The drought does not only occur in the Central Plains, there is also a drought in the northern steppe, and what is even worse is that after the drought, there will be a locust plague, the locusts will gnaw all the pasture, so that the nomads and Han herdsmen will die of livestock, and the harm is much greater than the drought in the Central Plains.

The north of Yanmen Pass is now facing this situation, and the north of Yinshan is even more miserable, the vast green grass that used to be endless has become bare, the yellow land is exposed, the wind blows through the sky is full of sand and dust, under the clouds and mist, the black cloud-like locusts are advancing in the sky, as if the plague from hell.

Zhang Liao was very crazy, his hair was going to turn gray, he only deeply realized how difficult it is to be a superior this time, fortunately, the population of Bingzhou is not large, pick the cracks in the warehouse, maybe it can hold out until next summer's harvest, but what about the battle? Once the war starts, it will be a large amount of money and food, and Zhang Liao really can't come up with the money and food for the war.

But the war will not stop because Zhang Liao can't afford to fight, maybe Gongsun Chan also has this problem, the threat from Gongsun Chan will be reduced, but the nomads in the north can no longer live, their only way to survive is to go south to grab food, otherwise they can only embark on a migrating journey to death.

Zhang Liao, who was familiar with the character of the Hu people on the grassland, knew that the Hu people would definitely choose to go south to rob, but he had no food and grass to support the battle. What's more, would Gongsun Chan really be so righteous and wouldn't come to take advantage of the fire to rob? Zhang Liao didn't dare to bet on Gongsun Zhan's benevolence and morality. Because that thing Gongsun Chan never had.

Zhang Liao now has to face the situation of being besieged on both sides and no, on all sides, and the only way is to find ways to lift the shadow of war in the north, shrink his strength, and deter Gongsun Chan from going to war easily.

And if he wants to realize this strategic idea, the only way Zhang Liao can think of is to give up the north of Yanmen County. Wrapping the Xintuo area north of Yinshan, this area is the pride of Lü Bu and Zhang Liao, and it is also a testimony to their expansion of territory for the Han Dynasty. Zhang Liao actually didn't want to give up these territories very much, but the current situation did not allow him to make this cruel choice

"Oh, my lord. Have you read both Zhang Liao's letter and Lu Bu's letter? ”

Fang Zhiwen did not answer. Instead, he looked Guo Jia up and down, and then at Lu Su beside him, a week of high-intensity tempering really made the bodies of the two stronger, judging from the data, it was an increase of five points of strength, which should have reached the maximum, which has a lot to do with their foundation difference.

However, these strength points are meaningless in battle. Fang Zhiwen is concerned about whether this can improve their physique, if he wants to know. It's only time to return to Dahan.

Nodding with satisfaction, Fang Zhiwen smiled: "Look, this is simply a fat pig arch 1."

"Hehe" Lu Su also laughed, these days of getting along day and night, Lu Su has basically understood Fang Zhiwen's character, in front of him, there is no need to be cautious and take care of too much, Fang Zhiwen is not the kind of superior who only focuses on people's shortcomings, he looks more at a person's advantages.

Guo Jia also smiled: "What a big fat pig!" Hehe, most of Yanmen County, including the north of Yinshan Mountain, but we are not stupid, don't we know that there is a locust plague on the grassland? ”

Fang Zhiwen's face sank slightly: "Speaking of this locust plague, is there any good way?" ”

"This is generally booby-trapped with fire, deep ploughing of the land in winter, and if there is plenty of rain in the coming year, then" Lu Su's statement was decent, and even he himself felt that there was no novelty, and he couldn't say anything after saying it halfway.

"Zijing's method is an effective method that has been summed up, these are all things to do, I want to ask if there is a better way, both of them are talented people, you might as well think about it, the locust plague is spreading in all directions, if it spreads to Youzhou, it will be troublesome."

"Defend it to the death! Mobilize all troops and residents"

"Fengxiao, you seem to have forgotten our administrative layout, the layout of the towns in the big cities is fundamentally contradictory to the kind of plan of fragmented defense you mentioned, do you want the residents to set up tents in the wilderness?"

"Ugh"

Guo Jia also asked, he really forgot about this stubble, Lu Su didn't know this situation, listening to Fang Zhiwen say this, he realized that Youzhou was even carefully planned in terms of administrative layout, and the admiration of Fang Zhiwen and Guo Jia and others couldn't help but go up a level, what kind of height do these people manage Youzhou from!?

"My lord, I have also heard of a local method, that is, to drive chickens and ducks to peck at locusts, I don't know if there are many chickens and ducks in Youzhou?"

"Well, there are a lot of these, but they are all scattered breeding, and when there are too many chickens and ducks, they are prone to epidemics, and it is very troublesome to assemble them1

Fang Zhiwen frowned, but then his brows rose, and Guo Jia also exclaimed.

"Oops! Zijing is right, my lord, use the method of eating, use the method of eating1

"Go eat! Hehe. Fang Zhiwen laughed and teased, Lu Su looked at Fang Zhiwen with a relaxed expression in surprise, obviously, Fang Zhiwen also thought of a way, but what kind of trick is it? Why can't you think of it? Is it really a problem with your own intelligence?

