Soon, there were rumors in Yanzhou that although the Montenegrin army was defeated by the county soldiers led by Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, they still plundered a lot of property from Yanzhou this time.

This also includes a huge amount of private grain stockpiles.

At present, these grains have not been transported out of Yanzhou by the Montenegrin army one by one, and are still hoarding on the south bank of the Yellow River on the border.

The first to get the news was Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou.

After the continuous rebellion wars of bee chrysalis in various places, the Central Plains, which was originally the richest in the Han Dynasty, has become a devastation at this moment, not only the people's livelihood is suffering, but even the warlords from all walks of life are also short of food and cannot make ends meet.

In this season of frequent wars, the warlords of the towns wanted to raise troops, but at the same time they really did not have so much financial resources.

Food has become the most precious thing in the world.

Liu Dai, who commanded the Yanzhou Assassin History Department, had long had the intention of integrating the counties to dominate the Central Plains, and he found an excuse to destroy Qiaomao before, just to be able to connect his Dongping Kingdom and Dongjun into one, so that he could cut and integrate the forces of various places.

But when Qiao Mao died, Liu Dai realized that he couldn't achieve this goal in a short period of time.

The reason is very simple, that is, Liu Dai does not have enough food in his hands to operate.

If you want to expand your territory, you must first increase the number of soldiers, then quell the local rebellion, send troops to garrison, and in the long run, stabilize the local people's livelihood and govern the government and rejuvenate the people.

And although these things are complicated, in the final analysis, they are still inseparable from one.

Grain!

None of this can be done without enough food.

No matter how ambitious you are, no matter how ambitious you are, everything is in vain.

The environment determines a person's vision and enterprising ability.

For example, today's wars are frequent, the central government of the Han dynasty has fled west to Chang'an, and its control over the Kanto region is unprecedentedly weak, and the entire Kanto region has fallen into a state of spontaneous autonomy, just like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, everyone's ambitions have skyrocketed because of this situation, but unfortunately, the growth rate of grain productivity in various places cannot keep up with the growth of their ambitions.

Therefore, just on the matter of food, how many people can lose their temper in an instant.

After some consideration, Liu Dai decided to pursue the Montenegrin army alone and seize the grain and grass stolen by Montenegro for his own use.

The lone army went deep and pursued the enemy, but because he wanted to swallow the results of the battle alone, he did not discuss with the other Taishou.

The results can be imagined.

Liu Dai was besieged and defeated!

However, fortunately, Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses went to pick it up.

Fortunately, it was Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses who went to pick it up......

Because only Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses went to pick up, Chen Lan, the general under Yuan Shu, could snatch back the "Liu Dai's corpse" in the hands of the Montenegrin army.

……

The moment Liu Dai's body was transported to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu was happy at that time.

"Hahaha!"

In front of everyone, Yuan Shu didn't control it, and immediately let out a burst of unbridled laughter.

"Uh-huh!"

Cao Cao immediately coughed beside him.

Yuan Shu came back to his senses, and then turned his laughter into a loud cry.

"Haha...... Ahhhh......h Woo aha, woo haha, wow wow wow, Gongshan, you died tragically, tragically...... Wow wow hahahaha......"

In terms of acting, Yuan Shu is not good at it, if you want him to cry really at the moment, he can't cry at all, not a single tear.

Therefore, he could only cover his eyes with his hands and cover his cheeks with his big sleeves.

There were bursts of strange sounds similar to crying, how fake and how fake.

"Yuan Gong, mourn, mourn."

Cao Cao comforted on the side: "Gongshan died heroically, he died for the country, although he was wrong before, but for my Han court's life fell on the battlefield, it can be regarded as a return for the crime, I can play the court together, for Liu Gongshan's posthumous merits, please the Son of Heaven posthumously crown his knighthood, so that future generations can inherit." ”

Yuan Shu sobbed while pretending to cry: "It should be like this, it should be like this...... It's just that I am a brother and sister to Gongshan, and now I see him tragically killed, and my heart is really sad...... Ahh ”

Then, I saw Yuan Shu flick his sleeves and airsay:

"Black Mountain savage, dare to do this, harm my siblings! I'm not going to stop with these dolphins. ”

Yang Hong admonished Yuan Shu: "The envoy is above, and the last official thinks that the Black Mountain Army is so rampant and kills the Xinjiang officials without permission, all because the counties and states of the Central Plains are scattered, and the princes of the government are unwilling to work together, so they are rampant,"

"Now Uncle Fang is dead, no one is in charge of Yanzhou, and no one has the prestige to lead the sages to seek benefits for the Central Plains, only the king is from a famous family, the world is powerful, and he can be respected, only by making the king stand up, the Central Plains can be peaceful."

Yuan Shu nodded with emotion.

"The situation is bad, and now that it's happened, Yuan can't help but take action."

