Another night of massacre, similar to Zhang Liao's battle.

After the 50,000-strong army was killed and more than 10,000 were killed, they couldn't stand it anymore. When they saw that all the generals were gone, they surrendered directly and some ran away.

However, the number of soldiers under Wei Yan's command was only a few hundred injured, and the trapped camp was basically undamaged. Except for a few soldiers who were slashed by the captain of the opposing army and were seriously injured, the others were only slightly injured.

When Wei Yan saw the more than 30,000 soldiers captured, he felt extremely happy.

It’s not easy! I waited for three days in frustration and lost half of my army. I finally got some meat! Now I should be on an equal footing with that guy Zhang Wenyuan!

Wei Yan's resentment towards Zhang Liao is not ordinary. Not only because the two have similar status and positions, but also because the two are very similar in what they are good at.

Both are good at raids, both can stand alone, and their martial arts and commanding abilities are similar. They are almost like a pair of twin brothers.

The only difference is their personalities, Zhang Liao is steady, Wei Yan is brave. These two people feel like another version of Gao Shun and Ju Yi, but Zhang Liao can't stabilize Wei Yan, at best he can be on the front line.

After Lu Su learned the result of the battle, he knew that the entire defense battle of Yangzhou was over.

This battle report will soon be passed to Huang Zu and Cai Hao. As long as Cai Hao still has some brains, he will know that it is time to retreat. Jiujiang cannot be taken, and all his friendly forces have been destroyed. Moreover, the trap, a deadly weapon, has been released. As long as he joins the battle

Among them, Cai Mao is not a person at all, and he has no chance of landing.

As long as Cai Mao is not stupid, he will not seek death on his own. Anyway, he did not suffer any loss this time. The one who suffered was the old ghost Huang Zu. It would be good if Cai Hao didn't snicker. He can take this opportunity to seize more military power.

The population losses of the aristocratic families in Xuzhou and Yuzhou are nothing at all in the eyes of these aristocratic families.

In this troubled time, the entire north will soon be integrated, and refugees will be everywhere. A few more deaths will save more land and food, and reduce chaos!

These aristocratic families have no shortage of people at all. Think about how much the population decreased during the Three Kingdoms period? Sixty million people ended up being less than ten million.

Not all of the population was lost, a small part of them became black households of aristocratic families. The remaining aristocratic families felt that they were not worth raising or could not afford to support them, so they were left to die.

In this troubled time, aristocratic families lack talents, land, money and food, but they will never lack people.

So on the surface it seems that the family has suffered heavy losses, with more than 100,000 troops being compensated, but in reality? Nothing wrong happened, and it can be recovered in half a year at most.

As Lu Su expected, after receiving the news, Cai Mao withdrew his troops. Although Huang Zu was furious when he learned that Cai Mao had withdrawn his troops, he scolded Cai Mao in his heart, and in the end he could only withdraw reluctantly.

Cai Mao and the others retreated when they saw the difficulty, and Huang Zhong and the others could not pursue him. After all, they were reluctant to defend Yangzhou. If they wanted to attack Jingzhou, they might as well go to sleep!

Tian Feng and the others decisively gave up on sending troops abroad and chose to clean up the internal chaos in Yangzhou calmly and settle the accounts with some internal thieves.

Just like half a year ago, groups of aristocratic families rushed to the streets. During this period, the Gu family, Zhu family, Lu family and other aristocratic families made a lot of efforts.

Among them, the old fox from the Lu family took the initiative to help after learning about Zhang Liao's victory. The Gu family and the Zhu family took actions after learning about Huang Zhong's victory.

Although it was an afterthought and icing on the cake, after all, we still had to rely on these three families. Tian Feng and others also appeased these aristocratic families and gave up some officialdom and commercial interests.

The Battle of Yangzhou ended without any danger and ended in an anticlimax.

Tian Feng was very worried at the beginning, fearing that there would be a problem in any part and he would lose everything. But he didn't expect that his teammates were far more powerful than he thought. When Huang Zhong won, Tian Feng knew that the situation was set.

This seemingly dangerous situation was resolved without any trouble! Tian Feng even doubted his own understanding. Was it his teammates who were too strong or his opponent who was too piggy?

Thinking about it carefully, the other party, except for Huang Zu, was indeed a bit stupid. There seemed to be nothing wrong with the remaining group of soldiers marching and fighting. The blame could only be blamed on the fact that our own people were too strong.

Although these aristocratic families have not suffered much damage, it is estimated that they will not come again within half a year. Taking this opportunity, Tian Feng's people just started to reorganize the internal affairs and recruit troops.

After this time, even Tian Feng had to admit that the number of soldiers in Jiangdong was still not enough, and it was necessary to expand the army to at least 200,000 to ensure self-protection. Therefore, according to Yuan Shu's previous arrangements, Yangzhou began a new round of conscription.

In fact, according to the current level of wealth in Yangzhou, it would be like just to pull out an army of three to four hundred thousand casually.

You must know that among the Three Kingdoms in history, the late Shu Han Dynasty only had a population of 6 million. The battle of Yiling was able to draw an army of 600,000 to 700,000 people. Basically, one in ten people was a soldier, which was close to the ratio of the Qin Dynasty.

When they heard that the army was going to be expanded again, the generals were like wolves, and they almost started fighting in order to get more military power. In the end, Tian Feng stood up and made the final decision. These new soldiers were given to Ji Ling for training first, and they were trained by Yuan Shu after he came back.

Yuan Shu made arrangements.

The house leaked and it rained continuously all night. The problem of foreign enemies was solved, but many floods occurred in Jiangdong.

Fortunately, many water conservancy projects have been built in Yangzhou in the past six months, so this flood did not cause much harm, but it still served as a reminder to Tian Feng and others.

It's spring now, so the scale of the floods is not big, and the impact is not big. If we wait until summer and autumn, the disaster will be terrible, and people will probably lose their harvest.

This is why Yuan Shu must prioritize the construction of water conservancy projects and the construction of medical centers. These natural disasters are the most terrifying existence in this era. A little carelessness may lead to the death of millions of people.

Why did so many people follow the Yellow Turban Revolt in the late Han Dynasty? Because Zhang Jiao’s banner was to treat illnesses and save lives for free.

The great plague at the end of the Han Dynasty caused the death of at least 20 million people within fifteen years. Otherwise, the population would not have dropped so much, and all ten houses were empty. Four of the seven sons of Jian'an all died of the plague. Cao Cao also fought for this great plague.

Plague wrote the famous song "Hao Li Xing".

White bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles.

This kind of catastrophe is the life-stopper of a dynasty and the destroyer of civilization. It can easily kill tens of thousands of people.

I have to say that the disasters in the late Han Dynasty were really frequent. Otherwise, there would not be a situation where the final population would be almost no one left.

After a major flood, the people of Yangzhou had to return to their previous state of survival.

Tian Feng has now even stalled his plan to build roads, and mobilizes the people to continuously build water conservancy projects to ensure that this year's food harvest will be bumper to bumper and will not be affected.

You must know that based on the current situation in Yangzhou, it can be said that as long as this year's grain harvest is good, there will be no need to worry about food problems in two years.

Needless to say, the importance of food. In these troubled times, the worry is definitely not the lack of soldiers, but the lack of food. You can recruit as many soldiers as you have food. There are a lot of refugees who want to make ends meet!

When troubled times are coming, food prices will definitely skyrocket. The price of food that costs a few hundred coins and a stone now may rise to dozens of coins by then.
Chapter completed!