Fu Zhu and Tian Feng began to analyze the current situation in the north for Yuan Shao.

Leaving aside the distant frontier of Xiliang, the north was scraped by the four princes. Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei needless to say, the new rise is Gao Yuan.

Yuan Shao was the most powerful, owning Youzhou, Jizhou, Gunzhou, Qingzhou, and the land of the four states, and his power compressed the other three to the edge of the north.

The second is Cao Cao, not to mention Yuzhou, where Cao Cao's Xu capital is located, and the two divisions of Luoyang and Chang'an, the old capitals of the two Han Dynasty. Almost all of Henan was in his hands, and of course, now Gao Yuan had seized the three counties of Hanoi north of the Yellow River. Cao Cao's territory is large, and his strategic depth is not under Yuan Shao, but there are enemies on all sides, and it is difficult to exert all his strength.

Again, it is Liu Bei, Guan Zhang Zhiyong, the three masters of Xuzhou, sitting on most of Shandong, and the ability is not blown out.

Finally, there is the sudden rise of the high distance.

However, for the current Yuan Shao, the enemy's ranking needs to be adjusted. Due to Gao Yuan's repeated victories over Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, the threat level was raised to the first place. Cao Cao was defeated repeatedly, losing his troops and losing generals, ranking second. Liu Bei was completely suppressed by Yuan Shao's forces and ranked at the bottom.

As we all know, the exam should start with easy questions and save the difficult questions for the end. The competition for hegemony among the princes is undoubtedly the most rigorous examination.

Therefore, in the eyes of Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, too much time must not be wasted on Gao Yuan's side. Then, it will give the Cao Liu Alliance a chance to breathe. If these two people are relieved, they will be much more difficult to deal with than Gao Yuan.

It's better to slow down the situation against Gao Yuan first. Go all out to deal with Liu Bei and break through the Cao-Liu Alliance. After unifying the Central Plains and taking control of the imperial court. Eliminating Takato is a matter of minutes.

Yuan Shao nodded while listening, but asked instead: "Gao Mengyan's forces are expanding rapidly, will he be at ease in Bingzhou?" And how to trap him in the state? ”

Speaking of the expansion of Gao Yuan's troops, Yuan Shao's face became embarrassed. Now everyone in the world knows that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao "sent money, food, and soldiers" to Gao Yuan, and they were a small prince with thousands of people. "Send" has become a small bully with an army of tens of thousands.

Thousands of people were forcibly "sent" into tens of thousands, and everyone in the world could figure it out. all screamed, similar to the "I'll grin" in later generations. Everyone in the world thinks about how good it would be if they "send" me like this, but there is only one Gao Mengyan in the world.

In fact. The world also knows that it is the lofty ability that makes these veteran princes stumble in front of him.

Tian Feng observed his words and expressions, and never mentioned such a thing as "sending troops", and said: "Cao Mengde also suffered heavy losses in Bingzhou, and as for Liu Bei, who was trapped in Xiapi and Xiaopei, it is no longer worth mentioning. ”

Fu Zhu followed and said: "The lord can build fortresses, fortresses, and arrow towers on a large scale outside the Huguan Pass, which is a fortress plan. Blockade the key roads and key points leading to Jizhou at the Huguan Pass. With these facilities, it will be possible to block the only passage into Jizhou in Gaoyuan. Gao Yuan will not dare to send troops, if he does. Before I arrived at Yecheng, I am afraid that the soldiers and horses have been lost. ”

Yuan Shao thought about it, and it also made sense, in the battle, the defending side would have a big advantage, and Gao Yuan's advantage was cavalry, and field maneuver was a good hand. Siege will not work. Break through your own barriers one by one, and you will lose a lot. Forty or fifty thousand people are simply not enough. And if they do not attack, these barriers echo each other, not only can restrain the high cavalry guerrillas, but also can cut off the high and distant food routes at any time.

Therefore, if Gao Yuan sends troops, he must pull out these barriers, force him to attack the city and suffer losses, and he can blockade all parts of the country to restrict the movement of cavalry, what a clever plan!

However, Yuan Shao also discovered the flaws of this plan, and couldn't help asking: "This is bound to require the use of a large number of troops and the consumption of a large number of materials. ”

What Yuan Shao said is also true, although there are advantages in the garrison battle, it is inevitable to be trapped in one place with only consumption and no output.

