Chapter 833
Ji Ling is indeed a loyal person to Yuan Shu.
He didn't surrender until he died.
Of course, or because of Ji Ling's family, under Yuan Shu's nose. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu dared to surrender, because although their family members are in Jiangdong, they are not under Yuan Shu's eyelids, and there is room for change. Ji Ling did not.
If he dare to surrender, his family and relatives will be destroyed by Yuan Shuyi immediately.
Saying surrender is to be caught by Cao Mengde. Like Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, they actually surrender, but those who have not surrendered in name dare not. With Yuan Shu's current tyranny, I am afraid that his anger will be sent to the family members in a blink of an eye.
Yuan Shu now occupies Danyang, while Zhou Yu and his family are in Wu County, at a certain interval. Ji Ling didn't.
Cheng Yu was responsible for'stealing' Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's family, and it was already completed when Cao Mengde's side annihilated Ji Ling. Although Yuan Shu reacted quickly, he never thought of detaining Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's family members immediately.
For Yuan Shu, the situation is horrible and messy, probably a little slow.
After the war, Cao Mengde ordered ten thousand soldiers to ban Jiujiang, stationed in Liyang, and Jiangdong was facing each other across the river. Order Lidian to lead 5,000 troops in Zhenlujiang and Tunwan County. Both of them took orders from Xiahoudun, and ordered Xiahoudun to be the governor of the southern town to control the overall situation along the Yangtze River.
In this way, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Cao Mengde used Guangling, Liyang, and Wan as the base points and built a military line of defense with an army of 20,000 to 5,000.
In this way, he was relieved of his class and returned to Yanzhou.
As for Lu Bu, Sun Ce and other generals, they naturally want to bring them back together. The newly arrived, they haven't really returned to their hearts yet, and they can't be used much. Although if Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were placed on the southern line, it would be more useful. But the danger is also great.
For the princes of one party, war is only a means. The real test is after the war.
For Cao Mengde, the pressure to swallow two states in one bite is huge. The most important thing is how to manage the people's livelihood and calm people's hearts in order to control the area and population soaring.
Thanks to the talent of Xun Yu, Wang Zuo, and fortunately Zhao Yu’s method of cultivating talents by himself can finally be supported.
At the beginning, Zhao Yu compiled Mongolian books and suggested that Cao Mengde build an established Sect education system, and he also took out the ultimate weapon of paper. It has been more than two years since then, and the results have been remarkable. After Cao Mengde purged Yanzhou, the Aristocratic Family flees to death and flees. Under such circumstances, to stabilize Yanzhou's political situation, Zhao Yu's method of establishing an established Sect education system is fundamental.
Now the territory has suddenly expanded. Fortunately, after more than two years, Cao Mengde himself has cultivated many talents. Although there is no super talent like Xun Yu Xun You, he manages a county or is a small one. Official, but more than enough.
And what Cao Mengde needs is this.
After the war, Cao Mengde’s class and Xun Yu spread out the Grand Dao to govern people’s livelihood. The talents cultivated by Yanzhou are placed in various places, either as County Magistrate or as county lieutenant. In a short period of time, without the support of the Aristocratic Family, these two states will be brought under the rule.
Of course, the Aristocratic Family, Cao Mengde did not give up completely. After all, like Xun Yu and the others, they are from the Aristocratic Family. Although Cao Mengde’s ruling ideas and actions frightened many of the Aristocratic Family, some of the Aristocratic Family in Yingchuan, because they had already boarded Cao Mengde’s ship, although they were quite criticized, they could only support him more. .
Don't say that Cao Mengde's influence is getting bigger and bigger nowadays, but Zhao Yu alone is enough to make the insiders not dare to mess around and change their minds.
For Cao Mengde, everything is moving in a good direction.
After the war returned, Cao Mengde did not go to the courtyard to see Zhao Yu immediately, but made another deployment to the military.
Focus on the defense against Hebei.
He has 100,000 soldiers now. Originally it was less than 80,000, but after the war, many prisoners of war were captured, pick and choose, to eliminate the weak, select powerhouse, and select 30,000. The others were all returned to their hometowns for farming, and the 30,000 people selected were all brought back.
In addition to the 20,000 5,000 soldiers and horses deployed on the southern front, he is now in his hands and is also in his early 80s.
Therefore, he is completely unafraid of Yuan Shao, Hebei.
What I was worried about before was the delay of the war. Once the troops were involved in the southern battlefield, and Hebei Yuan Shao suddenly went south, it would be difficult to resist. Everything is stable now. The battle on the southern front is over, and the class is safe again, even if Yuan Shao goes south, he is not afraid.
After returning to Yanzhou, Cao Mengde also bases his military deployment on three points. The first point is in Mount Tai County, at the junction of Qing State, Xuzhou and Yanzhou. Boldly used Zhang Liao as a general, commanding 10,000 soldiers and horses. The second point is in East County, and Cao Mengde took it on his own. The third point is Luoyang. Cao Mengde intends to take advantage of this big victory, when his army is at its peak, directly swallow Sanshou Henan County in one bite. With Xiahouyuan as the general, lead 20,000 troops to guard Luoyang, clean up the ruins of Luoyang, and reorganize the Imperial Capital.
From this point of view, Cao Mengde may have the intention to move his political center from Puyang to Luoyang.
The northern line of 80,000 troops, three points, of which 50,000 are stationed along the river line in the east county. Facing Hebei across the river, they show no signs of weakness.
Probably Cao Mengde was in a prosperous battle and returned to the teacher quite quickly, making Yuan Shao caught off guard. The slight movement before, gradually Anna came down. However, Yuan Shao's battle with Gongsun Zan in You Prefecture in the north became less intense.
No matter how stupid Yuan Shao is, you can see that Cao Mengde’s threat is many times greater than Gongsun Zan!
Although Cao Mengde has swallowed a large tract of land in one bite, he has not had time to digest it. Therefore, he is unwilling to directly start the war. Seeing that Yuan Shao hadn't heard anything, he also began to immerse himself in development without mentioning it.
Being busy, it was busy until autumn.
After the bumper harvest in Yanzhou, Cao Mengde spared time and came to Taihe Courtyard.
The courtyard is still like spring, Cao Mengde walked through the array, breathing deeply, and said with a smile to the left and right: "I will be old when I die, and I will die here."
Cao Mengde came together, also Xi Zhicai.
Xi Zhi only rickets slightly, occasionally coughing a few times, showing abnormal red on his face.
Cao Mengde hurriedly helped him: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao must have a way."
The end of Han Dynasty was an era when the stars were shining and the advisors were glorious. However, many powerful characters have died one after another. Especially the most powerful ones. For example, Zhou Yu also died of illness at a young age. also Xi Zhicai in front of him, and Guo Jia who took over the role of Xi Zhicai in the original history.
These are all extraordinary characters.
The so-called Heaven is jealous of heroic genius, that's probably it.
In the history of various Xia, this has always been the case. A superb character, always alive soon. For example, when the Martial Emperor was Marquis Guanjun, this was the case with Huo Qubing, the man who was named as a wolf, and the same was true for the end army who appeared frequently in history books or posterity's poems. The same goes for Zhou Yu, Xi Zhicai, and Guo Jia. At a young age, he died one after another before he had time to bloom his talents, which is undoubtedly a pity.
And such signs have already appeared in Xi Zhicai. After this battle, Xi Zhicai fell ill on the way to the class. I returned to Puyang and raised it for a few months before it was slightly better. Cao Mengde brought him to the courtyard and asked Zhao Yu to be rescued.