Mo Ran stayed in Liao Xi County and looked at the letters in his hands. These were the reports sent by the scouts he sent out. There were several important roads, but there was no movement from Yangzhou's army. Yangzhou's army originally wanted to break through Liaodong's defenses, but now, they were so quiet that it was scary.
It must be known that because of Yangzhou's army, Liaodong's army adopted a defensive posture. The entire city was fortified, even the common people outside the city were driven back into the city.
The consequence of this was that the consumption of food in the city was huge. The commoners needed to eat, so they didn't bring much food. Because of this, Mo Ran needed to feed the commoners. If the commoners had a house in the city, then they could live with their relatives. But if they didn't have a house, then Mo Ran couldn't just let them sleep on the streets. It would be fine for a day or two, but what if it rained? Liaodong wasn't like Jiangnan. In Jiangnan, people could survive for a few days without a house. But in Liaodong, the temperature at night could freeze people to death.
Therefore, Mo Ran and Mo Zihui had to arrange a place for the common people to live. Mo Ran was very busy.
But even so, Mo Zihui was still determined to sit down. This was because Yangzhou's army was eyeing them covetously. In order to defend Liao Xi County, Mo Ran was going all out. Although Yangzhou's army was elite, they didn't have the numbers. Therefore, no matter which city Yangzhou's army attacked, Mo Ran and Mo Zihui would take the opportunity to take Changyi County. This would make Yangzhou's army have no place to go back.
These were Mo Ran and Mo Zihui's plans.
But now, these plans didn't seem to have any effect.
This was because the letters sent by the scouts were superficial. There was no sign of Yangzhou's army. It can be said that Mo Ran's scouts were watching the important roads day and night. They didn't even let go of some small paths. They were afraid that Yangzhou's army would suddenly attack them.
If there was movement, then Mo Ran wouldn't be so uncomfortable. This kind of calm made Mo Ran feel uncomfortable.
He frowned, could it be? He thought that Yangzhou's army might have found some small paths that he didn't know about.
"Men!" Mo Ran ordered his subordinates to find more than a dozen people. These people had lived here for dozens of years, and even their ancestors had lived here for several generations. They definitely knew where the paths were, and how could they avoid them?
Sure enough, those old men didn't give way to Mo Ran. They really had several small paths. Although it would take a longer time, it was still possible to avoid the eyes of those scouts under Mo Ran.
"Go!" Mo Ran continued to increase the strength of the scouts, and also strictly guarded the few small paths.
But after a few days, there was still no movement at all.
Just as Mo Ran was feeling restless, a messenger came from the other side. Gave him a piece of shocking news.
"Reporting! General, up ahead, Changyi, Changyi has sent urgent information! " A guard ran over and stood in front of Mo Ran, handing over the letter in his hand.
"Quick, bring it over!" Wasn't Changyi County Town the headquarters of Yangzhou's troops and horses stationed there? Mo Ran already knew about the news there, so he must pass it on to him as soon as possible.
Immediately, the guard handed over the letter in his hand, and Mo Ran directly tore the letter open.
"What!" Mo Ran's eyes widened as he looked at the letter in his hand. It was simply impossible.
"This letter is really from Changyi?" Mo Ran sternly asked the guard over there.
The guard was stunned for a moment, but he still reported, "Yes, General, the date paste on the letter has not been opened yet!" “
Mo Ran saw that there were traces of him opening it just now. Other than that, there were no other traces.
"Pass my order, let Yue Peng and the others enter the hall for a discussion!" Mo Ran didn't dare to believe this letter.
"Yes!" The guard went out, and soon Yue Peng and the other generals under Mo Ran arrived.
"What, Yangzhou's troops actually withdrew from Changyi County Town?" Yue Peng also saw the letter. His first reaction was to not believe it, "Impossible, General, this must be a trick of Yangzhou's troops. They want us to lower our guard and then turn around to catch us off guard!"
Yue Peng's words made most of the generals nod in agreement. Yangzhou's army was like a hot knife cutting through butter. It can be said that Liaodong's generals had been defeated by Yangzhou's army. This time, it should be the time to pursue the victory and not just retreat. Yue Peng's words made most of the generals nod their heads.
A while ago, Yangzhou's troops did not move. They thought that they were waiting for reinforcements.
Things were abnormal, there must be something wrong.
Mo Ran also agreed with Yue Peng's analysis, but the information sent by the frontline could not be false. Everyone was saying that it was better for them to stay put and wait for the enemy's reaction. No matter where they came from, no matter what tricks they had, they should stay the same to deal with changes.
"General, if the general is not at ease, then in a few days, send someone to Changyi County Town to observe!"
"En!" Mo Ran also thought so.
