Chapter 654: Ji Ling's Counterattack
Having been in a high position for several years, Huangfu Chaobo has naturally developed the aura of a superior. He pressed towards Yang Hong with words, which made him feel a little confused for a moment. As if afraid of angering Huangfu Chaobo again, Yang Hong repeatedly said: "Why did General Pingdong say this? When did my master say such words?"
As soon as he said this, Yang Hong knew that he had said the wrong thing. He didn't expect that he would be pecked in the eye by a goose after hunting geese all day. Thinking of this, Yang Hong couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
Sure enough, after listening to Yang Hong's words, Huangfu Chaobo showed a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. Then he said: "Okay, since the general does not deny what the Nanyang Army did, then I would like to ask, when will the general send the murderer." After a pause, Huangfu Chaobo said calmly: "Oh, by the way, in terms of pensions and compensation, I don't need too much. According to 100 gold per person, there are more than 4,000 soldiers and civilians in Liang County, a total of 400,000 gold, and the rest will be taken by me."
Said, without looking at Yang Hong's face, he continued: "By the way, forget about money, let's use supplies to offset it. After all, my Sizhou is in a state of recovery, and there are not many supplies. For 400,000 gold, use 50,000 sets of heavy armor, 200,000 stones of grain, and other supplies to offset it."
Watching Huangfu Chaobo's numbers popping out of his mouth one by one, Yang Hong's face would be worse by one point with each number, and in the end, he was almost pale.
With such a large amount of supplies, even if Yang Hong agreed, he would be eaten alive by his own lord. You know, when the battle of Luoyang took place, Nanyang had already left all 20,000 heavy armored soldiers in Luoyang, but none of their 20,000 sets of heavy armor could be taken back. On the contrary, in order to redeem Ji Ling and his generals, Nanyang spent hundreds of thousands of gold in money and food.
Now Huangfu Chaobo is asking for another 400,000 gold. No matter how rich Nanyang is, it can't afford such a toss.
Thinking of this, Yang Hong shook his head and said, "Let General Pingdong know that the murderer of the Liang County incident has agreed to be handed over to General Pingdong for disposal. However, the materials the general requested have greatly exceeded the scope of what Nanyang can bear. With the current capacity of Nanyang, the maximum compensation for General Pingdong is 10,000 sets of heavy armor and 50,000 stones of food. If it's more, even if I agree, my master will not agree."
Huangfu Chaobo shook his head without comment, then turned to look at Pang Tong beside him. Pang Tong understood and took two steps forward to argue with Yang Hong.
In the following time, the two of them went back and forth, arguing with each other. Unfortunately, although Yang Hong was also a good counselor, he was still far behind Xiao Niao. After several negotiations, he had to give in. In the end, the two set the amount of compensation at 100,000 gold, including 20,000 sets of heavy armor, 200,000 stones of grain, and 40,000 gold for other materials.
However, Yang Hong had another condition, which was to ask the Sizhou Army to cooperate with the Nanyang Army to perform a play, so that the two armies seemed to be fighting fiercely in Wancheng every day, but Ji Ling led 50,000 troops to attack Liu Biao's army in the south, and Liang Gang and Chen Ji each led 10,000 troops to Shunyang and Liguo counties to delay Zhang Ji's army. After Ji Ling repelled Liu Biao's army, they went to the two cities to fight Zhang Ji's army.
Huangfu Chaobo heard this and it was exactly what he wanted. You know, he had already arranged to withdraw all the materials and people in the occupied counties to Luoyang, which just needed time. As for the armies of Zhang Ji and Liu Biao, he was eager for Yuan Shu to fight them to the death. It would be best if both sides were defeated. When he was free, he might be able to easily take Nanyang.
The next thing was to wait for the Nanyang army to deliver all the supplies, and Huangfu Chaobo was ready to arrange the withdrawal. However, seeing that the army was fine, Zongheng Tianxia took a break and led his 7,000 soldiers to Wuyang in the south, sweeping away all the supplies and people in Wuyang City and sending them all back to Ye County.
Afterwards, he led Chen Dao and thousands of troops to occupy Duyang, and Huan Jie and He Yi to defend Ye County,
and then prepared to support Duyang.
The Luyang army, which killed the wrong wolf, also returned to Luyang with the team transporting supplies and personnel, because he was not like Huangfu Chaobo and the others, who had subordinates of historical generals to help him take care of internal affairs. Now Luyang suddenly increased the population of tens of thousands of people and countless supplies, and he must rush back to the county as soon as possible to make arrangements.
Now, under the city of Wancheng, only tens of thousands of troops from Sizhou and the Nanyang army were left to fight.
On July 20, Ji Ling suddenly led 50,000 elite troops from Nanyang to appear in Rang County. Liu Biao's army, which was attacking the city, was caught off guard by the Nanyang army that suddenly appeared behind them.
More than 10,000 Liu Biao troops were killed or wounded, and 20,000 were captured. In the end, only the general of Jingzhou, Wen Pin, led 10,000 troops to break out. With the support of the Jingzhou navy, Wen Pin's army retreated to Xinye, and Ji Ling followed closely and attacked twice. After seeing that the opponent's defense was tight, Ji Ling turned around and left without saying a word, heading straight for Shunyang County, where a fierce battle was going on.
Unfortunately, when Ji Ling's army arrived in Shunyang, Zhang Ji's army had already received the news and retreated directly, focusing on defending the three county towns of Danshui, Nanxiang and Xixian.
Seeing that Zhang Ji's army was well-organized and his tens of thousands of troops had no chance to attack, Ji Ling knew that he had no chance, so after arranging the defense of Shunyang and Liguo, he led his troops back to Wancheng. After all, the Sizhou army was still outside Wancheng.
On July 25, Ji Ling's army returned to Wancheng, and the Sizhou army had already obtained the supplies and personnel they wanted, and tens of thousands of troops slowly retreated towards Luyang. The Nanyang war, which lasted less than a month, ended in such a strange way to everyone's surprise.
When everyone counted their gains and losses, they found that Huangfu Chaobo and his men had the biggest gains. Huangfu Chaobo only lost less than two thousand soldiers, but in the end he emptied three counties in Nanyang. These people alone added no less than 100,000 people to Luoyang, and there were countless supplies.
And Zongheng Tianxia occupied three counties at once and emptied one county, which was also a big profit. Although the gains from killing the wrong wolf were not as good as the two people, they also added 20,000 people and countless supplies to Luyang. More importantly, now his Luyang only needs to defend one pass, and the other directions are safe.
Next are the two guys who fish in troubled waters. Zhang Ji had the old fox Jia Xu on his side. His purpose from the beginning was to occupy only a few counties, so he did not suffer any loss at all. He gained three counties for free and opened the door to Nanyang at the same time. As long as he wanted, he could bite off a few pieces of meat from Yuan Shu at any time.