All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 366: Pacification of the North
Everyday they just drank porridge and ate vegetables, and occasionally ate some meat and fruit. Even if it was a festival, Yuan Shao's army was bound to be defeated.

All they wanted was to have enough food to survive, so they were defeated miserably by those who were only interested in making achievements and getting meat and land.

Facts have proved that as long as you let go of your fear and dare to fight to the death, there is no undefeatable enemy in the era of cold weapons.

The collapse of Yuan Shao's army, the defeat of the Hu Lu, and the escape of Gongsun Zan brought about a direct result: Julu was exposed.

"Father, go!"

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, leading their horses to look for Yuan Shao, "If we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave~~~"

Yuan Shao, with a gloomy face, didn't say much. He jumped on his horse and headed straight for the city gate.

On the one hand, he was angry because he had lost the battle again, but the more important reason was that his beloved youngest son, Yuan Shang, had actually run away early.

Yuan Shang had been leading a war outside before, but when he saw that he was defeated, he simply ran away without even going to see Yuan Shao. He just sent someone to inform him that he was going to gather the defeated soldiers.

As a powerful figure of the time, Yuan Shao naturally knew what his youngest son was planning, and he was very angry.

Something else happened that made him even more angry.

Not long after leaving the city, we encountered Huang Zhong's troops.

There was a melee between the two sides, and Huang Zhong even shot down Yuan Shao's banner with one arrow!
The big flag fell to the ground, and Yuan Shao's morale was greatly damaged and he was unable to fight again. He could only retreat back to the city.

After returning, the furious Yuan Shao immediately ordered that all the people in the Banner Guarding Camp be executed!
From the perspective of military law, this order is correct.

If something happens to the big flag, it is military rule that all the soldiers guarding the flag will be executed.

But the problem is that now they are trapped in the city, with few soldiers and even one soldier is an important resource, but he actually killed hundreds of people.

It's more of a venting of anger than a punishment of military discipline.

Chen Ran's army arrived quickly and surrounded Julu City.

There is plenty of food in the city, so there is no need to worry about running out of food.

But the problem is that there are too few soldiers.

His main force was defeated outside the city, and the people inside had a hard time defending the city.

Chen Ran didn't waste any words, and even less did he try to persuade them to surrender.

Yuan Shao was the leading figure of a powerful family in Hebei. How could anyone persuade him to surrender?

Besides, with Yuan Shao's proud character, he would not choose to surrender.

The army besieged Julu City and attacked the city from all sides without stopping.

Chen Ran took out a large amount of rhinoceros meat and elephant meat and started supplying it to the siege troops.

He also promised publicly that the first person to reach the summit would be rewarded with 10,000 acres of land!
With the heavy reward, these siege troops, mainly composed of surrendered soldiers, bravely rushed forward to attack their former lord.

The defenders in the city held out for a day, but on the second day they were unable to resist due to heavy losses and were killed into the city.

"I am Yuan Shao!"

"Yuan Shao, a family of three generations of nobles!"

"Yuan Shao, one of the 18 princes who fought against Dong Zhuo!"

"Chen Zihou, you are a traitor who was born a bandit. You are as lowly as a grass! You think you can kill me? Hahahaha~~~"

Yuan Shao, who looked like a madman, lit a fire in his mansion and set off with the crying Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi.

He would rather die than be tied up and forced to kneel before Chen Ran.

Chen Ran is just a bandit, but I am the head of the world-famous Yuan family. How could I possibly kneel down to you!

"Tsk, tsk."

Looking at the mansion engulfed in flames, Chen Ran, who was riding on Red Hare, shook his head and said, "He has a strong temper, but unfortunately he won't listen to advice."

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Hebei was the most economically developed and most populous area in the entire Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shao also has a large number of capable ministers and famous generals under his command. As long as he manages the country with care and relies on his absolute strength to crush the enemy, it will not be difficult to conquer the world.

But the problem is that he is too confident and thinks that all these strengths are due to his own abilities, not the power of his family.

This kind of self-confidence will bring disaster to the battlefield.

"Lord."

Jia Xu said, "Yuan Shao is dead, Gongsun Zan has fled. In Hebei, no one can stop you anymore."

"Then divide the troops." Chen Ran called for "each of you to take a county as a unit, pacify the powerful families in the county, and concentrate the fields for military settlement."

"If you do it well, you will be promoted and rewarded. If you collude with powerful families and deceive your superiors and subordinates, then you better pray that I don't find out, otherwise I will bury you all and use you as fertilizer for the flowers!"

"Here~~~"

There are still many powerful families in various parts of Hebei. It can even be said that this place is full of powerful families.

After all, the better the place, the more powerful families there are.

Ordinary people here don’t have their own land; they are all serfs of other people.

The biggest impact of Yuan Shao's defeat was that these powerful families scattered throughout the counties and prefectures lost a leader who could concentrate their efforts on doing things.

Faced with Chen Ran's army, they could only fight on their own and then be defeated one by one.

Not only did Chen Ran use military means, he also instructed his generals to spread the word after arriving at a place, confiscate the land of powerful families, and distribute it to the people for military settlement.

As a result, almost all the oppressed people stood on Chen Ran's side.

Without the large population of serfs, the family's private soldiers and clan children were no match for the army. In addition, Jia Xu personally instigated the various Black Mountain troops to kill each other and annex each other for merit.

