"My lord, since the princes are no longer able to intercept our army, why don't you take this opportunity to return to Hanzhong?" Yang Zhai, Ye Zhao decisively detoured to Yang Zhai after determining that the entire coalition army was plagued by the plague, and the princes were no longer able to chase him, but instead of making a detour to continue to return to Hanzhong, they went straight to the hinterland of Nanyang.

"Wen Yuan thinks, what will happen to the world next?" Ye Zhao didn't answer, but looked at Zhang Liao and asked rhetorically.

"This ......," Zhang Liao thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it will be very chaotic, and the princes will probably not serve the imperial court again." ”

"The princes are divided, Wen Yuan thinks, what is the most important thing?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

"Money and Food...... And the population. Zhang Liao thought for a while.

"Now that the princes are trapped in Luoyang, and Nanyang is widely populated, why not accept it for my use?" Ye Zhao said with a smile, the princes looked around before, and it was not easy for him to start, but now that the princes are trapped in Luoyang, even if Yuan Shu still has the ability to act, Ye Zhao only needs to block the roads along the way, and he can move all the people of Nanyang away.

"This is a godsend." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"It's just that Nanyang is a big county, with a population of more than one million people in thirty-seven counties, and now our army only has one place in Hanzhong, I'm afraid it's unbearable, and there are many scholars in Nanyang, I'm afraid I don't want to let the population leave with the lord, if you use the butcher's knife in vain, the lord is afraid that the lord will not melt into the world!" Zhang Liao smiled bitterly.

It's not that this Nanyang scholar can't be killed, but if he really does this, Ye Zhao will be pointed out by Qianfu like Dong Zhuo, the most terrifying power of the scholars is that they control the tongue of the world, Dong Zhuo's words are okay, they already have enough strength, in the land of Guanzhong, they have enough control and foundation, even if the whole world is the enemy, as long as the Hangu Pass is not broken, the dominant side can still do it.

But Ye Zhao is different, although Ye Zhao's official lord is big enough, but his power is in the early construction period, and he does not have a thick foundation like Dong Zhuo, don't look at Ye Zhao's current incompatibility with the scholar class, but Ye Zhao's official reputation was good before, and at this time, it was because the Yuan family took the lead, so it seemed that he was squeezed by scholars everywhere, but in this world, there are still many scholars who appreciate Ye Zhao more, especially those who are similar to Ye Zhao.

But if Ye Zhao wantonly slaughtered the scholars at this time, he would push these scholars who were originally neutral or even more friendly to Ye Zhao to the opposite side, and at that time, Ye Zhao could still protect himself by occupying the terrain in Hanzhong, but if he wanted to expand his power and promote it to the outside world, it would be difficult step by step, and more importantly, in Hanzhong, I am afraid that there will be many people who will resist Ye Zhao.

"Killing people can never solve the problem, but you don't need to be strong, you just need to persuade, you can also bring a large number of people to Hanzhong, and this official still has some reputation in this Nanyang land." Ye Zhao naturally knew about Zhang Liao's concerns, but he was not ready to do anything to these scholars.

Yuan Shu has been in this Nanyang land for two years, not to mention that the people are not living, but there are many people who can't survive, and if people don't want it, they will take it away by themselves, even if those scholars have no reason to stop themselves, right?

Sergeant Han because of the incident that was involved in Liu Hong's bookstore, has been washed by the forces led by the Yuan family and Liu Hong's blood, has almost died, vacated a large area of ownerless land, naturally returned to the government, full of favor in the Han in the past two years, not to do much, the only thing is to return these lands to the government, did not form a new round of land annexation, but also inhibited the birth of the new family in Hanzhong, so don't look at Hanzhong is not big, but there is enough land to support these people.

He can't pull all the millions of people in Nanyang, but it shouldn't be a problem to take away four or five hundred thousand, and the rest will be tossed with Yuan Shu.

"If that's the case, it's okay, it's just the land of Hanzhong, no matter how many people there are, is it ......" Zhang Liao still hesitated, after all, Hanzhong is not a big place, and it can accommodate so many people, unless in a short period of time, Ye Zhao can encroach on another piece of land, otherwise the sum of so many populations is far beyond the load of Hanzhong.

"I don't have to worry about this, I have my own plans." Ye Zhao said with a smile: "I have ordered someone to return to Hanzhong, inform Xu Rong, Ding Li, Ji Ling, and Zhao Yun to lead the troops to go on an expedition to occupy Zhuyang, Nanxiang, Yin County and Xi County, and answer the people, you and I divide the troops into two ways, persuade the people of Nanyang counties, those who are willing to go, those who do not want to stay, we will never force anyone, just tell the people, in the land of Hanzhong, there is good land to plant, the taxes are not heavy, those who are willing to go, you can go straight to Zhuyang, Nanxiang, Yin County, and Xi County, if anyone dares to stop it, there is no need to report it, just break it!" ”

The homeland is difficult to leave, and those who will leave should really not be able to live, and with Ye Zhao's understanding of Yuan Shu's decree in Nanyang, among the people, those who can't survive are afraid that they account for thirty percent, and in addition to these who can't survive, at least fifty percent are struggling on the verge of not being able to live, if it goes well, there should be no problem with half of Yuan Shu's population.

