In August, the autumn mood between Heluo is getting stronger.

Due to the vicious dispute between the two Zhao in the early years, Luoyang's vitality was lost to the extreme, and it is still difficult to recover. The so-called imperial residences, including Luoyang City, are all a desolate scene of long-term chaos.

Of course, not all places are so dilapidated. Kim Yong Castle in the north of the city and its adjacent Luoyang Fortress have been under construction. Although it is not possible to restore the old view, there is already a meteorological pattern of Xiongcheng Fortress.

Before this year, Peach Leopard and his generals only wanted to live in Luoyang temporarily, and did not have a long-term occupation plan, so they had to get by here in Luoyang, waiting for the right opportunity to return to Hebei.

Of course, even if the peach leopard at that time wanted to manage the business, it was really inadequate. A Luoyang was really destroyed too badly, even after the defeat of Han and Zhao, several generals in succession of the state of Luo were not good guards. Even if there was still some civil power base in the early years, it was spent a lot of time when Shihu passed through here during his southern expedition.

Another reason is also extremely realistic, that is, Taobao's subordinates, including Taobao himself, have no experience and talent to govern people's livelihood and political affairs in a place, and even if they have this idea, they don't know where to start and what to do. Peach Leopard also tried to recruit some village sages, but with little success, and good talents were rare.

The arrival of Lourdes became an opportunity for change, and as soon as he entered the military account, he made the peach leopard pay special attention to him with the theory of ten victories and ten defeats, and treated him with the courtesy of Coats, and even gave him a sword himself, which was used as a secretary to join the army and entrusted with law enforcement affairs.

Lu De received this respectful courtesy, and he also tried his best to assist the peach leopard. The first thing he did was to enforce the law, issue a law ordering the use of a copper rod as a punishment, and turn the 20 miles around Luoyang City into a forbidden area, where both soldiers and civilians were not allowed to hunt with weapons.

At the beginning, the soldiers under the command of Taobao were extremely resistant to this, and looked down on Lu De, a strategist who was able to use his wild words, and some even deliberately violated the ban to commit murder in the ruins of Luoyang City. The peach leopard showed a very strong attitude of support, not only leading by example, but even personally executing the punishment, and for a while, the ban and Loude's authority were quickly established.

Of course, this is also because Lu De has conducted an in-depth analysis of the peach leopard: "In ancient times, it was advisable to recuperate and recuperate, and the punishment should be lenient and simple, without disturbing the people, and the people should be cowardly and seek peace and self-attachment." The soldiers are fierce, and only by harsh orders and heavy punishments can they be orderly and ordered to use their lives. Let no good or evil be sought, but only do it, and the people will gather themselves......"

These clichés, even the peach leopard himself understands. If Lu De's skills only stop there, he would not be worthy of such attention from Peach Leopard. Similar thoughts, Tao Leopard is not unprecedented, you must know that although he does not learn and has no skills, he is also a general of the Qiang Kingdom who grew up in actual combat, but because of the fear of military resistance and even coaxing, he still did not dare to implement it in the end.

However, Lu De was able to combine the decree with the general trend, and took advantage of the situation to achieve his goal when the Huainan army was fighting against Shikan, and the people of Heluo were frightened and shrank and did not dare to make a disturbance.

Therefore, in a very short period of time, the people of Luoyang were solemn in military law, and the military appearance was greatly improved. And the people in the surrounding countryside quickly noticed this change, and they spontaneously approached Luoyang without the need for the soldiers to search and plunder in all directions, because this place could ensure their personal safety, even if only for a while.

Lu De's suggestion made Peach Leopard give up all his efforts to interfere in the war north and south of the Yellow River in the east, and only carry out some small-scale intrusions under the condition of ensuring the stability of Heluo, so as to achieve the purpose of delaying the progress of the war, so as to buy more time for himself.

Therefore, although the fighting outside Heluo was fierce, the surrounding area of Luoyang ushered in a period of stability. And the strength of the peach leopard has also been greatly improved in this short period of time, which inevitably makes the peach leopard even more regretful that he did not get Lu De's service earlier.

Although the river is dilapidated, it is not deserted, first of all, it is located in the middle of the sky and the relatively closed environment, so that once the surrounding chaos arises, there will naturally be a large number of displaced people pouring into the mountains and rivers to hide between the mountains and rivers.

Secondly, after the unification of the north by the state of Qian, a large number of heroes and miscellaneous people were moved from Guanzhong, Hedong and other places. Although most of them are arranged between Hebei, Hebei also has a capacity limit, and the Luoyang area, which is the residence of the emperor of the Middle Jin Dynasty, has become another supplementary resettlement area.

After the collapse of the Karma rule, those people could not disappear into thin air. In previous years, the peach leopard could only rely on military power to coerce and plunder, controlling a small part of the swimming, and more of it was beyond his control.

After Ludd arrived, he also formulated a series of livelihood strategies, so as to gradually bring those wilderness homeless people under control. Although these tactics are slow to work and require years of accumulation to be effective, they are not as quick as direct capture.