In the end, under the pretext of "It's not you who gets the reward, but the one you killed. You killed someone because you looked down on the imperial court, and now the imperial court wants to kill you~~~", the Black Mountain bandits, whose strength had been greatly weakened, were completely wiped out.

It took nearly a year, but Jizhou, Bingzhou and Qingzhou were basically pacified and the basic government structure was established.

All local farmland was converted into military settlements, and the people served as civilians in their spare time and as soldiers in wartime. This was Shang Yang's strategy of farming and warfare back then.

After pacifying the local area, Chen Ran finally set out from Yecheng, joined forces with troops stationed in various places, and headed straight for Youzhou in a mighty force.

At this time, the remnants of Yuan Shao, mainly Yuan Shang and Gao Gan, had already defected to Gongsun Zan in Youzhou.

Knowing that he would be the next target, Gongsun Zan also tried his best to strengthen himself.

In addition to sweeping the ground to serve as soldiers, they also contacted the barbarians outside the Great Wall and brought in tribes such as the Wuhuan, Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Jie to come to their aid.

As for the price, it was naturally obtained by plundering the people.

The armies of both sides gathered at Jie Bridge and started a fierce battle.

Gongsun Zan's cavalry, together with the cavalry from the Wuhuan, Xianbei, Xiongnu and Jie tribes, launched a massive attack.

In response to them, there was a barrage of terrifying crossbow fire.

Chen Ran's soldiers were fearless and brave, and they fought against the cavalry's charge. A large number of crossbowmen were even more brave, and they kept moving forward, some even shooting from a distance of only ten steps away from the cavalry.

The soldiers adhered to the rule of shooting the horses first and shooting at a large area, killing a large number of horses, causing the cavalry of each unit to fall into great chaos.

The Wuhuan, Xianbei, Xiongnu, Jie and other tribes had never seen such a brutal battle, let alone encountered such brave warriors who dared to fight and were not afraid of life and death. They fled everywhere in the chaos, but were gradually surrounded by the troops coming from both wings.

They quickly chose to surrender according to the tradition of the grassland.

On the grassland, as long as you choose to surrender, at least your life will be safe.

After all, the human resources on the grassland are very precious, and if you want to expand your power, you have to annex and surrender.

But Chen Ran is not from the grassland, and he doesn't need to follow the rules of the grassland.

When the generals asked how to deal with the prisoners, he simply waved his hand and said, "All of them will be buried."

This time, they didn't even bother to take out the wheels and just disposed of them.

Wheels can be used on the grasslands, but for those who have already run into Middle-earth, there is no need to bother with wheels.

What's more, there are those damn Jie people among them. If he takes everyone's taste into consideration, he would want to cook all these Jie people!

Gongsun Zan was defeated and fled back to the city of Yijing.

Yuan Shang once again used his ability to escape, and headed straight to the outside of the Great Wall with Gao Gan and others, and took refuge with the Wuhuan tribe.

Chen Ran surrounded the capital of Yijing and began to implement a policy of military settlements in various parts of Youzhou.

Gongsun Zan, who was besieged in Yijing City for a long time, thought about breaking out, but ended up being beaten back.

After that, he didn't dare to move and could only hide in the city worriedly.

But to his surprise, Chen Ran sent someone to deliver a letter to the city.

Originally, Gongsun Zan thought it was a letter of persuasion to surrender, but after opening it, he was shocked to see that the letter was actually asking for a junior officer under his command named Zhao Yun.

"Zhao Yun?"

Gongsun Zan still had an impression of this man. "A few years ago, he invaded Hebei with great force. Zhongshan State was afraid and surrendered. They arranged a group of people to join the army, including Zhao Yun. His martial arts skills were not bad, but Liu Xuande had borrowed him when he went to rescue Xuzhou."

Chen Ran was greatly disappointed when he learned that Zhao Yun was loaned to Xuzhou by Liu Bei.

He gave Zhao Yun face and gave Gongsun Zan a decent chance. "You colluded with foreign tribes, and you should be torn to pieces. I'll give you a chance, commit suicide."

At this time, Gongsun Zan had no food or reinforcements, his army was demoralized and morale was low, and he no longer had the strength or courage to fight again.

He has no choice.

After several days of careful consideration, the desperate Gongsun Zan finally chose to join Yuan Shao in starting the fire.

All the soldiers under his command also surrendered.

Chen Ran's strength was further expanded, especially with the acquisition of a large number of cavalry.

He did not stop, but simply went out of Youbeiping and went straight into the grassland.

A shocking battle followed by a thousand-mile cavalry chase almost wiped out the Wuhuan tribe.

Chen Ran appointed Zhang Liao as the governor of Youzhou and the general of the northern expedition, and commanded the Youzhou troops to continuously attack the grassland, killing and burning people everywhere and destroying all tribes.

Many people could not understand his decision.

Middle-earth is clearly not yet settled, so why rush to send a powerful army to the desolate grassland?

Chen Ran did not explain, but appointed Xu Huang as the governor of Bingzhou and the General Zhenbei, and asked him to work with Zhang Liao to sweep the grassland.

After arranging these things, he set out to return south.

He first went to Yecheng, picked up Zhen Mi, then crossed the river south and returned to Luoyang.

The troops were disbanded and everyone went to rest, waiting for the autumn harvest.

After the autumn harvest, it is time to send troops to the Central Plains.

However, as soon as he returned, Cai Yong, who was in charge of the government, hurriedly reported an important news.

"What? The emperor issued a secret decree, asking all the heroes in the world to come and attack me?"

(End of this chapter)