Mythical Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Sui and Tang Dynasties, establishment of empire

Chapter 408 The Beginning of Hegemony

With Xiang Jian captured, Yuan Shao killed, and Li Mi and Zhu Hai turning to Liu Hua, the war finally came to an end.

The 500,000 coalition soldiers also died, escaped, and were captured. After a little calculation, more than 200,000 prisoners were captured in this battle.

Among them, perhaps no more than 20,000 people died directly in the war. The remaining people trampled each other in the great rout, or, with luck, fled south.

The problem now is that after half a million troops were defeated in one go, even the Han army commanded by Liu Hua could not defeat them in a short time.

They are all human beings, not pigs. They are really good at running away when faced with a life or death crisis.

Especially when the army entered the collapse stage, each general gathered a small team and ran away in all directions. All the generals who did not escape were either captured or died.

Fortunately, Liu Hua still had a backup plan. At this time, the princes who chose to surrender, such as Zhu Hai and Li Mi, were taking the initiative to gather the defeated troops, which could greatly prevent deserters from fleeing.

After all, when these coalition generals saw that Zhu Hai, Li Mi and others had surrendered, what else could they, the little soldiers who were serving as soldiers, have to hold on to?

But even so, after Liu Hua captured more than 200,000 prisoners, there were still many deserters.

To be honest, Liu Hua at this time really wanted to learn Bai Qi's one-to-one annihilation fighting technique. Even if it couldn't be effective in annihilating the enemy during the war, it would be very good to use it to capture prisoners after the war. , Only in this way can the direct damage caused by the war to the people be reduced to a minimum.

After all, the destructive power caused by the war itself is far less astonishing than the destructive power caused by the deserters fleeing in all directions after the war and harming the people wherever they pass.

At least under Liu Hua's influence, the army under Liu Hua still regarded the common people as human beings.

After the war, the Han army ordered its soldiers to treat the wounded on both sides of the enemy and at the same time began to select places to bury the corpses and prepare the battlefield to avoid the occurrence of plague.

But as the war came to the end of cleaning up, Zhang Fei came over with Tian Zhan's head.

Tian Zhan took advantage of the Battle of Mengjinguan to invade Jizhou. His only friendship with the Han army was hatred, so he killed him without any intention of capturing Zhang Fei alive. When he saw Zhang Fei in the rebel army, he raised his sword and chopped him down. Off his head.

Of course, Wei Jiu didn't run away either, and was shot into a hornet's nest by the arrows of Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army.

When the news of these people's deaths spread, Jizhou's army moved out and directly took over Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou and other places to unify the north.

Just as Zhang Liang and others had estimated before, once the coalition forces were defeated, the noble families in the world were overwhelmed and offered their cities to atone for their sins.

In just two days, with the help of the army, they directly captured Qijun, Le'an, Beihai and other places.

It has to be said that Lu Zhi's Lu family has penetrated into almost every aspect of Qingzhou. Eighty percent of Qingzhou's industries are inseparable from the Lu family's operation.

After all, doing business requires not only those shops, but more importantly, channels and connections. These require long-term efforts to win. At the critical moment of the battle between the two armies, Tian Zhan did not dare to mess around.

This also led to the fact that when the Lu family's rebellion cooperated with Liu Hua's army internally and externally, it was almost overwhelming.

As Qingzhou and Yanzhou completely fell into Liu Hua's hands, the originally gloomy fragments of the empire's will also turned into flowing light and were completely absorbed by Liu Hua.

Since then, more than half of the thirteen states in the world have fallen into the hands of Liu Hua, and it is a foregone conclusion that Liu Hua will seize the world.

"Finally, the first step has been completed!" Liu Hua stood on the bank of the Yellow River and looked to the southeast. Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Sili all had layouts, leaving only Jingzhou and Jiaozhou.

"King of Han!" Chen Gong walked up behind Liu Hua and saluted respectfully. "Gongtai, I leave the matter to you in Wagang. After I get married, I will go south after handling the affairs in Liangzhou. I will need your help then!" Liu Hua said with a smile.

"It's your duty, please don't forget your promise, King Han!" Chen Gong looked at Liu Hua and could only lament that Li Mi was unlucky to meet such a wise king.

"Of course, as long as Li Mi'an stays on his own, I will definitely not embarrass him. When the time comes, he can be named An Le Gong and hold a casual position in Chang'an!" Liu Hua calmly stated the agreement between him and Chen Gong and others.

Wagang planned to surrender, but he hoped that Liu Hua could spare Li Mi's life. Of course Liu Hua would not refuse.

If Li Mi had the ability to rebel in the peaceful and prosperous times under his rule, then he admitted it.

If there is really a problem in the future, just find an overseas place and kick him out.

Zhu Hai and Liu Yu also returned to Yangzhou and Yizhou one after another to wait for the handover with Liu Hua, and at the same time prepare for overseas enfeoffment.

At this time, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Xue Li and others returned to the Han army with the bodies of Yuan Shao and Wen Chou, as well as Chen Qun and other prisoners.

"I've seen the military advisor!" Guan Yu, Xue Li and Zhao Yun, together with their subordinates, all said with clasped fists in a salute.

"Are you not injured?" Zhang Liang asked,

"Excuse me, military advisor." Guan Yu cupped his hands and said, "It's just a penetrating wound. Wen Chou tried his best. He is a respectable opponent."

"That's good, let's go and inform the lord of this good news. Our back-up operations in Hebei should also be activated. As for Yangzhai, just go back and find someone to attack with light cavalry. The main force of Yuan Shao's army has been completely wiped out. The remaining I can't afford to make any big waves." Zhang Liang said casually.

When Zhang Liang led a group of people back to the camp, Fang Xuanling, Deng Yu, Kou Xun, Guo Jia, Tian Feng, Ju Sue, Liu Ye and others were already waiting for him at the door. Originally, only Kou Xunhe noticed that Zhang Liang Guo Jia was ready to greet Guo Jia who might appear, but Fang Xuanling also followed, and then everyone came.

"Hey, Zifang, depending on your situation, Yuan Shao has already taken it." Fang Xuanling shook his head, stretched out his hand and said to Zhang Liang.

"Dead." Zhang Liang said with great emotion.

"Sure enough, it still fell into your hands." Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Share the merit, share the merit!"

"That's not true. Xue Li killed him with one arrow." Zhang Liang pointed at Xue Li and said, and suddenly a light flashed in Fang Xuanling's eyes.

"Let's go, tell the king the news." Fang Xuanling waved his hand, and a group of cheering people rode horses into the camp. Only heroes of such a great victory can ride horses in the military camp.

"I'm afraid no one in the world has thought that our army would determine the world's hegemony in such a battle!" Liu Ye laughed.

"This is the King's Industry. I think we have been high-profile this time. By now, others may have judged our true strength." Liu Hua took over the words helplessly.

"With all our strength, even in a head-to-head encounter, we can defeat two Xiang Jian. Surprisingly, if things go as smoothly as before, we can defeat more than three Xiang Jian. I have to say that if the king hadn't been so powerful, this battle would have been more difficult. Can’t fight.”

Kou Xun said silently that they were indeed stronger than any other princes, but they were not strong enough to make the coalition despair. After all, the time for the rise of the Han Dynasty was too short, and if they did not fight this time, it would be more troublesome. Zhu Hai and Li Mi might not throw yourself at them.

"That's it." Zhang Liang also nodded, "Your Majesty is not willing to fight head-on. He wants to complete his work in one battle. Overall, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."

(End of this chapter)