At the turn of summer and autumn, Yuan Shao's 80,000-strong army finally sent the Yellow Turban of Montenegro back to the mountains to the west.

Yuan Shao, who had already regarded Jizhou as his own, ignored the opposition of the strategists under his command, and ordered the forcible requisition of 150,000 people, determined to expand Yecheng with a circumference of ten miles into the first Xiongcheng in Hebei Province with a circumference of ten miles from north to south and six miles from east to west in one year.

To the surprise of the princes of all walks of life, Liu Cun, who had been appointed by the imperial court as the pastor of Jizhou, adopted a tacit attitude towards Yuan Shao's rebellious behavior, neither making remarks criticizing Yuan Shao, nor sending troops to compete with Yuan Shao for Jizhou, but instead transported a large amount of cement by ship to Baimajin Ferry through giant merchants such as the Langya Chamber of Commerce and the Hanoi County Weijia Firm, and sold it to Yuan Shao for the construction of the city.

Yuan Shaogang was also surprised when he heard the news, Qingzhou cement has always been a strategic material tightly controlled by the government at all levels in Qingzhou, except for building cities, bridges and houses, it is rarely used in other places, even if the people of Qingzhou buy it, they need to get the approval of the government and wait in line according to the plan.

For several years, Qingzhou cement has only been sold sporadically by the Langya Chamber of Commerce and the Mijia Commercial Bank, and now it is actually transported to Yuan Shao's land by boat to sell it wantonly.

After thinking about it, Yuan Shao and his civil and military officials still couldn't understand that most people's opinion was that Qingzhou was greedy for money, Liu Cun and his advisers were crazy about money, and no one thought that Liu Cun had the courage to attack him.

Yuan Shao simply stopped thinking about this trivial matter, because Lu Bu, who was beaten out of Chang'an City by the army of Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Yang Feng, suddenly led more than 30,000 men and horses to turn around and go east, crossing the ruins of Luoyang, and quickly occupied seven county towns on the line from Xingyang to Zhongmu.

Lü Bu's command wantonly expelled county officials appointed by Yuan Shao for less than half a year. The landlords in the counties who returned to their hometowns to resume grain production were strong. Brutal looting and killing. Then he was stationed and did not leave.

At the same time, Zhang Ji, another general under Dong Zhuo, took advantage of Yuan Shu's army to attack Yuzhou, and suddenly went out of Wuguan to occupy Nanyang, which was empty of troops.

Yuan Shu lost Nanyang and was furious, but the army was already 300 miles away from Nanyang, and it was still fighting fiercely with the Yellow Turban Army from all walks of life. At this time, if you give up the land of Yuzhou that you currently occupy and return to Nanyang, not only will you not be able to keep most of Yuzhou, but it will also be difficult to recover Nanyang occupied by Zhang Ji's 40,000 troops.

Yuan Shu, who was in a dilemma, could only give up Nanyang and continue to move south to attack all parts of Huainan occupied by the Yellow Turban Army. Yuan Shu's intention is very obvious: to completely occupy the entire Yuzhou and stabilize it, laying a solid foundation for the secession of one side and the Central Plains.

Yuan Shao scolded his brother Yuan Shu for not retaking the wealthy Nanyang, but taking the lead in occupying Yuzhou, and he was afraid that the powerful Lu Bu would have to make an inch, maybe one day he would cross the river to the north. plundered the wealthy Hanoi County, so he urgently recruited Xu You, Feng Ji, Tian Feng, Xin Ping, Xian Pei, Xun Chen, Guo Tu and other henchmen to discuss countermeasures.

Tian Feng, who has an upright personality, took the lead in saying: "Lu Bu is a brave and unscrupulous person. Its 40,000-strong army occupied the line from Xingyang to Zhongmu, and it was difficult to cross the surging Yellow River in a short period of time, attacking the counties of Hanoi recovered by the lord, but it was a greater threat to Yanzhou, which was occupied by Cao Cao. ”

"Yesterday, my subordinates went to Baimajin to inspect the river defense, and I heard from the merchants from Qingzhou that Cao Cao planned to move the Dongjun Governor's Office from Puyang, which is adjacent to Zhongmu, to Zhencheng, which is relatively safer to the east...... It can be seen that Cao Cao was even more afraid of Lu Bu. ”

