Zhao Feng could only quickly write a letter to Cao Cao, asking him to quickly send someone to take over the affairs here. The same was true for Youzhou, as the war came to an end.
After driving away the Wuhuan army, they were left with a mess.
Fortunately, Youzhou is still there. Gongsun Zan and others are still there. Cao Cao only needs to send someone to take over. At most, the personnel transfer will be a bit troublesome.
The situation in Bingzhou was different. The entire Bingzhou was ravaged by Wuhuan, many county offices were burned down by foreigners, and a lot of land was abandoned.
It is really not an easy task to restore the population and land of Bingzhou.
And now the shortcomings of Cao Cao's power have begun to show up. Now the military and economic expansion are very fast.
Although the foundation laid before was already strong enough, after the crazy expansion of territory, the population base was immediately reduced, especially after the capture of Bingzhou and Youzhou.
Insufficient population and insufficient productivity. Although there is no crisis now, it will become a big hidden danger in the future!
There is also internal affairs management, officials who govern counties and counties are even more scarce, and the imbalance between military talents and internal affairs talents will also lead to problems within Cao's army.
If left alone, it would be a big problem.
Zhao Feng frowned. He was considering whether to ask Cao Cao to send another request for talents and accept talents from all comers.
But this will definitely have an impact on the aristocratic family. On the other side, there is no news yet about Zhang Liao and Zhang He's raid on the lairs of Xianbei and Wuhuan.
Logically speaking, it should be fast. I don't know if I ran into any trouble.
After all, the roots of Wuhuan and Xianbei will always remain a hidden danger if they are not removed. If the raid is successful, they can rest easy.
If it fails, he will still have to find a way to send more manpower at the border gates of Bingzhou and Youzhou.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Feng shook his head. There are too many things going on at the moment. Let’s take one step at a time.
Bingzhou, Dahan Border Pass, and Yunzhong County were originally just barren grass and alien border passes, but recently they have been populated by people.
A steady stream of people came from Shangdang County to reclaim land and settle down here. Suddenly, black shadows appeared from the yellow sand.
The leader was a handsome young man, wearing armor and holding a spear. Next to him were soldiers holding halberds, each of them exuding a sense of killing.
This team's battle line is very long, so long that you can't see the edge!
Countless people were being escorted, their hands and feet shackled as they were dragged along, making clanging sounds on the ground. These were all Wuhuan people!
At this time, the Euphorbia soldiers escorted them and slowly entered the Han Dynasty.
There was a long line of people all the way. I don’t know how many thousands of people there were, from old people to young women, almost everyone there.
Zhang He had no expression on his face. He led less than 8,000 soldiers all the way into Wuhuan Mountain and directly destroyed his lair!
The young and strong soldiers were almost wiped out. He couldn't kill these women, children and old people, but he wouldn't let them go either.
The vitality of the foreigners is very tenacious, and if they are allowed to leave, they may cause hidden dangers, so he decided to take these people back to Bingzhou as prisoners and follow the arrangements of the military advisor.
As for Wuhuan Mountain, all their tribes were burned clean by fire. He would not be the least bit intolerant about this, because this is war.
There is no kindness or morality at all.
And Wuhuan also treated the Han people like this, right? He went south to plunder, killed countless Han people, and plundered the population and treasures.
From a certain perspective, this is fair.
The sunshine in the frontier fortress was very cold, and it outlined Zhang He's face in a very stern manner. He looked at the other line of defense, and suddenly his face changed, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"stop!"
As soon as Zhang He raised his hand, the entire team stopped. The soldiers followed his gaze and saw that an army was coming not far away.
Neatly and quickly, each one had a murderous look on his face, his body covered in armor and blood, and rows of human ears hung around his waist. Each ear represented the life of a foreign race.
"Haha, brother Wenyuan, how is the battle going?"
Zhang He came directly to meet him. This time, he won a great victory and wiped out all Wuhuan. He thought that he could defeat Zhang Liao.
So there is a bit of a contest here.
On the other hand, Zhang Liao seemed to have killed a lot of people, but how many people came back and how many people left, he didn't look very impressive.
Zhang Liao looked at the Wuhuan prisoners in the distance and was shocked.
"It seems that General Zhang He has gained a lot!"
Zhang He was a little proud: "Thanks to General Wenyuan, I defeated Wuhuan this time and destroyed their royal court in one fell swoop!"
"Wuhuan can be said to have exterminated the clan, and these are the women and children of Wuhuan. I, Zhang He, never kill women and children, so I brought them all back to see how the military advisor will deal with them."
"I have no objection to killing him on the spot. What will General Wenyuan gain this time?"
Zhang He raised his eyebrows, this was a test, and he was quite proud of it.
Zhang Liao burst out laughing: "Nothing compared to General Zhang He."
Zhang He was delighted, but Zhang Liao changed the subject: "But he's not weak either!"
"Oh?" Zhang He was a little surprised, but he wanted to see how Zhang Liao suppressed his achievements!
"Bring it up!"
Zhang Liao waved his hand, and his soldiers brought up a young man wearing a luxurious brocade robe.
"This is the King of Xianbei. Is Tuoba really willing to make peace with our army now?"
Zhang He's eyes widened. Xianbei was no better than Wuhuan. Wuhuan had almost all his troops gone, but Xianbei still had a lot of troops.
How many people did Zhang Liao kill with his army, and captured all the Xianbei kings alive?
Compared with his achievements, this achievement is simply crushing. This time he did not lose unfairly!
This one person is more valuable than his nearly 100,000 captives.
Integration was convinced, and he cupped his hands and said: "General Wen Yuan is really powerful, Zhang He is far behind!"
Zhang Liao laughed loudly, shook his head and said, "I also took advantage of the horse's speed to defeat Xianbei in a surprise attack. I was about to take him to see the military advisor."
As he spoke, he glanced at the prisoners behind Zhang He and said, "I see that there are many prisoners like you. If we escort them from Yunzhong County to Shangdang County, it will be a long journey and very troublesome."
"Why don't we stay on the spot and I'll divide another 10,000 troops to guard you. I'll go back to Shangdang County to report to the military advisor and ask what should be done. What do you think?"
Zhang He was overjoyed and said, "Thank you so much, Brother Wenyuan."
He didn't want to take these prisoners to Shangdang County. It was too far away and who knew what might happen on the way.
Moreover, among the 100,000 prisoners here, he only had less than 8,000 soldiers, so it was quite a burden to take care of them.
Now Zhang Liao has proposed that it be a good idea for him to stand by where he is.
The two exchanged some pleasantries, and Zhang Liao left most of his soldiers behind, some to guard the prisoners and some to prevent Xianbei from going south.
Although many people died in Xianbei, they were massacred again by Zhang Liao, their strength was greatly reduced, and they were completely frightened.
But they have a large population, and even Zhang Liao cannot kill all of Xianbei's people at once. Xianbei's current fighting strength is at least 40,000 to 50,000.
There were countless women and children. Just in case, Zhang Liao left the main army behind.
He took three thousand elite troops to escort King Xianbei to Shangdang County.