The development of Jiangnan warships has exceeded Tao Ying's expectations, but over the years, Tao Ying never seems to care about the situation in the south. So when the conscription order was issued, the three southern provinces were a little surprised, because according to the provisions of the conscription order, the military horses in the three southern provinces not only did not increase, but decreased by half!

Especially in the inland Guangling Mansion, Tao Ying even let all the military horses of Guangling Mansion be abolished, and only the county soldiers were set up. The county soldiers were only responsible for assisting in the management of the local government, which was equivalent to the police in later generations. Remembering that Guangling Mansion was still on the Yangtze River, Tao Ying agreed to Gan Ning's request to keep 5,000 sailors in the area of Guangling and Jiangdu. Because Jiangnan Mansion handed over to Sun Quan, Tao Ying Chen had 30,000 soldiers in Jiangnan Mansion to prevent Sun Quan.

At present, Tao Ying's main forces are concentrated in the north, and the capital of Bianjing, Qingzhou, as well as Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Jiujiang. The inland prefectures of Liaoning, Youzhou, and Guangling were all changed to garrison county soldiers. After the deployment of troops, Tao Ying started the management policy of the large military region, which could reduce the number of managers and prevent local officials from increasing the burden on the state too much.

After the implementation of the large military region, Tao Ying ordered Zhuge Liang to be the governor of Youzhou in the north, Liaoning and the soldiers of the four prefectures of Bianjing. Because Zhuge Liang was young, the other generals were not satisfied, so Tao Ying appointed Zhuge Liang as the deputy commander, and Jia Xu, the commander-in-chief of the military department, as the military and horse governors of the four northern provinces. After the appointment of the north, the defense of the three prefectures of Qingzhou, Jizhou, Bohai County, and Yuzhou in the middle was led by Qingzhou Zangba.

In the south, Xuzhou, Guangling, and Xuzhou were under the administration of Huainan County and Jiangnan Prefecture, which were under the command of Xuzhou Prefecture, and Jiujiang Prefecture in the south was autonomous and managed by Xu Sheng. After the implementation of the management of the large military region, this number of prefectures can be connected to the city as a defensive whole, so as to effectively prevent the enemy from attacking, and can integrate resources to attack the land of other princes.

The reform of Xuzhou has been moving forward, and if you want to develop, the first thing is to have a good transportation. How to connect Youzhou, Liaoning and the state capital has become a problem on the table. After research, Tao Ying decided to open the major water systems of Sanfu, and then use Youzhou as a transit station to come to Qingzhou by boat. The water system in the north is developed, and at the same time, Tao Ying decided to open trains in the north, because they are far away from Xuzhou, so the transportation priority is to develop the trains in the north and unify them as a whole.

After taking over the north, they did not border Xuzhou, so cross-border development was difficult, and Tao Ying was even more determined to recover Yanzhou and Yuzhou. In the autumn of 207, when the north was gradually recovering its vitality, news suddenly came from Youzhou that Wu Huan raised troops south to attack Youzhou at the instigation of Yuan Shang and others. Youzhou Gao Gan hurriedly told Zhuge Liang, the deputy governor of the state, Zhuge Liang hurriedly ordered Gao Ran to stick to the city, he took Liaocheng Hou Zhang Liao as the vanguard, Tao Zhong as the rear, and led the Chinese army with 50,000 troops to support Youzhou.

Zhuge Liang went out of the state, afraid that someone in the state would wait for an opportunity to rebel, Zhuge Liang deliberately left the famous Hebei general Zhang Zhen to guard the state. In September, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi rounded more than 10,000 cavalry of Wuhuan to go south to Youzhou, Gao Ran met Yuan Shang in White Wolf Mountain, and the two sides fought in White Wolf Mountain for nearly a month, and Gao Ran's army had to retreat to the inner city of Youzhou.

As soon as Gao Ran withdrew, the Wuhuan cavalry led the troops and killed them, but fortunately, Zhang Liao's wolf cavalry arrived and met the Wuhuan cavalry on the plain. The Wuhuan people are a people who live on horseback, and their riding and archery ability is particularly outstanding, so they can't fight highly. But the wolf cavalry, as Zhuge Liang's top cavalry, where is the steel armor they are equipped with afraid of Wuhuan's bow and crossbow?

