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At the same time, hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou benefited collectively, and almost every household was allocated more than ten acres of fertile land or a house; and more than [-] refugees who fled to Xuzhou also received tangible benefits, and all of them were properly settled. Resettlement, and quickly solve food and clothing, and settle down safely.

At the end of July, the new governor of Xuzhou arrived, and all county officials were replaced. The new county guards and county magistrates took office almost at the same time as the governor.Just as Jia Xu and Guo Jia guessed before, the new governor of Xuzhou is not Chen Gong, nor Chen Gui or Mi Zhu and other Xuzhou veterans, but the former Shuozhou prefect Zhang Ji Zhang Derong.

At the same time, Xuzhou's highest military officer and governor Zhang Ji took office together.Unexpectedly, the chief general of the three armies in Xuzhou was not any of the generals who followed Li Li to fight in Xuzhou this time, but a veteran general from Xiliang who was ordered to come over, Guo Si, a general of Zhenyuan who was better than the Sangong.

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Chapter 112

The sky was clear and white clouds were floating in the blue sky. Two rows of wild geese flew across the sky and flew south.

The mountains are majestic, the water is graceful, the mountains and rivers are lush and green, and the mountains and rivers are picturesque.

Mid-autumn and August is the most prosperous season of the year, and it is also the transitional season between prosperity and bleakness.

On the official road from Yuzhou to Sili, teams of war cavalry rode horses galloping, followed by hundreds of thousands of armored infantry, stretching for more than [-] miles, with flags and flags all over the way. The army is powerful.

This is the Xiliang army that withdrew from Xuzhou to Sili.

However, not all of the more than [-] infantry and cavalry were from the Xiliang Army. Nearly [-]% of the sergeants were soldiers from Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and the remaining [-]% ​​were from the Yangzhou Army. Ten percent, and all cavalry.

It has been two full months since the troops were dispatched to Xuzhou in June.At first, the Xiliang army conquered the whole of Xuzhou in only half a month, and easily took down the six counties of Xuzhou. However, after the war, Xuzhou was only calm for about ten days before it became turbulent again. .It was not until ten days ago that Xuzhou calmed down completely.

However, when Xuzhou really stabilized, it was devastated, as if after a large-scale all-out war, it was a depressed scene.For this reason, after repeated deliberation, Li Li resolutely decided to dispatch the most intelligent and capable civil servants and military generals to serve in Xuzhou. The civil servants governed the state and county and restored people's livelihood;

Under Li Li's rule, there were not a few civil servants with the best ability to govern states and counties, and most of them had already taken on heavy responsibilities.He has no time for a clone, and the most suitable person by his side is Chen Gong, Chen Gongtai who has lived in Xuzhou for a long time.However, Chen Gong not only had deep conflicts with the Xuzhou gentry.He also has close contacts with some gentry, and there are many former officials of his disciples in Xuzhou.So Li Li excluded Chen Gong without hesitation, and did not consider it. Although he never doubted Chen Gong's loyalty and had a solid relationship with him by marriage, he still thought it was not suitable for Chen Gong to stay in Xuzhou.

When Li Li was thinking about the candidate for governor of Xuzhou, Li Zhi sent a volume of political achievement letters compiled by Liangzhou government affairs every six months, which caught his attention.No, to be precise, let him attach great importance to it.Immediately, a best candidate jumped into view.The bamboo slips in his hand clearly recorded Zhang Ji, the prefect of Shuozhou, whose political achievements ranked first among the counties under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou for five consecutive years, and he was called "the first prefect of Liangzhou".

This Zhang Ji, who has won the championship for five consecutive years, has been in Li Li's sight since the moment.It has always been his focus.

When Shuozhou was first built.In order to choose the first prefect, Li Li also spent a lot of time thinking. He went through all the capable officials who were good at governing the state and county under his rule, but he still couldn't find the most suitable prefect candidate.Just when he was hesitating, Li Xuan recommended Zhang Ji, the county magistrate of Hongnong County, as the prefect of Hongnong, and Zhang Ji officially entered Li Li's sight.When he called Zhang Ji to his side for a little school examination, he immediately made a decision to let Zhang Ji be the first prefect of Shuozhou to manage the vast area including Saishanghetao.

