Cao Chong then thought about it, if it wasn't such a hot potato, would Liu Zhang need him?
For ordinary tasks, Liu Zhang couldn't find anyone, so he had to ask Cao Chong?
I am Cao Cao's son, someone who should not be an official after the fall of the Wei army. Now this is undoubtedly an important task. If I dare not accept it because it is too hot, then I am too weak?
Cao Chong looked at the map on the ground for a while and said to Liu Zhang: "Okay, lord, Cao Chong takes it.r />
"Okay, if you have any difficulties, come to me." Liu Zhang said.
"I took this map away." Cao Chong rolled up the map and carried it out with some difficulty.
On the next day, Cao Chong was granted the title of Chief Officer of Hebei Province. This was another bold appointment made by the Sichuan Army after Zhou Buyi entered politics without the official title.
But this time, the appointment of Cao Chong had no buffer compared to the appointment of a woman as an official. Compared with the appointment of Zhou Buyi, he was younger and was Cao Cao's son. The news immediately spread throughout the world and there was an uproar.
But because this Hebei general promotion officer sounds very big, but no one can figure out what it is for. Youzhou Mu and Jizhou Mu have been finalized, and they are doing their own things. No one knows whether this general promotion officer is still there.
What power does it have.
Later, until Cao Chong established a settlement in Beiping County, all refugees from Hebei, Youzhou, and grassland immigrants moved to Beiping County. Everyone understood that this was an official for disaster relief.
So no one cared anymore.
It's just that businessmen have a keen sense of smell. With such a large-scale expansion of Beiping County and the absorption of so many refugees, it must be expanded into an important town in the north. Many people speculate that this is to check and balance the grassland and achieve control over Liaodong.
A large number of merchants have settled in Beiping County and established merchants and workshops. In every big city, these merchants will not let go. But compared to the scale of investment in Chang'an, it is much smaller.
After establishing the settlement, before sowing the seeds, Cao Chong drew out several road construction lines, leading from Beiping County to Yecheng, Beihai, Luoyang, and Hetao.
The local people who are ready to let the road pass through during their slack time, as well as the refugees who immigrated to Peiping, build the road and provide compensation to improve the lives of the refugees.
In addition, Cao Chong also planned a canal connecting the Haihe River (which starts from the Taihang Mountains and flows into the Bohai Bay, the northern starting point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal) and the Yellow River. He planned to complete it in ten to twenty years.
And they tried to dig through Yingshui to the Huaihe River, connecting the Hangou dug in the Spring and Autumn Period (the oldest section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, connecting the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River).
But this is just a rumor spread by Cao Chong. He is only the general manager of Hebei and has no control over the Central Plains.
Such a large-scale project plan aroused the vigilance of many people, but they still didn't know what it was going to do. Seeing Liu Zhang's acquiescence, they thought Liu Zhang was trying to strengthen the connection between Youzhou and the Central Plains, so as to enhance his ability to control the northern grasslands and the Korean Peninsula.
After the emergence of such large-scale projects, a large number of businessmen flocked to prepare to grab a piece of the pie in these large-scale projects.
Liu Zhang watched Cao Chong use this method to carry out the prelude, provide transportation and necessary infrastructure conditions for Peiping to become the capital, and at the same time enhance the prosperity of Peiping, it was okay. This should be the most gentle way.
It’s just that conflicts that should break out will break out sooner or later, and that is unavoidable.
Liu Zhang did not return all the troops for the Eastern Expedition to Chang'an.
Cao Zhang, Xia Houyuan and Ake pursued Cao Pi, and Zhang Ren led the army to take over Qingzhou, the last state north of the Yangtze River.
Wang Yue led the Dawan Cavalry under Zhao Yun, and the Tengjia Army under Wu Tugu. The Goguryeo barbarians were completely killed one-sidedly. In plain battles, they were overwhelmed by the Dawan Cavalry. In mountainous battles, there were Tengjia Army.
