Zou Dan was defeated in Yuyang and all the surrendered generals were killed. The surrendered soldiers were incorporated into the army by Yan Rou to expand his strength. He immediately ordered to go south to attack Liu Bei in Zhuozhou and cut off the last of Gongsun Zan's wings.
When marching, the generals discussed and used the Wuhuan and Xianbei cavalry as the vanguard to enter the four fields of Zhuozhou and burn, kill and loot, making it impossible for Liu Bei to gather the people as troops.
They had not thought at this time that Liu Bei had already used military camps to train troops and organized an army of 30,000.
However, the army delayed for a whole day, and the Wuhuan and Xianbei cavalry did not obey the order to set off.
Yan Rou, who was cleaning up the battlefield and reorganizing the army, was very angry and prepared to summon King Wuhuanqiao to question him.
At this time, Xian Yufu walked into the tent with an angry look on his face, "Yan Sima! Look what those barbarians outside the Great Wall are doing! You have always been quite famous among them, can't you control it?!"
Yan Rou felt unhappy when she heard the other party's question. She still held back and asked, "What's going on?"
Xian Yufu said: "Go out and see for yourself. This group of barbarian bandits has now dispersed across the fields of Yuyang to plunder and plunder. In addition to robbing the iron tools stored in the warehouse, they also plundered the rural population at will, killed and set fire, and committed all kinds of evil!"
I sent my own soldiers to stop them, but instead they killed them all. They are so lawless and wanton, how can they be recruited as reinforcements?"
Yan Rou's expression changed, "I'll ask King Wuhuanqiao right now!"
King Wu Huanqiao was called into the tent, and before Yan Rou could speak, he said first, "Oh, Yan Sima, I know what you want from me.
It was those Xianbei barbarians who broke the rules first and sent troops to plunder. In order to protect the Yuyang Salt and Iron Warehouse, we even had a fight with them.
But at least keep an eye on the salt and iron, and after the Xianbei barbarians finish their work, they will return to the team tonight."
Xian Yufu was furious and slapped the table and said: "I clearly saw the shadow of your Wuhuan cavalry among the people who looted the people!
Don’t blame all the blame on the Xianbei people. Also, you must return the salt and iron from the treasury. Where do you want to take them?"
King Wuhuanqiao's expression changed, and then he smiled and said: "My sons fought with Gongsun's bandits and suffered heavy casualties. Shouldn't we get some benefits and go back? Otherwise, they will definitely question me, the leader of the tribe, why I wasted nothing."
I am bleeding for you Han people."
There is a strong threat in his words that I will retreat if I don't give you any benefits.
Xian Yufu wanted to fight again, so Yan Ju said: "The overall situation is more important, and it doesn't matter if we sacrifice the common people. Besides, the Yuyang salt and iron will be lent to the Wuhuan tribe for a period of time, so we should take the interest first."
The most important thing at the moment is to advance as quickly as possible, defeat Liu Bei, occupy Youzhou, and cut off Gongsun's bandit's retreat. When he and the Jizhou army are both injured, we will take action at the right time and we will be able to defeat him in one fell swoop!"
Xian Yufu frowned and said: "But... if we do this, what will happen to the people's support?"
Yan Rou sneered, "People's feelings? The people of Yuyang were originally refugees from Qingji and Hebei Provinces. They were accepted by Liuzhou's pastors with kindness, and they lived and worked here in peace and contentment."
Now that we want to avenge Liu Zhoumu, so what if they pay a small price? Just think of it as repaying Liu Zhoumu's kindness.
Furthermore... the Wuhuan and Xianbei plundered were just ordinary people. The aristocratic families were all in Wubao, so how could they be robbed?
When this war is over, the land that has been reclaimed by the common people can be directly used to make good friends with the local wealthy families. The hearts of the wealthy families are the people's hearts, so brother Xianyu doesn't need to worry."
Xian Yufu thought for a while and laughed. His family also had a manor in Yuyang. Of course these barbarians would not touch his family's property.
After this war is over, a large number of common people will be displaced and a large area of cultivated land will be vacated. In that case, the family industry will be doubled.
Thinking of this, he stopped expressing his sympathy and remained silent.
Seeing that Yan Rou had appeased the noble leaders, she said to King Wuhuanqiao: "Okay, no matter what, before dark, you must gather your troops and go to Zhuozhou. Don't delay the military situation again, otherwise don't blame me."
Yan disregards past kindness!"
King Wu Huanqiao laughed. Since he got the benefits, of course he had to do something. He still understood the basic rules.
So he bowed to Yan Rou and exited the tent. When he saw that it was not too late, he decided to grab his mother's hand again! The Han people were rich, and even an ordinary farmer who cultivated wasteland had some ironware and a lot of grain in his home.
In particular, some of the daughters of the Han family are very beautiful. If they are taken back to give birth to offspring for the tribe's sons, they can be as strong as these Han people! In the coming year, they can come in again to plunder and continue to expand the tribe's strength!
Chang Wangshan crouched in the haystack, with only a pair of eyes exposed in the gap.
He was the first person in the village to warn that the Xianbei cavalry was about to plunder the village. The village first sent people to the county seat to call for reinforcements, and the remaining young men organized to fight.
However, ordinary farmers were no match for the plundering Xianbei cavalry. With just one wave of charge, all the organized young men collapsed, and then they were slaughtered like herding sheep.
All the men and elderly people in the village were slaughtered, and the beautiful women were raped and humiliated on the spot. They were then tied to horses with other women and children and treated as trophies, followed by piles of grain, grass, and property and were robbed to the north.
After the collapse of the first wave of charges, Chang Wangshan casually climbed over the wall and fled into a haystack behind a villager's house to hide. Otherwise, he would have died under the hooves of the Xianbei people like the others.
Looking at the hellish scene outside, he couldn't even imagine what tragedy had happened to his wife and children.
At this moment, his inner defenses had completely collapsed. He didn't even dare to make a sound, so how could he dare to rush out to rescue him.
He just prayed in his heart that these Xianbei horse thieves would leave quickly. He wanted to go back and see if his wife and children were still alive, because they had dug a cellar at home. If they were in danger, they might have hid in the cellar and escaped.
At this moment, a Xianbei cavalry pulled out a child hidden in a tile jar in a nearby house.
This child was also holding a younger one in his arms, who was trembling all over and crying loudly.
Chang Wangshan recognized them as two boys from Guo Wang's family, but he didn't expect that they were discovered by Xianbei dog thieves.
The eldest child was dragged to the haystack. The Xianbei and several companions discussed it and all shook their heads.
He slashed it indifferently, and the older child's neck was immediately cut in half, and he threw himself on the haystack and struggled desperately.
His desperate eyes had already seen Changwang Mountain hidden in the haystacks, and his blood-soaked throat was screaming for help.
Chang Wangshan covered his mouth, his eyes even more horrified.
The child looked at him, struggled for a moment and then died completely. The other younger one, who may not have remembered anything, was directly taken into a carriage.
Before leaving, the Xianbei people set fires everywhere in the village. The haystack Changwangshan was hiding in was particularly easy to ignite, so a torch was thrown directly into it.
The fire was scorching his body, but Chang Wangshan still didn't dare to say a word. It wasn't until he heard the sound of horse hooves disappearing and the group of Xianbei dog thieves completely left that he jumped out of the haystack and jumped into the well nearby to extinguish the flames on his body.
Then, with burns, he pulled the rope on the pulley and climbed up bit by bit. Regardless of the pain on his body and the fires burning everywhere in the village, he ran madly towards his home.