The new city east of Huaiyin and south of Huaishui naturally couldn't be built for a while, but Pei should have coveted that land for a long time, so he took the opportunity of destroying the Wubao in the county and took it into official ownership. These fields were originally owned by their owners and crops had already been planted, and Pei Cai initially ordered the surrounding yeoman farmers to assist in plowing and harvesting, promising to use the farming time to offset part of the taxes. And if there are really a large number of displaced people from Qingzhou and Xubei, they can be intercepted, inspected their youth and strength, build farms here, and start military camps.

Around the time of the autumn harvest, the number of displaced people who entered the country one after another reached seven or eight hundred a day, and it was not until the end of autumn that the momentum of this mass exile gradually subsided. There are about 30,000 displaced people who have been counted and collected, and the old and weak people, the young and strong soldiers, and more than 2,000 peasant soldiers have been pulled out, which can barely be digested. Overall, the proportion of young and middle-aged men among the displaced people is quite small, because they are often detained by various forces, dock forts, and even bandits and grass robbers on the way to exile - they are all soldiers, who does not covet them?

Pei Gai temporarily appointed Lu De, who was the "flower arm", as the lieutenant of Diannong, and was responsible for the military tun affairs in the Huainan region - this name was actually not in the Jin Dynasty, Pei Wenyue copied Cao Wei's system - anyway, the grain shop that was snatched by ingenuity is now frankly surnamed Pei La, and the business is on the right track, and there is no need for Lu Luxiu to sit in charge anymore. But for Lu De, who was originally just a small village, whether he could take on the heavy responsibility of the military camp, Pei Gai did not have a bottom in his heart, but he really lacked manpower, so he had to fill the number indiscriminately. He pondered, and when winter came, he would consider letting one of the four battalion governors go to assist in the training.

At the beginning of August, Gao Le escorted "high-protein food" to Zu Ti, returned to Huaiyin, and returned to Pei Gai, so Pei Gai asked him in detail about the situation of Zu Shizhi's expedition to the west.

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To say that the four battalion governors of the "Wind Forest Volcano" under Pei Gai are now distinct.

Needless to say, the original highest status is naturally the "Lifeng Battalion" Governor Liu Yetang, because he has the title of Shou Zhi; However, after the battle of Jiang Jigang, the most core veteran soldiers under Liu Yetang were completely lost, and although the number of people had to be replenished, the combat effectiveness could not be restored in a short period of time. Because of the "Fire Robbery Battalion" Supervisor Zhen Sui relied on the merit of guarding the history of the assassination, he frankly pressed on Liu Yetang's head, and was given the position of Wu Meng by Pei - Zhen Sui held his head high all day long, his face was shy, and he pouted, with Lao Tzu's stinky virtue as the best in the world, which was really annoying.

The third in line is Lu Yan, the governor of the "Pengshan Battalion", because Zhen Sui supported him. "Wulin Battalion" Governor Gao Le was at the bottom, this is because after he successfully captured Hanxi Wubao that day, he hurriedly returned to the county seat, just in time to catch up with the "empty city plan" of the six middle schools and retreated, and set up camp outside the city. Gao Le saw that the enemy was strong, so he immediately reined in his troops, but just watched from a distance, and waited until after Zhiqu Liu retreated, and then he dared to enter the city to see Pei Gai. As a result, Zhen Sui pointed at his nose and scolded, spraying a spit on his face: "You don't have the courage to attack the camp, and you should bluff the banner to intimidate the thieves, how dare you stay and not enter?" Rats, what cowardice! ”

Gao Le knew that he was at a loss, and he also knew that he couldn't beat Zhen Sui at all in terms of fists and kicks, so he didn't dare to fight back, so he had to let the other party scold him with a black face, and he didn't even dare to wipe the spit that was sprayed on his face...... Fortunately, Pei Yuanjun was magnanimous and did not criticize him harshly.

Gao Le held his stomach for a while, and felt that he couldn't raise his head in front of his colleagues, and after that, he often volunteered to take over the drudgery of escorting people and food to the Zu Ti camp, hoping that he could save himself and the reputation of the "martial arts battalion" through diligence.

When I came back from this business trip, I reported to Pei Gai that according to Gao Le, Zu Ti went west and went straight to Yuzhou, and the progress was much smoother than expected.

