Chapter 856 The Original Plan

The first snow fell in Youzhou. Liu Yu, his wife, concubines, children and a large family, went north in the snow and wind, which gave people a feeling of loneliness and desolation.

Come to think of it, Liu Yu was a relative of the Han Dynasty, the governor of Youzhou, and was extremely rich and powerful. In the end, he was held hostage by his subordinates and could not control himself. The proud attitude of the army and the people was also a false image created by his subordinates to please him. He was defeated by the words of the King of Liaodong, and his family property was taken away and his servants were dispersed. The whole family only brought a pile of gorgeous clothes and messy daily necessities. A few mules and horses pulled a few carts, and many people had to walk.

This huge gap is desolate no matter how you look at it.

However, the people who gave Liu Yu and his party a salute were a group of people who were pampered even if they were wearing coarse linen clothes and were covered in dust. Just by looking at their skin, you can tell that they must be pampered people. They were shivering in the cold wind, holding tools, and being driven up the mountain by soldiers.

They did not think Liu Yu was desolate, and even envied him a little. Who would have thought that the fools they had laughed at in private before actually survived by being foolish.

On the contrary, they had to work until they died, or died miserably of starvation and freezing. After they died, there was no grave, and they didn't know where they were buried with whom...

They easily took Youzhou, and General Wang was stationed in Ji County to dispatch troops. Generals such as Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, and Zhou Cang led the troops to the battle. The cities of Dai County, Shanggu County, Zhuo County, Guangyang County, Yuyang County, and Youbeiping County were being conquered one by one.

Most of these cities were small cities, and many of them had no moats. The food and grass in their cities were not enough to support the long-term consumption of the siege. Moreover, even a hundred thousand troops could not stop them. Ji County City had been broken, and all the superiors were killed. At this time, even if many officials knew that they would die, they had no other way to go, because dying early or late was death.

On the other hand, the soldiers of Liaodong surrounded the city and shouted, describing Liaodong as a fairyland, encouraging the soldiers defending the city to kill the officials and surrender the city, go home to live with their wives and children, and create glory together with the general. Many defenders were not encouraged. After all, the rumors had been around for a long time. Besides, the city was surrounded on all sides. If they did not surrender, they would die. They had no intention of fighting at all.

So a considerable number of officials and wealthy families made the same choice. Killed the whole family and then committed suicide.

It is not to say that they are more courageous than the top officials and powerful people in Youzhou in Jixian City, but because the people in Jixian City at that time always held a glimmer of fantasy.

After all, Gongsun Zan was still outside. Although Liu Yu did not say it, they might not have relied on Gongsun Zan. The battle of attacking and defending the city, especially the big city like Jixian, fought desperately. Under the condition of excluding other reasons, it was a pure attack and defense battle. Under normal circumstances, it could last for several months.

Moreover, they had sufficient food and grass in the city. According to the inventory of the captured food and grass, the food and grass in the city was enough to support more than a year. So if the situation develops normally, it is not impossible to wait for Gongsun Zan to come back and attack Wang Yan.

Gongsun Zan's base is in Youzhou. If he knew that Liu Yu and others had a 100,000-man army and were defeated by Wang Yan, he would definitely jump three feet high and curse. He cursed Wang the thief and Liu Yu and others for their incompetence. He wanted to make both sides lose, but he didn't think of letting Wang the thief take Youzhou.

But no one could have imagined that a 100,000-man army was defeated in less than half a month. The solid city only held out for one night, and that was because Wang Yan did not attack and rested for one night.

Gongsun Zan must not want to hear such news, because his family is all in Youzhou.

Now they are all doing hard work, and basically they can't survive this winter...

Wang Yan was stationed in Ji County to dispatch, and various personnel and materials were constantly transported from Liaodong. Although Youzhou was cold, this winter was particularly hot.

Re-doing the old things in Liaodong, various blacksmiths and carpenters were busy with production again. Brick kilns and glass kilns also began production, just like Liaodong, to benefit the people, all were equipped with heated beds and glass windows.

When heated beds and glass were first built and installed, the charges were quite low, and some grain would be collected after the autumn harvest. Even if they waited until the price of bricks and glass returned to the original price, the price was still affordable.

Bricks are made of soil, and glass is made of sand. The raw materials are free, and there is only a little labor. Relatively speaking, Wang Yan is still more conscientious. Under his rule, all necessities of life are not expensive, and have always been very stable.

