"General, the enemy has retreated!"

In Beihai Kingdom, Zhou Yafu, who was attacked by Zhao Gongzi, held on to it and dragged Zhao Gongzi in Beihai Guoju County. When Zhao Gongzi learned that Cao Cao had been annexed and knew that the general trend was gone, he ordered a retreat.

In Taishan County, Li Guang, Yang Ye, and Du Ruhui defended the city and repelled the invading Tian Ji and Tian Dan. Seeing the retreat of Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tianqi's army, the defenders of Taishan County breathed a sigh of relief.

Chu Tian's sphere of influence, there were almost no enemy troops, and the surrounding princes shrank their forces.

Chutian dispatched Du Ruhui to Puyang to govern Yanzhou, and at the same time used a group of Yanzhou scholars, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Xue Yi and others to ensure the interests of the Yanzhou family. As a non-local family, Du Rumei is not prone to bias when used to manage the Yanzhou family. If a Xuzhou family is parachuted, it is estimated that there will be a fight between Yanzhou and Xuzhou.

"Yanzhou has a total of ten counties, Dongjun, Chenliu, Jiyin, Shanyang, Renchengguo, Dongping, Lu, Taishan, and Jibei...... Among them, half of Chenliu County is occupied by Tang, that is, the lord has obtained nine and a half counties. Renchengguo, Dongpingguo, Luguo, Jibei and other counties are not large. Yanzhou is said to be ten counties, and the area is almost the same as the five counties of Xuzhou. In addition, Yanzhou has been in war for many years, and I am afraid that the population is not as large as that of Xuzhou...... The population of Dongjun and Chenliu is only more than 4 million. ”

On behalf of the officials of Yanzhou, Cheng Yu explained the situation in Yanzhou to Chutian and submitted the population account books of Dongjun and Chenliu. It is obvious that Cao Cao, at the suggestion of the stranger, conducted household registration statistics.

Years of war in Yanzhou have drastically reduced the population of the two large counties of Dongjun and Chenliu, and many people have fled to Xuzhou. A large number of people from Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou poured into Xuzhou, so Cheng Yu believes that Xuzhou's population is more than that of Yanzhou, and it is not a fiction.

Chu Tian looked through the two account books: "There should be many people hiding in Wubao, mountains, and manors because of the war, so that the county orders in various places include these displaced people in the account books." ”

Chu Tian suspected that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people were hidden. This is also very common, such as the dock fort of the Xu Chu family, which has tens of thousands of displaced people and does not pay taxes. For the hidden population, Chu Tian had to try to bring them into the jurisdiction of the government.

Cheng Yu said: "Take the order." ”

Cheng Yu was one of Cao Cao's most important advisors and made a lot of contributions to Cao Cao.

[Name]: Cheng Yu

[Commander]: 74 [Force]: 49 [Intelligence]: 95 [Politics]: 84 [Charisma]: 56

[Phase]: Rigidity

[Trait 1]: Knowing the military plan (S-level trait, when serving in the army, the probability of providing military proposals increases, and the probability of success of incitement and suspicious tactics increases)

[Trait 2]: Brave and Brave (S-rank trait, when joining the army, the morale of the troops is +20% when you are in battle, and the bonus number is related to your own commander, not conflicting with the main general trait)

[Trait 3]: Yanzhou Hope (S-rank trait, Yanzhou Family's satisfaction with power +5%, Yanzhou Family's satisfaction with power +20%; When the disciples of the Yanzhou family were appointed as officials, the administrative efficiency was improved; The people's hearts in the counties of Yanzhou are not easy to decline)

Cheng Yu is inconspicuous in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in fact, he is a strategist who has made great contributions to Cao Cao's forces, if there is no Cheng Yu to guard Yanzhou, Cao Cao's Yanzhou will be completely occupied by Lu Bu, and there will be no later Emperor Wu of Wei.

At present, Chutian's strategists include Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Lu Su, Cao Di and others, such a lineup is quite impressive.

"Du Ruhui will come to Dongjun from Mount Tai, and you will assist him in governing Yanzhou."

Chu Tian saw that Cheng Yu had the characteristic of "Yanzhou Hope", which could just be used to appease the hearts of the people in Yanzhou.

Du Ruhui is an outsider to the Yanzhou scholars.

Chutian asked Wei Qing to be the governor of Yanzhou military, Du Ruhui was the long history, Cheng Yu was the Taishou of Dongjun, Manzhong was the Taishou of Chen Liu, and Gongziwen was the Taishou of Jiyin, and the Tang Dynasty of Yuzhou was jointly defended.

At the same time, Wei Qing's Yulin Legion occupied Xingyang and Tiger Prison, and Pang Juan's Warrior Legion occupied Fengqiu and defended together with Manzhong. The Warrior Legion is the main legion, and the favored Legion is the ordinary defensive legion.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were disrupted by Chutian and incorporated into various main army corps to prevent the Yanzhou soldiers from mutiny.

This attack on Yanzhou yielded too many good generals, and Chutian needed to spend time reorganizing his legions.

