Yuan Tan did not return to Qingzhou, and after he arrived in Bohai, he was persuaded by Guo Tu. Guo Tu, the villain, analyzed the situation for Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan stopped in Nanpi.

There are five main branches of Yuan's current strength, the three Yuan brothers are three, and the remaining two are Gao Gan and Fu Zhi.

Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew and belongs to his relatives, but he remains absolutely neutral. And Fu Zhu belongs to the foreign minister, he is biased towards Yuan Shang, but he and Yuan Xi are biased towards Yuan Shang for the same reason, because Yuan Shang made the first move and became Yuan Shao's nominal heir.

In this way, no one is on Yuan Tan's side. Yuan Tan is very disadvantaged, and if you want soldiers, you need Yuan Shang to allocate it. At that time, Yuan Shang will still be the same as before, what should he do if he doesn't give him soldiers? Still defeated like Liyang and returned?

If he loses again, it will not be Liyang who will lose Cocoa, but Qingzhou, and he will not even have a way to retreat at that time. So Guo Tu said that he could raise the army by himself in Bohai County, and then equip the army with the weapons that Yang Xin obtained, so that he would soon have an army?

Moreover, as long as his army is more than Yuan Shang, he may be able to snatch back the position of the general. You must know that Yuan Shao's position as a general was snatched back, if Cao Cao was not afraid of Yuan Shao, how could he give up the position of general?

When Yuan Tan heard it, it made sense! He can see that in this current situation, having soldiers is the last word. And he has reached an alliance with Zhang Yi, as long as his army is stronger than Yuan Shang, Fu Zhu and Yuan Xi may turn to support him!

Yuan Tan felt that his idea was very good, so he recruited Xin Ping from Yecheng and asked him to help him form an army. Although Xin Ping felt inappropriate, he was also persuaded by Guo Tu, he originally supported Yuan Tan, after all, the young and the old were orderly, Yuan Shang did not do it right, and Yuan Tan was not allowed to take back his position?

Within a few months, Yuan Tan gathered an army of 50,000 and used horses, money, and books left by Zheng Xuan to exchange a large number of weapons from Zhang Yi to equip the 50,000 army.

The reason why Yuan Tan has Zheng Xuan's books is also a coincidence. Back then, in order to make himself more famous, Yuan Shao asked Yuan Tan to forcibly recruit Zheng Xuan to accompany the army. At that time, Zheng Xuan was an old man, and he could withstand such a toss, and he died soon after.

In this way, Zheng Xuan's book fell into Yuan Tan's hands. This great Confucian has a lot of books, and they are also very valuable, Zhang Yi directly offered the price of 10,000 ring-headed knives and bought them back from Yuan Tan's hands.

Many people are curious, how many weapons does Zhang Yi have, and what does he use to sell them to Yuan Tan like this?

To explain, the creation of the ring head knife is not complicated, and a craftsman can create ten or eight knives every day. Zhang Yi has many workshops to build the ring head knife, and there are workshops in Shouchun, Danyang, Wuxian, Shanyin, Chaisang, Wanxian, and Sheyang.

The land of Wuyue Jingchu has been a place rich in swords since ancient times, and sword casting masters such as Ou Yezi and Ganjiang Mo Xie are all people here. Therefore, Wu Yue Jingchu's sword-casting technology is very strong, and the minerals are relatively rich. In ancient times, minerals were abundant, mainly referring to open-pit mines and mines that were not buried deeply, because they were too deep to be mined.

The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft water, and rich in minerals, then there will be a lot of sword masters. Therefore, Zhang Yi's official workshops, each workshop has hundreds of people, and the largest Shouchun workshop has more than 300 people, and these workshops add up to 1,000 people.

Nearly 10,000 ring-headed knives can be created every day, and more than 3 million can be built in a year.

Of course, it is impossible to start work at full strength, not to mention that the craftsmen can't stand it, even the raw materials can't keep up. However, every year, I have to build 100,000 ring-headed knives, not to mention selling 50,000 to Yuan Tan, even if all 100,000 are sold to him, Zhang Yi's inventory is not empty.

Some of the most profitable businesses in the world are nothing more than arms, heavy industry, and daily necessities. Zhang Yi's workshop, mine, and salt pond are all Zhang Yi's private property, and he is now richer than those big families for thousands of years.

Yuan Tan intercepted the ring head knife for a few months, how could Yuan Shang do it? He bought a lot of war horses, but he couldn't get the ring head knife, of course he had to come over and question!

It turned out that it was not Gan Ning's side that did not give it, but it was all taken by Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan's gathering of the army was also revealed.

Yuan Shang and Fu Zhi immediately sent someone over to ask, how can Yuan Tan do it? He also dreamed that Yuan Shang would obediently send the position of general over by himself!

Annoyed and angry, Yuan Tan looked at Yuan Shang's people in the head, beat the frustrated people as well, and then put them back.

Yuan Shang was also angry, and immediately led the army to fight Nanpi, and the two brothers fought in the Nanpi area.

The so-called two tigers must have an injury, although Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are both tiger cubs, but tiger cubs are also tigers! The two of them fought in the dark along the banks of Zhangshui. Nanpi, Dongguang, Fuyang, and Zhangwu in Bohai County, and Chengping, Lecheng, and Gonggao in Hejian County all suffered from the war, and the people fled one after another.

In Ganning in Yangxin, there was a bargain to pick up, and many people fled to Yangxin and wanted to take refuge in Huainan because there was no war there.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fought, and many people were disappointed. Seeing the two brothers fighting, he immediately became disheartened, and there was still nothing he could do to stop them from fratricidal. He can only defend Yecheng and do his best.

Zhang Yi was also disappointed, he tried to find a way like that, but the two of them still pinched up. When he thought about it, he didn't care, you love to fight! I'll just pick up the cheap in the back.

Zhang Yi gave Gan Ning an order to transport as many people as possible to the south. In ancient times, the reason why China unified the world first and then the south, and first the west and then the east, was actually mostly a population problem.

Qin's unification was due to its superior force, which was relatively exceptional. But when it came to Liu Bang, it had something to do with the population, the kings of the Kwantung region fought and died, and the population withered, and Liu Bang recuperated in Guanzhong, and he had an innate advantage.

The unification of the Jin and Sui dynasties was also due to the large population in the north, and the Tang followed the path of Liu Bang again, and the reason why the Ming went south to the north was the same. Because most of the north is dominated by the Mongols, there are far more Han Chinese in the south than in the north.

Of course, there are certainly outstanding people who have contributed to this, but it is undeniable that the number of people is the foundation. The most important thing in the world is people, there are people who have everything, and no one has nothing.

As brave as Xiang Yu, he also fell into Han Xin's crowd tactics. As advertised in old movies, the revolutionary war is a war of the masses, and only by mobilizing the masses can the war be won.