Xu Rong is gone.

It took two days, tens of thousands of people, and combed the battlefield back and forth three times, and each body was confirmed, but Xu Rong was not found in the end.

The crooked prisoners couldn't tell where Xu Rong was going, they only knew that Xu Rong was in the Chinese army, and there was a river behind him, so there should be no way to escape. But when he was defeated, he only cared about running for his life, and no one paid attention to him, and he didn't know where he went.

In addition to Xu Rong, Zhang Liao was also nowhere to be seen. The cavalry was found on the other side of the turbulent water, whether it was Zhang Liao or not, it is hard to say, there was a part of the Xiliang cavalry cruising on the other side of the river, after Xu Rong's defeat, they all fled, where they went now, no one knows, even Qin Mu can't tell which are the traces left by the Xiliang cavalry, and which ones are left by the Bingzhou cavalry.

Xu Rong and Zhang Liao were like snowflakes that melted and disappeared.

Sun Ce thought this thing was very weird. It can't be that you have done too many sins and have been taken away by God, right?

Although he was very unwilling, Sun Ce couldn't take care of it too much. More than 13,000 Xiliang infantry were killed, more than 2,000 cavalry were killed and burned, and 4,500 cavalry escaped. These people were not good people in the first place, but now they are at the end of their rope, and they are not restrained by generals, so evil deeds such as killing, burning and looting are naturally inevitable, and if they are not cleared up in time, it will be extremely unfavorable for him to control Nanyang.

Sun Ce dispatched men and horses to pursue the large force of Xiliang defeated troops, and at the same time sent people to various counties to organize pursuit. According to the old system, only the county has county soldiers in each county, and there are no regular troops in the county and township pavilions below the county level, but there are pavilion chiefs in charge of public security, thieves and other small officials, and even there are lizheng and prison gates, and it is also a great help to organize them to hunt down small groups of routs, or collect information and provide clues.

At this time, the advantages of the grassroots system of the Han Dynasty were reflected. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty was not as martial as the Western Han Dynasty, not only did it revoke the Du Wei and stop the capital test, but the people had the right to hold ordinary weapons, as long as they were not weapons such as strong crossbows. As the news of the slaughter of the city by the Xiliang soldiers spread throughout the counties, the people shared the same hatred and spontaneously organized to hunt down the defeated soldiers, and good news continued to come.

But Sun Ce did not dare to take it lightly. The people are the people, the strong are the strong, the identities of the people are different, and the way of thinking about things is also different. Ordinary people only want to chase down the Xiliang rout and ensure their own safety, but the powerful people may use their financial resources to recruit Xiliang people to strengthen their own strength. For this reason, he asked Yan Xiang to write to all counties and strictly ordered anyone to take in the Xiliang rout, otherwise they would be the public enemies of Nanyang, and they would be killed.

Du Ji was more radical than Sun Ce, and personally rushed to Nieyang to ask Sun Ce for orders to inspect the counties and exercise the function of assassinating history. In order to ensure that there was sufficient deterrence, he asked Sun Ce to arrange for men and horses to accompany him. Zong Cheng raised objections, accusing Du Qi of taking power and holding his troops hostage. Sun Ce disagreed with this, and ordered Dong Yu and Qin Mu's second general to lead two thousand cavalry to travel with Du Yi. Not only that, but he also preached the preaching left by Yuan Shu to Du Ji.

Zong Cheng met each other and closed his mouth. Sun Ce's meaning is very clear, what Du Ji wants to do is what I want to do, and whoever opposes him is against me.

defeated Xu Rong and successively annihilated nearly 20,000 Xiliang soldiers, Sun Ce became famous, especially his actions of avenging the victims of Nanxiang and Shunyang won the hearts of the people, and he could occupy the moral high ground than expropriating the powerful land and distributing it to the people, and the people of Nanyang supported him, at this moment, no one dared to easily turn his face with him.

Taking advantage of this spring breeze, Sun Ce naturally wanted to increase the expropriation of Haoqiang land and control as much land as possible. Du Yi took the initiative to do things, of course he had to give his full support, and he couldn't let him do this kind of thing in person. The action to rectify Wancheng Haoqiang has proved Du Ji's ability, and now it is time for him to show his strength and expand his business scope.

