Chapter 250

Gu Yi also let the three of them get what they wanted as agreed before.

Zhang Song was arranged to work in the Secretariat, becoming Li Ru's deputy.

Possessing the ability to never forget what he sees, he was quite handy in administrative matters.

The last two remaining were Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu.

Because Zhang Lu married his sister Zhang Mei to Gu Yi, he was considered half a connection, so naturally, he could not be arranged without any official position.

At Gu Yi's suggestion.

Zhang Lu was appointed as "Grand Historian."

The Grand Historian of the Han Dynasty was responsible for managing astronomy and calendar calculations.

Commonly known as fortune-telling.

That is to say, Zhang Lu became the "Celestial Master Zhang" in the true sense.

In the future, he would be specifically responsible for things like fortune-telling.

As for things in military and administrative affairs, Celestial Master Zhang had no say at all.

The nature of Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu was different.

Because he was not a connection, and he had no special skills.

Gu Yi simply did not confer him an official position, but casually stuffed a title to him.

For the rest of his life, he would be a wealthy man in Chang'an City.

However, for Liu Zhang, this could be considered a pretty good ending.

He was not the kind of warlord who was ambitious and hoped to dominate the world.

Being a wealthy man, at least he didn't have to worry about food and drink.

He could also have plenty of time to cultivate his sentiments and stay away from worldly disputes.

……

After arranging these trivial matters.

Gu Yi gave himself a vacation and took several beautiful concubines to travel around Chang'an.

After a full half-month, he returned to the city again.

And on the second day after returning to the city.

Gu Yi received news from the Guandong side.

Cao Cao and Tao Qian fought fiercely not long ago because of the death of Cao Song.

Chen Gong, Zhang Miao, and others took advantage of Cao Cao's absence from Yanzhou to launch a rebellion.

But because of Gu Yi's butterfly effect.

Lu Bu was still staying well in Chang'an, so naturally, he would not interfere with the rebellion launched by Chen Gong and Zhang Miao.

Therefore.

Chen Gong and Zhang Miao were soon defeated by Cao Cao, who returned to Yanzhou after withdrawing troops from Xuzhou.

Zhang Miao died, and Chen Gong fled in defeat.

Afterward, Cao Cao wanted to go to war with Tao Qian again.

But under the persuasion of Xun Chen, a strategist under Yuan Shao, he decided to stop the war with Tao Qian.

Because Tao Qian had already been scared by Cao Cao in the previous war.

Finally, Tao Qian decided to cede a commandery and pay Cao Cao grain and equipment as the price to sign this ceasefire agreement.

Meanwhile.

The three Liu Bei brothers, who should have appeared on the Xuzhou battlefield, had actually disappeared!

It is said that after these three finished helping Kong Rong in Beihai, they went south with more than a thousand people, not knowing where they went.

Gu Yi suspected that Liu Bei was very likely to have gone to Huainan.

After all.

The strength of this fellow Yuan Shu, under the blow of Sun Jian and Sun Ce's father and son, was much weaker than in history.

Most of his territory was currently still in Yuzhou, and only a small part spread to Huainan.

In other words.

The large fertile land of Huainan was still ownerless land at this time.

With the ability of that fellow Liu Bei to find gaps, it was highly likely that he would set his sights on Huainan.

And meanwhile.

In the land of Hebei, the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan was also reported by the spies of Dong Zhuo's army.

For some reason, the two sides suddenly withdrew their troops.

Yuan Shao even gave up several cities that had already been captured by him!

You know.

The relationship between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan had basically reached the point of life and death.

Three thousand White Horse Followers were all buried at the hands of the Vanguard Warriors in the Battle of Jieqiao.

As a result, these two sides suddenly made such a move, which was really unusual.

Thinking of the reason why Cao Cao and Tao Qian suddenly stopped the war, a conjecture faintly emerged in Gu Yi's heart.

This group of Guandong warlords is highly likely to form a coalition again in the near future!

Although.

After the big fish eating small fish mode, the strength of the remaining group of Guandong warlords has grown much more than before.

But correspondingly.

The strength of Dong Zhuo's army is also stronger than before!

Moreover, the factional contradictions within Dong Zhuo's army have basically been resolved.

Even if the Guandong warlords come to commit crimes again, they will not get any benefits.

"Hehe, but since this group of guys wants to form a coalition again,"

"Might as well let me have a hand in it."

A poisonous strategy that can both make this group of coalition forces a mess and strike the Guandong aristocratic families behind them emerged in Gu Yi's heart!

Coalition, coalition.

As the name suggests, it is a group of weak people united to attack the strong.

As long as it is a coalition, the heart cannot be unified.

Not to mention the coalition established by a combination of warlords like Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao, and Tao Qian, who all had their own ulterior motives.

……

Huainan

In Shouchun City

Standing on the city tower looking at this city that already completely belonged to him, Liu Bei was filled with emotion.

Because of Gu Yi's various butterfly effects, the original history deviated.

In the original history, after Liu Bei rescued Kong Rong in Beihai, he should have gone south to help Tao Qian resist Cao Cao.

But this time, Liu Bei did not choose to do so.

Instead, he went around from the direction of Haixi Commandery in Xuzhou.

Bringing Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and more than a thousand elites cheated from Gongsun Zan, he went straight into the hinterland of Huainan.

Yuan Shu and Sun Ce were fighting to the death in Yuzhou.

Resulting in Yuan Shu never being able to successfully expand his influence to Huainan.

Huainan today.

There was no integrated big force to occupy it.

Basically, only a group of mountain bandits and aristocratic families were kings here.

Liu Bei took the opportunity to drill a hole.

He had more than a thousand elites and the two people Guan and Zhang in his hands.

On this land of Huainan, it can be said that gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas.

After a month of fighting.

The troops under Liu Bei had expanded from more than a thousand to more than ten thousand.

After sacrificing his identity as a member of the Han royal family.