1,000 people, more than 600 dead and wounded, of which more than 200 remained in this land forever. Xie Zhao arranged for the soldiers to prepare a cemetery for each of them, bury the bodies, and put a tombstone on the central tree, which was filled with the names of the soldiers who died in the battle.

"Brothers, your sacrifice will not be in vain, this time we will definitely follow the lord to sweep Hulu, reproduce the feat of the champion Hou of the year, seal the wolf Juxu, and protect the peace of my Youzhou!" Xie Zhao, who was covered in dust, stood in front of the tombstone and said with a solemn face. With his remaining right arm, he took the flask from the guard's hand and sprinkled the wine in front of the tombstone.

"Lao Tzu promised you that you won't be able to drink the wine. But don't worry, I will deliver them to your home one by one, and I will not owe anything! ”

A pot of wine was about to be spilled, Xie Zhao left a sip, tilted his head and poured it into his mouth, feeling bitter.

"Let's go!"

Slowly placing the wine jug in front of the tombstone, Xie Zhao turned around and got on the horse, and said lightly. The Youzhou cavalry mounted their horses one after another and galloped towards the north, and the sound of horses' hooves gradually drifted away.

......

"Boom!"

Looking at the Youzhou cavalry galloping neatly in front of him, Tie Yuan's eyes were split.

"Big brother!"

The Youzhou cavalry appeared here, do you still need to think about the ending of Tiele?

"Chief, what are we going to do?" The surrounding Xianbei cavalry said one after another.

Tie Yuan looked at the cavalry behind him, and the nearly 10,000 clansmen who showed horror and sadness, and his heart suddenly coldened.

"The tribe cannot die at our hands! You must protect your people! ”

Tieler's words before he left echoed in his ears. Compared with the survival of the clansmen, the blood feud in front of him can also be put aside temporarily.

Taking a deep breath, Tie Yan said loudly: "All the clansmen listen to the order, don't resist, the Han people will not harm us, and we can go to live elsewhere." ”

When the rest of the clansmen heard this, they slowly calmed down, and one by one they gathered in a group and squatted in place. Living on the steppe, they have long been accustomed to the end of being captives, fighting between tribes, and they are old and weak as trophies.

"Chief, did you just give up? This two-legged sheep won't let us go. ”

"Yes! The revenge of the big leader can't go unavenged, let's fight with him! ”

The clansmen behind Tie Yuan said angrily.

"Shut up!" Tie Yan said angrily: "We are only a hundred people, how can we fight?" Are you trying to burn our entire tribe to the ground? ”

"As long as you survive, there is hope. We will lie dormant for a while, and when we grow stronger, we will wait for an opportunity to avenge our eldest brother and his people. "Iron Yin **.

In Xianbei's heart, falling into the hands of the Han people is just a temporary failure, and sooner or later there will be a day when it will rise again.

Isn't the Southern Xiongnu the best example? was almost wiped out by the Han people, and then the Han people did not cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but raised them in Bingzhou and took more care of them. As a result, it still became a big force later, if it wasn't for Yuan Shu to provoke the dispute of the family, the current state is still the world of the Southern Xiongnu!

But will the current Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shu give them this opportunity? The Shanyue people in the south would sneer and tell them, "Young man, you are thinking too much. ”

Cultural aggression coupled with material corrosion, the way of boiling frogs in warm water has made the Shanyue people have been trained to be obedient over the years.

If it weren't for Yuan Shu, he still wanted to maintain the wildness of the Shanyue people as his own source of soldiers. Relying on a comfortable life and all kinds of corrosion, propaganda, and deception, it is estimated that the entire Shanyue has now been torn apart and lost its cohesion.

The Xianbei people were sold by Gongsun Zhan, and the result would definitely not be much better, and the number was far inferior to that of Shanyue, and they estimated that the situation would be even worse. It's just wishful thinking to want to engage in the east and west in Jiangdong, and the dense rivers, Cai Mao's army, and Gao Shun's trapped camp will teach you how to be a man in minutes.

Another naïve tribe surrendered like this, Gongsun Zhan made another profit, and Yuan Shu had another group of good soldiers.

......

Jiangdong, the port of Jinling, Yuan Shu watched groups of Wuhuan, Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu captives who dragged their families get off the ship, and the corners of his mouth pursed slightly: "Sure enough, making war money is the fastest way to get rich." Wenhe, how many people are there? ”

Jia Xu lowered his eyebrows and said: "30,000, together with last month's three dials, there are more than 100,000." ”

"Then it seems that Gongsun Chan's logistics don't need to worry about now." Yuan Shu smiled and said: "He wants money, food, and ordnance, and I want people and horses, the best of both worlds." ”

"The lord is wise!" Jia Xu admired.

