I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 226 Recuperation
If it wasn't for the Modao army to withstand the enemy's crazy counterattack, coupled with the huge lethality of Yan Xing's dragon and tiger cavalry, constantly tearing at the enemy's defense line and impacting the enemy's formation, I am afraid that the loss in this battle will definitely be even greater.

This battle is also the biggest loss for the Bingzhou Army in so many years.

Zhang Liao's heart was bleeding. Although he had already had a premonition, he did not expect that the Youzhou Army, which fought back desperately, would explode with monstrous combat power. casualties.

But right now he couldn't care less about being sad. Looking at Gongsun Zan and his remnants who were surrounded by him, Zhang Liao was both admiring and annoyed.

"General Gongsun, you have proved your courage. My lord wants to invite you to Luoyang for a talk. How about laying down your arms and shaking hands?" Zhang Liao said patiently.

"Thank you, General, but I won't go to Luoyang. How can I bend my knees and surrender to the traitor? Needless to say, if you want to take my life, it depends on your ability." Gongsun Zan said flatly.

"General Gongsun, don't you think about your subordinates? If you continue to fight, you will die?" Zhang Liao still refused to give up.

Before Gongsun Zan could reply, Tian Yu roared angrily, "Son Zhang Liao, if you want to fight, you can fight, why bother to put on a show again, I, a man from Youzhou, would rather die than surrender, and swear to follow my general to the death."

"I'd rather die than surrender, I would rather die than surrender..." Immediately, roars erupted from the Youzhou army.

"General Zhang, you've seen it too, it's useless to talk too much." Gongsun Zan said with a light smile

Seeing that the persuasion failed, Zhang Liao simply stopped talking. Originally, he was unwilling to cause massacres. After all, the two sides had already killed more than [-] people in this battle, and the remaining [-] enemies were all dead soldiers. We should eliminate them. Also lost a lot of troops.

Zhang Liao frowned helplessly, pulled out his sword after thinking for a while without hesitation, pointed at the enemy army obliquely, and ordered in a deep voice: "The whole army goes out and kills without mercy..."

Immediately, more than 4 troops of the Bingzhou Army swarmed up, the Huns cavalry in the distance kept firing arrows from a long distance, and the Modao Army in front of them crushed them again with murderous aura.

In less than half an hour, the remaining Youzhou army was completely dead and wounded. Gongsun Zan died among the rebellious army. Tian Yu, Tian Kai and other Youzhou generals finally drew their swords and killed themselves. None of them surrendered to the Bingzhou army.The Bingzhou Army also paid the price of nearly 3000 people for this, and the loss was not small.

In this way, Gongsun Zan, the hero of Youzhou, retreated from the stage of history, and there was no enemy in Youzhou that could stop the progress of the Bingzhou army.

Since Gongsun Zan's entire army was wiped out, Zhang Liao took advantage of the situation and took Guangyang County, Yuyang County, Youbeiping County, and Liaoxi County with almost no effort in less than a month. Only then did the Battle of Youzhou finally come to an end. curtain.

Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief after learning that Zhang Liao lived up to expectations and won Youzhou. Although the battle to destroy Gongsun Zan paid a heavy price, it is worth celebrating that he completely wiped out this formidable enemy and occupied Youzhou.

So far, it has achieved the previous occupation goal of recovering Jizhou and Youzhou, and the territory it occupies is getting bigger and bigger. Almost the entire land of China to the north of the Yellow River has been captured by Li Shimin, and it is gradually sweeping the world.

It's just that the alien races in the northern part of the Central Plains have long been ready to move, and the Xianbei Kebineng Department in the north is watching covetously, always threatening the safety of Youzhou and Bingzhou.

Therefore, in order to deal with the threat of alien races, Li Shimin appointed Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin as Wuhuan Xiaowei and Wuhuan Xiaowei, responsible for managing the affairs of ethnic minorities in Youzhou.

In addition to transferring the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry and the Modao Battalion back to Chang'an, Bu Xugu's Hun Legion and Zhang Liao's Longwu Army all stayed in Youzhou. On the one hand, they stabilized the surrounding situation. Then transfer it back to Chang'an.

In fact, during the Civil War in the Central Plains, the Xianbei leader Ke Bineng took the opportunity to lead an army of 15 to attack Bingzhou, and with rebels like Ding Yuan acting as guides, Yanmen Pass was always turbulent and the situation was extremely severe.

However, in the north of Bingzhou, from Mayi to Yanmenguan in the west, there is an iron bucket managed by Hao Zhao. Although Hao Zhao has less than [-] troops in his hands, relying on the dangerous terrain and defensive talent, he forcibly blocked the madness of the Xianbei people Offensive, so that the Xianbei left nearly [-] corpses under Yanmen Pass, but made no progress.

When the situation was at its most critical, everyone suggested that Li Shimin transfer Zhang Liao's Xiongnu Legion there, and take Youzhou next time, at least to ensure the stability of the Bingzhou base camp.But Li Shimin did not agree. He believed that Hao Zhao could guard the northern gate of Bingzhou, and in the end he just sent a large amount of ordnance to Yanmenguan.

Facts have proved that Li Shimin's judgment is accurate. Hao Zhao really defended the Yanmen Pass and successfully resisted the massive invasion of the Xianbei people. With the support of the Xianbei Qianshan tribe who watched and helped Li Shimin, he attacked Ke Bineng from behind.

In the end, Ke Bineng had no choice but to retreat. So far, his vitality was seriously injured in the first battle, and he was unable to plan to merge the state in a short time.

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After the external threat was over, Li Shimin was ready to recuperate, and would not start a war rashly in a short time. As more and more territory was occupied, what Li Shimin needed was to digest the fruits of victory as soon as possible and stabilize the already occupied Jizhou and Youzhou.

Officially appointed Jushou as the governor of Jizhou and Xi Zhicai as the governor of Youzhou to rectify the officialdom, restore people's livelihood, clear up the accumulated cases, and crack down on wealthy bullies.

At the same time, he carried out his land granting system and the land equalization system to restore production, appease refugees, reclaim wasteland, and accumulate war forces.

On the one hand, selecting talents and appointing talents eliminates the passive situation in which wealthy families dominate the officialdom, and vigorously promotes Confucian scholars from poor families to supplement them in various counties.At the same time, the criminals were severely punished, and the wealthy and powerful families were not stopped, and they were severely cracked down according to law.

After half a year of special rectification, the people of Youzhou and Jizhou finally live a stable life, the government is clean and efficient, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and a thriving and prosperous situation.

Especially Jizhou, which was originally the richest state and county in the world, has restored its original prosperous and prosperous appearance after this systematic governance.

This made the people of the two states grateful to the Bingzhou Army and completely stabilized the situation.

After half a year of recovery of people's livelihood, Li Shimin discussed with his advisers, and finally decided to start a new round of conscription, expand the army and prepare for war.

Originally, each legion only had an upper limit of 5 troops, but now it seems that it is no longer suitable for the important task of conquering the world today.

Therefore, Li Shimin made an exception and allowed him to recruit up to [-] troops for the five main armies, including Guan Yu's Longxiang Army, Zhang Liao's Longwu Army, Zhao Yun's Shenwu Army, Lu Bu's Huben Army, and Zhang He's Baotao Army.

(End of this chapter)