"You are all discerning people, and you must know that the Jizhou I am in charge of is different from the Jizhou in the Han and Wei dynasties; And Ding himself is the most embarrassing Jizhou assassin since the beginning of this dynasty. Ding Shao paused, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This time, the Jisang Shile thieves captured Yecheng, and there were many people in the Luoyang Dynasty who attacked me for not being effective in governing the place, and it is said that Xuchang also intended to send Sima Wang Bin, the king of the East China Sea, to the north to replace me." Haha, maybe, Ding will also be the shortest-lived Jizhou assassin. ”

"This and this, the title of General Ningbei of Xinde, proves that Shulun is just, and the court relies on it, why is it so? Shu Lun's public words are heavy...... That's a big deal. Li Yun hurriedly said. And Lu Yao only cared about drinking tea and remained silent, all because he knew that what Ding Shao said was indeed true.

Jizhou is the head of the ancient Kyushu mentioned in the "Yu Gong", and it has been the foundation of the royal industry since ancient times. Han Guangwu was ordered by the first emperor to "cross Mengjin with festivals, pacify Hebei, and gather the people", in just a few years, he crossed the state and county, with a million, and then ascended the throne in Gaoyi, Jizhou Zhao State, and continued to be Han Zuo for hundreds of years. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao defeated the Yuan forces, and obtained 300,000 people with the household registration of Jizhou, "so it is a big state", so he established the Great Prime Minister's Mansion in Yecheng, which was the core of Cao Wei's regime. When Cao Pi usurped the founding of the Han Dynasty, Yecheng was the northern capital, and the number of households and wealth in Jizhou accounted for almost one-sixth of the world.

It is precisely because Jizhou has been operated by the Cao family for several generations and is deeply tabooed by this dynasty, so the Great Jin Dynasty Jianzuo adjusted the jurisdiction of Jizhou twice before and after, and separated the three Wei regions of Wei County, Guangping County, and Yangping County, which were particularly rich, from Jizhou and assigned them to Sizhou. In other words, the Jizhou where Ding Shao served as the assassin was actually only two-thirds of the scale of the Han and Wei dynasties.

And Jizhou, which is two-thirds of the scale, is not completely under Ding Shao's control.

The first headache is naturally the Qinghe, Pingyuan, Bohai and Leling areas in the east. In recent years, these four counties have been thieves, and the remnants of Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, echoed each other with the thieves, and they were fierce and difficult to cure. Even if Ding Shaojie and the people of Yedu and Yanzhou raised tens of thousands of troops to fight for several months, they could not help it. Ban Gu, a historian of the former Han Dynasty, once said: "In the department of Jizhou, thieves often play for other states." And that's true.

In the northeast of Jizhou, there is the Boling country placed in the first year of Tai, leading 10,000 households in the four counties of Anping, Raoyang, Nanshenze and Anguo. There is no doubt that this place was under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, but Wang Jun, the mighty and domineering hussar general in Youzhou, is the hereditary duke of Boling County. Wang Jun's clansmen controlled all the military and government of Boling, and even the counties of Zhangwu, Hejian, and Gaoyang north of Boling were also affected by Youzhou. The order of the Jizhou Assassin Shi is not as effective there as the casual orders of the hussar general, not to mention the tax burden of the levy and transfer of people, and it is even difficult to appoint a magistrate.

If you deduct these areas where the Jizhou Thorn History is not in order, Ding Shao can really dispatch military and political affairs freely, in fact, there are only Changle, Julu, Zhao County, Zhongshan, Changshan, a total of five counties, and it can really be called the most embarrassing Jizhou Thorn History since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty.

On the other hand, the fall of Yecheng and the killing of King Xincai for thieves are unprecedented since the founding of the country. According to the custom of the princes of the court, someone must always take responsibility for this. However, the thief is from the jurisdiction of Jizhou, and the history of Jizhou has been suppressed for several months...... It would be strange if the courtiers had no idea about it.