… …
Outside Changyi County Town. Thousands of troops were there, marching in formation. At this time, they were not going to attack the hinterland of Liaoxi, but chose another direction to go to the port of Liaodong over there.
"Hey!" Ling Chao really couldn't bear to part with it. It wasn't easy to take down a city, but he had to give it away just like that.
"Yang Chen Daren, can you let us stay?" Ling Chao looked at Yang Chen and said, "I will certainly not disappoint Yang Chen Daren and the Lord!"
"Well, General Ling Chao, there will always be a battle for you to fight!" Yang Chen comforted him on the side. Ling Chao's troops were all southerners and could not ride horses. Now, Yang Chen needed troops to ride horses, so Ling Chao had to leave after boarding the troop ship, and there would be a troop to replace them.
It was impossible to leave Liaodong. Yangzhou's troops did not bring much provisions. When Mo Ran left Changyi County Town, he also burned it all. Although a lot was rescued, it was obviously not enough.
What's more, the Sovereign Class warship could not stay here anymore.
"Are we going to leave?" On the other side, Dongfang Ming and An Yixuan took a deep look at this familiar place. They also had to leave with the army. This time, they would not come back, at least not before the world was pacified. So both of them had a kind of emotion.
"Let's go, let's go!" An Yixuan waved and said.
"Yang Chen Daren, do you think they will chase us?" Ling Chao's deputy asked Yang Chen.
"Don't worry, Mo Zihui is very cautious. Such a person will not send troops!" An Yixuan shook his head and said.
"Let's leave a troop behind!" Retreat was not like attack, many things needed to be transported, such as the twelve or three thousand cannons, they needed to be escorted by a special person. Thousands of troops would also be very long, leaving a troop behind was very important.
"Let's go, wait for us to come back next time!"
… …
A few days passed in a flash, Mo Ran's scouts still did not have the slightest movement, the Yangzhou troops did not seem to exist.
Mo Ran couldn't help but say, "Come!"
"General, what are your orders?"
"How many warhorses are there in the army?" Mo Ran asked Yue Peng.
"General, our army has less than two thousand warhorses!" Liaodong was located in the north, there were pastures, but not all horses could be used as warhorses, so after Tuoba Hai's Liaodong cavalry was destroyed, the number of warhorses in Mo Ran's hands decreased a lot.
"Enough!" Mo Ran nodded, "Yue Peng, give me two thousand troops and follow me to Changyi County!"
"General, it's dangerous!" Yue Peng hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "General, we still don't know the movements of the Yangzhou troops, if we go rashly, will we be fooled by the Yangzhou troops?"
"No!" Mo Ran really couldn't sit still, no matter whether there was danger or not, he had to go. The Yangzhou troops were too strange, Mo Ran had been fighting for so many years, but he was finally taught a lesson. That thing that could make thunder, and that super warship that was so big.
So Mo Ran did not dare to wait dogmatically, how was Changyi County broken in the beginning?
"But!" Yue Peng was still not at ease with his general.
"Don't worry, I have warhorses in my hands, even if we are ambushed, we can still escape!" This time, Mo Ran wanted to bring two thousand cavalrymen, without the slightest bit of infantry, just in case, they could escape immediately.
"General, I will go with you!" Yue Peng was not at ease with Mo Zihui, he wanted to go with Mo Ran.
"If you go, who will be responsible for the matters in Liaoxi?" Mo Ran asked Yue Peng beside him. Yue Peng was indeed a good assistant, at least with him, Mo Ran did not have to deal with a lot of things himself.
"It's just a small matter, just instructing the county magistrate is enough, as for the army, they have their own generals, we don't need to worry about them!" Yue Peng waved his hand and said.
"Well, you go quickly and explain some things, then come with me!" Mo Ran still needed to explain the matters of the city defense.
"Yes!" Yue Peng's face was happy, he immediately went down, he had to hurry up.
"Go, go, go!" Mo Ran brought his 2000 cavalry from the hinterland of Liao Xi Prefecture towards Changyi County. Because of Mo Ran's cautiousness, they would advance for 50 li, retreat for 30 li, and then advance for another 50 li. They would go back and forth in order to avoid being ambushed. Although the distance wasn't long, they were still very tired.
"General, in front of us is Changyi County!" Yue Peng pointed at Changyi County and said to Mo Ran.
"En!" Mo Ran nodded, he naturally knew that it was Changyi County, they were driven out from there, so he was naturally familiar with it.
"General, let's go directly!" Yue Peng was also tired, most people could not bear going back and forth, the cavalrymen behind Yue Peng were also tired, each one of them was exhausted.
"No!" Mo Ran shook his head, "Yue Peng, did you notice a problem?"
