Chapter 1129: General White Horse
With the disappearance of Kong Rong, the river fleet went up the river, and the victorious counties did not resist much, and chose to surrender very tacitly, and a few subordinates who were more loyal to Kong Rong only fought by resigning and living in seclusion, and there were very few who really raised troops to fight.
Qingzhou already belongs to Shangji, at least in theory!
And Diao Chan is also very aware of the current affairs of the general of the Che Cavalry to expand the scope of the jurisdiction to You, Qing, Ping, Chen, and the five states plus the grassland to protect the mansion, the huge jurisdiction makes Shang Ji unique among the princes, although the state does not belong to Shang Ji, and Youzhou has not completely taken it, but such an exaggerated territory, still completely confirmed the prestige of the first prince of Shang Ji in the world.
Of course, Qingzhou's submission was only theoretical, at least in the eyes of Shang Ji, this level of sincerity could not be said to be submissive at all. At present, more than ninety percent of the officials in the counties and counties of Qingzhou are still officials during the reign of Kong Rong, except for the change of flags, there is basically no change.
Although the only important city chiefs have changed, a large number of officials below the chief officials are still the same people.
The main reason is that Liu Yi's performance is too good, and Shang Ji is still a little caught off guard and is not ready to take over the entire Qingzhou.
God is pitiful, occupying the entire territory of Qingzhou is not in Shang Ji's short-term plan. Previously, Shang Ji's plan was only to occupy a county in Donglai County, so as to have a foothold in Qingzhou and inland states.
In Shang Ji's expectation, Kong Rong and Guan Hai would have to fight for at least two or three years before they could decide the winner, and he had no intention of occupying the entire territory of Qingzhou before the two of them were separated.
However, Guan Hai was too weak, and it took more than a month to finish, forcing Liu Yi to start in advance.
Now an embarrassing scene is that Qingzhou has been defeated, but Shang Ji is not ready to take over Qingzhou at all, and there are not enough reserve officials to take over the military and government of Qingzhou in an all-round way, so he has to pinch his nose and stay as the original Qingzhou official.
Regardless of the ability and character of the original Qingzhou officials, loyalty alone is far from failing!
But Shang Ji can't help it now, there are six counties in Qingzhou, more than ten giant cities, and thousands of large and small counties, which means that at least thousands of super-first-class scribes and seven top scribes are needed (six counties plus Linzi City), where can Shang Ji find so many high-level scribes?
Originally, he had prepared hundreds of scribes of the corresponding rank, but that was for Youzhou, and now the reserve of high-level scribes was less than one-third of what he needed.
Speaking of Youzhou, we have to mention the situation on the battlefield in Youzhou.
The Youzhou battlefield is not as twists and turns as the Qingzhou battlefield, but the main army commanded by Zhao Yun fought steadily, advancing step by step, beating Gongsun Chan to the head, so far, Gongsun Chan has lost six battles and six defeats, and has lost several key towns one after another.
Youbeiping County, which Gongsun Zhan ruled for the longest time, has been taken by Zhao Yun, and the battle situation has now advanced to Yuyang County.
And Zhang He has preliminarily leveled Dai County, Shanggu County, and Zhuo County, and is gathering troops to march towards Yuyang County at this time.
Due to the lack of heavy siege equipment, Guo Biao gave up the attack on Jicheng and other three important towns of Guangyang County, leaving half of his troops to contain the defenders of the three cities, and led the rest of the army to join Zhang He.
After the two armies met, they slaughtered towards Yuyang County with great momentum.
Zhao Yun's troops joined forces with Zhang He and Guo Biao in the east and west, flanking from both sides, attacking Yuyang County, Gongsun Zhan's last stronghold.
Gongsun Zhan knew that he was invincible, so he directly gave up the counties of Qianping, Anle, Hunu, Pinggu and other counties, and shrank all his forces to Yuyang City, preparing to make the last desperate resistance.
Of course, this desperate resistance is only aimed at a few high-level people, and the ordinary Youzhou army has long been panicked, and small-scale rebellions and escapes have occurred one after another, and anyone can see that Gongsun Zhan's broken ship is really sinking, and he chooses to be buried with Gongsun Zhan.
In Yuyang City, Gongsun Zhan stood quietly on the city wall, not knowing what he was thinking.
At this time, Gongsun Zhan's expression was gloomy, his beard was unkempt, and his clothes and armor were also dusty.
After losing consecutive battles, Gongsun Zhan's last spirit and spirit were almost consumed, and as the sovereign, he had a better understanding of the situation of the Youzhou army. He knew very well that as long as Zhao Yunjun launched an attack on Yuyang City, Yuyang City would definitely not last for three days and the city would be broken.
However, he was helpless, he thought of all the ways he could, but none of them really worked.
"General, it's time to eat."
A young soldier in white armor stepped up and whispered.
Gongsun Chan mechanically turned his gaze and found that the person who came was his new personal guard. At this time, his silver-white armor was already covered with dirt, muddy water and blood, and there were more than a dozen serious scars on it, and the slight scratches were even denser, including a hole about two centimeters in diameter in the lower left side of the abdomen.
By standard, this armor was close to obsolescence, but Gongsun Chan was not able to replace it with a new one for his subordinates.
The fierce battles in the past few days have completely exhausted Gongsun Zhan's already not abundant armaments, and the most elite Bai Ma Yicong can only make do with it, and the situation of ordinary soldiers can be imagined.
"Your name is ......"
Gongsun Chan looked at the guard, who was full of excitement and admiration, and suddenly asked.
Because of the fierce battle recently, Gongsun Zhan's personal guards also suffered heavy casualties, and the newly added personal guard Gongsun Zhan couldn't even be named.
"Lord Qiqi, his subordinate is named Zhang Chong!"
The guard, that is, Zhang Chong said excitedly.
"Zhang Chong?"
Gongsun Chan repeated his name, then nodded slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "We have been defeated again and again, how do you feel?" ”
"As long as the lord is here, we are not afraid!"
Zhang Chong replied without hesitation, his eyes sincere and excited.
"Why?"
Zhang Chong's reply stunned Gongsun Zhan, and blurted out his question.
"Because the lord is a white horse general!"
"Huh?"
When Gongsun Chan heard this, he was struck by lightning in a trance, and his body was frozen all of a sudden.
"General White Horse? General White Horse? I'm General Whitehorse? Looking at his hands, Gongsun Chan kept muttering to himself.
"Lord, are you alright?"
Seeing that Gongsun Chan looked crazy, Zhang Chong asked with some concern.
"Hahaha, I'm Gongsun Zhan, the general of the white horse!!"
Gongsun Chan suddenly laughed, then turned around and walked down the city wall, and said as he went: "Order, all the captains and above will come to the commander's tent to discuss the matter, order the cooks, and use all means to provide the army with the best meal, but be careful not to harass the people; Distribute all the wine and wealth in the treasury and divide it equally with the brothers! ”
"Lord, who are you?"
Zhang Chong was stunned when he heard this, then looked at Gongsun Zan with bright eyes, and asked excitedly.
Gongsun Zhan didn't answer, but asked, "Zhang Chong, are you afraid of death?" ”
"Don't be afraid!" Zhang Chongjian said.
"Fart, I'm afraid, why aren't you afraid?"
"Huh?"
"But now Ben will not be afraid, people are inherently dead, I am dead, and I am also a white horse general!!"