In the middle of the day, the dilapidated Dong'an City gradually quieted down, more than 3,000 Langya infantry took over the entire city defense, more than 20,000 frightened people returned to their homes, more than 4,000 Yellow Turban captives were still detained in the west of the city to clean up the battlefield, digging a long ditch to bury more than 3,200 corpses of their companions, and hundreds of cavalry who had won the first battle continued to swim among them, riding horses and monitoring with pride.

On the hastily cleaned county hall of the county government, Liu Cun and Wang Qi stood on the left and right sides of the large map and sang and sang in harmony, summing up the course and gains and losses of today's two battles.

Generally speaking, the whole army is deeply satisfied and proud of today's battle, just as Liu Cun summed up the final results: "After a few days of rapid marching, they entered the battlefield and immediately engaged in the first battle since the formation of the army, and achieved excellent results in destroying more than 3,700 enemies, capturing more than 4,200 enemies, seizing a large amount of grain and grass, and recovering a city, while less than 200 brothers were killed in the battle, and only more than 400 brothers were lightly and seriously wounded. Congratulations to the brothers for building up their confidence in victory! This last point, in particular, is especially valuable for our army! ”

After Liu Cun sat down, Wang Qi began to arrange the task: "In about an hour, the three thousand friendly troops from Ju County will take over the defense of the city, and the grain and grass escorted by our army's rear team will also arrive. If you have any questions, please ask, and if you have no questions, go back and prepare immediately. ”

The excited officers stood up in unison, clasped their fists and saluted.

Wang Qile walked towards Liu Cun, who was drinking water: "The battle report to the monarch has been sent along with the heads of the three thieves. ”

Liu Cun knew the potential meaning of Wang Qi's words, smiled slightly and warned in a low voice: "When the siege of Dongguan is lifted, this battle can be completely won, and the next step needs to be cautious, to achieve the goal of repelling the more than 20,000 yellow turbans besieging Dongguan and preserving the strength of our army, and not to let Xiao Jian, the lieutenant who is trapped in Dongguan City, have a bad face, it is not so easy." ”

"yes!"

Wang Qi nodded yes, looked at the Dongguan City located on the east bank of Yishui on the map and asked: "Dongguan is connected to Xu Yang in the south, Qingzhou in the north, Taishan County in the west, and Zhucheng and Dongwu in the east. ”

Liu Cun stared at Dongguan City on the map with blazing eyes: "Xiao Jian must go!" This is the fundamental reason why I would rather suffer from Xiao Jian's resentment and fight Dong'an first, Mr. Gongsun and Mr. Zhao Rong also have the same opinion, so I would rather let the more than 20,000 yellow scarves besieging Dongguan retreat with their whole body than make wedding clothes for others. ”

Wang Qi immediately woke up: "What Mr. Gongsun and Mr. Zhao mean, is it that they are raising thieves and respecting themselves?" ”

Liu Cun sighed: "This is also a helpless thing, if there is no threat of the Yellow Turban thieves in Taishan County in the west, what reason do we have to occupy Dongguan for a long time?" Taking a step back, it is only for the sake of dredging trade routes, for the smooth transportation of a large amount of steel from Yanzhou to my Langya, and to ensure the safe flow of our Langya goods to Yanzhou and even further west to Yuzhou, Sili and other places, which is also worth doing so. Another very important point is that as long as the threat of the Taishan Yellow Turban exists, our army will have a reason to stay in Dongguan, which will be very beneficial for me to strive for the future Chengyang Taishou, and once I become this Taishou, everything will be easy to do. ”

Wang Qi nodded frequently: "This is a matter of time, for a hundred years, the imperial court has been sparing no effort to weaken the strength of the princes, looking at today, only I Langya monarch's fief is the largest, and now the monarch is overwhelmed, and he took the initiative to reduce the fiefdom and precipitate the six counties in the north to reset Yangcheng County, how can the imperial court not agree?" It is estimated that we will see by the end of the year at the latest, but I am a little worried that the imperial court will send another county guard, and in the end we will be busy in vain. ”

Liu Cun was also very helpless: "It depends on how the Mi family does in private, we really can't do anything during this period, this is our helplessness from a humble background and no foundation!" Fortunately, the surrounding counties are located in remote areas, and nearly half of the county is located in the poor and backward mountains with inconvenient transportation, which is not too attractive to the Yuan family, the Cui family, the Wei family and the Xun family. ”

Wang Qi comforted: "Today, the saint is covered in copper smell, selling officials and porridge is doing everything, the traitors in the DPRK are wanton and greedy, and the sanctimonious Chinese martial arts of the dynasty are also a hill, so the virtuous brother does not need to worry, with the political achievements and military merits of the virtuous brother, coupled with the strong recommendation of the monarch, plus the good offices of the Mi family, the grasp is still very great." ”

Liu Cun was noncommittal, just as the guards came to report that Zhao Rong was escorting grain and grass into the city, and the three thousand officers and soldiers of Ju County also slowly drove at the downstream ferry, Liu Cun immediately sorted out his military uniform and went out with Wang Qi to greet him.

At noon the next day, Liu Cun and Wang Qi led 5,000 elite infantry and 500 cavalry to slowly approach Dongguan City, and the more than 20,000 yellow scarves besieging the city were exactly the same as Liu Cun had predicted in advance, and they had all fled in the early morning, and the siege of Dongguan was relieved.

After the Yellow Turban Army, which had been besieging the city for a month, withdrew, Lieutenant Xiao Jian was relieved, and saw the banner of Langya Army and Liu Cun from a distance, and immediately led dozens of civil and military officers out of the south gate to greet him.

Liu Cun led his troops into the battlefield very suddenly, quickly defeated the Dong'an thieves and recovered Dong'an City, and then rushed north to help Dongguan, so Xiao Jian and the others not only did not blame Liu Cun, but were grateful and extremely enthusiastic.

Outside the south gate, Liu Cun looked at the moat filled with corpses, wood and stones, and then looked up at the dilapidated blackened and mottled city wall, and couldn't help but sigh repeatedly, loudly lamenting the cruelty and fierceness of the offensive and defensive battles in January, and highly praised Xiao Jian's command ability and the tenacious spirit of the soldiers and civilians in the city, which immediately won the great favor of Xiao Jian and the surrounding officials.

Entering the city gate, the disgusting smell of feces and urine and the smell of rotting corpses came to his face, Liu Cun was worried, and forcibly followed the civil and military forces into the city, and saw a mess along the way, although the faces of the soldiers and civilians in the city were all smiling after the catastrophe, Liu Cun led the troops to come to relieve the siege and cheered, but Liu Cun did not have any joy in his heart, and as soon as he entered the county hall, he immediately reminded everyone to pay attention to the epidemic.

Who knew that Xiao Jian and others had already made up their minds to throw the huge burden of Dongguan to Liu Cun, and when they heard the words, they changed the topic after a few perfunctory words, and praised Liu Cun's excellent equipment and solemn military appearance, and then shouted to kill cattle and sheep and celebrate the achievement.

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