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Chapter 535 Preparations before the Eastern Expedition
"Feng Xiao, you are very right, now is not the best time to destroy Cao Cao, but we still have to guard against breeding tigers!" Yuan Yao said.

"My lord can win over Ma Teng and Han Sui as a force to contain Cao Cao. Also, Liu Bei can share adversity but not wealth. When he is in trouble, he will indeed work together with Cao Cao. Once he gains power, he will not be willing to be subdued. Under Cao Cao, we will rebel against Cao Cao in the future!" Guo Jia said.

Yuan Yao nodded, no matter what happens in Xiliang, the final outcome is favorable.

Chen Dao was placed in the position of Sili Xiaowei, who could attack in advance and defend in retreat, and Duan Yan was placed in the position of governor of Yongzhou. The two guarded the key points in the pass together, sealing the whole of Xiliang like an urn. Ma Teng Han Sui, Li Jue, Guo Si, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, the Southern Huns, and high officials in Bingzhou, the five forces are like five poisons, no matter what the final result is, they are still in the urn!

Among these five major powers, Ma Teng and Han Sui are in the westernmost position, occupying a favorable position; the Southern Huns and Gao Gan are in the easternmost position, showing a tendency to attack westward; Cao Cao and Liu Bei are the fierce tigers released by Yuan Yao, and they go straight to Li Jue Guo in the middle Si, this result is not difficult to imagine, Li Jue and Guo Si must be the first to fall.

Yuan Yao still remembered that before Feng Wei coveted Wei Zhongru as the prefect of Hongnong, Wei Zhongru once said: "All the generals in the west stand upright, there is no one in the world, Gou Anle is just in front of him."

Of course, this also includes Ma Teng.

What Ma Teng wanted was nothing more than dominance. Even Ma Chao, the most ambitious of Ma Teng's sons, wanted nothing more than that.

Ma Chao didn't mean to fight for the world, that's for sure, but Yuan Yao didn't intend to recruit Ma Chao as his confidant!
If a person can give up even his own parents and his own brother, is it possible for him to swear allegiance to the lord to the death?

Of course not.

Yuan Yao didn't know much about history, and it wasn't specific. Before time travel, he was not a top student, let alone an expert in history, but in the Three Kingdoms, there are two characters that Yuan Yao remembers deeply!

The first person is Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao disregarded the hundreds of members of Yuan Kai's family who were officials in the court for his personal career.

The second person is Ma Chao, Ma Chao's parents and relatives, hundreds of members of the Ma family are officials under Cao Cao, or they are used as guarantees, which means that Ma Chao will be a general in Xiliang, but don't be against it. In other words, the crime of rebellion was to punish the three clans, but in the end Ma Chao turned against him.

However, Yuan Yao still wanted to use Guo Jia's strategy to win over Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Since Ma Chao will rebel sooner or later, it is better to put Ma Chao's siblings under house arrest in Pingyu first, so that they can be eradicated by then.

"Feng Xiao, I understand the pros and cons of the Western Expedition, and the Eastern Expedition is imminent. The south is a foregone conclusion. Liu Biao is just dying, but Yuan Shao in the north is still in serious trouble. How can you break through the Eastern Expedition? A good strategy?" Yuan Yao asked.

Regarding the layout in the north, Yuan Yao only had a vague layout, that is, let Yuan Shao defeat Gongsun first, and then Yuan Shao decide to fight to the death, and rule the world in one fell swoop. Something was different before! !
Guo Jia picked up the teacup, drank a few sips of tea, cupped his hands and said, "Master, Yuan Shao wants to break Gongsun Zan, and it is impossible not to unite with other races! Yuan Shao must have seen this through the losses he has suffered in the past two years. , Yuan Shao will definitely form an alliance with Wuhuan and Xianbei in the north, and use his powerful cavalry to defeat Gongsun Zan's white horse righteousness!"

"If we can't end the war in the east before Yuan Shao takes control of Youzhou, we will face a direct confrontation with Yuan Shao!! After Yuan Shao unites with Xianbei and Wuhuan in the north, the cavalry will be more powerful than ever. Bow riding, and no worries, will completely overcome our army's infantry-based model!"

"If we quickly resolve the war in the east, concentrate our forces on the new Baekje, and then eliminate Gongsundu and recover Goguryeo, look at the aliens, attack Yuan Shao from the north and south, and then attack Yuan Shao from the Central Plains with the main force. Sooner or later!"

"After defeating Liu Biao and Yuan Shao, Xiliang can be pacified with only a piece of paper. Xiliang must kill Cao Cao and return to the lord. The lord will use Xiliang's iron cavalry as the vanguard of the Western Expedition to defeat the Xiongnu, Da Yuezhi, Rome, and the world. It's all set!"

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(AD [-]) the first day of the first month
Under the auspices of Yuan Yao, Emperor Liu Xiedong went out of Pingyu City, built a high platform to worship heaven and earth, amnesty the world, and changed his year name to Jianping.

At the same time, a new decree was issued that officials with a salary of six hundred shi and above must not exceed the age of 54!
After this decree was issued, Taiwei Yang Biao voluntarily resigned, and Yuan Yao agreed to the request. At the same time, in order to appease and compensate Yang Biao, Yang Biao's son Yang Xiu was appointed to work under the Sikong Mansion.

Although the post of Taiwei was vacant, Yuan Yao did not intend to appoint a new Taiwei, but followed suit and formally abolished the post of Taiwei. The real power, that is, to increase the power of the current great Sima Yuan Shu.

What Yuan Yao wanted was that after he left the capital, his father Yuan Shu could control the government!
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The "Medical Sage" Zhang Zhongjing stayed. He made this decision years ago and brought his wife, children and parents to Pingyu City in time!

What changed Zhang Zhongjing was not Yuan Yao's sincere persuasion, but his fascination with medical skills!
Under the joint efforts of Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo, Zhuge Xuan's illness was completely cured!This seems to have opened a new door in front of Zhang Zhongjing!

The next goal, Zhang Zhongjing is preparing to further improve the prescription for typhoid fever with Hua Tuo, and finally produce a large batch of pills that can be stored for a long time according to Yuan Yao's suggestion, so that when the plague breaks out, you can directly treat it without waiting. take!

In order to cooperate with the production of the pharmaceutical factory, Yuan Yao ordered Wang Laoshi, who lived in the same village as Sima Hui, and two brothers, Li Dali and Li Dali, who were married to vote, to formally set up a branch of medicinal herbs in Yangzhai, which was attached to the medical center and officially established in Yangzhai. In the name of collecting and buying various medicinal herbs in large quantities!

Not only in Yangzhai, but in the entire prefecture and county ruled by Yuan Yao, corresponding branch halls and helms were designed, and medicinal herbs were collected and artificially planted.

All this is to deal with drought and plague.

If the drought continues without preparing enough medicinal materials in advance, then under the influence of the drought, when the plague breaks out, no usable medicinal herbs will be able to be collected!

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Under the leadership of Sima Hui, the Taixue Society concentrated its efforts and finally developed two things that Yuan Yao wanted most.

The first is a real repeating hand crossbow, and it can be folded. It can be equipped with twenty crossbow bolts at a time. Once the lever is pulled, the string is wound again. Repeatedly, it is several times faster than pulling a bow and shooting an arrow.

The most important thing is that it can be folded. When it is opened, it is much larger and more powerful than Yuan Yao's original small continuous-firing crossbow. But when it is folded up, it does not take up any space at all and is easy to carry.

(End of this chapter)