The eldest brother stayed in Xiangyang for five days and discussed with Ma Liang and Ma Su that his brothers went to Xiliang to replace Sima Yi and assist Ma Dai.

At present, Sima Yi publicly admitted his identity with a heart of burning his life, and even took the name of unfilial piety. As the eldest brother said, it is indeed a bit embarrassing to let him stay in Xiliang again.

The situation in Liangzhou is gradually stabilizing. Although Cao's army still has done some tricks and igniting chaos from time to time, it is basically difficult to achieve great things.

It can be said that Sima Yi has completed his mission quite well and asked him to return to Lujiang, just at the right time.

The eldest brother was very relieved about Ma Liang's talent and stability, and he was more worried about Ma Su. Ma Su had just started his army from Lumen Mountain before the New Year, and then he was under Xu Shu's command to provide military and political strategies.

Xu Shu, who became more and more steady in character, attached great importance to his junior brother and treated him with the strictest requirements, so as to hone Ma Su's mind and increase his experience.

It should be said that Ma Su did not disappoint the expectations of his senior brothers. He showed outstanding staff talent in less than a year of office.

But he is young and energetic, easy to be impulsive, and there is still a big gap between being alone and someone must give some restrictions. As his elder brother, Ma Liang should be a good partner.

But even so, my elder brother had a separate long talk with Ma Su. Although I didn’t know what my elder brother said, when I saw Ma Su again, the excitement hidden under his forced calm expression could not be hidden in my eyes.

The day before the eldest brother returned to Lujiang, Ma Liang and Ma Su brothers set out for Xiliang first. They first entered Hanzhong by Shangyong, and then sent people to escort them by Lu Dai, who was stationed in Shiquan, and arrived in Liangzhou on Qishan Road.

Although the road is a bit rugged, the places we pass through are under the control of our army, so there is no problem with safety.

After heading to Xiliang, Ma Liang's official position would be Taizhong Dafu. He also led the chief of General Zhengbei's Mansion, while Ma Su was appointed as the head of General Zhengbei's Mansion.

The vacant position of Jingzhou will be replaced by Gu Yong, the prefect of Nanjun, and the prefect of County Magistrate Xi Zhen, will be taken over by Nanjun.

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I did not return to Lujiang with my elder brother. The army that was returning to the Western Expedition and the personnel changes in Jingzhou all require me to stay in the stable situation.

At the same time, 5,000 good horses from Liangzhou have arrived in Hanzhong, and they will have to send someone to accept them in a few days.

A great convenience brought by Ma Dai's regaining Liangzhou is that our army does not have to worry about war horses. During last year's Northern Expedition.

The wind cavalry suffered a lot, and the losses of personnel were not difficult to replenish, but the lack of war horses made people helpless.

In recent years, although Jingbei has also begun to try to raise horses, the war horses they have cultivated are just for load transportation, but are not suitable for equiping cavalry to charge and fight.

As Gongsun Kang was about to be destroyed, it was also impossible to supply war horses from Liaodong.

In order to supplement the losses of the Fengqi army, we have almost exhausted spare horses. In this case, the capture of Liangzhou is like the rain of long drought.

Liangzhou is the origin of the three great horses in the Han Dynasty. Liangzhou horses are famous for their tall and strong sprinting power, and are an excellent variety of war horses. It is precisely because of the strength of Liangzhou horses that Dong Zhuo and the Ma family army were able to traverse the Western Xinjiang and steer the Central Plains.

These 5,000 Liangzhou horses were just the first batch of war horses raised by Ma Dai. In the future, as long as the storage conditions are good, war horses will continue to come.

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On November 18, 2018, the eldest brother returned to Lujiang.

At the first court meeting he presided over, he decided to accept the surrender of Yang Feng, the leader of the Southern Central Barbarian Division, and merged with Yizhou (a county under Yizhou, with county governed by Dianchi), Yongchang, and Guanxi, and set up the Anman General to unified the Southern Central Barbarian Division. Yang Feng was awarded the first Anman General.

In the future, every Anman general will need to be officially appointed by the court.

The system of pavilion and pavilion in the southern county was restored. The imperial court appointed the leaders of various barbarian divisions to serve as county, township, and pavilion officials, and granted seals and rewarded titles.

In addition, the court will open an official school specifically for the barbarians in the three counties of Nanzhong, including the Five Classics, Agriculture, Calculation, and Law, to teach Chinese characters and teach agricultural and sericulture skills.

At the same time, the imperial court ordered the Jingzhou Governor's Governor to provide 3,000 stones of grain to solve the urgent needs of the Southern Central Barbarians. It also opened the barbarian market in the two counties of Wuling and Guiyang.

It has a full-time management department, allowing barbarians to exchange various civilian materials including grain and agricultural tools for fur goods, copper, iron ore, tea, medicinal materials, gold, silver and jade.

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It's late November.

The latest battle situation in Liaodong reached Lujiang, and then passed to Xiangyang through Lujiang. Facing Cao Cao, who had no room for anything, Gongsun Kang fought to the death with the help of the geographical advantage and asked for help from the three Koreans, he still irreversibly headed towards the end of the road.

Although Fa Zheng, who was hiding behind the scenes, also offered many strategies with several Liaodong officials who acted as internal support, Gongsun Kang himself made many tricks, which made Fa Zheng sigh that he was powerless to turn things around.

