Chapter Ninety-Three: Let the Tiger Return to the Mountain
After dismantling the stone pavilion, Tao Ying asked the soldiers to find a gentleman who was good at lettering to engrave the words of Cao Cao's inscription on the newly built stone pavilion. After everything was deployed, Tao Ying watched the soldiers continue to build Shiting Town. He wants to transfer the border of Pengcheng Kingdom from Wuyuan to this Shiting Town, and he also wants to make this the northernmost border trade center of Pengcheng Kingdom.
Returning from Shiting Town, Cao Cao looked back at Shiting Town and said fiercely: "Today's shame, I will keep it in my heart, sooner or later I will let Xuzhou pay for the blood debt!" ”
Xiahou Yuan made a promise on the horse, and the two of them led the soldiers and horses towards Huben City.
At the end of July, after Cao Cao and Yu Ban exchanged grain, grass and silver in Shiting Town, Cao Cao led his troops from Huben in Donghai County to Taishan County.
Cao Cao left, Tao Ying wanted to withdraw his troops back to Pengcheng, but Cao Pi and Cao Zhi had not yet arrived, Tao Ying could only transfer 30,000 soldiers and horses back to defend Pengcheng, and he led 10,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed in Shiting Town, and the other 10,000 soldiers and horses were transferred back to defend Xiapicheng.
In order to keep several states in his hands, after Yu banned Cao Chun to return to Pengcheng to garrison, Tao Ying appointed Xu Sheng as the chief of Xiapi, and his second brother was stationed in Xiapicheng. Then he led 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison the Shiting Town he built with Zhao Yun and Li Dian.
While waiting for Cao Pi and others, Tao Ying asked the soldiers to keep building the outer wall of Shiting Town, and Tao Ying carefully planned the planning plan of Shiting Town.
First of all, Shiting Town was expanded into a city covering an area of 50 square kilometers similar to a county seat, and then the Pocao School was built in the center of Shiting Town, which was divided into three parts, similar to the primary school, middle school and university department in later generations. However, it is known as Pocao Elementary Hall, Middle School Hall, and University Hall.
Tao Ying built the school wherever he went, and built a school. Tao Ying began to build a state-run medical center, and then built nearly ten state-run inns, which have various streets. The basic facilities are built, but there are no people in Shiting Town, but as long as there is land and business to do, Tao Yingcai is not afraid of no one!
In the long-term planning, Tao Ying has improved the status of Shiting Town, raising him to the same level as Wuyuan and other counties, Tao Ying is even planning a train from Pengcheng to Wuyuan and then terminating in Shiting Town in the planned future railway.
Tao Ying has been building Shiting Town for nearly a month, and 10,000 soldiers have gone into battle, and finally repaired Shiting Town at the end of August. By August, Cao Cao had not yet sent Cao Pi and others, Tao Yinggang wanted to send an envoy to urge it, but he didn't expect Liu Bei's envoy to come first.
It turned out that when they heard that Tao Ying had defeated Cao Cao, the people of Tan County were overjoyed. But the high-level people in Xuzhou were not so happy, because they knew that Tao Ying was stationed with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the border of Donghai County, and they didn't know what Tao Ying was doing.
These days, maybe it's because the construction of Shiting Town is too busy, or maybe it's because Tao Ying is angry that Liu Bei refused to send troops to rescue him, anyway, until Cao Cao retreated, he didn't go to Tan County to report the battle.
After the Xuzhou envoy came to Shiting Town, he read Tao Qian's will. Tao Qian ordered Tao Ying to immediately withdraw his troops back to Pengcheng, and Tao Ying went to Tanxian County to report the battle situation! After all, his own territory belongs to Xuzhou, and he, the minister of Pengcheng and Xiapi, was also given to him by Tao Qian, so Tao Ying had to go to Tanxian to restore the decree.
