Chenliucheng changed its banner, announcing that Lu Bu's power had completely withdrawn from the political stage.

The coalition composed of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, Han Sui and Gongsun Zan finally won the victory in the fight against Lu Bu.

Cao Cao paid the greatest price and also occupied the greatest achievement. In this war, Cao Cao won all the territory of the five counties of Liang State, Jiyin, Shanyang, Rencheng, and Pei State, as well as Yuanxian, Jiwu, and the areas south of Zou County in Chenliu County. It can be said that it was a great harvest. There are also the loyalty of a large number of talents including Ju Su, Yan Xiang, Li Feng, Yang General, Kong Yichang, Zhang Xun, Wei Xu and other talents. The most important thing is to capture the emperor. From then on, Cao Cao can use the emperor to command the princes!

Liu Bei was the second largest in harvest, and Liu Bei paid almost no price and obtained the territory of Henan Yin, the eastern part of Hongnong, most of Chenliu, the west of the White Horse in the East County, and the entire Hanoi County, as well as the rewards of Pang Yuan, Hou Cheng, Chen Ji, Liu Xun and others, which was also a great harvest.

Yuan Shao was in a relatively disadvantaged position. In addition to reclaiming Taishan County, the northern part of Lu County and the eastern part of Jibei County, he also lost the territory of southern part of Wei County. However, Yuan Shao also removed one of the biggest convictions, leaving Han Sui, which Yuan Shao felt that he was still confident.

Let’s look at Han Sui again. Now he has the entire Dongping County, Dunqiu and Tangyin of Wei County, Yecheng of Dongjun, Dong'a and Gucheng of Jibei, and his territory is not small. Next, Han Sui should consider how to survive in the gap between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

As for Gongsun Zan, he had almost no gains, and even gave up the western part of Hanoi County that he had just occupied, because it was a waste of money. A series of ups and downs in the Central Plains told Gongsun Zan that his strength is not good now and he must focus on developing and accumulating strength. Otherwise, even if he had the advantage of the Central Plains War, he would not be able to pick it up, but he would have been in vain to Liu Bei's big-eared thief.

Now the Central Plains are basically divided by Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and Yuan Shao has also occupied some. As for Han Sui, no one really regards him as a dish and can survive in the cracks. It all depends on whether Han Sui will change his mind when he sees the wind or simply serve a force.

Judging from the territory, Cao Cao is naturally the best. Almost all the rich places in the Central Plains fall into Cao Cao's hands, followed by Liu Bei. After the war, the population of both of them reached about tens of millions. In addition, they occupied a rich land, as long as they continue to develop quietly, their strength will definitely be greatly improved.

However, due to the decrease in opponents, the conflict between these princes, especially between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, became increasingly obvious. From the border of the Yellow River to the Yangtze River, such a large range is the border between the two sides. No matter how you look at it, these two guys cannot calm down. So as soon as the war ended here, the envoys on both sides began to move.

The first thing to strive for was naturally Yuan Shao, Han Sui, Gongsun Zan, Huangfu Song, Sima Fang, Cao Cao and even Liu Yan and Sun Ce sent envoys, with the purpose of urging these people to besiege Liu Bei. Similarly, at the suggestion of Pang Yuan, Liu Bei also sent a large number of envoys to try to convince the princes around Cao Cao to unite against Cao Cao. A new war began before the war ended.

Of course, Zhang Liang, who was sandwiched between Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and Zhang Bao, who was sandwiched between Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Kong Rong, were also the targets for everyone. Although with their current strength, they were really a chess piece, they were still useful.

Not to mention that Zhang Liang is using his harder attack on Cao Cao as a bargaining chip, negotiating with Liu Bei, intending to deepen the ties between the two sides. Just talking about Zhang Bao from Taishan, Zhang Bao is now in a bad situation and is in danger!

When Zhang Bao was most glorious, there was half of Taishan County, the entire Dongguan County, Langya County, Chengyang County and Donghai Kingdom. However, now, there is only one Taishan County left with Laiwu, and the others have been recaptured by high-ranking officials. As for Donghai County, it has been completely occupied by Cao Cao, and Chengyang County is already the territory of Qianzhao and Wenpin. Zhang Bao only has two counties in Dongguan and Langya.

In this narrow mountainous area of ​​Mount Tai, he still needs to face powerful enemies from three sides. These are the most powerful princes today. What’s even more pitiful is that no matter how Mount Tai is developed, it is also a mountainous area and cannot be self-sufficient in food. However, the large number of people captured by Zhang Bao must be supported. Now, let alone war, it is not easy for Zhang Bao to support these people.

Now that the Central Plains War has come to an end, Zhang Bao knows that everyone will re-examine his side, and Zhang Bao has undoubtedly become the most fleshy character, and Zhang Bao is still very self-aware of this.

These days, Cao Cao's envoys have been here, Yuan Shao's envoys have been here, and Liu Bei's envoys have also come. Their intentions are different. Yuan Shao and Liu Bei want to unite with Zhang Bao to attack Cao Cao. Cao Cao's purpose is naturally to persuade him to surrender. Zhang Bao is also very conflicted now. Of course, he tends to alliance with Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, but Zhang Bao is not stupid enough to believe the words of these two big liars and ask Zhang Bao to provoke Cao Cao. This is indeed a bit difficult.

