Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 319
All the generals were greatly surprised, shocked by Zang Ba's expression, and moved by Zang Ba's heartfelt words.

"Xuan Gao!! You!... Actually, you don't have to be like this, and I will never make it difficult for you!" Feng Yao was surprised and delighted, but he didn't expect Zang Ba to offer his allegiance.

"No! My lord! Since ancient times, good birds choose trees to live in. Ba didn't have a lord before, and now he can follow the lord around, and Ba can't ask for it! Please allow the lord!" Zang Ba said loudly with a firm expression.

"Okay! I agree, of course I agree, Xuan Gao, please get up!" Feng Yao hurriedly left the table and helped Zang Ba up.

Zang Ba looked excited. At this moment, he felt that he had really melted into Feng Yao's side. Seeing Zang Ba's recognition of his master, the other generals following around him cheered loudly and gave Zang Ba a thumbs up.

"Thank you! Thank you!!" Zang Ba cupped his fists one by one in return.

Although Zang Bagui is the governor, he is superior to all the generals present, but Zang Ba understands that if Feng Yao is willing, each of them can be the governor!
Feng Yao got up, and simply pulled Xu Shu, Lu Fan, and Zang Baquan to his side, and sat down with their knees pressed together.

"Xuan Gao, we are going to attack Cao Cao right now! If you were Cao Cao, what would you do?" Feng Yao asked.

Zang Ba thought for a while, then cupped his fists and said, "If I were in Cao Cao's current position, I would try my best to preserve my current strength, avoid you, my lord, and not fight you!!"

"You mean, Cao Cao will retreat?!" Feng Yao asked in surprise.

"I don't know what will happen to Cao Cao, but if it were me, I would definitely retreat from Qingzhou and go to Hebei to rely on Yuan Shao!! When all the troops in my hands are lost, even if I vote for Yuan Shao, I will not be valued by Yuan Shao!!" Zang overbearing.

Hearing this, Feng Yao exchanged a glance with Xu Shu, "It's broken!! Cao Cao is going to run away!!"

Feng Yaoteng jumped up and said loudly: "All generals obey the order, the banquet is over now, and we are going to besiege Cao Cao!!"

"Obey!! My lord!!"

All the generals left the table and shouted in unison.

"Report!" Suddenly a scout hurried in and reported loudly.

"My lord!! Cao Cao is withdrawing his army from Dongping Mausoleum to Pingyuan County. There are thousands of horses and oxen, and tens of thousands of people are carrying their burdens on their shoulders!!" the scout said.

"Investigate again! Report immediately if there is any situation!" Feng Yao ordered, and the scouts left in response.

Feng Yao's expression brightened, and he thought, "It's not too late. Dongping Mausoleum is only ten miles away. If Cao Cao ordered the people to relocate, he would move slowly, and he could catch up within half an hour!!"

After a glance, the generals lined up in two rows under the table were all gearing up, eager to try, and their eyes were full of brilliance.

"Inspector Lu, quickly lead your troops and set off immediately to attack Licheng!! If you see Cao Jun, attack immediately!!"

"Obey!" Lu Fan turned and left immediately.

"Inspector Zang, you lead the army to attack Liangzhou County in the north. After capturing it, continue northward until the entire Le'an Kingdom is recovered."

Zang Ba also obeyed and left.

"General Changxi, please set out immediately as the vanguard to attack Dongping Mausoleum! If the rear army chasing Cao Cao encounters fleeing civilians, they must not be killed, but they must not be allowed to leave the area either!!"

Chang Xi roared and strode away.

These three armies were all outside the city, and they acted relatively quickly, so Feng Yao made a decisive decision and sent them all out.

As for Feng Yao's army left in the city, because they had to go out of the city and prepare food, it would take a quarter or two slower!

"I really don't know if Wei Yan is behind Cao Cao. If Wei Yan can take the opportunity to contain Cao Cao and slow down Cao Cao's marching speed, it will be great. We can just catch up with Cao Cao and start a big battle with Cao Cao in the field. Cao Cao has already lost the protection of the city, although we have some omissions in our strategy, but we hit the right one by mistake and gained the upper hand instead!"

Looking at the backs of all the generals leaving one by one, Feng Yao suddenly felt as if he had ambitions in his chest, and even felt a little dazed!
After Wei Yi was lost in thought, Feng Yao let out a long breath, glanced at Xu Shu, Dai Ling, Yang Wu, Zhang Da, Li Dian, Wang Cheng and other generals, and shouted loudly, "Let's go!!"

Xingping two years on March 21st.

Cao Cao led more than 1 defeated troops to retreat from Dongping Mausoleum to the northwest. The main generals were Dianwei, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Lejin, Xun Yu, Cao Chun, Han Hao, Shi Huan, Cao Yong, Chang Diao and so on.

He also coerced the people in the passing places to flee with him, and Cao Cao killed all those who did not follow. The people wailed all the way, which was horrible.

Cao Cao's purpose in doing this is twofold. One is to make these fleeing people a tool to hinder Feng Yao's pursuit of troops. It can be used as a source of Cao Cao's farming and conscription.

Feng Yao had no choice but to send soldiers along the way to bring these people back to the original place because of the reasons of the people. He chased after Jishui, Luoshui, and finally to Gaotang County on the south bank of the Yellow River. After crossing the Yellow River, he entered Pingyuan City, the county government of Pingyuan County! !

However, although Cao Cao's more than 1 elite soldiers escaped, most of the luggage and the people did not have time to cross the Yellow River. Wei Yan led the army's continuous sneak attacks along the way, which also greatly suppressed Cao Cao's marching speed.

The luggage contained more than 50 shi of grain, but the money was relatively small. The precious gold, silver, jewelry, cloth, etc. were all transported away by Cao Cao in time, leaving only a dozen or so carts of heavy copper coins. Feng Yao roughly estimated that it was about There are more than a billion!Although not many, but also a lot!If it is distributed to the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban rebels who have just surrendered, each person can get almost thousands of dollars, enough for those families who are willing to live and work in peace and contentment, to buy farm tools and almost a year's living needs!

The population is wealth, the population is the source of soldiers, and the population is the labor force! !

Feng Yao recognized this deadly truth. Feng Yao didn't intend to let the Yellow Turban rebels who had surrendered in Qingzhou stay in Qingzhou. Instead, they all moved to Yuzhou to make up for the population lost in Yuzhou due to successive years of war!

Most of the land in Pingyuan County is on the north bank of the Yellow River. Feng Yao originally wanted to go all the way to the north bank and completely defeat Cao Cao, but he got the news that Yuan Tan led [-] troops and stationed in Pingyuan City. Yao's forces crossed the Yellow River!
After discussing with Xu Shu, Feng Yao chose to give up because he was worried that Runan would be attacked by Liu Biao, and abided by the agreement with Yuan Shao, and the two sides ceased fighting!
At this moment, Qingzhou Juzhou is jubilant!The army cheered and roared until they were exhausted!
All the generals congratulated Feng Yao!

Feng Yao loudly issued the long-awaited order of the generals.

The whole army will be rewarded heavily, and the whole state will celebrate for three days! !

The battle with Cao Cao lasted nearly two months. From the 29th day of the first lunar month, starting from Qu County to the attack on Gaotang County, it was already the 24th day of March! !
Feng Yao's injured troops reached nearly [-] in total!This is when Feng Yao wins every battle and kills enemies several times!And Cao Cao's dead troops exceeded [-]!

But fortunately, no important generals have fallen! !Moreover, the number of surrendered soldiers recruited and surrendered along the way is huge, far exceeding the number of deaths.

(End of this chapter)