"General, the enemy has retreated!"

In the Beihai Kingdom, Zhou Yafu, who was attacked by Mr. Zhao, persisted in holding on and forcibly delayed Mr. Zhao in Guoju County, Beihai. Mr. Zhao learned that Cao Cao had been annexed and knew that the situation was over, so he ordered a retreat.

Taishan County, Li Guang, Yang Ye, and Du Ruhui defended the city and repelled the invading Tian Ji and Tian Dan. Seeing the Qingzhou governor Tian Qi's army withdraw, the Taishan County defenders breathed a sigh of relief.

There were almost no enemy troops in Chutian's sphere of influence, and the surrounding princes reduced their forces.

Chutian dispatched Du Ruhui to Puyang to govern Yanzhou, and at the same time appointed a group of Yanzhou nobles, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Xue Ti and others, to ensure the interests of the Yanzhou family. As a non-native family, Du Rumei was used to manage the Yanzhou family and would not be prone to bias.

If a Xuzhou family is parachuted in, there will probably be another fight between Yanzhou and Xuzhou.

"There are ten counties in Yanzhou, Dongjun, Chenliu, Jiyin, Shanyang, Rencheng State, Dongping State, Lu State, Taishan County, Jibei State... half of Chenliu County was occupied by the Tang Dynasty, which means that

, the Lord has acquired nine and a half counties. The counties of Rencheng, Dongping, Lu, and Jibei are not large in area. Yanzhou is said to have ten counties, and its area is almost the same as the five counties of Xuzhou. In addition, Yanzhou has been in war for many years.

The population is not as high as that of Xuzhou... In Dongjun, Chenliu has a population of only more than four million."

Cheng Yu, on behalf of Yanzhou officials, explained the situation in Yanzhou to Chutian and submitted the population account books of Dongjun and Chenliu. It is obvious that Cao Cao conducted household registration statistics at the suggestion of a stranger.

Years of wars in Yanzhou have drastically reduced the population of Dongjun and Chenliu counties, and many people have fled to Xuzhou. A large number of people from Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou have poured into Xuzhou. Therefore, Cheng Yu believes that the population of Xuzhou is greater than that of Yanzhou.

, it is not that the child is imaginary.

Chu Tian looked through the two account books: "There should be a lot of people hiding in Wubao, mountains, and manors due to the war. Let the county magistrates from various places include these refugees in the account books."

Chu Tian suspected that hundreds of thousands or millions of people were hidden. This was also very common. For example, in Wubao of the Xu Chu family, there were tens of thousands of households of refugees who did not pay taxes. For the hidden people, Chu Tian had to try to hide them.

Included within the scope of government jurisdiction.

Cheng Yu said: "Take the order."

Cheng Yu was one of Cao Cao's most important advisers and made many contributions to Cao Cao.

【Name】:Cheng Yu

[Commander]:74 [Force]:49 [Intelligence]:95 [Politics]:84 [Charm]:56

【Character】: Rough and violent

[Characteristic 1]: Know how to plan military affairs (S-level trait, when joining the army, the probability of providing military proposals is increased, and the probability of success of inciting and suspecting soldiers is increased)

[Characteristic 2]: Brave over Ben Yu (S-level trait, when joining the army, unit morale +20% before war, the number of bonuses is related to your own commander, and does not conflict with the characteristics of the main general)

[Characteristic 3]: Hope of Yanzhou (S-level trait, the Yanzhou family’s satisfaction with power +5%, the Yanzhou family’s satisfaction with power +20%; when using Yanzhou family disciples as officials, administrative efficiency will be improved; the public support of Yanzhou counties and counties

not easy to fall)

Cheng Yu was inconspicuous in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but he was actually a counselor who made great contributions to Cao Cao's power. Without Cheng Yu to guard Yanzhou, Cao Cao's Yanzhou would have been completely occupied by Lu Bu, and there would be no Emperor Wu of Wei later.

At present, Chutian's counselors include Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Lu Su, Cao GUI and others. Such a lineup is quite impressive.

