Cao Zheng waited outside Liaodong County for three days. Gongsun Kang brought his generals, strategists, younger brother, and son to see Cao Zheng respectfully.
"Gongsun Kang, the Governor of Liaodong, has led his subordinates to pay their respects to the General. I am willing to lead the 500,000 citizens and 100,000 soldiers of Liaodong to surrender to the General.”
Gongsun Du said respectfully.
"Lord Prefect, please stand up quickly. The Prefect has been appointed in the face of danger to take on the position of Prefect and protect the people. You should be rewarded handsomely." Cao Zheng helped Gongsun Kang up and said.
"Everyone, please rise. I have already prepared a banquet to celebrate your submission to the Imperial Court.”
"Please."
Cao Zheng invited everyone into a tent, where a banquet had already been set up.
"Everyone, please take your seats."
"Thank you, General." In order to show his sincerity, Cao Zheng personally poured wine for the others and invited Gongsun Kang to sit beside him.
Then, the two of them started chatting about the governance of Liaodong.
After all, the Wuhuan had been exterminated, and the Fuyu tribe in the north of Liaodong had been suppressed by Gongsun Kang. The Land of Three Korea was also controlled by Gongsun Kang, so it could be said that Gongsun Kang's development potential was far greater than others.
This was also why Cao Zheng had to deal with Gongsun Kang first. Otherwise, when he continued to grow stronger, it would not be so easy to deal with him.
"Lord Prefect, you have been living in Liaodong for a long time. What I mean is to invite you to Xuchang to meet the emperor before re-appointing you. Furthermore, according to what I mean, although Liaodong is a county, its territory is not less than a prefecture. Therefore, I would like to request the emperor to change Liaodong Prefecture to the North Prefecture and appoint the Lord Prefect as the first governor of the North Prefecture.”
Cao Zheng wanted Gongsun Kang to go to Xuchang as a hostage and take control of the North Region.
"Thank you for your guidance, General. It's just that I've been feeling extremely unwell recently, so I'm afraid I can't stand the fatigue of traveling.”
In the end, Gongsun Kang refused.
"In that case, I won't force you. However, I want to form a cavalry in the north. I heard that Liaodong has many good horses, so I hope that the prefect can help me out.”
Cao Zheng took a step back and said.
"Of course. I wonder how many cavalrymen do you want to form, General?”
Gongsun Kang asked curiously.
"Not much. One hundred thousand cavalry should be enough to guard the northern border of the Great Han.”Cao Zheng said.
"General, it's true that Liaodong has a lot of good horses, but all my horses added up don't even amount to 100,000?”Gongsun Kang looked at Cao Zheng and said awkwardly.
"Lord Prefect, I'm not just asking for your help. With the warhorses I've collected from this expedition, it won't be a problem for me to build a hundred thousand cavalry.”
Cao Zheng's words made Gongsun Kang heave a sigh of relief.
"Moreover, I can let the prefect send a nephew to serve as a general in this army. You can also focus on governing the North Region. What do you think?”
Cao Zheng continued to ask.
"In that case, thank you, General. I will accept your orders. Speaking of which, my son, Gongsun Yuan, is already eighteen years old. I am willing to let him take on the position of general.”
After some consideration, Gongsun Kang felt that there were more benefits, so he agreed.
"Good, the prefect is indeed considerate. I thank the prefect for taking the big picture into consideration.”
At night, in Gongsun Kang's tent, his younger brother Gongsun Gong said unhappily,""Big brother, Cao Zheng is not going to let big brother go to Xuchang as a hostage, so he wants to take nephew as a hostage.”
Gong Sun Kang said helplessly,""How can I not know what he's thinking? But this is the best outcome. As long as we don't do anything stupid, Yuan 'er will be fine.”
"Also, do you think Cao Zheng will let us go just because I don't agree? You're wrong."
Gongsun Kang then handed Gongsun Gong a military report.
After Gongsun Gong finished reading it, he couldn't help but jump in shock.
"Big brother, is this true?" Gongsun Gong said in disbelief.
"This is true. Cao Zheng's navy has already landed outside Xiangping City. If I don't agree to his request today, I'm afraid that not only will we be homeless, we will also die without a burial place.”
Gongsun Kang said loudly.
Two days later, Cao Zheng gathered all the officials in Youzhou. Gongsun Kang was officially appointed as the governor of Beizhou, Tian Yu as the commander of the Xiongnu cavalry, and Qian Zhao as the deputy commander. They were stationed at the border.
Gongsun Yuan was one of the commanders of the cavalry, leading 20,000 cavalry to guard the North Region.
Cao Zheng provided sufficient support in terms of policy and material resources.
After that, he stayed in Liaodong for half a month. After he explored the mineral resources in Liaodong, Cao Zheng ordered the army to return to the court.
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