At this time of year, no one can say whether it will rain or snow after a rain, and the cold will come as scheduled. Although Lu Yi and Gao Ran's eyes were full of resentment and shame when they looked at Nanpi City, and although they wanted to send a message to Yanbei, who was far away in Yecheng, telling him that this city would inevitably fall after being attacked by Half Moon again, it was just their thoughts.

Nanpi City can no longer be beaten, not to mention a month and a half, even a decade, and it cannot be besieged any longer. No one knows when the heavy snow will come, and there may not even be a trace of the blizzard throughout the winter, but once the snow comes, the 20,000 troops they spread out will be trapped in the wind and snow, and the loss of troops is unbearable for Jizhou now.

This is not Liaodong, where they have deep roots, nor is it Youzhou, which Liu Yu has accumulated over the years...... Jizhou, which had suffered from the scourge of war, could not afford to recruit a large number of soldiers, and it was difficult for the damaged fields to recover within three years. Behind the scenery of Yanbei Dominating Erzhou, only they know that they are facing a crisis of fragmentation if they are not careful.

Now is not the time when the Yan clan is the strongest, to be precise, the Yan clan before the decisive battle against Gongsun Zhan who rules the entire territory of Youzhou is the most powerful prince. Three million people, 100,000 hectares of land, 40,000 brave and warlike elite soldiers, piles of coins that rotted even the ropes, and enough grain and grass to consume for several years - it was difficult for any prince in the world to defeat Yanbei, who had unified all the forces of Youzhou at that time, from the position of Gongsun Zhan.

But after Yan Bei's arm enveloped Jizhou, the situation became different, and the behemoth of the Zongyi crest painted in the north became more terrifying in the eyes of others, but in fact, this was precisely their weakest moment.

The ruling center was transferred from Xiangping to Jixian, and the foundation was stabilized and then moved south to Yecheng again; The money accumulated over the years feeds the cities of Jizhou that have suffered from wars for several years, the displaced people need to be resettled, the weathered cities need to be repaired, and the entire Jizhou is like a gold-swallowing monster that is crazy to consume the roots of the Yan family; The Yan clan has been operating in Liaodong for several years, although the entry into the country is fast, how can the wealth of a county support the poverty of a state?

The worst of all, that's not all.

Grain and grass, grain and grass are. Grain to Ji, behind the simple four words is Youzhou levy 30,000 servitude, nearly 10,000 oxen, horses and wooden carts from the distant counties of Youzhou to Jizhou continue to transport grain and grass, transport 100,000 stones and finally arrive in Jizhou only 40,000, the huge loss is enough to make the people cry, but it is not to send. Three out of ten people in Jizhou are hungry and want relief from the state government to survive, without relief, half of these people can starve to death in the blink of an eye, and the rest will become bandits, using their anger to attack the city.

But Yanbei's soldiers and horses also have to consume grain and grass, and if there is no food, there will be deserters, and even the whole army will mutiny, who would dare to bear such consequences?

The originally collapsed Jizhou can be maintained, at the cost of Youzhou, which was once rich under Liu Yu's rule, can only maintain stability.

It was extremely unwise for Yanbei to start a war with Yuan Shao, and it was only Yuan Shao's luck that was worse than him to be able to win. If it weren't for Liu Bei's abandonment of Qing into Xu, if it weren't for Lu Bu's seizure of Yan, Yuan Shao, who had gathered all his strength, might even have driven Yanbei back to Youzhou.

But there are not so many ifs in the world, just as the Yan clan cannot uproot Nanpi City before this winter, and the Yuan clan can no longer concentrate on returning to Jizhou. Although the war has ended, the thick war clouds are still shrouded in both sides of the Yellow River, and the friendship between Qinghai and Hebei makes people's hearts dare not relax in the slightest.

This New Year, many people have a bad time.

Although the soldiers and horses besieging Nanpi have been withdrawn as ordered by Yanbei, they are also stationed in the cities of Chengping, Dongguang, Chonghe, and Fuyang in, and 20,000 soldiers and horses still besiege Nanpi and the water is impassable, and the traffic artery leading to Henan is also a walled city, cutting off all opportunities for Nanpi to go out.

