The local officials in Xuzhou are composed of large and small wealthy families.

Among these people, except for the top wealthy families like Mi Zhu, who have the capital of political speculation, the rest are mostly rich and peaceful, and they themselves have no position.

Tao Qian came, they were loyal to Tao Qian, Liu Bei came, they were loyal to Liu Bei, and now Liu Ping is here, they are loyal to Liu Ping, which is a logical thing.

And there are more legitimate reasons for being loyal to Liu Ping than Liu Bei Taoqian, after all, Liu Ping is the Guanglu Siqing of the current dynasty, the great Si Nong, and their loyalty to Liu Ping is equivalent to loyalty to the Han court.

This represents unparalleled political correctness, and no one can fault it.

"Since they're here, let them in."

Liu Ping took a shallow sip of tea and said lightly.

Although his tone was very flat, he was actually extremely excited in his heart.

The Xuzhou taken this time is different from the previous Pengcheng, Dongguan, and Wancheng, those cities are only a county at best, and the population is limited, but Xuzhou is different, this is one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

Nowadays, in addition to Dongguan and Pengcheng have been in the hands of Cao's family, Xuzhou has four counties under the jurisdiction of Donghai, Xiapi, Langxie and Guangling, totaling more than 40 counties.

Such a vast territory was taken by Liu Ping without using a single soldier of the Cao family.

It is difficult not to be excited about such a feat, and his father-in-law must be very happy to know it.

Of course, if one person takes a state, this credit is too great, and he accepts it alone, I am afraid that Mu Xiu Yu Lin, so he is ready to divide this huge credit cake in the Cao clan.

Cao Ang has already been determined as the son of the world, and there is no need for any great merit for the time being, but Cao Ren will soon lead his troops to come, and it is the milk Cao Ren who will let this uncle also taste the pleasure of lying down and making meritorious contributions......

"Xiaguan meets Liu Gong!"

Liu Pingfu, who was not tolerant, thought about it, and soon dozens of officials, large and small, came into the room to worship with a pile of books in their hands.

You don't need to ask to know that these books record Xuzhou's money, grain, land, population, etc., which are all the wealth of Xuzhou, and they are naturally Liu Ping's trophies.

At this time, a middle-aged official stood up, saluted Liu Shun again, and then said loudly: "Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the world has fallen apart, the princes have been divided, and we have been looking forward to it all the time, the world can be reunited, Xuzhou can return to the imperial court, and today's wish is enough!" ”

This middle-aged official is Xuzhou Hucao, who is in charge of household affairs in a state.

After expressing his intentions on behalf of everyone, he continued: "There are 523,000 households in Xuzhou, with a total population of 2.4 million. ”

Any prince who takes a piece of land can only form an effective rule if he obtains the household registration of the local people, which is an important basis for the ruler's taxation, military resources, and conscription.

When Liu Bang invaded Xianyang, everyone else was robbing property, but Xiao He had the foresight and wisdom to grab the people's household registration in his hands, so when Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, Xiao He could efficiently send soldiers to the front line of grain and grass, which is the reason.

Now this Cao took the initiative to send the register, which was to show his absolute submission to Liu Ping, so that he could continue to hold this official position.

"Well, I have a heart!"

Liu Ping nodded at Na Cao with satisfaction.

With a population of more than 2 million, it may be only the size of a small and medium-sized city for future generations, but it is not small in this era.

After all, in the later stage of the war, with more and more large-scale killings, by the time Sun Quan became emperor, there were only more than two million people in the entire Wu State, which was comparable to Xuzhou at this time.

At this time, Tian Cao, Cang Cao, and Jin Cao came to present the books in their hands.

To put it simply, there are nearly hundreds of millions of dollars and millions of grains in Xuzhou.

Now Liu Ping can be said to have gained a lot.

It's just that these are all registered figures, and a lot of money and grain are still scattered and stored in those four counties, and the four county guards still hold a small number of military horses in their hands, and the attitude of those people is still unclear.

However, Xuzhou has already been taken, and the total number of military horses in the hands of the four counties is no more than 10,000 people, and they are not able to resist at all, and it is only a matter of time before they surrender.

These can be talked about after Cao Ren and his army arrive.

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"Quick! Faster! ”

Cao Ren rode on his horse and shouted anxiously at the soldiers who were winding through the march.

Previously, Cao Cao gave him an order to lead all the military horses to garrison Pengcheng in case Liu Bei came to attack Xudu, which was equivalent to letting him give up Yanzhou.

Cao Ren felt extremely sad after receiving the order, although their Cao clan's current strategic focus is on chasing the Central Plains, but Yanzhou is their base camp after all, it would be a pity to give up so easily.

However, Cao Ren also knew that Cao Cao's order was also a helpless move, if he was not forced to a certain share, who would be willing to give up his territory to others?

Now that the main force of the Cao clan is fighting with Yuan Shao in the north, it is indeed incapable of taking care of the south at the same time.

Therefore, Cao Ren was heartbroken, and he did not hesitate to collect all the money and grain of the Cao family in Yanzhou and prepare to transport it to Pengcheng.

As a result, before he set off, the suspicious soldiers composed of 20,000 miners in Dongguan County actually arrived.

And brought him Liu Ping's letter, asking Cao Ren not to go to Pengcheng, but to go directly to Xuzhou to meet.

Cao Ren was confused on the spot when he looked at the letter, it was precisely because Liu Ping's rebellion plan did not succeed that Cao Cao asked him to abandon Yanzhou and march to Pengcheng to block Liu Bei.

But what did Liu Ping invite him to Xuzhou for, did he want him to directly lead the army to attack Xuzhou?

Although there are more than 40,000 horses under his command in bits and pieces, what kind of combat strength do these 40,000 people have.

Among them, 20,000 are miners, and the combat effectiveness is needless to say, even the 20,000 soldiers under his command are recruits who have just been recruited for less than a year, although they have undergone a lot of training, but most of them have not yet fought.

The gap between training and actual combat is still quite large.

Let him lead such an army to attack Xuzhou, which is guarded by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, isn't that to send people's heads?

And he received Cao Cao's order to enter Pengcheng, relatively speaking, Liu Ping's letter naturally had to be put aside first.

Fortunately, it was on the same road from Yanzhou to Pengcheng to Xuzhou, so Cao Ren decided to lead the army into Pengcheng first, and then write back to Liu Ping, asking Liu Ping not to bother with those thoughts and withdraw quickly.

Sticking to Pengcheng and stopping Liu Bei is the most important thing.

"General, this place is only fifty miles away from Pengcheng, even if you don't have to march quickly, you can enter the city before dark."

The deputy general sat on the horse, looked at the map in his hand, and said to Cao Ren.

"Will everything be fine when you enter Pengcheng?" Cao Ren glanced at the deputy general coldly: "Ping'er is still in Xuzhou at this time, maybe he will send troops to respond, and the sooner the march arrives in Pengcheng, the better." ”

"No!" The adjutant agreed.

"Newspaper—

At this time, a fast horse galloped in the distance, and in the blink of an eye, the herald had come to the front, and said to Cao Ren in a loud voice: "Gongzi Ping has taken Xuzhou, please go to the general to meet!" ”