Chapter 366 Cao Cao Who Moved to Xiacheng

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In Beihai Kingdom, Zhou Yafu, who was attacked by Zhao Gongzi, insisted, and abruptly delayed Zhao Gongzi in Beihai Guoju County. Zhao Gongzi knew that Cao Cao had been annexed and that the situation was over, so he ordered a retreat.

In Taishan County, Li Guang, Yang Ye, and Du Ruhui defended the city and repelled the invading Tian Ji and Tian Dan. Seeing the withdrawal of the army of Tian Qi, the governor of Qingzhou, the defenders of Taishan County breathed a sigh of relief.

In Chutian's sphere of influence, there are almost no enemy troops, and the surrounding princes shrink their forces.

Chutian dispatched Du Ruhui to Puyang to govern Yanzhou. At the same time, he used a group of Yanzhou nobles, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Xue Ti and others, to ensure the interests of the Yanzhou family. As a non-local family, Du Rumei is not prone to bias in managing the Yanzhou family. If a Xuzhou family is airborne, it is estimated that there will be another battle between Yanzhou and Xuzhou.

"Yanzhou has a total of ten counties, Dong County, Chenliu, Jiyin, Shanyang, Rencheng, Dongping, Lu, Taishan, and Jibei... of which half of Chenliu County was occupied by Tang, that is to say , the lord has already acquired nine and a half counties. Rencheng, Dongping, Lu, Jibei and other counties have a small area. Yanzhou is said to be ten counties, and the area is almost the same as the five counties of Xuzhou. Coupled with the years of war in Yanzhou, I am afraid The population is less than that of Xuzhou... The population of Dongjun and Chenliu is only more than four million."

Cheng Yu, on behalf of Yanzhou officials, explained the situation in Yanzhou to Chutian, and submitted the population account books of Dongjun and Chenliu. Obviously, Cao Cao conducted household registration statistics at the suggestion of Yiren's disciples.

Years of wars in Yanzhou caused the population of the two major counties, Dongjun and Chenliu, to drop sharply, and many people fled to Xuzhou. Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou have a large number of people pouring into Xuzhou. Therefore, Cheng Yu believes that the population of Xuzhou is more than that of Yanzhou, which is not false.

Chu Tian looked through the two account books: "There should be a lot of people hiding in the docks, mountains, and manors because of the war, and the county magistrates in various places should include these refugees in the account books."

Chutian suspects that hundreds of thousands or millions of people have been hidden. This is also very common. For example, in the Wubao of Xu Chu's family, there are tens of thousands of refugees, and they do not pay taxes. For the hidden population, Chutian will try to bring them into the jurisdiction of the government.

Cheng Yu said: "Lead the order."

Cheng Yu was one of Cao Cao's most important advisors and made a lot of contributions to Cao Cao.

【Name】: Cheng Yu

[Commander]: 74 [Force]: 49 [Intelligence]: 95 [Politics]: 84 [Charm]: 56

【Characteristics】: stubborn

[Characteristic 1]: Mingyu military plan (S-level characteristics,

When joining the army, the probability of providing military proposals increases, and the success probability of inciting and suspecting soldiers increases)

[Characteristic 2]: Brave Benyu (S-level trait, when joining the army, troop morale +20% during temporary battles, the number of bonuses is related to your own commander, and does not conflict with the main general's trait)

[Feature 3]: Hope of Yanzhou (S-level characteristic, Yanzhou family's satisfaction with power +5%, Yanzhou family's satisfaction with power +20%; when the disciples of Yanzhou family are used as officials, improve administrative efficiency; Yanzhou counties and counties are popular not easy to fall)

Cheng Yu was inconspicuous in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In fact, he was a strategist who made great contributions to Cao Cao's forces. If there was no Cheng Yu to guard Yanzhou, Cao Cao's Yanzhou would be completely occupied by Lv Bu, and there would be no later Wei Wudi.

At present, Chutian's advisors include Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Lu Su, Cao Ji and others. Such a lineup is quite impressive.

"Du Ruhui will come to Dongjun from Mount Tai, and you will assist him in governing Yanzhou."

Chu Tian saw that Cheng Yu had the characteristic of "the hope of Yanzhou", which could just be used to appease the people of Yanzhou.

Du Ruhui was an outsider to the Yanzhou nobility.

Chutian made Wei Qing the governor of Yanzhou Military, Du Ruhui as Changshi, Cheng Yu as the prefect of Dongjun, Man Chong as the prefect of Chenliu, Gongziwen as the prefect of Jiyin, and jointly defended Yuzhou's Shuotang.

At the same time, Wei Qing's Yulin Corps occupied Xingyang and Hulao, while Pang Juan's Martial Army Corps occupied Fengqiu and defended together with Man Chong. The military army is the main army, while the full favorite is the ordinary defensive army.

Cao Cao's troops were disrupted by Chutian, and they were incorporated into various main armies to prevent the mutiny of Yanzhou soldiers.

