At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were no Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty

However, of course Cao Cao would not just watch Liu Bei's complete rise, and must send troops to intervene.

Didn't Liu Bei make a breakthrough from Beihai?Then Cao Cao took Pingyuan County as a breakthrough.

Pingyuan County is in the west of Qingzhou, Cao Cao began to incorporate Qingzhou Yellow Turban from Pingyuan, and Beihai, which Liu Bei entered, was in the east of Qingzhou.

At that time, it will depend on which of the two is better and Cao Cao still holds the emperor in his hands.This is also a great tool.

What's more, the reason why the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou can survive until now is because of that person's arrangement.

This is a great gift from that man to Cao Cao!Let Cao Cao rise completely, and help the one who resists the southern princes, while the other is doing his best to pacify the northern border.

But now northern Xinjiang has been completely pacified, but the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou must be subdued, right?

Chapter 374

After more than 20 days of busy work, all the arable land in Sili area and Jizhou has been cultivated.

There is a steady stream of free seeds in Hejian, Jizhou, and the Zhenbei Army took the lead in helping to cultivate, so the cultivation can be completed so quickly.

However, due to time constraints, there are still many lands that have not been developed and cultivated.

After all, the number of cattle in Jizhou and Sili is limited. If the cattle are driven from Beizhou to Jizhou and Sili, it is estimated that the spring planting has been completely over.

Bingzhou and Beizhou can be cultivated in early April, and the cultivation time will not be until the end of May at the latest.

Once in June, the weather heats up too quickly, and the seeds will not grow, and even if they grow young shoots, they will be killed by the hot sun.

However, even if you can't cultivate, you can still open up wasteland, right?In most areas of Jizhou and Sili, due to perennial wars, most of the land is barren and full of weeds.

This requires a lot of manpower and takes a lot of time to open up wasteland. For this, Liu Yu and the officials have come up with countermeasures.

First, in addition to the cavalry guarding the place, order the idle Zhenbei Army to organize land reclamation.

Second, organize the common people to reclaim wasteland, and get [-]% of the land that is reclaimed, and the remaining [-]% ​​is military land.

Eighty percent of the grain obtained from the land that has been reclaimed by oneself is his own grain during the autumn harvest, and the remaining [-]% ​​is handed over.

Under such a preferential policy, the enthusiasm of the people in Luoyang and Luoyang's surrounding areas, as well as most of Jizhou, was completely mobilized.

Moreover, people who live in poverty and have no food at home can also help the Zhenbei Army to open up wasteland.

The army will provide food for the people. When the people open up a certain amount of wasteland, not only will the problem of hunger be solved, but they will also be allocated their own land.

In this way, it not only solves the problem of starvation of the people, but also allows the people to work hard to fill their stomachs, and does not require Liu Yu to give porridge in Jianpeng.

It also solved the problem of insufficient manpower for land reclamation, which can be said to serve multiple purposes.

Today, all the bandits in the Sili area and Jizhou have been chased and beaten by the Zhenbei Army, and they have been completely wiped out, and more than 5 bandits have been recruited at the same time.

And Liu Yu did not take these bandits under his command, but let them open up wasteland everywhere, and provided them with food and accommodation to build houses for them.

If you perform well, you can also join the Tuntian Army permanently. Not only will you have a house and land, but you can also get money and food every month.

You can also make meritorious deeds, seal your wife and son, and be an upright and upright officer and soldier of the Han Dynasty!

Of course, the returned bandits were not the ones who committed all kinds of crimes. Those villains had been killed by the Zhenbei Army.

Under the investigation of powerful members of the film department, those villains have nowhere to hide.

And the [-] mountain bandits who took over under his command were all young and strong, and there were no old or weak women among them.

And the common people no longer have to worry about it, they went out of their homes one after another, and came to the mountains that they had never dared to go before to open up wasteland.

Later, Liu Yu issued another decree, which was to open shops in the Sili area and the newly conquered areas of Jizhou to encourage trade.

Lease these newly built shops to merchants, and then charge a certain amount of rent.

However, the effect was not very good at the beginning, and not many businessmen were willing to come to Jizhou and Sili to rent shops.

Because these people have just experienced war, let alone money or food.

However, Liu Yu believes that this is only temporary. As long as the people have enough food after the autumn harvest this year, they will help Liu Yu build some houses and repair the city in exchange for some money.

When the common people have food and money in their hands, then business will develop thoroughly.

Use Bingzhou to drive the Sili area, and use the three counties of Hejian to drive the remaining counties. I believe it will develop soon.

The fully developed Jizhou is terrifying. After all, Jizhou has been the wealthiest state in the Han Dynasty over the years.

The last one is the construction of houses and villages and cities. Many villages in Sili and Jizhou counties have been dilapidated, and the cities are also very dilapidated.

These all need to be rebuilt. Liu Yu did not relocate the craftsman workshop in Bingzhou to Luoyang, but he can build a branch of the craftsman workshop in Luoyang.

