In fact, even if the defenders of Tanxian County plus Chen Deng's nearly 20,000 reinforcements, Zhang Qi was confident that he could defeat the enemy. However, if the opponent is focused on defense, the battle may drag on for a while if the difference in strength is not too great. And as soon as the war drags on, it means that the enemy will receive more and more reinforcements.

Others don't mention it, just Cao Cao of Yanzhou will definitely go all out to rescue Xuzhou. Cao Cao's strategic vision is undoubted, and he doesn't need to be reminded by others at all. With Cao Cao's original troops, and counting the Chun Yuqiong troops he had taken in a few months ago, Yanzhou was afraid that he would be able to mobilize more than 20,000 troops at once to come to the rescue of Xuzhou. At that time, Cao Bao, Chen Deng, and Cao Cao, the total number of their troops is only above the arrogance!

Of course, with Li Dao and Xie Xun delaying on the road, Cao Cao still needs to break through layers of attacks if he wants to reach Xuzhou. And taking advantage of this time, as long as Zhang Qiang continues to dispatch troops from the territory, it is definitely not too difficult to dispatch another 20,000 or 30,000 people. However, if we do that, there will be a huge hole in the arrogant finances.

Since the capture of the supposedly wealthy Jizhou, the arrogant financial situation has been very tight. It turned out that the money inherited from Zhang Jiao had already been used up. If Zhang Qian did not capture Jizhou in time and received tax support from various counties and counties in Jizhou, his power would inevitably be in huge trouble due to economic problems, and even lead to a significant decline in overall strength.

Why did there be civil strife in Cao Cao's Yanzhou back then, such a good opportunity, but Zhang Qiang stayed on the sidelines to watch the excitement and never intervened?

Isn't it because the situation in Jizhou at that time was unstable, there was a lack of money and food, and there was no ability to look south?

It is said that when Zhang Qi got Jizhou, because a large number of famous families were disgusted with Zhang Qi's position and policy, they took the initiative to relocate. Go south to follow Yuan Shao. Therefore, the Jizhou obtained by Zhang Qi is not only a mess that has experienced the destruction of the tripartite war of Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao, and Zhang Qi, but also due to the migration of a large number of powerful people, there has been large-scale chaos at the grassroots level.

In order to cope with this predicament, Zhang Qiang had to urgently discharge tens of thousands of veterans and generals. Assigned to the village pavilions in various places to serve as local officials. Then he ordered troops to be stationed in each county to deter the localities, and only three months later did the situation in Jizhou basically stabilize.

However, at the beginning of Jizhou, it was difficult to collect financial endowments, and it was already very good to be able to barely feed the military and civilians in this state. Don't forget. At that time, Zhang was arrogant, and he also took advantage of the opportunity of Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu to attack each other, and as a result, both were defeated, and Youzhou was also occupied.

Youzhou is known for its bitter cold and has always had financial difficulties. Moreover, Youzhou, like Bingzhou, has a large number of Hu people's forces. The difficulty of this kind of local governance work is even more difficult than that of Jizhou after the war.

Due to the insolence of the surprise attack on the Meiji royal court, Bingzhou eliminated the Southern Xiongnu. Then he subdued the banquet and Liyou, which made the Hu people very frightened. That's when I became honest. But the arrogant record did not have much impact in Youzhou.

As a result, Zhang Yan, who destroyed the remnants of Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu and was tasked with pacifying Youzhou, had to mingle with nomads such as Karasuma and Eastern Xianbei in the next two years.

Zhang Yan's ability is not bad, but the Hu people in the north are not good at stubble. There is a covenant with the arrogant Danhan Mountain Royal Court. I am also looking for trouble for insolence in the dark. If it weren't for the arrogance and decisiveness of sending dead soldiers to assassinate Helian, the master of the royal court, and triggering a civil war between Helian's nephew Putou and Helian's son Qianman for inheritance, perhaps the northern land would have been plundered by thousands of Hu people.

In the end, the chaos developed to the end, and it was insolence that sent the Lejin "Zhenbei Battalion" stationed in the Hetao area in the north of Bingzhou to Youzhou. slaughtered more than a dozen large tribes that dared to openly oppose the arrogance, which made Youzhou truly fall under the rule of the insolent insolence. And the price of such a large-scale mobilization of troops is that the little capture and savings that Zhang Qian had obtained from Yuan Shao before were all wiped out.

At that time, Jizhou's finances were extremely difficult, so that in order to pay tribute to his subordinates, he had to be cheeky and take the initiative to borrow money and grain from those Jizhou Haoqiang who still had surplus grain hoarding.

Zhang Qi even made a decision in his heart, once Jizhou Haoqiang dared to refuse his loan request, he would decisively turn his face with the other party, and use the army in his hand to directly confiscate those family properties that did not know each other. Maybe doing so will make the already bad reputation of insolence among scholars collapse again, but there is nothing to be done. This is the so-called "lesser of two evils".

However, the result of this grain borrowing operation did not cause the worst plan made by Zhang Mad, but inadvertently made Zhang Crazy have more glamorous blessings.

At that time, the most famous rich family in Jizhou was the Zhen family in Wuji County, Zhongshan State.

