It snowed for the first time in Youzhou. Liu Yu took his wife, concubines, children, and a large family and headed north in the wind and snow, which gave people a feeling of loneliness and desolation.
Thinking about it, Liu Yu was a clan member of the Han Dynasty, a shepherd in Youzhou, and was extremely wealthy. However, in the end, he was held hostage by his subordinates and could not control himself. The pride of the soldiers and civilians was also an illusion created by his subordinates. The king of Liaodong broke the news, collected his wealth and dispersed his servants. The whole family only brought a pile of gorgeous clothes and messy living utensils, and a few carts pulled by a few mules. Many people had to walk.
This huge gap is depressing no matter how you look at it.
However, those who paid attention to Liu Yu and his entourage were a group of people, even though they were wearing coarse linen clothes, and even though they were gray-faced, one could tell just by looking at their skin that they must be pampered people. They were shivering in the cold wind, holding The tool was driven up the mountain by the sergeant.
They didn't think Liu Yu was desolate, and even felt a little envious. Who would have thought that the fool they used to laugh at in private would actually survive by relying on their confusion.
On the contrary, they had to work until death, but they still died miserably of cold and starvation. After death, there is no grave, and I don’t know where I will be buried with whom…
To capture Youzhou lightly, General Wang was stationed in Jixian and dispatched. Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, Zhou Cang and other generals led the expedition. The cities of Dai County, Shanggu County, Zhuo County, Guangyang County, Yuyang County, and Youbeiping County were under attack. They were conquered one by one.
Most of these cities are small cities, and many of them have no moats. The food and grass in their cities are not enough to support the long-term consumption of the trapped city. Moreover, a hundred thousand troops cannot stop it. The Ji County city has been destroyed and all the superior leaders have been wiped out. At this time, even if many officials Knowing that they are certain to die, they have no other choice, because death sooner or later will mean death.
On the other hand, the sergeants of Liaodong besieged the city and shouted, saying that Liaodong was like a fairyland, encouraging the soldiers guarding the city to kill officers and dedicate themselves to the city, go home and live with their wives and children, and create glory together with the general. Many of the defenders did so without instigation. After all, the rumors had been there for a long time. Moreover, the city was surrounded on all sides and they were threatened with death if they did not surrender. They had no fighting spirit at all.
Therefore, a considerable number of officials and wealthy households made the same choice. Killed his entire family and then committed suicide.
It's not that they are more courageous than the top officials and powerful officials in Youzhou in Ji County, it's just because the people in Ji County at that time still had some illusions.
After all, Gongsun Zan is still outside. Although Liu Yu didn't say it, they may not have the intention to rely on Gongsun Zan. In a battle to attack and defend a city, especially in a big city like Jixian, if you fight desperately, if other reasons are eliminated, it can only be a purely offensive and defensive battle. Under normal circumstances, it can last for several months.
Moreover, they have sufficient food and grass in the city. According to the inventory of seizures, the food and grass in the city are enough to last more than a year. Therefore, if things develop normally, it is not impossible to wait until Gongsun Zan comes back to attack Wang Yan.
Gongsun Zan's foundation is in Youzhou. If he knew that Liu Yu and others had mobilized a hundred thousand troops and were defeated by Wang Yan, he would definitely jump up to three feet in shock and curse. He scolded the king as a thief, and even scolded Liu Yu and others for their incompetence. He wanted to lose both sides, but he didn't want to let the king thief take over Youzhou.
But no one could have imagined that an army of 100,000 people would be defeated in less than half a month. The strong city held out all night, but Wang Yan did not attack and rested for the night.
Gongsun Zan definitely didn't want to hear such news, as his family and children were all in Youzhou.
Nowadays, everyone is working hard and hard, and it is basically impossible to survive this winter...
Wang Yan is in charge of dispatching in Ji County, and various personnel and materials are constantly being transported from Liaodong. Although Youzhou is cold, this winter is extremely hot.
The old things in Liaodong are repeated, and various blacksmiths and carpenters are busy with production again. Brick kilns and glass kilns also began to produce, just like those in Liaodong. To benefit the people, they were equipped with fire pits and glass windows.
When the fire pit and glass are first built and installed, the charges are quite low, and some food will not be collected until after the autumn harvest. Even if the price of bricks and glass purchased by them returns to the original price in the future, the price will still be affordable.
