The Nameless of the Common Clans

A heavy rain extinguished the flames of war. The abandoned villages, charred houses, and corpses on the ground all showed the cruelty of the war.

"The Yellow Turbans today are no longer as easy to deal with as they were during the Zhongping years. Poor Brother Yuncheng~" This should still belong to Shouzhang County of Dongping County. After a hard battle, Cao Cao, who finally drove out the Yellow Turbans from Qingzhou, sat on a broken arm with some fatigue, took the bread handed over by Xiahou Dun, and took a big bite.

The Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou invaded Yanzhou in early April. Yanzhou Governor Liu Dai was killed. Cao Cao also secretly sent advisers Chen Gong and others to Yanzhou to operate, and finally persuaded the governor Wan Qian to welcome Cao Cao into Yanzhou. For Cao Cao, this was the first step for him to gradually break away from Yuan Shao's control.

However, if you want to take control of Yanzhou, you must at least show your ability. Cao Cao and Bao Xin joined forces to fight against the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou. Although they won in the end, Bao Xin died in the chaos and Cao Cao's troops were also lost. Fortunately, he won in the end. The battle of Shouzhang was very important. After winning this battle, the momentum of the Yellow Turbans was interrupted by Cao Cao, and the next step would be much easier.

"Lord!" Xi Zhicai walked quickly over here under the escort of Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun.

"Zhicai, we won, this Yanzhou is ours!" Cao Cao stood up with a pancake and smiled.

"I know, but there is bad news!" Xi Zhicai nodded. He planned the battle of Shouzhang from the beginning to the time of action. Although the victory was difficult, it was also expected.

"Oh?" Cao Cao said in a sullen voice, "Is there a change in Yanzhou?"

"It's Chang'an." Xi Zhicai sighed and said, "Just now I got the news that Chen Mo took advantage of the Xiliang army's siege of Chang'an to capture Hongnong and began to accept refugees from Guanzhong and send them to Luoyang. Chenggao, Yique and other passes were all occupied by him. Now he has written to Yuan Shao, wanting to hand over Luoyang to Yuan Shao."

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "Zhicai thinks, will Yuan Shao accept it?"

"Of course not." Xi Zhicai shook his head, "Chen Mo calculated this point, and did so just now, which could not only make Yuan Shao feel at ease, but also actually occupy the land of Heluo. Now that Chen Mo did not take the opportunity to attack Chang'an, but occupied Hongnong again, and began to quickly manage Heluo. Obviously, he also realized that Guanzhong would not be so easy to take."

That is, there are hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops in Guanzhong, and people like Li Jue and Guo Si are not soft persimmons. At least they can fight without any problem. How many troops can Chen Mo have?

"So, Chen Mo occupied Luoyang to prevent the princes in Guandong from snatching Chang'an from him?" Cao Ren frowned beside Cao Cao.

"That's right. This man has already regarded the court as his own. Moreover, with Chen Mo's ability to command troops, even if we get Yanzhou, it will be difficult to attack Guanzhong." Xi Zhicai sighed. They haven't even taken Yanzhou yet, but Chen Mo has already regarded Guanzhong as his own.

"What else?" Cao Cao was silent for a moment, and suddenly looked at Xi Zhicai and asked.

"?" Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao in confusion.

"Is this the bad news that Zhicai just mentioned?" Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai and asked.

"My lord, do you think this is not bad news?" Xi Zhicai asked back.

"Does it count?"

"Does it count?"

"We haven't even taken Yanzhou yet, but we're thinking about attacking Guanzhong. Zhicai is thinking too far ahead." Cao Cao shook his head, sat down again and said, "Actually, this is not strange. You haven't met Bodao. My brother is very far-sighted and decisive, and his talent... is not inferior to mine!"

Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao in confusion. Why did he hesitate?

Cao Cao coughed lightly and said, "Actually, when Zhicai told me about attacking Chang'an and taking back the emperor, I was tempted, but now he has blocked the way, it will not be easy for us to do so again. In short, let's do our current work well first, and wait until we have troops in our hands, and then wait for an opportunity to act."

"My lord is right." Xi Zhicai nodded. Cao Cao is actually very fast now, and it is basically a certainty that he will take Yanzhou, but Chen Mo suddenly came up with such a move, which made the situation develop in the direction that Xi Zhicai least wanted to see. If Cao Cao can successfully take Yanzhou, and Chen Mo takes Guanzhong during this period, Cao Cao may have to stay dormant under Yuan Shao for a while in the future, and the status of Yanzhou is also extremely unfavorable for Cao Cao. It is best to take down Yuan Shu and take Yuzhou and Xuzhou in his hands, but even so, the future of the north will also be a three-legged situation, and Cao Cao may still be the weaker one.

"Let's go, now is not the time to think about these things, take Yanzhou first." Cao Cao patted Xi Zhicai on the shoulder and turned to leave.

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The news that Chen Mo had obtained the land of Hongnong and Heluo spread as Xu Huang openly entered Chenggao. Chen Mo appointed Zhong Yun as the governor of Henan and had begun to arrange for a large number of refugees to migrate to the Heluo area in batches.

