The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

The siege battle has reached this point, and there is actually no suspense.In winter, they are cold, just like the soldiers guarding the city.The combat effectiveness has dropped significantly, but they still encountered this level of violent siege.

The result of unequal combat power is that there is no room for resistance, and the city has fallen.

"General, the casualties have been counted." An hour later, Cao Cao finished his work and went forward to report, "33 of our side were killed and more than 300 were injured...most of them were from Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu's troops."

In fact, you can be more confident and remove "mostly".There will be some soldiers who are broken through the armor and then slightly injured, but they will not be fatal. Therefore, among the more than 300 people, there will be [-] to [-] soldiers with minor injuries. This is the reason why Cao Cao said that.

In other words, those who died in battle were all soldiers of Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu's troops.

"It's also expected..." Liu Tao nodded, "The whole army will rest for a day tomorrow, and will continue to attack other counties the day after tomorrow. It's just that I won't be directly involved in the future, is it okay? Prefect Cao?"

"Your subordinate obeys orders!" Cao Cao immediately replied, Anyi County had already been captured, and he, the prefect of Hedong, deserved his name.

"The defenders here, those who can surrender will be merged into your command, and the supplies from Terminal City will be transported over later. You can do what you want in Hedong. If you can't beat it, you can retreat to Xihe or Shangdang." Liu Tao reminded.

"Your subordinates will definitely make Hedong as solid as gold!" Cao Cao hastily promised.

"Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Now Hedong County is in a wasteland. If you want to talk about manpower and supplies, there may be a shortage. If Dong Zhuo's main force goes northward, if you can't beat it, a strategic retreat is also a means." Liu Tao shook. Shaking his head, "Before I leave, I will send you a sentence: 'If you save people and lose land, all people and land will survive. If you save land and lose people, all people and land will be lost'."

"Subordinates are taught!" Cao Cao had obviously heard the meaning of this sentence.

Seeing that the midwinter is getting closer and closer, you can't go out for too long. One month is the limit. Looking at the situation now, half a month has almost reached the limit.

Liu Tao was not interested in challenging the limit, so he almost left.The territory is given to Cao Cao, how to fight, how to appease, and how to manage it is a headache for him.After he has calmed down here, he will take over what he did in Bingzhou and pick peaches.

"Wenhe, I didn't expect us to meet like this." After Cao Cao went down, Liu Tao turned his attention to Jia Xu, "You didn't respond to the letter I sent to Luoyang earlier, which made me feel a little uncomfortable."

Whether it is Li Ru or Jia Xu, he thinks that it is the most suitable to manage the existence of Jinyiwei.However, Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law. From his own position, it is estimated that it will be difficult to keep him, so Jia Xu does not intend to give up.

"I didn't expect the general to be so concerned. It's Jia's fault." Jia Xu didn't make any excuses, but just pleaded guilty.Fear must be fear, but he knows better that what Liu Tao said means that the other party still values ​​him very much.

"I established a personal guard army called Jinyiwei. This personal guard is also responsible for supervising the officials under my command, but unfortunately, I do not lack excellent generals, but I lack one. They are proficient in intelligence processing and calculations, but they are not A subordinate who forms a clique with others." Liu Tao looked at Jia Xu.

This job must be extremely offensive... Jia Xu really wanted to complain about this kind of deceitful job, but she had the nerve to leave it to him. She didn't know that the last thing she wanted was to make enemies everywhere and make herself very dangerous?

He even felt that Liu Tao did it on purpose, just because he knew him so well.

"I plan to appoint Wen He as the commander of Jinyiwei, but I wonder if Wen He can help me?" Liu Tao got up and asked.

"I would like to work for the general." Jia Xu felt that he had no choice but that others were fine, but Liu Tao was a disciple of the Xian family, especially when he just staged a move, the method of shooting Niu Fu to death at a distance of nearly four hundred steps was really impressive. One cannot resist.

"Well, Zhang Xiu and Zhang Ji, you two will return to Bingzhou with me, and I will arrange for you later." Seeing that Jia Xu agreed, Liu Tao looked at Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncles and nephews.

"Here!" The two responded, actually somewhat happy, going to Bingzhou is definitely better than staying in Hedong.

It's just that they didn't know that Liu Tao didn't plan to keep them in Bingzhou, and he probably sent them to Liangzhou next year.Ma Teng currently only occupies Jincheng County, barely becoming a separatist warlord.

It was the period of hard work. At this time, their two uncles and nephews passed by, and they had to suffer for a few years.

However, if Liangzhou can be brought down, then its contribution is obviously beyond doubt.At that time, no one can stop them. It can be said that their two uncles and nephews have gains and losses.

Whether it is a dragon or a worm, you still have to perform well to know.Of course, Liu Tao didn't care too much about this. His initial idea was to use the identity of his second uncle and nephew Wuwei Zhang to monitor and supervise Ma Teng so as not to lose control.

On the third day, Cao Cao took his army and began to attack cities and lands everywhere. Perhaps it was because Anyi County was beaten down. The magistrates of all counties basically left the city and surrendered.

