On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wang Yu held an alliance in Gaotang, aiming to eliminate the military disaster, but in fact it had little effect. Even the Qingzhou Army itself did not stop during this period.
Long before the alliance, Zhang Jiao's five thousand soldiers and horses had already invaded Langya, and Zang Ba retreated step by step. He could only survive in the mountains around Kaiyang.
The day after the alliance meeting, Xu Huang, together with Xu He, the newly appointed governor of Yanzhou by Wang Yu, sent their troops to the south. After resting for a while in Licheng, they marched straight into Jibei. In three days, they forcibly marched nearly 200 miles.
, in one fell swoop, they conquered Lu County, the seat of government that had been occupied by the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou for a long time, and wiped out more than 10,000 Sima Ju's old troops entrenched here, which shocked Yanzhou.
With the power of this great victory, Xu He took advantage of the situation and launched a campaign. In almost a month, he had captured more than 3,000 people sporadically.
These people are the kind of people who have held a knife for too long and are unwilling to pick up a hoe again. But after more than a year of experience, they have realized the gap between their own motley crew and the Qingzhou Army. There is no longer the initial difference.
Unruly and unruly.
According to the plan, these people will be organized into an army as a supplement to the Shan Army. After passing the training, they will be officially incorporated into the Shan Army. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban remnant party that surrendered later will also do the same.
The general's office estimates that after order is fully restored in Jibei and Lu counties, the size of Xu Huang's Taishan Army is likely to exceed that of the expanded Yulin Army, reaching more than 15,000 people, leaping to the top of the Hussars Army.
The first!
Of course, this process will take a long time. The Battle of Fenggao was a rout and the number of enemies annihilated was limited. The Yellow Turban Army who fled from Mount Tai totaled about 50,000 people. After the great escape, they finally fled to Lu County and Jibei.
There were almost 30,000 people, and the rest either died on the road or killed each other, or fled without knowing where to go. Some of them were taken in by the surrounding princes.
If the most prestigious leaders had not all died unexpectedly, and the remaining parties were acting independently and became a mess, otherwise this force would be quite threatening. But without unified command, these people can only become the fat meat in the mouths of the princes.
Liu Bei's white body guards were formed using that recruitment. If Wang Yu hadn't tricked him, his bodyguards might have become stronger earlier than in history and become famous all over the world.
Cao Cao was not idle either. He had never relaxed his efforts to win over the Yellow Turbans from Jibei and Lu County. However, the latter did not have a unified organizational structure, and it was very time-consuming and labor-intensive to win over them. Therefore, even with his skills, he could not quickly
Solve the problem and form the Qingzhou Army in history.
Of course, his efforts were not without any effect. The addition of thousands of warriors was a good boost to Cao's army in the second year of Chuping.
Wang Yu has never thought about these people because he knows that there is no need. Xu He, who is stationed in Juping, has never been idle. He was also one of the big leaders of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, backed by the big tree of Qingzhou
, the life in Juping was also very nourishing. With his help, there was an endless stream of people who had no choice but to seek refuge with him.
In the Battle of Yuanshan, at least 60% of the 8,000 troops he brought out in one go were recruited later. Many of his own old brothers picked up hoes again or became political affairs officers.
Xu Huang's cleanup activities against Jibei and Lujun will definitely gain the greatest results. However, it is inevitable that others will take advantage of them, which is helpless.
However, the greatest effect of Xu Huang's military operations was the deterrent effect on Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Huainan.
When Xu Huang left Mount Tai, Cao Cao was the saddest.
The geographical location of Lu County in the north of Ji is very delicate. It is the exit connecting Yan and Xu. From this, except for several large water pools in Rencheng and Dongping, there is almost no danger at all. And including Ji
The eastern counties of Yanzhou including Bei and Lu County were originally under the jurisdiction of Liu Dai.
After Liu Dai's death, Cao Cao had not yet had time to fully take over, and the winner was decided in the Hebei War. Afterwards, it was too late for him to protect himself, and of course he had no intention of competing with Wang Yu for these territories.
