Almost a month later, just as Cao Cao was concentrating on preparing to recapture Wancheng, news came from Youzhou.

Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi and Wuhuan formed a bloody alliance and began to loot the surrounding cities, which was difficult to resist in Youzhou.

"The remnants of the Yuan family, it's really hateful!" Cao Cao received the news, and his face suddenly became ugly.

Xun Yu opened his mouth and said: "Sikong, the influence of the Yuan family is still there, and I can't help but pay attention to it." "

As Xun Yu said, the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family have a lot of influence in H Bei, even if Yuan Shao is dead now, it is difficult for his sons to become a climate, but this influence is still deep-rooted.

Cao Cao also understands this, Jingzhou can be requisitioned at any time, but the Yuan family can't sit idly by, once they are allowed to resurrect, then the headache will be Cao Cao himself.

By that time, it may take years to exterminate it.

Which is more important, you can see at a glance.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and said, "Order Yu Ban and Zhang Liao to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses, and be sure to recapture Wancheng." After the beginning of spring next year, an army of 100,000 will conquer the remnants of the Yuan clan!"

"Wow!" Xun Yu responded, feeling a little more relieved.

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At this time in Nanyang, the work of relocating people was proceeding in an orderly manner.

On the banks of the Baihe River, there are warships carrying the people every day, heading down the river towards Jingzhou.

In addition to transporting by boat, Liu Jue also sent soldiers to escort the people and go south on foot.

Two months have passed, and during this time, Gan Ning and Wenpin have captured more than ten cities in Nanyang County and plundered all the population and materials.

So far, 200,000 people have migrated to Jingzhou and then been assigned to sparsely populated counties.

This is a big project, fortunately Liu Biao sent someone to help, otherwise it would be a mess.

The current Wancheng has long been gone, and the people in the city have already migrated to Jiangxia.

Of course, there were many complaints during the period, but Liu Jue didn't care so much, whether these people were willing or not, the steel knife was put on the neck, and if they didn't want to, they had to go obediently.

Liu Jue was like a locust, and he ransacked the entire Nanyang.

Now in the entire Nanyang County, there is not a single person, and those villages are not taken care of by Liu Jue, after all, the population is too small, and some locations are still very remote.

Therefore, Liu Jue's eyes only fell on those counties.

In addition to the population, Liu Jue also received two million stone of grain.

Part of it is from the people, these are to be returned, and the other part is from the local wealthy family in Nanyang.

These wealthy families are very stubborn, and if they don't cooperate, they will not be fine, and they will oppose Liu Jue everywhere.

Of course, Liu Jue would not get used to them, and he was even very happy in his heart, and directly asked his subordinates to snatch these wealthy clans away.

Liu Jue was surprised by the results obtained, the grain in the hands of these wealthy families was even more than the people combined, a full 1.2 million stones.

Liu Jue couldn't help but want to scold at that time, so he felt even less burdened.

In addition to food, Liu Jue also obtained a lot of soldiers, and when he went to Wancheng, he collected more than 1,000 on the way, 3,000 defenders in Wancheng, and the defenders of the surrounding cities.

Scattered and scattered, there are as many as 7,000.

These soldiers are all brave and good at fighting, as long as they break up the formation and train a little, they can immediately participate in the battle.

And Zhuge Liang came with news that he also had more than 3,000 soldiers in his hands, which had been sent to Jiangxia and handed over to Huang Zhong.

Calculated in this way, Liu Jue gained 10,000 troops in this battle.

If it is a normal recruitment, with a ratio of 10 to 1, it will take at least 100,000 people to recruit so many troops.

Not to mention, it took time to train, and now it saves a lot of effort.

"Let's go, return to Xiangyang. Liu Jue glanced at Wancheng, and with an order, his soldiers escorted the last group of people and went to Xiangyang by boat.

Because of the people, although there were ships, the speed was still much slower, and it took half a month to return to Xiangyang.

At this time, Liu Jue finally breathed a sigh of relief, handed over the rest of the things to the people below to do, and went to the Zhennan General's Mansion himself.

Liu Biao had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Liu Jue returning, he immediately said with a smile: "Jue'er, you are finally back, you did a good job this time." "

Liu Jue smiled and said, "Thank you father for the compliment, have those people been arranged?"

Liu Biao nodded and said: "It's already being arranged slowly, this matter can't be rushed, I'm afraid it will take several months to complete." "

"Father said yes. Liu Jue also nodded, after all, it was a population migration, and it was in no hurry.

Liu Biao said with a smile: "You have been busy for so long, and it is not far from the New Year, you will rest during this time, and marry Buyuan's daughter back before the New Year." "

Liu Jue was a little surprised and said, "So fast?"

"What's going on? I've been giving my dowry for more than a month, and now it's almost the next day. Liu Biao said with a smile.

In that case, it is up to the father to decide. Liu Jue didn't have any opinions, he wanted to start the flower appearance of a trainer, and his heart was also hot.

Liu Biao continued: "Now that you have captured Wancheng, Cao Cao's side will not be indifferent, presumably he is already gathering a large army." "

Liu Jue said: "It's the middle of winter, no matter what Cao Cao does, he has to wait until the beginning of spring." "

Liu Biao shook his head and said: "Maybe this is not enough, after all, Wancheng is the gateway to Xuchang." "

Liu Jue pondered: "In this case, it is better to let Liu Bei be the county guard of Nanyang, even if Cao Cao really comes, it is just right for Liu Bei to block for a while." "

"Will this raise tigers for trouble?" Liu Biao was a little worried, and he was also quite wary of Liu Bei.

Liu Jue said with a smile: "Father, don't worry, there are not many people in Nanyang now, even if Liu Bei gets Nanyang County, he won't be able to make any big waves, and if he doesn't have a population, what will he do to recruit soldiers?"

Liu Bei's subordinates have strategists, fierce generals, and 8,000 soldiers, which can just make him a guard dog.

If you can stop Cao Cao, that's the best. Even if it can't be stopped, it can consume Liu Bei's strength, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Liu Biao thought about it and thought so, and immediately nodded and said: "What you said is good, just make it a decision, I will appoint Liu Bei as Nanyang Taishou as soon as possible." "

After chatting with Liu Biao for a while, Liu Jue went to see his mother, Mrs. Cai, before returning to his residence.

Later, Zhuge Liang suddenly came, saying that he wanted to recommend someone to him.

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