I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 522

Jiangdong at this time.

In the land of Jiangnan, since Yuan Shu was expelled, Cao Cao began to work hard to integrate the resources of the six counties in Jiangdong. At the same time, he imitated Liu Jian's methods of governing in Hebei, studied hard, understood Liu Jian's deep meaning in governing the four states of Hebei, and assimilated his policies To Jiangdong counties.

Cao Cao now owns the six counties of Jiujiang County, Lujiang County, Wu County, Danyang County, Kuaiji County and Yuzhang County.

Although Yuzhang County and Kuaiji County have a large area, there are many undeveloped swamps and poisonous barriers in the south with lush mountains and forests, which are semi-open. The rest of the counties also have dense mountains and forests. It can be said that these are the hidden population of the Jiangnan regions, plus the hidden population of the Jiangdong families, Cao Cao estimated that at least one-third of the entire Jiangnan population.

Cao Cao has been studying Liu Jian's political behavior for more than a day or two. He is well aware of the harm and importance of hiding the population to a regime.

So, while imitating Liu Jian, he began to farm in Jiujiang, Lujiang, Danyang, Wujun and other places.

There is no shortage of food in the land of Jiangdong, but after Cao Cao's great prosperity in farming, the warehouses of the counties have become more and more full, and Cao Cao's policy in Jiangdong's farming is almost the same as Liu Jian's retreat in Hebei. Moreover, Cao Cao's method of dealing with the aristocratic family is also relatively clever. Taking advantage of the opportunity to clean up Yuan Shu, he rectified the stubborn family in Jiujiang County, killing chickens and monkeys. Started to measure the land in each county and exercise effective land policy.

But at a time when the Jiangdong counties were in full swing, a sad news came from Langya County.

On the way to Jiangdong, Cao Song's father was killed by soldiers under Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou.

Cao Song's family, young and old, were all killed. Most of the young and old servants, as well as the accompanying guards, were killed cleanly.

However, Tianxing escaped from the accompanying servants, trekking through mountains and rivers, going through hardships and dangers, and finally returned to Shouchun after exhausting a lot of strength.

After seeing Cao Cao, these servants cried and reported Cao Song's murder to Cao Cao in full.

At the same time, they also informed Cao Cao that the other party's clothes and attire must be Tao Qian's soldiers.

Hearing the news of Cao Song's death, Cao Cao was stunned on the spot.

Then, Cao Cao yelled loudly: "Father—!"

Seeing Cao Cao clutching his head, he fell down on the spot, crying like he had a splitting headache.

A group of people hurried forward to help Cao Cao up, while Xi Zhicai squatted beside Cao Cao to comfort his chest.

Cao Cao closed his eyes tightly and murmured, "Father... Father..."

"Father!" With his head down, Cao Chun wiped his eyes vigorously, and tears flowed from the corners of the man's eyes: "Old Tao Qian, how dare you do such a despicable thing!"

"Brother, I am willing to lead [-] elite soldiers to go north to Xuzhou, flatten the Huai land, slaughter Pengcheng, capture Tao Qian alive, and avenge my father!"

Cao Chun shouted at Cao Cao hoarsely.

Later, Xia Houyuan stood up again: "The old grandpa was murdered. This matter is not a small matter. If Tao Qian is not allowed to confer the head, it will be hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart! Please send troops, my lord, and I will do my best!"

Le Jin, Dian Wei, Yu Jin, Xu Chu, Dong Xi and others all stood up and loudly wanted to attack Tao Qian and avenge Cao Song.

A group of generals were excited and noisy in the hall, Cao Cao's expression became more painful.

Cheng Yu said to everyone: "Duke Ming is heartbroken, he seems to have a headache, everyone, don't make noise, and go back first, let the lord rest for a while, after the lord recovers, it's not too late to discuss!"

Although all the generals wanted to fight, seeing Cao Cao's uncomfortable appearance, these people did not dare to push each other too much.

"Everyone, please retreat, I will order someone to find a doctor! When the lord recovers from illness, you will come to ask me again, how about it?"

Among the generals under Cao Cao's command, Cheng Yu was still highly respected. Everyone respected Cheng Yu, so they retreated one after another.

After the crowd left, Cheng Yu called in a doctor to diagnose Cao Cao's pulse.

After the doctor took Cao Cao's pulse, he prescribed some medicine for Cao Cao, and went down to decoct the medicine.

After the doctor left, Cao Cao seemed to be relieved.

The waiter put a water-soaked scarf on Cao Cao's forehead, but Cao Cao tore it off with one hand.

"Go down!"

Following Cao Cao's shout, all the waiters in the room went out, leaving only four people in the room.

Cheng Yu, Zhou Yu, Xi Zhicai, and Lu Fan.

Cao Cao's eyes were a little red, and he tremblingly said: "What is my father's crime, that he was murdered by such a murderous hand, and the whole family was punished! Old man Tao Qian, what is the enmity between me and you, that this is so?"

Zhou Yu didn't say a word until now, but now he heard Cao Cao's words, and said, "Dr. Ming, press the shocking pain and listen to Yu's words. This matter... is somewhat strange."

