July is on fire.

I didn't expect that it was already July. Xu Kang only knew today's month after being reminded by others. After all, he had been in the grassland for too long, and the days and everything were blurred.

When July comes, it means that the hot days are over and the weather is getting cooler.

After sending off the marching army, Xu Kang waved away all the petty officials and returned to the prefect's mansion alone.

Due to Cheng Yuanzhi's expedition, today's Taishou Mansion has become his private residence and office space.

Pushing open the door of the office room, what comes into view are thick piles of documents piled on several desks, and then Gong Yinglian and Ci Mei, who are almost overwhelmed by these documents.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Gong Yinglian raised her head and saw that it was Xu Kang, so she continued to work with her head down, and just asked plainly: "Send the two commanders away."

"Yeah." Xu Kang agreed: "You should really go and see it. Twenty thousand people went out to fight. It was a huge scene." Speaking of this, Xu Kang couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. His joking remarks in the past few days

, using two armies to siege the city to compete. Cheng Yuanzhi and Deng Mao actually took it seriously. This is a war, and people will die if they are not careful. But no matter how Xu Kang persuaded them? The two of them turned out to be like children.

Being stubborn, Xu Kang finally compromised and had to form an army of 10,000 men for each of them.

Speaking of setting up these two armies, Xu Kang also put a lot of thought into it. The Fengtian rebel army only had more than 30,000 people, one-third of whom were family members of the army and various craftsmen. These people had fled in the first place

During the Zhuocheng period, Cheng Ming personally selected each person, and every one of them was extremely important to rebuilding the Fengtian Army. Now it was naturally impossible for him to select 20,000 of these people for them to squander.

Besides, now that Xiangping City was newly occupied, he also needed manpower to maintain public order.

So Xu Kang recruited soldiers according to the ratio of 5:3:2. The Fengtian Army accounted for 50%, the surrendered officers and soldiers accounted for 30%, and the newly recruited soldiers accounted for two levels. In this way, using 10,000 veterans to drive 10,000 recruits not only provided

Cheng Yuanzhi and Deng Mao each gathered 10,000 troops, and also solved the problem of army expansion. As for the combat effectiveness of these two armies, it depends on the abilities of the two commanders.

After all, the two of them are also experienced veterans, Xu Kang believes that they still have this strength.

Gong Yinglian seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help but laugh: "It's true that they both still make this kind of bet at their old age. If they both like a city at the same time, wouldn't they start fighting? If so,

The two of them fought first, that would be really..." Before she could even say the rest of the words, Gong Yinglian already burst out laughing.

Xu Kang also smiled and said: "That's not the case, but I have already thought about this problem. In order to prevent the two of them from competing for credit, I have designated areas for them to conquer. There are eleven counties in Liaodong, except Xiangping.

In addition, there are exactly ten cities, which are equally divided on both sides by the Liao River. I use the Liao River as the boundary and let the two of them fight on one side. My foster father fights on the east side of the river, and Uncle Deng fights on the west side of the river."

When Gong Yinglian heard this, she couldn't help but said: "You are really partial. The area east of Hedong is small and the cities are concentrated. Cheng Qushuai took advantage this time."

"Nonono." Xu Kang shook his finger and said: "Although the cities in Hedong are relatively concentrated, easy to attack, and there is no need to travel long distances, these cities can also depend on each other and help each other. Attacking them will be much more difficult than those isolated and helpless cities in Hexi.

.So my distribution is still fair.”

"Hmph, stop showing off." Ci Mei suddenly jumped out and said angrily: "Anyway, it doesn't matter how we fight over there. Your position is here now. There are still many documents waiting for you to deal with.

Why don't you start working quickly?"

Xu Kang said in surprise: "What's wrong with you? Why are you so angry?"

"Why am I angry?" Ci Mei's cheeks were swollen red, obviously she was very angry.

"She's too tired." Gong Yinglian continued: "Go and boil a pot of water for us. We can do the rest of the work."

Hearing this, Ci Mei shrieked for a long time, but finally said nothing and had to leave angrily.

Seeing the documents in the case, Xu Kang seemed to understand why Ci Mei was so angry, and even he couldn't help but sigh. Cheng and Deng ran away with the army, leaving me a mess, and there was no one to discuss.

Xu Kang actually discovered for the first time that it would not be bad to go out to fight.

Xu Kang couldn't help but think of Cheng Ming. Although the old man was stubborn, he was somewhat capable. In the past, the logistics and administrative work of the Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou was mainly managed by him. It's a pity that he is old and can't bear the long journey.

Xu Kang died in pain and died on the grassland. Although Cheng Yuanzhi succeeded him as the head of the Cheng family, this was meaningless to Xu Kang. He now had to take on the work of Cheng Ming.

It would be great if you could find someone who can share your worries.

At this moment, Xu Kang was extremely envious of Xiao He, whom Liu Bang had won.

Suddenly I slapped my head and thought, I am really stupid. I have robbed so many literati, why did I forget to rob myself a senior executive?

Think about Xun Yu next to Cao Cao, Zhang Zhao next to Sun Quan, and even Liu Bei only really started his trip to the Three Kingdoms after finding Zhuge Liang.

Xu Kang suddenly understood that if he wanted to become the best in the world, the first step was not to have an army, but to have an internal affairs talent who could handle all political affairs for him.

And it is precisely because of the three internal affairs wizards Xun Yu, Zhang Zhao, and Zhuge Liang that the three overlords of the Three Kingdoms can focus on the great cause of conquering the world. Otherwise, they will be like themselves now, being endlessly harassed every day.

When you are burdened by official duties, how can you still have the mood to care about world affairs?

Thinking of this, Xu Kang jumped onto the desk and gritted his teeth and said: "No matter what? I must find a Xiao He of my own."

Gong Yinglian tilted her head to look at Xu Kang who suddenly went crazy, and asked in surprise: "What are you doing?"

"Nothing." Xu Kang, who had finished venting, sat down again. After all, finding his ideal talent does not happen overnight, especially in the barren land of Liaodong, where such top talents are rare.

"Don't think about those strange things." Gong Yinglian persuaded: "You'd better think about how to deal with the problem in Liaodong. We know nothing about Liaodong now."

Xu Kang said nonchalantly: "I have thought about it a long time ago. In fact, the Liaodong problem is the so-called relationship problem with various aristocratic families in Liaodong. There are no more than two ways to solve it. One is to make good friends with these aristocratic families, that is, to

Constantly visit them, give them enough convenience and respect, invite them to participate in the management of cities in Liaodong, form a community of interests with them, and make them useful to me."
Chapter completed!