The attack on Yanzhou this time has won too many good generals, and Chutian needs to spend time reorganizing the army.

Each county has a defensive corps. In fact, many counties have no need to set up a defensive corps. For example, Pengcheng Kingdom, which is surrounded by Chutian territory, can completely cut off the local defense corps, and the saved military salaries can be used to increase the number of soldiers in the main army.

Regarding the reorganization of the legion, Chu Tian had to return to the lord's mansion and consider it in detail.

He needs to know the annual financial revenue from Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou and other places, as well as the inventory of war horses and equipment, in order to re-plan the army.

There were about 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers who surrendered in the Dongjun and Chenliu areas. With these people, one or two corps could be expanded.

After leaving some people to defend Yanzhou, Chu Tian brought Cao Cao and many generals back to Xiacheng, and placed their families in Xiacheng for surveillance. If the clan of the Cao and Xiahou clans betrayed, all the Cao and Xiahou clans in Qiaoxian County would be killed.

Cao Song lived a good life in Xuzhou. Although he also knew that he was being watched by Xuzhou Mu, Cao Song had no restrictions except that he could not leave Xiacheng. In addition, there has been no war in Langya for a long time, and the people are peaceful. Cao Song brought a lot of gold and silver treasures and lived a prosperous life, so Cao Song did not complain.

Recently, Cao Song is also obsessed with fried land.

Xiacheng is about to be upgraded to a large city, and the price of land is getting higher and higher. If you buy residential houses in advance, you can make a lot of money. The control of the land by the lord's mansion has also caused the price of land in Xiacheng to skyrocket. Using real estate to obtain additional financial income and support Chutian to wage war, this is what Xia Xia Liang has been doing.

Although the increase of land prices in various county towns is immoral for the common people, it can indeed bring a lot of financial revenue.

When Cao Song and Cao Cao's younger brother Cao De saw Cao Cao, they were shocked.

"I've already said, don't raise troops, don't raise troops, what are you capable of? Can your achievements be higher than your father who is the captain? This is good, you and your father are both prisoners. The Cao family is unfortunate, the Xiahou family is unfortunate. Unfortunate."

When Cao Song saw Cao Cao, he immediately assumed the posture of being an elder and blamed Cao Cao.

Cao Song fled to Xuzhou, not only because of the chaos in Qiao County, but also because he was worried that his son Cao Cao would fail to raise his army and become a prisoner.

Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "Dad, what you said is that if you knew you were unfilial, you would not be able to fight. In the end, it's still someone else's clothes."

"Your father, I have eaten more salt than you have eaten of rice. Don't mess with it next time."

When Cao Song saw Cao Cao admit his mistake, he was relieved.

He didn't realize that without Chu Tian's efforts to suppress Cao Cao, Cao Cao's territory would not have been so small, and it would have been impossible for him to be defeated so easily.

Cao De said: "Brother, Xuzhou Shepherd has a good way to govern Xuzhou, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, chickens and dogs know each other, and you don't pick up things on the road, why do you want to be an enemy of Xuzhou Shepherd? Xuzhou Shepherd is attacking you with a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, how can you not be defeated? If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself."

Cao Song replied: "What your brother said is extremely, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, Mengde, this time you come to Xiacheng, you must do more good deeds, and stop fighting and killing, you see you are this one. material?"

"..."

Cao Cao was speechless. There is a normal struggle for hegemony among the princes. In the end, only one force can survive. How could Cao Cao become an unjust party?

It seems that Cao Song and Cao De have integrated into the country of Langya and regard themselves as spiritual Xuzhou people.

Originally thought that Cao Song would be a prisoner in Xiacheng, but Cao Cao was completely wrong. Because Cao Song participated in the high land price, he became a wealthy businessman in Langya, and Cao De helped Cao Song manage his business.

In terms of influence in Xiacheng, Cao Cao was inferior to his younger brother Cao De.

Cao Cao, Ding, Bian, Cao Ang and others were aided by Cao Song and Cao De and lived in Xiacheng.

Cao Cao heard that Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan, Cai Yong and other great Confucian scholars lived in Xiacheng, so he specially came to visit. In front of Lu Zhi and others, Cao Cao was still a junior.

"Xuzhou Mu has the ambition to pacify the world. How many years can we old men live? In the future, we will rely on you to pacify the troubled world."

Lu Zhi saw Cao Cao and told Cao Cao, but Cao Cao agreed. The reputation of the other party was too high, and Cao Cao served as a nominal prefect of Yanzhou for another year. Compared with Lu Zhi and others, he was far behind.

The aristocratic families, big families, and wealthy businessmen in Xuzhou knew that Cao Cao and a group of generals lived in Xiacheng.

All Cao Clan and Xiahou Clan generals also temporarily lived in Xiacheng, waiting for appointment.

Every move of Cao Cao and others is being monitored.

Chutian returned to the lord's mansion to consider reorganizing the legion.

