Chapter 250

In the entire Xuzhou territory, only seventy thousand troops were left for Cheng Yu and Zhao Yun, along with warriors like Zang Ba and Sun Guan!

Could they block the sneak attack of Yuan Gonglu's one hundred thousand plus troops?

Lin Yang was not sure!

He had to resolve the war in Qingzhou as quickly as possible and return!

Xuzhou was not Jizhou!

Yuan Benchu occupied Bingzhou and Jizhou, with nearly three hundred thousand troops under his command!

Eighty thousand troops came to Qingzhou, and there were still over one hundred thousand troops in Jizhou to block Gongsun Zan!

And Lin Yang only had so many troops!

With eighty thousand troops in Qingzhou, Xuzhou might not be able to hold!

And this was just Yuan Gonglu!

If Sun Wentai of Yangzhou and Cao Mengde of Yanzhou both came to attack!

Lin Yang would have been finished long ago!

This was why Lin Yang had a special fondness for Yangzhou!

With Yangzhou as a foothold!

Xuzhou would change from a land of four battles to a land of three battles, and the crisis would be smaller!

"Report, my lord, news from Beihai Commandery: Beihai Governor Kong Rong is willing to surrender, and his fifteen thousand soldiers have all defected to my lord!"

Just then, the latest news from Beihai Commandery came from outside the camp!

Hearing that Kong Rong had surrendered, a smile appeared on Lin Yang's face!

This time he had gotten his hands on the two commanderies of Qingzhou!

And!

He had also gained a Kong Rong, as well as the fifteen thousand troops under his command!

"Order Taishi Ziyi to have Chen Yuanlong lead ten thousand troops to garrison Beihai Commandery, while he leads Kong Rong and the others to withdraw!"

Since Kong Rong had surrendered, Lin Yang naturally would not let him continue to hold his post in Qingzhou!

He could give him a position in his Xuzhou seat!

Specifically!

He would need to discuss it with Gu Yong, Cheng Yu, and others after returning!

The soldiers under his command would be left with ten thousand troops to guard for now, waiting for Huang Zhong to go and reorganize them!

"Hansheng, now that Beihai Commandery has been taken, I will leave these two commanderies of Qingzhou to you!"

Looking at Huang Zhong in the field, the reason he brought Huang Zhong this time was because Lin Yang wanted to leave Huang Zhong to guard Beihai and Donglai!

This was also a move of necessity!

Lin Yang truly had no other general capable of leading an army alone besides Huang Zhong!

Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun, although they had potential!

Were ultimately too young!

Martial arts and leading a great army to garrison a place were completely different things!

In Lin Yang's view, Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci still needed tempering!

The only one left was Huang Zhong!

Huang Zhong was already an old general in the army, had suppressed the Huang Jin, and had garrisoned a commandery!

He reckoned there would be no problem holding the two commanderies of Qingzhou!

"My lord, rest assured, I will swear to hold Qingzhou for you!"

Entrusting two commanderies, such a heavy responsibility, moved Huang Zhong's heart!

This was the existence of commanding the troops of two commanderies and controlling a region!

"Hansheng, you don't have to be like that; this time I will leave fifty thousand troops for you to garrison the two commanderies!"

"Hansheng can oversee all matters of the two commanderies and handle military affairs independently!"

If he wanted someone to sit in command, Lin Yang had to delegate power!

Otherwise, if something happened in Qingzhou, Huang Zhong would still need to send someone to ask for instructions; wouldn't that be setting him up for failure!

"For military affairs, I have sent Chen Yuanlong to you; this person has strategy, and if Hansheng encounters any indecisive matters, you can discuss them with him!"

Currently, his strategists were limited, and the only one Lin Yang could send was Chen Yuanlong!

Cheng Yu needed to sit in Xuzhou City to coordinate all matters of Xuzhou!

Chen Gui, Mi Zhu, and others needed to assist from the side and handle political affairs!

Gu Yong and Guo Jia were still useful to Lin Yang and could not be transferred!

There were truly no other strategists left!

Lin Yang should go to Yangzhou to recruit a batch of civil officials and military generals!

Otherwise!

As his territory grew larger, he wouldn't have enough people!

Talent capable of sitting in command of a region alone was extremely scarce!

"My lord, rest assured, with these fifty thousand troops, if Yuan Benchu's one hundred thousand flank troops come, I will swallow them for my lord; if his entire Jizhou army comes, I will block them for my lord!"

Bowing heavily, the domineering aura on Huang Zhong made Lin Yang stare in a daze!

Why did these words feel so familiar!

"Good, with Hansheng's words, I can rest easy!"

Holding Huang Zhong's hand, Lin Yang comforted him and then looked toward Xuzhou!

He hoped Guo Jia had guessed wrong!

Otherwise!

The next step would be another storm of blood!

Yuzhou, Pei Kingdom

"My lord, this Cao Mengde retreating to Yanzhou and giving us the two commanderies of Qingzhou is clearly trying to use our troops to block this Lin Ziyuan!"

In the commandery office of Pei Kingdom, Yan Xiang, beside Yuan Gonglu, frowned and said!

"For the sake of two commanderies, rashly dispatching troops to attack Xuzhou, is it a bit inappropriate!"

Yes!

Cao Mengde's letter was written to Yuan Gonglu!

To get Yuan Gonglu to dispatch troops to drag Lin Yang down, Cao Mengde waved his hand and handed over the two commanderies in Qingzhou that he had worked so hard to capture to Yuan Gonglu!

Such a move and ambition were not something an ordinary person could achieve!

Yuan Gonglu did not disappoint Cao Mengde!

Facing the temptation of two commanderies, he decisively dispatched troops!

"Hmph, this Lin Ziyuan of Xuzhou has led his army to Qingzhou; now that Xuzhou's military strength is weak, it is the perfect time for me to capture it!"

Yuan Gonglu looked at Xuzhou with displeasure!

Xuzhou was rich!

He had long wanted to occupy it!

If it weren't for Lin Yang rising while he was capturing Yuzhou and the Huai River region!

The position of master of Xuzhou would never have been his turn!

"My lord has just captured Jiujiang Commandery, and the soldiers are exhausted; another expedition might be insufficient!" Yan Xiang tried to dissuade him!

For Yuan Gonglu's move, Yan Xiang truly could not agree!

Now the warlords of the world were each developing!

He and the Chief Clerk Yang Hong had already planned Yuan Gonglu's future development!

Taking advantage of Cao Mengde, Lin Ziyuan, Yuan Benchu, and others all fighting in Qingzhou!

They should take this opportunity to capture Yangzhou!

Now that Yuan Gonglu occupied Yuzhou, once he captured Yangzhou, he could sit on two provinces of the world!

Relying on the richness of Yuzhou and Yangzhou, dispatching troops from both Yuzhou and Yangzhou to attack Jingzhou!

That way, Yuan Gonglu's path to hegemony would be achieved!

But!

Now Yuan Gonglu was leaving Yangzhou alone and coming to attack Xuzhou! ===== CHAPTER 251 =====