As for the problem of Youzhou not being as cold as Liaodong and retaining architectural characteristics, this is actually not a problem. Because only rich people would consider architecture, their houses are brick and wood structures, and they pay attention to shape and decoration, but poor people don’t consider that aspect. They just have a place to live and it’s good enough that it doesn’t leak.

The houses of the people in Youzhou are mostly built of stones, with mud mixed with grass as bonding and insulation. There is not even a tile on the wooden beam roof, it is all thatch.

In this situation, how can we have time to consider the problem of building form. So in the future, brick and tile houses will be the main ones, little by little, when the people's living standards are improved and they have higher pursuits, then there will be the so-called architectural art.

The family assets accumulated in six years can support Youzhou through the winter until the autumn harvest next year, which is not a big problem. The current problem is that there are not enough available manpower. The minimum standard for being a civilian official is to be literate and arithmetic. As for the wisdom of dealing with the people, although the internal counselor's newspaper is constantly praising it, it is actually far from the point where it is needed.

But even with this requirement, one person out of a hundred can't find one.

Although there are talented people among the people in recent years, they have learned common characters, can read books by themselves, learned arithmetic, and can perform the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. But this is still far from the number of officials needed. Students trained in Liaodong School need another three years to complete basic education.

This explains why, at the beginning of the founding of the country, both civil officials and military generals were quite young. But when it came to stability, the age suddenly increased a lot. There was no manpower available, so they could only use talents in an unconventional way. Some people, under this heavy pressure, adapted to growth and stood out, and naturally became figures in textbooks.

There were not enough talents in hand, and there were not many local officials in Youzhou alive. They were all killed and could not provide much help. He himself incorporated the governance of the pavilion into the formal system, and the pavilion chief could also be promoted, which greatly increased the number of officials needed. It was not enough to begin with, and he did this, naturally, it was even more short of manpower.

But it's not a big problem. The rules are there anyway. If there are not enough people, they will start from the higher level. First, they will cover the county-level administrative units. The pavilion chiefs in Liaodong have been promoted and come to Youzhou to be county magistrates. They still do the work of pavilion chiefs, with other officials and some soldiers to assist them. They work in pavilions one by one. If they are tired, they will be tired. If there are mistakes, they will be missed first. There will always be a day to make up for them. On the whole, the people will definitely not suffer.

On the other hand, at present, the enthusiasm of the people for construction is quite high. As long as the officials give orders and explain what they are doing, they don't need supervision. The people who are eager for a better life are more motivated than anyone else.

Of course, because it is winter now, no major construction has started. They are just re-measuring the land and dividing the land. This work is done by the county magistrate with the army, and there is no problem.

There are many rules in the army, and the military orders are strict. Under high pressure, there are many people who can read and count. They are the main force in the current local governance.

In general, the current rule of Youzhou has been stabilized.

At the same time, in order to deal with the withdrawal of the princes in the coming spring, their own development and hegemony, and Gongsun Zan's return with his army, Wang Yan carried out a series of military mobilizations.

Huang Zhong led the Xuanwu Guard to guard Quanzhou (Tianjin), Zhou Cang led the Weiwu Guard to guard Xushui (Baoding Xushui), and Taishi Ci led the Guangwu Guard to guard Ba County (Bazhou). This is to prevent Gongsun Zan from returning next year, and to prevent Han Fu and Yuan Shao in Jizhou. The current goal is to hold on to the fruits of victory in Youzhou, so that we can plant the land steadily for a few years, accumulate some assets, and prepare for greater expansion.

As for Bingzhou, it is now unable to take it. Liao Hua's Xiaoqi Battalion is stationed there, and there are 3,000 soldiers and horses of Zhenwu Guard. This force, if left alone, is enough to conquer a large area in Bingzhou. It's just that resources are tight at present, and it can't be mapped outside in the short term.

In addition, there are 3,000 soldiers and horses of Zhenwu Guard stationed on the grassland, and 6,000 soldiers and horses of Xiongwu Guard in Qingping County, which cannot be moved. That is to defend the grassland, unite the Xianbei people who surrendered, and guard the eastern and western gates of Liao. Liao Hua's cavalry battalion was not transferred to the Central Plains for this reason.

The war on the grassland has never stopped. Even if Youzhou was occupied here, Liao Hua still separated a part of the troops to fight against the barbarians on the grassland when guarding Guangning.