However, these things were already thought of by Tian Feng, and when the two of them laughed, Tian Feng said: "You don't need a single soldier in our army, just use the soldiers of each family." Let them build fortresses and arrow towers on their own land to help defend themselves from high and far. These people are afraid of the high, we have troops in the south, and they will definitely manage the north well. ”

Fu Zhu followed with a smile and said: "My lord, don't the scholars who fled from the state always clamoring for you to give land?" You let them use the money they brought to buy land, and you give them the land near the Huguan Pass, killing two birds with one stone. ”

Tian Feng said again: "Gao Yuan is trapped and annexed to the state, and he will definitely seek the development of Luoyang, which will threaten Cao Mengde's Guanzhong region, so Cao Mengde will definitely focus on deploying troops in Luoyang, which will be more conducive to the lord to seize Xuzhou." ”

Yuan Shao was transparent, stroked his palms and laughed, "Clever plan, wonderful plan." Gonghe, Yuanhao, you are my ovary, Xiao He! ”

Therefore, Yuan Shao followed the advice of Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, and adopted the military strategy of besieging Gaoyuan with the northwest barrier, confronting Cao Cao at Guandu, and attacking Xuzhou with all his might.

Immediately after, Yuan Shao sold the western land to the fleeing scholars in Bingzhou. And preached the theory of high and far-reaching threats, if Gao Yuan advanced eastward, the first victims would be the scholars in the western part of Jizhou. In this regard, he encouraged all the families in the western part of Jizhou to establish a defensive offensive on their own land.

At the beginning, the scholars didn't do anything, because Yuan Shao's soldiers were there. However, when most of Yuan Shao's military forces were transferred to the direction of Xuzhou, as Tian Feng and Fu Zhu said, the scholars panicked. began to make every effort to build fortresses, watchtowers, and arrow towers on a large scale in accordance with the plan provided by Yuan Shao.

These fortifications are connected into a piece, three or five miles is one, all of them are placed on key roads and key places, guarding the road to the interior of Jizhou. Just like the blockade of the devil's turret in later generations, it blocked the passage from Gao Yuan to Jizhou.

The Great War of the Central Plains continued, and Yuan Shao attacked Liu Bei.

June 202, Hanoi County.

Gao Yuan is the black sheep of the Shi clan, the first scourge in the world, and the Jizhou Shi clan has vigorously begun the "building a turret" movement. When the news came, Gao Yuan could only say "it doesn't matter". After all, this happened in someone else's "home", and he couldn't manage it if he wanted to. It is better to use the limited energy to develop your own territory.

Other than that. Gao Yuan has been very busy recently, and when he finally stops around, he must build his base well.

And the first person. It is the imperial examination, the promotion of officials.

In the past few days, Hanoi County has become more prosperous than ever, thanks to the continuous arrival of scholars from all over the country.

The proclamation of the appointment of the imperial examination system and the state officials has already spread all over the world.

But the scholars can become officials without exams, and they naturally scoff at the matter of going away and taking exams in the state.

And the humble scholar who had no way out of the house was really excited for a while after getting the news. But they quickly calmed down. They couldn't help but think that the sudden rise of the lofty. Will he be able to gain a foothold in the state? Will he be able to withstand the offensive of the two overlords, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao?

If it can't be stopped, going to the state is tantamount to a moth fighting a fire and killing yourself.

However, after Gao Yuan once again defeated Yuan Shao's 100,000 army and accepted 30,000 surrendered troops. The enthusiasm of the Hanmen scholars was completely ignited. They felt that Gao Yuan would definitely become another overlord-level prince in the world, and this was the best time to serve him.

Therefore, too many scholars from poor families, through various channels, went to Hanoi County to take the exam, and the scale was as spectacular as the autumn exam of the later dynasty.

June 6, Hanoi District, State Governor's Office, Council Chamber.

Sima Yi took the roster and said happily: "Lord." Four thousand five hundred and eighty-seven people have already signed up. ”

Gao Yuan was taken aback, "So many people? There are not many positions in the counties and counties of his territory, and he said that this proportion is about to catch up with the civil service examination in later generations. But the more people, the better. He pondered, if he failed the exam, he had to find a way to stay. After all, 1,800 years ago, in ancient times when there were white dings everywhere, it was not easy to find a cultural person.

