Chapter 235: Liaodong Vassals

After Cheng Gongying went back, there was no news, it was obvious that Han Sui was not willing to give up grain and grass, such a result Zhang Xiang was not surprised at all, how could a force poorer than himself have so much grain and grass.

Even if there are ordinary forces, they will not be reluctant, the army consumes a lot of food and grass, and every battle needs a lot of resources to do the foundation, Zhang Xiang will not force it, Zhang Xiang thinks very clearly, it is better to rest and recuperate first!

When the grain is harvested, it is not too late to unite in Dare Han Sui at that time, or it should be said to be used, Zhang Xiang's decision, God also gave him a good omen, that is, it rained lightly.

The spring rain is as expensive as oil, Zhang Xiang can already imagine this year's bumper harvest, Zhang Xiang will not start the idea of mobilizing troops, Zhang Xiang only carried out military camps in Yanmen County, and Zhang Xiang in other counties and counties also has no time to take care of other things.

Now that he is leisurely, Zhang Xiang is also going to move the land, and there is a lot of wasteland in the state, and the output of grain is not large, so Zhang Xiang simply sent a large army to open up the wasteland, and there are very few people who will not farm in this era.

Most of the soldiers are from poor backgrounds, so it is not a problem to open up a wasteland, it doesn't matter if the grain output is small, it is better than nothing, Zhang Xiang chose to accumulate fertilizer and fertilize in order to have a larger output.

Therefore, there are public latrines in various parts of the state, in order to collect fertilizer, the land will naturally produce some wild trees or weeds, Zhang Xiang vaguely remembers that the grass ash seems to be able to be used as fertilizer.

Zhang Xiang felt that it would not hurt to give it a try, and the plant ash was not a bad thing, so Zhang Xiang ordered the soldiers to let them mix the manure and plant ash together for fertilization, but the state was too big.

Juntun alone is far from enough, Zhang Xiang can only choose Mintun, Mintun has always been something Zhang Xiang does not dare to touch, which will cause dissatisfaction among some local forces, but since it is to be rectified, Zhang Xiang will not be polite.

It's hard to get it all over, so Zhang Xiang still decided to implement Mintun, which is very beneficial to the people and is naturally very popular among the people.

In the first year, Zhang Xiang could get seventy percent of the grain, but in the second year, the people only needed to take out fifty percent of the income, and the people's preference for land has been a long time.

Therefore, the implementation of Mintun is very smooth, naturally there are some rich families who carry out Mintun, their demand is greater, they need a lot of land, they are willing to Tuntian, Zhang Xiang will not come forward to oppose it.

Of course, there are restrictions, otherwise the common people will not be enough, Zhang Xiang is in full swing to engage in land, and Cao Cao is also building a palace, after all, Liu Xie can't live in an ordinary place.

Xuchang is the place where Cao Cao built the palace, Cao Cao felt that this kind of money could not be saved, otherwise no one would take the little emperor seriously, and in that case, there would be no point in robbing the little emperor by himself.

Cao Cao actually regretted it a little, not only the little emperor, but also the needs of hundreds of officials, these are all money, Cao Cao is not as big as Yuan Shao's family, Cao Cao had no choice but to set his sights on the tomb.

This is also the origin of the Captain of the Golden School, Yanzhou is located near the Central Plains, so there are many large tombs, here is not as desolate as those places, Cao Cao handed over the tomb robbery to Cao Hong.

Cao Hong is a problem, that is, he loves money, but it is a gentleman who loves money in a good way, either his money is greedy, Cao Hong will not touch it, so Cao Cao handed over this matter to him.

is also out of understanding and trust in Cao Hong, maybe Cao Hong was born to do this, so the cause of tomb robbery is very fast, and his luck is also good, and he dug several large tombs as soon as he made a move.

relieved some of Cao Cao's financial pressure, and Cao Hong became more and more bold and set his sights on Jizhou, but Cao Hong didn't know that Jizhou was also the main activity place of Yeshan and others.

After Cao Cao tasted the sweetness, he attached great importance to tomb robbing, so he transferred some elite soldiers from the army, but Yeshan's side was different, Zhang Xiang was not so keen on tomb robbing.

Zhang Xiang felt that tomb robbery was a trail after all, and it was a last resort to develop it in the early days, and this kind of meal could not be eaten all the time, so the personnel on Yeshan's side were recruited by Yeshan alone.

Zhang Xiang is only responsible for paying, but the wool is also from the sheep, and the money is also from those tombs, but Yeshan doesn't care about this, Yeshan's faction has a rule.

Their ancestors felt that tomb robbing was a matter of harming heaven and peace, and they had to have enough luck to suppress it, so they chose to live dependent on others.

Ye Sheng just didn't want to rely on others to defect, Ye Shan insisted on sticking to the ancestral training and felt that it was natural to help Zhang Xiang dig the tomb, but Ye Shan's manpower was really worse than Cao Hong's.

