Chapter 1,226 The War Is Over

Guo Jia's words made Huangfu Chaobo very puzzled: "Adjusting the direction of the strategy out of filial piety? Such a major matter must be carefully discussed with the princes of the court before making a decision."

"No," Guo Jia shook his head and said, "It's not about adjusting the direction of the strategy, but it may be further collusion with Zhang Yan."

With that said, he began to explain Huangfu Chaobo carefully.

Zhang Yan came from a rough background, and given Yuan Shao's temperament, he would definitely not be tolerated. Moreover, the two families had been at war over the years, which had almost eliminated the possibility of Zhang Yan defecting to Wei.

As for the direction of the Zhao army, Lu Bu was arrogant and probably looked down on thieves like Zhang Yan. Moreover, although Zhang Yan was a thief, his vision and courage were not bad, otherwise he would not have given up his grudges with Huangfu Chaobo and turned around. He showed his goodwill to Huangfu Chaobo, and then came to meet Huangfu Chaobo in person and purchased a large amount of grain and grass supplies from the then Eastern Expedition Army. During this period, at Huangfu Chaobo's request, he sent troops to attack Wei several times to help Gongsun Zan.

Although the Black Mountain Army currently controls more than a dozen cities from Shangai in the west to Zhending in the east, it still has a population of more than one million. Most of these people are scattered in the high mountains around Jingxing. Life is quite difficult. In recent years, Zhang Yan has come to Tang State every year to buy a large amount of grain to ensure the survival of these people.

Now that the Tang State has occupied Shangdang and there is no other force between it and the Montenegrin Army, it can consider recruiting the Montenegrin Army to surrender. Of course, Guo Jia's intention is still the same as Yuzhou's at the beginning, but it is just a secret surrender, and the Montenegrin Army is no better than Yuzhou. What he knows is the truth People in Yuzhou are more cautious than those in Yuzhou.

If Zhang Yan can assess the situation and agree to surrender, he can open up the connection with Shangai through Zhan County in the north of Shangdang, and then move some people from Shangai and Jingxing to resettle in Shangdang territory. Of course, in the case of Shangdang, a maximum of 400,000 to 500,000 people can be resettled. If there are any more, it will be more difficult.

Not only Shangdang, these people can also pass through Shangdang and then be resettled in Hedong and Hanoi. Even after the Tang army invades Guanzhong later, they can also be arranged to be resettled in Guanzhong.

Guo Jia's words made Huangfu Chaobo react greatly. If the Black Mountain Army could secretly defect to him, it would definitely be another big surprise for Yuan Shaojun in the war against Hebei.

"Just for the sake of filial piety, will Zhang Yan just give in?" Huangfu Chaobo was still hesitant. Zhang Yan said at the time that as long as he sent troops to Hebei, he would be willing to lead his troops to surrender, but now he only controls Shangdang. Just send someone to persuade them to surrender. Will they succeed?

"If Jia's prediction is correct, Zhang Yan will not object. Your Majesty can send an order to Luoyang to arrange for someone to go to Montenegro. I believe Gongda will arrange this matter." Guo Jia replied with determination;

Huangfu Chaobo thought about it, Zhang Yan really had no other way to go, and historically, Zhang Yan was indeed a person who could judge the situation. After Cao Cao invaded Hebei, he took the initiative to surrender to Cao Cao. However, although the Tang army is not as powerful as it was in history. Cao Cao was powerful when he entered Hebei, but he is now the largest prince in the world. I believe Zhang Yan should have seen the situation clearly.

"Well, I will immediately order Luoyang to make arrangements for this matter."

"Please remember to tell Wen Ruo, Your Majesty, to keep it a secret!"

"Don't worry, Gu understands, and I believe Wen Ruo also understands."

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Early the next morning, Huangfu Chaobo led the Guards, Huang Wudie's Huben Camp and Tian Yu's Yingyang Camp, escorted by the cavalry led by Zhao Yun, and chased towards the north in the direction of Zhao's retreat.

Two days later, the army arrived in Xiangyuan. As Guo Jia expected, Xiangyuan City was already empty. There were only thousands of players searching for the items left by Zhao Jun in the city. When the Tang army arrived, all the players dispersed like birds and beasts.

After resting in the city for a night, two thousand soldiers were left to defend the county seat, and the army continued to pursue Zhao Jun. Five days later, on the tenth day of October, the Zhao army finally retreated into the Taiyue Valley Road. When Huangfu Chaobo led the Tang army to arrive,

Only Lu Bu stood alone outside the valley, quietly waiting for Huangfu Chaobo's army.

Seeing this, Huangfu Chaobo rode his horse and walked a hundred and twenty steps in front of Lu Bu, with Zhao Yun following closely beside him.

"King Zhao, it's a good journey. I won't see you off!" Huangfu Chaobo reined in his horse and saluted Lu Bu with a smile;

"You don't have to be proud. Shangdang will leave it in your hands for now, and Guzi will come and take him back after a while!" Lu Bu was not angry at all, but looked at Huangfu Chaobo and said word by word;

"I'm just waiting for King Zhao to come and get it. If King Zhao thinks he has the ability to take it away at any time, he can just come and get it..."

This time, Lu Bu didn't answer any more. He turned his horse's head and turned back toward the valley.

Watching Lu Bu walk into the valley, Zhao Yun said: "Your Majesty, do you want to send troops to continue chasing?"

"No need. Send an order for the army to return to Nie County. You can send a thousand cavalry to guard at the entrance of the valley. After tomorrow, you will send people to explore the situation in the valley. Now that I have achieved my goal, there is no need to conflict with the Zhao army for the time being. "After saying that, Huangfu Chaobo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Shangdang was finally obtained.

The Shangdang war lasted for a whole month, and finally ended with the Tang army capturing Shangdang and the Zhao army retreating in embarrassment. What surprised the princes and players in the world the most was the performance of Zhao Wang Lu Bu, who suddenly changed his original behavior and exploded. With his temper, Zhao Jun withdrew from Shangdang and returned to Taiyuan County without looking back.

If someone could see Lv Bu's surrounding data, they would find that Lv Bu's intelligence had increased by several points in just one month, barely reaching thirty-five. Ahem... it didn't matter. Such an IQ was still a flaw for the king of a country.

In the following days, Huangfu Chaobo led the guards to stay in Nie County. He sent out the rest of the troops. Tian Yu led the troops to the south to capture Guyuan and Tongdi, while Huang Wudie led the troops to occupy Zhan County, and Zhao Yun led a part of the troops to explore intelligence along the Taiyue Valley Road.

A few days later, Zhao Yun finally arrived outside the South Pass. Looking at the newly built pass in the valley, Zhao Yun knew that the Zhao army's backhand was here. With this pass here, it would not be an easy task for the Tang army to enter Taiyuan County.

After staying at the South Pass for more than an hour, Zhao Yun led his troops back to Nie County and reported his intelligence to Huangfu Chaobo in detail. He also suggested: "Your Majesty, now that the Zhao army has built a new pass, we should also build a pass in the valley northwest of Nie County to better prevent the Zhao army from attacking."