During this period, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came over and said that all the counties north of Fenshui had been conquered.After confirming this matter, Liu Tao did not stay long, and went north directly before Cao Cao came back.

Before going north, he made a small appointment, appointing Wei Zi as the governor of Hedong County.The latter also understood the significance of his appointment and naturally accepted it with pleasure.And I promise that I will 'assist' Cao Cao and manage Hedong County well.

As for the establishment of Pingyang County and the appointment of the prefect, we have to wait for Liu Tao to return to Bingzhou before making plans.At present, it is temporarily under the jurisdiction of the governor of Hedong, even though this place was originally under the rule of Hedong County.

Maybe it's winter, or maybe it's not enough supplies, Dong Zhuo's main force didn't go north after all.Liu Tao didn't care if Dong Zhuo threw things around in Luoyang, anyway, it's clear what's out of sight.

With Hedong County, he also has a base on the front line, and it will also become an important food production area under his command.The next step is to take down Hanoi County by the way when I come back while asking for Dong, and it will be perfect.

"My lord, welcome back..." When returning to Bingzhou, Xun Yu personally brought the officials out to greet him.

"Bingzhou has worked hard here..." Liu Tao laughed, and really didn't dare to look at Xun Yu...

Chapter 422 The Blizzard Strikes

Xun Yu didn't seem to have any intention of blaming him, which eased the atmosphere very well.Liu Tao also pretended that he didn't know anything, and did whatever he wanted.

After resting for a few days, Liu Tao called Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew to tell them the arrangement.

It was also the first time that the two knew that the traitor Ma Teng entrenched in Jincheng County had been subdued by Liu Tao.But now, what Liu Tao asked was for the two of them to go over and join Ma Teng's command, and cooperate with him in attacking Liangzhou while monitoring each other.

"When you are under Ma Teng's command, how far you can get mixed up depends on your ability..." Liu Tao looked at Zhang Ji, "Of course I can also give you some guaranteed appointments. Of course, at least you will not be so passive. Which one do you choose?"

Zhang Ji's words naturally felt more secure, but he felt that Liu Tao hoped that he would choose the former.Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "The subordinate chooses to be promoted based on his ability!"

He may not be able to, but his nephew is definitely capable of becoming the first person under Ma Teng.On the contrary, if the bottom line is guaranteed, it will limit his room for improvement, which is not good.

Even if because of this, his room for advancement is limited, it doesn't matter, whether it's Zhang Ji or Zhang Xiu, aren't they all from the Zhang family?

"Your old department, I will hand it over to you, and the materials will also be given to you to get there, and the cost you need. The rest, you can solve it by yourself." Liu Tao nodded, but the part of the materials given, it is estimated that Xun Xun I will have some opinions to some extent.

"When everything is finished, the subordinates will leave immediately!" Zhang Ji nodded.

"Don't worry, don't rush... Seeing that it's the middle of winter, we can go there in the spring of next year. It's easy to go wrong in the winter." Liu Tao said with a smile. This winter is especially cold, so he has to urge some counties to do a good job. Work against the cold.

He didn't want the population to drop by more than [-]% after one winter.

It is impossible not to drop at all. The kang has not yet been fully promoted in Bingzhou, and fuel costs are also the biggest burden for ordinary families.Although coal has been mined, coal stoves and briquettes have not been popularized yet...

After one winter, it is estimated that some elderly people and children will be difficult to guarantee.

After arranging accommodation for Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu, Liu Tao also started to devote himself to work.

Two days later, the coldest part of winter began to arrive, and the sky was filled with snow and snow, which soon made this world covered with snow.The heavy snow lasted for three days, and just after the fourth day stopped, Liu Tao had to organize the whole process of snow shoveling.

The key is to count the losses of the whole city. He still remembers that in the spring of 184, the house of Lao Fang's family in Zhuo County was crushed and collapsed.

The old man was crushed under the ruins, and the two children were exposed to the wind and snow and shivered, their faces turning an unhealthy purple.The old Fang's family didn't have many warm clothes, and the situation at that time was very bad.

The neighbors helped as much as possible, but most of the house collapsed, and what brought Lao Fang's family was deep despair.

The heavy snow this year was really terrible, so terrible that the door could not be opened. There was a thick layer of snow outside the gate of the mansion, and it took a lot of effort to clear an area.

In the end, Liu Tao had to transfer all his soldiers to help clear the snow, cut down trees, and exchange wood with the wood merchants to repair the houses for the refugees.The whole process lasted from the end of the year to the second day of the Lunar New Year, and Liu Taocai and his family enjoyed a brief warmth.

"I thought building a house was just a matter of cutting down trees and cutting them. I didn't expect it to be so troublesome..." Liu Tao sighed.

"If the wood is not dry, it can't become wood." Cai Yan laughed.

The wood that has just been cut has moisture, so it needs to be air-dried or dried to remove moisture before it can be used as wood.Timber merchants are not called wood merchants. In fact, it means that timber is a processed product, not pure wood.

After drying, the wood will not be easily deformed and cracked, and at the same time, the life of the wood will be improved.Whether it is air-dried or dried, it will take time, so Liu Tao can think of the best way to exchange logs for wood.