The alliance between Zhang Xiang and Han Sui can be said to be fragile, and there is no binding on both sides at all, such an alliance is simply too common in the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty, and no one takes it seriously.

The reason why Zhang Xiang and Han Sui formed an alliance was just to prevent trouble, after all, they now have a common enemy, so they naturally have the opportunity to cooperate, and it will save a lot of trouble to form an alliance earlier.

Now Zhang Xiang's forces are in a bottleneck period, and the neighboring Jizhou and Youzhou are Yuan Shao's territory, and there is no possibility of war between the two sides for the time being, and Zhang Xiang will not take the initiative to provoke Yuan Shao at this time.

Zhang Xiang will not be so stupid, another neighbor Yongzhou and Liangzhou, Zhang Xiang and Han Sui of Liangzhou have an alliance, but he can't immediately fight with Li Dao Guo Yan of Yongzhou, the little emperor is also in Yongzhou, and the little emperor himself is a big trouble.

The little emperor does have his benefits, but Zhang Xiang doesn't want to get the benefits and provoke him at the same time, so before the little emperor leaves Yongzhou, Zhang Xiang will not make any moves.

It can be said that all of Zhang Xiang's roads have been blocked, but this problem is not only encountered by Zhang Xiang alone, most of the princes in the late Han Dynasty have encountered a problem, but Zhang Xiang's opponent is a little more troublesome.

Now he can let go and expand his power, and he is only Yuan Shao, but it's a pity that God is not beautiful! Yuan Shao's forces have that ability, but God has made him lose the conditions, and as for Zhang Xiang, who has no ability to expand for the time being, let alone the conditions.

God is fair, it has entered the summer and the rain has not fallen, this can be said to be a big drought, there have been droughts in previous years, but it is the first time to encounter such a large scale, and even Sun Jian, who is far away in Jiangdong, has encountered the same problem.

What's more, Zhang Xiang is in Bingzhou, Yuan Shao's Jizhou has always been a land of grain production, and this year is not enough to support Yuan Shao's conquest, Zhang Xiang and Jizhou have a bad climate, and it is even more exaggerated to the point of no harvest.

The land is arid, the wheat seedlings are yellow, and even the well water is going to dry up, this is a problem that Zhang Xiang wants to solve, in fact, there are such problems in the four states of Youzhou and Yongliang, but Youzhou has Yuan Shao and has the support of Jizhou, Yongzhou has Jia Xu He made a poisonous plan to let the princes from all over the country offer offerings, the Han family is still a little bit of prestige The princes can only obey, Zhang Xiang himself is not enough to send out a batch, Zhang Xiang is angry.

Liangzhou has a perennial drought, and the Liangzhou forces have their own solutions to the broken jars, only Zhang Xiang has no way to encounter this kind of problem for the first time, and Zhang Xiang can only cry for this special gift from God.

The price of grain in various places is rising rapidly, and there will be no hoarding at all, because the grain itself is already a strange commodity to live in, and Zhang Xiang is rare to be generous this time.

The grain is simply to the point where there is no market, Zhang Xiang took out all the old books, whether it is taxes or the funeral goods that Zhang Xiang has kept until now, they are all used to buy grain, and the current grain is like the one with the highest auction price.

If it was in the past, Zhang Xiang would not have spent so much money, but now it is different from Yan Gang and Niu Fu who have taken refuge in the state within half a year, which means that Zhang Xiang has 40,000 more mouths for no reason.

These 40,000 people are all young and middle-aged, plus there is not much oil and water in the meal, these 40,000 people are like 40,000 little pigs, not to mention that Zhang Xiang already has a large group of little pigs under his hands.

This is not counting the new influx of people and the families of these new soldiers, Zhang Xiang has developed too fast for most of the past six months, although Zhang Xiang has not shown anything, but has been complacent.

But God's gift is too sudden, Zhang Xiang used to be complacent, but now it has become a burden, Zhang Xiang wants to protect people so naturally to give up money, Zhang Xiang this time is an inch of food must fight.

Mobilize all the relationships to buy grain, at this time the Yin family played a great role, at this time the family heritage was expressed, there was a lot of grain and grass in the house, and you could get grain from outside.

As long as Zhang Xiang pays money and people, it is fine, but after all, it is a great drought in the whole territory, and there is not much grain stored in various places, and the Yin family is also a bit difficult to support for the entire Bingzhou, but the Yin family has no complaints.

Although the Zhen family also has a relationship with Zhang Xiang, after all, there is a Yuan Shao, and the Zhen family's support for Zhang Xiang is even more limited.

However, at least the Zhen family left a road for Zhang Xiang, which was the road to Jizhou, and Zhang Xiang could buy grain from Jizhou through this road, in fact, if Yuan Shao hadn't been in big trouble, the Zhen family would not have this road.

