Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1390 Three promises

  The rapid changes in the current situation, the changes in the situation in Jizhou and Youzhou, make people just dizzy. One turn after another, just makes the players feel breathless.

  Seeing that Gongsun Zan fell, and the situation of Yuan Jun in Jizhou was in good shape, the Xianbei people came and surrounded Jicheng in a blink of an eye, and even the second son Yuan was in danger.

  But the dark clouds all over the sky seemed to disappear under Tian Feng's dazzling brilliance!

Tian Feng not only reversed the unfavorable situation and rescued Yuyang, but even saved the life of the second son Yuan. Even Guo Tu and others who are not used to Tian Feng have to be a little bit unconvinced about this. A trace of forbearance, and then expressed affirmation and praise for Tian Feng's achievements.

Tian Feng has a bad temper. This is something that most people know, but Tian Feng does have the ability. If Tian Feng hadn't calmly analyzed at the critical moment and found out the attacking focus of the Xianbei army, maybe the soldiers of Jizhou You will be led by the nose by the Xianbei people, and you will be exhausted in the end, and you may even lose a big battle.

However, the death of Ju Yi made the Jizhou people lose their temperance or the means to balance Yuan Shao's military power. Although Yan Liangwenchou was also a Jizhou native, he obviously favored Yuan Shao. This made Tian Feng very helpless even though he was full of schemes. . When it comes to someone who admits death, a tendon, even if it wears out the lips, is useless, probably this is how it feels.

Although Tian Feng, as a representative of the Jizhou clan, did not attack Ju Yi before, everyone knows that the Jizhou clan has already suffered a loss in this contest, and if Yuan Shao does not express his attitude next time, Inevitably there will still be a struggle.

But just like everything has two sides, the opinions of the entire Jizhou gentry are not completely unified. Some people think that Ju Yi needs Yuan Shao to give an explanation, while some people think that it was not mentioned at the beginning, but now it is revisited. Again, the passage of time is meaningless, and some people turned their finger on Tian Feng, thinking that Tian Feng failed to be a good representative of the gentry in Jizhou and caused losses, so he should be responsible and give way to the later sages...

  At this moment, Yuan Shao dispatched Guo Tuxin and others separately to communicate and appease some of the Jizhou gentry, and at the same time began to prepare to divert internal attention, that is, to prepare for the next battle direction.

Under Yuan Shao's strict order, several armies moved westward one after another. Some of the troops led by Gao Gan moved very fast, and had already stationed on the border of Hanoi, ready to join forces to attack at all times. Shangdang Hedong. Having suffered a defeat in the Shangdang area before, he was impatient to use a hearty first victory to prove that he was not bad.

The Gongsun Zan soldiers recruited by Yuan Shao have already been dispersed into the hands of Yan Liangwen Chou. Zhang He also has some, but there are not many of them. Veterans would bully recruits in the army, but Yuan Shao didn't take this issue to heart.

  After one fight, the recruits become veterans. Is it necessary to deal with them specially?

  All problems are now concentrated on materials.

Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west, was limited by food and materials, and almost gave up the land in Guanzhong. It was because of the money and food from Hanzhong that he barely survived the first and second years. As far as Yuan Shao is concerned, people who have been in high positions since childhood are highly sensitive to political balance, but they don't know much about these farming tasks at the grassroots level.

  Yuan Shao wants to send troops, which means preparing a large amount of military rations, uniforms, horses, jackets, armor, weapons, equipment, etc...

  These supplements could not fall from the sky, and Yuan Shao could not grow these grains by himself, so he had to follow the old method and ask for it from the Jizhou gentry.

That's the problem.

The gentry in Jizhou really have a deep foundation. If we insist on bringing out those old foundations at Cangdi, it is not impossible to support Yuan Shao in setting off a wave of war again, but the price to be paid is too high, just like the original extravagance and waste The rich and powerful children of the world are going to follow the route of food rationing in the last days, tighten their belts and learn to be human again. Who can bear this?

   Yecheng.

  The palace complex in the north of the city is still under construction, and the project has not been stalled for a long time due to the war. Even the rebellion in Yecheng was only postponed for less than a month, and the rest of the time was non-stop working.

  Ye City has been regarded as the big city of Jizhou since ancient times. Now, as Yuan Shao's governing place, it has gathered a lot of manpower and material resources, showing a strange prosperity, even compared to Luoyang in its heyday.

   Such a prosperous appearance also gave Yuan Shao some confidence, so when discussing with Tian Feng and others, his tone was very tough...