It was his first year as the prefect of Shuozhou.Zhang Ji ranked first among the counties in Liangzhou in the year-end performance appraisal, and he still ranked first in the second year.to this end.Li Li was skeptical about Zhang Ji's continuous ranking of the first place in his political performance; after all, Shuozhou was a newly-built county, except for the county where Shuozhou was located, there were not even a few decent cities, and it was really poor and empty.The minimum infrastructure has become a vacuum, let alone others?What's more, in this era of farming in the true sense, there is absolutely no shortcut. You must work hard on the ground to support your family, and the speed of development is extremely slow.

Therefore, after the end of the Sili War, Li Li personally took his family members to inspect Bingzhou, Shuozhou, Liangzhou and other counties.Facts have proved that Zhang Ji's political achievements can stand the test, the real achievements, no falsification, no trace of moisture.

Since then, the name of Zhang Ji has been kept in Li Li's mind. He will pay extra attention to Zhang Ji's political achievements every six months and at the end of the year.Reluctantly, for more than a year now, Li Li has been immersed in the complicated wars all day long, and even forgot the existence of Zhang Ji for a while. When considering candidates for state governors, he always habitually focused on the current state governors. Thus ignoring that Zhang has the political ability that is not lost to any governor.

Therefore, when Li Li decided to promote Zhang Ji as governor of Xuzhou, he suddenly realized that the scroll of bamboo slips sent by Li Zhi was too timely, and there must be something tricky in it.Under questioning, Li Zhi told the truth without any concealment, and betrayed Jia Xu and Guo Jia.Because this book was transferred from Jia Xu Feiying's letter from Chang'an General's Mansion, and then Guo Jia handed it to Li Zhi, entrusting him to present it to Li Li at an appropriate time.

It goes without saying that Jia Xu and Guo Jia also took great pains in selecting the governor of Xuzhou. After careful consideration, they jointly recommended Zhang Ji as the governor of Xuzhou.This coincided with Li Li's final decision.

As for the selection of the main general to be in Xuzhou, Li Li did not act arbitrarily, but discussed repeatedly with Jia Xu, Guo Jia and Chen Gong many times.In fact, Li Li already had a suitable candidate in mind, and that person was Zhou Yu who was stationed in Hanoi County.And Li Li has already thought about Zhou Yu's position as governor of the Jianghuai River after he takes command of Xuzhou. Huainan King".

But Li Li still has some doubts about this.First, Zhou Yu has always been good friends with Jiangdong Sun Ce, and asked him to lead troops to garrison the states and counties on the north bank of the Yangtze River. His main opponents are Jiangdong Sun Ce and Jingzhou Liu Biao.Second, judging from the current situation, the main opponent of the generals in Xuzhou is Cao Cao who occupies Yanzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou, and Zhou Yu was defeated by Cao Cao in the previous battle of Yecheng.The third and most important point is that the great defeat in Ye City has not gone away. Zhou Yu is a guilty body. Convincing.

Li Li's concerns are by no means groundless.In the ensuing deliberations, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and Chen Gong raised all of them without omission.As a result, Zhou Yu was excluded and not considered.Except for Zhou Yu.Many generals in the Xiliang Army have the ability to sit in Xuzhou, such as Bocai, Zhao Yun, Huan Fei, and Xu Chu, who are all senior generals in the army, can be alone, and there is no problem stationing in Xuzhou.

However, the world is not unified, and there will be many big battles in the future that will require them, generals who are capable of fighting, to charge forward. If they are placed in Xuzhou.It seems that the pearl is covered with dust.The most important thing is that if these generals were to sit in Xuzhou, Li Li would not grant them the right to lead the 30 Jianghuai army; because they did not have the commander-in-chief talent of Zhou Yu.It can only be in charge of one side, but it cannot be in charge of the three armies, taking into account all the states and counties on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

After much deliberation, Guo Jia finally recommended Guo Si, the general of Zhenxi in Liangzhou, as the general of Xuzhou.This proposal was supported by Jia Xu.And Li Li also felt that it was time to use this Xiliang veteran general who had been hidden for a long time, so he readily agreed.As a result, Guo Si was used again, and Li Li appointed him General Zhenyuan, whose position was equivalent to that of General Zhenxi, but his salary and title were much higher than before, comparable to that of Sangong.At the same time, Li Li appointed Ji Ling as General Pingnan and Guo Bang's deputy.In addition, generals such as Hou Cheng and Lei Bo also stayed in the Xuzhou army.

