Chapter 1442 Eight major granaries


    Chapter 1440: Eight major granaries


    The area of ??Jianghuai River, that is, the area north and south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River, mostly belongs to Yangzhou and a small part belongs to Xuzhou. It is located in the throat fortress and connects the north and south, and is a place that military strategists must fight for.


    In addition, the land of Jianghuai has fertile land and abundant resources, so it has been a land of fish and rice since ancient times, and it also produces a lot of food.


    Since Qin Hao promoted the new grain seeds, after years of cultivation and cultivation, the major princes have had enough grain seeds and promoted the new grain seeds under their rule, and what has come is doubled in grain production.


    At this time, the major princes finally understood why Dong Zhuo had to occupy Nanyang at that time.


    If you can monopolize new grain planting, who else in the world can be the opponent?


    As the overall grain production doubled, the food crisis in various places has been greatly reduced. With the surplus grain in the hands of the major princes, they naturally would be willing to use the food to provide disaster relief, thus gaining praise from the people and a good reputation.


    After analysis in later generations, the population of various states has been on a downward trend since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the decline has been very fast. However, when high-yield grains were promoted, the trend of population plummeting slowly stopped.


    Although the overall decline is still falling, the decline rate is already very slow, and some areas have also seen population recovery, which is definitely a miracle.


    The promotion of new grain seeds has caused a surge in grain production, while famous experts have selected eight major granaries in the world based on the amount of grain produced, namely: Sichuan, Shu, Jiangdong, Jingxiang, Jianghuai, Hetao, Shandong, Heluo, and Liaodong.


    These eight major grain warehouses account for four in the north and south. No matter which place the grain production can reach one state or even many states, so the saying "those who win the eight major grain warehouses win the world."


    Those who win the eight major granaries will win the world. This sentence is not completely unreasonable. After all, food and grass are the most important in troubled times. Obtaining any of these eight major granaries means a great increase in strength, and naturally they will have the qualifications to fight for dominance in the world.


    Therefore, this sentence should actually be reversed. It is not that those who have won the eight major granaries will win the world, but that if you want to win the world, you must first get the eight major granaries.


    Currently, five of the eight major granaries have their own owners:


    Hetao and Heluo return to Qin Hao


    Sun Jian, Jiangdong


    Jianghuai Returns to Yuan Shu


    Liaodong returns to Nurhachi


    Jingxiang, that is, Jingzhou, was divided up by Qin Hao, Huang Zu and Liu Xiu;


    Shandong, that is, part of Qingzhou and Jizhou, is divided by Yuan Shao, Han Fu, Li Jing, Song Jiang and Zhu Tianpeng;


    Sichuan and Shu, which is Yizhou, the country of Tianfu, was divided up by Liu Ji, Liu Yu and Li Shimin;


    If you want to win the world, you must first get one of the eight major grain warehouses. However, the place without a master is too chaotic. If there is a master, no matter which area is a soft persimmon.


    Among the eight major grain warehouses, Qin Hao occupied two, but no one dared to pay attention to him, because Qin Hao was the overlord of the princes and no one could **** it from him alone.


    The Qing emperor Nurhaci and the Jiangdong tiger Sun Jian were not easy to mess with.


    Of course, there is only one exception, that is, Yuan Shu, who occupied the Jianghuai River.


    After losing Yuzhou, although Yuan Shu''s strength was greatly reduced, he still owned Jianghuai, one of the eight major grain warehouses, and naturally became the fat in the eyes of the surrounding princes.


    Who doesn’t want to occupy the eight major grain warehouses? Although Yuan Shu is not weak, in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhao Kuangyin, and Sun Jian, it is undoubtedly the easiest soft persimmon to eat.


    In fact, Cao Cao also wanted JAC, but he had not even solved Li Zicheng. Before he completely solved the problem in Yanzhou, he naturally did not have the right to compete with the other three companies for JAC.


