Chapter six hundred and seventy third noble son, prostrate in front
It would be fine if Xuzhou was not recovered, but most of the counties and states in Qingyan and the two states were abandoned and all the scholars and people in the two states were moved to Hebei. Isn’t this a sign to the people of the world that the Great Yan Kingdom was already afraid of Yan Liang.
At the extreme, he even adopted the defensive strategy of evacuating the land.
Guan Yu felt angry and wanted to have an attack on the spot.
At this time, Liu Bei sighed, "Yunchang, I know you are angry, but after these two wars in Xuzhou, I lost 80,000 to 90,000 soldiers, almost half of the army of Dayan were filled in.
In Xuzhou, do you think that under the current circumstances, I have any other choice?”
Liu Bei accepted the reality and bluntly stated his current predicament.
Moreover, Liu Bei's words seemed to have resentment towards Guan Yu, implying that it was his incompetence that made Xuzhou a sad place for the great Yan Kingdom to defeat repeatedly and decline in its national power.
Guan Yu's body was shocked, his anger suddenly faded, and his mind suddenly became clear.
After calming down and thinking about it carefully, it happened that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang said that at this time, his Great Yan Kingdom would not be recapturing Xuzhou, if Yan Liang had hundreds of thousands of troops heading north, even defending Qingyan and Yan prefectures would be a problem.
The revenge he thought of in his heart, for now, was just wishful thinking.
The resentment and blame in Liu Bei's words made Guan Yu feel a little ashamed. At this moment, how could he have the nerve to oppose Zhuge Liang who cleaned up the mess for him?
In desperation, Guan Yu sighed inwardly, and his dirt-faced sadness was there, and he kept silent.
Guan Yu no longer objected, the second-person figure in Yan State. He chose to remain silent helplessly.
Seeing this, Liu Bei waved his hand and sighed: "Since no one objected, then follow the military advisor's plan and start doing things."
The entire tent was filled with helplessness and melancholy.
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Kaiyang City.
On a sunny morning, Yan Liang began to lead his army to return south.
The entire Xuzhou has been included in the territory of the Great Chu State, and all the key and important towns have been stationed. Liu Bei from Linqu has less than 40,000 troops, which is not enough to counterattack. Moreover, Liaodong has already captured Yan Liang's strategic goal. There is no need to be a disciple of him again.
Spend money and food.
Therefore, Yan Liang appointed Gan Ning as the governor of Xuzhou. He ordered him to lead an army of 40,000, and generals such as Jiang Qin to continue to take charge of Xuzhou. Yan Liang led his main army to the south.
Yan Liang had issued several orders on his way back to Yingtian to target the newly captured four counties of Liaodong.
The first order Yan Liang gave to Lu Meng was to order him to transport 10,000 war horses from Liaodong to Dachu within half a year.
The main purpose of prompting Yan Liang to take risks to capture Liaodong was to seize horse-producing land and build cavalry that could compete with Liu Bei and Cao Cao. Now that Liaodong has been abandoned, Yan Liang naturally has to put this matter on the agenda.
Yan Liang ordered this second order to the northern states such as Yuzhou and Xuzhou. He ordered them to select elite soldiers and then go to Liaodong to enhance the strength of the Liaodong Chu army.
While increasing his troops, Yan Liang sent many civil officials such as Xu You and Man Chong to go to Liaodong by sea and take over the government affairs of Liaodong from Lu Meng.
After all, Lu Meng is good at using troops, and his weakness is his policy. Yan Liang wants to build Liaodong into a "base behind enemy lines against Liu". It is obviously not enough to rely on continuous supply and reinforcements from the Da Chu land. It is best to make the four counties in Liaodong able to do so.
Self-sufficiency.
In order to achieve such a goal, it is naturally essential to use a group of good ministers such as Xu You and Man Chong.
Liaodong is alone overseas, and it is not appropriate to let military generals take power too seriously. Using civil officials to control politics and control food and using military generals to use military generals to ensure the loyalty of this overseas land.
The orders of the kings of all Taoisms were issued, and ten days later, Yan Liang returned to Yingtian.
It was already late winter. Even Yingtian City, located in the south of the Yangtze River, the wet and cold weather made people feel uncomfortable.
On the evening of that day, the palace.
In the study, the fire was booming, and Yan Liangzheng was reviewing the latest memorials.
The footsteps sounded, and Zhou Cang came in from outside and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, a group of sea ships have just arrived in Yingtian from Liaodong. There are about a thousand Liaodong good horses offered by General Lu on the ship."
"This Lu Ziming is quite efficient." Yan Liang was excited, "So quickly send these thousand war horses to Xudu, and I ordered Ziqin and Yuanzhi to add cavalry on the spot."
Yan Liang's cavalry was to fight in the northern plains, so the newly obtained war horses were sent to the north to form and train new cavalry.
"I understand." Zhou Cang paused and smiled, "King, in addition to the war horses, General Lu also gave two gifts to the King, should the King meet?"
Two gifts?
Did this Lu Meng also learn to offer prescriptions to please me?
Yan Liang was curious, so he put down his pen and ordered him to bring the two gifts offered by Lu Meng to take a look.
Zhou Cang then ordered, and a few more soldiers escorted two dirty men into the study.
Yan Liang looked up and glanced at the two men. The two seemed to look familiar, especially the guy with a stubborn face on the right, as if he had seen it there.
Yan Liang searched for the memories in his mind, thought for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he couldn't help but feel happy.
