Chapter 1079: The Enlightened Cai Mao

? Zhang Yu took Yanzhou and deployed defenses in Yanzhou.

Later, more than 30,000 soldiers and horses came to support, Zhang Yu only had more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, and Zhao Yun had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to continue to suppress Cao Jun.

But Cao Jun in Luoyang did not dare to come out, Zhang Yu and the others were safe.

When the news of Cao Cao's defeat came. Xuchang Kaicheng surrendered.

Soon Zhang Liao led his army to completely occupy Dongjun.

The entire Yanzhou and Yuzhou were also occupied by Zhang Yu.

Yanzhou is the place where Cao Cao started his family. It is very important to him, but he had to abandon it.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's mistake, Zhang Yu might still be fighting Shouchun at this time, and he definitely didn't come here so soon.

In total, it took Zhang Yu nine months, from spring to winter.

Zhang Yu ordered that Qingzhou and Xuzhou's soldiers and horses leave a small part of the defense, and the rest all move to Yuzhou and re-arrange their defense lines here.

Gao Shun occupied Xuchang, leaving 20,000 people behind, and then led other soldiers and horses to march all the way to join Zhang Yu.

When Gao Shun arrived, Zhang Yu was relieved. They had tens of thousands of troops. If Cao Jun or troops from other directions wanted to kill them, it would be difficult to defend them.

Now that Gao Shun has arrived, those tens of thousands of heavy infantry are a great deterrent.

Zhang Yu didn't expect that the attack on Cao Jun would be so smooth this time, and he would lose hundreds of thousands of troops at any time, but everything was worth it.

"Yanzhou is in a mess, give Zilong more soldiers and horses, and quickly stabilize this place."

"Put up a list to calm the people, and at the same time order those landlords of aristocratic families to hand over their land within a time limit and disband their family members. Once they are found out, they will directly ransack their homes without explaining or being polite."

"In addition, recruit celebrity students, Tekai Enke, and pick up scholars on the spot."

After Gao Shun arrived, Zhang Yu didn't have to worry about the defense here, and could manage Yanzhou well.

The aristocratic families in Yanzhou have already understood that the situation is irreversible, and most of the aristocratic families obediently follow Zhang Yu's request.

Cao Cao was defeated like this,

Who else can they rely on? They can only obediently follow Zhang Yu's request.

There is no way for Zhang Yu to recruit scholars locally. As many talents are needed in the two states, Zhang Yu can deploy some of them from other places, but there are too many people needed, so he can only recruit some of them locally.

At the same time, it will also quickly stabilize Yanzhou, which will play a great role in stabilizing Yanzhou.

"Yanzhou and Yingchuan have a special status for scholars all over the world. Immediately ask the Ministry of Industry to establish an academy in Yingchuan."

"Academy must be at the same level as Jiangdong and Beiping."

Yingchuan has produced too many talents, and the style of study here is also very good.

Zhang Yu needs to build a few more colleges, and Yingchuan is definitely a good choice.

Zhang Liao was still cleaning up the city. Basically, when their army arrived, Cao Jun surrendered.

Cao Jun either ran away early or was waiting to surrender, so there were hardly any battles behind.

The first batch of civil servants also entered Yanzhou. Zhang Yu appointed the county guards and county magistrates, and now gives them great power to quickly stabilize the place.

In winter, when the first snow fell, Zhang Yu had firmly controlled the two states militarily.

In this way, Zhang Yu controlled Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou and Jiaozhou, the territory on the Chinese mainland, and Zhang Yu occupied seven states by himself.

It can be said that Zhang Yu controls more than half of the entire China, and there is no one who can compete with him.

Sun Ce is powerful, less than one state, Cao Cao retreats, at most controls a little more state, Liu Bei also controls one state.

Adding all of them together, the territory is not as large as Zhang Yu's, and the population is not as large as Zhang Yu's.

"The general trend has been achieved, and now we can fight and build at the same time."

With so many territories and such a large population, Zhang Yu can completely fight and build, and the army recruitment can keep up.

After controlling the Central Plains, most people can understand the situation.

"Now, even if the Roman Empire really comes to fight, I have the capital to fight them."

After winning the battle, a new round of expansion begins.

Zhang Yu did not continue to expand the number of troops when he recruited two million troops, but focused on improving the quality of the army.

If you fight too many wars, the combat effectiveness of the army will decrease, so you must train well.

In winter, Zhang Yu was still in Yanzhou, so he stayed in Yingchuan, and Gao Shun was transferred by him to defend the Cao army in Luoyang.

The place has stabilized, and Zhang Yu is slowly handling government affairs.

Zhang Yu ordered Xu Shu to take over Yanzhou and handle government affairs.

Xu Shu is definitely the main force of the young and strong faction. At the beginning of the year, Zhang Yu appointed Zhuge Liang as the governor of a state. Now, taking advantage of the lack of people everywhere, he promoted Xu Shu.

This Xu Shu is doing well in Jizhou, managing very well, Zhang Yu was promoted and reused him.

When Zhang Yu occupied these two states, his relationship with Cai Mao was broken.

Even Cai Hao knows that Zhang Yu's goal is to unify the world, even if he doesn't have a big picture. Before, he thought it was impossible, or not so easy, and he might not necessarily have any conflicts with him for decades.

But Zhang Yu owns seven states and overseas regions, and half of the Yangtze River is controlled by him.

Cai Mao knew that Zhang Yu would call sooner or later, and it would not be too far away.

Cai Mao, who stabs the water, is surrounded by enemies. Thanks to his strong economic strength, and the large population of Jingzhou, he can maintain it for the time being.

He couldn't even beat a Sun Ce who was not as strong as him.

Now that Zhang Yu has controlled Yanzhou, if he goes south to attack Jingzhou, he will be very passive at that time.

Zhang Yu's strength was suddenly so strong that Cai Mao couldn't adapt at all.

A few years ago, the two were still on equal footing, so what qualifications does he have now.

This Zhang Yu has already proclaimed himself emperor, he didn't even dare to proclaim himself king.

"Damn Sun Ce, if I can subdue Sun Ce and annex them, and the two families unite, maybe I can separate one side." Cai Mao thought there.

Cai Mao summoned more than a dozen of his counselors to have a secret talk.

"Now that Zhang Yu is in a great situation, what should we do?" Cai Mao asked.

A counselor said: "My lord, the best way is to form an alliance with Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce to fight Zhang Yu together, but we have enmity with Sun Ce, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei, so I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve."

"Then the inferior solution is to annex Sun Ce. The two territories are united. With Jingzhou's well-developed water system, the defense is naturally no problem. They can form their own kingdom. The subordinates suggest that the lord should become king immediately."

Cai Mao listened to the suggestion of his subordinates and agreed very much. They want several companies to unite. If they don't trust each other at that time, they may fail faster. It is better to grow up by themselves.

But what Cai Mao didn't know was that among his advisers, especially the one he relied on more, were actually from Zhang Yu's side.

Zhang Yu had ambushed so many people at the beginning, almost two of the ten people recruited by Cai Mao were Zhang Yu's people.