The rapid changes in the current situation and the changes in the situation in Youzhou, Jizhou, are just dizzying. One turn after another, just to make the insiders feel breathless.

Seeing that Gongsun Zhan had fallen, and the situation of the Yuan army in Jizhou was very good, the Xianbei people came in a blink of an eye, besieging Jicheng, and even the second son of Yuan was in danger.

But the dark clouds in the sky seemed to disappear under Tian Feng's dazzling brilliance!

Tian Feng not only reversed the unfavorable situation and rescued Yuyang, but even saved the life of Yuan Ergongzi, at this point, even Guo Tu and others, who were not used to Tian Feng, had to be unconvinced, a trace of forbearance, and then affirmed and praised Tian Feng's achievements.

Tian Feng's temper is not good, this is something that most people know, but Tian Feng does have the ability, if it weren't for Tian Feng's calm analysis at the critical moment and finding out the focus of the Xianbei army's attack, maybe the Jizhou soldiers would be led by the Xianbei people, and finally exhausted, and might even be defeated.

But Ju Yi's death made the Jizhou people lose their moderation or the means to balance Yuan Shao's military power, although Yan Liangwen Chou is also a Jizhou person, but he is obviously biased towards Yuan Shao, which makes Tian Feng very helpless even if he is full of scheming. When you encounter someone who admits death, a tendon, even if it wears out the skin of your mouth, is useless, and that's probably how it feels.

Although Ju Yi's death before, as a representative of the Jizhou clan, Tian Feng did not make a difficulty, but everyone knows that in this battle, the Jizhou clan has already suffered a loss, and if Yuan Shao does not express his attitude, there will inevitably be a fight in the future.

However, just like there are two sides to everything, the opinions of the entire Jizhou scholar clan are not completely unified, some people feel that Ju Yi needs Yuan Shao to give an explanation, while some people think that they did not mention it at the beginning, and now they bring it up again, and it is not interesting to change the time, and some people turn the spearhead to Tian Feng, thinking that Tian Feng did not do a good job as a representative of the Jizhou scholar clan, which led to the loss, and should be responsible for giving way to Hou Xian......

At this moment, Yuan Shao sent Guo Tuxin Ping and others separately to communicate and appease some of the Jizhou scholars, and at the same time began to prepare to divert internal attention, that is, to prepare for the next battle direction.

Several large armies, all under Yuan Shao's strict orders, moved westward one after another, and a part of the army led by Gao Gan was even more excited, and had already stayed on the border of Hanoi, ready to join forces to attack the east of the Shangdang River. He had suffered a defeat in the Shangdang area before, and he was already impatient to use a hearty first achievement to prove that he was not bad.

And Yuan Shao's Gongsun Chan soldiers have been scattered to Yan Liangwen's hands, Zhang also has a part, but not many, most of these Gongsun Chan's soldiers, most of them are actually county soldiers in Youzhou, and they were suddenly reduced to second-class soldiers, although most of the army will have veterans bullying new recruits, but Yuan Shao did not take this problem to heart.

After a fight, the recruit becomes a veteran, do you still need to deal with it?

All the problems are now focused on the materials.

The general of the expedition to the west, Fei Qian, was limited by grain and grass materials, and almost gave up the land in Guanzhong, and it was the money and grain from Hanzhong that barely survived the first and second years, and it was officially on the right track when the harvest was in the second year, and for Yuan Shao, people who have been in high positions since childhood have a high degree of sensitivity to political balance, but for these agricultural affairs at the grassroots level, they don't know much.

Yuan Shao wants to send troops, which means that he has to prepare a large amount of military rations, uniforms, war horses, war jackets, armor, blades, equipment, etc......

It is impossible for these supplementary materials to fall from the sky, and Yuan Shao himself cannot grow these grains by himself, so he can only follow the old method and ask for them from the people of the Jizhou Shi clan.

Herein lies the problem.

The Jizhou Shi clan is indeed profound, if it is said that those old foundations at the bottom of the warehouse are hard to come out, it is not impossible to support Yuan Shao to set off a wave of war again, but the price to pay is too great, just like the rich and noble children who were originally extravagant and wasteful in brocade clothes and jade food will suddenly take the food rationing route in the last days, tighten their belts and learn to be a man again, who can stand this?

Yecheng.

The palace complex in the north of the city is still under construction, and the project has not been delayed for much time because of the war, and even the rebellion in Yecheng has only been suspended for less than a month, and the rest of the time is constantly working.

Yecheng has also been regarded as a big city in Jizhou since ancient times, and now as Yuan Shao's place of governance, it has gathered a lot of manpower and material resources, showing a strange kind of prosperity, even compared to the heyday of Luoyang.

Such a prosperous appearance also gave Yuan Shao some bottom lines in his heart, so when he discussed with Tian Feng and others, his tone was also very tough......

