Yuan Shao, the overlord of the generation, died of illness, and this matter is not only Guan Ping, a traverser, who knows the importance.

Even the people of this era know that this matter is extremely important.

Prior to this, Yuan Shao was strong in the north and Cao Cao was weak. After the Battle of Guandu, the situation began to change. But Yuan Shao still exists, and he can still compete with Cao Cao.

And now Yuan Shao not only died of illness, his third son Yuan Shang subrogated to Jizhou Assassin History, nephew Gao Gan seized and annexed the state, and the eldest son Yuan Tan called himself the general of the Che Cavalry, according to Qingzhou.

The second son, Yuan Xi, is the assassin of Youzhou.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Yuan family is inferior to the next generation, and it is only a matter of time before they are broken by Cao Cao.

If Cao Cao annexes Hebei, for some people, it will be a big problem.

Jiangdong, Wu County, in the small hall of Wuhou Mansion.

When the news came, Sun Quan was dining with Mrs. Xu in the small hall.

Sun Quan was dressed in white and wore a scarf, although he was strong, as the lord of Jiangdong, he was the lord outside. But in the boudoir of the inner house, there is more easy-going.

Mrs. Xu is a cardamom girl, with white skin and beautiful appearance, and outstanding appearance.

Speaking of Mrs. Xu, I have to mention. Mrs. Xu is the daughter of Sun Quan's cousin, so from the perspective of kinship, Mrs. Xu is actually Sun Quan's cousin's niece.

But in the Han Dynasty, this was not a problem. The head of a party like Sun Quan is not a problem.

The Empress Zhang of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty was still the niece of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty.

Before Mrs. Xu, Sun Quan also had a Mrs. Xie, but at the moment Sun Quan favored Mrs. Xu. The two sat side by side in the northern throne and dined together, and Sun Quan served dishes to Mrs. Xu from time to time.

"It's delicious." Sun Quan picked up a piece of bear's paw meat, put it in Mrs. Xu's bowl, and reached out to hold Mrs. Xu's fragrant shoulder, which was very intimate.

Mrs. Xu smiled gently and ate the bear's paw meat.

The husband and wife were leaning on me, and a sound of footsteps sounded. A small official came to the door and stopped, arched his hand and said: "Wu Hou, Hebei news, Yuan Shao died of illness, Yuan Shang was made the lord of Jizhou, Yuan Tan called himself the general of the chariot and cavalry, and competed with Yuan Shang for the throne." ”

Sun Quan stopped with a smile on his face, and after a moment of silence, he put down his chopsticks.

"Wu Hou." Mrs. Xu didn't understand, raised her head and looked at Sun Quan suspiciously.

Sun Quan reacted, patted Mrs. Xu's hand very gently, and said, "There is something to do, Madame use it more." ”

Although Mrs. Xu didn't understand, she nodded softly. Sun Quan got up and walked to the door, and said to the little official, "Summons Lu Su." ”

"No."

The little official said yes, turned around and went down. Soon after, Sun Quan came to the study and sat down, and after waiting for long, Lu Su came.

The round face is still cute.

"Why did Wu Hou summon me?" Lu Su said listlessly. He had breakfast early and was taking a nap. Suddenly, Sun Quan sent someone to summon him, and he got up in a daze, and he still had the gas to get up at the moment.

Sun Quan glanced at Lu Su and probably guessed it. Shaking his head, he let the maid come in with cold water and wait for Lu Su to wash.

Apply cold water to the face, and Lu Su will be sober.

"Yuan Shao died, the third son Yuan Shang was subrogated as the Jizhou Assassin History, and Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang competed for the throne." After that, Sun Quan said, his face a little dark.

"Abolishing the long and standing young, not only Yuan Tan is afraid that he will not be convinced, but I am afraid that many people will not be convinced. The Yuan brothers will be destroyed by Cao Cao. ”

Lu Su shook his head and sighed.

Yuan Shao, who dominates the four states of Hebei, has finally reached this point?

Sun Quan nodded, he thought the same way. But he summoned Lu Su here not because of this. Sun Quan didn't have enough to eat, so he picked up a food box from under the desk and put it on the desk, opened it and took a piece of pastry from it.

This pastry is not dry and is easy to swallow. After swallowing, Sun Quan said, "Zijing, do you still remember that new wild boy?" ”

Although Lu Su was full, he was a little greedy when he watched Sun Quan eat pastries. Sun Quan smiled, got up from his seat, picked up the box and put it on the desk in front of Lu Su.

Lu Su was a little embarrassed, but he still opened the food box and ate it.

"Nahan boy, of course I remember." Lu Su said.

"This boy once said that Yuan Shao is old and has lost the battle of Guandu, so I am afraid that he will die of worry. And Liu Biao is old and frail, and he may also die. If Cao Cao pacified the north and went south to Jingzhou, Liu Biao died of illness again. I am afraid that Jingzhou will fall into the hands of Cao Cao, and when Cao Cao occupies the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the situation will be very unfavorable to Gu. ”

Sun Quan confided in his heart, revealing a worried look.

