Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 410

"Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi are frightened birds, what else can they do? As for the Wuhuan people, they are always greedy. They only help the Yuan family to get some benefits. How can they do their best for them, at most looting some goods. "

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this. Among the Cao brothers, Xiahou Dun had been in poor health since he lost his eyes. Cao Cao valued Cao Ren the most.Although several counselors are wise men who can strategize, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the general needs to be able to judge the situation at any time and make the right choice. Therefore, Cao Cao has always hoped that his subordinates can be good generals who can be in command. Commanding the army, unfortunately, has not been able to do so.Yu Jin is relatively prominent, but Yu Jin likes to go alone and doesn't fit in with others.Zhang Xiu, Le Jin and the others were more than brave but lacking in strategy. There is also Zhang Liao who is remarkable, but Zhang Liao returned from Lv Bu and lacks prestige in the army.

The most ideal person in Cao Cao's mind is undoubtedly Zhou Cang, but unfortunately Zhou Cang's identity and attitude are too delicate now.Thinking of Zhou Cang, Cao Cao was a little puzzled, how could Zhou Cang be able to recognize the pearl with his eyes, and recruit people like Zhang Jai, Dian Wei, and Qu A under his command.Cao Cao also noticed that Zhou Cang has always called himself Cao Gong since he met him, Zhang Jai and Jia Xu called themselves Ming Gong, when can they call themselves the Lord?
So Cao Cao appointed Xianyu Fu as General Jianzhong, who supervised all the counties in Youzhou.Send Zhang Jai to go to the valley, Gao Lan to send troops to Daijun, and lead the troops back to Yecheng.

In the tenth year of Jian'an, another year of spring has arrived. Except for the weather, the land of Hebei has begun to warm up. There is no breath of spring, only the mess after the war.The population of Jizhou has been halved, and that of Youzhou has been reduced by more than half. The food shortage is [-]% of the previous year. Cao Jun almost relies on remote supply of food and grass from Xudu. Not only Jizhou needs to resume production urgently, but the shortage of food and grass in Wuhuan is the biggest obstacle.The most urgent task is to stabilize people's hearts, organize spring plowing, and restore Jizhou's vitality as soon as possible.

In March, Zhang Jai and Gao Lan regained Daijun and Shanggu. Cao Cao sent people to Daijun to invite Han Heng to become an official, but Han Heng refused, and Han Heng died at home.Xianbei was shocked, and Shan Yu Kebi could follow the suggestion of his subordinate Yan Rou to seek peace and alliance with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao relieved a worry.

When Cao Cao marched into Youzhou, Gao Gan wanted to join Hanoi Zhang Sheng, Hedong Weigu, and Hongnong Zhang Yan, but was wiped out by Zhong Yao's subordinate Zhang Ji and the generals in Guanzhong. The terrain was difficult to defend and difficult to attack. Zhang Liao and Zhang Yan tried to attack several times but failed.

Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi fled to Wuhuan and were protected by King Tadun of Wuhuan. As Zhang Jai said, Tadun was not so kind. He led the army to invade Youzhou under the banner of rescuing Yuan Xi and helping Yuan Xi recover Youzhou Looting a large amount of goods and people brought back to Wuhuan, the population reached more than [-] households, and Yuyang was completely empty.

Xianyu Fubao and Cao Cao, Cao Cao was furious and wanted to go to Wuhuan.Several guides were found, everyone shook their heads, frankly admitting that important passes are guarded by heavy Wuhuan soldiers, and they are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Wuhuan people are mainly cavalry, so it is difficult to pass.Xian Yufu told Cao Cao regretfully that his good friend Tian Chou lived in Xuwu Mountain and knew geography well. He once told him that the original ancient road leading to Liucheng had been abandoned for nearly 200 years. Unfortunately, two years ago, Tian Chou and his family accidentally ate The poison died suddenly, and Xu Wushan's people scattered around.Although it is unbelievable that a person who is familiar with the local water and soil would eat poison by mistake, the reason has not been investigated, and Cao Cao can only deeply regret it.

