Pang De turned over the documents and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his trip to Jizhou was not in vain.
I have to admit that Jizhou is really too wealthy. It has tens of millions of acres of land. With an output of two stones per mu and the Han Dynasty's thirty tax system, it can harvest five to six million stones of grain a year. Jizhou Valley
Ten years is an exaggeration, but it is no problem at all to supply the 100,000-strong army in Bingzhou for two years. Each soldier receives three small stones, three buckets and three liters of food per month, or two large stones, which is twenty-four per year.
A large army of 100,000 dans consumes 2.4 million dans in one year and 4.8 million dans in two years. Now the Jizhou granary has more than 5 million dans of grain, and there is still more.
The problem now facing Pang De, or rather Gai Jun, is how to transport grain back to Bingzhou. A grain truck can generally hold twenty-five shi of grain, and five million shi of grain would require the use of a large truck of 20 tons.
Thousands of vehicles, hundreds of thousands of civilians...
There are clear and turbid Zhangshui outside Yecheng, which lead directly to Shangdang in Bingzhou. Maybe we can use Jizhou ships to transport some, but the two rivers cannot accommodate large ships, so we have to share half of it by water transport. But transporting grain in a cart with 100,000 people is terrifying enough.
Not to mention how much it would cost to hire civilian laborers to cross the lofty mountains of Hengshan?...
Pang De's mind ached when he thought about it, and his eyes turned to money. Jizhou was at its peak before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, with a population of more than six million. Now there are only 40,000 people left, a sharp drop of one-third. Of course, there are no numbers.
The above description is so exaggerated. Gai Jun captured millions of Jizhou people from the Hengshan area. In addition, he fled north to Youzhou, relied on the concealment of the wealthy families, and the newly born population. In fact, Jizhou only lost a few hundred thousand people.
There are three regular tax items in the Han Dynasty, namely, calculation tax, Geng tax, and oral money. The first two are for adults, and the latter is for collecting children. The oral tax is three qian per person a year, and Jizhou only collects several hundred yuan a year.
Ten thousand, can be ignored. The most important thing is to calculate the Fu and Geng Fu. For a family of five, if two people are given to calculate the Fu, that is 240 yuan, Jizhou can collect about 200 million yuan a year. One person is to pay the Geng Fu,
That is 300 yuan, and 245 million was recorded in a year, totaling 445 million.
In recent years, wars have been frequent, and the imperial court and even Jizhou have added some miscellaneous taxes. Han Fu has been in the state for two years and cut off supplies. He thought he had more than a billion dollars, but in fact it was not that much. The county and the Congress reserved one-third as local finance.
Expenditure, this is the custom of the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, and there is only 500 million yuan in the Jizhou treasury.
Seeing this, Pang De felt disappointed. The money Jizhou owed Bingzhou alone was 450 million, and he could only get 50 million by moving them all. If it weren't for the support of food, Gai Jun would probably vomit blood.
"Zhonglang..." A general with a height of more than seven feet and a good appearance walked in. His surname was Pang and his surname was Rou. He was Pang De's brother. As the generals under Gai Jun took charge of their own affairs, everyone began to build their own teams, or use clan names.
, or villagers, and Pang De is no exception. Apart from Pang Rou, there are dozens of other clan members.
"What's the matter?" Pound came back to his senses.
"Han Fu's family has been caught."
"good"
But it is said that on that day, tens of thousands of Jizhou's troops were defeated by the Fushui River. Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, fled for his life and fell into danger many times. Geng Wu, a long-time commander, and Min Chun, a biejai, pretended to be themselves and diverted the attention of the Gai army's pursuers. Late at night, they crossed the sewage.
Finally got rid of the pursuers.
Han Fu thought that the old Guangwu area of Jizhou had many people, vast fields, and sufficient troops and supplies. He thought that this would be enough to resist the foreign invaders who were peeking at Jizhou, but he never thought that he would be defeated so miserably. He couldn't bear it in his heart, and his will collapsed.
He ages ten years at night.
