Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 400 The Gathering of Two Rivals

Cao Cao chuckled: "If Zhou Weiguo doesn't take action, it's fine. If he takes action, he will be rewarded." He said so, but he didn't care about it in his heart. He ordered Zhang Jai, Zhang Liao, and Zhang Xiu to station [-] people around Liyang, and lead the troops himself. Back to Xudu.

On the way back to the army, I heard that Yuan Shang left Zhang Nan and 2 people sent by Yuan Xi in Jizhou.

It was already October when we returned to Xudu, and Zhong Yao sent a good news.Yuan Shang wanted to connect Ma Teng and Han Sui one after another, but the two were persuaded by Zhang Ji, who was sent by Zhong Yao, to join the imperial court. Ma Teng also sent his eldest son Ma Chao and general Pang De to assist Zhong Yao in attacking high officials. After defeating Gao Gan in the battle, Pang De beheaded General Guo Yuan, and Cao Cao recorded Pound's name.

After June of the eighth year of Jian'an, Zhou Cang was very busy. After taking down Beihai and Mount Tai, he dispatched manpower and material resources to invest in the construction of the two counties.Because Sun Qian and Liu Zheng were both from Beihai, he asked them carefully whether there were still talents in Beihai. Only then did he know that Zheng Xuan, a great scholar at the end of Han Dynasty, was from Gaomi, Beihai. Unfortunately, Zheng Xuan had passed away at this time.

Apart from knowing that Zheng Xuan was a master of Confucian classics and an educator, Zhou Cang only remembered that the history books said that Zheng Xuan advocated the relationship between heaven and man, which was nothing more than advocating the divine right of the monarch. Rui is used to show prosperity; on the contrary, if the monarch passes through the sky, all kinds of disasters will be sent down as warnings. People's life and death, high and low, rich and poor, misfortunes and blessings are all determined by the destiny, and so on.Zhou Cang was conflicted about these ideas, which would spoil Xuzhou people, but he was very interested in Zheng Xuan's disciple, Zhou Cang.

Facts have overturned Zhou Cang’s cognition. It turns out that the lectures of the ancients were semi-open, and those who came to listen to the lectures could be regarded as his disciples. Therefore, Zheng Xuan’s disciples can be said to be countless, even Sun Qian and Guoyuan are counted as disciples. He is Zheng Xuan's disciple, but disciples can be divided into distances, and Guoyuan is relatively close.Although the search for disciples was unsuccessful, Beihai has a strong style of study. After Sun Qian's vigorous publicity, many people intend to participate in the third Xuzhou University Examination.It is said that the strong academic style is due to Kong Rong's achievements when he was the prefect of Beihai, and Yuan Tan slowly declined after occupying Beihai.

At the beginning of July, Liaodong sent news that Jinzhou City had been completed, and Wu Anguo began the construction of the last Songshan City.Zang Ba fought very hard in Goguryeo. Although there were a large number of visitors and hunters to help, the Goguryeo people were very tenacious. They retreated into the mountains and refused to surrender. Every step Zang Ba pushed was very difficult.Zang Ba changed his tactics and was no longer eager to attack. Instead, he moved 3 people from Jinzhou to Koguryo to settle down. The Goguryeo fort blocked Goguryeo, and the Goguryeo people who lacked food and clothing either went out of the mountains or continued to shrink in the mountains. In short, this winter will be their disaster.

Liu Li has found the mine source, Zhang Jiong is preparing manpower to start mining, Xun Chen has brought a large number of blacksmiths to solve major problems, and it is estimated that [-] iron armors and [-] weapons can be made at present, and the annual increase can be increased by [-]%.

Guan Hai sent back the secret letter. After half a year of lurking, the dead men finally had the opportunity to poison Tian Chou and 82 members of his clan at a gathering. According to Zhou Cang's instructions, Guan Hai did not kill these people, but Find a secluded mountain village to eat and drink, and make offerings, and you will never leave that mountain village for the rest of your life.

