The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

Chapter 282 One side is busy with the layout, but the other side does not stop

As for the remaining brothers...he will avenge them!

Speaking of which, the reason why he was able to bring most of his brothers back was thanks to the high-intensity training that the lord has been doing all along.

If everyone had not maintained a very high level of training and super martial arts skills, I am afraid that the entire army would have been wiped out by the tens of thousands of troops.

What breaks out from the encirclement is just a dream...
When the black and white riders were training, Cao Pi didn't do what Xi Yu expected, but he made moves within three or four days.

A talented notice written by his younger brother Cao Zhi wrote Xi Yu like a wild grass, not only humble, but also ungrateful, and won the power of the Cao family to oppose the Cao family's move, robbing the emperor and ignoring the great man Tianwei... ···
The notice wrote thousands of words eloquently. Although the words were not dirty, it described Xi Yu as a kind and revengeful, unbearable, stealthy little guy.

This notice calling Xi Yu an eternal villain was spread all over the world in just a dozen days, from remote nomads in the north to Jiangdong in Jingzhou in the south.

Even the people of Yelang who live in a tiny place have heard some rumors.

However, four or five days later, nearly a thousand Confucian scholars from Qingzhou and Xuzhou slammed the Cao family, saying that they had no face and skin, and they clearly wanted to usurp the Han, but they put shit on them. Put the basin on others.

Because it was a joint call to action, the speed of its spread was even crazier than Cao Pi's notice, and some of them copied it and then spread it to farther places along commercial roads.

In just a few days, the news spread to the ears of people from the southern barbarians and the northern barbarians. Not only that, but this joint statement even has a faint tendency to spread overseas!
In the Wuhuan tribe in the far north, a Central Plains man surnamed Yuan who was struggling to survive here couldn't help but laugh so hard after seeing Cao Pi and Xi Yu's fight.

For this reason, he even took out his few assets and invited the leaders of the Wuhuan tribe to drink several times.

After being the fourth generation and the third prince, he has long lost the courage to go south to compete with others, and now he can only live here as a nomadic merchant on horseback, struggling to survive.

It's just that most of the commodities that allow him to survive so barely come from Xi Yu's business firm...
Behind this scolding battle between you and me, Xi Yu also began to make secret arrangements again.

He first ordered people to secretly lead troops from Xuzhou to Xiaopei, and then sent another pair of troops to Mengyin.

It took only one night for the double-sided attack. While marching in a hurry, the two armies also captured Pei County and Taishan County.

The coach of this battle is Gao Shun, who, like Xi Yu, was born in Cao Cao's Suwei.

Seeing that the war was going well, Xi Yu immediately ordered the fierce general Zhang Wenyuan to guard Mount Tai, and at the same time ordered Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin to go to Pei County to manage government affairs.

As for the others, they set off again, frightening the guards in Lu County and Jibei.

In addition to the military plan, Xi Yu also asked the emperor to write an imperial edict, urging the surrounding people to submit to the great Han and oppose Cao's army and many other traitors.

Because of the emperor's edict, it is not too difficult for many people to turn against each other.

Soon, the people in the surrounding counties and counties all surrendered to Xi Yu and the emperor, and Cao Pi's plan fell through, not to mention, and he suffered a bitter fruit.

Before you know it, spring plowing has arrived.

Here I have to admit that Xi Yu has chosen the right time to start the war every time.

Either harvesting in autumn or plowing in spring, this is completely rubbing the enemy on the ground.

Because Qingxu Erdi is different from any other place in this world.

Among other things, the level of farming tools alone is extremely polarized.

With Xi Yu here, although the farming tools in Qingxu and Xuzhou are not comparable to those of later generations, they are far from comparable to those in other places.

Therefore, if the people living in these two places want to open up wasteland and farm, they only need to bring farm tools and the whole family will work hard for a few days.

The same goes for growing food.

In addition, after the people have finished sowing, Xi Yu will also order people to open warehouses to release grain, and win people's hearts by means of more work and more pay.

