In the end, Yuan Shao didn't say anything about Ye Zhao, didn't talk about peace, and didn't say anything about fighting, but to Ye Zhao's expectation, Yuan Shao didn't fight Cao Cao first, but continued to confront Cao Cao, and then sent someone to fight Liu Bei to the death.

"Or do you want to take Youzhou first?" Ye Zhao didn't approve of Yuan Shao's approach, even if he took Youzhou, there were more places to guard against, such as Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Ye Zhao.

"If Yuan Shao still had a seventy percent chance of winning before, but this time, the minister feels that the chance of winning is less than forty percent." Xi Zhicai nodded and said, his thoughts are similar to Ye Zhao, taking Youzhou is actually not any benefit to Yuan Shao at present, Youzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and it has been war-torn for a long time, and people are determined, so they can't get too many benefits, and it can even be said to be a burden.

Of course, if in the long run, there are still some benefits to taking Youzhou, such as having a horse source, for the Central Plains, where the main battlefield is basically a horse and a flat river, there are enough horse sources, which means that there is enough mobility, and Yuan Shao can form a large-scale cavalry force.

But the premise is that he can take down the troops and stabilize, and under the current situation of multi-party campaigns, taking Youzhou, Yuan Shao will have more distractions, and he will not be able to deal with Cao Cao with all his strength.

A good hand of cards was lost to Yuan Shao.

Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "The Battle of Bohai is the point of divergence of Yuan Shao's fate, if he loses, then he should lose everything, he actually doesn't need to take this step." ”

Xi Zhicai smiled: "Not everyone can understand the situation so thoroughly, at least Yuan Shao can't. ”

"Don't talk about this, now that the state has been merged, what is the situation in He/Bei, as far as our army is concerned, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, how is the matter going?" Ye Zhao shook his head, since Bingzhou has been taken, Ye Zhao has the right to take the lead in the land of He/Bei, as long as he is willing, he can send troops at any time, if he is unwilling, Liu Bei or Yuan Shao want to fight but it is difficult.

"Several small tribes have been contacted and are willing to trade with us." Xi Zhicai smiled.

What Ye Zhao had to do was naturally something that he couldn't completely finish in Macheng back then, because at that time, the highest was just a captain who protected Wuhuan, and his power was limited, and he also had to consider the attitude of the imperial court, what does it mean in the state and county, and the relationship between all aspects forms a big net, when Ye Zhao develops to a certain extent, if he wants to do something bigger, there will be many people who are pulling back and wanting to share the interests in Ye Zhao's hands.

Ye Zhao also knew that at that time, even if he naturalized Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu, the interests of the big head would definitely not be his turn, and as soon as he got better, he was taken over by someone to take over the cake, and in the end, although he had certain results, he failed to completely succeed in the end.

Later, he was transferred to the Central Plains, and he was beheaded by Gongsun Zhan, and his contact with this side was completely cut off.

Now that he first destroyed the Huns, erected his own prestige, and then occupied the annexed state, and completely bordered the Xianbei people, what to do now, but no one can stop him anymore.

In the eyes of other princes, this land is a remote place, but for Ye Zhao, this is a treasure land to realize his revenge.

Moreover, now that he has money and food, and he has enough soldiers and horses in his hands, it is much easier to do the truth again than back then.

"Liaison is not good, these small tribes, we must have full control, that is, nominally, they are Xianbei people, but in fact they do things for us." Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "This Xianbei people are greedy for profit, let them taste the benefits, and at the same time deter them militarily, so that they will be obedient, this is actually not difficult, now that there is contact, then through them, sell some food, clothes, salt to them, small tribes, handicrafts or something, they can't appreciate it, use these things in exchange for war horses, cattle and sheep, and then tell them that they can invest." ”

"Investment?" Xi Zhicai looked at Ye Zhao puzzled.

"The equivalent cattle, sheep and horses are stored with us first, and we help them sell them to the Central Plains, but the money, grain, and property will only be given to them first, and the other part will be sold before they are sold, of course, in that way, the benefits will be more generous, so that they will no longer starve in winter." Ye Zhao briefly introduced his thoughts.

"In this way, they have a lot of interests on our side, which are controlled by the lord economically, and then gradually spread to the whole of Xianbei through them?" Xi Zhicai's eyes lit up and he smiled.

"For the time being, it is indeed necessary to operate in this way, but it can't be just like that, the Xianbei people still have to fight each other, and now this Xianbei situation is that the Xianbei royal court of the leader and the step of the root has a lot of power, how many specific there are, there is no accurate information for the time being, and east of Yinshan, Kebi can quickly annex the Wuhuan department of the dug bald since the death of the dred, plus his previous power, has now swelled to the point where it is enough to threaten the Xianbei royal court." Ye Zhao shook his head, it seemed to be a business model, but the ultimate goal was to weaken and annex the Xianbei people.

