Chapter 238: End
The Xianbei people spat out all the pastures they had recovered from the Han army, and their tribes retreated to the northeast, where they went to fight for territory with the Xianbei and Wuhuan people in the east.
The two captains who betrayed Budugen went to the colder north and brought back Helian's youngest son, Qianman.
They gathered the remnants of the old tribe of the Golden Family and re-established the tribe with Qianman as the patriarch.
However, this time they wisely announced that they would pay tribute to the Great Sima Lu Bu, obey Lu Bu's orders, and be willing to be a vassal of the Han Dynasty forever.
Xu Huang, on behalf of Lü Bu and the imperial court, agreed to their conditions, provided them with protection, and promised to help them when they ran out of food.
However, Xu Huang also had additional conditions, that is, the Qianman tribe wanted to form a Xianbei servant army and obey Lu Bu's command and leadership, so they themselves did not have to keep the army.
The Xianbei Servant Army was responsible for protecting the safety of the Qianman tribe in peacetime, and obeyed the call and dispatch when Lü Bu needed it.
They didn't dare to disobey, after all, they had betrayed all the Xianbei people, and they could only survive by holding on to the thighs of Lu Bu and the Han people.
Xu Huang also promised them that in the future, the Han slave privateers would not be in the territory of the Qianman tribe and would capture the Xianbei people as slaves.
This condition is still very attractive to the Xianbei people, after all, the Han slave privateer has become the best object for children of all ethnic groups in the grassland.
After the war, Xu Huang passed on the process and results of the battle, as well as the conditions he had agreed with the Xianbei people, to Lu Bu.
Next, Xu Huang naturally gathered the army to Changshan and Zhongshan, preparing to fight south.
Xu Huang handed over the defense of Bingzhou and Duliao to Jia Kui and Jin Rigang, and left the Xiongnu servant army and the local garrison brigade and the Tuntian army to assist in the defense.
Xu Huang led three cavalry divisions of the Central Army and 30,000 nomadic cavalry to form a southward legion, waiting for an opportunity to attack Yuan Shao's territory in Youzhou and Jizhou.
Lu Bu was very satisfied with Xu Huang's results, and there was nothing to support a Xianbei person as the leader, as long as he was obedient, he could obtain benefits for the Han, so why not protect him?
When expanding and colonizing abroad, it seems better to have a local puppet in front, and those colonial empires in later generations seem to have done the same, right? At the very least, it won't provoke a strong resistance from the locals!
Lü Bu wrote back to congratulate Xu Huang on his victory, agreed to the terms of negotiations between Xu Huang and Qianman, and agreed that Xu Huang should seize the opportunity to send troops to Youji Erzhou.
Yuan Shao's elite main forces are all in the Tiger Pass, and once he attacks his territory, he is afraid that he will withdraw his troops.
And as soon as Yuan Shao withdraws his troops, he may be like dominoes, leading others to withdraw, and the anti-Lu Bu alliance will be broken without attacking.
A few days later than Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others also received the battle report from the grassland.
Xu Huang really defeated the Xianbei people unexpectedly, Kebineng and Budugen were finished, and they could no longer pose a threat to Lu Bu.
And Xu Huang has freed his hands and feet that have been bound for a long time, and he can do something to Youji Erzhou.
The first to bear the brunt must be Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao has already made up his mind to withdraw the army, but as the leader of the alliance, it is not easy to open this mouth.
But when the news came that Xu Huang sent troops to attack the Yuyang Army and Guangyang County, Yuan Shao couldn't sit still anymore.
He finally defeated Gongsun Zhan, but he only occupied the five counties of Youzhou, although he left the general Yan Liang and the military advisor to judge and cooperate, and cooperated with his sons to guard the lair.
The focus is also on several counties in Jizhou, and most of the Taishou in the counties of Youzhou are served by Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu's old subordinates, which is really reassuring.
Yuan Shao couldn't care about the face of this alliance leader anymore, and he summoned all the princes to his camp.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have invited you here today to inform you of important matters."
"Lu Bu's general, Xu Huang, has defeated the Xianbei army, and you must already know this news."
"Today, I received an urgent report that Xu Huang has sent troops to attack my two counties of Yuyang and Guangyang, so I plan to lead the army back to Youzhou, so I won't stay here."
"The Tiger Prison can't be defeated in a hurry, so let's think of other ways in the future!"
The other princes, although they knew that this was an excuse for Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops, it was also a fact that Xu Huang attacked Youzhou!
Yuan Shao is right, the Tiger Prison Pass can't be defeated, and it's not a way to waste money and food here.
Moreover, after several sieges and wars of attrition, the princes of all walks of life have suffered huge losses, and they really need to recuperate.
Anyway, Lu Bu's loss is not small, I think he also needs to recuperate for a while!
As a result, the Puyang Alliance ended, the anti-Lu Bu Alliance was dissolved, and the princes from all walks of life returned to their homes.
Among them, only the Qingzhou Army really suffered a slight loss, and it only sent 20,000 elites to the Central Army.
The other princes all suffered heavy casualties, and at least twenty or thirty thousand horses were lost.
The vigorous offensive and defensive battle of Tiger Prison Pass came to an end, and finally ended with the final victory of Lü Bu's people's army.
Many new weapons appeared one after another in this war, especially the counterweight stone throwing machine of the Central Army, three-story ships and other large-scale killing weapons were born, coupled with the large-scale use of gunpowder.
The war entered a new era, and the appearance of the Central Army Navy also made up for one of Lu Bu's shortcomings, laying a good foundation for his future unification war.
In July, the cavalry of the Central Army, which had no worries, entered Guangyang County and Yuyang County at the same time by two routes, especially Lu Bu sent Liu Yu's son Liu He as a court envoy to Youzhou.
Liu Yu's old subordinates Xian Yuyin, Xian Yufu, Yan Rou and others surrendered to Liu He one after another, and Gongsun Zhan's old subordinate Tian Chou also revealed his identity and returned to Lu Bu's command.
Liaoxi County, Youbeiping County, and Yuyang County successively accepted the imperial court edict and surrendered to the Chang'an court.
Yuan Shao sent generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou, his son Yuan Tan and others to lead troops into the counties of Youzhou to meet the Central Army.
The Central Army was all cavalry, flexible and elusive, and Zhao Yun's Sixth Cavalry Division was in Jixian County, defeating the 30,000 Jizhou Army in a battle.
And the combat effectiveness of 30,000 nomadic cavalry is not inferior to nomads like Xianbei and Wuhuan.
Later, the Jizhou army did not dare to fight with the cavalry of the Central Army at all, so it could only stick to the city.
As Liu Yu's old troops accepted the leadership of the Central Army, they went to Bingzhou to accept the reorganization.
In September, Xu Huang and Yuan Shao agreed to an armistice, and Yuan Shao's forces withdrew from the three counties of Liaoxi, Youbeiping, and Yuyang, and only controlled Zhuo County and Guangyang County in Youzhou.
After Lu Bu entrusted the affairs of Luoyang and Hujiao Pass to Gao Shun, he led Jia Xu, Zhang Liao and others to lead the army back to Chang'an.
The 2nd Division, the 4th Division, and the 1st Rong Division, which suffered relatively large losses in the Battle of Tiger Pass, all followed Lu Bu back to Chang'an for rest and replenishment.
The Tuntian Army and the local garrison brigade also returned to their hometowns, while the reserve troops were scattered and replenished.