Ding Shao has a life-saving grace for Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang who is sitting in Guanzhong at the moment, and has a very close relationship, and with the help of Sima Mo's connections, he naturally has information channels in the court. Since Ding Shao said that the king of the East China Sea intended to let Wang Bin replace him, it was nine times out of ten. After all, Ding Shao was recommended by Sima Mo to assassinate Jizhou, and in the eyes of the King of the East China Sea, he must not be as reliable as the officials in his own shogunate. It is also good to take this opportunity to change people.

But Ding Shao said slowly: "When I met Daoming last time, Daoming once said that it is not necessary to rush and delay the fight against Hebei thieves. When heavy troops are deployed in the land of shape, the tribes reduce the scope of the thieves' activities...... This is a very good thing to me. ”

He raised the teacup to Lu Yao, and then said: "In the past few months, I have built a tight defense line from the Bohai Sea to the Qinghe River, and then to the western part of the Plains, and relied on Baigou, Zhangshui, and Dahe to gradually divide the army to occupy the city, echoing each other and covering each other, suppressing the thieves in a small area. According to my estimates, it will only take three more months, and when the weather is cold, the thieves will have neither savings nor plunder, so they will have to surrender to the gate. ”

"This is a strategy of surrendering without a fight, but unfortunately this strategy can no longer be implemented, and there is no point in continuing to implement it." Ding Shao smiled indifferently, but his slightly trembling beard proved that his heart was not calm: "First, in order to fight against the Shile thieves, the Jizhou army almost exhausted Ding Zhuang's manpower before mobilizing 47,000 troops to rush south. With only the power of the five counties to support such a large army, the magistrates everywhere have tried their best, but it is difficult to support it now. However, Zhangwu, Hejian, Boling and other counties sat back and watched my urging several times, and did not send grain and materials...... Hehe, what Wang Pengzu thinks, I really don't understand. ”

When Ding Shao said this, Lu Yao couldn't help but shrink back, looking a little embarrassed. Ding Shao was busy dealing with the Shile thieves and did not seem to have received news of the war in northern Xinjiang in time, so he did not understand why Wang Jun was like this; Lu Yao couldn't be more clear. Wang Jun's brazen seizure of materials from the northern counties of Jizhou may not have intentionally framed Ding Shao, but because he was defeated by Lu Yao on the grassland, and he urgently needed to consume materials to reorganize his military strength. From this point of view, Lu Yao turned out to be the culprit who caused the passive situation of the Jizhou Army, which really makes people feel ridiculous.

Fortunately, the light in the tent was dim, and Ding Shao was unaware of Lu Yao's expression. He raised his voice a little and said, "Both, who is Wang Bin?" Although Ding is not a person who loves power, he is unwilling to connive at the mediocrity to steal the state, and he is unwilling to give the imperial court a reason to remove the assassin history of Jizhou...... Since the imperial court is so desperate to see the results of the battle against the thief, I will take out the results! ”

"Uncle, are you ready for war?" Ding Miao kept his head drooping, and then he became happy, but unfortunately he didn't ask the point at all.

Ding Shao glanced at his nephew, and his hatred of iron and steel suddenly made Ding Miao wilt.

He then took the scepter that was leaning on the side of the desk, got up and slammed the ground with the end of the cane, and said loudly: "For several months, our army has been embarrassed, and the Shile thieves have been extremely poor. If they want to survive, their only chance is to defeat the Jizhou army! When Shi Le got the news that Ding was seriously ill...... "Jizhou Thorn Shi's gaze swept over Li Yun, Lu Yao, and Ding Miao one by one, and returned to Lu Yao: "Daoming, I remember that you said that you fought with the thief leader Shi Le several times, and I want to know something about him. What do you think Scheller will do? ”

Lu Yao pondered for a long time before he said slowly: "That Shile used his soldiers to deceive, never let go of any chance to win, and he also had the unique ruthlessness of thieves, and he often fought with all his strength. In my humble opinion, if Schler learns of your serious illness, he will take this opportunity to launch an unprecedented onslaught. Even, will you go out of your way to take Hirojong directly, right? ”

Ding Shao laughed: "Exactly! Precisely! TD's opinion still holds my heart. ”

He slammed the tent open, letting the storm pour into the big tent: "I have expected that those thieves will go straight to Guangzong without any means, under the cover of this storm!" ”