It was a little cold in the north in November, and Cao Cao rode on his horse and swayed non-stop. He had seen the power of artillery under Shouchun City, and he could have defeated Shouchun, but he lost to the artillery. Therefore, Cao Cao also wanted to equip his team with artillery, and then compete with Yuan Shu.

Seeing that Cao Cao didn't speak, Lu Su said next to him: "As the saying goes, one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, Yuan Shu has been wooing my lord, Yuan Shu has already sealed my lord Danyang Taishou, if my lord wants Yuan Shu, I'm afraid it will ......"

After Lu Su finished speaking, Cao Cao said with a smile on the side: "Yuan Shu rebelled against the ministers, and An dared to be the emperor." Isn't the second son afraid of a lifetime of infamy? The two of them have been talking right away, and they still haven't talked for a long time. Cao Cao didn't know that Liu Miao had died of illness at this moment, so after hearing that he had died, Cao Cao also wanted to get the land of Yuzhang. And he had heard Hua Xin's name, and he was loyal to Emperor Han.

The time soon came to the middle of November, and seeing that Cao Cao could not be moved, Lu Su took Yinliang to visit Nanyang Zhang Xiu. On the way, Lu Su received a secret letter from the Xuzhou intelligence department, saying that Cao Cao had attacked Nanyang for a long time, and Nanyang was expected to be unable to hold it for a long time, so he wanted to take refuge with the princes who were willing to accept it at this time.

Zhang Xiu has always wanted to take refuge in Cao Cao, but he killed his son, and Cao Cao also played with his sister-in-law, this contradiction is here, and Cao Cao is impossible to accommodate himself. Looking at the world, if you don't take refuge in the imperial court, you can only take refuge in Yuan Shao in the north. But Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, there are too many people who take refuge in him, and they run to seek refuge in others, and they will not reuse themselves at all. Moreover, Yuan Shao has famous generals in Hebei such as Yan Liangwen Chou, and he also has Hebei Siting Zhu, and he is also a petty official like a sesame grain when he runs over.

So Zhang Xiu wanted to take refuge in Yuan Shu, who was king in the south, but Jia Xu said that Yuan Shu could not achieve great things. Take refuge in Liu Biao, Liu Biao let himself be stationed in Nanyang, and Liu Biao used himself as a gun. Under Jia Xu's analysis of the world, there is also a young descendant who can compete for the world at this time, that is, Tao Ying, the young lord who can still occupy Xuzhou under the siege of Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu.

And Tao Ying is also recruiting, and after Liu Ye went, he soon became his right-hand man. Liu Xun went to vote and also served as the main Liang Guo. Jia Xu sent people to Xuzhou to investigate, and the spies followed the river all the way to Pengcheng. Seeing the tall city wall of Pengcheng, the city wall is full of cannons, and Pengcheng merchants are everywhere, there are all kinds of things sold, there are all kinds of schools, all kinds of inventions, at this time Pengcheng is prosperous as Luoyang in the past.

Zhang Xiu was afraid that Tao Ying would not dare to take him in, after all, he was the one who offended Cao Cao. But Jia Xu said that Tao Ying had defeated Cao Cao many times, and presumably Cao Cao did not dare to offend Tao Ying because of himself. Hearing that Jia Xu intended to take refuge, the Xuzhou spies stationed in Nanyang contacted Jia Xu through various channels and said that they could contact Tao Ying to discuss their refuge. So, Lu Su, the big diplomat, went straight to Nanyang with the gifts.

Wancheng, Nanyang County, Lu Su arrived at Taishou Mansion with congratulatory gifts. He had already visited Jia Xu in advance, and Lu Su gave Jia Xu an extremely valuable night pearl, and then promised him that if he took refuge in Xuzhou, Tao Ying would give him the treatment second only to the state pastor. At present, Xuzhou is short of a military chief, and Tao Ying, the military minister, has said many times that if he can win over Jia Xu, he will give him this position.

Jia Xu is a politician, and politicians must think about their own future. For example, in history, he took refuge in Cao Cao, and then was finally promoted to marquis. Now although Emperor Han is not in his hands, he still knows about Tao Ying's dormant period. In the future, Tao Ying's future is unlimited, especially now that the Han family is declining, the young Tao Ying will definitely be more powerful in the future, although he will grow older, maybe he will be able to become the Ninth Five-Year Emperor one day, and he will be the descendant of Mengyin, the founder of the country.