In the Heluo area, Zhong Yun had already begun to migrate refugees, which was different from Dong Zhuo's migration of refugees. At that time, Dong Zhuo only moved the people there, but did not register their household registration. As a result, after Dong Zhuo returned to Chang'an, many refugees became tenants and servants of the Guanlong noble families. Although there were many people, they could not collect taxes.

This time, in addition to setting up supply stations along the way to distribute food to refugees, Zhong Yun did the most, which was to re-measure the fields in the Luoyang area and plan how to distribute these lands after the migration.

Theoretically speaking, the land in Luoyang is now ownerless land, which means it belongs to Chen Mo. The distribution rights are naturally in Chen Mo's hands, and Chen Mo also told Zhong Yun that the land in Luoyang belongs to the government office. If there is a land deed, For example, Bao Geng's family can claim their own land based on the title deed. If there is no land, they can only rent it. The land in Luoyang will not be sold in a short time. Anyone who dares to buy land at will will be severely punished by Chen Mo.

At the same time, Chen Mo gave Zhong Yun the field policy he had written, and Zhong Yun had to select some hardcovers for the military camp.

In short, during the chaos in Guanzhong, the busiest person was not the Xiliang warlord, but Chen Mo. Almost all the people under his command were sent out by Chen Mo to take charge of the relocation plan.

Chang'an, Weiyang Palace.

"What's this?" Li Jue looked at the memorial handed over by Chen Mo and said angrily: "Not only do you want to give him the position of Chen Mo and the governor of the state, but also the Yin Zhongyun of Henan and the prefect of Hongnong are his people?"

"Now that we have just occupied Chang'an, everything is still undecided. Not to mention the affairs of the counties, the city of Chang'an alone is a mess. Then Chen Mo is sure that we can't take care of him now." Guo Bang frowned.

"Let him occupy Hongnong like this?" Li Jue frowned and said, "And give him Bingzhou Mu?"

The state pastor and the governor are not the same concept. The state pastor is in charge of the affairs of a state and is also in charge of the army. However, the governor actually only has the power to inspect and has no power to handle state affairs, let alone military power. Although in fact, , Chen Mo, the governor of Bingzhou, has taken control of the entire military and political affairs of Bingzhou. rights, but in fact, Chen Mo overstepped his authority. If the court wanted to, it could call on the princes to attack Chen Mo at any time for this reason. This time Chen Mo asked the court for the position of state shepherd to avoid this hidden danger, the dispute between princes. , sometimes things in name are more important than strength.

The opportunity Chen Mo chose was something that people like Li Jue and Guo Si couldn't refuse.

"What else?" Guo Si was injured by Lu Bu before and was still a little weak. Now his face was pale. He shook his head helplessly and said: "Now many people in the court are facing him. Even many generals in our army are. Be kind to him."

Chen Mo had been under Dong Zhuo for a long time, and even now, many generals feel that Chen Mo is part of the Xiliang Army.

After calming down, Guo Bang said again: "Now that Ma Teng and Han Sui have united the Qiang tribe in the west to cause rebellion, the princes in Guandong regard us as enemy bandits. In my opinion, Chen Mo, who has led Bingzhou Mu, can block it for us. Among the princes of Guandong, and Chen Mo's request for an official position, it is not necessarily a bad thing for us. He is the first prince to submit his title to the imperial court."

Nowadays, the most important thing for the Xiliang Army is not how much territory they occupy, but how to stabilize the situation in the court and make the princes obedient. From this point of view, although Chen Mo overstepped his authority, taking the initiative to report to the court can be regarded as a sign of respect to the court or the court. The recognition of them and the acceptance of Bingzhou Mu means that Chen Mo supports their court.

Chen Mo has benefited from the court, and other princes will also see this. Some princes who are at odds with the Yuan family will also come to the court to gain recognition. As the actual controllers of the court, they may be able to use this to alienate , sow discord between princes and make them kill each other.

"Then give it?" Li Jue frowned and said. What he was most unhappy about was that Chen Mo clearly didn't do anything, but in the end he seemed to be the winner. They all bore the infamy, but Chen Mo was able to share the benefits with them. This makes them feel uncomfortable.

"Here, give more! Let all the princes in the world know." Guo Bang nodded.

Hearing this, Li Jue could only nod in agreement. The affairs of the imperial court had already given them a splitting headache. Chen Mo could actually just stay calm.

Liu Xie knelt on the throne and watched His Highness and others discussing important court matters, including the canonization of a state's governor, as if no one else was watching. Shouldn't he, the emperor, be asked about this matter?

There was a sense of sadness in my heart. Although things were not easy when Dong Zhuo was here, in fact, Dong Zhuo still maintained due respect for him as the emperor. No matter what happened, even if it was just a formality, Dong Zhuo would consult As the emperor, Dong Zhuo would let him make the decision on matters that were not too important.

Now that Dong Zhuo is dead and Wang Yun is dead, Liu Xie suddenly and sadly realizes that he is just like a decoration in the court. Li Jue and Guo Si obviously don't care about his feelings and thoughts like Dong Zhuo does. .