As soon as he heard the news of Xu Huang's westward march, he decisively ordered a large number of people from the three counties of Dongping, Shanyang, and Rencheng to move westward, creating a barren land that could be used as a buffer between the two major forces.
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There is nothing that can be done about it. After all, the general who led the troops out of Mount Tai is Xu Huang, who is famous for his rapid deployment of troops. If he does not give up the undefeable eastern counties, Cao Cao can only send troops to counterattack, and rely on the long and
The choice is between a line of defense that is full of holes.
Lu County borders the Pei Kingdom of Yuzhou to the south, and Pengcheng and the East China Sea to the southeast. There is also no natural barrier to block it. With Xu Huang's rapid advance, as long as he is in Lu County, the East China Sea of Xuzhou, Pengcheng, Xiapi, and the Pei Kingdom of Yuzhou,
Liang Guo and even Qiao County were under threat from his military front.
The princes within this range had to take Xu Huang's existence into consideration before using troops.
After the news of Xu Huang's dispatch of troops spread, Lu Su lost no time in calling Huainan and Xuzhou together and launched a new round of tripartite negotiations. Yuan Shu, who had always maintained a tough attitude, had to lower his head and began to make concessions, and the negotiations really began.
Entered the stage of substantive consultations.
Therefore, behind successful diplomacy, there must be the support of military power. Previously, there were only 5,000 men and horses with open jaws. Even with Lu Su's ability, they could not stop Yuan Shu's lion from opening its jaws.
Compared with the Central Plains, which is constantly at war, the role of the alliance is more obvious in Hebei.
Although Gongsun Zan put on an aggressive posture, he was not in a hurry to act. Although he built Yijing City to threaten Jixian and Zhongshan Kingdom at the same time, he might not have been influenced by Wang Yu and planned to build a prosperous city within his jurisdiction.
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Liu Yu had always been wary of Gongsun Zan, and was shocked by Gongsun Zan in Gaotang. He just tolerated it for a while, and the border between the two sides was kept intact, but there was no danger of a large-scale conflict.
And Zhang Yan suddenly acquired three counties, and it was just in time for spring. Just the relocation and farming made him very anxious. He had to go to Gaotang himself for this purpose and borrowed dozens of soldiers from Wang Yu.
An experienced internal affairs officer from the garrison came over, and then he managed to cope with the situation.
The high-ranking cadres of Bingzhou kept silent. With the help of Liu Yu, he brought about half of the troops back to Bingzhou, and later accepted Yuan Tan, who came to surrender with his whole family.
At a time when the world is in chaos and traditional morality is being ignored, the move of the high officials seems inappropriate. It cannot be called irrational. If this leads to Wang Yu's attack, only half of the high officials in Bingzhou will be occupied.
There was really no hope of resisting, but since he had decided so, no one could make any sense.
Of course, after all, Yuan's potential power is huge, and a centipede insect can die without becoming stiff. It cannot be said that there is no benefit at all in doing so.
But due to his strength, although the high-ranking cadres had feelings for each other, revenge on Qingzhou was out of the question for a while, so he could only silently lick his wounds.
As Xu Huang suppressed Jibei and Lujun; Huainan and Xuzhou families were brought back to the negotiation table; Liu Bei suddenly appeared in the west of Qiaojun, and Liu Bei, who had gained some momentum by recruiting Yuan Shao's old subordinate Zhou Ang to surrender, was still very weak;
Finally, Cao Cao's army completed the process of shifting its center of gravity westward and officially launched the Nanyang strategy. The war in the Central Plains seemed to be coming to an end.
However, at this moment, a shocking news once again shocked all the heroes in the world.
On February 13th, the main force of the Qingzhou Army suddenly launched a military operation! This included the expanded Yulin Army to 12,000, 4,000 Gale Wind Light Cavalry, and 800 Fiery Heavy Cavalry as Wang Yu's personal troops. In addition
There was a huge naval force consisting of a hundred warships, more than 800 transport ships, and a Guanning tribe of 50,000 people called the Urban Management Brigade, which was actually an auxiliary force!
The huge team left Gaotang. They went upstream along the Yellow River and marched westward!
