Chapter 114: Clouds in all directions

Youzhou, Jicheng.

At this time, every family in Jicheng was closed and every household was locked, and none of the people dared to go out.

In just one month, Youzhou changed ownership twice. On the head of the city, the flag of Wei was still hung a month ago, and later it became the banner of Gongsun Yuan. Now, the flag of the city has changed again into the banner of the Han Dynasty. It is precisely because of this that the people dare not go out and are waiting for the overall situation outside to be decided.

From afar, two people appeared on the official road, with an old farmer on the left and a young man on the right.

The old farmer looked up at the flag on the top of the city and sighed slightly: "Hey, Jicheng has been replaced again! I don't know who is here this time."

After talking to himself for a moment, the old farmer suddenly realized that the flag on the top of the city seemed familiar.

"I know the words on this!" The old farmer took a breath.

"Dad, aren't you illiterate? How could you recognize the words on the flag on the city?" the young man next to him asked.

"This is a word 'Han'. More than 40 years ago, when Lord Liu Yu was in Jicheng, I saw it every day when I went in and out of the city. That's right!" the old farmer said.

"So, is the Han army attacking? I wonder if these Han soldiers are fierce or not, and whether the price of Lijin entering the city has increased." The young man said with some confusion.

At this time, an Anmin List had been posted in Jicheng, but the people still did not dare to go out.

"Dongdongdongdongdong..." The sound of the gong sounded, and then the shouts of soldiers sounded on the street:

"General Tian Yu is back! General Tian Yu is back!"

Tian Yu has been in Jicheng for many years and has been deeply loved by the people. Most of the people in the city know Tian Yu. When he heard that Tian Yu came, some good people walked out of their homes.

The arrival of Tian Yu has calmed down the original floating people in Jicheng. In addition, the soldiers have already started patrolling the streets, so the public security in Jicheng has been maintained well.

In the evening, when the city gate was about to be closed, another large group of Han troops came to the city of Jicheng and then entered the city.

City Mansion.

Jiang Wei walked in with great strides.

"The last general Jiang Wei has met General Wei and General Fuyuan."

"Boyou, thank you for your hard work." Zhao Yun's face appeared with a smile, and then he brought Tian Yu and Ma Qiu to meet him.

"General, Your Majesty has the will to ask General Fuyuan to go to Huguan immediately, and the garrison of Youzhou will be temporarily appointed as the agent of the garrison." Jiang Wei said, and took out the imperial edict.

Zhao Yun took the imperial edict, looked it over, then nodded, and said, "Since that's the case, Ma Qiu, you go and prepare immediately and set off as soon as possible!"

Ma Qiu took the imperial edict and walked out, while Zhao Yun explained: "The country gave in, Ma Qiu was good at attacking but not defending. Although the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry could dominate the world, it was a bit useless to let them defend the city."

Tian Yu nodded and asked, "Zilong, Your Majesty has transferred Ma Qiu's cavalry to Huguan. Are you preparing to attack Jizhou?"

"I think it should be."

...

Youbeiping.

The news that Ma Qiu was transferred was delivered to Gongsun Yuan the next day.

"Ma Qiu is gone?" A hint of joy appeared on Gongsun Yuan's face.

"Lord, it seems that Liu Chan is preparing to attack Jizhou." Deng Ai said from the side.

"Haha, without Ma Qiu's Liangzhou cavalry, my Liaodong cavalry can gallop across Youzhou!" Gongsun Yuan smiled proudly.

"Does your lord want to attack Youzhou?" Deng Ai asked from the side.

"Shizai said it well, I am sure to win Youzhou!"

"Lord, I think it's not the time to attack Youzhou now." Deng Ai said slowly.

"Not the time? Ma Qiu's Liangzhou Iron Cavalry has left, why do you still say it's not the time?"

"Lord, Liu Chan transferred Ma Qiu to attack Jizhou in order to attack Jizhou. So we would not have to wait until Liu Chan sent troops to Jizhou and then attack Youzhou. In this way, Liu Chan would not have any extra troops to aid Youzhou." Deng Ai said.

"But that Huguan is not far from Yecheng. You can almost arrive from Huguan in the morning and evening." Gongsun Yuan said.

"My lord, don't forget that there is Sima Yi in Qingzhou! Eastern Wu has long been interested in Jizhou. Sun Deng would never sit and watch Liu Chan seize Jizhou. I believe that Liu Chan and Sun Deng will inevitably launch a protracted war for Jizhou. Besides, Cao Rui can convene an army of 300,000 to 400,000 troops with only Jizhou, and still have the power to fight! It took Cao Cao four or five years to attack Jizhou. Now it seems that if Jizhou is pacified again, it will take at least five years! In five years, I will definitely train 200,000 elite troops for the lord to defend against foreign enemies!" Deng Ai replied.

"Shizai, who would take Jizhou when you say Liu Chan and Sun Deng?" Gongsun Yuan asked.

"That's hard to say. Liu Chan has Xu Shu's help, and Sun Deng also has Sima Yi's help. Both of them know the situation in Jizhou well. Liu Chan has the Liangzhou cavalry of Ma Qiu, who can traverse Jizhou, and Sun Deng also has the Jiangdong Navy, who can attack Jizhou from the sea at any time. The advantages and disadvantages of both sides should be comparable! It's hard to say who can get Jizhou in the end."

