Speaking of Ji Ling, he is indeed a loyal person to Yuan Shu.

He did not surrender until he died.

Of course, or because of Ji Ling's family, under Yuan Shu's nose. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu dared to surrender, because although their families were in Jiangdong, they were not under Yuan Shu's nose, and there was room for turnaround. And Ji Ling didn't.

If he dares to surrender, his family and relatives will be wiped out by Yuan Shu immediately.

Hugh said that he surrendered, that is, he was captured by Cao Mengde, like Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who actually surrendered, but those who had not surrendered in name did not dare. With Yuan Shu's current tyranny, I am afraid that in the blink of an eye, he will be angry with his family members.

Yuan Shu now occupies Danyang, and Zhou Yu's family is in Wu County, with a certain interval. Ji Ling didn't.

Cheng Yu took on the task of 'stealing' Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's family, and it was already done when Cao Mengde annihilated Ji Ling. Although Yuan Shu reacted quickly, he never thought of detaining Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's family members immediately.

For Yuan Shu, the vicious strategy of the situation is a mess, and it is probably a little dull.

After the war, Cao Mengde ordered Yu Ban to lead 10,000 soldiers, Zhenjiujiang, Tunliyang, and Jiangdong across the river. Li Dian led 5,000 troops, Zhenlujiang, Tunwan County. Both of them obeyed Xiahoudun's orders, and ordered Xiahoudun to be the governor of Zhennan and control the overall situation along the Yangtze River.

In this way, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Cao Mengde took Guangling, Liyang, and Wan as the base points, and built a military defense line with an army of 25,000.

In this way, he was relieved to return to Yanzhou.

As for Lu Bu and Sun Ce and other generals, they naturally had to be brought back together. They have not yet truly returned to their hearts, and they are not yet of great use. Although if Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are placed on the southern line, it will be more useful. But the danger is also great.

For the princes of one side, war is only a means. The real test, after the war.

Swallowing two states in one bite is a huge pressure for Cao Mengde. The area under the rule has skyrocketed, the population has skyrocketed, and how to govern the people's livelihood and appease the people's hearts is the most important thing.

Fortunately, there is Xun Yu, Wang Zuozhi's talent, and fortunately, Zhao Yu's method of cultivating talents by himself can finally support it.

At the beginning, Zhao Yu compiled the Mengshu and suggested that Cao Mengde establish an education system, and also took out the big killer of paper. It has been more than two years since then, and the results have been remarkable. After Cao Mengde's cleansing of Yanzhou, the family gate valve died, and the escaped, in such a situation, to stabilize the political situation in Yanzhou, Zhao Yu's method of establishing an education system is fundamental.

Now the territory has expanded suddenly, fortunately, after more than two years, Cao Mengde has cultivated a lot of talents, although there is no super talent like Xun Yu Xunyou, but it is more than enough to govern a county, or be a small official.

And what Cao Mengde needs is this.

After the war, Cao Mengde and Xun Yu paved the way for governing people's livelihood in the back. The talents cultivated by Yanzhou were placed in various places, or as county commanders, or county lieutenants, and in a very short period of time, without the support of the family, these two states were quickly truly brought under the rule.

Of course, the big family, Cao Mengde did not give up completely. After all, people such as Xun Yu are themselves from a family. Although Cao Mengde's governing philosophy and actions frightened many gate valve families, some scholar valve families in Yingchuan could only support him more because they had already boarded Cao Mengde's ship, although they had quite a few complaints.

Not to mention that Cao Mengde's power is getting bigger and bigger now, just saying that Zhao Yu alone is enough to make those in the know dare not mess around, and then change their minds.

For Cao Mengde, everything is moving in a good direction.

After the war, when the squad returned, Cao Mengde did not immediately go to the other courtyard to see Zhao Yu, but made arrangements for the military side again.

Focus on the defense of Hebei.

He commanded 100,000 soldiers and horses, and now there are 100,000 regular soldiers. Originally, it was less than 80,000, but after the war, many prisoners of war were captured, and 30,000 were selected. The others were all sent back to the township to farm, and the 30,000 people selected were brought back.

In addition to the 25,000 soldiers and horses deployed on the southern front, he now has more than 80,000 in his hands.

Therefore, he was completely unafraid of Yuan Shao in Hebei.

What I was worried about before was that the war would drag on, and once the troops were involved in the southern battlefield, and Yuan Shao of Hebei Province suddenly went south, it would be difficult to resist. Everything is safe now. The battle on the southern front battlefield is over, and he has been safely classified, even if Yuan Shao goes south, he is not afraid.

After returning to Yanzhou's military deployment, Cao Mengde also based on three points. The first point is in Taishan County, at the junction of Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Yanzhou. boldly used Zhang Liao as a general, commanding 10,000 soldiers and horses. The second point is in Dongjun, and Cao Mengde took it himself. The third point is in Luoyang. Cao Mengde planned to take advantage of this big victory and the peak of his military power to directly swallow the three counties of Henan County. With Xiahou Yuan as the general, he led 20,000 troops to defend Luoyang, and cleaned up the ruins of Luoyang to reorganize the imperial capital.

From this point of view, Cao Mengde may have the intention to move the political center from Puyang to Luoyang.

There were 80,000 troops on the northern front, three points, of which 50,000 were stationed along the river in Dongjun. Facing Hebei across the river, it does not show weakness.

Probably Cao Mengde was in great prosperity this battle, and he returned to the division quite quickly, which caught Yuan Shao off guard, and the slight movement before gradually came down. However, after that, Yuan Shao's war with Gongsun Zan in Youzhou in the north was not so intense.

No matter how stupid Yuan Shao is, he can see that Cao Mengde's threat is many times greater than that of Gongsun Zhan!

Although Cao Mengde has swallowed a large piece of territory in one gulp, he has not had time to digest it. Therefore, they are reluctant to start the war directly. Seeing that Yuan Shao was silent, he also began to bury his head in development without mentioning it.

This busy, busy until autumn.

After the bumper harvest in Yanzhou, Cao Mengde took time out and came to Taihe Courtyard.

The courtyard was still like spring, Cao Mengde passed through the formation, took a deep breath, and smiled at the left and right: "When I get old in the future, I will die here." ”

accompanied Cao Mengde to come, as well as Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai was slightly rickety, coughing a few times occasionally, and his face showed an abnormal red.

Cao Mengde hurriedly supported him: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao must have a way." ”

The end of the Han Dynasty was an era of bright stars and brilliant strategists. However, many powerful characters have died one after another. Especially the most powerful ones. For example, Zhou Yu also died of illness at a young age. There is also Xi Zhicai in front of him, and Guo Jia, who took over the role of Xi Zhicai in the original history.

These are all very remarkable characters.

The so-called jealous talents, probably like this.

In the history of Zhuxia, it seems that this has always been the case. The best people always live shortly. For example, Emperor Wu was the champion Hou when he was the champion, and Huo Quai, who was the wolf, was like this, and the same is true for the final army who repeatedly appears in history books or later poetry. Zhou Yu, Xi Zhicai, and Guo Jia are the same. At a young age, before he had time to bloom his talents, he died one by one, which is undoubtedly a pity.

And such signs have appeared in Xi Zhicai. After this battle, on the way to the class, Xi Zhicai fell ill. I returned to Puyang and raised it for a few months, but it was slightly better. Cao Mengde then took him to the other courtyard and asked for Zhao Yu to be saved.