In mid-April, Jinan Guozhou Pastoral Mansion, Zhang Liao looked at the news in his hand, don't shake his head, Shi A couldn't help but say: "The lord is really clever, he can expect that Zhang Miao and Chen Gong will betray Cao Cao early, and it is really Wen Hou who Chen Gong went to Hanoi to welcome." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zhang Liao sighed: "Yanzhou is going to be chaotic, Cao Mengde is really looking for a dead end." ”

Zhuge Liang said on the side: "Maybe it's because the master is in Qingzhou, Cao Cao urgently wants to take Xuzhou, so as not to fall into the hands of the master." ”

Zhang Liao smiled, maybe there is really a reason for this, in history, Cao Cao couldn't wait to crusade against Xuzhou for the second time, and most of them had the intention of avenging his father, and now that his father is not dead, he is probably also because he has put pressure on him.

And this time, Yuan Shao also helped Cao Cao to attack Xuzhou from the flank, not only sent soldiers and horses to support, but also ordered his eldest son Yuan Tan to guard the border of Qingzhou, clearly to contain himself, not to let himself go south to attack Yanzhou, and copy Cao Cao's lair.

It's just that the direction of their precautions is wrong, does Cao Cao's nest still need to do it himself? Now that there is no Xun Yu and no Dian Wei, Zhang Liao is not optimistic about Cao Cao's ending, but in the same way, Lu Bu's side also lacks himself and Gao Shun compared to history, and his combat power has been greatly reduced, perhaps it can be regarded as evenly matched.

Zhuge Liang asked Zhang Liao: "Master is going to take advantage of the fire to rob this time and send troops to Yanzhou?" ”

Shi A also looked at Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao looked at the topographic map of Qingxu Yanyu in front of him, and muttered: "Let's act at the opportunity this time, the top priority is to prepare for disasters." ”

He vaguely remembered that the drought in the first year of Xingping seemed to have lasted for three or four years, covering Guanzhong, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou, and there would be locusts after a long drought, and the locust plague caused by the drought also lasted for three or four years, which was more severe than the war and the loss of the population, and the tragedy of cannibalism abounded, and the war only exacerbated the disaster.

There has been no rain since the beginning of spring in February this year, and the signs of a major drought have already appeared, and this is still the case in the rainy areas of Qingzhou, not to mention that in other places, many officials and ordinary people have believed in Zhang Liao's judgment on the disaster year, and have stepped up the disaster preparedness process.

There are four main means of disaster preparedness, one is to focus on agricultural fields, drought and locust plagues are generally in summer, so Zhang Liao asked the people of Qingzhou to plant winter wheat last year, plant it in autumn, and harvest it in the summer of the following year, so as not to be plagued by locusts, and use the district field method to sow seeds to protect moisture and resist drought.

The second means is flat storage, that is, when the price of grain is low, buy grain, store it, and help the victims in the disaster year, which Zhang Liao is also doing, he is building several large warehouses, on the one hand, to encourage the people to pick fish and store dry goods, on the other hand, through Mi Zhu from Xuzhou and Yangzhou to buy a large amount of grain as official reserves, in this respect he is very grateful to Mi Zhu, funded him tens of millions of money to buy grain.

Since last year, Zhang Liao has been mobilizing the people to dig canals and wells to divert water from the Yellow River, Jishui, and other rivers to ensure irrigation and harvesting of farmland.

The fourth means is forest reclamation and animal husbandry, afforestation is to retain water and soil, reduce disasters, this is a long-term process, it is difficult to have an effect for a while, but Zhang Liao encouraged the people to plant mulberry fruit trees, not only mulberry fruits can satisfy hunger, but also silkworms to develop textiles, and at the same time raise poultry, especially chickens and ducks and other poultry, can play some role in locust plagues, although not big, but those killed locusts can become food for chickens and ducks, also helpful. Zhang Liao also asked each family to repair the fish pond and raise their own fish, after all, the sea fish is not so easy to catch, and the fish can supplement the food, and the pond mud and the field can form an ecological small cycle.

These four methods are not only implemented in Qingzhou, but also in all the prefectures and counties currently controlled by Zhang Liao, Zuo Fengyi, Hedong County, Hanoi County, and Bingzhou.

But the situation in Qingzhou is undoubtedly the most severe, more than ten years of yellow turbans raging, local population scarcity, barren fields, abandoned channels, this time from Xuzhou poured more than 100,000 people, the population problem has been alleviated, but then faced with the pressure of settling, in the case of a disaster year, it will take at least two years or even more to ease up.

When Zhuge Liang heard Zhang Liao's decision, he agreed: "Master's move is very good. ”

On the side, Sun Quan hesitated and said: "General, the land of Yanzhou is easy to take, if you don't take it, don't you have to regret it?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head and said with a smile: "One, Yanzhou is not easy to take, Cao Mengde is not easy to deal with, Chen Gong and other local forces choose Lu Fengxian, I have no foundation to go in, I will only fall into the quagmire of melee, it is difficult to extricate myself, two, the more the territory, the better, talent is the most critical, the people who do great things must be people-oriented, the principle is the country, the chaos is the country, a room of straw is not as good as a small piece of gold, the top priority is to run Qingzhou well, otherwise Cao Mengde's fate is a lesson from the past." ”

Sun Quan was still unwilling: "Won't you just give up the opportunity?" ”

Zhang Liao smiled: "Although it is not possible to map the entire territory of Yanzhou, it is possible to map one county and one country." ”

Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang looked at the topographic map at the same time, and the goal of the two was the same.

