Then there is the issue of army deployment: Cao Zhi first believed that Moling was very important. It straddled both sides of the Yangtze River and bordered Xuzhou, Guangling and other places. Its strategic significance was very important. The current three thousand garrison was definitely not enough, so Cao Zhi asked Xu Chu to take the soldiers with him when he left.
Ma Qiqian increased the number of troops stationed in Moling to 10,000, and also sent Li Ru to assist Xu Chu in handling civil affairs in Moling.
Next is Chaohu and Hefei. Cao Zhi had deployed 1,000 troops to Chaohu some time ago. Because Cao Zhi and Lu Kang had a strict agreement, the number of troops stationed in Chaohu could only be increased by 1,000. However, nearby Hefei did not.
This agreement, and this place is equally important. Cao Zhi increased the number of troops to 10,000 despite the current garrison of 4,000, and specially selected soldiers with good water qualities to go there and give them to Jiang Qin who was stationed there.
He and Deng Ai allocated a large amount of wood and money, hoping that they could build a decent navy army in a short time.
There is also Liyang, as the former capital of Yangzhou, it is located in the center of Yangzhou. Of course it is not so important now. Now Chen Yu, as the only legal governor of Yangzhou, naturally set the state government in Shouchun.
But Cao Zhi still believes that it is very important, at least it has political significance.
When Zhou Cang returned to defend Li Yang, Cao Zhi also allocated 10,000 troops to Zhou Cang, and was very relieved to let Zhou Cang take charge of Li Yang's affairs. However, he transferred Zao Zhuan to Wuhu County as the county magistrate, letting him
Leading three thousand troops, the main task is to develop agriculture in Wuhu and strive to allow this modern grain production base to play its due role as early as possible.
Then there is Qu'a, which is of average importance in Cao Zhi's eyes. But this county has a characteristic, that is, both waterways and land routes are relatively developed. It can connect Danyang counties internally and several surrounding counties externally.
County. Because the surrounding counties currently do not pose much of a threat to Cao Zhi. This is what he thought at first. He only needs to send 3,000 troops to be stationed by Yuan Qian or Yangche.
But later Lu Su reminded him that this place may not be important now. If Cao Zhi wants to develop and achieve hegemony in the future, he must pay attention to this place.
Cao Zhi was touched by Lu Su's word "hegemony". He thought that he should not always focus on Cao Cao and always want to help him seize the territory of the Central Plains. He should also take it seriously in the Jiangdong region.
Although everyone in history knew that these places belonged to Sun Ce and Sun Quan, it was always wrong for Cao Zhi to give them up like this.
Therefore, Cao Zhi followed Lu Su's suggestion and sent an additional 13,000 troops to Qu'a for possible future hegemony. They were led by Du Damu and Yuan Qian respectively. They stationed troops at Danglikou and Hengjiangpu.
Niuzhu on this side of the Yangtze River was built as a base camp for Qianliang and heavily guarded. Niuzhu was later called Caishiji and was one of the famous "Three Rocks of the Yangtze River". Because this section of the river was relatively narrow, Niuzhu was easy to defend.
It is difficult to attack, so it has always been built as a military stronghold to deal with crossing the river. After Niuzhu, there is Moling City where the tiger is on the dragon's side. Cao Zhi also specially appointed Du Yi to assist Mi Heng in handling the affairs of the county, and directly have
The authority governs the affairs of Qu'a.
Then there is Jingxian County in the central part, where Zulang, the leader of the Shanyue people, has stationed his clan soldiers and horses here. Like a big lobster, he spreads his teeth and claws and is full of hostility to the rule of the Han people. Cao Zhi ordered Pu Hu, and Yang Che led his troops.
Wan took turns to be stationed here, and when they were unavailable, Wang Ping would directly guard them. Cao Zhi sent Pu Hu and Yang Che because these two people were originally barbarians and could influence the Shanyue people who were also barbarians by words and deeds.
. I hope that Zu Lang and others will be touched by the courtesy that Pu Hu and other barbarian generals received after surrendering to Cao Zhi, and then they will stay in peace and be Cao Zhi's subjects honestly.
Finally, Cao Zhi sent the remaining 10,000 troops to other counties in Danyang, such as Danyang, Yongping, Jurong, Xuancheng, Lingyang, Anwu, Lincheng, Shicheng, Chungu, Guangde, and Ningguo.
Huai'an and others each stationed one or two thousand soldiers, each led by a county captain to guard one side. They maintained a force of 40,000 to 50,000 troops in Wanling, the county capital, under the direct control of Cao Zhi.
When a fire broke out in the backyard, Cao Zhi had to go out for inspection. He chose Moling as the first stop of inspection.
Xu Chu was shocked. As soon as he came back, Cao Zhi came with three thousand personal guards, Li Hei, Lei Gong and others. Xu Chu thought that he had committed something again, and was chased by Cao Zhi.
, raised troops to investigate.
Li Hei had completely gained Cao Zhi's trust through the Shouchun battle, and was now promoted by Cao Zhi to the post of governor, that is, the commander of Cao Zhi's personal guard.
As soon as he arrived in Moling, after seeing the geographical environment of Moling, Lu Su suggested to Cao Zhi whether he wanted to move the county seat or not. He believed that Danyang County should be placed in Moling. After looking at the topography of Nanjing, Lu Su said to Cao Zhi: "
This place is full of bells, dragons, and tigers, and it is the true residence of an emperor!"
Ancient people believed in choosing a place of residence or even the birthplace of a business based on the momentum and topography. This is what we now call "observation of Feng Shui". In ancient times, those who understood this kind of thing were knowledgeable people, and they did not have any knowledge.
