In terms of territory, Liu Biao did not lose money on this 'business' because he took back half of Nanyang. But in terms of safety, Liu Biao lost again, because he would have to face the pressure brought by Lao Cao from now on. When Zhang Xiu was in Nanyang before, he could give him a buffer. If Lao Cao wanted to go south, he would definitely not be able to spare Zhang Xiu. Therefore, in the final analysis, Liu Biao felt more hatred than joy in his heart. The one who hated him even more was naturally Liu Xie. If Liu Xie hadn't abducted Zhang Xiu, how could Zhang Xiu suddenly abandon him if he had cooperated well with him? It¡¯s really abominable! If I had known at the time But whether Liu Biao likes it or not, this has become a foregone conclusion. Zhang Xiu took a group of new and old brothers to Luoyang to "open up wasteland", and Lao Cao's army also entered Nanyang. Of course, Lao Cao and Liu Biao did not continue to be at war with each other. Instead, they sent envoys to reconcile the situation, so that Liu Biao would not get hot-headed and flirt with Lao Yuan when he went to war with Lao Yuan. Of course, when Lao Cao reconciled with Liu Biao, he did not forget Liu Xie of Chang'an. " Lao Yuan thought of repairing with Liu Xie, or even cooperating with Liu Xie to do what Lao Cao Ya did. Wouldn't Lao Cao have thought of it? Obviously impossible. No, when Zhuge came back from Xuchang, Lao Cao's envoy followed him. Lao Cao¡¯s envoy was Sima Lang, Sima Yi¡¯s eldest brother. Sima Lang is young, in his mid-twenties, and now works as a subordinate of Sikong, doing clerical work for Lao Cao. Today's Lao Cao has much fewer talents than the Lao Cao in history. Because of Liu Xie's "escape", Lao Cao could not "justify his name". Nowadays, many great scholars are with Liu Xie, and even their disciples have followed him. Although many people turned a blind eye and did not recognize Liu Xie's orthodoxy for their own interests. But most people still believe in the orthodoxy of Liu Xie. Coupled with the current prosperity of Yizhou, these people are becoming more and more convinced of their choice. ¡ When Zhu Ge and the others returned, Liu Xie met with Ma Teng¡¯s envoy Ma Dai in the Chang¡¯an Palace and accepted Ma Teng¡¯s surrender. On this day, Liu Xie summoned several armies and generals to hold a meeting in Deyang Hall to announce the next journey. in. Duan Xuan, the general of Huayin. Zhang Xiu, the surrendered general who had just surrendered, was also among them. These two had just arrived in Chang'an, but Duan Yan arrived faster than Zhang Xiu. After all, Huayin is not far from Chang'an. Duan Xuan did not disappoint Liu Xie. Guo Jia asked him to cooperate with Chen Dao and Zhang Ren to attack Li Guo. He didn't refuse. They even united with several other generals in Guanzhong. It's just that those generals were waiting and watching. but now. Those generals are now here and standing in the hall. Those few. Ma Teng's eight generals in history have now become third-rate generals under Liu Xie. There is no other way. If they are willing to surrender, Liu Xie will naturally not stop them, so as not to continue fighting. The only requirement is to hand over military power, and each person is allowed to keep only one personal guard, which is two hundred people. If two hundred people were as elite as the Red Dragon Guards, they could do something, but the possibility is not high. Even the personal guards of people like Tai Shici are not so fierce. In fact, many generals do not have so many personal guards. Basically, they only have one team, only about fifty people. And when these people surrendered, they were not directly made generals. They were basically at the rank of captain. Of course, the rank of school lieutenant is also quite high, but the rank is the rank, and the people they can lead currently only have one battalion. If you want to climb up, then show your true skills. They did not dare to be dissatisfied with the treatment given by Liu Xie, because at this time, they had no right to be dissatisfied. If Liu Xie did not agree to their surrender, they would have enough power to crush them all. As for the conditions that Liu Xie once agreed to them, that was already done. Who told them not to surrender before the two thieves Li and Guo were killed? If you don't obey, the benefits will naturally not be that many. At the beginning of the meeting, Liu Xie first asked Guo Jia to summarize the achievements of everyone in the previous stage, and then promoted several generals to a small level according to military merit, such as Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong, Chen Dao, etc. It is at the level of captain or Sima, and it refers to general or captain. If military merit is not converted into an official title, it is estimated that everyone will not be able to get motivated. ??Then it¡¯s time to form the Western Conquest Army. What is the Western Conquest Army? Naturally, it means to attack the Western Regions and restore the Western Regions Protectorate. The generals are a little strange. At this time, instead of attacking other places, Your Majesty actually attacks the Western Region first. What does this mean? But they didn't understand, and Liu Xie didn't explain it to them. He just let them implement it anyway. But soon, several militant guys stood up and began to compete for quotas. Looking at these fierce generals who were either warlike or proud, Liu Xie thought to himself that there were too many generals and they were too fierce, which was actually quite a headache. But no, like Zhang Fei, like Xu Chu, like Guan Yu, all of them are fierce men. Lao Cao was very happy to get a Dian Wei, but he got a large number of them, how could he not be happy! "Okay, please be quiet!" Liu Xie reached out and patted the table and said with a smile: "Very good, it seems that the morale of the beloved ministers is very high, which is good, but everyone must not underestimate the enemy. Remember There is a saying: Pride makes people fall behind, while humility makes people progress! " After a pause, Liu Xie said with a straight face: "Although our target is those foreigners outside the village, don't forget that foreigners also have their advantages, otherwise, Why couldn't those predecessors and sages control it? We are all very strong, but there is no reason to underestimate our opponents just because we are strong!" After seeing all the generals lowering their heads in shame, Liu Xie continued: "This time For the Western Expedition, I mean to set up a headquarters, headed by General Xu Huang, with Guo Jia and Jia Xu as military advisors, Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong, and Guan Yu as deputy generals, and Lu Bu as the vanguard" "Your Majesty, I, Lao Zhang, also want to go out!" Zhang Heizi started to cheat again. Liu Xie glared at him and said: "Zhang Fei and Xu Chu can go out with the army. How to appoint them will be under the unified command of the headquarters." Although Liu Xie glared at him as a warning, Zhang Fei, who got the 'benefits', was scratching his head. Laugh. Several others who were familiar with him couldn't help but roll their eyes at him. Although I think His Majesty is too kind to Zhang Fei, he doesn't dare to make mistakes like Zhang Fei did. Only a fool like Zhang Sanhei can do such a dangerous thing! After the conquest of the Western Army was over, Liu Xie brought up the matter in Guanzhong again: "Lu Su and Chen Dao were stationed in Chang'an for me. Lu Su built the capital in Luoyang, Chen Dao recruited and trained new soldiers for me in Chang'an, and Zhang Ren led the army. Sitting in Luoyang, Duan Xuan assisted Zhang Ren" (To be continued)