Although Liu Bei did not withdraw from Nanyang, as Wancheng was stabilized, and in Liu Bei's current state, unless God helps, trying to take Nanyang away from Zhang Liao, who is well-equipped with soldiers and food, is nothing more than a fool's dream.

Liu Bei himself obviously knew that this was impossible, so he currently shifted his focus to relocating the people. Liu Bei sent troops to drive the local people to the Han River area. Naturally, Zhang Liao could not watch Liu Bei destroy the people under Nanyang.

Take away, the next battle between the two sides was almost all about the people. Zhang Liao, Wei Yan, and Cui Geng intercepted in three directions. However, despite this, nearly 300,000 people south of Wancheng were still taken away by Liu Bei.

When the news reached Suiyang, the war in the Central Plains had basically come to an end. Cao Cao retreated to Qingzhou. Chen Mo was revising the laws during this period and at the same time implemented military camps in the Runan area. Firstly, he could raise another army. Secondly, it was also to prevent Sun Ce.

Crossing the river and heading north, although Shouchun was in Chen Mo's hands, Hefei was controlled by Sun Ce, and the initiative in the battle fell into Sun Ce's hands.

While Chen Mo was consolidating the security of the Central Plains, he also wanted to further restrict Cao Cao. There were heavy troops in Langya, Taishan, and Plains to limit Cao Cao's scope of activities to Qingzhou, and to maintain a state of being able to attack at any time.

"Liu Bei knows how to choose his time!" In General Suiyang's mansion, Chen Mo said helplessly as he handed the letter from Nanyang to Xun You and Xu Shu for circulation.

Now that Cao Cao has just been defeated, things in the Central Plains are complicated. The new law must be implemented carefully, otherwise the order will be changed at night, which will easily damage the prestige of the court. Cao Cao also needs to redeploy his plans. Moreover, this year's war in the Central Plains has left many fields uncultivated.

During the farming season, autumn is about to begin, and famine is inevitable. Relieving the victims is the most important thing at the moment. Although it is a major disaster, it is also an opportunity for Chen Mo to establish his own image in the Central Plains. It depends on whether this dispatch is timely and whether it can help

The people of the Central Plains overcame this difficulty.

Although some people suggested taking this opportunity to defeat Cao Cao in one go, the price would be... hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in the Central Plains would become refugees and starve to death.

During the war years, it was normal for the imperial court to only focus on fighting and not care about the life and death of the people. But now that Chen Mo has taken over most of the world, there is no difference between the people in the Central Plains and the people in Guanzhong. How can he ignore it?

Completely destroying Cao Cao would cost most of the Central Plains a wasteland. In Chen Mo's opinion, this price was too high, so he just ordered more people to build forts on the border of Qingzhou to prevent Cao Cao from counterattacking, and spent more energy on it.

All of them were used in the management of the Central Plains. A large amount of grain and grass were continuously transferred from Guanzhong and Jizhou in order to enable the people of the Central Plains to survive this disaster year.

Even Cao Cao couldn't care about it. How could Chen Mo start another war and attack Liu Bei at this time?

"My lord, you think that the position of pastor of Jingzhou can be given to Liu Bei." Xun You smiled and looked at Chen Mo and said.

Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing, looked at Xun You and said with a smile: "Yes, it's exactly what I wanted."

Sun Ce had his own court. Even if Chen Mo issued an edict, Sun Ce would not be able to comply. But Liu Bei was different. His biggest problem was that his name was not justified and his words were inconsistent. Although he took over most of Liu Biao's foundation, he was not the king of Chu after all, so the court

The edict still had some effect on Liu Bei.

Jingzhou was not Chen Mo's territory to begin with. Liu Bei is now the actual occupier of Jingzhou. The only thing he lacks is the rightful name. Now Chen Mo gives him this rightful name not to show weakness to Liu Bei. Jingzhou's territory includes not only Nanjun, but also zero.

The three counties of Ling, Wuling, Jiangxia, Changsha, and Guiyang are also part of Jingzhou and are temporarily occupied by Sun Ce. Now with Chen Mo's edict, Liu Bei is the legal ruler of these three counties.

Whether he takes it or not is his business, but with this edict, it means that Liu Bei has a reason to take back the three counties at any time. Whether he takes it or not is one thing. Even if Liu Bei doesn't have this idea, what will Sun Ce think?

The alliance was originally formed because of the pressure brought by Chen Mo's defeat of Cao Cao. Now that there is this thorn here, mutual vigilance is certain. Moreover, Liu Bei does not have much room for development now, so Jiangdong is a good way.

"Send someone to the court, ask your majesty to write the edict, and then send it to Jingzhou to Liu Bei. In addition, tell Wenyuan to capture Xinye as much as possible. This is the gate of Jingxiang, but it is also the gate of Nanyang." Chen Mo looked at everyone and said with a smile.

"Here!" Xu Shu nodded. He is responsible for handling documents between Luoyang. Now that the emperor is imprisoned in the cold palace, Chen Mo's delay in returning is also a deterrent to the courtiers in the court. There is no emperor in this world, but it is indispensable.

He, Chen Mo, is also planning to make the king a king. Chen Mo is planning to build a royal palace, move the court back to Chang'an District, and completely isolate the court from his own team, so as not to be tied up. At this time, he will give these people a chance and let them make a choice.

time, so this emperor's edict is basically equivalent to Chen Mo's edict.

"My lord, the matter regarding General Cui..." Xun You looked at Chen Mo and wanted to ask how to handle the matter regarding Cui Quan.

