"The level of this Qi Hope Technique is still a little too low, I originally planned to use the system to upgrade it again, but I found that the energy value alone is not enough to derive a higher level of Qi Hope Technique." Wang Xuan felt a little bitter in his heart.

The system has always been his biggest reliance, and he thought that he could become infinitely stronger by charging, but in the end he found that the energy value was not so effective.

These are not enough for outsiders either!

Wang Xuan secretly calmed down the turbulent qi and blood in his body, encouraged Liu Bei and Guan Yu a few words, and then took them under his command.

The Jiangdong Naval Division carried a large army across the river in an orderly manner, and it took more than 20,000 people and thousands of horses to cross the Huai River in half a day.

There is no way to do it, the Huai River is wide, and it takes a lot of time for the boat to go back and forth.

After Huainan is Wang Xuan's territory, with the Huaihe River being dangerously blocked, he is not worried about the action too many people chasing him for the time being.

It has been a few months since Wang Xuan occupied the south bank of the Huai River, and Wang Xuan saw fertile land everywhere along the way, and the people had recovered from the initial panic.

The Central Plains is in chaos, while Jiangdong is relatively stable, at least Jiujiang, Shouchun, and Lujiang counties on the south bank of the Huai River have no war, and Danyang County is the same in other places except for the two counties where strange beasts are raging.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Xuan had people organize and recruit many northern refugees to go to Jiangdong to reclaim the barren tuntian.

"Lord, since we occupied the south bank of the Huai River, we have been able to receive nearly 20,000 people from the North every month!" The local official reported to Wang Xuan.

"20,000 is too little." Wang Xuan frowned: "It won't be long before all the north banks of the Huai River will fall into Dong Zhuo's hands, and even if we want to recruit displaced people, Dong Zhuo won't give us a chance." ”

"Before Dong Zhuo unified the Central Plains, we must recruit as many northern people as possible."

Population is the foundation of everything, Jiangdong is vast and sparsely populated, the population is far less than the Central Plains, there is not enough population as the foundation, where can we cultivate enough elite soldiers to expedition the Central Plains?

Looking at the Three Kingdoms era, a very important reason why Wu and Shu were defeated was because of the lack of population.

For example, at the end of the Shu Han Dynasty, the population was only about one million, even if the Shu Han was exhausted, it could only organize more than 100,000 troops, and the strength had been exhausted, how could it compete with the Central Plains?

Now that the aura has recovered, it is also possible for a powerful monk to break the army and the enemy country by himself, and the role of the number of people has been greatly weakened, but the population base is still very important.

Only when the population is large enough can a large number of cultivation geniuses be born and more masters can be cultivated.

"I don't care what method you use, at least 100,000 people from the north of the Huai River every month will be brought in." Wang Xuan ordered: "If there are not enough people who take the initiative to move south, then you organize troops to cross the river and 'invite' some people to come over!" ”

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this, where is this 'invite' people to move south, it is clearly to forcibly grab some people from the north!

In this era, it was normal for the princes to compete for hegemony and rob each other of the population, even if it was Zhuge Kongming's Northern Expedition in the original history, it was also from Guanzhong that many people were robbed back.

Wang Xuan will not have any unbearable, Jiangdong is vast and sparsely populated, and it is full of anointed land, as long as it is developed, those people who have migrated over can live a very nourishing life.

On the contrary, the people who are still in the north will fall into Dong Zhuo's control in a short time, and when the time comes, demons and monsters will be rampant, and it will be strange if they can have a good life.

Grabbing people from the north can strengthen your own strength, and at the same time, it can also weaken Dong Zhuo's strength in the future, Jiangdong's strength is not as good as the Central Plains, where can you keep your hands at this time?

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and Wang Xuan's more than 20,000 soldiers and horses who have returned south have adjusted from the long battle and march, and have recovered some of their spirit.

Every day, a batch of alien beast meat departs from Danyang County and is transported by fast boat, which only takes two or three days, and the aura in it will not dissipate too much, which is suitable for replenishing the Xiaoqi battalion and Tianhe elite soldiers.

Wang Xuan did not transfer these troops back to Danyang County, guarding against Dong Zhuo's possible attack at any time, and at the same time providing force support for the plundering population.

The plundering of the population went smoothly, and in just half a month, they had already migrated 80,000 people from the north bank of the Huai River, which was estimated to cause dissatisfaction with Shi Taoqian, the assassin of Xuzhou.

However, Wang Xuan didn't take Tao Qian to heart, after all, Tao Qian was already old, and he had to face an attack that Dong Zhuo might launch at any time, where would he have the energy to start a war with Wang Xuan?

Even Tao Qian had to take the initiative to befriend Wang Xuan and leave a way back for himself.

It was not only Xuzhou that was robbed by Wang Xuan, but also Yuzhou. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yuzhou has not recovered, millions of displaced people, the rule of officials collapsed, it is simply the best place for Wang Xuan to plunder the population.

"Report!" At this time, a scribe suddenly came to say: "My lord, Cao Mengde, who was the first to ask for Dong, has arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River, and he has brought more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, saying that he is coming to take refuge in you, should we take them across the river?" ”

When Cao Cao first escaped from the encirclement of the Xiliang soldiers, there were only one or two thousand soldiers and horses left, and he also encountered pursuers on the way.

However, Cao Cao was not an easy person, he resolved the crisis without danger, and even recruited some men and horses along the way, and the number of soldiers and horses under his command increased to 4,000.

"Cao Mengde came to join me, so naturally he wanted to accept him." Wang Xuan said without hesitation.

can have an extra 4,000 soldiers and horses, and when dealing with Dong Zhuo in the future, he can have a few more resistance forces. Besides, Cao Cao and his Cao brothers, Xiahou brothers, Li Dian, and Le Jin all have good martial arts talents, and Wang Xuan is happy to take them under his command to cultivate them, and he can also take them to conquer other worlds in the future.

"Wenhe, give me a pass to the Central Plains: if any princes and righteous people come to Jiangdong to take refuge in me, I will definitely not treat them badly." Wang Xuan opened his mouth, how to polish it, it was up to Jia Xu to write it.

With Jia Xu's talent, writing an essay is also a matter of handy.

Wang Xuan's order was quickly executed, and Cao Cao took his soldiers to cross Huainan to the south, and was arranged by Wang Xuan in Lujiang County to supplement the strength of Lujiang County.

Lujiang County is the most stressful part of the Huai River defense line, which must be deployed along the Huai River in the north and Liu Biao in Jingzhou in the east. Once there is a problem in Lujiang County, then he can only retreat to the south of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, Wang Xuan's inscription also spread to the Central Plains, causing great repercussions.

Dong Zhuo drives demons and monsters against the enemy, although his strength is strong, it can cause many people to reject - without him, there are too many ghosts under Dong Zhuo's hands, not like a human king, more like a ghost king, naturally difficult for people to identify.