Yuan Shao's trouble is the Black Mountain Thief, the Black Mountain Thief has more than 100,000 young and old people, so many mouths Zhang Yan can only attack Yuan Shao nearby, in fact, the same is true of the situation in Qingzhou.

The Qingzhou Yellow Turban was originally only abused in Qingzhou, but now it has also been forced to pour into Yanzhou, and Cao Cao has also encountered the same trouble as Yuan Shao, but Cao Cao's trouble comes from the outside.

And Yuan Shao's trouble came from within, so Yuan Shao could only grasp the general direction, and many details were also abandoned, so there was the emergence of the Zhen family, and with this road, Zhang Xiang also got a little food from Jizhou.

In fact, this also depends on relationships, for example, Zhao Rui's Zhao family, Long Ben's Long family, Liang Xiu's Liang family, and even Zhang Xiang of the Yan family, who is related to Zi Cheling, did not let go, of course these families supported Zhang Xiang.

After all, do your own family help your own family? But the food that Zhang Xiang worked so hard to get could only last for two months at most, and this is still a conservative estimate, but Zhang Xiang can't ignore local affairs.

Some wells have dried up, Zhang Xiang transferred the army in, digging wells in various places, if you look down at the sky, the whole state has become a hornet's nest, people want to drink water, wheat seedlings also drink water!

If you sit back and watch the wheat seedlings die, Zhang Xiang really has no stamina, and the local people Zhang Xiang can't manage it, Zhang Xiang issued a water restriction order in the army, and one person can only drink one bowl of water a day.

Zhang Xiang also leads by example, and it is not easy for the army to say anything but to obey, Zhang Xiang knows some methods of taking water in the desert, and the state is not a desert, so it is easier to take water.

Zhang Xiang's new method of taking water was incredible in the eyes of the soldiers, and Zhang Xiang didn't bother to explain it to them, because the explanation was a waste of saliva, so it could maintain some mystery, and Zhang Xiang was even more lazy to explain.

Therefore, in the eyes of the soldiers, Zhang Xiang is a celestial, and Zhang Xiang's actions here cannot be hidden from other princes, and some princes have tried to get water, so Zhang Xiang is not so mysterious.

But other places are okay, at least the water is not so scarce, Zhang Xiang's side is short of food and water and digging wells are not smooth, digging in more it does not produce water is also digging in vain, but Zhang Xiang's soldiers are very happy to dig wells.

It was not how industrious they were, but only the people who dug the wells could drink water freely, and the soldiers rushed to dig the wells in order to drink water, and they worked harder than they fought wars, after all, the feeling of thirst was worse than the feeling of hunger.

But the amount of food that the working people eat has also increased! In the end, there was no way Zhang Xiang issued a food restriction order, except for the working people, Zhang Fei and Bao Lei, who had a large amount of food, were miserable.

Zhang Fei often went back to Zhang Hao to eat, and Zhang Hao also complained about Zhang Xiang, but when he arrived at Zhang Xiang's mansion, he couldn't stand it, and Zhang Xiang led by example in everything.

Naturally, you can't be special at home, Yin Ting Lanji and they are okay, they are all women, so the amount of food is very appropriate, in fact, Zhang Xiang's food restriction order is issued according to the amount of food that women eat.

Zhang Xiang was naturally hungry, Zhang Hao came to Zhang Xiang's house, Zhang Xiang happened to be eating, Zhang Hao was not polite to Zhang Xiang, he pulled Zhang Xiang out with one hand, and Lan Ji and others were not easy to use.

Fortunately, Zhang Hao's mansion is very close to Zhang Xiang's mansion, otherwise Zhang Xiang would have lost the adult, when Zhang Xiang entered Zhang Hao, Zhang Fei was eating and saw Zhang Xiang like this, and the rice squirted out.

Maybe it was because he was hungry, Zhang Fei learned to cherish it, and picked up the rice that he spit on the table again, "Third brother, why did you offend your father." The Bai family also stepped forward to stop Zhang Hao, and Zhang Xiang escaped.

Bai complained to Zhang Hao, "Xiang'er in charge is now the pastor of a state, how can you be allowed to spread what you look like?" Zhang Hao pushed Zhang Xiang down and stared at Zhang Xiang on the dining table.

Zhang Xiang had no choice but to eat, and Zhang Hao spoke, "Madam, don't you know, your good son is still hungry?" Bai Shi was very surprised, Zhang Fei didn't think it was strange, Zhang Xiang had something to eat, he wouldn't go to Zhang Hao's place to eat.

Zhang Xiang adheres to the principle of not eating for nothing, not to mention his parents, Zhang Xiang does not need to be polite, Zhang Fei and Zhang Xiang The two brothers ate everything on the table, and Zhang Hao Bai didn't eat a few bites at all.

Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Xiang, "Xiang'er's father gave you a reason." As soon as Zhang Hao finished saying this, Zhang Fei almost choked, and looked at Zhang Hao with suspicious eyes, and Zhang Hao hit Zhang Fei's head with a brain.

Zhang Hao had no choice but to continue, "No one can wronged themselves in this life, the food is not available in the province, you have to find a way to get it from somewhere else, so that you can eat enough?" ”

Zhang Fei's hand suddenly appeared on Zhang Hao's head, "Father, you're not sick!" The third brother's affairs are still in your charge. Zhang Hao's words gave Zhang Xiang some inspiration, and it was indeed not a way to save it.

Zhang Xiang complained about the sergeant of the saving army during this time, and it was not okay to go on like this, "Father, I found that you are really a wise person, and I still have to leave in advance." ”

In fact, Zhang Hao didn't understand what he said, he glanced at Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei gave Zhang Hao a look, do you think I will know? Zhang Hao immediately clenched his fist, and Zhang Fei reacted quickly and ran away.

After Zhang Xiang went out, he found Yang Xuyin and Cheng Yu to ask them how to solve the food problem, but in fact, they didn't have much to do, otherwise they would have raised it a long time ago.

Yin Kui: "My lord, you did a good job before, as long as we endure this drought for a while, it will soon pass." "He deals with the internal affairs of the state, and he knows better than anyone else about local affairs.

There are already people starving to death in the place, but Yin Kui didn't say it, he is just comforting Zhang Xiang now, Zhang Xiang also knows that Yin Kui is just comforting, Zhang Xiang doesn't know the place, but he understands the situation in the army.

The situation in the army is still like this, and the local people can only be even more miserable, "The province is not the way after all, I will lift the restriction order tomorrow, I don't want to survive the drought and lose the hearts of the people and the army, and after tomorrow open the warehouse to release grain." ”

Yin Kui was just about to object, but was stopped by Yang Xu, Yin Kui also calmed down, he also knew that what Zhang Xiang decided would not change, Yang Xu took over the conversation, "The lord actually also thought about releasing grain, but once this opening is opened, hungry people from all over the country will pour into the state, and we won't know how to clean up the mess at that time." ”

Zhang Xiang: "It's a good thing that the hungry people are pouring into the state, as long as we survive this time, we will not lack soldiers, and we have to look at the long-term in our work." Cheng Yu kept wanting to speak and stopped.

In the end, he couldn't help but say, "There is a way for the lord's subordinates, the reason why the Yellow Turban thieves were able to survive for so long during the Battle of the Yellow Turbans was because of a kind of food dumplings." ”

Everyone here is a smart person, Yang Xu Yinkui never thought that Cheng Yu would come up with such a solution, Zhang Xiang had already been mentally prepared, "This method is indeed feasible, but we haven't reached that point yet, this is just the last resort." ”

And Zhang Xiang's answer made Yin Kui even more unacceptable, Yang Xu was fortunately just a little surprised, and he accepted it after a while, Zhang Xiang's answer made him even more satisfied, Yin Kui stood up all of a sudden, "Zhang Xiang, you are crazy." ”

Zhang Xiang: "Big brother, I said that this is the last resort, you are yelling that everyone knows, but I plan to fight to feed the war, we can only start from the Hu people." ”

Zhang Xiang's statement is not unfounded, the grassland of the Hu people has also suffered from this great drought, and the cavalry cannot exert much combat power in this climate, not because people can't do it, but because horses can't do it.

In such a climate, the consumption of war horses is particularly large, and you have to drink a bucket of water if you can't run a few steps, and Zhang Xiang's cavalry soldiers have not trained on horses for a long time, because they can't afford to train at all.

This is also the reason why the Hu people did not raid the border of the Han Dynasty, the combat power of the cavalry dropped to the lowest in such a climate, and the Hu people could only start nearby, and the Hu people had already had infighting on herbal medicine.

Cheng Yu: "My lord, you want to use troops at this time, if you succeed, you can get food from the Hu people, and if you fail, you will reduce some losses." "Cheng Yu's attrition actually refers to battlefield attrition.

Yin Kui suddenly felt that he was not suitable to stay here, and he couldn't keep up with Zhang Xiang's thoughts, "I will leave first, you can continue to discuss!" ”

Zhang Xiang doesn't need to worry about Yin Kui, Zhang Xiang knows very well that Yin Kui will soon be able to figure it out, "I can't allow failure, so the army is moving near the border, all non-my race is killed, grain, grass and livestock are snatched back, and the captives have to come back to dig wells until they are exhausted, and women and children are sold in exchange for food and property." ”

Yin Kui is gone, Zhang Xiang doesn't have to worry about anything, Cheng Yu and Yang Xu can also understand, understanding is one thing, but they didn't expect Zhang Xiang to say this, Yang Xu, Cheng Yu glanced at each other, and then at Zhang Xiang, "The lord is wise." (To be continued.) )