In the north, the days of October, become fast too. When Yuan's army besieged the city, it was still a sunny day in autumn, and the wind and snow that Zhang Qiang had been looking forward to all day long never came. But as soon as Yuan's army retreated, the weather changed.

From the wind that hung up in the evening, in the middle of the night, it was mixed with countless snows, and it was knocked down finely and densely. When it was dawn on the second day, it was still as dark as night. Zhang Qi got up and looked out for a while, but saw that the snowflakes in the air were as big as goose feathers and as small as rice grains, and they fell from the sky one after another, so that the entire Julu City was covered with a layer of white.

Heavy snow fell for a day. Listening to the wind blowing outside the house, he wrapped himself in a fox fur coat on his body, and didn't have the slightest idea of coming out to feel the outdoor temperature.

If this snow could come a few days in the morning, presumably Yuan Shaojun's attack would not have caused such a huge pressure on Julu City. Zhang Qiang thought so.

Under the baking of warm coals in the room, although Zhang Qiang's body was comfortable, he was inevitably a little worried in his heart. He was worried about Tai Shici, who was sent out to pursue Yuan Shao yesterday, and also worried about whether the messengers who left the city the day before yesterday would be safe and sound in this sudden heavy snow and successfully complete their mission.

However, it is useless to worry.

After surviving the difficulties of defending the city, Yuan Shao was bound to lose his spirit. If he wants to organize the next wave of effective offensives, I am afraid it will not be easy. However, after the war, the mess left by the two sides to Jizhou, and it took a lot of time and energy to clean it up.

Not to mention anything else, how to deal with those local heroes who defected to Yuan Shao in this battle is a matter that makes insolence a headache.

Although Zhang Qi has not yet obtained a specific number, it is certain that Yuan Shao is coming this time. At least more than half of the Bingzhou army was involved in supporting Yuan's army. The remaining half was only afraid of the ferocity of the state army, so it remained neutral, but it still did not move closer to the side of the state army.

For this, from the plague that occurred under the rule. It wasn't until a few days before Yuan Shao sent out his troops that he was known to Zhang Yan, and he could see it. And with the speed at which Yuan Shao besieged Julu, if no one provided Yuan Shao with military rations, such a large-scale surprise attack by Yuan's army, just the time to transport grain on the way would be enough for Zhang Yan to wait for reinforcements from Bingzhou.

For those who dare to defect to the enemy, the punishment will definitely be punished. What kind of punishment can be punished, that is a trouble that makes it difficult for insolence to decide.

The punishment was lighter. It's not enough to deter the rest of the heroes who are ready to move. The punishment is heavy, but it will also make the remaining local heroes panic. In case the powerful rebel in order to resist the punishment and have another full-scale riot, how much will it cost to be arrogant to restore the stable situation in Jizhou?

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Qiang finally made a decision that people still had to kill a batch, but not too many.

To those who were most actively involved in Yuan Shao's military campaigns. Of course, the last batch will be killed and the men will be beheaded. The women and children were confiscated as slaves. The rest of those who did not support Yuan Shao after taking refuge should be killed less and mainly relocated and exiled.

It just so happens that the Hetao area is sparsely populated, and if it is possible to relocate tens of thousands of people from Jizhou. On the one hand, it can enrich the frontier and prevent the invasion of the Hu people in the border areas; On the other hand, it can pacify the Jizhou locality, so as not to leave too many sources of trouble in Jizhou.

The heroes of Jizhou have left their hometown, just like a fish without water, unable to make any big waves. And the fertile land left behind after Haoqiang left. It happened to be confiscated by the state army, which was used to resettle the displaced people and reward the veterans. Such a number of things in one fell swoop, Zhang Qiang felt that it should be more suitable for the current situation.

With a general idea, Zhang Qiang found the strategist Guo Jia, and the two discussed it together to see the feasibility of operation.

Guo Jia's level of political strategy is average, but he is extremely talented in speculating people's hearts. He listened to the arrogant thoughts, thought for a long time, and suddenly smiled, and said to the arrogant:

"My lord, I'm just afraid that if you don't bother, the matter of being strong has been solved."

"Oh? Bong-hyo, what does this mean? ”

Faced with arrogant doubts, Guo Jia replied easily:

"After causing such a big disaster, do those heroes dare to stay?"

Insolence is very strange:

"Their ancestral business is here, and the fertile fields are contiguous and the foundation of the family. Could it be that these prisoners would be so willing to give up their century-old inheritance and walk away? I don't believe it. There's no way I'm going to kill them all. ”

Guo Jia smiled:

"Please forgive Guo Jia for the crime of being speechless, Guo Jia dares to speak out."

"If you have something to say, why do you have so many scruples? I have always believed that those who speak are not guilty, and those who hear are sufficiently precepted. The guy who just says good things is either incompetent or has a bad heart. ”

With the encouragement of insolence, Guo Jia immediately gushed after pretending to be humble.

"Haoqiang and our army, there are three contradictions."

