Nanzhou is located south of Xiazhou.
Because most of them are deserted places such as jungles and wilderness, most of the cities are concentrated at the border with Xiazhou.
And because the south of Nanzhou is surrounded by mountains and forests, the hot climate makes the vegetation very lush, and the population is relatively sparse.
Since the last time Cao Kang used troops against Nanzhou, Nanzhou surrendered without a fight almost from the beginning.
What's there to fight for?
What to fight with?
Cao Kang has a total of hundreds of thousands of troops. Even though their Nanzhou area is not small, it is even half larger than Xiazhou. However, if the overall number of people is calculated, it is not even one-tenth of Xiazhou's.
The entire Nanzhou only had 70,000 to 80,000 troops, and Cao Kang had to recruit them all this time.
Now Nanzhou no longer cares about the troubles in Xiazhou.
As for whether the former little emperor is the emperor now, or whether the current Cao Kang is the emperor, what else can affect our Nanzhou?
If we want soldiers, we don’t have soldiers, if we want money, we don’t have much money, but if we want wood, we have a lot…
At this time, in a mountain forest in Nanzhou, Ma Yaohan fled here with his troops who had returned from the defeat in Xiazhou.
At that time, the battle was about to break the city, but in the end, the success fell short.
I had no choice but to retreat quickly and came to Nanzhou.
Thanks to Ma Yaohan's decisive decision after being blocked from committing suicide and saving so many people, he still has some foundation.
There are still 40,000 to 50,000 people, and all of them are injured and exhausted.
Fortunately, Liu Xiu and his men did not pursue them after arriving in the capital, which gave them a chance to breathe.
In fact, Ma Yaohan knew that the reason why Liu Xiu and the others did not send a large army to pursue him was because Fan Hanzhong now had 200,000 people waiting for him.
If Liu Xiu and the others go deeper into Nanzhou and Zhang Bao and the others come to kill them, the capital may really be lost.
After this battle, the capital's defense force was completely destroyed, and now it relied entirely on Liu Xiu and his 200,000 men to garrison it.
However, this time will not drag on for too long.
After all, many of Cao Kang's troops were scattered in Xiazhou and even Huizhou to hunt down the escaped little emperor.
If these people are mobilized back, I'm afraid they won't be safe.
"General!"
"Less than fifty miles ahead is the county seat of Kunnan County in Nanzhou."
"And there aren't many troops in Kunnan County right now."
At this moment, a group of scouts came back.
They captured some people in Nanzhou and inquired about the current situation in Nanzhou.
"good!"
"Tell the brothers, everyone hold on a little longer, we will take Kunnan County and then continue to rest."
"After entering Kunnan County, all women, all food, and all money belong to us!"
"Follow me!"
Ma Yaohan said to everyone.
Now Ma Yaohan is at the end of his rope and is eager to find a place to stay. As long as they are given a period of time, Ma Yaohan and the others can develop again.
The terrain of Nanzhou not only gave them breathing time, but also gave them vast resources.
After experiencing the last battle, for Ma Yaohan, the throne that was so close at hand had elevated Ma Yaohan to another level.
In this state, Ma Yaohan will never stop.
…
Xiazhou, Beijing.
The corpses on the outer city wall had caused a plague outside the capital because tens of thousands of corpses had not been cleared away in time.
The entire capital is still closed.
Liu Xiu and his men were busy burying them.
Even these soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles have never experienced this scene of tens of thousands of people piled together and slowly rotting.
In addition, I didn’t pay special attention to the plague at the beginning.
As a result, tens of thousands of people on Liu Xiu's side were affected.
The capital city is at the end of its rope.
The capital city has now been closed for a month.
In the past month, they had almost eaten all the food they could eat, but Cao Kang still did not dare to order the city gate to be opened.
Cao Kang knew that based on the current population.
Once the plague spreads in the capital, it is estimated that the entire capital will be annihilated.
After finally dealing with the plague in the capital, Cao Kang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This time Ma Yaohan's rebellion not only wiped away his majesty as the great emperor, but also severely defeated the people of Xiazhou.
It turned out that Xiazhou's men and horses were scattered in Xiazhou. When Ma Yaohan and the others came all the way, they were caught off guard and killed many of them.
Many people were killed by Ma Yaohan's men during the siege.
Although tens of thousands of people died in Ma Yaohan, Cao Kang's side was almost the same.
Cao Kang wanted to restore the capital as soon as possible, while guarding against Zhang Bao's surprise attack. At the same time, he had to deal with many chaotic things in the capital, which made Cao Kang very anxious.
Ma Yaohan's rebellion was a signal.
To a certain extent, he denied the existence of the current Dawei Dynasty and the emperor Cao Kang, shaking the foundation of the newly established dynasty. More importantly, Ma Yaohan's actions also sent a message to everyone , the world is in chaos, and the competition among heroes has begun!
This is what Cao Kang is most anxious about.
Although Ma Yaohan was repelled, it can be expected that a second Ma Yaohan and a third Ma Yaohan will appear later.
Their appearance made him, Da Wei, who originally replaced Daxia, become like a mountain king in a mountain nest.
Cao Kang was so depressed that he almost vomited blood.
Fortunately, Fan Hanzhong's men did not act against them.
It also gave Cao Kang and the others some breathing room.
"Is there still no movement from Yang Mo?"
Cao Kang asked everyone.
"Your Majesty, our troops have searched all over Xiazhou, but there is no trace of this Yang Mo."
"I must have returned to Hezhou!"
"What I'm worried about is that if Zhang Bao of Hezhou elects Yang Mo at this time, I'm afraid everyone in the world will regard us as thieves."
"Although many people in the imperial court have ostensibly surrendered to us, they are just out of fear. If Yang Mo shows up, it will be really difficult."
"We have to consider this."
The current Grand Sima Cao De said to Cao Kang.
"Well, I have also thought about this matter and want to do it as soon as possible."
"By the way, where is Ban Gu?"
"How come he, the Prime Minister, hasn't seen anyone in the past few days?"
Cao Kang frowned and said.
"Your Majesty, my father occasionally caught wind and cold before. At that time, the army was besieging the city, and my father worked hard day and night. Unexpectedly, it got a lot worse. Now he is ill and is bedridden."
"My father specifically asked me to ask for leave from the emperor. After my father recovers from his illness, I will personally apologize to the emperor."
At this time, a young minister came out and said to Cao Kang.
