Double penetration: This Three Kingdoms has dragon energy

Chapter 40 Yuan Shao's Back-up Plan

Ji Qiu originally planned to appoint Wei He as the commander of the logistics battalion.

This is Ji Qiu's earliest subordinate. He has sufficient qualifications and decent abilities, so he should be qualified for this position.

But he was a little hesitant.

Hesitation in two places.

First, he didn't want to take Wei He away from Luoyang City.

In the next one or two years, Luoyang City will still be the center of the world.

So even if he left Luoyang City, he had to leave a spy here.

It is convenient for him to come back at any time and take advantage of the chaos!

Wei He is the owner of the Rare Treasures Pavilion. He has been involved in all Luoyang affairs throughout the process. He has rich experience and good abilities. He can be said to be the most appropriate candidate.

Second, Wei He is Wei Yan's father.

Wei Yan was the most outstanding general under Ji Qiu, and he controlled three-quarters of Ji Qiu's troops.

If Wei He were to become the commander of the logistics camp, the Wei family would become too powerful.

For a force, it is very important to maintain internal balance, not to guard against anyone, but to prepare for the future and prevent problems before they happen!
But if Wei He is not appointed as the commander of the logistics camp, who else can he be?

Just when Ji Qiu was having a headache, Xi Zhong recommended a person to him, Zao Zhi.

That’s right, it’s Zao Zhi, who was under Cao Cao in history!

In history, in the sixth year of Zhongping, he was recommended to Cao Cao by Xizhong.

When he first joined Cao Cao's army, he gained Cao Cao's trust.

In the third year of Chuping, Cao Cao appointed Zao Zhi as the magistrate of Dong'a.

During his tenure, he encouraged people to engage in agriculture and sericulture, store grain and food, strengthened and repaired city defenses, and organized training for the military and civilians.

In the second year of Xingping, Lu Bu and Chen Gong attacked Yanzhou, and various counties and prefectures rebelled one after another. However, Dong'a City was never breached due to Zao Zhi's defense, and became a reliable rear base for Cao Cao's counterattack.

In the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian and moved the capital to Xuchang. He appointed Zao Zhi as the chief of the imperial guards, responsible for guarding the palace.

In the same year, Cao Cao defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan and Runan, and seized a large number of oxen, farm tools and labor.

Zao Zhi suggested that Cao Cao use these agricultural tools to reclaim land in the Xuchang area and implement military farming to solve the food problem.

Cao Cao adopted his suggestion and appointed him as the commander of the military farms, giving him full responsibility for military farm affairs.

Zao Zhi nationalized the barren and ownerless farmland and organized the large number of refugees he recruited into military units.

The state then provided them with land, seeds, oxen and farm tools, and they cultivated the land. The harvest was divided proportionally between the state and the farmers.

In the first year of the implementation of the military farming system, one million hu of rice were obtained.

So Cao Cao ordered that all counties and kingdoms should appoint agricultural officials to recruit exiled people to open up and cultivate land.

Later, he accepted Zao Zhi's suggestion and ordered the army to cultivate land, and the military farming system was widely implemented.

Zao Zhi first proposed the military farming system, which enabled the agricultural production in the north, which had suffered long-term damage from war, to recover and stabilize in a short period of time.

Farmers who had lost their land returned to the land, many barren farmlands were reclaimed, and the government also stored a large amount of grain.

Over the years, the grain reserves in the places where there were military farms filled the warehouses, so Cao Cao could use the accumulated grain to conquer all directions and not worry about the untimely or insufficient food supply when there was a war.

The implementation of the military farming system accelerated Cao Cao's process of unifying the north.

Zao Zhi was therefore promoted to the position of prefect of Chenliu.

It is obvious that Zao Zhi is a talented person in managing logistical affairs.

Historically, he was recommended to Cao Cao by Xi Zhong next year.

But now the time has moved forward a year, and Cao Cao is still unemployed at home.

However, Xi Zhong has already joined Ji Qiu's army.

It just so happened that Ji Qiu couldn't find a suitable logistics battalion commander.

Then the fate line changes.

Xizhong recommended Zao Zhi to Ji Qiu, who was overjoyed and immediately appointed Zao Zhi as the commander of the logistics battalion.

Zao Zhi was indeed very capable. After taking the position of battalion commander, he managed the logistics camp in an orderly manner within a few days.

Zao Zhi played an indispensable role in Ji Qiu's ability to obtain a large amount of dragon steel so quickly and open up the situation in the modern world!
After Zao Zhi was appointed as the commander of the logistics camp, Wei He was naturally appointed as the head of intelligence in the Luoyang area.

After Ji Qiu left Luoyang, he would continue to stay in Luoyang City, be responsible for the daily work of the Pavilion of Rare Treasures, and be responsible for establishing an underground intelligence network in the Luoyang area.

The third day of the sixth month of the fifth year of Zhongping.

It happened to be exactly five months since Ji Qiu arrived in Luoyang City.

The backyard of the Pavilion of Rare Treasures.

The soldiers of the three battalions were all packed and ready to go.

Xi Zhong came over, saluted Ji Qiu and said, "My lord, everything is ready, it's time for us to set off."

"Well, it's time to set off. If we don't set off now, I'm afraid those Xiliang cavalry won't be able to wait any longer!" Ji Qiu said with a smile.

Xi Zhong also smiled and said, "Yes, but we can't really let them wait any longer.

If we let them withdraw like this, wouldn't it be a waste of Yuan Shao's great gift!"

Ji Qiu stayed in Luoyang City for another month, in addition to integrating strength, he actually had another purpose.

It is to explore Yuan Shao's next move.

As early as a month ago, before Xi Zhong recognized Ji Qiu as his master, he had already reminded Ji Qiu to be careful of Yuan Shao's next move.

Of course Ji Qiu would not ignore this matter.

So within this month, he carefully investigated the relevant intelligence and even mobilized the power of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and finally found out that Yuan Shao's backup was Dong Zhuo!

In order to deal with Ji Qiu, he actually contacted Dong Zhuo privately and mobilized Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry to intercept and kill Ji Qiu!

Now, two thousand Xiliang cavalrymen are lying in ambush on the official road fifty miles outside Luoyang City.

Just wait for Ji Qiu to leave the city and then we will take action!
I have to say that Yuan Shao was very courageous.

It is a capital crime at any time for court officials to collude with foreign generals to mobilize the army.

But he just did it casually.

As the secret intelligence agency of the Han court, the Xiuyiwei had no way to deal with this matter even if they knew about it.

Because there is no evidence.

Dong Zhuo would not admit that he was colluding with Yuan Shao.

Those two thousand Xiliang cavalry would not admit that they were Dong Zhuo's private army.

Even if they captured all these 2,000 Xiliang cavalry and threw them in front of Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao for identification, it would be useless.

They have countless ways to clear themselves.

This is the current situation of the Han Dynasty.

The aristocratic families were arrogant and the border generals were unruly. Even if Liu Hong were still alive, he could only control the city of Luoyang.

As for places outside Luoyang, we are no longer able to do so.

But Ji Qiu didn't care about it.

For him, whether it was a noble family or the emperor, they were all targets that needed to be overthrown.

So he does not sympathize with any party, but only sees which one of them is more useful to him.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the Xiliang cavalry outside the city have posed no threat to him since the moment they were discovered.

If he doesn't want to fight, he has many ways to avoid the opponent.

But Ji Qiu didn't intend to do so.

Just as Xi Zhong said just now, wouldn't that be a waste of Yuan Shao's kindness?

Now that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has arrived, how can we be worthy of Yuan Shao if we don't make good use of them?!
(End of this chapter)