The current Xuzhou forces have three Guard Corps, the Fifth School of the Northern Army, the Women's Army, the Scouting Corps, as well as the special Hu Ben Army and the Servant Corps.

The main corps consisted of three infantry and four cavalry corps. The infantry regiments are offensive, defensive, and martial, and the cavalry regiments are Baipao, Wudi, Xiliang, and Yulin.

After obtaining a group of generals from Cao Cao, Chutian can incorporate these generals into each main army, or set up a new army.

"The Xiliang Legion can be revoked, because Xu Rong is not a general of the Xiliang faction..."

Chutian considered canceling the establishment of the Xiliang Corps, or giving it a new designation.

The reason why it used to be named the Xiliang Army was because Xu Rong and Hua Xiong were both military generals captured by Chu Tian from Dong Zhuo, and they also had Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Now the Xiliang Legion needs to be reorganized.

Chu Tian planned to set up an army of five good generals and appointed Cao Cao as the commander, but thought that Xu Huang and Zhang He were not in his hands and Cao Cao's loyalty was not high enough, so he gave up.

"What are you thinking about?"

Xia Xia Liang came to the door to greet him with his son in his arms.

"The various legions need to be reorganized, and I am considering this."

When Chu Tian saw his son, he didn't look like he was wrinkled when he was born.

Xia Xia Liang said: "I have heard that Cao Cao is under house arrest in Xiacheng. Cao Cao is a hero, few people can restrain him."

"This is exactly what I am worried about. I can only use loyalty to judge whether Cao Cao has the heart of rebellion. In addition, I can always let Cao Cao come back and report to me. Once the loyalty drops, I will send Wei Qing to replace him. Cao Cao is in front of Wei Qing. Don't be arrogant."

Chutian has a way to monitor Cao Cao.

Chu Tian returned to the lord's mansion. The lord's mansion used to have a small number of maids, but in order to take care of the young master who was born, the lord's mansion now employs dozens of maids.

"Why is she in the backyard?"

When Chu Tian saw Joan of Arc coming to visit, he couldn't help frowning.

"Only if she has something to worry about will she temporarily give up thinking about returning to France."

It makes sense when it's cold in summer.

"I plan to reorganize the army and then march into Qingzhou. Except for Pingyuan County to the north of the Yellow River, Jinan, Qi, and Le'an to the south of the Yellow River, all of them will be taken. Then I will go to the court, please be named General Zhendong. , and then promote everyone individually. How about you as Xuzhou Shepherd?"

"Xuzhou Mu? How about you?"

Xia Xia Liang couldn't help but be surprised when Chu Tian gave himself the position of Xuzhou Mu. You must know that Xuzhou is the core site of Chutian and has the largest population.

"I served as the shepherd of Yanzhou and personally suppressed the family in Yanzhou. In the future, whether I fought against Yuzhou, Guanzhong or Hebei, the main army needed to be placed in Yanzhou, so I had to focus on Yanzhou."

Chutian thought that he needed to serve as the shepherd of Yanzhou to completely eliminate Cao Cao's influence in Yanzhou and digest Yanzhou's territory. If most of the territory of Qingzhou is captured, a Qingzhou governor must be established. Chutian also has the personnel of the Qingzhou governor.

"Li Kui has worked hard and made a lot of money, and can be the prefect of Qingzhou. Once Qingzhou is won, the importance of Qingzhou will be lower than that of Yanzhou and Xuzhou, so there is no prefectural shepherd, and an army can be dispatched along the Yellow River."

Chu Tian thought of the low-key Li Kui.

As an imperial civil servant, Li Kui was naturally handy in governing Qingzhou.

Qingzhou suffered more damage than Xuzhou and Yanzhou. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban catastrophe broke out successively, and there was a series of battles in which Chutian attacked Qingzhou.

"Are you going to Yanzhou to deal with internal affairs?"

Xia Xia Liang sighed slightly, if Chu Tian was appointed as the shepherd of Yanzhou, he might be in Yanzhou for a long time.

"Who said that the shepherd of Yanzhou must be in Yanzhou? There are Du Ruhui, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Wei Qing and others in Yanzhou, so why bother. If they have an urgent matter, they can also use the teleportation array to send them to the lord's mansion for processing. I am the shepherd of Yanzhou, just for the purpose of To appease the local people. After all, I want the common people in Yanzhou to know that their state shepherd is my Chu Zimou.”

"In that case, I would also like to thank the existence of the teleportation array." Xia Xia Liang asked again, "But what name should our son be?"

Hearing the name, all the women who visited the lord's mansion came over.

Joan of Arc said solemnly: "I think it should be called, Henri De Chu of Langya."

Chu Tian directly ignored the serious Joan of Arc, which was not Dongfang's name at all.

"Chu Zheng? Chu Zhao?"

Mulan and Li Xiuning also intervened in the discussion.

Faced with the naming issue, Chu Tian felt a bit of a headache. Chutian is not very particular about it.

Xia Xia Liang understood Chu Tian's character and thought, maybe Chu Tian will give his son a name casually.