Everyone in the world knows that Cao Xing's support for Haoqiang and the common people seems to have hurt the interests of the scholar class who rule the Haoqiang and the common people.

In fact, no, the scholar should be an official or an official, should he enjoy the priority or enjoyment of being an official, should he be a landlord or a landlord, should he be a rich man or a rich man.

The Chu army is not at all like when the successive dynasties were replaced, when the new upstarts devoured the old nobles, and did not hurt the foundation of the Shi family, that is, they did not take away your power, nor did they take away your land, let alone the wealth that you have accumulated for generations.

As for the loss of tenant farmers, not to mention the troubled times, now the rapid development of farming technology driven by the Chu army, just a zigzag plow, how much manpower has been saved, as well as water dragon water wheels, water conservancy workshops, etc., the invention of various scientific and technological technologies, and more importantly, the gradual maturity of farm management methods.

The land of the scholar's family does not need to raise so many tenant farmers at all.

It seems that the Shi family makes a living by exploiting the tenant farmers, but the tenant farmers themselves are an unstable factor, you don't see the main members of the Yellow Turbans, and one person becomes the tenant farmer of your Shi family, and his descendants are all your tenant farmers, is this a good thing?

Yes and no!

It's good to bring you more people to exploit.

But there are many tenant farmers, but there is not much land in your family, and the harvest is the fixed one.

But there are more people to eat, and you collect so many taxes as before, how can the tenant farmers live?

You have to live, you can't live anymore, and there are many things that don't want to die.

Therefore, as long as the land is not wasted, the fewer tenant farmers are for the landlords, the better.

As for security, the Dawu Fort, where tens of thousands of relatives and tenant farmers lived, was compared to the castle where all the most reliable relatives lived in small and strong and had terrain to rely on.

Which defense is stronger and safer, it is obvious.

Speaking of which, not only did Guo Tu dare not offend the Chu army, but now the entire scholar class is like this.

However, Yuan Shao thinks that he is still the head of the hundred officials, and Cao Xing himself is still nominally his lower official, as long as he can achieve more victories, then the world will still be his in the end.

Yuan Shaotai needs a victory to prove himself, and he needs to break the myth of the invincibility of the Chu army, there are only 10,000 Chu troops outside Puyang, and defeating them is enough to hype up propaganda.

There is a flattering Guo Tu, and naturally there is Tian Feng, who is upright, and there is a frustration in history, but now he has gone with his lord Han Fu to build a feudal country.

Tian Feng came out of the queue and poured cold water on Yuan Shao bluntly:

"Lord, the Chu army is more than 10,000 people, and I heard that there is a Eight Banners in the Chu army, which is considered a force between the main army and the auxiliary army, and it cannot be called elite in the Chu army at all.

Looking at the costumes of these Chu troops, aren't they the Eight Banner Soldiers?

Lord, there are still 50,000 jackals in the Qi army, which are scourging Hebei!

Moreover, there is a Chu army and a part of the state in the west of Hebei, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou in the north, and the Qi army in the south, and even the eastern coast is the backyard of the Chu army's naval division, and these people are now our enemies.

Once besieged on all sides...... The consequences are unimaginable.

Hebei is our foundation, if it is reorganized into ten rooms and nine emptiness like the Central Plains, it will be a serious problem! ”

Patiently listened to Tian Feng's words, to show that he was a Ming Jun who humbly accepted advice, but in fact, he was very disgusted with Tian Feng's selfishness in his heart.

In Yuan Shao's opinion, this Tian Feng, who always disagrees with him, is afraid that the Qi army will rob his hometown this time, and Tian Feng's family is a big family in Hebei.

In Yuan Shao's heart, Guo Tu is the most intimate and loyal.

Today is different from the past, and in the past, Yuan Shao wanted to show off in the past, in order to unite more forces and prove his strength, while nodding to Tian Feng, he also said mysteriously:

"Yuan Hao rest assured, swallowing the Qi Chu Army outside Puyang right now is just the first step, and I will make a move!"

After speaking, Yuan Shao showed a confident expression, Tian Feng didn't feel like he was lying, and seeing that Yuan Shao didn't tell him what the latter move meant, his expression couldn't help but be a little gloomy.

"In this way, the subordinates will be relieved."

Tian Feng retreated gloomily, and Yuan Shao watched Tian Feng being "persuaded" by himself with great joy in his heart, and then retreated.

Yuan Shao looked at Guo Tu, Guo Tu also happened to look at him, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Tian Feng didn't know about the back move, Guo Tu knew, in Guo Tu's opinion, he was also the only person who knew and participated, which back move was a large army, a hundreds of thousands of enough to compete with Gongsun Zan and the Qi army that plundered around Hebei, and could drag the Chu army all the way.

In order to cooperate with this army, the local garrison of the Zhao army, and after taking the current 60,000 horses, the 230,000 troops of the headquarters will also go north.

This time, Yuan Shao and Guo Tu's goal is the whole of Hebei, take the whole of Hebei, and the encirclement on all sides will be broken without attacking, and there will be more Zhao troops for defense, which can be changed to mobile troops, and can greatly expand their territory.

In general, the idea is good.

It's just that Guo Tu regrets that he couldn't contact another army in the south, the one in the south has been fighting with the Chu army for a long time, as long as the high-ranking officials are sealed, the Chu army will catch fire in the backyard.

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Outside Puyang City, the commander of the Qi-Chu coalition army camp, Ji Ling just comforted and sent the generals out of the camp tent, and then drove the left and right sides to retreat, and then turned back, there was only one general in the camp who was left in the costume of the Chu army.

This general of the Chu army is not a bystander, but the banner owner of the Yellow Banner now, after the death of the Zhou Dynasty, the supreme banner owner of the Eight Banners - Cao Zhen.

Ji Ling looked at Cao Zhen's young face and had to lower his head:

"Major General Cao Zhen, has your father's arrangement changed? This is surrounded by an army of 230,000 inside and outside, and it is too dangerous to maintain the encirclement of three and lack one.

These days, the Zhao army is attacking day and night, seeing that all the fortifications that block the enemy must be cleaned up, but at that time, when the Zhao army is fully attacking, there is no need to wait for it to be cleaned up. ”

Cao Zhen also inherited Cao Xing's signature smile, and looked at Ji Ling with a confident smile:

"General Ji, please rest assured......"

"This heart must have a bottom! The main reason is that the soldiers are not at ease! I've used all the means to appease the army! ...... again"

Ji Ling was really anxious this time, he had to ask something, even if only he knew, then he could adjust his emotions, and then infect this confidence to the army.

But he doesn't have a bottom of his own now.

"Papa~"

Cao Zhen clapped his palms, and two young generals who looked very similar to him walked in.

"This is my second brother Qin Bin, third brother Qin Fan, second brother and third brother, you can show the lord's letter to General Ji!"

Qin Bin, Qin Fan and a younger sister, the historical lord of Deyang, are all Cao Zhen's younger brothers and sisters.