Under Guangling City, Li Daliang and others chased and killed all night, and after returning, they counted the prisoners of war.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that Yuan Shu's army would have so many people surrender, and there would be a dense group of people under Guangling City.

"General Li, General Cao, Quandeng has counted, a total of more than 23,700 people." Akashi Quandian stepped forward to report to Zhang Liaoyu, and everyone couldn't help but look at each other after listening to it.

"Why did so many people surrender?" Goto Kiji asked.

"I have long heard that there are no powerful generals under Yuan Shu's command, and Huainan is only one Ji Ling is still a character, and the rest are not very good.

Now the question is what to do with these prisoners of war? I don't have that much food here to feed them. Cao Bao smiled bitterly.

After hearing this, Li Daliang said: "In this way, isn't Xuzhou short of soldiers, so General Akashi will lead two thousand men and horses to escort these people back to Xuzhou and hand them over to my eldest brother, and I, General Sanada, and General Goto will stay here to assist General Cao in defending the city, waiting for His Highness and General Zhang's next instructions." ”

"That's very good." Everyone knows that Xuzhou is short of soldiers, and having 20,000 prisoners of war should be a big supplement.

So everyone went back to the city to rest for a long time, and that night Zhang Liao set up a banquet in the government to entertain the three of them, and all the officials above the school captain were also present, and Li Daliang also ordered to reward the soldiers.

Of course, because they were on the front line of Guangling, everyone still maintained a trace of vigilance in the celebration, and everyone returned happily at night.

Early the next morning, Akashi Quanden ordered 2,000 men and horses and escorted more than 20,000 prisoners of war back to Xuzhou City.

All the captives had their weapons and armor confiscated, and they had only been wearing them for a short time, and the spies who had been sent out to inquire about the news had returned.

The spies told Yuan Shu so vividly that he vomited blood, and Li Daliang and they all doubted whether Yuan Shu could survive this year.

"You go down first." Li Daliang waved his hand and motioned for the spy to go down, and then discussed the future with Sanada Yukimura and others.

"Yuan Shu is tyrannical to the people, not sympathetic to the people, although Huainan is a rich land, there have been people running to Xuzhou over the years, I estimate that if this continues, I will have a war with Yuan Shu sooner or later." Li Daliang said in a deep voice.

"In that case, then we have to fight hard and get ready, I estimate that after the summer grain is harvested next summer, there will be a battle." Cao Bao also said in a deep voice.

At that time, once the war starts, the border between Xuzhou and Huainan will be Guangling.

Whether it is offense or defense, he is the first to bear the brunt here, so Cao Bao's burden is very heavy.

It is now the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and in ancient times, due to the snow and ice blocking the roads in winter, the traffic was not smooth, so there was rarely a big battle in winter, and the roads were always smooth in the summer and the food was sufficient before the war could start.

So there is no possibility of a big war this year.

After a few more days, Chen Deng, Zang Ba, and Xu Sheng, who had not yet recognized the master, but had already returned to Qin Yan, led 10,000 horses to Guangling, replacing Li Daliang, Sanada Yukimura and Goto Keiji, who had been stranded to assist in the city defense, and the three of them packed up their soldiers and horses to bid farewell to Cao Bao and Mi Fang, and returned to Xuzhou to report to the potters and Zhang Han.

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and state

This winter, Qin Yan spent it honestly in Jinyang.

At the same time, in December, his wife Diao Chan finally gave birth to a son, which means that Qin Yan finally has a future, and Qin Yan no longer has to worry about his inheritance.

The time came in the spring of 197 AD, and on this morning, Qin Yan was in the palace at this time to discuss military affairs and government affairs with everyone.

At this moment, a scout walked quickly into the lobby and said, "Your Highness, urgent military situation!" ”

The scout presented a letter to Liu Bei while reporting it.

Qin Yan took it and opened it and looked at it, but he was silent, and only after a while did he raise his head and say to everyone: "Cao Cao is defeated." ”