Three days later, in Liu Zhang's reluctance, Liu Bei proposed his farewell. Liu Bei did not forget his purpose of entering Sichuan. Nominally, he was invited by Liu Zhang to help Liu Zhang resist Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. In order not to arouse the suspicion of Yizhou officials and let them see through their secret thoughts of coveting Yizhou, Liu Bei proposed his farewell to Liu Zhang, leading the 30,000 soldiers he brought from Jingzhou to Jiameng Pass in the northern part of Yizhou, and prepared to station there to fight Zhang Lu's invasion.

Liu Zhang did not try to keep Liu Bei. Zhang Lu invaded Yizhou for many years, which had already made Liu Zhang tireless. Liu Zhang wished that Liu Bei could immediately eliminate Zhang Lu and eliminate this confidant. Therefore, Liu Zhang funded Liu Bei's army of 20,000 and provided food and grass for 50,000 troops to eat for half a year to strengthen Liu Bei's group of people.

Liu Zhang's stupid behavior made Liu Bei laugh. He got a 20,000 army for nothing. How could he not let Liu Bei laugh? What's more, there was still half a year of food and grass. With these food and grass, Liu Bei had enough confidence to gain a foothold in Jiameng Pass, and then gradually erode the northern Yizhou areas and secretly transform these areas into his own territory. The situation in front of him was so similar to when Liu Bei defected to Liu Biao? At that time, Liu Biao just gave Liu Bei a Xinye County, and Liu Bei gradually grew and grew with a small Xinye, and controlled the four counties in southern Jingzhou. Who can guarantee that Jiameng Pass would not be the beginning of Liu Bei's occupation of the entire Yizhou territory? With a happy mood, Liu Bei led his army to advance towards Jiameng Pass.

While Liu Bei was entering the army, Ao Lie was also on the way. After three days of running around, Ao Lie led his soldiers to Bingzhou City. Guo Huai, who replaced Lu Bu as the governor of Bingzhou, had already prepared 10,000 soldiers ready to go and food for the 70,000 troops. After waiting in Bingzhou City for half a day, the 20,000 troops sent by the governor of Tongzhou Lu Su also arrived in Bingzhou. After the 70,000 troops reunite, Ao Lie asked them to camp outside the city to rest and get familiar with their new companions. While taking advantage of the familiarity between the army, Ao Lie took the time to inspect the situation in Bingzhou and found that Guo Huai was really a good man and managed Bingzhou in an orderly manner. This also made Ao Lie completely relieved and truly recognized Guo Huai's ability.

After half a day and one night of rest, Ao Lie led an army of 70,000 to embark on the journey again, aiming directly at the capital of Liangzhou, Jicheng. In history, the geographical location and jurisdiction of Liangzhou were not fixed, and the jurisdiction was large and small. The reason for this phenomenon was because of Yongzhou, which appeared from time to time. In history, the title of Yongzhou, a large prefecture, appeared several times. When Yongzhou appeared, several counties in the eastern part of Liangzhou would be merged into Yongzhou. When Yongzhou was abolished, these counties would return to the rule of Liangzhou, Liangzhou and the Sili School Command, equally divided the counties and counties of Yongzhou. Because Liangzhou is located in the westernmost part of the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou has several nicknames such as Xiliang and Yongliang.

During the rebellion of Dong Zhuo, Yongzhou appeared again. Dong Zhuo manipulated the regime at that time and forcibly established Yongzhou. The territory of Yongzhou included the Sanfu area directly controlled by Liu Xie, as well as several counties originally belonging to Liangzhou. Later, with the help of Ao Li Lie, Liu Xie seized the Sanfu area and Guanzhong area, directly controlled the six counties in these two areas, forming the Sili School Command, a big prefecture with a different name than other major prefectures, and drove Dong Zhuo's old subordinates Li Jue and Guo Si back to Liangzhou. Yongzhou was in name only. Later, in order to fight for power, Li Jue and Guo Si abolished Yongzhou and transferred several counties incorporated into Yongzhou to the rule of Liangzhou, thereby strengthening their power and territory. Since then, the name of Yongzhou has never appeared from the territory of the Han Dynasty. In the latest list of another sixteen states of the Han Dynasty released by Liu Xie, there is no name for Yongzhou.

