When Liu Cun and a group of henchmen and strategists were confirming their plans day and night for the huge economic aggression plan, the princes from all walks of life were not idle, and they were all in full swing to strengthen their own strength and break the current deadlock.

In mid-March, under the painstaking management of Cao Cao, the more than 400,000 acres of land that had been restored in Dongjun grew green crops, and thousands of ragged and skinny people in Dongjun were at peace, and their desolate and numb eyes gradually radiated the light of hope.

In late March, Yuan Shao, unable to establish a puppet emperor to compete with Dong Zhuo, resolutely appointed Sun Jian as the assassin of Yuzhou in the name of seeking the leader of the Dong coalition army, replacing Kong Ling, who had been hacked to death by the rebel army in the battle to conquer the Yellow Turbans in southern Henan, and sent his henchman Feng Ji to Luyang (now Lushan County, Henan) to persuade his brother Yuan Shu to restore the supply of grain and grass to Sun Jian's army, and try his best to appease the resentful Sun Jian.

Sun Jian obtained the throne of Yuzhou Thorn History and enough grain and grass, and when he was satisfied, he never mentioned any previous unpleasantness, and happily entrusted Feng Ji to tell Yuan Shao:

Waiting for news at any time, he will complete the war preparations within a month, and send troops to attack Dong Thief's Xiliang Army again, hoping that the alliance leader Yuan Shao will lead the North Road Army to contain Dong Thief's troops hoarded in Luoyang.

Sun Jian is a man who does what he says, sent away Feng Ji, and immediately sent his general Han Dang to lead 2,000 elites to escort a lot of horseshoe gold, silver nuggets, copper, pig iron and more than 90,000,000 50,000 baht coins looted from various counties and counties in the past year, and went to Xiapi to contact the Mijia Commercial Bank and the Xuzhou General Account of the Langya Chamber of Commerce, and purchased 2,000 war horses, 3,000 sets of Langya cavalry armor, 20,000 Langya horizontal knives and 500,000 sharp arrows and other military supplies.

Liu Cun, who received the urgent report from Xuzhou, was impressed by Sun Jian's tenacity and tenacity, and it was also a critical time for Qingzhou to urgently need funds to stimulate domestic demand and promote employment. Liu Cun did not hesitate to order the Quartermaster Department to meet Sun Jian's request as quickly as possible, and the horses were not enough to be transferred from the Chengyang County garrison first.

Only six days. The Quartermaster Bureau of the Zhendong General's Mansion gathered the horses and ordnance needed by Sun Jian from the Xiaozhushan Horse Farm and the two arsenals of Zhushan and Dongwu, and brought ten sets of armor of the Langya Army Captain and two precious hundred refining long knives that Liu Cun gave to Sun Jian. and hurriedly sent down Pi to Han Dang.

On 20 April, Yuan Shao dispatched 30,000 officers and soldiers as promised to Heyangjin on the north bank of the Yellow River north of Luoyang, and mobilized more than 100 large and small wooden boats to assemble at the Heyangjin Ferry.

The large-scale mobilization of Yuan Shao's Northern Route Army immediately aroused the great attention of Dong Zhuo and the generals of the Xiliang Army, and saw that the indomitable Sun Jian once again gathered an army of 30,000. Slowly approaching Taigu (present-day west of Linru County, Henan) on the southern front, Dong Zhuo immediately responded positively, urgently dispatching Li Dao, who was stationed at Hangu Pass, to lead his troops to reinforcements, determined to defeat Sun Jian's stubborn enemy in one fell swoop.

Dong Zhuo's henchman Li Ru was very good, and he keenly found that Sun Jian was very cautious this time, and the 30,000 soldiers were divided into three armies, the front, the middle and the rear, step by step, advancing alternately, and Yuan Shu personally led 20,000 troops to follow slowly. Guarding the flanks and backs of Sun Jian's troops, they were obviously worried about being attacked by the Xiliang army, which had a geographical advantage.

After Li Ru repeatedly calculated, he immediately suggested to Dong Zhuo:

On the southern front, Lü Bu, Hu Zhen, and Hua Xiong continued to exert pressure on Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, frequently sending small units to feign suspicions. Try his best to delay the march of Sun Jian's troops, and at the same time, send 10,000 defenders of Luoyang to carry 20,000 people to quickly go north. made a forced crossing of the river to meet Yuan Shao, and secretly ordered the 15,000 soldiers of Li Dao who were driving not to enter Luoyang. Taking advantage of the night, he turned to the south bank of the Yellow River in the northeast and went around behind the 10,000 sailors of Jizhou in the Mengjin River section. As long as the 10,000 Jizhou naval army is annihilated, it will definitely be able to form a major deterrent to Yuan Shao's Northern Route Army, so that he can safely concentrate his forces and annihilate Sun Jian's troops on the South Road.

