In the middle of October of the ninth year of Jian'an, Liaodong prefect Gongsun Du expressed his intention to surrender to Cao Cao through the general Xiahou Yuan, the Northern Expedition. In order to avoid unnecessary consumption, Cao Cao accepted Gongsun Du's surrender and ordered him to serve as Liaodong Prefect and appointed him as Liaodong Hou.

In October, under the pressure of 60,000 Cao troops, the prefect of Liaoxi governors surrendered the county.

Yuan Xi, who originally intended to occupy western Liaoning and cited the Wuhuan army to fight against Cao's army, committed suicide in a frustration and despair that was surrounded by enemies.

After Yuan Xi died, Xin Ping, who was captured by Cao's army, died of a hunger strike for seven days. Most of the other old Yuan ministers joined Cao Cao.

Since then, the Yuan family, the first-ranked sect in the late Han Dynasty who had dominated Hebei for more than ten years, completely withdrew from the stage of history.

After five years of war with the Yuan family, Cao Cao finally achieved unification of the north.

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After the news of the complete demise of Yuan's family reached Lujiang, Cui Yan, Li Fu, Tian Chou and others were all sad.

In order to appease a total of sixteen former Yuan officials who fled to Yangzhou, the eldest brother held a grand ceremony for Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, and built a tomb for the two Yuans in Lujiang.

Subsequently, Cui Yan and others took over the official positions granted by their elder brother and began to accept political affairs.

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Although the fall of Yuan's family was already destined, when this day really came, it still put a lot of pressure on our army.

In recent years, it is precisely because Yuan Tan and his elder brother echoed each other and restrained Cao Cao from one end to another that both sides could live a little more comfortable life.

The expansion of our army's strength was often accomplished by taking advantage of the opportunity of Cao Cao's northern expedition to Yuan Tan.

Now that the Yuan family has fallen, we can only fight against Cao Cao alone. Fortunately, before this, Jingzhou had already been under the command of the eldest brother, and both sides were still in the power of a battle.

From Jingzhou to Yangzhou and even Guangling County, they have strengthened their combat preparations to varying degrees to prevent the possible southern invasion of the Cao army. The Ganning division of the Jinfan Navy Army and Jiang Qin's troops patrolled the Huai River day and night.

At the same time, the Ling Cao army of Jinfan Navy also followed my orders to go north from the Yangtze River and began patrolling the Han River and Yushui areas.

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Xiangyang Conference Hall

"Pongyi, Xinye's city expansion. You have to worry more. People, money, and material resources don't need to worry about you, the provincial and ministerial palace can prepare for you!" I said to Xinye's order Zhao Lei.

"I will never let down my expectations!" Zhao Lei bowed and took the order. Zhao Lei was around 25, 6 years old. He was originally the county magistrate of Yiling County, Nanjun. Because of his remarkable performance, he was newly promoted to the magistrate of Xinye County.

"Mr. Kuai, Xinye and Nanxiang, please be more careful!" I turned my head and told the other person Kuai Yue politely.

"Don't worry, General!" Kuai Yue nodded slightly and responded.

Nanxiang, Xinye is the two major military places in Jingzhou. One is the gateway of Shangyong and the other is the gateway of Xiangyang. Especially Xinye, if it can cooperate with the navy that patrols the Huaihe River and cultivates the waters, it can even block the gateway of Zhangling County.

It is precisely because the two places are so important that I intend to expand and strengthen the two cities. The purpose of the expansion is not just for defense, but I want these two places to become the frontier foundations of Cao Cao's future Northern Expedition.

Since Nanxiangcheng suffered great damage during the Cao army's invasion of Shangyongdi last year, Liu Qi has ordered people to repair and expand the city since June last year. However, its expansion efforts are really limited.

It was far from meeting the requirements to defend against Cao Cao's army's invasion. Therefore, I ordered Nanxiang to order Dong He and garrison Feng Xi to re-expand the city.

But Xinye seems to have never been valued. After Liu Biao and Liu Qi, two generations, they never thought of expanding Xinye as a stronghold for the Northern Anti-Cao Cao.

Perhaps in their opinion, Xiangyang, which has the Han River as its screen, is more suitable for defending against the invasion of the northern and southern enemies. The father and son of the Liu family who are content to defend their business naturally would not have the intention to use Xinye as the foundation for the northward advancement of the Central Plains. It is reported.

The brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue also proposed to expand Xinye more than once, but in the end they were rejected by Liu Biao.

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"General..." Just as I explained some details about Zhao Lei's expansion of the city, Pang Tongji walked into the hall.

"Sir, please leave!" Zhao Lei and several other officials saw that Pang Tong seemed to have something important to discuss with me, so they hurriedly bowed and said they would leave.

"Sir Yidu is walking slowly!" Seeing that Kuai Yue was also intending to leave, Pang Tong hurriedly called him.

"Shi Yuan, what's wrong?" Seeing Pang Tong's expression slightly "strange" look, I asked curiously.

"Someone wants to escape from Jingzhou..." Pang Tong smiled sly. Then he said.

"Who?" I asked in surprise first. Then I realized it. What Pang Tong said was that most of the tenth were Liu Xian, Liu Hua and his son.

Because of his son Liu Hua, he suffered from "hysteria" (psychosis). Liu Xian, who served as a teacher and friend of the General's Mansion of Zhengnan, had not left the palace for a long time.

