In the famous social and economic work of the Han Dynasty, "Treatise on Salt and Iron", there is this comment on the phenomenon of concubinage: "The ancients were good couples, and a man and a woman became a family. and one concubine, two doctors, and nine nephews and nephews among the princes. Today, there are hundreds of princes, more than ten doctors, the middle one serves the emperor, and the rich man is in the room. It is a woman or a grievance, and a man is unmatched. ”

Roughly speaking, the monogamous system was observed in ancient times, and concubinage was actually a welfare and privilege for princes and nobles. In particular, when commoners cannot marry daughters-in-law, but high-ranking officials and nobles have groups of wives and concubines, it is easy to cause social contradictions.

No matter what the era, this kind of justifiable discourse is unlikely to become mainstream, and no one is willing to give up the privilege in their hands. But it is precisely because of such a public opinion that the dignitaries and nobles of the Han Dynasty were more sneaky when they took concubines, and the concubines were basically carried out in the form of buying and selling.

In the Southern Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, when science and religion were rampant, the system related to concubines was clearly stipulated, and the status of concubines was equated with slaves.

Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, there was no ritual for taking concubines, but Wang Yu's situation was obviously different. Since the rise of the army, he has subverted countless laws and policies, and when he got married, he also married Diao Chan with the gift of a flat wife. In this second marriage, he married Qimei with the same etiquette, and no one could say anything about him, of course, the key is that it doesn't work.

In fact, in the troubled times, there is no soil for Mr. Taoism to survive. Because of the war, men died in batches on the battlefield, resulting in a reverse imbalance in the proportion of men and women in society, polygamy or something, it is natural, women always have to rely on men to survive, so no one will say anything about this.

Of course, some people say that Wang Yu doesn't care, he is used to doing his own thing, how can he let outsiders interfere in his personal life?

Since he accepted a concubine as a wife, the ceremony was of course very grand, and the generals from all over the country put down the affairs at hand and rushed back to Gaotang with a light car. So, in a sense, this wedding is also a large-scale military discussion.

At the moment when the war is approaching, it is necessary to participate in such a military meeting, get the opportunity to be taught face-to-face, and have face-to-face communication with colleagues, which is of extraordinary significance.

In addition to the subordinates, several allies or potential allies in Qingzhou also received invitations, and this wedding also had the role of distinguishing friend and foe, and even ultimatums.

The distance between the two Allied forces in northern Xinjiang is too far, and there is no room for change in the relationship between the two sides, so it doesn't matter if anyone comes or not. But Gongsun Chan still sent Shan Jing to Gaotang, and it was Liu Yi who came on behalf of Gongsun Du, not only to support the scene, but also to make a stand.

Gao Ganxin is not long attached, it is the time to tie up Wang Yu, of course, he will not lag behind, he himself wants to hand over the territory with Xu Shu, and he has no time to separate, but he invited his son Gao Rou to visit.

Yuan Shu was unexpectedly sick, obviously being a wall-to-wall grass, or what he thought he was a fisherman.

Of course, Lu Bu is coming, in addition to the allies, Lu Bu is also the protagonist, he wants to marry his daughter, so naturally he can't help but come. Not only did he come by himself, but he also sent Mrs. Yan over, the ostensible reason was that Mrs. Yan wanted her daughter to think very much and wanted to stay by her side for a while, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lu Bu was also preparing for the next big war.

The heroic spirit is long, the love of children is short, and after entrusting his wife and daughter to the safest Gao Tang, Lu Bu can let go of the fight.

What really surprised Wang Yu was that Zhang Yang also came!

Needless to say, Hanoi's significance to the Central Plains is that Zhang Yang's visit is only a small weight on the balance of victory and defeat, but it is a rather morale-boosting signal. It's a pity that Guo Gong didn't come, otherwise it would have been perfect. But in any case, the appearance of Zhang Yang also greatly weakened the impact of Yuan Shu's deviation, which is good news.

In addition to all kinds of allies, all kinds of wealthy merchants and local forces around Qingzhou have also sent representatives, especially in the Jianghuai area under Yuan Shao's jurisdiction, at least half of the local tycoons who fought with Wang Yu a year ago have sent envoys to congratulate, and most of those who did not directly send envoys have asked the people who came to bring gifts and greetings.

People's hearts are turned back like this, and the stupidity of Yuan Shu's departure can also be seen.

With so much significance, Wang Yu's snub of the seven newlyweds is logical. After the wedding ceremony was over, and the banquet had just begun, Wang Yu, the groom official, took a large group of people to the council hall and hung all the seven wives there.