"First, our army originated from the Yellow Turban, and it has a bad reputation in the world. Haoqiang often thinks that he is the pillar of the world, likes to sell his reputation and reputation, and is hostile to our army. ”

"Second, the generals of our army are all from poor backgrounds, and most of them are civilian slaves and maids. Such lowly people have always been disdained by the powerful and famous. And our army does not have special preferential treatment for famous families, and it must be secretly hated by famous families. ”

"Third, the powerful control the locality, arbitrarily the township, and the manipulation of taxes. Our army treats the powerful and the powerful equally, and for the sake of tax collection, it meddles in the local area and touches the interests of the powerful and powerful. How can the mighty and greedy tolerate our army taking their portion of the meal? ”

"As for the rest of the 'imperial examinations' and other matters, it can be seen that the lord does not attach importance to the Haoqiang family. The powerful family has held the power of the world for a long time, and they believe that the court needs to rely on them to govern the country. Now, every time the lord acquires a land, he uses a retired sergeant to serve as a local county official, regardless of the children of the powerful family. Haoqiang has no selfish interests, and the road to becoming a leader is not smooth, how can there be no complaints? ”

"Jizhou is newly decided, and the lord has ignored the local heroes for the time being on the grounds of maintaining the situation. However, the example of the state is in front, and those who are strong but have vision, how can they not know the meaning of the lord? ”

"This time, the rebels and thieves sent troops with the Yuan thief, just to fight to the death. If they win, they will restore the old view of Jizhou; If they are defeated, they will definitely not stay in their homeland and wait for the lord to punish them. Today's road, although there is snow, I am afraid that the relocation team is endless on the road! ”

Guo Jia's analysis is very reasonable. It's just that the arrogance still can't be fully believed. In his mind, it was too difficult to resolutely abandon Wanguan's family fortune and travel thousands of miles to a foreign land to beg for a living with only reliable clansmen.

This is not the afterlife, there are cars, trains, ships, airplanes and other means of transportation, as long as you have money, you can go wherever you want. This is the end of the Han Dynasty, the ancient times when the land was regarded as the root of life, and it was a troubled era when people went out on two or four legs. Large-scale migration of the whole clan is by no means an easy thing to do

If a family of 100 people decides to relocate all the members, it will need to travel a thousand miles, and it will be difficult for those old and weak people in the family to get through. Even if you don't consider the various disasters and calamities on the road, if you want to travel a thousand miles, under normal circumstances, the family will lose almost 10% of the population.

If there are any natural and man-made disasters again, half of the 100 members of the family can arrive, and it is lucky. On the way, for various reasons, the family that ended up being wiped out is not too rare.

If a larger family moves, such as a clan of 1,000 people, it may be more secure and more resilient to bandits. However, the family's movement speed and food supplies along the way will become more troublesome. As a result, more than 10 percent of the population is usually lost.

Moreover, the larger the family, the more difficult it will be to choose a foothold after migration - where in the world will there be so many borderless lands that can be cultivated for others?

Next, the distance of migration is a little longer, and the longer the migration, the greater the loss of population. Moreover, the population loss curve is not a straight line, but a curve that keeps getting higher. If the migration of 1,000 miles will result in the loss of 10 percent of the population, the distance will become 2,000 miles, and the loss of the population will not be 20 percent, but most likely more than 40 percent!

Therefore, no one will carry out the great migration of the whole clan until they are forced to do so.

Considering all the above problems, Zhang Qiang was extremely puzzled by the determination of the Haoqiang to migrate. Could it be that he was so arrogant in the heart of Jizhou Haoqiang, and he was so terrifying?

I don't want to believe it!

Seeing that Zhang Yan showed an expression of disbelief, Guo Jia observed his words and said with a smile:

"The lord should be the stars of the heavens, have the ability to predict the future, and everyone in the world has an unfathomable sense. They are strong and strong, but they are not ordinary people, and they are deeply afraid of the authority of the lord under false rumors. If the lord makes a move, they are powerless to resist it, so they can only take refuge in the rest of the princes. Yuan Shao's invasion was the last fight for this generation. If things are not harmonious, in order to prevent the wrath of the lord's thunder, how many people dare to stay? ”

Guo Jia said that there were words in his heart, and he was arrogant and suspicious. However, as long as we wait for a few days for such differences, when the control of the annexed state army over all parts of Jizhou is restored and the information channels are unblocked, we will have a final conclusion, and there is no need to bother to say more. At that moment, the two ministers unveiled this section and began to plan the next offensive against Yuan Shao.

Come and don't be rude. Zhang Qi suffered such a big loss this time, how could he not pay it back?

Even if it is just a symbolic revenge, you have to destroy Yuan Shao's one or two cities and destroy Yuan Shao's thousands of troops before it can be counted. To this end, Zhang Qi and Guo Jia carefully studied the map for half a day, and preliminarily formulated several Yuan Shaojun strongholds that could be considered for attack. As long as the deployment of troops stops, Zhang Qiang will let his generals attack and get some interest back.

It's just a pity that plans don't change as quickly. Zhang Mad planned to retaliate against Yuan Shaojun had not yet begun, and it had already ended. (To be continued......)

PS: It's finally back, and the next update will be back to normal.