Chapter 1153 Chasing on the pole to surrender
The soldiers and horses under Jia Cheng were all afraid of death. No one knew what Jia Cheng was trying to do. Just Zhang Wucheng's soldiers and horses would go out of the city to pursue them. Wouldn't that be in vain?
Therefore, Jia Cheng could not take everyone in Zhangwu City away. Many people ran away secretly on the way. When they left the city, they were still a huge group of people, but they didn't go far, and only a few people were left.
The evacuation speed of the Xiaoqi Camp is relatively slow, otherwise Jia Cheng would probably not even be able to smell the fart at the speed of the Xiaoqi Camp.
Wen Qin heard the news that Zhang Wucheng opened the city gate and sent pursuers, and couldn't help but sneer. Such a strange guard is so brave. Even the little defender in Zhang Wucheng dared to come and pick up the tiger beards of the Xiaoqi Camp. Isn't this a birthday boy hanging himself - he is too old to be long-lasting?
Wen Qin simply stopped. This strange thing happened every year, but this year it was many. He wanted to see with his own eyes what the guards of Zhangwu City were preparing to do.
Jia Cheng quickly caught up with the Xiaoqi Camp. In fact, it was not the one he caught up with. The Xiaoqi Camp stood there waiting for him. Looking at the scattered army of Zhangwu City, the cavalry showed confusing eyes one by one. Just a few soldiers were not enough to be blocked between the Xiaoqi Camp. They dared to chase him. Do they really think they were Lu Bu again?
As soon as Jia Cheng arrived near the cavalry camp, he rolled his saddle and fell off his horse, knelt on the ground, and bowed to the ground, saying, "Jia Cheng, the magistrate of Zhangwu, kowtowed to the general, admired the general's power, Jia Cheng was willing to lead Zhangwu's people to surrender, and ask the general to take care of it."
The cavalry suddenly realized that they were not pursuing, but surrendering. This was quite strange. Generally, surrenderers on the battlefield were forced to surrender after losing the battle and did not want to lose their lives.
The Knight Camp did not launch any offensive against Zhangwu City, and did not use other siege methods. At this moment, the Knight Camp was retreating, and Zhangwu City was completely safe, but Jia Cheng chased and surrendered, which was really incredible.
The people brought by Jia Cheng were also confused. At this time, they understood Jia Cheng's intention. It turned out that Jia Cheng brought them here was not a war, but an initiative to surrender to the Bingzhou army. So they all knelt on the ground one by one, and Hulala fell to a large area.
Wen Qin smiled slightly and ordered someone to bring Jia Cheng to him, saying, "I am the general of the cavalry, Wen Qin. County Magistrate Jia is so wise and asks to surrender. If all the officials in the world are like County Magistrate Jia, why worry about Sima's rebels being destroyed."
Jia Cheng was very happy to see Wen Qin accepting his request for surrender. This is probably the only way for him to save his life. He stayed in Zhangwu and had no choice but to surrender to the Bingzhou Army. No matter what his career was, at least his life would be saved.
Of course, Wen Qin also knew what he was fighting. Under normal circumstances, the guards would not surrender. After all, they were not threatened. But Jia Cheng's situation was special. It was because he ruined more than 20,000 Youzhou Army. In order to avoid the court holding him accountable, surrendering to the Bingzhou Army seemed to have become his only choice.
Speaking of which, Jia Cheng still made some contributions in this battle, and Wen Qin would report this to Cao Liang. As for how Jia Cheng dealt with it in the end, Cao Liang will decide.
After Jia Cheng surrendered, he took the initiative to ask Wen Qin to send someone to take over Zhangwucheng, but Wen Qin ignored it and ordered the army to continue traveling north and return to Youzhou.
At this time, Cao Liang also arrived at Linyu Pass. After conquering Liucheng, Cao Liang's next goal was to directly attack Liaodong. However, after Wei Guan and Wang Qi abandoned Linyu Pass and fled, Cao Liang immediately suspended his plan to march to Liaodong. He first sent the Light Cavalry Cavalry south to pursue thousands of miles, and would never give Wei Guan and Wang Qi a chance to escape back to Jizhou.
In addition, Cao Liang also set off to return to Linyu Pass. As for the other troops, they temporarily stayed in Liucheng, waiting for the next order.
After all, Liaodong still needs to be obtained, but now the situation has undergone fundamental changes. How to obtain Liaodong will have some new variables.
Huan Fan suggested that Cao Liang did not need to send troops, but only sent a few envoys to the Liaodong counties one by one. There was no need to go to Changli County. The prefect of Changli Chen Ji had surrendered and surrendered to Bingzhou, and he could also play a good role as a good example. Chen Ji had already shown his own initiative that he had a good personal relationship with several other prefects in Liaodong, so he could write to them and let them surrender.
It is naturally the best strategy to defeat others without fighting. In fact, after the Battle of Liucheng, the problem of Liaodong was no longer a problem. Wei Guan and Wang Qi gathered heavy troops at Linyu Pass and took a gamble, betting on it, believing that defending Linyu Pass was equivalent to defending Liaodong.
But after Liucheng was lost, Wei Guan and Wang Qi's plan completely went bankrupt, and Linyu Pass, which was heavily defended, eventually became useless and had no value. Wei Guan and Wang Qi's leading the army to flee south means that they completely gave up Youzhou and counties with only a few thousand troops in Liaodong counties. How could they fight?
In addition to Changli County, there are only four counties left in Liaodong: Xuantu, Liaodong, Lelang, and Daofang. Although Liaodong is vast, it has a sparse population. One county may not even have a population in a county in the Central Plains. In this case, just by recruiting surrender and appeasement, you can easily capture Liaodong. Why do you need to work hard to expedition and consume military, horse, money and food?
Cao Liang quickly accepted Huan Fan's suggestion and decided to temporarily postpone the dispatch of troops to Liaodong. Instead, he sent four special envoys to the four counties of Liaodong with letters to recruit surrender.
Those who know the times are heroes. I believe that the four prefects in Liaodong can see the situation clearly and no longer make unnecessary struggles. After all, Cao Liang also learned that the prefects in Liaodong were all newly appointed after Wei Guan became the governor of Youzhou. The original prefect of Xuantu, Wang Qi, had already become the governor of Youzhou. The former prefect of Lelang, Gong Zun and Liu Mao, the prefect of Daofang, were later changed to the prefects of Yuyang and Youbeiping County, and both of them were also killed in battle.
The current prefects of Liaodong have almost changed new people. They have a shallow foundation in Liaodong and have almost no soldiers to defend. More importantly, they are not considered direct confidants of the Sima family, which obviously created conditions for peaceful acceptance of Liaodong.
As long as Cao Liang promised him enough preferential conditions, there would be no problem in taking Liaodong without bloodshed. Therefore, Cao Liang left Huan Fan in Liucheng, fully responsible for the surrender of Liaodong. Moreover, Yueqi Camp and Tunqi Camp temporarily stayed in Liucheng, which was enough to form a powerful deterrent. If the prefect was really unaware, only the Bingzhou cavalry could easily sweep Liaodong as soon as it was launched.
Cao Liang set off and returned to Youzhou. As soon as he arrived at Linyu Pass, he received good news from the front line of the Knight Camp.
Chapter completed!