Your Majesty, please spare Diao Chan; your yang energy is too strong.

He hasn't stood still in these three years.

They joined forces with many powerful clans in Jiangdong.

The number of soldiers has now increased by 100,000.

Even before he received Yuan Shu's troops, he had an army of 200,000.

They acquired nearly 80,000 troops from Yuan Shu.

In addition, there are 100,000 newly recruited.

His army had reached a staggering 400,000 men.

With so many troops, it would be difficult to support them all if Jiangdong were to rely solely on them.

But don't forget that Zhou Heng has Jiang Huai under his command.

There are also two extremely wealthy families.

No pressure at all.

Why was Zhou Heng able to gain the support of the powerful families of Jiangdong, while Sun Ce could not?

A very simple truth.

Sun Ce's strength was too weak. He entered Jiangdong entirely through violent means, which could only exert strong pressure.

Naturally, many people disagree.

Zhou Heng has absolutely no need for that.

His forces are powerful, and no family in Jiangdong would dare to oppose Zhou Heng unless they are fools.

They are even very welcoming.

Compared to Sun Ce, that violent maniac, Zhou Heng was undoubtedly much better.

So there is actually no conflict between them.

Zhou Heng wanted to successfully subdue them.

They also used the method of marriage alliance.

As for the powerful families, we can reorganize them slowly later. Right now, the powerful families are a formidable force.

Offending them at this time would be a losing proposition.

The world was not yet unified.

There will inevitably be some trouble then.

Therefore, the best approach now is to establish a cooperative relationship with them.

What could be better than a marriage alliance with a powerful family?

So during this period, Zhou Heng was extremely busy.

He married the daughter of the Bu family in a grand and elaborate ceremony.

She was Bu Lianshi, who later became Sun Quan's empress.

She is the daughter of the Xu family and the future wife of Sun Xu, the third brother of Sun Ce.

She was also a very famous beauty.

The two Qiao sisters of Jiangdong need no further introduction.

There are also some top beauties from various prominent families.

Under these circumstances, do you think the powerful families of Jiangdong would support Zhou Heng?

Of course, it's impossible not to support it.

This is why Zhou Heng was able to defeat Jiangdong so decisively that it was like an iron barrel.

Strong.

He conquered the world by relying on women.

It's a little embarrassing to talk about.

But for both aristocratic families and various powerful forces, this is undoubtedly the best solution.

Zhou Heng has so many wives that even he himself doesn't know how many he has now.

The earliest Mi Zhen was naturally the first wife.

After all, she was the first person to support his power. If he didn't make her his first wife, what would others think?

Zhou Heng would never make such a basic mistake.

Next are Diao Chan, Lü Lingqi, Madam Gan, and Madam Du.

There are also the five beauties of the Zhen family, Zhao Yu, Madam Yuan (second wife), Madam Feng, and Zhang Ning.

Finally, there are the Jiangdong aristocratic families.

The Two Qiaos of Jiangdong, Madam Xu, Bu Lianshi, Madam Zhang, and so on.

There are about twenty in total.

It may seem like a lot, but if you consider him as the leader of a force...

That's a pitifully small number.

Therefore, during this period, Zhou Heng's civil and military officials were still busy arranging for him to take concubines.

After all, not having children is a very difficult thing.

In the past three years, quite a few wives have become pregnant.

However, most of them were daughters; there were no sons at all.

This gave them the creeps.

They searched almost every beautiful woman in Jiangdong.

Zhou Heng was naturally happy with this situation.

They even went so far as to seek out Hua Tuo specifically for this matter.

I created a set of Five Animal Frolics exercises.

Various prescriptions for strengthening the body and improving health also have considerable benefits.

It's not bad at all.

.............

Finally, two years later, Zhou Heng's first son was born.

The name was Zhou Tian.

The sky of Zhou Tian Xing Dou.

The meaning is self-evident.

In the past two years, Zhou Heng has taken in many more concubines.

The most noteworthy of mention is Cao Cao's daughter.

There was no other way; although the two sides were already rivals, it didn't prevent them from forming a marriage alliance.

After all, this way, no matter who loses in the future...

They will always leave the other party a way out.

Even if they leave no way out, they won't harm the other party's family.

This was also a basic tactic used in battles during the Three Kingdoms period.

Don't think that just because everyone is fighting and killing each other, it doesn't matter.

In reality, the Three Kingdoms period was essentially a war between allies.

You see, in the original novel, Liu Bei's wife, Sun Shangxiang, was Sun Quan's sister.

Liu Bei's third brother, Zhang Fei's wife, was Xiahou Dun's niece.

Xiahou Dun was Cao Cao's brother...

Anyway, the relationships are complicated.

Ultimately, it's just a case of family members fighting each other.

That's the situation now too.

Moreover, Zhou Heng had a familial bond with Cao Cao.

Naturally, they wouldn't refuse such a request.

The main reason was that Cao Cao wanted to become Zhou Heng's father-in-law.

Even though I can't have you, being your father-in-law is still a very interesting thing, isn't it?

Boss Cao immediately agreed.

He directly ordered his daughter, Cao Jie, to marry Zhou Heng.

It's incredibly fantastical.

But that's what it is.

Because in this way, regardless of which side gains control of the country in the future.

At least neither side will completely wipe out the other.

In Cao Cao's mind, Zhou Heng was the only person in the entire world who was qualified to compete with him for the throne.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou were nothing but fleeting clouds.

As for Liu Bei, he was a homeless dog and not worth mentioning.

Mr. Cao even felt it wasn't enough, so he gave him several more daughters.

He even had his good brother Xiahou Dun send his niece Xiahou Juan over as well.

If we can use this relationship to win over Zhou Heng.

Cao Cao was naturally very happy to unify the world without bloodshed.

If not, it can at least guarantee that whoever gains power in the future will not cause a large-scale massacre.

Why not?

Zhou Heng naturally had no reason to refuse.

And so........

The relationship between the two parties has been deepened.

They became father-in-law and son-in-law.

Cao Jie was no ordinary person; those who knew her knew she was the future Empress of the Han Dynasty.

Her natural good looks go without saying.

It was really awesome.

Xiahou Juan is also the future wife of Zhang Fei, the Great Buddha.

They got along quite well.

And this son just so happens to be born to Boss Cao's daughter.

This is just so surreal!

But no matter what, he is the eldest son.

Zhou Heng still kept him under Mi Zhen's command.

If Mi Zhen has nowhere to go in the future.

This is Zhou Heng's successor.

That's really interesting.

Grandson hits grandfather?

Grandfather hitting grandson?

It's incredibly refreshing and tangy.

Of course, besides having offspring.

In the past two years, Zhou Heng's strategic moves in Xichuan have finally begun to take action.

Zhang Song believed that, given Liu Zhang's abilities, he was no longer capable of leading them to greater heights in the future.

Therefore, we need to find a backup plan.

He originally wanted to go find Cao Cao, but after Zhou Heng sent him money for several years, he changed his mind.

Naturally, one's mind becomes biased.