Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

At the end of the 14th year of Jian'an, for Liu Bei and Cao Cao, it was just the beginning.

Liu Bei had just pacified Yizhou and settled down in Chengdu. He still needs time to govern, such as wooing the former Liu Zhang officials who had fled, appeasing the people of Yizhou's aristocratic families, appointing officials of all sizes, and so on.

This process is very long, because after he pacified Yizhou, there will be a large number of talents who will come to seek refuge. This requires the selection of people's talents and talents, and they will be appointed according to their aptitude. In the north of Yizhou, there are 54 counties including Shu County and Guanghan Kingdom. , the appointment of hundreds of officials, all take time.

As for the southern part of Yizhou, that is, the later Yunnan area, Liu Bei has not sent anyone to manage it for the time being.At present, it is mainly to send envoys to various places to appease the major families and ethnic minority leaders in southern Yizhou, assign them official positions, and let them maintain his rule.

Liu Bei believed that Fazheng was the prefect of Shu County and General Yangwu, Pang Tong was in charge of Yizhou and general of the army, Xu Shu was in charge of General Zuo and general of Anhan.

Together with General Zhaowen Yiji, Zuo General Xicao Liuba, Xingye General Li Yan, and Guanghan Governor Zhang Song, seven people presided over the reform of Yizhou, such as enacting laws, selecting talents, calming the people and treating problems, and dealing with chaotic parties, etc.

Among them, talents from Bashu came to vote one after another. In fact, after Liu Bei defeated Liu Zhang in history, many people were unwilling to serve Liu Bei. For example, among the generals were Yang Huai, Gao Pei, Deng Xian, Leng Bao, Zhang Ren, Liu Gui, Fu Jin, Xiang Cun, etc., among the civil servants, there are also Wang Lei, Yin Pu, Zheng Du and the like.

But now Liu Bei won Yizhou not by defeating Liu Zhang, but by Liu Zhang himself.Then their surrender now is not regarded as a betrayal of the master, they are defecting to Liu Bei according to Liu Zhang's order, so there is no obstacle in reason, and they come to surrender one after another.

In addition, Wu Yi, Fei Guan, Zhang Yi, Wu Lan and others who surrendered to Liu Bei in the Battle of Zigui, as well as Yan Yan, Zhang Song, Fazheng, Meng Da, Pang Xi, Wu Ban, and Li who chose to surrender in history Hui, Xu Jing and others.

For a while, Liu Bei could be said to have benefited from the team of officials in the state, making the best use of each, such as ordering Zhang Song to rectify Shu, using Xu Jing's reputation to recruit talents, and so on.

So at present, in terms of overall strength, it is still a situation where Cao and Liu are fighting for hegemony, and Han Sui, Ma Chao and Sun Quan are at the bottom.

Tadun was being treated seriously at this time, far from being attacked by Cao Cao for thousands of miles in history, so that he temporarily organized troops to resist, but was defeated by Zhang Liao's army and collapsed.

Liu Bei nodded, and everyone went to Jiangling City.

After the fleet arrived in Jiangling, Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang were already waiting.

The boat sailed into the dock, Liu Bei took Fazheng, Zhang Song and others off the boat, Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang went up to meet them, cupped their hands and said, "Master."

Under such circumstances, Cao Cao's prestige and power in the Kanto region and the court of Chendu also reached its peak, so he took advantage of the situation and became prime minister, taking over the power of the court and the north.

When Liu Bei heard the news, the soldiers went out of Chen Cang to meet him. As a result, his actions caused Ma Chao, Han Sui and others to be extremely nervous. Annexed Liangzhou, so united, the two sides confronted each other in Mei County.

of course.

In the era without stirrups and saddles, cavalry only had high mobility. Facing infantry regiments forming an array, and infantry hard bow volleys with a range of more than 200 meters, cavalry bows that could only shoot tens of meters could not Contrary to it, innately suffered a hard loss in long-range means.