Cao Hong's manpower poured into Jizhou, Yeshan's side suffered, Cao Hong's manpower was all sergeants, and his hands were very hard, Yeshan's side lost a lot of manpower, and Yeshan also realized that these didn't seem to be ordinary tomb robbers.

Ye Shan found Zheng Gang and asked him to investigate, Zheng Gang and Ye Shan have known each other for a long time, and Ye Shan rarely speaks, so Zheng Gang also ordered someone to check it, and Zheng Gang will not be said that he uses public weapons for private purposes.

Ye Shan is also helping Zhang Xiang do things, and the family doesn't have two family affairs, but this investigation doesn't matter, Zheng Gang found that this group of people should be from the army, and then Zheng Gang followed the vine and touched a Cao Hong's general.

This matter has begun to get out of Zheng Gang's control, so Zheng Gang found Zhang Xiang, "Lord, there have been some conflicts between Yeshan's manpower and Cao Cao's manpower, are we withdrawing from Jizhou." ”

What Ye Shan is doing Zhang Xiang knows very well, "It seems that Ye Shan met Cao Cao's Captain Touching Jin, there is no need to quit, the underground things have those who are capable, and it depends on who is good at eating." ”

This kind of thing is being done in concealment on both sides, Zhang Xiang knows that even if he asks Cao Cao in person, Cao Cao will not admit it, this kind of thing digging graves is too harmful to reputation, Zhang Xiang sent additional people to Ye Shan.

It's not easy to transfer soldiers from the army in wartime, Zhang Xiang doesn't pay attention to tomb robbing, but it doesn't mean that he has to give up, Zhang Xiang can ignore other places, but Zhang Xiang will not give up on the land of Jizhou.

Zhang Xiang even sent the slave to Ye Shan, which made Zhang Xiang feel distressed for a long time, he got the slave from Zhang Ning, but it took a lot of effort, and now it was cheaper for Ye Shan.

The manpower on Yeshan's side has increased, and the strength has increased several times, not to mention that there is also a fierce general like a slave, and with the intelligence support of Zheng Gang, Cao Hong's captain Touching Jin has also suffered.

This is also the first time Cao Hong has suffered a loss, Cao Hong is a general in the army, and he is used to planning and then acting, so he sent someone out to investigate, Zhang Xiang did not think about deliberately concealing it, but showed some traces that could be traced.

Cao Hong also found out that it was Zhang Xiang's manpower, and Cao Hong made the same choice as Zheng Gang and found Cao Cao, "The lord touched Captain Jin's side and had a conflict with Zhang Xiang's manpower in Jizhou, and Zhang Xiang was also doing that kind of thing." ”

Cao Cao: "I knew that my brother wouldn't stop, okay, quit Jizhou!" There are many tombs, and there is no need to conflict with Zhang Xiang. In fact, Cao Hong also thinks so, and he has a good impression of Zhang Xiang.

Captain Jin withdrew from Jizhou, which also made Zhang Xiang worry on his side, Cao Cao made Zhang Xiang worry about it, but Yuan Shao jumped out here, and Yuan Shao was a little nervous after spring.

The eyes have been placed on Bingzhou, in the secret assembly of personnel, this news was also inadvertently discovered during the battle between Ye Shan and Captain Touching, Zhang Xiang had already guessed when Yuan Shao would make a move.

should coincide with what he thought, and do it after the autumn harvest, Zhang Xiang himself knows very well that as long as he gets Yongzhou, Yuan Shao will give up attacking and merging the state, but now it seems that Yuan Shao will not give himself a chance.

So Zhang Xiang can only create opportunities by himself, Zhang Xiang originally planned for Yu Zeng to do it later, but now it seems that it will be advanced, in recent years, Yu Zeng has developed well outside the Saiwai, and many Hu people have gathered around him.

Last year, Blizzard Yu Zeng also lost a lot here, and after the spring, Yu Zeng wanted to loot Youzhou, and was finally held back by Zhang Xiang, and now it seems that it is time for Yu Zeng to be released.

With Yu Zeng's strength, he couldn't support it for long in Youzhou, and now it seems that he wants to help, at least until he takes Yongzhou, Yu Zeng received Zhang Xiang's order and immediately sent troops to Youzhou.

The current Yu Zeng is no different from the Hu people in appearance, and the current Yu Zeng's subordinates are almost all Hu people, and most of the previous Han people are dead, so Yu Zeng has also changed with the times.

Yu Zeng plundered Yongzhou, the terrain was very familiar, and it happened to catch Yuan Jun off guard, and not only that, Zhang Xiang suddenly mobilized heavy troops to camp in Yuyang County, and Yuan Jun was also nervous.

Yuan Jun will not forget the last big battle, and they have learned the raid of Bingzhou, Youzhou has ten counties and one subject country, which is equivalent to eleven counties, and Zhang Xiang got the westernmost three counties.

