With the destruction of the Wolf Kingdom and the surrender of the Liang Kingdom to the Dragon Kingdom, the situation in the world once again changed dramatically.

Two countries suddenly disappeared in the north, leaving the Dragon Kingdom to fight alone in Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Sizhou, Yanzhou, Liangzhou and Yizhou in the north.

The thirteen states of the Eastern Han Dynasty, plus the foreign states that Liu Feng later conquered when he opened up new territories, made a total of fourteen states, and Liu Feng had already monopolized eight of them.

Among the remaining six states, except for Jiaozhou, which was monopolized by Shi Xie of Cang State, the remaining five states were divided between Wei and Shu.

Shu occupies Yizhou, Wei occupies Yangzhou and Xuzhou, while Jingzhou and Yuzhou are jointly occupied by Shu and Wei respectively. Xuzhou was originally exclusively occupied by Wei, but now the Dragon State has also captured two of the counties.

Although Liu Feng occupies eight states alone, while the other three kingdoms combined only have six states, if we compare the territories, the area occupied by the Dragon Kingdom and the other three kingdoms is almost the same.

Because the area of ​​Yizhou alone has already caught up with the area of ​​Ji, Qing, You, and Bing prefectures, and Yangzhou and Jiaozhou also occupy a huge area, almost the same as Ji, Qing, and Bing prefectures. Jingzhou also has Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Jizhou are as big as three states.

However, although the eight states of Liu Feng are not large in area, their population is much larger than that of several states in the south.

Yizhou is mountainous, and the road to Shu is difficult to climb to the sky. Although there are many people in Sichuan, they hardly travel with the Central Plains because of the inconvenience of traveling. In addition, the Nanman often riot, and the complex terrain naturally limits the growth of the population.

There is a lot of water in Yangzhou, and the further south you go, the more barbaric land the Shanyue people gather. The folk customs are mostly uncivilized. Because there are many water systems, the miasma is pervasive and there are few people inhabiting it.

As for Jiaozhou, it is even more sparsely populated and has almost completely cut off contact with the Central Plains.

Because it is too far to the south, the climate is hot and humid all year round, making it unsuitable for human habitation. Moreover, because it is too far away from the Central Plains, few people go to Jiaozhou, so the folk customs are even more uncivilized, and even the language is not smooth enough.

Because of this, several states in the south are too vast and sparsely populated, so even though Wei, Shu and Cang occupy large areas of land, their military strength is far from the Dragon Kingdom's opponent due to the small population.

Taking this situation into consideration, the Prime Minister of Shu State, Jia Xu, and the Prime Minister of Wei State, Xi Zhicai, set up a line. In the end, Wei Emperor Cao Cao and Shu Emperor Liu Bei decided to meet in Linyuan County, the county seat of Wuling County, Jingzhou, between the two countries, to jointly discuss the fight against the Dragon Kingdom. method.

The meeting between the two emperors was an unprecedented event even in history. Before the two met, both sides sent their most trusted subordinates and their armies to station in Linyuan County, and all suspicious people were found. Drive away or capture.

On the day they agreed to meet, Wei Emperor Cao Cao rushed to Linyuan County with his bodyguard Xu Chu, clan general Xiahou Dun, and Prime Minister Xi Zhicai.

The Shu Emperor Liu Bei also brought the Shu Prime Minister Jia Xu, escorted by two super generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, to Linyuan County to meet with Cao Cao.

After the two met, Cao Cao took the initiative and took Liu Bei's hand.

He took the initiative and said:"Brother Xuande, you and I have known each other for many years, and now we are both kings of the same country. If we continue to abide by royal etiquette, it will be troublesome and seem alienated, so we might as well call ourselves brothers.

" The two of them came here to form an alliance, so naturally they would not disagree on such a trivial matter, so Liu Bei naturally handed over his hand and said:"Brother said, everything is subject to brother's arrangement."

Cao Cao nodded, and first glanced at Liu Bei's side. Jia Xu immediately said:"My dear brother has many wise men under his command. He must have known that Ma Teng's surrender was a strategy that he and the Dragon Emperor had already discussed.

I have met Ma Teng before. Knowing that he is just a fool, he is not enough to come up with such a plan, and there is no adviser around him to give guidance. So this must be the idea of ​​Liu Feng or his advisers.

Now the Dragon Kingdom occupies nearly half of the country, We have also conquered most of the civil servants and generals of the Liang Kingdom and the Wolf Kingdom, and after Sun Ce died, even Zhou Yu defected to the Dragon Kingdom.

Therefore, our two countries must be closely integrated to be able to resist the Dragon Kingdom.."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, Liu Bei also nodded and said:"Brother is right. If our two countries fight independently, sooner or later the Dragon Kingdom will defeat them one by one, so we must form an alliance. I don't know what brother has to say about forming an alliance. What's the plan?"

When Cao Cao saw Liu Bei asking, he said,"Brother, I have already thought up the plan. Let Xi Zhicai, the Prime Minister of Wei, come and explain it to me, so that I can see if it is feasible." After Cao Cao finished speaking , , Xi Zhicai stepped forward and cupped his hands and said:"I, Xi Zhicai, have met His Majesty the Emperor of Shu.

Now that the Dragon Kingdom is powerful, even if Shu and Wei form an alliance, they may not be able to defeat the Dragon Kingdom in one fell swoop. Therefore, I suggest that both countries should Temporarily stop the war with the Dragon Kingdom.

The Dragon Kingdom has just obtained Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Sizhou. These three states need to be consolidated, so if we cease the war, they will not attack.

And we should take this opportunity to concentrate our forces and jointly attack the Cang Kingdom. , to avoid the situation where Cang Kingdom attacked Jingzhou in an attempt to destroy the connection between our two countries."

After Xi Zhi finished speaking, Jia Xu, who received Liu Bei's signal, also came out of the crowd. Gong Shuo said:"What Prime Minister Xi said is true. We must first secure the interior. Only when our rear is stable can we focus on attacking the Dragon Kingdom.

And judging from the last time Shi Xie suddenly sent troops to attack Jingzhou, the Dragon Emperor has most likely won over Shi Xie through coercion and inducement..

So before the formal war with the Dragon Kingdom begins, the Cang Kingdom must be eliminated, so as to solve the worries." After

Jia Xu finished speaking, Cao Cao clapped his hands and said,"Okay, since Zhicai and Wen He both agree that we should get rid of Shi first. Xie, then without further ado, I will send troops after I return."

Liu Bei also said:"The Cang Kingdom has been the weakest country since the beginning, and our two countries will definitely be able to resolve the battle in the fastest time by joining forces."

Emperor Shu Emperor Liu Bei After a meeting with Wei Emperor Cao Cao, they formulated the next cooperation route. After the two returned, they sent Guan Yu and Xia Houyuan to lead an army of 50,000 each to jointly attack the Cang Kingdom.

Although the military strength of the Cang Kingdom is far greater than that of the Shu and Wei coalition forces, the combat effectiveness of their armies is much lower.

In addition, Guan Yu and Xia Houyuan were both veteran generals in the army and were familiar with the art of war. It only took half a month to capture Panyu, the capital of the Cang Kingdom. The general Xie beheaded the Cang Kingdom and destroyed the Cang Kingdom.

After this battle, no one could stop the alliance between Shu and Wei. The two countries jointly controlled the south and jointly resisted the Dragon Kingdom.

And the world finally formed a three-legged situation of Dragon Kingdom, Wei Kingdom and Shu Kingdom.

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