Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it has entered the second half of the year.

First of all, in July, Cao Cao finally occupied the eight counties of Yanzhou and purged the Yellow Turban thieves in Yanzhou, so that the people of Yanzhou could have a temporary stable life.

The whimsical Cao Cao happily wrote to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to officially appoint him as the pastor of Yanzhou, and to govern Yanzhou in a good name.

Although there was no Wang Yun in the imperial court to dominate the dynasty, there were still many ministers who did not like Cao Cao, and quickly rejected Cao Cao's request, and sent the minister Jin Shang to be the assassin of Yanzhou and take over the affairs of Yanzhou.

Cao Cao was furious when he heard the news: The tiger is not powerful, I am really Cao Cao is a 'sick cat'.

Cao Cao's anger was picked up by Jin Shang, who came to take office.

When Jin Shang happily led his men and horses, and just arrived in Xiaohuang County, Chenliu County, Yanzhou, he saw the oncoming and menacing army of Cao Cao.

Jin Shang was born as a civil official, and he was okay to write articles, but he led troops to fight, and ten Jin Shang tied together was not Cao Cao's opponent.

Therefore, Jin Shang was defeated, and his army was beaten by Cao Cao's army: except for the war dead, those who can run fast run; If he couldn't run, he surrendered directly to Cao Cao.

Jin Shang saw that the general trend had gone, so he could only flee south and defect to Yuan Shu in Nanyang County.

And Cao Cao also told the court with practical actions - Yanzhou is Cao Cao's, and he has been beaten if he is not satisfied.

However, by this time, it was already September, and the ministers in the court did not have time to deal with Cao Cao's affairs.

Because the four generals of the Xiliang Army began to attack the imperial court.

Because they held a large army, the imperial court was forced to have no choice but to entitle their most important general, Li Dao, as the general of the chariot cavalry, the commander of the lieutenant, the marquis of Chiyang, and the false festival.

The first three are the names of official positions and titles, but the last festival symbolizes the emperor's presence. It means that in wartime, Li Dao can directly kill those who violate military orders in the army on behalf of the emperor, regardless of official position.

and Guo Yan was named the rear general and the Marquis of Meiyang; Fan Chou was named the right general and the Marquis of Wannian; Zhang Ji was named the general of Zhendong and the marquis of Pingyang, and offered to go out and be stationed in Hongnong County.

From October onwards, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou jointly controlled the government and appointed and dismissed officials according to their preferences, and the authority of the Han Dynasty gradually declined.

Officials are no longer like officials, and the people are also in dire straits, so those who can escape have already fled.

A large number of the population of Sizhou fled north to Merge the state; fled east to Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou; Flee south to Jingzhou.

The state pastors of these states are very happy, and this is the population that came for nothing. They arranged for their capable officials to settle these people.

At the end of October, Liu Biao sent envoys to the court to pay tribute, Li Dao was overjoyed, and sent Zhong Xuan, a waiter of the Yellow Gate, to seal Liu Biao as the general of Zhennan, the pastor of Jingzhou, and the Marquis of Chengwu, and allowed Liu Biao to open the mansion.

At the same time, in order to form an alliance with Liu Biao, Li Dao and others let Liu Biao be their foreign aid. He also sent Zuo Zhonglang to confer Zhu Tan with Liu Biao's holiday, and was in charge of the military affairs of Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, and Yizhou.

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In the same three months, Han Cheng of Bingzhou was not idle.

First of all, the autumn harvest in July and August, Han Cheng was very busy.

After all, food is life for the common people; For the government, it is a tax; For the army, it is a guarantee.

Either way, food is a top priority.

This is the first time Han Cheng has collected grain after occupying and annexing the state! Because it involved all aspects, Han Cheng did not dare to slack off, and constantly ran around to inspect.

The guards of each county and the garrison troops received Han Cheng's order to cooperate with each other and worked together to harvest grain.

When it was over, everyone's face was filled with happy smiles: because until the harvest next autumn, the people would be able to eat all the time.