"Problem?" Yue Peng was a little puzzled.
"Don't you think it's too quiet here?" The distant Changyi County looked like a dead city, it was so quiet that it was scary.
"En?" Yue Peng was reminded by Mo Ran and nodded, it really seemed like such a thing. "General, what about us?"
"Send someone to go and take a look!" Mo Ran said to Yue Peng.
Yue Peng nodded, and soon a scout was sent out. After waiting for half an hour, the scout came back with a strange face.
"So, how is Changyi County?"
"General, Changyi County's gate is wide open!"
"The gate is wide open? Could it be that they have an ambush? " Mo Ran thought of this point, "Yue Peng, immediately disperse the scouts, I want news within a hundred miles, report every incense stick's worth of time!"
"General, Changyi County is wide open, there is no one inside!" To be precise, there was no Yangzhou soldiers.
"What?" Mo Ran took his two thousand cavalrymen into Changyi County, Changyi County was desolate, the people were hiding in their homes, not daring to come out.
Mo Ran rode his horse on the official road of Changyi County, "Where are the Yangzhou soldiers?"
"General, I heard from the people that the Yangzhou soldiers had left a few days ago!" Yue Peng inquired and came back with news.
"Left?" Mo Ran was stunned for a moment, if the Yangzhou soldiers had left a few days ago, then the information he received was correct, the Yangzhou soldiers had retreated a long time ago?
"Impossible!" Mo Ran immediately shook his head, the enmity between the Yangzhou soldiers and Liaodong was not small, in order to curry favor with Cao Cao, the Eldest Young Master Gongsun Kang cheated the Yangzhou soldiers, more than ten thousand sets of armor and weapons, added up to a total of a million gold, how could Yangzhou swallow this, so this time the Yangzhou soldiers attacked.
Even if the Yangzhou soldiers destroyed Liaoxi County, it was not worth a million gold.
The Yangzhou soldiers had threatened to take Gongsun Kang's head. It was impossible for them to leave so easily.
"General, maybe they saw that they had won against us, so they left?" Yue Peng said carefully. The three famous generals of Liaodong, An Yixuan, Mo Ran, and Tuoba Hai had all lost. An Yixuan had surrendered and Tuoba Hai had died. Only Mo Ran was left. He had even lost the Eastern Suppression Army.
It could be said that the Liaodong army had made a fool of themselves. Yue Peng's guess was that the Yangzhou soldiers had vented their anger, so they left, in addition to Gongsun Du's attitude, the Yangzhou soldiers felt that it was not worth it, so they left.
"En?" Mo Ran frowned, Yue Peng's words were not unreasonable, could it be that the Yangzhou King Of Shu felt that he had vented his anger, so he left? Logically, this could be explained, but in his heart, Mo Ran did not think so.
After thinking for a long time, Mo Ran did not have the slightest clue, so he could only endure the uneasiness in his heart and take one step at a time.
"Yue Peng, go and put up the notice to pacify the people!" Among the several counties in Liaodong, Changyi was occupied, but it could be said to be the best preserved, because the Yangzhou soldiers and horses did not have the slightest bit of damage, and when the Yangzhou soldiers and horses wanted to buy things, they even gave money to the local people.
However, the other counties that were closer to Changyi County were unlucky, they were robbed by Tuoba Hai's Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and many families were ruined. When the Yangzhou soldiers and horses left, there were even some men from Liaodong who wanted to join the Yangzhou army to fight Gongsun Du and avenge their families.
Later, Tuoba Hai's head calmed the anger of these people.
"General, what about the Liaodong Border City Army?" Since the Yangzhou soldiers and horses left, it was reasonable for the Liaodong Border City Army to go back.
However, Mo Ran was suspicious, he was too cautious and said to Yue Peng, "Let them stay, let them stay for another half a month!" Mo Ran said this just in case.
Who knew where the Yangzhou army went, the sea was vast, and there was no radar to track them, so just in case, it was better to stay, it would not be good if they came back.
Yue Peng went down to pass the order, the Liaodong Border City Army did not leave, but the place where they were stationed was changed, and Changyi County also became the place where they were stationed. One by one, they were on guard, and Liaodong Sea was directly sealed.
However, it was obvious that Mo Ran's action was superfluous.
The Yangzhou soldiers and horses really left, at least Ling Chao's troops and horses really left.
"Vomit, vomit!" Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem On a shoal near Youzhou Province in Liaodong Province, a large number of people suddenly arrived at this deserted place. Warships were transporting items, warhorses and soldiers towards the shoal.
"General Zilong, are you okay?" Yang Chen looked at the white-robed general with a little concern.
