Today's weather is not bad. Although the sky is not very clear and there seem to be a little too many clouds, it is precisely because of the appearance of these "cute" clouds that the temperature in the past few days, which has been a little higher than the same period in previous years, has not cooled down.
Less.◇↓,
People who would choose to stay at home when there was nothing necessary were walking out of their homes one after another, and there were far more business travelers from other places than before - the face of the captain from the city gate was brighter than the weather.
Judging from Duo's smile, those new business trips have allowed this officer, who does not have much real power, but still has a lucrative position, to get a good income.
In fact, this is indeed something to be happy about.
Although the previous raid went extremely smoothly due to Zhang Ji's accidental death, because the coach lost his life, Ma Teng was unable to control the avalanche of the Nanyang Corps, which was essentially the core of the Nanyang Corps formed by Zhang Ji in the absence of direct troops.
The same big collapse, otherwise with Zhang Ji's management over the years and Wancheng's complete city defense system, even if a mediocre general came to guard this place, it would be impossible for him to surrender it in less than two days.
It is a city of extremely important strategic significance.
But even so, when Cai Hao and others took stock of the gains and losses after the war, they still didn't feel that happy.
Because the population of Wancheng, as well as the counties and villages surrounding Wancheng, is far less than what these Jingzhou people expected, even if they had heard before that Li Shushi used the excuse that the area around Wancheng was at the forefront of the war, and sent a large amount of materials and
Wealth, naturally a large number of people migrated to Henan County, filling up the small population there since Dong Zhuo.
It's just that those people in Jingzhou obviously didn't expect that Li Shushi would do it so thoroughly, and that Zhang Ji would be so cooperative.
It's no wonder that those people in Jingzhou have such doubts. After all, everyone knows the significance of ruling a prosperous city to generals who want to expand their armies. In other words, even if they consider the impact, they will not invest a lot of tax and wealth.
In the army, expanding the wealth of yourself and your subordinates can not only win over people's hearts, but also bring a lot of benefits to your family.
So they really don't understand why Zhang Ji would obey such orders from Jinyang. They must know that even with the close relationship between Huang Zu and Liu Biao, if Liu Biao asked Huang Zu to move his population and wealth to Nanjun, he would definitely force him to do so.
Against Huang Zu.
This can only be said that with the help of Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and Cao Ling who had stayed in Nanyang for a long time, the situation in Nanyang was much more complicated than the Jingzhou Army imagined, but it was also much simpler.
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It's complicated because Nanyang is the boundary. As a passage connecting the core area of Mikawa Kinki and the core area of northern Jingzhou, it is also the hometown of Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Most of the hero groups around Liu Xiu also came from here, so the family
More powerful ones
It is extremely powerful. Even after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the melee between Dong Zhuo and the Kwantung Allied Forces, it is still difficult to fundamentally shake the foundation of these powerful families - unless there is a guy who is not afraid of death, like Li Shushi who was not afraid of heaven and earth.
Land reform.
In addition, in the past few years, starting from Qin Jie, the captain of Nanyang, to the tug of war between the Bingzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army, the intervening more than ten years have experienced several strengths of Qin Jie, Zhang Zi, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu, Jingzhou Army, Dong Zhuo Army and Bingzhou Army.
The alternation and tug-of-war make the relationship between various forces in the county complicated. No matter what you do, you need to worry about the attention and "care" from behind the scenes.
Therefore, for this messy place, the Bingzhou Army's strategy is to pull out all the stops and make it a battlefield, or a forward position to defend Luoyang, rather than a thoroughfare between the north and the south as before. A place where aristocratic families are powerful and prosperous.
For this reason, an extremely complex relocation plan was formulated, as well as a supply transportation plan to ensure that Zhang Ji was stationed here.
This allows Zhang Ji to be stationed in Nanyang with peace of mind without feeling aggrieved, but if something happens, it will not cause too much loss. After all, the relationship between Zhang Ji and the Bingzhou Army may be extremely
Close, but its original Xiliang
The big boss of the army can never be on par with his direct generals in terms of use. Even if the superficial work is done well, there will be no fundamental changes - but the Bingzhou Army cannot do it because Zhang Ji is not
It's stupid to wantonly suppress such a thing even if you are from a direct lineage.
It can be said that how to grasp the balance and at the same time hide it from some untrusted families to a certain extent is definitely a lot of effort. However, for those foxes, big and small, old and young, such a huge plan may
It's also a kind of fun.
But this thing sounds simple. In fact, it is quite simple.
For Zhang Ji, Dong Zhuo's death basically ended his ambition to climb up. In the final analysis, Zhang Ji was just Dong Zhuo's loyal minister. As for others, maybe he could temporarily obey orders, but not too much.
Even when Li Guo was at his most arrogant, he had no choice but to drive his former colleague out of the Central Committee, and then use food, grass, and some nominal political things in the hope of succeeding.