This problem has often arisen since Lu Su followed Fang Zhiwen, but Lu Su has always refused to admit it.

"Husband! Husband, Feng Xiao and Zi Jing are also there. Taishi Zhaorong came up from the stairs a little breathlessly, calling Fang Zhiwen at the same time.

"What's the matter, so anxious1

"The letter from home, the locust plague, the locust plague broke out in Youzhou 1 Taishi Zhaorong looked anxious, she knew the horror of the locust plague, and she had lived in Youzhou for so many years. She has also seen with her own eyes the places that have been ravaged by locusts, and that is called not a single grass left! Many of the animals were starved to death, and it was a terrible sight.

Sure enough, 1 Fang Zhiwen said solemnly.

Taishi Zhaorong was stunned for a moment. Could it be that they had already expected this? Taishi Zhaorong breathed a sigh of relief slightly, since her husband had already expected it, then there was no need to worry so much.

"The lord's mouth is really black, just said that it might spread to Youzhou, and the urgent report from Youzhou here came1

Fang Zhiwen smiled: "It's not that I'm black-mouthed, this is normal development, okay." Hurry up and talk about your solution, you just thought of a good way. ”

"Wait, Fengxiao already has a way to curb the locust plague?"

Taishi Zhaorong asked in surprise. Guo Jia nodded proudly, then pointed at Lu Su and said, "Fortunately, Zijing reminded me that locusts can be eaten." ”

"Eat? Do you want the people to catch it and eat it as food? ”

"Hehe, of course not. That's fine, though. But there's a better object to eat."

"Ahh I understand1 Lu Su suddenly screamed excitedly and interrupted Guo Jia's words, Guo Jia didn't think he was angry, but motioned for Lu Su to come and continue.

"Use the troops here to eat! Many of the troops here are wild beasts, such as fire phoenixes, firebirds, griffins, wyverns, etc., and they should all like to eat these fat bugs, right1

Guo Jia grinned and nodded:

"Hehe, that's right! Exactly. These are again disciplined troops, which are well commanded. And I'm not afraid of wild monsters in the wild, the only thing I need to worry about is that these guys will gradually lose their magic attributes and reduce their combat effectiveness when they stay there for a long time. ”

Fang Zhiwen also explained: "It doesn't matter, the Yonghan Island Group in the north does not rely on land forces, let them go all out to recruit these troops who can eat locusts, and then send them to Youzhou, the lost magic attribute will be restored in about two weeks after returning, and it is not a big problem." ”

"In this way, the problem of locust plague can be easily solved? 1 Taishi Zhaorong endured her excitement and reconfirmed.

"If there are no accidents, it should be solved, and before that, let the fire phoenixes left in Miyun confirm whether they like to eat locusts or not, after all, this is only on paper1

"No need to verify, I know they like to eat, don't you never observe those interesting animals?" Taishi Zhaorong looked at Guo Jia curiously, and Guo Jia smiled awkwardly.

Fang Zhiwen smiled and said for the skeleton: "Fengxiao is busy exercising, how can you be so idle." In fact, the fire phoenix is like a large pheasant, and it is natural that it likes to eat locusts, hehe"

"Uh-hue-hee." Taishi Zhaorong also smiled happily: "Then I'll do it." ”

"Well, go for it1

Seeing Taishi Zhaorong leave happily, Fang Zhiwen smiled a little proudly, what is there to be dissatisfied with having such a capable wife? What's more, there are four more, ancient men are really happy!

"Okay, the master is gone, and the lord has returned to his soul.1

"Hehe, let's talk about Zhang Liao's matter, he just wants to throw the trouble of Helian to us, but we also just want to use this catastrophe to completely swallow Helianbu, solve the problem of Xianbei in Monan once and for all, and completely control this large grassland from Kangbao to Dushe."

"Does the lord mean that war is supplemented by appeasement?"

"Yes, the hungry Xianbei people are easy to solve1

Guo Jia smiled: "Yes, it's really easy to solve." ”

Lu Su shook his head slightly and sighed, the hungry Xianbei people are very dangerous, so Zhang Liao has to throw off the burden, but these two people think that the hungry Xianbei people are very easy to solve, because they have a good medicine to cure hunger in their hands, lure them with medicine, and use them to threaten them, this may be a typical case of Weiwei Huaide!

"What about the conditions? can't be cheap Zhang Liao and Lu Bu in vain. ”

"Yu Shi and Chen Ji before, and now add the population of Yanmen North."

"The population north of Yanmen Pass? Zhang Liao may not be willing? ”

"If you don't want to, you have to be willing, otherwise we have to build and defend a blank field, and the Yanmen Pass and the Yanmen Taishou are in their hands, and they can go out of the pass at any time to make trouble, when we are fools 1

Fang Zhiwen smiled coldly and said, at this moment, Lu Su discovered a little bit of the essence of a peerless hero from Fang Zhiwen's body. To be continued...