In the end, Yuan Shao didn't say how to deal with Ye Zhao, did not make peace, or fight. However, what Ye Zhao expected was that Yuan Shao didn't fight Cao Cao first, but continued to confront Cao Cao, and then sent someone to fight Liu Bei to the death.

"Do you still want to take Youzhou first?" Ye Zhao didn't agree with Yuan Shao's approach. Even if he was asked to take Youzhou, there would be more places to be prepared for, such as Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Ye Zhao.

"If Yuan Shao had a 70% chance of winning before, but this time, I think the chance of winning is less than 40%." Xi Zhicai nodded. His idea was similar to Ye Zhao. Taking Youzhou was actually not good for Yuan Shao at present. Youzhou was vast and sparsely populated, and it had been through wars for a long time. People were determined to get too many benefits. It could even be said to be a burden.

Of course, if you look at the long term, there are still some benefits to taking Youzhou. For example, if there is a Ma Yuan, for the Central Plains, where the main battlefield is basically flat, having enough Ma Yuan means that there is enough mobility and Yuan Shao can form a large-scale cavalry unit.

But the premise is that he can take down his troops and stabilize it. In the current situation of multiple battles, if he takes over Youzhou, Yuan Shao will be more distracted and cannot do his best to deal with Cao Cao.

With a good hand, Yuan Shao was defeated.

Ye Zhao shook his head and said, "The Battle of Bohai is the point of difference in Yuan Shao's fate. If he loses, he should lose all the game. There is actually no need for him to take this step."

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "Not everyone can understand the situation so thoroughly, at least Yuan Shao can't."

"I won't talk about this anymore. Now Bingzhou has been removed. What is the situation in He/Bei? For our army, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. How is the matter done?" Ye Zhao shook his head. Since Bingzhou was taken, Ye Zhao had the right to take the initiative in the He/Bei land. As long as he is willing, he can send troops at any time. If he is unwilling, it will be difficult for Liu Bei or Yuan Shao to fight.

"I have contacted several small tribes and are willing to reach a trade with us." Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

What Ye Zhao had to do was naturally something that he could not complete in Macheng back then, because at that time, he was just a lieutenant protecting Wuhuan. His power was limited, and he had to consider the attitude of the court, what does the state and county mean, and all aspects of the relationship formed a big net. When Ye Zhao developed to a certain level, if he wanted to do more, many people would pull back and divide the interests in Ye Zhao's hands.

Ye Zhao also knew that even if he naturalized the Xianbei, Wuhuan and Xiongnu, the interests of the big head would definitely not be his turn. In addition, he had just improved and was taken over by someone to take over the cake. Although he had achieved certain results in the end, he failed to achieve complete success.

Later, he was transferred to the Central Plains, and was beheaded by Gongsun Zan. His contact with him was completely cut off.

Now he first destroyed the Huns, established his power, and then occupied Bingzhou, and completely bordered the Xianbei people. No one could stop him from doing anything now.

In the eyes of other princes, this place of Bingzhou is a remote place, but for Ye Zhao, it is a treasure land to realize his own revenge.

Moreover, I have money and food now, and I have enough troops in my hands. It is much easier to do the truth again than back then.

"We must completely control these small tribes. In other words, they are Xianbei people in name, but they actually do things for us." Ye Zhao shook his head and said, "The Xianbei people are greedy for profit, let them taste the benefits, and at the same time they must intimidate them militarily, so that they will be obedient. This is actually not difficult. Now that we have contact, we can sell some food, clothes, salt to them through them, are they Xianbei people, handicrafts, etc., and we can't appreciate them. We use these things to exchange for war horses, cattle and sheep, and then tell them that they can invest."

"Investment?" Xi Zhicai looked at Ye Zhao in confusion.

"The equivalent cattle, sheep, and horses are stored here first, and we will help them sell them to the Central Plains, but they will only give them part of the money, grain and property first, and then give them the other part to be sold. Of course, in that way, the benefits will be richer and they will not be hungry in winter." Ye Zhao briefly introduced his thoughts.

"In this way, they have a lot of interests on our side, and are economically controlled by the lord, and then gradually spread to the entire Xianbei through them?" Xi Zhicai's eyes lit up and he smiled.

"For the time being, this is indeed necessary, but it cannot be just that. The Xianbei people still have to fight against each other. The current situation in Xianbei is Kuitou. The Xianbei royal court in Budugen has a considerable force. There is no accurate information yet. To the east of Yinshan, Ke Bi Neng quickly annexed the Wuhuan tribe of the Dutuo after his death. With his previous power, he has now expanded to the point of threatening the Xianbei royal court." Ye Zhao shook his head. It seemed to be a business model, but the ultimate goal was to weaken and annex the Xianbei people.