Tao Ying took Li Dian and asked his third brother Zhao Yun to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Shiting, and then led 5,000 troops to Tanxian County. At the end of August, Tao Ying led his troops to Tanxian. The city wall of Tanxian County has been newly built, and the newly built city wall is more majestic than before. Although the city wall looks much stronger, after this war, Tanxian County is also greatly damaged.
Tao Ying had just led the troops to Tan County, and the fleeing people were crowded outside Tan County. The ragged people, some of them were thin, and their messy hair and rickety backs all told of the misery of their fate.
5,000 soldiers and horses rushed to the west gate of Tanxian County, and the soldiers outside the west gate pulled out a common man who tried to enter the city and killed him, and other refugees who wanted to enter the city also scattered in a hurry. Tao Ying asked people where these people fled from, and after a while, Li Dianyu reported that they had fled from Langya in the north.
There are also some people who are very well-dressed, they came back from the south, I heard that the second son has recovered Xuzhou, Xuzhou is no longer war, and many lovers have migrated to Langya.
Walking outside the south gate, seeing that the soldiers kept beating the unarmed people, a young man in a navy blue robe stepped forward to persuade him, not wanting that as soon as the young man finished speaking, a soldier kicked him, and the man was kicked to the ground.
Tao Ying saw that as soon as the somewhat thin young man fell to the ground, a carp rolled over and stood up, and seemed to have reached out a little. But they are the people, and they dare not fight against the soldiers. The young man could only turn his head angrily and leave, and the soldiers behind him were still shouting: "All the refugees from Langya Country are not allowed to enter Tan County, Lord Assassin Shi has an order, all the refugees from Langya Country are allowed to return to their hometowns, and they are not allowed to wander around, otherwise they will be executed!" ”
The young man who was driven away was in his twenties, and his age was similar to that of Li Dian. The young man muttered as he walked out, "Why can't you go into the city, can't you find someone?" ”
As he walked, the young man looked back at the crowd of people walking around. Seeing Tao Ying riding a horse towards the edge of the city, the young man also asked Tao Yingyi, "This soldier, where did you come from?" ”
Li Dian next to him just wanted to disperse him, Tao Ying saw that although his clothes were a little dirty, his words and deeds were polite, and he looked dignified, even with Confucian temperament, and he must also be a scholar. Tao Ying is preparing to engage in education, how can he not be kind to readers?
So Tao Ying waved his hand to stop Li Dian, and Li Dian stepped back. Tao Ying also said on the horse: "We are soldiers and horses from Pengcheng, do you need help with anything?" ”
Seeing that the person in front of him was so polite, and although he was a petty official, he was a general of the same age as himself. The young man also hurriedly replied: "Don't hide it from the soldier, I am a refugee who took refuge from Langya Yangdu. In October of last year, I went to the south with my uncle to take refuge, not wanting to meet Cao Bing halfway, so I got separated from my uncle. I have been hiding in Wuyuan, but I have not been able to find my uncle and two younger brothers, a few days ago I heard that the villagers said that the second son led the army to defeat Cao Cao, Cao Cao has returned to Yanzhou, so I also want to come to Tan County to find my uncle. ”
After the young man finished speaking, Li Dian next to him urged: "Lord, we have to enter the city, or we have to enter the city, I'm afraid that as soon as it gets dark, the city gate will be closed." Tao Ying raised his head and looked at the sky, the sunset was burning in the sky, which was very beautiful.
In fact, Tao Ying arrived in Tan County at noon, and Cao Bao, the Taishou of the East China Sea, allowed himself to station his soldiers and horses outside the city before he could enter the city.
So Tao Ying had to settle the soldiers and horses outside the city, delayed for some time, and in a blink of an eye, he didn't want to, it was a little late. In order to prevent himself from being assassinated by the family, Tao Ying had to bring fifty elite soldiers to protect his safety.
Seeing that the soldiers not far away were still expelling refugees, Tao Ying sighed and said: "Yes, I am also going to enter the city, I want to save a refugee, but there are thousands of refugees in the world, and I am also powerless!" ”