In 221 AD, Chen Xu, the king of Qin, besieged Yecheng for half a year, and after repeated successes, Yuan Mai killed his brother and surrendered the city to welcome the Guanzhong army into the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the day of the city's breaking, more than a dozen Yuan's civil and military generals swore not to surrender, and Chen Xu was loyal and beheaded.

Before these people died, they shouted that the Yuan family was unlucky, and they glared angrily at Yuan Mai, hating to eat his flesh raw.

Yuan Mai always looked calm, indifferent to the people's verbal criticism, but took the initiative to cooperate with Chen Xu to arrest those who were loyal to Yuan Tan.

Chen Xu remembered Yuan Mai's dedication to the city, and added him to the rank of knight, so that the Yuan family's lineage was preserved.

Yecheng is both ke, the northern land is owned by Chen Xu, Youzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou are connected together, and the King of Qin sits on the land of eight states, and his prestige is like the sky.

At the same time, Xu Xian, Xu Shu and Dongwu fought several small battles, and each other won and lost.

Chen Ai, Zhou Yu, Chen Tai and Yuan Tan fought in Yuzhou, and because the Guanzhong army only had 50,000 troops, they could only defend passively.

Rao is like this, Xu Xian and Zhou Yu also won nearly a year for Chen Xu to destroy Yuan Tan, so that Cao Ang and Sun Quan could not send troops to help.

Within Yecheng, Guan Chinese Wu were all overjoyed, and they followed Chen Xu on the expedition this time and destroyed a prince, which is enough to go down in history.

Chen Xu said to Pang De with a smile: "If it weren't for Ling Ming crossing the Taihang Mountains and raiding Wei County to capture the ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River, it would not be easy for our army to cross the river. ”

"The destruction of Yuan Tan this time is indispensable to Ming."

Pang De hurriedly said: "The lord praised it falsely, if it weren't for the fact that the flying army was proficient in mountain warfare and could come and go freely in the dense forest, how could the last general make such a feat?" ”

In the process of contact with the Wudang Flying Army, although Pang De found that these Yiyue warriors like to fight bravely and ruthlessly, they also have their own cute side.

Unlike the capriciousness of the Qiang people, as long as the Yiyue warriors are truly submissive, they will not easily rebel under normal circumstances.

Moreover, most of the soldiers in the flying army, most of their families were moved into Yizhou, and after several years of living, they also began to slowly integrate with the Han people.

After all, compared with those nomadic peoples, the Yiyue people, who live by fishing, hunting and farming, have a more similar living habits to the Han people.

Pang De knew that his lord had always been wary of foreigners, even if the Huns had been sincere for a long time, they had always been suppressed by Chen Xu, and often inadvertently weakened the strength of the Huns.

For these lovely people like the Yiyue warriors, Pang De also had a good impression, hoping that his lord would not be prejudiced against them, so he wanted to give the credit to the Wudang Feijun.

And it is true, if it were not for the Wudang Flying Army, who were proficient in mountain warfare, Pound would not have succeeded.

After a slight sigh, Chen Xu immediately knew what Pang De was thinking, and couldn't help but think about the different strategies that should be adopted for different races in the future.

Nomads have no fixed place to live, and they are naturally aggressive, and if they do not change their habits, it is impossible to integrate into the Han Chinese.

For these races, in addition to co-opting, they must also be suppressed, and if conditions permit, Chen Xu does not mind sending troops to fight for them.

However, Chen Xu has been fighting for half his life and has dealt with almost all the alien races on the border.

The Xiongnu had long since surrendered; The Xianbei people were defeated several times and their vitality was greatly damaged; The Qiang were almost slaughtered; The Wuhuan people were first exterminated by Zhuge Liang, and then suppressed by Deng Ai and Chen Jun, and have been reduced to an extremely weak race.

As for the Yiyue people, after Chen Zheng's unremitting efforts in Yizhou, they have begun to slowly integrate into the Han people.

Among the many foreign races that Chen Xu has come into contact with, only the Yiyue people are the most harmonious with the Han people, as long as they can survive well and give them the dignity equivalent to the Han people.

Then, these alien races, who live hard in the mountains and forests, are also very happy to integrate into the Han people.

"Since ancient times, the Chinese nomads from the north have been the greatest threat, and although the southern tribes will also have rebellions, it will always be difficult to achieve a climate."

"If possible, minimizing killings and promoting ethnic integration is also a good option."

Turning his gaze to the tall Shamoke, Chen Xu smiled and said, "This crusade against Yuan Tan is indispensable to the Barbarian King and the Yiyue Warriors. ”

"After this battle, he should be rewarded heavily, but whoever kills the head of the thief will be rewarded with money, and if there is a person who has performed outstandingly, he should be added to the rank of knight."