I really can't tell you anything.
Lu Su said that Moling was surrounded by steep mountains and dangerous terrain. During the Qin Shihuang period, people were ordered to dig square mountains to allow the Huaihe River to flow through Moling and make Moling straddle the Yangtze River, forming a geographical feature that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Lu Su believed that this
This place has the "Qi of the Son of Heaven" and it is easy for God to appear. From his superstitious point of view, if Cao Zhi wants to achieve his grand hegemony in the future, he should move the county government here.
When Cao Zhi and Lu Su visited Niutou Mountain (now in the south of Nanjing City), they pointed at the shuangfeng facing east and west, which looked like towers on both sides of the palace, and told Cao Zhi that it was called Niutousou, also known as Tianque. Then they pointed to Zhongshan and said
That's called Longgang. Finally, he pointed to Moling City, which overlooks the panoramic view of the mountain, and called it Wanjing. This was mainly because there were many households in the city, which resulted in many wells. This was also a good sign in ancient Feng Shui.
After Cao Zhi marveled at Lu Su's erudition, he also laughed at his "Emperor Qi" statement. Anyone who lives here can become an emperor, so why did Zuo Rong in the past be defeated by him and run away. "Feng Shui"
, the "emperor theory" is all illusory, and Cao Zhi never thought about being an emperor.
Cao Zhi knew that Moling's terrain was dangerous and its military value was important. But when it came to moving the county seat, Cao Zhi felt that it was a bit inappropriate to mobilize so many people to move the county seat when he had first settled on Danyang.
Of course, Cao Zhi said this to Lu Su in a very tactful manner. Lu Su also understood that Cao Zhi did not fully trust his words, and the matter was indeed urgent.
Xu Chu sneered at Lu Su's statement. He didn't understand Feng Shui or the emperor's theory, but he knew that now he was very free in Moling. If Cao Zhizhen moved the county office here and was controlled by Cao Zhi every day, he would still
Is there any way to survive? So when he heard Lu Su's words, Xu Chu even ridiculed Lu Su on the spot for talking nonsense.
Of course, Lu Su would not be as knowledgeable as a rough guy like Xu Chu. Li Ru listened to Lu Su's words very carefully, but he didn't read many books on "Feng Shui" and to be honest, he didn't quite understand what Lu Su said.
There is no basis for this. I am planning to consult Mi Heng when I have the opportunity. Mi Heng has read a lot of miscellaneous books.
Just before Cao Zhi heard Lu Su's other reasons for moving to the county seat, and even before Cao Zhi and others were sitting in Moling, he received an urgent letter from Cao Cao, saying that he was unable to provide food and grass, and asked him for food.
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Cao Zhi had to end his short inspection and rushed back to Wanling to raise food for Cao Cao. So how could Cao Cao not be able to provide military food? This was related to the real disaster in northern China at that time.
In the sixth month of the first year of Xingping (Ding Chou), there was an earthquake in Chang'an, and a solar eclipse occurred in Yisi. This must have been considered a bad sign in ancient times. Emperor Xian Liu Xie adopted the method of "avoiding the main hall and not listening to orders for five days"
, trying to avoid the disaster. But this was a wishful thinking, and there was indeed a great locust plague in that month. These little devils with wings and beaks rose up, covering the sky and avoiding the sun, devouring the crops like wind and clouds.
Especially in the north of the Yellow River, the disaster was severe, and soon a large number of refugees fleeing the famine appeared on the official road heading south.
Anyone who knows farming knows that drought and locust plague are twin brothers, and they always join hands to oppose farmers. From spring March of the first year of Xingping to late July, "Sanfu" and the Kanto region
Basically it never rained. Emperor Xian also once "evacuated the main hall to ask for rain" and "sent envoys to wash the four disciples" to reduce the punishment of the prisoners. But it also didn't work. Locusts and severe droughts still came one after another.
So the price of food suddenly rose. At that time, the price of grain had risen to 500,000 dendrobium, and the price of beans had reached 200,000 dendrobium. Just imagine how terrifying these food prices were. So, "people eat each other, and the bones are piled up."
; Scenes frequently occur in these areas.
This is the case in the Gyeonggi region, and it can be imagined that it is also the case in other regions.
Danyang, Chaohu, Jiujiang, Lukang, Lukang, Qiaoxuan and most of Jiujiang County where Cao Zhi is located are major grain-producing areas, and what is commendable is that these areas have not been affected by disasters this year. Even compared to
Coming from the north, we can compare it with good weather and good weather. By December of this year, these areas had successfully harvested twice during the year, and the harvest was quite abundant.
Cao Zhi's Danyang County Under Cao Zhi's new policy, the people of Danyang County even became prosperous. Danyang County should have been full of barns. However, after Cao Cao took office in Yanzhou, there was a drought.
There was no rain from March to June.
When Cao Cao took control of Yanzhou, he could still hold on for a while with the grain and grass collected and his abundant financial resources. Unexpectedly, at the end of June and the beginning of July, there was still not a drop of rain. I expected to have some harvest in June and July.
The soldiers and civilians of Yanzhou were a little dumbfounded. This was equivalent to waiting to starve after eating up the stored grain.
At this time, the field work presided over by Mao Jie was just on paper. Without rain, nothing could be planted, and there would be no harvest. No matter how many people there were, no matter how many fields were planted, it would be in vain. Now there is also a locust plague. Originally, the fields
Not many things can survive, and if they are swept away by these little devils, nothing will be left.