When Liu Bei was thinking, he did not lock himself in the room and think alone, but talked to his subordinates separately.

Although these subordinates were his confidants and would not hide anything from him, during the meeting, there were some things that were hard to say in front of everyone.

However, when talking alone, there are not so many concerns and can speak freely.

When Liu Bei found Luo Tianming, Luo Tianming's advice was: "Kong Ming, Shi Yuan, Ji Chang and others, as the master, should try to plan more thoroughly for the master. This is their responsibility, so naturally nothing wrong.

But you are the lord, so you can't think like a strategist.

As the lord, do you need to understand what your goal is, whether you are in a place or to dominate the world?

If you just want to stay in a corner, of course you have to be safer and more secure, but if you want to fight for dominance in the world, you must have the vision and courage to look at the world!"

I don’t know if Luo Tianming’s words played a role, but in the end, Liu Bei decided to attack Luoyang first and then Pingliangzhou.

In this way, Yizhou was surrounded and then taken down, and Liu Zhang had no place to run away.

After Yizhou was also taken down, Liu Bei's territory would no longer be inferior to Cao Cao.

Even though there is still a gap in manpower and financial resources, the gap is not big. In addition, with Luo Tianming, Zhuge Liang and others assisting, it should not be a problem to defeat Cao Cao.

Since Liu Bei made up his mind, the war machine in Jingzhou was immediately launched.

Luo Tianming was still the head coach, mobilized a hundred thousand troops, and the troops were aimed directly at Luoyang!

However, this time, all the generals could not follow him, leaving Guan Yu to guard Nanyang, Huang Zhong to guard Xiangyang, Guan Ping to guard Jiangxia, Wen Pin to guard Changsha, and the rest to follow Luo Tianming to fight.

After this period of rest and recuperation, Jingzhou not only replenished the troops lost in the last war, but also trained 60,000 to 70,000 more people.

This is the benefit of the three-level military service system. It can be selected layer by layer, select the best soldiers from the people, and reduce training time.

The additional 60,000 to 70,000 people are enough to guard their own territory. If they can't stand it, they can still call Luo Tianming back.

The 100,000 army led by Luo Tianming, even Cao Cao's 600,000 army could resist, and it was naturally enough to deal with the defenders in Luoyang, Chang'an and other places.

However, Luoyang and Chang'an are all super cities of this era, with walls higher and thicker than other cities, and it will be more difficult to conquer them.

Especially since Guan Yu and others did not follow the army, it would be impossible to use super fierce generals to set up their formation again.

Just when Luo Tianming was thinking about how to break the city, he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at Luoyang City, someone came to contact him in the city and wanted to surrender.

It turned out that when Luo Tianming left Luoyang, although more than a thousand people followed him, most of them did not follow him because they felt that following the court had a more promising future.

But they did not expect that after Luo Tianming left, the court fell into the hands of aristocratic families. Not only did they take away all the benefits Luo Tianming gave to the soldiers, but they couldn't even maintain the court and were finally accepted by Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao took over the court, he brought the emperor and a group of ministers to Xudu. Although the Luoyang defenders were recruited, their treatment was still far inferior to those of Luo Tianming.

This made them all regret it, why didn’t they leave with Luo Tianming?

Until Luo Tianming brought the army back, these people were naturally overjoyed and immediately decided to surrender to Luo Tianming.

Zhao Yun and Huo Jun are more cautious and remind Luo Tianming that this may be a trap.

Luo Tianming was not afraid at all. So what if it was a trap? As long as the city gate was opened, Luoyang would be under the control of his own side, and the rest would not be afraid.

At the agreed time, some soldiers in Luoyang City suddenly launched, occupied a city gate, and opened it.

The troops that had been prepared outside the city had immediately rushed in, but they did not advance into depth immediately, but instead controlled the city gate first to ensure that they would not be closed, and the subsequent troops continued to go deeper into the city.

Facts have proved that the soldiers who were preparing to surrender to Luo Tianming were sincere and had no tricks to let Luo Tianming occupy Luoyang City smoothly.

After taking Luoyang, Luo Tianming did not attack Chang'an immediately, but restored order in Luoyang in full.

Luo Tianming still has feelings for the city of Luoyang, after all, he made a lot of efforts to do it.

Since he left, all the good things he left behind were occupied by aristocratic families, and the common people have become their slaves again.

Now that Luo Tianming is back, the benefits occupied by the aristocratic family have to be spit out, and the house will be searched, and it will be spit out twice as much!

Because he had the foundation for ruling here, the minor officials and the people in Luoyang were familiar with his plan, so Luo Tianming's order was implemented very smoothly and he quickly returned to his original appearance.

The only difference is that some aristocratic families were eyeing each other, but now all the aristocratic families have been wiped out, and they don’t even have the courage to look up, so why are you still eyeing each other?

Luo Tianming's reason for sacking them was also "legitimate", because they supported Cao Cao by power. Now that Liu Bei has occupied this place, of course, he has to eliminate hostile forces.

Luo Tianming captured Luoyang, and the matter was not small. Not to mention Cao Cao, even Sun Quan, Liu Zhang, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others paid close attention, and they all felt that the Cao and Liu families were going to start a war again.

But what surprised everyone else was that Cao Cao only gathered heavy troops at the border of Luoyang to guard against Luo Tianming's attack eastward, but had no intention of counterattacking.

Even Chang'an, which is to the west, seems to be abandoned.

Even not long after, Zhong Yao, who was appointed as the Sili Captain by Cao Cao, even sent a letter asking to borrow it from Luoyang and return to Xudu, and handed Chang'an directly to Luo Tianming.

This letter surprised Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others. Cao Cao was defeated and completely knelt down and sang conquered?

No matter what, Luo Tianming's plan was to fight Chang'an next. Since Chang'an took the initiative to deliver it to him, there was no reason not to do so.

So Chang'an got it without spending a single soldier.

As for the troops, horses, wealth and property that Zhong Yao took away from Chang'an, Luo Tianming did not leave any trouble, so he took them to Xudu.

After taking Chang'an, there must be another rectification. The rear must be cleaned up first before the war with Xiliang will begin.

But Ma Teng and Han Sui are not idiots. Perhaps they realized that Luo Tianming’s target was them, or perhaps they wanted to take advantage of Luo Tianming’s unstable foothold, so they took the initiative to attack Chang'an.

Since they came to the door, Luo Tianming naturally would not be polite and immediately led his troops to meet the enemy.

Ma Teng and Han Sui have both heard of Luo Tianming's reputation, so this time they brought 200,000 troops, all of which were cavalry.
Chapter completed!