My Ji Han Dynasty was prosperous in martial arts, but I have always convinced people with virtue

Chapter 67 Messenger

The spring of the 23th year of Jian'an.

Xuchang!

The loss of Guanzhong and the breakthrough of Xiangfan was a huge strategic loss for Cao Cao.

Fortunately, the two places have been war-torn for a long time and the economy is depressed, so Shu cannot immediately attack Wei, which gave Cao Cao time.

Xuchang, once the capital of the Han Dynasty, has not moved away except the emperor, and all the forces loyal to the Han Dynasty have moved away.

For Cao Cao, the most important thing is the emperor.

Once the power of the Han Dynasty merges with the Shu Kingdom, it will be a huge threat to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao put aside the battle in Guanzhong, returned to Xuchang to make arrangements in person, and used iron and blood methods to clear out the opposition forces and move the imperial court to the remote Youbeiping.

The place where Cao Cao was born has now become a strategic base for the Wei State to fight against the Shu State.

Cao Cao began to focus on the two directions of the Shu army's attack on the Central Plains.

Block Fangxia Road and set up Kunyang Fort. Once there are police in the direction of Nanyang, Xuchang's reinforcements can immediately go south to Kunyang Fort to stop the Shu army.

There is another road, which is in the direction of Tongguan, the Western Henan Passage.In the future, this direction will also be the main battlefield for the Wei and Shu countries to compete.

Cao Cao focused on managing the three cities of Luoyang, Xuchang, and Yecheng, and deployed at least [-] troops around each city to fight against the aggressive Shu army.

Compared with the past, as long as Chencang and Xiangyang are guarded, the offensive of the Shu army can be guarded. Today's strategy deployed by Cao Cao consumes much more financial and manpower than before.

Cao Cao could feel that the gap in national power between Wei and Shu was gradually narrowing.

Even now, Wei Guo still has the advantage.

After stabilizing the situation, Cao Cao sent a large number of spies to Jingzhou and Guanzhong to inquire about the intelligence of Shu.

In terms of Jingzhou, after winning Jiangxia and Nanyang, the entire Jianghan land has been brought into the hands of the Shu Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Shu reorganized the administrative divisions in Jingzhou that had been scattered due to the war, and distributed them to soldiers and common people, turning the entire Jianghan area into a strategic rear.

Cao Cao looked at Jingzhou's pieces of information, and sighed in his heart, Guan Yu is really a hero!

Guan Yu was in Jingzhou, where rewards and punishments were clearly defined, and the administration of the army and government were well-organized.

What Cao Cao cares more about is that he has a heavy army in his hand, and he has no second thoughts.

Guan Ping, the son of Guan Yu, followed his father and was also a generation of handsome talents.

According to the current speed of governance, it may not take seven or eight years for Jingzhou to return to the level of prosperity it enjoyed during Liu Biao's period.

Seeing this, Cao Cao felt a lot of regret in his heart.

How wonderful it would be if Guan Yu hadn't left him back then!

If the information from the direction of Jingzhou made Cao Cao sigh, then the information from the direction of Guanzhong made Cao Cao somewhat incomprehensible.

Cao Cao guessed that Liu Bei had probably realized that the victory and defeat between Wei and Shu were not a single war, but a long-term tug-of-war.

Therefore, both sides began to build up their national power.

But to Cao Cao's surprise, Liu Bei did not guard Guanzhong himself, but let his son Liu Chan guard Chang'an.

What's even more strange is that Liu Chan made a move that Cao Cao couldn't understand.

Build the Great Wall!
Cao Cao didn't understand at first, what did Liu Chan build the Great Wall for?
But soon, with the infiltration of intelligence forces, Cao Cao finally figured out that Liu Chan was doing business.

Liu Chan awakened an ancient caravan in the Great Wall, went to foreign lands, and traded the exchanged trade goods overseas.

Cao Cao didn't know the value of this trade route, he only knew that Liu Chan used all the benefits from it for a project in Beidi County.

Near that project, there are foreign races such as Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Qiang.These forces that believe in the deer god provided a lot of materials and manpower for Liu Chan's project.

This project is the top secret of the Shu Kingdom, and Cao Cao's spies have no way of ascertaining the intention of establishing this huge project.

