In Zhang Yan's dock fort in the Black Mountain Range, after receiving the news from Gongsun Zhan, Zhang Yan immediately summoned Zhen Yan to discuss the matter with Zhen Yao. Zhen Yao is Zhen Yan's third brother, although he has just performed the crown ceremony this year, but in fact, like Zhen Yan, he has already served under Zhang Yan before he wears the crown.

"My lord, my subordinates don't think this matter is actually a chance. Although Yuan Shu sent troops, Cao Cao had just subdued more than one million Yellow Turbans, and his strength was not weak. In the opinion of his subordinates, he may not be able to contain Yuan Shao's troops. Zhen Yan said respectfully after listening to Zhang Yan's words.

"The subordinates think the same, and so far, there has been no sign of any movement of Chun Yuqiong's troops from the Zhongshan Kingdom in Chen Bing......" As soon as Zhen Yan's voice fell, Zhen Yao on the side opened his mouth and agreed.

"Hmm...... Those two thought, what should we do now? Although the terrain can now block the offensive of Yuan Shaojun, it is not a long-term solution......" Zhang Yan asked with a headache, his tone full of exhaustion.

Although Zhang Yan rose very quickly before, his opponents at that time were only some local county officials or Wang Fen, Han Fu and the like. And after its rise, because of Zhang Ning's help and Dong Zhuo's rebellion, he was given a chance to sit on the throne. But now, his opponent has become Yuan Shao, who is almost unified in Jizhou, and has countless capable generals under his command, which makes it more and more difficult for Zhang Yan to resist.

Strictly speaking, it is not easy for Zhang Yan to get to this point, after all, he is just the son of the former Zhao family. Although he stole some martial arts from the Zhao family, plus he himself has some cleverness, these skills can still have the upper hand against those mediocre talents who do nothing or thieves who are also from poor people, but it is obviously impossible to compete with Yuan Shao and others.

As the saying goes, knowledge changes fate, and talents expand their careers, but today's Zhang Yan has neither a strategy nor a talent who can help him. Zhen Yan or Zhen Yao? To be honest, with their abilities, as Zhang Yan's deputy, they can only be regarded as qualified, and they are still in terms of governing the territory. Counting on them to be strategic? Not very realistic.

Of course, Zhang Yan is not unaware of his flaws, in fact, he also works hard to try to recruit talents. It's just a pity that it is impossible to recruit any scholars in his name, even those poor children. And what kind of talents do you want to dig out from the vast majority of the illiterate people? That's basically a fool's dream.

Of course, it is not that there are no people who are greedy for money who come to take refuge, but these people are the limit of being a magistrate, and they can't give Zhang Yan much help at all. And most importantly, Zhang Yan can't completely trust these people.

"This ......" Hearing Zhang Yan's words, Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao glanced at each other, but finally fell into silence. Obviously, for them, Zhang Yan's question is really difficult to answer.

From last year to the present, except for the beginning because of Liu Bei and Li Yi's participation in the war, Zhang Yan got the opportunity to expand his territory, and the rest of the time he was basically completely suppressed by Yuan Shao. And now, in the face of Chun Yuqiong's offensive, there is no other way but to defend it. Even Zhang Yan was already working on transporting the money and grain back to Wubao in Montenegro, and finally retreated to Montenegro.

But apparently, this is just a forced choice in the absence of choice. After all, once he gives up all the territory, then Zhang Yan will completely withdraw from the stage of hegemony and secession. After all, who is fighting for world domination with a mountain as the starting point? Who occupies a mountain to play with secession? Moreover, there is not much land suitable for cultivation in the mountains, and when the time comes, if the grain stock is insufficient, civil strife will inevitably arise!

Looking at the silent two, Zhang Yan only felt that there was a flame burning in his heart, but he couldn't be angry yet. Because the two people in front of him are already the best resourceful people under his command.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in Zhang Yan's mind, "Alas, I don't know where the saint is now." If she had helped, I don't think I would have fallen into the same situation as I am now......"

Yes, Zhang Ning did not tell Zhang Yan where he was and his situation, and since Dong Zhuo retreated to Chang'an, there was no longer any contact between them.

"Perhaps, it's time to think about the way back? Who can I turn to? Zhang Yan thought helplessly.

At the same time, Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao below were also silent, but they didn't know what they were thinking.