Sun Ce's New Year was spent in Xinye. Xinye is located between Huyang, Yucheng and Nieyang, and has two major grain production bases in Nanyang, which is not only convenient for the army to eat, but also provides solidarity for Dugi and deters the powerful in the counties. With the water on the side, the ships can travel between Wancheng and Xiangyang unimpeded, and the material transfer is convenient. Historically, when Liu Bei was exiled to Liu Biao, Liu Biao asked him to be stationed in Xinye, naturally taking a fancy to these convenient conditions.

However, compared to Liu Bei, Sun Ce has no defense burden. Runan is now under Sun Jian's rule, and there will be no enemies coming from Runan. On the contrary, he was going to Runan soon. He promised Yuan Quan, defeated Xu Rong, and went to send Yuan Shu into the ground.

There is another important reason for temporarily stationed in Xinye: Huang Yi has been to Nanjun and Jiangxia for so long, Liu Xun and others have not heard from them, if they refuse to be vassals, Sun Ce will go south at any time to conquer, and he is stationed in Xinye to maintain military pressure and attack quickly if necessary, so as not to run around and delay time.

Saving time, Sun Ce summed up the lessons and lessons and rested the troops.

Several battles have proven the importance of the Shobudo. Well-trained grassroots generals have enhanced their combat effectiveness, especially in the face of unfavorable battle situations, and can control their subordinates without being defeated. Dong Yu was able to successfully defeat in the battle against Fan Chou, and later attacked strongly, making great contributions to the total annihilation of Fan Chou's troops, thanks to the fact that his subordinates had a large number of lieutenants, military marquis, and even tun commanders who were born in martial arts, without the command of these people, it was not easy to stage a deception when the two armies were fighting.

After the war, it was a reward for meritorious deeds, and entering the lecture hall became a more popular choice than rewarding money. Sun Ce struck while the iron was hot, and specially sent someone to take Yin Duan to Xinye, and gave a lecture on the spot, analyzing the war that had just ended for generals at all levels and deepening their understanding.

With Yin Duan came not only Yin Ji, but also Huang Chengyan's father and daughter. At the same time that the students of the Wutang shined, the wood school was not inferior, and the Wugang car, the stone thrower, and the iron quinoa thorn were all inventions and creations of the Huang family's father and daughter and the craftsmen of the wood school. In addition to Huang Chengyan and Huang Yueying, the craftsman Mo Ze was awarded the post of false lieutenant of the baggage battalion because of his outstanding performance in guarding the military pass, and became Huang Chengyan's deputy.

Cai Yong also followed. Zhou Yu was not in Wancheng, Handan Chun went to study the ancient monument of Nanyang again, he was bored alone, so he simply rushed to Xinye to celebrate the New Year, and by the way, collected some historical materials to prepare for the future history. However, he is very entangled in how to evaluate this battle. Morally speaking, Xu Rong's slaughter of the city was too brutal and should be condemned, but from another point of view, Xu Rong was the army of the imperial court to quell the rebellion, and Sun Ce was the rebel that the imperial court wanted to quell. What to remember, he couldn't decide.

In the end, Sun Ce gave a suggestion: put aside morality first, you should truthfully record the entire battle, and the richer the details, the better. Even if it can't be recorded in the official history in the future, you can write a separate war history.

Cai Yong felt that it was feasible, and walked around the battalions with great interest, chatting with the soldiers who participated in the battle, and learning about the battlefield and details.

In addition, there is another happy event: Qin Mu's sister Qin Luo, after learning that Huang Zhong had already married a wife and resolutely refused to divorce his wife and remarry, despite the opposition of Yan Xiang and Qin Mu, personally rushed to Huang Zhong's house, consulted Huang Zhong's wife Hu Shi's opinion, and resolutely decided to marry Huang Zhong as a concubine.

This move has been praised by countless people, and even Cai Yong appreciated it very much, and recommended himself as the main wedding person to manage the entire wedding.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, at the request of the Hu family, Huang Zhong broke the convention and greeted Qin Luo with the etiquette of marrying a wife, and accepted Qin Luo as his wife, thousands of people came to congratulate, and various gifts were piled up in the corridor.

In a jubilant atmosphere, the new year began unconsciously.

(End of Volume 1)