Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 603 The end of the war
Although Yuan Shao was defeated, there are still many cities in Jizhou that have not been recovered, and large areas such as Hejian, Bohai Sea, Changshan, and Zhongshan have not been recovered.

However, now that Yuan Shao was defeated, even if these regions resisted, it would be difficult to hinder the unification of southern Chu and Hebei.

Chu Nan ordered Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Huang Zhong, Han Qiong, Zhang Yun, Yu Jin, Xu Huang, Li Tong, and Ji Ling to lead an army each, and send troops separately to pacify the rest of the city as soon as possible. With a large number of officials prepared, it is easiest to promote the New Deal after the war has subsided.

Otherwise, once the stable order is restored, the old local gentry and powerful will emerge. These forces are not conducive to the promotion of the New Deal. Chu Nan plans to remove these local forces before returning to the court.

But this time, with Yuan Shao's defeat, it was obvious that these former local tyrants had become much more honest. Although they were dissatisfied with the New Deal, there were fewer mobs and riots and resistance.

After all, no one is a fool. Now that Chu Nan has defeated Yuan Shao, the power of the gentry has also been declining with the growth of Chu Nan. It is obviously unwise to fight against Chu Nan now. All the ways to survive for the powerful are just that their wealth and influence on the place have shrunk greatly.

Chu Nan was not idle during this period of time. He traveled between cities all day long. After the golden dragon of luck swallowed the luck of Chuanguo Yuxi, the speed of refining luck was faster, and at the same time, Chu Nan's luck became stronger. Majestic, refining the luck of a city is much faster than before. After the initial establishment of Jizhou, Chu Nan almost went back and forth between the cities.

He wanted to take this opportunity to refine the luck of all the cities in Jizhou. As for the quiet and cool and Sanfu land, he could only deal with it after he stabilized the court. Such a large land would take a while just to run once. In two years, besides Yuan Tan has not surrendered yet, and Xiliang is not completely regarded as the southern part of Chu, and Han Sui's side is regarded as an alliance, so it is not easy to start at this time.

At the end of November, as Zhang Yun took over Hejian County completely, the entire territory of Jizhou was now owned by Chu Nan. , This is the preparation for the class teacher.

But before that, Chu Nan was going to solve the Qingzhou problem by the way.

Qingzhou, Yuan Tan Yamen Office.

Recently, Yuan Tan is in a bad mood, or rather anxious. Every time there is news from Jizhou, Yuan Tan feels that Jizhou is about to end. As a result... Jizhou is really over. His father and brothers all died in battle. Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou were all acquired by Chunan, not only that, but Qingzhou was also taken by Chunan to the two counties of Pingyuan and Le'an.

Chu Nan might go south to Qingzhou at any time, and he couldn't even defeat the two partial divisions of Lu Qian and Zang Ba. When Chu Nan came with a big victory, how could he resist?
"My lord!" A general came to Yuan Tan's side and saluted Yuan Tan.

"What's the matter?" Yuan Tan asked anxiously.

"Chunan sent an envoy, saying that there is a letter written by Chu Nan." The general bowed to Yuan Tan.

"Hmph!" Yuan Tan really wanted to kill the envoy directly to show his firm position, but after thinking about the consequences, Chu Nan is no longer the son-in-law of the Lu family back then, but is looking forward to the Central Plains, even his own father was defeated After a pause, Yuan Tan snorted coldly and said, "Call that envoy in, and I want to see what Chu Nan has to say?"

To be honest, after Chu Nan captured Yecheng, he sent the Yuan family and his family to Qingzhou, which made Yuan Tan very satisfied. At least that Chu Nan still remembered the old love, and it was not in vain to help him deal with the remnants of the Cao family. .

But Jizhou was destroyed, his father died, and Yuan Tan and Chu Nan had a life-and-death enmity. He was at odds with Chu Nan, even if he was afraid of Chu Nan now, Yuan Tan did not want to be in Chu Nan. Show weakness in front of you.

"Here!"

The general bowed to leave, and after a while, he saw a young man coming in with the general, and bowed to Yuan Tan, "Liu Ye, I have seen you, young master."

"Hmph!" Yuan Tan snorted coldly, "Chu Ziyan called you here to persuade me to surrender?"

"Exactly!" Liu Ye didn't evade the question, and nodded generously.

"It's a joke, he killed my father and brother, and took away my Yuan family's foundation. Doesn't he want me to bow my knees to him?" Yuan Tan jumped up and said angrily, "I, Yuan Tan, would rather die in battle than surrender to that Chu Nan." Bow your knees!"

"This is my lord's letter, please read it!" Liu Ye smiled as he handed the letter from Chu Nan to Yuan Tan to the general beside him.

"Let's see what he has to say to persuade me to surrender?" Yuan Tan hummed coldly as he opened the letter.

However, Chu Nan's whole article did not mention half a sentence about persuading him to surrender, but only recalled the incident when the two joined hands to attack the remnants of the Cao family. Deep friendship?

"My lord, do you know how many soldiers and horses are around the lord?" Liu Ye asked with a smile.

"What does it have to do with me?" Yuan Tan snorted coldly.