This is obviously not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time. It involves all aspects of issues, including promotion, how to differentiate the Xianbei people and how to cause civil strife among the Xianbei people. However, as a friend, he always supports one force behind his back to fight against the other two forces. Moreover, this kind of thing cannot be lost. Ye Zhao will not do the business that he loses money. Therefore, he must slowly strengthen the tribe he supports, and at the same time ensure that he has sufficient interests. Now that the Huns have just been destroyed, the Xianbei people are very alert to Ye Zhao, which is actually not the best time, but now it must start. Ye Zhao hopes to eliminate this problem for the world in his lifetime.

In his lifetime, besides conquering the world, Ye Zhao felt that he always had to do something for future generations. Although Ye Zhao's memory of history has become blurred, the history after the Three Kingdoms has always been a thorn in his heart after coming to this world.

"Can you tell me about the layout in Macheng in detail?" Xi Zhicai looked at Ye Zhao. Although through Guan Hai and Ding Li, Qiu Chi could know some of what Ye Zhao did in Macheng back then, it was not comprehensive. At first, he thought that Ye Zhao had provoked internal strife outside the frontier and formed a tripod to allow the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes to fight each other internally, but now it seems that it is not that simple.

"That's all, to provoke civil war among the Xianbei people and then support some weak forces to grow. This time, since we have contacted several small tribes at the same time, it's better to let them form an alliance." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Is it an alliance?" Xi Zhicai was no longer surprised by some fresh words that popped up from Ye Zhao's mouth from time to time. His lord's idea was indeed a bit imaginative.

"Yes, it's also the same thing that has led to the alliance of these tribes, which is the population." Ye Zhao looked at Xi Zhicai and said: "When I was in Macheng in the past, I set up a slave trading market. Whether it was the Xianbei, Wuhuan or the Xiongnu slaves, they could trade here as cattle and sheep. Of course, the price depends on ability. Generally, they only accept women and children under three years old. Of course, it's okay to be older, but the highest cannot be over eight years old."

After the age of eight, people start to remember things and hold grudges. This is also the reason why Xu Rong and Guan Yu started a massacre in Hetao. The battle to exterminate the clan cannot tolerate any kindness.

"This can be regarded as indirectly reducing the reproduction rate of the Xianbei population." Ye Zhao found that Xi Zhicai's eyes were a little weird and said with a dark face: "Don't look at me with such eyes. These people will be sent to various places under our army to reward the soldiers in our army. The rest can be some lonely people. As for children, they can train from childhood. Old opera, what are you thinking?"

"Haha~" Xi Zhicai beat him awkwardly. Thinking about it carefully, Ye Zhao was indeed not that kind of person. He shook his head and said, "I am thinking that in this case, the Xianbei will begin to become weak within ten years, and then..."

"At that time, you will either get out or die." Ye Zhao sneered: "Of course, this premise is that the alliance is done, and there is also a fixed city to trade in Wancheng. Macheng is actually good, but it is now abolished, so I plan to use Wuquan as a trading city, and 5,000 troops stationed in the company are responsible for maintaining public order."

Wuquan is north of Dingxiang, close to the branch of Yinshan Mountain. Further north is the grassland. There is a mountain in the middle, but there is also a road to walk on. The location is somewhat similar to that of Macheng back then, which is also the reason why Ye Zhao chose this city.

"I also think this place is more suitable, but it's the matter of alliance..." Xi Zhicai looked at Ye Zhao and said. He wanted to lay out the grassland and find vendors to calculate sales. In addition, he had to follow Ye Zhao to help Ye Zhao plan, which was really a bit too hard to do.

"This can be left to Qiu Chi. He did it with me back then and was familiar with this. In short, this matter should be deployed as soon as possible. It is best to start planning before the spring of the following year."

"Here!" Xi Zhicai nodded. Although the alliance has not been established yet, these small tribes have agreed to cooperate. As long as they don't go on a business trip and have the first batch of benefits, the alliance's affairs will naturally come naturally.

Now the only goal when the troops left Guanzhong was Xiliang. Although they still had enough energy, they successively annexed Guanzhong, Bingzhou, Hetao, and the territory had expanded by more than three times in less than two years. Ye Zhao was preparing to temporarily stop the war and cultivate people's livelihood. After Li Ru obtained Xiliang, after the development of agriculture and sericulture in various places, they began to build a complete economic system. With the territory of the Han Dynasty or Ye Zhao as the center, it was difficult to radiate the entire Han Dynasty and the huge economic network of the Western Regions countries to the west, and constantly absorb nutrients from surrounding countries through this economic network to satisfy the rapid development under his rule.
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