The Qingzhou army besieged Xiaopei for several days, and Sun Guan would fight under the city every day. But the Qingzhou army's attack on Xiaopei every day is not grand.

Almost every time there was a battle, Sun Guan would only send more than a thousand people to launch a symbolic attack on Xiaopeicheng.

For the attack of the Qingzhou army, the defenders of the city would resist to the death at first, but gradually, under the painless attack of the Qingzhou army, the defenders also slackened.

Many of Liu Beijun's soldiers even had the idea that the Qingzhou army did not want to break through the city at once, but just wanted to play them to death like playthings.

At the head of the city, Liu Bei looked at the Qingzhou army outside the city, his brows tightly twisted.

Beside him, stood Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who had led the soldiers to defend the city for the past two days, but never killed them.

"These birds!" Looking at the city, Zhang Fei spat on the ground and scolded: "Fight and not fight, go and don't leave, I don't know what they want to do!" ”

Guan Yu didn't speak, just held the battlements with his hands, and looked at the Qingzhou army under the city, with a little doubt in his expression.

"If the Qingzhou army attacks the city, Xiao Pei will already be broken by them!" Also looking out of the city, Liu Bei's brows were tightly twisted, as if muttering to himself: "But they just fight like this every day and leave, what is their intention?" ”

No one can answer Liu Bei's question!

The predecessor of the Qingzhou Army was the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and the Yellow Turban Army's consistent style was to rush up to the city, relying on the large number of people, and taking the city as soon as possible.

But now the Qingzhou army under the city did not do that, they didn't seem to have much interest in breaking through Xiaopei, but seemed to be more intoxicated with letting Liu Beijun in the city live in fear of being besieged.

Xiaopei was besieged, Lu Bu in Xuzhou City was actively preparing for rescue, and in Shouchun City in Huainan area, Yuan Shu's claim to be emperor had already been prepared.

In the Shouchun City Council Chamber.

Yuan Shuzheng was pacing back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back. On both sides of him, kneeling in two rows sat many generals of the Huainan Army and Yuan Shu's staff.

"Right now, the Qingzhou army is besieging Xiaopeicheng, what do you think?" After walking for more than ten laps, Yuan Shu stopped and asked everyone in the house.

Everyone looked at each other and did not answer Yuan Shu.

"There are two possibilities for the Qingzhou Army to go to Xiaopei!" Everyone in the hall did not speak, and Yuan Shu said to them: "One may be that Cao Cao did it deliberately, if so, the main force of Cao's army will definitely enter Xuzhou in the near future, and all the Xuzhou area will be obtained by Cao Cao!" Another possibility is that the Qingzhou Army is indeed against Cao Cao! If this is the case, Cao Cao's army is also going to enter Xuzhou to suppress rebellion! No matter what the possibility, Xuzhou will be in Cao Cao's pocket! ”

Looking around at everyone, Yuan Shu's brows furrowed slightly, and then he said to everyone: "Lu Bu sent an envoy to ask someone to move troops against Xuchang, but a certain has not yet made a decision, so he summoned you and others......"

"Yuan Gong!" As soon as Yuan Shu's words fell, Li Feng stood up, clenched his fists and bowed to him and said: "Yuan Gong is only in the tenth day, once the army starts to crusade against Xuchang, I am afraid that this matter will be delayed again!" ”

Yuan Shu, who wanted to be the emperor, the last thing he wanted to see was that there was anything to conflict with him as the emperor, and when he heard Li Feng say this, his brows immediately twisted, and he turned his eyes on the other people in the hall, although he didn't speak, his eyes were full of inquiry.

"What Changshi said is not bad!" Seeing that Yuan Shu cast an inquiring glance at them, Zhang Xun, who had previously instigated Yuan Shu to become emperor, stood up, hugged his fists and said to Yuan Shu: "Cao Cao's cavalry has entered Xuzhou, and it will take time to come. If Yuan Gong is not the emperor, he will think about it after he becomes emperor, but he will crusade against Xuchang! ”

After listening to Li Feng and Zhang Xun's words, Yuan Shu's face was much better.

Seeing that his face was calmer than before, everyone in the hall knew that Li Feng and Zhang Xun's words were catering to Yuan Shu's thoughts, and they hurriedly seconded the proposal.

In charge of disaster relief in Chang'an City, the lives and emotions of the victims are still stable, and order in Chang'an City has been restored, Liu Wei knows that the time has come for him to return to Luoyang to preside over military affairs.

Jia Xu was ordered to stay in Jingzhaoyin and Zuo Feng Yi for disaster relief, and Pang received the order to return to Luoyang with Liu Wei.

The war in Xuzhou continued, but under Liu Wei's rule, the whole country was peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, as if this era of constant war had nothing to do with them.

Although Jing Zhaoyin's disaster has stabilized, the cultivable season has also passed, and this year Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Fengyi are destined to have no harvest.

After merging with Pang Tong in Chang'an City, Liu Wei and his entourage hurried to Luoyang on the way, and all they saw were barren fields.

All the victims of starvation have been buried, and the tragic situation of starvation in the earlier area is long gone, but the barren fields have also cast a heavy layer of gloom on this once prosperous region.

"The perennial melee can actually turn a prosperous place like Jing Zhaoyin into a devastation!" Riding a horse and walking in the wilderness, Liu Wei said with emotion: "The longer the war lasts, the more tired the Central Plains will be, and the more the people will have a hard ......."