In order to solve these problems, large-scale reforms must be carried out.

Fazheng looked at Shen Chen and said with a smile: "The god of war in Jingzhou, Shen Xiaoqing of Donghai, who once beat Cao Cao into a panic and almost wiped out Sun Quan's army, really lives up to his reputation."

But he didn't hold on for long. Whether he was attacked by surprise or fought head-on, he was no match for Cao Cao.The armies of the two sides confronted each other in the vast grassland outside Liucheng. In just one morning, the Wuhuan cavalry were killed and dispersed.

He only brought Fazheng and Zhang Song with him on this trip, and he didn't bring any soldiers. Apart from his personal guard Chen Dao who led several thousand white scorpion soldiers, there were only some civil servants from Yizhou who accompanied him.

This battle demonstrated Cao Cao's extremely powerful military capabilities. Eighty thousand troops marched in formation.Immediately afterwards, the tiger and leopard cavalry outflanked the left and right sides, and attacked Tadun's middle army by surprise, directly smashing his two front and middle troops.

However, Yunnan Province and Guizhou Province are not actually occupied, and most of them are hilly and mountainous. The population under their jurisdiction is mainly in Chengdu Plain, Jianghan Plain, Nanyang Basin, Hanzhong Basin and other areas. Population ranks second.

At the end of the 14th year of Jian'an, it snowed in the north, and the roads were not easy to walk, so Cao Cao stationed troops in the Changliao area, waiting for the snow to melt, and then conquered Wuhuan leader Tadun in the coming year.

At the beginning of the Northern Expedition to Eryuan, Gao Gan surrendered.As a result, Er Yuan was defeated and fled to western Liaoning. Gao Gan felt that the city of Ye was empty and rebelled again, and was defeated by Xun Yan. Cao Cao sent Yu Jin to attack Huguan, which could not be overcome for the time being.Now the main force has returned, with a mighty army of [-] to [-], passing through Yangchangban, and personally conquering Bingzhou.

Although Liu Bei had sent envoys to lobby, but the two ignored them, and Liu Bei had no choice but to give up. According to Pang Tong's plan, he could not yet be an enemy of Ma Chao, Han Sui and other Guanzhong troops, so he chose to retreat.

Except for Shanxi Province, most of these places are vast plain areas, and all of them have been substantially occupied.Although the territory is smaller than that of Liu Bei, the population under his rule is also the largest, reaching more than 2000 million, and the overall strength is still the strongest at this time.

In April of the 15th year of Jian'an, after Cao Cao pacified Bingzhou, he continued to pursue and attack Hedong.Gao Gan wanted to unite with Ma Chao, Han Sui and others in Guanzhong to resist Cao Cao, but Zhang sent Ma Chao to lobby, so Ma Chao and Han Sui did not send troops to help.

Among the rebellious army, Ta Dun was beheaded by the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Zhang Liao and Cao Chun, and the entire Wuhuan cavalry was in chaos. After a morning of fighting, the rest of the Wuhuan leaders surrendered one after another. In Pingding, only Liaodong remained in Youzhou.

If the Nanyang Basin is used as the center, then Cao Cao and Liu Bei respectively obtained two big heads in the northeast and southwest centered on the Nanyang Basin.One occupies the Kanto and the North, and the other occupies Jingzhou and Yizhou.

Shen Chen also stood up and said, "Donghai Chen Chen, whose name is Xiaoqing."

Zhuge Liang persuaded.

"My lord, it's windy at the pier, so let's advance into the city."

Knowing the arrival of Cao Cao, Gao Gan knew that he was invincible, so he fled in a panic. He first went to the Southern Huns to ask for help, but was rejected by the leader of the Southern Huns, Hu Chuquan, and finally ran to Hedong. Sheng and other anti-Cao forces in Hedong continued to separatist.