While riding a horse, Ao Lie turned around from time to time and urged his subordinates: "Hurry! Get faster! We must strive to arrive in Liangzhou before Liu Bei arrives at Jiameng Pass!" As Ao Lie kept shouting, 70,000 soldiers ran hard, bringing up dust in the sky, and disappearing into the distance in this dust.

When Liu Bei was one day away from Jiameng Pass, the 70,000 Yan troops who came later had already arrived first, were already under Ao Lie's urging to reach Jicheng City. Ao Lie's strategic policy this time was very clear, and he surrounded Jicheng, besieged Jicheng, but he was not in a hurry to take it down, attracting the remnants of Li Jue, Guo Si and Han Sui to come to rescue. After the rebels were almost wiped out, Ma Chao stood up and shouted, persuaded Liangzhou's military and civilians to submit to the King of Yan. Ma Chao was famous in Xiliang, and was called Xiliang Jin Ma Chao by the local Han people, and was called Shenwei Tian General by the Qiang people. Ao Lie believed that as long as Ma Chao raised his arms and shouted, those who rushed to follow would definitely flock to him.

The result of the incident was not much different from what Ao Lie expected. Ao Lie led 70,000 Yan troops and besieged under the city of Jicheng for half a month. During this period, several rebels in Liangzhou and some Qiang leaders came to challenge the tribe, but were defeated by the Yan army and lost all their troops. No one who came to challenge could go back alive.

The war was expected to be so smooth, as Jia Xu expected. When he proposed to use Liangzhou to march Yizhou, Jia Xu had already made it clear that the many soldiers in Liangzhou, who lost the four major warlord leaders Li Jue, Guo Si, Han Sui and Ma Teng, would definitely fall into the embarrassment of being without a leader. With the combat effectiveness of the Yan army, it was not difficult to conquer Liangzhou. Only this method could allow the Yan army to march Yizhou in the shortest time, and then force Liu Bei, making him afraid and dare not invade Yizhou in large quantities.

Facts have proved that Jia Xu's inference is very correct. Without the leader, the soldiers of Liangzhou were like long snakes with a snake head, leaving them with strong combat power. Unfortunately, they were restricted by headlessness. Under the attack of the Yan army, they struggled and retreated step by step.

Half a month later, Ma Chao stood up according to the plan in advance. After seeing Ma Chao, the Xiliang army stationed in Jicheng saw Ma Chao, they immediately opened the city to surrender without saying a word, and welcomed Ma Chao into Jicheng with loud drums, so that even King Yan Ao Lie was dissatisfied in front of Ma Chao and was neglected. Of course, Ao Lie would never care about this. On the contrary, looking at Ma Chao's hearts, as a sworn brother, Ao Lie would be happy for Ma Chao. It was also at this moment that Ao Lie had the idea of ​​handing over Liangzhou to Ma Chao in the future. To manage a big state, Ma Chao showed his presence.

Although he is not the best candidate, he is a pioneer and cannot bear the heavy responsibility of being a provincial governor. However, in Liangzhou, Ma Chao's reputation and status are unmatched. Moreover, Liangzhou is a place where Han and Qiang people live together. If the people of Liangzhou are in accordance with the law, they must find a provincial governor who can convince them. In this regard, no one is more suitable than Ma Chao. Perhaps, letting Ma Chao be the first Liangzhou governor of Yan State play an excessive role. When the situation in Liangzhou stabilizes, others will be sent to take over as Liangzhou governor. This is also a good choice.

