Chapter 429 Two Progress
South of Kuaiji, where the city of Zhen was built in later generations.
A fight, or rather a massacre, was going on.
He Qi stood on the commanding heights and watched the Han troops in red armor attacking in all directions, driving away the Shanyue people. Every time the Shanyue people tried to resist as a group, an elite group of soldiers would rush in and smash them into pieces.
Gao Shun wore iron armor and strode in the formation, commanding the Han troops to attack in succession, constantly surrounding large groups of Shanyue soldiers, and then using the elite armor as the sharp edge, he cut the opponent like a knife through butter. Divide it into small pieces and annihilate them.
The flames were burning in the stronghold, but no one paid attention. As long as the women and children knelt down and begged for surrender, the Han soldiers would let them go. Those who resisted, whether they were women, children, old or young, were all regarded as enemies.
When it was about to get dark, most of the entire village had calmed down, and only a few corners still had the sound of killing.
Luo Xing, the owner of the cottage, was captured alive and escorted to He Qi.
After seeing He Qi, Luo Xing gritted his teeth, but his eyes were full of fear.
"You, why are you here."
Luo Xing gritted his teeth and looked at He Qi as fiercely as possible.
He clearly got the news that He Qi had gone to Dongye to spend the winter, so he dared to go down the mountain to plunder.
But who could have imagined that during the Chinese New Year, He Qi and Gao Shun personally led 3,000 elite soldiers into the stronghold and wiped out more than 30 million people from the Luoxing tribe.
He Qi sneered and said: "I have given orders repeatedly that Shanyue and the Han people will not interfere with each other. If the Shanyue people are willing to come down the mountain, the court will allocate fields, rent cattle and grain seeds, and send special personnel to guide farming. Why don't you listen?" ?”
"It's fine if you don't listen, but you went down to rob the young and strong people who were organized into households by the government, and killed the old, weak, women and children. How is your behavior different from rebellion?"
Shanyue people and Han people have been living together in Kuaiji for four hundred years. Many Shanyue people can also farm, but they are far less intensive than the Han people.
The farming practices of the Shanyue people lag behind those of the Han people by tens to hundreds of years.
This is both a technical gap and a tool gap.
Since Liu Feng took over Yangzhou, he began to promote the Quyuan plow throughout Yangzhou. The effect was extremely good, saving a full 20% of manpower, while the output increased by 5%, which can be said to be an excellent way to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Template.
Coupled with the severe drought in Jiangbei, Liu Bei purchased all the cattle from the two counties in Jiangbei with the help of the government and sent them to Jiangdong, which greatly increased the grain output in Jiangdong.
After the drought in Jiangbei ends next year, Jiangdong will feed another group of cattle, and the grain output of both places will increase greatly. This is also Liu Feng's confidence to expand his army.
In order to continue to integrate Jiangdong and improve Jiangdong's population, economy, food production and other potential, Liu Feng set his sights on the Shanyue people.
You must know that there are millions of Shanyue people in Jiangdong. If the Jingman people in Jingzhou are included, the number is likely to exceed four million.
This kind of population level is equivalent to the foundation of a large state. Even if the output of Shanyue and Jingman is not as good as that of the Han people, as long as they are willing to organize households and have the government to communicate with the Han people, even if two or three people compete One Han person can actually provide more than one million Han people with more gifts.
This is equivalent to having one more Xuzhou.
In fact, it is not difficult to do this. The land is ready-made. There are a large number of small plains in the mountains in the central and southern parts of Kuaiji. These places are difficult to develop. Transportation is a problem, and the harassment of Shanyue people is also a problem.
If the Shanyue people can be placed in these places, two problems can be solved virtually. But there is a new problem here, that is, how to persuade Shanyue and Shanyue people to come down from the mountains and enter the plains and farming life.
Liu Feng handed over this task to He Qi. Historically, he completed it very well. He opened three new counties in the south of Kuaiji for Soochow and the great emperor, and transported a large amount of food and soldiers to Soochow.
In this dimension, Liu Feng gave He Qi greater support and expected He Qi to bring him a bigger surprise.
After He Qi arrived in Dongye, he immediately began to divide counties and counties with great fanfare, and first opened up three counties: Nanping, Jianning, and Shunli.
Relying on He Qi's reputation among Shanyue, in just a few months, dozens or hundreds of people came down the mountain to defect to Shanyue.
By the time of the New Year, the total number of these scattered Shanyue people had exceeded nine thousand.
After He Qi and Gao Shun discussed it, they split the Shanyue people into four groups, with more than 2,000 people in each group, and assigned them to Xinjian Sanxian and Dongye respectively. At the same time, a group of landless people were also transferred from Dongye. , poor people with little land came to Nanping, and land was allocated to them.
In addition to some wasteland, these lands also contain a large amount of farmland.
Some of these farmlands belong to the local powerful Shanyue and Han people, and some belong to the Shanyue and Han clans under their control.
It's just that these people occupy the land but do not pay taxes. The long-term lack of government officials makes them, both Han and Shanyue, only recognize their own powerful leaders.
He Qi's actions undoubtedly violated the interests of these powerful people.
