In June of the second year of the first peace, Liu Yuan captured Taiyuan for more than a month, but due to Yuan Shao's actions in the party, the cloud of war still shrouded the land of Bingzhou. As Cao Cao, Sun Jian and other princes successively led their troops to Tonglu to join forces with Yuan Shao, Liu Yuan became more and more unable to sit still in Jinyang.

Although the Xia army captured Taiyuan, there was no ruling foundation in the country, Yuan Shao's side was fanfare, and the Taiyuan realm was also followed by the turmoil of the people. Perhaps there was a resurgence of Yuan Shao in the upper party, and the counties in the county rebelled several times.

Liu Yuan knew that there must be Yuan Shao's secret hand behind this, so he naturally suppressed it strongly. But the more urgent Liu Yuan became, the more ruthless he killed, and the more fierce his resistance became. More than half a month of purging consumed a lot of energy from the Xia army.

The Yuan army captured the camp outside Jinyang City, a good show is unfolding, thousands of Xia troops around are closely guarded, Liu Yuan stands on the high platform, and sees the performance of the three Yuan army generals in the center, Yang Chou, and Han Juzi.

All the captives did not seem to be in very good condition, and they had been kept in captivity these days, and they were not well fed and clothed.

As the generals of the Yuan army, the three of them each had some cronies and subordinates, and the total number of people was less than 2,000, which was too small compared to the base of 10,000 Yuan army prisoners. And Liu Yuan can't raise this captive for nothing, even if there is a shortage of food in two places, so many mouths, the daily consumption is not small.

If it weren't for the previous time when he wiped out those scholars in Jinyang, he would have gained a lot, and the recent rebellion of the family had also taken the opportunity to loot a lot of food, but I am afraid that he Liu Yuan would not be able to take out too much food to feed the army. Even at this time, he felt that the military rations were not enough.

More than 20 large pots of cooked mutton and pork, more than a dozen carts of wine, and bags of corn cakes were transported directly to the captives and laid out one by one. Looking at the steaming minced meat in the cauldron, many captives couldn't help but swallow their saliva, staring straight with their eyes, revealing a look of longing.

In the face of the threat of the coalition of the princes of the Shangdang, so many prisoners were placed in Jinyang, not to mention the empty consumption of grain and grass troops, if the war was tight and what chaos occurred, Liu Yuan was afraid that he would not have the spare strength to take care of it, so he naturally had to try to solve this hidden danger.

"Brothers, King Xia is merciful and knows that everyone hasn't had a full meal for a long time. Have you seen these meats and wines, they are all rewards from the King of Xia, as long as you are willing to be loyal to the King of Xia, these are all yours, and you don't have to go hungry again. After the war ended, King Xia was rewarded with another acre of land. Everyone, this is a rare opportunity, don't miss it! Han Juzi, Zheng Gu, and Yang Chou shouted in the group of captives.

The captives were divided into three piles, and at first, the scene was very awkward, and no one responded to the kung fu of a stick of incense.

Han Juzi and the three of them were not in a hurry, and directly ordered their subordinates to repeat continuously, and in about a quarter of an hour, a person rushed out of the group of captives, ran towards the cauldron, and was kicked down by Han Juzi. The man was a little stunned and looked at Han Juzi in confusion. Han Juzi said something to him, and then saw that he kowtowed to Liu Yuan on the high platform without hesitation, and shouted a few times: "King Xia Wannian!" ”

After saying that, he ran forward again, took the meat, wine, and corn from the hands of the Xia soldiers, and devoured them on the side. Someone took the lead, and a few more people rushed out, kowtowed, and shouted a few "Xia Wang Wannian" a few times, and they got the same treatment.

Soon, the captives poured out, the scene was chaotic, and dozens of people were killed by the Xia army before they became orderly. In the captive camp, the cry of "Ten Thousand Years of the Xia King" sounded one after another, and in the field, nearly 10,000 people sat in all directions, like a prisoner of starving ghosts, Liu Yuan looked at it silently, with no excited look on his face.

On the other side, there were still more than 3,000 people standing, and although many of them were hungry for food, they still held back. Liu Yuan saw that it was obvious that under the leadership of some "officers", he refused to descend to the summer.

"King, can you use these pawns with confidence?" Dugu Sheng, who was transferred back to Jinyang, stood beside Liu Yuan and asked, full of distrust.

"Lone never thought about it, and he took it for his own use all at once, but he didn't want to raise them in vain and waste the army's food and grass in vain. These subservient soldiers are determined to be organized into three infantry armies, and you, Da Xiling, and Su Li each lead an army, and draw officers from the former army to lead, plus Han Juzi and three people to assist. In the next battle, don't worry about the war in the south, just suppress the county for Lone, go north to deal with the Yanmen army, and don't add chaos to Lone! Liu Yuan said softly when he heard this.

"The Admiral understands!" Dugu Sheng saw that Liu Yuan had a plan in his heart, and he did not relax his vigilance against the pawns, and he was also at ease. Looking at the "indifferent" captives, he asked, "What does the king plan to do with those stubborn people?" ”

"Send it to Wuyuan for mining!" Liu Yuan looked in that direction when he heard the sound, the killing intent flashed in his eyes, and he finally reined in, and said coldly.

The pawns were simply dealt with, and they were stationed in Yuxian, Langmeng, and Yuci counties. Although it couldn't take care of it for the time being, it also solved Liu Yuan's heart and freed up the thousands of elites of the guards to deal with the challenge from the south.

"Your Majesty! Lord Situ Lan personally led the army and escorted grain and grass to come. When Fang returned to Jinyang, he received good news.

"Order the servant to lead the army to move to the response!"

Lan Zhi came here, but Liu Yuan didn't expect it, a handful of old bones, and he came over from a long distance to support him in person. Lan Zhi is different, old and strong, as soon as he enters Jinyang, he lingers, looks around, and says to the servant Gu beside him: "It really deserves to be a famous city in the state!" ”

"Now it's my Great Xia City!"

With the 10,000 cavalry brought by Lan Zhi, plus a large amount of military rations, cattle, sheep, and livestock, the pressure on Liu Yuan's side suddenly became much less. The army has sufficient food and troops, which are enough to deal with Yuan Shao and others. Stable as a mountain, staying in Jinyang, Liu Yuanjing waited for the anti-Xia coalition army to make a move, but also silently planned how to deal with them.

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In Tonglu County, the coalition army is in great shape. Except for Wang Kuang's meager army, which was finally reunited, Sun Jian and Cao Cao were all elite divisions that had been trained for a long time. Especially Sun Jian, his subordinates came all the way with him to ask Dong, and they were all strong troops who were killed.

And Yuan Shao, after more than a month of hard work, exhausted the Shangdang armed 3,000 people, plus 3,000 people supported by Han Fu, and 3,000 people raised by Liyi, and easily supported tens of thousands of troops again. The increase in the army is not to excite Yuan Shao, but the strategists and good generals who have defected one after another are the most gratifying.

Guo Tu and Feng Ji came alone to join Yuan Shao's strategist group. Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Jiang Qi each attracted more than 1,000 strong men to vote. In addition, the people who withdrew to the party, Yuan Shao's advisers and brave generals, and the number of talents, compared to before, the lineup can be more gorgeous. The prestige of the Yuan family is vividly reflected in this.