Of course, Jizhou also needs to have a craftsman workshop branch, but compared to Luoyang, it is very simple to build a craftsman workshop branch in Jizhou.

Because the craftsman workshop was originally located in Hejian Lecheng, but now it just sends people to Hejian, and then recruits some craftsmen or apprentices.

With the presence of craftsmen's workshops, strong fire wine and dried meat can be produced in Jizhou and Luoyang, as well as some necessities for people's daily life.

As for weapons and armor, the craftsmen workshops in Luoyang and Jizhou do not need to produce them, because armor and weapons are not disposable items. When they are used, they can be shipped directly from Bingzhou.

When Liu Yu's order was issued, Bingzhou quickly responded, and Ma Jun sent some craftsmen from Bingzhou's craftsman workshop to Luoyang.

Liu Yu was somewhat familiar with their leader, a man named Xu Wu.

The new location of the Luoyang Craftsman Workshop, Liu Yu decided to be in the Baihu District, near the Baihu Warehouse.

With the plan designated by Liu Yu, it was implemented in the Sili area and the Jizhou area, and the entire Jizhou and Sili area started to move.

The common people, the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army, and the craftsmen who had just arrived in Bingzhou were all busy.

The Chamber of Commerce in Bingzhou was not idle, and sent many people to the cities of Jizhou and Sili to start selecting shops.

And a carload of goods, like a long dragon, was transported from Jinyang to Luoyang.

Today, all the states and counties in Jizhou have surrendered, and countless officials have been replaced in each state and county, and some officials have also been retained.

The officials who have been replaced all have some problems, and the number is not small.

After Liu Yu nodded, from among the students who had changed their name to Hanqiong Academy.

Select students who have completed their studies and have been affirmed by the great Confucians, and let them serve as low-level officials in Jizhou.

Fortunately, Yingchuan Academy has joined, otherwise there are so many vacancies for officials, and if you want to fill them all at once, it may be impossible to fill them with Jinyang Academy alone.

During the attack on Jizhou this time, Liu Yu carefully read the battle reports sent by all the generals, and he discovered the shortcomings of their Zhenbei army.

Although the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army joined the training of siege warfare, they blindly relied on bows and crossbows to suppress them. Although Jizhou won an overwhelming victory.

But if you face southern princes, especially soldiers wearing full armor, the suppression of this bow and crossbow will be greatly weakened.

When the time comes, the Zhenbei Army can only use conventional siege methods to attack the city, and they will no longer have an advantage.

In future wars, siege battles will definitely be indispensable. If they encounter a fortified city, it will undoubtedly cause great casualties to the Zhenbei Army.

But how can we achieve suppression in siege warfare?This made Liu Yu think hard for a long time, and then he thought of a siege weapon!

That's the catapult!

Chapter 375 Looking for a Great Talent

About the catapult, Liu Yu still knows a little bit, but Liu Yu is not clear about how to make it.

He remembered that the catapult was invented by a man named Liu Ye.

This Liu Ye is also a legitimate clan member of the Han family, but Liu Yu doesn't know too much about him. He only knows that Liu Ye is from Chengde, Huainan, and in later generations, he served under Cao Cao's command.

But Liu Yu didn't know about him, it didn't mean others didn't know about him, so Liu Yu called Huang Xu to the palace hall.

No one knows better than Huang Xu about finding people or information about capable people and strangers.

After Huang Xu came to the hall, Liu Yu asked directly before Huang Xu stood still.

"Huang Xu, I'm asking you, do you know that there is a capable man named Liu Ye in Huainan Chengde? He is also a member of the Han family!"

Huang Xu was taken aback when he heard the words, then lowered his head. After thinking for a while, he raised his head and replied to Liu Yu.

"My lord, I just remembered, but there is this person, that Liu Ye's name is Ziyang, he was famous for his talent when he was young, and when he grew up, he was even called the talent of the world by Xu Shao from Runan!"

Liu Yu nodded when he heard the words. He had stayed in Luoyang and Bingzhou the longest in Hejian, and what he heard were all big things. Liu Yu didn't know about such small things, but he could understand them.

"Where is this Liu Ye now? Does he have an official position?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Xu bowed his hands to Liu Yu and replied respectfully.

"My lord, when Yuan Shao served as the prefect of Lujiang, this Liu Ziyang used to serve under Yuan Shao's command. However, after Yuan Shao was promoted by Dong Zhuo to the governor of Yangzhou, he moved his office to Shouchun. Liu Ye did not follow him, but remained in Lujiang County. , as a small official."

When Liu Yu heard this, a smile appeared on his face. Liu Ye was a great talent, but he didn't enter Yuan Shao's inner circle.

But after thinking about it, I was relieved, Xu You and other counselors beside Yuan Shao, each disliked each other, and even formed cliques to reject newcomers.

Presumably Liu Ye is not willing to assist such a lord, nor would he bother to be with someone like Xu You.

This is also cheaper for Liu Yu, Liu Ye is a person, Liu Yu will definitely subdue him and let him do things for him.

They are both clan members of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Yu has such a reputation, such a status, and is extremely powerful, so it must not be too difficult to subdue Liu Ye.