By November, Cao's army surrounded Xiangping. Although Gongsun Kang was shameless and wanted to surrender to survive, Cao Cao did not give him any chance and directly sent the envoy's head back to Xiangping.

Faced with this internal and external troubles, especially after the reinforcements from the three Korean areas were ambushed and slaughtered by Cao Cao, Gongsun Kang completely lost hope and committed suicide with his brother Gongsun Gong and his family.

The rest of the city asked Cao Cao to surrender again with the heads of the Gongsun brothers, and was granted permission, and Liaodong was pacified.

Realizing that something was wrong, Fa Zheng boarded the Shanghai ship first and headed south back to Donglai County, Qingzhou.

The fall of Gongsun Kang made the world truly enter a two-part state——Big Brother and Cao Cao completely controlled the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

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On December 14th, the first snow in winter still did not stop, and the chill became thicker.

Sima Yi, who completed the handover with his brothers Ma Liang, returned to Xiangyang from Liangzhou on that day.

"It's snowing in Liangzhou, and it's snowing in Jingzhou. It seems that Yi is really destined to be Fengxue..." After the ceremony, Sima Yi, who was full of dust, said to me with a smile.

Sima Yi in front of him has lost a lot of weight and darker than when he had not gone to Liangzhou more than a year ago, and even a little white color appears between his temples. And even if he enters the new year in ten days, he is actually only 32 years old.

Staying in Liangzhou for more than a year is like aging five years old, but his eyes are still wise and profound, and his mental state is also quite good.

"It happened to be Zhongda caught up with the first snow in Jingzhou. It seems that the sky is here to welcome you back with this snow!" I patted Sima Yi's shoulder and laughed heartily.

Sima Yi smiled happily.

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That night, I held a banquet in the governor's mansion to welcome Sima Yi.

At the banquet, I did not invite anyone else. It was just me and Sima Yi. The two of them were watching the falling snow of goose feathers, while drinking and talking on the charcoal fire.

"The snow in Jingzhou is not as big as that in Liangzhou, and it is so fierce..." Withdrawing back the gaze outside the gaze hall, Sima Yi drank a sip of hot wine and sighed, "When Yi left, it was already the fourth snow in Liangzhou. Although it was so cold.

But it has a unique flavor from the foreign land, which is very different from Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

If the general has the chance in the future, he might as well go to Liangzhou to have a look..."

"Uh..." As if he remembered something, Sima Yi chuckled with a self-deprecating smile, "Yi forgot. The general is from Zhuo County and is used to the wind and snow..."

I listened to Sima Yi’s story with a smile, but asked a few questions from time to time. Sima Yi gave me another different feeling, that is, he was a little more talkative. He didn’t seem a little gloomy and taciturn when his identity was not revealed.

"A month ago, Gongsun Kangye was destroyed, and Cao Cao pacified Liaodong..." I told the story of Liaodong.

"Cao Cao was just a matter of a future trouble, and there were many hidden dangers behind him..." After a brief thought, Sima Yi did not express any feelings about the fall of Gongsun Kang, but quickly thought about the possible impact on Liu and Cao. "The Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuhuan and other alien races are not good people.

It’s like a hawk and wolf, it may be pacified and used when full. If you are hungry, you will have a backlash.”

Putting down the wine lord in his hand, Sima Yi thought about it and said, "Liang Xi, the governor of Bingzhou, and Meng Jian, the prefect of Hexi, are quite not simple. These two people deal with the Xianbei and the Huns, and their methods are excellent and should not be underestimated."

"Meng Jian?" I raised my eyebrows and said in a slight surprise. This name is both familiar and unfamiliar to me, and I also went out of the Lumen. I also went out of the army with Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. It was a pity that this great sage, who was named a talent in a state by Zhuge Liang.

In the end, he chose to join Cao Cao with Shi Tao. Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong also felt great regret for this.

However, if Sima Yi didn't mention it, I would never have thought of this person for a while.

"Speaking of this, Yi was actually plotted by him once..." After a smile, Sima Yi sighed lightly, "However, even if Cao Cao has many talents, the general trend of the world is unchanged.

No matter how strong the manpower is, it is hard to defeat the number of days. The Han Dynasty will eventually prosper again in the hands of the lord, lord, and generals!”

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On December 23, Sima Yi and I returned to Lujiang together.

The eldest brother went out of the city 30 miles in person just to welcome Sima Yi.

"It's hard for Zhongda..." Sima Yi, who gently lifted up the bent body to salute, just said with a smile.

Sima Yi's body trembled slightly, and he didn't say anything. He just slowly leaned forward to the ground a few days ago, closed his hands, and gave a deep salute again.

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The next day, Sima Yi participated in the Lujiang imperial meeting for the first time in his true identity.

Because of assisting Ma Dai in seizing Liangzhou, Sima Yi was appointed as the Marquis of Yanglingting and Zhengcheng of Jin. Because the current Zong Zhengqing Liu Chan was underage, Sima Yi implemented the power of Zong Zhengqing.

In the following days, Sima Yi visited the civil and military officials who had been implicated in the Lujiang Rebellion one by one to show his repentance.

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Amidst the laughter and joy, Zhang He Three Years became history.

Just this year, in nine months, the armistice agreement between my elder brother and Cao Cao will expire.
Chapter completed!