The situation in the world is actually developing in an unexpected direction.

By absorbing the territory of Cao Cao and Kong Rong, the imperial court directly expanded the territory to the edge of the East China Sea, and at the same time reorganized the Yanzhou Army and the Qingzhou Army.

Now the so-called princes are nothing more than the Yuan brothers and Li Ming left, Gongsun Zhan has been defeated by Yuan Shao, and the situation in Hebei has basically been determined.

Yuan Shu was in the Central Plains, with the imperial army in the north and Li Ming in the south, and the situation was very bad. Yang Hong proposed to let Yuan Shu take refuge in the imperial court in order to protect himself, but Yuan Shu was ordered to be punished with a cane for thirty, and finally looked at Yang Hong's talent, but it was not really solid, but it also made Yang Hong take off a layer of skin.

"If we continue, don't say that Chu and Han are fighting for hegemony, we are just afraid that we will have to divide the river and rule!" Li Ming looked at the colors that were constantly being assimilated on the map, and only felt a little chilled.

"Since Lu Bu came to join us, and Guan Yu is also in our army, now a large part of the imperial army is involved in Bashu, and at the same time, there is a shortage of food in various places because of the drought, although the imperial court has now obtained Yanzhou and Qingzhou, it has also lost the possibility of further action, but on our side, food is not a problem! Perhaps, you can consider knocking down Yuzhou first? Guo Jia stepped forward and admonished.

Yuan Shu is really a dry bone in the grave, everything that should be rotten has been rotted, and most of the courtiers under his command, except for a few who are more loyal, have secretly sent letters, hoping to take refuge in Li Ming. Especially Lei Bo and Chen Lan, who are now guarding Shouchun, said that as long as Li Ming needs it, he can directly open the city gate and let the army drive straight in.

This time there was a big drought, not to mention the imperial army, even Yuan Shu was worried about the problem of food. Many families no longer buy Yuan's account, at least Yuan Shu has not received much support in the Yuzhou area.

"It's not just Yuzhou!" Li Ming thought for a while, "Knock Xuzhou down too!" Come to think of it, now Xiahoudun will not be desperately defending Yan County for the sake of the imperial court, right? ”

"Indeed, if nothing else, it will not be a problem for Donghai County to be defeated! Lord, don't forget that we are also using troops in Jiaozhou and Jingnan! Zhang Zhao stepped forward and admonished.

Li Ming only announced the pledge meeting a few days ago, so naturally it is impossible to do nothing. The Pang De Department stationed in Changsha County, with Pang De as the main general and Zhang He as the deputy general, went all out to attack Wuling County, and many Wuling barbarians joined in to act as guides and combat forces.

At the same time, with Zu Lang as the main general and Huang Gai as the deputy general, the power to attack Guiyang County, considering the problem of insufficient manpower, Xiao Yao has already gone over to support, and the guerrilla army is mainly Xiao Yao, Li Tong is the deputy, starting from Luling County to attack Guiyang County.

Peng Hu of Nanhai County also attacked in Cangwu County, which was equivalent to threatening Guiyang County in the south.

"Speaking of which, the order must have reached them, right?" Li Ming calculated the time, if nothing else, the troops should have already started their journey.

"If nothing else, it should have already set off, and there will definitely be the latest battle report in ten days! Lord, your eyes should be on the Central Plains, even if Jingnan and Jiaozhou are brought down, it will take a long time to run them well. After all, since fifteen years ago, there have been constant rebellions in that area, and the population has been severely reduced. Zhang Zhao reminded.

There are more barbarians over there than Han Chinese, and even if they have conquered territory, how to naturalize the barbarians and expand the number of Han people are all headaches. In the end, it is inevitable to migrate part of the population in Yangzhou, but everyone lives so well in Yangzhou, who will go to the four counties of Jingnan, or even the ghost place of Jiaozhou? !

In contrast, whether it is Yuzhou or Xuzhou, although it has gone through war, it is the Central Plains in the end, and the population is relatively dense. It's much easier to recover than in those wild places. Not to mention that in this year of great drought, as long as there is enough food, how many people do you want it?!

In the period since the outbreak of the drought, Xiapi County has received nearly 500,000 displaced people from the north, all of whom have been affected by disasters in Yanzhou, Qingzhou, or even Yuzhou, and have no way to live. Li Ming accepted it, just because he was short of population at any time, and the key was that he also had enough reserves to meet the food rations of these populations.

Don't say anything else, just say that the climate in Yizhou is okay, and it seems that this year is bound to have a bumper harvest. The grain produced is not only enough to supply Yangzhou, but also to the Xuzhou and Huainan regions.

"Well, I know that both Yuan Shu and the imperial court are in a weak period now, but we have accepted so many displaced people, and we have wasted a lot of food in order to settle them. This time we can only dispatch 40,000 men, and we must finish this battle in two months, otherwise we will probably run out of food! Li Ming sighed, "How many talents does Yuan Shu need over there, and is there not enough ability to attack Xuzhou?" ”

Li Ming looked at Guo Jia and the others, the latter had already made statistics, especially Xi Zhicai had already checked the issue of military food reserves in various places, and then summarized the data, and finally Guo Jia checked it, and after repeated calculations, he got a result.

