Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 430
Yong'an, the camp of the dry army.

Jia Xu entered the big tent of the Chinese army, bowed his hands to Luo Zheng and said: "My lord, please see me!"

Luo Zheng said "Oh" and asked: "What is the high-ranking envoy coming to see Gu, is it possible that he still wants to ask Gu to retreat?"

Jia Xu said: "The high-ranking officials want to submit to the lord, so the envoys came to present the form of surrender!"

"Successful?"

Luo Zheng frowned, and sneered: "What an idiot, is it possible that at this time, the high-ranking officials still think about being the emperor in Bingzhou? I thought he was a character, but I didn't expect it to be a complete idiot. Send someone to tell Gao Do it, either take the family and go to Chang'an to take care of the elderly, or attack Jinyang alone and punish his entire family, only Bingzhou alone, there is no use in asking him to be a vassal."

"Xu, let's do it!"

Jia Xu agreed, turned around and left.

That's what he meant too, of course he couldn't say what the lord said, otherwise even if the high officials wanted to surrender, they wouldn't have surrendered.

In order to dispel the chances of high-ranking officials, the next day, Luo Zheng immediately raised his troops to the north, approaching Pingyang, and at the same time ordered the [-] Tuntian soldiers assembled in Caisangjin to cross the river and go north to attack Wuzhou.

Gao Gan was shocked when he heard the news, and once again convened a group of civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.

At the same time, Sima Yi, the envoy of Luo Zheng, also arrived in Jinyang and proposed a series of conditions.

Under Luo Zheng's step-by-step pressure, under the internal pressure of the Bingzhou gentry, the high-ranking officials finally couldn't stand the pressure, withdrew the three thousand soldiers and horses of Jiexiu, handed over the real surrender form, and the whole state drop.

At the beginning of March, Luo Zheng went to Jinyang personally, and Gao Gan led a group of civil and military officials out of the city ten miles to meet him.

Luo Zheng ordered the incorporation of the army, and at the same time issued a wide range of instructions to appease the people, and arranged for manpower to take over the site.

When the news reached Yecheng, Yuan Shang was taken aback. He deeply regretted that he did not follow the advice of the judge and Fengji, and sent troops to Bingzhou to help the high-ranking officials repel Luo Zheng, so that Luo Zhengbing went to Bingzhou without bloodshed. However, it is too late to say anything now up.

While mobilizing soldiers and horses to garrison the border, Yuan Shang sent envoys to Jinyang to sign a truce.

How can Luo Zheng have time to talk to him, let Jia Xu find a reason to drag his head, and hurry up to straighten out all the big and small things in Bingzhou.

Shouchun, Cao Cao's official residence.

"Lord!"

Cheng Yu hurried into the inner hall and bowed to Cao Cao.

"Zhongde is free!"

Cao Cao put down his brush, waved his hands and said, "Zhongde looked worried, but what happened?"

Cheng Yudao: "The news came from Luoyang just now that Luo Zheng's army is suppressing the border, and the high-ranking officials have surrendered from the whole state. Luo Zheng's soldiers entered Jinyang without bloodshed. Not only did they not lose a single soldier, but they also gained more than ten thousand soldiers."

Cao Cao's eyes were fixed, and he was speechless for a while.

Cheng Yu said again: "What's more terrible is that the Bingzhou gentry not only did not hostile to Luo Zheng, but also cooperated quite well. With Luo Zheng's means, stabilizing the situation in Bingzhou should be effortless. In this way, I am afraid that Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi are also in danger. "

"Ugh!"

Cao Cao was silent for a while, then sighed, and said desolately: "Yuan Benchu ​​is considered a hero in his life, but unfortunately all the sons he gave birth to are useless. It's a pity that all the good foundations were lost in the nest of the Yuan family's boys!"

Cheng Yudao: "Yuan Shao can hardly absolve himself of the blame for this matter, if he hadn't intended to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones, and he was unwilling to have a son, how could Xiao Qiang's disaster have been caused. It can be said that the chaos in Hebei was entirely caused by Yuan Shao."

