Chapter 678

If you two don't surrender and want to achieve so-called fame.

Very well, I can fulfill your wish.

But after I defeat Cao Cao, the families behind you two will definitely suffer!

Man Chong was better off; his family wasn't considered large, with only that many people in total.

But what about Li Dian?

The family behind him had a total of over four thousand people!

Yes, there really were that many people.

Relevant records are also mentioned in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.

The Li family could be considered the largest shareholder when Cao Cao raised his army, besides the clan families like the Cao and Xia Hou families.

In addition, when Lu Bu attacked Puyang, the Li family assisted Xun Yu and Cheng Yu in defending Yanzhou and also made great contributions.

Therefore.

Even if Li Dian didn't consider himself, he had to consider the family behind him.

In the end.

Man Chong and Li Dian both chose to surrender.

If it were the two of them in the original history, I'm afraid the word "surrender" wouldn't even appear in their dictionary.

But it's a pity.

The current Cao Cao, although his power had expanded somewhat, compared to Gu Yi, could not see any hope of victory.

Gu Yi was still patient with the three prisoners from the Cao camp.

But Gu Yi didn't have a good temper for Su Puyan, the temporarily appointed Wuhuan King.

Under Gu Yi's signal.

The "sunny big boy" Xu Sheng, holding an ancient ingot saber, cut off Su Puyan's head.

Although the Wuhuan had not yet been annihilated at this moment.

But the Wuhuan, having lost two great kings, Ta Dun and Su Puyan, in succession, probably wouldn't even need Gu Yi to deal with them.

They would soon fall into chaos within themselves.

The last prisoner, Yan Rou, wanted to surrender, but Gu Yi didn't want him.

Yan Rou was a man of the pseudo-emperor Liu He.

And Gu Yi represented the orthodox Han imperial court.

No matter from which angle one considered it, it was impossible for Gu Yi to accept the civil and military officials under Liu He.

Of course, if they were exceptionally capable, that could be discussed separately.

But it was clear that under Liu He's command, they were almost all straw-filled bags.

This Yan Rou might already be considered the most capable existence.

But if placed on Gu Yi's side, he was still "common goods" that couldn't be put on the table.

……

The game between the high-level figures had little to do with the soldiers at the bottom.

Almost over ninety-eight percent of those captured soldiers chose to surrender.

However.

According to Gu Yi's standards, not everyone was suitable to remain in the army.

Therefore.

Most of the soldiers who surrendered were rearranged by Gu Yi to become garrison troops.

Or some other work.

Of course, that portion of Wuhuan soldiers who surrendered became excellent coolies.

Although the Wuhuan didn't live on the grasslands, they could be considered one of the authentic nomadic peoples.

In terms of intelligence, they might not be as good as the Han people.

But in terms of strength, as long as they had a meal to eat and didn't starve to death, that was enough.

After settling these surrendered soldiers.

Gu Yi officially led his army to enter Ye City.

As for the commanderies and counties around Ye City, such as Zhao Jun, Zhongshan Jun, and Guangping Jun.

Upon learning the news that Ye City had surrendered, they soon gave up resistance and voluntarily opened their gates to surrender.

In the entire Jizhou, only Bohai Jun and other places had not yet surrendered to Gu Yi.

And the reason why Bohai Jun and other places did not surrender was because Yuan Shao and others had moved in there.

Gu Yi felt slightly surprised by Yuan Shao's behavior of abandoning Ju Shou and the Jizhou aristocratic families, and giving up Ye City.

If one followed the trajectory of the original history.

Yuan Shao might not be a person with this kind of character.

But now, due to Gu Yi's existence, Yuan Shao had never become the number one warlord in the world from beginning to end.

On the contrary, ever since the first coalition of warlords against Dong Zhuo ended, he had been suffering setbacks.

Under the stimulation of such an external environment.

Yuan Shao's character naturally couldn't be like it was in the original history.

However.

At this moment, Yuan Shao.

Although he had fled to Bohai Jun, the usable troops in his hands did not exceed fifty thousand.

Even if the military strength of those few commanderies in Youzhou were added, it was still vulnerable.

As for the generals, it was even more pathetic.

The current situation was equivalent to the Henan aristocratic families of the Yuan camp having all defected to Gu Yi.

The Hebei aristocratic families of the Yuan camp were nearly wiped out.

The only general in Yuan Shao's hands capable of a battle was Yan Liang.

Of course.

Yuan Shao couldn't fail to realize the crisis.

Therefore, he would definitely request reinforcements from Cao Cao.

When the lips are gone, the teeth are cold.

When the nest is overturned, are there any intact eggs?

For Yuan Shao, the moment of life and death was approaching.

But for Cao Cao, once Yuan Shao was defeated, his days would definitely become quite difficult as well.

However.

For Gu Yi, he was not in a hurry to conquer Bohai and Youzhou.

Firstly, because this northern expedition had basically exhausted the grain and fodder.

Originally, Gu Yi had planned to take over all the grain and fodder of Ju Shou and the others after conquering Jizhou.

But he didn't expect that after repeated tossing, Ju Shou and the other Jizhou aristocratic families didn't have much surplus grain left either.

The granaries in Ye City were already empty.

If he continued to attack Bohai Jun, which was close to Youzhou, I'm afraid it would become extremely hasty.

Secondly, Gu Yi intended to first digest and absorb the vast territory he had conquered in this northern expedition.

In addition to two-thirds of Jizhou.

The Linhu Grassland occupied by the Southern Xiongnu.

And the Monan Grassland occupied by the Xianbei.

After this battle, they had become Gu Yi's possessions.

One must never underestimate these two grasslands.

If one only spoke of land area, these two grasslands combined were even larger than three Jizhous.

However, the utilization rate was not very high.

The two major grassland peoples, the Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu, although they had experienced some Sinicization.

But in the final analysis, they still lived by nomadic methods during this period.

Regarding the utilization of the grasslands, they generally only had these two: raising cattle and herding sheep. ===== CHAPTER 679 =====