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.

As it concerns the safety of the entire Youzhou, Zhang Yu dare not be sloppy 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 there were no places that ran, 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 Xiongnu sent someone to notify Yu Fuluo early on of the situation here.

After Yu Fuluo found out about the situation, he asked Zhang Yu to cooperate well, and asked Zhang Yu for some benefits by the way.

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 way.

After making arrangements, Zhang Yu returned to New Peking City.

At this time, the New Peiping City had been completely built, both inside and outside.

It is really a majestic city, one is an important military town and an economic center, and it is also a big city with a population of over one million.

There are not many such a city in the whole world.

Luoyang has fallen, and only Yecheng in Jizhou and two cities in Jiangdong can be compared.

The royal city in Jiangdong will undoubtedly become a super metropolis in the future. Although the current population is still relatively small, less than one million, there will be more ranas going there in the future.

The other is an open city, that is Shanghai in later generations. At this time, the area is not very stable. Zhang Yu has not started large-scale construction, but he is not in love. When Xuzhou stabilizes, Zhang Yu will definitely build it into a city. A super big city.

Back in New Peiping, 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, this Yuan Shao is looking for children from aristocratic families, ordinary people will not be reused, and the content of the examination cannot really select talents. , Most of the people who can only be selected 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 came to the test with half and half.

More than 10,000 people from both sides participated, and their influence was far inferior to Jiangdong's imperial examination.

Not only Jiangdong has trained tens of thousands of candidates, but there are tens of thousands of candidates from other places.

Although they lack influence, they can also recruit some talents.

After Zhou Yu and Sun Ce returned to Changsha, they also began to prepare, and the imperial examination will 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 the information and began to focus on the military.

"According to the analysis, in two or three months, Yuan Shao will be ready to attack Cao Cao." Zhang Yu said.

"My lord, we in Youzhou can mobilize up to 200,000 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.

"Two hundred thousand is enough." Zhang Yu said confidently.

He was sure that 200,000 would be 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.

The richest state under Jizhou, 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 drawn by Zhang Yu is impressively from Youzhou to Yecheng, Jizhou, and the route of attacking 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.

Zhang Yu took the risk entirely because he was interested in Jizhou's wealth.

Attacking Jizhou or Yecheng is no longer a simple adventure.

"This is a backup plan, but you must also arrange for people to study it carefully to study the route and possible situations. If conditions permit, I will attack Jizhou first, and then attack Qingzhou."

Judging from Zhang Yu's words, Xi Zhicai judged that although Zhang Yu listed his plan to attack Jizhou as a backup, judging from his posture, he must prepare carefully. If there is a possibility of success, he will take risks.

Taking the risk of attacking Jizhou, or Yecheng, in Xi Zhicai's view, there is no need to take the risk at all.

It is more in Zhang Yu's interest to win Qingzhou with all his strength.

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 situation of the enemy is changing at any time. Once it changes, the route and troop strength will 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 play 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 this typical pot, he looked at others' bowls. Before Yuan Shao and Cao Cao started fighting, Zhang Yu set his sights on Fusang.

But that's what being a leader is all about. You can see far away and leave specific things to your 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 well. Not only did Yuan Shao move, but also the forces around him.

(End of this chapter) The strongest system to control the Three Kingdoms