"Du Ruhui will come to Dongjun from Mount Tai, and you will assist him in governing Yanzhou."

Chutian saw that Cheng Yu had the characteristic of "the hope of Yanzhou", which could be used to appease the people of Yanzhou.

Du Ruhui was an outsider to the Yanzhou gentry.

Chutian appointed Wei Qing as governor of Yanzhou's military affairs, Du Ruhui as Changshi, Cheng Yu as prefect of Dongjun, Man Chong as prefect of Chenliu, and Gongzi Wen as prefect of Jiyin. They jointly defended Yuzhou in Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, Wei Qing's Yulin Army occupied Xingyang and Hulao, and Pang Juan's Soldier Army occupied Fengqiu and defended together with Man Chong. The Soldier Army was the main army, while Man Chong's Army was an ordinary defensive army.

Cao Cao's troops were disrupted by Chu Tian and organized into various main legions to prevent Yanzhou soldiers from mutiny.

This attack on Yanzhou resulted in too many good generals, and Chu Tian needed to spend time reorganizing his army.

Each county has a defensive corps. In fact, many counties no longer need to set up a defensive corps. For example, Pengcheng Kingdom is surrounded by the territory of Chutian. It is completely possible to lay off the local defense corps and use the saved military pay to increase the main army.

number of soldiers.

Regarding the matter of reorganizing the legion, Chu Tian had to return to the Lord's Mansion to consider it in detail.

He needs to know the annual fiscal revenue from Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou and other places, as well as the inventory of war horses and equipment, before he can re-plan the army.

There are about 60,000 to 70,000 surrendered soldiers in the Dongjun and Chenliu areas. With these people, one or two legions can be expanded.

After leaving some people to defend Yanzhou, Chutian took Cao Cao and many generals back to Xiacheng, and placed their families in Xiacheng for surveillance. If the Cao family and the Xiahou family rebelled, the Cao family and the Xiahou family in Qiao County would

All will be killed.

Cao Song had a happy life in Xuzhou. Although he also knew that he was being monitored by Xuzhou Mu, Cao Song had no restrictions except that he could not leave Xiacheng. In addition, there had been no war in Langya Kingdom for a long time, and the people were pacified. Cao Song

He brought a lot of gold and silver treasures and lived a prosperous life, so Cao Song had no complaints.

Recently, Cao Song has become obsessed with land speculation.

Xia City is about to be upgraded to a large city, and land prices are getting higher and higher. If you buy a house in advance, you can make a lot of money. The control of land by the Lord's Mansion has also caused the land prices in Xia City to skyrocket. Use real estate to obtain additional financial income and support

Chutian launched a war, which is what Xia Liang has been doing.

Although raising land prices in various counties is immoral for the common people, it can indeed bring in a lot of fiscal revenue.

When Cao Song and Cao Cao's younger brother Cao De saw Cao Cao, they were shocked, and then complained about their family's shortcomings, which made them all sigh.

"I've already said, don't raise an army, don't raise an army, what are you capable of? Can your achievements be higher than your father who is the captain? Now it's good, you and your father are both prisoners. The Cao family is unfortunate, and the Xiahou family is

It's unfortunate."

When Cao Song saw Cao Cao, he immediately acted like an elder and scolded Cao Cao.

Cao Song fled to Xuzhou not only because of the chaos in Qiao County, but also because he was worried that his son Cao Cao would fail to raise an army and become a prisoner.

Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "Father, what you are saying is that if you had known that you were unfilial, you would not be able to fight. In the end, you will still be used as clothes for others."

"Your father and I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. Please don't mess around next time."

Cao Song was relieved to see Cao Cao admit his mistake.

He did not realize that without Chu Tian's efforts to suppress Cao Cao, Cao Cao's territory would not be so small, let alone be defeated so easily.

Cao De said: "Brother, Xuzhou Mu governs Xuzhou well, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, chickens and dogs hear each other, and no one picks up things on the road. Why can't you think of making an enemy of Xuzhou Mu? Xuzhou Mu is attacking you as a benevolent and righteous man, how can you not be defeated?