Bricks are soil, glass is sand, and the raw materials are all free, with only a little labor. Relatively speaking, Wang Yan is relatively conscientious. Under his rule, the prices of all the necessities of life were not expensive and have always been stable.
As for the fact that Youzhou is not as cold as Liaodong and retains its architectural features, this is actually not a problem. Because only rich people will consider architecture. Their houses are made of bricks and wood and pay attention to shape and decoration. But poor people don't think about that. It's good if they can have a place to live and it's weatherproof.
The houses of the people in Youzhou are mostly made of stones, with mud mixed with grass to act as glue and warmth. There are not even tiles on the roofs of the wooden beams, they are all thatched.
In such a situation, how can we have time to consider the issue of architectural form? So in the future, brick and tile houses will basically be the main ones. Little by little, when people's living standards improve and they have higher pursuits, then there will be the so-called architectural art.
The family savings accumulated over the past six years can support Youzhou through the winter until the next autumn harvest, so there is no big problem. The problem now is that there is not enough available manpower. The minimum standard for being a civil official is to be literate and numerate. What is left of the wisdom in dealing with the people, although the internal counselor newspapers are constantly praising it, it is actually far from the point where it is needed.
But even with this kind of request, one hundred people cannot find one.
Although there are some geniuses among the common people in recent years, they have learned common words, can read books by themselves, learned arithmetic, and can perform the four arithmetic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. But this is still far from the number of officials needed. Students trained by Liaodong Academy will need three years to complete their basic education.
This explains very well why at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, both civil servants and generals were quite young. But when it's time to stabilize, the age suddenly improves a lot. It’s just that we don’t have enough manpower, so we can only use talents in an eclectic way. Some people, under this kind of pressure, adapt to grow and stand out, and naturally become textbook figures.
There are not enough talents at hand. Not many local officials in Youzhou are alive. They have all been exterminated, and they cannot provide much help. He himself incorporated the management of the pavilion into a formal system, and the pavilion chief could also be promoted, which greatly increased the number of officials needed. It wasn't enough in the first place, but if he did this, it would naturally lead to an even greater shortage of manpower.
But the problem is not big. Anyway, the rules are there. If there are not enough manpower, start from the higher level. First, cover the administrative units at the county level. All the pavilion chiefs in Liaodong are promoted. When they come to Youzhou to be the county magistrate, they still do the work of the pavilion chief. , along with other officials and some soldiers to assist, go to work one booth after another. If you are tired, you will be tired. If you make any mistakes, leave them 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, for now, the people's enthusiasm for construction is quite high. As long as the officials give orders and explain clearly what they are doing, without supervision, the people who long for a better life are more motivated than anyone else.
Of course, because it is already the coldest winter, no major construction has started yet. We are just re-clearing the acres and dividing the fields. This work is not a big problem if the county magistrate leads the army.
There are many rules and strict military orders in the army. Under high pressure, there are many who can read and count. They are the main force in governing the place.
Generally speaking, Youzhou's current rule has been stabilized.
At the same time, in order to cope with the withdrawal of the princes in the coming spring, their respective development and hegemony, and the return of Gongsun Zan with his army, Wang Yan carried out a series of military maneuvers.
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 to his army next year, and even more to prevent Han Fu and Yuan Shao from Jizhou. The current goal is to hold on to the fruits of victory in Youzhou, cultivate the land steadily for a few years, and then accumulate some wealth to prepare for greater expansion.
As for Bingzhou, it is no longer possible to capture it. Liao Hua's Xiaoqi battalion is stationed there, as well as Zhenwuwei's three thousand soldiers and horses. This power, regardless of whether it is ignored, is enough to occupy a large territory in Bingzhou. It's just that resources are currently tight and we can't plan 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. Those are the Xianbei people who guard the grassland territory and unite to take refuge, as well as the soldiers and horses guarding the eastern gateway of Liao Dynasty. Liao Hua's Xiaoqi battalion did not transfer horses to the Central Plains for this reason.
The war on the grassland has never stopped. Even though Youzhou was occupied here, when Liao Hua was guarding Guangning's territory, he still sent part of his troops to fight against the barbarians on the grassland.
Wang Yan's attitude towards them was very firm. Either join me, obey 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 they submit, the leaders of the various tribes will not survive, otherwise how can they resist. But if you don't behead the people and let them have the say of the tribe, that's surrender, not submission.
The hostility between General Wang and the various leaders on the grassland is the same as the hostility between powerful officials. In his case, they are all class enemies. In the case of leaders and powerful officials, they are also incompatible with each other. They want to kill them and then quickly...