As I said before, although the population under Liu Bei’s rule was more than 1000 million, the actual controlled population was only 400 million, of which at least 800 million were either controlled by countless aristocratic families, or were ethnic minorities, and many were officials, Servants of wealthy families are not part of the productive population.

In February of the 15th year of Jian'an, after the snow melted in spring, Cao Cao's army went northward and took Liucheng directly.

There must not be that many taxpayers who have actually compiled their household registrations, and many of them have been hidden away by aristocratic families.The population actually controlled by the three may not be more than one-third of the total population. The army that can be mobilized is Cao Cao the strongest, followed by Liu Bei, and Sun Quan is the weakest.

Then there is Sun Quan's forces.

So under the joint attack of Chang'an Zhongyou and Cao Cao, Gao Gan and others were defeated again, unable to advance or retreat, so they could only choose to flee to Zuo Fengyi, trying to escape from Chencang or Wuguan to Hanzhong Nanyang and join Liu Bei.

Fazheng and Zhang Song stood up and bowed to them: "Fufeng Fazheng is filial and straight, Zhang Song Zhang Ziqiao of Shu County."

From the analysis of the territory, Liu Bei occupies the largest area, owning about 150 million square kilometers in Sichuan Province, Chongqing City, Yunnan Province, Hubei Province, Guizhou Province, Hunan Province and a part of Henan Province.

Return the land to the displaced people and strengthen the management of people's livelihood.

Looking at it this way, if Sun Quan's influence is placed in later generations, it will be not one or two points stronger.

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Although my lord has only been to Bashu for more than a year, the journey is so far away that it really seems like a world away."

"Yes."

This time, after Liu Bei stabilized Bashu, sent Xu Shu and Zhang Fei to guard Hanzhong, and ordered Pang Tong and Guan Yu to sit in Chengdu, he rushed to Jiangling in person to discuss the details with Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai free shipping areas, plus Shenzhen and Guangzhou, among the top ten cities in the national economy in later generations, Sun Quan occupies six of them Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou. In terms of economic strength, it can be said that he crushes Cao Liu up.

But everyone knows that even if Liu Bei has pacified Jingzhou and Yizhou, there are still many hidden dangers in the two places. Aristocratic families encroach on the land and population, just like the root cause of all extinctions in previous dynasties, land annexation will still become a big problem.

"Xiaoqing, Kong Ming!"

From last year to this year, the work content of the two of them, Fazheng, Zhang Song, Pangtong, Xu Shu and others in Jingzhou and Yizhou was basically sewing and repairing, working as a paper maker, maintaining the surface stability.

Liu Bei said: "The division of land and governance was proposed by Kong Ming and Xiaoqing."

Han Sui Ma Chao's power was the smallest, and his territory was part of the later Shaanxi Province, plus half of Gansu and Ningxia. The population under his rule was also small. If the Qiang people were not counted, there might be tens of thousands of households and a population of several 10.

If it can't be resolved, even Dingding Tianxia can't last long.

Officials in Yizhou and Jingzhou had too many constraints locally, and it was difficult to use their fists due to the relationship network such as favors and relatives. Therefore, Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang first proposed to divide the land and rule. Enter Jingzhou to govern Chu.

On the other hand, Han Sui, Ma Chao and others, because of the support of the Qiang people, can pull up an army of more than 20 to nearly [-] at any time. On the contrary, their strength on paper is stronger than that of Sun Quan, second only to Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Cao Cao's territory is next, owning about 80 square kilometers in Henan Province, part of Anhui and Jiangsu Province, Shandong Province, Hebei Province, Shanxi Province, part of Liaoning Province and part of Shaanxi Province.

And when Liu Bei was in full swing to start the battle of Yizhou's internal affairs, Cao Cao had already pacified the north, and now only Liaoxi and Liaodong remained.

It was late autumn and September, and the howling north wind was blowing the vast Yangtze River. The river was rippling, and the boats were swaying with the wind, and they gradually entered the Jiangling Wharf.