During this period, the father and son never left the door and did not step out of the door. They were very honest and could not see any strangeness.

Since I am also busy, over time, I put the matter between the father and son aside. But it is obvious that Pang Tong did not relax his vigilance and kept staring at them.

"Liu Shuye and his son!" When Pang Tong answered my question, his eyes were looking at Kuai Yue.

A complex look appeared in Kuai Yue's eyes, with pain and helplessness... but he was not surprised, as if he knew who Pang Tong was talking about.

"General, although Shuye and his son went astray, can they spare their lives?" Kuai Yue said hesitantly after pondering for a moment.

It seems that Kuai Yue has been paying attention to Liu Xian and his son.

With his familiarity with the ministers in Jingzhou, he naturally knew that with the personality of Liu Xian and his son, especially Liu Hua, it was impossible for him to accept the fate of "the eldest brother became the lord of Jingzhou, and their father and son could only be idle."

When he was unable to reverse the situation in Jingzhou, the only way out for Liu Xian and his son was to escape. The place where he went was naturally Cao Cao.

Zhuge Liang had already analyzed this point. Now it seems that Kuai Yue also knows it very well.

Pang Tong saw Kuai Yue's ability very thoroughly and knew that he could not hide it from him, so he simply opened and discussed with him how to deal with Liu Xian and his son.

"Don't worry, lord, the general is generous and will not make things difficult for Liu Jijiu and his son. Moreover, if Liu Jijiu is willing to move north, it will actually be more beneficial than disadvantages for us!" Pang Tong said with a chuckling.

"Well..." Kuai Yue nodded slightly with ease, and then said to me, "If there is any use of things for Shuye and his son, the general can give him the order!"

"Okay! Then let's make a total of the total, how to 'gift' his father and son go out..." I nodded and said...

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On the sixth day of November, Liu Xian took a few family members to Xiangyang and went south to Nanjun on the pretext of sending his son back to his hometown to recuperate.

But when he arrived near Yicheng, Liu Xian used his servants and maids as a cover, and he and more than a dozen relatives secretly changed their route northward, passed through Anchang and Huyang, and entered Anzhong County, Nanyang under Cao Cao's rule.

Liu Xian was able to escape so smoothly, which was directly related to my "release". It can even be said that his group entered Nanyang under my attention.

Of course, the "release" thing is done quite secretly.

In order to enhance the effect, I even sent people to "chase" from Anchang to Anzhong, and two of them even "almost" captured them. "Fortunately", Liu Hua was very alert and used countless methods to barely get out of the trap.

With this "tactic understanding", Liu Xian, Liu Hua and his son successfully escaped from the tiger's den, while we successfully sent two "time bombs" out of Jingzhou. It can be said that both sides have their own advantages!

In addition, I am also looking forward to what kind of results will Pang Tong’s designs for Liu Xian and his son bring!

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As mid-November enters, there will be another good news in the battle of Jiaozhou.

After Lu Meng's troops captured Longchuan County, Nanhai County, they headed south and quickly advanced towards Panyu, the capital of Jiaozhou Prefecture, which put great pressure on Shi Xie.

Shi Xie's younger brother Shi Yi led tens of thousands of troops to block Lu Meng, but he suffered two consecutive blows, losing nearly half of his troops. In desperation, Shi Xie had to rush to call on Shi Teng, the eldest son Shi Teng, who was plotting to counterattack Cangwu, and his second son Shi Hui returned to the army.

As soon as the Jiaozhou army retreated, Lu Xun immediately captured the entire county of Cangwu, and still regarded Wu Ju as the county magistrate.

Under the advance of Lu Xun and Lu Meng, Shi Xie listened to Shi Hui's opinions and decided to launch a decisive battle in Panyu. If he wins, he can reverse the situation. If he loses, he can also retreat in Yulin, Hepu and Jiaozhi.

After Lu Xun and Lu Meng completed the clampdown on Panyu, they did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, they rested for a few days, as if they were waiting for something.

Just when Shi Xie and his son were confused and even a little impetuous, the bad news suddenly spread - Wen Pin, who had troops from Lingling, contacted Lu Xun, did not directly join the main battlefields of Cangwu and Nanhai counties according to Lu Xun's request. Instead, he led his troops to travel through mountains and rivers, run roads, Guilin, and go straight to Yulin County.

Due to the dangerous journey, Wenpin's troops paid nearly 500 casualties during the march. Fortunately, it was winter now, and they avoided one of the most feared things in Jiaozhou - miasma, otherwise the number of casualties would be more likely to double.

Obviously, he did not expect that the "enemy army" would circumvent, and the prefect Yu Lin was unprepared for the sudden appearance of Wen Pin's army. There were only a few 2,000 guards in the city, and their combat power was extremely weak.

Faced with Wen Pin's ultimatum, Yu Lin prefect wisely chose to surrender.

Yu Lin's loss means that Shi Xie's retreat was completely cut off.

The entire Jiaozhou was cut into two pieces by Wenpin's troops. On one side was the Nanhai County, which had gathered heavy troops but had no retreat, and on the other side were Yulin, Hepu, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Sunnan counties with vast territory. (Note: Jiaozhi,

Jiuzhen, the three counties of Sunan, are already in Vietnam today)
Chapter completed!