People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 376 Disposal of Prisoners
Youzhou, Jixian!
At this time Gongsun Zan was pacing back and forth, a little anxious, he was waiting for Shan Jing to come back, and he hoped that Shan Jing would bring back good news.

Now his situation is indeed very critical, mainly because he lost to Yuan Shao again, the impact would be too bad.

The [-] army, [-] infantry, and [-] cavalry, not only the main force suffered heavy losses, but also a large number of Wuhuan servant cavalry and Xianbei servant cavalry.

The strong and invincible image that he established was in pieces. Those who were once suppressed by him, such as powerful aristocratic families, Wuhuan Xianbei, and Liu Yu's old tribe, were all ready to move.

Even those ordinary people were exhausted during Gongsun Zan's foreign wars and had no chance to breathe, so they hated him very much.

Although Gongsun Zan was still the Shepherd of Youzhou, politically, he was completely isolated. No class, no group was willing to help him at this time.

Finally, when Shan Jing came back, his face was very ashamed. Seeing Gongsun Zan lowered his head, he saluted helplessly and said:

"General, that Li Yao, not only did he not let go of our Youzhou brothers, he even said that our Youzhou brothers were all killed by Yuan Shao, but I am almost certain that our Youzhou brothers must still be in Yi County. Among so many prisoners, not only the Jizhou army, but also the Youzhou army!"

After Gongsun Zan heard this, he immediately flew into a rage, with a ferocious face, and roared:
"Liangzhou kid, how dare you bully me!"

Well, after Gongsun Zan was defeated by Yuan Shao, thanks to Li Yao's capture of Ye City and forcing Yuan Shao to return to his army for rescue, Gongsun Zan had a chance to breathe.

But on the other hand, during the fierce battle between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, Li Yao led his troops to attack Yecheng and finally captured Jizhou. He took all the good things.

After losing the battle and thinking about Jizhou for many years, it was taken away by Li Yao. How could Gongsun Zan be rational, and immediately ordered:
"Gather my troops, gather my troops, I will go south to Jizhou again, one is to eliminate Li Yao, and the other is to rescue the prisoners!"

However, beside Gongsun Zan, there was a sensible person, Guan Jing, who quickly tried to persuade him:
"General, you can't fight anymore, you can't fight anymore, the morale in the army is low now, if you let them go out to fight again, that is to send them to death..."

"Although Li Yao took Jizhou with extremely despicable means, he sent troops while the general and Yuan Shao were fighting fiercely, but it cannot be denied that he himself has strength, and the outcome of a battle with him is uncertain!"

Guan Jing didn't say that he would be defeated, but he was already giving Gongsun Zan a lot of face. No matter how you look at it, there is no chance of winning if you go to fight against the Li Yao army who defeated the Jizhou army.

Gongsun Zan was so angry that he wished he could lead his troops to attack now, beat Li Yao violently, seized Jizhou, and vented all his anger:

"No troops, no wars. Could it be that Li Yao is allowed to occupy Jizhou? When Jizhou was still in Han Fu's hands, I wanted to occupy it. Later, Jizhou was given to Yuan Shao by Han Fu. Damn it, damn it, back and forth The last seven years have been taken away by Li Yao, and if I don't beat him, it will be difficult to calm down the restless killing intent in my chest!"

Seeing Gongsun Zan's attitude, Guan Jing felt helpless. He wanted to persuade Gongsun Zan to recuperate for two years, but under such circumstances, he couldn't speak at all. After analyzing the current situation, he gave the most appropriate suggestion:

"General, first attack Wuhuan and Xianbei. As long as we attack the barbarians, the common people will continue to support us, especially eliminate those Wuhuan servant cavalry who have not returned to the barracks, Xianbei servant cavalry..."

"During this process, we must quickly regroup and restore our strength. Only then will we be able to attack Jizhou again, and then we will be able to truly take revenge..."

"We now have no chance to lose again!!"

Guan Jing is a smart person. He deeply understands that as long as he is a barbarian, the people of Youzhou will tolerate Gongsun Zan's actions without limit. Now he can't provoke Li Yao. It can be said that as long as Gongsun Zan leads his troops to leave, Youzhou will be safe. I don't know how many people will contact Li Yao, cooperating internally and externally, eager to kill Gongsun Zan.

At this time, Gongsun Zan's face was ashen when he heard Guan Jing's last words, but he couldn't refute it, because it was him who made wrong decisions twice and was defeated by Yuan Shao.

His ambition told him that he should go south to Jizhou immediately, and his rationality told him that he should follow Guan Jing's advice. After a long time, he sighed, and Gongsun Zan seemed to have aged a lot. He waved his hand and said:
"Then according to your words, gather all the current troops. The infantry stay behind, and the cavalry attack. First, clean up the restless Wuhuan servant cavalry and Xianbei servant cavalry. Jizhou, Li Yao..."

Gongsun Zan is not stupid either. If he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity and send troops to drive him out before Li Yao can gain a firm foothold, wouldn't it take another seven years for Li Yao to gain a firm foothold? Jizhou.

There are still a few seven years left in his life, this time he failed Yuan Shao, this time he retreated to Li Yao, if nothing unexpected happened, he could only stop in Youzhou in this life.

Guan Jing, Shan Jing, Gongsun Xu, and Gongsun Fan, when they heard this, saluted and said:
"Follow the order!"

In the next period of time, Gongsun Zan pieced together the last [-] cavalry. The original [-] cavalry became [-]. Both the scale and combat power were greatly reduced compared to before.

Moreover, the morale was low and the morale of the army was low. For Youzhou Tuqi, their confidence was completely broken this time, and their honor was directly torn to shreds.

Cleaning up Wuhuan's servant cavalry and Xianbei's servant cavalry seemed a bit procrastinated, not as straightforward as before.

As the news spread to Yi County, Li Yao began to think, should he send troops now, or send troops later?

In the end, Li Yao made a decision that this matter still needs to wait.

Jizhou is not considered a stable rear, unable to supply the food and grass needed to send troops to Youzhou, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the Central Plains should also try to weaken themselves at this time.

So he ordered Fan Chou, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji to temporarily station troops in Changshan, Zhongshan, Hejian, Bohai and other places to suppress the aristocratic families internally and deter the Taihang Black Mountain Army and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou externally.

As for himself, he brought all the captives all the way south and returned to Yecheng. For these captives, Li Yao never thought of killing them.

Now that you are free, you should arrange them separately. Among them, the elite soldiers, including Zhang Yun's halberd soldiers and Gao Lan's crossbowmen, can all be taken for their own use.

Among them, those captives who are healthy, have no disabilities, and are willing to continue serving as soldiers, Li Yao selects meritorious individuals from his own army, arranges them to serve as officers and generals, and distributes them to various counties as county soldiers, including Yang Feng, Han Xian, and Hu Cai. , Li Le, Yang Yun, Zhu Xing, Xue Zhuang, Meng Fei...became the captains of the counties directly under Li Yao, and the prefects of the counties could not command them in the future.

In the end, all the remaining ones became Tuntian soldiers. According to their native places, they were assigned to various counties, and they were also managed by county lieutenants. They were directly under Li Yao's General's Mansion, and the prefect had no right to command.

Everything went quite smoothly...

(End of this chapter)