Wang Yan's attitude towards them was very firm. Either join me, listen to my command, and integrate into the Han people, or go west. If you stay and don't surrender, you will die. Of course, even if you surrender, the heads of the tribes will not survive, otherwise how can they resist. But if you don't kill the heads and let them hold the right to speak in the tribe, it is submission, not submission.

The hostile state between General Wang and the heads of the tribes on the grassland is the same as the hostile state between the powerful officials. In his eyes, they are all class enemies. In the eyes of the chiefs and powerful officials, they are also incompatible. They want to kill them as soon as possible...

In addition to these troops, Fang County also has 3,000 Yingwu Guards and Changchun has a full Xingwu Guard. Yingwu Guards maintain the stability of their hometown, and Xingwu Guards annex Buyeo and Goguryeo, which cannot be used.

As for the 3,000 Yingwu Guards sent out earlier and the 3,000 conscripted militias, they have not been formally reorganized and are now scattered all over the country to maintain order. Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong, and Zhou Cang's soldiers also pulled out half of their manpower to assist the civil officials in measuring the land in various counties.

When they return to the team next spring, they will be ready to fight Gongsun Zan.

In fact, when the rebellion in Youzhou broke out, some people moved south with their families. After defeating the 100,000-strong army of Youzhou in Liaodong, some people fled south when the blockade was not in time. When the troops of Youzhou were mobilized earlier, Han Fu of Jizhou had already received the news. When Wang Yan mobilized his troops, Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, and Zhou Cang led the army south to station and blockaded the area from Baoding to the east of Taihang Mountain to Quanzhou facing the Bohai Sea.

This blockade of nearly 600 miles set up various passes, eyeing Jizhou covetously. If Han Fu didn't know about this, he wouldn't have to be the governor of Jizhou...

The winter in Luoyang was not very warm, but the princes often gathered together. Although everyone reached a consensus to fight Dong Zhuo when the weather warmed up and withdraw the troops, when everyone gathered together, they still did not forget to discuss how to kill Dong the thief and talk about the ambition to support the Han Dynasty. In front of these people, Liu Bei, who was born in the Han Dynasty and had the ambition to support the Han Dynasty, did not seem to be more loyal to the Han Dynasty than them.

Everyone knew their own thoughts and knew that this was the last time of peace. They might meet in the future, but everyone was dealing with it here.

This time belongs to the late Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty. At this time, everyone is actually surrounding the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. Eighteen princes and sixteen princes circled around these two, lining up with each other.

Of course, no matter how you stand, we are allied forces, and when we gather together to have a banquet, we still seem to be in harmony.

But today, when the alliance leader invited everyone to have a banquet, familiar faces were missing.

After glancing around, Yuan Shao asked: "Why are General Gongsun and Han Gong not here? You and I, but you are negligent and you don't know whether they will meet?"

The sergeant under the tent held up his hand to plead guilty and said: "General, when I left, the two generals were discussing matters in Mr. Han's tent, so they were not allowed to come in. I told Mr. Han that his guards would return. I really don't know why."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Yuan Shao narrowed his eyes slightly, subconsciously feeling a sense of crisis.

He is now the governor of Bohai. Although he doesn't take Han Fu seriously, he is the shepherd of Jizhou after all and is his direct leader. Gongsun Zan was General Fenwu, Jihou, the overlord of Youzhou, commanding an army of 20,000. If the two of them formed an alliance and did not agree with him, and after returning to the army, they jointly attacked, how would he respond with only Bohai?

Not only Yuan Shao, but other princes sitting at the table in the tent were also whispering to each other. They were far away, but they still exchanged glances silently. Yuan Shu, who was sitting at the bottom, even smiled, the meaning of which was unclear.

Yuan Shao's eyes were on fire, but his scalp was also numb.

There is a person in the middle seat. He has a Chinese character face and a sheep's tail beard. His hair is very dense. Although his frame is small, he has a powerful presence when he sits. This is Cao Cao and Cao Mengde who issued an imperial edict to raise troops and invite all the princes.

Cao Cao held the wine bottle and drank alone. He secretly looked at the expressions of the Yuan brothers and looked at the flies and dogs of the princes in the tent. He looked down on them.

At this moment, a scribe hurriedly entered the tent, glanced at the princes who were talking about different things, and bowed his hands to Yuan Shao: "Report to my lord, just now the sergeant came to report that Gongsun Zan and Han Fu's camp was noisy, but it was the two of them who The whole army will leave."

