In the hall, Tao Ying praised Xiao Pei, and everyone sighed that Xiao Pei was a good place. The night breeze blew, and the candlelight kept swaying.

It was a little cold in the house, so the prefectural order asked someone to fetch firewood and burn it in the hall. The room suddenly brightened up and warmed up.

"Today's battle, you have worked hard. Who will report the situation first? ”

Tao Ying first toasted everyone with a glass of wine, and after the generals finished drinking, Xu Sheng got up and said: "Report to the eldest brother, in this battle, our army suffered more than 400 casualties, annihilated more than 1,000 people, and captured nearly 10,000 people. ”

Hearing this battle report, Tao Ying said hello. I don't know why, this battle report Tao Ying didn't have much surprise. thought that Tao Ying knew that Cao Bao's soldiers and horses, compared to his own long-fought army, were indeed a lot.

Xu Sheng just retreated, but Zhuge Jin stepped forward and said: "Lord Qiqi, I heard that Cao Bao has 50,000 soldiers in Xiaopei, and now although Cao Bao is defeated, there are less than 10,000 soldiers and horses around him, less than 5,000 soldiers and horses surrendered by Xiaopei, and nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses captured outside the city, and there are still nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses scattered in the mountains and forests around here. Over time, if they are not recruited or requisitioned, they will become bandits and rogues, which is not conducive to the stability of Xiaopei in the future, my lord! ”

After Zhuge Jin finished speaking, Tao Ying nodded. In the past few years, Pengcheng has been better, there are not many rogues, and the law and order are very good. That is because Chen Deng and Zhang Zhao adopted a policy of appeasement when they governed Pengcheng. Some of the more powerful bandits, Zhang Zhao recruited them to come to Pengcheng to join the army.

Those bandits who came to Pengcheng not far away to join the army, Yu Ban led the Pengcheng Guards, the Golden Winged Army, to drive them out of Pengcheng Country. Hesitating Pengcheng is a mountainous country with many bandits, and a checkpoint was set up in the ban. Between some of the more important mountain roads, there are many checkpoints to prevent the bandits from raiding.

Speaking of chasing down the Liukou, it seems that this is not a task that can be completed overnight, and now that Yuan Shu's army is heading north, Tao Ying's first task is to go south to resist Yuan Shu's army and horses, so Tao Ying has to reassign a general who is good at fighting to lead Xiao Pei. At the same time, Xiaopei, as the hub city of Pengcheng State linking Shanyang County, its development is also very important, so in the end, Tao Ying decided to appoint Yuanchangyi Taishou to serve as the county commander of Xiaopei.

In view of the fact that Xiaopei is the territory of Peiguo, now that Cao Bao has been defeated, the other counties will presumably also surrender without standing. So Tao Ying decided to relocate the Pei Guozhi Office to Xiaopei, so as to facilitate the further development and growth of Xiaopei City.

The first Xiaopei is a military stronghold and a north-south transportation fortress. And this is still Miss Gan's hometown, so Tao Ying wants to build it well.

In addition, Tao Ying's current development focus is concentrated in the north, concentrated in Pengcheng and Shanyang County. Because the biggest threat he faced in the next few years was Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Tao Ying could only slow down the development of the west for the time being.

After moving to the governance office, Tao Ying accepted the original Changyi Taishou as the prime minister of Peiguo. Then he allocated more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, more than 40 generals, and countless grains and grasses, so that he could clear the rogues in Xiaopei within two years. Those who can surrender will be surrendered, and those who cannot be surrendered will be collected.

Then within two years, we will unify Peiguo!

Changyi Taishou knelt on the ground to thank him, this Taishou is more than forty years old, it is the time to be stable, and it is also the time to be able to take on great responsibilities. He can be calmer than Zhao Yun and others, and he is also calm in leading troops, and he has experience in governing a county, so Tao Ying will give up letting so many generals under him serve as the prime minister of Peiguo and give it to him.

stayed in Xiaopeicheng for a night, and as soon as it was dawn, Tao Ying got up early. Outside the city, Zhuge Jin came to report that he hesitated about the arrival of heavy snow, and many tents collapsed at night, freezing to death many soldiers. There were also many soldiers who had typhoid fever, and there were few Xiaopei military camps and not enough medicinal materials, so Zhuge Jin asked to return to Pengcheng as soon as possible.

