Xu Rong is gone.

It took two days to mobilize tens of thousands of people and sort out the battlefield three times. Each corpse was confirmed, but Xu Rong was not found in the end.

The prisoners who were counting Qu Zhi couldn't tell where Xu Rong was. They only knew that Xu Rong was in the central army, and there was a river behind him, so there should be no way to escape. But when he was defeated, he was only concerned about running for his life, and no one paid attention to him and didn't know where he was going.

Except for Xu Rong, Zhang Liao was not seen. Cavalry were found on the other side of the Tuanshui River. It is hard to say whether it was Zhang Liao. Some of the Western Liang cavalry were cruising on the other side of the river. After Xu Rong was defeated, they all fled. No one knew where they had gone now. Even Qin Mu couldn't tell which were the traces left by the Western Liang cavalry and which were left by the Bingzhou cavalry.

Xu Rong and Zhang Liao were like snowflakes, melting and disappearing.

Sun Ce thought this was very strange. Could it be that he committed too many sins and was taken over by God?

Although he was very unwilling to give up, Sun Ce didn't care too much. The Xiliang infantry was beheaded more than 13,000 people, the cavalry was killed, and more than 2,000 people were burned to death. Four or five thousand infantry and cavalry escaped, becoming Yu Yong, who wandered around Nanyang. These people were not good people, but now they are at the end of their journey and are not restrained by the generals. It is naturally inevitable that evil deeds such as killing, burning, looting and other evil deeds. If they are not cleared in time, it will be extremely unfavorable to his control of Nanyang.

While Sun Ce sent people to pursue the large number of Xiliang defeated soldiers, he sent people to various counties to organize the pursuit and suppression. According to the old system, there were only county-level soldiers in each county, and there were no regular troops in the county-level pavilions below the county, but there were pavilions responsible for public security, minor officials such as seeking thieves, and even the inner ranks and gates were organized to hunt down the small number of defeated soldiers, or collect information and provide clues. This was also a great help.

At this time, the advantages of the grassroots system of the Han Dynasty were reflected. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty was not as good as the Western Han Dynasty, it not only abolished the commander and stopped the test, but the people had the right to possess ordinary weapons, as long as they were not weapons such as strong crossbows. As the news of the Western Liang army massacre spread throughout the counties, the people shared the same hatred of the enemy and spontaneously organized to pursue the defeated soldiers, and good news continued to spread.

But Sun Ce did not dare to take it lightly. The people are the people, the powerful are the powerful. People have different identities and different ideas for thinking about things. Ordinary people only want to chase and kill the defeated soldiers in Xiliang to ensure their own safety, but the powerful people may use their financial resources to recruit the Xiliang people as their troops and strengthen their strength. For this reason, he asked Yan Xiang to enter the county to strictly order anyone to take in the defeated soldiers in Xiliang, otherwise it would be a public enemy in Nanyang, and they would be killed without any slightest.

Du Ji was more radical than Sun Ce. He personally rushed to Nieyang and asked Sun Ce to inspect the counties and exercise the function of a governor. In order to ensure sufficient deterrence, he asked Sun Ce to arrange for his men to accompany him. Zong Cheng raised objections and accused Du Ji of gaining power and placing troops to respect himself. Sun Ce disagreed with this and ordered Dong Yu and Qin Mu to lead two thousand infantry and cavalry to accompany Du Ji. Not only that, he also promoted the admonition left by Yuan Shu to Du Ji.

Zong Chengzhi closed his mouth. Sun Ce’s meaning was very clear. Du Ji wanted to do what I wanted to do, and whoever opposed him was against me.

Defeating Xu Rong and annihilated nearly 20,000 Xiliang soldiers. Sun Ce became famous, especially his revenge for Nanxiang and Shunyang victims were very popular. It could occupy a moral highland than expropriating powerful land to the people. The people of Nanyang supported him. At this moment, no one dared to easily turn against him.

Taking advantage of this spring breeze, Sun Ce naturally had to increase the efforts to expropriate land and control more land as much as possible. Du Ji took the initiative to take charge, and of course he had to support him with all his strength, and he could not let him do such a thing in person. The action to rectify the powerful Wancheng has proved Du Ji's ability. Now it is time to let him show his strength and expand his business scope.