As for going deep into the project site, on-site investigation, it is simply not feasible.

The periphery of this project is Xianbei and other foreign races, and if it goes deeper, there will be a large number of foreign soldiers. Cao Cao's spies will be discovered by foreign soldiers as soon as they enter.

Cao Cao still paid close attention to Liu Chan. Out of intuition, he also tried to repair a section of the Great Wall.

Today the Great Wall passes through eight counties, Shu State controls eight, Wei State controls five, and two more are in the hands of the Gongsun family in Liaodong.

Yanmen, Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, Liaodong, Xuantu!
Wei Guo has mastered the first five sections of the Great Wall!
Cao Cao finally decided to choose to restore it in Yuyang.

According to ancient records, the Great Wall of the four counties of Wuwei, Beidi, Jiuyuan, and Yuyang can all lead to Xuanzhou.

The section of the Great Wall in Yuyang County hadn't been repaired yet, so Cao Cao got a message.

Someone from Xuanzhou is here!
Cao Cao received Xuchang as an envoy in the future and met him personally.

The other party is the envoy of the Baisongzi Kingdom in Xuanzhou, who traveled through the wilderness and arrived in Yuyang.

The emissary, whose appearance and figure were very different from those of the people from China, caused a violent reaction as soon as he arrived in Xuchang.

The other party claimed that he had sensed the guidance of the Great Wall, so he ventured across the wilderness and came to Shenzhou. He brought the kindness of the king of Baisongzi Kingdom and wanted to meet the prince of Shu Kingdom.

Cao Cao suddenly became interested.

The envoy of Baisongzi knew the language of Shenzhou, but he didn't know the difference between Shu and Wei. Under Cao Cao's guidance, the other party smoothly believed that since they were all feudal states of the Han Dynasty, they must listen to the emperor.

So, after Cao Cao's grievances, the messenger confided the truth.

The Baisongzi Kingdom is different from the Black Stone Kingdom. It does not worship the mountain god, but the fire god. Now it occupies one-fifth of the entire Xuanzhou land.

In the war not long ago, the battle between the White Pine Country and the Black Stone Country had already gained the upper hand, but suddenly, the situation changed drastically.

The Black Stone Kingdom tripled its elite troops at once, turned the tide in the war, defeated the White Pine Kingdom, and regained a large area of ​​territory.

After the war, the intelligence personnel of the Baisongzi Kingdom found out that the Black Stone Kingdom had obtained a large amount of sea animal ointment from the Shu Kingdom.

These sea beast ointments are necessary supplies to protect the guards of the mountain gods.

After the wars in the past few years, the Blackstone country has changed from a coastal country to an inland country, and its domestic sea animal ointment supplies are in short supply.Originally, the Baisongzi Kingdom had already secured the victory, but after the opening of the trade route, the situation changed.

"The mountain god is ruthless, and his successor is full of evil. I implore the benevolent king of Wei to go up to the great emperor of the Han Dynasty and stop the dirty trade of the prince of Shu. Otherwise, the entire dozen or so countries in Xuanzhou will once again become victims of the brutal rule of the successor of the mountain god."

"The envoy can rest assured that Gu will report this situation to the emperor."

Cao Cao said so.

About half a month later, the envoy from the Baisongzi Kingdom had run out of patience and kept urging.

Cao Cao kept procrastinating, just to whitewash the already empty imperial court. It took another ten days before Cao Cao reluctantly decorated the facade and arranged a court meeting.

The envoy of the Baisongzi Kingdom saw the emperor of the Han Dynasty whom he had always wanted to see, vomited bitterness, hoped that the emperor would uphold justice, and presented a gift originally for Liu Chan of the Shu Kingdom.

A life-extending elixir!

In the end, under the operation of Cao Cao, the emperor accepted the tribute, and the emperor issued an edict, reprimanding Liu Chan and ordering him to repent.

On the court, the envoy of Baisongzi Kingdom left satisfied.

Cao Cao is holding the elixir, and behind him is the emperor of the Han Dynasty who has no majesty.He watched the huge body of the envoy from the Baisongzi Kingdom go away, with a bit of caution in his eyes.

"Liu Chan really picked up a chicken that can lay golden eggs!"

(End of this chapter)