At the moment, Ye Zhaodian sent people to monitor Yuan Shu's movements, and once there was any movement, he immediately came to report, and then Ye Zhao and Zhang Liaobing divided into two roads, and began to persuade the people to rush to Zhuyang county by county, and live and travel along the way, all of which were managed by the government.

The main force of Nanyang was taken away by Yuan Shu, and the remaining county garrisons, more than a thousand people, and as few as two or three hundred, in the face of Ye Zhaohao's mighty army, how could anyone dare to compete? Even before Ye Zhao arrived, countless people had already abandoned the city and fled.

However, Ye Zhao was also quite restrained, basically except for the treasury of the government, he did not commit any offense against the people and gentry, and even visited many Nanyang gentry along the way.

At that time, Ye Zhao followed Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to pacify Nanyang, and formed a lot of good fate, which also made Ye Zhao not encounter too many difficulties along the way, of course, the most important thing is that Ye Zhao is behind tens of thousands of elite soldiers, too arrogant and easy to lose his head, as the hardest hit area of the Yellow Turban Rebellion that year, Ye Zhao's audacity and recklessness, the matter of pointing a crossbow at Shangguan's head in the Chinese army's big tent is still talked about by many people.

Although Ye Zhao looks much more stable and introverted now than back then, no one wants to touch this brow for the sake of Yuan Shu.

Of course, after Ye Zhao left, it was inevitable to report the news, Yuan Shao was still Nanyang Taishou, let's put aside the relationship first, it is best not to offend both sides.

As for the people that Ye Zhao moved away, for the scholars, there was actually no harm, most of the people Ye Zhao took away were poor, and their tenant farmer Ye Zhao didn't move, for them, there was no conflict of interest, otherwise, if Ye Zhao came up and took them away, even if they didn't move, these Nanyang scholars would take the initiative to unite and fight.

As for the grain and grass of the government, that is something that Yuan Shu should worry about, and it has nothing to do with them.

Of course, even if there were no scholars to hinder it, such a large-scale migration would not be a simple matter, and it would have been simple at first, but it would have to be taken into account in all aspects.

Among the migrating people, the good and bad personnel are uneven, and some green-skinned scoundrels will not refuse as long as they are willing to go, but these people are often prone to making trouble, and there must be officials and soldiers along the way to deal with these things.

In addition, the migration route, how to ensure food along the way, and where the migrating people want to live need to be considered, and as for how to settle in Hanzhong, it is not very difficult.

In the past two years, the craftsmen sent by Ye Zhao in Hanzhong have completed the trial planting of fertilizer, even if it is a thin field, it can grow enough food, so in the past two years, a lot of wasteland has been opened, and there is a shortage of population, plus in Ye Zhao's plan, there is a plan for the construction of Hanzhong, Hanzhong has built a lot of new Zhuangzi in the past two years, and now it has not been opened, this time a large number of people have poured in, just to revitalize these Zhuangzi.

As for not being able to feed these people?

Just kidding, the successful research and development of fertilizer has greatly alleviated the pressure on food, and before, Ye Zhao had purchased a lot of grain from all over the country through various means and sent it to Hanzhong, the Ye family's accumulation in Hanoi for many years was almost all imported into Hanzhong, Ye Zhao would only suspect that there were not enough people at this time, how could there be a shortage of food?

Therefore, Ye Zhao used all his strength and even used some demagogic means to migrate the population to Hanzhong all the way, and he was not worried about not being able to feed these people at all.

At the same time, Yuan Shu, who was far away in Luoyang, had not received news for a month, because the land of Luoyang had been given martial law by the princes, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and all checkpoints were heavily guarded to prevent the spread of the plague.

Cao Cao had left, but the pamphlet that Ye Zhao had left behind had been kept, and several copies had been transcribed for the princes to have in their hands to facilitate management.

It was also Yuan Shu's bad luck, originally he did not participate in the battle of Tiger Prison Pass, and the soldiers in the army naturally did not contract the plague, but in order to chase and kill Ye Zhao, he joined forces with the men and horses brought by Yuan Shao, even if he learned about the plague, he quickly separated his own soldiers from the coalition army, and there were already many people in the army who were infected with the plague and had the intention to withdraw, but they were forcibly detained by the princes to deal with the plague together.

The harm of the plague is naturally clear, once a person infected with the plague is released, the scourge is probably the entire Central Plains.

For a month, the princes were busy with this matter, and during this period, Qiao Mao, Zhang Chao, Yang Yuan, Bao Xin, and Yuan Yi were infected with the plague, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty.

In this way, after a busy month, everyone reached an agreement to send the corpses outside the Tiger Prison Pass to Luoyang City, which is now empty, and then water Luoyang with fire oil and straw, and send those corpses and people infected with the plague into Luoyang City, and then burn Luoyang City with a fire.

The city, which had endured countless tribulations, was burned to the ground, and then the princes stayed in Luoyang for nearly a month, eliminating some plague patients, and killing and burning them on the spot, until they were sure that no one had any more plagues.

It's just that the mighty army of 300,000 at the beginning, when they finally left, there were only more than 60,000 left, and only 160,000 people left, although they successfully forced Dong Zhuo back, but the price paid was extremely heavy, and it was also when he left that Yuan Shu learned the news that Ye Zhao was unscrupulous in Nanyang......