The effect of Xun Chen's mission was very good. Yuan Shao was flattered, and he was in high spirits and radiant. The next day, he sent out documents everywhere, announcing that he would lead a general of chariots and cavalry, appointed Cao Cao to act as general Fenwei, and was ready to do something big.
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It's a pity that God did not fulfill his wishes.
A few days later, Qiao Mao "sent troops" to plunder various places in Yanzhou, killing and wounding numerous scholars, which completely angered Zhang Miao, Liu Dai and others. Yuan Yi stopped trying to persuade him and allowed Qiao Mao to make all kinds of sophistry. No one believed a word he said.
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small book booth
Liu Dai launched an attack and killed him on the spot. His tribe was also annexed. Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, became more powerful, and everyone in the other prefectures was in danger.
The various parts of the coalition army seemed to be in harmony, but no matter how difficult it was to work together, Yuan Shao was poured cold water on his heart. He crusaded against the national traitors, gathered people's attention, and his hope of taking over the center was shattered. The daily consumption of food and grass weighed heavily on his heart.
He ordered Yuan Yi to leave "angrily" and retreat back to Shanyang County. Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin immediately led his troops back to his jurisdiction.
When the others saw this, they all went back to their homes to look for their mothers.
The Dongdong Alliance declared bankruptcy and was completely disbanded after four months.
When Liu Xiang received the detailed report, it was the end of April and 200,000 civilians had already begun repairing the river embankments in sections.
After going through the disbandment of the coalition forces, he found that Ju Shou's counter-intentional plan was enough to solve the problem, while Xun Yu's two subsequent plans seemed to be of no use.
From a military perspective, this is indeed the case.
However, as a prince, you can't think about things in such a simple way.
The mission to Yuan Shao eased relations with Xuzhou, paved the way for subsequent diplomatic operations, and laid the foundation for provoking internal fighting among the Henan warlords.
Liu Xiang immediately thought of the struggle between Yuan and Yuan for hegemony.
The feud between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu was about a child without a mother. It’s a long story.
They are half-brothers, but Yuan Shao was a bastard when he was a child, and he was often bullied. Later, when he grew up, because he was well-behaved and intelligent, he was adopted into a room with his uncle who died young, and became the heir.
's legitimate son.
It was hard-won. He always remembered the humiliation in his childhood, worked hard, made connections, and finally became the most outstanding person of the new generation of the Yuan family in Runan.
In Yuan Shu's eyes, Yuan Shao was just a lowly slave like a servant. When he was a child, he was ordered around by him, beaten whenever he wanted, scolded whenever he wanted, and allowed to be manipulated by himself.
Now he has become prominent and has covered up his reputation. When it comes to the younger generation of the Yuan family, Yuan Benchu cannot get around it.
This is not a matter of being in the limelight.
Yuan Shu is not that shallow.
It was Yuan Shao who blocked his way. His connections were thinned and his official career was hindered. This was not good. In the eyes of the legitimate son of the Yuan family, he could only be the Sangong. He must be the Sangong. But now, on his way to the Sangong, he was blocking a person.
people.
If it were you, would you be happy?
He has been ambitious since he was a child, to succeed his father Yu Lie, ascend to the position of the Three Dukes, and realize the legend of the fifth and third Duke of the Yuan family. Only he knows how much thought Yuan Gongli put into and how much effort he put in.
But there was always someone standing in front of me.
This man's name is Yuan Shao, a lowly concubine.
So Yuan Shao must die.
Since childhood, he has never been able to kill Yuan Shao, and has always been overshadowed by Yuan Shao. Now, as he reaches middle age, this matter has become an obsession in his heart.
The feud between these two brothers has no solution.
It's too easy to sow discord between them. As long as you give them space to live, they will fight to the death.
It is not a waste of time to send Yuan Shao as an envoy.
As for building the river embankment, it means that they will not go south in the short term, which will increase the sense of security of Yuan Shao and the Yanzhou warlords, allowing them to complain and take revenge, and fight in peace.
