The battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao did not last long. After Cao Cao led a large army back to Xudu, he immediately repelled Yuan Shao's men besieged Xudu.

Because the war started on Cao Cao's territory, the greater the damage caused, the happier Yuan Shao was. Therefore, the Yuan army did not rush to retreat, and retreated, delaying the war into a tug-of-war, causing great damage along the way.

Cao Cao was so angry that his teeth were almost broken. He was holding his anger and retreated to the territory of Henoi. Cao Cao's army no longer had any worries and launched a full-scale attack.

Yuan Shao's army fought back on the spot. After a great battle, he left 20,000 troops and retreated to Hebei. In the end, the battle ended with the murder of the prefect Zhang Yang of Hanoi.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought, but Zhang Yang, who died between them, was really nowhere to make sense...

The main position in Hanoi is that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao both want to take this position to prevent the other party from attacking from here. Zhang Yang finally failed to support himself under Yuan and Cao's rotational attack. Cao Cao took the lead and broke through the city, forcing him to draw his sword and commit suicide.

Zhang Yang is one of Lu Bu’s few friends. After hearing the news of his death, Lu Bu was so angry that he scolded Cao Zhe. He took his personal soldiers to avenge Zhang Yang. After being stopped by Zilong outside the city, he finally calmed down.

Yuan Shao was very annoyed when he saw Cao Cao taking over He Hanoi. Unfortunately, he was not prepared to go to war with Cao Cao. Youzhou was also restrained by Gongsun Zan's army and could not concentrate on attacking Cao Cao.

After a series of battles, Cao Cao was exhausted and his troops were exhausted and he lost the power to advance north. He immediately asked the emperor to issue a Taoist edict, and granted the four prefectures occupied by Yuan Shao to him to show his goodwill. The two sides tacitly agreed and no longer attacked each other.

On the other side of Jiangdong, with Zhou Yu and Lu Su's help, the little overlord Sun Ce successfully subdued Hua Xin and successfully unified Jiangdong.

In 198 AD, a new chapter was slowly opened in this endless war.

At this time, it was already the season of spring plowing. Chen Mang sent all the minor officials of the Ministry of Agriculture who had been trained in winter to guide the people to farm. He also took Zhuge Liang to inspect the fields.

Zhuge Liang looked at the hard-working people on the land of Xuzhou, and his young face was full of smiles: "Lord, according to Liang's calculations, when the autumn harvest is reached, the military rations we collected will be enough for 200,000 troops to eat for three years."

Chen Mang sighed and said, "Where can we get 200,000 troops? We have few people under our jurisdiction. It is already the limit to pull up a 100,000 troops. If there are more, it will probably affect people's livelihood."

"At the time of Emperor Huan, the population of China was about 60 million. Now only forty years have passed, and the population has dropped by one fifth. If we fight for another forty years, China may be greatly damaged and give foreigners an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "My lord, don't worry. Liang has a plan to pacify the world within five years."

Chen Mang's eyes lit up: "What prostitute, is it a famous prostitute in Qinhuai?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes twitched and he said speechlessly: "Lord, Liang is talking about serious matters..."

Chen Mang looked at Zhuge Liang with a squinted eyes: "You are still bragging about the serious matters. I really think your lord doesn't know how much you have."

Zhuge Liang said dissatisfiedly: "Lord, you haven't listened yet, how could you know that Liang's plan is not feasible?"

Chen Mang said lightly: "Okay, come and listen."

Zhuge Liang's eyes shone and said, "Let General Xu Chu present his lord's head to Cao Cao and stab him to death when he was ecstatic. The Cao army has no leader and can be broken within two years! When the other princes saw that we were crazy and even killed the lord, they must be scared and dared not fight with us. In this way, the world can be pacified within five years!"

"What are you so fucking, Zhuge Villageman..."

Chen Mang stared at Zhuge Liang in front of him fiercely, and suddenly realized that this plan was a little familiar. After thinking about it for a moment, he found that it was exactly the same as his plan to ask Zhuge Liang to lead a large army to attack Huang Zuzhong's army. He immediately understood that it was Zhuge Liang's revenge on him, and couldn't help but smile: "Grow your land well. If the food is not good, I will not deal with your military law!"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Lord, it is not Liang's nonsense to pacify the world for five years. Liang is optimistic that the lord can do it."

Chen Mang nodded with a smile, then looked at a middle-aged man wearing a hat on the side of the road. Seeing that he had been squatting beside the ridge of the field without working, he said, "There is a spy."

Zhuge Liang glanced at the man and asked, "Catch it?"

Chen Mang said: "This man is only staring at the farmland, as if he is not here to spy on military information, but to secretly learn technology. Go and ask."

Soon, Chen Mang quietly came behind the middle-aged man, pulled out his sword from his waist and put it on his neck.

The man suddenly became excited and looked at Chen Mang beside him. He was so scared that he quickly raised his hand and said in panic: "Don't kill me, I'm just a farmer!"

Chen Mang said: "Who sent you here?"

The man stuttered: "Xuan, Xuande Gong, Xuande Gong asked me to see why you cultivate land so quickly. After learning it, you can go back and teach others..."

Chen Mang glanced at the calluses he had with his hoe in his hand and took back the knife.

When Chen Mang heard that the spy was sent by Liu Bei, he was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei walked out of the trap he had put on him so quickly and cheered up again. It turned out that he had the ability to be beaten to death.

After being surprised, Chen Mang glanced at the man in front of him and said to Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, give him a farm book and take him back with a wooden ox."

Zhuge Liang took the order and soon rode a wooden ox over and handed the wooden ox and the farmer's books to the man.

The man looked at Chen Mang with a blank look on his face. Chen Mang smiled slightly and said, "Take it to your lord, let him raise the people of Xuzhou well for me, so that my people can't be hungry."

The man nodded, and then heard Zhuge Liang talk about the usage of the wooden ox, and slowly headed towards Xiaopei.

After the man returned to Liu Bei and reported the matter in full, Liu Bei looked at the farm book in his hand and couldn't help but take a breath: "Such treasure is given as soon as you say, Chen Mang is so bold!"

Zhang Fei snorted: "Who knows whether his book is true or not? Maybe he deliberately took us a book he made up for, hoping that we would miss the farming time!"

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful beard and said, "Third brother, where did he go to find a fake book to deceive us in a hurry? In my opinion, this book should be true."

When Zhang Fei heard this, he felt it was reasonable and said, "That's the reason, but this guy actually regarded Xuzhou as his backyard, which is really hateful! After the busy farming period, I brought three thousand soldiers and chopped off his head, and see if he dared to speak wildly!"
Chapter completed!