Everyone knelt on their knees, bowed their heads and kowtowed, waiting for Yuan Shu to assign tasks.
"Dong Zhao, Wang Lang."
Yuan Shu first called the names of Dong Zhao and Wang Lang.
"I'm here."
"I'm here."
Dong Zhao and Wang Lang stood up directly and stared at Yuan Shu.
"You two will lead your troops to the north from here, otherwise the enemies in Xincheng County, Nanxiang County, Shangyong County and Weixing County will lead their troops back to Sizhou and Bingzhou after the clearing is completed."
"Your Majesty Dong Zhao obeys the decree."
"Your Majesty Wang Lang obeys the decree."
The two looked at each other and bowed together to receive the order.
"Zhong Yao."
After ordering the two of them, Yuan Shu ordered Zhong Yao.
"I am here,"
Zhong Yao stood up and saluted Yuan Shu.
"You will lead your troops to the east from Xiangyang. Although Jiangxia and Nanyang have returned, it is inevitable that there will be people involved. You must cooperate with the governors of the two places to clean up the rebellion there.
There are aristocratic families from all over the country who collude with the pseudo-Hans. In the light case, their homes will be ransacked, and in the serious case, there will be three groups of barbarians. After everything is resolved, they will return to Yanzhou and Yuzhou. Do you understand?"
Yuan Shu handed over Jiangxia and Nanyang counties to Zhong Yao to deal with them. These two places were also considered his own places, so they needed a sensible person to clean them up, and Zhong Yao was the most suitable candidate.
"My minister Zhong Yao will definitely do his best to eradicate the traitors from all directions and protect the health of China."
Zhong Yao saluted Yuan Shu and received the order.
"Zang Ba, Zhang Hong."
"I'm here."
"I'm here."
Zang Ba and Zhang Hong also stood up together and saluted Yuan Shu.
"You two are responsible for cleaning up the rebels in Hengyang, Lingling, Guiyang, and surrounding areas. Remember, any local clan officials who collude will be severely punished.
After the cleanup was completed, Zang Ba stopped staying in Jingzhou for the time being and went directly to Yizhou with his own troops and Yangzhou troops to support Jia Xu. Zhang Hong sat in Jingzhou and was responsible for coordinating grain and grass and recruiting troops and horses. Once there were changes in Yizhou,
Send troops to support at any time."
Yuan Shu has basically divided Jingzhou into four parts. The officials from all parties will go north or return east according to their own itineraries. Now that Jingzhou has become a foregone conclusion, the next step is the battle of the Kushan Empire.
It is indeed the most appropriate method to let Zang Ba lead an army of 100,000 to support Yizhou and let Zhang Hong sit in Jingzhou to coordinate food and grass and recruit troops and horses.
"Your Majesty Zang Ba accepts the order."
"Your Majesty Zhang Hong accepts the order."
The two of them also nodded and saluted together to receive the order. They also knew that the next step was to fight the Kushan Empire, and they did not hesitate at all.
"The rest will be left to Xu Huang when he returns. Yidu County, Wuling County and Jianping County will be handed over to him."
"promise."
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Now that Yuan Shu had assigned the places and areas they were responsible for, Zhong Yao stepped forward and saluted Yuan Shu.
"What's wrong?"
When he heard that something happened to Zhong Yao, Yuan Shu was also stunned. He didn't know what else happened now.
"Your Majesty, I feel there may be something wrong with Xinye."
Zhong Yao directly expressed his thoughts.
"Um?
What happened to Xinye?
What went wrong?"
Now Yuan Shu was even more confused. Now that Huang Wan's main force had been destroyed, he didn't know why there were still problems in Xinye.
"I carefully questioned the captured soldiers and found that there were 250,000 people gathered in Xiangyang, and Huang Kui, the son of Huang Wan, led an army of 50,000 people to leave Xiangyang and go to Caiyang.
Why did he go to Caiyang? It must be to sneak attack Xinye while we were going south, because that is our supply place.
As long as we can cut it off, we will be in danger of running out of food. These hundreds of thousands of troops will collapse without food and grass."
Zhong Yao directly stated the information and analysis he had obtained.
"Is this serious?"
Hearing what Zhong Yao said, Yuan Shu couldn't help but frown. Everyone knew the importance of Xinye. Not only did he know it, but the other party also knew it very well. If they really wanted to seize this point to fight
, that would be like beating the snake seven inches.
"Your Majesty, if we follow what Master Zhong Yao said, the enemy is likely to take such action, and the same would happen if it were me."
Zhang Hong glanced at Zhong Yao and directly agreed with his statement.
"Your Majesty, I think the two adults are a bit unfounded. I don't believe they can completely surround Xinye. It's not that easy to break through the city. Moreover, no one from Xinye has come to report the news."
Dian Wei glanced at the two of them from the side and directly expressed his thoughts. In his opinion, even if the enemy had 50,000 troops, it would be impossible to rashly break into Xinye, and Tian Yu was not a fool if something happened.
, someone will definitely be sent out to report the news.
"Your Majesty, I am not unfounded. Xinye is at stake. Tian Yu knows that we are at a critical moment now. Even if Xinye is really besieged by the enemy, he will not send anyone to report to us because he is afraid that we will worry and then divide his troops for rescue. He is afraid that it will
Affect our plans."
