Xiao Wei Yan seemed to be a little puzzled, pointed to the captives in front of him and asked, "Master, why didn't they resist, why did they all kneel on the ground?" There are so many of them, we are such a few people, if they resist, we will definitely not be able to beat them, this group of people is so stupid! ”

Liu Zhi stretched out his hand and patted his little head, and said: "They have no chance to resist, it's not that they don't want to resist, it's just that if they resist, they will definitely be killed by our soldiers, indeed, there are many of them, we may not be able to kill them all, but the person who takes the lead will definitely be killed, so they must be waiting for who will stand up first, but no one dares to stand up first, so they will be controlled by so few of us!" ”

Wei Yan was thoughtful, Liu Zhi did not continue, but rode forward, and a young general stepped forward to greet him: "The last general, Huang Tao, has seen the lord, and the last general is here to guard the prisoners of war under the order of General Xu!" ”

Liu Zhi glanced at it and found that there were quite a few captured Nanyang soldiers, so he casually asked, "Are they all clear?" Are there any of them few? ”

Huang Tao replied: "After counting, there are a total of 25,000 people, except for Zhang Xun's 5,000 people who escaped, the rest of the Nanyang army is all here!" ”

Liu Zhi nodded, the Nanyang army dispatched a total of 30,000 people, and since only 5,000 people ran away, it means that there are still 25,000 people left. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

He glanced at the captives, and saw that although these soldiers all looked demoralized and listless, their physical fitness looked good, much stronger than some malnourished Yellow Turban soldiers, and the equipment in these soldiers was also ready-made, which could be used by him, so Liu Zhi ordered: "Take care of them, don't abuse and beat them, leave them all in the camp, and hand them over to Cheng Yucheng to deal with." ”

The young general nodded again and again, signaling that he understood, Liu Zhi glanced at it again, and saw Li Feng who was tied into a zongzi, although the other soldiers were also tied hands, but no one was tied up and down like him, and there was a ball of rags stuffed inside, obviously he was not allowed to speak.

"Who is this man, and why is he being treated like this?"

Liu Zhi became curious, this person was dressed as a literati, so he couldn't remember who he was for a while, it seemed that there were not many Wenchen strategists under Yuan Shu's hands, he remembered a general Yang Hongyang, and the others didn't have too deep influence.

"Lord, this Zhang Xun didn't keep the agreement, it seems that his heart is not on our side!"

Liu Zhi glanced at Li Feng, and he couldn't raise any interest, and as soon as he returned to the team, he heard Guo Jia say to him.

Liu Zhi smiled and said: "That's nothing, everyone has their own ambitions, whether he Zhang Xun comes to serve me or not, I don't care at all, I don't lack his mouth to eat, but the five thousand soldiers under his command are really what I want to get, but unfortunately, I think he is going to escape, okay, since he can't force it, then it's up to him to go!" ”

After speaking, he uncovered the topic and waved his hand, "Let's go, go to Xincai!" ”

The military rule of Runan County was originally in Shangcai, but due to the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army, the local security situation deteriorated sharply, and after Yuan Shu led the troops to Runan, he moved the county to Caizhou in the south and named it Xincai, so that he could strengthen his control over Runan on the one hand, and on the other hand, he could get closer to Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is the place where Yuan Shu has been quite concerned, Yangzhou is the largest state in the Three Kingdoms period in addition to the Western Regions Changshi Mansion, and Yangzhou not only has a large number of people, but also abundant water and soil, the output of grain is also high, and more importantly, there are important mineral areas here, Danyang has copper ore and iron ore, copper ore can be used to mint coins, at that time, various cities can mint coins privately, so the copper coins on the market are messy, and the fineness is also different. Iron ore can be used to build weapons, fighting a war is to need money and people, with copper ore, money will be solved, and after the occupation of Yangzhou, the problem of population has also been solved, so for Yuan Shu, Yangzhou is a piece of fragrant bait.

It's just that now his capital has been completely lost, and he can't even save his life.

The army marched all the way, and when it was dark, it had already arrived at Xincai, but the gate of Xincai was closed, but there was no figure on the city wall.

Seeing this, Guo Jia said to Liu Zhi: "Zhang Xun must have come back, and it is very likely that he has not gone far yet, I don't know if the lord is chasing after him!" ”

Liu Zhi understood what he meant, a large number of Yuan Shu's materials and financial reports were in Xincai, and Zhang Xun specially ran back, he must have come for this property, and after getting these things, the gentleman did not stand on the dangerous wall, Xincai was no longer safe, and it would definitely be called the target of the Yellow Turban Army, so Zhang Xun would definitely not stay here, but he didn't know where they would go.

And the materials and property in Zhang Xun's hands are also what Liu Zhi wants very much, he currently has no money in his hands, and he doesn't have much food and grain, if he can get Yuan Shu's Wanguan family wealth, then he will be able to get through this difficult period very well.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhi made up his mind, "Liao Hua, you take a thousand people into the city to take over the defense and all the materials in the city, and the others will chase after me, you must chase Zhang Xun!" ”

Despite their tiredness, the brigade galloped north.

Xiao Wei Yan rode a small yellow horse and followed the army to pursue forward, but he saw that the army had been advancing in the northeast direction, so he was a little puzzled in his heart, and asked: "Master, why do we keep chasing in this direction, if they don't run in this direction, then wouldn't we waste our time in vain?" ”

Liu Zhi glanced back at him, saw him riding a little yellow horse, tired and eating, and said with a smile: "You should ask your Master Guo this question." ”

After Wei Yan heard this, he turned his head to stare at Guo Jia, and just as he was about to speak, Guo Jia preemptively said: "Okay, okay, I know what you want to ask, let me tell you this, Zhang Xun betrayed Yuan Shu, so he will definitely not be tolerated by the Yuan family, and the world is so big, there are only two people he can defect to, one is Dong Zhuo who makes Xiliang, but Dong Zhuo is far away in Chang'an at this time, there are many checkpoints along the way, Chang'an is the land of Guanzhong, he will not be able to arrive for a while, so he can't go to Chang'an, and the other place to go is Cao Cao in Yanzhou, Cao Cao had just defeated the 300,000 Yellow Turban Army, and at this time his reputation was far and wide, and his reputation was so great that it was the best time to go to defect, and there was bound to be a battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, so he didn't have to worry about being handed over when he fled to Cao Cao, so he must be on the way to Yanzhou at this time, and we are on this road at this time! ”