Luoyang, Zhang Bao's temporary residence.

When Zhang Baozheng was looking at the map, Jia Xu hurriedly walked into the hall with a book in his hand and said to Zhang Bao: "Lord, Xun Zheng sent an urgent report from Runan. ”

Zhang Baotou asked without looking back: "Did Chen Ji fall to Cao Cao?" ”

Jia Xu sighed lightly: "Lord Mingjian." ”

"This is also expected, General Ben's reputation is not very good, coupled with General Ben's vigorous support for industry and commerce, he has already broken the advantage of the family family's monopoly on the market, and it is impossible for them to like General Ben. It is reasonable for Chen Ji to choose Cao Cao in the end, but~" Zhang Bao said this, slowly turned around, a trace of chill passed through his eyes, and said gloomily, "One day, General Ben will make Chen Ji regret the choice he made this time." ”

Jia Xu said: "Lord, since Chen Ji has fallen to Cao Cao, this tiger is in prison~~"

"Luoyang has been repaired by You'an, and it is impregnable, even if Cao Cao gets the Tiger Prison, he is powerless to threaten Luoyang in a short time." Zhang Bao groaned, "Order Gao Shun to step up the training of soldiers, and the Tiger Prison Pass must be snatched back!" ”

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In the twelfth year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the war between Zhang Bao, the general of the Yellow Turban Digong, and Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, finally ended with the Cao army occupying the Tiger Prison Pass and the Yellow Turban Army retreating to Luoyang.

At the same time, the most painful thing for Cao Cao was that Cao Ren, the number one general and a close confidant of Zongxin, died in this battle.

At the same time, due to Zhang Bao's lack of money and manpower, and Cao Cao was busy annexing and integrating Yuanshu's old department, the war that took place in the twelfth year of Chuping did not further expand in the end, nor did it evolve into a full-scale decisive battle between the Yellow Turban Army and Cao's army.

However, this does not mean that Zhang Bao and Cao Cao will be safe from now on, the Tiger Prison Pass is a strategic place for both Zhang Bao and Cao Cao, Zhang Bao will not easily give up the Tiger Prison Pass, and Cao Cao's fat to the mouth is impossible to spit out, so the temporary death is just a prelude to the wind and rain.

At this time, the princes of the rest of the places were not calm.

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Yuan Shao, the general of Qingzhou, led an army of 50,000 into Xuzhou in the name of crusading against the thieves in Xuzhou. However, it was not only Yuan Shao who coveted the fat of Xuzhou, and Lu Bu, who did not stand on the cheap side of the battle of Yuan Shu, heard the news of Yuan Shao's large-scale invasion of Xuzhou, and immediately ordered Wei Xu, who stayed in Xiaopei, to lead his troops to intervene in the Xuzhou battlefield, and Lu Bu himself personally led the army to gallop to Xuzhou day and night~

After more than a year of melee between the two sides, at the beginning of the thirteenth year of Emperor Xian's preliminary evaluation of the Han Dynasty, Lu Bu was defeated by Yuan Shao, and had no choice but to shrink his forces and defend Xiaopei!

And Yuan Shao, because of the existence of Sun Jian in the south and Cao Cao in the north and Zhang Bao in the north, did not want to force Lu Bugou to jump off the wall in a hurry. With Xiaopei as the boundary, all the counties east of Xiaopei belong to Yuan Shao, and Hecheng, Fuyang, Pengcheng and other counties west of Xiaopei belong to Lu Bu!

Among them, the Cao family forces led by Cao Bao of the Xuzhou family fell to Lu Bu, and the civil forces led by Chen Gui fell to Yuan Shao, so that Xuzhou was divided into two~

However, Lu Bu seems to have taken advantage, but in fact, he has suffered a big loss, because Lu Bu's forces are mixed with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Zhang Bao, with these three fierce tigers eyeing each other, Lu Bu's defeat is a matter of time.

