Throughout late February, the coalition forces and Zhuang Shaoyou did not engage again, but both sides were not idle, and they were preparing for the next big war.

On the part of the coalition army, under the mobilization of various princes, new people and horses came to Puyang every day to join the coalition army, and at the same time, the coalition soldiers were also busy cutting down trees everywhere to make various siege equipment.

And Zhuang Shaoyou in the city always pays attention to the movements of the princes in the world, and reads the snowflakes of information sent by the Intelligence Department every day, so it can be said that Zhuang Shaoyou knows the situation in the whole world.

Looking at the more and more coalition troops outside, Zhuang Shaoyou's expression gradually became solemn. It's not that I'm scared, but because the morale of the city's soldiers is declining. Because every time a new man joins, the coalition forces have to deliberately show off, so as to boost morale, and by the way, shake the hearts of the people in the city, and now it seems that it is still effective.

We have to find a way to solve this problem!

The total number of coalition troops outside the city has approached 300,000! And counting!

Not to be outdone, Qiao Mao personally went out and posted a recruitment notice in the city, Zhuang Shaoyou originally planned to come in person, but considering those enthusiastic aunts, aunts, and girls, Qiao Mao had to be sent.

Now after Qiao Mao experienced the last bloody battle in Puyang, his old thinking has been almost transformed, he has completely put down his identity as a scholar, and began to take the line of being close to the people, and shifted his main energy from class struggle to the construction of people's livelihood, so he has become more and more loved by the people of Puyang, and his reputation is second only to Zhuang Shaoyou.

Hearing that the general was going to recruit soldiers, the guys in Puyang City were all gearing up and preparing to participate in the recruitment test. Because Zhuang Shaoyou was extremely demanding when he recruited soldiers in the past, most young people could not meet the requirements, which was naturally deliberately done by Zhuang Shaoyou.

There is an unwritten rule in the recruitment of troops in the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the number of recruits in each region cannot exceed one-tenth of the number of local strong men! Otherwise, the men are all at war, and who will do the construction? This is also because Zhuang Shaoyou's territory is larger and has a larger population, so he dares to stipulate this.

And this time, because of the urgency of the situation, the recruitment requirements were lowered a lot. But despite this, more than 30,000 people still qualified! Because the previous standard line was stuck above the average level of most people, this time it was slightly lowered, and the number of people who met the standard immediately increased.

Zhuang Shaoyou's order was to recruit 10,000 recruits, but now there are more than 30,000 people, which can make Qiao Mao worried! Can you persuade the remaining 20,000 people to go back? That's absolutely impossible! If Qiao Mao dared to do this, those who were eliminated would definitely eat Qiao Mao alive!

The matter was big, Qiao Mao didn't dare to call the shots, and with the idea of having something to report, Qiao Mao reported to Zhuang Shaoyou for instructions.

Zhuang Shaoyou had an idea, thought of an idea, and directly sent the regular army to pick it! Anyway, in the future, these strong men will also go to the head of the city to assist in the defense, so they simply let Huang Zhong and Sun Guan choose their own people, and each choose 5,000 strong men to join the legion. Everyone has the right eye, and the better it will be in the future!

It is estimated that many soldiers will die after this battle, but this is also something that cannot be helped! The country has changed hands, and there are many bones!

When Qiao Mao heard this, she was overjoyed, but soon became distressed again: "General, what about the rest of the people?" ”

Zhuang Shaoyou said angrily: "Stupid! Send them to training, just say it's a probationary period for recruits, and then tell them after a while that the probationary period is not qualified! Of course, someone has to be qualified! Well, let's leave Sancheng! You know what I mean, right? ”

When Qiao Mao heard this, a cold sweat broke out on his head, he didn't even realize that the general was also a master of conspiracy! Statesman! You can think of such a powerful means, and it definitely makes people have no temper at all!

High, really high wow!

What Zhuang Shaoyou didn't know was that since then, Qiao Mao has been cautious in front of him, obediently holding his tail, and all the original stinky problems have disappeared without a trace. I'm afraid that one day Zhuang Shaoyou will be in a bad mood, and give him small shoes to wear.

For example: "Qiao Mao, give you 3,000 men and horses, go out of the city to get Yuan Benchu's head!" ”

Another example: "Qiao Mao, you are diligent, honest and self-disciplined, and have outstanding political achievements, I have decided to appoint you as the pastor of Liangzhou!" Let's go to work tomorrow! Good work, I'm optimistic about you! ”

Inside and outside Puyang, the two armies were in full swing to prepare for war.

