Today's weather is not bad, although the sky is not very clear, and there seem to be a lot of clouds, but it is precisely because of the appearance of these "lovely" clouds that the temperature that has been a little higher than the same period in previous years has dropped a lot.

The people, who had chosen to lie dormant at home when there was nothing necessary, went out of their homes one after another, and there were far more business travelers from other places than there had been some time ago—judging from the smile on the face of the captain of the city gate, which was much brighter than the weather, those new business travelers made this commander, who had little real power, but after all, a good income from oil and water.

In fact, this is indeed a cause for rejoicing.

Although the previous raid was carried out unusually smoothly because of Zhang Ji's unexpected death, because the commander was killed, Ma Teng couldn't control it at all in the absence of descendant troops, and it was essentially an avalanche-like collapse of the Nanyang Corps formed by Zhang Ji's department as the core, otherwise with Zhang Ji's operation over the years, as well as Wancheng's complete city defense system, even if a mediocre general came to guard here, it would be impossible to give up this strategically important city in less than two days.

But even so, when Cai Mao and others counted the gains and losses of the battle after the war, they still didn't feel how happy.

Because Wancheng, as well as the counties and villages around Wancheng, the population is far less than these Jingzhou people expected, even if they have heard more or less of Li Shushi before that the area around Wancheng is at the forefront of the war, a large number of materials and wealth, naturally a large number of people have moved to Henan County to resettle, to enrich the small number of people there since Dong Zhuo.

It's just that those Jingzhou people obviously didn't expect Li Shushi to do it so thoroughly, and Zhang Ji would also cooperate so much.

It is no wonder that those Jingzhou people have such doubts, after all, anyone knows what it means to rule a prosperous city for generals who want to expand the army, or even if they do not invest a lot of taxes and wealth in the army due to the influence of the problem, expanding the wealth of themselves and their subordinates can not only buy people's hearts. And it's also good for your own family.

So they really didn't understand why Zhang Ji would listen to such an order from Jinyang so much, you must know that even with the close relationship between Huang Zu and Liu Biao, if Liu Biao asked Huang Zu to move the population and wealth to Nanjun, he would definitely force Huang Zu to rebel.

This can only be said that with the help of Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and Cao Ling, who had been in Nanyang for a long time, the situation in Nanyang was far more complicated than everyone in Jingzhou imagined, but it was also much simpler.

It is complicated because of the boundary of Nanyang. As the core of Sanhe and the passage to the core area of northern Jingzhou, it is also the hometown of Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and most of the hero groups around Liu Xiu are also from here, so the family is even more powerful, even after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the great melee between Dong Zhuo and the Kwantung coalition army, it is still difficult to fundamentally shake the foundation of these powerful families - unless there is a guy who is not afraid of death like Li Shushi, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, to carry out land reform.

In addition, in these years, starting from Qin Jie, the commander of Nanyang, to the tug-of-war between the Bingzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army, more than ten years in the middle have experienced the alternation and tug-of-war of Qin Jie, Zhang Zi, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu, Jingzhou Army, Dong Zhuojun and Bingzhou Army. The relationship between the various forces in the county is complicated, and no matter what you do, you need to worry about the attention and "care" from the secret.

Therefore, for this chaotic place, the strategy of the state army is to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, so that it can focus on becoming a battlefield, or the forward position of defending Luoyang, rather than the north-south thoroughfare as before. A prosperous place for the Maison, and for this purpose there was a very complex relocation plan. and a plan to ensure that Zhang Ji was stationed here.

This not only allows Zhang Ji to be stationed in Nanyang without feeling aggrieved, but if something really happens, it will not cause too much loss, after all, Zhang Ji's relationship with the Bingzhou Army may be extremely close, but as the boss of the former Xiliang Army, he has never been able to achieve a bowl of water with the generals of the descendant line in use. Even if the superficial work is done well, there will be no fundamental change - but the Bingzhou army can't do such a stupid thing because Zhang Ji is not from a descendant line.

It can be said that how to grasp the balance and at the same time hide from some untrusted families in a certain way, is definitely quite a lot of work, but for those foxes of all ages, such a huge plan may also be a kind of fun.

But it's simple. It's actually quite simple.

For Zhang Ji, Dong Zhuo's death basically cut off his ambition to climb up - in the final analysis, he Zhang Ji is just a loyal servant of Dong Zhuo alone, as for the others, maybe he can temporarily obey orders, but he will not work too hard, and he still has such qualifications, even if Li Guo was at his peak, there was not much to do with this former colleague, so he could only drive him out of the central government, and then use grain and grass and some nominal things in the hope of slowly dragging him to death.

