Chapter 549: Enter Nanyang
"You pig's head, Nanyang is not guaranteed, what's the use of more people." Yuan Shu angrily scolded his men.
He saw this very clearly, if Ye Chen was allowed to go to Nanyang to wreak havoc, then his loss would be even greater, it would take a year or two for 100,000 people to go back and digest it, and if there was a fire in the backyard, it would be even more difficult to recover.
The allied army's blow to Ye Chen was not serious, hundreds of people died when they rushed out, and now Ye Chen still has about 10,000 men and horses in his hands, and about 10,000 cavalry want to destroy it like this, then the entire Nanyang will be in the midst of war, and now Nanyang has no troops.
That's why Yuan Shu went back in such a hurry.
After Yuan Shu left, Yuan Shao was quite happy, because he divided his 100,000 people, and now these 100,000 people naturally fell into his hands, so this time Yuan Shao will have 400,000 people alone.
Originally, he didn't dare to eat like this even if he ate alone, but Zhang Yang, Yuan Yi and others gave him the people they shared, Zhang Yang's territory was too far away to take it back, and Yuan Yi was actually Yuan Shao's subordinate, so he gave Yuan Shao the share of the population.
After Yuan Shu left, as the elder brother, he took over his share of the people, which was a matter of course.
However, Yuan Shao was also a little uneasy in his heart, because he didn't expect this Ye Chen's revenge to be so strong, he had just attacked him, and as soon as he escaped, he immediately sent troops to Nanyang, and he was the one who offended Ye Chen this time, or he was the culprit
Yuan Shao was also worried that Ye Chen would retaliate against him, but after thinking about it again, he felt that there was no need to worry.
"Ye Chen, if you dare to come to my Jizhou, you will definitely not be able to come back." Yuan Shao has this confidence, he has a lot of troops, and now his general Yan Liangwen Chou is leading the army to fight in Jizhou, so he has this confidence.
Yuan Shao's self-confidence comes from not only these, but also Jizhou's population and economy are not comparable to other states.
Ye Chen is just a Taishou, although the territory under his management is a county, but in Yuan Shao's opinion, it is not as good as a county of his.
Although the current history of Jizhou is still Han Fu, a lot of power in Jizhou has fallen into the hands of Yuan Shao, and sooner or later Yuan Shao will control Jizhou.
Ye Chen naturally didn't know what was happening in Luoyang, he led the men and horses to travel hundreds of miles a day, and soon approached Nanyang.
Three days later, Ye Chen and the others had already arrived in Nanyang.
"Second brother, ahead is Hongyang County in Nanyang." Tai Shi Ci pointed his spear ahead and said.
"At this time, there are only more than 1,000 soldiers defending the city in the county, so we will go directly to call the door and attack it without opening." Ye Chen has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, don't look at it as cavalry, just like the Wuhuan Huns, they ravaged Youzhou, and with a salvo, the general defenders couldn't hold it at all.
Soon they came to the city, and the guards of the city gate had closed the door when they saw a large group of soldiers and horses coming in the distance, although they thought that Yuan Shu was coming back, but they also had to make a show, otherwise they would be found that they were not doing things well, and they would be troublesome.
The defenders above initially thought that it was Yuan Shu who had returned, but when Ye Chen and the others got closer, they found that it was not.
"Tiger head, call the door."
"The people above open the door quickly, we were ordered to chase after Sun Jian and open the door quickly." This tiger head is still relatively smart, and wants to deceive them directly.
The guards in the city hesitated, Sun Jian couldn't escape with the jade seal, they knew about it, but this Sun Jian had been gone for several days, how could this chasing soldier catch up here?
"Are you on the orders of Lord Yuan on the highway of Yuan Highway?" The city guard was still a little skeptical, so he asked.
Ye Chen stood up and shouted loudly: "We were ordered by Yuan Benchu Yuan Alliance Master to go to conquer Sun Jian. ”
The guards in the city nodded, no wonder secretly, it is Yuan Shu's order, he will definitely send his own people, looking at the outfit of these people, it is not his own Nanyang army, and the other party's generals do not know any of them, but if it is on Yuan Shao's order, it will not be strange.
"Open the door."
The guards no longer doubted and ordered the gates to be opened.
The gates slowly opened.
"Kill."
As soon as the city gate opened, Ye Chen rushed in with his people, and quickly controlled the city gate.
"This, what the hell is going on?" The young generals who were guarding the city were about to cry, who knew that he was kind enough to open the door, but the other party killed him.
"Surrender or kill." Ye Chen didn't intend to kill anyone, after entering, he controlled the city gate and then went in to control the soldiers guarding the city.
The soldiers rushed up to the city and quickly took control of the entire city wall, and when they saw Ye Chen and their army, no one dared to stop them.
"Gather these soldiers together and keep them closed, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave." When the city wall was completely controlled, Ye Chen said.
"Lord, what are we going to do next?" Xu Huang asked.
"Rest in the city for two days first, rest comfortably in the city, then Yuan Shu wants to chase us, it will take a few days, and even if we catch up, we are not afraid." Ye Chen said with a smile.
Several generals laughed, they were quite tired from the journey, and it was good to have a good rest for two days.
That Xu Huang didn't feel very tired, he could recover after taking a rest and sleeping, so he was not very happy when he heard that he was going to rest, and he then asked, "Lord, what about after resting?" ”
"Hehe, of course we went to blackmail after the break, Yuan Shu just robbed us, let's blackmail him immediately, it's fair." Ye Chen smiled and said with a wicked smile.
"Lord, I like to do business with you the most, and I never lose." In Xu Huang's eyes, blackmail is doing business, and doing business is blackmail.
In fact, Ye Chen entered the city and began to act, he sent someone to take over the county government and the warehouse, took over all the public facilities in the city, and controlled all the officials.
The army is resting, but there are still people active, Ye Chen sent people to investigate the families in the city, and there are more than ten families in the city.
Not long after the occupation, Ye Chen occupied the county government and was busy in the county office.
"Well, which of these families have a good relationship with Yuan Shu, which ones are not good, and which ones are neutral, let's distinguish them." After receiving a report from his subordinates, Ye Chen commanded.
"Young master, the things in the city treasury have been counted." At this time, the tiger head hurriedly came in from outside and said.
"Okay, read it to me." Ye Chen sat comfortably on the chair and said.
"There is a large amount of grain in the treasury, there are more than 100,000 loads, this place is close to Luoyang, presumably it was prepared for Yuan Shu and them, and millions of dollars were also found, plus a batch of gold and silver." When the tiger head was in Liaodong, he followed Ye Chen to rob, and later went out to rob alone.
"Prepare a lot of gold and silver, and take it all with us when we leave, and let the soldiers bring enough food." Ye Chen thought for a while and said, "Invite the heads of the major families to me, and invite them to drink at night." ”
"Lord, do you want to 'do business' with us when you invite them here?" Xu Huang asked immediately.
Hearing Xu Huang's words, Ye Chen laughed.