Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 219 It's all my own people, it's okay to be sour

Zhuge Liang and Chen Deng's family letters soon reached Xuzhou.

When the Zhuge family in Langya was actually in Xuzhou, they were indeed planning to move home. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao did not slaughter the city for revenge, and did not offend the local people and gentry.

Even, at the beginning, it was still beneficial to the people and opened warehouses to release grain.

Cao Cao at that time, all the people in Xuzhou thought that he was going to massacre the city and would not let go of any chance of revenge, but the results were quite different.

Therefore, in the hearts of Xuzhou people, there is still a sense of gratitude. After all, they let hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou go.

Soon the news spread like wildfire, and the common people and other gentry heard the news, knowing that something big was going to happen, and soon they heard that the common people in Jizhou were going to re-register their household registration.

Many people will understand this news. Most of the gentry in Jizhou are loyal to Yuan Shao, and the important figures in the family and even their family property have been taken away by Yuan Shao when Yuan Shao retreated. It is useless for Xu Zhen to keep them.

The slaves among the gentry were not as good as they were withdrawn. After the slaves in the family fled with the war, they could still return to the fields of each family to farm. For them, farming for themselves is similar to farming for the big man.

Anyway, the food has to be handed over as tax, and I can only keep enough. The slaves have no ambition in their hearts, and they can only be loyal. After all, they are going to die, and they have to be slaves to have a bite to eat.

It is not an exaggeration to be a dead soldier for the gentry.

But now that the news has spread, there are speculations.

"Re-registration, the lord wants to have a son."

"Who doesn't want it? People are labor. The income of internal affairs these years depends on people. These slaves can join the army in the future."

"Youzhou and Bingzhou will continue to fight. If you don't want soldiers and horses now, where will the soldiers and horses come from!? Aren't slaves the best candidates, as long as they are caught, they can join the army. Shaozhi can be a dead man."

"If you have slaves in your family, you should follow the example of Zhuge Biejia and Chen Duwei. Both of them are confidantes of princes and marquises. It is said that they told the family members to separate the slaves from the clan. Apart from farming the land, the rest formed a caravan. You can walk in Jizhou territory, or go to various states and counties."

"In the future, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and the Huainan part of Yangzhou will all have to trade back and forth, and there will be prosperity."

"Okay, okay! I'll let the slaves in my family form a caravan, even if it's just to buy some rice, it's convenient to go north and south."

For a time, for more than ten consecutive days, there were hundreds of caravans in Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou, and more than [-] people brought goods in the caravans, and they kept going everywhere. The main sellers were Food and fodder, as well as condiments used in the kitchen, as well as cloth, ready-made clothes, etc.

The roads are very lively, especially in Jizhou. While the city is being rebuilt and the roads are being built, traffic can be seen on both water and land roads. At first, it was just to pretend to be a businessman and walk once or twice. Short-distance routes, and later found that commercial roads are also sold, and the farmland at home does not need so many people to look after it, and the roads are indeed safe.

Those black mountain thieves and horse thieves back then have all disappeared, and gradually more and more horses and horses are on the road, and the business road is full of such a peaceful scene, as if back before Lingdi.

At this time, it was within the mountains outside Yecheng, Jizhou.

In the village hidden among the mountains and forests, there are figures of horses, and horse manure can be seen everywhere. There are countless bandits gathered here in the deep village. The leader has a generous body, strong hands, wearing a short robe, disheveled hair, and a rough face. But not ugly.

"General! We really surrendered!"

"Many brothers have already moved their minds. If so many passing caravans are looted, they will have enough food for a year, at least tens of thousands of shi."

"General, let's get ready, whether to surrender or continue to occupy, we will follow."

"Since the Montenegro Uprising, he has been following the general. Although he is defeated now, he has not completely lost power."

"Brothers," Zhang Yan raised his hands, and the twittering voice immediately suppressed. His voice was very thick, he was brave and capable, agile, and extremely prestigious. "If we start looting again, we will have trouble with Xu Bowen." .”

"I have already sent people to investigate this Xu Zhen. Like you and me, he was born as a commoner, but now he is a county lord! There are six thousand households in the city!"

"General Han, Jizhou Mu."

"When he was in power, when he arrived in Jizhou, he opened a warehouse to release grain, and collected and resettled the people who were plundered by Yuan Shao. Guaranteed household use, all scattered for military funds and disaster relief.”

"As a result, under his command, he has more than a dozen civil and military officials who can be called celebrities. When appointing officials in various places, he is based on character and strives to seek the well-being of the people."

"If we rob, it is against benevolence and righteousness, and I can't do it."

