Yuan Shao was in Jizhou and received a secret report that the Wuhuan king had gathered more than 100,000 cavalry and was preparing to invade Youzhou in the south to avenge the thousands of Wuhuan cavalry killed by Yuan's army.

When the news came, the entire Jizhou was shaken, if the Wuhuan people really drove more than 100,000 troops south, then Youzhou would face a catastrophe, not only that, but even Yuan Shao's foundation would be shaken.

Yuan Shao has 300,000 soldiers, most of them are infantry, and the cavalry is only more than 30,000 cavalry.

However, Yuan Shao, who was proud of the spring breeze, was not afraid at all, but threatened to fight to the death with the Wuhuan people.

Fortunately, he was persuaded by Tian Feng, and then offered a clever plan to send a large number of gold, silver and jewelry, which temporarily resolved the crisis.

After all, if you want to loot, you will have to pay the price, and the population of Wuhuan is not much, in case you lose a lot of people in the robbery, it will be worth the loss.

Yuan Shaohu is located in Hebei, his strength is strong, and he also knows it, but because of the face of the tribal leaders of Wuhuan in the three counties of Shanggu, Yuyang, and Youbeiping, he has to send troops. Now that he has received a huge amount of compensation, Badun is also satisfied, and distributes a part of it to the Wuhuan leaders of the three counties, and the right to be those Wuhuan people who died in battle were sacrificed in the looting.

However, in Yuan Shao's heart, he hated the Wuhuan people very much, he first got Youzhou, he faced such a test, after weighing the pros and cons, he immediately ordered his second son Yuan Xi to lead 50,000 male soldiers, stationed in Jicheng, to guard against the Wuhuan people.

Hebei preliminarily. Both the state and the state need time to recover. Especially Youzhou. It takes more time to operate, no matter how ambitious Yuan Shao is, no matter how much he wants to cross the Yellow River south and compete with Zhang Yan in the Central Plains, he has to slow down the pace and stabilize the situation in Hebei first.

Therefore, at the suggestion of Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Xian Pei and others, Yuan Shao carried out a series of measures to stabilize the situation in Hebei.

As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass will move first. First of all, it is necessary to solve the problem of people's food, Jizhou is fertile for thousands of miles, and there are many places in Youzhou and Bingzhou that can be cultivated, and a tuntian movement officially kicked off on the land of Hebei.

However, most of the tuntian carried out by Yuan Shao was mainly military tun, after all, he had 300,000 male soldiers, these soldiers were all young and middle-aged, and they were very haode labor, if they were not used. That's a waste.

In addition to opening up military tuns, civilian tuns are also encouraged. The difference is that all the grain income of the military tun is handed over to the army, and the army is self-sufficient, while the mintun is mainly collected and paid. In order to stimulate the people, Tian Feng even suggested that Yuan Shao reduce taxes to attract a large number of people to work in the fields.

After experiencing the Yellow Turban Rebellion, after a long period of development, Jizhou has already restored its former stability, and the stability of public order will naturally attract a large number of people, so there are still more than 300,000 households in Jizhou, about 1.8 million people.

In addition, there are more than 600,000 people in Bingzhou, more than 800,000 people in Youzhou, plus more than 200,000 people in Qingzhou Plain County, Yuan Shao's Shili range, there are about more than 3 million people, such a huge population base, have become Yuan Shao's strong capital, there are people, there is land, there will be no shortage of grain, as long as the tuntian is greatly encouraged, within three years, Hebei can be full of grain and straw, and the money is overflowing.

Therefore, Yuan Shao also stopped the pace of expansion in a timely manner, but calmed down and concentrated on running Hebei, taking this as the foundation, preparing to recuperate for a few years, and then chase the Central Plains.

As a result, an order from Tuntian was personally issued by Yuan Shao to various prefectures and counties, and the land north of the Yellow River set off a wave of Tuntian.

The news from Hebei quickly spread to Pengcheng, and Zhang Yan was slightly relieved when he learned that Yuan Shao was committed to Tuntian and had no preparations to go south.

As long as Yuan Shao'an is born, Zhang Yan doesn't have to worry anymore, and he can rest assured that he can boldly carry out Tuntian.

Zhang Yan has been conducting tuntian for some time, and has initially seen results, and has also vigorously begun to implement the tuntian method of combining military and civilian tuntian.

However, although the area under Zhang Yan's jurisdiction is extensive, the total population is several hundred thousand fewer than that of Yuan Shao in Hebei, and after the latest census last year, the total population of the area under Zhang Yan's jurisdiction is only about 2.6 million.

Although the population is not as large as Yuan Shao's, Zhang Yan is not worried, because the area under his jurisdiction has a dense water network, and as long as it is used reasonably, water can be brought into the fields and irrigated, thus effectively resisting drought.

In the following period, Zhang Yan only took care of some political affairs, and he delegated all his power and let people he trusted take full responsibility.

For example, Zhang Yan gave Chen Qun special power to take full charge of the affairs of Tuntian, and only in this way could Chen Qun let go of his hands and not be affected in the slightest.

Facts have proved that Chen Qun is very competent, carrying such a heavy burden on his shoulders, he was stunned to carry it, and after two years, 386 canals were built, which is enough to irrigate 100,000 hectares of fertile land. In addition, he also presided over the reclamation of 300,000 acres of barren land and successfully implemented the military tun.

These credits are all Chen Qun's, and when the autumn harvest comes, the granary is full for the first time.

For this reason, Zhang Yan specially invited Liu Xie, the son of heaven, to entitle Chen Qun as a loyal and righteous uncle, and eat thousands of households.

