Nanyang and has not been completely rectified. If Ye Zhao sorted out Hanzhong, it would not be easy to attack Hanzhong. It was precisely because Dong Zhuo saw this point that he issued an edict at this time to provoke the relationship between the two that did not exist.

"Liu Yan is quite eye-catching. The lord occupied Hanzhong, which cut off the future path of Sichuan to send troops to the Central Plains. He naturally did not want to." Xi Zhicai sneered.

"Zhicai thought that it was time to send troops?" Ye Zhao looked at Xi Zhicai and asked.

"Does your lord have any concerns?" Xi Zhicai asked without answering.

"Everyone says that this is Long and looks forward to Shu. Now that Long has not yet been obtained, he enters Shu first. I am afraid that this Shu area... is easy to enter but hard to exit!" Ye Zhao shook his head. According to his strategy, after he practiced his internal skills in Hanzhong, he entered Guanzhong first, obtained the fertile land of the audience, blocked Hangu Pass, and then focused on Shu. But if Liu Yan fights, he will not be able to not fight. However, Ye Zhao really doesn't want to fight a war that is not good.

"How can the lord be limited by the past?" Xi Zhicai shook his head and said, "In the following view, the lord is now the best time to capture Shuzhong."

"Oh?" Ye Zhao looked at Xi Zhicai in surprise: "What does this mean?"

"One, the news in Shu is blocked. Now the lord is training troops and managing Hanzhong. Many things are not enough to be seen in front of others." Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "However, Hanzhong is limited in its territory. If the lord wants to develop, there are only three ways. One is as the lord said. Sending troops to the three auxiliary troops will all be able to obtain the land of Guanzhong. It's just that Guanzhong is so good. Who can govern the lord?"

Talent has always been Ye Zhao's shortcomings. Although Hanzhong Academy has been established, it will take at least ten years of hard work to cultivate talents, or even longer. The talent talent cultivated by his own family is useful. During this period, even if Ye Zhao won Guanzhong, there will be huge gaps in governance without anyone filling it.

Although the emergence of printing has begun to impact the status of the scholarly class, it is far from enough to overthrow it.

"The people in Shu are outstanding and the land is very beautiful, and the various ethnic groups in Shu have lived in Sichuan for a long time, unlike the Central Plains gentry. If the lord can get the lord, the talents in Sichuan and Shu will be taken over by the lord. Why worry that no one can use it?"

"Besides, the Central Plains are now in chaos. If the lord sends troops at this moment, even if he can defeat Dong Zhuo and annex Guanzhong, it will only attract the common hatred of the princes of the Central Plains. Being attacked from all sides, it will be difficult to develop as the lord said. On the contrary, if you get Shuzhong, the lord can sit in the natural danger, watch the success or failure of the lords of the Central Plains, and wait for an opportunity to move. At the same time, it will build Shuzhong according to the lord's naturalization. In the future, it will become the lord's most stable foundation. Then, send troops to Guanzhong and look at the Central Plains. The momentum will be like a powerful Qin back then. Just wait for the time to ripe, and you can sweep the world!"

"Three..." Xi Zhicai suddenly looked at Ye Zhao seriously: "Although he didn't know the plan in his heart, he could guess a little bit. If the lord really wants to be an enemy of the aristocratic families in the world, he should not care about the gains and losses in front of him. At this moment, he can get Guanzhong, and what the lord wants to do will be even more excluded, far less than Shuzhong."

What Ye Zhao wants to do is not only to embezzle the world, but also to break the order of reason and establish a new order. In this way, it will affect the interests of many people.
Chapter completed!