In addition to these troops, there are also three thousand elite military guards in Fangxian County, and Changchun Manchu has established military guards. The Yingmu Guards maintain the stability of their hometown, and the Xingmu Guards annex Buyeo and Goguryeo, which cannot be used.
As for the 3,000 British Guards and the 3,000 militiamen that were previously sent out, they have not been formally organized and are now scattered throughout the country to maintain order. The sergeants of Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong, and Zhou Cang also reduced half of their manpower and went to various counties to assist the officials in clearing land.
When he returns to the army in the coming spring, he will be ready to fight Gongsun Zan.
In fact, when the chaos broke out in Youzhou, some people moved their families south. After Liaodong defeated Youzhou's 100,000-strong army, some people even fled south when the blockade failed. When Youzhou troops were mobilized earlier, Jizhou Han Fu had already received the news. When Wang Yan mobilized his troops, Huang Zhong, Tai Shici, and Zhou Cang led the army south to the station and blocked the line from Baoding to the east of Taihang Mountain to Quanzhou, which faces the Bohai Sea.
This blockade of nearly 600 miles has set up various passes, staring covetously at Jizhou. If Han Fu didn't know about this kind of movement, he wouldn't have to be a Jizhou shepherd...
The winter in Luoyang is not very warm either, but princes from all walks of life often gather together. Although everyone reached a consensus that Tian Nuan would continue to fight with Dong Zhuo and withdraw the troops, but when everyone got together, they still did not forget to discuss how to kill Dong's thieves and talk about the great ambition of helping the Han Dynasty. In front of these people, Liu Bei, who was born in the Han clan and also had the ambition to help the Han clan, seemed to be more loyal to the Han clan than them.
Everyone knows what they are thinking, and they also know that this is the last time of peace. There may be a sword-fight in the future, but everyone is here to deal with it.
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 we stand, we are allied forces, and when we gather and have a banquet together, 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 Jizhou Mu 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 sent 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 upon them.
At this moment, a scribe rushed into 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 they were the two of them. The whole army is about to leave."
"Zhongzhi, do you know why?"
"I don't know about the comment. My lord should go and ask."
This man was a counselor under Yuan Shao's tent. His surname was Xin, his given 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 other princes also got up and wanted to get the first-hand news.
At this time, the boss's handsome tent was opened again, but it was Gongsun Zan and Han Fu who came hand in hand to greet the princes.
Yuan Shao hurriedly asked: "I just heard that the two generals wanted to break camp and return, but I don't know why? Please tell us clearly so that we can understand."
Gongsun Zan and Han Fu exchanged glances. Gongsun Zan was in a low position and said consciously: "It is not because we do not kill the national thieves, but it is actually the harm of the northern king's thieves, not to mention the Dong thieves. Everyone knows that the Liaodong king's thieves heard from the late emperor last year Daxing then marched into Linyu and went down to Guangning to seize Juyong in order to acquire the land of Youzhou. They did not raise troops, but used the profit of one ten tax to lure the people to join them. They divided the land between them and the people, and each household had hundreds of people. 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 thieves were harmed, so they had to mobilize a hundred thousand troops to attack, not only to destroy the king's thieves, but also to push them back to Liaodong. . However, Liu Youzhou's soldiers were not good at fighting, and the king's thieves made 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 thief has all the princes. I will fight to the death with the king thief, avenge my family, and defend the Han Dynasty. It is not a pity to die. "
Looking at Gongsun Zan who was wiping away his tears, Han Fu sighed: "Now the king's thief Chen has troops in Quanzhou, Xushui, and Baxian, waiting in arms to spy on Jizhou. Our two families have joined forces, and we should use the strength of Jizhou to fight to the death against the king's thief. . The affairs of the world are all ours, and the traitor Dong relies on the princes to trouble him, so I and I 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 constant servants in front of me who are causing chaos. Is there any plan behind me to recruit Dong Zhuo to cause chaos in the country?" , now the Yellow Turbans are causing trouble again, and the traitor Wang Yan wants to seize our Han land. Han Gong, Bogui, I am the governor of Bohai. You want to get rid of the king's thief, how can I just sit back and watch? Now I will follow you two to withdraw the army and return. Ji, attack the king's 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 vow 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 has no choice but to 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 this gang will do.
At this time, Yuan Shu had ten thousand words that he wanted to say to his good brother...
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