This is obviously not something that can be completed in a short period of time, which involves all aspects of the problem, including promotion, how to divide the Xianbei people, how to lead the civil strife of the Xianbei people, and he, always as a friend, supports a certain force behind the back to fight against the other two forces, and this kind of thing, you can't lose money, and Ye Zhao won't do it, so you have to slowly let the tribe you support grow, and at the same time ensure that you have enough interests, and now you have just destroyed the Huns, Xianbei people are vigilant about Ye Zhao, in fact, it is not the best time, but now must start, Ye Zhao hopes to get rid of this trouble for the world in his lifetime.

Living in this life, in addition to conquering the world, Ye Zhao felt that he always had to do something for future generations, although Ye Zhao's own memory of history has been blurred, but the period of history after the Three Kingdoms has always been a thorn in his heart after coming to this world.

"Can you tell me more about the layout of the city back then?" Xi Zhicai looked at Ye Zhao, although through Guan Hai, Ding Li, and Qiu Chi, he could know some of what Ye Zhao did in Macheng back then, but it was not comprehensive, at first he just thought that Ye Zhao had provoked internal strife outside the fortress, forming a strong momentum to make the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes friction each other, but now it seems that it is not so simple.

"That's pretty much it, stir up a civil war among the Xianbei people, and then support some weak forces to grow, this time since you have contacted several small tribes at the same time, it is better to let them form an alliance." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"It's an alliance?" Xi Zhicai is no longer surprised by some fresh words that pop out of Ye Zhao's mouth from time to time, and his own lord's ideas are indeed a bit wild.

"Yes, the alliance of these tribes, and one more thing, the population." Ye Zhao looked at Xi Zhicai and said: "In the past, when I was in Macheng, there was a slave trading market, whether it was Xianbei, Wuhuan or Xiongnu slaves can be traded here as cattle and sheep, of course, the price depends on ability, generally only some women and children under the age of three are accepted, of course, even older can be, but the highest can not be more than eight years old." ”

After the age of eight, people begin to remember things, and they will also hold grudges, which is also the reason why Xu Rong and Guan Yu started killing in Hetao.

"This can also be regarded as an indirect reduction in the reproduction rate of the Xianbei population." Ye Zhao found that Xi Zhicai's eyes were a little weird, and said with a dark face: "Don't look at me with such eyes, these people will be sent to all parts of our army to reward the officers and soldiers of our army, and the rest can be some lonely and widowed people, as for children, they can be trained from an early age, old play, what are you thinking?" ”

"Haha~" Xi Zhicai snorted embarrassedly, thinking about it carefully, Ye Zhao is indeed not that kind of person, and shook his head at the moment and said: "The minister is thinking, in this way, I am afraid that within ten years, Xianbei will begin to weaken, and when the time comes, it will ......."

"When the time comes, it's either roll or die." Ye Zhao sneered: "Of course, the premise of this is that the alliance is done, and a fixed city is also needed to trade in Wancheng, Macheng is actually good, but now it has been abolished, so I plan to use Wuquan as a trading city, and five thousand soldiers and horses are stationed to maintain law and order." ”

Wuquan is in the north of Dingxiang, close to the branch of Yinshan, and further north is the prairie, separated by a mountain, but there is also a big road to go, the location is somewhat similar to the horse city of the year, and it is also the reason why Ye Zhao chose this city.

"The minister also thinks that this place is more suitable, but the matter of the alliance ......" Xi Zhicai looked at Ye Zhao and said, he wanted to lay out the grassland, and he also had to find traders to calculate the sales, and in addition, he had to follow Ye Zhao to help Ye Zhao strategize, which was really a bit lacking.

"This can be handed over to Qiu Chi to do, he did it with me back then, and he is familiar with this set, in short, this matter should be deployed as soon as possible, and it is best to start planning before the spring of next year."

"Whoa!" Xi Zhicai nodded, although the alliance has not yet been established, these small tribes have already agreed to cooperate, as long as they don't travel, after the first batch of benefits, the alliance's affairs will naturally come naturally.

Now the goal of the original army out of Guanzhong, now only Xiliang is left, although there is still spare strength now, but in less than two years, it has successively annexed Guanzhong, Bingzhou, and Hetao, and the territory has expanded more than three times, Ye Zhao is ready to temporarily stop the war, cultivate the people's livelihood, and wait for Li Ru to get Xiliang in hand, after the development of agriculture and mulberry in various places, he began to build a complete economic system, with the Han or Ye Zhao's region as the center, to the east, it is difficult to radiate the entire Han Dynasty, and to the west to radiate the huge economic network of the countries in the Western Regions, Through this economic network, it continues to absorb nutrients from neighboring countries to meet the rapid development under its own rule.

As for the grassland, it is not included in Ye Zhao, the development value of the grassland is not large, this is an area that is ready to be sinicized, of course, the process may be a little bloody and cruel.