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Chapter 474 Good News
"And if our faction joins, it will definitely cause a temporary alliance of these six factions to fight against us together, whether it's in the court or on the battlefield!"

"But we still have to join the battle in the end. I just want to slow down the progress of the six factions so that the strength of the six factions will consume each other. At that time, the emperor will realize that only I can save the court. Only at this time will I truly welcome the emperor back to the east!"

"And I don't want the emperor to choose to stay in any place other than Yuzhou! The population in Luoyang is far from enough to sustain the army and the court's food and grass consumption. Even if I move a large number of people to Luoyang, it is still not enough. Transporting food, whether it is the migration of the population, or the non-stop transportation of food every year in the future, the consumption in it is too great!"

"From a strategic point of view, if the world is unified, Luoyang is indeed a very good and dangerous place, but before there is no unification, Luoyang is surrounded by enemies! It is extremely unfavorable to our current development!"

After hearing these words, the eyes of Xu Chu and the others brightened, and they had a preliminary and comprehensive understanding of everything in the future, and also knew how to cooperate with the implementation of the entire plan in the future.

The reason why Feng Yao led his army across the river to kill Liu Bao was not just to find an excuse to delay welcoming the emperor, but also to block the way of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others!
Now that Jiguan has been breached, together with Dongyuan City and the main village on the north bank of the Yellow River, a solid triangular defense has been formed.

The Luoyang area is now basically controlled by Feng Yao and Yang Biao. On the Yellow River between these two points, there are hundreds of warships and a large number of small boats, which serve as blockades of waterways.

A little further north, don't worry, not only Taihang Mountain is blocking, but also Yuan Shao's deadly enemy, the Black Mountain Army!
It can be said that even if Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei already have the idea of ​​welcoming the emperor, breaking through the blockade of Jiguan is the most likely to succeed!

Xu Chu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Then what shall we do next?"

Feng Yao said with a smile: "Of course it's a rest! We got a lot of good horses in this battle with Liu Bao and Liu Bei, and whether it's the battle with the Baibo army or the Xiliang army, we will have a lot of horses." The cavalry! Otherwise, thousands of cavalry from the enemy will rush forward, and I am afraid that the soldiers will be defeated without a fight!"

Xu Chu laughed and said, "My lord, this is really great. Every brother in Huwei is looking forward to having his own war horse as soon as possible!"

Feng Yao nodded: "Zhongkang, don't worry, I plan to divide the horses obtained in this battle into three parts, among which the horses with the strongest endurance will be used as cavalry. In addition to increasing the number of cavalry that will accompany the generals, the rest will expand our strength. The number of horses that follow! The fast horses will be equipped to the brothers of the Tiger Guards, so that the actions of the Tiger Guards will be faster in the future! The remaining horses will be equipped for the Scouts. Since we have been lacking horses, most of the scouts It is all on foot, and it is very difficult to escape when encountering enemies, especially cavalry!"

Xu Chu and Liu Shun were overjoyed when they heard the words, with anticipation on their faces.

"About the matter of welcoming the emperor this time, let's stop here first! Let's take a look at other news!" Feng Yao said, and at the same time stopped his gaze on Liu Shun.

"My lord, according to the intelligence of the scouts, Suigu of the Black Mountain Army led his army to pursue Liu Bei, but was defeated and killed by Guan Yu. Only less than 4000 people fled back to Jiguan!" Liu Shun said.

"En! Continue!" Feng Yao nodded, this result was expected.

"The news came from Lujiang that Ji Ling, Gan Ning, Zhang Xun, and Zhiyue attacked Liu Xun together. Jiang Zhiyue, Xu Gan from the northern part of the Dabie Mountains surrendered to Gan Ning! Liu Xun was beheaded by Ji Ling during the battle, and Liu Ye surrendered, but he was beheaded by Gan Ning on the spot because he insulted Gan Ning!" Liu Shun said again.

"What?... Liu Xun and Liu Ye are dead?..." Feng Yao almost jumped up this time, his expression shocked.

"Yes! This matter is absolutely true. I'm afraid the battle report will be delivered to the lord in a few days!" Liu Shun said.

"Oh, what a pity! Although Liu Xun is incompetent, Liu Ye is indeed a talent, and he is also a member of the royal family. I'm afraid he will have to explain it to the emperor again!" Feng Yao sighed, but soon became happy again. It's really troublesome to deal with people with the surname Liu, Liu Xun and Liu Ye, and it's not bad to kill them. At least there will be two less people who may stand up as enemies in the future.

Liu Shun then reported some news, generally speaking, good news accounted for the majority, which made Feng Yao very happy.

The generals discussed again for a while, and each went to execute it.

Feng Yao and Yang Wu stayed in the study, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, and Liu Shun were sent to divide the horses, Xia Houbo took over the city defense at night, and Xu Ding and others followed him to rest.

There are three battle reports on the case, one sent by Lu Bu, one compiled by Xu Ding, and one brought by Xu Xuan.

Battle of Jiguan
The loot obtained was not much, mainly some belongings that Liu Bei had no time to take away, and Liu Bei burned the rest of the food and grass before leaving completely. When Lu Bu's army invaded, only a small part was rescued.

The biggest gain of this battle is to get Dong Zhao and his [-] troops. In addition, there is no time to write in the battle report, the [-] Suigu defeated troops who surrendered.

In addition to these, due to the sudden increase of the army in Jiguan, the food and grass are only enough for a few days, and they must be replenished in time.

Battle of the main village
Xu Xuan and Dai Ling won a big victory, their losses were almost a few hundred, they killed thousands of enemies, and recruited about [-] surrendered and defeated troops, and got about [-] war horses, of which [-] were still usable if they were lightly injured. .

The Battle of Liu Bao's Camp in the North of Dongyuan City
Although this battle was extremely thrilling, with a narrow escape, but the harvest was also the most lucrative.

A total of about 50 billion in gold, silver and cloth from Liu Bao was obtained, not counting pearls, jade and gemstones, and more than [-] stones of food and grass, which can almost feed Feng Yao's army in the north of the Yellow River for four months. Even if they support Lu Bu and the nearly [-] soldiers and horses that have just surrendered, they will still be enough to feed them for more than a month!

A total of 330 people were obtained, most of whom were women and some girls, and only dozens of men.

A total of thousands of bows and arrows were obtained, nearly [-] arrows, about [-] pairs of spare armor, and a large number of other leather armor weapons.

A total of 880 light cavalry horses and 540 iron cavalry horses were obtained. These horses were not counted by the surrendered soldiers who rode themselves.

There were more than [-] Southern Huns light cavalry and more than [-] iron cavalry who surrendered!These more than a thousand light cavalry and cavalry are all complete sets of weapons and horses.

Among the light cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu, Feng Yao had already made arrangements to put all of them into the cavalry archer battalion under Zhao Yun's command. Most of the [-] iron cavalry were surrendered by Lu Bu. Those who wanted to surrender to Lu Bu would now belong to him temporarily. take care of.

Among the [-] iron cavalry, about a hundred iron cavalry were willing to surrender to Feng Yao, but Feng Yao did not intend to stay as a follower, but wanted to act as Zhao Yun's personal iron cavalry, to maximize the power of Zhao Yun's close combat.

(End of this chapter)