Sun Ce's New Year was celebrated in Xinye. Xinye is located between Huyang, Rangcheng and Nieyang, and has two major grain-producing bases in Nanyang. It not only facilitates the army to eat, but also provides support to Du Ji and intimidate the powerful counties. With the clean water on the side, ships can travel between Wancheng and Xiangyang without any obstacles, making it easy to transport materials. Historically, when Liu Bei was under Liu Biao's rule, Liu Biao asked him to station in Xinye, so he naturally took advantage of these convenient conditions.

However, compared to Liu Bei, Sun Ce had no defense burden. Now under Sun Jian's rule, no enemy would come from Runan. On the contrary, he would soon go to Runan. He promised that Yuan Quan would defeat Xu Rong and sent Yuan Shu to the ground.

Another important reason for temporarily stationing in Xinye: Huang Yi went to Nanjun, Jiangxia for so long, and Liu Xun and others had no news. If they refused to surrender, Sun Ce would go south to conquer at any time. In order to maintain military pressure, he would attack quickly when necessary, so as not to run around and waste time.

Save time, Sun Ce summarizes his experiences and lessons and rests the troops.

The previous and subsequent battles have proved the importance of the martial arts hall. Well-trained grassroots generals have enhanced their combat effectiveness, especially when the situation is unfavorable, and they can control their subordinates and avoid defeat. Dong Yu was able to successfully defeat the battle against Fan Chou, and later attacked strongly to make great contributions to the complete annihilation of Fan Chou's troops, which benefited from a large number of subordinates who came from the martial arts hall, military marquis and even the garrison commander. Without the command of these people, it would be no easy task to stage a fraudulent defeat when the two armies were at war.

After the war, rewarding merits and entering the martial arts lecture hall for further study became a more popular choice than rewards. Sun Ce made a strike while the iron was hot and specially sent someone to pick up Yin Duan to Xinye, and held a lecture on the spot, analyzing the just-concluded war for generals at all levels and deepening their understanding.

Not only Yin Wei, but also Huang Chengyan and his daughter. While the students in the martial arts lecture hall were shining, Mu Xuetang was not inferior. Wu Gang chariot, stone throwing machine, and iron thorns were all inventions and creations of Huang's father and daughter and Mu Xuetang craftsman. In addition to Huang Chengyan and Huang Yueying, the craftsman Mo Ze was awarded the position of fake lieutenant of the baggage camp for his outstanding performance in guarding Wu Pass and became Huang Chengyan's deputy.

Cai Yong also followed. Zhou Yu was not in Wancheng, and Handan Chun went to study the ancient monument of Nanyang. He was bored alone, so he rushed to Xinye to celebrate the New Year and collected some historical materials to prepare for future history. However, he was very confused about how to evaluate this battle. Morally speaking, Xu Rong's massacre of the city was too cruel and should be condemned, but from another perspective, Xu Rong was the army that the court had to quell the rebellion, and Sun Ce was the rebellion that the court wanted to quell. How to remember, he could not decide.

Finally, Sun Ce gave a suggestion: put aside morality first, and you can record the entire battle truthfully, the richer the details, the better. Even if you cannot be recorded in the official history in the future, you can write a separate war history.

Cai Yong thought it was feasible and moved around the battalions with great enthusiasm, chatting with the soldiers participating in the battle, and understanding the process and details of the battlefield.

In addition, there is another happy event: Qin Mu's sister Qin Luo learned that Huang Zhong had married and refused to divorce her wife and remarry her, despite the opposition of Yan Xiang and Qin Mu, rushed to Huang Zhong's home in person, sought the opinions of Huang Zhong's wife Hu, and resolutely decided to marry Huang Zhong as a concubine.

This move has won praise from countless people, and even Cai Yong highly appreciated it. He recommended himself as the main marriage partner and handled the entire wedding.

On the 15th day of the first lunar month, at the request of Hu, Huang Zhong broke the rules and welcomed Qin Luo with the etiquette of marrying a wife, and accepted Qin Luo as his concubine's wife. Thousands of people came to congratulate him, and various gifts filled the corridor.

In a jubilant atmosphere, the new year began unknowingly.
Chapter completed!