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In the land south of the Yangtze River, since Yuan Shu was expelled, Cao Cao began to make great efforts to integrate the resources of the six counties of Jiangdong, and at the same time, he imitated Liu Jian's means of ruling in Hebei, studied carefully, understood the deep meaning of Liu Jian's governance of the four states of Hebei, and assimilated his policies to the counties of Jiangdong.

Now Cao Cao has six counties in his hands: Jiujiang County, Lujiang County, Wu County, Danyang County, Huiji County and Yuzhang County.

Although the area of Yuzhang County and Huiji County is large, but the southern part of the country is lush with mountains and forests, and the undeveloped swamp and poisonous barrier land belongs to a semi-open state, and the rest of the counties also have many dense mountains and forests, among which there are many Han people and Baiyue tribes who have escaped into the mountains, these can be said to be the hidden population of the Jiangnan Zhudi, plus the hidden population of the Jiangdong families, Cao Cao estimates that at least more than one-third of the entire Jiangnan population.

Cao Cao has studied Liu Jian's behavior in governing the government for more than a day or two, and he knows the harm and importance of hiding the population to a regime.

So, while imitating Liu Jian, he began to build Tuntian in Jiujiang, Lujiang, Danyang, Wujun and other places.

The land of Jiangdong is not short of food, but after Cao Cao greatly rejuvenated Tuntian, the treasury of the counties has become more and more abundant, and Cao Cao's policy in Jiangdong Tuntian is almost the same as Liu Jian's withdrawal in Hebei that year, and Cao Cao's means of dealing with the family are also relatively clever, taking the opportunity of cleaning up Yuan Shu, rectifying the stubborn family of Jiujiang County, killing chickens and monkeys, and at the same time taking advantage of the opportunity to rectify the local family, he also collected a large piece of land for Tuntian, and began to measure the land of each county, and exercised an effective land policy.

But when the Jiangdong counties were full of vitality, there was bad news from Langya County.

Cao Song's father was killed by the soldiers under Shi Taoqian, the assassin of Xuzhou, on the way to Jiangdong.

Cao Song's family, old and young, were all killed, and most of the old and young servants, as well as the guards who accompanied them to protect them, were killed cleanly.

However, Tianxing still escaped from a few accompanying servants, trekked through mountains and rivers, went through hardships and dangers, and finally returned to Shouchun after a lot of strength.

After seeing Cao Cao, these servants wept and reported Cao Cao's murder to Cao Cao completely.

At the same time, they also informed Cao Cao that looking at the other party's clothes, it was undoubtedly a soldier under Tao Qian's command.

Hearing the news of Cao Song's murder, Cao Cao froze on the spot.

Then, Cao Cao shouted: "Father——! ”

I saw Cao Cao covering his head and falling to the spot, as if he had a headache, crying loudly.

A group of people hurriedly stepped forward to pick up Cao Cao, and Xi Zhicai squatted beside Cao Cao to stroke his chest for him.

Cao Cao closed his eyes tightly and muttered, "Father...... Father ......"

"From the Father!" On the next side, Cao Chun wiped his eyes vigorously, and tears flowed down the corners of this man's eyes: "Tao Qian, old man, dare to do such a despicable thing!" ”

"Brother, I am willing to lead 30,000 elite soldiers to Xuzhou in the north, set foot on the Huai Land, slaughter Pengcheng, capture Tao Qian alive with a thousand knives, and avenge my father!"

Cao Chun shouted hoarsely at Cao Cao.

Later, I saw Xiahou Yuan stand up: "The old lady was killed, this matter is not small, if you don't let Tao Qian give the head, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in your heart!" Please send troops, I am willing to serve the death! ”

Le Jin, Dian Wei, Yu Ban, Xu Chu, Dong Xi and others all stood up and shouted to crusade against Tao Qian and avenge Cao Song.

The generals were excited, noisy in the hall, and Cao Cao's expression became even more painful.

Cheng Yu said to everyone: "Duke Ming is heartbroken, it seems to have caused a headache, don't make a noise, and retreat first, let the lord recuperate, and after the lord recovers, it's not too late to discuss!" ”

Although all the generals wanted to fight, seeing Cao Cao's uncomfortable appearance, these people didn't dare to force each other too much.

"Everyone, retreat, and I will order someone to find a healer! When the Lord recovers, how about you come back to inquire again? ”

Cheng Yu is still very respected among the generals under Cao Cao, and everyone respects Cheng Yu very much, so they retreat one after another.

After the group left, Cheng Yu found a doctor to diagnose Cao Cao's pulse.

After the doctor checked Cao Cao's pulse, he immediately prescribed some medicine to Cao Cao and went down to decoction of the medicine.

After the healer left, Cao Cao seemed to be relieved.

The waiter put a water-soaked scarf on Cao Cao's head, but Cao Cao ripped it off with one hand.

"Go down!"

With Cao Cao's shouting, all the attendants in the room went out, leaving only four people in the room.

Cheng Yu, Zhou Yu, Xi Zhicai, and Lu Fan.