But in fact, Peach Leopard himself also understands that the captivity is only a temporary measure, and being able to firmly take root in one side is the real opportunity to rise. For example, in the early years, the ancestor Shile traveled from north to south and made great achievements, but because there was no stable ruling area, its momentum was like clouds on the horizon, and it was difficult to control the gathering and dispersion. has been taking root in Hebei under the advice of the right marquis Zhang Bin, and finally became a generation of heroes.

Peach Leopard's foundation was much better than Shile in the early years, at least he didn't need to choose another root base, and Heluo Land was the best choice. And there are also many disputes around Siye, Shi Kan and Huainan Shen Weizhou, who are most likely to threaten him, are still at war at the moment, and the rest are not enemies.

In addition to the military fortresses such as Kim Yong City and Luoyang Fortress, other areas of Luoyang are also slowly recovering, such as the vicinity of the Yangqu in the west of Luoyang City, which was the concentration of Chinese and Korean dignitaries in the early years, and was later used as a horse farm by the peach leopard.

As for Lu De, he even made a pioneering initiative to elect the children of the villagers to teach them righteousness and science. In Taobao's view, there is some redundancy, and it is still an era of fierce warfare between bows and horses, and the so-called missionalization, clear ethics, and respect and humility are really not as concise and crisp as a knife cut down and a clear distinction between life and death.

However, out of respect for Lu De, Peach Leopard did not stop this matter, and even deliberately allocated a part of the grain for use, just hoping that Lu De would not delay more important things because of this.

The reason why Ludd did this was mainly out of a feeling of self-feeling and disappointment with reality. He was born in a poor family, and he suffered from studying since he was a child, even after having some knowledge and experience, his background still limited him, and he knew that in this era, if a cold man wants to get ahead, the only way out is to take risks and operate soldiers.

He has been in exile for most of his life, and finally met a prince like Peach Leopard, but he is still not optimistic about the future of Peach Leopard. Congenital insufficiency, acquired inadequacy, neither seized the opportunity, nor has more time.

If it was a few years ago when the peach leopard had just returned to Luoyang, Lu De would have been able to use it, and he was confident that even if he couldn't raise the peach leopard as a hero who competed for the world, he would at least be able to stay in Luoyang for a longer time, so that he would not have no power to fight back.

But now, Huainan is already unstoppable, and the disputes in Hebei will also be clear. Previously, Lu De suggested that the Huainan army should be slightly restrained at the Yellow River, and it was best to delay this battle until winter, when the north and south waterways would be exhausted, and the Huainan army's rear strength would be lost.

At first, Taobao's execution was not bad, although Chenggao was surrounded by enemy troops, but it was still able to greatly contain the Huainan army on the waterway of the Yellow River. But soon, the peach leopard got tired of this kind of action of beating the side drum and not directly rewarding, and turned his attention to the counties in southern Henan, where the army was weak.

The main force of the Huainan Army was concentrated on the south bank of the Yellow River, and although some troops were still retained in several counties in southern Henan, especially in Runan, these forces were only enough for self-protection. In particular, in Runan, a place where trade and trade are concentrated, in the absence of sufficient troops to deter them, the trade routes were lost one after another.

Although the peach leopard did not dare to attack Runan with its main force, fearing that it would completely anger Huainan and make it abandon Shikan and attack Heluo with all its might, he also repeatedly sent rangers out to block the trade routes and rob those trade routes. In this way, the harvest was also extremely rich, and to some extent, it was also a solution to Luoyang's lack of material use, and the large warehouses located in the east of Kim Yong City were filled.

But this kind of plundering and short-term profits is really easy to let go and difficult to receive, and Peach Leopard also thinks highly of his people's control over the army, and those generals under his command even leave the defense area to go out to plunder without permission after tasting the sweetness.

For example, Yique, an important town in the south of Luoyang, originally had more than 5,000 defenders, and the Huainan Army division in the south suddenly launched an attack, but the defenders in the city were less than 2,000, and the rest were all out to plunder, and were surrounded by the Huainan Army and annihilated, nearly half of them were annihilated.

The loss of Yique made the situation in Luoyang suddenly tense. What's even worse is that due to the large number of soldiers thrown into the unorganized plunder, the Yellow River waterway was insufficiently contained, and then the Huainan naval army was able to concentrate on the east to participate in the battle, and the war in Liyang ended cleanly.

After Shi Kan's defeat, there were no forces around Luoyang to help share the constraints, and Heluo became meat on the chopping block. The Huainan Army, on the other hand, did not fight in Hebei at all, and together with Xuzhou and tens of thousands of troops, they attacked Luoyang west along the waterway and on both sides of the waterway.

The peach leopard may have a bit of the aura of the master, but it really doesn't have that kind of endowment. Fascinated by short-term profits, when he woke up, it was too late to regret it.

He may still be counting on the old master Shi Hu to rescue him at the moment, so he can still maintain some stubborn resistance, but Lu De has been completely disappointed by this, not to mention that Peach Leopard has been outside Shi Hu's power for several years, even if he is always Shi Hu's henchman.

But it is obvious that the most important thing for Shi Hu is not to open up outward, but to stabilize the half of Hebei that he has just captured. In the case that the strong enemy has made it clear that he will not continue to attack, it is impossible to pursue the tail and rescue Luoyang, an enclave with no vital interests, at any cost. Even if you have to use troops to the south, you must stop at the riverside, and you must be on guard against the enemy's counterattack at any time.