Each county has a defensive corps, and in fact, many counties no longer need to have a defensive corps. For example, Peng Chengguo, surrounded by Chutian's territory, can completely cut off the local defensive legions, and the saved military salaries can be used to increase the number of soldiers in the main legions.

Regarding the reorganization of the legion, Chu Tian still had to return to the lord's mansion and consider it in detail.

He needed to know the annual financial revenues from Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou and other places, as well as the inventory of war horses and equipment, so that he could replan the legion.

There were about 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers who surrendered in the Dongjun and Chenliu areas, and with these people, one or two regiments could be expanded.

After leaving some people to defend Yanzhou, Chu Tian returned to Xiacheng with Cao Cao and many other generals, and placed their families in Xiacheng for surveillance. If the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan betray, the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan in Qian County will all be killed.

Cao Song's small life in Xuzhou was nourishing, although he also knew that he was being watched by Xuzhou Mu, but except that he couldn't leave Xia City, Cao Song had no restrictions. In addition, there has been no war in Langya for a long time, the people are calm, Cao Song brought a lot of gold and silver treasures, and lived a rich life, so Cao Song has no complaints.

Recently, Cao Song has also become obsessed with land speculation.

Xia Cheng is about to be upgraded to a large city, and the land price is getting higher and higher, so if you buy a private house in advance, you can make a lot of money. The Lord's Mansion's control of the land also caused the price of land in Xia City to skyrocket. Using real estate to obtain additional financial income and support Chutian in waging war is what Xia Liang has been doing.

Although the increase in land prices in various counties is immoral to the common people, it does bring in a lot of fiscal revenue.

When Cao Song and Cao Cao's brother Cao De saw Cao Cao, they were shocked, and then told that their parents were short, and they were all embarrassed.

"I said it all, don't raise troops, don't raise troops, what are you capable of? Can the achievements be higher than your father as a captain? It's a good thing now, you and your father have become prisoners. The Cao family is unfortunate, and the Xiahou family is unfortunate. ”

When Cao Song saw Cao Cao, he immediately put on a posture of dignity and blamed Cao Cao.

Cao Song fled to Xuzhou, not only because of the chaos in Qiaoxian County, but also because he was worried that his son Cao Cao would fail to raise troops and become a prisoner.

Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "Dad, what you said is that if you know that you are not filial, you will not be able to join the army." In the end, it is still someone else's clothing. ”

"Your father and I have eaten more salt than you have eaten, don't mess around next time."

Cao Song saw Cao Cao admit his mistake, so he was relieved.

He didn't realize that if Chu Tian hadn't tried his best to suppress Cao Cao, Cao Cao's territory would not have been so small, let alone defeated so easily.

Cao De said: "Brother, Xuzhou Mu has a good way to govern Xuzhou, the country is peaceful and peaceful, the chickens and dogs smell each other, and the road is not left behind, why can't you think of being an enemy with Xuzhou Mu?" Xuzhou Mu is crusading against you with a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, how can you be undefeated? If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself. ”

Cao Song answered: "What your brother said is extreme, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, Meng De, this time you come to Xia City, you must do more good deeds, don't fight and kill again, do you think you are this material?" ”

“……”

Cao Cao was speechless. It is a normal struggle for hegemony between princes, and in the end only one force can survive, why did Cao Cao become the unjust party?

It seems that Cao Song and Cao De have integrated into the Langya Kingdom and regard themselves as spiritual Xuzhou people.

originally thought that Cao Song would be a prisoner in Xiacheng, but Cao Cao was completely wrong, Cao Song became a wealthy businessman in Langya Country because of his participation in speculation on high land prices, and Cao De helped Cao Song take care of business.

In terms of Xia Cheng's influence, Cao Cao was not as good as his younger brother Cao De.

Cao Cao, Ding, Bian, Cao Ang and others were helped by Cao Song and Cao De and lived in Xiacheng.

Cao Cao heard that a group of Confucians such as Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan, and Cai Yong lived in Xiacheng, so he came to visit. In front of Lu Zhi and others, Cao Cao is still a junior.

"Xuzhou Mu has the ambition to calm the world, how many years can our old men live? In the future, it will depend on you to calm down the troubled times. ”

Lu Zhi saw Cao Cao and told Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was submissive. The other party's reputation is too high, and Cao Cao has been a nominal Yanzhou assassin for another year, which is far worse than Lu Zhi and others.

The families, big families, and wealthy merchants in Xuzhou knew that Cao Cao and a group of military generals lived in Xiacheng, and they waited and saw the attitude of the lord's mansion, and did not dare to come to Cao Cao in person, otherwise they might implicate various families.

The generals of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan also temporarily resided in Xia City, waiting for appointment.

Cao Cao and the others' every move was monitored.

Chu Tian returned to the Lord's Mansion and considered the matter of reorganizing the legion.

The current Xuzhou forces have three guard legions, the Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army, the Women's Army, the Scout Corps, and the special Tiger Army and the Servant Corps.