Especially those refugees and refugees who first came to settle here, now they have become the diligent families in the city, and they don't need to pay too much attention when tending the crops.

This is also the main reason why Xi Yu ordered local officials to include their names when compiling the roster of local people.

In addition, he also built many houses in the original wilderness and open area for homeless people to live here.

The world of those who win the hearts of the people is true.

Through his own management, Xi Yu was able to build Qingxu Erdi into his most solid rear in a short period of time, which has a lot to do with winning the trust and support of these people.

Right now, Taishan County and Pei County are all in his hands. According to his past habits, he directly followed the original model and gathered the people from these two places.

Especially in Taishan County, where there were originally high mountains and dense forests, the terrain was dangerous, and the terrain was complicated. There were many gangsters' homes, but he was soon enough to calm down.

Not only that, he also sent Zang Ba here to temporarily serve as a local official to handle internal affairs.

As for Zhang Wenyuan, he was just stationing troops here and waiting for the news from above.

Speaking of which, since he has made achievements several times, he has already become the coach of Xi Yu's expedition to the west, and he no longer needs to accept orders from anyone except Zhao Zilong.

After Pei County and Taishan County were completely stabilized, Xi Yu, the Duke of Sheng, was also successfully granted the title of Duke of Yonghan by the emperor, with Qingzhou as his capital and Qi as his country name.

At this time, he can basically be regarded as the prime minister of a big man, an existence under one person and above tens of thousands.

Not to mention his position and ministers, he was also called the uncle of the country by the emperor. He is comparable to Cao Cao at the beginning, and even... in terms of military affairs and people's hearts, he is far more powerful and exaggerated than Cao Cao.

No one in the whole territory objected to these announcements made by the emperor, and most of them even applauded.

It can be seen from this that he is so popular that he almost doesn't even need to go through the process.

The Son of Heaven is even more so as long as someone advises him to be promoted to Xiyu's official position, he will immediately nod without hesitation, almost saying what he says.

But even so, he has no intention of becoming king.

It was also in this way that the people in the cities that had just been captured believed that he was doing things for the Han Dynasty, and he was recovering the Han Dynasty for the emperor, and he was not at all the ungrateful villain Cao Pi said.

Of course, apart from this point, his other actions also aroused the admiration and gratitude of the people.

First, in the name of a number of academicians of the Design Academy, many strong men were recruited into the "construction team" of urban construction, preparing to build a new residence.

Furthermore, thousands of young students from various schools in their teens and twenties were recruited to help design house models.

Finally, using food and grass as a lure, build a large number of farmhouses for people to live in. At the same time, all the residences are designed to be of a uniform scale and size, which can not only allow enough people to have a shelter from the wind and rain, but also expand the territory through people's hearts.

Create a brand-new county in Taishan County, and plan fields for every farmer, even the wasteland is no exception.

In addition, Xi Yu also roughly estimated that under the condition of tax reduction and exemption, and with the help of Qingxu and Xu, if this place can achieve self-sufficiency and everyone has surplus food in their hands, it will take three months at least. years long.

In order to make this place gradually prosperous, he stopped his attack again.

Because if you can't defend it if you take it down, why bother to fight?
How can such a large territory of Yanzhou be collected overnight?

Instead of attacking blindly, it is better to fight steadily. At least he will consider the possibility of continuing to attack after turning Taishan County into a place that can accommodate 50 or even millions of people and whose development level can keep up with Qingxu.

Therefore, even if he got Pei County and Taishan County right now, he just ordered people to focus on external defense and internal encouragement policies, and try his best to build this place into another iron wall like Green and Xu.

In addition, he sent Zhang Liao to Shouzhang to keep an eye on the situation in Dongjun and other places.

In fact, when it comes to Shou Zhang, there seems to be no clear affiliation so far. It was like this when Cao Cao was there. Sometimes it was assigned to Xiyu’s army, and sometimes it was assigned to Cao Ren’s guard. special area.