"yes!" Following behind Liu Bian, Pang Tong also sighed, took Liu Bian's words, and said to him: "At present, there is no war in the Central Plains, but Jianghuai is afraid that it will be difficult to extricate himself from the war!" Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Lu Bu and even Yuan Shu are all sharpening their swords and guns, intending to seize Xuzhou! ”

"Military advisor, this king remembers that Great Qin seems to be still black!" Liu Wei did not take Pang Tong's words, but turned his head and smiled at him, and asked him: "Now that this king has been named the king of Qin, isn't it this battle armor ......?"

"Your Highness!" From Liu Wei's words, Pang Tong had already heard the idea of wanting to change the color of the battle suit, smiled slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "His Royal Highness is a descendant of the Han Dynasty and Miao, and he is named the King of Qin, and he also admires fire virtue like the Han Dynasty, how did he think of changing the soldier's clothes and armor?" ”

"That's it!" The meaning of Pang Tong's words was to directly oppose Liu Bian's replacement of Qin Jun's clothes and armor, Liu Bian smiled slightly, did not adhere to his original idea, and rode his horse to continue to move forward.

Everyone traveled all the way, and when they reached the Hongnong land boundary, the barren fields completely disappeared from the sight of Liu Wei and others, and were replaced by millet swaying in the wind in the field.

Some of the farmers were still working in the fields, and when Liu Wei and the others passed by, the farmers stopped what they were doing and looked at them from a distance.

"This king has already ordered that Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Fengyi are like Luoyang and other places, and villages will be built outside the city, and the people will live together, and no longer take the clan as the foundation of settlement!" Walking along the official road, Liu Wei looked at the grains on both sides of the road, and said to Pang Tong: "In this way, the people in their village can intermarry, and the children born are much smarter and smarter." As for the cities in various places, like Luoyang, workshops are built, and the goods produced by the workshops should be sold by officials and merchants! ”

"In this way, it must not be long before Chang'an will become the second Luoyang." Riding along with Liu Bian, after listening to Liu Bian's words, Pang Tong nodded his head and said to Liu Bian: "With the development of workshops in the city, the people in the city have something to do, and the villages outside the city can provide grain and grass to the city in an endless stream, and in the long run, the people in the city can completely get rid of farming." Your Highness is so placed that people can make the best use of it! ”

"Wealth is the goal that everyone is after!" While riding forward, Liu Wei said to Pang Tong: "To strengthen the Qin army, this king needs weapons and armor, war horses and war elephants, and also needs sufficient food and grass guarantees. To raise an army of 100,000 people, it is necessary to work a million people. ”

Listening to Liu Wei's words, Pang Tong also couldn't stop nodding.

Pang Tong didn't answer, but Liu Wei continued: "These Japanese kings are thinking to themselves, when the war is going on, there is no need for the partial battalion to go out, if it is just a defensive place, it is really not much necessary to raise such a large army!" ”

"Your Highness's plan is ......?" Liu Wei suddenly mentioned the partial camp, and Pang Tong asked him with some doubts: "Could it be that His Royal Highness wants to eliminate the partial camp?" ”

"No!" Liu Wei waved his hand and said to Pang Tong: "Local stability and defense against strong enemies still need to be biased. The king was only going to give an order to divide the camp and then plough half-soldiered. ”

"Half-soldier and half-plough......" Liu Bian's words came out, Pang Tong's eyelids lowered for a moment, and then he said to him: "The military salary of the partial camp is also a lot, and Your Highness is like this, I'm afraid it will be ......."

"Military pay is nothing more than copper coins!" Waving his hand at Pang Tong, Liu Wei said to him with a smile: "The military salaries of the partial battalions remain unchanged, but from next year, the government treasury will not provide military rations for the partial battalions, and the military rations will be raised by them themselves." In addition, the soldiers of the partial battalion can open the military reclamation, build villages outside the military camp, intermarry independently, and participate in daily military training, the rest of the time is arranged by themselves! ”

"In this way, although the soldiers of the partial battalion must produce their own grain and grass, they can build villages." After listening to Liu Bian's words, Pang Tong nodded uncontrollably and said to Liu Bian: "If the farmland is reclaimed more, there will be no shortage of grain and grass." Since then, the pressure on the treasury has been reduced, and all the treasury grain and grass can be allocated to the main force! Your Highness, this is a wonderful move! ”

"The most important thing is that the soldiers of the partial battalion can live a life of hot kang with their wives and children from now on." Turning his head and smiling at Pang Tong, Liu Wei said to him: "Soldiers are also human beings, if they only fight with this king all their lives and delay their own lives, this king is also uneasy!" ”

"This king has an idea, and there will be no deviation in the future!" Without waiting for Pang Tong to answer, Liu Wei continued: "From now on, the partial battalion will be renamed as a military household!" But whenever the war is urgent, the military household must go out to join the army! On weekdays, military households do not need to pay food, and except for disasters and wars, no one is allowed to collect grain and grass from military households! ”

"Your Highness is wise!" Riding on horseback, Pang Tong clenched his fists and bowed, saluted Liu Bian, and said to Liu Bian: "Your Majesty can already see that in the future, there will be a Great Qin army that can fight well, crisscrossing the north and south of the river!" Invincible, invincible! ”