There is also Zhang Liang. He also sent an envoy Jiang Yong to persuade him to cooperate with Zhang Liang to attack Cao Cao. However, Zhang Bao did not have that kind of confidence. He let Jiang Yong tell the truth. Zhang Liang had no roots in the aid he gave to Zhang Bao. Yuan Shao could at least get some food, grass and equipment to tempt, so Zhang Liang was just talking!

More importantly, Zhang Bao was afraid of being beaten by Cao Cao. Zhang Bao never won the victory under Cao Cao, so he simply lost Donghai County. Now that Zhang Bao was asked to tease Cao Cao again, Zhang Bao really didn't have the courage to do so.

These days, Zhang Bao has been unable to sleep or eat, and is even more irritable. The concubines who are sleeping in bed are in trouble. Fortunately, Zhang Bao has no habit of killing people by chance, but being beaten and abused is indispensable.

"The second general, an envoy has arrived."

Zhang Bao, who was reciting the Taiping Sutra in a quiet room, opened his eyes and felt annoyed for no reason.

"Who is it again?! Could it be that I am here to persuade me to attack Cao Cao again?"

"No, it's Fang Zhiwen's person."

"Fang Zhiwen, what are his people doing?"

"I don't know if the second general sees him. If he doesn't see him, he will go and send him away."

Zang Ba's voice outside was helpless. The situation is not good now, and everyone is in a bad mood, so Zang Ba is no exception.

Zhang Bao was silent for a while and said, "Please go to the reception room, I will change my clothes later."

"promise!"

Zhang Bao changed into armor. When he came to the reception room, he saw Zang Ba accompanying the guest room. A slender and handsome young man was sitting and chatting with Zang Ba. When the young man saw Zhang Bao coming, he stood up and bowed to him.

"Lu Su, the chief of Youzhou Foreign Affairs Department, met General Zhang."

"So it's Mr. Lu. I'm polite. Please sit down!"

Zhang Bao returned a bow, and the two of them sat down again. Zang Ba wanted to get up and retreat. Zhang Bao reached out and called Zang Ba: "Let's wait for Xuan Gao, let's hear what Mr. Zijing is doing."

"No!" Zang Ba responded respectfully, stepped back a little, and knelt behind Zhang Bao.

Lu Su glanced at him and said with a smile: "General Zhang is precious, so I'll be right at the right time!"

"It's exactly what I want, Mr. Lu, please tell me."

Zhang Bao smiled faintly, but Lu Su noticed that there was unconcealed fatigue and worry in Zhang Bao's smile. Now, anyone with a discerning eye can see how Zhang Bao is doing, and I believe Zhang Bao can also see it.

"General Zhang, here is here to make a suggestion to the general on behalf of our lord, suggesting that General Zhang learn about Zhang Jiao-shou and withdraw from Qingzhou."

"What!?" Zhang Bao was startled and his body suddenly continued, but then he took a breath, sat back, lowered his eyes and thought for a while before speaking, "Please tell me in detail, Mr. Lu!"

Lu Su glanced at Zhang Bao and smiled and said, "Just about to explain in detail, General Zhang, there are two factors that make the Yellow Turban Army entrenched in Mount Tai. One is that the Yellow Turban Army can be united within, and the other is that there are no powerful enemies outside. Is there any mistake in this understanding?"

Zhang Bao thought for a while and nodded and replied: "It's true."

Lu Su nodded. Zhang Bao could still understand himself correctly, which is very good.

"But now the form is changing and the surrounding area of ​​Mount Tai is in chaos, General Zhang did not seize the opportunity to grow and grow. Now, the surrounding princes have grown and grown. The external environment of the Yellow Turban Army continues to occupy the Taishan area is rapidly disappearing. What does General Zhang think about this?"

"this"

Zang Ba curled his lips secretly, but failed to grow. It was the credit of your lord!

Lu Su seemed to see Zang Ba’s thoughts and smiled slightly at Zang Ba.

"As the external environment deteriorates, more and more problems will be placed before General Zhang, such as food issues, internal conflicts caused by increasingly shortage of resources, etc. In the following, these problems are definitely not obvious yet, and some have not even appeared, but once they appear, they will soon become serious, and even lead to internal strife in your department!"

"It is impossible. The military and civilians under my command are united and they will never be able to fight within the country."

"General Zhang, if he reached the point of being in the situation of Yi Zi's food, wouldn't he have internal conflicts?"

"Both Yuan Shao and Liu Bei promised to provide food, as long as I am enemies of Cao Cao, this."

"General Zhang, I'm afraid you know that this is actually a scam with the tiger. At that time, General Zhang will go to the East China Sea, and maybe Yuan Shao will enter Mount Tai later."

"Mr. Lu can't be so arbitrary!"

"This is not an arbitrary conjecture. The key is that Yuan Shao needs General Zhang to exist? Yuan Shao and Cao Cao directly border, so General Zhang cannot become a shield to stop Cao Cao. Maybe he will be bribed by Cao Cao and become a problem for his elbows. Since that is the case, what's the use of keeping it?"

"What about Liu Bei? We have no harm to Liu Bei, only good things!"
Chapter completed!