Therefore, when Li Li led the army to withdraw from Xuzhou.More than [-]% of the civil and military personnel under Xuzhou's rule have been replaced, and all officials from other states and counties have been transferred across the border.It is worth mentioning that Chen Gui, Chen Deng, Mi Fang, Cao Bao, Zang Ba, Wei Xu, Xu Yi and other Xuzhou civil and military personnel all returned to Sili with Li Li, and then dispatched and resettled them.

Sili, the mansion of Yin in Luoyang.

At the entrance of the main hall, a group of civil servants and military generals left the hall one after another, and soon they will embark on a new journey with the official credentials issued by the General's Mansion.

In the just-concluded military and political discussions, Li Li made extensive adjustments to the governing counties and battalion generals, and issued a ban on customs closures.

Just when the few remaining princes in the world thought that after Li Li captured Xuzhou, he would point his finger at Cao Cao in Jizhou again and mobilize heavy troops to attack Jizhou or Yanzhou. However, Li Li resolutely decided to take a break from the whole army. Except for sudden wars, there will be no more wars in the next year or three.

At the same time, Li Li promulgated a ban on customs closures: the prefectures and counties, namely Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Sili, Bingzhou, Youzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, part of Yangzhou and half of Hanzhong, completely blocked access to Yanzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou. All roads are allowed to enter and not allowed to exit.

In addition, Li Li specifically stated that, for the whole territory to cultivate and thrive, governing the prefectures and counties will be the first priority, and the second is to reorganize the army.

For this reason, Li Li ordered that all the cavalry battalions that participated in the Battle of Jizhou before, except for the Jinyiwei and Wuwei battalions, go to Bingzhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, and Yongzhou to rest and reorganize, replenish troops on the spot, and drill the new army.Moreover, Li Li clearly and unmistakably stated that all frontier soldiers and horses are allowed to wait for an opportunity to attack and wipe out all remaining enemies around the border. In case of major battles, they must report to the Chang'an General's Palace in time for reinforcements.

After the order to rest and reorganize the entire army was issued, what followed was a large-scale adjustment of the state governors, county guards, and battalion generals.

Li Li ordered: Lu Su was promoted to be the governor of Huainan, and he was also the governor of Yuzhou. Ma, stationed in Hefei; ordered Bocai to guard Nanyang.

Guo Jia was promoted to be the governor of Sili, leading the generals of the Chinese army, and the generals of Sili and Bingzhou, and stationed troops in Hanoi County; appointed Chen Gong as the governor of Sili, and led the general of the division; appointed Ju Yi as the governor of Jizhou, and formed [-] soldiers. He went to the camp first, and stationed troops in Changshan and Zhongshan; Xu Rong served as the governor of Youzhou.The generals of the remaining battalions have also been adjusted, so I won't give a detailed list for now.

At the same time, Li Li appointed Xu Yi as the governor of Hedong, Chen Deng as the governor of Zuo Fengling, Chen Gui as the chief secretary of the General's Mansion, and all other Xuzhou generals were placed in the battalions and promoted.

At this point, the three-year-long battle for the Central Plains came to an end. Although Li Li suffered a disastrous defeat on the Hebei battlefield, he still captured most of the Central Plains states and counties. Among the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, he monopolized seven and a half states, and already owned half of the country. The power is growing stronger and stronger.

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Chapter 113 Take Feng Xian out to relax

Chang'an, the General's Mansion.

After more than two years of absence, Li Li finally led the army back to Chang'an, returned to his mansion again, and reunited with his subordinates, civil servants, and family members.

From the beginning when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, Li Li led his army to fight in the Central Plains. After that, he formed an alliance of princes, conquered Youzhou in the east, attacked Yuan Shu in the south, fought fiercely in Hebei, and pacified Xuzhou. He did not return to Chang'an until two years later in mid-autumn.

During this period, the brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were defeated one after another, Gongsun Zan died generously, and Lu Bu held his hands.

And Li Li also suffered his first major defeat since the war. He was defeated in Yecheng, causing the entire Hebei battlefield to lose all fronts.