Slowly drag him to death.
It is precisely because Zhang Ji has such an idea, and Zhang Xiu, who inherits the blood of their Zhang family, is doing well under Li Shushi, so as long as Li Shushi does not go too far, Zhang Ji will turn a blind eye.
One eye - if his wife, Zou, could live up to her expectations and have a boy and a girl or something, maybe
Zhang Ji will also consider earning more meritorious deeds and leaving them to future generations. It is a pity that Zhang Ji cannot even muster such a little motivation. As a young man, Zhang Xiu has made it clear that he wants to create a world for himself. Perhaps for a
It may sound a bit lonely to the elders, but the youth's vitality is indeed worthy of praise.
It can be said that if Li Guo hadn't secretly instigated the irreconcilable hatred between Zhang Ji and the Jingzhou army, perhaps Zhang Ji wouldn't even consider that Nanyang prefect and just move to Jinyang to retire. Anyway, with the prosperity of Jinyang
, Li Shushi's respect for him, and Zhang Xiu's status in the Bingzhou Army, Zhang Ji should be able to live an extremely luxurious life.
As for cooperating with the Bingzhou Army's relocation operation, that is naturally a piece of cake. Anyway, Nanyang will not be evacuated all at once.
And after such actions, the result was that when the Jingzhou Army was finally lucky enough to capture Wancheng, they had to face a Wancheng whose value was far less than what they expected - if they hadn't discovered it in the city.
Although it cannot be said to be rich, they obtained a batch of military rations that could be called valuable, as well as a certain amount of mysterious water. After confident calculation, they found that there was still a small profit. It is estimated that they were about to have the idea of setting fire to the city.
No, it wouldn't be surprising even if it were implemented directly.
Of course, this small profit must include those jars of mysterious wine that were discovered in the cellar of the prefect's mansion and were quickly divided and collected by several big men in Jingzhou. Even though it was just a few jars, it was not worth much.
Less than a storehouse of copper coins.
This is what Li Shushi learned after he had been in this world for a long time, or had contact with many upper-class people. It turns out that although this mysterious wine is scarce, there is still a lot of it. It seems that the value may be limited after all, but that is because he does not know how to use it.
In the hands of people like Li Shushi who regard it as an "mp+80" prop, it is naturally like a cow chewing a peony, which is a waste of a good thing.
In fact, in the hands of those who are good at utilizing it, they either use secret methods to purify it and bring it closer to the level of fairy wine, or they use it as a guide and use precious materials as auxiliary materials to refine it into magical medicinal materials, whether it is
No matter how you use the mysterious wine, you can get something that improves your physical condition. Although if you do it improperly, the medicine you get may produce a lot of substances that are not good for your body or are toxic, but families still flock to it.
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Well. Just think about Li Shushi's fruits that are very pitiful for young people, but they are hard to get. Each family regards it as the best reward for their family or their children. This can be seen.
How big is the market for things?
Of course, it can be deduced from this, and he may not be good at words, but the self-healing spell given to Li Shushi by a certain green dragon really lives up to the name of divine magic. Even after treating Tong Yuan, Zhao Yun and others, Li Shushi became known as the "miracle doctor"
It hasn't spread like wildfire either.
By the way, in the matter of treating Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji took advantage of Li Shushi's favor, which was not a big or small favor.
After careful calculation, Cai Mao, Kuai Liang and others felt that the Battle of Wancheng was well worth it. However, as Wenpin, who was placed in Nanyang by Liu Biao to resist possible retaliation from the north, they had a feeling of "saying no even if it's hard".
I felt like my eyes were filled with tears."
Why?
If it was just to guard against retaliation from the north and the war that might result from it, Wenpin, who was loyal to Liu Biao, would not feel the slightest fear at all. Even if he felt a little unsure, he would not complain.
But you big guys from Jingzhou didn’t want to leave any dregs to him after plundering Wancheng and eating half full.
If those powerful Nanyang families who were interested in Jingzhou had not taken the lead in intercepting a lot of people and wealth, and the "big relocation" operation of the Jingzhou Army following the Bingzhou Army had only achieved part of its purpose, Wenpin doubted whether those guys would have left him a house.
Empty city to defend.
If in the history of another dimension, Jingzhou became a huge battlefield because of its direct descendants from the intersection of the three families of Wei, Shu and Wu, and the people always lived under the cloud of war, then today's Nanyang has completely achieved this in advance
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Even the Bingzhou Army was not sure whether it could occupy Nanyang for a long time and had to move most of its elite elsewhere. How could the Jingzhou Army be confident when they landed and felt that they were beaten out of nowhere compared to the northern soldiers?
How about full?
It's better to leave a piece of white land as a buffer zone. Even if it is really lost, it won't be too distressing.
But who is Wenpin?