"Everyone!" Yuan Shao said impassionedly, "If there is turmoil today, only by fighting quickly can we save the day and save the society from fire and water!" The morale of the soldiers is booming today, and the opportunity to use force is also justified, so you may wish to discuss it! ”

Tian Feng frowned.

Frustrated, he arched his hand and said: "Today's Youqing Fangding, it is the time for cultivation, and it is the time of spring ploughing, so you can't start a war again, please think twice!" ”

Feng Ji said on the side: "Hehe...... Frustration is said lightly, may I ask, at the moment the displaced people are everywhere, Ming Gong is benevolent, and he can't bear to see starvation in the wilderness, so he recruits as an army to serve and relieve his difficulties! According to what he said, if you don't enter the army, you will have food and grass to solve the current predicament? ”

The judge said: "The redundant homeless people can use the strategy of tuntian, and in time, there will be a full warehouse of grain and grass!" ”

Guo Tu also said: "Tuntian, where is Tuntian? Would you like to contribute your land to the general? Or it is hard to work and build roads and cities, but who is willing to pay for food and materials? If they don't join the army, where will these displaced people be placed? Could it be that all the pits and kills them? ”

The judge was speechless.

Of course, the Jizhou scholars want to tuntian, and let these homeless people settle their own fields, so that these homeless people have become domestic slaves, and they have been oppressed and bullied by the scholars for generations, which is a cool thing. However, if these scholars are allowed to contribute money and food, and these displaced people become the tuntian of General Yuan Shao and Yuan, of course, no Jizhou scholar wants to do this kind of loss-making business.

These Yuzhou factions under Yuan Shao's account laughed and laughed at the jokes one by one.

Anyway, these people from the Yuzhou faction are not here, so naturally they are so high-profile and high-profile, as if Yuan Shao is in Yuzhou, how generously they will support Yuan Shao, so that the Jizhou faction led by Tian Feng is like eating three or four cockroaches.

Tian Feng coughed and said: "In the first year of the first peace, the general raised troops to fight against Dong, and we raised 500,000 stones of grain and grass, more than 5,000 cattle and horses, 10,000 armor, and countless weapons!" In the second year of the first peace, the general was in charge of Jizhou, and we donated 200,000 stones of grain and grass and 1 billion yuan of money to repair Yecheng; In the third year of the first peace, more than 20,000 soldiers were recruited, and the soldiers and armor were complete to help the battle of the general's boundary bridge; In the fourth year of the first peace, the general marched into Qingzhou, recruited soldiers again, and transferred 300,000 money and grain, 10,000 armor, and more than 3,000 cattle and horses; In the first year of Yanping, the remnants of Montenegro were conscripted, and the soldiers were requisitioned and requisitioned 20 50,000 stones; In the second year of Yan Ping, he fought in Yijing and requisitioned 350,000 stones of grain and grass again! Now we don't want it, but we can't! At present, in Jizhou, the warehouses are empty, there is no number of three months of grain in stock, and there is no need for half a year! The cultivators, the shovels are broken, the blacksmiths have nothing to recast, the sickles are broken, and the craftsmen have no time to repair! ”

"General! Jizhou is in trouble! Tian Feng paused heavily on the ground with his cane, "If you start fighting again, where will the money, food, and equipment come from, and how will the people's livelihood be arranged?" Isn't it to fish with all your might, and to burn your servals and to make your fields? General! Please think again! ”

Yuan Shao's face was a little unbearable.

Xu You saw it, and he laughed twice and said: "In the past, the general was sympathetic to your hard work and didn't want to be overburdened, so he opened a border market and begged for trade to nourish the military...... Hey, how did it turn out? Some people make a lot of nonsense, reprimanding the general for competing with the people for profit, and now they are talking about what to raise with the people, it is simply a cloud and rain between lips and tongues, and it can change every day......"

Suddenly it was replaced by Tian Feng's face, which couldn't be hung up.

Is Jizhou poor, of course. Compared with when Yuan Shao came, he was much poorer, but it was not as miserable as Tian Feng said, after all, Jizhou has enjoyed the Han Dynasty's tax reduction and exemption and other highly biased policies for more than a hundred years, and the accumulated heritage is not to say that it can be lost in three or four years, not to mention that in the past three or four years, except for some turmoil in Jizhou in a few times, most of the rest of the time is relatively normal, and the harvest of grain and grass is not less.

Otherwise, Tian Feng and other Jizhou scholars would have jumped up and rebelled, where would they have the leisure time to grind their mouths with Yuan Shao......