If you do too much injustice, you will be punished by yourself."

Cao Song answered: "What your brother said is very true. If you do unjust things, you will be killed. Meng De, this time you come to Xia City, you must do more good deeds and stop fighting and killing. You see, you are in this place."

Material?"

"..."

Cao Cao was speechless. It was a normal struggle for hegemony among princes. In the end, only one force could survive. How could Cao Cao become the unjust party?

It seems that Cao Song and Cao De have integrated into the Langya Kingdom and regard themselves as spiritual Xuzhou people.

I originally thought that Cao Song would be a prisoner in Xia City, but Cao Cao was completely wrong. Cao Song became a wealthy businessman in Langya country because of his participation in speculating on land prices. Cao De helped Cao Song manage his business.

In terms of influence in Xia City, Cao Cao is not as good as his younger brother Cao De.

Cao Cao, Ding family, Bian family, Cao Ang and others received support from Cao Song and Cao De and lived in Xiacheng.

Cao Cao heard that Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan, Cai Yong and other great scholars lived in Xiacheng, so he came to visit them. In front of Lu Zhi and others, Cao Cao was still a junior.

"Xuzhou Mu has the ambition to calm the world. How many years can we old men live? In the future, we will have to rely on you to calm the troubled times."

Lu Zhi saw Cao Cao and told him, but Cao Cao was obedient. The other party's reputation was too high, so Cao Cao served as the nominal governor of Yanzhou for another year. Compared with Lu Zhi and others, he was far behind.

The aristocratic families, big families, and wealthy businessmen in Xuzhou knew that Cao Cao and a group of military generals lived in Xiacheng. They waited and watched the attitude of the lord's mansion and did not dare to come to interact with Cao Cao in person, otherwise they might implicate various aristocratic families.

Various generals from the Cao family and Xiahou family also temporarily resided in Xiacheng, waiting for appointment.

Every move of Cao Cao and others was monitored.

Chu Tian returned to the Lord's Mansion and considered reorganizing the army.

The current Xuzhou forces have three Guards Corps, the Fifth School of the Northern Army, the Detachment of Women, the Scout Corps, and the special Tiger Army and Servant Corps.

The main legion has three infantry and four cavalry legions. The infantry legions are offensive, defensive, and martial soldiers, and the cavalry legions are Baipao, Invincible, Xiliang, and Yulin.

After obtaining a group of generals from Cao Cao, Chutian can integrate these generals into various main legions, or form new legions.

"The Xiliang Army can be revoked because Xu Rong is not a general of the Xiliang Faction..."

Chutian considered canceling the establishment of the Xiliang Army, or giving it a new designation.

The reason why it was named Xiliang Army in the past was because both Xu Rong and Hua Xiong were generals captured by Chutian from Dong Zhuo, and they also had Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Now Xiliang Army needs to be reorganized.

Chu Tian originally planned to set up an army of five good generals and appoint Cao Cao as its commander, but he thought that Xu Huang and Zhang He were not in his hands, and Cao Cao's loyalty was not high enough, so he gave up.

"What is Mr. Xian thinking?"

Xia Liang held his son in his arms and came to the door to greet him, feeling resentful that Chu Tian had gone to Yanzhou to fight on the way.

"Each legion needs to be reorganized, and I'm considering this."

Chu Tian saw that his son was no longer as wrinkled as he was when he was just born.

Xia Liang said: "I have heard that Cao Cao is under house arrest in Xiacheng. Cao Cao is a tycoon and few people can restrain him."

"This is exactly what I am worried about. I can only use loyalty to judge whether Cao Cao has rebellious intentions. In addition, just ask Cao Cao to come back and report to me at all times. Once the loyalty drops, Wei Qing will be sent to replace him. Cao Cao said in front of Wei Qing

Don’t dare to be presumptuous.”

Chu Tian has a way to monitor Cao Cao.

Chu Tian returned to the Lord's Mansion. The Lord's Mansion originally had a small number of maids, but in order to take care of the young master who was born, the Lord's Mansion now employs dozens of maids.
To be continued...