The battle of Yecheng, with Cao Cao's withdrawal, Yuan Shang's defeat came to an end, the worst defeat in this battle is probably even Yuan Shang, not only lost the city, the only elite around him, after this battle was exhausted, even if he retreated to the river, and recruited a group of soldiers and horses in a short time, it was difficult to have the previous combat power to compete with Chen Mo.

What's worse is that Ma Chao has already led his troops to capture Handan, Pang De and Zhang Xiu also led the cavalry to block Yuan Shang's return route, and in the next few days, Chen Mo ordered Xu Huang to raise troops to capture Anping and enter the river, Yuan Shang fled again and again, and finally fled to Youzhou to join Yuan Xi, preparing to defend Youzhou and wait for the opportunity.

"Now Jizhou has been all obtained by our army except for Qinghe and Bohai counties, Yuan Shang fled to Jixian County, and now he is no longer able to compete with our army, in addition, he also surrendered to our army, General Tai Shici is on his way to Yecheng, Xiu thinks that our army should take advantage of the situation to pursue and take Youzhou." Yuan Shang's general's mansion has now become Chen Mo's residence in Yecheng, and Yang Xiu respectfully reported the latest battle report to Chen Mo.

This battle has been fought from last winter to the present, which lasted for four months, except for the soldiers of Xiliang, Chen Mo almost mobilized all the forces, and so far it has come to an end, although Qinghe and Bohai two counties are obtained by Cao Cao, but now that it has reached this point, Chen Mo does not want to fight anymore, his goal has been achieved, the war has reached this point, he has gained an advantage in the momentum, and then he and Cao Cao continue to fight, no one is ready, once the war starts, it will be protracted, and no one can bear it.

Chen Mo has basically laid down a place, then governed a place, and then expanded outward when the governance is almost done.

"Youzhou is not in a hurry, eat Jizhou first." Chen Mo said with a smile: "This is the vacated land of those gentry in Yecheng, which has been calculated and measured, and people will be arranged to cultivate the vacated fields in each county as soon as possible." ”

The country is based on agriculture, now the spring ploughing has passed, but many fields have been abandoned because of the war, Chen Mo must let people make up for the ploughing as soon as possible, as for Youzhou, taking Youzhou means that the border defense has one more piece, although this battle has received a lot of Jizhou surrendered troops, but first, it has not been completely returned, and secondly, there is no suitable general for the time being, it is better to let Yuan take it first, help himself block, otherwise even if you take Youzhou, if the border pass is broken by the Hu people, it will be tired of the people of Youzhou.

Yang Xiu nodded, now that he has learned to be obedient, he will not make decisions on his own.

"Lord, Ziyi also sent someone to deliver a letter." Xun Yu on the side handed a letter to Chen Mo and said with a smile: "I heard that General Ziyi found a good general in Zhending this time, and specially brought a recommendation. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Chen Mo stretched out his hand to take the bamboo slip, and said with a smile: "If you can get Ziyi's recommendation, you don't have a bad ability." ”

In fact, the ability to lead the call is not bad, but because it is the relationship between the generals, Chen Mo has been thinking about bringing the generals who are leading and Gao Ran, as well as Zhang He and Han Qiong, who have no avatars, back to Luoyang to persuade them.

Open the bamboo slip, the person recommended by Tai Shi Ci is called Zhao Yun, a very unfamiliar name, but according to Tai Shi Ci's letter, this Zhao Yun is not only strong in martial arts, but also courageous, but it seems that there seems to be some rejection of Chen Mo in his heart, this time, I hope Chen Mo can persuade him.

"Do you know Zhao Yun?" Chen Mo put down the bamboo slips, looked at everyone and asked, this name was a little unfamiliar to Chen Mo.

The generals shook their heads blankly when they heard this, Gao Lan, who had been standing at the end of the generals, thought about it, and saluted Chen Mo and said, "The last general has heard of this person. ”

"Oh?" Chen Mo smiled: "How is this person?" ”

"The last general only knows that this person has followed Gongsun Zhan, when Yuan Gong broke Gongsun Chan at the boundary bridge, when Gongsun Chan was defeated, there was a small general who fought to the death and rescued Gongsun Zhan, this person is Zhao Yun, General Wen Chou has a lot of praise for it, it is a white horse righteous general, after the defeat of Gongsun Zhan, General Wen Chou also recommended this person to Yuan Gong, but this person did not want to go out, and then he no longer paid attention to it." Gao Ran bowed.

With Yuan Shao's arrogance, most of the people who invite Zhao Yun are not able to come, Zhao Yun refuses, and it is impossible for Yuan Shao to invite again.

Chen Mo nodded, he probably had an image of Zhao Yun in his heart, and he didn't care about this matter at the moment, just waited for Tai Shici to come back, and then went to see him in person.

At the moment, I discussed with everyone the governance strategy of Jizhou, which is very important to Chen Mo, but it is not easy to govern, this time Chen Mo killed a lot of families in Yecheng, between the wealthy families of this family, they have good in-laws with each other, most of them are related to each other, except for the Zhen family who took the lead in Chen Mo because of the relationship between Zhen Mi, the rest of them have a lot of rejection of Chen Mo.

Chen Mo is not in a hurry, he will not leave in a short time, this time he came to Jizhou not only to occupy the place, but also to let Jizhou be completely used for his own use, the people of Skynet have begun to secretly inquire about the information and foundation of officials at all levels, and at the same time, Chen Mo transferred You Heng to prepare to open a academy here, and the matter of the three schools should also be put on the agenda with the end of the battle of Jizhou.

