After the huge fleet led by Lu Cheng and Tian Chou set off, Lu Ren didn't have anything particularly important to do for the time being, so in the next period of time, Lu Ren was nothing more than walking around here and there in the small city of Yizhou, and dealing with anything that should be dealt with, without him personally intervening, Lu Ren would not reach out. After so many years of mixing, doesn't Lu Ren know the truth that even if he is capable, he is just a person? What can be let go and should be let go is, of course, better left to the group of people under your own hands to do.

Most of the time, Lu Ren mainly stayed with Cai Yan and his two little babies, after all, after a while, he still had to go to Jingzhou as originally planned, and he had a lot to do at that end, and Cai Yan and the newly-born babies couldn't go to Jingzhou with him this time, so of course I had to spend more time with him now.

At this time, blindly accompanying his wife and children is not that Lu Ren is a little indiscriminate, but that Lu Ren can't go to Jingzhou now, even if he wants to. Because all the motor ships and personnel on Lu Ren's hand were transferred to Lu Cheng and Tian Chou to carry out the big transportation of Youbeiping this time, there were only a few ships left here in Yizhou Xiaocheng that were responsible for various operations in some offshore areas, and they could not be used to form caravans, in other words, Lu Ren had no ships available for a period of time. Not to mention Lu Ren, at this time, isn't even Mi Zhen honestly squatting in the small town of Yizhou with nothing to do?

As for how long this situation will last, Lu Ren knows in his heart. When he was negotiating with Tian Chou before, Lu Ren had calculated that if Tian Chou's people from Youbeiping were to move to Yizhou, it would take about three months. And if the two newly-born babies are 100 days old, it will be just more than three months and a few days. In this way, the time for both heads is just right, and when the people on Tianchou's side move about the same, Lu Ren can also send ships to form a caravan and go to Jingzhou again.

In addition, the sea distance from the small town of Yizhou to Youbeiping is about 1,500 kilometers. With the ships at the current point in Lu Ren's hands, a one-way trip will take about twelve to fifteen days, and considering that Tian Chou must have a lot of things to do when the fleet arrives for the first time, so Lu Ren and Tian Chou's plan is that the return of the first voyage will be about forty days.

So in general, Lu Ren is now living his own leisurely little life while waiting. Of course, the corresponding preparations for accepting a large number of people, Lu Ren did not dare to slack off. You must know that according to Lu Ren and Tian Chou's calculations, the boat group will probably send about 5,000 to 6,000 people in one trip, and only in terms of the first trip, it is a quarter of the current population of Yizhou, which is not a joke number.

But fortunately, Lu Ren was dealing with this kind of thing when he was under Cao Cao. Thousands of displaced people are often settled at every turn, so it is easy to do something at this time. Moreover, the current Yizhou town still has a great advantage compared to Lu Ren's original time, that is, the grain reserves in Yizhou town are absolutely sufficient, which is much more convenient than Lu Ren's always having a headache about rations at the beginning of settling the displaced people.

Without further ado, on the forty-third day after the departure of the boat group, Lu Cheng led the boat group to return smoothly and brought back the first batch of nearly 6,000 Xu Wushan people; At the same time, Gan Ning, who went to the direction of South Vietnam, also returned, bringing back nearly 1,000 people from the South Vietnamese tribes who were willing to defect, so that the population base of the small city of Yizhou finally exceeded the 30,000 mark.

Then the two fleets of Lu Cheng and Gan Ning completed their respective rests. Lu Cheng's fleet continued to go north to Youbeiping to transport the population, while Gan Ning led a fleet of ten ships south to the Luzon Islands in accordance with Lu Ren's original plan. Lu Cheng didn't have much to say, nothing more than sending food over and moving people back; Ganning, on the other hand, was mainly an expedition. At the same time, look for several spices and local products that are abundant in the Nanyang region, such as cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, etc. Of course, if conditions permit, Gan Ning will inevitably grab some natives or something to come back as a laborer.

All in all. Under Lu Ren's painstaking arrangement, the small city of Yizhou can be said to be developing steadily under the noses of all parties, and in a blink of an eye, it has reached the beginning of May of the ninth year of Jian'an. At this time, the whole of Yizhou is preparing to have a Dragon Boat Festival. Lu Ren was also able to transfer some of the ships back because the population on the Beiping side of Youbeiping had almost been moved, and began to form a caravan to Jingzhou.

At this time in Hebei, Cao Cao used the dispute between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang to the point where the soldiers were under the city of Yecheng.

In fact, after Yuan Shao's death, the brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang had already started a battle against the wall. Due to the alliance between Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan, who only owned the Qingzhou region, once borrowed troops from Cao Cao for help, and Cao Cao sent troops to Liyang, which was regarded as a boost to Yuan Tan, but in fact, he took this opportunity to gain a foothold on the north bank of the Yellow River.

At that time, it was the end of the eighth year of Jian'an, that is, not long after Lu Ren returned to Yizhou. At this time, Guo Jia suggested that Cao Cao play a small trick to further intensify the fight between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang under the premise of preserving Cao Cao's own strength. Cao Cao adopted this suggestion, and then announced that he was seriously ill and led his army back to Xuchang to "recuperate".