"Zhongzhi, do you know why?"

"I don't know about the comment. My lord should ask about it."

This man was a counselor under Yuan Shao's tent. His surname was Xin, his name was Ping Zhongzhi, and he and his younger brother Xin Pi worked with Yuan Shao. Later, Guandu was defeated, but they were all killed by Cao Cao because Yuan refused to surrender.

Yuan Shao said good things, got up and left the banquet, and wanted to go out to find Gongsun Zan and Han Fu to find out. The rest of the princes also stood up to follow and grasp the first-hand news.

At this time, the boss's tent was opened again, and it was Gongsun Zan and Han Fu who came hand in hand to greet the princes.

Yuan Shao asked hurriedly: "I just heard that the two generals wanted to break camp and return, but I don't know why? Please tell me clearly so that we can understand."

Gongsun Zan and Han Fu exchanged glances. Gongsun Zan was in a low position and said consciously: "It's not because we don't kill the national traitors, but it's actually the king's thieves in the north who are harming the king's thieves. Don't let Dong's thieves go. Everyone knows that the Liaodong king's thieves heard about it last year. Daxing then marched into Linyu and went down to Guangning to seize the territory of Youzhou. They did not raise troops and lured the people to invest in it with the profit of one ten tax. They divided the land between them and the people, with each household having hundreds of acres. Mu, then slowly marched into the army and encroached on Youzhou.

Just now, Mr. Han and I both received news from Youzhou. Two months ago, Liu Youzhou and his troops knew that the king's bandits were harmed, so they had to mobilize a hundred thousand troops to attack, not only to destroy the king's bandits, but also to push them back to Liaodong. . However, Liu Youzhou's soldiers were not good at fighting, and the king's thieves caused trouble, so he made a promise to the soldiers before the battle. The soldiers killed the officers and rebelled, and the 100,000-strong army collapsed without a fight.

The powerful officials in Youzhou were all harmed by the king's thieves. My family members were also harmed by thieves, and none of them survived. How can I not avenge the hatred of my country and my family? The Dong thieves have all the princes. I will fight to the death with the king thieves, avenge my family, and defend the Han Dynasty. Death is not a pity. "

Looking at Gongsun Zan who had wiped away his tears, Han Fu sighed: "Now the king's thief Chen has troops in Quanzhou, Xushui, and Baxian, and is waiting to spy on Jizhou. Our two families are united, and we should mobilize the strength of Jizhou to fight to the death with the king's thief. . The affairs of the world are all ours, and the traitor Dong relies on the princes to worry about them, so we will go."

Yuan Shao was even more confused. The two men had already stated that they would join forces. Now Gongsun Zan is attached to Han Fu, and there are king thieves in the north who are eyeing him. This situation makes him even worse.

Looking at the people in the field and looking at the counselors who were winking at him crazily, Yuan Shao screamed, beat his chest and feet, and cried out in pain: "Ugh, there are ten servants in front of you who are causing chaos. Is there any plan in the future to recruit Dong Zhuo to cause chaos in the country?" Now the Yellow Turbans are causing trouble, and the traitor Wang Yan wants to seize our Han territory. You, Bogui, are the governors of Bohai. You want to get rid of the traitors. How can I just sit back and ignore them? , crusade against the king thief.

Knowing the concerns of all the princes, I appointed my younger brother Gongdao as the leader of the alliance to attack the Dong thieves. Just as Han Gong said, everything in the world belongs to us. We should work together as one, never forget the alliance between jujube, and swear to kill the Dong thief. We, too, should fight to the death with the thief king. Don't talk too much, sir. The rise and fall of the Han Dynasty all depends on you. Pass on my order to break camp and return to Ji to attack the king's traitor. "

Yuan Shao said, without giving Yuan Shu and others a chance to speak, he went directly out of the tent and beat drums to assemble the army.

Yuan Shao was deeply touched by the fact that the leader's position was not very good. Leaving early or late is just walking, not to mention that there is a king thief peeping at him now, and Gongsun Zan is attached to Han Fu. He can't leave, and must follow him.

Aren't good brothers always fighting for each other? Now that he has great righteousness, no one can say anything, so just leave this matter to the good brother and let the good brother play. If you continue to fight, you will definitely not be able to defeat it. If he didn't fight, he would have fought really hard with the king thief in the north. I wonder what his brother and these people will do.

At this time, Yuan Shu had ten thousand words that he wanted to say to his good brother...

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