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Jizhou, Yecheng. This article is based on the first launch of the General's Mansion of Cheqi and Cavalry, which is in the middle, is definitely the best among the many vassal shogunate palaces. It is magnificent, majestic and luxurious, with a domineering attitude than me, showing the kingly spirit.

As the largest state in the Central Plains, Jizhou has a vast territory, abundant resources and rich people, prosperous markets and numerous shops, and its wealth ranks first in the Central Plains. The population exceeds five million, and it jumps to the top of the Han states, which made the princes from all sides look at each other and covet.

Before the Sili War, Yuan Shao of Jizhou held more than 300,000 troops, overwhelming the heroes of the Central Plains, and faintly showed his attitude as the overlord of the Central Plains. His momentum was unprecedented, forcing the heroes of the Central Plains to follow Yuan Shao's horse, and no one dared to touch his edge.

After the Hangu defeat, more than half of Yuan Shao's troops were lost, and his food and supplies were greatly damaged. He squandered all the money and grain accumulated in Jizhou for many years, and his vitality was severely damaged and his strength dropped sharply.

Afterwards, Gongsun Zan, who had been peeping for a long time, took advantage of the situation to launch a large-scale attack, causing the counties and counties of Qingzhou that had already been included in their pockets to be lost again. Many cities fell one after another and their territory shrank sharply. Forced to do so, Yuan Shao had to shrink his troops, defended the city to resist step by step, and then went to camp. After half a year of battle, Yuan Shao of Jizhou finally curbed Gongsun Zan's offensive momentum and turned defense into offense. After several fierce battles, he regained half of the city, swept away the declining momentum, and gradually recovered some vitality.

However, the huge deficits in the Sili War could not be filled, and the shrinking territory was still inevitable. The treasury was empty, the troops were insufficient, and the money, grain and supplies were still in short supply. These problems and difficulties need to be solved urgently, but they were unable to solve them. This caused Yuan Shao, Jizhou to completely lose his former overlord halo, and his overall strength dropped by 40%, which was slightly worse than Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, and was comparable to Cao Cao's strength who recaptured Yanzhou.

Since this, the forces of the various princes in the Central Plains have formed a very subtle situation, with little gap between the forces of all parties, and they are evenly matched. They are in a relatively balanced situation.

Balance means that all forces have the opportunity to grow and grow, and they will restrain each other and restrain each other. What follows is to be wary of each other and eye covetously. If you want to break this delicate balance, you must weaken or completely destroy the power of a certain vassal, forcing others to have no way out. Only then can they develop and grow and stand out and lead the heroes of the Central Plains.

If it were in the past, facing this situation, Yuan Shao would have joined forces with Cao Cao to form an alliance to attack Gongsun Zan of Youzhou. They did this before, but the one who benefited the most was Yuan Shao of Jizhou. Cao Cao could only get some compensation for money, grain and supplies, and did not get any actual benefits or any territory.

However, the current situation in the Central Plains is different from the past. The Xiliang army is on the side, forcing Cao Cao in Yanzhou to dare not act rashly. It is even more impossible to join forces with Yuan Shao to attack Youzhou. In this way, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou is safe for the time being, and Yuan Shao in Jizhou cannot get any help. He can only seek development by himself, try every means to make up for the huge deficit after the Sili defeat, recruit troops, and actively expand his troops to make up for the future and reappear the glory of the past.

Under the mutual restraint of all forces, Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao each focused on their own development and accumulated strength. In this process, the advantages of Jizhou's strong foundation were highlighted, with abundant resources and abundant populations, with a large population, and their development potential and speed were significantly ahead of the surrounding forces. They had a strong development momentum and accumulated strength, which was quite strong.

For more than half a year, while resisting Gongsun Zan's attack, Yuan Shao in Jizhou raised money and grain to recruit soldiers and horses, uniting the major families and powerful gentry in Jizhou, advancing and retreating, sharing honor and disgrace, and sharing interests. The means were endless and linked, and tied the Jizhou families and powerful tying to their own chariots. This allowed Yuan Shao to receive a lot of funding in a very short time, raising countless money, grain and supplies, recruiting troops and horses in large quantities, increasing his strength day by day, and quickly recovering and growing stronger.

By the end of the year, Yuan Shao's troops had expanded to more than 200,000 troops again, surpassing Gongsun Zan of Youzhou again, and capturing most of the counties and counties in Qingzhou again, forcing Gongsun Zan to retreat to defend, recovering most of the strength, and once again ranked first among the princes of the Central Plains. However, although the number of soldiers and horses in Jizhou expanded sharply and were not much different from before the Sili War, their combat effectiveness was far from that of being the same as before, and they were quite stanced to be strong on the outside and work hard on the inside.

At the same time, Yuan Shao also had a large number of civil officials and military generals under his command, and his talents were excellent. Since Yan Liang and Wen Chou were successively lost to the generals of Xiliang, the four cemeteries in Hebei have been incomplete, but it was the battle of Sili that made some buried generals stand out and perform well. Therefore, Yuan Shao's four cemeteries were filled in again, namely Zhang He, Gao Lan, Qian Zhao and Jiang Qi. In addition, in the repeated confrontations with Gongsun Zan, the general of Jizhou Ju Yi made great contributions and turned the tide several times. He was actually a pillar of Jizhou and was indispensable. Therefore, Yuan Shao once praised Ju Yi as the backbone of Jizhou and was actually a talented general. He officially appointed him as the general. He was praised and praised and praised him in the shogunate and rewarded him greatly.