Perhaps he was a die-hard loyalist of Liu Biao in terms of political attitude, but in terms of personal ambition, he still had the desire to become a general and become a prime minister. Naturally, he was not willing to break the pot because of Nanyang's brokenness. Instead, he wanted to cry without tears.
After inspecting the entire city, he worked overtime day and night and formulated the "First Five-Year Plan" to revitalize Nanyang.
Judging from the current situation, although this period of time was really exhausting for Wenpin, the results were still extremely significant.
After all, the area where Wancheng is located is the core hinterland of the Nanyang Basin, with fertile soil and dense rivers, which is very suitable for crop growth.
Even if a large number of people are really relocated, in fact, as long as the policies are favorable, enough refugees can still be recruited from nearby states and counties to come here to take root and work again. After all, China's peasant class, as long as there is an opportunity, still hopes that one day You can own a piece of land of your own and pass it down to future generations as a family heirloom.
After all, in ancient farming societies, the most important means of production was land, fertile land.
With such prerequisites as a guarantee, and in addition, Wenpin, who was appointed as the governor of Nanyang by Jingzhou, was delegated power by Liu Biao. After some families left, the remaining families could not completely fill the vacuum immediately, so Wenpin was The operating space was indeed much larger than he expected.
People can be said to be the basis of everything.
With people, production can be organized; with people, there is a need for commercial circulation; with people, everything can be created.
"It's no wonder that Li Zhoumu wanted to capture Wen Zhongye alive. Lao Gan can't learn such a skill."
"I always feel that Xingba, you should change your tune and adapt now."
"That kind of thing is just a trivial matter. What I want to know most now is what the expressions of those high-ranking guys who know that I came back so soon will be like in a few days."
"I probably want to kill you and bury you, then dig you out and beat you again."
"I always feel that you, this bastard, are more ruthless than I thought. Suddenly I feel lucky that I didn't fall into your hands. What should I do? I always feel that if I continue to think about it, my future life will become very ugly. That’s not good.”
"I always feel that if you could see the master, Xingba, the two of you would definitely cherish each other."
"It's not surprising. After all, I am the most special one. It's not surprising that Li Zhoumu realizes this."
"No, because at some point, you both have a strong tendency to be funny."
"Xiaofu, don't think that because you are so small, I won't dare to knock you down, or that you want to fight me for another 300 rounds on the martial arts field~~"
"I will find my cousin's master to teach Brother Gan how to behave. Please don't shy away from fighting when the time comes."
"Humph, don't look at who I am, Gan Xingba. How could something like that happen to me!"
"Cousin, you should be able to ask General Zilong to take some time."
"Hehe. Let alone General Zilong, it's okay even if it's General Bo Ren or Zhong Kang. After all, there's still a master."
"Oh~ Brother Gan, I'll offer you a moment of silence in advance. If that happens, the 'Xiaoqiang' that the Lord calls him will definitely appear, and he will definitely be the first one to appear. He doesn't want to play with General Zilong. Broken 'things'."
"Uh, 'Xiaoqiang'? What is this?!"
"Brother Gan, you will know when the time comes. Don't worry, various industries in Jinyang are very developed."
"Hey, hey, hey, you little guy, what do you mean by this?"
"Xiaofu's words probably mean: The masters in the coffin shops in Jinyang are very good at their craftsmanship. Xingba, you can customize a coffin with your own personal style in advance, even if it is a sea-going coffin, there is no problem at all, as long as you think it suits Just your taste is good.”
"...Is it true that the Bingzhou Army is so crouching tiger, hidden dragon?"
"That's not all. General Ziyi, General Han Sheng, General Yunchang...there are really no empty warriors despite their great reputations."
"...Hahahaha, that's really great. If that's true, I, Lao Gan, will finally not be lonely! Now I don't have to hide it from you guys. Although you guys are all good at it, if Wu Wu
It’s really not interesting if they all go up together, but it’s even less interesting if they go up one by one. I’ve long wanted to find a master to compete with, so this is just what I want!”
"Most of those guys won't find it too difficult to deal with the five of us together."
Although Yang Fu kept pouring cold water on Gan Ning with a cold face, Gan Xingba, who seemed to be in a state of excitement, had completely ignored the verbal attacks of this sinister fake Sanwu Shota.
Sighing secretly, Yang Fu didn't feel much at all. Anyway, it was not like he had never seen a similar state before. Those determined people who are constantly pursuing the path of martial arts know the truth that a good opponent is rare, so when
When they heard that there was an opponent who could rival them, or even be far inferior to them, their excitement was clearly something that his words could not shake.
In any case, the primary target of this mission seems to have a little more identification with the Bingzhou Army.
Of course, if this wild Jinfan thief is trained by those bad-tempered guys in the Bingzhou Army, the sense of recognition will probably be higher - but it is not ruled out that he will choose to fight on the water in order to regain his position.