"About this, I would rather hope that Sun Deng would take over Jizhou than Liu Chan. If Liu Chan was allowed to occupy Jizhou, I would be in danger."

"The lord is such a bad word."

"Shizai, why do you say that?"

"Lord, I think it's better to let Cao Rui continue to occupy Jizhou. With Cao Rui here, the lord will be free of worries! As long as Cao Rui does not die for a day, neither Liu Chan nor Sun Deng will cause trouble for us."

Gongsun Yuan nodded, then asked, "As a result, will we and Cao Rui lose their lips and teeth become cold?"

"It seems that this should be the case now." Deng Ai replied.

"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold... Then should we help Cao Rui?"

"Of course, you need to help, but lord, don't forget that if we help Cao Rui, it would be like offending the Han and the Eastern Wu sides all at once, and in exchange for helping Cao Rui get more time. It's not worth it. So this gang can't help it openly."

"Shizai, you mean..."

"Cao Rui lost the two states of Youbing, and also cut off the source of the war horses. The lord can send people to Yecheng to sell some war horses and Cao Rui." Deng Ai replied.

"Yeah, a good idea! I have some war horses in Liaodong! I will send Guan Gong to Yecheng now."

...

Qingzhou, Donglai County.

After receiving Sun Deng's order, Sima Yi immediately began to build a large port in Donglai.

Both generations of Zang Ai and his son were governors in Qingzhou, and their connections were naturally not comparable to others. Zhuge Dan was a great family in Langya. Under the mobilization of Zang Ai and Zhuge Dan, tens of thousands of civilians were summoned in a short time. In addition, it is winter now, and the military farming soldiers in Qingxu and two prefectures had nothing to do, so they were transferred to Donglai to build a port.

For Sima Yi, the construction of Donglai Port one day earlier would be able to control the powerful naval army in Jiangdong one day earlier.

Lu Xun had already returned to Shouchun, and the Jiangdong army was also starting to gather towards Qingzhou. Jiangdong's posture was obviously preparing to attack Qingzhou.

On the other hand, the Han army also gathered in Bingzhou and Guandu respectively. Winter is the dry season of the Yellow River, so it is much more convenient for the army to cross the Yellow River from Guandu to go to Huguan than to go to Bingzhou to get out of Huguan.

The focus of the world was once again focused on Jizhou. Whether it was the Han Dynasty or the Eastern Wu, they all looked at Jizhou with a covetous look, hoping to swallow this tempting piece of fat meat in one bite.

However, at this time, the fat piece of Jizhou was not ready to surrender.

Yecheng, the imperial palace.

Cao Shuang stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I'll report that the Eastern Wu army has begun to gather in Qingzhou. Moreover, Sima Yi built a big port in Donglai, and it seems that he is preparing to advance by water and land."

Cao Rui waved his hand mechanically. These days, he would hear some bad news more or less every day. Cao Rui had already gotten used to it.

"Your Majesty, in the past month, all townships and counties have recruited 100,000 soldiers. As long as you give me three months, you can train to form an army." Cao Shuang continued.

The recruitment Cao Shuang mentioned was of course compulsory. After the Battle of Guandu, Jizhou had recovered its vitality after more than 20 years of rest and recuperation. It was not difficult to recruit 100,000 people.

Cao Rui nodded mechanically again. Although there were a lot of 100,000 people, it was not much compared to the army of the Han Dynasty and the Eastern Wu.

"Your Majesty, I think that if I use the power of Jizhou, I can recruit another 200,000 troops! Now that the enemy is in front of me, I ask your Majesty to allow me to continue recruiting people and resist foreign enemies!" Cao Shuang continued.

"Another 200,000 yuan is it? Are we enough food and supplies?"

"Don't worry, your Majesty, Jizhou has saved a lot of food and grass over the years. Take the granaries of all sizes near Yecheng for example. They are all full, and it is more than enough to raise an army of 200,000." Cao Shuang replied.

"Yeah..." Cao Rui pondered for a moment, and at this time he could only be a silence.

"It's a pity that Gongsun Yuan's thief actually attacked Youzhou. Otherwise, I could have trained tens of thousands of cavalry. If there were tens of thousands of cavalry and searching for the coast of Yuleling, I wouldn't be afraid of the Jiangdong Navy." Cao Shuang sighed and said.

"Damn Gongsun Yuan, he actually bit his back at this time. He was really an unfamiliar wolf. If he had known this, he would have pacified Liaodong early in the past..." A trace of fierceness flashed in Cao Rui's eyes.

At this time, Wang Chang walked in from outside and came close to Cao Rui.

"Your Majesty, Gongsun Yuan from Liaodong sent an envoy." Wang Chang said.

"Envoy, Gongsun Yuan is a wolf-spoken. It will be no good for sending an envoy to come. I won't see you, so I will bomb the envoy away!"

"Your Majesty, no!"

"What's wrong? I haven't killed him, I've given him a great face."

"Your Majesty, this time it's different. Gongsun Yuan sent Guan Ning this time."

"Guan Ning, but that Beihai Guan Ning?" Cao Rui asked hurriedly.

"Not bad, it's him!"

"Uh, that's it..." Cao Rui nodded. Guan Ning was a famous scholar in the world. He has been famous for decades. It is not like he can be knocked away by just being beaten away.
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