And Yuzhou has a different scenery.

On 21 February, the army appeared outside Xincai City, Runan County, Yuzhou, and the 5,000 defenders in the city trembled, and did not abandon the city and flee under the constraints of the generals.

The hired men and horses camped outside the city, putting on a posture of long-term siege, which made the city defenders feel relieved and very puzzled.

At the same time, the men and horses in Yuan Shu's territory were finally mobilized, and 15,000 men and horses were driven from Runan, the ancestral land of the Yuan family, and 20,000 horses were driven from Shouchun in Huainan.

In the early morning of February 23, reinforcements from Runan arrived in Xincai, and Xincai's scouts went to check the military situation, but found that the camp was empty!

In order to cover up his mistakes, the scouts reported that the hired army had just withdrawn, and the men and horses who had arrived from Runan immediately led their troops in pursuit when they heard the news.

At this time, the hired army has left Xincai for four hours!

The Anfengjin ferry port in the lower reaches of Rushui is more than 100 miles away from Xincai, and the hired army rushed here to rest and ambush after a night of rapid marching.

At noon, Yuan Shujun, who had arrived from Shouchun, began to cross the river.

The result was naturally a tragedy, and he suddenly attacked when Yuan Shu's army was halfway crossing, completely annihilating Yuan's army that crossed the river, and the rest of the people returned to Shouchun. In this battle, more than 1,000 Yuan Shujun were annihilated, and 4,000 prisoners were all slaughtered, and the means were extremely bloody, but this was also a helpless thing, hiring a lone army to go deeper, and it was impossible to carry the prisoners at all, and it could not be let go, so it could only be killed!

Compassion is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not in charge of wealth, this is the truth.

After a short rest, he led the army to Xincai in the northwest and returned.

In the middle of the night, he raided the camp of Yuan Shu's army, defeated Yuan Shu's army, killed 1,000 enemies, killed 2,000 prisoners, and retreated.

After two consecutive battles, the hired army is also sleepy and lacking you, and there are less than 7,000 surviving soldiers, but the results are remarkable! After entering the territory of Yuzhou, more than 10 battles were fought in large and small, and a total of more than 24,000 Yuan Shu's army was annihilated, and the battle loss ratio was 1 to 8, which was a great victory!

After this battle, he immediately led his army to the east and returned to Xiacaicheng, preparing to join the sailors and cut off the connection between Shouchun and Puyang.

When Yuan Shujun, who was in the south of Puyang City, was still doing the dream of breaking through Puyang, being respected as the co-lord by the princes of the world, calling him a lonely widow, and the young emperor Liu Bianzen throne, Zhuang Shaoyou of Puyang City received a war report.

Zhuang Shaoyou was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately circulated the three armies, and the morale of the city defenders was greatly boosted for a while.

A day later, the movement in Huainan was known to the coalition forces outside the city, and Yuan Shu vomited three liters of blood and fainted when he heard the news. The rest of the princes were gloating.

At the same time as Huainan showed his might, Zhuge Jin of Taishan and Xun You of Qingzhou were not idle, and after receiving Zhuang Shaoyou's instructions to act cheaply, they immediately dispatched troops and prepared to quell the rebellion!

On February 17, Jinan rebelled, and on the same day, Le'an and Qi also rebelled. Liu Dai, the newly appointed commander of Luxi County in Le'an County, was defeated by the rebels, and led 100 of his own soldiers to flee north to seek refuge in the Shuishi Military Port, and finally escaped with his life.

Zhuang Shaoyou didn't blame him, after all, Liu Dai had only been in office for more than half a month, and there were only more than 1,000 city defense troops under his command, so it was normal for him to not be able to defend it.

On 10 February, Xun You led the 2nd Division of the 4th Army Corps to Pingshou, Beihai.

The Qingzhou rebels immediately became nervous and on guard, and gathered their men and horses in the three important towns of Licheng, Gaoyuan, and Linzi, intending to hold on to the city, and the number of people in each city exceeded 10,000! The number of rebels in Linzi City, the closest to Beihai, reached fifteen thousand!

But in the next three days, there was no movement from Xun You's department.

March 23, early morning.

Zhuge Jin led three brigades of the Second Army Corps over Mount Tai and raided Gaoyuan in Le'an County. The defenseless rebels in the city were in turmoil, Zhuge Jin led his troops to kill more than 5,000 rebels, captured more than 4,000, and the rebel leader led 2,000 remnants to flee eastward.

