"kill!"

Sun Ce galloped among the Yuan army with a gun, and swept the spear overwhelmingly. The Yuan army cavalry along the way were swept away by Sun Ce!

Taishi Cihu was on the left and right side of Sun Ce, and he drew his bow and shot, and an arrow penetrated several Yuan troops.

Two powerful generals collided among the 100,000 Yuan army, led elite cavalry, and tried to penetrate the 100,000 Yuan army!

Yuan Shao's army's flags were waving, and two powerful generals galloped on war horses to intercept Sun Ce and Taishi Ci!

"I am Yan Liang, the general of Hebei! Come and fight to the death with me!"

A big knife weighing dozens of pounds was slashed, but it was blocked by Sun Ce's spear. The heavy blade made Sun Ce's body shake, and the war horse wailed.

Sun Ce made a sarcastic statement: "But Yan Liang, who was taken off his head by Guan Yu in front of Wan Jun?"

"Damn it! I will kill you! I will kill Guan Yu again in the future!"

Yan Liang was furious, his forehead was covered with blue veins, his big sword roared, and he hit Sun Ce crazy!

Yan Liang was ashamed of hearing that he was later killed by Guan Yu in the Battle of Guandu.

At this time, Sun Ce deliberately mocked Yan Liang, which aroused endless anger.

Yan Liang's invisible momentum soared, and he passed by with one sword, like a storm, covering Sun Ce!

Sun Ce faced Yan Liang with a gun, a little cold light arrived first, and then the gun came out like a dragon!

Dragons and tigers fight each other, fighting among the hosts!

Sun Ce relied on his youthful spirit and strong spirit to beat Yan Liang!

Sun Ce used his quick control of his power, and his spear's offensive became faster and faster every time, as fast as the wind!

Yan Liang's momentum was strong and powerful. With one force, he was as irritable as thunder!

"Ziyi, Yan Liang will be left to me to deal with. You go to war Wen Chou!"

Sun Ce fought with Yan Liang and found that Hebei General Yan Liang had no choice but to do anything to him, so he asked Taishi Ci to concentrate on dealing with Wen Chou.

Taishi Ci gave up the bow and arrow, took off his double halberd, and fought fiercely with Wen Chou's spear. The two powerful generals who had never met had fought in the melee and could not fight fiercely.

Sun Ce strengthened the three armies and the Wu army attacked like a tiger, which made Yuan Shao, who had strong troops, feel very uncomfortable.

Both sides stood until sunset, and then they shouted and stopped their troops.

The Wu army and Yuan army fought fiercely in Chaoge area and fought for three days, but could not win.

After Sun Ce met Yuan Shao, the two sides were evenly matched, and Sun Ce's expansionary power was curbed.

Sun Ce's commonly used cavalry tactics were curbed by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and Yuan Shao himself was also a vassal with extremely capable methods, and was not completely defeated by Sun Ce.

"If Gongjin is here, what's the point of Yuan Shao?"

Sun Ce withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, and couldn't help but sigh.

All he lacks is Zhou Yu.

If Zhou Yu is playing in Sun Ce's army, then Sun Ce's power will undergo a transformation.

As the territory of major forces expands and consolidates, it is no longer that simple to continue to expand.

Once you encounter a strong enemy and fight to the end, both sides will often suffer losses.

Zhang Hua also encountered a bottleneck.

In Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Qin Xiaogong's forces investigated the news and sent it back to the news. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Qin Xiaogong had an intention to form an alliance, and the two parties also intended to marry.

"These two forces cannot be easily married."

Zhang Hua learned of the alliance between the two major forces, so he began to think about it and decided to interfere.

"Discover the time for the marriage between the two major forces and intercept it with cavalry."

Zhang Hua tried to destroy the political marriage.

Kuai Xiang had already taken thousands of craftsmen to build a fort in the north to prevent the Dashun army of King Li Zicheng from heading south.

Wang Ping and Liao Hua were appointed as lieutenants, leading 20,000 troops to guard several forts in the north.

Zhang Hua also deployed Chen Wu and Tian Su's begging troops in the northern border.

Li Zicheng's old camp had a particularly tenacious fighting will and poses a great threat to Zhang Hua's power.

Zhang Hua selected the elites of the Southern Barbarian tribe from the surrendered Hu tribes to supplement Wang Ping's Wudang Flying Army.

If there were no Feijun and Qihuojun in charge of the northern border, Zhang Hua was freed to deal with Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Duke Xiao of Qin.

Fan Zhongyan sent news from Heluo, mainly reporting three things. First, Sun Ce and Yuan Shao were fighting in Chaoge.

Secondly, Nurhaci defeated Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian asked Fan Zhongyan for help, but Fan Zhongyan's troops could only defend Heluo and were unable to leave Hulao Pass. Even if Fan Zhongyan barely sent troops, he would be defeated by the Eight Banners Cavalry on the plain terrain.

Third, the ninth-level cultural building Yingtian Academy was established, and Fan Zhongyan planned to hold imperial examinations, select talents, enter Yingtian Academy to train, and improve their basic attributes and talents.

In other words, as long as the population is large enough, a group of talents with good potential can be selected and enter Yingtian Academy, their basic attributes can be higher, and they may also awaken their talents, or even understand the second and third talents.

In this way, some descendants may also have famous generals and will not be broken.

