Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is March of the following year, and it is the spring plowing season of the year.

In the autumn of last year, the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang once again had a bumper harvest, and the harvest of the four counties of Jiangdong was normal, and it was possible for the four counties of Jiangdong to have a bumper harvest. However, Wujun and Huiji were hit by typhoons, and Yuzhang and Danyang suffered mild floods, which turned the already bumper harvest and reduced production to a lower than normal level.

When he heard that there was a flood in Yuzhang and Danyang, Zhang Yi was a little scared, thinking about the great flood in the future, he really felt afraid. However, when he thought about it later, it seemed that only the Yellow River flooded in history, and there was no record of the flooding of the Yangtze River!

Why is that? Zhang Yi thinks there may be several reasons. First, the weather in this era was cold, and the glaciers in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River did not melt quickly; Second, the Yangtze River is wide enough to accommodate the flowing water of the Yangtze River; Third, the population living in the Yangtze River basin is not large, and the scale of the flood is far from being comparable to that of the Yellow River.

No matter what the situation is, Zhang Yi will not ignore it, and he deliberately asked the counties along the river to rebuild the embankment.

The bumper harvest of Jiujiang and Lujiang made these two counties more prosperous, and Zhang Yi's rule became more stable. The people of these two counties all felt that Zhang Yi was a monarch given to them by God, otherwise why did they reap bumper harvests after Zhang Yi ruled them?

The people are very simple, Zhang Yi has brought them a good life, and they are very good to Zhang Yi. Many places began to build ancestral halls for Zhang Yi, and some places even began to popularize the Jade Emperor Taoist Sutra, and even built the Jade Emperor Temple for worship.

In March, when Zhang Yi was preparing for spring ploughing, Cao Cao suddenly sent troops to Liyang.

Although Liyang belongs to Jizhou, it is not far from Puyang in Dongjun, and Puyang is an important town in Dongjun, and Yuan Tan's troops in Liyang have been able to threaten Cao Cao's hinterland. Before the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao had stationed troops here to fight against Yuan Shao. Now this has become the place where the Yuan clan fought against Cao Cao, and it is also the cycle of heavenly law!

The war reports in the north continued to spread to Zhang Yi's several cases, and every time Zhang Yi received a piece of information, he would call Liu Ye and Liu Muzhi to discuss.

"Yuan Shang has already increased his troops in Liyang, how long do you think they can hold on?"

"Yuan's son is far inferior to Yuan Benchu, and it's already good to be able to resist for a few months."

A month later, another battle report came, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were defeated and retreated to Neihuang. Two months later, Er Yuan retreated to Yecheng. In June, Cao Cao attacked Yecheng, but attacked for two months without taking it. At Guo Jia's suggestion, Cao Cao chose to retreat after harvesting the wheat around Yecheng.

"Cao Cao's retreat, there must be a plan!" Liu Muzhi said: "Otherwise, Cao Cao would not have retreated easily." ”

Liu Ye said: "Cao Cao's retreat is nothing more than Yuan's internal strife, if he attacks too quickly, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang will inevitably unite together." He retreated from the army, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang will definitely fall apart, and after the two of them have internal friction, Cao Cao will have an opportunity. ”

Zhang Yi nodded, and he also agreed with this point of view. In fact, Cao Cao did the same. And he was also very lucky to meet two helpers, one was the stupid Yuan Tan, who sent Xin Ping to ask Cao Cao for help when he couldn't beat Yuan Shang.

The second is the buyer's Xin Ping, who fell directly to Cao Cao and sold Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang.

Now that he knew Cao Cao's plan, how could Zhang Yi let Cao Cao's wishful thinking succeed? He asked Liu Ye, "Gan Ning, have they come to Yansha?" ”

"It's already here!" Liu Ye said.

"Then order Gan Ning to go north!"

"No!"

The construction of the Yandu County Seaport, which was completed in June this year, can dock 20 sea vessels. Because of the topography, this port does not freeze in winter.

After Zhang Yi's order reached the salt desecration, Gan Ning immediately asked the sea ship to prepare. Then he boarded his flagship and shouted in high spirits: "Set sail!" ”

This was not the Navy's first expedition, but it was the Navy's first interstate expedition. This time, they were going to cross Qingzhou and directly attack Bohai County in Jizhou.

That's right, it's an attack. This time, Zhang Yi gave up the support strategy he had formulated before, because Zhang Yi found that the IQ of these two brothers of the Yuan family was completely offline, and it was easy to be cheated when they were teammates.

So, Zhang Yi changed to attack. After Cao Cao withdrew his troops, Er Yuan would definitely fight. At this time, Zhang Yi's sudden attack on Bohai County will definitely attract the attention of Er Yuan, and it will be able to unite them for a while!

Of course, Gan Ning did not use the banner of Zhang Yi this time, but under the banner of Cao Cao. In this way, the Yuan brothers can pay attention to it, and avoid Cao Cao knowing in advance that Huainan has developed a sea ship.

Twelve ships rode the wind and waves, directly along the coastline, north to Qingzhou, and then bypassed Qingzhou and entered the Bohai Sea.

This is not the first time that a cross-sea battle was fought in the late Han Dynasty, as early as more than ten years ago, Liaodong Liu Yi had already crossed the sea to attack Donglai.

But the warships in Liaodong are definitely not comparable to Gan Ning's current posture, and it can be said that they are not of the same level at all.

Twelve large and small ships are lined up, forming a beautiful scenery from large to small. The island ship cleaves the waves in front of it, providing a more navigable waterway for the boats behind.

It was also the first time Ganning had made a long voyage, and he asked the paperwork and craftsmen who accompanied the ship to record something that needed to be recorded. This is Zhang Yi's request, Zhang Yi needs a detailed information for everything he does, and navigation is no exception.

On September 14, Gan Ning landed near Bohai County, and then raided a county town under the banner of Cao Bing.

Of Ganning's 12 sea vessels, there are two island ships, four reef ships, and six sea fish ships. A total of 6,000 soldiers were brought, and the capture of Yangxin was very sudden, and Yangxin was taken by Gan Ning without even reacting.

Gan Ning didn't expect Yang Xin to be so easy to attack, but after accidentally capturing Yang Xin, he was even happier. He said to Pan Zhang: "Transporting all the people of Yangxin back to Guangling, I will continue to plunder the population here, so that the Yuan family will be injured, which will be beneficial to the lord's plan." ”

Yangxin has a population of thousands of households, with more than 20,000 people, all of which were loaded on a ship by Pan Zhang and brought back to Yandu.

And Gan Ning took the remaining more than 4,000 people to take Yangxin as the foundation and continue to plunder the population of the surrounding counties.

In less than a month, the news of Cao Bing's appearance in Bohai County reached Yecheng. Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang wanted to turn their faces at this time because of Cao Cao's retreat! As a result, when they heard the news, they all thought that Cao Cao was playing tricks, and they immediately didn't dare to act rashly.

Yuan Shang asked people to investigate what was going on in Bohai County, and Cao Jun suddenly appeared in the Bohai Navy, which was a bit too sudden.