Zhong Yao glanced at Yuan Shu. He had been cooperating with Tian Yu for some time and understood Tian Yu's character. Now he was thinking about the overall situation. Even if Xinye was really surrounded, Tian Yu was afraid of delaying the war here. He would definitely
We won't send anyone out.
"Well, what you said makes sense. In this case, Yuan Chang, don't go to Jiangxia for now. At dawn tomorrow, you will directly lead your troops back to Xinye. I will add 20,000 troops and horses to you, plus Dian Wei."
Since what Zhong Yao said was so clear and logical, Yuan Shu had nothing to say and directly named Dian Wei.
"I'm here."
Dian Wei took a step forward and saluted Yuan Shu with clasped fists.
"You take five thousand guards with you to go with Zhong Yao. If there is no problem there, that's fine. If there is a problem, I will kill all the rebellious officials and traitors. Do you understand?"
Cai Yang has an army of 50,000. If a battle really breaks out, even if Zhong Yao's side has more soldiers and horses than the other side, the losses will not be less if there are no strong generals charging into the battle.
He has Zang Ba and Xu Huang on his side, both of whom are fierce generals. Dian Wei cannot be used for the time being. Instead of wasting combat power by following him, it would be better to follow Zhong Yao and kill people.
"Dian Wei takes the order."
Although it's a bit bad not to be able to follow Yuan Shu south, it's okay if you can kill people.
He Dian Weitian was not afraid of earth or earth, but he was afraid of two things. One was fear of Yuan Shu, and the other was fear of being idle. Now that he could go to Xinye to kill people, it was also a good choice.
The army did not rest the next day. They divided into three groups and left each other. Jingzhou is so big. They said that the expedition was just a matter of returning to their respective stations.
Zhong Yao led 50,000 infantrymen and advanced slowly, while Dian Wei led 5,000 guardsmen on horseback, taking the lead and galloping towards Xinye.
"Your Majesty, we have arrived at Xiangyang and there are no problems in Jingzhou. Are you going to return to Xindu or do you have other plans?"
Liu Biao did not leave and stayed with Yuan Shu. Now that Yuan Shu did not let him go, he did not dare to return to Jizhou privately.
"I'm fine. I haven't seen my wife and children for so many days. It's time to go back and see them. I'll stay in Xiangyang for a few days to wait for Xu Huang's results before making a decision."
Yuan Shu glanced at Liu Biao and knew that he wanted to reply to Xindu by asking this question, so he also ordered him to return to Xindu now.
"Liu Biao respectfully ordered."
Hearing what Yuan Shu said, Liu Biao also breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, as Yuan Shu said, he really missed his wife and son, so he was giving Yuan Shu the full truth.
"Well, you can make arrangements and take the people away."
"promise."
Liu Biao, escorted by a hundred guard cavalry, left Xiangyang City and ran towards Xindu.
Huang Wan and his men retreated wildly, day and night, and finally arrived at the border of Xiangyang County and Yidu County. However, his more than 20,000 people were scattered, leaving only more than 15,000 people with him.
behind him.
"Let's go. After passing this area, we will leave Xiangyang County. When we reach Pingcheng, we can take a rest."
Huang Wan glanced at the sky in front of him. After passing here, he would reach Yidu County. Once they entered Pingcheng, they could rest for a while before deciding where to go.
"promise."
More than 15,000 people directly followed Huang Wan and rushed towards Yidu County.
"Here we come, the general has discovered the enemy."
Huang Wan led the way, but he didn't know that he had been spotted.
"How many people, how many enemies are there?"
Seeing the scout's excitement, Xu Huang also became interested. He knew that there were definitely many enemies, otherwise, they would never be like this.
"There are really a lot of people there, more than 10,000 people and nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses. There may be big fish inside."
Just as Xu Huang expected, the scouts directly reported the news they had discovered. They never expected that more than 15,000 enemies would escape from Xiangyang. Not only could they drink soup this time, but even their bones would be broken.
It's time to say it.
"Okay, tell the soldiers to prepare for the attack. There are only more than 10,000 troops and horses. They are surrounded on all sides. If anyone lets one go, his captain will stop doing it."
Xu Huang was also excited when he heard what the soldiers said. There were more than 10,000 people and nearly 20,000 people. There was definitely a leader among them, and this person's status was definitely not trivial. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to gather so many soldiers and horses.
"General, just take a look."
Soon Xu Huang's 50,000-strong army was ready for battle, and Huang Wan's men continued southward with full hope, unaware that they had fallen into an encirclement.
"Mr. Wan, do you think there will be problems in Pingcheng?
They won't switch sides just because Xiangyang City fell."
Zhou Mao glanced at Huang Wan and asked Pingcheng directly.
"No, a nephew of my Huang family is serving as the county magistrate in Pingcheng. As long as Pingcheng is not attacked by the enemy, there is absolutely no intention of defecting."
Huang Wan shook his head. If he didn't know about other places, he dared to vouch for it in Pingcheng. Since the Huang family was tied to this ship by himself, no one would jump off, because there was an endless sea below.
You will be drowned instantly.
"That puts me at ease."
Hearing Huang Wan's definite answer, Zhou Mao also nodded. He believed Huang Wan. If he said it was no problem, then it was no problem.
"General, when will we fight?"
Seeing Huang Wanjun entering his ambush circle step by step, the guards around Xu Huang were also excited.
"Wait a minute, I'm so impatient. I've told you so many times, but no one has repented. They haven't fully entered the circle yet."