It is precisely because Zhang Ji has such an idea, and Zhang Xiu, who inherits their Zhang family's bloodline, is also quite good under Li Shushi, so as long as Li Shushi does not go too far, Zhang Ji will turn a blind eye - if his wife Zou is a little more angry, there is a man and a woman or something, maybe Zhang Ji will consider considering earning more merits for future generations. It's a pity that Zhang Ji can't even mention such a little motivation, Zhang Xiu, as a young man, even said that he wants to make a world by himself, maybe it sounds a little lonely for an elder, but the vitality of young people is indeed worthy of praise.

It can be said that if it weren't for Li Guo's secret instigation, there was an incompatible hatred between Zhang Ji and the Jingzhou army, maybe Zhang Ji wouldn't even consider that Nanyang Taishou, and just move to Jinyang to retire, anyway, with the prosperity of Jinyang, Li Shushi's respect for him, and Zhang Xiu's status in the Bingzhou army, Zhang Ji's life should be extremely luxurious.

As for cooperating with the relocation of the state army, it was naturally a piece of cake, anyway, it was not to empty Nanyang all at once.

And after such a move, the result was that when the Jingzhou army was finally lucky to take Wancheng, they had to face a Wancheng whose value was far from what they expected - if it weren't for the fact that they found a batch of military rations in the city, which could not be said to be rich, but could be called valuable, as well as a certain amount of mysterious water. After confidently calculating, it was found that there was a slight profit, and it is estimated that they are all about to have the idea of setting fire to the city, no, even if they put it into practice, it is not surprising.

Of course, this small profit must include the mysterious wine that was found in the cellar of Taishou Mansion and was quickly divided and treasured by several bigwigs in Jingzhou. Don't look at just a few jars, but the value is no less than a treasury of copper coins.

This is also Li Shushi has been in this world for a long time, or he has more contact with the upper class people to know, it turns out that although this mysterious wine is scarce, it seems that the value may be limited after all, but it is in the hands of people who don't know how to use it - that is, like Li Shushi, he treats it as a "MP+80" prop, which is naturally like a cow chewing a peony, spoiling good things.

In fact, in the hands of those who are good at using it, or using secret methods to purify it. To make it constantly close to the level of immortal wine, or to use it as a guide, and use precious materials as auxiliary materials to refine it into magical medicinal materials, no matter what the method, you can get something that improves the body's constitution through guò mysterious wine. Although if the operation is not done properly, the drugs obtained may produce many substances that are not very good for the body, or poisonous, but various families still rush to it.

Well. As long as you think about Li Shushi's fruits, which are very pitiful for young people, but they are hard to find, each family regards them as the best reward for their own family or children, and it can be seen. How big is the market for this thing.

Of course, it can be deduced from this, maybe he is not good at words, but the self-healing spell given to Li Shushi by a certain green dragon really lives up to the name of divine magic, and even after the treatment of Tong Yuan, Zhao Yun and others, Li Shushi's name as a "divine doctor" has not spread.

By the way, in the treatment of Zhang Xiu. Zhang Ji can also be regarded as taking advantage of Li Shushi's favor.

After careful consideration, Cai Mao, Kuailiang and others felt that the battle of Wancheng was quite worthwhile, but as a clerk who was placed in Nanyang by Liu Biao to resist possible retaliation from the north, there was a feeling of "I can't say what I have suffered, and my eyes are full of tears".

Why?

If it is only to prevent retaliation from the north and the war that may arise from it. Wenpin, who is loyal to Liu Biao, will not feel the slightest fear at all, even if he is a little bottomless in his heart, he will not say a word of complaint.

But you Jingzhou bigwigs have searched Wancheng for a while, and after eating a half-full, don't leave any scum to him.

If it weren't for the fact that those Nanyang families who had their hearts set on Jingzhou took the lead in intercepting a lot of population and wealth, and let the Jingzhou army follow the "big move" action of the state army and only partially achieve its purpose, Wen Ping was very skeptical that those guys would have left him an empty city to defend.

If in the history of another plane, Jingzhou has become a huge battlefield because of the intersection of the three families of Wei, Shu and Wu, and the people have always lived under the clouds of war, then today's Nanyang has completely achieved this in advance.

Even the Bingzhou army was not sure whether they would be able to occupy Nanyang for a long time and had to move most of its essence to other places, you said that those Jingzhou troops who went ashore and felt that they had been beaten out of thin air compared to the northern soldiers could be full of confidence?

It's better to leave a blank field as a buffer zone, and even if you really lose it, you won't feel too distressed.

But who is Wen Ping?

