In fact, the Jizhou Plain is indeed without any danger. What Liu Xie could do was to try to continue to go north along the Zhang River and fight against the Wuhuan and Xianbei people in the north as much as possible.

It was really crazy to go north and go completely in the hinterland of Jizhou, that is, to fight thousands of miles in the enemy-occupied area. However, wherever you go, you can see the city and the village, and you can almost never encounter resistance.

After all, this is the emperor, and he is the emperor who is known as 100,000 combat soldiers. The people of Jizhou spontaneously willing to be his auxiliary soldiers. He is the emperor who has won the hearts of the people in Jizhou.

Except for the county magistrate of Tangyang County who didn't know what was wrong in his mind and refused to open the city, Huang Zhong rushed directly to the city, took his life with one arrow, and then surrendered to the city.

The Feixiang, Zhengxian County, Nangong, Fucheng and other major counties along the way were all officials and gentry to welcome the king's army, and they carried a pot of juice to welcome the king's army. However, the way they passed was a little smoother than when they were in Bingzhou.

Moreover, since it was surrender, it actually recognized that Liu Xie had the power to kill and kill him. Although the Han army did not rob the people, the grain and treasury in the county were naturally taken at will. Even the powerful people along the way naturally had the obligation to assist, support the army, and follow the army to be auxiliary soldiers.

As Liu Xie went north, more and more people in Jizhou were willing to move their tribes south, hoping to get the protection of the emperor. Liu Xie ordered the young and strong to stay as auxiliary soldiers, help transport food and grass, build camps, etc., and the old and weak asked them to find Zhang Fei.

In order to ensure the safety of these elderly, weak, women and children, they were not allowed to be assigned households and civilians, and ordered Zhang Yan to be responsible for escorting troops, which delayed him a lot of time and strength.

As he went north and almost reached Nanpi, but he did not dare to leave again, Zhang Yan had to accept a fate similar to Zhang Fei and ordered him to lead a partial army to station in Xiu County. He actually did the work of Anping Prime Minister, responsible for managing the auxiliary troops to ensure the safety of Liu Xie's food routes, and at the same time organized the settlement of Jizhou refugees who were about to flee south and sent them to see Zhang Fei.

Liu Xie himself was already at the city of Nanpi. Faced with this place that could barely be regarded as Yuan Shao's old nest, he actually went down, and ordered the soldiers to rest and renovate the troops in the city and prepare to fight Hu Kui.

Because further north is the Hutuo River, it is barely considered a big river as a natural danger, which is just right to stop the Hu army from moving south. What's more important is that the Zhang River is here. Going up, the Zhang River flows along with the Hutuo River and the Haihe River into the sea. Without the convenience of the Zhang River, his own food and grass transportation cannot be guaranteed.

So far, Liu Xie's original 80,000 troops were distributed to Zhang Fei, 10,000, Zhang Xiu, and 10,000, and Zhang Yan, and now he has only 30,000 people left.

As for how many Hu soldiers would go south from the Wuhuan and Xianbei, I honestly don’t know this, but if they really came out in full swing, I’m afraid there would be another army of 200,000. Liu Xie only had 30,000 people, but he played himself in a relatively dangerous situation.

In addition, in fact, it was not just Liu Xie who used Zhang River as the grain channel. Yuan Shao's trip to Guandu also went south along the Zhang River. That is to say, at this time, Liu Xie and Yuan Shao were sharing the same Zhang River and the same grain channel. At this time, only Zhang Xiu was guarding this grain channel under Yecheng City.

In other words, Shen Pei, who originally had to face the emperor's army of 80,000, now his opponent has become Zhang Xiu, who has only 30,000 soldiers left. As long as Zhang Xiu is overcome, Yuan Shao's predicament in Liyang can be solved. On the contrary, if the emperor in Nanpi insists on not plundering, he will be in danger of starvation.

Therefore, in Yecheng at this time, Shen Pei was quite embarrassed in the face of Yuan Shang's request for troops.

"Young Master, I think it's really inappropriate to send troops now."

"Why is it inappropriate? The enemy is a long-standing army, and the number of people is equivalent to that of our Yecheng defenders. We fight on the city, occupying all the right time, place, and people. How is it inappropriate to be able to decide the outcome of this battle?"

"Our soldiers are all ordinary county soldiers, most of them are temporarily recruited and strong men. It is still acceptable to defend the city. How can we still fight against Zhang Xiu's elite troops? As for Renhe, young master, the emperor went north to stop Hu Jiao, who was summoned by the king. Do you really think that the people of Jizhou are in my heart?"

Yuan Shang was silent for a moment when he heard this, but asked, "Zhengnan thought that the Wuhuan people and the Xianbei people could defeat Liu Xie?"

"It's almost impossible. Hu Ji is unreliable at all. How could he fight the emperor to death for us? Alas!"

"Then do you think my father can defeat Cao Cao before the food and grass run out?"

Shen Pei was silent when he heard this.

"It's almost impossible, right? In other words, what I, Da Zhao, is facing now, is a desperate situation. In comparison, when we fight Zhang Xiu, the chance of winning is much higher than that of my father's chance of winning against Cao Cao, right?

I also know that the people of Jizhou are already in Han and not in Zhao. However, in Yecheng, in addition to grain and grain, there are still countless silver, money and cloth. If we send them all to the soldiers, can't we inspire morale? If we just sit in the city like this, we will be truly waiting to die!"

When Shen Pei heard this, he was silent again.

"Did Zhengnan want to give up me and surrender to the Han Dynasty?"

"I……"

Shen Pei opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't express her heartfelt words.

Seeing this, Yuan Shang simply pulled out his sword and delivered the sword to Shen Pei in front of the civil and military officials on the city. He said, "I know that Zhengnan is a local gentry in Wei County, and must be quite dissatisfied with my father's lead in the south. If Zhengnan really wants to surrender to the Han Dynasty, I will not stop you. You might as well take the head of my neck now. If you know each other for a while, I will give you a wealth and honor with your life. If you don't want to surrender to the Han Dynasty, please use your sword to consolidate the army and go out of the city to kill the thieves!"

When Shen Pei heard this, he was silent again. After a while, he said, "Please borrow a step to speak."

Yuan Shang nodded and brought Shen Pei to the secret room. However, when Shen Pei suddenly knelt down to Yuan Shang with great gifts, he said, "What I advise now is all great rebellious words. If the young master is not happy, he can kill me to reorganize the morale of the army."

"What is Zhengnan doing? You and I are called kings and ministers, but actually close friends. Even if I die, I will never kill Zhengnan. Is there any traitor between you and me that I cannot say?"

"In this way, I will say that I think the defeat of the king is a foregone conclusion and cannot be remedied anyway. With the newly recruited county soldiers in Yecheng, the elite troops led by Zhang Xiu in the field battle were actually hitting stones with eggs, and the winning rate was definitely more than 20%. However, the defeat of the king is not the defeat of the prince. The king has no chance, but you, you have it!"

When Yuan Shang heard this, he was dumbfounded and stood on the spot.

"As the lord of Jizhou, the king led Hu to the south. This move is no longer worthy of being the lord. As a scholar in Wei County, I am a person who is a member of Wei County and even millions of people in Jizhou, I beg the young master to make trouble and refuse to be punished. The king will not come back. Please ask the young master to succeed the lord of Jizhou!"

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