Zhang Hua recognized Fan Zhongyan's decision, so he asked Fan Zhongyan to prepare for the first imperial examination and decided on the subjects for the written examination.

The imperial examinations are divided into literary examinations and military examinations.

Under Zhang Hua's emphasis, in addition to literature and history, literary reviews also need to assess practical subjects such as laws, arithmetics, time strategies, economy, astronomy, geography, etc., and reduce the proportion of poetry, songs, Confucian classics, and enhance the status of Legalists, Mohists, and farmers.

When considering weightlifting, cavalry shooting, foot shooting, and military tactics.

It is still necessary to talk about war on paper, at least the generals must master the basic military tactics.

As for how to use it flexibly, whether it is a human or a ghost, it depends on the talent of the general.

For example, Zhao Kuo during the Warring States Period, the entire Zhao army was wiped out by 400,000.

For example, Yu Yunwen, who was a civil servant who had no experience in leading troops, also talked about military affairs on paper, but defeated 150,000 Jin soldiers with 18,000 Song troops in Caishiji.

Therefore, talking about war on paper is not necessarily a bad thing, it is just that different generals have different talents.

After Zhang Hua established the subject, Fan Zhongyan organized the imperial examinations in various towns.

The imperial examinations are only held in the county towns of each county.

In order to ensure the fairness of the imperial examination, Zhang Hua set up officials such as the chief examination and supervisory examination, and also sent soldiers to guard the papers to maintain order in the examination room. If someone dared to do anything randomly, he might be killed.

As for the marking, the teachers, examiners, and officials from all over the country will be cross-selected and divided into grades according to the scores.

Zhang Hua will personally summon the top group of talents with the highest level.

Because we can see the heroic attributes of these talents, the probability of fraud has dropped significantly.

Two months later, the first imperial examination was set up, and scholars from various counties were in an uproar and were furious about it.

Zhang Hua's power is booming. If he becomes an official at this time, even if he has a qualification, he can become a county magistrate in the future.

Moreover, the imperial examinations established by Zhang Hua do not restrict men and women.

Of course, the prerequisite for the imperial examination is to learn literacy.

In ancient times, women had a very low literacy rate, and not many people were able to participate in the imperial examination.

"It's interesting. I don't know if I can pass the imperial examination with my talent."

"I have been working hard for ten years without anyone asking me. Since I have the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination again this time, let's give it a try."

"If you are appreciated by Lord Zhang Hua, you'd better be a county magistrate."

"You're thinking too much. Now we have only twelve counties in Daxia, and only twelve county magistrates. Almost all have been occupied by officials and men of all dynasties. Where is our turn? In my opinion, it's good to be a county official. In the future, the territory will be expanded and the county magistrate will be promoted to a county magistrate, so it's no matter how good it is."

A group of scholars saw the information about the imperial examination in front of the county government notice board, and were eager to try it out.

However, the imperial examination system established by Zhang Hua is somewhat different. After passing the imperial examination, these scholars still have to study at Yingtian Academy for a period of time, and then make appointments based on their promotion at Yingtian Academy.

The vast majority of scholars are actively preparing for the imperial examinations, including some great talents or some young people with potential.

At present, Zhang Hua is aged fifteen to fifty years old. As for the older age, his energy can no longer keep up.

In addition to the imperial examination, some historical celebrities can consider self-recommendation, and Zhang Hua will also appoint them as appropriate.

Heluo has a stable environment to hold imperial examinations, but other forces may not be able to do it.

For example, the forces of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, because of the battle between Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and An Lushan, the forces of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had no time to hold the imperial examination.

Xia Town, responsible for managing Heluo water conservancy irrigation, and Guo Shoujing, who is also the Imperial Heaven Supervision, has drawn a complete map of Guanzhong and is calculating distances.

After Zhang Hua led some areas in Guanzhong, Guo Shoujing was planning a large-scale water conservancy project according to local conditions.

After completing the calculations of the water conservancy project, Guo Shoujing took a carriage and came to Guanzhong in person to lobby Zhang Hua to realize his plan.

"This canal is hundreds of miles long, or even close to thousands of miles, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and takes a lot of time. However, once this project is completed, it can irrigate millions of mu of land north of the Wei River, or even millions of mu. There will be no trouble of shortage of food in Guanzhong for a hundred years."

"The canal starts from the mouth of the valley at the western foot of Zhongshan Mountain, and works as a stone dam at the mouth of the valley, raising the water level and intercepting the Jingshui into the canal. The Guanzhong Plain is slightly higher in the northwest and slightly lower in the southeast. The main line of the canal extends from west to east along the southern foot of the North Mountain, flows through Jingyang, Sanyuan, Meiyuan, Linjin and other counties, and finally injects into the Beiluo River."

"Not only Jingshui, but also rivers along the canal will cut off the rivers along the mountains, such as smelting water, clear water, turbid water, Shichuan water, etc., will also be injected into the canal to increase the amount of water."

"In this way, the three rivers in the northern part of the Guanzhong Plain, Jing, Luo and Wei formed a dense irrigation waterway like spider webs, making the Guanzhong Plain more fully irrigated."

"This is a hundred years of plan. Please ask the lord to evaluate the pros and cons, and start building the canal now. In the future, the lord will unify the Guanzhong, and the canal should be completed on time."
To be continued...