Fangtou.
It takes three or four days for a memorial to go out, and another three or four days for the return trip, and there are still four or five days of tangles in between. After coming and going, ten days and a half have passed.
Li Yue couldn't wait to drag on like this.
"Your Majesty moved more than 100,000 people from the Xiang Kingdom to Ye. The city was increasingly short of food. One tael of gold could only be exchanged for three measures of millet. The people were all hungry. Your Majesty opened the granary to release grain and distributed the only grain in the treasury to the people... "
Li Yue read the secret letter with mixed feelings in his heart. Ran Min killed Hu and powerful people just like killing chickens and sheep. He destroyed whole families and Yi tribes at every turn, but he always had a trace of kindness towards the people.
Although it is to win over people's hearts, with so many forces in the world, how many people can win over people's hearts like this?
Especially when he himself is short of food, everyone is complicated.
This may also be the reason why Ran Wei suffered a huge defeat in Xiang State and still did not fall apart.
Of course, he couldn't give him half a million shi of food, otherwise he would really come to kill him with a knife as soon as he wiped his mouth after eating and drinking enough.
But there is no support. People are so hungry that they lose their minds.
At that time, Shi Le conquered Xiangyang and wanted to sweep Jianghan. Zhang Bin persuaded him to go north to Jizhou. Shi Le used his plan to go north with no food and no food to plunder. He killed each other for food and fought all the way from Jianghuai to Hebei...
Ran Min still saw some traces of the Shi family legacy in him, which made him anxious. His eyes turned red and he rushed towards Yanzhou...
Li Yue ordered people to send him 10,000 shi of food, neither letting him eat enough nor starving to death.
Chang Wei also asked Chang Wei to cry out, "Since your Majesty came to the throne, you have severely damaged all the barbarians, and your contribution is due to China. However, natural and man-made disasters have continued in Yanzhou. There were floods in the past, and the fields were destroyed. There were epidemics in the back. Ten houses were empty, and there were continuous droughts, and there was no harvest." , the former provided 300,000 shi of food, and Yanzhou's treasury was empty... His majesty's divine power, attacking Xiangguo, shocked the world. At this time, we should encourage farmers and mulberry trees to appease the four parties. We should not use weapons rashly, thinking that it will last forever. The plan is..."
The memorial and ten thousand shi of grain were sent to Yecheng.
This time Ran Min listened. Of course, he had no choice.
Even if he wanted to attack Fangtou, he didn't have so much food. Whether his soldiers were willing to obey orders or not was one thing.
The plan for a year lies in spring. No matter how chaotic the world is, as long as there are things growing in the ground, there will always be some vitality.
At the request of Shangshu Ling Liu Qun, Li Yue sent some seeds, cattle, and farm tools.
The people in Yecheng simply came to Fangtou and exchanged their weapons and armor for food. These items were already in tatters and could not be exchanged for much, but Li Yue still gave them food worth the value of the distant dynasty.
Later, Wei troops gradually came to exchange food.
Even with the 10,000 shi of grain sent by Li Yue, the famine in Yecheng reached a serious stage.
In the entire Ran Wei, Ran Min and a few close ministers around him were probably the only ones who were hostile to Li Yue.
The relationship between the two parties gradually eased.
Qingzhou and Yanzhou also started large-scale farming. Zhou Qian was in charge of Yanzhou and Cui Jin was in charge of Qingzhou.
Jia Jian also persuaded farmers and mulberry farmers in Bohai. With just one word, all the powerful men in Bohai were obedient and saved a lot of trouble.
Thanks to Li Yue's efforts, both sides of the river gradually became stable, and there were people farming and busy everywhere.
The fields around Yecheng were also sown with seeds by the people of Wei.
Ran Min temporarily calmed down, and when Li Yue was preparing to lead his army back to Chenliu to rest, an army of 30,000 troops moved south from the northeast towards Qinghe County.
The person who came was none other than Ruyin King Shi Kun, the remnant of Jie Zhao.
After Liu Xian killed Shi Zhi, he was quickly defeated.
After Ran Min annexed Xiang State, the country was short of food and unable to carry out an expedition.