"Everyone!" Yuan Shao said impassionedly, "Nowadays the world is in turmoil and uncertainty, and only by fighting quickly can we save the world from the crisis and save the country from the fire! The morale of the soldiers is now high, and it is a legitimate opportunity to use force. You may wish to discuss it! "

  Tian Feng frowned.

  Ju Shou cupped his hands and said: "Youqing is now fixed. It is time for self-cultivation and spring plowing. It is really impossible to start a war again. Please think twice, general!"

Feng Ji said from one side: "Hehe...Ju's work is easy to say. Excuse me. At present, refugees are everywhere, and Ming Gong is benevolent. He can't bear to see starving and dying in the wild, so he recruits as an army and serves to relieve his difficulties! According to Ju's work, In other words, could it be possible that if we don’t enter the army, we will have food and grass to solve the current predicament?”

  The judge said: "The extra refugees can use the strategy of garrisoning the fields. In time, the warehouse will be full of grain and grass!"

Guo Tu also said: "Target, where is it? Would you like to donate your property to the general? Or labor service, building roads and cities is not bad, but who is willing to pay for money, food and materials? If you don't enter the army, this time Where will the refugees be placed? Could it be that they have killed all of them?"

   The judge was speechless for a moment.

  The gentry in Jizhou certainly wanted to farm, and let these refugees farm their own fields. In this way, these refugees became domestic slaves, and they were squeezed and bullied by the gentry for generations. What a cool thing. However, if these gentry are allowed to pay for food and money, and let this refugee become the farm of General Yuan Shaoyuan, of course no Jizhou gentry wants to do this kind of loss-making business.

  The Yuzhou sects under Yuan Shao's tent laughed and watched the jokes one by one.

Anyway, the properties of these people from the Yuzhou faction are not here. Naturally, they are so high-profile and bragging. It seems that if Yuan Shao is in Yuzhou, they will be so generous and bankrupt to support Yuan Shao. The Jizhou faction headed by Tian Feng is like It was like eating three or four cockroaches.

Tian Feng coughed and said: "In the first year of Chuping, the general raised troops to challenge Dong. We raised 500,000 shi of grain and grass, more than 5,000 cattle and horses, 10,000 armour, and countless weapons! In the second year of Chuping, the general In charge of Jizhou, we donated 200,000 stones of grain and grass, and one billion yuan to repair Yecheng; in the third year of Chuping, more than 20,000 soldiers were recruited, and the soldiers were ready to help the general in the battle of Jieqiao; in the fourth year of Chuping , the general marched into Qingzhou, recruited soldiers again, mobilized 300,000 money and food, 10,000 soldiers, and more than 3,000 cattle and horses; Beijing, another 350,000 stones of grain and grass will be requisitioned! Now it’s not that we don’t want it, but we really can’t! At present, Jizhou’s warehouses are empty, there is no more than three months’ worth of grain, and no half a year’s worth of rough kudzu! When the 钁 is damaged, the blacksmith has no material to recast; the plow is broken, and the craftsman has no time to repair it!"

"General! Jizhou is in dire straits!" Tian Feng paused his walking stick heavily on the ground, "Now if there is a war again, where will the money, food and equipment come from, and how will the people's livelihood be arranged? Isn't it just exhausting the lake to fish, burning the stalks to farm? General! Please think twice!"

  Yuan Shao felt a little uncomfortable.

Xu You saw it, laughed twice and said: "The former general sympathized with everyone's hard work. He didn't want to pay too much, so he opened a border market to ask for trade for military use... Hey, what's the result? Some people utter nonsense and reprimand The great general fights for the benefit of the people, and now he talks about living with the people, it’s like talking and talking, changing from day to day..."

   Immediately changed to Tian Feng, who couldn't hold back.

   Is Jizhou poor, of course. Compared with when Yuan Shao came, he was much poorer, but it was not as miserable as Tian Feng said. After all, Jizhou had enjoyed the highly biased policies such as tax reduction and exemption for more than a hundred years, and the accumulated background was not It can be said that it will be defeated in three or four years, not to mention that during these three or four years, except for some turmoil in Jizhou at a few times, most of the rest of the time is relatively normal, and the harvest of grain and grass is not too small. It is true that there are fewer children, but it is not the type who is so poor that he wants to beg for food immediately.

   Otherwise, Tian Feng and other Jizhou gentry would have jumped up and rebelled long ago, so there is no time to spend time talking with Yuan Shao...

   "Xu Ziyuan!" Tian Feng lowered his face, "Opening the frontier market without permission is an act of enlisting the enemy! You have not yet investigated your practice of selling salt and iron, yet you dare to speak sophistry in front of the general, calling a deer a horse!"

