Chapter Ninety-Three: Sweeping the World (2)
Lü Bu beheaded Yan Liang, the imperial army took Qinghe Mansion, and on the other hand, Cao Cao led the army to capture Wei County, and the famous Hebei general Zhang He was defeated by the two brothers Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, and Yuan Shao's army suffered heavy losses and had to retreat north to Julu County. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the east, Liu Bei's three brothers also led the army into Yuan Shao's lair - Bohai County, Yuan Jun's general Gao Ran was stabbed under the horse by Zhao Yun's Hundred Birds Chaofeng spear, and Bohai County was immediately lost.
Soon, Zhao Guo, Hejian, and Anping were also taken by Liu Zhi's army one after another, and Gongsun Zhan's army was fighting with Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army in the north, but it was suddenly attacked by Xu Chu's 30,000 cavalry from behind, and it was suddenly scattered in formation.
However, this battle also defeated Gongsun Zhan's 50,000 army, and Gongsun Chan fled back to Youzhou in a hurry with the remaining thousands of troops.
Xu Chu's army and Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army also immediately moved south, captured the entire Changshan, and marched to Julu from the west.
Yuan Shao had lost hope at this time, but he was still trapped in Yecheng (note: Yecheng did not exist at this time), trying to make a last resistance.
The army of 600,000 imperial court besieged Yecheng, and Cao Cao had a strategist named Liu Ye, who was good at strategy and proficient in tools, so he was appointed as the superintendent of the construction department, specializing in building siege equipment for the army.
Liu Zhi learned from Cao Cao's practice in the Guandu War, built two high platforms in the south and east of Yecheng, and then arranged a lot of large trebuchets on them, throwing stones at Yecheng day and night, the defenders were scared, and they did not dare to walk straight when patrolling on the city wall, and the morale of the reinforcements also dropped very much, everyone knew that Yecheng would definitely not be able to hold it.
And Liu Zhi waited for three days and gave Yuan Shao the last chance to come out and surrender, but Yuan Shao did not do this, but chose to defend to the end, so since this is the case, Liu Zhi did not try again, since Yuan Shao insisted on sending him to death, it was good for him.
Liu Zhi gave an order, nearly 600,000 troops from all sides began to attack Yecheng fiercely, countless catapults and archers sent large pieces of stones and dense bows and arrows into the city, Yuan army suffered heavy casualties, only half a day, Yecheng was lost, the defender of the city general Wen Chou did not surrender, was killed by Dian Wei who was the first to kill the city wall, and Zhang He, who came back from Wei County, immediately led the army to surrender, opened the city gate, Yuan Shao himself committed suicide by throwing his wife and children into the river, and Jizhou was quickly pacified.
After the pacification of Jizhou, Liu Zhi ordered Xu Chu and Cao Jun to join forces and continue to go north to attack Gongsun Zan in Youzhou.
After the situation in the north stabilized, there was also good news from Yizhou, the dim-witted Liu Yan was completely annihilated in less than a month under the attack of Ma Teng's 100,000 iron cavalry, Liu Yan died of illness in Yizhou City, and several of Liu Yan's sons were all executed according to Liu Zhi's previous confession, the main purpose of which was to deter Liu Biao in Jingzhou.
After Liu Biao saw Liu Yan's fate, he hurriedly wrote to the imperial court, stating his guilt, and took the initiative to admit his guilt, requesting that he be removed from his official position as the governor of Jingzhou, hoping to return to his hometown.
Liu Biao seemed to be knowledgeable about current affairs, so Liu Zhi also approved his request and let him return to his hometown in Shanyang, so that all the people in the world had restored the rule of the Han Dynasty.
And Liu Zhi also knew how to make good use of people, so that Cao Cao was the general of the chariot cavalry, Liu Bei was the general of the auxiliary state, Tao Qian was the Zhongshu Ling, Cheng Yu was the imperial historian, and Xun Yu was the captain of the Han Dynasty······
In the following three years, the Han gradually abolished the state pastoral system in various places and took back military power, so as to avoid a situation similar to that of the previous warlords.
The nascent Han Dynasty re-emerged as the most powerful dynasty in the world under the rule of a group of civil and military generals, while the Roman Empire was still troubled by the Germanic peoples who were moving westward.
Three years have passed in a blink of an eye, Liu Zhi is ready to set off again at this time, he explained things to everyone, saying that he wants to go east to the sea, go out to travel, maybe he will come back, maybe he will not come back, so he said goodbye to everyone one by one, took a boat down the Yellow River, and arrived at the East China Sea.
In the past three years, Liu Zhi finally figured out the use of this compass after a long period of research, but in order to avoid encountering a white-fronted tiger with hanging eyes as soon as he crossed like the last time, Liu Zhi had sufficient preparation this time, he learned some divination methods according to the Taiping technique obtained from Gong Du before, and also learned from Guo Jia to observe the sky at night, and also learned a knife technique from Guan Yu, and learned a hard kung fu with Lu Bu. Although he is not said to be a first-class military general in the world now, it is not difficult to kill a tiger when he has weapons.
And before he left, he deliberately brought a pair of crossbow arrows and a sword for self-defense, this pair of bows and arrows was built by Sima Jun himself, not only powerful, but also the range is much farther than the ordinary bow and crossbow, and it does not take a lot of effort to wind it, so it is very suitable for carrying self-defense.
And this sword was asked by Liu Zhi from Cao Cao's hand, called Qingyu Sword, this sword is not known to be forged from what material, anyway, it is like clay, the power is extraordinary, and it is not very heavy, Liu Zhi weighed it, and it is estimated that it only weighs six or seven catties, which is much lighter than ordinary bronze swords and iron swords.
Cao Cao also has another sword, called Yitian Sword, Yitian Sword is his sword, so Liu Zhi didn't ask for it, with this Qingyu Sword and a crossbow arrow is enough.
He went down the river all the way, and in less than half a month, he came to the East China Sea from the mouth of Qingzhou, and in the cabin, Liu Zhi also took out the compass, adjusted the position of the three pointers, and then erected the small needle, only to see a white light flashing, the crew on the ship felt very surprised, I don't know what happened, so they all ran into the cabin, but found that Liu Zhi, the prime minister who was still drinking and reading in the cabin, had disappeared at this time, and the crew was greatly surprised, and bowed their heads one after another. regarded him as a god who ascended to immortality, and soon after, the news of the Han Dynasty's ascension to heaven quickly spread throughout the four realms of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty even built a prime minister temple for Liu Zhi to commemorate the famous minister who saved the Han Dynasty from the time of fire and water.