Autumn went to summer, and three years passed in a blink of an eye, and the time suddenly came to July of the third year of Jian'an.

Since the tuntian, the output of grain has been increasing year by year in the past three years, and the original granary is no longer enough to store, and in order to avoid the occurrence of the incident of rotten grain from the old sesame seeds, so as not to destroy the grain, Zhang Yan set up three large warehouses in the places under his jurisdiction.

One of the warehouses was set up in Xinfeng County, Yongzhou, which became the food guarantee for the army and the people in Guanzhong, and the second warehouse was set up in Aocang in Xingyang.

Ao Cang has been around since ancient times, and it is an important granary in ancient times, which was set up by the Qin Dynasty.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, wars were frequent in the Central Plains, especially in nearby Xingyang. After Qin Shi Huang unified China, he built a warehouse in Aoshan to deal with a possible war. In addition, Aocang is also the transit station of ancient Cao Yun, which will transfer Shandong Cao grain from the Yellow River to Chang'an and Luoyang (Shandong Cao grain from water transport is often stranded because of the weak water transport capacity in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, and can be stored after unloading grain in Ao Cang, and can also be transported by land to Liangjing). During the Western Han Dynasty, the government rebuilt it and set up Ao Cangguan to govern the warehouse affairs, which was directly under the central government. At that time, Aocang was the rush between Guanzhong and Shandong, and the grain reserves were abundant, so the strategic value was extremely important.

Therefore, Zhang Yan set up Aocang here, hoarded all the grain here, and used it as a strategic place to radiate Luoyang.

The third granary was set up in Moling Castle in Jinling County, which was used to radiate Jiangdong to meet the needs of war.

In the past three years, Sun Ce gradually expanded his territory in Jiangdong, and after defeating Jiao Ji, he defeated Zu Lang and Yan Baihu in a row, and occupied Danyang County and Wu County, and even subdued Zu Lang and Yan Baihu's subordinates, and Shili increased greatly.

However, it seems that Sun Ce occupies Jiangdong, but in fact it is only in its form, after all, there are many Shanyue in Jiangdong, and Sun Ce's tough methods have been disgusted by the people of Shanyue, and Shanyue rebelled continuously, and fought endlessly with Sun Ce, basically forming a confrontation stage.

Yuan Shao of Hebei was also quite honest in the past three years, concentrating on the development of the Tuntian business, with sufficient grain and straw, strong soldiers and strong horses, and often had the intention of going south.

In contrast, Liu Biao in Jingzhou has always maintained a friendly relationship with Zhang Yan, but a piece of news came that made the friendly relationship between Liu Biao and Zhang Yan suddenly fall to the bottom!

Jinyiwei came to report that there was a rebellion in Jiangxia County under Liu Biao, led by Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu led troops to suppress it, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun led the crowd to fight fiercely with them for more than a month, and finally could not resist, so they had to go east along the Yangtze River.

Huang Zu sent his son Huang Shot, led Gan Ning, Su Fei two generals, to pursue Zhang Wu, Chen Sun, the two armies in Qichun, Xia Pheasant successively fierce battles, Zhang Wu, Chen Sun defeated one after another, then by boat with more than 1,000 remnants of the army down the east of the river, directly into the Xunyang County of Lujiang County ruled by Zhang Yan.

It stands to reason that Huang Jie should stop and stop pursuing, at least notify the Xunyang guards first, and then pursue after obtaining permission.

But Huang Jie didn't do that, but led the crowd down the river and chased Zhang Wu, Chen Sun and others to the shore in Xunyang.

The army guarding the river did not know why, and suddenly saw Liu Biao's army coming, thinking that Huang Biao was going to attack Xunyang, so he fought with it, but was defeated by Gan Ning's troops, and the whole battalion of 500 soldiers was wiped out.

Chen Wu and Chen Sun saw that the situation was not good, and in a hurry, they led the crowd to surrender to the guards stationed in Xunyang, and said that Liu Biao's army had entered.

For a time, the Xunyang County Commander and the Xunyang County Lieutenant, under the leadership of a school captain, gathered more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to resist Liu Biao's army.

The two armies didn't say much, and then a battle began, Huang Jie's general Gan Ning took the lead, led hundreds of elite soldiers, killed Zhang Yanjun, and killed a school captain, Xunyang County Commander, Xunyang County Lieutenant also died in the chaos.

The matter spread instantly, Lujiang Taishou Lu Su thought that Liu Biao intended to capture Lujiang, and immediately repaired two letters, one was sent to Shaobei, asking Huya general Zhang Liao to lead the army to resist, and the other was sent to Pengcheng to ask Zhang Yan to make a decision.

When the news came, Zhang Yan was also very angry, but after figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, he immediately ordered Zhang Liao to go forward to repel the Yellow Shooting army, and sent Gao Shun to lead the army to arrest Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, and then sent Fu Wan as a messenger to Jingzhou Xingshi to ask for the guilt!

After the order was given, several brocade guards went to deliver the news as quickly as possible.

At the same time, Zhang Liao had already led an army of 10,000 to Shucheng, the county capital of Lujiang County, and after a brief meeting with Lu Su, he learned that Huang Jie's army was forced to retreat back to Jiangxia because it failed to capture Zhang Wu and Chen Sun.

Zhang Liao thought that this was Liu Biao's deliberate fault, and he had to give a counterattack, otherwise, how could the dead soldiers be blind.

Lu Su also supported Zhang Liao's opinion, so he went to Xunyang with Zhang Liao to prepare to attack Jiangxia for revenge. (To be continued......)