Cao Cao's eyes were a little red, and he said in a trembling voice: "What is my father's crime, he was murdered by this poisonous hand, and the whole family was punished!" Tao Qian, what enmity do I have with you, so much? ”

Zhou Yu Shicai has not been silent, and at this moment he listened to Cao Cao's words, and said: "Ming Gong and press the earth-shattering pain, listen to Yu's words, this matter is ...... It's a little weird. ”

Cao Cao casually threw the square scarf on the ground and said coldly: "Gong Jin wants to say that someone framed this matter and blamed Tao Qian for killing my father?" ”

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "This matter does not rule out the possibility that Tao Qian did send someone to do it...... It's just that Ming Gong, what did Yu Shi think, and he didn't think of any benefit to Tao Qian in this matter? In addition to angering Ming Gong and bringing disaster to Xuzhou, it has little benefit to Tao Qian himself, dare to ask Ming Gong, how can he solve this matter? ”

Cheng Yu said: "Gongjin is young, but he has far-reaching thoughts, and the last official also thinks like this...... It's just that if this matter was not done by Tao Gongzu, then who did it? ”

Xi Zhicai slowly stretched out his palm, stretched out three fingers, and said, "Liu Jian, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu...... It's all possible! ”

Cheng Yu said: "Ming Gong, this matter still needs to be carefully verified." ”

I didn't want to, but I heard Cao Cao say coldly: 'How to check? The Father is condemned, and the Son takes revenge! This is a principle known to the whole world! What's more, my father used to be the third duke, and now I am also the head of one party, and now my father's whole family was killed in Xuzhou, although Er Yuan and Liu Jian are suspected, there is no evidence pointing to them...... Now that the matter is under Tao Qian's jurisdiction, my father's men have also brought back the news that Tao Qian made people kill my whole family, if I don't raise an army to ask Tao Qian for the crime...... How should the people of the world treat me? ”

"The way of loyalty and filial piety is the foundation of the world, if I don't raise a soldier, someone will use this matter as a gimmick in the future to tarnish my reputation, how should I deal with it?!"

When Cheng Yu and the other four heard this, they stopped talking.

When he was young, Fang heard Cao Cao say sharply: "Yu Gong, Yu Private, Yu Xiao, Yu Li...... Tao Qian, it's all a must! Moreover, you have all seen the attitude of the appropriate generals, it can be said that the crowd is excited, and they all want to fight to the death. ”

"Ming Gong is very right!"

Xi Zhicai stood up and expressed his agreement with Cao Cao's words: "Even if it is to deal with the world's long mouths, Ming Gong is also a must-do for Tao Qian this time, just ...... How to fight, how to cut, how to fight, in order to have the greatest interests in my Jiangdong! ”

Cheng Yu, as the eldest beside Cao Cao, is also the earliest person under his command, and has always been respected by Cao Cao.

Regardless of whether his strategy was what Cao Cao wanted to adopt the most, but out of politeness, Cao Cao generally habitually let him speak first.

"Zhongde, according to your opinion, how should this battle be fought?"

Cheng Yu said: "According to the last officials, there are two important things to do in Xuzhou, one can be used to test the heroes of the six counties and counties to see if they support the Ming Gong's Northern Expedition to Xuzhou, if they support, let them contribute resources and grain to support the Ming Gong, so that you can also see which family is available and which ones are still reserved for the Ming Gong." ”

"Second, according to the opinion of the last official, we can rely on this battle to create a strategic buffer for my Jiangdong in Xuzhou!"

Cao Cao stood up from the bed and asked, "How do you create a strategic buffer?" ”

"Ming Gong, please!"

Cheng Yu led everyone to the map hanging in the room first, and pointed out the map for the group of people.

"Jiujiang counties, due north is Xiapi and Pengcheng, the two counties are fertile for thousands of miles, millions of households, there are many farmers, the annual surplus grain can reach one million, and these two places, west of Chenliu and Liangguo, north of Shanyang and Lucheng...... Whether Liu Jian goes south or Dong Zhuo comes to the east, the long journey requires the two counties as a place to rest! ”

"If Liu Jian goes south to Jiangdong, if he goes from Yuzhou, he must be against Yuan Shaolin, if he wants to go straight to Jiangdong, he must be in Pengcheng and Xiapi Tun, the northern soldiers come from afar, the grain is transported, and the land is thousands of miles away, and the consumption of people's conscription is a decimal? However, if Liu Jian is stationed in Pengcheng and gets the people valley of Huaisi, thinking that it is a military need, then the pressure on his grain turnover will inevitably be greatly reduced, which is extremely unfavorable to our Jiangdong strategy. ”

"For the future, I think that Ming Gong can take the opportunity of going north to conquer Tao Qian to take revenge and prepare early!"

Cao Cao's face was a little gloomy: "How to prepare?" ”

Cheng Yu seemed to hesitate a little, and stopped talking.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

Cheng Yu took a deep breath, and then said in one breath: "I think that I can use Tao Qian's revenge for killing the old lady as an excuse to slaughter the people of Huaishui centered on Pengchengguo, so that this place will become a ruin, and the grain will not be harvested. ”

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed, as if he was plotting.

"Yu thinks that this method is not feasible!"

The voice of opposition appeared, and the person who spoke was Zhou Lang!

(End of chapter)