And Yuan Shao's incorporation of Xuzhou's civil official system is equivalent to the incorporation of most of the families in Xuzhou, and then Yuan Shao followed Zhang Bao's example, and selected 10,000 of them as the army, and the rest of the personnel were all implemented in Tuntian.

In this way, Yuan Shao had no worries, and his strength swelled rapidly.

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Yangzhou.

Sun Jian, the Taishou of Wu County, took the young and weak Zhou Yu as his general, and led 10,000 troops to incorporate and integrate Yuan Shu's forces. From the twelfth year of Chuping to the thirteenth year of Chuping, in less than a year, Zhou Yu successively swept away Danyang Liu Miao and Yuzhang Xu Gong, and Tai Shici, the fierce general of the three armies, was also captured by Zhou Yu with family planning.

Shortly thereafter, Zhou Yu waved eastward again, forced the landing of Yan Baihu and Huiji Taishou, and the six counties of Jiangdong were all owned by the Sun family.

After pacifying Jiangdong, Sun Jian adopted Zhou Yu's suggestion, set up a barracks, built ships and recruited soldiers, and practiced day and night.

Therefore, the pattern of the world has changed again. Jiangdong Sun Jian, Jingzhou Liu Biao, Yizhou Liu Yan, the general Yuan Shao, Han Prime Minister Cao Cao, and the northern overlord Treasure, each of the princes were in full swing, waiting for the opportunity to devour the rest of the princes.

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In the spring of the thirteenth year of the first peace, a group of Guanzhong merchants were sacked by thieves in the Nanyang territory, and Zhang Bao, who had already set his eyes on Nanyang, took the opportunity to attack Chen 10,000 soldiers in Wuguan, and set up a posture of attacking Nanyang.

When Cao Cao heard the news, he urgently ordered Cao Hong and Xu Huang to lead an army of 5,000 to Nanyang to help.

The clouds of war loomed over the land of Nanyang overnight.

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Luoyang, Zhang Bao's mansion.

Guan Ning straightened his clothes, strode into the hall with his head held high, and shook Zhang Baochang to the ground: "See the lord." ”

At this time, Guan Ning is no longer the frustrated one more than a year ago, Guan Ning a year ago was dark and thin, and it seemed that he could float away when the wind blew, but now Guan Ning looks rich and handsome, ruddy, obviously, over the past year, with the restoration of the county system, the internal affairs under Zhang Bao's rule have gradually been on the right track, and Guan Ning no longer has to work as hard as in the past.

"No courtesy." Zhang Bao smiled and said, "Hehe, is You'an's complexion good?" ”

"The lord doesn't know anything." Jia Xu, who was standing on the side, said with a smile, "Guan, Liang, and Beidi have had bumper harvests for two consecutive years, and the harvest of the dealer in the spring of this year is imminent, and it seems that it will be another bumper harvest." In the past two years, industry and commerce under the rule of the lord have gradually flourished, especially the trade between the Mobei grassland and Guanzhong, Liangzhou, and Jizhou is even more prosperous. Hehe. ”

"Jia Wenhe, Jia Wenhe, the account can't be counted like this." Guan Ning hurriedly said, "You have seen this entry, but what about the item?" Do you know how many places are waiting for money? Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the cavalry team responsible for protecting the Mobei grassland to the Guanzhong trade road has to pay tens of thousands of yuan every month, not counting the wear and tear of the cavalry's equipment and horses, as well as the pension of the soldiers who died in battle with the horse thieves. ”

"You'an, that's what's wrong with you." Jia Xu said, "Are you deliberately bullying and not understanding internal affairs?" ”

Guan Ning's face was slightly red, and he said, "How did you say this?" ”

Jia Xu said: "As far as I know, the cavalry team that protects the trade road is supported by the merchants, and it seems that there is no need for the government treasury to pay a penny, right?" ”

"This~This~~" Guan Ning said with a dry smile, "Everything can't be generalized, now you don't need the treasury to pay, but it wasn't like this a few years ago, how could the merchants have money at that time?" Not all of them are paid in advance by the treasury, and the current income is regarded as making up for the previous deficit, yes, that's it. ”

