Chapter 3541 Information and Land

Surrendered, but not completely surrendered.

Occupation, but not completely occupied.

The above is the general situation...

When Wei Yan's flag was high from Yi Jing all the way north, people like Ren Cheng were a minority after all, and most county officials chose to surrender.

If it were earlier, before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, perhaps the officials in these places would not have chosen to surrender so easily. However, at present, with the credit system of the Han Dynasty and the collapse of the official order, the mentality, strategic choices, and specific behaviors of local officials naturally changed.

In a sense, human society is a group product, and a few people must exercise leadership on behalf of the majority. Complete and complete freedom is equivalent to chaos. From a tribe to a state is a natural evolution, but similarly, when imperial power depends on ideals, the connection between the central and local governments will be severely broken.

At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, local landlords and gentry, the great clan Gao family, used their support for Liu Xiu to gain political privileges, formed a supporter of local governance in legal terms, and was also the defender of the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, political corruption, fierce party struggles, and under the dual pressure of chaos inside and outside the Western Qiang and Yellow Turbans, the trust and dependence of officials and gentry on the court gradually collapsed.

Under such circumstances, ensuring one's own local interests and privileges became the choice of these gentry gentry and local officials. The survival of the country is no longer the focus of their attention, but their own family interests and local stability.

The combined forces of Wei Yan and Yan Rou could not control the prefectures, counties and counties that passed by. Moreover, Yan Rou's cavalry ranks are not large, and it is not suitable for attacking. In this case, if it is just in Yijing, there may not be much problem in defense, but it is inevitable that it will be difficult to attack Jizhou.

If it was someone else, it was likely that Zhao Yun would wait for the Northern Region troops to go south before cooperating, but Wei Yan couldn't sit still, especially after receiving the news that Zhao Yun had won the Liaodong Victory, he was even more hungry.

This time, Wei Yan went north to attack other counties in Youzhou, showing that he seemed to be in contact with Zhao Yun, but in fact most of his attention was still focused on the south and investigated the movements in the direction of Jizhou behind him.

However, Wei Yan did not expect that when he marched into the southern part of Youzhou, the counties bordering Jizhou had no resistance at all. He only saw some soldiers of Cao's army, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately fled in all directions.

"What's the use of such a city, no matter how many people there are?" Yan Rou sat down, picking the meat from a cow bone with a knife, and said slowly, "And I think these guys will definitely betray us in the future."

"No, no, you were wrong." Wei Yan shook his head seriously, and suddenly smiled when Yan Rou was stunned, "They are betraying us now!"

Yan Rou paused with her hands cutting the ox bones, "Then why didn't they all kill them..."

Wei Yan laughed.

Yan Rou couldn't get the answer from Wei Yan, but she didn't care too much, "You Han people are too complicated, I still want to go back to the grassland... After fighting this battle, I'm ready to leave..."

Wei Yan glanced at Yan Rou and said nothing.

Perhaps in the past few years, Wei Yan would have chosen to kill people. However, as he grew older and his experience grew, his vision also slightly improved under the report of the martial arts lecture hall.

For a small-scale population like a tribe or a village, whether there is a leader or an official management agency, the problem is not very big. Because in such a population environment, most of them will be recognized and even related to blood. Even if there is any conflict, it will be resolved under the reconciliation of elders.

But as the population grows, people's hearts disperse.

If there is still an official to suppress it, it will be a little more restrained.

If you don’t even have an official agency, you want to rely solely on people’s autonomy...

Especially in this kind of war-torn environment, everyone is in danger, there is no guarantee that something will happen.

Of course, the most critical issue is not these, nor is Wei Yan’s lack of manpower, but the people in Shandong are “habits”.

If Wei Yan killed these officials, there would be people who would express their sympathy and regret for these officials!

After all, it is not easy to be an official, after all, "the dead are the most important", isn't it?

Therefore, when the people have not established a certain concept of right and wrong, or have not yet realized the differences caused by the differences in the comparison system, most of them will be trapped in the information cocoon without knowing it.

And Wei Yan now has the ability and time to break the information cocoon of the people in the south and north of Hebei?

Obviously impossible.

So it's better to keep it.

Anyway, Wei Yan was not interested in occupying these territories, and he had no idea when the people in these places could change their ideas. He was just more concerned about whether Cao's army would send reinforcements...

"The guy from Jizhou may not dare to come, but Cao Chun and Cao Zi are... Hehe!" Wei Yan smiled, "I don't believe it, can this guy stand it?"

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The news that Wei Yan sent troops north was conveyed to Jizhou.

It was also passed on to Cao Chun.

Cao Chun is currently stationed near Quanzhou near northern Jizhou.

To the north of Quanzhou is Yongnu County, and to the south of Quanzhou is Tianjin in later generations. However, the coastal mud and sand accumulation in the Han Dynasty is not so much, so the coastline should be closer to inland.

There is a big zodiac here and abundant water and grass. Cao Chun is here to reorganize the team, restore training, rebuild the structure, and boost morale.

