According to the plan, Cao Jun cleared out all the Wuhuan men who were taller than horseback, and moved away all the remaining Wuhuan people in Liucheng and surrounding areas.
As for Liaodong, we can take a break for now. As Lu Yan said, Liaodong Gongsun Kang has no ambitions. If Cao Cao doesn't deal with him, he might take the initiative to show his favor to Cao Cao.
At present, the south is about to move. Although the Shadow Guards have tried their best to prevent Liu Biao and Sun Quan from moving north, as summer passes and autumn comes, Liu Biao and Sun Quan's actions become more and more powerful.
Return to the army and spread the news of victory throughout the world; this can not only boost the confidence of the officials and people of the Han Dynasty and enhance the prestige of the Cao family; it can also deter the remnants of the Yuan family, as well as the princes and tyrants with evil intentions in the south and west.
When Cao Cao returned to his army, his marching speed became extremely slow due to the drag of more than 200,000 Wuhuan surrender troops and the common people.
Fortunately, the rain dropped significantly after autumn, and the Binhai Road road was almost passable. Cao Jun could return to Jixian County via Binhai Road, which was an easier road.
After September, western Liaoning or the entire Youzhou becomes extremely cold.
The army lacked food and water, so Cao Cao could only order the killing of thousands of sheep and some injured horses as rations for the army and prisoners.
On the way back to Yan State in Youzhou, Cao Cao reviewed the process of conquering Wuhuan.
In fact, the overall situation of this attack is very dangerous.
If it weren't for the fact that the army was marching faster under the leadership of Lu Yan, Cao's army might have suffered a lot of casualties even if they were lucky enough to win in the end.
"It all depends on the protection of God and the performance of Mr. Lu Da! In the future, we can't do too many risky actions like this..." Cao Cao was a little scared, but the result was good after all.
Was successful.
The situation was exactly as Lu Yan expected. Cao's army had just arrived in Beiping County when Gongsun Kang beheaded Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, and the heads of five or six other Wuhuan generals, and quickly delivered them to Boss Cao.
The Yuan brothers were finally executed, and the whole family of Yuan Shao, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang could finally lie down together neatly.
Cao Cao ordered the heads of Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi to be hung up in public, and ordered that anyone who dared to cry should be beheaded, in order to frighten the wealthy gentry from aristocratic families who harbored disloyal intentions along the way.
When they returned to Yan State, no one along the way dared to cry for the Yuan brothers.
But after returning to the Yan Kingdom, the Yuan family's old generals took the initiative, but openly held sacrifices alone and burst into tears.
However, Cao Cao thought that Qianzhao was a righteous man who was loyal to his homeland and his lord, so he did not kill him because of this. Instead, he promoted him to a higher level, which allowed Cao Cao's reputation of broad-mindedness to be spread again.
Under the care of Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xun You and others, Youzhou has maintained an orderly recovery speed.
Although there were some changes in the Xianbei people in the north, after Cao Jun's follow-up troops were replenished, the Xianbei people finally suppressed their eagerness to move.
...
Back to Jicheng,
Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Guo Jia and others led all the civil and military officials out of the city for twenty miles to meet him.
In addition to officials, tens of thousands of people spontaneously followed the officials out of the city to greet them. Guo Jia and others did not stop the people's good intentions, but there were many shadow guards mixed in the crowd to guard against possible assassinations and other surprises.
occurrence situation.
The figure of the triumphant king gradually appeared on the distant horizon.
When the civil and military officials of Jixian County and tens of thousands of people saw the triumphant army, they immediately burst into loud cheers.
There were even soldiers lighting fireworks on the city wall of Jixian.
"Bang bang bang!"
The explosion of fireworks supported the cheers of the people and officials...Cao Cao also responded to the situation and ordered a hundred soldiers with the loudest voices in the army to report the results of their conquest of Wuhuan.
"In this raid on Wuhuan, our army killed 40,000 Wuhuan soldiers and captured 20,000; we captured 200,000 Wuhuan civilians and countless cattle, sheep, and horses!"
"The three counties of Wuhuan, Shanyu Tadun, Zilouban, Su Puyan, Wuyan, Nanlou and other Wuhuan kings with different surnames were all executed!"
"Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were killed by Liaodong Gongsun Kang, and the Yuan family's power was completely collapsed!"
Following Sergeant Cao's report, the crowd cheered wave after wave.
"Long live the great man!"
"Long live the great man!"
"The big man is invincible!"
"The big man is invincible!"
Voices calling for the great man to live long live and be invincible kept coming and going.
Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xun You and others rushed towards Cao Cao.
"Congratulations, my lord, for your full victory in one battle!" Xi Zhicai bowed his hands deeply and said with sincere admiration.
"Yes! This time the Yuan brothers, Wuhuan Shanyu, and Wuhuan prince are executed, which will cause a big trouble for Youzhou!" Xun You bowed and saluted, then stood up and said.
Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and asked curiously: "As Jia expected, even if my lord can win this time, it will be almost a tragic victory. Why doesn't our army seem to have suffered much loss?"
Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, pointed to Lu Yan and Tian Chou and said: "Thanks to Mr. Lu's leadership and Zitai's guidance, we were able to make the best preparations before the Wuhuan people arrived at Bailang Mountain."
Guo Jia nodded, then grinned and said: "Youzhou has been relatively stable recently, but without the Wuhuan people, the Xianbei people will definitely have an excellent development opportunity. We still cannot take the hidden dangers in the north lightly."
"Understood." Cao Cao smiled calmly and said, "We will talk about other things later. The top priority now is to settle the Wuhuan prisoners and civilians."
"I understand!" Xi Zhicai and others said in unison.
...
The first thing the army will do after returning from an expedition is to have a good meal and then have a good sleep.
The next day, Jixian County, Prefecture Mufu.
Xun You sorted out the information in his hands and asked Cao Cao: "My lord, most of the Wuhuan prisoners are women and children.
As long as women can give birth, we in Youzhou are short of people. We can distribute these Wuhuan women to the military and local bachelors, so that they can raise offspring for us Han people.
But these half-grown children..."
Xun You was in a bit of trouble.
Infants and young children are fine, and their consciousness has not yet formed; but those Wuhuan children, who are not very young, must have the curse of hatred buried in their hearts.
At this time, Lu Yan suddenly said: "The conflict between the grassland people and the Han people is ultimately a matter of survival.
It is indeed difficult for the grassland people to make a living simply by grazing. Once the weather in the north changes suddenly and the grassland people can no longer maintain their lives through grazing, they will naturally turn their attention to the south."
At this point, after Cao Cao and others digested it, Lu Yan continued: "The Han people only rely on farming and lack meat and milk to strengthen their bodies; while the grassland people lack stable sources of food and living materials.
...In fact, we should complement the way of life of the grassland tribes instead of endless killing."
After Guo Jia chewed Lu Yan's words for a while, he suddenly clicked his tongue and said in surprise: "I thought that all the foreigners would not survive more than three days under your hands, Lu Changsheng... I didn't expect that you are actually a moderate at heart."
Guo Jia's words made Xi Zhicai and Xun You smile knowingly, but Cao Cao and Tian Chou present didn't think so!
"That's because you still don't know Mr. Lu's next plan..." Lao Cao kindly reminded him to prevent them from having any "misunderstanding" about Lu Yan...
"Huh?" When Guo Jia heard this, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he said: "Let me just say, there is no way that you, Lu Changsheng, will suddenly change your temperament! Tell me, what else do you have planned!"
Lu Yan finally took out a booklet from his arms and said, "I've written down the general method here, but I'll give a brief explanation."