Although most of the people that Yuan Shu brought to exchange for food were ordinary people, Wei Xiu 'er and the others still managed to identify more than ten craftsmen among the thousands of people.
Of course, the reason why Yang Rui allowed Yuan Shu to use all kinds of people to trade for food was not just to find talents. In fact, the number of people was also a huge amount of wealth. Perhaps only Yuan Shu would trade 100 jin of food for one person.
These refugees would immediately become different in Yang Rui's hands. With basic food and clothing, the refugees would be able to live a stable life. This kind of security system was very familiar in Yang Rui's territory.
After the basic necessities were met, most of the refugees would be able to live a good life and create more value.
In the current background of the game, the strength of a faction was largely dependent on the number of people under its jurisdiction, whether it was in terms of food supply or military recruitment. This was the most fundamental reason for Yang Rui's strategy.
The various craftsmen were considered a pleasant surprise. Most of them would be directly sent to various workshops and industrial bases. The value that they could create would also be greater.
However, the strategic significance of the number of people under one's control was reflected in the long term. On the other hand, for Yuan Shu, the number of refugees under his control would decrease rapidly. The burden would also decrease correspondingly and the order would also increase.
Therefore, in the short term, Yuan Shu would use some useless refugees to trade for food from Yang Rui. On the surface, there would be no negative effects. On the contrary, there would be some benefits.
After Yuan Shu's agent went through the first test, he immediately returned to the territory to raise a larger scale of population exchange. At the same time, he informed Yuan Shu of the relevant matters in the form of a letter. He also ordered people to transport food and supplies back to Shouchun.
This series of operations did not need to be mentioned. This kind of trade continued from then until the end of the plot before Yuan Shu became the Emperor.
On the other hand, Yang Rui, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Lu Bu were all in a state of war. Just maintaining this state of war was somewhat troublesome. They needed to take down one of the other party's towns within seven days.
Fortunately, Yang Rui had several naval forces. The mobilization of troops was more flexible. Moreover, after taking down the other party's territory, they did not need to keep occupying it. It was completely possible to just give up the territory.
Originally, Yang Rui wanted to take the lead in dealing with Yuan Shu's army in Xuzhou and take over Liu Bei's territory. The remaining counties in Xuzhou would not be much of a hindrance. Before the plot ended, Yang Rui would definitely be able to take over the entire Xuzhou.
After that, Yang Rui would be free to deal with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Lu Bu. He would use the plot to exhaust their strength and prepare for the third large-scale system plot. In the end, he would symbolically declare war on Yuan Shu. At the same time, he would take over Xuzhou and show his side's position.
However, although Yang Rui's plan was good, it was very difficult to implement. First, Liu Bei was not easy to pass.
It was not that Liu Bei's army was very strong. It was that Yang Rui had neglected the role of Chen Deng and his son. At the beginning, Yang Rui did not expect Chen Deng and his son to be able to govern Guangling Prefecture so well and build a very solid foundation for Liu Bei.
Furthermore, after Liu Bei retreated to Guangling Prefecture, he used the developed water system in the prefecture to expand the moat and the water system in the city. At the same time, after the plot began, there was continuous rain near Guangling Prefecture, making it even more difficult to carry out the war.
Yang Rui's plan to quickly defeat Liu Bei was difficult to carry out. He also had a large number of troops in Gaoshan, Dongyang, Gaoyou and Pingan. Yang Rui wanted to deal with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Lu Bu at the same time, but he did not have enough manpower.
Thus, Yang Rui had to change his strategy against Liu Bei. He changed the confrontation of the army to a water blockade. He had the six ladies in Pingan and Gaoyou cities, except for Zhang Ning, Han Dai and Wei Xiu 'er, return to Zhiwu County.
On the east road, Yang Rui only kept Xu You and two hundred thousand troops. He only defended and did not attack. On the west road, the seven men that Yang Rui initially led maintained an aggressive posture. However, the overall strategy was to only defend and not attack. They were also prepared to deal with any situation that might arise from other directions.
The ones in charge of the blockade were Gan Ning and his navy.
Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Chen Deng relied on the developed water system of Guangling as well as the accumulated resources and people's support to maintain a long-term confrontation.
However, their water power was far inferior to Gan Ning's navy. Not to mention the generals and soldiers on the water, just the equipment of Liu Bei's and Yang Rui's armies were far inferior.
In terms of large ships, Yang Rui had more than 170 turreted ships. They were evenly distributed between Gan Ning, Fang Lan, and Taishi Ci. Gan Ning alone had close to 60 turreted ships.
Moreover, more than two-fifths of these turreted ships had been installed with Mohist equipment. Needless to say, 15 of the newly built turreted ships had already been installed before they were delivered. Even the first batch of turreted ships had been upgraded recently.
Among Gan Ning's navy, there were more than 160 Mengwu, warships, large and medium sized transport ships. There were also many smaller ships such as dagger-axes.
In total, Gan Ning's Navy controlled about 400 ships. Taishi Ci's Navy also had about the same size and combat strength. Only Fang Lan's Navy was slightly smaller. All of their forty to fifty ships were equipped with weapons, and their combat strength could not be underestimated.
Gan Ning had around 400 ships and could actually lock down the last five counties that Liu Bei occupied. At the very least, they could control the rivers, lakes, and other important roads.
Guangling Prefecture's developed water system was good for Liu Bei's defense. It was also good for Gan Ning's navy to seal off the various waterways.
Originally, Guangling Prefecture's waterways were the most important means of transportation. However, when Gan Ning's troops arrived, they controlled and gathered all the transport ships. Some of them were even sunk or destroyed.
The water transportation of the five counties in the south of Guangling prefecture was completely paralyzed. With the tax transportation cut off, the land transportation was also affected. Under the developed water network, the Gan Ning tribe could be seen everywhere and could come ashore at any time to threaten the safety of the land transportation.
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