In the original history, Zu Yi sent Yin Yi to join the army to contact the local powerful Zhang Ping, Fan Ya and others, but because Yin Yi was disrespectful, he was killed by Zhang Ping, and Zhang and Fan also fought against Zu Yi according to the fort. Zu Shizhi's troops were insufficient, and the food was even more scarce, so it was difficult to defeat the enemy, so he had to kill Zhang Ping first, and then asked the beggar Chen Chuan and Nanzhong Lang general Wang Han for reinforcements, and it took nearly a whole year to defeat and persuade Fan Ya to surrender, and gain a firm foothold between Yan and Henan.

But on this timeline, probably because Beidu was a year ahead of schedule, and then with the help of Pei Gai and Bian Yan, he started his westward expedition after planting less than a year - in the original history, Zu Ti had accumulated in Xuzhou for three or four years - and by mistake, he couldn't find a straw bag named Yin Yi under the curtain. This time, the person who was sent to contact Zhang Ping and Fan Ya was to supervise Dong Zhao, who was humble and cautious, and his attitude was not arrogant, so Zhang and Fan didn't say a word, and bowed their heads.

In the original history, Zhang and Fan had sent envoys to contact Sima Rui, and they were respectively signed as Yuzhou Thorn Shi and Qianjun Taishou, and their names were not much lower than Zu Ti, so Yin Yi also regarded them as landowners and even bandits, and their words were arrogant, and the two goods jumped on the spot. But because of the advance of Zu Li's expedition to the west, they have not been able to get the official position now, but they have just contacted the general of Xingbei Zhonglang and Liu Yan of Yanzhou, plus Zu Shizhi quickly got the canonization of the small court of Chang'an, and you are the governor of Yuzhou and Yanyu, so how can Zhang and Fan be unconvinced?

Fortunately, otherwise, Zu Ti estimated that he would not even have borrowed soldiers - Chen Chuan was still under the command of his nephew Chen Wu, and he had not yet been able to take charge alone; As for Wang Han, he has not yet been appointed as the general of Nanzhonglang, and if he wants to send troops to help, he has to ask his treacherous and cunning brother Wang Dun first......

Zu Ti gained a firm foothold in Qian County, and Pei Gai sent Gao Le to continuously send grain, salt, iron ingots, and even Ding Zhuang, and the Zu family army was soon able to grow.

When he first heard that Pei should have wiped out the Wubao in Huaiyin County, Zu Ti was not very impressed, he and Bian Yan had the same idea, and they both felt that they should temporarily fight with those Wubao and use them to achieve the purpose of strengthening the army and breaking the beard, and after the world is decided, it will not be too late to slowly weaken and uproot. But after all, Pei Gai left a posterity, and his official position was originally higher than Zu Li, but now although the two are equal, Zu Ti is hanging the title of "Yuzhou Thorn History, Du Du Yan, Henan Erzhou Soldiers and Horses", and he can no longer control the affairs of Xuzhou, so it is inconvenient to speak out and openly express his opposition.

He just paid attention to the news from Huaiyin at any time, and planned to return to the division immediately to help Pei Cai clean up the mess once he found that there was some instability in the rear.

However, in those days of training in Qiaocheng, except for a locust plague on the Huaiyin side, which was a natural disaster, it was unavoidable, and Zu Shizhi would not be of much use even if he returned to the army, but it was basically quite stable. Zu Ti was relieved at this time, and wrote a letter to Pei Gai, complimenting a few words, that means that you really have the courage to ask you, Xuzhou can be handed over to you completely. Immediately, the feathers galloped around, sweeping the surrounding dock fort forces.

Of course, Zu Ti's so-called "sweeping" is very different from what Pei Gai did in Huaiyin County, he mainly intimidated the armed forces of all Wubao to submit, asking them to send troops and food to help his Northern Expedition. With Zhang Ping, Fan Ya, and more than a dozen Wubao armed forces led by the two, such as Dong Zhan, Yu Wu, and Xie Fu, as the basic plate, the soldiers and horses that Zu Ti could mobilize have reached seven or eight thousand, and attacking any local force between Yan and Yu that refused to surrender was as simple as digging for something.

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While Zu Ti was fighting between Yan and Henan, Shi Le crossed the river with his army and began to come into contact with Liu Yan's forces.

Xingbei Zhonglang General, Yanzhou Thorn History, Dingxiang Marquis Liu Yan, the word Shiren, is Liu Kun's nephew, skilled in arches and horses, and can fight habitually. He was also Sima Yue's staff and served as the chief bookkeeper, but he did not follow Sima Yue out of the village, but stayed in Luoyang. When the news of Sima Yue's death came, Liu Yan knew that the general trend had gone and Luoyang was no longer defensible, so he crossed the river north and went to take refuge with his uncle Liu Kun.