During the war, Li Li comforted him and said: "Although the general was defeated, the foundation was not damaged, so why should he be sad? Yecheng has high walls and thick walls, and there are still tens of thousands of people. It is not necessary to leave in a hurry. The general returned to Yecheng and called on the ten counties to attack it. Who will win?
It’s unknown.”
"Unknown?" Han Fu smiled bitterly. If Gai Jun was the only enemy, of course it would be possible. But Jizhou now has Gai Jun in the west, Yuan Shao in the south, and Gongsun in the north. It is surrounded by enemies on three sides, not to mention ten counties.
Twenty counties are not enough, and the army has been defeated so miserably. Will the ten counties of Jizhou, the prefect of the country, and the prime minister still listen to the orders of him, the shepherd of Jizhou?
Han Fu felt confused and walked southeast along the sewage. In the middle of the night, the deafening sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the north bank of the river. Han Fu and others thought they were coming to arrest him, and were shocked. Until the sound of horse hooves gradually faded away, everyone
Only then did Han Fu feel relieved. Then Han Fu's expression changed again and he shouted, "Oh no, Gai's army is heading towards Yecheng."
"How can a light cavalry defeat a fortified city? There is no need for the general to worry." Li Li comforted Han Fu during the battle, but his voice was low and weak, full of uncertainty. I am afraid that even he himself could not be convinced by these words, so how could he convince others?
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Han Fu felt even more depressed. He arrived at the dirty city in the afternoon of the next day. Because he was not clear about the situation, he did not dare to take risks easily. He sent his personal guards to inquire about the news. Soon the personal guards returned with a look of horror. This was because he received an astonishing news from the people in the city.
According to the news, the Gai army captured Yecheng, the seat of Jizhou.
Han Fu screamed, "I will die from heaven." He opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood. He glanced at him and passed out. Before sunset, Han Fu woke up slowly. He was lying in a thatched hut. Li Li was always with him in front of the bed.
He woke up and was overjoyed.
Han Fu reached out and grabbed his arm and asked urgently: "Li Zhizhong, is there any news from Yecheng?"
Li Li shook his head and said: "The Gai army attacked Yecheng early this morning. There is no news yet."
Han Fu closed his eyes in disappointment and lay back on the couch. After a while, he murmured: "Li Zhizhong, what should I do?"
Li Li said: "In my opinion, we should go north and enter Julu County. Julu is the heart of Jizhou, with Zhao Kingdom in the southwest, Changshan Kingdom in the northwest, Zhongshan Kingdom in the north, and Boling Kingdom in the southeast. These five counties, states, and Shang
There is half of Jizhou. Then we try to drive away Gongsun Zan of Hejian and Anping in the east, and attack Bohai and Qinghe. We use the power of nine counties to go south and defeat Gaijun in one fell swoop."
Han Fu was full of bitterness, and in the mouth of Li Li, driving away Gongsun and Gai Jun was as easy as flipping his hand. He used to think so, and then he ushered in the great defeat of Fushui. Tens of thousands of troops were wiped out in one battle, and he was panic-stricken.
Like a bereaved dog.
"I want to go south to take shelter with Yuan Cheqi. What does Li Zhizhong think?"
Li Li sighed, knowing that Han Fu was already disheartened, and said: "I would like to go south with the general."
"..." Han Fu patted Li Li's hand and was speechless all night.
Han Fu fled all the way to the dirty city, and there were still twenty or thirty people around him. When he heard that Ye City had fallen, he dispersed more than ten people, and when he heard that he was going south to join Yuan Shao, he dispersed another dozen people. When he was about to set off the next day, Han Fu
Looking at the only three or four people left in front of me, I couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in my heart.
Han Fu and others crossed the sewage, passed through Jiuhou City and Wucheng, and carefully left Ye County. They hurried all the way and arrived at Liyang on the north bank of the Yellow River a few days later. Liyang belonged to Wei County and had been captured by Qu Yi before. Although Yuan Shao had not passed
River, but did not give up, and ordered Qu Yi to station more than 10,000 troops here. So Han Fu and others went directly to the county government after arriving in Liyang.