It is worth mentioning that this was the first defeat between Li Li and Cao Cao in several confrontations, which directly endangered his own life.Before that, he had also pushed Cao Cao to a desperate situation, but was finally escaped by Cao Cao.And before the fiasco of Ye City, Cao Cao pulled back a round and also trapped Li Li in the city, but in the end Li Li broke through the siege and escaped.Since then, the two sides have pushed each other into desperation one after another, but in the end they all missed. There is a win and a loss for each other, which can be regarded as a tie.

After Li Li implemented the ban on customs closures, the war situation in the Central Plains stabilized, the smoke of war dissipated, and the people in various states finally ushered in a long-lost peaceful life.

At the same time, more than [-]% of the Xiliang Army's troops were concentrated in the four prefectures and counties of Sili, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Xuzhou, firmly trapping Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou under Cao Cao's rule. , completely isolated from the outside world.From then on, it was easy for the secret operations under Cao Cao's account to go to Li Li's rule, but it was quite difficult to think out after entering.The caravan under Cao Cao's rule was also trapped in the territory.It is no longer possible to communicate with other states and counties, let alone inquire about news for Cao Cao.

It stands to reason that the customs ban is a double-edged sword.Being able to stab the opponent and also hurt oneself can be said to be a mixed success, and no one can take advantage of it.However, the customs closure ban issued by Li Li this time was only aimed at Cao Cao, and did not prohibit the roads and waterways leading to Jingzhou, Yizhou and Jiangdong.This has been a protracted war of attrition ever since.The comparison is the war potential and material reserves of the prefectures and counties under the rule of both sides.

Fighting consumption, on the surface, Cao Cao is not timid.After all, it will take some time for him to consolidate Jizhou.It will take a long time to form a war cavalry and strengthen its strength.Not so.While he was developing and growing, the army under Li Li's rule was also growing rapidly, and the speed of development was definitely not worse than that of Cao Cao.On the contrary, it is at least twice as fast as Cao Cao's development speed.

The reason.Just two words: capital.

Today, Li Li has occupied seven states and counties, with a vast territory and a large population, and he firmly controls all the border counties and grasslands that are rich in war horses.

In terms of the wealth of prefectures and counties alone, Jizhou is indeed rich, but Yuzhou and Xuzhou under Li Li's rule are no worse than Jizhou.What's more, since the Chang'an Rebellion.There is no more war between Liangzhou and Yongzhou, and they have developed steadily for nearly eight years.Its wealth is more than that of Jizhou, if not less.

In terms of population, Jizhou is the largest prefecture in the Central Plains, with a population of 500 million; however, [-]% of the prefectures and counties with the largest population in the Han Dynasty were ruled by Li Li.In addition, Li Li successively wiped out the Qiang tribes entrenched in Yongliang and Liangzhou, the Xiaoyue clan and some small countries in the Western Regions, destroyed the Southern Huns, and pacified the major tribes in the north, including the most powerful Xianbei and Wuhuan. tribe.Therefore, long before the Sili War, there were tens of millions of people under Li Li's rule, but now the population is not what it used to be.

It was precisely because of the extermination of the surrounding tribes and many barbarians, and occupied half of the country, that Li Li issued a ban on customs closures, specifically targeting Cao Cao, and wanted to fight a war of attrition with him.This is like a fight between my own brothers. Although Li Li is much younger than Cao Cao, he is the eldest brother; Brothers compete.

It's just that Li Li's current opponent is far more than Cao Cao, and there are three extremely stubborn and powerful enemies watching him.Therefore, he is now blocking the checkpoint, in fact, to isolate Cao Cao from joining forces with several other princes. It can not only trap Cao Cao, but also cut off the connection between him and other princes, so as to avoid being attacked by the enemy.

Of course, the customs ban is by no means a long-term solution, at most it is considered a stopgap measure, a temporary emergency.Once Cao Cao takes the lead in attacking, it is possible to break through the blockade and break the deadlock.In this regard, Li Li had expected that the purpose of the customs closure ban was to trap people if they could, and if they couldn't, Cao Cao must take the initiative to attack.

As long as Cao Cao is the first to break the deadlock, then Li Li can win the strategic initiative.In the case that he has enough strategic depth, he will try his best to make Cao Jun rush out and never go back, and then win the overall initiative. Maybe he can also give Cao Cao a siege to help him, so that he can also taste the feeling of being attacked by the enemy. ; Just like Dian Wei, Zhou Yu and others in the battle of Yecheng that day, they were surrounded by Cao Cao to fight for aid, suffered a lot and suffered heavy casualties.