In the joy of civil and military affairs, Sima Yi smiled and said: "The big clan has held power for a long time, and it is difficult for a scholar from a poor family to get a chance to become a leader. The lord defeated Yuan Shao. The prestige is greatly enhanced, and the hegemony can be expected. These people are looking for opportunities, and it is also predictable. ”

"This is also our chance." Gao Yuan nodded.

He appointed Sima Yi as the chief examiner of the imperial examination, and Chen Lin and Xin Bi as the deputy examiners, who were responsible for actually presiding over the imperial examination. In fact, his imperial examination this time is already a condensed version, but this time it is not an emperor-level imperial examination, and the condensed version is enough.

Gao Yuan thought about it, got up and said solemnly: "We must do a good job in this imperial examination, one day in the future, the national examination will definitely become the way for all learned people to advance!" At the same time, this imperial examination can completely break the monopoly of the scholars on authority, and naturally, the scholar class will disappear forever in the long river of history.

"The big test of the whole country!" This sentence made Sima Yi and others feel lofty ambitions. Everyone bowed together and said, "I must do my best to assist the lord to complete this imperial examination." ”

On the second day, Sima Yi, Chen Lin, Xin Bi and others met at the county government office to discuss the examination process and rules, and formulate the examination questions. Chen Lin is a great writer, Xin Bi is also a first-class cultural person, plus Sima Yi of Wen Taowu strategy, there is no problem in formulating a considerable level of exam questions.

Gao Yuan was very relieved that the internal affairs imperial examination was handed over to Sima Yi and others, and on this day, he began to work on military construction again. He found Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao.

First of all, Gao Yuan instructed Zhao Yun to carry out the surrender of troops and the integration of his own troops.

Secondly, according to the production capacity of Bingzhou and the previous "send-off" of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Gao Yuan could maintain a main force of 50,000 people, so he ordered Zhang Liao to be responsible for selecting elites in various places and recruiting 10,000 new main forces, plus the previous one, a total of 50,000 main forces.

The main force intensified training day and night.

Thirdly, the selection of the main force and the elimination of the source of troops can not be easily discarded, from which the excellent ones are selected, and Yan Rou and Tian Yu are ordered to be responsible for the formation of garrisons in various places. With the county as a unit, the garrison army of 3,000 people in each county does not need to strengthen training day and night, and has time to settle the fields, which solves the problem of eating, and almost does not need to consume the production capacity of the state, but can increase the production capacity.

In the end, Gao Yuan felt that he should strengthen his control over everything under his rule, so he planned to set up a secret intelligence organization called the Special Intelligence Guard. Gao Ya, a family descendant, was appointed as the person in charge and was responsible for internal and external intelligence work. It is appropriate to teach the opportunity in front of the high-minded, the organization is newly established, and the previous details are used as the prototype externally, and the loyal and reliable personnel are placed internally, and the key members and large families are monitored. All of this has to be done in secret.

Three days later.

Sima Yi returned home quite tired, holding a stack of precious Luoyang paper in his hand, densely covered with handwriting, which was the test question of this imperial examination. He did things carefully, that is, when he returned home, he was also studying the imperial examination.

A person from a distance scolded and scolded, "What is this called by Gao Mengyan, taking the land of our Shi clan to feed the ordinary people." If Lao Tzu's money is gone, how can he go out to play! ”

The attendants beside him followed tremblingly.

This person saw Sima Yi and exclaimed, "Second brother! ”

When Sima Yi heard the prestige, he saw his sixth brother Sima Jin. Among his brothers, this kid is not motivated, and he said that this kid won't play eagle walking dogs during this time?

Sima Jin didn't go to play because he had no money, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he stared at Sima Yi's hand, and said excitedly: "Second brother, this is the test question!" (To be continued)

ps: Thanks: Li Jianfei's welfare, the fish is not up and down.

Tomorrow commemorates the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and the flag will be silenced for one day, and two cities (that is, two watches) will be tentatively conquered. However, it seems that we haven't won yet. Lords, give your full support to the last general's daily attack on the "Four Cities"!