Zhang Liao said again: "There is one more person to save." ”

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At the same time that Zhang Liao was thinking about the situation in Yanzhou in Jinan, Lü Bu, under the leadership of Chen Gong, moved his troops from Hanoi County to the east, quietly crossed the Yellow River, and entered Yan County, the westernmost county in Yanzhou.

In Yan County, Lu Bu met Zhang Miao, who had secretly traveled north from Chen Liu.

"Haha! Brother Meng Zhuo, when I said goodbye last year, my brother missed my brother very much, and he used to drink with his arms, how happy! As soon as Lu Bu saw Zhang Miao, he strode up to greet him.

Zhang Liao, who was still a little hesitant, saw the majestic Lu Bu, thinking of his majestic posture in the Kwantung battlefield in the past, and couldn't help but perk up: "Fengxian, this time we have to conspire together, if you expel Cao Mengde and win Yanzhou, Miao should respect the first master." ”

"What is the division between brothers?" Lu Bu was polite, but he smiled on his face, and pulled Zhang Miao to it.

He can be described as a few years of depression, once he was ambitious, his mood was comfortable, and his spirit was hundredfold.

"Wen Hou, Meng Zhuo." Chen Gong said in a deep voice: "The top priority is to discuss how to occupy Yanzhou and get rid of Cao Cao first." ”

Lu Bu and Zhang Miao hurriedly said: "What the public station said is extremely true. ”

The two of them don't dare to underestimate Chen Gong, Chen Gong has a great reputation in Yanzhou, and his influence is not small, this time he can persuade the counties of Yanzhou to rebel, it is all the power of Chen Gong, and Chen Gong also controls soldiers and horses, not a simple strategist.

A few people entered the house, and Chen Gong immediately planned to take Yanzhou's strategy: "Fangjin Yanzhou, most of the counties have rebelled against Cao, only Jibei, Juancheng, Fanxian, Dong'e, Puyang five places are attached to Cao Cao, Jibei Bao Yuncheng is the strongest, but this time Cao Cao transferred most of the soldiers and horses, the strength is weak, and now Meng Zhuo's brother Zhonggao has gone to defraud, there is no need to worry." ”

Lu Bu and Zhang Miao nodded, neither of them was a good scheming person, and they only listened to Chen Gong's plan at this time.

Chen Gong gestured to the map: "In addition to Bao Yuncheng, it is Puyang and Juancheng, these two cities are big cities, Puyang has countless heavy grain and grass, and Xiahoudun is the strongest garrison here, with more than 8,000 troops, and Xiahou Yuan and Cheng Yu are stationed in Juancheng, and Cao Cao's family is here." ”

As soon as Chen Gong said this, Lu Bu immediately saw the importance of these two places, and hurriedly asked, "Gongtai, how to take it?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Juancheng is the most important to Cao Cao, but Puyang is extremely important to us, if you don't take it first, you will inevitably suffer from the enemy when attacking Juancheng, I have discussed with Meng Zhuo, and have sent Liu Yi, a famous man in the county, to Juancheng, straight Wenhou sent troops to help Cao crusade against Xuzhou, need grain and grass, in this way, Cheng Yu will definitely be able to detect that something is wrong, Juancheng has few soldiers, Cao Cao's family is important, he must summon Xiahoudun to rush to the rescue, in this way, we can take Puyang lightly, but also ambush Xiahoudun, although Xiahoudun has many soldiers and horses, but there is no courage and no strategy, I have arranged internal response, When fighting, you can deceive and capture. ”

Lu Bu couldn't help but praise: "Gongtai is really clever, there is a king, there is a cloth, why worry about Yanzhou, Cao Cao is not destroyed?" ”

Chen Gong stroked his beard and said: "In addition to this place, there are Fan County and Dong'e, Fan County has ordered Fan Wei to attack from the south of the Great River, Dong'a Wu led his own troops to the north to attack in a roundabout way, after taking these three places, then Wen Hou from Puyang to the east, Meng Yu from Chen to stay north, Fan Wei from Fan County to the west, I from Dong'e to the south, besiege Juancheng on all sides, can take the land of Yanzhou. ”

Lu Bu wandered excitedly: "It's so good, a certain Yanzhou pastor, he will take Gongtai as the master, Meng Zhuo as the auxiliary wing, and seek a great cause!" ”

Zhang Miao said: "Meng De is now in Xuzhou, and after learning that Feng Xian will enter Yanzhou, he will inevitably return to his teacher, can he block the main road between Kang's father and Mount Tai?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Kang's father and Mount Tai are all in the east, you can take three places first, and then wave your army to the east to intercept Cao Cao." ”

Lu Bu said proudly: "Why do you need to intercept it, you should order Cao Cao to return to the division, and then destroy it in one fell swoop." ”