Chapter 1019: The Latest Situation of the War on the Second Front

Wei Xu couldn't hear the impatience in Lu Bu's tone, but he didn't care, and said: "The general has been thinking that Yunzhong and Dingxiang are in the hands of the barbarians, and we need to take them back. This is the answer." Yes, it’s just that these two counties are really poor. Dingkou in one county is not as good as the county town of Taiyuan. Oh, by the way, we can raise this horse here. "

"If we just raise horses, the land of these two counties is enough for our army in Bingzhou, but we can't lack any of these military and horse officials. Think about it, I don't have many generals in Bingzhou, but we have to waste it in this wasteland. , What a waste. And Wuyuan and Shuofang are already in my Han family’s hands, so why bother to grab them?”

Lu Bu replied angrily: "I also know that the two counties of Wuyuan are also sparsely populated, but what Mr. Chen said is reasonable. Although the two counties have not many people, they can still provide us with some taxes."

Wei Xu pretended to be surprised and said: "If you are just paying these taxes, why bother to go to war? Just send people to persuade them to surrender. The general can promise to recognize that they occupy these two counties, and then let them pay the taxes on time." "

Wei Xu's words made Lu Bu's eyes light up. He just felt that he had lost face and let them go like this. He might not be able to let go of his own face. While hesitating, Wei continued: "Of course, in addition to these, they resisted the imperial army and caused our Bingzhou army to lose some soldiers and horses. These must be punished, otherwise the public's anger will not be quelled. If the general mobilizes all his troops, he will definitely give in." They were wiped out."

Then, Wei Xu listed some comparisons between occupation and surrender to Lu Bu, and finally reluctantly convinced Lu Bu. At this moment, Chen Gong also came in, and happened to hear what Wei Xu said next, and said thoughtfully: "General Wei This statement is reasonable. General, the palace has also been thinking about this matter recently. If it is possible to make the two counties surrender without fighting as General Wei said, it is not impossible. But who can send an envoy? "

When Wei Xu heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "General, don't worry, Wei Jiang has had a relationship with Shuofang's knights. If General Mo goes there, he should be able to persuade them to surrender, as long as the general admits their control over the two counties." Can."

Lu Bu was finally convinced by the two, so he agreed to Wei Xu's request and asked him to go to Fuyang as an envoy to discuss the matter with Zhao Zilong and Xia Ke.

Three days later, Wei Xu returned to the army with a glowing face, and reported the results of his trip to Lu Bu. As expected, the two stranger governors expressed their willingness to surrender. Of course, the conditions were exactly what Wei Xu had said at the beginning. Lu Bu gained face, and the two of them gained. Satoko. What made Lu Bu happy was that the thousands of soldiers captured last year were returned with good food and drink, and even their weapons and equipment were returned in full.

Also returned together were the compensation given by the two families for the dead and wounded soldiers. This made Lu Bu even more satisfied. There was a precedent for this in the Central Plains, so Lu Bu did not reject it. What made him even more satisfied was that he did not have to manage these two places, but he still had a lot of taxes and so on.

Two days later, Xiake and Zhao Zilong rushed to Lu Bu's camp. This time they came to pay homage to Lu Bu as subordinates, and secondly, they also sent money, food and supplies to Lu Bu to compensate. At this point, Xia Ke and Zhao Zilong finally kept their positions as prefects.

At this time, the war against the Eastern Conquest Army also made progress.

Well, in fact, it is inappropriate to use the word progress. We can only say that there has been progress on the Western Front battlefield. On the fourth day after the capture of Dingtao City, Huang Zhong's army also used tunnels to invade the outer city of Qiao County. Although Cao Cao sent people to Qiao County to try to break into the city to alert Cao Hong, they were all intercepted by Huang Zhong's cavalry. outside the city.

After entering the city, Cao Hong led his troops back into the inner city and continued to defend it. After holding on for two days, he had no choice but to abandon the city and escape. In the end, less than 2,000 of the 30,000-strong army escaped with Cao Hong and retreated into Pengcheng to join Lu Qian. Cao Cao's military guard camp commander Cao Jing, Qiaojun Duwei and other generals were all killed in the battle. Cao Hong was also seriously injured and fell into coma when he retreated into Pengcheng.

Subsequently, Huang Zhong's army captured all the cities in Qiaojun.

On the one hand, he personally led an army of 50,000 to attack Pei State. Five days later, Huang Zhong's army captured Xiangxian County. At this point, all counties in Yuzhou fell into the hands of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

At the same time, Zhang He and Huang Wudie's armies had also captured all the cities in Liang and Jiyin, and returned to Dingtao City to rest and prepare for the next round of war.

Contrary to the situation on the Western Front, the war in Qingzhou was not so pleasant. After holding on for more than ten days, Jixian County was finally broken by Xiahou Yuan's army. Except for the 10,000 cavalry that were constantly roaming outside, there were only less than six dozen of the tens of thousands of defenders. Thousands of soldiers and horses evacuated, but fortunately 10,000 cavalry responded, and Xu Rong was able to escort more than 20,000 family members to successfully leave Ju County and return to Shuanghe City.

However, Xiahou Yuan's army of hundreds of thousands lost fifty or sixty thousand people, which was already a serious injury. Otherwise, he would not have allowed two to thirty thousand people to evacuate from the city. Moreover, Xiahou Yuan felt that the soldiers and horses in the county were The elite of the Eastern Conquest Army was located. The tens of thousands of troops in the county and city were wiped out in one battle. The Eastern Conquest Army no longer had much combat power, so no matter where these people retreated, they could not escape from the palm of their hands.

The flood season of the river still lasts for more than half a month. Xia Houyuan believed that he could capture the entire Qingzhou within this time. However, he did not expect that the Eastern Expeditionary Army could not transport the people through the river, but they could transport the people by sea. When he discovered this, almost half of the population in Qingzhou's two counties had been evacuated.

At the same time, Donglai's 10,000 cavalrymen were also cruising outside, closely watching the two armies of Ye Lai Xiang and Cao Charlie who were invading from the north, making it impossible for the two families to implement the idea of ​​dividing their forces. They had to attack together. In more than ten days, they only captured one county town, Yi'an, while the cities near Qingdao in Donglai and Beihai were transferring people. In more than ten days, more than 100,000 people and tens of thousands of soldiers gathered in Qingdao.

Now the two port cities are already crowded with people. Fortunately, the fleets of the two ports are ready. Now the first batch of more than 10,000 people can set off for Youzhou. Although the first batch of people is not large, their task is to rush to Youzhou's young and strong. After they go, they will prepare the basic housing materials needed by the subsequent people together with the people.

According to everyone's estimate, the entire immigration time will last about half a year. After half a year, there will be only about 20,000 infantry and thousands of naval forces left in the two port cities, plus the craftsmen in the port docks and some of their families. At that time, there will be only about 50,000 people here.