Lei Hu has no idea of progressing for the time being, and is unswervingly farming in Qingzhou.
Under his governance or guidance, the Yellow Turban area in Qingzhou was prosperous. In just over a year, Beihai County and the surrounding areas recovered, even exceeding the prosperity before the Yellow Turban ravage.
With the help of Taiping Taoist masters, some modern agricultural knowledge, and the good graces of God, the food crops under Qingzhou Huangjin's jurisdiction matured several times a year, and hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians were stored for several years. Qingzhou Huangjin's administration was great.
That's right, in just over a year, the number of Yellow Turban soldiers and civilians in Qingzhou has increased several times, reaching hundreds of millions.
It is not a coercion. After Lei Hu took the power of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, he strictly restricted the Yellow Turban tribesmen to move around and fight, and did not allow them to cause havoc in the surrounding towns and villages. If nothing happened, they would stay in the camp and receive all-round training. Without orders, no one would do anything.
Dare to make random mistakes.
In order to rectify the discipline of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, Lei Hu took heavy measures.
Since he became the chief, the number of Yellow Turban soldiers who have been beheaded for violating military discipline has reached tens of thousands, and nearly one million Yellow Turban soldiers who violated military discipline have become the main force of the labor camp. After a harsh and severe rectification, Qingzhou
The military discipline of the Yellow Turban Army has been completely changed.
Although the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and there are definitely many black sheep among the tens of millions of pure Yellow Turban soldiers, the military discipline of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is already quite good, and there is nothing better than it in the entire territory of the Han Dynasty.
Even the army was severely rectified, and naturally the people who were trapped in the Yellow Turbans were also indispensable. They also experienced strict rectification, and the number of illegal beheadings was naturally much less. However, there were many guys who entered the labor camps, and they happened to be the replacements for many of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.
The foundation work was done with free labor.
Not only that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban military and civilians were in good order after reorganization, but also because the grain harvests within the jurisdiction had been bumper for many times a year, and the infrastructure and transportation had been improved, showing a prosperous atmosphere, which naturally attracted the surrounding poor people to actively join.
In just over a year, almost all the poor people in Qingzhou near the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army's jurisdiction poured into the Yellow Turban Army's territory, causing the number of Qingzhou Yellow Turban soldiers and civilians to increase several times in one breath.
The number of both the Yellow Turban Army and the young men has increased greatly, and the strength of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has increased significantly.
Not to mention anything else, the eyes of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were all red with envy.
Like the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army's model of automatically improving their strength, the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang all know what's going on, but it's a pity that they can't learn it even if they are knowledgeable.
Adequate reserves of grain and grass and a stable living environment are not something that the Liu Bei Group, which is currently rapidly expanding its army, can achieve.
That's right, since the grain and grass trade with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army began, the Liu Bei Group has embarked on a path of rapid expansion. In this world, as long as there is food to ensure that it can be defeated, it is not a problem at all whether there is military pay. Expanding the army is really simple and easy.
matter.
By the time Liu Bei's group received a request for help from Xuzhou, packed up all their belongings and left Pingyuan Kingdom, Liu Bei already had 1.2 million troops under his command!
Before leaving, Liu Bei also escorted most of the people of Pingyuan, with a population of nearly 10 million, to Qingzhou under the rule of the Yellow Turban Army. According to him, he hoped that these people would avoid the disaster of war.
Even though the Qingzhou Yellow Turban area seemed peaceful and peaceful, the entire Han Empire was in chaos.
The conflict between Yuan Shao of Jizhou and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou has become quite serious. They may fight at any time. The Pingyuan Kingdom caught in the middle will inevitably be affected by the war.
Over in Xuzhou, Cao Cao's father was killed by the generals of Xuzhou and his wealth was seized. Cao Cao became furious and threatened to massacre all of Xuzhou to avenge his father, which frightened Tao Qian, the shepherd of Xuzhou.
At present, Cao Jun has killed people in Xuzhou and slaughtered all the cities he destroyed. While causing endless killings, it also brought endless pressure and panic to Xuzhou.
No one knows what Cao Cao will do to calm down the anger in his heart.
Tao Qian was already old and had no energy or confidence to withstand Cao Jun's offensive. Looking at the surrounding heroes, he happened to choose Liu Bei, a small prince with a clan status from the Han Dynasty. Whether it was Liu Bei's past reputation and reputation, or to stay with his unsupportive son.
If there is a way out, Liu Bei is the best person to seek help from.
Liu Bei was naturally very happy to have the opportunity to establish a foothold in the rich Xuzhou. Without saying a word, he decided to abandon the foundation of Pingyuan Kingdom and invest all his strength in Xuzhou.
However, although Liu Bei's strength has greatly expanded and he has many powerful generals with amazing strength, he still doesn't have much confidence when he thinks that he might face the huge and powerful Cao army in Xuzhou.
When nearly 10 million people who were willing to live under the Qingzhou Yellow Turban were sent to Lei Hu, Liu Da'er openly and secretly expressed his hope for an alliance between the two families. He obviously hoped that Lei Hu's Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army would serve as a back-up force for his army.