After a simple review of the four thousand captives, Zhuge Jin directly cut three thousand with a stroke of his pen, and hung his head at the city gate to demonstrate! The remaining more than 1,000 people were good people who were forced to be thieves.

Leaving a brigade to defend the city, Zhuge Jin led 5,000 men and horses to Linzi, and at this time Xun You's men and horses finally moved, and the two armies surrounded Linzi City, and then bombarded indiscriminately.

Guoxia once again verified its extraordinaryness with facts! Zhuge Jin's department, which crossed Mount Tai, actually brought 200 ballistas, and Xun You brought the fire crossbow camp and the stone throwing camp, and it seemed that he was not worried about the counties being attacked by Tao Qian at all.

Crossbow arrows, rockets, and rocks blasted into the city as if they didn't want money!

Although the rebels were outnumbered and the city of Linzi was wide and wide, under such a wild bombardment, they quickly raised the white flag and surrendered!

And what is even more domineering is that Xun You and Zhuge Jin actually refused to surrender! And immediately start the siege!

The city defenders were completely desperate, although the leader wanted to break the net, but those soldiers at the bottom didn't care so much, Xun You and Zhuge Jin were big and small, and the two foxes came to surround three and lack one, Zhuge Jin attacked the west city, Xun You attacked the east city and the south city, and then the defenders who had no intention of fighting immediately fled from the north gate very obediently!

Xun You and Zhuge Jin led the army to cover up and kill, and after a day and night of pursuit, most of the rebels were annihilated, and only a few escaped.

Xun You stayed to clean up the mess, while Zhuge Jin led the army back to Gaoyuan, and after a short rest, he began to advance towards Jinan Guoli City.

The more than 10,000 rebels in Licheng had already been frightened, and fled westward under the leadership of the leader, seemingly preparing to go to Puyang to join the coalition army!

Zhuge Jin breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't go into the mountains, otherwise it would be a big trouble! So unhurriedly led the army to pursue behind, the leaders of the rebels were all strong and strong in Qingzhou, and this escape was also with their families, and they couldn't run fast at all, Zhuge Jin deliberately always kept a certain distance from the rebels, and the rebels kept throwing heavy objects like frightened birds, first bulky guys, then copper coins, grain, and then gold, silver and jewelry. Later, the leader of the rebels figured out that the pursuers behind were deliberate! simply didn't run away, turned his head to kill Zhuge Jin, and wanted to die and live, but unfortunately, he didn't come back to life after entering the place of death.

In the battle, 10,000 rebels were annihilated, the rest were captured, a few fled, and the rebel leader committed suicide.

Zhuge Jin led his troops to be stationed in Jibei, while Xun You led his troops to recover the lost territory and clean up the debris in Qingzhou, so far, the rebellion in Luxi County, Qingzhou was all put down. More than 30,000 rebels were put down, and it took a total of eight days from the rebellion to the pacification.

The rebels were destroyed, two of the three chieftains were killed, and the other fled. Xun You has already issued a wanted letter.

On March 25, Zhuang Shaoyou received a joint letter from Xun You and Zhuge Jin, asking for instructions on handling the rebels' families and servants.

The main leaders of the rebels were all Qingzhou Haoqiang, who had been forced to submit before, but Zhuang Shaoyou's policy did not take too much care of them, so Qingzhou Haoqiang was generally dissatisfied, so there was this rebellion.

The treatment of the rebels and their families is a very serious political issue.

After some careful consideration, Zhuang Shaoyou replied: Let the people of Qingzhou decide themselves!

Zhuang Shaoyou's order was not immediately executed for the first time, and Xun You and Zhuge Jin jointly replied again: If this is the case, it may not be conducive to the battle of Puyang!

How to deal with the family members of Qingzhou Haoqiang, representing Zhuang Shaoyou's attitude towards the world's wealthy families, if it is not handled properly, it will naturally cause a rebound from the world's Haoqiang, and there will definitely be more Haoqiang besieging Puyang! Therefore, Xun You and Zhuge Jin will not stay.

Zhuang Shaoyou waved his pen: "The people decide themselves, don't reconsider!" ”

An undercurrent began to brew in the Han world, and the outlet was already there.

Liu Dai, the county guard of Luxi County, who had just been in office for less than half a month, returned to Luxi in disgrace, and he really had no face to do it again, so he took the initiative to write a letter to resign, Zhuang Shaoyou waved his pen and transferred Liu Dai to the Ministry of Military Affairs as the director of the Logistics Department, awarded the rank of major general, and the rank remained unchanged, but it was changed from civil affairs to military politics.

Later, Liu Dai got fatter and fatter.