Liu Xie also took out money and food to comfort the Yuan family, and the family of Yuan Jiang who died in the battle, and all the mansions where they lived were confiscated and sold, and all the money and property obtained were rushed into military funds.

All the family members were brought back to Luoyang and resettled, the able-bodied were assigned jobs, and the old and weak were subsidized for their lives.

To appease the people of Jizhou and exempt them from paying taxes for three years.

But said that the Han army won Jizhou, rectified the army, and prepared to continue the crusade against the remnants of the Yuan family, suddenly one day, Liu Xie was reading in the hall, and suddenly saw Xu Chu shirtless, carrying thorns, came to the hall, and kneeled down and said: "Weichen is guilty, please give death to Your Majesty." ”

Liu Xie was taken aback, walked down the hall, and asked, "Zhongkang, why is this?" ”

Xu Chu said: "I led the soldiers to patrol the streets today and met Xu You. Xu You said that without him, we wouldn't be able to get Jizhou, so I said: We followed Your Majesty, rushed to kill in the rain of swords and arrows, and then took Jizhou, how dare you boast? ”

Liu Xie had already guessed about it, and asked with a smile: "Then what did he say?" ”

Xu Chu said: "Xu Yu scolded us generals for being horsemen, and said ......"

"What else did you say?"

"The minister didn't dare to say it."

"I forgive you for your innocence."

Xu Chu said: "He said that His Majesty is young and ignorant, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't be able to defeat Jizhou at all." In a fit of rage, I killed him. ”

"You, how can you do this!" Liu Xie pretended to be angry.

Xu Chu said: "Weichen knows that the Han army is strict in governing the army, and he can't break the rules because of Weichen alone. Please give your majesty the death of the minister. ”

"Alas, you!" Liu Xie sighed and said, "Little Luozi." ”

"The minions are here."

"What crime should Xu Zhongkang be guilty of?"

How smart Xiao Luozi is, the emperor asked him this, obviously he wanted to protect Xu Chu, so he thought for a moment and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the slave thinks that Xu Yu's merits are exaggerated by himself, he only said that Wuchao is where he hoards grain, and nothing else has made any achievements." Even if he did not provide such information, His Majesty would still be able to pacify Jizhou. This is one of them. Moreover, he spoke wildly, was proud of his achievements, and insulted His Majesty in front of the public, which was originally a capital crime of bullying the king, but His Majesty was merciful and did not care about him. And ......"

When Xiao Luozi said this, he deliberately cleared his throat and said: "The emperor's majesty is inviolable except for sacrosanctity. Xu Chu is doing the right thing for heaven, and he is already a king, which is really a credit. So Your Majesty, the slave felt that Xu Chu was not guilty. ”

"Is that really the case?"

"The slave thinks, please also ask Your Majesty to judge."

Liu Xie said: "What you said makes sense, Zhongkang, you also heard it, get up." In order to maintain the true majesty, you killed Xu Yu by mistake, although you have merit, but after all, you are acting with will, so the merit is offset by the demerits, and you will be fined for another month. Are you satisfied with my ruling? ”

Xu Chu said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing." ”

Liu Xie asked Xiao Luozi to go down and bury Xu Yu well.

He also asked people to inquire about Yuan Tan's news, reporting that Yuan Tan plundered in Ganling, Anping, Bohai, Hejian and other places in order to raise military funds, and led troops to attack his younger brother Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang couldn't beat him, so he ran to Youzhou to join his second brother Yuan Xi.

Yuan Tan incorporated Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses, occupied the plain, and came to seize Jizhou.

Liu Xie said to the generals: "Is there something wrong with this Yuan Tan, he has done this, and he has to fight for Jizhou." I wondered who gave him courage. ”

Guo Jia said: "Your Majesty can take a leave of absence from him and let him surrender to show His Majesty's magnanimity, if not, he will suppress it." ”

Liu Xie nodded in agreement, and Chen Gong asked rhetorically: "Then what if he agrees to surrender?" ”

Guo Jia said: "With the previous experience, Yuan Tan will definitely not surrender." Even if he does surrender, we can imprison him and collect his team. ”

Liu Xie said: "It's so decided, Xiao Luozi intends to recruit Yuan Tan." ”

Sure enough, as Guo Jia said, Yuan Tan really did not fall. Liu Xie personally led the army to the plain.