In fact, this winter, the trial was that he couldn't get out of Nanpi City, and Lu Yi was particularly resentful in his heart before retiring from the army, so he dug a trench several zhang wide outside the city gate protected by a moat, so that the moat completely sealed the entire city, and the water poured into the connected moat, and the people in the city couldn't run out even if they wanted to.

Needless to say, the waterways that connect the two sides of the Yellow River are not to be considered, the Youzhou sailors who conquered the Bohai Sea braved the cold wind in the early stage of the freeze and traveled all the way south along the coast, and entered the mouth of Zhangshui against the current, and under the leadership of Xian Yuyin and Xian Yufu, they faced Yuan Shao's camp on the other side of the Yellow River across the river.

Everyone knows that this year's war is over, but they also know that the flames of war in the coming year will inevitably be ignited from here!

The war in Yanzhou also tended to subside not long after the armistice in Jizhou, and when he received the news, Yanbei was exchanging views with Han Fu in the mansion on the cultivation strategy of Youzhou Beijia Xun Yue, and saw Guo Jia walking forward quickly with a letter and said: "General, Yanzhou has ceased war." ”

Although it has not snowed yet, the weather in November has become extremely cold, Yan Bei, who was sitting around the stove and Han Fu, was very happy to hear Guo Jia's words, and hurriedly said: "Let me see!" ”

A letter from Lü Bu briefly informed him of the situation in Yanzhou, northern Yanbei, and that Cao Cao had been defeated by Lü Bu on the way to attack Dongjun, and had to retreat to Shanyang County on the southern shore of Onozawa and hold on to Juye. The victorious Lü Bu was obviously not satisfied with the situation of dividing Yanzhou with Cao Cao, and led his army from Puyang to Shouzhang, hoping to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop in the spring of the following year.

It's just that Yan Bei handed the letter to Han Fu after reading it, and the jubilant appearance when he originally talked about Youzhou's cultivation of the fields was gone, and there was a gloomy color, so he raised his head and asked Guo Jia: "What do you think of Fengxiao?" ”

Guo Jia knew what he was thinking when he saw Yan Bei's expression, pulled the futon on the side and sat on the side of the two of them, and slowly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid General Lu won't be able to be Yanzhou Mu." ”

Han Fu, who was concentrating on looking at the letter and imagining the situation, raised his head suddenly when he heard this, first looked at Guo Jia and then at Yan Bei with a look of recognition, and asked in great confusion: "Junhou, why is this?" This General Lu's letter clearly says that he occupies sixty percent of Yanzhou, and he will definitely be able to defeat Cao Mengde in one fell swoop in the next year! ”

"Ugh."

Yan Bei let out a long sigh, if it weren't for Han Fukong's Jizhou Mu but he could only be bullied by the surrounding princes, such a simple situation would not be clear, and it was obviously not a military matter. However, Yan Bei was in a very bad mood, and Mr. Enlightenment, who was too lazy to do Han Fu's military affairs, just waved his hand to Guo Jia and asked him to give Han Fu a lecture.

Guo Jia happily accepted the order and said to Han Fu: "Han Envoy Jun doesn't know that although General Lu occupies several counties in Yanzhou, his advantage lies in the foundation of Zhang Miao's operation in Chen Liu's business for several years and the wealth of Dongjun; Although General Cao had few cities, his troops in Yanzhou were three times more than General Lu. If General Lü occupies the two counties of East and Chenliu, and attacks and defends each other with Zhang Miao, it will be difficult for General Cao to win a decisive victory for a year and a half, but at this time, General Lü will give up his geographical advantage and go to the east to fight a decisive battle with General Cao...... If it is my lord, I will make the two generals divide their troops to surround Chenliu in the west and the east county in the north, and avoid a decisive battle. ”

After that, Guo Jia slowly shook his head and said: "General, I'm afraid that what we will have to face in the coming year is the attack and defense of General Cao and Yuan Che on the south bank of the Yellow River!" ”