As soon as this news reached Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang immediately took action, leading his main force to begin an attack on Yuan Tan, who had lost Cao Cao's support. Yuan Tan's personal ability and own strength were inferior to Yuan Shang, and he was defeated by Yuan Shang, so he had no choice but to stick to the plain, and at the same time sent messengers to Cao Cao for help again.

Cao Cao wanted this effect, and his troops were always in a state of readiness, so as soon as they received Yuan Tan's request for help, Cao Cao's troops immediately crossed the river to the north and hit Yecheng in a blitzkrieg way. After hitting the city of Yecheng, Cao Cao began to stabilize the surrounding area and open up the grain road. Because Cao Cao knew in his heart that Yecheng was the base camp that Yuan Shao had painstakingly operated for many years, and it was by no means so easy to capture. If you want to capture Yecheng, you must first prepare for a protracted war.

At this moment, in Cao Cao's account, Cao Cao was discussing with Guo Jia about breaking the city:

“…… Ye Cheng is the root of Lone's old friend, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also cautious in judging and matching, and several tricks have been cracked by it, which really makes Lone a little headache. Fengxiao, how sure can you be of this plan? ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Yecheng has been able to defend so strongly until now, it is nothing more than the people in the city waiting for Yuan Shang to lead the army back to help. If Yuan Shang was killed and dispersed by the lord when he returned to help, the people in Yecheng City would be panicked, and the city would naturally be guarded unintentionally. Therefore, the lord can only rob and kill Yuan Shang in the middle of the road with peace of mind. ”

After taking a sip of wine, Guo Jia added: "Yuan Shang also has to save Yecheng. Not to mention that Yecheng is the foundation of the Yuan family, only to say that Hebei has been in turmoil for many years, and the fields have been barren for a long time, and there is not much grain and grass in the warehouses of Yecheng. According to my calculations, the grain and grass accumulated in the city of Yecheng can only last for another month at most, and after a month, there will be no food in the city, and they will starve to death if they are hungry. If Yuan Shang can break through the siege and seek the city at this time, his foundation can barely be kept. But if he doesn't save it, he Yuan Shang will become a lost dog if he can't do it. ”

Cao Cao also smiled: "Then when do you think Yuan Shang's rescue will arrive?" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Within three days, Yuan Shang's rescue will arrive." ”

"Then how should Yuan Tanfu and Yuan Shang collude with each other?"

Guo Jia said: "At the beginning, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang each had ghosts, and they both wanted to kill each other so that they could dominate Hebei. And Yuan Shang got Yuan Xi's help, and it was rumored that Karasuma Badun borrowed troops to help him, thinking that he had already achieved his wings, where would Yuan Tan be tolerated? Now that the lord is leading troops to attack Ye, Yuan Shang is suffering from the enemy on his back, and it is the best time for Yuan Tan to get rid of Yuan Shang.

"If Yuan Shang dies, although our army can capture Yecheng, but it is also powerless to look north for a while, Nanpi, the plains and the northern counties are Yuan Tan's bag, and then he naturally has the capital to compete with the lord, how can Yuan Tan let go of such a good opportunity? Where will he go to unite with Yuan Shang? The lord is also a wise man, can't he see it? ”

Cao Cao smiled and said nothing, just raised the wine glass in his hand to Guo Jia.

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The next day, Cao Yingzhong's army tent, Cao Cao and a group of strategists and generals discussed.

Guo Jia had just walked to the tent door at this time, first took a deep breath, and then rubbed the temples on both sides a few times to sober himself up a little, and then quickly stepped into the tent to salute Cao Cao and everyone.

Cao Cao saw Guo Jia enter the tent, shook his head slightly and smiled: "Why is Fengxiao late this time?" ”

Guo Jia pretended to rub his eyes and laughed: "Lazy, I can't wake up for a long time." I beg forgiveness from the Lord and my colleagues! ”

The people in the tent seemed to be accustomed to Guo Jia's tardiness, and they didn't care about it.

Cao Cao motioned for Guo Jia to take a seat, his face was straight, and he said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, our army did not do its best to attack Yecheng before, and it was intended to lure Yuan Shang back to the army from Yuan Tan to rescue him, and then attack and kill him halfway. Just after the horse returned, Yuan Shang's army followed the avenue and set up camp a hundred miles away from our army. Desperately want to send a general to lead the army to rob the camp at night, what do you think? ”

Xia Houyuan reacted quickly, and was the first to stand up and want to grab this task, but Guo Jia smiled beside Cao Cao and said, "Lord, what Yijia saw is not necessary. We don't need to go, Yuan Shang will come by himself. ”

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows: "Oh, what is Fengxiao's opinion?" ”

Guo Jia clasped his hands, looking a little hanging, and said with a little smile on his face: "Follow the avenue to go down to the village, but it is only a hundred miles away from us, and it won't take much time if this distance is fast." Yuan Shang is young and vigorous, Yecheng is its foundation, once there is a loss, Yuan Shang will go to the general trend, so he will definitely take advantage of the night to attack our village and open up the road back to the city, instead of setting up a camp to rest. In Jia's opinion, his village should be empty, and the purpose is to lead our army to divide the troops and rob the village, so that he can take another way to return to Yecheng. If they are allowed to return to the city, the soldiers and horses of Yecheng will be on a par with our army, and if we hold on to the city, our army will have little hope of victory......" (To be continued.) )