Although Zhang Yan also came from a poor background, but he has studied, and he is a man of both civil and military skills among the bandits, otherwise he would not have secured the position of leader. This is in exchange for his personality charm.

What you say is clear and logical, easy to convince people, and you can control the scene in your hands with a few words.

At this moment, Zhang Yan and the others gathered their gazes together for a while, and then said: "Instead of writing letters to Xudu, we should vote for Xu Bowen directly."

"He also said in dialect that any bandit can return as a refugee and wait for Huizheng to gradually resettle him."

"Then we are not just bandits, we have also been in troubled generals, and it is not an exaggeration to go and surrender, and even help to quell the troubles of the Yuan brothers!"

This is also the reason why Zhang Yan can always get the name of a general in the village now, there are still many soldiers and horses who buy it, recognize him as a general, and regard themselves as a general of the Han Dynasty, not all of them are bandits.

Of course, in today's troubled times and the warlord's separatist rule, the bandits everywhere are sitting on pins and needles. Their dream is to be recruited, take the opportunity to retire and return to their hometown, and to arrange their remaining salary to live in peace.

It's not like being a bandit all your life, and you don't know where to die.

"That's right, listen to the general!"

"Since we have surrendered, we might as well submit to Xu Zhen. We don't have to ask Emperor Xudu for a title. We will station our soldiers and horses in Qinghe, and let our families rest in Jizhou."

"There are 10,000+ people here. Since Xu Zhen can even resettle refugees, if we sincerely beg, we will not sit idly by."

"In that case, then vote for Xu Zhen!"

"Directly vote for the Jizhou Army."

After Zhang Yan passed through the alliance between Youzhou and Gongsun Zan, and was defeated by Yuan Shao in the battle, many of his troops dispersed, but there were still 10,000+ people.

Of course, not all of these 10,000+ are elites, most of them are elderly veterans, as well as the disabled and sick, and some are even skinny, so they are not considered bandits.

Of course, the strength of the army varies, and if they are targeted by elite cavalry, they may be slaughtered like lambs with only five or six thousand soldiers, but if they hide in the mountains and forests, these people are confident that they can escape.

10,000+ people say it is a lot less, but they are all the people Xu Zhen wants most now, and most of them are the labor force, with only a few veterans and disabled soldiers.

Zhang Yan tossed her hair back and looked around. Most of the sights she saw were excited and expectant. No one was too depressed. It seemed that she had been a bandit for too long and wanted to find a chance to surrender.

Not to mention that Xu Zhen likes to cultivate new elites, but also wants to take advantage of Jizhou to change to a new state shepherd and become a normal commoner.

So Zhang Yan sent envoys to set off from the hidden place in the mountain, and a group of people brought gifts to Qinghe to meet Xu Zhen. Compared with Cao Cao, who had defeated the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan was more willing to deal with Xu Zhen.

If I remember correctly, when Cao Cao defeated the Black Mountain Army, Xu Zhen was still unknown and had never made his mark.

In fact, Xu Zhen was already in Cao Ying at that time, but he was just a small soldier. He was lucky enough to survive, so after returning, he was promoted to a small school because of his military exploits.

After half a day's journey, the envoy arrived at Qinghe, and it happened that Xu Zhen's parade during this period also ended and he returned to the Qinghe government office.

Received Zhang Yan's envoy, and accepted the surrender, and presented to the court of Xudu, named Zhang Yan General of Pingbei, and led the army to attack Youzhou in the future.

So Xu Zhen got 16 soldiers and horses, and retired more than 7 people after being streamlined. The remaining [-] were not elite, but they were all bandits, so their fighting qualities were not high. Xu Zhen ordered Zhang Yan to let the other generals lead the army to the army. The troops stationed in Bohai County, trained with Zhang Liao.

On the first day, when Zhang Yan went in person, he was overwhelmed by the tacit understanding and momentum of Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses.

It is not an exaggeration to use the phrase "advance and retreat together, brave and not afraid of death". It is true that the tens of thousands of Montenegro soldiers from the 3000 armor cavalry saw an unrivaled momentum, and indeed, everyone's personal military accomplishment is extremely high. Strong, not comparable to the general army, no wonder it is said to be an ever-victorious army.

The Black Mountain Army completely surrendered, and after returning to Jizhou, [-] soldiers and horses practiced day and night, waiting for the production of armaments, ration supplies, selection of elites, etc., and dispatched new generals to take up the post. Zhang Yan was left in Qinghe by Xu Zhen as a general .

Occasionally, I can go to the Bohai Sea to supervise the training of soldiers and horses, and to train sergeants.

This incident quickly spread throughout the counties and cities, and the officials and princes abroad could hear the news, which shocked the government and the public.