Yuan Shao didn't want to lose other counties, so he could only send heavy troops to defend, and both sides had no capital to start a war, the reason was the same grain and grass, Yuan Shao annexed Qingzhou last year, and Qingzhou had no grain and Youzhou had no harvest, which meant that Yuan Shao wanted one state to raise three states.

If it weren't for the rich Yuan family in Jizhou, it would be very difficult to pass this level, since Zhang Xiang wants to move Youzhou, he can't just let Yu Zeng make a move, Zhang Xiang's best trick is to attack from afar.

A subject country of Youzhou refers to the Liaodong country, and the ancient Liaodong country is now the northeast, where the black soil is very disaster-resistant, and it seems to be able to squeeze out oil when you grasp it, which is very fertile.

Therefore, last year, the overlord of Liaodong Kingdom, Gongsun Du, did not lose much, Liaodong Kingdom came out of the east of Youzhou, cultivated business over the years, and did not experience any wars, so Gongsun Du had a lot of soldiers and horses.

What makes Zhang Xiang a pity is that Gongsun Du has nothing to do with Gongsun Zhan, otherwise without Zhang Xiang's action, Gongsun Du will make his own move, but Zhang Xiang is very confident that Gongsun Du is willing to make a move.

Liaodong has six counties under its jurisdiction: Changli, Fuli, Bintu, Tuhe, Fangxian, and Danger, but it has raised an army of 30,000, and Gongsun Du has a good relationship with the Hu people outside the Saiwai, and often makes some acts of support.

If it weren't for the black soil, Gongsun Du would have been eaten poor by the soldiers, and the Central Plains was constantly in turmoil, and more people poured into Liaodong, and Liaodong had fallen into the problem of population expansion.

So Gongsun Du urgently needed a war to consume some of the population, and Bao Lei's father Bao Hai also came to Bingzhou a year ago, of course, it was sent by Bahu, and Monza also saw Bahu.

Monza did not pursue Bahu, and in the end, the two laughed and avoided enmity, Bao Hai still had some connections in Liaodong, so Zhang Xiang also wanted to take advantage of it, that place in Liaodong was very chaotic.

It's really hard to get in without acquaintances, Zhang Xiang knows very well that Gongsun Du only needs an excuse, but this matter can't be done in the name of Zhang Xiang, only in the name of Yu Zeng, but the name of Yu Zeng is not so big.

Gongsun Du may not give this face, so he must use the relationship of the locals to find Gongsun Du's weaknesses in order to force him to comply, perhaps it was Bao Hai's intention, Gongsun Kang, the son of Gongsun Du, has a virtue with his father.

Causing trouble everywhere in Liaodong, but he is deeply loved by Gongsun Du, and it is also a big weakness of Gongsun Du, after all, tiger poison does not eat children, and Zhang Xiang is not willing to help Bao Hai vent his anger.

So Yu Zeng sent someone to rob Gongsun Kang, but there was a big accident, that is, Yu Zeng's people underestimated Gongsun Kang's strength, and Gongsun Kang was loved by Gongsun Du.

It was because Gongsun Kang had a good martial arts that he was caught in the end, but Gongsun Kang's resistance also made him lose a leg, and in the end his life was saved, but he was lame.

This will Zhang Xiang really give Bao poster revenge, but an incomplete Gongsun Kang is not good to negotiate conditions with Gongsun Du, Gongsun Du is not a person who values family affection, and a waste cannot be used as a bargaining chip.

Zhang Xiang can only let Yu Zeng make a mistake, let Gongsun Du send troops first, and then talk about it, and then he can only see the first move, but there is one thing that must not be seen before Gongsun Du sends troops.

Zhang Xiang also ordered Bao Hai to shut up, Bao Hai was content with everything when he was angry, Bao Hai was afraid that Zhang Xiang would be suspicious, and even stayed at home and didn't come out, Bao Hai was very cooperative Zhang Xiang naturally wouldn't look for trouble.

also sent a maid to take care of his food, clothing, and daily life, and Gongsun Du was also forced to send troops because Gongsun Kang was held hostage, and it was poured out, and there was indeed a reason for reducing the population through this war.

However, paper can't contain the fire, and Gongsun Kang's disability was still known by Gongsun Du, Gongsun Du was furious on the spot, and Yu Zeng was so committed that he kept his promise to send the crippled Gongsun Kang back.

Gongsun Du almost killed the crippled Gongsun Kang, Gongsun Kang was already dead, he knew that everything was over, although Gongsun Du didn't kill him in the end, but Gongsun Kang still couldn't figure it out and committed suicide.

At this time, the Liang Zike between Gongsun Du and Yu Zeng became bigger, and Zhang Xiang was also afraid that Gongsun Du would put down everything and choose to retreat, this kind of thing must not happen, so he could only force him to fight Yuan Shao, since it was no longer good to start from Gongsun Du, so he could only start from Yuan Jun's side. (To be continued.) )