Cao Cao nodded repeatedly and said: "What Zhongde said is true, this is a lesson! Inheriting a foundation is a major matter for the country, and we must not be negligent in the slightest. Yuan Benchu ​​has taught us a lesson, and we must not follow suit."

Cheng Yu sighed and said: "Now Bingzhou is about to fall, the brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi are at odds, sooner or later they will be wiped out by Luo Zheng, but unfortunately our army is far away in Huainan, and we can't stop them from encroaching on Hebei, it's really lamentable!"

Cao Cao was silent, only feeling heavy in his heart.

As Cheng Yu said, Huainan and Hebei are still separated by the Central Plains. Even if Cao Cao and Sun Ce wanted to prevent Luo Zheng from conquering Hebei, they would be powerless, because the Central Plains had a full 30 troops stationed in the fields.

With the manpower and material resources under Luo Zheng's rule today, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops to fight is not a problem at all.

With a 30 army, even if they are garrison soldiers who have never been on the battlefield, even if they cannot fight the Huaihe River, it is not a problem to defend the Central Plains. Moreover, based on Cao Cao's understanding of Gao Shun, these garrison soldiers have been trained by Gao Shun for several years, and they will never It's a mob.

The only thing that is lacking is the experience in front of the battle.

How could Gao Shun, a stumbling block, intervene in the war in Hebei?

At this moment, Cao Cao couldn't help feeling a sense of untimely birth.

But having said that, because of an opponent like Luo Zheng, life will not be so lonely.Regardless of success or failure, there will always be a name in the history books, and no matter whether it is notorious or good, it will live a vigorous life.

Cao Cao quickly cheered up and said: "The two younger brothers of the Yuan family are useless. Luo Zheng will sweep Hebei within a year, and then he will definitely drive his troops south to Jingyang. Our army can't sit still anyway. Zhong De is in charge of contacting Sun Ce and Liu Qi. Discuss how to join forces to resist Luo Zheng's massive southward march, and borrow some military rations, as the military rations are running out."

"As ordered!"

Cheng Yu agreed, and immediately withdrew, feeling inexplicably heavy in his heart.

Although the two counties of Huainan and Lujiang were rich, no matter how rich they were, they couldn't match the counties like Nanyang with a population of over one million.

Originally, the two counties of Huainan and Lujiang had a combined population of nearly one million, but after years of wars, especially after several years of Yuan Shu's rule, the population dropped by more than half. nothing.

With such a small population, it is simply impossible to feed tens of thousands of troops.

Even if Cao Cao imitated Luo Zheng and ordered tens of thousands of troops to open up wasteland and farmland, he could only collect some rations, and other military equipment and other expenses would be an astronomical figure. If it hadn't been for the support of Sun Ce and Liu Bei in the past two years, Cao Cao would have gone bankrupt.

Xiangyang, Liu Bei's official residence.

"Lord!"

Xu Shu hurried into the inner hall, bowed his hands to Liu Bei and said, "There is a great talent who wants to introduce you to the lord!"

Liu Bei was surprised and said: "I don't know who can make Yuan Zhi praise him as a great talent?"

Xu Shudao: "This man's name is Pang Tong, and his name is Shiyuan. He is from Xiangyang, and he is known as Fengchu. Down."

Liu Bei didn't believe it: "Yuan Zhi is a little exaggerated. If you say that Pang Tong has some real skills, Bei still believes it, but if you say that Pang Tong is far more talented and learned than Yuan Zhi, isn't this nonsense? Bei doesn't believe what is happening in this world." Talented people can learn far more than Yuanzhi!"

Although Xu Shu knew Liu Bei's thoughts clearly, he still felt very warm-hearted, and said: "Everything I said is true, Pang Shiyuan is definitely a man of the world, if you don't believe me, my lord, I will quote you under the tent and try it out!"

(End of this chapter)