The water of the Zhanghe River flowed for two days before it gradually receded.

There was a serious shortage of food to be fished out of the water, and both sides began to go hungry.

On the muddy ground outside the city, there was no trace of food at all. Cao Jun's hungry chest was pressed against his back, and he no longer had the strength to fight.

The city of Yecheng is better, and in the granary, there is still a lot of grain that has not been washed away by the flood. Although it is soaked in water, it can be eaten. However, it cannot be stored for a long time, and it is estimated that after three to five days, it will sprout or rot.

Cao Cao also wanted to hold on and prepared to send people to nearby towns and counties to grab grain.

However, the Malay newspaper said: Yuan Xi came to support Jizhou with 50,000 Youzhou soldiers and horses, and the brigade was less than fifty miles away from Yecheng.

Niang Xipi, Cao Cao really feels like it's getting day. Yuan Xi was able to retreat in Youzhou and bring back 50,000 soldiers and horses, I really don't know what Gongsun Kang is eating!

Helpless, Cao Cao could only order a retreat. Along the way, he relied on robbing and plundering the people's food and returned to Yanzhou.

Yuan Shang was relatively cowardly and did not dare to pursue Cao Cao.

Yuan Xi was the same, the two brothers met and hugged their heads and cried.

The remaining grain in Yecheng obviously couldn't feed Yuan Xi's 50,000 horses. And Yuan Shang only had 30,000 horses left, and he was afraid that Yuan Xi would seize power all day long.

He met with Tian Feng and judged them, and told them all about the situation of the Battle of Youzhou.

For the unity of the Yuan family brothers, the trial will persuade him to take Yuan Xi to the state as soon as possible.

Tian Feng was at odds with the trial and Feng Ji, and took the initiative to ask to go with Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi saw that everyone didn't welcome him, and he was secretly excluded. I couldn't help but sigh.

Tian Fenghe persuaded him: "If you want to rob Yuan Shang's Jizhou, start immediately, don't hesitate!" If you are still thinking about brotherhood, then hurry up and set off to merge the state. You must not delay it any longer in Yecheng, otherwise you will be killed! ”

Yuan Xi woke up like a dream and broke out in a cold sweat.

He didn't have the heart to harm Yuan Shang, so he hurriedly offered to leave.

Yuan Shang pretended to stay for a long time, but there was no result. Yuan Xi is determined to go. So the two brothers were separated again after less than three days together. Yuan Shang was sent 10 miles away from the city before he shed tears and said goodbye.

At the same time, in the county guard of Tuyincheng County in Beiping, Gongsun Kang stood in front of the huge map and was silent for a long time.

He was looking at the location of Jixian County, Youzhou, where later generations built Beiping City as the capital of the second generation of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Where is the capital of your kingdom? That's a big question.

Later generations had great controversy over Beiping, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it can be said that it had a mixed reputation.

Is the Son of Heaven seeking his own death in guarding the country? Historically, China's external threats mainly came from the northern nomads, and for the eloquent monarch, building the capital in Beijing could grasp the situation of the northern border more quickly, which was conducive to making quick judgments and taking corresponding measures, and nipping in the bud the signs that might endanger the imperial court. Of course, if the court is weak, it is to send the fat meat to the wolf's mouth, which is too dangerous!

During the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor himself was eloquent and strategic, and the capital was moved to Beijing in order to take a posture of attacking the remnants of the Mongol forces. But when the emperors of later generations were incompetent, the shortcomings of Dingdu Beijing were all exposed—for example, the lack of defensive depth. A more typical example is the "civil and engineering change" of Yingzong, and there was a bad situation of foreign soldiers and horses surrounding Beijing during the Wuzong and Sejong periods. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was even more prominent, the Qing soldiers actually ravaged Gyeonggi several times, and the heart of the Ming Dynasty was directly exposed to the enemy, so it had to transfer heavy troops to garrison Liaodong, unable to carry out favorable suppression of the rebel army in the Central Plains. Finally, in 1644, Li Zicheng broke through Beijing and destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

Gongsun Kang started from Liaodong, which is a bit like the Qing Dynasty. If the capital is Beiping, it can be in a position where it can be attacked and retreated.

Moreover, this time, Gongsun Kang was determined to uproot the grassland aliens and directly incorporate the steppe into the territory of the Liaodong Empire.

Therefore, future generations do not need to worry about the threat of the northern nomads.

However, in terms of the level of political culture and economic development at the end of the Han Dynasty, it is obvious that the Central Plains is superior. At this time, both Liaodong and Jiangnan were uncivilized areas, and there were no places that had been taught and baptized by the saints.

It can be said that Luoyang is the center of the whole world. On the map of the Han Empire, it is obvious that it is the center of the geographical location.

If the perspective is expanded a little more and the Western Regions is counted as your own territory, then Chang'an is also a good choice.

Moreover, Luoyang has been burned, but Chang'an is still well preserved.

The Tang Empire of later generations, the Ten Thousand Dynasties came to congratulate, and it was also set in Chang'an. It gave the people of the Western Regions geographical convenience to establish the Silk Road.

Gongsun Kang looked at the map for a long time, but he couldn't make up his mind.

Of course, the matter of Dingdu is for all the high-level leaders in Liaodong to discuss the major events of the last few months, and it is not something that Gongsun Kang can decide on his own. Now he is just thinking about it in his heart, because with the pace of his unification of the world, it is estimated that this issue will be really involved in 10 years.

After reading Jixian County, Gongsun Kang's eyes fell on Bohai County, Pingyuan County and Jinan Kingdom.

Compared with the issue of the fixed capital, the unified management of the territory under the command of Liaodong is an urgent matter.

Now that you occupy Youzhou, you only need to take Bohai County, Pingyuan County and Jinan Kingdom. The territory of Liaodong immediately became a whole around the Bohai Sea and the East China Sea.

Although Bohai County was under the jurisdiction of Youzhou, it was actually controlled by Yuan Tan, because Yuan Tan's Qingzhou only had two counties, Pingyuan County and Jinan State. So he forcibly occupied Bohai County in Youzhou and Hejian County in Jizhou as his territory, and Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi didn't say anything more, so they acquiesced.

Gongsun Kang promised Yuan Shang that Bingzhou would be the base for the Yuan family to recuperate. The subtext is that it will take the plain counties of Jizhou and Qingzhou and the country of Jinan.

Yuan Shang didn't have the power to make decisions for his brothers, so Gongsun Kang didn't say much to him, which piece of land he needed, he just carried a knife to grab it back.

This place of Bohai County includes the entire territory of Dongying, Shandong Province in later generations, that is, the location of Shengli Oilfield. Gongsun Kang can be said to have coveted this place for a long time, and he has long wanted to take it.

By taking Bohai County, Liaodong's oil production can be multiplied several times. In the future, the oil can be used openly, and there is no need to calculate the spending.

After reading the map, Gongsun Kang calmly ordered his confidential secretaries: "Order Tai Shici to lead the naval army to attack Bohai County from the sea; Ordered Zhang Liao to lead the men and horses of the Qingzhou headquarters, mobilize Xu Sheng and Guan Hai, and attack Jinan and Pingyuan County! ”

Gongsun Kang appointed Zhao Yun as the governor of Youzhou and Tian Chou as the governor of Youzhou, and let the two of them be responsible for the pacification of the people of Youzhou.

(End of chapter)