"Immediately, send an envoy to invite all the ministers of the government under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou to come to Puyang to discuss the matter of stabilizing the Central Plains and avenging Liu Gongshan."

"No!"

Yang Hong said that, he turned around and went to order the matter of sending the messenger.

But before he could take a few steps, he heard Yuan Shu greet him from behind.

"Tell those people that if anyone doesn't come again, it will be no different from rebelling against the court, and don't blame Yuan for no longer being merciful."

"Whoa!"

……

……

News of Liu Dai's death soon spread throughout the counties.

And Yuan Shu's envoys also arrived at the mansions of the county guards and the prime ministers one after another.

This time, the two thousand stones of the counties and states of Yanzhou could no longer turn a deaf ear to Yuan Shu's summons.

And for some reason, in Yanzhou, it has also begun to be rumored that Liu Dai's death this time was done by Yuan Shu.

The petty officials in the counties were quite puzzled about this matter, but several Xiangguo and Taishou who were in charge of one side were like mirrors in their hearts.

This is what Yuan Shu did!

But now, who can pierce this layer of window paper in front of Yuan Shu?

Who would dare to do that?

Yuan Shu's killing of chickens and monkeys is still very effective in front of the Taishou in the Central Plains.

Liu Dai's fate is already there, who would dare to easily offend Yuan Shu at this juncture?

Obviously, Yuan Shu has already made up his mind, no matter what, he will unify the Central Plains and achieve great things.

In the end, Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao, Jibei Minister Bao Xin, Ren Chengguo Minister Zheng Sui, Shanyang Taishou Wang Fen, Jiyin Taishou Wu Zi and others arrived in Puyang.

Originally, these people were all unreasonable to Yuan Shu, but now, they are more obedient than one another, at least on the surface, they are still very obedient to Yuan Shu.

It's just that secretly, they all hate Yuan Shu.

But they had no choice but to obey.

At this point, Yuan Shu had basically subdued Yanzhou on the surface, but compared with Liu Jian's entry into Youzhou, Yuan Shu's control of Yanzhou was mainly through his military strength and the reputation of the fourth and third dukes, and he lacked substantial control.

Liu Jian's collection of Youzhou not only disrupted the local industrial chain, but also divided local forces, and controlled the main economic lifeline of Youzhou...... In many ways, he firmly controlled Youzhou in his own hands.

Compared with Liu Jian, what Yuan Shu did in Yanzhou was a little too pediatric.

On the surface, the hearts of the people are attached, but in fact there are hidden crises everywhere.

……

It seems that in response to Yuan Shu, the Montenegrin Army actually launched an advance to Yanzhou for the second time.

And this time the offensive was even stronger.

The people who took the lead, except for Yu Poison, Bai Huan, Sun Qing, Wang Dang, and even Zhang Niujiao, the commander of the Montenegrin Army, were dispatched.

This time, the scale of the Montenegrin army's march was quite large, and their target was not only Dongjun, but even the borders of Hebei and Wei County.

Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang and Zhu Jun, who was stationed there, immediately raised troops and began to crusade against the Montenegrin army in the territory.

On the Yanzhou side, Cao Cao asked Yuan Shu for help, hoping to be the vanguard army and fight with the thieves in Dongwu, the fiercest part of the Montenegrin army.

Since Liu Dai was ambushed and killed, none of the Taishou and Xiangguo in Yanzhou were willing to go to the crusade against Montenegro.

Although the Montenegrin Army is a legion composed of the remnants of the Yellow Turbans and the homeless grass bandits, and the equipment is poor, these Taishou who have fought against Montenegro know that the Montenegrin Army is too numerous and it is too crazy to fight.

Once the people at the bottom become fierce, even if they don't have good equipment and weapons, they will still make people feel palpitations and chills when they fight for their lives.

Including Yuan Shu himself, no one wants to fight the Montenegrin Army for the second time.

Now that Cao Cao has taken the initiative to ask for help, it is naturally the best for the two thousand stones in the Central Plains.

Some people are strong, and they are naturally worry-free.

However, in terms of soldiers, horses, ordnance and food, Cao Cao went to the front to withstand the pressure of the Montenegrin army, and the rest of the people must give Cao Cao some support.

After all, although they felt that Cao Cao was doing a thankless job, in their hearts, everyone still hoped that Cao Cao could win.

……

As a result, Yanzhou formed a pattern in which Cao Cao was responsible for fighting Zhang Niujiao on the front line, and Yuan Shu and others were in the rear to stabilize the situation.

At this juncture, two envoys from Hebei came to visit Yuan Shu.

And the person who sent the envoy was the father-in-law of the two major families of Wei County, Zhang Yi and Sun Qi of Yin'an.

Back then, these two Hebei Gaomen were the first batch of prominent families suppressed by Liu Jian in Wei County!

(End of chapter)