When Qu Yi heard that Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, was asking for an audience, his face was filled with excitement.
The two former masters and servants, yesterday's rivals, and today's indescribable people met in Liyang County House. They sat speechless for a long time. To be honest, seeing Han Fu's devastated look, even Qu Yi's steely heart couldn't bear it.
Why is the Lord of the state doing this?
Yuan Shaowei stood on the bank of the Yellow River and looked at the rolling Yellow River, rushing eastward, with turbulent waves and huge waves.
Seeing the turbid current like a giant dragon, Yuan Shao fell into memories. From April of the eighth year of Yanxi (AD 165) to April of the ninth year of Yanxi (AD 166), for a whole year, the Yellow River suddenly became clear.
end.
"The Book of Changes of Jingshi" says: "When the river is clear, the world is peaceful", and the folk proverb also says: "When the Yellow River is clear, the saints come out". However, the people of the Han Dynasty did not wait for peace, nor did they wait for the saints. What they waited for was the first.
A disaster caused by party control.
It changed the fate of many people, including Yuan Shao. That year, Yuan Shao's father-in-law, "the model in the world" Li Ying, was arrested. Although he escaped, he did not escape the second party imprisonment three years later.
That year, Yuan Shao, who was appointed as the county magistrate of Puyang at the age of 21, coincided with the death of his mother. He gave up his official position to honor his mother. Three years later, during the second disaster of party imprisonment, Yuan Shao decided to make up for the three years after his father's death. His biological father
It was Yuan Feng who was adopted by his brother Yuan Cheng who died without heirs. Yuan Shao was not so much Yuan Cheng as he was in mourning for his father-in-law Li Ying who had just died tragically. After all, he was not Yuan Cheng's biological son. Father and son had never met, so how could he be the one to live with him?
What about Li Ying, his father-in-law who valued him, appreciated him, and betrothed his daughter to him?
No one can understand the boundless pain in Yuan Shao's heart at that time. During those three years of mourning, he swore to God countless times that he must avenge his father-in-law, he must make the eunuch pay the price, he must, he must...
After eighteen years of separation from politics and fifteen years of silent suffering, he finally became a scholar leader with supreme perseverance. In the first year of Zhongping (AD 184), the Yellow Turbans rose up and the party was lifted.
After five years of planning, he fulfilled the vow he made once he was castrated. However, Dong Zhuo's arrival in Beijing completely disrupted his plan...
Before I knew it, it was another two years...
"The first year of Benchu, the first year of Benchu..." Yuan Shao muttered in a low voice. The first year of Benchu (146 AD), the first year of Emperor Zhi of the Han Dynasty, was the year he was born. Looking back suddenly, he realized that he was already forty-six years old and was about to enter the next century.
As I enter old age, although my appearance is still handsome and handsome, I look like I was thirty years old...
"Benchu..." came a startled scream.
It is no exaggeration to say that no one in the world dared to call him my cousin to his face, and there was only one person at this time. Yuan Shao glanced at Xu You who was walking quickly in surprise, not understanding why he was so excited.
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Xu You's face turned red, he waved his arms and shouted: "Han Fu is here, he is in Liyang"
Yuan Shao was startled...
"Hurry, hurry across the river, hurry..."
Yuan Shao left tens of thousands of troops in the camp and crossed the river by boat immediately. Han Fu came out of the county court to greet him and expressed his respect. Yuan Shao turned a blind eye to Han Fu's uneasiness, as if nothing had happened between them, and held his hand.
Hands are cold and asking for warmth.
Although Han Fu knew Yuan Shao's intentions, he was still greatly moved and almost cried: "The leader of the alliance has treated me like this, I am really ashamed of myself."
"I didn't want to mention it, but Wen Jie decided to mention it. Alas, the Yuan family in Runan and the Han family in Yingchuan have been friendly for generations, so why should we care if they are a little bit dirty? I have long forgotten it." Yuan Shao took Han Fu's hand and looked inward.