On the other hand, after receiving Cao Cao's news, Liu Biao and Liu Miao immediately expressed their willingness to help contain part of Yuan Shu's troops, but that's all. In their hearts, there was no idea of attacking with Cao Cao at all. After all, Cao Cao was nothing more than Yuan Shao's command in their eyes, and neither Yuan Shao nor Yuan Shu wanted to see either side win.

You must know that Yuan Shu, who only occupies Yuzhou and Nanyang, can suppress them to fight, and even Yuan Shu has occupied some counties and townships in Jiujiang and Lujiang in Yangzhou. In this case, whether it is Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, if they eat each other, then Liu Biao and they seem to have no other choice than to bow down and be subordinate.

As for the commotion in Yuzhou, Yanzhou and other places, Li Yi, who was on the side, naturally would not be unclear.

"Is Yuan Shu ready to attack Yanzhou?" Li Yi looked at the information he had just sent in his hand and groaned, and only after a long time did he say helplessly, "It's a pity, now is not a good time to send troops." ”

"Why does the lord think that now is not a good time to send troops? Although Yuan Shu is strong, Cao Cao has just subdued a million yellow scarves, and I am afraid it is not easy. If the lord takes advantage of Yuan Shu's attack on Yanzhou to attack Nanyang, he may be able to take Nanyang or even most of Yuzhou in one fell swoop! Lu Wen, who was reading a book on the side, asked with a curious look when she heard this.

"How many times have you said that you want to call me Master!" When Li Yi heard this, he immediately looked at Lu Wen helplessly and corrected.

It's just a pity that Lu Wen didn't seem to hear Li Yi's words, she just asked why she didn't send troops, and at the same time she still shouted one lord after another.

Seeing this, Li Yi suddenly had a headache, he naturally wouldn't be unaware of Lu Wen's careful thoughts, but because of this, he had an incomparable headache. had the intention to force Lu Wen to change her words, but every time Li Yi made a serious face, Lu Wen went to Cai Yan and other women to help intercede......

"Alas......" Li Yi, who was helpless, sighed, and then had to explain, "Because what we need now is to recuperate, and the devastated Henan Yin and other places will recover as soon as possible, and at the same time, it will also take time for the people to live a stable life...... Only when the life of the people is good and the territory is stable, will there be no scruples about launching an offensive...... Wen'er! Are you really listening?! ”

In the end, Li Yi looked at Lu Wen looking at her stupidly, and suddenly knocked her little head angrily.

"Of course there are ......" Lu Wen immediately prepared to defend when she heard this, but looking at Li Yi's serious appearance, the words behind her suddenly couldn't be spoken. I had to hold my little head and look at Li Yi with an aggrieved look, and at the same time, my eyes became hazy. It seems that as long as Li Yi continues to murder her, she will cry.

"Really, what did this girl learn from Yan'er......" Li Yi thought helplessly, pretending to be serious, but he couldn't pretend to be any longer.

Thinking of this, Li Yi had no choice but to persuade bitterly, "Wen'er, if you don't learn these ways of governing the country well, how can you become a general in the future?" ”

"Governing the country, don't drive them if you have Xun, and as long as you can fight, wouldn't it be good to be a general?" Hearing this, Lu Wen looked at Li Yi with big eyes and said. After speaking, she seemed to be worried that Li Yi would say something more, so she directly moved out her father Lu Bu, "And he doesn't know what kind of governance does my father know...... Wen'er has inquired, when her father was serving as Henan Yin, those government affairs were basically handled by Xu Juncheng. ”

......Hearing this, Li Yi suddenly felt a burst of crying and laughing in his heart, and at the same time he was a little unhappy with Lu Bu, after all, he had given an order, asking Lu Bu and others to study the [Treatise on Governance] he wrote.

Well...... I don't know what kind of mood Lu Bu would feel if he knew that he was tricked out by his daughter, and now he was being used as a shield?

But then again, is Li Yi really willing to watch from the wall? Of course not, in fact, he wished that according to Lu Wen's words, he would like to take advantage of Yuan Shu's attack on Yanzhou to raise troops to enter Nanyang. After all, although Nanyang is only a county, it is not inferior or even better than many states in terms of population, business and talent.

Unfortunately, he could only resist this impulse, because he knew the consequences of extravagance, although he was not like that now. But as long as you think about the total population of the world in the early period of the Three Kingdoms, and then think about the attitudes of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Ma Teng and others once the troops were dispatched, Li Yi could only stop there.

