Xu Huang attaches great importance to Lu Peng, and at the same time knows that after this decisive battle with Yuan Shao, his prime minister has lost all the main force, which can be regarded as a tragic victory, and now across the Yellow River, he has no reinforcements at all, and whether the entire Yizhou can not be swallowed smoothly by Lu Peng depends on himself and the 10,000 iron cavalry in his hands.

Persist in Lu Peng's encirclement until the prime minister recovers and sends a large army to respond, it is necessary to stabilize the current situation, and only if there is no chaos in the back can we go all out to deal with Lu Peng.

Originally, according to Jiang Qi's meaning, he directly relieved Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang's brothers, who were unstable factors, from military power, so as to avoid any chaos in the future.

But this proposal was rejected by Xu Huang with his head: "Now that we have just arrived in Yizhou, the officials and generals of Yuan Shao, who are still in power, are all in a wait-and-see period, if we seize the military power of the Lu brothers, it will immediately arouse the disgust of the original county officials at all levels in Yizhou, which is not good for our overall situation." ”

What Xu Huang said makes sense, now nominally, he is the assassin of Yizhou, but the place he really controls is the capital of Xindu, and the rest of the places have either been occupied by Lu Peng, or under the original Yuan Shao.

Lu Peng occupied, Xu Huang was going to issue a document to ask Lu Peng for it after it stabilized, whether he could come back or not was one thing, or whether he wanted to come back was another, that was a matter of attitude.

But now it is still in the place under Yuan Shao, and it must be grasped in his own hands in the name of righteousness, and now he has to take out the orthodox name and Lu Peng to grab the territory and race time.

But he brought 10,000 horses this time, no more than 10,000 soldiers, no more than 10,000 soldiers, no more than 10,000 soldiers, Yizhou is vast, and it can't be defended at all, the most important thing to do at this time is to appease Yuan Shao's original officials, use it for his own use, and wait until the place is stabilized, and then slowly change it.

Now the Lu brothers are the benchmark example for themselves to show their policies to Yuan Shao's subordinates, that is, the original officials are still immovable, and the original personal interests and authority are still retained, as long as everyone changes their banners. As for the Lu brothers' ill intentions with the so-called five thousand soldiers in their hands, Xu Huang could only scoff at their thoughts, under his own big axe, these two brothers and his five thousand army were not even local chickens and dogs, so there was no need to worry at all.

After taking over the military camp and understanding the actual situation, Xu Huang and Jiang Qi sent waves of messengers to various counties and counties, announcing that Yizhou had been placed under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court. Officials from all over the country must report their duties in letters within a few days.

The messenger was sent out, and the first priority in front of them now was not to sleep, but to manage and put the façade of Xindu, this Yizhou well, in order, and be ready to accept the challenge of Lu Peng, who did not play cards according to common sense.

There is another point, that is, if you want to collect the officers and soldiers of the original Yizhou, you must provide them with food and grass, and if you don't eat and drink food and grass, who will give you your life?

At the same time, to rectify the Xindu, it is necessary to win the hearts of the people, who will be an official if there are no people? Xu Huang has a deep understanding of this.

When I wanted to protect Emperor Han Xian and return to Luoyang, there were less than 1,000 people in the city, and the result was the emperor of the Han Dynasty, what was it? It's not the leader of the beggar gang Hanako.

The best way to win the hearts of the people is to open warehouses and release grain, so that people can feel the care of the government first, so that the people have a sense of support and belonging.

Therefore, everything must start with grasping grain and grass.

But it's a pity that Yuan Shao has already wrapped up all the money and food in the entire Xindu, and even the so-called 5,000 troops of the original Lu brothers have not left 3 days of rations, and now they can still open a warehouse for relief? What kind of relief do you get?

So, after careful study by Xu Huang and Jiang Qi, they made up their minds to exchange war horses for food to help the people with the big families who did not go around.

War horses are the most important military materials in this troubled world, Cao Cao spared no effort to buy tens of thousands of war horses through Lu Peng, and this time he gave Xu Huang 10,000 iron horses at any cost.

However, Xu Huang thinks that now that he is already the assassin of Yizhou, he will fight in this Yizhou to the death, and he can't live up to his trust.

And if you want to spend time with Lu Peng here, and finally wait for the rescue of your lord, you must resolutely defend the symbol of Yizhou's rights - Yizhou Zhishou Xindu.

And to keep the letter, we need two very important things, one is the soldiers who defend the city, and the other is sufficient food and grass.

From this point of view, these cavalry were of no use, so Xu Huang made up his mind to turn the cavalry into infantry defending the city, and his precious war horses into food.

For this decision, Jiang Qi actually gave full support, instead of opposing it from another angle.

The reason why Jiang Qi did this was that he actually understood the meaning of Cao Cao's assignment.

He and Xu Huang have become a pawn of Prime Minister Cao Cao, even if he is under the attack of Lu Peng, since he has become an abandoned son of Prime Minister, he must have the consciousness of abandoning him, that is, he must be like a ding, nailed here, if he doesn't kill you Lu Peng, he will disgust you to death.

Therefore, it is almost useless to keep the cavalry, not only is it useless to defend the city, but its huge forage consumption is definitely not what Xindu can provide now.

Do you want to keep them to protect you and run back?

Where is the consciousness of the abandoned son, die here, complete the duty of the abandoned son, you will get everyone's mercy, get the master's favor, you will get a beautiful funeral, and your children and grandchildren will get a food and clothing.

If you give up your part, there's only one end there - click.

Since everything you do is a death, it is still very worthwhile to exchange your life for the glory of your family. So, Jiang Qi also let it go.

But Jiang Qi knows his position, but the loyal Xu Huang does not have this awareness, or rather, he doesn't think about it at all, in his heart, Cheng has only love and respect for himself, so he must guard Yizhou in order to repay Cheng for his kindness.

The people who could go, all dragged their families and mouths, and rushed to Youzhou, which was full of hope.

Most of the wealthy merchants also fled to Youzhou, but there were still many gentry who stayed.

There are three reasons why these families stayed.

The first reason is that it is difficult to leave the homeland, in this era, the status and wealth of the family is not how many chariots, horses, gold and silver, but how many fields and mountains and forests you have.

These fields and forests have been accumulated over generations, even dozens of generations, and hundreds of years, and these things cannot be taken away. Without land, mountains and forests, and without a huge manor in Xianbei, even if you go elsewhere with countless gold and silver, you are still a homeless person under the fence.

The second is that the orthodox concept is still there, and everyone is still optimistic about the future of Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

The third point is the family's perception of Lu Peng.