Not long after, Gongsun Kang of Liaodong beheaded the second Yuan and presented his head to Cao Cao, and the Yuan family and the hidden dangers in the north were completely pacified.After Cao Cao returned to Yecheng in the 15th year of Jian'an, he stepped up his pace and sent troops again, personally leading the army to take the land of Bingzhou.

Seeing the familiar faces of the two again, Liu Bei was filled with emotion for a moment, and said with a happy smile, "It seems that I have been separated from you for a long time."

So it has to be rectified.

Before the retreat, Liu Bei sent someone to inform the high-ranking officials. Ma Chao, Han Sui and others did not allow him to pass through Chencang Road, and suggested that he go south to Jingzhou from Wuguan.

It is a pity that it is the end of the Han Dynasty now, and the Yangtze River Delta belonged to the land of the Nanman at that time, let alone Guangzhou and Fujian.

Zhuge Liang stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Langya Zhuge Liang, named Kongming."

Moreover, Sun Quan does not actually occupy the Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian regions. His current population territory is mainly concentrated in the Taihu Lake Basin.To the south, the southeast hills of Jiangxi and Fujian, and the Guangdong and Guangxi regions are only nominally owned, with a huge territory and a population of only 500 million.

Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang were already waiting here, the corners of their clothes were rattling by the wind, and they were waiting eagerly.

Whether it is Cao Cao's population of more than 2000 million, Liu Bei's population of more than 1000 million, and Sun Quan's population of 500 million, they are basically the total population.

After everyone sat down, Liu Bei smiled and said to Fazheng Zhang Song: "Let me introduce you, Kong Ming Xiaoqing."

Han Sui and Ma Chao respectively occupy the northwest corner, and Sun Quan occupies the southeast corner.

In September of the 15th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei went to Jiangling.

In this way, the situation is barely four points in the world.

Since the ceding of Lujiang County, Sun Quan's forces have fully retreated to the southeast of the Yangtze River. The territory is probably a small part of the southern part of Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province in later generations, plus Zhejiang Province, Jiangxi Province, Fujian Province, Guangdong Province, and Guangxi Province.

At least in terms of talent team, Liu Bei already has talented people from Jingzhou and Yizhou. In the team of civil servants and generals, he is now able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Cao Cao.

When they arrived in the government office of Jiangling City, all the people sat in rows, with Liu Bei taking the lead.

This time, in addition to analyzing the general situation of the world with Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen, it is also to carry out the transfer of Yijing officials to divide and rule.

Shen Chen slightly nodded his chin and said: "I heard that the lord's decision to Shu was mostly planned by Mr. Xiaozhi, and he even went to Hanzhong to persuade Yang Song in person.

Liu Bei touched the white hair on his temples unconsciously, and said, "I have also reached the age of knowing my destiny, but Xiaoqing is still in her prime. Time flies so fast."

However, if you want to go south from Wuguan, you have to go through Chang'an. Under Zhong Yao's siege, Gao Gan was forced to abandon his soldiers and horses, and fled with a few horses. , Since then, the land of Bingzhou Hedong has been owned by Cao Cao.

Zhang Song also said: "On the way here, my lord told me that Mr. Kong Ming planned to settle Jingzhou, and made Cai Mao, Kuaiyue and others fearful with false and real schemes. It can be seen that Mr. has a clever plan."

Zhuge Liang said: "Mr. Ziqiao is eloquent and quick-witted. This time, my lord was able to quickly pacify Bashu because Mr. Yinqiao persuaded Liu Zhang to volunteer. Your talent is beyond compare."

After the four finished speaking, they looked at each other and laughed.

Although they have never met before, they all know that the next four people, including Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others, are likely to become the top decision-makers under Liu Bei's account.

Therefore, after meeting each other, they will flatter each other and get acquainted with each other, so that they can be in harmony in the future and work together for Liu Bei.