Then when the people sent by Xi Yu arrived, almost all the people in Shouzhang who heard the news from Mount Tai to Dongping opened their doors to greet them.

This frightened the soldiers and horses in Dongjun, they hurriedly gathered towards Jizhou, and then began to station a large number of troops in Puyang, trying to fight against Zhang Liao.

It's just that there is no capable commander in Puyang right now. As for Xia Houchun, who is in Yecheng, Wei County, if he wants to lead an army here, it will take more than half a month, but Zhang Liao has already led an army of [-]. For a long time, he was gearing up against Dongjun.

With them here, Xia Houchun just wanted to go to Puyang, but Cao Pi would not agree.

If he really sent troops to Puyang, the situation where the two sides stopped fighting would be broken again, so he never gave an order, and Cao Wei's army did not dare to make too big a move.

Therefore, under the circumstances of their inaction, the people living in Yanzhou gradually wavered, especially in the northeast part, most of them directly surrendered without having to think of a way.

Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jinbei, thought that he would end up alone here and die here, but who would have thought that this place would be easily taken over by Xi Yu.

The Bao family naturally took advantage of the situation and served as part of the local officials here for Xi Yu's use, which can be regarded as submitting to the orthodoxy of the emperor.

During spring plowing, soldiers are not allowed, which is almost a customary rule of the whole era.

Naturally, Xi Yu would not try to break it. After all, even though his youth and Xu Erdi were extremely rich, he knew the importance of food.

Therefore, Xi Yu, who planned to settle accounts after the autumn, ordered the generals and soldiers in Qing and Xu to practice day and night, just to maintain the best combat condition.

At the same time, he also ordered the caravan to stop the trade and development of the west, and only transported up and down along the vertical line. Some people went north and some people went south, so that the cities along the north and south directions gradually developed and became prosperous. Not a lot.

This is the main purpose of his initial insistence on establishing caravans, because each city has its own unique specialties.

Maybe a certain place has less grain planting area but rich mineral resources. At this time, the value of the caravan is reflected. Exchanging grain and grass for local specialties not only satisfies the stomachs of the local people, but also enriches their own mineral resources.

Another example is that some defensive cities that lack military supplies can also be exchanged for minerals, food, and gold and silver.

You must know that there are not a few military equipment that were eliminated in Qingxu Erdi, such as long crossbows that can be fired with one hand, large continuous crossbows that can be used by two people, and catapults... everything.

To Xi Yu, these things are scraps of waste, but to the defenders in other places, they are treasures.

After all, no one is Xi Yu. He has no ability, let alone ability, to set up a Tiangong Academy. He cannot support so many skilled craftsmen.

Therefore, many exquisite machines and even newly invented weapons and munitions are nonsense to them.

In this way, the days passed smoothly until August.

It was supposed to be a festive day for the autumn harvest, but it was broken by sudden autumn rains.

Whether it is in Qingzhou or Xuzhou, or in Yanzhou, there have been small-scale floods due to frequent rains.

Thanks to Zhuge Liang's proficiency in the study of astronomical phenomena, and his knowledge of wind patterns, he evacuated some local people early and gave up some crops that were about to be harvested. to the minimum.

Then, he ordered people to store up a large amount of rainwater with huge flood gates around Lei Ze and Pushui, intending to open the flood gates when Dongjun and Jiyin were not paying attention...

He kept moving on his side, and Cao Pi didn't stop on his side.

After half a year, Xia Houchun finally led the army to Dongjun in batches, and came to the old place he had guarded for many years.

In the past, he was the prefect of Dongjun, and he specialized in guarding Puyang. Later, because of his outstanding achievements, he made great contributions when he was in Beiyuan, so he was promoted to General Zhengbei and named Marquis.

He was promoted to one of the generals of the Four Expeditions to the North, and his status and reputation were exceptionally high.

