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Lu Bu and Pang Yuan led a large army to Xiangyi, and the local officials here naturally welcomed each other. Now they have tied up Lu Bu's chariot, and it is not easy to get off. Therefore, they can only pray that Lu Bu can continue to move from victory to victory. In this way, their future and family business seem to be more guaranteed.

Following Lu Bu, there were also fans of Lu Bu. Although in their opinion, attacking Liang State was more appropriate than an armed parade. Who dared to block Lu Bu's way? Unless Cao Cao's army headed north, there was always a very relaxed atmosphere in Xiangyi City, and it didn't look like the current situation of a war.

Lu Bu stayed in the city for two days, and Pang Yuan only slightly adjusted the personnel structure in the city, and then left Cao Xing to stay in Xiangyi, and issued a large number of tasks in Xiangyi, allowing Yiren to be scattered to Liang State, even Pei State, Chen County, Jiyin and Qiao County to investigate and early warning. This task is relaxed and pleasant.

After stabilizing the retreat, Lu Bu led his army to the Ningling of Liang State in a hurry.

One day later, on a sunny day after the snow, Lu Bu's 30,000 cavalry stood outside Ningling City, and flags were waving on Ningling City, and soldiers could be seen running back and forth on the city wall. As for the city gate, the city gate was naturally closed.

Pang Yuan looked at the flags on the city and suddenly smiled at Lu Bu beside him, saying, "General. I'm afraid there is no need to fight today."

Lu Bu curled his lips as he looked at the chaos in the city: "But why? Did the military advisor see that these generals and soldiers are useless?"

"Of course not. No matter how unused the generals and soldiers are, they can fight. However, if the officials are unused, no matter how strong the generals and soldiers are, they can only do anything! Haha."

Pang Yuan smiled and pointed to the direction of the city wall. Lu Bu looked carefully for a while, but still couldn't understand what Pang Yuan wanted to say. How did he realize that the chief in the city didn't want to fight? This was obviously a stance to resist!

"I can't understand, please help the military advisor to solve the problem!"

"General, look at the flag!"

"The flag? It is the Han military flag with a black background and red dragon. What? Is there a problem?"

"Yes. This flag is the military flag of the Han Dynasty, which means that the people in the city think they are the Han ministers of the Han Dynasty, not the retainers of any princes, so there is no flag of the princes, nor the flag of the chief official, and only the military flag of the Han Dynasty means that no one here makes the decision, nor is it the territory of any family. Doesn't this mean that they don't want to fight?"

Pang Yuan explained with a smile. Lu Bu suddenly realized that this was the case. These guys are really good at being petty. If he doesn't notice it for a while, he will definitely be attacking fiercely. Wouldn't these people be boring themselves?

"These people..." Lu Bu shook his head helplessly.

"Haha, if the general does not care about the fierce attack, these people may surrender immediately, and then say that it is to protect the people of the city. If there are any repetitions in the future, it is said that it is taken from the general's force. If the general has always gained power, they will say that they have the will to take effect. That's all, just a plan to protect themselves. This is human nature, and the general does not have to blame him!"

Lu Bu nodded: "So what should we do now? First politeness and then soldiers?"

"Yes, we are the king's army. Naturally, we should uphold the righteousness, first be courtesy and then fight!"

So, Lu Bu sent an envoy to the city with the flag in charge.

"Who in the city? Why didn't you open the gates to welcome the king's army? When you kowtow to the angels, the four gates were closed as if they were facing a great enemy. Do you want to rebel?"

"Who is under the city? Why don't you indicate your identity?? We are subjects of the Han Dynasty, how can we rebel?"

"Look at the flag behind me. This is the flag of the governor of Yanbei, the Great Han Dynasty, who temporarily took over the prefect of Chenliu County and the general of the Southern Expedition. You and others called themselves Han ministers, but did not go to Jinyang to kowtow to Your Majesty to show your loyalty. Now Lord Lu Bu comes with the emperor's edict, which is accusing you of rebels and other officials. Why don't you open the city gate to welcome the king's army quickly!"

The emperor mentioned by the envoy was naturally Liu Xie from Jinyang. The officials and gentry in the city looked at each other. Who should they pay attention to these two emperors? I guess no one would want to pay attention to them. Besides, Cao Cao was the Prime Minister of Liang appointed by the emperor of Chang'an. It seems that he and others should pay attention to Cao Cao.

But now the army is at the city. If you refuse to obey, you will probably be burned!

A group of people muttered and discussed, since they said so, as a Han minister, they must not open the door, otherwise wouldn’t they rebel!

So, a group of people rushed down the city gate building, quickly opened the gate, and retreated all the soldiers and generals on the city, stood outside the city gate, without even bringing weapons. This is really sensible!

Pang Yuan smiled and looked at Lu Bu. Lu Bu gave Pang Yuan a thumbs up. Sure enough, he surrendered so readily, and it was very thorough.

These local officials and gentry welcomed Lu Bu's royal army into the city. After listening to Lu Bu's declaration of reprimand, they blamed themselves and expressed their immediate apology. Lu Bu was very satisfied.