In addition, who will be in charge of the Jizhou Thorn History, you also need to consider, just like the original Guanzhong, the Jizhou Thorn History is also very important, this is not only Chen Mo's future granary, but also the main area bordering Cao Cao, the next time the battle with Cao Cao, if nothing else, will start from Jizhou.

Three days later, Tai Shici arrived in Yecheng with Zhao Zhao and Zhao Yun and came to meet Chen Mo.

"Ziyi, I haven't seen you for a few years, and there have been many vicissitudes." Chen Mo looked at Tai Shici, gave him a punch, and said with a smile: "Come back to Luoyang by the way this time, and see Yuan Fu, this northern land is bitter cold, and I have suffered a lot." ”

"Although the north is bitter, it is the gateway of my Han Dynasty, the lord is right, the Hu people have indeed been growing stronger over the years, and they are willing to guard the country for the lord." Tai Shi Ci bowed his hand and said, obviously very happy to see Chen Mo again.

"Lord, this is the call, but it has made the last general suffer a lot." After the two of them reminisced for a few words, Tai Shici introduced the two behind him to Chen Mo: "This is Zhao Yun, the last general met in Zhending, and he is quite brave. ”

Zhao is over forty years old, he is a middle-aged man, his appearance is not very outstanding, but it gives people a sense of calm and ruthlessness, Chen Mo nodded, and looked at Zhao Zhao.

"Summons to see the lord." Bow down.

"Don't be polite, general." After Chen Mo received a salute from the other party, he stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile: "The general drives Wuhuan in the north and rejects the Gongsun clan in the east, if it weren't for the different positions before, I would have already had the intention of making friends, and I am quite relieved to see the general today, and the general does not need to be restrained." ”

Zhao is a good general, in Chen Mo's opinion, in terms of ability, Zhao Zhao should not be under the four court pillars.

"The lord is serious, summon a general, and the lord should not be wrongly loved." Bow down.

"Adversary?" Chen Mo shook his head: "The general's words are wrong, this person is born in the world, just like the boat that is not tied, ups and downs, many times it is involuntarily, the general is willing to stay useful, for the world, for the people of Li to do things, in my opinion, stronger than many foolish and loyal people, and Yuan Shang's defeat is not because of the general, the general is to protect the Yuan family, fight Ziyi, has been loyal to the Yuan family, and does not owe the Yuan family, does it have to die in battle to show loyalty?" ”

These words can be regarded as exculpating many Jizhou generals, and naturally it also makes Zhao Zhao feel comfortable to listen to, and at that moment, he gave birth to a sense of confidant, and almost bowed his head again.

After comforting him, Chen Mo looked at Zhao Yun again, Zhao Yun is now nearly forty years old, nearly ten years older than Chen Mo, but he doesn't look old, he looks handsome, but he doesn't look weak, with a sense of masculinity, not to mention ability, even this appearance is easy to make people feel good.

Seeing Chen Mo's opinion, Zhao Yun only bowed slightly: "See Marquis Changling." ”

"Well, Changshan Zhao Zilong, Ziyi said in his previous letter that Zilong said that the general is a good general in the world, I didn't believe it, but now it seems that it is quite extraordinary." Chen Mo smiled, Zhao Yun's life is extremely high, he is a capable person, but he is not loyal to Chen Mo, he is too close, but it will make people uncomfortable, he lowers himself plainly, and it is easy for people to look down on, so Chen Mo just smiled and praised a few words.

Chen Mo is very good at controlling emotions, although it is a casual remark, but it can make people feel sincere.

"The general has too much reputation, and he is ashamed to be ashamed." Zhao Yun hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Don't be too humble, Ziyi and I have known each other since childhood, he is a very proud person, if you don't have enough ability, he won't say that." Chen Mo waved his hand and said with a smile: "I have ordered someone to prepare a banquet, one is to catch the wind for Ziyi, and the other is to add another general to my command. ”

Although he has no intention of being loyal to Chen Mo, he has never mentioned the intention of soliciting since the beginning, and he is also quite friendly to himself, and he does not have the imperious appearance he imagined, Zhao Yun is naturally not easy to refuse, and he readily accepts it at the moment, he also wants to know more about Chen Mo's personality.

Chen Mo immediately ordered someone to set up a banquet, and invited Xu Huang, Gao Shun, and Gao Lan, the generals in the army, which could be regarded as giving Tai Shici enough face.

On the banquet, Chen Mo did not talk about political affairs or solicit Zhao Yun, just an ordinary banquet, drinking with the generals, chatting about some interesting things in the army, he was also born in the army in his early years, and he was quite familiar with many things in the army.

Zhao Yun felt quite wonderful, he actually had a feeling of unfinished?

"Zilong, my lord is not as tyrannical as you think, is he?" Tai Shi Ci hugged Zhao Yun's shoulders and smiled.

"The Marquis of Changling has an extraordinary bearing and treats people kindly, which is indeed different from what Yun thinks." Zhao Yun shook his head, he has been running around all his life, up and down, and he has not made a name for himself until now, and being able to participate in such a banquet today is considered a high climb in terms of Zhao Yun's current identity.

"Would you like to do it?" Tai Shi Ci asked with a smile.

"This ......" Zhao Yun shook his head, he didn't think about it, but it was undeniable that he was a little excited, and it was difficult to hate him when he got along with Chen Mo.