At the same time, the official fields of the government also had a bumper harvest, and the government also had 400,000 stone of grain.

The so-called 'there is food in the warehouse, and there is no panic in the heart'. The magistrates of each county have become more handy with the affairs of the counties they govern.

By the end of September, the general prototype of Dacheng County in Shuofang County and Jiuyuan County in Wuyuan County had also been completed, and the six counties of Yunxiang County had almost expanded.

Under Han Cheng's arrangement, most of the displaced people in Changshan County settled in the newly built county town outside the Guan.

The Bingzhou Academy in Taiyuan County was also built, and the first batch of students began to be enrolled after the New Year.

As for the candidates for this batch of students, Han Cheng is going to talk about it with the scribes at the year-end conference.

When everything goes according to plan,

Han Cheng ordered again: In addition to Yanmen County, the remaining four counties have carried out the policy of 'land division order'.

For a while, some people cheered and some people were worried!

Towards the end of October, the free labor period of the captives arrived. Han Cheng scattered them and arranged them into the various camps of the Fenwu Army.

Joining these new forces, Han Cheng's Fenwu Army continued to expand.

The Blue Dragon Battalion, which was all cavalry, was renamed the Blue Dragon Army, and the number of men and horses was expanded to 18,000.

Five thousand of them followed Zhang Liao to guard Changshan County, and the remaining 13,000 men and horses followed Han Cheng's left and right.

In the event of a major war, it is better to help wherever there is first.

There is a vast grassland in Shuofang County, which is suitable for the survival of horses.

It stands to reason that Han Cheng should have more cavalry, but the cost of cavalry is too high, and 18,000 Qinglong troops are already the limit that Han Cheng can pay now.

The strongbow battalion, which was good at archery, was renamed the Suzaku Army, and the number of men and horses expanded to more than 8,000.

The Suzaku Battalion, whether it is defending or attacking, is a 'sharp weapon'.

Therefore, the 5,000 men and horses in the Suzaku army followed Han Cheng's left and right; The remaining 3,000 men assisted Huang Zhong in defending Taiyuan County.

The cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu also developed rapidly in these months, and the original Sharp Knife Battalion was renamed the current Sharp Knife Army, with a total of more than 12,000 people.

Six thousand of them followed Han Cheng's left and right; 6,000 men were stationed in Shuofang County and Gohara County.

After the arrangement of these three armies was completed, Han Cheng selected more than 2,000 people from the army who were more than eight feet tall, as strong as an ox, and had big shoulders and round waists, to form the fourth independent formation-the Xuanwu Army.

Because the Taiyuan Wang clan had a large amount of pig iron in their hands and a way to sell pig iron, Han Cheng asked the craftsmen to create a thick set of battle armor for each of the more than 2,000 Xuanwu soldiers.

On this day, Han Cheng led the crowd to inspect the training of the Xuanwu Army, mainly to let everyone see where the money was spent.

On the campus of Nuoda, I saw that every soldier was wearing heavy armor, and the iron scales on his body were shining, from head to toe, tightly sealed, only the mouth, nose and eyes were exposed.

Although they were sweating profusely, they were still training relentlessly.

Why train so hard?

Because the whole set of armor weighs more than 20 catties, plus more than 40 catties of weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army, if they are not trained, even the strongest soldiers will be difficult to bear the weight of 60 catties for a long time, which will affect the combat ability of the Xuanwu Army.

When the people behind Han Cheng saw the momentum and equipment of the Xuanwu Army.

I was shocked in my heart: "This Xuanwu Army is not only a sharp blade to break the formation, but also a strong wall to guard." It's worth it! It's worth it. ”

In addition to these, Han Cheng also had 50,000 ordinary soldiers and the Heavenly Dragon Guards who were guarding Han Cheng's side at any time.

The army of the Fenwu Army broke through more than 90,000 people endlessly, and Han Cheng said in his heart: "Now in this world, you finally have your own place, right?" ”