At this point, Ju Yi became the commander of the Jizhou Army after Yuan Shao, and was well-deserved as the No. 1 general of Jizhou, below one person and above ten thousand people. He was successful and famous, and he became the leader of the Jizhou staff.

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Shortly after the end of the year, on the 20th day of the first lunar month, the shogunate of the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry gathered to discuss the major events and summoned civil and military officials to discuss the matter.

When Jizhou's subordinates entered the lobby one after another, Yuan Shao had already sat in the main seat, holding the bamboo slips in his hand, but his eyes were not on the bamboo slips, but staring at Shuai Chou without blinking, frowning, as if he was encountering hesitation and difficult to decide, and was weighing the pros and cons.

After everyone knelt down and bowed, Yuan Shao did not say much, raised his hand and handed the bamboo slips to the attendants, signaling everyone to circulate them in the hall.

After a while, Yuan Shao asked straight in, "Everyone said whether this general was edict or not, should he welcome the emperor and officials to Jizhou? What should he do if he was edicted? What should he do if he was edicted? What should he do if he was edicted?" This question was really straightforward, and he told everyone clearly that he was unable to make a decision. It shows that Yuan Shao's personality changed a lot since Sili's defeat. Not only did he not sink into it, but he became more and more decisive and unambiguous in encountering things, and directly threw it out for everyone to discuss.

At this moment, there were nearly a hundred people sitting on both sides of the hall. The top of the two sides were all civil and military officials who Yuan Shao relied heavily on. The first on the left was Guo Tu, Xu You Qu, followed by Shen Pei, Xin Pi, Xin Ping, Chen Lin and other advisers and staff members; on the right was the lineup of military generals, with the above general Ju Yi as the leader, followed by Yuan Shao's two sons: Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and then dozens of military generals including Sitingzhu.

It is worth mentioning that with Tian Feng and Xun Chen leaving one after another, Guo Tu was bound to be blessed after a disaster. Finally, he got the best of his career and took the position of the head of civil officials, namely Jizhou's Bianzhu, which was deeply trusted by Yuan Shao and was still the arm.

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, Guo Tu closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, without the intention of speaking first. Perhaps he could not understand Yuan Shao's intentions, so he did not want to speak first, so as not to understand that there was a deviation in his intentions and would damage his reputation as a foreigner in Jizhou.

Seeing that Guo Tu remained silent, Xu You, Shen Pei and the Xin brothers had made decisions and were not inconvenient to speak rashly. Then they turned their eyes to the General Ju Yi on the opposite side.

Although General Ju Yi was somewhat unpopular among the members of Jizhou and alone, he was deeply supported by the soldiers and had a high prestige in the army. The most important thing is that he had outstanding achievements and was absolutely first-class in command of military command. In the battles with Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, he was good at using troops and won many battles, and he had no defeat so far. These were all real achievements, which made the officials of Jizhou, who were obsessed with Ju Yi's past record of selling his owners and seeking honor and had no favors, but had to admit that Jizhou could recover quickly after Sili's defeat. Ju Yi made great contributions and could not do without him in commanding troops.

It is now a time of great struggle. This is a breeding ground for heroes and a golden age where military generals lead the trend. Therefore, Ju Yi has a great say in the shogunate discussions and is very important. Even Yuan Shao cannot ignore every word he said. He must consider it carefully and make careful decisions.

"The edict is very clear. The emperor and all officials have left the territory of Xiliang and will arrive in the eastern capital Luoyang soon. Therefore, the edict ordered all the princes to enter the capital to serve the king and discuss the righteous act of attacking Li Li of Xiliang."

Speaking of this, Ju Yi paused and looked up at Yuan Shao, saying respectfully: "The last general thinks that the matter of attacking the Xiliang army mentioned in the edict can be put aside for the time being. The previous lords joined forces with various princes to fight against each other have proved that the princes sent troops but did not work hard, were afraid of their heads and tails, and they had their own ulterior motives, deliberately preserved their strength, and tried to encourage others to fight with the Xiliang army. However, looking at the world, the overlords of the princes who can survive to this day are not mediocre people.

No one is a fool, and he will definitely not do his best to fight with the Xiliang army. Therefore, it is better not to talk about the joint efforts of the princes to fight against Li Li, but whether the eventual success depends on whether the other princes agree to send troops and whether they can unite and join forces to participate in the righteous act." This is the key reason why Ju Yi is not in a good way. He uncovered Yuan Shao's scars in public. Although the facts are the same, if you know some things, you cannot say them in public, otherwise how can the superiors have the face?

Yuan Shao, who was on the upper stairs, had a slightly red cheek, and a strong look of anger flashed in his eyes, and he nodded and said perfunctorily: "Well, what the General said is reasonable. The matter of joining forces to fight against the thieves will not be mentioned. A group of mobs will not be able to help Li thieves. The General continued to talk about the matter of welcoming the emperor and all officials."

Ju Yi clearly saw the anger in Yuan Shao's eyes, but he didn't care and didn't take it seriously. Because he firmly believed that honest words are beneficial to actions, and some words others dare not say, but Ju Yi dared to speak out in a blunt way. If Yuan Shao really listened to it and corrected it accordingly, it would undoubtedly be very beneficial to the entire Jizhou army.

"The lord is wise. As for the matter of welcoming the emperor and all officials, I finally think that this fact is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It is definitely not to be missed. It is inevitable and it is determined to win. The reason why Li Li and his Xiliang army can be as strong as today is because of his achievements in controlling the emperor and all officials. Otherwise, how powerful would he be in just a few years? Therefore, I finally beg the lord not to hesitate and set off quickly, otherwise he would be defeated by other princes, and it would be too late to regret it at that time!"

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