Chapter 443 Draw your sword and look around, there is no one in sight
"Our army has 40,000 soldiers, and there are more than 100,000 shi of food in the city. We might not be able to fight."
"You don't care about the people in the city? Are you forcing them to rebel? Those people already have grievances against our army, and they even care about Liu Qiaoqi and Zhang Xun outside the city. This food is only enough for three or four months.
Even if the ration is reduced, it will only take half a year at most. You don’t think that Liu Piao will be able to retire after running out of food in half a year, right?”
Liu Pan and Cai Mao had a dispute.
As Liu Biao's nephew, Liu Pan advocated sticking to it. Cai Mao was from a wealthy family in Jingzhou and did not like Liu Xiang's policy of taking back the land, but he could see the facts clearly and could not defeat or escape.
After Cao Cao changed his banner, he advocated surrender. Now he could still negotiate terms for surrender, but after being crippled, there would be no room for negotiation.
Military advisor Kuai Liang said nothing. He tried hard to think of a way to escape and repeated deductions, but he couldn't think of a good way. His military strength and combat power were all at a disadvantage. Leaving the city meant death, and defending the city also meant death.
The Yi nationality who accompanied the army counselor, Huang Zhong, Wenpin and others who commanded the army thought that they were soft-spoken and did not participate in the debate and waited for orders honestly.
"Okay, stop arguing." Liu Biao, who was sitting at the top, stopped the argument between the two and sighed: "Cao Mengde changed his banner. We are now alone. There are enemies inside and outside the city. It is useless to hold on. Kaicheng surrender. Yi
Ji, I order you to be the envoy and deliver the letter of surrender to Liu Huqi's camp."
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The day after the Chinese infantry arrived at Pingyu City, the Jingzhou Army finally decided to surrender after four days of hesitation.
Zhang Xun had nothing to hesitate. Ever since he saw Liu Xiang leading the cavalry and defeating Yuan Shao in a battle, he didn't dare to attack Yuan Shao. Knowing that Yuan Shu was dead, he immediately became obedient.
Gong Yuan died, and there was no news about the prince. Liu Piaoqi was Gong Yuan's son-in-law. Although he was not married yet, his status had been decided long ago. It was natural to follow his orders.
Liu Xiang was thinking in the Chinese army tent at this time.
Yuan Shao's army captured 30,000 prisoners, and Zhang Xun, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao surrendered more than 90,000 troops.
He couldn't afford to raise these soldiers and horses, and he didn't want to raise so many people.
Disarmament is certain.
The first thing was to move Yuan Shu's family to Ye County. Both Yuan Gongli and his son were killed by Cao Cao. Not a single man was left, only some wives and concubines and a few daughters. Fortunately, the wife Cao was not online. I guess
It was because of Yuan Shao's reputation that it would be hard to discredit the Yuan family in Runan.
If this old pervert goes crazy and gives himself a cuckold, it will be difficult to deal with.
Fortunately, he held back and did not make it difficult for Liu Xiang.
Taking over Yuan Shu's widow's family as son-in-law will naturally take over Runan.
Lujiang was temporarily unavailable, so Liu Xun and Ji Ling rejected his solicitation and had already established themselves in Lujiang.
After the news of the death of the Yuan brothers reached Yangzhou, the fighting in Lujiang ceased, and each county defended itself and waited to see the situation.
As for Yangzhou and Sanfu, we can only fight one of them now, so do we still have to choose? Of course, we must kill the Liangzhou people first.
Moreover, the three counties of Yanzhou, Yingchuan, Nanyang, and Runan are all newly occupied territories. Nanyang has not yet been completely pacified, and Runan has only occupied Pingyu. Xiangyang is also waiting to send people to take it over, or it may be captured.
There are too many wealthy families in Jingzhou, and there are many who oppose them. Nanjun and Jiangxia will not surrender just by Liu Biao's official document.
It is estimated that troops will still be mobilized.
There are so many things to worry about, and nothing is more urgent than going to Yangzhou. I can't take care of them anymore, so I can only make plans later.
Besides, even if you give them time to develop, what can those stinky sweet potatoes and rotten eggs do?
The Yuan brothers were dead, Liu Bei had died in Wudu early, and Sun Jian had no intention of rebelling from beginning to end. His family had lived in Ye County for several years, leading the Wudu governor and Liangzhou governor appointed by Liu Xiang to prepare.