River embankments must be built. Although the Loess Plateau was still lush in the Han Dynasty, with a forest coverage rate of more than 40%, and soil erosion was not as serious as it was in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the soil quality there was not good, and it became fluffy and loose as soon as the water soaked it.
, the Yellow River cuts through the Loess Plateau in Bingzhou and still carries a large amount of sediment.
The middle and lower reaches are extremely prone to flooding, and they change routes at every turn, like an evil dragon that is difficult to tame.
The embankment of the Yellow River cannot tolerate a little bit of neglect. This is the consensus of everyone.
The embankment is being repaired on the north bank, and it is impossible for the officials on the south bank to turn a blind eye.
Everyone has common sense. If you build a river embankment on one side, it will not flood until there is a flood. As long as the flood passes through, the other side will be severely flooded.
It's a very simple reason. If the amount of water that originally flooded both sides of the bank flows to one side, it will naturally be particularly miserable.
Therefore, when the embankment is built on the north bank, the south bank must also be repaired. Manpower and material resources are limited. If people are sent to build the embankment, it will naturally be impossible to fight. This is a conspiracy against Yanzhou.
"If Wen takes one step at a time, he will definitely send people to repair embankments from all counties in Yanzhou, but he doesn't say it. Do you want to test me? How cunning."
Liu Xiang stood on the river embankment and looked at the south bank. He couldn't help complaining. He really didn't expect that Yanzhou would recruit hundreds of thousands of people to build the embankment.
"Chen Liu, Zhang Miao, and Jibei Bao Xin are all famous people, not stupid people. It's just that Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, is corrupt and mediocre. I'm not sure whether he will recruit civilians to build river embankments." Xun Yu's voice
He was gentle and clear, and didn't care about Liu Xiang's complaints.
The meaning is very clear. Although I cannot be sure of everything, it can at least mobilize two groups of people to rush on the river embankment and disrupt the joint efforts of the jujube coalition.
The plan was completed quietly, and then he pretended to be neither happy nor sad. It was indeed in style.
Liu Xiang rolled his eyes, is this the style of a celebrity?
So envious!
I have to learn it later.
Having set a goal in his mind, he continued to focus on what was in front of him: "How many counties in Yanzhou were mobilized for the embankment construction?"
"Four, Chenliu, Dongjun, Jiyin, and Jibei, with more than 200,000 people."
"Where's that side of Qingzhou?"
"There are nearly 100,000 people in Pingyuan, Jinan and Le'an."
Three hundred thousand young men were mobilized, and Qingzhou was the hardest hit area by the Yellow Turbans. Coupled with the transportation of materials for embankment construction, Yanzhou and Qingzhou were unable to fight anymore.
At least, there will be no threat to Hebei before the autumn harvest.
Therefore, you can think of other things, such as turning over the people who are repairing the embankment when the embankment is almost repaired.
There were not many officials in the Han Dynasty who were kind to the people, and digging rivers and building embankments was extremely hard work. You can imagine the lives of those civilians. In the later stages, when resentment accumulated to a certain extent and the project was almost in progress, people were sent
Go light a fire.
boom!
The powder keg exploded.
There are many soldiers and horses on the opposite side, and the civilians will definitely not be able to defeat them. All they need to do is provide them with a retreat. With 300,000 young men, how many can I pull back?
Liu Xiang is very curious.
I have done so many people abductions, and my thinking has become inert. When I see people, I can't help but think about abducting people. I am really bad.
"Come here, send a message to Zhang Miao and others across the way, saying that our army has detected Dong's army and is planning to march eastward. Yanzhou and Yuzhou should be more vigilant." Liu Xiang ordered the scribes around him to draft a few letters.
, send someone to the other side.
This is business. The plan to abduct people just now is just the inertia of thinking.
Dong Zhuo will definitely fight back. His troops have not been damaged. He moved because he was afraid that the Guandong gentry would cooperate with others. Now he has retreated to Chang'an Sanfu, but most of the main force is still deployed in Hedong, Henan, Hongnong and other places.
It is not Lao Dong's style to just be beaten without fighting back, and the soldiers in Liangzhou are used to searching and jailing, so he will definitely send troops to Yanzhou and Yuzhou to plunder.
