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In mid-April of the seventh year of Jian'an, at the north gate of Yecheng, Jizhou, Prime Minister Cao Cao led all civil and military officials out of the city to welcome the triumphant return of the Northern Expedition Army.

Ten days ago, General Cao Ren led an army of 160,000 to capture Changshan, successfully repelled Jizhou rebel general Ju Yi and his tens of thousands of troops under his tent, and recovered Zhongshan in one fell swoop. The Changshan Kingdom was a complete victory.

In this battle, Cao Ren's army completely expelled the rebels that had been entrenched in Jizhou for three years, wiped out more than 40,000 rebels from Ju Yi, captured 3,000 prisoners of war alive, seized countless war horses, food, weapons and other supplies. After the war, the rebel Ju Yi led the remaining troops to flee in a hurry, fled into the mountains and forests, and then retreated back to Bingzhou.

At the same time, Zhang He and Gao Lan led 50,000 troops to capture Zhongshan and then led their troops eastward to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Xiliang Army stranded in Bohai County. They attacked the cities and villages all the way, almost at the same time as Cao Ren's central army, successfully recaptured Bohai County, destroyed the port of the Xiliang Navy, and finally thousands of Xiliang soldiers fled into Youzhou in a hurry.

At this point, all the rebels in Hebei Xiliang's army were defeated, and Cao Cao finally recovered the entire territory of Jizhou, truly occupying the three prefectures of Ji, Qing and Yan, occupies Hebei and conquering the world.

Logically speaking, just tens of thousands of rebels and a small group of remnants of Xiliang Army are undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for Cao Cao, who has more than 500,000 troops, and is not worth mentioning at all. But this is not the case.

In fact, the Ju Yi rebels who occupied Changshan and Zhongshan counties were very difficult to deal with and plagued Cao Cao's army for three years. During this period, Cao Cao sent a large army to encircle and suppress the enemy every year, but the Ju Yi rebels had strong combat power and were extremely cunning, which caused Cao's army to lose troops and lose generals. They also consumed a lot of money, food and supplies, but the end result was that they were defeated repeatedly and were futile.

Especially last autumn, Cao Cao personally led the 15th army to suppress the rebels. He fought for more than four consecutive months, but he still suffered more defeats and won fewer results. He never could do anything to the rebels. After repeated attacks, Cao Cao became fierce. After the spring, he mobilized 100,000 troops to reinforce and encircle and suppress them, appointed Cao Ren as the chief general of the central army, and led a main army of 180,000 to attack Changshan. Then he ordered Zhang He and the two generals Gao Lan to lead a 70,000-man division to attack Zhongshan. The two groups of troops launched an attack at the same time and attacked fiercely. He did not leave a chance to breathe in the rebels, and strive to achieve success in one battle, completely eliminate the rebels, and wipe out all the enemy troops left in Hebei.

As long as the kung fu was deep, the iron rod was ground into a needle. After Cao Cao mobilized more than 200,000 troops to encircle and suppress the enemy, Ju Yi's rebels were alone and were defeated and fled. The Cao army used the power of great victory to attack Bohai County. While recovering the lost territory, it also destroyed the Xiliang Army's naval base in one fell swoop, completely eradicating all potential threats in Hebei.

In May of the seventh year of Jian'an, half a month after Cao Ren's army returned from victory, there were lights and decorations inside and outside Ye City. More than 200,000 Cao's army and more than 100,000 people gathered in the eastern suburbs to witness the grand ceremony of Prime Minister Cao Cao's sacrifice to heaven and earth.

Then, Cao Cao ascended the throne and became emperor, and was honored with the 95th reign, and established the country as "Wei". He established the capital of Yecheng, and ruled the world.

Later, the Northern Wei emperor Cao Cao posthumously named Yuan Shao as King of Bohai, and appointed Cao Ren as General of Cavalry. He commanded the three armies; he appointed Cao Hong as General of the Guard, Cao Chun as General of the Front, Cao Zhen as General of the Right, Cao Xiu as General of the Left; he appointed Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan as General of the Chariot and Cavalry, and Yuan Shang as General of the Later.