After Jia Xu accepted Lu Su's suggestion, he brought Lu Su to meet Zhang Xiu the next day. Zhang Xiu is the son of Zhang Ji, he commanded nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, defeated Cao Cao's attacks several times, and he himself was also a one-yuan general.

In the Taishou Mansion, Lu Su offered gifts. Slowly a box of gold and silver, Zhang Xiu accepted the gift and asked Lu Sutao how he knew that he wanted to take refuge. Lu Su told Zhang Xiu about his intelligence network all over the states, and then analyzed the general situation of the world with him. Now Xuzhou is full of talents, and will be able to achieve great achievements in the future, and Zhang Xiu will be the founder of the country.

With Jia Xu's help, Lu Su explained Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu to go back to Xuzhou with Lu Su to talk about the like-minded thing, and see what official position Tao Ying would give him. In December 197, winter arrived, and the whole world was quiet again.

Lu Su rushed back to Xuzhou with Jia Xu, which Tao Ying did not expect. Hearing that Jia Xu was coming, Tao Ying was excited and didn't sleep well for two days. Tao Ying had never greeted anyone like this, riding a war horse, under the escort of Zhou Tai, Tao Ying rushed to the border of Liang to welcome Jia Xu's arrival.

On the border of Liang State, Liu Xun, the commander of the army, led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed on the border, and Zhou Tai led 200 personal soldiers to guard Tao Ying's side. When Jia Xu rushed to the border, Lu Su pointed to the front and said to Jia Xu: "The front is the territory of Xuzhou, I have already sent someone to report to the lord in advance, presumably General Liu Xun is already waiting for us in Liang State!" ”

When he arrived at the border, looking at the soldiers and horses stationed in the distance, Jia Xu was startled, and thought what Liu Xun wanted to do!

But when he got closer, Lu Su suddenly found that a white war horse in the snow was holding a young general in a red robe, so familiar, seeing that it was actually his lord, Lu Su's eyes suddenly moistened.

The woman is a confidant, and the man is a confidant. Lu Su pointed to the young general led by the front and said to Jia Xu: "Sir, my father-in-law has personally come to greet Mr." ”

Looking at the camp in the distance, I don't know how many days I have been stationed in the heavy snow, the cold wind is blowing suddenly, but Tao Ying is waiting persistently, it seems that he has been waiting here for more than a day. Jia Xu burst into tears immediately, he would never believe that Tao Ying would greet such a lowly person as him like this!

Jumping off the horse, Jia Xu walked on foot, seeing a few people coming in front, Tao Ying hurriedly led the soldiers and horses to this side, when he saw Jia Xu, Jia Xu hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "How can He De dare to let the state pastor welcome him like this!" ”

Tao Ying jumped off the horse, went up to help Jia Xu up, and looked at Jia Xu, who was in his forties, this great strategist who didn't know how many people he had been loyal to, he had great wisdom, but how could he not be born at the right time, leaving a trace of silver hair on his sideburns.

Chapter 3 Chapter 243 Jia Xu Comes to Surrender

In the north where snowflakes were raging, Tao Ying helped Jia Xu up, drained the snowflakes on Jia Xu's body, and then put the cloak on his body on Jia Xu, and then said to Jia Xu: "Mr. came the same way and worked hard!" ”

Jia Xu was even more moved, he had taken refuge in so many lords, but no one had ever attached so much importance to him. No one has ever traveled hundreds of miles to meet him, or in the snowy winter. What's more, this person is still so young as his own child!

Tao Ying took Jia Xu's arm and walked towards the carriage, and with the other hand, he held Lu Su's hand next to him, implying that they were his right-hand men! Lu Su lowered his head and said beside him: "Su sent an envoy to Yanzhou, failed to complete the task, please punish the lord!" ”

After Lu Su finished speaking, he knelt on one knee on the ground, Tao deserved Jia Xu, who even Cao Cao was afraid of, and his heart was full of joy, I heard that Lu Su just didn't complete a small task, so he stepped forward to help Lu Su and said: "Please get up, Zi Jing invited Mr. for me, this merit is greater than my one, ten Yu Zhang!" ”

Jia Xu, in the Three Kingdoms, Tao Ying likes him alone. He is known as the poisoner, and although he has done many bad things for his master, it has to be said that as a counselor, he is the most successful! Among the many wise men in the Three Kingdoms era, Zhuge Liang had the loss of answering, Zhou Yu had the loss of Jing Xiang, and Sima Yi also had the difficulty of the upper valley, but only Jia Xu used a plan, and there was no mistake!