"Alright." Zhang Bao shook his head and smiled, "You'an, before General Ben reached out to you to ask for money, you have already started to complain." ”

"Lord, there is really no money in the treasury, I don't believe you can go and check it." Guan Ning said solemnly, "In the past few years, the expenses required to maintain the operation of political axe institutions at the state, county, county, and pavilion levels have all been borrowed from the major businesses under the rule of the lord, and there are written evidence to prove it. ”

"Okay, okay, don't look at any notes." Zhang Bao waved his hand and said, "If there is no money, then there should always be food, right?" Don't tell General Ben that after two years of bumper harvests and the imminent spring harvest of wheat, in the end, you can't even send out tens of thousands of stone military rations!? ”

"There is some grain in the treasury, but it is all spare food." Guan Ning said, "In case Mobei suffers a snow disaster, or other places suffer an early disaster, locust plague or something, and the people's lives are lost, but they all have to distribute food from the treasury, and this food cannot be easily moved." But then again, tens of thousands of stone military rations can still be distributed. ”

"Good!" Zhang Bao and Jia Xu looked at each other and smiled, "Then trouble You'an to prepare 50,000 stone of military rations for General Ben." ”

Feelings: Zhang Bao and Jia Xu went around in such a big circle in front of Guan Ning, but it was just a cover, and this food was the point.

"Fifty thousand stones!?" Guan Ning's face changed, and he screamed in his heart that he was deceived, and said bitterly, "Fifty thousand stone army food is enough for twenty thousand troops to eat for a year, so much?" The lord shouldn't be going to make a big deal with Cao Cao, right? ”

"It's not a big deal." Zhang Bao said indifferently, "The scale of 20,000 people will not affect the rest and recuperation of our army." ”

"Okay." Frustrated and helpless, he said, "I'll go and prepare here." ”

"You'an, wait." Ma Yue suddenly beckoned, "There is one more thing that General Ben is going to tell you." ”

Guan Ning said: "What's the matter? ”

Zhang Baodao: "Now that the commercial exchanges between Guanzhong and Mobei, the Western Regions, and the Kanto region have begun to flourish, is it possible to set up a money bank?" If you think about it, the merchants under our rule carry a lot of money to Mobei to buy livestock and furs, which is inconvenient to carry, and easy to be robbed by horse thieves. ”

Guan Ning was puzzled: "How is it different?" ”

"Uh~" Zhang Bao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly came to his senses, Qian Zhuang imagined that he had only talked to Zhang Lie, Xi Zhicai and others, Guan Ning didn't seem to know much, so he said: "Open a money village, merchants can deposit the copper money in their hands into our money bank, and then the money village will issue a bill of the same amount, and the merchant can withdraw the same amount of copper money by virtue of this bill to the money village in Mobei, that is to say, the merchant only needs to carry a bill and password, and he can go to Mobei to buy livestock and fur, isn't it very convenient?" ”

"Oh? That's a good idea. Guan Ning, who was full of business acumen, immediately thought of the business opportunities, and said to Zhang Bao happily, "My lord, I will go back to the Ya to draw up a charter here, and then hand it over to my lord." ”

Zhang Bao said: "Go, go, go~"

When Guan Ning's figure was far away, Zhang Baocai said to Jia Xu: "As the saying goes, the army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, and now that the problem of grain and grass has been solved, it is time to consider the problem of the source of troops!" The general thought that Gao Shun was the general and commanded 20,000 troops as the main force to participate in the war. And Zhang Jun commanded 5,000 cavalry as a response, what did Wen He think? ”

Jia Xu said: "According to the detailed report of our army, the maximum number of troops in Nanyang is only 10,000, and Cao Cao can draw out 8,000 troops at most, in terms of strength, it should be more than enough for our army to have 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to participate in the battle." In addition, there is a more important point, Cao's army is on the defensive, and it is necessary to divide troops to guard various important villages and towns, and the strength advantage of our army will be more obvious in actual combat. ”

