Eight hundred and thirty second chapter after the war
Chapter 832 After the War
After Yuan Shao said this, he threw up his sleeves and left the two of them. Xu You glanced at Yang Hong and left proudly, leaving him alone in the room sighing.
When Cao Cao rushed to Zhangling, Yuan Shao went out of the city to greet him, and then arranged a banquet. In the end, the two of them talked together late into the night, before Cao Cao left due to his drunkenness and returned to the arranged residence.
As soon as Cao Cao entered his residence, a carriage came outside the door.
"who?"
Li Dian, who was guarding outside the door, looked at the approaching carriage and couldn't help shouting questions.
"I was sent by Governor Yuan to deliver a gift to Lord Cao."
Upon hearing Li Dian's inquiry, the curtain of the car opened and a man dressed as an official jumped out.
"Gift giving?
what?"
Looking at the person in front of him, Li Dian was also puzzled. What the hell are you doing here to give gifts in the middle of the night?
"My lord, please take a look."
The man directly opened the curtain and saw a graceful and beautiful woman sitting inside.
"Wait until I go report to the lord."
Li Dian was stunned when he saw this woman, then turned around and entered the door.
"My lord, Yuan Shao has sent someone to give you a gift."
Li Dian came to Cao Cao's door and shouted inside.
"Um?
Giving gifts now?
what?"
After hearing Li Dian's words, Cao Cao, who had just prepared to go to bed, slowly walked out of the room.
"Reporting to my lord, she is a woman."
Li Dian stammered, but still told the situation in the car.
Cao Cao became more and more confused. It was Yuan Benchu who brought a woman to him in the middle of the night.
"Lord, how about I let them go back?"
Seeing Cao Cao in a daze, Li Dian cupped his fists again and spoke.
"Why should I be sent back? Yuan Benchu has won my heart so much that he asked that woman to come in."
Cao Cao shook his head. Since someone gave him a gift, there was no reason to return it.
"promise."
Soon the carriage stopped at the door, and the woman in the carriage walked smoothly into Cao Cao's house.
"How about it?
Did Cao Cao accept my gift?"
Seeing that the people he sent had returned, Yuan Shao asked directly.
"My lord, Cao Cao has accepted your gift."
The servant replied to Yuan Shao with a mean smile.
"That's good, go down."
Yuan Shao also smiled slightly and just accepted it.
"promise."
Early the next morning, the scouts sent by Yuan Shao to explore the battlefield also rushed back and told Yuan Shao about the situation on the battlefield.
"My lord, now that we have confirmed that Cao Cao's news is true, you can rest assured."
Xi Zhicai looked at Yuan Shao and couldn't help but feel excited.
"Lord, you should think twice."
Yang Hong still adhered to the principle that Cao Cao was a serious problem and once again suggested that Yuan Shao think twice.
"Okay, stop talking. I've already said that I can't be a dishonest person. Since Cao Cao really lost his army, then don't make blind suspicions. Call Cao Cao over immediately. Leave Suixian to him, and we can go north.
support."
Yuan Shao looked at Yang Hong with some disgust and decided to leave Suixian County to Cao Cao.
"promise."
Soon Cao Cao got Yuan Shao's understanding and headed towards Sui County under the escort of cavalry.
After Cao Cao returned to Suixian County, Sun Jian led an army of 60,000 people directly to the north, and this place was handed over to Cao Cao for garrison.
"My Lord, the Battle of Jiangxia is over. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were defeated by Yuan Shu and were both defeated. Now Yuan Shao returns to Nanyang, and Cao Cao also leads his troops back to Nanyang."
Soon the news from Nanyang spread to Xiangyang.
"So what do we do now?"
Hearing Kuai Yue's words, Liu Biao was stunned. Although he knew that Yuan Shu was very strong, he didn't expect that he was so strong that he could kill both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. It was so powerful.
"Lord, we can no longer attack now. We must withdraw our troops and garrison Xiangyang."