He led his troops to Dongjun this time, the main purpose was not only to guard Yanzhou and prevent Xi Yu from entering the territory again, but more importantly, to order the army and the people to do a good job of grain harvesting in September.

They don't have the confidence in Qing and Xu, so they don't dare to waste even a little bit of food, not to mention that there are not a few grain lands in Dongjun.

If there is no time to snatch them up, I am afraid that the enemy will be taken advantage of in wartime.

For this reason, when he came, he specifically asked Cao Pi for Yu Jin.

As a general with a foreign surname, Yu Jin's achievements in the war may not be so remarkable, but he still has some reputation in the matter of farming.

At the beginning, Xi Yu took him under his command and guided him for more than a few months, and later appointed him as the chief minister.

However, Yu Jin did not choose Xi Yu later, but instead surrendered to the later general Cao Hong.

The first time the two came to Dongjun, they rushed to the nearby fields to investigate.

Seeing that the water levels of Lei Ze and Pushui did not rise by half, Yu Jin was stunned for a moment, with a little panic in his heart, he asked, "Why doesn't the water flow here rise?"

"Isn't it a good thing that the water doesn't rise? This shows that God is blessing, and the grain will be harvested in half a month!"

Looking at the golden field, Xia Houchun said with a smile: "As long as the grain and grass in the territory are harvested, we can store troops here for a year without worrying about grain and grass. In this way, Xi Yu will not dare to send troops to invade. "

"However... in recent days, the upstream has been raining continuously, but the waterlines that will be affected have not moved at all. This is obviously abnormal. Could it be... someone is collecting water upstream? "

"how can that be?"

Xia Houchun didn't take it seriously because he didn't understand it, and continued: "Maybe some place collapsed and blocked the tide? Besides, as you said, the upper reaches are cloudy and rainy, and the autumn harvest is coming soon. The drainage is enough for them to be busy. Where is it?" Do you have the time to collect water?"

"If the territory is really flooded, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse and seeking death? How could Xi Yu be so stupid?"

"No! If there is continuous torrential rain upstream, even if the water line does not rise, the speed of the water flow will change somewhat."

Yu Jin shook his head, the current situation is not normal.

Although Xia Houchun's words are somewhat reasonable, but judging from his understanding of Xi Yu, he is definitely not an ordinary person.

Furthermore, the upstream has been raining for a long time. If there were only three to five days of heavy rain, I would not be so nervous. But the problem is that in the entire month of August, the sun has not been seen for a few days.

This means that the rain is almost never stopped.

Under such circumstances, the upper part of the river must have been submerged by the river, and the lower part of the river should also surge, and there might be some floating corpses or food in it.

But right now, there is not even a single weed on the river, and the waterline is no different from usual, and even the water flow is quite slow, which is obviously not right.

"But general, you can see that the water flow is quite gentle. If this is normal, it is not surprising, but after the heavy rain, it is very likely that the upstream water is blocked."

"Even... hoarded!"

"General, I think that we should be more careful. It would be great if we could send someone to the upper reaches to investigate. If something goes wrong, let alone crop failure, I'm afraid we will be deeply involved in the flood." disaster!"

"My next suggestion is to first order the army to establish defense lines on both sides of the river in advance, and at the same time send people to evacuate the people. It is best to gather all the people around the river into Puyang City. After the rainy season is over, come back to harvest food and grass!"

"This is impossible!"

After listening to the other party's words, Xia Houchun shook his head decisively. In fact, he also understood the hidden dangers, but... so far it is very difficult to do.

"Do you know how much food and grass have been spent these years in order to govern the people? If we can't grab the harvest now, I'm afraid we can only reach out to Yecheng to ask for food, but no matter where we are, everyone's life is difficult, especially food and grass are quite scarce. .”

"Under such circumstances, it is difficult to feed the tens of thousands of troops stationed in Dongjun County, let alone eat enough. Even the soldiers on the front line cannot eat enough. How can we fight?"

(End of this chapter)