Wuji Zhen is a descendant of Zhen Han of the former Han Taibao, and has produced many officials of 2,000 stones earlier. With the passage of time, the Zhen family gradually did not have much success in their careers, and they did not produce a first-class official of 2,000 stones for several generations. However, after more than 100 years of accumulation, the Zhen family is famous for its vast land in Wuji County and even in Zhongshan, and there are tens of thousands of guests and subordinates, which can be regarded as a powerful man who dominates one side.

Although extremely wealthy and powerful, Zhen acted on the principle of "humility and good deeds". Whenever there was a threat of famine in the county, Zhen would take the initiative to provide food and relief, and tens of thousands of people were saved. Therefore, Zhen's reputation in the local area is excellent, and it can be said that it is a hundred responses, and even the bandits and bandits in the vicinity have agreed not to harass Zhen's.

In the context of the displacement of people and countless dead due to the war in the surrounding places, Zhen's territory sheltered the people because of their good deeds, and still maintained enough peace in the troubled times. And this tranquility makes Zhen's grain harvest every year. So much so that in the northwest of Jizhou at that time, there was such a nursery rhyme:

"If you want food, find Zhen Niang!"

The "Zhen Niang" in the nursery rhyme refers to the two women of the Zhen family. One is Mrs. Zhang, who is the head of the Zhen family, and the other is Zhen Luo, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Zhang.

Zhen's head of the family, Zhen Yi, died early, so the actual head of Zhen's family after that was actually Zhen Yi's wife Zhang. After the advent of the chaos in the world, the reason why the Zhen family often opened warehouses to release grain to relieve the hungry people is said to have been persuaded by Zhang's youngest daughter Zhen Luo. Therefore, Zhen Luo's reputation for virtue and talent is famous in the whole county, and even scholars from other counties have heard of it.

In the past, Zhen did not express his favor for Zhang Yan's entry into Jizhou, but he did not show a hostile attitude. However, when Zhang Qiang had to be cheeky and borrowed from the big families in the state due to financial difficulties, Zhen happily agreed to Zhang Qiang's request.

Next, Zhen gave a large amount of borrowed goods and relaxed conditions, which made Zhang Qiang a little surprised. Fortunately, when he heard a side request from Zhen, Zhang Qi immediately had a sudden sense of enlightenment.

Zhen's request is to offer his youngest daughter Zhen Luo, and he is willing to accept him as his little wife!

Even if he is not very familiar with the details of history, Zhang Luo still clearly knows that this Zhen Luo is most likely the famous "Queen Zhen" in later generations. At this point, all kinds of Three Kingdoms games and articles in later generations are about to describe Zhen Luo indiscriminately, and it is difficult for him to think about it.

After coming to this era, although Zhang Qiang also thought about whether to find a few famous beauties from the Three Kingdoms period, such as Mi Shi, Diao Chan, Xiao Qiao or something to play, but he never took action.

Without him, most of the famous beauties of the Three Kingdoms rely on their family backgrounds to become famous, either from big aristocratic families, or from big and powerful families, so they are naturally not right with the yellow scarf remnant of insolence. If you send someone to say goodbye, it probably belongs to the kind of person who sends his face to the door and gives people a crackling sound. Especially Diao Chan, one of the "Four Great Beauties", is the woman that Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu fought for. For the arrogant man who aspires to the world, he didn't have the brain-dead idea of finding himself in big trouble for a woman he had never met.

However, Zhang Qiang didn't ask for it, but now Zhen has automatically presented the famous beauty of "Queen Zhen"!

The meaning of Zhen's move is not difficult to explain.

Even if the Haoqiang of Jizhou no longer likes the ruler of Zhangqiang, after the rule of Zhangqiang gradually became solidified, the Haoqiang of Jizhou began to spontaneously move closer to Zhangqiang.

Even if many of the policies set by Zhang Qiang have the flavor of inhibiting the development of Haoqiang, after all, he has never directly carried out the act of extermination. Therefore, whether it is considering the current situation, or considering the possibility that Zhang Qi is likely to dominate the world and establish a new empire in the future, the remaining heroes in Jizhou are trying to repair the tension with Zhang Qi.

After all, weren't the most hostile and arrogant families relocated a few years ago?

Zhen's dedication to Zhen Luo and begging to be an arrogant little wife is such a political statement. If Zhang Qiang accepts Zhen Luo, it means that he accepts the limited refuge of Jizhou Haoqiang, and everyone can rest assured from now on. But if Zhang Luo refuses Zhen Luo, it means that Zhang Hao has no idea of reconciling with Jizhou Haoqiang, so Jizhou Haoqiang will be uneasy, and it is inevitable that there will be some big trouble.

After telling Zhao Yu about these political considerations, no matter how jealous Zhao Yu was, he couldn't stop Zhen Luo from entering the door. So, the arrogance in the eagerness of the stealing joy was satisfied with the famous "Queen Zhen" in history into the private room and enjoyed it freely.

WELL, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT HOW ARROGANCE MADE ZHEN LUO DO COSPLAY ACTIVITIES. Since Zhen Luo passed the door, Zhang Qiang has added a "donation" system to the decrees implemented in Jizhou. This system stipulates that children from good families only need to pay a sum of about 100,000 yuan to the state governor's office, and they are eligible to become officials, without the need for the imperial examination.

This road is a convenient passage specially set aside for Haoqiang's children to enter the office. (To be continued......)