The most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms

When Liu Bei came to aid Xiangyang, he brought nearly 20,000 people with him.

However, when Liu Bei approached Xiangyang, there were only less than 4,000 men left.

Losing troops and losing generals.

Liu Bei rushed to help Xiangyang this time, but suffered a heavy loss.

Although Sun Ce also lost a lot of troops, Liu Bei would not be able to threaten his position in Yangzhou in the short term.

In fact, as long as Sun Ce continues to put pressure on Liu Bei, Liu Bei will not be able to gain a foothold in Yangzhou.

Of course, not only Liu Bei is in trouble now, Liu Qi is also in crisis.

Liu Qi forcibly robbed the military rations, which made Cai Mao angry.

Moreover, Chen Gong also ambushed Cai Mao, causing Cai Mao to almost be shot.

No matter what, Cai Mao wanted to use the topic to attack Liu Qi.

At the same time, Cai Mao also hoped that Liu Biao would give an attitude.

If Liu Bei is not killed, then the successor must be determined

……

Cai Mao went to trouble Liu Biao. Liu Qi was afraid that Cai Mao would harm him, so he took more than a thousand remaining soldiers to find Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang suggested that Liu Bei should not approach Xiangyang for the time being, but instead lead the army to Jiangxia.

Liu Qi was appointed as the prefect of Jiangxia by Liu Biao, so it was natural for him to go to Jiangxia.

Liu Bei now only has less than 4,000 troops left, and he cannot fight against Sun Ce when he returns to Yangzhou.

If he stays in Xiangyang, he may be troubled by Cai Mao again, or even be harmed.

Therefore, it is better to go to Jiangxia first and stay in Jiangxia temporarily in the name of helping Liu Qi stabilize Jiangxia.

Jiangxia is a strategic location. If the Wu army wants to cross the river, Jiangxia will bear the brunt.

Therefore, Liu Biao also needs talented people to look after Jiang Xia for him.

If Liu Bei is willing to help, he can also use it.

……

Town Liaocheng, Da Sima Mansion.

Zhou Cheng was in the palace, listening to reports from various places.

During the spring plowing season, farming in Youzhou, Qingzhou, etc. also started one after another.

It’s just that the situation in many states, including merging states, is not ideal.

Historically, the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty were in the Little Ice Age.

At this time, not only are droughts frequent, but there is also drier soil, providing a good environment for locusts to lay eggs.

In addition, because the average annual temperature drops during the cold period, locusts have a suitable and common growing environment. It may even cause the locust growing environment to expand with changes in temperature in various places, thus leading to locust plagues.

From the first year of Xingping in the late Han Dynasty to the second year of Jian'an, there were locust plagues every year for four consecutive years.

Coupled with the frequent droughts during this period... you can imagine that the harvest will be affected.

Coupled with the outbreak of locust plagues in recent years, it is simply adding insult to injury.

Therefore, under the cross-reaction of drought and locusts, there is a shortage of crops and less food, which often leads to famine and cannibalism.

Zhou Cheng rubbed his forehead and listened silently to the report.

If he is still a moth thief, or as a warlord, separatist power, then he does not need to take care of these, and he can even launch troops to plunder.

However, Zhou Cheng's current goal is to unify the world.

To unify the world, of course, we rely on force, but to secure our country, we need the support of the people.

If disasters in various places are left unchecked, the consequences will be truly disastrous.

However, it is really difficult to allocate more food while ensuring that the core territory is not affected and the army has sufficient food and grass.

Moreover, on the grasslands outside the Great Wall, grain production was also reduced last year due to the cold period.

Although Zhou Cheng has moved more people to Beihai Land to utilize the resources of Beihai Land.

However, the food problem remains unresolved.

Throughout the history of the late Han Dynasty, man-made disasters and natural disasters followed each other, especially in the north.

If it weren't for the reduction of pasture due to the cold period, the alien races would not continue to migrate to the Central Plains.

Zhou Cheng rubbed his head and said,"What do you guys have to say?"

A clever woman can't make a meal without rice.

Jia Xu, Li Ru, Guo Jia and others also had wry smiles on their faces at this time.

The territory is too big, that's what's bad about it.

If these territories were not within Zhou Cheng's control, then Zhou Cheng wouldn't have a headache.

At this time, Zhao Chen stood up and said:"My lord, if we allocate from the army rations,……"

"no."Zhou Cheng interrupted Zhao Chen directly and refused to let him continue.

Military rations must not be touched.

Without the army as a guarantee, how can we survive in troubled times?

Li Ru said:"In this case, why don't my lord lead them to benefit? Zhouzhou, Jingzhou and other places."

Population is of course important.

But if there is famine in various places and there is not enough food for disaster relief, riots will occur.

Once a riot occurs, troops will need to be mobilized to suppress it.

This will invisibly interfere with Zhou Cheng's plan for hegemony.

And Li Ru's proposal is to Guide the refugees to the south and consume the resources of the south. This will also help to attack the south._Fei

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