At that time, Guan Ping used this to persuade Lu Su to help. But in fact, Lu Su and Sun Quan are a little disapproving, and the longevity is up to God.

Is it really such a coincidence?

However, at that time, Sun Quan felt that even if he didn't help promote Mi's wine, Guan Ping could still open the Jiangdong market, so he chose to add fuel to the fire.

strengthened Liu Bei, the northern gatekeeper dog of Jingzhou, if there is a change in the north, it can resist one or two.

And this time it turned out that the situation was moving in the worst direction that Guan Ping had depicted.

If Cao Cao annexed the north, he would go south to Jingzhou and Liu Biao, and then go down the river. That momentum made Sun Quan tremble.

Lu Su didn't eat pastries anymore, thought about it carefully, changed the topic, and asked, "Wu Hou's warship, are the generals ready?" ”

"We have prepared 20,000 elite soldiers and thousands of warships." Sun Quan magically picked up the words and nodded and said.

"Let's fight, then. According to the plan, he crusaded against Huang Zu, avenged the revenge of the ancestors, and encroached on Jingzhou step by step. It is hoped that Cao Cao will swallow Zhu Yuan slowly, and Wu Hou will be one step ahead and break through Jiangxia to occupy the land of Jingnan and possess the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. ”

Lu Su arched his hand and said.

"Okay, the lonely general will go to Jiangxia to avenge his father." Sun Quan finally made a decision, stood up suddenly, pulled out the Han sword that was making decorations on the side, and said Sen Ran.

For politicians, revenge is, of course, just an excuse, and wanting Jingzhou to take the situation of Zhang Jiangdong is Sun Quan's purpose.

Before the news of Yuan Shao's illness and death came, Sun Quan was already planning to capture Jiangxia and secretly prepared a warship of men and horses.

At this moment, stimulated by this news and with Lu Su's approval, Sun Quan finally decided to mobilize troops against Jiangxia Huangzu and Jingzhou Liu Biao.

In order to seize time, before Cao Cao annexed the north, he completed the annexation of the four counties of Jingnan, and even invaded Jiangling and even Xiangyang.

Wu Hou is Wu Hou after all.

is not like Liu Biao and other thieves who guard the house, and the territory is getting smaller and smaller.

Lu Su smiled, and then continued to deal with the pastries in the food box, which were quite delicious. Lu Su's round face and bulging cheeks seemed to be a little squirrel eating nuts.

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Coincidentally, some people are also worried about this matter.

There is a pond in the east of Shinno Castle, the pond is not large, but the water is very clear. Because there are no people in the wilderness around, if there are people nearby, the pond will not be so clean.

The soldiers of the pond were full of armor soldiers, who held bows and swords, and looked in the direction of the surroundings vigilantly.

In the corner of the pond, a tree sprouts. Liu Bei took off only a pair of boxer shorts and sat on the stone slab. The slate is a foot above the surface of the water and goes deep into the water.

Liu Bei's small body sank into the water, and his face showed a happy look.

"It's cool." Liu Bei exhaled, then looked up and asked Chen Zhi nearby: "Uncle Zhi, don't you really come down to cool off?" ”

Chen Zhi was wearing armor, his hand pressed on the hilt of his sword, and he was meticulously on guard. Wen Yan shook his head and flatly refused.

Chen Zhishao spoke, basically an elm pimple. Seeing this, Liu Bei ignored him, smiled, slipped into the pond with a flutter, and began to swim.

Liu Bei has a good water nature, and he also fishes in the river when he is small.

Liu Bei suddenly dived into the water and disappeared for a while, which made Chen Zhi nervous for a while, could it be that he was physically exhausted and sank?

Chen Zhi planned to take off his armor and pounce into the pond to save Liu Bei. How do you know that Liu Bei suddenly appeared and was still holding a carp in both hands.

Chen Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and continued to be on guard.

Liu Bei laughed and was very happy.

"I haven't touched a fish in years."

Soon Liu Bei released the fish again, but it was not merciful, but because the fish was too thin, there were not a few taels of meat, there were many spines, and there was no oil and water.

After Liu Bei made a fuss for a while, he came up from the water. His attendants took clean cloth and clothes.

Liu Bei dried his body, took off his shorts without changing his face, revealed the big bird, and changed into clean clothes.

Soon after, the leisurely swimming man turned into a tall and mighty General Zuo.

At that moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded rapidly. I saw a fast horse from a distance, and when he got to Liu Bei, he immediately turned over and dismounted and said, "Lord, news from Hebei." Yuan Shao died of illness, Yuan Shang succeeded him, and Yuan Tan established himself as a general of the chariot cavalry to compete with Yuan Shang. ”

Liu Bei's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he sighed: "Yuan Benchu is afraid that the clan will be extinct. ”

"Return to Xinye, summon Mi Zhu, Jian Yong will go to my study to wait." Immediately, Liu Bei ordered the knight to say.