The so-called city of Goguryeo was not even close to the Western Regions. Let alone leading troops, Wang Yue could rush up to it by himself. No matter whether it was plains, cities, or mountains, Goguryeo was beaten everywhere.
The Goguryeo front advanced rapidly and had captured the capital of Goguryeo. Under Liu Zhang's order, Wang Yue continued to advance south.
Zhang Liao returned to Yanmen, Zhang Jia returned to Shanggu, and Tianyu went to Liaodong.
Ma Chao and Wang Shuang led the cavalry to guard the Horqin Grassland, which was divided into two camps. One was for training troops and raising horses, and the third was for guarding the construction of Beiping.
Fan Lixiang's Shenwei Army was transferred to Peiping and became the Peiping Guards.
The only one who was transferred to the west was Xu Huang who led tens of thousands of troops to garrison Guanzhong together with the original Chang'an Tongguan garrison.
In the Han Dynasty, apart from Qingzhou, which was about to be captured, Jiangdong was the only one left.
Wei Yan learned the lesson from last time, and under the supervision of Fazheng, he finally did not advance rashly. He cooperated with Wei Wen's navy and worked step by step. With the strength of the Sichuan army, he slowly forced back the enemy. Now the Jiangdong army is about to lose Poyang, the gateway to the waterway.
lake.
Jiangdong was full of gloom and mist, and just when the people of Jiangdong were about to despair, news suddenly came that Zhou Ce's troops, who had gone south from Yuzhou, were willing to cooperate with the Jiangdong Army to fight against the Sichuan Army.
After Zhou Ce was sent to Yuzhou by the Hebei clan army, he seemed to know that the Sichuan army would not attack, so he expanded his army aggressively. He expanded the original army of 10,000 to another 10,000, including 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry. His strength was not weak.
Later, as soon as Yingshui's Sichuan army launched an attack, Zhou Ce immediately fled south to preserve his strength.
Although 20,000 troops are not many, they are still quite a lot, especially the 10,000 cavalry. This is what Jiangdong Army lacks to deal with the Sichuan Army. With 20,000 people joining, it can support it for a while longer, and there may be some changes.
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Now that the Wei army is basically destroyed, Cao Pi takes those civil servants and runs to Qingzhou. No one will believe that they will have a good end, because Qingzhou has already had a large-scale civil uprising, and all the families have been almost wiped out by the people and the local garrison, and Zhang Ren
With the army pressing down on the territory, there is no way it can be defended.
The Kingdom of Wei has been destroyed. The Jiangdong clan cannot count on the Wei army to withstand the pressure from the north, but they cannot surrender. They can only endure for one more day. It is always good for Zhou Ce to join now.
After Zhou Ce was sent to the Jiangdong front line by the navy, Lu Xun regarded Zhou Ce as a key reinforcement.
Wei Wen's navy approached the mouth of the lake, and Fazheng Wei Yan led his army into the west bank of Poyang Lake, forming an oppressive force on Jiangdong.
The war between the two sides was about to break out. In order to gain Zhou Ce's full support, Lu Xun met Zhou Ce at the coastal defense line, prepared to entertain Zhou Ce, and then formally formed an alliance to strengthen the strength of the decisive battle with the Sichuan army.
But at this moment, Zhou Ce suddenly ordered the cavalry to attack Lu Xun's army.
No one guessed that Zhou Ce would attack Jiangdong Army. Until Zhou Ce launched the attack, no one knew what Zhou Ce was doing.
Everyone knows that Zhou Ce is one of Wu Jun's advisers. Wu Jun was defeated and fled to Yuzhou. Later, the Sichuan army attacked, and Zhou Ce led his army to retreat south.
If Zhou Ce was loyal to the Sichuan Army, there were countless times when Zhou Ce could have simply surrendered to the Sichuan Army. Why was he out for so long just to raid the Jiangdong Army?
If Jiangdong's army is defeated, what good will it do to him? If Lu Xun dies, Zhou Ce will be immediately besieged by Jiangdong's army based on his current position. Even if he has no time to flatter the Sichuan army, he will perish.
