The conversation lasted for most of the night, and did not stop until it was almost dawn. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Liao didn't know if Liu Bei and the others were asleep, but he didn't fall asleep, and he was always thinking about Qingzhou in his heart.

The time he came to Qingzhou was very coincidental, and 300,000 Qingzhou soldiers had just left Qingzhou and entered Yanzhou, and were surrendered by Cao Cao.

The source of 300,000 soldiers is indeed a great help for the princes, but Zhang Liao is not a pity.

First, he is not short of soldiers, especially after the collection of hundreds of thousands of Southern Xiongnu, and the more troops the better, too many troops will only consume vitality, Zhang Liao is an elite strategy, and now his troops have been controlled, and there are many strong Hu people in Bingzhou who are just used as reserves.

Second, after the 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans left Qingzhou and were absorbed by Cao Cao, they just let him take advantage of the situation, and the resistance to control Qingzhou will be much smaller, and it will be relatively easy to build, so Zhang Liao is very glad to have lost this burden to Cao Cao, after all, only Cao Cao, who once served as the minister of Jinan, has this advantage, and it is difficult for him to appease these religious soldiers for a while.

After 300,000 Qingzhou soldiers left the country, although ten rooms and nine empty, sparsely populated, but Qingzhou left the Yellow Turban is not lacking in population, nearly a million people have migrated to Youzhou and Liaodong in the past few years, as long as they govern Qingzhou well, they will come back, and these people who come back will cherish the peace even more, not easy to make chaos.

However, although the resistance has gone a lot, it is not so easy to control Qingzhou at the moment, listening to Liu Bei, after the main force of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans left, there are still many small Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, or occupy counties, or gather mountains and forests, or occupy islands, which is very difficult.

Moreover, there are many altars of Taiping Dao in Qingzhou, and many people have become believers in Taiping Dao, chanting scriptures every day and praying for help, and the influence of Taiping Dao in this place is deep-rooted.

In fact, the teachings of Taiping Tao are good, guiding people to goodness, pursuing equality for all, and the world is peaceful.

But they only put forward unrealistic fantasies, there is no systematic and perfect statecraft, they rely on faith to maintain, they lack rationality, they only kill officials and kill the rich, and in essence there is no so-called equality, because the status hierarchy in religion is very obvious, and it is necessary to worship God and great sages and teachers, where does equality come from.

What's more, the teachings of the Taiping Tao are also relatively narrow and extreme, rejecting other beliefs, gathering hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, and only treating the people who believe in the Taiping Tao as brothers.

This is the main problem in Qingzhou, it is a vicious circle, the growth of the Yellow Turban Army is through looting, and the looting makes ordinary people homeless, unable to make a living, cornered, can only join the Yellow Turban, and also survive by robbing others, so that it will only roll bigger and bigger, and the people have also lost their nature in the looting, and the banditry is surging.

Therefore, in order to open up the situation, it is necessary to take a two-pronged approach, first occupy one side, resist the Yellow Turbans militarily, protect the people from invasion, develop agriculture economically, make the people live and work in peace and contentment, and recruit displaced people, and appease the people who have strayed into the Yellow Turbans and hope for stability to take refuge, slowly peel off the cocoons from the foundation, and eliminate the foundation for the growth of the Yellow Turban Army.

Of course, in the chaotic land of Qingzhou, the basis of everything is still military strength, and there must be sufficient defense and strike forces in order to protect agricultural development and protect the stability of one side.

But at the moment, everything is still planning, and at the beginning, the army's food and grass is a big problem.

Zhang Liao had already considered this point, so he only brought 2,000 elite soldiers to Qingzhou, of which only 500 cavalry, not only to attract attention, because the large force of cavalry entering Qingzhou could easily arouse the vigilance of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, but also to prevent troops and war horses from consuming too much grain and grass, especially war horses, which consumed grain and grass more than soldiers.

But even if you only bring 2,000 soldiers and horses, you still need grain and grass, you first came to Qingzhou, you are a tree without roots, if you come up to the people who are already struggling to collect food, it will only cause the people to resist, and the start will be more difficult.

But without food and grass, let alone fighting, even survival is a problem.

Liu Bei's grain and grass came from Tian Kai, Tian Kai couldn't give himself grain and grass, and he couldn't rely on Liu Bei, after all, Liu Bei was not a big family, it was more difficult, so he had to find another way.