Yuan Tan sent an envoy to Jingzhou Liu Biao for help, but Liu Biao refused. Yuan Tan knew that he was not Liu Xie's opponent, so he abandoned the plains and fled to Nanpi.

The Han army chased to Nanpi, Yuan Tan led the army out of the city, and wanted to fight a decisive battle, Liu Xie shouted: "Treacherous people, get off the horse and surrender early, you can avoid death!" ”

Yuan Tan said: "Puppet Emperor Chen Liuwang, you tampered with the edict, invaded my Hebei, and forced my family to die, today I will die with you!" ”

Liu Xie said to the generals: "Is this kid crazy? ”

Xu Huang said: "I'll chop him!"

After saying that, he raised his sword and went into battle, Yuan met Peng An, and the three converged, and were cut off the horse by Xu Huang. Liu Xie waved his army to kill, Yuan Tan was defeated and retreated to Nanpi.

Liu Xie planned to storm the city, but when he heard that there were many people in Nanpi Chennei, they were all captured by Yuan Tan from all around, and he was afraid that he would hurt too many people, so Liu Xie gave up the idea of attacking and had to surround Nanpi without attacking.

The next day, Yuan Tan drove the people of the city out, swords and guns faced each other, the people did not dare to disobey, and were driven by Yuan's army crying. Liu Xie ordered the whole army to attack, and repeatedly emphasized that try not to hurt the people.

In the scuffle, Yuan Tan dressed up as a common man and wanted to fool the past, but unexpectedly Zhao Yunbu saw through Zhao Ping and shot him to death with an arrow. Strategist Guo Tu was shot dead by Ma Dai. Knowing that Yuan Tan was dead, Liu Xie ordered people to shout around, and Yuan Jun lost their armor one by one, broke and fled, and surrendered.

The remnants of the Yuan clan and Yuan Tan were destroyed, Nanpi was easily taken, and Liu Xie ordered people to pacify the people, fight the battlefield, and enter the city as a whole.

After entering the city, he saw two Yuan army generals galloping horses, and they were about to fight, rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt down and surrendered, but it was Yuan Xi's generals Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan.

Not long after subduing the plains and Nanpi, Zhang Yan of the Yellow Turban remnants led 100,000 troops to surrender, and bandits and peasant rebels from many places in Hebei came to surrender.

The purpose of surrender is very simple, I am fed up with Yuan Shao's oppression, and today I have to come here, knowing that I will be able to live a good life in the future, so I came to surrender.

These soldiers and horses were all rabble and had no combat effectiveness, so Liu Xie let them all be disbanded, integrated into the local area, and rebuilt their homes.

Liu Xie asked Ji Guo Jia what to do next.

Guo Jia said: "You can make the Yuan clan descend to attack Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang." ”

Liu Xie agreed, and ordered Jiao Touch, Zhang Nan, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Ma Yan, Zhang Yi and others to lead their own troops and horses, divide into three routes, and attack Yuan Xi in Youzhou, and on the other hand, let Gao Shun Zangba and Zhang Yan lead troops to attack Gaogan in Youzhou.

Liu Xie led the army to follow behind.

The army didn't travel for long, and when Tanma came, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang knew that they couldn't beat it, so they abandoned Youzhou City and went to Wuhuan in Liaoxi.

The Han army arrived, and the soldiers recovered Youzhou without bloodshed.

Liu Xie was afraid that Gao Shun Zang Ba would not be able to take the annexation of the state, so he ordered Zhao Yun and Ma Chao to go to support, and he led the army to follow. Before the army arrived, Gao Shun Zangba had already captured Bingzhou.

The defender of Bingzhou was Gao Gan, Yuan Shao's nephew, and escaped in the melee.

(End of chapter)