After arriving in Wancheng, Zhou You officially appointed Jia Xu as the chief registrar of Nanyang to assist Zhang Ji in managing the important military and political affairs of Nanyang. Such trust made Jia Xu surprised and moved at the same time. He felt as if a scholar had died for a confidant.

When Zhang Ji saw that Zhou You actually asked Jia Xu to partner with him, he admired him in his heart and became even more convinced of Zhou You.

Therefore, even if Zhou You arranged for their uncle and nephew to garrison in Rangcheng instead of Wancheng, Zhang Ji did not have any objections, because Zhou You also told him that Rangcheng would be his bridgehead for attacking Hanzhong in the future.

Lu Bu was also arranged by Zhou You to take his troops to Runan. However, both Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew who were going to Rangcheng, and Lu Bu who were going to Runan, were asked by Zhou You to leave them and the family members of his main generals in Wancheng.

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In this regard, others are okay. They can understand Zhou You's concerns about the new surrender and reuse of generals, but how can Lu Bu let Diao Chan go?

But everyone else acquiesced. Under Chen Gong's persuasion, Diao Chan also consoled her in a sensible way. Lu Bu, who was not very happy, still left Diao Chan behind and led his troops to Runan alone.

However, Zhou You also asked Chen Gong to go to Runan with Lu Bu and became the chief secretary of Runan. He was also Lu Bu's military advisor. Zhou You was very aware of Lu Bu's recklessness and was even naive and naive at times. With Chen Gong by his side, Zhou You

Only then can we safely let him take charge of Runan.

And Lu Bu is indeed an emotional person. He values ​​Diao Chan too much, so as long as Diao Chan is in Wancheng, he doesn't worry about Lu Bu running away or having rebellious intentions. It can be said that having Diao Chan in his hand is like pinching him.

It lived within seven inches of Lu Bu.

As for Hu Jinghui, after Lu Bu and Chen Gong went to Runan, he could concentrate on sweeping Hanoi and Henan counties in the eastern part of Guanzhong, and then wait for an opportunity to attack Chenliu County in Yanzhou, which was just around the corner.

After a one-night rest in Wancheng, we also took the opportunity to summon Zhao Xin, who was the guard of Wancheng, as well as Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew, and Jia Xu, to talk about the situation in Hanzhong and how Zhao Xin sent people to Hanzhong to spread peace.

Things of the Tao.

When he learned that Zhou You had specially sent people to Hanzhong to spread Taiping Dao, Jia Xu, who raised his brows, knew that Zhou You had long wanted to take over Hanzhong. He was moved that Zhou You discussed such a confidential and important matter when they first came to serve, so he took the initiative to express his willingness.

In order to travel around and conquer Hanzhong.

Zhou You still believes in Jia Xu's strategy. With him, Zhang Ji, and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew, he believes that Hanzhong can be won without having to worry too much. By then, Yizhou will almost be said to be trapped in all options.

, isn’t it a piece of the traveling bag? Sooner or later it will become his material base in the rear.

Early the next morning, he led only 30,000 cavalry to continue traveling south. Three days later, he escorted Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie and his ministers to Xiangyang, officially moving the capital to Xiangyang, and immediately announced to the world that the Yuan Dynasty was changed to Jian'an, which was the first year of Jian'an.

Zhou You also served as Sikong, a chariot and cavalry general, with overall power, and as a shepherd of Jingzhou, and also led the Sili Xiaowei, the shepherd of Yuzhou, and the shepherd of Yangzhou. He was ordered to attack Yuan Shu, who killed Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, and became the shepherd of Yangzhou himself.

Similarly, Zhou You also conferred titles on various princes in the name of the imperial court, which they had no choice but to accept. They had no choice but to acquiesce in Zhou You's coercion of the emperor to order the princes.

While Yuan Shao in the north was busy capturing Bingzhou, and Cao Cao was also fighting with Tao Qian to capture Xuzhou, Zhou You personally led the navy through Jiangxia and along the Yangtze River into Yangzhou.

Zhou You first stopped in Chaisang and met the new Yuzhang Governor Hua Xin who had come to welcome the emperor's edict. Then he continued up the river and met Lu Kang, the Lujiang governor who also welcomed the emperor's edict, in Songyang. They agreed with the other party to send troops to attack and occupy the territory.

Yuan Shu, who captured Shouchun, finally led the elite soldiers to land at Liyang, went north to capture Fuling, and captured the whole army.