Dong Zhuo gladly adopted Li Ru's suggestion, and in the afternoon he personally led 15,000 officers and soldiers, enveloping more than 20,000 people, and marched northward, and Zhao Fu, the general engaged in Jizhou, and Admiral Cheng Lian received an urgent report, and immediately ordered all the fleets to lean towards the north bank of the Mengjin River, set up the strong crossbows and more than 4,000 crossbows on the ship, and waited for the battle, and made up his mind to block Dong Zhuo's army on the south bank of the Mengjin River, which was more than 100 steps wide.

Seeing this, Dong Zhuo unhurriedly ordered to set up camp and sent an envoy to issue a war letter to the Jizhou army, agreeing to fight to the death tomorrow.

Zhao Fu and Cheng Jian were both confused, and urgently reported to Yuan Shao, who went to Yangjin, north of the Yellow River to inspect the army, and at the same time ordered his 5,000 officers and soldiers to carry all the strong crossbows on the ship to the north bank, and urgently build a defensive position along the river for four miles on the north bank, shouting the slogan of burying the army of Dong thieves in the Mengjin River.

As soon as the sky was bright, the 10,000 Jizhou sailors who were tired for most of the night had not yet woken up, Li Dao led 15,000 cavalry to suddenly kill from behind, and Dong Zhuo personally led 10,000 crossbowmen to rush to the south bank, ignited rockets, and launched intensive shooting at the panicked Jizhou army fleet.

There is no suspense in the two-sided battle.

In less than half an hour, more than 10,000 Jizhou naval troops were annihilated, and Zhao Fu and General Cheng Lian desperately snatched a burning boat under the protection of more than ten personal guards, and rushed downstream like a rain of arrows like flying locusts, and finally only Zhao Fu and Cheng Lian and other seven soldiers escaped.

Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard the news, and strictly ordered not to spread the news of the annihilation of the Jizhou naval army, and strictly guarded the ferries on the north bank of the Yellow River.

The battle process of the Mengjin River section soon reached Liu Cun, and Liu Cun and his henchmen agreed after discussion:

The morale of the Yuan Shao North Road Army, which had suffered heavy losses twice, had plummeted, and it would definitely be unbearable to fight again in the short term, let alone dare to send troops across the south bank of the Yellow River.

Liu Chu went to Pingyuan County to inspect and meet with Tai Shici, deputy marshal of the Qingzhou Army, Fu Min and Zhang He, deputy commanders of the Navy, Sima Ju, commander of the Bohai Fleet, and Guan Cheng, the commander of the Bohai Fleet, to inspect the water and land defense.

Due to the deteriorating economic situation in the surrounding states, the loss of harvest in a large area of land has led to a sharp contraction in commerce and trade, and there is no possibility of recovery within three years, forcing Qingzhou, which has just entered a period of rapid economic development, to make two very risky decisions:

First, speed up shipbuilding, increase the volume of trade between Qingzhou and Liaodong, Baekje, and Yamatai, and order the two fleets of the navy in the Bohai Sea and the East China Sea to assist the Langya Chamber of Commerce and the Mijia Commercial Bank to make every effort to open up the trade markets in the Jiangdong region, Jian'ou (now Fujian and north of Chaoshan), Nanhai County, Hepu County, Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County, and Ninan County in Jiaozhou, and sell as many commodities as possible such as silk cloth, ceramic utensils, advanced agricultural tools, and export-oriented weapons and equipment produced in Qingzhou, in exchange for grain, rare wood, and other commodities urgently needed in Qingzhou. Jade pearls, scarce raw materials, high-yield crop seeds, gold, silver, copper and iron, in order to maintain the speed of industrial and commercial development in Qingzhou, ensure employment and the living standards of the whole people, and then stimulate major workshops to improve technology, gradually form a complete set of mature industrial standards and expand the scale of industry and commerce.

Second, through continuous investment in infrastructure construction, the implementation of the forced cash-for-work strategy, improve the traffic situation in Qingzhou, stimulate the production of steel, coking coal, cloth, cement and building materials in Qingzhou and Xuzhou Donghai County, and mine mining, solve the problem of feeding hundreds of thousands of disaster victims, and then promote the gradual advancement of currency reform.

The second major measure will be implemented over a five-year period, with a total budget investment of up to 8 billion yuan, which is almost equal to Qingzhou's total tax revenue for two and a half years.

This ambitious plan has both clear overall goals and subdivided milestones, with the two largest investments being the following:

On the basis of the existing official road, it will take five years to expand and reconstruct the 2,000-mile Chi Road, forming a horizontal and two vertical traffic arteries running through Qingzhou.

Second, on the basis of the existing construction of Jinan New Town, another 2 billion yuan will be invested to build Jinan New Town and the surrounding counties into the economic, trade, educational, cultural and political centers of the five northern states.

Under the impetus of such a major decision, the construction of Jinan City not only did not stop due to the sharp economic situation of the Han Dynasty, but increased the labor force by nearly two times, and the scale of construction expanded exponentially compared to before the economic decline of the Han Dynasty.

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