Jia Xu is extremely calm and calm in the face of things, and his typical example is to win with my plan, and defeat without my plan! And he is not a foolish and loyal person, a straw-bale lord like Li Dao can hold the Han Emperor hostage and fight Lu Bu with the assistance of Jia Xu. Later, he continued to advise witches and not reward generals. To the person who kept talking, Jia Xu abandoned him and followed Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu obeyed him, so he defeated Cao Cao many times.

Cao Cao once saw Jia Xu, and when he saw him, he wanted to stay by his side. But Jia Xu said: "The lord obeys me, and he can't bear to rebel!" "Not at all like Hua Xin, Hua Xin sent an envoy to Yanzhou on behalf of Sun Quan, Cao Cao left him, and he surrendered.

After getting Jia Xu, Tao Ying set up a banquet in Liang to entertain him, and gave Lu Su a great credit. During his time in the Liang State, the Liang State recovered in an orderly manner under the governance of the trusted Prime Minister. Jianghuai was plundered by Lü Bu, and the people fled to the Liang State, so the Liang State had a larger population, and the soldiers of the military commander Liu Xun reclaimed the land, so the Liang State of the Great Plains gradually changed its appearance. After Tao Ying also rewarded the state minister of Liang and the military governor Liu Xun, he led Jia Xu and Lu Su towards Pengcheng.

Pengcheng, Tao Ying has already arranged a quiet mansion for Jia Xu. Considering that he was a literati, Tao Ying even placed his mansion next to the Jixian Palace. Jixian Hall has collected books from all over the world for three years, and there are many famous works by teachers and students in various schools in recent years, so Jia Xu must be comfortable to live in.

After Jia Xu arrived in Xuzhou, Tao Yingguo appointed him as the Minister of the Military Department, and his salary also topped Xuzhou. The two most important departments in Xuzhou are the Ministry of Government Affairs and the Ministry of Military. The Ministry of Government Affairs is in charge of all government affairs in Xuzhou, and is in charge of the promotion and appointment of officials. The military department, on the other hand, is in charge of all military-related matters and is the boss of the army.

After Jia Xu returned, Tao Ying felt more and more powerful. At least now some people have begun to take refuge in themselves, and if they are not strong and cannot attract talents, they will definitely not be willing to surrender to themselves.

After Jia Xu settled in Xuzhou, he wanted Tao Ying to embroider an official for his old ideas. Tao Ying asked Liu Ye how to give Liu Xiu an official position, Liu Ye thought for a while and said: "Lord, it is better to show Zhang Xiu as Nanyang Taishou to lead Wancheng." When the time comes, the lord will send another strategist to cooperate with Zhang Xiu to garrison Wancheng, give priority to the development of Nanyang, and he will definitely be able to defend it! ”

Tao Ying nodded, so he appointed Zhang Xiu as the Nanyang Taishou Leader Wanchenghou. Then he sent troops to transport ten artillery pieces from the river to Zhang Xiu, and another two hundred bombs to him. In order to allow Nanyang to quickly build its own arsenal, and then develop it by itself. Tao Yingthen transferred people and horses to set up an artillery school in Nanyang, and then set up an artillery manufacturing factory in Nanyang. Then he set up a cold weapon manufacturing plant in Nanyang, and other most developed industrial factories in Xuzhou.

After these were transferred from Xuzhou, Tao Ying was afraid that Zhang Xiu would not be able to stand Nanyang alone, so he sent Jia Xu to temporarily relocate the general headquarters to Nanyang, where he worked and assisted in the defense of Nanyang County by the way. After getting Nanyang County, Tao Ying was even more happy, and now his territory has increased from only one county in Pengcheng Country to nine counties in just three years, including Xiapi County, Guangling County, Suzhou County, Donghai County, Peiguo, Liang County, Shanyang County, and Nanyang County.

He is only 25 years old now, but he sits on the land of nine counties, which is second only to Yuan Shu in his heyday in the south! What's more, his subordinates include Zhang Zhao, Bu Qi, Kong Rong, Chen Deng and his sons, Quan Rou and Sun Shao, etc., who have served as officials in the imperial court, or are themselves famous people who are experts in governing the country.