Zhang He was granted the title of General of the Eastern Expedition, Gao Lan was granted the title of General of the Northern Expedition, Jiang Qi was granted the title of General of the Southern Expedition, and Qianzhao was granted the title of General of the Western Expedition. More than 100 generals were granted the title of General of the Nine Ministers, more than 200 generals were appointed as generals and marquis, and the remaining generals were rewarded.

More than ten civil officials and counselors under Cao Cao's command, including Cheng Yu, Xu You, Chen Qun, Guo Tu, Ju Su, Zhong Yao, Chen Lin, Liu Ye, Man Chong, etc., were all promoted and ranked as ministers. The remaining officials at all levels were rewarded, at least one level. Xun Yu was still the Minister of Shangshu Ling, and he was the only important official who had not received any reward after Cao Cao became emperor. All other civil officials and counselors were granted titles, and all their official positions were above him.

At the same time, Emperor Cao Cao of Wei announced the world that he appointed Li Li of Xiliang as King of Liang, Liu Biao of Jingzhou as King of Chu, and ordered the two landlords and ministers of Jingzhou to submit to the rule of the Great Wei. Anyone who voluntarily surrendered would be spared and promoted to three levels. If King Liang and King Chu were willing to lead the people to submit, the Emperor of Wei would be on an equal footing with the two vassal kings and rule the world together.

As soon as the announcement of Emperor Wei came out, the world was in an uproar and a sensation suddenly broke out. Within half a month, it quickly spread throughout the prefectures, counties and counties of the Han Dynasty. At this point, since the death of Emperor Han, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao's brothers became emperors one after another. Five years later, another emperor appeared in the world, namely Emperor Cao Cao Cao Mengde of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Because Emperor Cao Cao of Wei founded the country in Hebei and the three states under his rule were all in the north, the people of each state called it "Northern Wei".

At the same time, although Cao Cao announced that the world would change the reign and found the country, changing the seventh year of Jian'an to the first year of Huangchu, the Wei State had only three states, and the newly issued year names were limited to the use of Wei State, and the Jian'an year names were still used in other prefectures and counties in the Central Plains. Even the civil and military officials under Cao Cao also used the Jian'an year names, and the Huangchu year names were only used when the decrees were issued.

In the two months after Cao Cao ascended the throne and became emperor, the world became more and more peaceful, and even the frictions and local struggles on the borders of various forces disappeared. The forces of Li Li, Xiliang and Liu Biao in Jingzhou remained silent about the founding of Cao Wei, with no signs of mobilizing troops, nor any written congratulations or condemnations. After two months, the two princes did not respond at all. Everything was brewing in silence, sublimating in brewing, and erupting in sublimation.

Another month passed by inadvertently. In early August, explosive news suddenly came from Jingzhou, which had been silent for three months, causing another uproar after the founding of Cao Wei.

Bingzhou, Shangdang County Magistrate's Office.

Today is the day when Li Liyu County Government Lobby holds a banquet for Zhang Yan and Xu Huang, who are about to rush to Heishan Camp, have a farewell day.

In the past three months, the Bingzhou Army and the Hanoi Army have completed the rotation of defense.

Nowadays, Jia Xu serves as the governor of Bingzhou, taking charge of all the troops and horses of Bingzhou and Heishan camps, totaling 240,000 troops; Chen Gong takes over as the governor of Sili, and takes charge of the 100,000 Bingzhou troops under Tengxiao's tent in Henei. In addition, Xu Rong is still the governor of Youzhou, commanding more than 100,000 troops to guard Youzhou. In addition to Nanyang County, the remaining Central Plains prefectures and counties have maintained their original state, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Yangzhou.