What's more, Zhou Ce's food and grass were provided by Jiangdong, so attacking Jiangdong's army in the hinterland of Jiangdong would lead to his own death?
However, Zhou Ce's army launched an attack on Jiangdong's army. Lu Xun was completely unprepared in advance. Zhou Ce pretended to be unprepared and broke through Lu Xun's Chinese army's tent in one fell swoop and detained Lu Xun.
Then, when Jiangdong's army was preparing to attack Zhou Ce's army, Zhou Ce revealed his identity to all Jiangdong's army. He was Zhou Yu, the former commander-in-chief of Jiangdong's navy.
All Jiangdong generals were shocked, no one would have expected this result.
Then, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Xu Sheng and other Jiangdong generals were overjoyed. They confirmed Zhou Yu's identity. The top adviser Wu Jun suddenly found was Zhou Yu who had disappeared in Wulin.
Zhou Ce is just a combination of the names Zhou Yu and Sun Ce.
The generals of the Jiangdong Army were overjoyed to welcome back the Governor. Zhou Yu announced that the incident at Wangjiang Tower was planned by the Jiangdong clan. The Jiangdong generals were furious when they learned of this.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had high prestige in the army. Sun Ce was actually killed by a member of the Shi clan. Now that Zhou Yu was leading the army, Jiangdong generals immediately arrested the members of the Shi clan.
Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and others who had been redeemed from Sun Quan were all arrested. The Jiangdong army was shaken, and many generals appointed by the noble families were detained.
The Sichuan Army took the opportunity to attack, and Zhou Yu ordered to shrink the defense. The Sichuan Army successfully occupied the lake entrance and controlled most of Poyang Lake, but Zhou Yu still used his trusted troops to defend the shore.
Including the troops he brought from the north, a total of 80,000 infantry were stationed on the lake shore. All naval forces retreated into Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River to harass the Sichuan navy.
Sun Quan was also overjoyed when he heard that it was Zhou Yu who had returned, detained Lu Xun, Zhang Hong and others, and obtained the military power of the foreign army. Lu Meng, who was stationed in Wu County, led his army to Poyang Lake, and the Jiangdong Army grew even stronger.
The Sichuan army had to regroup and prepare to launch a general offensive. Before the general attack, Jiangdong was relatively peaceful.
All the members of the family were escorted back to Wu County by Zhou Yu's troops. Zhou Yu had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. He endured the humiliation and heavy burden under Wu Jun's command just to lead an army back to Jiangdong.
At the most appropriate time and at the lowest cost, take back the power of Jiangdong and hand it over to Sun Quan to eradicate those noble families.
Now, Zhou Yu has finally waited for this opportunity. This time, Zhou Yu will not be soft-hearted.
In fact, when Zhou Yu detained the clan at this time, he received the least backlash, because in order to fight against the Sichuan army, the Jiangdong clan, like the northern clan, had emptied everything in the family, including food, grass, wages, warships and weapons, which was not a piling up of the clan's money.
At this time, the clan was at its weakest. Even if Zhang Hong, Gu Yong, Lu Xun and others were arrested, the backlash would be minimal. If Zhou Yu had done this two years ago, it would definitely have caused a large-scale civil uprising.
"Grand Governor, Madam is here and she is outside the camp."
At Zhou Yu's navy camp, a Jiangdong soldier came to report.
"Ah." Zhou Yu was surprised. He and Xiao Qiao had been separated for several years. Over the years, apart from avenging Sun Ce, Xiao Qiao had been thinking the most. After returning to Jiangdong to launch a mutiny, there were so many things to worry about and he had no time to go back and read them.
look.
Upon hearing Qiao Wuxue's arrival, Zhou Yu ran out immediately.
"Madam?" Fengzi behind Zhou Yu groaned, opened his eyes, an angry look appeared on his face full of red spots, and immediately followed him out with his sword.