The main legion had three infantry and four cavalry corps. The infantry corps is offensive, defensive, and military pawns, and the cavalry corps is white-robed, invincible, Xiliang, and Yulin.

After obtaining a group of Cao Cao's generals, Chu Tian could organize these generals into various main army corps, or set up new legions.

"The Xiliang Legion can be revoked, because Xu Rong is not a general of the Xiliang faction......"

Chutian considered abolishing the establishment of the Xiliang Legion, or giving a new number.

The reason why it was named the Xiliang Legion in the past was because Xu Rong and Hua Xiong were both military generals captured by Chutian from Dong Zhuo, and they also had Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Now the Xiliang Legion needs to be reorganized.

Chu Tian originally planned to set up a legion of five good generals and appoint Cao Cao as the commander, but thinking that Xu Huang and Zhang He were not in his hands, Cao Cao's loyalty was not high enough, so he gave up.

"What are you thinking?"

Xia Liang came to the door to greet him with his son in his arms, and he had some resentment against Chutian who went to Yanzhou to fight halfway.

"The legions need to be reorganized, and I'm thinking about it."

When Chu Tian saw his son, he no longer looked like he was wrinkled when he was born.

Xia Liang said: "I have heard that Cao Cao is under house arrest in Xia City, Cao Cao is a hero, and few people can suppress him." ”

"That's what I'm worried about, and I can only use my loyalty to judge whether Cao Cao is rebellious. In addition, just let Cao Cao come back and report to me at any time, and once his loyalty drops, he will be replaced by Wei Qing. Cao Cao didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Wei Qing. ”

Chu Tian had a way to spy on Cao Cao.

Chu Tian returned to the Lord's Mansion, and the number of maids in the Lord's Mansion was originally small, but in order to take care of the young lord who was born, the number of maids employed by the Lord's Mansion now is as many as dozens of people.

"Why is she in the backyard?"

Chu Tian couldn't help frowning when he saw Joan of Arc coming to visit.

"Only if she is concerned, will she give up thinking about returning to France for the time being."

There is some truth to the fact that it is cool in summer.

"I plan to reorganize the corps and march to Qingzhou. In addition to Pingyuan County north of the Yellow River, Jinan, Qi, and Le'an to the south of the Yellow River must all be taken. Then go to the court, please be named the general of Zhendong, and then promote everyone separately. How do you serve as a pastor in Xuzhou? ”

"Xuzhou Mu? What about you? ”

In the summer, Liang saw that Chutian gave up the position of Xuzhou Mu to himself, and he couldn't help but be surprised. You must know that Xuzhou is the core territory of Chutian and has the largest population.

"I served as the pastor of Yanzhou and personally suppressed the family in Yanzhou. In the future, whether it is against Yuzhou, Guanzhong or Hebei, it will be necessary to place the main army in Yanzhou, so I have to focus on Yanzhou. ”

Chu Tian thought that he needed to serve as the pastor of Yanzhou, completely eliminate Cao Cao's influence in Yanzhou, and digest Yanzhou's territory. If most of the territory of Qingzhou is captured, a Qingzhou Thorn History will also be established. The personnel of Qingzhou's assassin history, Chutian also has it.

"Li Kui has worked hard and has made great achievements, and he can serve as the assassin of Qingzhou. Once Qingzhou is taken, the importance of Qingzhou is lower than that of Yanzhou and Xuzhou, so there is no state pastor, and a corps can be sent to defend along the Yellow River. ”

Chu Tian thought of the low-key Li Kui.

As an emperor-level minister, Li Kui is naturally handy in governing Qingzhou.

Qingzhou was devastated more than Xuzhou and Yanzhou, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Catastrophe broke out successively, as well as a series of battles in Chutian's attack on Qingzhou.

"Are you going to Yanzhou to deal with internal affairs?"

Xia Liang sighed slightly, if Chu Tian became the pastor of Yanzhou, he might sit in Yanzhou for a long time.

"Who said that Yanzhou Mu must be in Yanzhou? Yanzhou has Du Ruhui, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Wei Qing and others, so why bother. If they are in a hurry, they can also use the teleportation array to send them to the lord's mansion to deal with it. I became the pastor of Yanzhou just to appease the local people. After all, I want the civilians of Yanzhou to know that their state pastor is me Chu Zimou. ”

"In that case, I'd like to thank the existence of such a thing as a teleportation array." Xia Liang asked again, "But what should our son be called?" ”

When they heard the name, the women who visited the lord's palace came over.

Joan of Arc said solemnly: "I think it should be called, Henri de Chu of Langya." ”

Chu Tian directly ignored the serious Joan of Arc, which was not the name of the East at all.

"Chu Zheng? Chu Zhao? ”

Hua Mulan and Li Xiuning also intervened in the discussion.

Chu Tian felt a little headache when he faced the matter of naming him. Chu Tian didn't pay much attention to it.

Xia Liang understood Chu Tian's personality and thought to himself, maybe Chu Tian would casually give his son a name.