Chapter 691: Changes in Jiangnan
While the teaching and exercises in the Youzhou Martial Arts Academy are in full swing, the construction of the states is also developing steadily in accordance with the two-year strategy of the Beiping Assembly, of which the fastest development speed is Jizhou, after more than a year of adjustment, it has accumulated enough experience and foundation, from the beginning of the steady adjustment into a period of rapid development; The second is Sizhou, the strong support from all over Youzhou and the personal visit of the prince of Yan Wang have made the enthusiasm of the people to resume production like cooking oil on fire, and the wounds of the battle brought by the Han and Zhang coalition forces are gradually being smoothed out!
Compared with these two places, the development of Youzhou and Bingzhou is gradually stabilized after several years of high speed, after all, limited by the times and the environment, their development can not always maintain the speed at the beginning, but it is undeniable that these two states have a deep heritage, become Liu Yi's most stable strategic base and granary, I believe that Sizhou Jizhou can gradually catch up or even surpass it in the next two or three years, which is also inseparable from its geographical location. The fertile land of the Songliao Plain makes the original Liaodong already a grain production base, but the relative remoteness of the location makes the population of it much worse than the four prefectures such as Youyu and Jisi, which restricts the development of Liaodong to a large extent, but at present, it is difficult for Liu Yi to have a very good coping strategy, unless he can carry out large-scale immigration in, but this will inevitably cause changes in the hearts of the people, and the situation in Gaoli County is roughly similar, and the foundation is even weakerFortunately, in Liu Yi's strategy, as long as Pingzhou remains self-sufficient, it does not need to be allocated by other states, and in this regard, his development has exceeded Liu Yi's expectations, and he can provide more surplus grain almost every year.
Encourage childbirth, steady development is Liu Yi to Pingzhou set the strategy, this policy to see the effect is to go through years of efforts, the rest of the states to encourage the development of fertility is based on a large population base, and for Pingzhou this point is somewhat congenital, but the effect is slow, the effect is not obvious always has a certain effect, over time will more and more show its power, in Liu Yi's heart, Pingzhou needs to take ten to fifteen years to catch up with the states, It's a long process, but it's the safest way to go.
The last place is Xuzhou, where Gan Ning is now seated, half a year ago was occupied by the Youzhou army, and many people went with Liu Bei, but the accumulation of many years and its own rich land and the successful governance experience of each state, I believe that the speed of his recovery and development is far better than Pingzhou, and with Jizhou in general, Xuzhou is also Liu Yi's important garrison, with thick backup, the original land of the four wars will be transformed into the land of four benefits, which is the biggest difference between Xuzhou in the hands of Liu Bei and in the hands of Liu Yi, Its geographical advantages will be more able to be brought into full play.
Just after a full month of the military training of the Youzhou Martial Arts Academy, good news came from Jizhou, Ma Yunlu successfully gave birth to a son for Zhao Yun, and the mother and son were safe, this news made Liu Yi very happy, and the two brothers in life and death in this life have incomparable weight in his heart. Gan Ning named his beloved son Ping, which helped the eldest brother to calm the world, and Zhao Yun named the eldest son Tong, which means that he should try his best to help the eldest brother unify the Han Dynasty, but the name Zhao Tong is also familiar to Liu Yi, and Zhao Yun's eldest son is Zhao Tong in another time and space.
The news of the brother's son did not make Liu Yi happy for too long, the south of the Han Dynasty is the resurgence of the beacon smoke, Liu Bei took most of Yangzhou after Zhuge Liang chose to recuperate, he made friends with the Jiangdong family, and asked for talents to train the elite soldiers, and then more than 100,000 people who came were used by him to reclaim fertile land to develop production, under the influence of Kong Ming's incorruptible tongue and Liu Bei's Han Emperor's uncle's reputation, Liu Bei got many Jiangdong talents, such as Gu Yong, Yu Cheng, Lu Ji and other talents. And one of the most lamented by Liu Yi is that Lu Yi, the son of the Jiangdong Lu family, also served Liu Bei, I am afraid that at this time no one can understand the talent of this young man who is only seventeen years old like Liu Yi, his other name is familiar with the Three Kingdoms people will be like thunder, and later known as the "Optimus White Jade Pillar, Purple Gold Beam of the Sea" of Eastern Wu, it is also known as the youngest of the four generals of Eastern Wu, Lu Xun Lu Boyan, who has served as the governor of Wu State!
The reason why Liu Yi has a deep sigh is not only because of this talented Liu Bei, but in another time and space, it was this person who helped Lu Meng defeat Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, the first general of the Three Kingdoms, who was unparalleled in China at that time! So as to win the panorama of Jingzhou, Guan Yu was sadly defeated by Maicheng, which is also one of the regrets of the ages! It was this battle that made Liu Bei completely lose the hope of reviving the Han Dynasty, and a sky-high fire in the Battle of Yiling played an elegy for a generation of heroes Liu Xuande!
Lu Xun and Lu Boyan, who were regarded as white-faced scholars by Guan Yu that year, were thirty-six years old, and the history has amazing similarities, the same heroic posture, the same elegance and extraordinary, the same sky-high fire, one made the traitorous male Cao Mengde regret it for the rest of his life, and the other made Liu Bei, the emperor of Shu Han, die of hatred! The two governors of Soochow both composed the most brilliant movements in their lives with the power of fire!