"The crime of collaborating with the enemy cannot be pardoned. Let Nanyang execute the person for this matter." Chen Mo understood what Xun You meant. Cui Geng was a general who had followed Chen Mo for many years and was considered a confidant. Now that the Cui clan leader has collaborated with the enemy, will he be punished?

To be fair, but other things are easy to say. This crime of collaborating with the enemy is the bottom line. It is impossible to forgive. If Cui can be let go, it is an act of mercy outside the law.

Sometimes this family matter is too difficult to resolve, but the bottom line cannot be touched.

"Here!" the two agreed and understood how to deal with it.

"Three days later, I plan to go to Xuzhou. Firstly, I will be responsible for the governor of Xuzhou. Secondly, I will also go back to my family. Gongda will stay in Suiyang and continue to govern. It can take half a month or a month before I come back.

." Chen Mo looked at Xun You and smiled.

This time he went to Xuzhou to appease the Xuzhou gentry, and also to go back to his family. After all, his surname was Chen, there were some things that he couldn't avoid, and he also wanted to pay homage to his brother Chen Deng. Among the Chen family, Chen Mo was the most grateful.

In addition, he also wants to go back to his hometown to see if the manor from back then is still there? Is there anyone else?

"Don't worry, my lord, many things are now on track." Xun You responded with a smile.

Now many things are on track, and Chen Mo's departure will not affect these things.

"These days, you two have spent a lot of time following me. Let's go and rest." Chen Mo stood up, stretched his body, looked at the two of them and said with a smile.

"I'll take my leave!" Xun You and Xu Shu stood up and bowed to Chen Mo.

In the next two days, Chen Mo spent more time meeting with scholars from all over the world to appease people's hearts. Three days later, Chen Mo took Dian Wei, Xu Shu and the accompanying guards to Xuzhou. Although the Central Plains was now settled,

However, there are still many remnants of Cao's army in various places who have become bandits or occupy the mountains as kings. There are also some gentry who take the opportunity to become bandits and rob the villagers. Most of Chen Mo's troops are deployed around Qingzhou to guard against Cao's army's counterattack, so the public security in various places is currently

Not too good.

He would not overestimate his ability, so he was accompanied by nearly a thousand people on this trip to deal with possible assassinations.

Facts have proved that Chen Mo's preparations were not unfounded. He had just left Suiyang less than a hundred miles away and had been assassinated three times and even encountered an ambush. If he had not been fully prepared and only had dozens of people accompanying him as usual, it would have been possible.

An accident occurs.

Because of this, Chen Mo temporarily changed his route, gave up going to Xiao County, and took a detour from the Huaipu area to Xuzhou.

"I originally planned to come here again when I was preparing to return. Since I passed by, I came back." Linhuai, Xiaqiu.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar city, Chen Mo looked at Xu Shu and Dian Wei beside him with some emotion.

"Lord, are we not going into the city?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo with some confusion.

"No, it's just another round of socializing. Let's go straight back to our hometown." Chen Mo shook his head and glanced at Xiaqiu County. The city was majestic in his eyes when he was a child. Now that he looks back, it's small and pitiful. The city has not changed.

Become yourself.

Thirty miles was not a long journey for Chen Mo's bodyguards, who had already rushed back to their former Zhuangzi in the afternoon.

In the dilapidated Zhuangzi, you can occasionally see the awe-inspiring looks of some farmers. In the Zhuangzi that used to have a population of dozens of households, now you can see only a few, and most of them are dilapidated. Chen Mo led people to the former residence, a small

In the courtyard, the beams have collapsed, and the doghouse originally built is no longer visible.

"My family has been poor since I was a child, and my mother was frail. This house is everything our family has. Although we are poor, we live a fulfilling life." Chen Mo sat on the stone pier at the door with some emotion, looking at the desolate scenery around him.

, shook his head and sighed: "What a pity. How many families were destroyed by the Taiping Sect?"

"But if it hadn't been for the disaster caused by the Taiping Sect, my lord might not have had the fate he did later. Blessings come from misfortunes, and misfortunes come from blessings. That's probably it." Xu Shu also said with some emotion, even a child from a poor family is not so poor.

, Chen Mo’s achievements today are really admirable.

"How could I have thought about this back then?" Chen Mo shook his head and said sadly: "Sometimes, people's growth is forced."

Xu Shu nodded, taking it for granted. It is said that heroes emerge from troubled times. How many people know that this hero crawled out from among the corpses of many people?

Just as he was sighing, he saw an old man in his fifties coming here, surrounded by several farmers, but was stopped by his own guards.

"Let him come over." Chen Mo turned his head, looked at the old man who was talking to his bodyguard, and said with a smile.

"Little old man, I have seen..." The old man looked at Chen Mo tremblingly, not daring to look directly, and not knowing what to call him.

"This is the current general, Marquis Changling!" Dian Weihong said in a loud voice.

"I've met Marquis Changling." The old man bowed quickly and said. Although he still didn't know who this person was, it didn't prevent him from knowing that he was a big shot.

"Excuse me." Chen Mo stretched out his hand to help the old man up, and asked with a smile: "Is my father the right person here?"

"Exactly, it has been more than twenty years since I moved here." The old man said quickly.

"It's been more than twenty years, and time sometimes flies by very quickly." Chen Mo nodded, stood up, looked at the old man and said, "Old man, have you seen the people who originally lived here come back in these years?"

"Originally lived here?" The old man understood instantly. This was a person who lived here before the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Now he has become prosperous. When he came back to his hometown to see him, he nodded quickly: "Yes, yes."

"Oh?" Chen Mo originally just asked casually, but he didn't expect it to happen. He quickly smiled and asked: "Are you still there now? Can you take me to see you?"
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