During this period, no matter how the situation changes, Li Li always properly dispatched troops and generals according to the original plan without any interference. When the news of Cao Cao ascending the throne and becoming emperor reached his ears, he smiled faintly and casually placed Cao Cao's announcement on the general's case without being moved. The book still has been placed on the desk, and has not moved for three consecutive months, and is still in its original position.

Although the civil and military officials in Bingzhou jointly persuaded them to advance, Li Li raised his hand to stop them before they could speak, and said, "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, wait a little longer", which made everyone want to support their lord ascend the throne and become emperor, but they couldn't open their mouths and had no choice but to do anything.

After the rotation of troops was completed, the Feiyan Light Cavalry under Zhang Yan's tent, and the Feiyan Light Cavalry and Xu Huang's tent were ordered to station the Heishan camp and were responsible for harassing Jizhou. The light cavalry of Zhang Yan's troops had already gone to Heishan to prepare for the camp for the army. After all, Heishan was originally Zhang Yan's base camp. Even if he was ordered to station Heishan this time, he would return to his old business again after eight years. Zhang Yan was the main general of the Heishan camp, so he brought his personal soldiers to Shangdang, waited for Li Li's admonition and advice, and escorted food, grass and supplies to return to Heishan with Xu Huang's tent.

When the banquet was about to end, Guo Jia and Jia Xu hurried into the lobby. The more than 30 generals who had entered the camp first put down their wine bottles and looked at them in unison. Although they didn't know what had happened, the generals could guess from the solemn expressions of Guo Jia and Jia Xu that something unusual must have happened again.

Walking quickly to the upper hall, Guo Jia did not shy away from the attention of the generals and reported urgently: "Lord, Liu Biao of Jingzhou has ascended the throne and become emperor!"

"Oh? Liu Biao has been promoted to emperor!" Li Li responded in surprise, with a look on his face a little confused, and he pondered in a daze: "Since Liu Biao has become emperor, he is almost seventy years old now. He is already at the age of Killi Wood and is still so impulsive. What's the use of him being promoted to emperor at such an old age?"

Obviously, Li Li was quite surprised by Liu Biao's ascension to the throne, which can be said to be completely beyond his expectations. If Guo Jia had not said it in public, he would not even believe it was true, and he would have thought it was a false news without thinking. However, this statement came from Guo Jia's mouth, so Li Li could not believe it because Guo Jia would not lie to him, and there was no reason to fabricate such meaningless rumors.

Seeing Li Li's sceptic look on his face, Guo Jia took out a stack of letters from his sleeve, bowed to the steps and handed them to Li Li, while Jia Xu held a roll of bamboo slips on the handsome desk.

The moment he took the letter, Li Li saw that there were only a dozen words on the letter: "Liu Biao proclaimed himself emperor, established the capital of Xiangyang, and inherited the Han imperial throne." This was the news sent back by Eagle Eye, and there was also a seal of Eagle Eye's head who was in charge of all the information in Jingzhou. It was absolutely reliable. These words revealed a lot of information, and Liu Biao really ascended the throne and became emperor.

After reading the letter, Li Li was already convinced that what Guo Jia said was true. Three months after Cao Cao became emperor, another emperor appeared in the world, and he also claimed to be orthodox Han Dynasty. He glanced at the book slate handed over by Jia Xu. Li Li didn't need to read it at all, and knew that it was also a notice document, just like the Cao Wei announcement placed on the desk, the content was similar, so Li Li did not rush to open the book slate to check it, but closed his eyes and pondered.

At this moment, Li Li sighed in his heart: "It's really strange that happens every year, and this year it's a lot! In just a few months, two emperors appeared in the world, one in his prime, while the other is already old. From when did the emperor become so worthless, and he can be an emperor if he is an individual!"

As soon as he thought of this, Li Li suddenly opened his eyes and smiled and said, "I won't read the book script. All the generals stretched their necks and waited to hear the details. Since this is the case, I will work hard to tell everyone about the contents of the book script, as well as the differences between Liu Biao's proclaimed emperor and the founding of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Try to save time so that the generals will not worry about it and delay the army's journey."

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