Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 267
Gao Fan's tactics were successful. He used nearly a thousand small boats, countless rafts, and nearly ten thousand people to bring Yuan Shao back to the north bank.Yuan Shao disembarked and saw that there were only [-] cavalrymen who had lost their horses and a few confidants around him. They ran out first by relying on their horses, and the rest of them were all left on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Looking further away, there was nothing but the muddy water of the Yellow River, and no soldiers fled back.Yuan Shao thought of how majestic he was when he led an army of [-] to the south a year ago, what about now?At the beginning, there were four generals under him, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Han Meng, and Gao Lan, but now there is no one of them.Where did Xu You and Ju Shou go?He felt dizzy, his eyes went dark, his throat was sweet, and with a wow, he spit out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

"Report, my lord. Our army intercepted all Yuan's troops on the south bank and surrendered nearly 5 people. They were only escaped by Yuan Shao." Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao reported back.

Yuan Shao vomited blood on the north bank, and Cao Cao reaped the fruits of victory on the south bank.

"Let Yuan Benchu ​​run away." Cao Cao sighed slightly, even though he knew it would be difficult to catch Yuan Shao, he still felt regretful in his heart.

"Mr. Cao, according to Gan Ning's report, Yuan Shang of Jizhou spared no effort to drag our navy back to take Yuan Shao back, so that he could escape." Zhou Cang said.

"It's been great, it's far exceeded my expectations."

"My lord, how are these soldiers placed?" Zhang Xiu asked.

Food, damn it is food again, what do I feed these people?Cao Cao began to have a headache again.Without food to eat, these people will take risks.Cao Cao's face was ugly, his eyes squinted and flashed a murderous intent: Do you want to kill all these people?

"My lord, our army intercepted tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass from Yuan Jun." Zhang Liao said, as if he had sensed Cao Cao's murderous intentions.

Cao Cao finally looked better. "Eliminate the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled, and give them a boat to let them go back to Hebei, so as to spread the prestige of our army. Then select elite soldiers to fill our army. By the way, we will allocate [-] to Weiguo. The rest will be distributed to various places. Go stock up on food."

Cao Cao calculates that his current ability can receive up to 2 to [-] people, so he allocated [-] to Zhou Cang, which can not only solve his own burden, but also compensate Zhou Cang for his losses, and return favors.In addition, there can be [-] people sent back to Hebei, and [-] to [-] people who go to farmland. This way, the burden on oneself seems to be less heavy.

"Then shall we continue to march?" Zhang Xiu asked cautiously.

"No. Our army is exhausted and unable to go on an expedition. Although Yuan's army is damaged, it still has power." He went to Hebei, jokingly, to provide supplies for the Battle of Guandu. up.

This year's autumn harvest is basically exhausted. Through this victory, Liu Biao and Sun Quan will surely recognize the situation. Even if they don't take the initiative to pay for the grain, they will open the grain business. Maybe they can survive this year.It will take at least two years to regenerate and accumulate grass and store food before another major war can be waged.

"My lord, I found a box of correspondence between Yuan Shao and many of them were written to Yuan Shao by officials from Xudu and wealthy households," Xun You said.

"Huh? There's another matter." Cao Cao fell into deep thought.

"I'll arrest them all." Cao Hong said aggressively, and the others were silent.

Cao Cao looked up at Cao Hong, then at the others.Why is it that only Cao Hong speaks, and the others seem not to hear.Is this waiting to make up your mind or do you have other ideas?
He turned his head to look at Zhou Cang again, Zhou Cang spread his hands there as if counting his fingers, counting with relish, what does this mean?

"Master, do you want to send these letters?" Xun You asked.

"Hahaha, we still have a lot to do. Don't bother me with these small things, I don't have time to read." Cao Cao kicked the ball back to Xun You.What if I read it?Really arrested like Cao Hong said?How many people will be arrested? It's just a letter. Is it possible to be convicted based on this letter?and then?How many people will I find to fill the vacancies, and how much infamy will I have to bear.

"Then, my lord, how should we deal with it?" Xun You didn't dare to decide by himself.

"Yuan Shao's army went south, I feel that I can't protect myself, let alone these people?" Cao Cao said something ambiguous.

Xun You understood. "The subordinates know what to do."

Xun You went out of the account and ordered his subordinates to burn these letters.

Zhang Xiu couldn't help asking Jia Xu secretly: "Uncle, why did Cao Cao do this?"

"It is inevitable for the weeds to waver when the army is overwhelming. Now that our army has won a complete victory, these weeds naturally know what to do. Cao Cao can't uproot them all. If the weeds are not clean, they will leave disaster. It is better to buy them People's hearts."

After listening to Jia Xu's explanation, Zhang Xiu suddenly realized, and secretly vowed that he would never get involved in these right and wrong.

The first thing Cao Cao did was to reward the three armies. All the officers were promoted to a higher level, but Zhou Cang did not move. It would be a good idea to grant him [-] surrendered soldiers.You can't say that verbally. Cao Cao's rhetoric is that he needs to return to the court to discuss with the ministers and the emperor.

The second thing is to sit on the ground and divide the spoils.Yuan Shao became a milk porter, and he led [-] cavalry to escape, and all the luggage was intercepted by Cao Cao.Thousands of horses, countless weapons, bows, armor, military tents, drums, and flags.Cao Cao also allocated a thousand horses to Zhou Cang and nearly [-] vehicles of various military funds, which can be regarded as compensation and comfort to Zhou Cang.Cao Jun had no objection, Guandu won and Zhou Cang contributed the most without objection. Of course, there are many credits that were stolen by Cao Cao and not known to everyone.In this era of scarcity of materials, besides official positions, the most attractive thing is undoubtedly materials.

The third thing is to redeploy troops.Cao Cao ordered Yu Jin to continue stationing troops on the white horse, and together with Liu Yan, the prefect of Dongjun, guarded Li Yang closely.Let Lejin station troops in Yanjin, and Zhang Xiu station troops in Guandu.On the south bank of the Yellow River and Xudu formed an inverted triangle defense system.In addition, the nearly [-] yuan troops surrendered were scattered and enriched into the various armies.

Zhou Cang didn't want to be promoted again. If he was promoted again, it would be troublesome. Thousands of years of historical experience told him what it means to be a high-ranking town master, what it means to be sealed without seal, and what it means to be innocent and guilty.Not only can't he be promoted, but he also has to reduce his power, otherwise even if Cao Cao doesn't doubt it, those resourceful people will have to guard against themselves. It is not a good thing to be targeted by these people.

Zhou Cang felt that if he had no historical experience and advanced technological means, he might not be able to win against these people.Which one of Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and Jia Xu is not the best of the best, and who is not a master of understanding people's hearts. Competing with them is courting death. My only advantage is my understanding of the historical process and the general trend. The only way to deal with these people is through the trend of the general trend. These smart people think more and worry more.He will never compete with himself for a moment, but wants to use himself instead.

This is Zhou Cang's trump card.Of course, the biggest hole cards are Xuzhou's [-] soldiers and counselors.

(End of this chapter)