Zhang Baodao: "After the Tiger Prison Pass was lost, Luoyang had no barrier, which was equivalent to giving the strategic advantage to Cao Cao, so in order to regain the strategic advantage, Nanjun was bound to win for our army." Therefore, there is no room for loss in this battle, and before sending troops, we must take all the unfavorable factors into account, so as not to cause problems and fall short when the time comes. ”

Jia Xu nodded, flattened the map on the table, and said to Zhang Bao: "My lord, please see, there are two generals Zhou Cang and Guan Hai in the north who are the most barriers, so the rear of our army is the most secure!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Bao bowed his head slightly, "At the same time, Liangzhou has Zhao Yun in charge, and the countries in the Western Regions are also stable, so the rear of our army is worry-free!" ”

Zhang Bao said this, frowned, and said, "What about Liu Biao in Jingzhou?" ”

Jia Xu stroked his chin lightly and said: "Liu Biao is just a dog that guards the success, and the Jingzhou army was also killed by the lord before, so there is no need to worry." ”

Zhang Bao said again: "What about Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and Liu Yan in Yizhou? ”

Jia Xu said: "Yizhou Assassin Liu Yan is dead, and is currently succeeded by the fourth son Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang's personality is weak, he is drunk every day, and he does not want to make progress, so he is not worried, but Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is a threat to our army, but since Yuan Shu became the emperor, the son of the Han family is almost nothing, and it is doubtful whether Zhang Lu will obey Cao Cao's orders for the time being." ”

Zhang Bao frowned and said, "What about the bad results?" ”

"The worst result is that Zhang Lu will use his Hanzhong army to attack Guanzhong." Jia Xu said, "But the lord only needs to order the elite soldiers to guard the two passes of Chencang and Xieguan, and the Hanzhong soldiers will not be allowed to enter the gate, and the pass can be as stable as a rock." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Bao nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Who is Wen He who can guard the two passes of Chen Cang and Xiegu?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Xu Baoju two people, can guard Chencang and Xiegu. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Bao nodded and said, "I don't know who it is?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Fufeng Mengda, and General Huanglong." ”

"No, no~" Zhang Bao was taken aback when he heard this, and flatly refused, "Huanglong can, Meng Da definitely can!" ”

Meng Da, this person is definitely famous in history, first voted for Liu Bei and then rebelled against Liu Cao, and finally betrayed Cao and Liu, he is definitely a qualified wall grass, and he cheapened Sima Yi for nothing, how dare Zhang Bao use such a person?

"Uh~" Jia Xu said suspiciously, "Fa Xiaozhi thinks that Meng Dakan is the guardian of a county, and Xu also thinks so." I don't know why the lord thinks it's inappropriate? ”

Zhang Bao didn't explain, and said in a deep voice: "Meng Da can enter the army first to experience and watch the aftermath!" ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "In that case, Xu will raise one more person, Taiyuan Hao Zhao!" ”

"Hao Zhao?" Zhang Bao said with relief, "Yes, just order Hao Zhao and Huang Long to defend Chencang and Xiegu together!" ”

Jia Xu said: "In this way, all aspects have been fully prepared, and the army can rest assured that it will go to Nanyang!" But~"

"But how?"

Jia Xu said: "This time, will the lord still go out in person?" ”

Zhang Bao groaned: "Look at the situation, if Cao Cao doesn't go out in person, let it go to Gao Shun." If Cao Cao goes out in person, General Ben can't help but give him this face~"

Jia Xu sighed and said: "It can only be like this, although General Gao Shun can fight well, he is not Cao Cao's opponent~ I hope that this time Cao Cao will not go out in person." ”

"Okay, that's it~" Zhang Bao waved his hand and said, "It's rare to have a little free, why don't you have fun and have fun together?" ”

The corners of Jia Xu's mouth instantly padded a smile that all men understand: "Huh, dare to disobey your fate?" ”