Chapter 287: Pro-Expedition to Jizhou
Because there were too many people, they were divided into two batches to transport, after all, in addition to personnel, equipment and horses, there were not so many transport ships of the sailors, and they could only transport forty or fifty thousand equipment personnel and horses at a time.
In fact, this number is already very staggering, after all, in the previous history, such a large-scale naval transportation may not have been unprecedented.
The first to be transported were two infantry divisions, the 2nd and 4th CSKA Divisions.
Tens of thousands of infantry marched from the transport ship to the shore in an orderly manner and made a brief build-up above the clearing.
Everything else is easy to say, that is, some people are seasick and vomit, and some sailors laugh at them, this is still an inland river, and the waves are not prosperous, if you get to the vast sea, what will it look like?
However, good training allowed the infantry of the Central Army to quickly complete their respective assemblies, lined up in neat formations, and the 2nd Division attacked Wei County and the 4th Division attacked Zhao State separately, where Yuan Shang's old troops were stubbornly resisting.
Chen Zhi and Yuan Tan served as guides for the Second and Fourth Divisions respectively, leading them to subdue the various counties of the two counties.
Yuan Shang, Xianbei and others had already led the army to follow Cao Cao and run across the Yellow River.
Although Yecheng is Yuan Shang's lair, it is very empty, and many family members of Yuan Shang's family are still stranded here.
Guo Tu, who stayed in Yecheng, didn't think about life and death at all, and when the central army came to the city, he didn't make any resistance at all, and was the first to surrender the city.
After the Central Army occupied Yecheng, it did not kill innocents indiscriminately, but controlled these family members.
With the example of Yecheng's surrender, Wei County and other counties of Zhao State also surrendered, and the Central Army successfully took over the counties of the two counties.
After taking over all the territory of Yuan Shang's family, Chen Zhi and Yuan Tan returned to Ganling with Zhu Ling, Wang Quan and others, and an army from Chang'an was waiting for them.
Before entering Ganling City, I saw the Central Army in and out of the city in black uniforms, and only two divisions of troops wore black uniforms in the Central Army sequence, which were the inheritance of the original Dangkou cavalry.
In addition to Wang Quan's special operations division, there is only Dian Wei's first garrison division, that is, Lu Bu's personal guard.
It was really unexpected by everyone, even Wang Quan and Zhu Ling had no idea in advance that the last batch of reinforcements to arrive by transport ship turned out to be the 1st Garrison Division led by Dian Wei.
Entering the Taishou Mansion in the city, everyone really saw Lu Bu who was driving the expedition in person, coming by boat from the distant Chang'an, and Lu Bu was also full of exhaustion.
Lu Bu stayed in Chang'an for too long, because everyone under his command was very good, and Jia Xu, Fu Zhu, Hua Xin, Gao Shun and others handled everything in an orderly manner, and he felt that he was about to rust.
This time, taking advantage of the devastating blow to the Qingzhou army and the urgent need for reinforcements, he threw all the government affairs of Chang'an to Fu Zhu and Hua Xin, and took Jia Xu and Fa Zheng thousands of miles away to Jizhou in person.
Fa Zheng still wants to return to the Western Regions Protectorate, this time he just accompanied Lu Bu to inspect before taking away, Lu Bu still has a lot of ideas that have not been discussed with Fa Zheng, and Lu Bu is preparing for Fa Zheng's wedding.
Lu Bu has already discussed with Fa Yan, and Lu Bu is the matchmaker, and he will marry Huangfu Song's daughter to Fa Zheng, which can be regarded as the right person.
After the marriage, Fa Zheng will return to the Western Regions Protectorate and continue to expand the territory for the Han Dynasty, which is the eternal mission that Lu Bu has given to the Western Regions Protectorate.
Lu Bu came to Jizhou this time because there were many important things that he needed to ask about in person.
After Yuan Shao's death, several of his sons competed with each other for power, which led to the intervention of Cao Cao and the Qingzhou army, which was also an opportunity for him to completely control Jizhou.