There are fierce generals such as Yu Ban, Zang Ba, Zhao Yun, Cao Chun, Li Dian, Gan Ning, Han Dang, Tai Shici and so on! How can these be compared to Yuan Shu? And he is a resourceful person Jia Xu, Liu Ye, Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jin and others, and now he has good equipment, and then after he puts Xuzhou's economy up, it is Yuan Shao in the north who will fight him, and he is not afraid of him!

So when Jia Xu left, Tao Ying wrote to Yanzhou to ask for Zhang Xiu's official, deliberately angering Cao Cao. It is said that when the envoy came to Xudu again, Cao Cao heard that the envoy was coming again, and thought that Tao Ying had compromised and ran to beg him to be named Yuzhang Taishou! But he didn't want the envoy to ask Emperor Xian to seal Zhang Xiu as Nanyang Taishou Lingwancheng! Hearing the news, Cao Cao's head exploded! felt that he attacked Zhang Xiu twice and lost his soldiers, but in the end he made a wedding dress for Tao Ying, and Tao Ying didn't do anything, and he collected the power of the fisherman!

Under this anger, Cao Cao's head exploded! After a burst of pain, my head hurts! After the messenger delivered the letter, he waited in the post house, and waited for half a month without news, and the messenger went to ask again, only to know that Cao Cao was angry, where was he still in the mood to care about the messenger's affairs? So the envoy could only hurry up and run back to Xuzhou before Cao Cao could kill him.

Tao Ying suddenly found that he seemed to be far less atmospheric than Sun Ce. Thinking that Sun Ce captured Wu County and Guangling at the beginning, he went to Xu Duguan, but Cao Cao did not allow it, and Sun Ce had to lead troops to fight him. And he asked Cao Cao to ask for an official, but Cao Cao didn't give it, so he was angry with him.

After the envoy returned from Yanzhou, he reported to Tao Ying, Tao Ying hurriedly asked Liu Ye how to be good, Liu Ye said that Cao Cao was embattled at this time, and he would definitely win over Lu Bu to continue to besiege him, so it was better to train his men and horses quickly, and then prepare to meet the Cao Lu coalition army again.

Chapter 4, Chapter 244: The Siege of Yuzhang

In winter, the factories in the north are still in full swing to build all kinds of weapons. In order to prevent Lü Bu from moving south, Tao Ying, at Liu Ye's suggestion, began to accumulate grain and grass, and then transported it to various cities on the border by water. In the autumn harvest of 197, Xuzhou also caused a drought, and Huainan was even worse. However, fortunately, Xuzhou actively built water conservancy when Chen Deng was there, so when the drought came, the people had water to irrigate the fertile land, and the famine was not so serious.

The year 197 was the most nervous time for Yuan Shu. There was a great drought in Huainan, and some officials asked Yuan Shu to open a warehouse and release grain, but Yuan Shu angrily reprimanded the officials, and more and more people began to dislike Yuan Shu, and more and more people began to flee to other places. In addition, the loss of the land of Danyang in the south, as well as the defeat of the Yangtze River water battle, made Yuan Shu's vitality even more damaged.

Yuan Shu got up early and extorted a lot of grain, so he only cared about Shouchun, but didn't care about anything else. But Tao Ying is different, the Ministry of Government recruits soldiers in the border areas to tuntian, anyway, there are a lot of wasteland in the border areas, and then recruit strong men as soldiers, and their families can get the hukou of the military hoarding land where they are located. Once they have a hukou, they will be able to get a share of the land, and the military farm will also distribute their necessary subsistence food and autumn grain, but they will return it at a certain interest rate in the following year.

In this way, the common people can not only survive, but also enrich the population of the frontier, and they can get more grain and grass in the coming year, and the military farms will be taxed every year in the future. If you don't ask about the homeless, they will form groups of three or five, and then they will fall into the grass on the mountain, and then there will be chaos everywhere!

The place where the south meets Huainan is constantly absorbing Yuan Shu's men and horses, while Tao Ying in the north is busy transporting grain. First of all, the grain and grass of the southern Xiapi State were hoarded in the Xiapi City Grain Depot and the Pengcheng State Grain Depot, which were all military rations to ensure the safety of the state administration and could not be moved at will. The second is to transport the grain and grass from Tokai County to the cities along the border.