Liu Kun sent Liu Yan to lead a thousand warriors, surpassing Taihang in the east, and going to Hebei to develop. Liu Yan first repelled Zhao Gu, beheaded Wang Sang, and occupied Yecheng. However, after repeated turmoil, Yecheng, the famous capital of Hebei, has been abandoned, and if it is in ruins, Liu Yan has no choice but to garrison three units and build fortifications to control the surrounding areas.

——The so-called "three platforms" were originally three palaces built by Cao Cao on the outskirts of Yecheng, namely: Tongque Terrace, Jinfeng Terrace and Bingjing Terrace.

After several years of accumulation, Liu Yan's troops have reached 100,000 people, but after the fall of Jinyang, Liu Kun jumped east, Liu Yan was forced to send the main force to help, and then Liu Kun was taken back to Jinyang. When Shi Le came violently, there were only forty or fifty thousand people left under Liu Shiren's command, and most of them were armed with Wubao in the areas of Wei County, Ji County and Guangping. As a result, the initial battle was unfavorable, and the lord of Wubao Linshen and Mu Mu led their troops to surrender to Shile, and Liu Yan had to retreat and stick to Santai.

Fortunately, Shile was short of grain, and seeing that Liu Yan was very well defended, he did not dare to storm Santai, so he directly detoured to the north and occupied Handan and Xiangguo according to the original plan. Immediately Zhang Bin said: "Now that I occupy this place, Wang Pengzu and Liu Yueshi will definitely be deeply jealous, if our city is not consolidated and the reserves are not extensive, they will each lead troops to attack, and the north and south will attack, then our army will be in danger." For today's plan, the Duke of Ming should send an envoy to Pingyang, prepare for the need for Chen Zhen to defend this place, and ask Pingyang to send troops to contain Liu Yueshi, and we will also make peace with Liu Shiren and focus on the direction of Youzhou......"

Cheng Yao was not willing to be left behind Zhang Bin, and immediately stood up to offer advice, saying that the counties of Guangping had a good harvest this year, and he believed that there was a lot of grain stored by the people, and that they should divide their troops and plunder them for military funds.

Shi Le gladly followed the advice of the two, and on the one hand, he assigned the generals to attack the Wubao forts in Guangping and Yangping counties, forcing them to submit and offering a considerable amount of grain and materials; At the same time, I wrote to Liu Yan, saying that I came back this time, and I had an account to settle with Wang Jun - Shi Le's former lord Gongshi Fan was the old general of Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, and Sima Ying was defeated by Wang Jun - it has nothing to do with your Liu family, I am in Handan, and I will never take the next step in the south, and please don't have to go north to fight.

After Liu Yan received the letter, he didn't even dare to mention the conditions, so he readily agreed. One is that he really can't beat Shi Le, and he doesn't dare to wave his army north without Shi Le's special letter; Liu Yan thinks that our great enemy is only the gang of thieves in Pingyang who pretended to be surnamed Liu, because they captured and killed the first emperor, and this hatred is not shared; As for Shi Le, it is just a dependent force in Pingyang, and it belongs to the object that can be won over and united - seriously speaking, how can Shi Le have Wang Jun to hate?

Jinyang didn't have an order for me to fight with Shi Le, so how could I go and fight Shi Le with Wang Jun?

At that time, whether it was under the banner of "Jin" or "Han", the land of the Central Plains was actually just a family of warlords. For example, in the original history, just a few years later, Qingzhou Cao Wei would be canonized by both the Pingyang and Jiankang regimes......

So Liu Kun will send Shi Le's mother, and Liu Yan will make an alliance with Shi Le, which is really not strange at all.

After Shi Le went to Pingyang, Liu Cong immediately appointed him as the envoy of the festival, the scattered cavalry and the regular attendant, the governor of Ji You, and the camp of the four states of Zayi, the conquest of the military, the pastor of Jizhou, and the title of the county prince of Shangdang in his country (Shi Le's hometown is in Shangdang), and the past positions of Kaifu, Youzhou Mu, and Dongyi Captain are still retained.

Then, not long after, Shi Le got into contact with the landlord forces such as You Lun and Zhang Jackal, who were stationed in Yuan Township, the northernmost part of Guangping, and those few had been signed by Wang Jun's white version......