    In addition to Cao Cao, among the three families of Zhu, Zhao and Sun Jian, Sun Jian has started a war with Liu Xiu, so he naturally cannot be distracted from the Jianghuai area, so Sun Jian was also eliminated.


    Currently, only Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhao Kuangyin can compete for the Jianghuai River, and Zhao Kuangyin has just won Yuzhou for a short time, and his foundation is not enough, so Zhu Yuanzhang is more likely to win.


    In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang had an advantage that Zhao Kuangyin did not have when it comes to competing for the Jianghuai River. At the beginning, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty fled into the Three Mountains, and Zhu Yuanzhang retreated into the Dabie Mountains, and some of the areas belonged to the Jianghuai Mountains.


    When Zhu Yuanzhang was conquering Xuzhou, he moved the population in the mountains, but he also left some manpower at the Dabie Mountains base.


    Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang still has some foundation in the Jianghuai River, but Zhao Kuangyin has no foundation at all. Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang is more likely to win.


    Learning that Sun Jian raised an army to attack Liu Xiu, Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate at all and immediately sent Xu Shiji to lead 80,000 troops to attack Yuan Shu.


    After Zhao Kuangyin learned about it, he wanted to compete with Zhu Yuanzhang for the Jianghuai River, but Zhao Pu, a counselor under his command, advised him not to act rashly.


    Yan Xiangyan said that although Yuan Shu lost consecutively, he did not lack the power to defend the city. It would be easier to send troops to take over Jianghuai.


    Zhao Kuangyin immediately realized that Yuan Shu had Lian Po under his command, but he knew that Lian Po was powerful. As long as Lian Po was there, Zhu Yuanzhang might not have been able to get it.


    In the battle of Yuzhou, Yuan Shu fell into Zhao Kuangyin''s counter-espionage plan, misunderstood Lian Po, but lost the entire Yuzhou. Yuan Shu would also regret it.


    The brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao have very similar tempers, both of whom are aware of mistakes but do not admit their mistakes.


    In the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao did not listen to Tian Feng, but after losing, he killed Tian Feng instead.


    Yuan Shu was actually similar. After losing Yuzhou, he also had the intention to kill Lian Po.


    Zhao Kuangyin also took advantage of this and wanted to use Yuan Shu to get rid of Lian Po, the enemy.


    Yuan Shu was already moved, but was stopped by Yan Xiang.


    Under Yan Xiang''s persuasion, Yuan Shu realized his situation. If there were no Lian Po, he would not even be able to defend Jianghuai. Only by relying on Lian Po could he be able to retake Yuzhou. So Yuan Shu knew the mistake and admitted it, and also attached more importance to Lian Po.


    Zhao Kuangyin did not send troops to intervene, but instead watched Zhu Yuanzhang''s strategy of Jianghuai.


    Yuan Shu felt relieved when he saw that Zhao Kuangyin did not send troops and immediately ordered Lian Po to lead troops from all over the country to resist the invading Xu Shiji.


    In this way, on the battlefield of Jianghuai, Xu Shiji and Lian Po met again.


    At the same time, Cao Cao also captured a once-in-a-lifetime fighter opportunity on the battlefield in Yanzhou.


    Li Zicheng and his Shanming Army were in stalemate with Cao Cao in Yanzhou for nearly three years. Although he had the advantage in the early stage and even forced Cao Cao to use human flesh as military rations, his character was still not as tenacious as Cao Cao.


    Seeing that the forces from all directions gradually became stable, Zhu Yuanzhang was planning for the Jianghuai after unifying Xuzhou. Only when he was in Yanzhou was lukewarm, Li Zicheng couldn''t help but feel impatient.


    Li Zicheng, who was impatient, wanted to defeat Cao Cao and unify Yanzhou as soon as possible, so he went on a dangerous situation, but failed to plan, but Cao Cao discovered it and set up an ambush.


    Cao Cao took all the elite soldiers and generals under his command to fight Li Zicheng. Not only did he defeat Li Zicheng''s main force in one fell swoop, but even Li Zicheng was shot to death by Xiahou Yuan.


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