There is also the Qingzhou Army that Qingzhou will change its banner and return to the arms of the central government, so the Chang'an Imperial Court will be equivalent to getting the land of the two states at once.
In any case, this was a major event, and he felt that it was necessary for him to personally visit Jizhou and Qingzhou to consolidate the prestige and status of the central government.
Chen Zhi was excited to see Lu Bu for the first time in so many years since graduating from the military academy.
Yuan Tan also saw Lu Bu for the first time, and he only felt that Lu Bu naturally had the momentum of being in the top position for a long time, thinking about Lu Bu's mythical deeds over the years, it was also convincing.
Yuan Tan had already put himself in the right position, he knew that Lu Bu had come to Jizhou in such a big battle, that is, he was determined to bring Jizhou back to the central government, and he could die of those careful thoughts.
He simply bowed to Lu Bu, swore allegiance, and took the initiative to hand over the land and population inventory of Qinghe County, and asked Lu Bu to send someone to receive it.
Lu Bu appreciated Yuan Tan's attitude very much, and also played a leading role in the counties of Jizhou, he did not take back Yuan Tan's seal, and still appointed him as the Taishou of Qinghe County, and continued to protect the party for the central government.
Soon after the news of Yuan Tan's submission to the Chang'an court came out, in the civil war between the three sons of the Yuan family, An Pingguo, who had remained neutral, took the initiative to surrender to the Chang'an court and sent envoys to Lü Bu to surrender to Shun.
Lü Bu was not satisfied, and he sent Wang Quan's special operations division to attack Hejian County, which was still waiting, and sent the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions to attack Bohai County, which was occupied by Gao Gan.
Although Hejian County refused to surrender, its own military strength was too small, and it encountered the elite of the Central Army, where is the opponent of the special operations division?
Within a few days, Wang Quan took the county seat of Lecheng and quickly pacified the entire territory of Hejian County.
Although the Taishou Gaogan of Bohai County is Yuan Shao's nephew, he is as important as his three sons, and Yuan Shao even handed over the Bohai County he started to take charge of, and he trusted him very much.
However, Gao Gan is also a person who knows the wind and the rudder very well, when Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were at war before, he was vacillating between the two, and whoever had the upper hand, he would support whomever he supported.
This time, seeing Cao Cao and Yuan Shang, they had already fled back to Yanzhou, and Yuan Tan also swore an oath to surrender to Lü Bu, and Hejian and Anping were also recovered by Lü Bu.
In the entire Jizhou, only Bohai County remained self-reliant, and even the Qingzhou Army announced that Yi Zhi had returned to the central power.
This is called a lonely palm, isolated and helpless, Yuan Xi of Youzhou is still not enough to protect himself, where can he take care of him.
He is still very clear about the strength of the Central Army, and he has personally experienced the Battle of Tiger Pass.
Nightmarish scenes, now sometimes dreamed back at midnight, and often surfaced, have long been frightened.
Therefore, as soon as the troops of the Central Army entered the border of Bohai County, Gao Gan announced in Nanpi that Bohai County would surrender to the central government, and asked the central government to send people to Nanpi to take over power.
Lu Bu was not polite to him, and asked him to come to Ganling immediately and swear allegiance, although he knew that Gao Gan was a man and knew that he was accustomed to seeing the wind and steering the rudder.
However, as the saying goes, if you don't hit a smiling person, since he took the initiative to surrender, he naturally can't pursue the past.
However, Lu Bu did not let him stay in Bohai County, but appointed him as the Taishou of Changshan County and resettled him in a different place.
Leaving the place where he had been operating for many years, to serving in a place that had been controlled by the Bingzhou army for many years, and was loyal to Lu Bu's officials and army from top to bottom, he couldn't make much trouble either.
After recovering Hejian and Bohai, the Central Army finally took complete and complete control of the entire territory of Jizhou.