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The battle was fought from morning to sunset, and from sunset to dawn the next day, and the Yellow Turban Army was basically defeated.
After losing unified command, the Yellow Turban Army surrendered in large quantities, and the county town of Fan County was directly captured. All the families of the Yellow Turban Army in the city were captured and became trophy.
Before the war, Guo Peng strictly ordered that prisoners of war should not be killed privately, including the Yellow Turban Army's family in the city. Anyone who dared to play the same trick as before after breaking the city was killed? Guo was merciless under the knife.
The Qingzhou Army ruled that there was no order that one should not plunder money and property without orders and would have rewards after the war. If there was a cross in the war, he would be beheaded directly.
After the city was broken through, Guo Peng immediately ordered Cao Chun and Xu Chu to bring the cavalry of his personal guards to the city to maintain order. He did encounter a dozen people who were killed on the spot without caring about plundering property.
After that, Guo Peng ordered the count of spoils and combat losses, and ordered the search for officers who surrendered to the Yellow Turban Army and all those who were taken to be executed.
When the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Fan County was captured and destroyed, the threat of the Yellow Turban Army in Rencheng Kingdom no longer existed. The only remaining was a Yellow Turban Army in Ningyang County, Dongping Kingdom.
They are isolated and helpless, and are about to be attacked by both sides, without any hope of survival, and destruction is inevitable.
The ending is also certain.
After taking Fan County, Guo Peng sent Guan Yu to lead his army north to cooperate with Cao Ren to capture Ningyang County and destroy the Yellow Turban Army.
Under the coordination of Xi Zhong, Cao Ren, Yu Jin and Le Jin each used their own abilities to defeat the Yellow Turban Army in Ningyang County, destroyed them all, captured more than 100,000 men and women, and completed the task assigned to them by Guo Peng.
Then, everything settled.
At this point, the fifth year of Zhongping originated in Xuzhou. The Qingxu Yellow Turban Army, which started the second Yellow Turban Uprising in Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou, was completely destroyed and no longer existed. The leaders were beaten by Guo Peng.
But this does not mean that the Yellow Turban Army has failed.
The remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in the world are still large, and there are three remaining in Guanzhong's White Wave Yellow Turbans, Hebei's Black Mountain Yellow Turbans and Yuzhou's Yellow Turbans.
Their power and scale can be compared with the Qingxu Yellow Turban Army, and it lasted for a considerable period of time, becoming a thorn in the eyes of local separatist warlord forces.
And there are countless bandits all over the world who are under the banner of Yellow Turbans.
Guo Peng wiped out the Qingxu Yellow Turban Army, which had the best development momentum, and obtained a large number of people and materials. The captured population was nearly 300,000. Guo Peng chose to digest it on the spot and began to occupy and build Yanzhou he occupied.
The policy is still as always to military farming and join the army, taking over the ownerless land to the government and turning it into military farming.
The captured population was broken up in units of families, reorganized into households, and randomly sent to counties for resettlement, land was granted for military farming, and households were placed on the land, so that the local situation could be stabilized.
In a very short time, the chaotic counties and states in Yanzhou, which were in chaos, were restored to stability after the war.
At the same time, Guo Peng successfully met with Bao Xin and Ying Shao's Yanzhou soldiers, and officially solved the Yellow Turban disaster in Yanzhou.
Then they were greeted by the ecstatic two people respectfully to Puyang County, Dongjun, which is also the prefecture of Yanzhou.
Some upper-class figures in Yanzhou collectively thanked Guo Peng for their help, held a banquet to entertain Guo Peng, and invited Guo Peng to attend the meeting for a burst of joy.
After three rounds of wine, Bao Xin, on behalf of the people attending the banquet, brought out a pallet with the seal and ribbon of the Yanzhou governor and presented it to Guo Peng.