If all the counties in Yanzhou were destroyed by Dong Zhuo's troops due to the embankment construction, then Fatty Dong's power would be too great, which would be of no benefit to him. It would be in his own interest for them to fight and consume each other.
Also, since there are fewer soldiers and horses to supervise the civilians, wouldn’t it be convenient to kidnap people by ourselves?
Kill two birds with one stone, why not?
It's May, and hundreds of thousands of people on both sides of the Yellow River are building embankments in full swing.
No, it's because the North Shore is in full swing. Because they have enough food and wages, the supervisors don't dare to use corporal punishment at will.
The water on the south bank was in dire straits. Because they were forced to work, they didn't have enough to eat, and they were whipped at every turn. Their resentment was so high that many people wanted to run away, but they couldn't find the chance for a while.
Jizhou's fleet is always circling on the river. The people on the boat are staring at this side. Many people want to swim to the boat and follow them to the other side, but looking at the bows and arrows in their hands, they dare not take action.
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Today's fleet is extremely large, with hundreds of large ships. Is there going to be an attack?
Call me now!
The situation was different from what the people on the south bank imagined. The fleet was returning from Yangzhou.
Liu Yu has arrived.
He brought with him hundreds of shipwrights from Wu and Kuaiji counties, thousands of sailors, soldiers, and their families.
More than five thousand people disembarked from the ship.
Fortunately, they sent two hundred large ships, and they also had dozens of large and small ships, otherwise they really wouldn't be able to transport it back.
"Thanks to Yicheng's help, I almost became a sinner of the Han Dynasty. The Yuan family of Runan is the crown prince of the noble family. Huh! The name is quite big. They are all traitors and traitors." Liu Yu was a little angry and had a new understanding of the people of the family.
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Liu Xiang saluted and said consolingly: "It's good that Mr. Bo'an is fine. Don't be angry. You can just settle accounts with them in the future. What are your plans for returning to the north this time?"
"I want to go back to the mountains and forests and seek pastoral happiness. I wonder if Yicheng can accommodate me?"
"Bo'an Gong, now that the Han Dynasty is in trouble, how can you retreat? Why not join hands with me to pacify the world, restore peace to the people, and restore the dignity of the Han Dynasty."
Regarding Liu Yu's arrangement, Liu Xiang thought about it for a long time and finally decided to recruit him. Not to mention the benefits that Liu Bo'an's reputation could bring to him, Liu Yu's ability in civil affairs alone was not worth mentioning.
Comparable.
Liu Yu was a talented person who was extremely partial to science. As useless as he was in military matters, he was as brilliant in civil affairs.
During the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, there were really few people who could compare with him in handling civil affairs.
In the original history, he served as the shepherd of Youzhou. He was respected by the scholars and loved by the people. Even the barbarians obeyed him. He resettled millions of refugees to work in the fields. The food in Youzhou was extremely abundant, and the price of food was reduced to thirty yuan per stone by him.
Liu Xiang worked hard for several years, cleaning up powerful families and dividing the fields, but he just couldn't make food cheap enough.
How can we let such a talent go? What's more, he is a military idiot and is not afraid of rebellion.
"Boan Gong, this is not the time to hide and relax. Please give me a helping hand." Liu Yu knew Liu Xiang's ambition, so he had no taboo in speaking.
"Yicheng, this matter will be discussed later. Come, come, come, I will recommend a great talent for you." Liu Yu used his skill to guide the two strong men:
"This man's name is Ling Cao. He is from Yuhang, Wu County. He has superb martial arts, agility and bravery. I was able to escape. Ling Zhuangshi has contributed a lot. This time I brought my family with me to the north. I recommend it to you. I hope you can put him to good use."
"This man's name is Zhou Tai, and his courtesy name is Youping. He is from Xiacai, Jiujiang. Although he has committed himself to bandits, he knows how to get back when he gets lost, has courage, and knows honor and disgrace. He is a man who can be made."
"Greetings to the General Hussars!" Ling Cao and Zhou Tai bowed in salute.