People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 311 Influence on the Central Plains
Yang Song hesitated for a moment and said:

"General, widening roads is no better than repairing roads. It takes time, energy, money and food. The difference between the two is more than ten times. I'm afraid I can't... take on this important task..."

Li Yao nodded when he heard the words. He didn't intend to force it, so he just explained indifferently:

"Of course I also know that it is inconvenient for local people to serve as the local prefect, but I fancy your influence in the local area, so I will let you serve as the prefect and give you the right to be the prefect..."

"I'm not going to see the results right away. I can afford to wait. As long as the roads can be widened, 20 or 30 years will be fine. As long as the people are not overburdened with taxes and corvee, you can talk about problems and ask for requests. Even you just need to figure out where the cliffs need to be excavated, where the ladders and plank roads need to be erected. I am in Chang'an, Guanzhong, and I will mobilize more manpower and material resources to come..."

"I want money and food in Yizhou, so this road must be widened, even if it's just a section. If you don't want to do it, I will replace it. Now I will ask you, do you want to do it?"

After listening to it, Yang Song felt the pressure was greatly relieved. After the huge pressure was gone, he thought of the conditions of the opening. He took the post of prefect as the county magistrate. After the completion, if he wanted to be the prefect of the local area or a high official of the court, Li Yao could agree to everything.

Thinking of this, Yang Song's ambition is in full swing. This is his chance, and he may only have one chance in his life:
"Thanks to the general for not giving up, Yang Song will definitely do his best to widen the road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong, even for a short period of time!"

Li Yao nodded in satisfaction:

"In that case, I'll leave it to you..."

Speaking of this, Li Yao's eyes flashed, and he became full of oppression in an instant, and then said again:
"I'm in Guanzhong, and I'll pay attention at any time. If I find out that you're just doing something wrong and not doing business, then I won't just replace you. I'll punish you. Of course, it's too late to repent!"

Yang Song's back felt cold when he heard the words, he weighed quickly in his heart, and finally gritted his teeth and said:
"Don't dare, don't dare, don't worry, general, don't worry, general..."

Faced with Li Yao, who had a strong military record and a great reputation, Yang Song felt that the other party really wanted to kill him, so he would definitely not hesitate. With this kind of reverence, he dared not indulge the greed in his heart.

Seeing him like this, Li Yao couldn't help thinking:
"In this way, he will definitely stop for a few years, work conscientiously, and do things conscientiously. If he is greedy for profit in the future, then he must change!"

This is not what Li Yao thought about, but after careful consideration, now he has Liangzhou and Guanzhong as the core, Yizhou and Bingzhou as the two wings, the vast Kansai area as the basic base, the Shu Road in Yizhou, and the barbarians in Bingzhou are all problems to be solved.

Making the arrangement in advance is also for the better solution in the future. Make the arrangement now and solve it in the future.

Another day later, Li Yao led the troops back home, taking the ramp, because of the large number of people and the narrow road, it took them three days to make it back to Guanzhong.

The army rested for a while, and then regrouped, valiantly, high-spirited, and rushed to Chang'an with the attitude of a victor.

At this time, under the city of Chang'an, hundreds of officials greeted him!

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At the same time, even though Yizhou was located in the southwest, the news that Li Yao had captured Yizhou gradually spread to the Central Plains, not from Hanzhong and Guanzhong, but from Berkshire to Jingzhou, and then from Jingzhou to the Central Plains.

For example, Zhang Lu, after he escaped from Hanzhong, hid in Berkshire under his name. Later, when he heard that the Shu road was broken, he was so frightened that he dragged his family and fled to Jingzhou with his mouth.

He was not alone. The news of Yizhou's change of owner was spread by the people who escaped from Berkshire.

When Liu Biao of Jingzhou learned of the situation, he was also very shocked. It was Yizhou, the land of four fortresses, how could it be captured so quickly.

He didn't want to help Liu Yan fight against the imperial court, but Liu Biao, as a clan member of the Han family, still felt the same for Liu Yan.

Even now, he doesn't want to confront the imperial court, but he acquiesced, and even took the initiative to spread the news quickly to Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou... I hope someone can confront the imperial court, then he can sit back and relax.

Shouchun Yuan Shu was furious when he heard the news, he still can't forget that when Li Yao was still in Luyang, he played tricks on him, took advantage of him, and didn't work for him.

However, Shouchun was too far away from Guanzhong, even if it was a Jingzhou away from Yizhou, he couldn't do anything to Li Yao, so he could only spread his anger in Guangling County, Xiapi Country.

Send more troops to capture these two places in Xuzhou and continue to grow your own power.

Now Yuan Shu is actually very close to his peak state. He occupies Jiujiang County in the north of Yangzhou, Lujiang County in the south of Yuzhou, Runan County in the south of Yuzhou, Guangling County in the south of Xuzhou, Xiapi Kingdom, and the prefects of the counties in the south of Yangzhou. It is also due to the fact that Yuan Shu is the fourth and third prince, and his family is prominent. He does not say he is obedient to him, but he does not dare to resist openly.

Cao Cao and Tao Qian fought fiercely, but it was Yuan Shu who took advantage, and easily captured most of Guangling County and Xiapi Kingdom.

As far as Cao Cao and Tao Qian are concerned, Tao Qian has no time to manage the ownership of Yizhou. He is already in trouble, so how can he manage these things.

But for Cao Cao, Li Yao's capture of Yizhou meant that his power would become stronger, and Li Yao's main force returned to Guanzhong. If he sent troops to attack Yanzhou, Yanzhou would be empty now, and he could easily lose everything.

Cao Cao was worried, and the consequences of his massacre also appeared. Although Tancheng had already been fought, the army and people of Tancheng resisted to the death, and Liu Bei led the troops to help, restraining part of Cao Cao's troops, so there was no progress in two or three months.

He decided to gather all his troops and make a final fight. Being able to go down to Tancheng means that he can occupy Xuzhou. If he can't capture Tancheng, he must send troops back to help.

Otherwise, once Yanzhou is lost, everything will stop.

Cao Cao even said sadly:

"There was Dong Zhuo first, and then there was Li Yao, how many disasters and disasters there are for a big man..."

What he didn't know was that thanks to Li Yao now, otherwise, although Guanzhong would be in great chaos, Lu Bu, who was kicked out, had already stolen his Yanzhou at this time, almost making him unable to turn over.

As for Liu Bei, he led [-] soldiers to help, but was beaten by Cao Cao and suffered heavy losses. If it weren't for Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun borrowed from Gongsun Zan, his entire army might be wiped out at this time.

Cao Cao beat Tao Qian and Liu Bei at the same time, which shows that his soldiers are strong. If there is no threat from Li Yao behind him, perhaps it is only a matter of time before they can be defeated.

And in Hebei, a great battle also broke out. Yuan Shao, who was sitting in Jizhou, and Gongsun Zan, who was occupying Youzhou, clashed again. They really wanted to put each other to death.

Yuan Shao did not have such a big advantage, and Gongsun Zan did not have such a big disadvantage. The cities fought by the two sides were dilapidated, the people were displaced, and the crops were not cultivated... The war potential was consumed little by little.

(End of this chapter)