"I'm fine, I'm fine! Vomit, vomit! "The white-robed general said that he was fine, and vomited again.
"Oh!" Yang Chen was a little bit crying and laughing. The white-robed general in front of him was the Lord's confidant, he could even be called a brother. It was not someone else, it was the commander of the White Horse Army, Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong. Yang Chen did not expect that the rare war god under the Lord's command would be seasick.
Zhao Yun's injury was also healed, plus Lady Mi was pregnant with the Zhao family's child, so Zhao Yun began to ask Liu Mang to go to war. This time, it was Liu Mang who sent him, and the 5,000 White Horse Army. Now, the White Horse Army was completely expanded, from the initial 3,000 people to the current 5,000 soldiers and horses. This was because the Yangzhou army was not short of horses, and doing business with Gongsun Du in Liaodong was not without benefits. Now, in Yangzhou, there were tens of thousands of large and small warhorses. Zhao Yun's White Horse Army was two horses per person. This time, the 5,000 White Horse Army was mobilized. 10,000 warhorses required a lot of warships to transport, and Yangzhou almost had to use all the warships in their hands.
"General Zilong, do you want us to rest for a day before going out?" Yang Chen said with concern.
"No need!" Zhao Yun waved his hand, his other subordinates did not have such a big reaction. After all, the White Horse Army was selected from the Southerners. Although the Southerners rarely went out to sea, at least they were not so sensitive to the water. They also went through some training in the Yangtze River.
"The Lord's great cause is important! Lord Yang Chen, if you have any orders, Zhao Yun will complete it! "Zhao Yun said to Yang Chen.
"That's the best!" Yang Chen nodded, since Zhao Yun said so, he did not insist.
"General Zhao Yun, this is General Dongfang Ming, I believe General Zhao Yun has already heard of him!" Yang Chen introduced Dongfang Ming to Zhao Yun.
"General Dongfang Ming!" Zhao Yun nodded. When he was on the warship, he had heard that Dongfang Ming was a former general of Liaodong. Gongsun Kang had killed his entire family, so he joined the Yangzhou army to avenge his family.
He was a man, Zhao Yun could not help but nod.
"General Zhao Yun, I have long heard of your great name!" This was the territory of Liaodong, but at the same time, it was also the border of Youzhou. Youzhou was the former territory of the White Horse General Gongsun Zan.
The White Horse Army in the hands of Gongsun Zan, this thing really made the foreign tribes on the border tremble with fear.
Zhao Yun was the commander of the White Horse Army, how could Dongfang Ming not know?
"General Zilong, General Dongfang Ming will be your deputy!" Dongfang Ming was familiar with the road of Liaodong.
Zhao Yun nodded, "Well, it's not early, let's move as soon as possible!" The White Horse Army was ready to go.
"Good, then this Yang will wait here for the news of your victory!" Yang Chen said to Zhao Yun.
"White Horse Army, let's go!" Zhao Yun nodded and mounted the warhorse. Zhao Yun, who was vomiting on the ship, now fell on the warhorse, suddenly changed.
The five thousand soldiers of the White Horse Army flashed and disappeared in front of Yang Chen.
"Youzhou, Youzhou!" After setting foot on this land, Zhao Yun's heart was filled with complex emotions. He thought of many things, for example, his general Gongsun Zan. It was from Gongsun Zan that Zhao Yun understood what it meant to be righteous. It was also from Gongsun Zan that he learned how to command cavalry.
Gongsun Zan's Youzhou was the nightmare of the foreign tribes. Unfortunately, the White Horse General eventually became a yellow soil. He was suitable to be a general, but not suitable to be a lord.
"I'm back, general!" Zhao Yun shouted in his heart. The White Horse Army was unhindered in this land in the past. Now that they came back, Zhao Yun wanted to shout, but he still endured.
"Jia, Jia, Jia!" He channeled all his complicated feelings into the warhorse beneath him, and couldn't help but whip it even faster, increasing its speed.
Nanpi City.
This was the capital of Bohai County, it was also a very important production base of Youzhou.
On the land of Youzhou, there was no need for Dongfang Ming to show the way. Zhao Yun was simply familiar with the road. Nanpi City soon appeared in front of him.
Cao Cao?! This was their goal this time.
Zhao Yun stretched out his hand, the flag on the side was also waved, this was the meaning of stopping.
Five thousand cavalrymen and ten thousand warhorses. Such a large force was stopped by this small flag. It could be seen that they were the elites of the White Horse Soldiers.
"Change armor!" Zhao Yun's voice resounded.
"Yes!" The soldiers of the White Horse Army took out their armor and jumped from one warhorse to another.
The flag was also slowly raised, "Liaodong Iron Cavalry, Zhou!"
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