Ye County was unable to fight anymore and Kaicheng surrendered.
Li Wen was not the type to drag others to death. Not many defenders died in the battle, but the number of people who died of cold and illness exceeded the third level. Morale has collapsed, and the number of people fleeing is increasing day by day.
The aristocratic families in Ye County saw that something was not going well and had already left the north gate, so that they would not live and die with the city.
There are still 60,000 people in the city. If we continue to fight, it will only increase casualties.
The governor of Wei County and the captain went out to ask for surrender. Li Wen stood at the top of the city and watched the enemy accept the seal, ribbon, and album. He did not create any difficulties during the surrender process.
That one cares about the common people of Guizhou, so there is no need to worry about massacres.
"Alas, in my hometown in Zhuoxian County, there are 17 relatives in the family who have a blood feud. Wen is incompetent and can't retaliate. He has no face to face his ancestors."
He laughed miserably, unsheathed his sword and slashed across his throat.
In the sixth year of Zhongping, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Ye County surrendered, and the prefect Li Wen died in the city.
The Anping Army entered the city.
Liu Xiang didn't care about Li Wen's death in the city, but the other person who wanted to die in the city made him very worried.
Sun Jian.
On the same day that Ye County surrendered, he received Sun Jian's last letter.
The letter said that the Longxi Kingdom raised troops in August and attacked Sanguan in October. Because of its advance preparations, he was confident of defending at Xiongguan. However, Han Sui broke through Longguan in November and surrounded Chencang, making it impossible for him to look at each other.
Two rebels with 200,000 troops besieged Chencang and dispersed the pass. He had less than 20,000 men and was in danger.
Unfortunately, there were troops stationed in Huaili in Chang'an. Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo refused to send troops. Sun Jian thought that he would not be spared, so he could only support it hard.
Unfortunately, his eldest son Sun Ce was in the army with him and could not break out.
The remaining four sons and one daughter were detained in Chang'an along with his wife Wu. The situation was such that he had no choice but to retreat. He hoped that after he died in the battle, Liu Xiang could help take care of his family.
He didn't have many friends, and his only confidant was Liu Xiang. He hoped that he could reminisce about the old friendship and lend a helping hand.
The man who sent the message was seriously injured and ran for two thousand miles, but died in Zhuoxian.
Liu Xiang did not expect that Sun Jian could trust him so much. This was a friendship entrusted to his wife and son.
He also didn't understand why Huangfu Song didn't send troops to rescue him. Chencang was an important granary, and Sanguan was a dangerous pass. None of them could be lost.
If Dong Zhuo did this, he would believe it, but in front of him, Huangfu Song had always been a loyal elder who cared about his younger generations, how could he do such a thing?
well!
He is beyond his reach, and even if he wants to rescue him, he is powerless. The Jiangdong tiger and the little overlord who will dominate the south in the future will not just have to confess to the land of Guanzhong in such an aggrieved way, right?
Then who will open up the foundation of Wu State?
Uncle Liu Huang of the Shu Kingdom has been handed over to Wudu County in Liangzhou, and now the founder of the Wu Kingdom will also die in Guanzhong, not far away?
These two people went there because of themselves. They co-authored the book. The Three Kingdoms will be implicated by themselves. The troubled times have not yet begun, but two of them are gone?
He didn't have much power as the third assistant in Guanzhong, so he could only act as a doctor. He sent a letter to Tan Fufu, who was settled in the Hanzhong Basin, asking him to send troops to harass the kingdom's back roads and relieve the pressure on the dispersal of Guanzhong.
I don’t know if they still recognize him, let alone whether this plan can work.
There is nothing he can do!
The fact that Sun Jian fought alone but had no one to help him sounded the alarm. He could not rely on his colleagues or allies, which made him more determined to do what he wanted to do. He must hold his own destiny in his own hands.
Let's focus on the battle in front of us first.
It is urgent to expand our territory and strengthen our strength.
Documents ordering the counties of Wei County to surrender in Kaicheng have been issued by the county magistrate. The Jizhou Army has 10,000 troops marching from the east of Heishan to Liyang. Yan Gang and Zhao Yun each led 10,000 troops to sweep the remaining 13 counties.
There were no disturbances, and the army passed by unstoppable.
The fifteen counties under Wei Jun were all pacified on the second day of the second lunar month, powerful families were arrested, and more than 3,000 people from the big clans were killed.
The 800,000 people in the county divided their fields for farming and formed militia groups.