After all, as one of the most powerful forces in the world, Li Yi has received too much attention, and it affects the whole body, which is what Li Yi is today.

However, although he can't send troops, it doesn't mean that Li Yi can't do anything. The next day, he issued an order to the county towns near Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Jingzhou, and other places to pay attention to the work of taking in the displaced people.

Well, the population! Population! Population! Sometimes, Guo Jia and others feel that Li Yi is a little too obsessed with the population?

"When the Three Kingdoms were established in history, the population of Shu was less than one million, so if the population here exceeds 20 million or more, will there be anyone else in the world who will be my opponent?" Li Yi thought to himself in his heart.

When he was young, his only idea of dominating the world was fierce generals, ministers, and elite soldiers. And now, population has completely replaced these and become the most important thing in Li Yi's heart.

Changan.

"Humph! I didn't expect that Zhang Lu was quite loyal to Liu Yan......" Zhang Ning looked at the information in his hand and snorted coldly.

"Madam, how about sending troops to take Hanzhong while the Li thief is recuperating at this time?" Hearing this, Ma Teng on the side asked with a smile.

"No, our relationship with Zhang Lu has been established since the time when we did not take refuge in Dong Zhuo, although we are not allies, but there is no need to become an enemy." Zhang Ning shook his head when he heard this.

After thinking about it, Zhang Ning said in a deep voice, "Since that Zhang Lu doesn't want to betray Liu Yan, let's form an alliance with Liu Yan." ”

"With Liu Yan? But he's a royal family. Hearing this, Ma Teng asked in some surprise.

"Hehe, what about the royal family? After we took control of the little emperor, did Liu Yan, Liu Biao or other descendants of the Liu family say anything? And since Liu Yan's performance after entering Yizhou, he obviously doesn't care about the imperial court. Zhang Ning sneered when he heard this.

"Madame is really resourceful...... Ma Teng suddenly showed a sycophantic attitude when he heard this, and only after a long time did he ask respectfully, "Madam, I don't know what we should do now?" ”

"I remember that when Liu Yan went to Yizhou, his wife stayed in Beijing. In that case, send someone back. Zhang Ning said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll let someone do it." Ma Teng nodded when he heard this.

"Don't worry." Seeing Ma Teng, he was about to send someone to deliver the order, but Zhang Ning stopped him, "Before that, send someone to provoke his relationship with that Zhang Lu." ”

Looking at Ma Teng's inexplicable expression, Zhang Ning suddenly showed a sneer, "I saw a very interesting piece of information about Liu Yan among the information that Dong Zhuo collected in the past. ”

Seeing Zhang Ning's expression, Ma Teng suddenly stopped asking. Speaking of which, since Zhang Ning proposed to drive the more than 500,000 people to Li Yi in exchange for Li Yi's retreat, he would always feel cautious every time he saw Zhang Ning show this kind of sneer. At the same time, an indescribable fear came to mind.

November.

Although it was already winter, Yuan Shu still resolutely launched an offensive against Yanzhou, because he didn't want to miss such a good opportunity. Although on the surface, Cao Cao had just swallowed a million yellow scarves, but after such a long period of turmoil, Yanzhou was obviously in a very weak situation. This is also one of the reasons why Cao Cao co-opted those yellow scarves.

And maybe it's to show that he is bound to Yanzhou? Yuan Shu did not let Zhang Xun or others lead the army to fight this time, but personally led an army of 50,000 from Liang to Chenliu County, and at the same time ordered Zhang Xun to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Jiyin, and Yuan Yin led an army of 30,000 to enter Shanyang to contain Cao Cao's forces.

At the same time, Tao Qian also led an army of 40,000 from Pengchengguo to Renchengguo, and ordered Zang Ba to lead the army into Taishan County.

"Tell Na Zang Ba that if he can successfully capture Taishan County this time, then I will appoint him as the defender of Taishan County! If that fails...... Then don't blame me for being rude! Tao Qian said with a grim expression. Obviously, Tao Qian already knew something about Zang Ba, otherwise he wouldn't be able to capture Taishan County, and he wouldn't need to do so.

And after receiving Tao Qian's order, Zang Ba just snorted coldly and said, "You're welcome? I want to see how polite that Tao Qian can be......"

However, despite that, Zang Ba was still quickly ready to attack Taishan. Because taking Taishan County is the most important part of his plan.

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