At night, the group of people had a banquet for the king's army. I don't know where these people heard that Lu Bu likes beauties and wealth. They were all unwilling to let the people down. Lu Bu also accepted everything according to Pang Yuan's suggestion, and then left a part to send it back to Jinyang to the emperor, and all the rest were distributed to his subordinates.

Lu Bu likes wealth, but he is not greedy for himself. Lu Bu likes beauties, but there are too many beauties, and it is useless to try something fresh occasionally. If it weren't for those beautiful things in the world, Lu Bu would have rewarded all the beautiful things to his subordinates. If it were really beautiful, even if Lu Bu gave it to his subordinates, he would not dare to ask for it.

Ning Ling's easy capture completely opened up the road from Lu Bu to Yongyang. At the same time, Yuan Shu's troops arrived at the last lonely city of Chen County, Zhe County, and looked at Yan County in Liang State from afar. However, Yuan Shu was very restrained and did not take any further action. Instead, he gathered heavy troops in the direction of Wuping to put pressure on Cao Cao.

On the one hand, Cao Cao gathered troops in Qiao County to defend Yuan Shu, but on the other hand, he ordered the newly-fighted general Li Dian to lead his army eastward to Xiang County, with the intention of making plans for Dang County in Liang State.

According to Lu Bu's intention, there is no need to waste time in Ningling. We should seize the time to capture Yongyang, and then take down Dang County to cut off Cao Cao's intention to go north. We should even take advantage of the opportunity of Cao Cao's army center in Huainan to go south to threaten Qiao County, and even directly take down Xiang County to carry out active defense.

As for Yuan Shu who was watching again, if he had the courage to do it, Yuan Shu would have set up a series of heavy troops from the west to the south of Chenliu County. Lu Bu really felt that Yuan Shu was just bluffing.

However, Pang Yuan asked Lu Bu to fight steadily. Now he is not just about conquering the world but also managing. If the territory he captured is lost immediately, what is the point of fighting? If he simply adopts the method of fighting through war, Lu Bu will become the enemy of the Central Plains and even the entire Han Dynasty. Now Lu Bu is under the banner of the royal army, how can he do that kind of thing?

Therefore, Pang Yuan needs time to rectify Ningling. Even if he does not immediately disturb the officials of Ningling, he still needs to mix sand into it and pull and beat it. Two days have already been in a hurry.

As for Cao Cao, Pang Yuan thought he was also bluffing. So what if he took the initiative to attack Dang County? Could it be that he could defend it? The key is that Cao Cao's large army is still in Huainan, and the newly recruited soldiers are still training. The fastest ones that can be used are probably the strange troops that have just come to Cao Cao from Runan to Zui, but these troops also need training, so Pang Yuan is not in a hurry.

But Pang Yuan did nothing, but mobilized Ningling's aristocratic tribes and officials to write letters to relatives and friends in Yongyang, and first sent an envoy to Yongyang to persuade him to surrender. Fundamentally, Yongyang, like Ningling, they actually did not have the need to resist Lu Bu's army. Although they were nominally subordinates of Cao Cao, who had the final say at this time.

Moreover, Lu Bu also had the emperor's edict in his hand. If these people did not follow, they would be characterized as rebels. Not to mention official positions, they would probably even be implicated in the family. This pressure is enough to make the officials and the aristocratic clans think twice!

November 21, 21, the second year of Guangxi (the first year of Yonghan).

Lu Bu stationed his troops under Yongyang City. After a round of negotiations, Yongyang opened the city and changed its flags. Liang State became Lu Bu's territory from this day and swore allegiance to the emperor of Jinyang.

Five days later, Lu Bu's army captured Dang County.

The county magistrate of Dang County seemed to want to be famous, so he refused to surrender. He stood at the top of the city with a sword and scolded Lu Bu for being unofficial, clamoring to live and die with Dang County. It was just that it was good to have ambition and moral integrity, but if you were not capable, everything was in vain. In addition to becoming a laughing stock, the county magistrate also gained the reputation of a traitor and the punishment for killing the three clans!

In fact, Lu Bu only attacked for one round with cavalry and cavalry shooting, and the defenders on the wall directly killed the county magistrate and surrendered. Before Lu Bu could even bring his own bow and arrows to use, the battle was over.

On the same day, Yan County took the initiative to change its flag and sent people to send apology form. At this point, the battle to capture the Liang Kingdom ended.

From November 8 to November 26, the six counties of Liang State were swallowed up by Lu Bu within 18 days. However, it is hard to say whether they can stand up. After all, there are enemies around them. Although the capture of Liang State was a bit too easy, the challenge that followed had just begun.

What made Pang Yuan and Lu Bu even more troubled was that the subsequent challenges were not around Liang State, but in places they least wanted to see.

Just as Lu Bu was happily drinking and picking up girls in Yongyang, an inconspicuous news was ignored by them, that is, the Iron Army suddenly disappeared from Changping City, the city of Chen County they occupied. Changping became a bossless city overnight, allowing Yuan Shu, who was trying hard to surround Changping, to leave a gap. As for where they went, no one knew.

But many people are already looking forward to it. Every time the mysterious disappearance of the Iron Army means that they will appear shiningly again!
Chapter completed!