Now, the war between Fei Qian and Cao Cao is at its last moment and is also the most dangerous situation.

Once it fails, it will be doomed.

As part of Cao Cao's overall strategy implementation, Cao Chun feels that he has to bear a great part of the responsibility.

He can still vaguely smell the blood and fire.

Flee from Youzhou and fled south in a hurry with his remaining troops.

Cao Chun, who once despised everything in Youzhou, was now staring at the direction of Yanshan in the embarrassing small county town of Quanzhou, and fell into deep regret and struggle. His escape was not only a continuation of military defeat, but also a profound question of his heart, authority, and desire.

If you can win in the battle in Beimo...

The current situation is definitely not what it is now.

The collapse from arrogance to fear seems to be just a moment.

Is Zhao Yun powerful?

Are the soldiers and horses in the Northern Territory strong?

Can those Hu cavalry who were entrusted with "high expectations" by Cao Chun really take on great responsibilities?

Do the military academy generals stationed in various places really arrange according to their abilities, or do they use whoever they think is obedient and whoever gets close to them?

Before the fight started, Cao Chun was very confident.

This confidence comes from the "Information Cocoon".

In one's own world, one is always the boss, especially in Youzhou where Cao Chun can be said to be the same. Even if he always reminds himself, the so-called "destiny" narcotics will be born unknowingly.

When Zhao Yun and his men conquered Gubeikou like a storm, tore up the defense line set by Cao Chun with his "careful" and those almost idiot-like actions of the defenders along the way, Cao Chun realized that he had thought he had overestimated Zhao Yun and the Northern Region Army enough, but in fact he had overestimated himself and underestimated Zhao Yun.

Yuyang, Youzhou, Jixian, the once ambition turned into powder in blood and fire.

On the way to escape, Cao Chun burned supplies, even ignoring the fires that would affect the people. On the surface, it seemed to be to block and slow Zhao Yun's pursuit, but in fact it was Cao Chun who burned his ambitions in Youzhou. If he still had the idea of ​​being able to fight back in the short term, he would not use the fire to burn them all. After all, if he could fight back to Youzhou, he would still have to eat...

On the back of the fleeing horse, Cao Chun asked himself again and again, if he had been wary of the Hu people's rebellion, noticed the incompetence of the guards, and did not indulge the military academy's misconduct, then could this disaster be avoided?

He remembered Ju Shu, who once spoke very badly.

I also remembered Zhang He who was forced away by Xiahou and was also indirectly by him.

Everyone knows the hearts of the people and the morale of the army, and everyone knows the principles. They all speak one by one, but what about the end?

If there are some unexpected situations in the desert and the reasons for being caught off guard, then the successive defeats in Youzhou, Yanshan is a microcosm of Cao Chun’s own short-sightedness in politics and the people’s hearts.

Originally, Cao Chun wanted to retreat directly to Jizhou and regain his power, but after he fled Jixian, Yi Jing was cut off, so he had to change his original plan and change his way to Quanzhou.

However, Cao Chun had not realized that he was stationed in Quanzhou and did not retreat directly to Yecheng, but still did not have a clear understanding of himself. It was very simple. If he escaped directly to Yecheng, although the overall situation would strengthen Jizhou, that is, Cao Pi's subordinates, he also lost the remaining leadership of the troops.

However, Jizhou is no longer Cao Jun’s “ATM”.

After being continuously recruited by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, even the gentry with money and food would feel the pain.

However, this became a small bargaining chip that Cao Chun had been calculating.

Because Cao Chun knew what kind of virtue the Hu people had, he was waiting.

He can't control the Hu people, so what about Zhao Yun? The Hu people under Zhao Yun are far beyond Cao Chun!

If the gentry of Youzhou sacrificed the city and surrendered, and then the Hu people tortured the place for money, there would be a chance!

While in Quanzhou, Cao Chun still tried to find an opportunity to fight back from the Jedi. He sent a cavalry to gather the remaining troops everywhere, contact Jizhou, and sent his elite troops to serve as scouts, staring at the movements in Youzhou at all times...

Then, the "moment" that Cao Chun was waiting for finally arrived after Wei Yan's "added information" request for help!

Among these information, Cao Chun found what he wanted...

'Great!' Cao Chun shouted, 'Come and come!'

The guard quickly spread the map onto the table.

Cao Chun lay down, swept over little by little, and then settled somewhere.

『Yijing...Zhuo County...』

Cao Chun thought slowly and thought about it in his mind.

The news that was passed on to Jizhou and Cao Chun here was actually a little distorted.

The biggest problem has actually happened many times.

The decay and blurring that occurs in the process of information transmission is inevitable in this era.

Especially when facing one's own failure, it is extremely common to find excuses to escape from one's own sins...

"The thief army is five thousand, eight thousand? This one is actually tens of thousands? No, there are definitely not so many..." Cao Chun muttered and analyzed, "But there are at least three thousand... eating and drinking along the way... Haha, as expected...

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Among the intelligence information, many local gentry said that the money and food were taken by the cavalry.
To be continued...