The fifth year of Jian'an may be the disaster year for the Yuan family. The two brothers of the Yuan family, one in the south and one in the north, were originally fighting for hegemony, but in this year they were beaten and destroyed.

Yuan Shao failed one after another in Jizhou, and was defeated by Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and most of his foundation was gained. Now he can only hide in Wei County and survive.

And Yuan Shu seems to be even more miserable.

Logically speaking, there was no Yuan Shu who was the emperor as in history, and no one would have made enemies everywhere to fight. However, during this year, Sun Ce asked Zhang Zhao to persuade him to attack Lu Bu, trying to take Nanyang, but Lu Bu was fucked hard by Wuyin for more than 30 days. More than 100,000 troops were killed and surrendered, and more than ten cities including Pingchun, Jiangting, Baoyang, Yangdi, etc. were almost beaten to a slump.

However, Sun Ce took advantage of Yuan Shu's attack on Lu Bu, and first added Yu Zhang and occupied Danyang again. When Yuan Shu came to his senses, he wanted to conquer Sun Ce. Sun Ce deliberately sent troops to Jiujiang to attract Yuan Shu's army. However, while Yuan Shu was transferred, he led the navy to go upstream, defeated Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, and occupied Lujiang.

There are only one Jiujiang left in the six counties of Yangzhou, and the rest are taken away by Sun Ce. Runan and Yingchuan were also taken away by Lu Bu. They were originally overlords like Ye Zhao, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, but now they have become Sun Ce's stepping stones, and many of their troops even defected to Sun Ce.

It was Yuan Huan who helped Yuan Shu and persuaded Liu Biao to send troops, which made Sun Ce have no choice but to withdraw his troops, otherwise Jiujiang would not have been guaranteed.

"I really didn't expect that the Sun family was so powerful." Xi Zhicai exclaimed: "As a result, the world situation has indeed changed again."

There were Ye Zhao, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao in the north, and Lu Bu, Liu Biao, and Sun Ce in the south. As for the two Yuans, with the defeat of the two in the fifth year of Jian'an, they basically had no chance with the world.

Among the remaining princes, Ye Zhaohu was entrenched in Guanzhong, backed by the Tianfu Kingdom, and dominated the four prefectures. Cao Cao's territory spanned the Central Plains south to Runan, north to Qinghe, Jizhou, east to Luoyang, west to Qingzhou, Qingzhou, part of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Jizhou. In total, the population was not much smaller than that of Ye Zhao. After all, although Ye Zhao was entrenched in the four prefectures, the population in Xiliang and Bingzhou was actually not much, and at most it was just a big increase.

And what is embarrassing is that Ye Zhao has occupied Guanzhong in the fourth year of Jian'an and has fought almost every year. Although the area is large, it is urgent to stabilize and recuperate. Many of Ye Zhao's new policies have been laid in the four prefectures. Moreover, Ye Zhao's grassland plan and Western Regions plan have just begun. If he gives up this time, he may spend more time re-arranging the grassland in the future. The Western Regions Protectorate is also preparing to rebuild it. So many things are accumulated and urgently need to be dealt with, so he has no time to take care of the south.

Although Liu Bei has gained a lot of benefits, his potential for war was completely exploited. For example, after this round of elimination, the princes survived by luck, but he needed to rest the most.

Cao Cao is now among the three major princes in the north, and he still has some strength, but it is good to be able to capture the entire Jizhou territory, and he also needs to be repaired to digest the income later.

This caused several princes in the south to lose the suppression of the north and began to become active. If the south was unified while Ye Zhao and Cao Cao had no time to take care of it, it would be difficult for them to go south in the future, whether Ye Zhao or Cao Cao or Cao, it would be difficult for him to go south again. This is also a place that Xi Zhicai and Ye Zhao were worried.

"Gan Ning is now training the navy in Dianjiang. He fought with Liu Biao for several battles but he didn't suffer any losses, but he was just a small fight." Ye Zhao pointed at the map and said, "Liu Jingsheng has been lingering in Jingxiang for more than ten years, and his power has been stable. Jingxiang is also talented, so there is no need to worry about being destroyed in a short period of time."

"As for Sun Ce," Ye Zhao shook his head and said, "He has the same problem as us. He just swallowed most of Yuan Shu's territory. It is not easy to make progress at this moment. However, Lu Bu's recent performance is remarkable."

Ye Zhao looked at Xi Zhicai and smiled: "It seems that Jia Wenhe is really capable."

"But Lu Bu can't move at this time. After this battle, Liu Biao must be very afraid of him. Moreover, Yuan Shu is only left to the land of Runan. If Lu Bu pushes each other too much, Yuan Shu may be able to resist to the death. Therefore, Lu Bu seems arrogant now, but Jia Xu may not let him move again. It is time to consolidate his power." Xi Zhicai said.

"If it were Sun Ce, he would probably listen, but Lu Bu..." Ye Zhao shook his head and said, "In good times, he was arrogant, and in bad times, he would never recover. At this moment, he would defeat Yuan Shu's power. Jia Xu's words may not be able to listen. With this person in the south, it would be very stable. If Lu Bu's gun is used well, it can be at least three to five years!"

Regarding Lu Bu, although he is arrogant now, his favorite general Gao Sheng is Ye Zhao's person, and his favored concubine Luo Yan is also Ye Zhao's spy. With Lu Bu's personality, Ye Zhao does not say that he is completely manipulated, but at some critical moments, it is still okay to influence his decisions.