"Not only that, but I intend to expand the scale of the Wudang Flying Army, so that this army can become the sharpest sword in Lone Hand, for the south of Lone Yong Town!"

"For the barbarian king himself, I will present the court and crown you as the real barbarian king, and rule over all the tribes of Yiyue."

Shamoke was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed to the ground and performed the highest etiquette among the Yiyue to Chen Xu.

Chen Xu laughed a few times, stepped forward to help Shamoke up, Wen Yan relieved for a while, which made the monarch and the ministers happy, and Shamoke even swore to the sky to show his loyalty to Chen Xu.

After dealing with Shamoke's affairs, Chen Xurong said to Guan Chinese Wu: "Although Yuan Tan was destroyed, there are still Cao Ang and Sun Quan who do not know the mandate of heaven. ”

"I intend to take the army of great victory and wave my troops south to destroy the Cao clan, I don't know what you think?"

When the generals heard this, they were immediately overjoyed and came forward to ask for battle, and the generals even quarreled in order to compete for the position of the current vanguard.

Just when the generals were arguing, Tian Feng suddenly stepped forward and shouted: "Go and attack Cao Ang at this time, you must not do it." ”

The enthusiasm of the generals, after being yelled at by Tian Feng, was suddenly like a basin of cold water poured on his face, and his mind cleared up.

Chen Xu frowned slightly, and asked: "Our army has newly destroyed Yuan Tan, and the momentum is flourishing, if we wave our troops south at this time, won't the counties along the way fall in the wind?" ”

"What is the reason for Yuan Hao to speak out to prevent Gu Nan from attacking the Cao clan?"

Facing Chen Xu's questioning and the eyes of the generals, Tian Feng was not afraid and still held his head high.

I saw him talking eloquently: "This time the troops attacked Yuan Tan, it took a year before and after, and the army consumed countless amounts of money and food, and the supply was already a little weak. ”

"It was not easy to take the rich Jizhou, but Yuan Tan has been reckless in these years, so that the Jizhou treasury does not have much money and grain."

"As the saying goes: the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first."

"The lord is going to attack the Cao clan at this time, where will there be grain and grass for the army to consume? If the battle continues, the lord will eventually have to lead his troops to retreat. ”

"Wouldn't that be a waste of money and food?"

When Chen Xu heard this, he was immediately silent.

As Tian Feng said, don't look at Chen Xu's troops now, they are in full swing, but the logistical pressure is very huge.

A few years ago, he fought with the coalition of princes, even though Chen Xu was on the defensive side, in the past three years, almost all the money and food accumulated in Guanzhong were consumed.

The war turned most of Guanzhong into ruins, and Chen Xu spent countless amounts of money and food in this regard.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's sudden death, which gave Chen Xu a good opportunity to send troops to destroy the Yuan clan, Guan Chinese would never have agreed to send troops under such circumstances.

After all, the money and food in Guanzhong were not enough to support the consumption of the army for a long time.

If Yuan's army is more tenacious and continues to drag on for a year and a half, I'm afraid Chen Xu can only lead his troops to retreat.

Even if they get Jizhou and Yanzhou now, they are just empty shells, and they have not seized too much money and grain at all.

Not only that, in order to appease the people who were affected by the war, Chen Xu instead wanted to take out the Jizhou treasury, which was not a lot of inventory.

In this way, it is not a very good choice to send troops to attack the Cao clan now.

Seeing that Chen Xu was silent, Tian Feng continued to talk eloquently.

"Not much time has passed since the lord conquered Youzhou and Jingzhou, even though the land of these two states has been stabilized, there are still many troubles left."

"Jizhou and Yanzhou are new places, and the Yuan clan has a very high prestige in these two states, even if the Yuan clan has been destroyed, it will take a long time for the lord to completely take it into his pocket."

"If you raise troops to attack the Yuan clan now, not only will the logistics be poor, but I'm afraid the rear will not be stable."

After thinking carefully about Tian Feng's words, Chen Xu couldn't help but think of the fact that in history, after Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao, he couldn't wait to go south to conquer the south, so that he fell short, and couldn't help but be shocked.

"What Yuan Hao said is very true, I now occupy the land of Bazhou, as long as I live and operate for a few years, I will be able to gather millions of people."

"At that time, wouldn't it be beautiful to attack Cao Ang and Sun Quan with an absolute advantage, and finish it in one battle?"

With a plan in his heart, Chen Xu immediately stepped forward, held Tian Feng's hands and sighed: "If it weren't for Yuan Hao's words to remind him, I'm afraid it would have made a big mistake." ”

"Since this is the case, then it is not too late for Gu to return to the dynasty first, and then raise troops after a few years of cultivation and recuperation."