Fortunately, all the women are also reasonable people, and they already know what kind of husband they are marrying, and they know that there will be an unprecedented war in the coming year, and they are not much dissatisfied, but they each take on the responsibility of receiving guests in their own way.

Of course, not all brides were not by Wang Yu's side, Lu Qiling and Diao Chan both participated in the military meeting, the former was as a general of the guard, and the latter was the chief officer of the Intelligence Department.

"The pre-war situation cannot be said to be completely certain, but the general trend should not change much. According to Jia's inference, the war should have been on the front line of Shangdang and Taiyuan...... Jiyin, Chen left a line...... Liang and Pei first-line ...... and even Sui'an and Guangling. These four main battlefields will be referred to by Merge, Yan, Henan, and Huai respectively......"

In the center of the conference hall is placed a huge sand table, mountains, rivers, vivid eyes, city roads, everything. The various flags on the sand table indicate the various forces that may participate in the war, and the situation before the war can be said to be clear at a glance.

Qingzhou generals are used to this, but the visiting guests are amazed. There was very little time left for them to marvel, and as soon as everyone gathered around and stood still, Jia Xu pointed on the sand table and began to explain.

Unlike all previous wars in history, the upcoming Central Plains War is a battle of attack, at least at the beginning of the war, there will be no saying of which side defends and which side attacks. Both sides have made the best preparations for this big battle in their own ways, and the distinction between offense and defense exists only locally, not globally.

The people present were all people who knew the soldiers, and just listening to Jia Xu's above explanation, they already had a certain idea of the future war. It is very obvious that Qingzhou's strategy will be the main offensive in the Yanyu and Henan battlefields in the Central Plains, and the defense will be the main attack in the Bingzhou and Jianghuai battlefields.

Zhang Yang and Gao Rou glanced at each other, and they were all surprised in their hearts, the enemy of the Yan and Henan battlefields was Cao Ying, who had the strongest comprehensive strength, and to open a breakthrough from Cao Ying, the courage of the hussar general was very much beyond the reach of others.

"The commander of the Western Front is Xu Shu, and his command is 30,000 Taishan Army, 15,000 Wei County Yulin, and 5,000 Wei County Thunder Army, a total of 50,000 horses! Xu Huang is the deputy marshal, and Pan Zhang, Ma Zhong, Guan Hai, Ji Ling, Li Le, and Huang Ze are all generals, as long as the Xiliang army is blocked in the east of Jinyang and Pingtao! ”

"The last general understands!" It was Xu Huang who received the order, Xu Shu is now busy reorganizing the Black Mountain Army, and he has to organize people to go to the state to receive the territory, and he is so busy that he has no time to separate, so he can only be done by Xu Huang.

Xu Huang's Taishan army was originally 24,000 soldiers, but after the Battle of Juyong, the strength was sharply reduced to less than 20,000. Fortunately, there is a militia system in Qingzhou, Xu Shu and Yu Ban have been stationed in Wei County for a long time, and the local militia system is the most perfect, so the source of replenishment of troops is also very fast.

An even bigger source of recruits is the Montenegrin Army.

It can be said that it is the only yellow scarf left in the first year of Zhongping, and many veterans have been retained in the Montenegrin army. After Wang Yu and Zhang Yan reached an agreement, although some people chose to retire from the army and stay with the old brothers in the three western counties, more people still chose to fight for a piece of the world in the Qingzhou army.

As Jia Xu persuaded him, Zhang Ning's identity is of great significance to all Yellow Turbans, Wang Yu married Zhang Ning, and his influence in the Yellow Turban Army is above Zhang Yan, so there are so many veterans of the Black Mountain Army who defected.

The Montenegrin Army did not have many brilliant achievements in history, but it was the combination of Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan that made Yuan Shao in history unable to spare his energy to look south, and could only watch Cao Ying expand his power until it was out of control.

Considering the poor equipment of the Montenegrin Army, among the elite soldiers of this army, as the core elite soldiers, the combat effectiveness is still worth looking forward to. This time, the news brought back by Xu Huang also verified Wang Yu's conjecture, the entire 20,000 Montenegrin veterans are all elites who can fight, and with a little training, they can be directly supplemented to the front-line combat troops.

The strength of the Western Front Army is much smaller than that of the 300,000 Xiliang Army, but since it is mainly on the defensive, taking into account the terrain of the state, it is enough.