The strategists echoed in unison, and Feng Ji continued: "My lord, the top priority is not Lu Bu in Henan, but the army of Gongsun Zan that is gradually gathering on the north bank of Yishui, and the more than 100,000 black mountain thieves entrenched in the mountains to the west. If you don't completely eliminate the soldiers and horses that pose the most threat to these two roads, the lord will not be able to occupy Jizhou! ”

"Without Jizhou, there is no foundation for hegemony in the world, why is Yuan Highway willing to give up Nanyang and continue to attack Yuzhou? That's the root cause! ”

The strategists agreed with Feng Ji's point of view very much, and made suggestions to Yuan Shao, imploring Yuan Shao to concentrate his forces and launch an attack on Gongsun Zhan, the biggest threat, before the autumn came, as long as Gongsun Chan was defeated, most of Jizhou would be stabilized, and he would be able to free up his hands and make every effort to eliminate the Black Mountain Yellow Turban entrenched on the side of the couch.

Yuan Tan suddenly said in annoyance: "The most hateful thing is Qingzhou Liu Zijian, who takes advantage of people's danger to make profits...... Bohai County, which we have worked hard to reclaim for two years and has become a granary, was taken by him without much effort, and he also got back the appointment of the Taishou of Bohai County from the hands of the puppet little emperor of Chang'an, making it clear that he wanted to occupy the territory of Jizhou, which is unbearable! ”

When everyone heard this, no one examined whether their own political and military group, which had repeatedly provoked wars and ran counter to the Han court, was legitimate? It seems that Jizhou should have been the Yuan family.

Only Xu You's heart is like a mirror, he has no good impression of Yuan Tan, who is often ashamed of his eyes, but he agrees with Yuan Tan's opinion very much, and deliberately stood up and solemnly bowed his hand to Yuan Shao:

"Lord, my subordinates think that the eldest prince's concern is very reasonable...... Qingzhou Liu Zijian is by no means the kind of short-sighted and partial person, but a high-sighted, able to stretch and bend the hero! ”

Seeing that many people showed disdain for their opinions, Xu You strode into the hall, faced Yuan Shao, and said generously:

"Lord, we have always had a very wrong point of view, thinking that Liu Zijian and Qingzhou civil and military rats are blind, full of copper smell, and think that Qingzhou's new policy is a rebellious move to rob the rich and help the poor, but in fact, it is not the case, it is precisely because Liu Zijian and Qingzhou civil and military get into the eyes of money that there is a new policy of Qingzhou where all industries are thriving, and there is a situation where the people are rich, stable and prosperous, and Qingzhou is becoming stronger and stronger!"

Speaking of this, Xu You turned to Yuan Tan, who was under Yuan Shao: "The eldest prince has a keen eye, in one word!" If you still don't believe it, you might as well take a look at Taishan County and Bohai County, which have been included in Liu Zijian's bag, what are the pros and cons of Liu Zijian's capture of Taishan County, let's not talk about it for the time being, just say that Bohai County, which has been painstakingly operated by Gongzi for two years and then run by Gongsun Fan for one year, is a huge granary! ”

"Four months ago, Bohai County added millions of stone wheat to Liu Zijian's granary, and now the autumn harvest is approaching, and it is millions of tons of grain income! Please think about it, such a Liu Zijian, such a group of Qingzhou civil and military forces, will they be a corner of the rat's eyes? ”

Yuan Shao and everyone came to their senses one after another, Yuan Tan had already clenched his fists, his face was full of anger, and he was eager to immediately send troops to take back the Bohai County that he had worked so hard to build.

Yuan Shao's face changed several times, and finally sighed gloomily: "Thanks to Ziyuan's reminder, otherwise I would really forget Liu Zijian, the tiger who peeped at the side with ill intentions!" ”

"Now that I think about it, every step of Liu Zijian and Qingzhou seems to be rushing to us......"

"In the past few months, Gongsun Zhan has taken out the millions of cattle, sheep and horses that he looted, and kept exchanging them for ordnance and food and cloth in Liu Zijian's hands, and in the end, we have to spend a huge amount of money to buy war horses, cattle and sheep from Liu Zijian, which is really hateful and annoying!"

"A month ago, there was a rumor that the Qingzhou Army was training 5,000 sailors for Gongsun Zhan, and now it seems that it is not groundless......

"Hmph...... Based on all aspects of the situation, Liu Zijian is afraid that I can't wait for me to be killed by Gongsun Zan soon, so that he can become this Jizhou pastor in a grand manner! ”

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PS: In the past few days, the background of the starting point has been unstable, and I can't send a manuscript all the time...... (To be continued......)