On July [-]th, Zhou Cang burned some paper money for Tian Chou in addition to paying homage to Dian Wei and others. "Although I'm not bloodthirsty, I don't quit killing. Since you don't want to join me, I have no choice but to instigate you. But I can't bear to kill you with more than [-] members of your clan. Burn some paper money for you, don't be alone." Soul ghost, reincarnate as soon as possible." Zhou Cang smiled wryly after finishing speaking, "Although I despise your words and deeds in the future, doing so has made your reputation, hehe."

On July [-]th, Xuzhou took the third major exam, and Confucian classics finally took the top spot.Guan Ning was the main examiner of this big exam, and Cui Jun and Guoyuan were the deputy examiners. All three thought that Wang Ji from Donglai should be the first.Zhou Cang took a look at Wang Ji's resume and realized that Wang Ji was also a student of Zheng Xuan. He used to be an official of the Beihai government, and later resigned from his position to go home to study. He was one of the students invited by Sun Qian.

According to the usual practice, Zhou Cang specially interviewed Wang Ji, and after a few conversations, he found that Wang Ji had both civil and military skills, and his talent was not inferior to that of Zhuge Dan.God, Zhou Cang just remembered who Wang Ji was at this moment?Isn't he just Zhuge Dan's enemy, Zhuge Dan rebelled against Sima, didn't Sima send Wang Ji to the east?How did these two get together.

I made a joke to history again. Both of them are young now, and some have time to get along.Wu Zhi was left in Xudu by Cao Cao, and the staff department was vacant. Zhou Cang appointed Wang Ji as the staff department to join the army and participate in the military aircraft. Take a battalion.

In August, Yu Jin and Xiahou Dun marched into Jinan and other counties of Qingzhou, and beat Liu Xun to the ground. Liu Xun gave him the leadership, and the tens of thousands of people he managed to pull collapsed, and more than ten thousand of them fled to Xuzhou, all of which were captured by Qu'a.Zhou Cang broke up these people and mixed them with other battalions to form a new battalion. After gold, earth, fire, and water, Muziying also added a third battalion. The battalion was named Jinsong and was stationed in Tancheng.

Zhou Cang originally intended to promote Huang Xu as the main general and train Zhuge Dan for another year. However, after nearly three years of recuperation, Huang Xu's physical condition has returned to normal, but he is still unable to do so as the main general, so he can only promote Zhuge Dan in advance.This is undoubtedly a kind of encouragement to Wang Ji, and it also makes him admire Zhou Cang's selection and appointment of personnel.

So far, under the rule of Xuzhou, apart from several counties in Honzhou, there are one county in Yanzhou and four counties in Qingzhou, with a total population of nearly 200 million.The total strength reached 5000, of which: eight battalions of infantry, 4000.One battalion in Xiapi and Pengcheng, one battalion each in Beihai, Taishan, Jiaodong, and Guangling, two battalions in Tancheng plus an independent battalion.There are three battalions of the Navy, with 8000 people, one battalion in Jiaodong, and two battalions in Guangling.The first cavalry battalion, 3000 people.

Cao Cao went to Hebei for the second time. Although he didn't get all the achievements, he gained a lot: first, he occupied Liyang, an important military town, and opened the door to Hebei.Followed by Zhang Yan's return, Cao Cao had tens of thousands of soldiers and nearly one million more people, and he had an extra sharp knife in his hand.Third, with the help of Ma Teng to defeat Gao Gan, the power of Bingzhou was greatly damaged.Fourth, occupy the three counties of Qingzhou, expand the base, and accommodate [-] surrendered troops, which is in an extremely favorable position.

Zhou Cang's expansion rate is much lower than Cao Cao's, but the centripetal force and cohesion of his subordinates are not lower than Cao Cao's.The biggest regret is that after Qingzhou was partitioned, Zhou Cang's sphere of influence was completely bordered by Cao Cao, and Xuzhou's external expansion had come to an end. Zhou Cang could only devote himself to the construction and ideological unification of Xuzhou.

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