Previously, Wang Yu only dispatched two generals to guide the situation in the Central Plains. Now, the sudden actions of this huge main force, led by Wang Yu himself, made the princes all tremble with fear and panic.
As soon as the army arrived at Liaocheng, the envoy sent by Shan Jing, who was closest and had the fastest response, arrived. Wang Yu personally received the envoy, but the answer he gave could not satisfy Shan Jing.
Patrolling new territory? You have only become the champion of half of Jizhou, and you are not the Qin Shihuang who unified the world. Why don't you imitate others and patrol the territory?
However, the envoy did not dare to question him face to face. Even though the young overlord was kind to others, his thunderous methods were not particularly terrifying.
They cut off the heads of 20,000 Hu Qi and piled them into the capital, and put Yuan Shao's head on the top. This kind of terrible thing was beyond the reach of even Huo Qi's back then. I'm afraid only the powerful Huo Qi back then could
Bai Qicai, the leader of the four famous generals of the Six Kingdoms and Warring States Period, can be compared.
Are you tired of questioning this kind of person face to face?
Shan Jing's envoy returned angrily and quickly reported the news to Hejian. By the time Gongsun Zan received the news, Qingzhou's army had already passed the Cangting Ferry.
Shan Jing's urgent report was rebuked by Gongsun Zan: The two families are allies. If others are willing to do anything and need our help, they will naturally let us know. If not, what can you do if you don't need our help?
Once someone misunderstands me and targets the territory of an ally, where will I lose my face? Who will be responsible for the damage to my reputation?
When the Qingzhou army arrived at Dunqiu, Zhang Yan also responded.
In fact, the Black Mountain Army received the news much earlier than this, but Zhang Yan never responded. After the Hussars arrived at Dunqiu, someone in the Black Mountain Army finally couldn't stand it any longer and reminded Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan yelled at this person: "If you have time to care about others, why not spend more time caring about yourself! Ever since I went down the mountain, I haven't even had a sound sleep. One day when I wake up, I will lose hundreds of dollars."
A hair? I’m not old yet. It’s all about worry and exhaustion! Three counties are so busy, do you still have the time to think about other things?”
"Besides, Wang Qiaoqi gave up these three counties on his own initiative. How can he take them back as soon as he turns around? Do you think Wang Qiaoqi is as shameless as you, Sun Qing? Get out of here and go.
Let’s make clear arrangements for Xiangguo’s farmland and then worry about the rest!”
Gongsun Zan and Zhang Yan were both calm, and Liu Yu breathed a long sigh of relief after receiving the news. For him, the further away Wang Yu was, the more advantageous it was. When he received the news that the Qingzhou Army had arrived at Baima, he
When there was still no news of stopping, I was so excited that I almost held a banquet.
He was thankful, but some people felt extremely panicked.
Baima is to the west of Puyang, and after Cao Cao's army's center of gravity moved westward, the center of Dongjun was no longer Linqiu, which was once the seat of government, but Puyang.
Puyang City was built on the bank of the river. Across the river, you could clearly see the overwhelming momentum of the Hussars as they marched. Xia Houchun and Cheng Yu, who stayed behind in Puyang, were frightened, fearing that the Hussars' destination was Puyang.
If that were the case, how could the remaining troops of only 5,000 people be able to withstand it?
With anxiety and fear, Cheng Yu sent an envoy to the enemy's position, intending to find out the opponent's movements.
However, his envoy, let alone Wang Yu, was intercepted by the navy before he even crossed the river. To the surprise of the envoy, Taishi Ci suddenly became the commander of the navy. It turned out that the man named Gong Tian
The school captain, and a black-faced man became his deputy.
Taishi Ci was extremely impatient towards Yanzhou's envoy. He snorted coldly and said: "Wherever my hussars are going, is it Xiahou Dun, Cheng Yu and his like who can control it? Just take one sentence back and tell them: you don't accept it."
Come here and beat me, otherwise you will just stay in the city and be a coward. Don't be like that lost dog, afraid and reluctant to run away. You have to earn your own face, it's useless to rely on others to give it to you!"