My Three Kingdoms is a bit fierce

Cheng Yu on the side couldn't help but nodded, and then looked at Cao Cao, waiting for Cao Cao's decision.

Guo Jia's words made Cao Cao suddenly feel that his eyes suddenly opened up, and Cao Cao couldn't help but think: Yes! How can you be deceived by momentary interests! The only enemy who really deserves my attention is Chen Chu, as long as Chen Chu is destroyed, the rest of the princes are nothing more than chickens and dogs, and there is nothing to be afraid of!

"Feng Xiao's words made me suddenly! For today's plan, we should eliminate Chen Chu! Cao Cao made up his mind.

"Zhongde."

"My lord." Cheng Yu immediately straightened up and responded with a fist at Cao Cao.

Then Cao Cao said to him: "You quickly send a fast horse to send an order to Wen Ruo of Julu, telling him that as long as Yuan Shao can send troops, I, Cao Cao, will never want to annex a copper plate in the state." "

The Wen Ruo in Cao Cao's mouth is Xun Yu, the strategist under his command. At this time, he was lobbying Julu to persuade Yuan Shao to send troops to join Cao Cao and join the state.

"Yes." Cheng Yu responded, even if he had to get up and leave.

At this moment, Guo Jia suddenly said: "Zhongde is slow." Then he turned his head to Cao Cao and said: "Lord, Yuan Shao is fighting with Han Fu for Jizhou at this time, if this matter is not resolved as soon as possible, I am afraid that Yuan Shao intends to join us and others to attack and merge the state, and he is also powerless!" "

At present, due to Gongsun Zhan's attack on Youzhou from the north, Liu Yu's army has withdrawn from Jizhou and returned to his lair to resist Gongsun Zhan. Losing the support of Liu Yu's army, Han Fu was defeated and retreated under the continuous attacks of Yuan Shao's army, and had retreated to Jizhou City, where Yuan Shao's army had surrounded it.

However, although Yuan Shao has completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield, it is not easy to take Jizhou, which is high in the city and wide in the river, and has plenty of grain and grass in a short period of time.

Cao Cao couldn't help frowning. What Guo Jia said is indeed a problem, if Yuan Shao can't cooperate with his own troops in a short period of time, he is afraid that it will be much more difficult to fight and merge states after this time. Because the Northern Army had experienced the Great War in the Clouds, the losses in all aspects were very serious, and the combat effectiveness of the newly formed Bingzhou Army was very limited, at this time, the strength of the Northern Army was the weakest. If this period of time has passed, when the Northern Army recovers, it will undoubtedly be much more difficult to fight and annex the state at that time.

"What good advice does Bonghyo have?" Cao Cao asked.

Guo Jia paused, and then said: "We can send troops to help Yuan Shao, I believe that with our help, Yuan Shao will definitely be able to destroy Han Fu in a short time."

Cao Cao did not express his position immediately, but lowered his head and pondered, and after a while, Cao Cao raised his head and said to Guo Jia: "I understand the meaning of Fengxiao, this is indeed a method." Good! Just do it according to Fengxiao's idea! Although Cao Cao's heart was very reluctant to let Yuan Shao take advantage of him, he understood that this was a sacrifice that had to be made for the sake of the overall situation.

So, Cao Cao said to Cheng Yu again: "Zhongde, add another article to Wen Ruo's biography later, and let him tell Yuan Shao that in order to assist him in quelling the riot, our army will send troops from Jibei to Qinghe in the near future." "

Yes, my lord." Cheng Yu promised and immediately retreated.

Cao Cao sat on the main seat, didn't speak for a long time, and looked at his face, obviously not in a very good mood.

Seeing this, Guo Jia understood why Cao Cao was in a bad mood. In fact, this is also human nature, I do my best, but in the end I want to give the benefits to others, which is really a very depressing thing.

So Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "The lord doesn't need to be too depressed. After our army takes Qinghe County and Gaotang, these two places will not have to be given to Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Why is this?"

Guo Jia smiled, and then explained: "These two places will be used as our reward for helping him build and merge states." I believe that Yuan Shao will not refuse such a request, and it can make Yuan Shao dispel his suspicions, after all, if we don't want anything, I am afraid that Yuan Shao will be restless. In addition, these two places, especially Qinghe, are wedged into the hinterland of Jizhou, and we can start from here to capture Jizhou at the right time.

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and then he laughed and said, "Fengxiao is really my son's room!" In doing so, he can not only obtain the land of the two counties, but also eliminate Yuan Shao's suspicions, and also lay out the situation in advance for future actions, which can really be described as killing three birds with one stone!

With Cao Cao's hearty laughter, Guo Jia also smiled faintly.

Next, Cao Cao also exchanged views with Guo Jia on some daily matters, and then Cao Cao asked Guo Jia to go down to rest.

In late July, more than 10,000 Xianbei prisoners were taken to Bingzhou. In Bingzhou, the more than 10,000 Xianbei captives were divided into three parts, one was to be sent to the Leping Huxiaoshan Iron Mine, one was to be sent to the Shangdang Iron Mine, and the other was to be sent to the Pingyang Iron Mine.

