To say that Tian Chou also represented Liu Yu as an envoy to Jinyang City, he also has a slight understanding of the life of the people there. To be honest, he really yearns for it in his heart. Accustomed to seeing melee, he hopes to have a peaceful place for himself and future generations to live.

However, the last time he went to Jinyang City, he hadn't even seen Zhang Chao's face, so he couldn't find a suitable move if he wanted to return to Shun. Now that Zhang Chao is coming with a large army, he naturally wants to bring up what he has not said, otherwise, I am afraid that there will really be no chance.

Tian Chou is thinking about the price, but this kind of thing is far from being something that Jia Xu can decide. He can go all the way through the hurdles and surrender the prisoners, but when it comes to Xu Ren's official position, such a thing is beyond the scope of his decision. So when he looked at Tian Chou, he said: "I already understand the meaning of Brother Zitai, in this way, the general will come soon, and I will ask for instructions at that time." ”

Seeing that Jia Xu understood what he meant, Tian Chou hurriedly got up, and then clasped his fists and saluted: "In this way, it will trouble Brother Wen He, I, the two generals Xian Yuyin and Xian Yufu and 10,000 subordinate soldiers are waiting for the general's reply." ”

Tian Chou also took the opportunity to say the strength he had, which was also to increase his identity, so that Zhang Chao could give better conditions after he knew.

After Tian Chou finished saying what he should have said, he took his leave. Jia Xu sent the guests away, while letting the army be stationed in Yangle City, while sending scouts to the front to inquire about the situation, before the lord arrived, he wanted to understand the situation of Gongsun Zan as clearly as possible, so that after the lord arrived, he could make the right decision as soon as possible.

It is said that Zhang Chao's army has now passed through Dai County and Shanggu, and is walking in the boundary of Yuyang County.

Wherever the army passed, you could see the barren fields on the side of the road, and Zhang Chao sighed all the way to pity. When most of the cultivated fields in the Central Plains were occupied by the magnates of the scholars, so that most of the people had no land of their own and could only be tenants, there were still so many barren fields here that no one cultivated, which was really a waste.

Guo Jia also felt a lot of emotion when he saw these fertile fields and said: "My lord, because of the geographical location, the cold here is abnormal, and there are Xiongnu and Xianbei watching all the time, which makes the people here unstable, and no scholar family will choose to survive here." In this way, it is a pity that these fertile fields are wasted and they become ownerless. ”

"Well, it's a pity, but it's a good opportunity for us." When Zhang Chao said this, he squeezed his eyes at Guo Jia.

Guo Jiadao, who was amused by Zhang Chao's action, said: "Hehe, what the lord said is true." If we can occupy this place, then it will become a big granary, a logistics supply base for our army to unify the world. ”

"Yes, there are no families here, and the land is ownerless, so it is really a suitable place." Zhang Chao also sighed.

Since Zhang Chao arrived in the state, he has taken people-oriented measures. While encouraging the local people to give birth to the next generation, it also used various preferential policies to attract a lot of people who came to visit, and later the Xiongnu and some Xianbei tribes surrendered, but also opened a lot of farmland.

But there will be a time when manpower will run out. If this kind of unlimited reclamation continues, it is conceivable that one day, there will be a time when the fertile land will be insufficient.

Although Zhang Chao has such thoughts, he also knows that his foundation is still unstable, and if he really does this, it will inevitably cause internal instability.

Although the current state is not like the Central Plains, and various forces are intertwined, he does not believe that it is the unity of the whole people. Just like this time, the reason why he left Zhao Yun was to increase the confidence of Lu Su who stayed behind.

For Bingzhou, Zhang Chao is still an outsider after all. Although after he arrived, he took a series of measures, such as unifying and merging states, killing Zhang Quan, the head snake, and thus taking Hedong and cleaning up the Xiongnu and Xianbei. These are indeed effective deterrence of the local magnates, but it cannot be denied that some of these people are still on the sidelines, they don't know how long Zhang Chao's prosperity can last, in case they are defeated by Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, how will they deal with Zhang Chao when they really surrender?

For this reason, these people are still waiting and seeing. At least when Zhang Chao's strength is not strong enough, these people will definitely have two hearts.

But for these people, Zhang Chao can't raise a butcher's knife to kill at will.