In order to save the lives of more soldiers, Tao Ying hurriedly asked Cheng Lian to pick up Lu Bu's family and the families of Zhang Liao Gaoshun and other generals to return to Pengcheng together.

Cheng Lian originally wanted to stay in Xiaopei, but Tao Ying was afraid that if Lu Bu attacked in the future, Cheng Lian would return to his old master, so Tao Ying asked Cheng Lian to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters, and the 5,000 soldiers and horses who surrendered in the city, a total of more than 7,000 people, went south with him. When the time comes, he will be arranged to go to Ningqiu, which is connected to Yuan Shu, to be the county order, or to Xiangxian and other places.

Cheng Lian didn't dare to disobey Tao Ying's instructions, so he had to let people ride across the river to urge Lu Bu's family to hurry up and rush to Pengchengguo. Then he went to straighten out the soldiers and horses, and walked on the squeaky snow, and the young general's face was a little confused.

At noon, outside Xiaopei City, Pei Guoguo led a group of civil and military officers from Xiaopeicheng to send Tao Ying. Outside the city, there were flags in the sky, and it snowed heavily all night, and the thick snowflakes were almost gone.

But fortunately, on this day, the sky was clear, and the sun was a little bright after the snow. Tao Ying left 10,000 soldiers and horses for Pei Guoxiang, and scattered the collected troops into various troops, which allowed Xu Sheng to lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters as the vanguard, Li Dian and Cao Chun guarded the Chinese army, Zhuge Jin and Cheng Lian Palace, and a team of nearly 50,000 people marched towards Pengcheng.

It is said that when Tao Ying led the soldiers and horses away, Pei Guoxiang asked people to go to the mountains and forests to recruit the fleeing soldiers and horses of Northern Xuzhou. At this time, the heavy snow had just passed, and although the sun was out, Xiao Pei was still extremely cold. The soldiers and horses of Beixuzhou, who had been hungry for two days, began to come out of the woods, because of the bare woods, the reason for the hesitation of the snow, the trees were wet and could not make a fire.

Winter is coming, and the hares are gone, and there is nothing to eat. The soldiers and horses in Northern Xuzhou were panicked because they had nothing to eat and were frozen, so they began to go out and want to go to the village to grab some food and clothes to wear.

Today's soldiers are soldiers when someone is in charge, and bandits when no one is in charge.

As a result, the villages near the woods and the foot of the mountains suffered, but fortunately, in ancient times, the villages were built like small castles, so they could barely resist some small routs. While resisting, the villagers sent people to Xiaopei for help.

After the new prime minister took office, he left only 1,000 men and horses to defend the city, and distributed nearly 9,000 soldiers and horses, and 5,000 people to a small town under the hillside near Beixuzhou.

Therefore, when Minzhuang ran to report the news, although the snowflakes had not yet melted, the soldiers with more than 1,000 and as few as 2100 soldiers came with weapons to encircle and suppress the rout.

After nearly half a month of fighting, Xiaopei's soldiers and horses coaxed and deceived nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses hiding in the woods. Nearly 3,000 raiders were annihilated, and all those who killed the common people, adulterers, adulterers, and women were killed. As long as they didn't do anything bad, Xiao Peicheng, who came out and surrendered, incorporated them into his army.

In less than a month, under the governance of the new prime minister, Xiaopei's soldiers and horses increased from 10,000 to 17,000, and there were nearly 5,000 people.

Minzhuang originally did not exist, and it was forcibly requisitioned by Cao Bao to build the city when he governed Xiaopei. Therefore, the new prime minister disbanded all the old and weak people, and then left only more than 1,000 skilled people to join the supplementary army.

The people of Xiaopei are also very poor, and the family has many children, but they have no land. There is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmers are still starving to death. However, after Cheng Lian found an excuse to drive away Xiao Pei's wealthy family, he also expropriated their land. So according to Tao Ying's policy when he left, in this winter, in addition to training people, the minister of state asked Jun Cheng Gongcao and others to distribute the land, and the people of Xiaopei were grateful to tears.