"Huang Zhongbu can go north, and Lu Bu and Guan Yu should also be arranged to be used under him. The goal is to subdue the entire county of Jiujiang County and try to attack Pei County; In addition, Xu Huang's troops can go north to attack Dongjun, and General Zhenbei can be in charge of the governor's two armies, but it is best for the lord to also go over to help. Then to the west of Dongjun, attack Peijun, so that our army and Huang Zhongbu attacked from the north and south, and within two months, Jiujiang, Pei and Donghai counties were defeated, and there were more than seventy percent certainty! If you still have time, you can try to attack Runan County! Guo Jia said slowly.

"As a result, I'm going to war again! It's okay, it's pointless to practice martial arts all the time! In today's physical condition, there is no possibility of growth just by exercising! Li Ming stood up, moved his body for a moment, and said slowly.

Do you think that he sat in the back and abandoned martial arts? Of course not!

Of course, government affairs also have to be handled, but there are two daughters, Xun Cai and Diao Chan, who will first classify the official documents, and then approve the unimportant ones in a formulaic manner, which is simply 'read, transfer to XXX processing'. When it comes to urgency, read out the key points of the content, and Li Ming makes the decision, and then the two of them will approve it.

Li Ming didn't have a good impression of the harem politics, but Xun Cai and Diao Chan were more helping him and had no interest in power, which moved him very much, and it was also the main reason why he allowed his second daughter to help.

With the help of his second daughter, he was able to spare his hands and practice martial arts every day, and even taught Li Chong to practice martial arts. Li Chong's talent is good, the key is that he has built a foundation with Xuan-level cheats since he was a child, the innate Qi has been condensed, and the rest is to further strengthen.

Li Ming has already taught him the exercises of his master, and after the optimization of "Domineering", this secret book has been naturally synthesized and advanced to the "Rakshasa Heart Sutra", which is a high-grade practice at the Xuan level. Each level can be +9 force and +9 agility, and at the same time comes with the 'war ghost' status, the lower the qi and blood, the faster the attack speed, it is simply the first choice for desperate battles.

"Looks like we're going to speed up the Cabinet, right?" When Zhang Zhao heard this, he said angrily, after all, Li Ming had discussed this system with him, so that he could fight on the front line without abandoning government affairs.

This cabinet is not the other cabinet, and Li Ming does not want to let the power of the ministers override the power of the monarch. Li Ming needed an emergency measure, or a wartime mechanism, in the course of his campaign outside, the basic government affairs would be solved by himself, and at the same time, important matters could be handled in a reasonable procedure, otherwise they would be sent to him for decision.

With the secret guard in charge of supervision, coupled with the openness of government affairs that Li Ming intends to carry out, and with multi-faceted supervision, it is estimated that it will not be so easy for the ministers to rise.

"Well, this one really should be speeded up!" Li Ming nodded and replied.

Two days later, Lu Bu, who was on the front line of Jiujiang County, was originally planning to go south, but he didn't want Huang Zhong to call him over and tell him Li Ming's decision. Of course, Lu Bu agreed, he was also disheartened, feeling that he was not the material to be the lord, but he defected and allowed him to command an army, and now he has a rare opportunity to perform, so he naturally behaves very positively.

At the same time, Li Ming and the soldiers of the Guards also set off in Wanling and went north into Xiapi County.

After a few days of attack, the Zulang Division, with the help of Wulingman, bypassed several dangerous places heavily guarded by heavy troops, and carried out surprise attacks on the defenders of Guiyang, winning many battles and victories, and the Guiyang army continued to shrink the defensive line.

At this time, Xiao Yao's guerrilla army also entered Guiyang County, Xiao Yao took the lead, God blocked and killed God, Buddha blocked and killed Buddha, and conquered the city and conquered everything. During this period, he met Bao Long, a general under Zhao Fan, who came to meet him, but was killed by Xiao Yao.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Zhao Fan surrendered Kaesong, and Guiyang County fell into the hands of Li Ming.

Zu Lang and Xiao Yao met and at the invitation of Zhao Fan, they entered the Chenxian County Government as guests. During the banquet, a shadow flickered by, and this person was wearing a white linen robe, obviously a person who wore filial piety. may really respond to the saying that 'women should be pretty, and they are filial', Zu Lang and Xiao Yao watched for a while.

This performance was naturally seen by Zhao Fan, his eyes turned around, and he said slowly: "Are you two interested in her?" She is my brother's wife, Fan. It's a pity that my brother Fu Bo passed away a year ago. Now my sister-in-law is still in her prime, and it will be a pity if she is widowed like this. If the two are interested, Zhao will call the shots and promise it to a certain general, how about it? ”

Zhao Fan was initially optimistic about Zu Lang, he was the chief general of the First Army, and his position seemed to be above Xiao Yao. It's a pity that Zu Lang heard that she was a widow, and he was immediately a little disgusted. He already has a marriage contract with one of Peng's daughters-in-law, and after the marriage, not only Wuyishan Peng's will become his help, but the key is that he has some in-law relationship with Li Ming, so naturally he will not ask for anyone else.

"You don't want to? Then I want it! Xiao Yao looked at Zu Lang's disgusted expression, smiled, and took the woman down.

In these years, women have no sovereignty, and the Fan family has no family to help her in Gui, and everything depends on this uncle to take care of her. Now that the uncle wants to marry him to Xiao Yao as a concubine, she has no room for resistance.

After crying for a while, she finally entered Xiao Yao's room.