Kuai Yue glanced at Liu Biao, he couldn't provoke Yuan Shao anymore, otherwise he would be stupid if he was hit by others.
"Well, then let Cai Mao and the others come back immediately and station themselves in Xiangyang."
After hearing what Kuai Yue said, Liu Biao woke up from a dream and quickly ordered Cai Mao, who had attacked Deng County, to lead his army back.
Liu Biao's withdrawal heralded the temporary cessation of the battle in Jingzhou. Yuan Shao led his troops north to support Yuzhou, Cao Cao garrisoned Suixian, Cai Mao led his army back to Xiangyang, and Yuan Shu began to consolidate the situation in Jiangxia.
"There should be no fighting in Jingzhou in a short time. We should ask Liu Biao for Changsha and Guiyang counties, and then we should also arrange for the garrison in Jiangxia. After all, we are all staying here."
After resting for a while, Chen Gong looked at Yuan Shu and was about to make the next deployment.
"Well, we should indeed prepare. Zhang He will not move in Yangzhou, and Zang Ba will lead the Xuzhou army to help suppress him. Jiangxia will be left to you.
I'll let Gao Shun, Wen Chou and Xu Huang lead the trapping army, Hengye army, Hulie army and Huwei army to help you guard Jiangxia. Is it possible to add 30,000 militiamen?"
Yuan Shu glanced at Chen Gong and directly placed the three generals and four main forces in Jiangxia, leaving Yangzhou to be handled by Zhang He and Zang Ba.
"But if my lord leaves all these soldiers and horses here, will there be any problems in other places? After all, we have to attack Sizhou and Yongzhou next, and there will not be enough soldiers and horses."
What Yuan Shu said basically means that all the hundreds of thousands of troops must stay in Yangzhou and Jingzhou, which can be said to be a great deal of attention. However, they now need soldiers and horses in more than one aspect. Youzhou and Liangzhou are both using troops, and what will happen next?
Sizhou and Yongzhou are to be conquered.
"It's okay. After this battle, I will let Xu Rong lead the Xiliang army to go north and return to Youzhou. Yan Liang's Polu army will temporarily stay in Jizhou after replenishing their troops. You don't have to worry about the war between Sizhou and Yongzhou.
As long as you keep this three-acre land in Jingzhou for me, if there is really a need, I will send people over to mobilize troops."
Yuan Shu shook his head. The situation in Jiangxia was unstable and needed a large army to suppress it. Not only that, Yuan Shao from the north might send his troops south at any time, but he also wanted to ask Liu Biao for the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang.
Although these two places belong to Liu Biao in name, that is just a matter of name. If you really want to make the prefects of the two counties obey, you need strong soldiers and horses to support them. These are indispensable.
"If that's the case, let's do it this way. With me in Jingzhou, nothing will happen again."
Now that Yuan Shu has made his decision, there is nothing more to say. He still has a lot to do next. While building the defense of Jiangxia, he also needs to capture Changsha and Guiyang counties. It will be really difficult if there are few people and horses.
"Well, then I'll leave this place to you. I will immediately lead the Polu Army, Xiliang Army and Guard Army back to Jizhou northward."
Yuan Shu nodded. Since Chen Gong said so, he would leave this place to him. He should return to Jizhou after sending troops for so many days. After all, the war in Liangzhou is not over yet, and he might be asked to send troops again, and next time
Sizhou and Yongzhou will also consume energy, and we can no longer stay here.
"I wish my lord a safe journey."
Yuan Shu led the Wei army, the Polu army and the Xiliang army to leave Jiangxia for Yangzhou, and then went north along Jiujiang County back to Jizhou.
After Yuan Shu left, Chen Gong sent people to go north to Xiangyang, and on the other hand organized troops to leave Xiling and go south to Changsha.
"Lord, Yuan Shu's people want to see you."
Kuai Yue directly informed Liu Biao about the arrival of Chen Gong.
