I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 369 Killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, ambitions rise again
Soon, there were rumors in Yanzhou that although the Black Mountain Army was defeated by the county soldiers headed by Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, they still plundered a lot of property from Yanzhou this time.

This also includes a large number of private grain stocks.

However, these grains have not yet been transported out of Yanzhou one by one by the Black Mountain Army, and are still hoarded on the south bank of the Yellow River at the border.

Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was the first to get the news.

After constant rebellion wars by bee chrysalis everywhere, the land of the Central Plains, which was originally the most affluent in the Han Dynasty, has now become devastated. Not only the people's livelihood is suffering, but also the warlords from all walks of life are short of food and cannot make ends meet.

In this season of frequent wars, the warlords of the towns want to raise soldiers, but at the same time they really don't have so much financial resources.

Food has become the most precious thing in the world.

Liu Dai, who is in charge of Yanzhou's Governor's Department, has long wanted to integrate the counties and states to dominate the Central Plains. He found an excuse to destroy Qiao Mao in the past, in order to be able to connect Dongping Kingdom and Dongjun where he is located, so that he can cut and integrate the various regions. power.

But after Qiao Mao died, Liu Dai realized that he could not achieve this goal in a short time.

The reason is very simple, that is, Liu Dai does not have enough food in his hands to operate.

If you want to expand the territory, you need to increase the number of soldiers first, then put down the local rebellion and send troops to garrison, and in the long run, you must stabilize the local people's livelihood, govern the government and rejuvenate the people.

And although these things are inextricably linked, they are still inseparable from one thing in the final analysis.

grain!
None of these things can be done without enough food.

No matter how ambitious and ambitious you are, everything will be in vain.

The environment determines a person's vision and enterprising ability.

Nowadays, there are frequent wars in the world. The central government of the Han Dynasty fled to Chang'an to the west. Its control over the Kanto region is unprecedentedly weak. The entire Kanto region has fallen into a state of self-government, just like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States years ago. Everyone's ambitions are because of this situation. It is a pity that the growth rate of food productivity in various places cannot keep up with the growth of their ambitions.

Therefore, just in the matter of food, how many people can lose their temper in an instant.

After some consideration, Liu Dai decided to pursue the Montenegro army alone, and seize the food, grass and supplies that Montenegro had robbed for his own use.

The lone army went deep and pursued the enemy, but because they wanted to monopolize the results of the battle, they did not discuss with other prefects.

The result can be imagined.

Liu Dai was surrounded and defeated!
Fortunately, Yuan Shu's troops went to meet him.

Fortunately, it was Yuan Shu's troops who came to meet him...

Because only Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses went to meet him, Yuan Shu's general Chen Lan could snatch "Liu Dai's body" back from the hands of the Black Mountain Army.

……

The moment Liu Dai's body was transported in front of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu was very happy.

"Hahaha!"

In front of everyone, Yuan Shu didn't control it, and immediately let out a burst of wanton laughter.

"uh-huh!"

Cao Cao immediately coughed beside him.

Yuan Shu recalled it, and then turned from laughter to loud crying.

"Haha... ah... woohaha, woohaha, woowawa, Gongshan, you died so badly, so badly... woowahahahaha..."

Yuan Shu is not good at acting. If you want to make him cry right now, he won't be able to cry at all, not even a single tear.

Therefore, he could only cover his eyes with his hands and cover his cheeks with his big sleeves.

There were bursts of strange sounds similar to crying, as fake as you want.

"Yuan Gong, my condolences, my condolences."

Cao Cao comforted at the side: "Gongshan died heroically, and he died for the country. Although he was wrong before, but for my Han Dynasty court, he died on the battlefield. It can be regarded as repaying the crime with his body. I can go to the court together with you, Gongshan." , for Liu Gongshan's posthumous achievements, I ask the emperor to posthumously confer title on him, so that future generations can inherit it."

Yuan Shu choked while pretending to cry: "It should be so, it should be so...It's just that Gongshan and I are brothers and sisters, and now seeing him die in a brutal way, I feel really sad...Ahhhhhhhh."

Afterwards, Yuan Shu flicked his sleeves and said:

"Heishan savage, how dare you do this, and harm my siblings! I will not stop with these porpoises."

Yang Hong remonstrated with Yuan Shu: "The emperor is at the top, but the officials at the bottom think that the Black Mountain Army is so rampant and kills the border officials without permission. It is because the counties and states in the Central Plains are scattered, and the princes of the government are not willing to be of one mind, so they are rampant."

"Fang Bo is dead now, and there is no one in Yanzhou who is in charge, let alone someone who has the prestige to lead a group of sages to benefit the Central Plains. Only the king comes from a famous family and is powerful in the world. He can be respected. Only when the king stands up can the Central Plains be peaceful. ah."

Yuan Shu nodded with emotion.

"The situation is bad, and now, Yuan has to take action."