This is true. The relationship between the two families can even be traced back to the great ancestor Yuan Shao. The famous official of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Situ Yuan An, was friendly with Sikong Han Leng. Han Leng's grandson Sikong Han Yan also had a good relationship with the Yuan family, and Han Fu became a member of the Yuan family.
Kui's old officials have been here for five generations, more than a hundred years.
Han Fu sighed and said: "Alas, the defeat of Fushui and the fall of Yecheng finally made me realize that I am not a good lord of Jizhou..."
Yuan Shao interjected: "Gai Ying is like a god in his military skills and is known as the number one. How many people in the world can resist him?"
"The leader of the alliance does not need to be comforted..." Han Fu then smiled bitterly and said: "Now I have no soldiers, no land, and only the title of Jizhou Shepherd is left. If the leader thinks that this title is still useful, let me have a successor. Good reputation."
Yuan Shao stopped and was about to say something, but when he saw Han Fu's eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, he felt moved and nodded: "Since Wen Jie is very determined, I should be the one."
Han Fu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
The two of them continued walking deeper into the courtyard, and Yuan Shao asked, "Is Wen Jie's family okay?"
Han Fu shook his head and said, "I don't know whether I will live or die."
Yuan Shaokai explained: "Gaiying came to Jizhou this time because he came for Jizhou's money and food, and he would not easily kill people. If Wenjie is really worried, I will write a letter immediately, and Ziying will sell me some face."
Han Fu hurriedly thanked him. He had no other extravagant wishes now, he just hoped that his family would be safe.
Yuan Shao thought that it was not too late and ordered the Henan army to cross the river overnight and gather outside Liyang City. On the day of the march north, Han Fu handed over the Jizhou Muyin Shou to Yuan Shao in front of tens of thousands of people, officially handing over the army and announcing it to the world.
Yuan Shao appointed Han Fu as General Fenwei under the system of chariot and cavalry generals, and he followed the army northward.
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Regarding the Qingqi sneak attack on Yecheng, Gai Jun just wanted to give it a try. It cannot be said that there is no hope at all, but it is definitely not more than 30%. Pang De was obviously lucky. Deng Mao, the guard of the west gate, turned out to be Yuan Shao's side. What a wonderful thing. Thinking of deploying troops for two consecutive years and no longer having to worry about food, Gai Jun's heart was filled with excitement.
At present, there are about 20,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry in the army. Xu Huang is left to lead 5,000 troops to garrison the camp and take care of 3,000 wounded soldiers and 20,000 prisoners. Gai Jun himself will ride 4,000 and quickly rush to Yecheng. More than ten thousand infantrymen escorted tens of thousands of carts from the Jizhou camp, while tens of thousands of civilians walked slowly.
Gai Jun was so anxious that he rushed to Yecheng in just one day and rode into the city, attracting the attention of the soldiers and the people.
Pang De was not idle these days in Yecheng. He ordered the Jizhou Governor's Department to collect more than 30,000 carts, hundreds of ships, and tens of thousands of civilians. They transported money and grain day and night, which made the people of Yecheng feel miserable. My heart, this is all Jizhou’s money and food.
Gai Jun stepped into the Prefectural History Department, and Xun Chen, Guo Tu, Xin Ping and other Yingchuan scholars came to greet him. Gai Jun had all met Yuan Shao in Hanoi, and Xun Chen had known each other for a long time. There were more than a dozen of them in total. Years passed. Everyone was making insinuations about Yuan Shao's succession as Jizhou Mu and leading his army to the north. They wanted to see what his views were. Gai Jun's face remained as usual and he said frankly, "Okay."
Everyone couldn't guess his true attitude, so they stopped talking and talked about other things. During this period, Xun Chen said half-jokingly: "Pang (De) Zhonglang is really ruthless. He seems to want to empty out the treasury and granary of Jizhou..."