When Tian Feng heard this, he hurriedly said: "No, no!" ”

Chen Xu was surprised when he heard this, and said: "Since you can't raise troops to attack the Cao family, why can't you return to the dynasty with a class?" ”

Tian Feng said: "Youzhou and Yanzhou are newly determined, and the residual strength of the Yuan clan is still there, and the people have not yet fully accepted the lord. ”

"If the lord leads the troops back to Chang'an at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that the land of these two states will not be in rebellion. In my humble opinion, the lord should personally lead his soldiers and horses to this tuntian for two years. ”

"In this way, it can not only deter the young, but also help restore production in Jizhou and Youzhou, and also hoard a large amount of grain and grass."

"If the lord wants to attack the Cao clan in the future, he can either attack directly from Jizhou to Qingzhou, or directly attack Xuzhou from Yanzhou."

"In this way, it will reduce the consumption of the army running back and forth, and if you really want to start a war, you can also gather a large army extremely quickly to attack the territory of the Cao clan, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"

When Chen Xu heard this, he thought about it carefully.

Jizhou is a rare rich place in the world, and Yanzhou used to be extremely rich, but after Chen Xu plundered the population, it began to become depressed.

These two states are also extremely important and must not be missed.

If Chen Xu leads his troops to retreat now, not to mention that the old Yuan clan may revivenation, Cao Ang, who is adjacent to these two states, will definitely make some moves.

If you want to make the two newly defeated state cities as stable as Mount Tai, Chen Xu had better personally lead the troops to garrison this place.

"Yuan Hao's words are very good, but in Chang'an City, who should be in charge of government affairs?"

Tian Feng said with a smile: "After Jingzhou is pacified, there is no external trouble in Yizhou, the lord may wish to send another person to garrison Yizhou, and then transfer the prince back to Chang'an, so that he can preside over the affairs of Chang'an." ”

"In this way, you can not only exercise the ability of the political prince as soon as possible, but also stabilize the rear, why not?"

Chen Xu was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately issued an order for Chen Zheng to return to Chang'an to preside over government affairs.

Not only that, Chen Xu also sent Chen Hu to serve as the assassin of Yizhou, and sent several loyal and capable people to Yizhou to assist Chen Hu in governing Yizhou's affairs.

Zhang Liao was transferred to Chen Xu's side, preparing to make him the main general to attack the Cao clan in the future, but Chen Jun was appointed as the assassin of Youzhou.

After talking with Deng Ai for a long time, Chen Xu sent Deng Ai to Youzhou again to assist Chen Jun in handling Youzhou affairs.

As for Chen Xu himself, he stayed in Yecheng, and then began to let the army settle in Jizhou and pacify the people.

Since Chen Xu conquered Jizhou, it only took two years to promulgate benevolent policies, give preferential treatment to the people, and promote and reuse local famous scholars, and the people of Jizhou have not rejected Chen Xu very much.

After all, for ordinary people, they don't have much in their hearts, as long as they can live well, no matter who they are ruled by, it is the same.

Of course, there are no factors in it that Yuan Tan is reckless and unbridled, which has caused dissatisfaction among the people of Jizhou.

Two years ago, when Chen Xu took Yecheng, Zhou Yu and Xu Xian also withdrew their troops, although Yuan Tan and Sun Quan were unwilling, they were also afraid of Chen Xu's soldiers and did not dare to persecute too much.

Therefore, during these two years, no war broke out between the three princes.

Sun Quan was a defender of the city, and when Zhou Yu surrendered to Chen Xu and Tai Shici hung up his seal and left, Sun Quan was still busy dealing with internal disputes, and he had no enterprising spirit.

As for Cao Ang's side, because the turmoil brought by Cao Cao has not been completely wiped out, after the war with Zhou Yu was called, Cao Ang was also busy dealing with internal affairs.

The world is once again at peace, and the people are longing in their hearts that there will never be another war.

In 222 AD, a small thing happened, that is, one of the most important advisors of the Cao Group, Xun Yu Xun Gongda, died of illness.

Xun You's death was also a heavy blow to the Cao Group.

When Chen Xu heard the news, he couldn't help but sigh deeply and said, "The older generation has left one after another, does this indicate that an era is about to end?" ”

For some reason, in the past two years, Chen Xu has always felt depressed in his heart, and his body is not as healthy as before.

Especially every time he picked up a weapon and wanted to train his martial arts, he would become more and more silent after finding that he was not as handy as before.

Maybe only Dian Wei knows why his lord is depressed.

For a military general, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand the feeling of watching his martial arts slowly fall into disuse, but he can't change it.

Time passed quickly, and after Chen Xu captured Jizhou for two years and accumulated a lot of money and food, he began to float his mind again, preparing to send troops to attack Cao Ang.

On this day, Chen Xu was practicing calligraphy in the house, Jiang Wei suddenly rushed in, and said with a sad face: "Lord, Shangshu Jia Xu died of illness, and Chen Gong fell ill. ”

"Smack!"

The brush slipped from Chen Xu's hand and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.