Who could have imagined that the water army could be applied like this? As soon as there was a war in the north, Yuan Shu made a fortune, and he did not participate in the battle but took advantage of the fisherman. It's cheating!

With the presence of the naval army, Jiangdong's troops and supplies can basically be transported at will throughout the Han Dynasty, and they are not worried about being ambushed and sniped at all. What a terrible thing this was for the other princes? Under the influence of Yuan Shu, these princes are now secretly cultivating a naval army that was not valued in the north before.

"By the way, why aren't there many of these captives?" Yuan Shu watched for a long time, and rarely found many young people of different races, and even if there were any, most of them were of average physique or physically injured.

"Now the alien race and Gongsun Chan are ready to fight each other, and the young and strong have been pulled away, so there are not many prisoners." Jia Xu said ominously.

"That's not so little! Of these 30,000 people, it is estimated that less than half of them are young and strong. Yuan Shu frowned and asked.

"Your Lordship. Most of the young men were taken away by Bo Fu, saying that they were ordered by the lord to expand the army. ”

A gust of autumn wind drifted by, and Yuan Shu couldn't help but sneeze. Touching his nose, which was red from the cold, Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and said, "Bo Fu, this little bastard, look at how I clean him up when I come back!" ”

The corners of Jia Xu's mouth twitched. Sun Ce did this kind of thing in exchange for such a painless sentence? If it were replaced by other generals, it would probably be all picked up by Yuan Shu! What a favorite!

"Has Ju Yi arrived in Youzhou?"

"No, I'm still on standby on Yingzhou Island. Now that the situation is sensitive, we dare not easily send troops to Youzhou, so as not to arouse Gongsun Zhan's disgust. ”

"Oh? Listen to what you mean, do you already have other voices in Youzhou? ”

"Well, it's Yuan Benchu's ghost. Now there are rumors everywhere in northern Xinjiang, some say that the lord wants to rob Youzhou, and some say that the lord wants to attack Liaodong. ”

"Liaodong?" Yuan Shu's eyes narrowed, and he said in a low tone: "It seems that Yuan Shao has a lot of capable people!" ”

"This is what Xun Chen did. He saw the importance of this place in Liaodong to us, and had secretly contacted Gongsun Du. Jia Xu sighed lightly: "I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort for us to take Liaodong." ”

If Yuan Shu wants to gain a foothold in the north, Liaodong must definitely be taken. Historically, Sun Quan once came up with a strategy similar to Yuan Shu's, that is, to send the army to the north through the naval army, and the two sides flanked the Wei state.

However, unlike Yuan Shu's current situation, the situation in the world was divided into three at that time, and the strength of Wu was far less than that of Wei, which had already unified the north, and various other reasons made this strategy bankrupt.

Among them, Sun Quan once sent troops to establish diplomatic relations with Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong, which is now the grandson of Gongsun Du, and even sent tens of thousands of troops to Liaodong. The two sides traded, and Soochow obtained the most scarce war horses. But later, due to the great power of the Wei State, in the end, Gongsun Yuan still did not dare to go deeper, and it was over.

Sun Quan's idea was very wise, but unfortunately, he didn't meet the right time. At that time, the entire north had been unified, how could he have the opportunity to engage in the east and the west? Moreover, the combat power of Eastern Wu at that time was far inferior to that of Wei, and the combat power on land was completely a rookie, and it could only rely on the naval army to maneuver with Wei in the Yangtze River and Qinhuai area. Even if you can land and transport troops everywhere, it will be useless. There are too many poor hard power on land, and they can't beat it.

Now that Yuan Shu is doing this, it is much simpler and more effective, the north is divided, and the five major forces are wary of each other, so Yuan Shu can naturally easily take advantage of it. If it weren't for the fear of these forces, Yuan Shu would have been able to send an army of 100,000 troops to march directly into the other party's interior.

If Yuan Shu wants to gain a foothold in the north, the Liaodong region, which is the estuary of the Bohai Sea, must be occupied. Because the navy at this time is not a navy after all, it cannot stay at sea for a long time, and it is still extremely dependent on land. Just like Zhang Liao and Sun Ce who are now in western Liaoning, if it weren't for Yingzhou, a transit station where water troops could stop, Yuan Shu would not have dared to send them there no matter what.

Yingzhou, on the other hand, is still far away from Youzhou and the northern grasslands, and it is difficult for the navy to support in time in case of emergency. The Liaoxi region where Sun Ce is now located is fine, not too far, but if he wants to march further west, he must occupy Liaodong and build a port.

Xun Chen saw this, so he directly contacted Gongsun Du, wanting to curb Yuan Shu's invasion of the north.