The big man is on the run

Chapter 233 Aftermath
After the decisive battle in Yishui, the officers and soldiers did not stop chasing them. They did not even count the prisoners and trophies for more than a day. They continued to chase north with almost all the cavalry forces led by Xu Huang.

As a matter of course, the remnants and defeated generals that Yuan Shao managed to gather with great difficulty began to be chased non-stop.

Every time I retreated to a place, before I had a good meal or sleep, the pursuers continued to catch up with perseverance.

Starting from the banks of the Yishui River, Yuan Shao first retreated to Yi County, and then he was driven to Zhuo County and Liang Township. Soon he returned to the starting point of this southward journey - Ji County where Gongsun Zan died less than a month ago.

Ji County is already dilapidated and undefendable, but Xu Huang has no intention of letting him go.

Thanks to Yuan Shaojun's resolute strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness in Youzhou, not only the people's support in Youzhou was completely away from him, but also the supplies and personnel were extremely scarce, and the army around Yuan Shao began to fight less and less.

A large number of soldiers began to flee and defect in an organized manner. Many soldiers even publicly said in front of Yuan Shao's trusted generals that even if you cut off our heads, we will not leave.

The soldiers were indeed exhausted, and they kept retreating on their two legs, while the pursuers of the officers and soldiers were basically cavalry.

Both psychological and physical torture are extremely destructive to people.

So he was chased like a duck all the way, and when he arrived in Youbeiping County, Yuan Shao looked at the few remaining troops around him, and he no longer planned to take the troops back. He only planned to take his cronies to find a boat and cross the Bohai Sea. Bay, back to Qingzhou or southern Jizhou.

Of course, Yuan Shao no longer has much confidence in the latter.

In fact, this is indeed the case. After receiving the news that Yuan Shao could no longer stop the resistance and gained a foothold in Youzhou, the official army began to divide its troops to attack the southern part of Jizhou.

Logically speaking, this process is very complicated. Yuan Shao has been operating in Jizhou for several years, and the local gentry and powerful forces in Jizhou are extremely powerful.

But after the First World War in Yishui, nearly 10 civilian troops were taken over by the government army, and these people became the best tools for the government army.

On the way to repatriate them back to their hometown, the official army can complete all the occupation work along the way, and there is no need to pay any human cost.

There are a large number of these folks, and they know the basics of Jizhou.

— In addition to consuming a lot of food.

Changshan County and Zhongshan State in Jizhou were already under the control of the official army. It was logical that the official army led by Zhu Jun went south to Zhao State, Wei County, Julu County, Anping State, and Qinghe State, and eastward to Hejian State, During the Bohai Kingdom, there was basically no resistance from any established system.

The whole of Jizhou was successfully brought under the rule of the imperial court, and Yuan Tan of Qingzhou, facing Cao Cao in the west and Liu Bei in the south, did not dare to send any support force at all, or in other words, his strength was only for the imperial court. Sticking to Qingzhou is enough.

And with the end of the last battle of this winter, the princes of all walks of life in the whole world, after receiving the battle reports one after another, began to give similar feedback.

This kind of feedback was gradually collected in the hands of Liu Yi, who has always stayed in Yi County, the junction of Youzhou and Jizhou.

"Yuan Shao fled to Youbeiping County."

Dressed in casual clothes, Liu Yi frowned slightly as he looked at Yi Shui, who was frozen into an ice dragon in the distance, from the city of Yi County.

"Youbeiping County and Liaoxi County belong to the Wuhuan people, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Yuan Shao and the people of Wuhuan have always been on good terms. Now the leader of Wuhuan is Tadun, who uses Liucheng, Liaoxi County as his base camp, and has blocked the Liaoxi Corridor. It is quite easy to defend but difficult to attack." Jia Xu explained.

"Didn't Xu Huang already cut off the road from You Beiping to the west of Liaoning? Yuan Shao can't escape, right? Friendship belongs to friendship, and Tadun might not dare to rescue him."

Seeing Jia Xu's half-smile expression, Liu Yi understood what the poisonous man meant almost instantly.

Liu Yi nodded, and said directly: "Eliminate evil and do everything."

Jia Xu also understood, nodded repeatedly and said: "The Wuhuan people hid the national traitor Yuan Shao, their crime deserves to be punished, and General Xu Huang will definitely wipe out his family and rectify the country's law."

"Xu Huang's cavalry army is also quite exhausted. Let Yuan Shao's remnants be wiped out and let them rest for a while. Just these days, they have organized a new army transformed from captives. They will march against Wuhuan again in the spring of the next year. and take it with you."

"Your Majesty, don't we deal with it together?"

"It is to be dealt with together." Liu Yi smiled and said, "My deal together does not mean dealing with Yuan Shao's Wuhuan together, but dealing with Wuhuan, Goguryeo, and the Gongsun clan of Liaodong together."

"Your Majesty." Jia Xu looked worried.

Liu Yi didn't hide it either, motioned Jia Xu to look at the two silk books the guards were carrying, and explained at the same time.

"The affairs of the Central Plains have basically settled down, and there is no need to worry too much. In other words, the worry can only be in the communication of envoys, doing some lobbying, rather than military affairs and you know, Mr. After the war, the imperial court's savings for several years have been wiped out, and next year Jizhou and Youzhou, two big states, will have spring plowing, after all, we can't use any more weapons."

"But the soldiers and horses can't make big moves. It's okay to move a little bit, especially the three forces in the northeast. If they want to be solved, they should be solved thoroughly, and no future troubles can be left. Otherwise, if they are solved in the future, there will be endless disasters and they will be abolished." I don’t know how many times the energy, money, and military power can be dealt with. So while the main force of the imperial court is still here, let’s deal with Wuhuan, Goguryeo, and Liaodong Gongsun’s clan together. At that time, only the cavalry will be used, and the auxiliary soldiers and supply troops will also be used. Use the reorganized captive soldiers, and try not to recruit civilians to affect the spring plowing."

While Liu Yi was talking here, Jia Xu also flipped through the silk books one by one, and the more he read, the more joyful his face became.

"I heard that Your Majesty defeated Yuan Shao in Hebei. Lu Bu killed Yuan Shu, his son and daughter's in-laws, annexed Jiujiang County and Lujiang County, and sent the head of the national traitor Yuan Shu to Chang'an. Good! Good! Good! As expected of you, Lu Fengxian."

Listening to Jia Xu's words, Liu Yi's complexion was a little strange.

But Jia Xu continued indifferently: "Yongzhou Inspector Zhong Yao came to the table, Jincheng Han Sui asked the court to appoint another official to serve as Jincheng prefect. The attached letter also said that Han Sui could give up the military and horse territory in his hand, but he asked for peace. Ma Teng will receive the same treatment as Ma Teng, and Jiuqing will be awarded the title of Minister. Your Majesty, we can agree to this condition after discussing it again. In this way, the two prefectures of Yongliang and Liangzhou will be completely brought under the rule of the imperial court."

"Not bad!"

"Hiss~" Jia Xu pinched his fingers and calculated: "In this way, doesn't the imperial court have Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Sili Xiaowei Department (Guanzhong), Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou, which are equivalent to six states? ?”

"It's more than that." Liu Yi shook his head, obviously the benefits of this decisive battle far exceeded those of the six states.

Afterwards, Liu Yi took out another volume of silk script from his sleeve and handed it to Jia Xu.

(End of this chapter)