"The Yanzhou battlefield is the main battlefield, the lord personally went out of the battle, there are a total of 3,000 guards cavalry, 8,000 light cavalry, 20,000 Taishan troops, 30,000 Yulin troops, a total of more than 60,000 soldiers...... The generals include the chief general of the personal guard cavalry, Lu Qiling, the deputy general Tai Shici, the chief general of the wind cavalry Zhao Yun, the deputy generals Qin Feng and Fang Yue, the main general of the Yulin army, the main general Guan Ping of the Taishan army, and the deputy general Hu Cai......"

The crowd shook for a while, not because of the huge number of troops, most of them were amazed by the rapid expansion of the Qingzhou cavalry force. This is the establishment of a pure cavalry unit, and the scale of the pure cavalry unit of the Xiliang Army is larger, but their cavalry is just men and horses, and the equipment is almost negligible, and the personal guard iron cavalry in Qingzhou has been expanded to three thousand!

Thinking of the scene of those invulnerable iron cavalry lined up in a dense array, like a moving mountain rushing on the battlefield, all the generals in Qingzhou were enthusiastic, the main generals of the allied forces were shocked, and Zhang Yang was even more in a cold sweat, if he didn't listen to Lu Bu's persuasion, the first target of Qingzhou's terrifying cavalry must be Hanoi......

"The battlefield of Yuzhou is dominated by Zhang Liao, with 15,000 Thunder Army under his jurisdiction, supplemented by 5,000 Yulin Army, a total of 20,000 horses, including Huang Zhong, the chief general of the Thunder Army, and Mu Wang, Li Bin, Wang Ze, ...... deputy generals."

There were fewer soldiers and horses on this road, but it was not originally the main battlefield, and the main purpose was to protect the flank of the main force, in case Yuan Shu betrayed and sneak attacked, or to make way for the Jiangdong Army to move north.

If there were no such accidents, they would attack Cao Ying's relatively weak flanks with lightning speed, and quickly attack the city. Moreover, the initial combat target of this wing was not Cao Ying and Yuan Shu, but Guo Gong, who was entrenched in Shanyang and Peiguo. The latter's field capabilities are quite weak, but there are quite a few fortified cities in the territory. So it has to be the Thunder Army, which is the best at tackling tough problems.

Needless to say, the last Jianghuai battlefield, Zhang Jaw is the main general, Pang Tong and Xu Sheng are the deputies, but there are more defensive targets, in addition to the Jiangdong Army, there are also local powerful forces in Guangling led by the Chen family father and son, as well as Yuan Shu. If you defend, the latter two are not to be feared, but the Jiangdong Army is a big enemy and cannot be underestimated.

But now there are 30,000 people in Xuzhou Yulin Army, with the Danyang soldiers left by Tao Qian, the Xuzhou veterans, and the Hebei soldiers under Zhang Jaw as the main force, the strength is also extraordinary.

And someone who cares also noticed it, until the end, Jia Xu didn't mention the water army.

Qingzhou has a navy that crisscrosses the big rivers has long been well known, and its main general Zhou Cang is also famous in Heluo. The latest intelligence also shows that Qingzhou also has a well-sized naval army at sea, and recently it has been faintly heard that Wang Yu has dug up a general Gan Ning who is very good at water warfare in Jingzhou......

With the existence of this naval army, I am afraid that the Jiangdong Army will also have some scruples, and it will be difficult to cross the river with all its strength and carry out a decisive battle.

In addition, Jia Xu also didn't mention the elusive Hidden Mist Army and its main general, Wei Yan, this group of men and horses is very good at ambushes, and they must be hiding somewhere on a battle line that stretches for thousands of miles, always ready to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy, right?

Of course, many people have noticed that Jia Xu never mentioned how many allies need to cooperate.

Zhang Yang and Gao Gan can say that the strength of these two sides is limited, and it is of little significance whether they participate in the war or not, as long as they give up the territory in their hands, it is enough. But Lu Bu is different, he still has thousands of tigers and wolves under his command, and he himself is even more brave and invincible, such a force, how could Qingzhou not want to make good use of it?

What a strangeness!

Gao Rou and Zhang Yang are also smart people, and they know that Wang Yu is now for Huairou's purpose to let them participate in the military meeting, but they will definitely not reveal the real secrets, so they don't ask too much.

But both of them were secretly observing Lu Bu's expression, and found that the latter's face was very ugly, but they were relieved, obviously, the deployment of Qingzhou's side, even Lu Bu did not reveal it, and it was not purely aimed at themselves. Of course, the two sides have already reached a good relationship with Qin and Jin, and if there is anything to say, it can be said slowly and clearly in private, but it will not cause any major problems.