After dawn, Zhang Liao hurriedly had breakfast in the county guard's mansion, refused Zhang Fei's invitation to fight, and returned to the mansion that Liu Bei had placed for him yesterday.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, a stunningly beautiful woman greeted him: "General, the meal is ready, but do you want breakfast?" ”

"Eat, why don't you eat." Zhang Liao touched his nose: "The food in the county government is too unpalatable, this is not to come back to taste your craftsmanship." ”

The woman pursed her lips and smiled, charming and moving, just a disaster-level woman, it was Diao Chan.

Since the last attack in Jingcheng Road, Tang Wan and Cai Yan, who were in Bingzhou, were afraid, and sent a message to send Gu Caiying to protect Zhang Liao, but Zhang Liao replied to refuse, after all, he has the courage to be in his body, unlike the women who have no ability to protect themselves, Gu Caiying is still the best to protect his relatives, which is convenient and safe, and Zhang Liao is not at ease if he is someone else.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, Diao Chan came, bringing a letter from Tang Wan and the daughters, this time the girls did not discuss with him, so they sent Diao Chan, Diao Chan's talent is indeed very good, swordsmanship is second only to Gu Caiying, and the women arranged for her to be by Zhang Liao's side, one is to protect, the other is to take care.

Diao Chan's cooking skills are very good, and he has the true biography of the Yin family, and now the girls are used to eating the new food invented by Zhang Liao, and they are no longer used to eating the original food, and they are afraid that Zhang Liao will be aggrieved outside, so they let Diao Chan cook for Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao came to Qingzhou this time, and wanted to leave Diao Chan in Zhongshan, but he didn't expect Diao Chan to be a strong woman, and she was instructed by her master and master mother to follow Zhang Liao to death, otherwise she would commit suicide.

Zhang Liao had no choice but to take her with him, but after bringing it, he found that it was indeed much more convenient, and he no longer had to worry about ordinary trivial things, and the carefulness of women was indeed incomparable to men.

And it's strange to say that the tiger teeth and the little golden eagle who also accompanied him this time can be fed by Diao Chan, which saves Zhang Liao a lot of effort.

"How was your rest last night? Are you still used to it? ”

While eating, Zhang Liao took the warm wine handed by Diao Chan and asked casually.

"Well, don't worry, the general can get used to it." Diao Chan nodded obediently.

After eating, Diao Chan combed Zhang Liao's hair again, washed up, Zhang Liao was about to go out to find Zhao Jian and a few generals who accompanied him this time, and a loud roar came from outside: "Summoning the tiger!" Summoning the Tiger! ”

I'll go! Zhang Liao couldn't help but want to pat his head, it was only a while, Zhang Fei came to the door, this guy is estimated to have nothing else to do except for the competition. In order to keep his identity secret, he used Zhang Zhaohu's name in Qingzhou, and asked Zhang Fei and others to change their names last night.

Hearing Zhang Fei's loud voice, Zhang Liao didn't answer, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu entered the courtyard and came to the hall. Diao Chan didn't have time to retreat, and the two of them couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Diao Chan.

Diao Chan's stunning color is indeed difficult for men to refuse, of course, Zhang Liao boasts that he is still a little resistant.

"Good Summoning Tiger! Why did I say that you were in a hurry to come back, it turned out that it was Jinwu Zangjiao, and she was anxious to see this woman. Zhang Fei's voice was as loud as ever.

Diao Chan's face was slightly red, and she saluted the two: "Concubine Diao Chan, I have seen two generals." ”

Guan Yu nodded, but Zhang Fei said loudly: "Summoning the tiger, the eldest brother often says that brothers are like siblings, women are like clothes, the fourth brother can't ignore brotherhood for the sake of women, go out and have a try." ”

"A good brother is like a brother, and a woman is like a garment." Zhang Liao grinned and said with a smile: "Actually, the second brother misunderstood what the eldest brother said. ”

Zhang Fei was stunned: "How do you say this?" ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "I have never seen disabled people with broken hands and feet, but I have rarely seen people running outside with their clothes undressed. ”

Yikes! Diao Chan couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly bowed his head and retreated.

Zhang Fei couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and Guan Yu's hand touching the long beard was also frozen there.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao couldn't help laughing: "Let's go, I'll take a few soldiers, let's go around the barracks." ”

Zhang Fei's eyes lit up: "It's so good, bring more soldiers, compare the level when you go to the barracks, and look at the world-famous Zhang ...... How powerful are the soldiers brought by the summoning tiger, they may be worth my soldiers. ”

Zhang Liao smiled, immediately called Shi A, and brought Mu Han, Hao Zhao, a few generals and two hundred personal guards, it was rare to meet fierce generals such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and also let his soldiers have a long experience, which is very beneficial to their growth.