Cao Cao casually threw the scarf on the ground, and said coldly, "Gong Jin wants to say that someone set up a frame to kill my father and blame Tao Qian?"

Zhou Yu nodded, and said, "I don't rule out the possibility that Tao Qian actually sent someone to do this matter... It's just Ming Gong, what did Yu Shi think, and he didn't think of any benefit to Tao Qian? Apart from angering Duke Ming, besides bringing disaster to Xuzhou, has little benefit to Tao Qian himself, dare to ask Duke Ming, how can we solve this matter?"

Cheng Yu said: "Gongjin is young, but his mind is far-reaching, and the last official thinks the same way... But, if Tao Gongzu didn't do this, then who did it?"

Xi Zhicai slowly stretched out his palm and three fingers, and said, "Liu Jian, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu...all are possible!"

Cheng Yu said: "Duke Ming, this matter still needs to be investigated carefully."

I don't want to, but Cao Cao said coldly: "How to check?"The father is punished, and the son takes revenge!This is the truth that everyone in the world knows!What's more, my father used to be among the three princes, and now I am also the leader of one party. Now my father's family has been murdered in Xuzhou. Although Er Yuan and Liu Jian are suspected, there is no evidence pointing to them... Now the matter is under the jurisdiction of Tao Qian What happened, my father's subordinates also brought back the news that Tao Qian ordered people to kill my whole family, if I don't raise troops to question Tao Qian... how will the people of the world treat me? "

"The way of loyalty and filial piety is the foundation of the world. If I don't raise troops, someone will use this as a gimmick in the future to tarnish my reputation. How should I deal with it?!"

When Cheng Yu and the other four heard this, they stopped talking.

When I was young, Fang heard Cao Cao sternly say: "For the public, for the private, for the filial piety, for the reason... Tao Qian, they are all must be attacked! Moreover, you have all seen the attitudes of the talented generals. It can be said that the group is excited, everyone If I want to fight to the death, if I don't attack Tao Qian this time, what kind of appearance should I have to face the generals?"

"Duke Ming's words are true!"

Xi Zhicai stood up and expressed his agreement with Cao Cao's words: "Even if it is to deal with the people in the world, Minggong will definitely defeat Tao Qian this time. It depends on how... I, Jiangdong, have the greatest interests!"

Cheng Yu was the oldest of Cao Cao's side, and also the earliest outstanding person who surrendered to him. He had always been respected by Cao Cao. Now that something happened, Cao Cao would be the first to ask him.

Regardless of whether the strategy or strategy he proposed was what Cao Cao most wanted to adopt, but out of politeness, Cao Cao usually let him speak first.

"Zhongde, in your opinion, how should we fight this battle?"

Cheng Yu said: "From the point of view of the officials, there are two important things to do when fighting Xuzhou. One is to use this battle to test the heroes of the six counties and counties to see if they support Ming Gong's northern expedition to Xuzhou. If they support it, they must be let They donated resources and grain to support Duke Ming, so we can see which families are available and which ones still have reservations about Duke Ming."

"Secondly, in the opinion of the last official, this campaign can be used to create a strategic buffer zone for Jiangdong in Xuzhou!"

Cao Cao stood up from the bed and asked, "How to create a strategic buffer?"

"Duke Ming, please come!"

Cheng Yu led the crowd, and came to the map hanging in the room first, and pointed out the map for the crowd.

"The counties of Jiujiang are Xiapi and Pengcheng in the north. The two counties are fertile and wild for thousands of miles, with millions of households and many farmers. The annual grain surplus can reach one million dendrobiums. These two counties are connected to Chenliu and Liang in the west. The country is bordered by Shanyang and Lucheng in the north...whether it is Liu Jian going south or Dong Zhuo coming to the east for a long journey, the two counties must be used as resting places!"

"If Liu Jian conquers Jiangdong in the south, if he goes from Yuzhou, he must face Yuan Shaolin. If he wants to go straight to Jiangdong, he must station troops in Pengcheng and Xiapi. Is it a small number? However, if Liu Jian stationed troops in Pengcheng and obtained the people’s valley of Huaisi as a military supply, the pressure on the turnover of food and fodder would be greatly reduced, which would be extremely detrimental to our Jiangdong strategy.”

"For the future, I think that Duke Ming can take advantage of this opportunity to go north to attack Tao Qian for revenge, and make early preparations!"

Cao Cao's face was gloomy: "How to prepare?"

Cheng Yu seemed a little hesitant, hesitant to speak.

"But it doesn't matter."

Cheng Yu took a deep breath, and then said in one breath: "Someone thought that Tao Qian's revenge for killing the old man could be used as an excuse to slaughter all the people in the Huaishui River with Pengcheng Kingdom as the center, so that this place would be ruined, and the grains would not be harvested. From afar, we can't use this place as a foothold, and we can't use local food to supplement our military supplies, which will be of great benefit to Duke Ming in defending Jiangdong in the future!"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, as if planning.

"Yu thinks that this method is not feasible!"

Opposing voices appeared, and the person who spoke was Zhou Lang!
(End of this chapter)