Will Xingba start group teasing again?
With Gan Xingba's integrity, he probably wouldn't have made such a hesitant choice... probably.
Although Langli Baitiao is no match for Black Tornado on land, when it comes to the water, it's completely reversed.
But having said that, choosing a battlefield that is beneficial to your profession is the basic knowledge that generals in this era need to remember.
Therefore, if you are like Black Tornado and your brain is full of blood, you will come to a terrain that is very suitable for your opponent but has high level restrictions for you, and you will lose miserably. No matter how you look at it, it is completely unworthy of sympathy.
Maybe Gan Ning will need a lot of time to integrate into the Bingzhou Army in the future, especially how to use Gan Ning, an extremely rare naval talent in the Bingzhou Army, is also a problem that Li Shushi needs to think about, but no matter what, at least for now
The atmosphere here is quite good, even Gan Ning, who is extremely unruly at heart, has more of a feeling of expectation in his heart.
On the contrary, in the prefecture of Wancheng, Wenpin's brows furrowed deeply.
The reason that caused him to frown was the words on the not-too-thick stack of paper lying quietly on his desk.
"It's been such a troubled time."
In fact, Mian Shuiman's actions were not able to satisfy the general who was entrusted with the important task of garrisoning Wancheng by Liu Biao. Although he did not know the unfair treatment Gan Ning suffered, he also did not know what Gan Ning went through after being exiled.
Those legendary encounters, but knowing very well what kind of people the Mianshui Man were in Nanyang, he naturally paid close attention to their movements.
If there are only a few dozen people, Wenpin will naturally not care, but once the number increases to hundreds, even if Wenpin will not take the initiative to attack, he will not ignore them in any case, even if the other party looks normal.
They even sold more goods in the city than before, but Wenpin could not dispel Wenpin's suspicion of them.
Isn't there a saying - if you show courtesy for nothing, you will be either a traitor or a thief!
If it were normal, perhaps Wenpin would secretly arrange a large number of troops to be stationed around those Mianshui barbarians. Once the other party made any changes, or they thought that the other party made any changes, they would immediately take action - anyway, even if they did, it would be basically
Can't be wrong.
But now, Wenpin has no way to do this.
Because there are more and more important things that not only involve his energy, but also seriously involve the troops stationed in Wancheng.
Yes, it is the threat from Jiangdong and Jingnan. It is precisely these two places that are increasingly threatening the core area of Jingbei, and even the threat from the north has become a threat to Jingzhou senior officials and Wenpin stationed in Wancheng.
It's nothing important.
After all, even if the Bingzhou Army or the Mianshui Barbarians can really capture Wancheng, or even the entire territory of Nanyang, one is from the north and the other is from the mountains. Neither of them has experience or skills in water warfare.
Technology requires equipment or not.
It would be very difficult for such a three-no army to cross the Han River, let alone the Yangtze River. If it weren't for the crossbows and trebuchets of the Bingzhou Army, which are world-famous for their strength, the Jingzhou navy might be able to harass them if they go up the Chongqing River.
The troops in Bingzhou were in dire straits.
But the troops in Jiangdong and Jingnan are completely different.
Let’s not talk about the combat effectiveness of the two armies, but they also live in water-dense areas. They have an understanding of Zhouji, which is both a means of transportation and a tool of war, as well as the Jingzhou army. If they are allowed to let them go, they will be in Jingzhou.
With the wanton development of the land in the north, it is obviously impossible to have the situation in Nanyang become so critical that it cannot be dealt with even if the whole of Nanyang is thrown away.
It is precisely because of this consideration that the 30,000-strong army group that was originally stationed in Wancheng to defend the north has now been riddled with holes under the aggressive offensives of Jiangdong and Jingnan. Can 10,000 people be left to stand out?
The result of Wenpin’s hard work.
If it weren't for the fact that most of the powerful families who stayed in Nanyang were supporters of Liu Biao's Jingzhou Army, these families could also provide more than 10,000 private soldiers to help the city's defense when necessary. Wenpin would probably be faced with a situation where his troops are stretched thin now.
Dilemma.
Sufficient troops could originally be mobilized to carry out inhumane "surveillance" operations against the always restless Mianshui barbarians, but now there are only a dozen soldiers who are good at investigating, coupled with the help of the family's power to carry out round-the-clock operations.
Monitor.
After all, the Bingzhou Army in the north has also begun to deploy troops. They will obviously not be reconciled to the previous failure, let alone miss the opportunity to take advantage of the dual threats from Jiangdong and Jingnan in the Jingbei area to make a profit.
ticket.
"I hope this unfavorable situation will not be the prelude to Liu Jingzhou's defeat."
Holding on to the parapet above the city gate and looking at the endless stream of people below the city, Wenpin couldn't get rid of his frown. (To be continued...)