The iron ore mine in Leping Tiger Roaring Mountain is the iron ore found by Chen Chu after exterminating the bandits in the Tiger Roaring Mountain in the north of Leping County a few years ago, this iron ore is very rich in reserves and high quality, and is now one of the three largest iron mines in Chen Chu's hands. The other two large iron mines are Shangdang Iron Mine and Pingyang Iron Mine, Shangdang Iron Mine is located in the Taihang Mountains 100 miles east of Shangdang City, near Huguan, and Pingyang Iron Mine is located in Pingyang County of Shangdang County, hence the name Pingyang Iron Mine. The scale and quality of these two iron ore mines are not inferior to those of Tiger Roaring Mountains.

At present, the ore output of these three mines has accounted for more than half of the iron ore output of the entire state, and they are the main producers of iron ore raw materials.

These three iron ore mines are not only large in reserves and high in quality, but also rare in that the surrounding environment is very suitable for large-scale mining. However, due to limited manpower, the three iron ore mines are operating at less than half of their capacity. For this reason, Wang Gang, who was in charge of mining and smelting, had approached Chen Chu more than once, hoping that Chen Chu would send him more people to open the mine.

To get enough manpower, in fact, it is not difficult, Chen Chu only needs to issue a recruitment announcement, and there will be enough people to apply. However, there is a problem here, Chen Chu does not recruit people like the common practice in ancient times, Chen Chu will pay the migrant workers enough wages and will not force them to work excessively. To recruit enough manpower, a very large amount of money will be needed, and the northern army is now very financially tight, where can it come up with a large amount of money to recruit migrant workers. So the matter has been dragged on.

Now, the Northern Expeditionary Army captured more than 10,000 Xianbei prisoners in the Battle of Yunzhong, which can be used for mining purposes. The biggest advantage of using captives is that the cost is extremely low, except for giving them three meals a day, basically they don't need to pay anything, and the output is extremely high, the captives do not have the right to rest, they can work continuously for a long time.

Of course, Chen Chu would never allow arbitrary beating, scolding, or even killing of prisoners, these are all property, how can they be trampled on at will.

When Chen Chu decided to hand over the 10,000 captives to Wang Gang, he solemnly warned him, "Every captive must be registered, their labor must be used reasonably, and it is strictly forbidden to beat and scold the prisoners for no reason, let alone kill them for no reason." If anyone dares to violate these prohibitions, I will punish them severely! Seeing Chen Chu's awe-inspiring face, Wang Gang hurriedly knelt on the ground at that time, saying that he would follow the lord's order.

10,000 captives were taken to the three places mentioned above.

Along the way, people rushed to watch this spectacular scene. Looking at the fierce Xianbei people who had ravaged the northern counties, they were shrugging their heads and looking depressed at this time and were escorted by the mighty soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army on the official road, everyone was very excited, everyone hoped that their country would be strong, and these escorted captives were the best embodiment of strength.

"I heard that the Xianbei people are very vicious! Why don't I see how powerful these Xianbei people are? A chubby middle-aged man next to the official road said with some confusion.

As soon as the middle-aged man's words fell, a businessman-like person on the side immediately answered: "That's because they ran into the Northern Army." You may not know that at that time, the 100,000 iron cavalry of the Northern Army was facing the 400,000 Xianbei army, and although the Northern Army was far inferior to the Xianbei people, it was not afraid. It was said that the bloody battle was so terrible that the entire grassland was covered with hundreds of thousands of corpses, and the blood donations gathered into a lake in the low-lying places. The

people around him listened with enthusiasm and nervousness. A young man couldn't help but ask, "What about later?" Did the Northern Army win? The

merchant raised his head, "Of course!" How could the Northern Army be defeated? In that battle, the Northern Army can be described as magnificent, facing the Xianbei people who are several times their own, they simply beat the Xianbei people to the point of losing their courage and soul! However, I heard that the losses of the Northern Army in that battle were also extremely heavy, and it is said that not many of the 100,000 troops came back alive! At this, the merchant could not help but sigh, and his face was full of sorrow and admiration.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, and everyone's mood was agitated. Although the merchant said it simply, everyone seemed to feel the tragedy of the bloody battle that took place in the northern Xinjiang.

The official proclamation said that the lord would hold a ceremony on August 1 to place the bones of the fallen soldiers in the Loyal Soul Pavilion. The government's proclamation also said that the people are welcome to come and watch, and I want to go and see it. After a moment of silence, one of the people said solemnly.

Immediately, everyone echoed and said that they would also send the loyal souls of those fallen soldiers on a ride.

Merchants are the most knowledgeable in the world, and it is they who spread all kinds of events all over the world.

The bloody battle between the Northern Army and Xianbei in the clouds was spread to all corners of the Central Plains by merchants in the following period.

Then, in the teahouses and wine shops all over the country, there are basically storytellers who are cheering and describing the situation of the battle in the clouds to the people, although the storyteller is very mysterious, but it fully makes the people fully understand the tragedy of the bloody battle.

There are many versions of the battle in the clouds, many of which are very mysterious, for example, there is a version that says that the Northern Army annihilated millions of Xianbei people with 100,000 iron cavalry, God knows, where did the Xianbei people come from!

Similar versions were circulated one by one, and later, in the impression of many people, the soldiers of the Northern Army were simply three-headed and six-armed heavenly soldiers.

However, although it became more and more mysterious, the number of the Northern Army has not been tampered with, and the meaning to be expressed in each version is basically positive, and most of the people are full of admiration for the bloody battle of the Northern Army in the clouds. In the hearts of the vast majority of the people, the Northern Army is synonymous with strength and invincibility.