The next day.
Yan Gang led the army back to Gaotang.
He was prepared to use the imperial court's decree as an excuse to gather all the mayors of Qingzhou.
Even though the Darkhan Dynasty existed in name only, Gongsun Jing didn't mind borrowing such a towering tree.
Several days later.
Gongsun Jing went to Gaotang after arranging the affairs of Qinghe.
Unless he took down the entire Jizhou, he would still need to place his position in Gaotang to be able to advance and retreat.
When I came to Gaotang again.
The Youzhou military camp was still there.
However, a cold wind began to sweep across the land.
Gaotang City.
In the temporary Prefecture Overseer's Mansion.
The prefects of Donglai County, Le 'an County, Qi State, and Jinan State were waiting for the hearing.
On the left seat.
Xun You finished reading the internal affairs documents of the four counties and said in a deep voice,""Young General, the six counties of Qingzhou have more than two million registered residents. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there are less than two million and four hundred thousand registered residents. Nearly half of them are in Pingyuan County!”
"What about the North Sea?"
Gongsun Jing asked.
Xun You shook his head and said in a deep voice," There are only 120,000 people in the North Sea, and less than 10,000 soldiers are available. I'm afraid this is also the reason why we were unable to resist General Guan Hai and sought help from the various feudal vassals!”
"Eh!"
Guan Hai smiled bitterly.
"Crash!"
Guo Jia threw two pieces of firewood into the brazier and said faintly,""If it was any other time, Kong Wen Ju would not have done such a foolish thing. But the young general refused to rescue the North Sea and became the governor of Qing Prefecture. He naturally would not follow the orders of the Prefecture Overseer!”
"Young General!"
Yan Gang respectfully replied," Kong Rong used Liu Bei as the vanguard and stationed 5,000 troops in Ju County. He himself led 3,000 troops to retreat to Duchang. Liu Bei has no intention of retreating from Ju County. Instead, he is preparing his troops!”
"Something's not right!"
Xun You flipped through the tax statistics and asked in puzzlement,""Why are there so little grain in each county?"
"There is another reason for this!"
"After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the military and political systems of all the prefectures collapsed!”
"Only the Beihai Kingdom is still relatively complete, and it has nearly ten thousand strong soldiers!”
"In the past few years, the Yellow Turbans have also plundered our four counties the most, preventing us from forming an army!”
"In order to protect the people's livelihood, we deliver a large amount of grain to the North Sea every year. We ask Kong Rong to send troops to help us defeat the Yellow Turban during the autumn harvest. It's equivalent to handing over a portion of the protection fee!”Donglai Prefecture Chief said bitterly.
"Puff!"
Guo Jia spat out a mouthful of tea, his face filled with shock.
A prefect paying taxes to a prefect was probably the only one in the world!
"Eh!"
Gongsun Jing's face was also extremely dark.
Could Kong Rong be the leader of the hooligans who collected protection fees first?
"Ridiculous!"
Xun You didn't know whether to laugh or cry." Young General, no wonder the 120,000 people in the North Sea can support nearly 10,000 soldiers. It seems that the problem in Qingzhou is very serious. The entire political system has collapsed!"”
"This official is guilty!"
The four county mayors bowed their heads in shame.
How ridiculous was it for a prefect to pay protection fees to a prefect?
However, because of the harassment of the Yellow Turban, they were unable to establish a perfect political system and guard army, which was not enough to protect the people at all. In the long run, they could only become a chaotic area.
He had no choice!
"Filial piety!"
Gongsun Jing looked at Guo Jia and said in a deep voice,""Cooperate with the governors of the four prefectures to write down Kong Rong's crimes and strip him of his official position as Minister of Beihai. Then, write a denunciation to punish Liu Bei, who has occupied Ju County.”
"Here!"
Guo Jia said respectfully.
Yan Gang stepped forward and said," Young General, I've already decided on the strategy to attack the North Sea. The three Liu brothers are brave enough to fight against ten thousand people. With five thousand troops under their command, it will be difficult to attack Ju County. Therefore, I want to split my troops into three groups. One group will bypass Ju County and attack Duchang where Kong Rong is located. The three Liu brothers will definitely come out to help. At that time, one group will be able to attack Ju County while the other group will ambush Liu Bei's army!”
"You mean the three armies should move together?" Gongsun Jing frowned.”
"Not bad!"
" This is the fastest way to take down the North Sea," Yan Gang said respectfully." The entire war will be over in less than 20 days!"”
Gongsun Jing knocked on the table and said in a deep voice,""I thought ten thousand troops would be enough to take down the North Sea, but I didn't expect to use three troops. Gao Lan, how is your Divine Arms Battalion?”
"Participating in the war is the fastest way for soldiers to improve!" Gao Lan said respectfully.”
Gongsun Jing nodded." In that case, the Tianxing Army, the Divine Arms Battalion, and the White Horse Righteous Army should prepare for battle. We must seize the North Sea as soon as possible!"”
Zhao Yun's eyes were filled with worry as she said,""Young General, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are both brave. I might be able to fight them, but I can't completely keep the three brothers in the North Sea!”
"There's no need to stay!"
"I'm the Qing Prefecture Overseer, he can't stay in Qing Prefecture!”
"You have a personal relationship with Liu Bei. He will definitely ask you to let him go!”
"When the time comes, get him to lead a hundred soldiers to break out of the encirclement in Langye's direction and finally enter Xu Prefecture!”
"Cao Cao is now powerful and will definitely plot against Xu and Yu. Liu Bei going to assist Tao Qian will delay the Cao army to the greatest extent and give us more time to take down Jizhou!”
"Remember, you have to act like it!”
Gongsun Jing took a sip of the hot wine, a harmless smile on his face.
"Here!"
Zhao Yun said respectfully.
Xun You couldn't help but look at Guo Jia.
It was as if he was saying, how could there be such a shameless person in the world who would use a duke as a tool!
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