"Thanks to the general's troops to help, the elders of Yanzhou were able to be safeguarded. If it weren't for the general's troops, Yanzhou might be defeated by the Yellow Turbans. The general would be recreated in Yanzhou. We are willing to regard the general as the lord of Yanzhou and hope that the elders of Yanzhou will protect the elders of Yanzhou and not be affected by war."
Guo Peng pretended to be stunned, not knowing why.
"This...why is this?"
"The general is good at fighting. As today's chaos is endless, Liu Yanzhou is dead, Yanzhou has no master, and we are suffering from the Yellow Turbans. If we had not led the army to help, we would have nowhere to go. The general is grateful for his kindness. We will keep it in mind. I hope that the general will be the lord of Yanzhou and Yanzhou will be safe."
Ying Shao took a step forward and saluted Guo Peng.
"No, the lord of Yanzhou should be appointed by the court. Peng, as long as you ask, leads his army to help, and returns to Qingzhou immediately. How dare he be the lord of Yanzhou?"
Guo Peng shook his head repeatedly.
"The general's words are wrong."
Bao Xin took a step forward and said anxiously: "The court has long been occupied by Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo is named the Prime Minister of Han, actually a traitor of Han, and an imperial edict, but actually a selfish desire from Dong Zhuo. How can we accept the governor appointed by Dong Zhuo to govern Yanzhou?"
"This...this is not unreasonable, but, after all, it is the court, the emperor, I..."
Guo Peng hesitated a little.
"General, Dong Zhuo controls the court, and the emperor is just a puppet who obeys orders. The general resists Dong Zhuo, and the hero is the world's hero. At this point, he is not right or wrong and is left to Dong Zhuo's control?"
Ying Shao further persuaded Guo Peng.
"Peng will naturally not be manipulated by Dong Zhuo, but is there something wrong with this matter?"
Guo Peng's face was still hesitant.
"How is it inappropriate? The general quelled the chaos in Yanzhou. The elders of Yanzhou were the general. It is natural to ask the general to protect Yanzhou. Now that the court has occupied Dong Zhuo, we have no choice but to successfully attack Dong Zhuo in the future. Isn't it the best way to submit the court to decide this matter?"
Bao Xin advised him again.
This time, Guo Peng hesitated again and again and did not refuse.
"Since that's the case, Peng is willing to protect the elders of Yanzhou until the attack on Dong Zhuo is successful and the world is restored to stability."
Bao Xin and Ying Shao were overjoyed. Bao Xin immediately stepped forward and presented the governor's seal to Guo Peng. Guo Peng endured the joy in his heart, took the seal, took a deep look, and then returned the governor's seal to Bao Xin.
"Jun Bao is loyal, brave and pure. Isn't he the best candidate for the governor of Yanzhou? Peng is willing to submit a report to Mr Bao as governor of Yanzhou."
Guo Peng's unexpected actions surprised everyone present. After Bao Xin was surprised for a moment, he admired Guo Peng even more.
"How dare you be the governor if you believe in Numa's resources?"
"If Mr. Bao is a Numa, will there be a thousand-mile horse in the world?"
Guo Peng smiled and handed the governor's seal to Bao Xin.
Bao Xin opened his mouth and slowly greedy, and reached out to take over the governor's seal.
"The letter will live up to the general's expectations."
Ying Shao, who was beside him, saw it, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration and bowed to Guo Peng: "General Gao Yi is the lord of Yanzhou! We are willing to jointly submit a letter to the general and supervise the military affairs of the two states of Qingyan. I hope the general will not refuse."
When Bao Xin heard this, he immediately followed suit.
"May the general not refuse!"
A group of people behind him worshiped, "May General not refuse!"
Guo Peng felt relieved and sighed that these people were really good at being human beings. So he looked moved and said, "What kind of virtue can Peng be so trusted by you? Okay, Peng promised you that you will protect the elders of Yanzhou from the disaster of war!"
Guo Peng straightened his appearance and bowed to everyone opposite him, and everyone returned the salute.
While drinking and chatting, the division of power between the Lord of Yanzhou and Yanzhou was determined.
Chapter completed!