Xun You and the others persuaded Cao Cao that the army had been on the march for a year and was exhausted from continuous fighting;The most urgent task at the moment is to stabilize Jizhou and Youzhou as soon as possible, rein in the hearts of the people, and resume production.

Cao Cao issued several orders one after another: First, he ordered Jizhou to be tax-free for one year, redistribute land, and organize people to cultivate in spring.

Second, send people to Guanzhong to mobilize the people to move to Jizhou to make up for the insufficient population.

Third, the whole army rested and prepared to send troops to merge the state.

Third, dig Baigou in Linqing and open water transport as a grain transport channel for troops to enter Wuhuan.

For some reason, Cao Cao had a special liking for Yecheng, and he intended to set up his command center in Yecheng, so he ordered the Sikong Mansion to be located in Yecheng, and all government orders were issued from Yecheng.But Xudu became an empty shell, leaving only the emperor and some courtiers, and Xun Yu remained in Xudu as a minister, serving as a fig leaf between the imperial court and Cao Cao.At the same time, Cao Cao concurrently served as Jizhou Mu with Sikong, and his administrative office was still located in Yecheng, and Xiahou Dun took over Yanzhou Mu.

When the news spread to Xuzhou, Zhou Wen believed that Cao Cao was afraid that Yuan Shao's power in Jizhou would still exist, and that only by sitting in Jizhou himself could he ensure the stability of Hebei.

Not only Cao Cao lamented the many righteous men in Hebei, Zhou Wen was also greatly impressed, but he also didn't understand why he would destroy the Great Wall by himself under the excellent conditions of having soldiers, generals, food, and loyal people. The three states were handed over to others in one year.

For this reason, he had a small dispute with Zhou Cang. He believed that the failure of Hebei was due to the dispute between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, while Zhou Cang believed that although there were factors of brothers competing for the position, the fundamental reason was that they were not internally compatible. Unity has already shown signs of unity since the Battle of Guandu. Although Yuan Shao has noticed and made some adjustments, it is a pity that Yuan Shao has too little time to solve it completely.

Zhou Cang's remarks caused another problem. Zhou Wen felt that although Xuzhou was stable on the surface, people's hearts were not in order. It was far worse than when it was first built. Compared with Pingzhou, it was much better.He attributed this to the fact that some newly promoted officials were too thoughtful, and he suggested that Zhou Chong's intelligence department should strengthen the control over the words and deeds of officials, and arrest or expel those who have dissenting ideas.

Zhou Cang laughed loudly: "If you can manage other people's words and deeds, can you still control their thoughts? This is Yuan Fang's return to the old road when he was in Luoyang. For these people, as long as they are not rebellious, they must be induced slowly. .Just think about how big the world is, who doesn’t have it? Is it possible to kill them all? Then how can we unify the world?”

In order to prevent Zhou Wen from having any ideas, and even more afraid of Zhou Wen instigating Zhou Chong to do any radical behavior, Zhou Cang persuaded: "Xuzhou is only our springboard now, and we will use Pingzhou and Liaodong as the center in the future. We are now a new creation of Pingzhou. State, transform Xuzhou, build Pingzhou as a foundation, transform Xuzhou to affect the world, some things can be done in Pingzhou, but not in Xuzhou."

It took Zhou Cang a lot of saliva to finally convince Zhou Wen.Sun Da reported to Zhou Cang that his younger brother Sun Xing did not receive Yuan Tan at the mouth of the Yellow River, but received Wang Xiu's family from Biejia in Qingzhou, and had already sent him to Lelang.

"Scholar Wang Xiu is talented and diligent. He is a practical man. Send someone to Ziming to invite Wang Xiu to become an official. If he does not want to be an official in Pingzhou, he must be persuaded to serve in the Anton Governor's Mansion."

(End of this chapter)