Chapter 1153: Chase after the pole and surrender
The soldiers and horses under Jia Cheng were scared to death one by one, no one knew what Jia Cheng intended to do, just this little soldier and horse of Zhang Wucheng, went out of the city to pursue, wasn't that for nothing?
Therefore, it was impossible for Jia Cheng to take away all the people in Zhangwu City, many of them ran away secretly halfway, and when they left the city, they were still powerful, but they didn't go far, and only a few people remained.
The evacuation speed of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is relatively slow, otherwise with the speed of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Jia Cheng may not even be able to smell a fart.
Wen Qin heard the news that Zhang Wucheng opened the city gate and sent chasing soldiers, and couldn't help but sneer, such a wonderful guard, he was so fat, just a little defender of Zhang Wucheng, he actually dared to come to pick up the tiger whiskers of the cavalry camp, this is not the birthday guy hanging himself - is it a long life?
Wen Qin simply stood still, this strange thing happens every year, but this year is more, he wants to see with his own eyes what Zhang Wucheng's guards are preparing to do.
Jia Cheng quickly caught up with the Xiao cavalry battalion, in fact, it was not that he caught up, it was the Xiao cavalry battalion standing there waiting for him, looking at the scattered troops of Zhang Wucheng, the Xiao cavalry showed confused eyes one by one, just such a little soldiers and horses, it was not enough for the Xiao cavalry camp to stuff their teeth, they actually dared to chase, did they really think that they Lu Bu would be reincarnated?
As soon as Jia Cheng arrived in front of the Xiao cavalry camp, he rolled the saddle and fell off his horse, knelt on the ground, and bowed: "Jia Cheng, the magistrate of Zhangwu County, knocked on the general, and admired the general's might, Jia Cheng is willing to lead the people of Zhangwu to surrender, and ask the general to accept it." ”
The cavalry suddenly realized one by one, it turned out that they were not pursuing, they were on the pole to surrender, this thing is more strange, the general battlefield surrenderers, are defeated and do not want to lose their lives, so they are forced to surrender.
The Xiao Cavalry Battalion did not launch any offensive against Zhang Wucheng, and did not use other siege methods, at this moment the Xiao Cavalry Battalion was on the way to retreat, Zhang Wu City was completely safe, but Jia Cheng chased after him to surrender, which was really incredible.
The people brought by Jia Cheng were also confused, and at this time they understood Jia Cheng's intentions, it turned out that Jia Cheng did not bring them to fight, but took the initiative to ask the Bingzhou army to surrender, so they also quickly knelt on the ground one by one, and Hurala fell to his knees.
Wen Qin smiled slightly, ordered someone to bring Jia Cheng to him, and said: "A certain is the cavalry general Wen Qin is also, the county magistrate Jia is so well aware of the righteousness, and he took the initiative to surrender, which is not bad, if the officials are all like the county magistrate Jia, why worry about Sima and the thief." ”
Jia Cheng was overjoyed to see that Wen Qin accepted his invitation to surrender, this is probably the only way for him to save his life, staying in Zhangwu, there is only one way to die, surrendering to the state army, no matter what his career is, at least his life is saved.
Of course, Wen Qin also knows what he is calculating, under normal circumstances, the guards will not surrender, after all, they are not threatened, but Jia Cheng's situation is special, it is precisely because he single-handedly buried more than 20,000 Youzhou troops, in order to avoid the imperial court from holding him responsible, surrendering and merging the state army seems to have become his only choice.
Get up, Jia Cheng still has some credit in this battle, which Wen Qin will also report to Cao Liang, as for how Jia Cheng will deal with it in the end, it will also be decided by Cao Liang.
After Jia Cheng surrendered, he took the initiative to ask Wen Qin to send someone to take over Zhangwu City, but Wen Qin ignored it and ordered the army to continue to move north and returned to Youzhou.
At this time, Cao Liang also arrived at Linyu Pass, originally after conquering Liucheng, Cao Liang's next goal was to smash Liaodong, but after Wei Qian and Wang Qi abandoned Linyu Pass and fled, Cao Liang immediately postponed the plan to march to Liaodong, and first sent the Xiao cavalry battalion to the south to pursue for thousands of miles, never giving Wei Qian and Wang Qi the opportunity to escape back to Jizhou.
In addition, Cao Liang also set off to return to Linyu Pass, and the rest of the army stayed in Liucheng for the time being, waiting for the next order.
After all, Liaodong still has to be obtained, but now that the situation has changed fundamentally, there will be some new variables in how to take Liaodong.
Huan Fan suggested that Cao Liang did not need to send troops, just send a few envoys to the counties of Liaodong one by one, Changli County naturally did not have to go, Changli Taishou Chen Ji had surrendered and surrendered to the state, and he could also play a good role model, Chen Ji had taken the initiative to show that he had a good personal relationship with several other Taishou in Liaodong, and he could write to them and let them surrender the city.
In fact, after the battle of Liucheng, the problem of Liaodong is no longer a problem, Wei Qian and Wang Qi gathered heavy troops in Linyu Pass, desperate, thinking that holding Linyu Pass is equivalent to holding Liaodong.
But after the loss of Liucheng, Wei Qian and Wang Qi's plan was completely bankrupt, and the heavily defended Linyu Pass eventually became a chicken rib and had no value, and Wei Qian and Wang Qi's army fled south, which means that they completely abandoned Youzhou, counting on the county soldiers of only a few thousand men and horses in the counties of Liaodong, how to fight?
In addition to Changli County, Liaodong is only left with Xuansu, Liaodong, Lelang, Daifang four counties, although Liaodong is vast, but the population is sparse, a county may not even have the population of a county in the Central Plains, in this case, just surrender and pacify, you can easily take Liaodong, and why do you need to go on an expedition to spend money and food on military horses.
Cao Liang quickly accepted Huan Fan's suggestion and decided to postpone sending troops to Liaodong, but instead sent four envoys to the four counties of Liaodong with letters to recruit surrenders.
After all, Cao Liang also learned that those Taishou in Liaodong were newly appointed after Wei Qian became the governor of Youzhou, and the original Xuansu Taishou Wang Qi had become the assassin of Youzhou, and the original Lelang Taishou Gong Zun and the Belt Fang Taishou Liu Mao were later reappointed as the Taishou of Yuyang and the Taishou of Youbeiping County, and these two people were also killed in battle.
The current Liaodong Taishou has almost all been replaced by newcomers, their foundation in Liaodong is still shallow, and there are almost no soldiers in their hands, and more importantly, they are not considered to be Sima's descendants, which obviously creates conditions for the peaceful reception of Liaodong.
As long as Cao Liang promised to give him enough preferential conditions, there would be no problem in taking Liaodong without blood. Therefore, Cao Liang left Huan Fan in Liucheng and was fully responsible for the surrender of Liaodong, and the Yue Cavalry Battalion and the Tun Cavalry Battalion temporarily stayed in Liucheng, which was enough to form a strong deterrent.
Cao Liang set off to return to Youzhou, and as soon as he arrived at Linyu Pass, he got good news from the front line from the Xiaocai battalion.