"Merge states?" Zhang Yan opened the baggage, and sure enough, there was a gold seal inside, about four inches wide, which was the official seal of the Bingzhou Assassin that Yuan Shao privately asked Xin Ping to give to Wen Yuan.

"Exactly!" Cui Yan nodded and said: "There are only virtuous people in the world, Geng Zhi is incompetent, not the lord of the state, now he leads the army to confront our army and horses in the party, Taiyuan is empty, this sincere God-given opportunity is also for the general!" The general only needs to attack Jinyang with a light army, then Geng Zhi will die, if Geng Zhi is defeated, with the general's military strategy, and the state will be returned to the general! ”

Zhang Yan played with the seal in his hand, wrapped it in its original form, and said with a smile: "I have heard that your lord has broken the kettle pass, swept away the party, and the state army is frightened, why didn't he take the state and give it to me?" ”

Cui Yan said with a smile: "As the old saying goes, people's hearts are not enough, my lord is only a mere guard, and the soldiers are only twenty or thirty thousand, although he has the heart, he can't do it, if my lord has the general's soldiers, sweep away Geng Zhi like a bag and take things, and the state has more than one million households, and the territory is thousands of miles, how can it be so easy to send it to the general?" ”

Zhang Yan's face turned pale, and he sneered: "Hmph! The state is barren, the war has been raging for many years, and the people have not survived, what is the benefit? Your lord wants to put me in the fire! ”

"What a Zhang Yan, who is in Taihang, is really not an idle person!" Cui Yan secretly thought to himself, but there was no trace of panic on his face, since he was willing to propose to join forces with Zhang Yan, there must be a temptation that Zhang Yan could not refuse.

Although the state is broken, there are millions of mouths, especially Taiyuan County, which is quite rich, with more than 300,000 mouths, and now Geng Zhi and the Julu Army refuse to go to the party, Taiyuan is empty, such a big piece of fat is in front of him, Zhang Yan doesn't dare to swallow it, so it can only be said that he is a mediocre man with no ambitions!

But is Zhang Yan right? He can dominate Taihang and run rampant in Hebei and Erzhou, how can he be so unbearable?

Therefore, whether it is occupied or not, Zhang Yan will inevitably send troops to merge the state and then make calculations.

So Cui Yan pretended to be indignant and said: "General Zhang actually said this, which made Yan very disappointed, Gengzhi District 20,000 soldiers and horses are still in possession and annexed to the state, and the general has 100,000 people, but he does not dare to take a step out of Taihang, my family master is not aware of people, and he mistakes the general!" That being the case, Yan is here to leave! With that, he bowed his hand, turned around and was about to leave.

Zhang Yan didn't get angry when she heard Cui Yan despise herself so much, and when she saw that Cui Yan wanted to leave, she got up and said, "Wait!" Mr. doesn't have to be about to do so, this matter is very important, and it needs to be discussed with everyone, how about Mr. stay here for a few days? ”

"In this way, Yan will wait for good news again!" Cui Yan smiled calmly and turned around to leave under the guidance of Wang Dang.

Cui Yan and Zhang Yan had a battle of wits over there, and Shangdang County was also like boiling water, extremely lively.

After occupying Shangdang, Wen Yuan recruited young and strong people in various counties and counties, and for more than a month, Wen Yuan has recruited more than 10,000 young and strong people in various parts of Shangdang, and with the help of Julu Sergeant, more than 200,000 acres of wasteland have been reclaimed.

These young men will soon join the military as auxiliaries, guarding the party with their own strength.

However, after field investigation, Wenyuan found that Bingzhou is mountainous, the land is barren, and the grain output is only half of that of Jizhou.

In the face of this situation, the proportion of Julu's grain handed over is obviously not suitable here, but fortunately, it is only in the stage of land reclamation, and when the wasteland is reclaimed, let Liu Hui come over and distribute land to these people.

However, there are also advantages of being mountainous, Shangdang County is densely forested, and the people plant mulberry and elm fruit trees and raise livestock, although the land is barren, relying on these, the people can barely make up for some livelihood.

After going out for more than a month, Cui Yan came back smoothly, bringing the news that Zhang Yan promised Yu Wenyuan to get married, I believe that at this time, Zhang Yan had already assembled the army and stabbed Geng Zhi from behind!

Sure enough, within a few days, the gossip of Zhang Yan's strategy to merge the state began to circulate among the two armies, and soon reached Wen Yuan's ears.

Geng Zhi was worried when he heard this, and he didn't know if the news was true or false, Tanma suddenly came to report that Changshan Zhang Yan led 50,000 troops to attack the state to govern Jinyang, and all the way to the county and the county looked at the wind and fell, and it was less than 100 miles away from Jinyang! The Jinyang guard will send people to be in a hurry!

Geng Zhi was shocked, and that night he reorganized the soldiers and horses, abandoned Nieyang City and returned to the division to save his nest, Wen Yuan heard that the state soldiers retreated, and the soldiers took Nie County without blood, so Zhang Nan led two thousand giant deer soldiers to stay in Nie County, and the people were on the list.

At this point, Zhang Yan and Geng Zhi no longer put pressure on Wenyuan, and the entire Shangdang was left with only bandits entrenched in various places, as well as more than 10,000 Xiongnu troops in Yufuluo, three counties in the south.

Heard

On the third day of December, the first heavy snow since the beginning of winter finally fell in Bingzhou, and the temperature dropped sharply below freezing.

Helpless, Wen Yuan had to temporarily withdraw from the army and concentrate on building the party's military and political system.

In the past two months, more than 17,000 young and strong auxiliary soldiers have been recruited, and the shortage of 10,000 soldiers in the party will be selected from them, but for the time being, these young and strong soldiers who have not undergone formal training will be incorporated into the auxiliary army.

In terms of land reclamation, more than 300,000 mu of wasteland has been reclaimed, plus more than 400,000 mu of self-owned land reported by military households, which is still a long way from all military households to obtain 100 mu of land.

It's just that today's cold ground is freezing, the land is as hard as iron, and it is covered with a thick layer of ice and snow. The auxiliaries had nothing to do for a while, so Wen Yuan personally led the military training.

Early in the morning, Wen Yuan went out of the county capital, really ran to the military camp outside the city, the cold wind in the field, a white earth, war horses on the sparsely populated road, splashing a little snow from time to time.

What the hell is the weather! Wen Yuan cursed and couldn't help but shrink his neck, the Mingguang armor on his body was as cold as ice, and the slightest touch would chill his bone marrow.

In such weather, there is no way to train troops outdoors, in order to prevent the recruits from slacking off, Wen Yuan can only order Guo Jing to take his propaganda and comfort officials to preach military discipline and righteousness.

"Brothers, you don't know, I think that as soon as our brothers joined the army, those little ladies outside the barracks looked at you like little hens with stretched necks."

As soon as he walked into a military tent in Bingzhou, Wen Yuan saw Guo Jing spitting and giving a speech, with a charcoal basin burning in the middle, and dozens of Bingzhou recruits around him listened with red faces and relish.

As soon as he saw Wen Yuan enter the tent, Guo Jing hurriedly greeted him and said, "Lord? What are you doing here? Dozens of soldiers around him also hurriedly saluted.

Wen Yuan stepped forward and scolded with a smile: "I'll let you preach military discipline, it's good for you, tell me some little roosters, little hens"