Gai Jun smiled softly, looked around and said: "(Xun Yu) How long will Wen Ruo hide in his hometown? I have revised my books many times, but his replies are always vague. Could it be that he wants me to send troops to Yingchuan? Can’t we catch him?”
Xun Chen said: "Yesterday the fifth brother wrote back and said that the clan has set off and is expected to arrive in Jizhou in mid-March."
Gai Jun put his hands on his hands and smiled and said: "That's great. I have to convince the eldest brother (Yuan Shao) to give up Wen Ruo to me. If the eldest brother doesn't let me, I will stay in Yecheng and not leave."
"..." Everyone in Yingchuan looked at each other in confusion. Gai Jun was good at joking and making jokes. Is this a joke? Or was he speaking from his heart?
Xun Chen smiled dryly and said: "General Su Wen loves to talk and laugh..."
Gai Jun glanced at Xun Chen with a half-smile, and Xun Chen couldn't speak anymore...
Guo Tu suddenly said: "The general has been friendly with Yuan Chaqi for more than ten years. Now that he has no objection to Yuan Chaqi's entry into Jizhou, can he be merciful?"
Gai Jun secretly admired that in the history of Jizhou Yingchuan Clan, he seemed to be familiar with the name Guo Tu, while others had no memory of it. Now it seems that it was not without reason. He laughed and said: "Do you know about the Battle of Fushui?"
How many people have I killed? The hundreds of millions of money in Jizhou's treasury is only enough for compensation. Isn't it too much for me to take more grain as compensation?" Seeing that Guo Tu wanted to say more, Gai Jun pretended to be impatient and said: "This
Is it brother’s intention or yours?”
Guo Tu said with a sarcastic smile: "Of course that's what I meant. General, you don't have to pay attention to it."
Gai Jun took it seriously and said: "Let me just say it. Jizhou is rich and my eldest brother has taken over Yecheng. He can earn millions of grains and grains and hundreds of millions of dollars from the autumn harvest. How can he care about me, a poor and down-and-out person?"
"..." Who are you talking about when you are so poor? Everyone in Yingchuan was speechless for a while. He has farms in the north, salt and iron in the east of the river, fertile soil in Hanoi, cloth in Shangdang, cattle and horses in the north, and salt... I heard about him again last year
Moved millions of Montenegrin people to camp in Dang, Taiyuan. You can tell me that in three or five years, no one from the Kwantung princes will be able to compare with him. Even now, Dong Zhuo is drooling over the north every day...
In the next few days, Gai Jun walked among the officials and nobles of Jizhou with a humble and gentle attitude. This move was aimed at wiping Pound's ass. Pound did not mention in the letter that he pointed the long silk at the nose of the direct descendant of the Feng family in Anping.
When Gai Jun heard about this from others, he was immediately startled. He was so angry that he almost whipped him in public. At the same time, he blamed himself for being too indulgent towards Pang De.
After the infantry and civilian laborers arrived, the continuous flow of grain transport teams became even larger. So far, nearly half of them, that is, two million stones of grain, have been transported. They either pushed the carts directly to the northwest, or transported them to sewage to fill the cabins.
When he heard that Yuan Shao's army was heading straight for Yecheng via Neihuang, Gai Jun ordered his people to speed up the transportation of grain to avoid the awkward meeting between the two parties. On the same day, Gai Jun learned from the scouts that Gongsun Zan had brought tens of thousands of people into Wei County and could not leave Ye.
More than a hundred miles away, it is closer than Yuan Shao. If nothing unexpected happens, we will arrive tomorrow.
Gai Jun's expression was gloomy and uncertain. Gongsun Zan knew clearly that he was in Yecheng, but he still went south...
What do you mean? Do you want to fight with me?
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Age, only age is the biggest enemy of heroes. Yuan Shao lost at Guandu at the age of fifty-five to Cao Cao, who was nine years younger. Cao Cao was not much better. At the age of fifty-four, he also lost to Zhou Yu at the age of thirty-four in the Battle of Chibi.