"Xu Ziyuan!" Tian Feng sank his face, "Opening the border market without permission is a move of the enemy!" Before you have been held accountable for selling salt and iron, you dare to speak in front of the general's seat and refer to the deer as a horse! ”

Xu You was not afraid at all, because Yuan Shao agreed to open the border market, and although Xu You was greedy for money, he was very well-behaved, and he must have Yuan Shao's share of the money, so Tian Feng's duty Xu You was undoubtedly accusing Yuan Shao, so he sneered: "Tian Gong is really upright and upright, and he will never show favoritism!" It's just that the axe can't be cultivated, I don't know what Tian Gong will do with the people of Tian's northbound trade? ”

The Tian family is also a big clan in Jizhou, there are people who read scriptures, and naturally some of them are engaged in business and trade, and secretly trade with the Hu people, basically any Jizhou scholar clan has, otherwise where did the cattle, horses and sheep in Jizhou come from? You must know that although Jizhou can raise horses, it is not a primitive place to produce horses.

Tian Feng didn't dare to assert whether there was anyone in his family who was caught by Xu You, and it was not easy to categorically deny it, but when he heard Xu You's words, his face suddenly turned red, and he was so angry that he had to shake his hair.

"That's it!" Yuan Shao just stopped the situation from continuing to develop, and said in a deep voice, "Yuan Hao has always taken the overall situation into account, and this is something for all to see!" Ziyuan doesn't need to be said! At present, although Youzhou is fixed, but the situation is not stable, you need to cooperate sincerely to achieve great causes! ”

"Yui!" Everyone replied in unison. The general's face still has to be given.

Yuan Shao nodded and continued: "What Yuan Hao is worried about at the moment is nothing more than money and food! Merely...... Although Gongsun has been ambushed, there are still remnants of the army in Liaodong! What's more, when there is a lot of contention between Ji and You, there are many conscripts in the counties and counties, and there is no distinction between good and bad, even if they are stationed in the camp, they still need food and salary......"

Yuan Shao looked around and said, "Could it be that you are also willing to provide it?" ”

In fact, there is another point that is not explained, after the fall of Gongsun Zhan, although Yuan Shao collected these soldiers who originally belonged to Gongsun Zhan, but how loyal these soldiers were, Yuan Shao himself did not have a base.

Pit killing?

It's impossible, otherwise the remnants of the forces led by Gongsun Du in Liaodong will definitely be endless, so Yuan Shao can only accept it regardless of whether it is good or bad, but it is impossible to raise it in vain after receiving it, so finding a place to play the role of these soldiers will naturally become Yuan Shao's best choice.

Tian Feng was silent. It's not that he doesn't understand Yuan Shao's moves, he's just worried that Yuan Shao won't be able to get it back, although he has this or that plan under this and that idea, it's just that everything is two-sided, and it's naturally easy to say anything if he wins, but what if the attack fails? When the time comes, do you want to invest more or simply cut the meat?

"General Zhengxi is not good at ...... his peers," Tian Feng said slowly, "The mountain road is rugged, if the attack is unfavorable, it will be a big defeat......"

Yuan Shao heard that Tian Feng's tone was loose, so he said with a smile: "I have Yuan Hao, I also have the help of everyone here, and I also have the courage of the soldiers and generals, are you afraid of conquering the West?" ”

Now in Yuan Shao's heart, he still thinks that Cao Cao is still his little brother, and his little brother now seems to have moved away the heavy stone in his heart that has been pressed for a long time......

If Yuan Shu arrives, who else in the world can compete?

That is, the remaining general of the expedition to the west in Guanzhong and the north.

If it is said that the defeat of the expedition to the west, the world will be almost a foregone conclusion, will it be ......

Ha ha......

Tian Feng pondered for a long time, stretched out three fingers, and said: "If the general wants to go west, there is nothing to do, but we need to allow three things, and we naturally support it." ”

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Yuan Hao, please speak." ”

"First, quickly order Cao Mengde to send His Majesty to Yecheng!" Tian Feng said in a deep voice, "Now that Cao Mengde has moved to Sikong again, I am afraid that he will have the intention of establishing another one, if he is not restrained, he is afraid of changes!" ”

Yuan Shao was a little unimpressed, but looking at Tian Feng's face, he nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Second, don't hurt Yuan Highway's life! Those who want to achieve great things need to be benevolent and virtuous in the world! If even siblings are not tolerated, how can we serve the public? "Yuan Shao is ambitious, everyone knows this, although fratricidal cannibalism is inevitable, but even ambitious people must know how to groom themselves, just like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu and his brothers.

Yuan Shao was silent for a long time, nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

"Third! If the war in the west is unfavorable, we must not stick to one time and one place, and it is absolutely not advisable to use military force! Tian Feng stared at Yuan Shao with a resolute attitude.

Yuan Shao took a deep breath and said, "But! ”

Tian Feng nodded, and then said no more.

Yuan Shao stood up and said proudly: "In this way, it is convenient to swear to the west in three days!" ”