Moreover, Jia Xu, based on what Ye Zhao knew and the information he had obtained from Zhang Xiu before, was not the kind of person who could directly advise or even die.

No matter how chaotic the Central Plains was, after Ye Zhao analyzed the situation in the world and found that the situation in the world would not become clear too quickly, he began his plan with peace of mind and was not affected by the outside world. The sixth year of Jian'an was a very critical year for Ye Zhao.

Under Ye Zhao's new policy, the tribal alliance extended its clutches to Xianbei men. In half a year, more than 30,000 Xianbei slaves were sent from Yunzhong to Shuozhou after passing through Wuquanfang City, and started mining. At the same time, Ye Zhao used Huaxiong as the guardian of the Western Regions and led 20,000 troops to station in Zhangye. On the one hand, he came to take charge of the Xiongnu miners, and on the other hand, he was also to deter the Western Regions to ensure the smooth flow of the Silk Road.

In July, a large number of Shuzhong merchants began to gather in Juyan, Yanqi, and Yiwu. At the same time, the caravans of the government took advantage of the flying boats to directly travel to and from major Western countries such as Dayuan, Kangju, Wusun, and even Kushan.

The appearance of the flying boat made many Western countries feel awe of Ye Zhao and come to worship him. Many effects even asked for attachment.

Of course, those who are interested in the Han Dynasty will naturally be rejected. However, no matter what, the Han Dynasty's reputation in the Western Regions was gradually reestablished, especially at the end of the year when Hua Xiong led his army to Dunhuang. Ye Zhao sent people to establish the Dunhuang Academy in Dunhuang, and welcomed a large number of children of the Western Regions to study in the academy to spread the Han culture and gradually Chineseized these Western Region countries.

Although it is temporarily unable to reach the Western Regions and occupy the countries in the Western Regions, it does not mean that Ye Zhao cannot control the Western Regions. The Western Regions Protectorate is just a military deterrent. In fact, even in the Western Regions, even the Western Regions Protectorate cannot interfere in the affairs of the Western Regions.

The establishment of Dunhuang Academy was part of Ye Zhao's gradual control of the Western Regions. His real killer was the vendors who kept pouring into the Western Regions and relied on their identity as Han people to open shops in the Western Regions.

These people were able to bring a large amount of porcelain, silk and other goods from the Han Dynasty, and then use this to continuously flow the wealth of various countries into the Han Dynasty. In terms of economy, they gradually gain control of the Western Regions. As long as the time is ripe and national strength and technology allow it, that is, when Ye Zhao controls the Western Regions.

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To the east of Yinshan Mountain, the setting sun is like blood.

Ke Bi Neng walked out of a tribe with his generals covered in blood. Three days ago, this tribe bravely attacked a tribe of Ke Bi Neng. All men, women and children in the tribe were sold.

In a rage, Ke Bieneng rose up and destroyed the tribe.

"Sir." A Xianbei general looked at Ke Bi Neng worriedly and said, "Will this attract the attack of the Han people?"

"Even if the Han people come, these people will have to be killed!" A gloomy flashed in Ke Bineng's eyes: "If you don't kill them, more people will come to the so-called alliance in the future to seize our wealth and sell our tribesmen. They must destroy these Han people's lackeys with thunder. Otherwise, the entire Xianbei will sooner or later become the horse farm for the Han people, and our Xianbei will become history!"

"But this battle also caused more than 2,000 tribe members to be damaged!" Xianbei general smiled bitterly: "Now, these tribe alliances rely on the support of the Han people, have weapons bought from the Han people, and their equipment is much better than ours. If we want to destroy a tribe, we will pay a lot of price."

If Ke Bi Neng had held the area north of Yinshan Mountain before, a large number of tribes were willing to be led by him, and the number of string control personnel under him was as high as 100,000, and the losses of two thousand people were not much for Ke Bi Neng.

But since that melee, the entire Xianbei, whether it was Ke Bineng or Wang Ting, were greatly damaged by the vital energy of the tribal alliance like mad dogs.

Although Kebineng's territory has not decreased, his population has been less than 200,000. It is good for the string control men to gather 60,000. What's worse is that as the new policy of the Han people was introduced into the grassland through the channels of tribal alliances, more and more Xianbei people wanted to join the tribe and even accept the naturalization of the Han people.

Naturalization!

This is definitely a shameful word for the Xianbei people. Since the Tanshihuai period and the Xianbei reached its peak, it was able to compete with the Han Dynasty. Even if Tanshihuai died later and the Xianbei split, it also had a power that the Han people could not underestimate.

But since Ye Zhao appeared twenty years ago, the situation has changed a little. When Ditu was in Danhan Mountain and Ke Bineng, the Xianbei royal court was in three ways, but it consumed a lot of Xianbei's vitality. Later, Ditu was killed by Gongsun Zan, thinking that it would be better. Who knew that Ye Zhao was back.

He was very worried that the Xianbei became the next Xiongnu, which was a situation that Ke Bi Neng absolutely did not want to see.

Three-legged tripod!?

Looking at the south, a cold light flashed in Ke Bineng's eyes: "Send an envoy to the royal court. I hope to have a good talk with Kuitou. There are a large number of traitors in our Xianbei. Our two families cannot continue to fight."
Chapter completed!