"My lord, in this battle with Yuan Gonggong, about 140,000 troops were raised (plus the Heishan Army). Naturally, there were a lot of losses after the battle, but there were still more than 150,000 troops. In addition, there were 28 troops from Jizhou. There are more than 300,000 lieutenant officers and soldiers, and these alone have [-] people, and the troops of Lu Qian and Zang Ba who are currently confronting wages are [-] troops!" Liu Ye calculated carefully for Yuan Tan.

The corner of Yuan Tan's mouth twitched. With a 300,000 army, I only have more than 40,000 here. It is difficult to deal with Lu Qian and Zang Ba. If the 300,000 army from South Chu sent to Qingzhou, would I be able to stop it?
"In a big battle, swords and guns have no eyes. My lord actually cherishes the friendship with the young master, and often says that the young master is my lord's best friend." Liu Ye sighed.

Best friend?

Yuan Tan looked at Chu Nan's letter, and felt a little relieved. Then he sneered and said, "Since you are a close friend, why did you invade my border for no reason and kill my father and brother?"

"My lord, do you still remember the cause of the North-South War?" Liu Ye asked back.

cause?

Yuan Tan remembered that at the beginning of the year, Yuan Shao issued a proclamation to inform the world, enumerating the crimes of Chu Nan, and began to send troops to harass the counties in the Central Plains.

"The one who started this battle was not my lord, but Yuan Gong. At that time, Yuan Gong dominated the land of the four states, and his troops were strong and powerful, and his generals were like clouds. If my lord didn't fight back, could he just sit and wait for death?" Liu Ye said in a serious tone. asked aloud.

This……

Logically speaking, it seems that this matter was indeed picked by the family first.

"As for the death of Duke Yuan, no matter whether you believe it or not, Duke Yuan did not die at the hands of my lord. Even if my lord gains the upper hand, Duke Yuan hopes to finally invite Duke Yuan to the court to continue to be an official, not to kill him, but Yuan Gong was unwilling to compromise, and when the city was broken, he hanged himself to death. At that time, there were many people present, so it is not difficult to verify. I intend to spare his life, but I can't let the soldiers stand still." Liu Ye looked at Yuan Tan with a wry smile and said, "My lord also regrets this matter."

For Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan actually doesn't have much friendship at all. After all, the two are in a competitive relationship, and the brotherhood has been exhausted in these years of open and secret struggles.

"My lord, now the overall situation has been decided. The three prefectures of Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou plus Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Guanzhong, and the thirteen prefectures in the world, my lord has already won half of the 300,000 troops. As long as my lord gives an order, he can send troops. Going south to Qingzhou, my lord can't bear the fertile land of Qingzhou to suffer another military disaster, nor can I bear the confrontation between my old friends and brothers in the battlefield, so I ordered you to come to Qingzhou, and I beg you to look at the people of Qingzhou and the old friendship. The Lord has already promised that as long as you are willing to donate the land of Qingzhou, you can protect your position as Jiuqing!" Liu Ye bowed.

Yuan Tan is now the governor of Qingzhou, and has been an official in the court. Given the power of the Yuan family in the past, the position of Jiuqing is not high.

Yuan Tan looked a little ugly, he naturally didn't want to start a war with Chu Nan, let alone 300,000 troops, Chu Nan only needed to bring [-] troops, Yuan Tan estimated that he would have to kneel.

However, it is somewhat unwilling to hand over Qingzhou and let the Yuan family completely withdraw from this world struggle.

After a moment of silence, Yuan Tan frowned and asked, "Could it be that Ziyan can't let Qingzhou go, since he regards me as a brother, why is he pushing me so hard?"

"My lord!" Liu Ye looked at Yuan Tan, and said in a deep voice, "The world will eventually return to the Great Unification. If we don't surrender today, do we want to wait for my lord to conquer the world in the future and bring a million soldiers here?"

"My lord said that if you insist, you can not attack Qingzhou for the time being, but how much brotherhood is left? If you want to control Qingzhou for a few more years, what's the point? At that time, even if my patron is concerned about the old love, my subordinates All the officers and men will not be willing, and at that time, even if the young master is willing to submit, it will be difficult for him to have the status he has today after entering the court."

After a pause, Liu Ye looked at Yuan Tan with a tangled face, clasped his fists and said, "Young Master decides whether Qingzhou should be handed over or not. Give it to others, when the world is unified in the future, I am afraid there will be no room for the Yuan family in this court! I hope you think twice!"

Hearing this, Yuan Tan was silent for a long time, then looked at the letter in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "Since Ziyan still remembers my old friend, I can't make it too difficult for him. Forget it, I'm willing to hand over Qingzhou, I just ask Ziyan not to take it." Forget today's promise!"

Now that the war has been fought, Yuan Tan knows very well that it is difficult for Qingzhou to survive alone. Since Chu Nan cares about the friendship in the past, this may be the best ending for him. Thanks to the merits, he can even be in San Gong again. By then, he can continue the glory of the Yuan family, which may be the best result.

"My lord is wise!" Liu Ye bowed and smiled.

Since Yuan Tan is willing to surrender, the next thing will be much simpler. First, the military power will be handed over, and Zang Ba and Lu Qian will be in charge. At this time, the troops had already returned and did not come to Qingzhou. For Chu Nan, even if Yuan Tan did not surrender, it would be impossible for him to use 300,000 troops in Qingzhou. This was all money and food.

The dispute between Yuan and Chu has also come to an end with Qingzhou not fighting...

(End of this chapter)