"Immediately, send envoys to invite all the princes and ministers under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou to come to Puyang to discuss the stabilization of the Central Plains and avenge Liu Gongshan."

"promise!"

After Yang Hong finished speaking, he was about to turn around and give instructions on sending envoys.

But before he took a few steps, Yuan Shu greeted him from behind.

"Tell those people that if anyone doesn't come again, it's no different from rebelling against the imperial court. Don't blame Yuan for not being merciful anymore."

"Here!"

……

……

News of Liu Dai's death soon spread throughout the counties.

Yuan Shu's envoys also arrived at the mansions of the prefects and prime ministers of the counties one after another.

This time, the two thousand stones from all counties and states in Yanzhou could no longer turn a deaf ear to Yuan Shu's call.

And for some reason, in Yanzhou, there have been widespread rumors that Liu Dai's death this time was caused by Yuan Shu.

The small officials in various counties and counties were quite puzzled about this matter, but the Xiangguo and the prefect who were in charge of one side were like mirrors in their hearts.

This is what Yuan Shu did!

But now, who can pierce the window paper in front of Yuan Shu?
Who would dare to do that?
Yuan Shu's killing chickens to warn monkeys is still very effective in front of all the prefects in the Central Plains.

Liu Dai's fate is already at stake, who would dare to easily offend Yuan Shu at this juncture?

Obviously, Yuan Shu had already made up his mind to unify the Central Plains no matter what, and achieve a great cause.

Finally, Zhang Miao, governor of Chenliu, Bao Xin, minister of Jibei, Zheng Sui, minister of Ren Chengguo, Wang Fen, governor of Shanyang, and Wu Zi, governor of Jiyin, arrived in Puyang one after another.

Originally, these people liked to talk to Yuan Shu without hesitation, but now, they are more obedient than each other, at least on the surface they still listen to Yuan Shu very much.

It's just that they secretly hated Yuan Shu.

But they had no choice but to obey.

So far, Yuan Shu has basically conquered Yanzhou on the surface. However, compared with Liu Jian's stationing in Youzhou, Yuan Shu's control of Yanzhou is mainly through his military power and reputation of four generations and three princes, and lacks substantial control.

Liu Jian's acquisition of Youzhou not only disrupted the local industrial chain, but also divided the local forces, and controlled the main economic lifeline of Youzhou, pulling some people to suppress some people, killing what should be killed, and giving benefits to benefits... It was the combination of many aspects that allowed Youzhou to be firmly controlled by him.

Compared with Liu Jian, what Yuan Shu did in Yanzhou was a bit too childish.

On the surface, the hearts of the people belong to each other, but in fact there are hidden crises everywhere.

……

It seems that in response to Yuan Shu, the Black Mountain Army actually launched an attack on Yanzhou for the second time.

And this time the attack was even stronger.

The leaders, apart from Yu Du, Bai Rao, Sun Qing, Wang Dang, and Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Black Mountain Army, were dispatched.

This time the Black Mountain Army marched on a very large scale, and their targets were not only Dongjun, but also the borders of Hebei and Weijun.

Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, and Zhu Jun, who was stationed there, immediately raised troops and began to crusade against the Black Mountain Army in the territory.

As for Yanzhou, Cao Cao invited Yuan Shu, hoping to serve as a vanguard to fight against the bandits in Tobu, where the Montenegro army was most troubled.

Since Liu Dai was ambushed and killed, none of the prefects and prime ministers in Yanzhou were willing to attack Montenegro anymore.

Although the Black Mountain Army is an army composed of the remnants of the Yellow Turbans and the refugees and grassroots bandits, the equipment is simple, but the prefects who have fought against Montenegro know that the number of the Black Mountain Army is too large, and it is too crazy to fight.

Once the people at the bottom become fierce, even if they don't have good equipment and weapons, they will still make people feel palpitating and frightening when they fight for their lives.

Including Yuan Shu himself, no one wanted to fight the Black Mountain Army for a second time.

Now that Cao Cao took the initiative to invite Ying, it is naturally the best for the two thousand stones in the Central Plains.

If someone stands out, they will naturally feel relieved.

However, in terms of soldiers, horses, ordnance and food, Cao Cao went to the front to withstand the pressure of the Black Mountain Army, but the rest of the people must give Cao Cao a certain amount of support.

After all, although they felt that what Cao Cao was doing was thankless, but from their heart, everyone still hoped that Cao Cao could win.

……

As a result, Yanzhou formed a situation in which Cao Cao was in charge of fighting Zhang Niujiao on the front line, and Yuan Shu and others were in the rear to stabilize the situation.

At this juncture, two envoys from Hebei came to visit Yuan Shu.

The people who sent the envoys were the fathers-in-law of the two most prominent families in Wei County——Zhang Yi and Sun Qi of Yin'an.

Back then, these two Hebei Gaomen were the first batch of prominent families to be suppressed by Liu Jian in Wei County!
(End of this chapter)