Why was Xu Zhen able to solve the black mountain bandits that Yuan Shao couldn't even deal with back then, and Zhang Yan personally sent an envoy to come to ask for his surrender? Numbers can be directly passed on to the world.

What is the charm of Xu Zhen?He De He Neng?
He himself only has [-] elite soldiers, and now he has another [-] reserves. After a year or two, these soldiers and horses are trained, so it will be fine. How could the Yuan brothers in Northern Xinjiang be Xu Zhen's opponents? They may not be able to stop Xu Zhen's army from attacking, not to mention that the two brothers are still fighting among themselves.

Not to mention that the civil and military people in Xudu couldn't figure it out, this matter was spread to the south as spy information, and Liu Bei in Jingzhou was bored for three nights in a row, trying to figure out why.

Jingzhou, Xinye.

Liu Bei, who failed to visit the virtuous, put his mind on political affairs, and Huang Tian paid off. This autumn, the harvest will benefit the people and gain a lot of popularity.

And because Liu Bei often plowed the fields, checked the land conditions with the people himself, and went to the river to rescue dangers. Whenever there was a disaster, he would take the lead and be praised. That's it, and the conscription was only a few thousand.

Storing [-] soldiers and horses in Xinye, the food and grass are not sufficient, and the armor is not well-organized. Fortunately, Liu Biao sent [-] shi of grain, [-] pairs of armor and weapons, and [-] high-quality horses in recognition of his political achievements. war horse.

Let Liu Bei be a little richer.

Everyone who is in charge of the territory looks forward to the prosperity of their subordinates.

But Liu Bei couldn't even dream of 10,000+ soldiers smashing into the camp with a bang, so he can only say that Xu Zhen's life is really good.

"Oh, jealousy..."

At this moment, there are all confidantes in the hall, so Liu Bei can vomit quickly, and he doesn't want to say anything else, just sour.

Acid to plasmolysis.

Sour to the point of losing my mind.

"Actually, it makes sense. At that time, Yuan Shao's subordinates were all gentry. Zhang Yan and other black mountain bandits probably hated the gentry the most. They revolted as thieves. They originally wanted to resist the cruel officials of the gentry and the eunuchs. Xu Zhen, and according to the news, if I remember correctly, Xu Zhen is demolishing the ancestral house of the gentry."

"This matter will cause scolding from scholars all over the world, and even generational hatred, but it will also make these thieves feel close... because why don't the Black Mountain thieves want to dismantle it?"

"Ugh!"

Liu Bei just felt bored. Now he heard that Xu Zhen was doing well, which was more uncomfortable than losing the hearts of the people himself.

Xu Bowen is full of evil.

There is no Wolong at all, or everyone is Wolong. As long as I go to Jingzhou and find anyone, I will think it is the Wolong he said at the beginning.

In fact, whether he said that or not, when I arrived in Jingzhou today, I would look for teachers and friends, and visit sages everywhere.

Xu Zhen's words were pure bastards.

To put it inscrutablely, I was so moved that I lied to my feelings!

I was moved for five years!Do you know how I spent the past five years! ! !
"My lord, I have a letter from Xiangyang, I want to invite my lord to meet Liu Jingzhou and discuss the banquet."

Liu Bei's heart skipped a beat.

Immediately glanced left and right, he didn't feel that something good happened, and if something abnormal happened, there must be a demon.

The invitation came suddenly at this time, and after the harvest was over, I am afraid that there is also a big matter to discuss.

"Why, come at this time?"

"My lord, do you want to go? Some time ago, I remember that Cai Mao ordered to withhold the money, food and cloth that was sent to us, and was reprimanded by Liu Biao before sending them back. I'm afraid it would be dangerous to go there," Jian Yong said in a deep voice, his face not very clear. nice.

Liu Bei fell into silence. The news from the north was enough to make him unhappy, and now he has caused new troubles. I am afraid that the banquet in Xiangyang is not specially set up for him, but it must be something important to talk about.

Even if he had to beat him, his elder brother was also worried that he would become a big man, and it would be a good thing to gain fame, but as an uncle himself, it might not be a good thing to gain fame in other people's territory.

"Xianhe, don't make wild guesses. The emperor is kind and won't treat me like this. I must be happy for my outstanding achievements in hosting a banquet now."

"Would it hurt me to have a banquet because of this, I should go immediately."

"Chen Dao."

"The last general is here!" Among the generals, a strong and handsome general stood up and clasped his fists. This man was Liu Bei's personal servant, with extraordinary bravery and courage.

"Come with me."

Liu Bei got up and sighed, he took hundreds of guards alone, and went to Xiangyang. Although he didn't know what was going on, he had to go.

(End of this chapter)