Chapter 692

The matter of forcibly conscripting common people into the army must be done by someone.

And this person's weight must be very sufficient.

Nowadays, looking at Yuan Shao's camp, there are only three people who have this qualification.

The first is Yuan Shao himself, the second is Yuan Xi, and the third is Yan Liang.

As the number one general of the Yuan camp, Yan Liang's weight is self-evident.

Moreover, unlike Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi.

Yan Liang is a person from Qinghe Commandery in Jizhou.

Qinghe, as a large commandery still under Yuan Shao's control besides Bohai Commandery, can be considered one of the core ruling territories.

With Yan Liang's identity as a Qinghe person, coupled with his status as the number one general of the Yuan camp, even if it is by deception, even if it is by sneak attack, he will definitely pull those elders and fellow villagers of Qinghe into the army.

This is just like Cheng Yu in original history.

During the Battle of Puyang, Cao Cao's army faced the dilemma of running out of grain.

In order to raise grain and fodder, Cheng Yu did not hesitate to deceive the elders and fellow villagers of his hometown.

He deceived those elders and fellow villagers, saying that as long as they joined the Cao army, they could now obtain generous rewards and fields.

As a result, after that group of elders and fellow villagers really believed his ghost talk, what awaited them was "being made into grain and fodder."

Yes, this matter refers to the literal meaning.

The elders and fellow villagers of Cheng Yu's hometown successively became human grain and fodder in the hands of the Cao army.

Of course, if eaten raw, it would definitely be impossible to eat.

Therefore, Cheng Yu mixed the real grain and fodder with human flesh and let the soldiers eat it.

This action made Cheng Yu a person cursed by both gods and men in his hometown.

But he indeed used this method to help Cao Cao defeat Lu Bu.

It is just a pity that in troubled times, human life is like grass.

In Cheng Yu's eyes, the elders and fellow villagers of his hometown all became the necessities he sacrificed to realize the hegemony for his lord.

Now, Yan Liang's situation is similar to Cheng Yu in original history.

Although he is not going to make those elders and fellow villagers into grain and fodder.

But he is going to pull those elders and fellow villagers onto the battlefield.

This behavior is actually no different from taking them to die.

Looking at Yan Liang's departing back.

A sense of bitterness rose in Yuan Shao's heart.

Letting Yan Liang reach such a degree, he as a lord also has an inescapable responsibility.

Yes, after experiencing successive blows, Yuan Shao has changed.

Or rather, a person like him has never been like the Celestial Dragon Ju Shou.

At least, in Yuan Shao's eyes.

Besides the aristocratic class, he can still see people of other classes, and is not arrogant.

It is just a pity that this is all there is to it.

As a person who ends troubled times, Yuan Shao is obviously not qualified enough.

……

With Yan Liang, a "great role model" who walked out of Qinghe Commandery, the people of Qinghe were naturally moved by it one after another.

Soon.

Besides Qinghe, several commanderies in Bohai and Youzhou also set off a crazy expansion of the army.

In a short period of time, Yuan Shao forcibly obtained an army of two hundred thousand through this method.

But... the real combat power of this two hundred thousand army is no different from farmers.

Or rather, they are just poor farmers who put down their hoes and picked up weapons.

Lies, like bubbles, soon shattered along with them.

Where there are people, there will be resistance.

Two hundred thousand northern men, naturally, cannot all be cowards.

After learning the truth that Yuan Shao just wanted to forcibly take them to the battlefield, this group of men was angry.

They launched a rebellion, attempting to overthrow Yuan Shao's rule.

But... with their farmer-like combat power, how could they be compared to Yuan Shao's regular army?

Soon, this rebellion was suppressed.

The remaining more than one hundred thousand people were forced to become able-bodied men in Yuan Shao's army.

……

After learning the news from Yuan Shao's side.

Cao Cao was also methodically executing the same thing.

However, his operation here was obviously much smarter than Yuan Shao's.

As the base camp, Qingzhou, Cao Cao did not take too harsh action.

However, not taking action against Qingzhou does not mean that other places could escape the disaster.

As the saying goes.

If you feel that the years are quiet, it must be because someone is carrying the burden for you.

The Liaodong region became the rear area for Cao Cao's conscription.

Besides this.

Cao Cao also set his sights on the peninsula.

In this period, there were three main countries on the peninsula.

They were Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo.

Among the three countries, their strength was on par.

Looks very tough, right?

But in reality, these three countries tied together could not even beat one Gongsun Yuan in original history.

No way, the combat power on the Korean side is just like that.

The only peak perhaps was during the Sui Dynasty, when under the leadership of Yeon Gaesomun, they defeated the northern expedition army of Emperor Yang of Sui, Yang Guang.

But the reason Yang Guang was defeated also had the blessing of many factors.

It cannot be said that it was all because of Goguryeo's strength.

Placed in the late Han period hundreds of years ago, the peninsula was a group of weaklings gnawing at each other.

Cao Cao did not even send too many troops and enslaved the peninsula once.

Nearly one hundred thousand able-bodied men were forced to join his army.

From this perspective, Cao Cao can also be considered to have expanded his territory.

After all.

Before this, the two Han dynasties had never raised their sphere of influence to the peninsula.

At most, they only accepted some countries on the peninsula as sons.

But they never thought of enslaving the peninsula once.

Actually, this cannot be blamed on the rulers of the feudal dynasty.

It is mainly because that broken piece of land on the peninsula was really not looked upon favorably by the Central Plains in feudal ancient times.

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Chang'an

In the Prime Minister's Mansion

In recent days, the call for Gu Yi to further ascend the throne and proclaim himself Emperor has become increasingly strong.

However, Gu Yi has never taken that step across the line.

He plans to formally ascend the throne and proclaim himself Emperor after cleaning up Cao Cao and Yuan Shao completely.

And this day is not far away.

Not long ago, the rhapsodies jointly issued by Cai Yong, Yang Biao, and others, besides creating momentum for Gu Yi.

At the same time, it also had the meaning of forcing Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

With their current status of standing troops, they naturally could not be Gu Yi's opponents.