The Cui family of Qinghe also quickly sent a warning. The combined forces of Shi Kun and Yao Yizhong totaled 60,000 to 70,000 people. There was also Pingyuan County to the east of Qinghe County, where Duan Qin, who claimed to be Emperor Zhao, was entrenched.
If these three forces unite, it will be a big deal, and their military strength will not be inferior to that of Yanzhou.
Duan Qin's tens of thousands of men can be ignored, but Shi Kun and Yao Yizhong defeated Ran Min in the Xiang Kingdom, and their combat power was not weak.
After such a long time, Yao Yizhong has almost recovered his strength.
"Shi Kun joins Yao Yizhong, his intention is to be in Qingzhou!" Chang Wei immediately discovered their intention.
Ran Min conquered Xiang State, and both Yao Yizhong and Shi Kun became bereaved dogs.
And the homeless dog is even crazier than the domestic dog.
The situation on both sides of the river was basically clear. Jie Zhao was destroyed, Liu Xian was defeated, and the Murong family would end next.
There is no place for them in Hebei, so going south to Qingzhou is the only option.
Li Yue secretly sighed in his heart, both sides of the Yellow River are really a place where hundreds of battles are fought. They never stop for a moment, and it is so difficult to get even one year of development time.
After Fu entered Guanzhong, things went smoothly. There was no one around him who could fight, and he became stronger day by day.
At present, Qingzhou is undergoing spring plowing, and the twenty to thirty thousand Confederate troops in the hands of Cui Jin and Bo Wu will definitely be difficult to resist these two mad dogs.
"We must not let the war reach Qingzhou!" Li Yue made up his mind.
As the territory grew larger, it suddenly became apparent that the troops at hand were stretched thin.
Liu Xian, Shi Kun, and Murong Jun had an army of 100,000 at every turn, but the Heiyun Army only had 30,000 regular troops, and they had to defend important towns on both sides of the Yellow River.
Fangtou and Liyang both need heavy military garrison.
Chang Wei also realized this problem, "There are tens of thousands of Duan clan soldiers in Fangtou City. Why doesn't the governor eliminate the old and weak and select the best?"
Li Yue said: "These people... I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to use them."
"His family members are all in Fangtou. If one person rebels, the whole family will sit together. This battle can be used as a vanguard and consume the Duan family's strength." Chang Wei also has a sinister side.
There are risks, of course. In this era, there are many animals, and there are many people who don't care about the life and death of their families.
Shi Hu also tortured and killed his own son and grandson.
"Yes!" Li Yue quickly made a decision.
Duan Shi has always been good at fighting. Duan Zhu relied on Fangtou City to resist the joint attack of Li Yue and Ran Min for half a year, which shows the strength of the Duan family.
No need to train, it is a strong army.
There are definitely risks.
But those who want to rebel will rebel sooner or later, and there is no way to stop them, so why not take this opportunity to test it out.
Li Yue then summoned Duan Zhu and called Fan Lu to join him.
"Meet the Governor!" The two of them cupped their hands.
Fan Lu, Li Yue was half relieved. This man was a pure martial artist and didn't have so many thoughts.
However, Duan Zhi's thoughts were deeper.
"I summoned you two here today because I have something to entrust you with. Shi Kun, the remnant of Jie Zhao, went south to meet up with Yao Yizhong to plot against me, Qingzhou. Are you willing to serve?" Li Yue did not beat around the bush and was honest.
"There is no way I can repay the kindness of saving my life. In the end, I am willing to do my best!" Fan Lu agreed without even thinking about it.
Duan Zhen looked at Li Yue blankly, "Can you trust me, the Commander-in-Chief?"
During this period, those in Duan's tribe who knew how to farm farmed, and those who didn't, repaired the city and built houses, and they were quite obedient.
"Then it depends on whether you can trust my Black Cloud Army!" There was something in Li Yue's words.
Duan Yan closed his eyes and thought deeply for a moment, then opened his eyes and said, "What will the Governor do to me, Mr. Duan, in the future?"
"Looking at both sides of the river, is there still room for your Duan family?" Li Yue stared at his face.
(End of chapter)