Notices were posted outside the city gates, informing local bandits, water bandits, and uprising rebels that if they surrender at this time, they will be exempted from guilt and can participate in dividing the fields and farming for a period of three months. If the time expires, a large army will be sent to suppress them. Chickens and dogs
Don't stay.
Not to mention the thieves and bandits who surrendered as if they were going to the market, Liu Xiang left all subsequent matters to Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun was appointed as the prefect of Wei County, commanding 15,000 Jizhou soldiers to garrison the three cities of Ye County, Pingyang and Wuwei, and controlling 10,000 horses in Liyang County. He was responsible for guarding the southern line of Jizhou and stabilizing Wei County.
He himself led 30,000 infantry to go north to Julu, and sent a message ordering Cui Yi to lead 8,000 cavalry to the east and wait to join the army in Quliang County.
Quliang County is located in the northeast of Jize and is the junction of Wei County and Julu County.
Liu Xiang could actually march along the Zhang River and attack Julu counties one by one from southwest to northeast, but he wanted to talk to Guo Dian and had already sent an invitation to meet at the eastern border of Quliang County.
He and Guo Dian have known each other for almost five years, starting from Zhang Niujiao's uprising. Later, Zhang Niujiao rose up and Guo Dian also fought under his command. When the Black Mountain Army marched across the Taihang Mountains, he and Julu had always been at peace with each other.
Do less business.
So he wanted to persuade him to surrender.
When marching north to Quliang, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang's left and right armies were deployed to garrison Beixincheng. Guan Yu led the front army south to Anguo County, Zhongshan County.
Anguo County's location is very important. It is located in the upper reaches of Sushui River, with Hejian Kingdom to the east, Anding County to the south, Julu County to the southwest, and Beixin City as its backing.
Depending on the subsequent development of the situation, you can advance and attack, and retreat and defend.
He has already occupied four of the nine counties of Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhao State, Wei County and Jizhou. It is only a matter of time to take over the remaining five counties.
Qingzhou in the east, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sili, Xuzhou, Jingzhou and other places in the south fell into the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the clan rebels. The remote Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, and Yizhou were also mountainous, and the Southern Barbarians continued to cause chaos, and everyone had too much time to take care of themselves.
The situation in Luoyang is extremely tense. Emperor Ling is already unconscious and could pass away at any time.
Almost the entire territory of Liangzhou rebelled. The Sanfu of Chang'an in the Guanzhong Plain faced the threat of 200,000 rebels. Once Sun Jian was defeated, the Sanfu area would inevitably be in turmoil.
The big man is about to run out of gas.
Some are ripping out the bones and sucking out the marrow, while others are trying to turn the tide.
Liu Xiang only wanted to grow stronger.
And Guo Dian wanted to protect the family's interests.
The negotiations between the two were stuck on land.
"Give up those fields and follow me, and your family will still be able to grow. Guo Dian, don't force me, you know in your heart that Julu's small army cannot protect your family. You and I have known each other for a long time, and I don't want you to have no descendants.
Sacrifice.”
Liu Xiang was a little angry and impatient. Guo Dian was willing to surrender, but he did not want to give up his troops and land. This was something he could not tolerate. He did not allow a state within a state to exist on his own territory.
Guo Dian is very aggrieved. According to the usual practice, isn't this a normal thing? I regard you as the master and lead troops to conquer the world for you. It is a bit of a private army and the family occupies some land. What's wrong? What's wrong?
Why should he hand over his land and tribe? How will he support his family? How will his family reproduce?
Asking me to rebel with you in vain is a matter of losing my head and a matter of risking the life of the entire clan.
Not only were they not given any benefits, but they were also asked to take out the money from others. Why?
But he didn't dare to stand up, and said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, whoever hasn't ordered the song yet must have some land, otherwise they won't feel at ease."
Liu Xiang replied angrily: "I don't have one. My wife has a dowry of thousands of hectares of fertile land in Zhongshan, and I gave her a share of it. Why are you not at ease? Follow me and you are not at ease? I will cut you all off."
Now, are you feeling at ease?"
"Calm down your anger, calm down your anger." Guo Dian hurriedly tried to persuade him, but he didn't dare to make this man angry. He had just killed more than 3,000 descendants of aristocratic families in Wei County a few days ago. This man was a man of his word.
He quickly winked at another gentry family leader who was following him and was hiding among his followers. He was clumsy and unable to speak, so he still had to rely on this wise man to come forward.
"Guangping Jushou, courtesy name Gongyu, met Liu Shijun."