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Chapter 839 Prelude to the Great War
Chapter 839 Prelude to the Great War
Zhang Yu has been busy in Youzhou for more than a month, most of the time is spent making traps, preparing for ambushes and other things.
When it comes to the safety of the entire Youzhou, Zhang Yu doesn't dare to be careless at all.
After Zhang Yu checked all the southward passages, he was still not at ease, so he sent people to search the whole Youzhou. Even if no one had visited, Zhang Yu would send people to search, so that the Xiongnu had no other places to go south.
Zhang Yu can rest assured only if all the passages are blocked, or an ambush is arranged.
The leader of the Huns sent someone to notify Yuvrou early and informed him of the situation here.
After understanding the situation, Yuvluo asked people to cooperate with Zhang Yu and asked Zhang Yu for some benefits.
Getting someone to help you with the work will of course give you some benefits. The advantage of Zhang Yu is that all products are reduced in price and a large supply is provided. The premise is that you have money to buy them. There is no other way.
After the arrangements were made, Zhang Yucai returned to New Beiping City.
At this time, the new Beiping city had been completely built, both inside and outside.
It is truly a majestic city, an important military town and an economic center. It is also a large city with a population of over one million.
There are not many such a city in the whole world.
Luoyang has declined, and the only ones that can rival it are Yecheng in Jizhou and two cities in Jiangdong.
The Wangcheng in Jiangdong will undoubtedly become a super metropolis in the future. Although the current population is still relatively small, less than one million, more people will go there in the future.
The other is an open city, which will be Shanghai in later generations. At this time, the area is not very stable. Zhang Yu has not launched large-scale construction, but it is love. When Xuzhou stabilizes, Zhang Yu will definitely build it into an open city. A super big city.
Back in New Beiping, Zhang Yu received the latest news.
The imperial examinations held by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have already produced results.
Most of Yuan Shaofang's examinations are a subset of classics and history, but there are only one article, so the proportion is not very large.
And Cao Cao also examined a subset of classics and history, which accounted for about half of the proportion.
Zhang Yu took the information and shared it with Xi Zhicai.
After careful inspection, Xi Zhicai said: "My lord, from the analysis of the information sent by our intelligence personnel, Yuan Shao is looking for the children of aristocratic families, ordinary people will not be reused, and the content of the examination cannot really select talents. , it can only be said that most of the selected ones are scholars.”
Scholars and talents are different concepts. They only know a subset of history, and many of them may be dull scholars.
And this Cao Cao obviously understands, so half of the test is policy theory. He wants to focus on policy theory, but most people in this era read only a subset of classics and history. If you don't test it, the result will be very miserable.
Cao Cao not only had to select talents, but also took care of the face of these scholars.
Therefore, Cao Cao took the exam half and half.
More than 1 people participated in both sides, and its influence was far less than that of Jiangdong's imperial examination.
Not to mention that Jiangdong has trained tens of thousands of candidates, but there are tens of thousands of candidates from other places.
Despite their lack of influence, they were able to recruit some talent.
After Zhou Yu and Sun Ce returned to Changsha, they also began to prepare for the imperial examination to be held in the near future.
From this point of view, the imperial examinations promoted by Zhang Yu have already formed a huge influence.
Zhang Yu put down this information and began to focus on the military.
"According to analysis, Yuan Shao will be ready in two or three months, and then he can attack Cao Cao," Zhang Yu said.
"My lord, we in Youzhou can mobilize up to 20 soldiers and horses. The rest must defend Youzhou. Otherwise, even if we make arrangements in advance, we may not be able to defend against the Xiongnu." Xi Zhicai said.
"20 is enough." Zhang Yu said confidently.
He was sure that 20 was enough, because he was certain that Yuan Shao would be defeated. As long as Yuan Shao was defeated, Qingzhou would not be able to stop him.
Not only can Qingzhou, Zhang Yu also set his sights on Jizhou.
Jizhou, the wealthiest state in the world, of course, may now become Yangzhou or Youzhou. Under Zhang Yu's management, the population and economic development of these two places are very fast.
Zhang Yu took a map and drew a few lines on it.
"My lord, my lord, this is too risky." Seeing Zhang Yu's drawing, Xi Zhicai said in shock.
"It's an adventure. These lines are just my thoughts, and I may not necessarily do it."
The line Zhang Yu drew was clearly from Youzhou to Yecheng in Jizhou, as well as the route to attack Qingzhou by sea and land.
This is going deep into the enemy's territory and fighting inside the enemy's interior, which is really bold.
It is entirely because Zhang Yu has taken a fancy to Jizhou's wealth that he has the idea of taking risks.
Attacking Jizhou or Yecheng is no longer a simple adventure.
"This is a backup plan, but you must also arrange for people to study carefully, and study the route and possible situations. If conditions permit, I will attack Jizhou first, and then attack Qingzhou."
Xi Zhicai judged from Zhang Yu's words that although Zhang Yu listed the plan to attack Jizhou as a backup, judging from his posture, he needed to prepare carefully. If there was a possibility of success, he would take the risk.
Taking the risk to attack Jizhou, or Yecheng, in Xi Zhicai's opinion, there is no need to take the risk.
It is more in Zhang Yu's interest to go all out to capture Qingzhou.
But Zhang Yu has already made a decision, and Xi Zhicai can only make a plan according to Zhang Yu's words.
This plan is quite difficult to make, because the enemy's situation changes at any time. Once it changes, the route and troop strength have to be adjusted, so it is really difficult for Xi Zhicai to formulate a plan.
However, Zhang Yu told Xi Zhicai to make a plan according to the situation of Yuan Shaohui's defeat.
On the face of the cards, Yuan Shao was destined to win a big victory, and Zhang Yu made a plan from the perspective of a big defeat.
Of course, there is no problem with this. There are ways to win big victories, and there are ways to play big defeats. It is enough for Xi Zhicai to formulate more plans.
On the bright side, Zhang Yu can't make any preparations, otherwise the battle of Guandu will be changed, and it may not even be possible to fight.
"In addition, if this battle goes according to our expectations, there will be a large number of refugees. At that time, we will directly find a port in Qingzhou, and then send all of them to Fusang. Within three years, I will unify Fusang. Zhicai, you should make preliminary preparations , Once needed, we must be able to mobilize a large number of personnel and materials." Zhang Yu said.
Before Zhang Yu could eat the typical pot, he looked at other people's bowls. Before Yuan Shao and Cao Cao started fighting, Zhang Yu set his sights on Fusang.
But that’s how leaders are, they look far ahead and leave specific matters to their subordinates.
More than a month later, the time has entered March, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have become the same situation. Before, they were just preparing, but now the army and food have also begun to mobilize, and they may fight at any time.
Cao Cao was so worried that he couldn't sleep for a few days. Not only did Yuan Shao move, but also the forces around him.
(End of this chapter)