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Text Chapter 63: A Little Goodbye is Better than a New Marriage

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    (Thanks to Cang Lan¡¯s Memory, Chen Yanhong, windofdream, King Jing Jing, and Toilet Poses for their tips)

    After a few months, Yan Liang re-captured Ancheng.

    The day after he captured Ancheng, Yan Liang ordered more than 10,000 people from Runan to be forcibly moved to the seven counties of Xinye and classified them as tuntian people.

    There, Man Chong had already selected several deserted fields for the more than 10,000 people near Xinye, imitating Cao Cao's farming system, and ordered these immigrants to cultivate the wastelands.

    Man Chong was good at politics and knew the importance of food, so soon after he returned to Yan Liang, he proposed to farm near Xinye.

    Although there have been few wars in Jingzhou and it is said to have a household registration of one million, the population is still significantly reduced compared to before the chaos. There is also a lot of abandoned farmland near the seven counties of Xinye controlled by Yan Liang.

    What Yan Liang lacks is not land, but population.

    Yan Liang ordered Manchong to conduct a census of household registrations. Although many households that had escaped registration were cleared, the current number of households in the seven counties of Xinye was obviously still not enough to support Yan Liang's expansion of the army or the launch of a long-term campaign.

    Yan Liang, who had historical foresight, naturally thought of borrowing Cao Cao's farming system.

    Most of the indigenous people in Xinye own land. If they are forced to farm, it will inevitably lead to fierce resistance.

    And these refugees who moved from Runan have no influence in the local area. Secondly, they are frightened by the war and hope to settle down. It is natural to use them as farmers.

    At this time, the battle of Guandu had reached a critical moment. Although Runan was in chaos, Cao Cao could no longer find a single soldier to intervene. Therefore, Yan Liang was able to drive away Liu Bei calmly, and then calmly captured more than ten thousand Dingkou.  Moved to Xinye.

    Three days later, Yan Liang led his victorious army back to Xinye.

    At the city gate, Xu You and Yi Ji were waiting to greet them.

    "Congratulations, general, on your triumphant return." Xu Youce immediately stepped forward and congratulated him.

    The rest of the Yiji and other officials also came forward to congratulate him, their words and expressions filled with awe for Yan Liang.

    Yan Liang just smiled faintly, waved his hand and said: "It's just a small victory, nothing worth mentioning. But without this strategy of showing weakness, it would not be that easy to defeat Liu Bei."

    "Haha, the general has given you the reward. It's just a small trick. If the general hadn't expected that Liu Biao wouldn't take the opportunity to send troops, this old man's strategy would be useless."

    There was also a hint of pride in Xu You's flattering words.

    Both the principal and the minister laughed and entered the city in high spirits.

    The people of Xinye, who had been spared from the war, were all surprised and delighted when they heard the news that their General Yan had defeated Liu Bei. Now that they heard about Yan Liang's triumphant return, they all rushed to both sides of the street to greet him.

    Yan Liang rode his horse slowly, with a bit of majesty in his indifferent expression, and nodded calmly to the welcoming soldiers and people.

    "I heard that the general also captured Liu Bei's two wives in this battle. I wonder what the general plans to do with them?" Xu You asked, a horse's head away.

    "After all, they are also Uncle Liu Huang's women. How can we be careless and place them in my house." Yan Liang said simply.

    Xu You raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "I heard that the two ladies of Liu Xuande are both stunning beauties. Could it be that the general placed them in the mansion because he wanted to"

    Before he finished speaking, Xu You smiled with some evil intent.

    Yan Liang was startled for a moment, and then he understood what he meant. He thought that this bad old man was full of crooked things.

    Mi and Gan are indeed beautiful women, but Yan Liang's original intention of placing them in the mansion is of course to better protect these two people, so that they will not have any shortcomings and the world will mistakenly think that Yan Liang has no magnanimity and even two female dependents.  There is no room for it.

    "Sir, if you say this, you are not afraid that your wife will hear you and complain to me on your pillow that you are old and disrespectful." Yan Liang said with a smile.

    Xu You was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly, with a self-deprecating expression on his face.

    "Uncle Liu Huang is now defeated by the general and has become a lost dog. I wonder if he will be looked down upon by Feng Ji and his gang if he escapes back to Yuan Shao."

    The laughter subsided, and the conversation was diverted away from the woman.

    Yan Liang sneered and said, "Sir, you still don't know Liu Bei well enough. I bet that Liu Bei will not return to Yuan Shao this time."

    "The general is right. Liu Bei managed to break away from Yuan Shao with great difficulty. Now that he has lost the battle, he will be embarrassed to go back."

    Xu You nodded slightly, but murmured: "It's just that Liu Bei is surrounded by people and is surrounded by enemies on all sides. Apart from returning to Yuan Shao, I really don't know where else he can go"

    ¡°You don¡¯t have to think about it, it must be Xuzhou.¡±

      Yan Liang made a decisive decision, breaking Xu You's speculation.

    "Xuzhou?"

    Xu You was a little surprised. He was at a loss for a moment, and suddenly realized something.

    Xuzhou is the easternmost part of Cao Tong District and is the area where Cao Cao's rule is weakest. Due to too many killings, the people there have always been resentful towards Cao Cao.

    At present, the battle of Guandu is too divided, Cao Cao can only entrust Chen Deng, Zang Ba and other powerful local families to rule. In fact, Xuzhou has always been in a semi-independent state.

    Liu Bei has been operating in Xuzhou for many years and is quite popular among the people. He has also made friends with local powerful families. It can be said that he has a good "mass foundation".

    Now, if Liu Bei takes advantage of Cao Cao's free time to visit Xuzhou again, he may not be able to make waves by relying on his previous reputation.

    After thinking about all this, Xu You couldn't help showing admiration for Yan Liang and sighed: "As the general said, it seems that Liu Bei really has the only way to go to Xuzhou this time. The general's judgment is really inferior to that of the old man.  ¡±

    Yan Liang only smiled at Xu You's praise.

    After some chatting, Yan Liang returned to the prefect¡¯s mansion.

    At this moment, hearing that Yan Liang had returned, Huang Yueying had already led a group of servants to greet him at the door.

    Turning the corner, Yan Liang looked up and saw Huang Yueying, dressed in red, looking over with her head raised, her pretty face filled with anticipation.

    Xiaobei was newly married, not to mention that shortly after his two talents were married, Yan Liang led his troops. Huang Yueying, who was the first woman, could not miss the return of her husband.

    Yan Liang also missed his little wife. He whipped his horse and she was close in a blink of an eye.

    "Husband¡ª¡ª"

    Huang Yueying looked happy and hurried down the stairs.

    Yan Liang jumped off the horse, walked up with a smile, took her slender hand, and caressed her face with his generous palm.

    Huang Yueying's face immediately blushed a little.

    Although she is now married to Yan Liang and has gone through the wedding ceremony, how can she not feel ashamed when Yan Liang is being intimate with her in front of so many servants?

    With shyness, Huang Yueying blushed and said in a low voice: "Husband, there are still people watching."

    She was so coy and breathtakingly beautiful that her heart was pounding, and the ecstasy of the wedding night could not help but come to mind.

    With his heart throbbing, Yan Liang suddenly picked up Huang Yueying and strode towards the inner room.
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