Between the north and the south, Zhang Yu and they used to usually take the sea route, but today they plan to take the land route.

And Zhang Yu plans to go by land this time.

After Gu Yong arranged the team, they began to move, and the team slowly moved south.

This time, the team was very large, with more than 50,000 people, and 50,000 were the troops led by Zhang Yu, preparing to attack Xuzhou in the south.

In addition, there are hundreds of people selected by Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai transferred hundreds of people from all over the country, some of them from some people who have been in politics for many years, but two-thirds of them are people who have been in politics for less than two years.

Zhang Yu boldly used newcomers, so that more outstanding talents could be cultivated and the situation could be controlled in the future.

Zhang Yu's territory will become bigger and bigger, and in the future, a group of excellent talents will be needed to govern the place.

Being able to quickly stabilize after controlling a place is related to the large number of talents in Zhang Yu's hands.

If there are enough talents, and one county after another can be quickly controlled, then the entire territory can also be controlled.

When they went south, Zhang Yu and they were not fast.

After entering the territory of Qingzhou, Zhang Yu deliberately stopped and searched around.

Zhang Yu left the team to travel in micro-service, which did not attract too much attention.

Even if someone pays attention to Zhang Yu, they don't care.

Soon after the beginning of spring, Zhang Yu walked in the field with Diao Chan, while the others followed the large team to rest.

As for Zhang Yu's safety, there were guards who followed from afar.

Zhang Yu was walking in the fields, and some places were already cultivating the land, and the farmers here still planted mainly wheat.

"Husband, they look like they have no quarrel with the world, but they are harmonious." Diao Chan said.

Zhang Yu nodded silently, there is a lot of land here, and from a distance, dozens of farmers are working on their respective fields.

Zhang Yu saw that there were young people, a few old people, and even three women.

Zhang Yu pulled Diao Chan and walked over, and an old farmer was probably tired and rested in the field.

The two men walked over, alarming the old peasant, who hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Two nobles, how did you get here?"

Zhang Yu didn't answer him, but sat directly in the field, which made the old farmer very uncomfortable and restless.

Zhang Yu patted the ridge next to him and said, "Uncle, please take a seat." ”

Your old peasant sat down in disbelief, but he was still very uneasy in his heart.

Zhang Yu looked at the land, and then said, "Your family has a lot of land, why are you here to cultivate the land?" ”

The old farmer stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of soil in the field, then crushed it on his nose and sniffed it and said: "The old man is a son, and now he is building a new city, and the land at home must not be wasted." ”

It turned out that this was the case, Zhang Yu pointed around and said, "There are many old people here, as well as women, is this also the case for them?" ”

"Alas, no, most of them are wars, and there is no one at home." The old farmer sighed.

The war in Qingzhou was actually not serious, the serious thing was that Yuan Shao took a lot of young men in Qingzhou to serve as soldiers and people, and never came back.

Zhang Yu didn't ask about this, but asked: "Now that Qingzhou has used the new policy, what do you think?" ”

"Adults are officials or businessmen, I often hear that there are officials and businessmen, oh, by the way, there are some scholars who like to go down there to do research."

Zhang Yu smiled and did not answer.

After the old peasant finished speaking, he said: "If you want to talk about the new policy, it is good at present, the government has allocated land and exterminated the bandits, so that life can go on." ”

Despite this, the old farmer was still worried and not happy about it.

"In this way, the new deal is still okay, but why are you still worried, old man?" Zhang Yu asked.

"Alas, it's not that I'm afraid of war, I originally had two sons, and one went to the battlefield and didn't come back."

The old farmer sighed deeply and said: "Actually, Yuan Shao had a good life after occupying Qingzhou, and he did not expropriate violently and give Baizhou a rest, but after a big war, this Qingzhou was in chaos." ”

"In the end, many people can't get by, and there are bandits everywhere."

The old farmer recalled the past and fell into a deep sadness.

Zhang Yu nodded slightly, and did not make any promises.

The war will kill people, and Zhang Yu will continue to wage war, if he wins, it will be impossible for this Qingzhou to be chaotic, and even if it is tight, it will not let the bandits and bandits run rampant.

War is not something that Zhang Yu can stop fighting if he wants to, the general trend is like this, and only by reunifying again can the war be stopped.

Zhang Yu learned about the new policy again, and looked at how the government was governed, but he didn't find too many problems, so Zhang Yu left again.

Along the way, Zhang Yu inspected many places, and the big problem was that Qingzhou's young people lost a lot, most of which were because of war and banditry.

Now that Qingzhou has settled down, although it has developed rapidly, it is impossible to replenish the lost youth.

Zhang Yu moved a large number of people out of the country, firstly, because of the need for so many people overseas, and secondly, so that the people could get enough land.

There is a lot of land here, but there are so many that have been cleared, and of course it is okay for the people to open up the wasteland by themselves, but for the sake of rapid development and rapid stabilization of the situation, Zhang Yu still moved the population.

Going south, because Zhang Yu often stopped to investigate, the speed was much slower.

Zhang Yu was investigating, and Xi Zhicai actually took people to investigate, and by the way, let them learn from the experience.

Xuzhou's battle reports kept coming, and there was not too much difficulty, and now half of Xuzhou has been taken, and it is estimated that it will not take long for Zhang Yu and them to take Xuzhou.

Zhang Yu is so slow, and he still has an army of 50,000, it doesn't look like he is supporting Xuzhou.

In fact, Zhang Yu is more supportive of Xuzhou.

Cao Cao has always paid attention to Zhang Yu, but after Zhang Yu entered Qingzhou, he often walked dozens of miles a day.

The suspicious Cao Cao never dared to intervene in the battle of Xuzhou, and he was afraid of Zhang Yu's 50,000 reinforcements.

I don't know where these 50,000 reinforcements are going to attack, whether it is Qingzhou, Yanzhou or Jizhou.

Within this Qingzhou, Zhang Yu can turn around at any time.

Therefore, Cao Cao has not dared to directly intervene in the battle of Xuzhou, for fear that Zhang Yu will suddenly attack from somewhere, and he will not be able to deal with it.

Now on the border between Qingzhou and Youzhou, Zhang Yu has deployed 300,000 troops, ready to intervene in the battle of Jizhou at any time.

At this time in Jizhou, Cao Cao had already begun to attack, Cao Ang all the way, and then another way, the offensive was very fierce.

But Cao Cao must always be wary of Zhang Yu's intervention.

After Cao Ang returned, Sun Ce increased his troops in a few places separated from Zhang Yu, apparently to support Cao Cao and contain Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu didn't care what agreement they reached, he only cared about his own pace.

All the way south, Zhang Yu walked very slowly, and at night he did some private things with a few wives in the luxury carriage and in the marching tent, and he was very happy.

(End of chapter)