Attack Youfufeng.
Cao Cao and Liu Biao both surrendered.
Drawing his sword and looking around, who else could stop him from dominating the world? Li Jue, Guo Si, and Liu Yan became his biggest threats.
Can these people be considered a threat? At most they are stepping stones!
The situation is already very clear.
But the more times like this, the less impatient it is, just be steady, step by step, and crush it one by one.
When you are weak, you need to fight quickly and take risks.
Liu Xiang has been in a particularly good mood these past few days, even a little swollen, but he is used to being cautious and can no longer let himself go wild.
Therefore, it is really important to develop good habits.
Yuan Shu's family was sent away by Su Wei, and he didn't want to break the engagement. It not only had practical benefits, but also earned him a reputation for being trustworthy, so why not? He needed a good reputation.
As for Yuan Shao's family members, there was no need to worry about it. Liu Chong took care of it for him. The old man had Yuan Benchu's family members beheaded on the charge of treason, leaving no one behind.
Maybe the Yuan family in Runan was plotting rebellion and was really angry, or maybe he was showing his loyalty. The Yuan family's disciples and former officials were all over the world. He acted so cruelly to express to Liu Xiang that he was not fighting for the world.
The Alliance of Seven Kings only wants to defend its territory and has no other ambitions.
Okay, for the time being, we can be a state within a state, or we can tolerate their one country, two systems, and slowly weaken it.
How could the people of the Seven Kingdoms stay here when the surrounding counties and counties allocate fields to the people and provide low taxes and rest for the people? Rebellion is not necessarily necessary, but fleeing is inevitable.
Either the population will be lost and it will gradually wither, or it will have to divide the land and reduce taxes. This is the general trend, and those princes cannot resist it.
The various forces had gone through Liu Xiang's mind, and it was time to get down to business.
The real thing is disarmament.
"The order was sent, the troops were sent down, the prisoners were eliminated, the old, the weak and the only sons were eliminated. The people who were originally from Nanyang, Runan, Yingchuan, and Yanzhou were returned to their hometowns and their fields were divided on the spot. The people from Jingzhou and Xuzhou were moved to the surrounding areas of Luoyang to open up wasteland and farm fields.
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In fact, it's easy to tell the difference by place of origin, and the accents are pretty much the same, but since I'm not the only child in the family, no one can tell them apart.
Liu Xiang did not realize that those who were dismissed under the guise of being the only son were those who did not want to serve as soldiers and were cunning and cunning. It was useless to keep them. They could easily become deserters and affect the morale of the army.
The rest are people who want to win military glory and be honest. These people are the material to be soldiers. They are easy to manage and can fight to the death in battle.
He turned to look at Gao Shun, who was coming with the army. He was still a polished Sima of another department. Now that Yuan Shao was dead, he no longer had any worries and could be put to great use.
"Gao Shun obeys orders."
"The end is here!"
"Resign from the post of Sima of the other departments, move into the Central Army, and use the position of Sima of the Army to form a trap camp. There is no limit to the number of soldiers. Soldiers will be selected from among the 120,000 surrendered troops. Officers above the station commander will be drawn from Qianniuwei."
It still needs to be formed. Who can think of too many strong armies? Right?
But there are also requirements.
"I only have one requirement for the trapped camp, which is to be able to withstand the attack of the guard camp with the same number of troops. When picking troops, you can choose as you like. The number does not matter. Ten thousand or twenty thousand is not too many, and one or two is not too small. But if one
If you touch it, it will collapse and be disbanded immediately. You will continue to be your bachelor, do you understand?"
"General, obey the order!" Gao Shun was so excited that he couldn't contain his excitement. The opportunity to become the commander-in-chief of an army was right in front of him, which made him extremely excited and felt the pressure increase greatly.
The soldiers guarding the military camp are all elite, and it is extremely difficult to compete with them from the very beginning.
After receiving the military seal letter and the military order to recruit troops, he did not dare to delay at all. He immediately left the camp, mounted his fast horse and rushed to the nearest troop surrender camp.
How Gao Shun recruited troops and how to eliminate each army was naturally done by his subordinates. Liu Xiang temporarily put these things behind him and wrote the names of Huang Zhong, Wenpin, Xu Chu, and Yu Jin on the bamboo slips.
If these people don't join the Anping Army, they will waste everything they have!