"Huang Xu, no matter what method you use, whether you send someone to sneak into Yangzhou to show Liu Ye's reason and affection, or directly tie him up, at the latest three months, this king must see Liu Ye! Of course, And his family!"

When Huang Xu heard this, his face was a little serious, he saluted Liu Yu respectfully, and assured him.

"Please rest assured, my lord. Xu will definitely do his best to send Liu Ye and his family to the lord within three months!"

Hearing this, Liu Yu smiled again. Liu Yu is still very confident in the film department led by Huang Xu.

This time Liu Ye was taken away, just a small official, and it wasn't kidnapping Yuan Shao, so it shouldn't be too difficult.

After Huang Xu left, Liu Yu took out a letter again and read it.

This letter was sent to him by Guan Yu. There was one thing that made Guan Yu hesitant.

When Guan Yu pacified the bandits in Hongnong, he captured a bandit leader.

Guan Yu saw that he was wearing armor and was quite majestic, so he must be more than just an ordinary bandit leader.

After questioning, it was learned that this person was none other than Zhang Ji, the uncle of Zhang Xiu, a former general under Dong Zhuo's command!

Guan Yu couldn't make decisions without authorization, so he sent someone to ask Liu Yu for instructions, and let his lord make a decision.

Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji's nephew, was killed by Liu Yu himself. The hatred between the two could no longer be resolved, and since Dong Zhuo was dead, Zhang Ji was useless, so why keep him?

Therefore, Liu Yu directly sent a guard to convey Liu Yu's meaning to Guan Yu.

……

Yizhou, Hanzhong Taishou Mansion.

At this time, Jia Xu had arrived in Hanzhong unknowingly, and was discussing the military situation with Zhang Liao in the hall of the prefect's mansion, while Xu Rong was leading troops to guard Yangping Pass.

I only heard Zhang Liao take the lead and said: "Mr. Wenhe, Hanzhong, Jiayin Pass, Yangping Pass, and the Shu Road are all in our hands. As long as the troops divide into two groups and besiege Chengdu, Chengdu will definitely not be able to resist! Why? Are you still reluctant to use troops against Chengdu?"

Hearing this, Jia Xu stretched out his hand towards Zhang Liao, making a gesture of pressing down, signaling for Zhang Liao to calm down.

"Wen Yuan, don't worry. I, Jia Wenhe, are bound to win the land of Shu. However, as Wen Yuan said, if the troops attack Chengdu in two ways, Liu Yan will definitely fight back to the death, causing great casualties to our army!"

After Jia Xu finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and then looked at Zhang Liao and asked in a testing tone.

"If you want to attack Chengdu, how can we minimize the casualties of our army while the enemy suffers heavy casualties, or let Chengdu collapse by itself?"

Hearing this, Zhang Liao frowned fiercely, and then bowed his head in deep thought.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Liao said to Jia Xu with a depressed face.

"Mr. Wenhe, Zhang Liao is dull, he can only think that the key lies in Liu Yan, but he can't think of how to implement it."

Jia Xu smiled slightly when he heard the words, Zhang Liao could figure out the key point, which is already pretty good, after all, Zhang Liao's ability is to march and fight, not to make suggestions, and to figure out all the organs, and Zhang Liao doesn't know the key person.

"Liu Yan has four sons, Liu Dan, Liu Fan, Liu Mao, and the youngest son Liu Zhang! Among them, Liu Mao and Liu Zhang entered Shu with Liu Yan, while Liu Dan and Liu Fan served in the court, but the emperor moved eastward, and the two Did not follow to Yanzhou, but in my hands!"

Speaking of this, Jia Xu revealed an inscrutable smile, and spoke again.

"Besides, Liu Yan thought his two sons had already gone to Yanzhou! He even wrote two letters to their father himself!"

Zhang Liao was taken aback when he heard the words, and then asked Jia Xu with a happy face.

"Mr. Wen He means to make some fuss about Liu Yan's second son? But if he threatens Liu Yan to hand over Chengdu with his second son, Liu Yan probably won't compromise, right? Instead, it will stimulate Liu Yan and make a desperate counterattack!"

Jia Xu nodded when he heard the words, of course he would not use Liu Dan and Liu Fan brothers to threaten Liu Yan, such a low-level strategy, Jia Xu would not bother to use it.

"Now Liu Yan has settled in Yizhou, but there are also many gentry in Yizhou, and they are not in harmony with Liu Yan, and the counties in the south of Yizhou are naturally in the hands of the southern barbarians. The soldiers and horses in Liu Yan's hands are They are in the hands of General Yan Yan and Zhang Ren respectively!"

Having said that, Jia Xu took a sip of tea and moistened his throat before continuing to ask.

"Now Liu Yan has transferred Zhang Ren back to Chengdu, and Yan Yan is leading an army of [-] troops, stationed in Xichong City at the exit of the Shu Road, in case our army assaults Chengdu. Our goal is to lead [-] infantry Zhang Ren guarding Chengdu!"