After the military and civilians in Jicheng surrendered, soldiers and Qiang leaders from all over Liangzhou heard that Ma Chao returned to Xiliang, eight out of ten people came to see Ma Chao and expressed their willingness to submit to Yan King Ao Lie. Some of them had personally participated in the rebellion. In Luoyang, people who had seen Ao Lie's power in Chang'an passed on word of mouth, and the wise and magical martial arts that Ao Lie spread were like a rebirth of Han Xin's reincarnation, which invisibly made Ao Lie's reputation begin to take root and sprout in Liangzhou.

It was a month later that most areas of Liangzhou had already been under Ao Lie's command. During this month, Ao Lie sent Jia Xu and others to various counties to pacify the military and civilians, which greatly promoted the stability of Liangzhou. To this day, there are only some surrounding areas, or places where rebels gather, and they are still outside Ao Lie's rule, but these areas only account for less than one-tenth of Liangzhou's area. It is not enough to worry.

When Jia Xu and others returned to Jicheng one after another, Ao Lie issued an edict asking Chen Gong and Ma Dai to assist Ma Chao and stay in Jicheng. At the same time, he summoned the Liangzhou army to train and be responsible for clearing out those areas that had not yet surrendered. After that, Ao Lie left behind 20,000 soldiers to Ma Chao and Ma Dai brothers, and then led the others to Wuwei County, and then threatened Liu Bei so that he could not eat Yizhou too smoothly.

The current Jicheng has restored the style of Liangzhou army and political center, and the support of Liangzhou army and Qiang people from all over the country, making Jicheng an instantly important military place with 130,000 troops stationed. Coupled with the county soldiers in other regions and the 20,000 Yan troops left by Ao Lie, it is enough for Ma Chao to control the situation. I believe that in time, Liangzhou will definitely return to its previous level.

Wudu County is the southernmost county in Liangzhou, bordering the Sili School Commander, Yizhou and Hanzhong. After arriving in Wuwei, Ao Lie picked up a pen and wrote a memorial and a letter. The memorial was naturally written to Liu Xie. In the memorial, Ao Lie briefly described the battle to pacify Liangzhou and told Liu Xie that there was no need to worry about the threat from Liangzhou in the future, because Liangzhou had returned to the territory of the Han Dynasty and there was no threat. At the same time, Ao Lie also asked Liu Xie to appoint Ma Chao as the new governor of Liangzhou. Another letter was written to Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong. In the letter, Ao Lie informed Liu Bei of his ambitions and advised Zhang Lu not to engage in troops in Yizhou for the time being. If Zhang Lu did not listen to the advice, the Yan army stationed in Wuwei would advance to Zhang Lu's Hanzhong.

Although Zhang Lu was named Hanzhong Prefect, he occupied two major counties of Yizhou, Hanzhong and Ba County. Because he was in the northeast of Yizhou, he was also called Dongchuan. He was vaguely in the rivalry with Yizhou, known as Xichuan. In Dongchuan, Zhang Lu relied on the two counties in his hands to raise 150,000 soldiers, which was even comparable to Ao Lie who had only controlled one Youzhou before. The reason why Zhang Lu could have 150,000 soldiers was not only a vast territory and dense population in Hanzhong and Ba County. He was also called

The Five Dogs of Rice Cult has a very high popularity in the Hanzhong area, and the believers of the church are spread all over every corner of Dongchuan. Zhang Lu even established a Dongchuan-like struggle for power, which is somewhat similar to the status of the Western Pope. It can be said that in Dongchuan, Zhang Lu is the uncrowned king and has strong strength. This is why he invaded the mainland of Yizhou for many years and became a prince who separatist the northern part of Yizhou, making Liu Zhang regarded it as a major concern. It was Zhang Lu's existence and threat that Liu Zhang was so stupid that he led the wolf into the house and attracted Liu Bei, the ambitious man.

PS: PS: Dongchuan was fabricated by Dakun. Although there is also the title of Dongchuan in history, Dakun is not sure if it means the same as in this chapter. I hope everyone will not be confused and misled by Dakun.
Chapter completed!