The person on the right, who else could it be if it wasn't Yuan Tan?
As for the person on the left, it is naturally Yuan Tan’s younger brother Yuan Xi.
When Yuan Tan lost Youzhou, the two brothers defected to Gongsun Kang, but they were placed under house arrest for Gongsun Kang.
When Lu Meng went to war in the previous period, Yan Liang told him that if he could capture the Yuan brothers, he would send them to Ying Tianlai and deal with him with him.
Yan Liang had been around for a long time, but Yan Liang had forgotten it, but Lu Meng kept it in mind. After conquering Xiangping, he obtained the Yuan brothers from Gongsun Kang, and quickly sent them to Yingtian with the horses from Hailu.
"So it's Mr. Yuan. I haven't seen you for a long time. Do you still recognize who I am?" Yan Liang asked with a sarcastic tone.
Yuan Tan had a bitter face, and his eyes were filled with fear.
How could he not remember Yan Liang? The rebellious general of the Yuan family who once defeated him and beat him up with his own hands, and the enemy he had to kneel down, the eldest son of the Yuan family will never forget the enemy who was blacklisted by him.
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At this time, the Yuan family, which was incredible and domineering the world, has been destroyed. However, the rebellious general of the Yuan family in front of him has become the largest prince in the world, even more than Yuan Shao at that time.
What made Yuan Tan painful was that not only could not kill Yan Liang, but he could not avenge his revenge, but now he still had to surrender and kneel in front of Yan Liang for the second time.
At this time, Yuan Tan felt sad and afraid in his heart, but he had no sign of resentment at all.
Or, he didn't dare to hate at all.
Pop!
Yuan Tan's legs became weak, and without threat, he knelt down and said tremblingly: "Submitting General Yuan Tan, pay homage to His Highness the King of Chu."
Compared to the last time, Yuan Tan was much more aware of his appearance and did not dare to make any more of the master Yuan’s poem, so as not to suffer unnecessary flesh and blood.
Yuan Tan knelt like this, and Yuan Xi, who had no opinion, didn't think much about it, so he quickly knelt down and bowed to pay homage.
The former famous son, the once prominent young master of the Yuan family, and the authentic rich and handsome man who was once envied by the world. Now, they are kneeling in front of Yan Liang, kneeling in front of the former general, praying in a humble manner.
Stay alive.
What else can be as happy as this moment in life?
Yan Liang laughed wildly, and Lin Lie's eyes were free to mock the two brothers of the Yuan family who were kneeling down at the steps.
Yuan Tan was depressed and dejected. Yuan Xi was trembling with fear and sweating. The two brothers only hoped that this humiliating moment could be achieved as soon as possible.
After hearing Yan Liang's smile, Yuan Tan bowed and said, "I am willing to submit to the king, be the vanguard of the king, attack Yecheng directly, and destroy Liu Bei's big-eared thief, thinking that the king will relieve his hatred."
Yuan Tan acted cleverly. He knew that Liu Bei was Yan Liang's number one enemy, so he wanted to use the fight against Liu Bei to divert Yan Liang's hatred towards him.
Yan Liang sneered and said disdainfully: "The good generals under my command are like clouds. If you want to kill Liu Bei, why should you be so useless? If you can really deal with Liu Bei, why would you fall to the current level of your life?"
Yan Liang showed no mercy and ridiculed Yuan Tan's incompetence with great disdain.
Yuan Tan's face was so ashamed that his face was flushed, and he felt embarrassed for a moment, not knowing how to respond.
Yan Liang had no intention of seeing his slutty look again, so he waved his hand and shouted, "Come on, drag Yuan Tan out, and then throw him away to feed the dog."
Yuan Tan was so shocked that he almost fainted on the spot.
Yuan Tan originally thought that if Yan Liang wanted to kill him, he would have ordered Lu Meng to kill him with one knife in Liaodong, so why would he send him to Tianlai thousands of miles away?
Therefore, Yuan Tan thought that Yan Liang might have the intention of surrendering to him and borrowing him to win people's hearts.
Unfortunately, Yuan Tan didn't understand Yan Liang at all. Of course he wouldn't have thought that Yan Liang summoned him to Yingtian just to enjoy the pleasure of his humble moment of begging for mercy.
As violent as Yan Liang, he can conquer the world with his strength. Why do you need to be false and righteous? Use Yuan Tan as a waste to win the so-called hearts of the people?
"Good king, please spare me, please spare me." Yuan Tan, who was frightened, cried and begged for mercy.
However, the left and right personal soldiers dragged him out of the outside without hesitation.
Yuan Xi, who was kneeling on the ground, watched his brother be dragged away, so scared that he didn't even dare to speak out.
Yan Liang's eyes turned to Yuan Xi, and a cold murderous intent flowed in his eyes.
Yuan Xi was so scared that his heart was broken, and he was afraid that Yan Liang would kill him, so he knelt on the ground and cried: "The criminal has been in Hebei for many years. I have never thought of being an enemy with the king. Please spare me.
I am willing to be a cow or a horse to repay the king’s kindness.”
Listening to this humble begging for mercy, Yan Liang was filled with disdain, but at this time, his murderous intent had quietly taken over the whole province.
He just sneered and said, "Don't worry, I will not only not kill you, but also take you to see someone."
Meet someone?
Yuan Xi, who was crying, raised his head and looked at Yan Liang's sarcastic face tremblingly. His heart was already frightened, and a little confused flashed through him. (To be continued...)