Xu You is not afraid at all, because Yuan Shao agreed to open the border market. In addition, although Xu You is greedy for money, he abides by the rules. When accusing Yuan Shao, he sneered: "Mr. Tian is really upright, and never favoritism! It's just that the axe can't cultivate one's morality. I don't know how Mr. Tian will deal with the people of Tian's north-facing business?"

The Tian family is also a big family in Jizhou, and there are people who read scriptures. Naturally, some of them are engaged in business and trade, and secretly trade with Hu people. Basically, any gentry in Jizhou has it. Otherwise, the cattle, horses and sheep in Jizhou were from Where did it come from? You must know that although Jizhou can raise horses, it is not a primitive place for horse production.

  Tian Feng didn't dare to say whether there was someone in his family who was caught by Xu You, and he couldn't deny it categorically.

"Okay!" Yuan Shao just rightly stopped the situation from continuing to develop, and said in a deep voice, "Yuan Hao has always taken care of the overall situation, this is obvious to all! Needless to say Ziyuan! Although Youzhou is settled now, the situation is not stable , you all need to cooperate sincerely to achieve great things!"

   "Wei!" Everyone replied repeatedly. The general's face still needs to be given.

Yuan Shao nodded and continued: "At present, Yuan Hao's concern is nothing more than money and food! It's just... Although Gongsun has been executed, there are still remnants of the army lingering in Liaodong! What's more, when there are many battles between Ji and You, there are many counties that recruit soldiers. There is no distinction between good and bad, even if they are stationed in the camp, they still need food and wages..."

  Yuan Shao looked around and said, "Could it be that everyone is willing to provide it?"

   In fact, there is still one point that has not been explained. After the fall of Gongsun Zan, although Yuan Shao recruited these soldiers who originally belonged to Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao himself did not know how loyal these soldiers were.

   Pit kill?

Impossible, otherwise the remnant forces led by Gongsun Du in Liaodong would definitely have no room for immortality, so Yuan Shao can only accept them regardless of whether they are good or bad, but after accepting them, it is impossible to keep them in vain , so finding a place where these pawns could play a role, naturally became Yuan Shao's best choice.

  Tian Feng was silent. It's not that he didn't understand Yuan Shao's actions, he was just worried that Yuan Shao would not be able to take it back. Although he had this or that idea and had plans of one kind or another, it was just that everything had two sides, and it was easy to say anything if he won. What if the attack fails? At that time, is it necessary to increase investment or simply cut the meat directly?

   "General Zhengxi is not a kind person..." Tian Feng said slowly, "The mountain road is rugged, if the attack is unfavorable, it will undoubtedly be a big defeat..."

  Yuan Shao heard that Tian Feng's tone was loose, so he said with a smile: "I have Yuan Hao, I also have the help of everyone here, and I also have the courage of soldiers and generals. How can I be afraid of conquering the West?"

  Now in Yuan Shao's heart, he still thinks that Cao Cao is still his younger brother, and his younger brother seems to have moved away the heavy stone in his heart...

  If Yuan Shu arrives, who else in the world can compete?

   That is, the remaining generals who conquered the west from Guanzhong and merged to the north.

  If it is said that Zhengxi is defeated, the world will almost be a foregone conclusion. By then...

Ha ha…

  Tian Feng pondered for a long time, stretched out three fingers, and said: "The general wants to go west, there is nothing wrong with it, but you need to agree to three things, and we will naturally support it."

  Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Please tell me, Yuan Hao."

   "First, order Cao Mengde to send His Majesty to Yecheng quickly!" Tian Feng said in a deep voice, "Now that Cao Mengde has moved to Sikong, I am afraid that he will have the intention to set up another party. If he is not restrained, there may be changes!"

  Yuan Shao didn't think so, but looking at Tian Feng, he nodded and said, "Yes."

"Secondly, don't hurt Yuan Gonglu's life! If you want to achieve great things, you need benevolence in the world! If you can't even tolerate brothers and sisters, how can you convince the public?" Yuan Shao has ambitions. Avoid, but even an ambitious person must know how to be good at grooming himself, just like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu and his brothers.

  Yuan Shao was silent for a long time, nodded and said: "Also!"

   "Third! The so-called adjustment can't be more than three. If the war to conquer the west is unfavorable, you can't stick to one place for a while. It is absolutely not advisable to resort to military force!" Tian Feng stared at Yuan Shao with a firm attitude.

  Yuan Shao took a deep breath and said, "Yes!"

  Tian Feng nodded and said nothing more.

  Yuan Shao stood up and said proudly: "This way, it will be convenient for us to march west three days later!"

  (end of this chapter)