Chapter 626

For Ju Shou.

Since he had already made up his mind to plunder the common people, he naturally had to cut weeds and dig up roots, leaving nothing behind!

Immediately after.

With Ju Shou leading the team personally.

Every village that appeared in his field of vision.

Was completely looted, becoming a land of deathly silence.

Relying on his powerful plundering ability, Ju Shou led these fifty thousand soldiers back to Zhending City near Changshan Commandery in Jizhou.

At the same time.

Gu Yi also led his army south back to Shangdang Commandery.

It wasn't that he didn't want to pursue the victory.

It was that the water level of the Yellow River had changed.

If he continued to attack Jizhou south along the original road.

I'm afraid the soldiers would not only fail to catch up to Ju Shou.

But would also be affected by the Yellow River's water level.

Simply put, Gu Yi changed his route, switching to advancing into central Jizhou from the direction of Shangdang in Bingzhou.

Of course, before officially advancing into Jizhou, they needed to rest and reorganize.

Since the war began, the grain and supplies under Gu Yi's command had also been consumed rapidly.

However.

Old Dong and Li Ru, who were sitting in Chang'an, already knew the situation at the front and were quickly preparing a large batch of grain and sending soldiers to transport it over.

Before this batch of grain arrived, Gu Yi and his soldiers could just take a period of rest.

Anyway, the main force under Yuan Shao had already been wiped out.

Even if Ju Shou exhausted all the foundations of the Jizhou aristocratic families, the troops he could gather would definitely not exceed one hundred thousand.

Therefore.

Compared to cleaning up Yuan Shao and Ju Shou.

Gu Yi was more concerned about Poor Huchuquan and the Southern Xiongnu.

The Xianbei of the Monan grasslands had already declared their demise.

After this battle, the Wuhuan of Youzhou had also lost the Wuhuan King Ta Dun and one hundred thousand troops, making them unable to form a climate.

In the future, after Gu Yi took Jizhou, he could just sweep away the Wuhuan while attacking Youzhou.

As for the Heishan bandits.

Whether Zhang Yan was dead or alive was unknown.

The second-in-command, Yu Du, had indeed died under Gao Shun's weapon.

The remaining portion of the Heishan bandits in the Taihang Mountains were mostly just the old, weak, sick, and disabled, not worth fearing.

That is to say.

Of the five-way allied forces, only Poor Huchuquan, who had left the main body of the allied forces and chosen to attack Yanmen Commandery in Bingzhou alone, was still jumping around.

But as for Yanmen Commandery, Gu Yi had long ago arranged for the combination of Zhang Liao and Seeing Xun You, along with fifty thousand elite soldiers, to go and defend it.

With Zhang Liao's command ability.

Plus Seeing Xun You's strategy.

Finishing off Poor Huchuquan would not be a difficult task.

This saved Gu Yi a lot of worry.

Given his trust in the abilities of these two, Gu Yi felt there was no need to add extra troops to Yanmen.

Of course.

After defeating Poor Huchuquan, the Southern Xiongnu royal court would certainly still need to be destroyed.

But the grassland was truly too large.

How to incorporate the grasslands occupied by the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei into his territory was a matter Gu Yi needed to focus on in the coming period.

Several days later.

In the Taihang Mountains.

Limping and stumbling, Zhang Yan, under the protection of several personal guards, returned to the lair he had occupied for several years.

This heavy rain ruined Zhang Yan's dream of college—bah, no.

This flood ruined all of Zhang Yan's ambitions.

As Zhang Yan, who had once occupied the Taihang Mountains for decades and even held the title of the world's strongest mountain bandit.

Now, he could only helplessly accept the fact of his defeat.

The fifty thousand Heishan bandits were almost completely wiped out.

Although in the Taihang Mountains, one could still squeeze and gather some soldiers capable of fighting,

but relying on this group of old, weak, sick, and disabled, how could they block the elite army under Gu Yi?

Now that things had reached this point, Zhang Yan had also seen through it.

Everything was just Gu Yi's strategy.

Feigning weakness was precisely to lure them into the trap.

Zhang Yan would never forget the moment the surging Yellow River water rushed toward him.

Death was like descending from the sky, tightly gripping his throat.

Being an enemy of Gu Yi?

It was nothing more than courting death!

This was Zhang Yan's thought after his defeat.

He gave up.

In order to survive and to let as many Heishan bandits as possible live, Zhang Yan intended to take the remaining Heishan bandits in the Taihang Mountains and surrender to Gu Yi.

Although Zhang Yan was now seriously injured and limping.

His prestige among the Heishan bandits was by no means comparable to other leaders.

Soon.

From top to bottom, the Heishan bandits all accepted Zhang Yan's proposal to surrender.

However.

Just as Zhang Yan intended to go to Shangdang in person to surrender to Gu Yi.

Ta Dun sought him out.

Yes, Ta Dun had not died either.

But he was also seriously injured.

The Wuhuan soldiers following him numbered only a dozen or so.

In order to recover from his injuries, Ta Dun had no choice but to come to the Heishan bandits to find Zhang Yan.

Poor Ta Dun, he had ultimately only learned the superficial aspects of Han culture.

He hadn't figured it out.

True danger often exists right by one's side.

If he had tens of thousands of Wuhuan iron cavalry by his side, Zhang Yan would certainly welcome him with a smiling face, because he couldn't afford to provoke him.

But now, he only had a dozen guards by his side.

Encountering Zhang Yan, who already intended to surrender to Gu Yi, what good fruit could Ta Dun possibly expect?

Soon.

Under the effect of a bottle of knockout drops.

Ta Dun fell into a deep sleep.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already tied up like a zongzi by Zhang Yan, ready to be taken to Shangdang Commandery in Bingzhou.

"Zhang Yan! What are you doing?"

"Aren't we allies?"

"We are allies! Do you, this scoundrel, know what the two words 'ally' mean?" ===== CHAPTER 627 =====