These magnates usually seem to be unrelated to each other, but once he hurts his family, the others will inevitably endanger themselves, and they will also make some radical measures in order to protect themselves, which is why they know that the magnates and scholars are tumors, but Yuan Shao and Cao Cao just don't dare to do anything to them. Even in history, Cao Cao's life was to deal with the relationship with these scholars in addition to fighting. So much so that after decades of hard work, and in the end, the whole country was not unified, and the task was handed over to his son and grandson to complete the reason.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's current strength is not smaller than Zhang Chao, but they are both cautious about the squire family and the powerful, let alone Zhang Chao. And this time he sent troops to Youzhou, in addition to looking for a place in Phnom Penh for his freer development and opening up a trade route to the outside world, he also wanted to solve the problem of insufficient fertile land.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat. Zhang Chao, as a person who is well versed in history, is very clear about this truth. And if you want the people to support you, the most basic thing is to give them enough good land. Only if you have a field to plant, a house to live in, clothes to wear, and food to eat. Only when the people live a prosperous life can they support you wholeheartedly. Otherwise, the Yellow Turban Rebellion mode will be turned on at any time.

Zhang Chao, who knew what he should do and what he wanted, had the move to venture into Youzhou.

This time, he spent a lot of money on Guo Tu and Xu You, asking them to persuade Yuan Shao to abandon Youzhou and take the relatively wealthy Hanoi, which was a risky thing. Now it seems that the first step is completed, but the next pressure is not small, he needs to solve the problem of Youzhou in the shortest possible time, otherwise, once Hanoi is lost, then Hedong and the entire annexed state will be in danger. If the army can't return, there is a possibility that it will be copied.

Zhang Chao knows all this. But he still chose to take risks, in order to achieve the goal of expanding his strength in the shortest possible time. He couldn't wait, if Yuan Shao and Cao Cao attacked him first, he would really be passive.

After thinking about these plans in his heart, Zhang Chao's face showed a confident smile again, "What Feng Xiao said is that occupying Youzhou is equivalent to occupying a large amount of no man's land, we can let more people come here to farm, and then we will have more grain and grass, and then we can expand the army and complete our goal." ”

"Yes, Lord Renzhi, Jia is looking forward to the day of unification." Guo Jia saw the ambition in Zhang Chao's heart, and couldn't help but sigh very much.

"Hehe, there will be a day." Zhang Chao laughed out loud when he heard this. With a top strategist like Guo Jia by his side, what else is he afraid of?

"Report!" When Zhang Chao was still fantasizing about doing great things, and Guo Jia was also thinking about helping the lord achieve great things, the voice of Xu Chu, the head of the guard on duty, came from outside the door.

"Enter." Hearing that Xu Chu was calling the door outside the door, Zhang Chao guessed that something must have happened, so he hurriedly agreed.

The door was pushed open, and Xu Chu, who was dressed in black armor, walked in, and when he saw Zhang Chao, he clasped his fists and saluted: "Lord, just now the scout came to report, and I saw traces of Xianbei cavalry activities outside our army's camp. ”

"Oh, has Kobineng finally appeared?" Listening to Xu Chu's report, Zhang Chao smiled and looked at Guo Jia who was standing on the side.

Guo Jia also smiled at this time: "When Jia Junshi's army entered Yuyang, they didn't move, but waited for us to come, and then they appeared, it seems that they are coming for the lord." ”

"Haha, yes, this Kebi can be afraid that I will be treated as a big fish, that is, then let's see who is the prey and who is the fish. Zhong Kang, go and call Lu Bu and Huang Wei. Zhang Chao also laughed, the reason why he was not marching very fast was that he was waiting for Kebineng to appear. If this problem is not solved, I am afraid that the back road will be copied at any time, which is definitely not what he thinks.

Kebineng was originally a small tribesman in Xianbei, because he was brave, fair in law enforcement, and not greedy for money, so everyone elected him as the leader. Because this tribe is close to Biansai, since Yuan Shao occupied Hebei, many Chinese have fled to Kebineng. Kebi was able to teach them how to use weapons, and at the same time he himself learned a lot about the Central Plains culture. Therefore, he commanded his subordinates and imitated China. Go out hunting, hold high the military flag, and beat the drum as a password to advance and retreat.

It can be said that among the leaders of Xianbei, Kebi can be regarded as a wise man. He knows how to strengthen his strength, and even knows that to win the hearts and minds of the people, he also has his own set of theories in terms of strategy.

For example, Kobineng's territory is in Daigun and Kamiya, and he mainly operates in those areas. But this time he did not attack Zhang Chao there, but chose Yuyang County, which is the same as Zhang Chao's theory that the battle should be fought outside and not affect himself.

And this time, intending to make a move on Zhang Chao, Kebineng also had the idea of capturing the thief and capturing the king first.

The last time he cooperated with Yuan Shao to attack Liu Yu, Kebi was able to continue to train and improve the combat ability of his cavalry in addition to the war, and at the same time, he also plundered a lot of Youzhou people, after bringing back to the tribe, the woman stayed to weave and do what she could, and the adult man was forced to enlist in the army, which made his military strength grow extremely quickly for a while, and this time he brought 100,000 cavalry to surround Zhang Chao.