, not to mention other things, just the support of weapons and equipment is of great help to Liu Beijun's maintenance of combat power.
talk later!
Lei Hu did not directly agree or refuse. At the moment, the Yellow Turban army and people in Qingzhou are focused on the development of production. Whether they have the energy to support Liu Big Er's actions in Xuzhou depends on the situation.
Xuzhou is indeed a good place, with a large number of people and fertile land, and the order is relatively normal. If the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army can spread its tentacles, it will be of great benefit to the rapid improvement of its own strength.
However, the old order in Xuzhou has not been destroyed. The power of local powerful people and aristocratic families is still strong. Whether they welcome the entry of the Yellow Turban Army and what attitude they hold is crucial.
Lei Hu had no intention of fighting a people's war, nor did he want to serve as a pioneer for other forces that might take over Xuzhou to eliminate the high moral integrity of the old forces within Xuzhou.
However, Lei Hu still gave Liu Big Er a benefit, or a promise.
Liu Da'er can exchange various materials obtained from Xuzhou with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban for strategic materials such as food, military equipment, etc. This is a great honor for Liu Da'er.
Obviously, Liu Da'er was quite satisfied with the result. When he left, he was full of joy. After joining his millions of troops, he rushed to Xuzhou without stopping to fight hard.
The departure of Liu Guanzhang did not affect the life and development of Qingzhou Yellow Turban.
As the number of soldiers and civilians under his control expanded, Beihai County alone could no longer meet the needs. Lei Hu was not polite at all, and with a wave of his hand, he brought the entire area of hundreds of thousands of miles under his control.
Although these places are vast and sparsely populated, there are still some places that are strong and tenacious and have not been completely wiped out by the ravages of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou.
Lei Hu was not very polite to these guys. Those who were willing to surrender were reported to the labor camp. At least the family's life was safe, and they could regain their freedom after ten years of labor camp.
If they are unwilling to cooperate, millions of Yellow Turbans will sweep through them, turning everything into dust. They will not be able to create the slightest obstacle to the expansion of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.
Lei Hu, on the other hand, obtained several very basic body-training techniques from the core collections of powerful families in these places, which was exactly what he needed.
After reading the contents, the superficial physical training methods naturally did not arouse his interest at all, but Lei Hu also learned about this world and the cultivation model in the Han Dynasty.
Qi refining and breathing, directly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to strengthen the body and strengthen the soul, and then possess incredible power and means, which is very similar to the legendary Qi Refiner.
Qi refiners are actually the predecessors of cultivators. As for the specific difference between the two, it may be related to the strictness of the rules of the world and the richness of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Obviously, the rules of this world and the concentration of spiritual energy in the world are more suitable for the existence of Qi Refiners, and they have not yet changed to the level of cultivation.
In fact, by observing Wu Anguo and Taishi Ciping's daily practice, Lei Hu had already made a guess. Now he has obtained a few rough Qigong exercises, which only confirmed his guess.
However, he basically has no clue about Qi refining. If he infers it according to the method of cultivation, it is not impossible. It is just that this world is obviously more suitable for Qi refining. If he practices it with the method of cultivation, will it be a hindrance? There is no specific reference.
In this situation, he had no idea.
High-quality qigong exercises are still needed. Now that Lei Hu has traveled across the world, his body has not completely recovered from the trauma, so he is not in a hurry to switch to another practice.
Besides, he wouldn't practice it rashly if he didn't have a sufficient level of qi-refining technique.
After all, we have reached the realm of Earthly Immortals. Although the laws of this world are strict and the restrictions on monks are extremely severe, the combat power that can be exerted is equivalent to the initial level of pill formation in the previous life, but there is no reason to mess around.
The inheritance in the hands of the top generals in the Han Dynasty alone was enough to attract his attention.
Not to mention there are several quite mysterious and powerful beings, such as Nanhua Laoxian, the legendary preacher of Taiping Taoism, Yu Ji and Zuo Ci, and even the Five Pecks of Rice Sect has a sense of thunder and tigers.
Interested in the Qi Master inheritance.
These can only be put aside for the time being, they are a bit far away from him.
However, the aggressive expansion of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army attracted the attention of Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou appointed by Gongsun Zan, the lord of Youzhou.
No, when Lei Hu was instructing the high-level civil and military officials of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou to plan water conservancy, road transportation, and fields on a precise sand table, a scout came on horseback to report, and Qingzhou Governor Tian Kai sent a million troops to question him.
"Ziyi, it's up to you to send them away!"
Lei Hu didn't care at all, and casually ordered: "Just drive them away, there is no need to kill them all!"
"promise!"
Taishi Ci immediately took the order and led more than three million well-trained Yellow Turban troops to attack Tiankai's one-million-strong Qingzhou army with great momentum.
Things became simple after that. With Tai Shi Ci's martial arts skills, he was unable to lift his head when the two armies were fighting against each other. In addition, the army did not have an advantage in numbers, so in the end he could only leave in despair...