Perhaps he is a diehard loyalist of Liu Biao in terms of political attitude, but in terms of personal ambitions, he still has the desire to enter the prime minister, and naturally he is not willing to break the jar because of the rudiment of Nanyang, but after inspecting the entire city without tears, he worked overtime day and night to formulate the "First Five-Year Plan" for the revival of Nanyang.

From the current point of view, although this period of time has really exhausted the clerk half to death, the effect is still extremely significant.

After all, the area where Wancheng is located is the core hinterland of the Nanyang Basin, with fertile soil and a dense river network, which is very suitable for crop growth.

Even if a large number of people are really relocated, in fact, as long as the policy is favorable, it is still possible to recruit enough displaced people from nearby states and counties to re-establish themselves here. After all, as long as there is an opportunity for China's peasant class, it is still hoped that one day they will be able to own a piece of land of their own and pass it on to future generations as an heirloom.

In the final analysis, in ancient agrarian societies, the most important means of production was land, fertile land.

With such prerequisites as a guarantee, coupled with the fact that he was appointed as the Taishou of Nanyang by Jingzhou, he was delegated power by Liu Biao. After some of the families left, the remaining families could not immediately completely fill the vacuum left behind, so Wen Ping's maneuverable space was really much larger than he expected.

People can be said to be the basis of a qiē thing.

With people, it is possible to organize production; With people, there is a need for commercial circulation; With people, you can create a qiē.

"It's no wonder that Li Zhoumu wants to capture Nawen Zhongye alive. This kind of ability, Lao Gan can't learn. ”

"I always feel that Xingba, you should probably change your words now and adapt to it."

"That kind of thing is just a small thing, and what I want to know most now is what the looks of those who know I'm back so soon will be on the faces of those who know I'm back so soon."

"I'm probably going to kill you and bury you, bury you and dig it up and beat you again."

"I always feel that you bastard is more ruthless than I thought, and suddenly I feel like 'I'm glad I didn't do it in the hands of this guy', and I always feel that if I continue to think about it, my future life will become very bad."

"I always feel that if you can see the lord, Xingba, you two will definitely cherish each other."

"It's not surprising. How can I say that I am also the most special one, it is not surprising that Li Zhoumu can realize this. ”

"No, because at some point, both of you have a strong tendency to tease."

"Xiaofu, don't think that I won't dare to put you down when you're young, or you want to fight with me in the martial arts arena for three hundred rounds~~"

"I will find my cousin's master to teach Brother Gan how to behave, please don't avoid it when the time comes."

"Hmph, don't look at who I am Gan Xingba. How could that happen to me! ”

"Cousin, you should be able to give General Zilong a little time."

"Hey, hey. Not to mention General Zilong, even if it's General Bo Ren or General Zhongkang, it's no problem, after all, isn't there still a lord. ”

"Oh~ Then Brother Gan, I'll mourn for you in advance, if that's the case, probably the 'Xiaoqiang' in the mouth of a certain lord will also appear, and it will definitely be the first to appear. He didn't want to play with General Zilong's broken 'stuff'. ”

"Uh, 'Xiaoqiang'? What is this?! ”

"When the time comes, Brother Gan, you will know, don't worry, all industries in Jinyang are very developed."

"Hey, hey, what do you mean by that, little one."

The meaning of Xiaofu's words is probably that the masters in Jinyang's coffin shop are very good. Xingba can go and customize the coffin with your personal style in advance, even if it is a sea ship coffin, there is no problem at all, as long as you feel that it suits your taste. ”

“…… Is it really so Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the Bingzhou army? ”

"And that's not all, General Ziyi, General Hansheng, General Yunchang...... There is really no vanity under the fame. ”

“…… Hahahaha, that's great, if that's the case, Lao Gan and I won't be lonely at last! Now I don't have to hide a few of you, although a few of you are good, but if five together, it's really not interesting, but if it's one by one, it's even more boring, I have long wanted to find a master to make a move, so it is exactly what I want! ”

"Most of those guys won't find it too difficult to deal with the five of us."

Although Yang Fu kept pouring cold water on Gan Ning with a cold little face, Gan Xingba, who seemed to have entered a state of excitement, had completely ignored the verbal attacks of this black-bellied pseudo-Sanwu Zhengtai.

Sighing secretly, Yang Fu didn't feel too much, anyway, he hadn't seen a similar state, those determined people who were constantly seeking the way of martial arts, which one of them didn't know the rare truth of a good opponent, so when they heard that there was an opponent who was enough to match, or even that he might be far inferior, that kind of excitement was obviously not something that his words could shake.

In any case, the primary target of this mission seems to have a little more sense of identity with the state army.

Of course, if this wild Jinfan thief is trained by those bad guys in the Bingzhou army, it is estimated that the sense of identity should be a little higher - but it is not ruled out that Gan Xingba, who chose to fight on the water in order to get back to the field, will once again start a group of ridicule.

