Yuan Shao led 400,000 troops out of Youzhou and returned to Jizhou.
By the time he arrived, Cao Cao had already retreated from Jizhou and had no intention of fighting Yuan Shao head-on.
Of course, the city was returned to Yuan Shao, but the resources in the city's treasury had been plundered clean!
Even the people in the city were brought to Yanzhou by Cao Cao. Yuan Shao was furious, but he could not do anything to Cao Cao who was hiding in his shell.
"Ah!"
"I'm so angry!"
"Cao Mengde, you shameless traitor!”
"He actually didn't even let the people in the city off. Damn it! How despicable!"
Naturally, Cao Cao would not let the commoners off.
What were commoners? That was the foundation of a country, and that was productivity!
As long as the people of the eight cities brought back from Jizhou were properly settled and allowed to live and work in peace and contentment, they would be able to engage in production activities. This would indirectly increase the productivity of Cao's camp!
It was indeed surprising.
In a chaotic world, it was not uncommon for people to slaughter and exploit the people.
However, there were still people who robbed the people!
The commoners were the population. With a large population, the productivity would naturally increase. Moreover, with a large population, it would be easier to recruit an army!
Therefore, in the eyes of the heroes, although the commoners were a burden, they were also an indispensable resource!
Cao Cao had taken all the resources he could from Jizhou!
It would be strange if Yuan Shao wasn't angry!
In a competition of national strength, other than technology, culture, military strength, financial resources, and so on, population was actually the most important factor!
Yuan Shao traveled from the south to the north, and then from the north to the south.
Now, he definitely couldn't think of taking Youzhou in the short term.
In a war, not only the army, but also food and money!
If they only cared about using up their troops and deposing the martial arts, they would only cause resentment among the people after years of fighting!
If this kind of maladministration continues, it will lead to chaos!
Yuan Shao's advisors were not mediocre people. Naturally, they would not let Yuan Shao make such a mistake!
Moreover, he really couldn't fight anymore.
After fighting with Gongsun Zan for so long, even with the three states as their foundation, they could not withstand years of constant conquest.
Therefore, Yuan Shao could only give up for now, recuperate, store up troops and food, and wait for an opportunity.
This is the so-called high wall, wide grain storage, slow to become king!
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When Yuan Shao returned to Jizhou to recuperate, Lu Fengnian naturally had the opportunity to establish his foundation!
Lu Fengnian had come to guard the Yi Capital under the banner of defeating Yuan Shao. He was undoubtedly the hero of Youzhou.
In the battle outside Yijing City, Lu Fengnian led 800 Snowy Dragon Cavalry and thousands of troops to resist 300,000 enemies!
This heaven-defying ability convinced the Youzhou Army!
Thus, Lu Fengnian quickly began to move to various places in Youzhou, wiping out Yuan Shao's forces completely!
In just ten days, Youzhou was completely under the name of Lü!
Cao Cao did not mind the matter at all and asked Emperor Xian for an imperial edict.
This is the imperial edict of the Emperor, appointing Lu Fengnian as the governor of Youzhou, inheriting all the official positions of the former governor of Youzhou, Gongsun Zan!
Many people could not understand why Cao Cao wanted this imperial edict.
Wasn't this encouraging Lu Fengnian's arrogance?
Once this imperial edict was issued, Lu Fengnian would be able to take control of the entire Youzhou Province even more rightfully!
However, Cao Mengde wanted Lu Fengnian to gain a firm foothold in Youzhou and compete with Yuan Shao with wisdom and courage!
Yuan Shao gritted his teeth in anger!
Of the four prefectures of Qing, You, Bing, and Hebei, Yuan Shao had already obtained three of them. He was only missing the last piece, Youzhou.
With Cao Cao's actions, Lu Fengnian had managed to take over Youzhou.
Then why was he so lonely after fighting Gongsun Zan for so many years?
Naturally, Yuan Shao would not give up. Every day, he planned how to seize Youzhou, how to teach Cao Cao a lesson, and how to rule the world!
Lu Fengnian did not care about Yuan Shao or Cao Cao's intentions!
In short, this imperial edict had directly appointed Lu Fengnian as the Youzhou Provincial Governor. It had helped Lu Fengnian solve a lot of problems!
The Youzhou soldiers and civilians were all under Lu Fengnian's command. This was not only the will of the people, but also the official recognition!
Lu Fengnian was grinning from ear to ear!
He was even happier about the three thousand white horses Gongsun Zan had given Lu Fengnian!
Lu Fengnian had fought in various places in the past ten days. Other than recovering the lost territory of Youzhou, he also had another goal, which was to gather 3,000 white horses!
White Horse Yi Cong was a light cavalry, all of them were good at archery, and their archery skills were superb!
Although they were like shooting stars in the Three Kingdoms Era, no one could deny their short but dazzling glory!
Fortunately, with the White Horse Righteous Tiger Tally in hand, the 3,000 White Horse Righteous Followers were quickly gathered. It was indeed as the book said, majestic and murderous!
"Where righteousness goes, life and death follow! The heavens can testify, and the white horse can testify!"
The 3,000 White Horse Righteous Servants knelt beside their horses and shouted at Lu Fengnian, who was holding the White Horse Tiger Tally.
The might of the army was like a mountain, and its voice shook the nine heavens!
This Peerless Light Cavalry that caused the Qiang Tribe in the north to tremble in fear and their expressions to change at the mention of it would belong to Lu Fengnian from now on!
Lu Fengnian was also affected by the aura of the white horse followers. Even though he was riding a Dark Stallion Horse that was the exact opposite of the white horse, Lu Fengnian still responded loudly to the three thousand white horse followers.
"Where righteousness goes, life and death follow! The heavens can testify, and the white horse can testify!"
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