Therefore, the Zhang Liao cavalry swooped down all the way, and soon gave the Wuhuan cavalry a head-on attack. Yuan Shang saw that reinforcements were coming and hurriedly retreated, and Gao Ran saw that reinforcements were coming, and he was also busy leading the army to chase and kill.

In October, Zhuge Liang rushed from Bingzhou, and Liu Ye of Liaoning Prefecture also sent nearly 10,000 military horses, plus the military horses of Youzhou, Kong Ming already had nearly 50,000 soldiers in his hands, and Wuhuan only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Liu Ye not only sent military horses, but also knew that Kong Ming could not transport the cannons all the way, so he transported nearly 30 cannons from Liaoning Mansion by water.

At the end of October, with the help of military superiority, Zhuge Liang set up an ambush to lead Yuan Shang into a trap under the White Wolf Mountain, and then cut off his connection with Wuhuan, and in November Yuan Shang was besieged for half a month and then led the people to surrender. After Zhuge Liang accepted Yuan Shang's surrender, he led his troops to attack Wuhuan, fought until the prairie, and only returned from the grassland after capturing Wuhuan alive.

When Zhuge Liang returned to Youzhou from the north, it was already February 208. Several wars in Bingzhou, Zhuge Liang let his men go down to report the good news, but this time Zhuge Liang had to go to report the good news by himself, riding a horse from Youzhou all the way to the Yellow River, and then crossing the Yellow River from Qingzhou along the waterway to Pengcheng. After seeing Tao Ying, Zhuge Liang dedicated Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi to Tao Ying.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang really lived up to his trust in him, Tao Ying was extremely happy and immediately promoted him to the governor of the military horses of the four northern provinces. This time, everyone wanted to object, but Zhuge Liang's military exploits were here, and what made it even more difficult for them to oppose was that after Zhuge Liang captured Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang handed over the heirloom jade seal that Tao Ying sold to Yuan Shao to Zhuge Liang in order to survive.

Get a heirloom jade seal! What this means, everyone in Pengcheng knows it, no wonder Zhuge Liang has to personally escort Yuan Shang to Pengcheng. After getting the jade seal of the country, many people persuaded Tao Ying to be the emperor, and now Cao Cao is already a thief named Prime Minister. The Han family has long existed in name only, and if everyone is committed to Tao Ying today, it is time to change the dynasty.

Tao Ying asked Jia Xu, but Jia Xu said that now the virtuous people all want to vote for the lord, and the non-lord has the heart of the world, and the real virtuous people want the lord to crusade against Cao Cao to rescue the Son of Heaven! Tao Ying asked Jia Xu again, Jia Xu said that it was too early to be called the emperor at this time, and he couldn't offend the world for a false name, and those generals were arguing to let Tao Ying call the emperor just to mix up some names.

Tao Ying listened to Jia Xu's advice and left the jade seal in Xuzhou. Tao Ying asked again how to deal with the Wuhuan King, Zhuge Liang said that the Wuhuan King was provoked by Yuan Shang, so he sent troops to help him, and now he knows that he is wrong, it is better to keep him than to kill him. Tao Ying asked Zhuge Liang what he said about this, and Zhuge Liang said that when he was in the north, he heard that Goguryeo was particularly powerful, and the reason why Goguryeo did not come to attack the Central Plains was because he had not yet unified the northern steppe peoples. It is difficult for the Wuhuan people to submit to the Han people, so it is better to detain the Wuhuan king in Pengcheng and then make Wuhuan their own vassal state.

Tao Ying followed Zhuge Liang's advice and left Wuhuan in Pengcheng, and after Wuhuan surrendered, Zhuge Liang ordered the Wuhuan cavalry to be incorporated and obtained nearly 10,000 war horses from Wuhuan. After disposing of King Wuhuan, Tao Ying asked how to deal with the two brothers of Yuan Shang, Tao Ying wanted to kill two people, and it was always a disaster if two people did not kill. Jia Xu said that if he killed the two of them, he might offend the Yuan family, so it was better to borrow a knife to kill people!