Lu Kang marched into Chengde and reached Shouchun. Lu Bu was also ordered to march from Ruyin to attack Xia Cai. The three armies attacked Jiujiang and soon forced Yuan Shu to flee in embarrassment and led the remaining troops into Guangling, Xuzhou.

within the county.

He quickly swept through the entire Jiujiang circumnavigation, and ordered Cai Mao to lead the navy to continue to Dantu. At the same time, he also led his elite infantry and cavalry to join Lu Bu, taking the opportunity to pursue Yuan Shu and go straight to Guangling. After annihilating the remaining troops of Yuan Shu, he took advantage of the situation and occupied Guangling.

After receiving the news that Zhou You quickly pacified Jiujiang, killed Yuan Shu and captured Guangling in one fell swoop, Sheng Xian, the prefect of Wu County, Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji, and Zhou Shang, the prefect of Danyang, all quickly chose to surrender.

From then on, the six counties of Yangzhou were established! He traveled around and ordered the four states of Jingxiang, Yuzhou, Yangzhou and Sili, with half of the country in his hands, and his reputation was great for a while.

Immediately afterwards, Zhouyou sent Wang Lang to personally go to Xuzhou to see Tao Qian, and persuaded Tao Qian, who had been defeated by Cao Cao and knew that he could not protect the country and the people, to join him. After all, now that Zhouyou was so powerful that he coerced the emperor to order the princes, to submit to him was to submit to the Han

To the emperor and the court, he, Tao Qian, is not ashamed.

Cao Cao's expression was imaginable when he learned that Tao Qian had joined Zhou You! It rained all night, and under Chen Gong's plan, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Dongjun, and others welcomed Hu Jinghui into Yanzhou, while Zhou You and

Lu Bu also quickly led his troops to the north. For a time, most of the counties in Yanzhou had surrendered to Kaicheng and traveled around. In the blink of an eye, Cao Cao was only left with Dong'e and several other counties.

Cao Cao, who understood that the situation was over, knew that he had no chance to rise between Zhou You and Yuan Shao, so he chose to surrender to Zhou You after careful consideration.

Zhouyou took advantage of the situation and mobilized all the troops in Yuzhou. He Hu Jinghui's troops totaled more than 200,000, and captured all the land in Yanzhou. The troops were approaching Jizhou and Qingzhou, which also made Kong Rong, the governor of Qingzhou, and Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, surrender.

For a time, all the land south of the Yellow River was gone, and most of the world was settled. Even Yuan Shao, who had already captured Bingzhou, could not sit still.

He never imagined that he, who was originally just roaming the south, would be able to capture the four states of Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou so quickly and almost without a single blow after gaining the emperor. And he captured a

It took a lot of trouble to merge the states. Is it really destiny?

In fact, even Zhou You himself did not expect it to go so smoothly. It seems that the emperor's righteous name is really useful! If the emperor was not in hand, Hua Xin, Sheng Xian, Lu Kang, Wang Lang and others in Yangzhou would

How could Tao Qian, the shepherd of Xuzhou, and Kong Rong, the governor of Qingzhou, surrender easily?

However, after leading the army to fight thousands of miles around the world, although the soldiers under his command did not suffer many casualties, they were quite tired. In addition, they gained so much territory at once, including the land of four states! There were too many things waiting for Zhou around, such as official appointments and so on.

Go back and take charge of the overall situation!

Moreover, without sufficient preparation, it is not that easy to continue going north to defeat Yuan Shao in one fell swoop. After all, Yuan Shao, who had just captured Bingzhou, was not weak in power with the support of the nobles in Hebei.

Therefore, we arranged for the generals and troops to be stationed in Hanoi, Yanzhou, Qingzhou and other important towns for a tour, and ordered Cai Mao to lead the main force of the navy north to Qingzhou for a tour, and then directly returned to Xiangyang.

Next, Zhou You must integrate and digest the acquired territory, troops and horses, and capture Hanzhong and Yizhou to stabilize the southwest rear. It would be better if he could take the opportunity to conquer Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou.

At the same time, Zhou You also wants to give Yuan Shao some time so that he can deal with Gongsun Zan in Youzhou with peace of mind. Regardless of whether they fight to lose both sides, or let Yuan Shao eliminate Gongsun Zan, he will be able to weaken and reduce his enemies after all!
Chapter completed!