Many people in later generations thought that Liu Bei ignored the persuasion of everyone, and even kept being regarded by him as the chief military advisor Zhuge Liang's words that sending troops to Dongwu was the biggest mistake, so far Taoyuan's dream was shattered, and the hero hated! But in the later generations, Liu Yi has a different view, with the strategic vision of this life, he is more sure that this is Liu Bei's tragic and only choice, only in this way can he grasp the last glimmer of hope for the revival of the Han dynasty in his lifetime, if he really takes the world of Eastern Wu into two points, Longzhong's strategy of sending troops on both roads can be better realized, and if he sits in Shuzhong according to Zhuge Liang's opinion, what will he do to compete with Cao Cao and Sun Quan with only the power of Yizhou and Hanzhong? Liu Yi believes that he will do the same if he changes his position in Liu Bei, rather than waiting for death, it is better to do a vigorous gamble, but the final outcome is that Liu Bei lost the gamble, and therefore took the life of another brother, Cao Cao's sentence "The martyr is strong in his twilight years" is also appropriate for Liu Xuande at that moment.
But because of his own arrival, everything has changed, Lu Xun, who single-handedly buried Liu Bei's three brothers, actually joined his rival, which is quite comic in Liu Yi's heart, and Liu Bei at this time has also reached a peak in his life, Zhuge Liang plus Lu Xun, this is an unprecedented combination, I don't know how huge the effect will be, but Liu Yi believes that Liu Bei's ability to use people can exert great power, which will be a strong enemy in addition to Cao Cao! But when he heard the news, Liu Yi was not as shocked as when he heard that Wolong came out of the mountain, God would not always favor him alone, but in his heart, he burned his fighting spirit, and finally there was another person who could be his opponent, but the ending would not change.
These news are sent back by Tian'er and Xu Shu who sent an envoy to Yangzhou, Yuan Zhi did not see his fellow brother Zhuge Kongming this time, at this time he was busy running around for Liu Bei to stabilize the land of Yangzhou, and for Liu Yi to let him send troops to fight against Sun Ce to limit Cao Cao's meaning, Liu Bei showed great respect, but said that the battle of Yangzhou suffered heavy losses, and this time the troops still need to wait for time, this statement seems to be tenable, but it is just an excuse, and it is also expected by Liu Yi and several military advisors, If he didn't, it would have been strange to everyone.
On the eighth day of April in the first year of Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, Sun Ce, who suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Yangzhou, together with Cao Cao, raised troops to attack Liu Biao in the south of the Yangtze River, and he had been relying on Cao Cao's Jingzhou Navy but encountered a stronger rival Jiangdong Naval Army on the Yangtze River, perhaps it was the actions of the Ganning Flying Tiger Army in the Battle of Yangzhou that gave Sun Ce and Zhou Yu inspiration, maybe to preserve their last strength, they bluffed to make the Jingzhou Navy stand by while secretly receiving Cao Cao's army to cross the Yangtze River, At this moment, the original history has begun to change beyond recognition!
Liu Jingsheng, who was alone and poor when he encountered the enemy on both sides, could only pin his hopes on Liu Yi and Liu Bei, who were also clansmen, at this time, hoping that they could send troops to help, but at this time Liu Yi's overall strategy had been decided, he would not care whether the forces in the south were three or four, and he did not want to consume combat power for Liu Biao, so that they could attack each other and win enough time for his two-year strategy, so the general Zhao Yun and Cao Ren, the general of the Cao army who guarded Chenliu, started a tacit war, and the two sides maintained a tacit situation. Only they know how the battle will turn out.
And Yangzhou assassin Liu Bei received Liu Biao's request for help and Liu Yi's response is almost the same, and his performance seems to be even better, Dangkou general Guan Yu led the "80,000 army" to attack Shouchun, but encountered the stubborn resistance of the veteran Cheng Pu in Sun Ce's army under the city, Guan Yunchang's "wild attack" for half a month could not advance an inch, and then had to lead the army back because of the lack of food, I am afraid that Liu Bei's scene is not only for Liu Biao to see, but more to Liu Yi to show his efforts.
It is difficult for the two reinforcements to advance an inch, how can Liu Biao be the flank attack of Cao Cao and Sun Ce alone? His resistance only lasted for two months, June 17 of the first year of Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's army Xiahou Dun captured Liu Jingsheng's last fortified city Lingling, before that Liu Biao was worried about illness and depression, Huang Zhong Wenpin and other civil and military cadres desperately protected the eldest son Liu Qi out of the encirclement, just when it was in danger of being caught up by the Cao Sun coalition army, but it was just right to come to the rescue of the Eagle Yang general Zhang Yide to pick up and leave, this change made Cao Cao, Sun Ce, Liu Yi have an unexpected feeling, After a few months, Tian'er found out that this strategy was due to Zhuge Kongming's arrangement, and the performance of this hand mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches in the back fisherman was limited to the situation, which made it difficult for Cao Cao and Sun Ce to be investigated, and Wolong's layout ability was also initially demonstrated, and its calculation can be described as exquisite.
After taking the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River, Cao Cao was very generous, as long as he took Guiyang County and handed over the other three counties to Sun Ce, the captured generals and soldiers, including money and grain, were also divided by two centimeters, so a situation that made Liu Yi a little ridiculous appeared, the original three-legged Cao, Liu and Sun families are still standing on their feet, the only difference is that there is a more powerful force in their north!