"No." The knight answered, turned on his horse and rode away. Liu Bei and Chen Zhi also got on their horses together, and returned to Xinye surrounded by armor soldiers.

At this moment, Xinye is very different.

Because merchants from all over the world converged on Xinye, the unprecedented prosperity of Xinye gradually became crowded.

The sale of Mi's wine brought Liu Bei a large amount of financial income. Merchants from all over the world brought a large number of goods to sell in the bazaar, which also brought commercial taxes to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei is not short of money, he is constantly hoarding food, hoarding servants, slaves and maids. Grain is good, whether it is Jiangdong, Jingzhou, Bashu all produce grain.

Although Liu Bei bought a lot of grain, it did not affect the price of grain. But the price of slaves and servants has skyrocketed.

After all, the population of servants and slaves is not counted in the official population, and it belongs to the private property of the noble clan and the powerful, but it is also limited.

Those nobles and powerful people use slaves and maids and servants to cultivate the fields and take care of their own food and daily life, unless there are too many slaves and maids in the family, they are not willing to sell.

At present, the population of Xinye City is about 50,000 or 60,000, and the population of the countryside is also 40,000 or 50,000, adding up to 100,000.

In the wilderness outside Shinno Castle, there is gradually a village smoke. The small town of Xinye can't accommodate so many people.

Liu Bei asked Jian Yong to plan out streets, residential areas, and military areas outside Xinye City. The size, shape, and layout of the outer walls have also been designed.

Liu Bei planned to order the army, plus recruit strong men, to complete the construction of the outer city wall as soon as possible.

So at this moment, outside the walls of Shinnohara, there is a scene of rushing work everywhere. Once you're in the city, you'll find crowded streets.

Everywhere there was a procession of people pulling wine jars, big merchants, small merchants, and people sent by the nobles to pull wine.

Mi's wine has become popular all over the country.

After entering the city, Liu Bei got into a carriage to prevent being shot. Chen Zhi led the soldiers to open the way in front and surrounded Liu Bei into the city.

After arriving at General Zuo's mansion, Liu Bei got out of the carriage and came to the study.

Jian Yong, Mi Zhu has been waiting for a long time.

"My lord." The two saluted Liu Bei in unison. After saluting, Mi Zhu sat down again, while Jian Yong was lying on his side.

"Yuan Benchu died of illness, and the north must be owned by Cao Mengde. When Cao Cao gets a foothold, we will be the prey in his eyes. Xianhe, take out the drawings of Xinye New Town. After Liu Bei saw the salute, he came to the throne and sat down, and said to Jian Yong.

Jian Yong didn't promise, then got up lazily, looked in the study, found a silk, and put it on the desk in front of Liu Bei.

This is a blueprint of Xinye New Town.

Take the original Xinye town as the inner city, and coat an outer city. This outer city is ten miles from east to west and eight miles from north to south. It is divided into four city gates, south, east and west, and the city gate area has a military area for each of them, which is used to garrison the army.

Each gate has a castle, and wooden turrets are set up on the walls to protect against catapult attacks.

The city wall is two zhang high, which is already a very, very high height, and the Luoyang City in the past is only more than three zhang high.

The wall structure is a traditional rammed earth wall.

If such a wall is built, plus there are 20,000 or 30,000 elite soldiers defending the city, and a population of 200,000 or 300,000, the army and the people are united, and they can block 100,000 elite soldiers.

This picture was designed by Jian Yong and approved by Liu Bei, but at this moment, Liu Bei looked at this city, but it still seemed insufficient.

After Liu Bei looked at it, he said: "Demolish some buildings, increase the number of granaries, and divide the granaries into twelve. There are four inner cities and eight outer cities, and they are ordered to be carefully guarded after they are completed. The grain storage can feed 200,000 people for one or two years, and the rations distributed in wartime can be eaten for three years. The city wall was raised by one zhang to reach three zhang. ”

Jian Yong felt that this was a bit unreasonable, and said a little dissatisfied: "Lord, there are already ten granaries in this granary, and adding two more doesn't seem to have any effect." The city wall is already two zhang high, in fact, there is no difference from the three zhang high. We increase the height of the city walls, and the enemy can also increase the height of siege vehicles, ladder vehicles. ”

There are many ways to besiege the city, climb with ladder carts, shoot with well carts, well carts as high as the city wall, up to the archers, you can directly shoot the people in the city.

Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Chan that year, and repaired the city wall outside the city wall, which was higher than the opponent's city wall, to block Gongsun Zhan.

In fact, the city wall is two zhang high, or three zhang high, which doesn't make much sense.

However, it is a little meaningful to add two more granaries.

In the case of sticking to the shrinking head of the turtle, you can hold on for a while longer.