With Gan Xingba's discipline, he should not have made such a choice...... Probably.

Although the white stripes in the waves are not the opponent of the black whirlwind on land, but when they reach the water, it is completely reversed.

But then again, choosing a battlefield that is beneficial to your profession is a basic knowledge that generals in this era need to remember.

Therefore, Ruozhen, like the Black Whirlwind, came to the terrain that was extremely suitable for the opponent and restricted himself as soon as his brain was congested, and he lost badly because of it. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't deserve sympathy at all.

Maybe it will take a lot of run-in for Gan Ning to integrate into the Bingzhou Army in the future, especially how to use Gan Ning, an extremely rare naval talent in the Bingzhou Army, is also a problem that Li Shushi needs to think about, but no matter what, at least the atmosphere here is not bad now, even if Gan Ning, who is extremely unruly in his bones, has more of an expectation in his chest.

On the contrary, in Wancheng's Taishou Mansion, Wen Ping's brows were deeply wrinkled.

And the reason for his frown. It was the words on the stack of paper that was lying quietly on the desk, not too thick.

"It's been an eventful time."

In fact, the actions of the water man did not succeed in the slam, the general who was entrusted by Liu Biao with the important task of garrisoning Wancheng. Although he didn't know about the unfair treatment suffered by Gan Ning, and he didn't know about the legendary encounters that Gan Ning experienced after being exiled, he knew very well what kind of people he was in Nanyang, so he naturally paid close attention to his movements.

If it's just a few dozen people, Wen Ping will naturally not care, but once the number increases to hundreds, then even if Wen Ping will not take the initiative to attack, he will not ignore it anyway, even if the other party looks like a normal business trip. Even selling more goods in the city than ever before could not dispel Wenpin's suspicions about them.

Isn't there such a saying--Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief!

If it were normal, maybe Wen Ping would secretly arrange a large number of troops to be stationed around those water barbarians, and if the other party made any changes, or they thought that the other party had any changes, they would immediately attack - anyway, even if they did, it would basically not be wrong.

But now, Wenpin has no way to do this.

Because there are more, more important things that not only involve his energy. It was even more strict that the troops stationed in Wancheng were involved.

That's right, it's the threat from Jiangdong and Jingnan. And it is the growing threat of these two places to the core area of Jingbei, and even the threat from the north is no longer a matter of importance in the eyes of the high-level officials in Jingzhou and the Wenpin stationed in Wancheng.

After all, even if the Bingzhou army or the water barbarians can really take Wancheng, or even the entire territory of Nanyang, but one is from the north and the other is from the mountains, both of them have no experience in water combat. If you want technology but not technology, you want equipment without equipment.

Not to mention crossing the Yangtze River, it would be very difficult for such a three-no army to cross the Han River, and even if it weren't for the crossbows and trebuchets of the Bingzhou army, which were famous for their toughness, perhaps the Jingzhou naval army would go against the water. It can also harass the state army wolf bèi unbearable.

But the troops of Jiangdong and Jingnan were completely different.

Let's not talk about the combat effectiveness of the two armies, but they also live in areas with dense water networks, and they have an understanding of the equipment that is not inferior to the Jingzhou army, which is both a means of transportation and a tool of war, if they are allowed to develop wantonly on the land of Jingbei, it is obviously impossible to be like Nanyang, even if the entire Nanyang is lost, the situation will not be so critical that it cannot be managed.

It is precisely with this consideration that the 30,000 heavy army group originally stationed in Wancheng to guard against the north has now been mobilized under the aggressive offensive of Jiangdong and Jingnan, and it is the result of Wenpin's efforts to be able to leave more than 10,000 people.

If it weren't for the fact that most of the powerful families who stayed in Nanyang were supporters of Liu Biao's Jingzhou army, these families could also take out more than 10,000 private soldiers to help the defense of the city when necessary, and Wen Ping would probably encounter the dilemma of being overstretched by troops now.

And the inhumane "onlooker" operation that could have been mobilized to mobilize enough troops to carry out a brutal "onlooker" operation against the always restless Shuiman has now become only a dozen or so soldiers who are good at detection, plus the help of the family's forces to conduct round-the-clock surveillance.

After all, the northern state army has also begun to deploy troops, and they will obviously not be willing to accept the previous defeat, let alone take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the dual threat from Jiangdong and Jingnan in the northern part of the country to get a vote.

"I hope that such an unfavorable situation will not be a prelude to Liu Jingzhou's defeat."

Leaning on the female wall above the city gate, looking at the endless stream of people under the city, Wen Ping's frowning brows couldn't be dissolved. (To be continued......)