Wu Yi received Liu Yan's order. Although he was unwilling to do so, he still led his troops to leave Wuyang County and led the army to Niuchang County. After capturing Niuchang County, Wu Yi left 15,000 troops behind to prevent Liu Yan from doing so.

Xin moved northward and eastward from Wuyang County to prevent Liu Xin from further expansion in Qianwei County.

Liu Xin saw that the other party did not attack Wuyang County, nor did he have the idea of ​​​​increasing conflicts with the other party. My Shu County has not yet been stabilized, and the new policy will take some time to adapt. What he needs most now is peaceful development.

Leaving Zhao Yun in Wuyang County, Liu Xin left Zhao Yun with a battalion of elite infantry and 5,000 regular soldiers, and captured all the checkpoints between Wuyang County and Jiangyuan County. He led his army to capture more than 20,000 people in Wuyang County.

Members of the aristocratic families and more than 6,000 maids from the aristocratic families were all sent to Ruixian County.

Liu Xin told Zhao Yun to work hard to improve the defense of Wuyang County, and send all those who committed crimes in the city to Rui County. If they encountered refugees, they would be resettled if they could, and if they could not be resettled, they would all be sent to Rui County.

Seeing that the situation in Wuyang County is gradually stabilizing, Liu Xin also began to return to Shu County. Liu Xin was forced to send troops to Wuyang County this time. His troops could stabilize the situation in Shu County. Expansion now is a risk, especially for his system.

There is no room for aristocratic families to have privileges.

Returning to Chengdu County, Liu Xin took the time to spend money and let the counties in Shu County vigorously build roads, dams, and canals. Because there are many rivers, dams, and canals are easy to build, so each county can have a lot of fertile farmland.

The first caravan arriving from Zhijiang County in May brought a large amount of goods and materials. However, Liu Xin's territory expanded several times, the population under his rule more than doubled, and the consumption of goods was also very fast. At the beginning of the year, Pingzihe was

The large quantities of ironware, salt, and cloth transported by the city require the second batch of caravans this year to be delivered. According to the news from Zhijiang County, they can be delivered before the autumn harvest at the end of August.

A large number of people from various counties have been sent to Rui County. The population of Rui County has also been increasing rapidly. This year, 17 more castles have been built. Liu Xin is not afraid of what harm these prisoners from aristocratic families sent to Rui County will do to Rui County. Rui County mainly

The members are all Liu Xin who migrated from Changli County and Dong'a County, so it is not difficult to suppress them from Shu County aristocratic families.

But on the first day of August, Mianzhu County, Guanghan County ushered in a big event. Yizhou Shepherd Liu Yanzheng took hundreds of officials to greet a migration team ten miles outside the county. This team only had a thousand people, but Liu Yan was

He attaches great importance to it.

"My child has met your father!" The motorcade came to Liu Yan, and three men in brocade clothes who looked somewhat similar to Liu Yan came to Liu Yan and paid homage to him.

"Get up quickly. When I see you and the three others arriving, my father's heart is finally relieved. Come, I will introduce the Xiazhou Mufu and the county officials to you three brothers..." Liu Yan saw the three of him

The son finally arrived and happily introduced his subordinates to him.

Liu Yan's three sons, the eldest son Liu Fan was an official in the court, the second son Liu Dan served in the Xiliang army, and the third son Liu Zhang also fell into the clutches of Dong Zhuo and was taken to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo.

Liu Yan spent a lot of time and money to bribe Dong Zhuo's men in Chang'an City. Now that Dong Zhuo has arrived in Chang'an, he has become more arrogant and domineering. Anyone who speaks the least wrong words will be beheaded by him.

His men also began to collude with each other, and some officials from aristocratic families in the court gradually gained some small rights. Liu Yan sent a letter to his three sons, and under the cover of many people, he rescued his family members from Chang'an City.

come out.

In this way, Liu Yan no longer has to worry about being threatened by Dong Zhuo. He, Liu Yan, is now nearly sixty years old. When his son arrives in Yizhou, he is not afraid that no one will inherit this huge territory. Moreover, his three sons are also famous for their talents.

With my own help, Yizhou will be better captured.

When Liu Yan's third son arrived in Yizhou, he changed a lot. He handed over many rights in the governor's office to his eldest son Liu Fan, and let his second son Liu Dan command his elite troops. Although the younger son Liu Zhang was not as capable as himself.

The two elder brothers were good at dealing with people, and Liu Yan also left most of the affairs with the aristocratic family to Liu Zhang.

After all of Qianwei County except Wuyang County came under his control, Liu Yan began to pay more and more attention to ostentation. Every time he traveled, he led thousands of followers, and his chariots were as big as the emperor. Many people knew that Liu Yan had the potential to proclaim himself emperor.

At this time, Liu Zhang came to Bajun.

Liu Zhang visited the Yan family in Ba County. Yan Yan of the Yan family had great power as the governor of Ba County. After being persuaded by Liu Zhang, he was willing to submit to Liu Zhang. Soon many counties in Ba County raised Liu Yan's banner. The aristocratic families were also afraid of Liu Xin.

If Liu Yan is defeated one day, all their rights will be taken back by Liu Xin.

Bajun is the second largest county in Yizhou. Its population is only lower than Shujun, and its area is four times more than Shujun. Because it is connected to Jingzhou, its importance is not as important as Shujun.

By mid-August, three counties in Bajun had all surrendered to Liu Yan. At the same time, aristocratic families in Jingzhou began to organize troops to go to Sichuan to help Liu Yan. These soldiers, called the "Dongzhou Army" by the Yizhou family, soon gained Liu Yan's support after entering Yizhou.

Liu Yan was re-employed, and the entire Ba County soon began to take refuge in Liu Yan.

Liu Yan has already captured Guanghan County, Jianwei County, and Ba County. His power is close to half of the entire Yizhou. Except for Shu County where Liu Xin is located, the southern part of Yizhou is sparsely populated. It is only a matter of time before Liu Yan wants to capture it.

Therefore, he began to eagerly prepare to become emperor.

Yuan Shao could make Liu Yu the emperor and Liu Biao the emperor, but they were both members of the Han clan, but he had no intention of supporting Liu Yan's claim to the throne. This was because many people knew Liu Yan's ambitions, and no one could make him the emperor.

If you put your hand into Yizhou, you can't control him.

Liu Yan also saw this. Now that the world has entered chaos, the imperial court is just a fictitious thing. By proclaiming himself emperor, he has great righteousness and can attack any princes at will. And now the most powerful Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, Liu Biao and others

, it is impossible to attack our own Yizhou. Among other things, it is more than a month's journey from Jingzhou to Guanghan County. The army escorts the grain here, and consumes more grain on the way than the soldiers.

Moreover, Yizhou has many mountains and checkpoints. As long as the princes are not stupid, they will never attack you.

The three brothers Liu Fan, Liu Dan, and Liu Zhang spent two years under Dong Zhuo. Their character has long been honed to be very tolerant and able to assess the situation. Soon there was a group of people who followed them, and most of these people were

Jingzhou bets on Liu Yan's family, and the native Yizhou family has been suppressed by the opponent, which makes the entire Yizhou family begin to feel dissatisfied.

Liu Yan has secretly begun discussing with his think tank about proclaiming himself emperor. His health has begun to deteriorate in recent years. Liu Yan knew that if he did not proclaim himself emperor quickly, when Yizhou was handed over to his son,
Chapter completed!