Nanping is better here. It is located in a plain, surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The powerful people here, whether Han or Shanyue people, do not dare to openly provoke He Qi.
But Luo Xing, a powerful Shanyue people here in Jian'ou, was quite active. He relied on the high mountains and dangerous roads and had tens of thousands of tribesmen. He didn't take He Qi seriously at all. He even went down the mountain to plunder the Shanyue where He Qi settled in Jian'ou. People and Han people were slaves.
Even though Luo Xing is from Shanyue, there are still Han people among his tribe, and there are also Shanyue people among his slaves.
This is a legacy issue from the history of southern and central Kuaiji. Luo Xing himself actually has Han ancestry. As long as he wants to, he can transform into a powerful Han Chinese in minutes.
Therefore, when they go down the mountain to plunder, they will not consider ethnic issues at all. As long as you are young and strong, no matter whether you are a Shanyue or a Han, they will rob.
In fact, this is very reasonable. The Han people also fight among themselves, and the Shanyue people also rob and fight with each other. As long as the young and strong can work, there is really no need to distinguish between races.
Luo Xing's repeated provocations and plunders had deeply angered He Qi.
However, He Qi acted cautious on the surface, and sent envoys to Luo Xing three times in a row, persuading Luo Xing to accept the household registration, and expressed his willingness to arrange an official position for Luo Xing in Nanping County.
After hearing this news, the Shanyue and Han powerful people near Jian'ou were all in an uproar. Many of them even felt that He Qi was mediocre, and that even Luo Xing was so afraid, which was obviously not worthy of the name.
Not only did He Qi not respond to the discussions among the powerful people around him, but he even announced that he would go back to Dongye to celebrate the New Year.
At this moment, the eyes of the powerful people around him almost popped out. In their opinion, He Qi was simply running away from the battlefield. As a result, within a few days, He Qi really left with great fanfare, all the way to Dongye City without looking back.
He Qi's such soft behavior not only completely lost the powerful hearts of the surrounding Han and Shanyue. Except for a very few cautious powerful people, the other powerful people have already begun to plan how to go down the mountain to loot next year. It is foreseeable that after the spring of next year, not to mention Jianou and Shunping, I am afraid that even Nanping will be lost.
But no one expected that He Qi, who had apparently returned to Dongye, would take Gao Shun and three thousand carefully selected elites to sneak into Jian'ou during the day and night, and tonight they would defeat Luo Xing's stronghold in one fell swoop. His troops were wiped out in one fell swoop and Luo Xing himself was captured alive.
After dawn, the Luoxing mountain stronghold was broken and the news of his capture spread, and the powerful people in Jian'ou might not have a good year.
"You thought I was in Dongye, but I was in Jianou."
He Qi walked up to Luo Xing, with a hint of contempt on his square and majestic face: "Do I have to report to you where I am?"
Luo Xingru was hit hard, his mouth wide open, and his head lowered in a daze.
"Take it away."
He Qi waved his hand, and the soldier dragged Luo Xing down.
Then he turned to Gao Shun and said: "Filial father, you are the first to take credit for this battle. I will ask General Zuo for your credit!"
He Qi couldn't be more satisfied with Gao Shun.
In fact, Liu Feng had ulterior motives for asking Gao Shun to cooperate with He Qi.
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Gao Shun was not only outstanding in ability, both civil and military, but more importantly, he had a strong character and valued loyalty and honor above life.
Generally speaking, Gao Shun and Zhao Yun are actually somewhat similar. They are equally loyal, have the same military superiority, have a high strategic vision, and have the same loyal words.
Gao Shun had many insightful suggestions when he was under Lu Bu, but Lu Bu never listened to him once. However, Gao Shun was still loyal to Lu Bu, and even saved Lu Bu's life and put down Hao Meng's rebellion.
Gao Shun also has another advantage, that is, he is easy to use. Unlike other generals, he had high selfish desires. Lu Bu transferred his camp to Wei Xu, but Gao Shun didn't even complain at all.
Therefore, Liu Feng sent Gao Shun to cooperate with He Qi, and he was not worried at all that Gao Shun would hinder He Qi out of personal gain.
The reality was just as Liu Feng expected. After Gao Shun came to Huinan, all his thoughts were focused on training troops. He followed He Qi's orders without any hesitation.
This time the surprise attack on Luoxing Village was successful, firstly because of He Qi's prestige, which made the mountain villages along the way afraid to tip off Luoxing Village when the army was passing through. Secondly, Gao Shunlian was a good soldier. He followed orders and prohibited them, ran long distances in winter, and traveled day and night without any complaints. He obeyed orders like a flow.
It was precisely because of this that He Qi immediately promised Gao Shun credit.
"This is the responsibility of the last general, and I dare not congratulate the prefect for his praise."
Gao Shun bowed his hand towards He Qi, thanked him, and then asked: "I wonder what the Ming government will do next?"
Luoxing is the first target of this operation. Luoxing Village has a dangerous terrain and a large population. After being captured, it can be used as a stronghold to control the surrounding areas. But it is not the only target of this operation.
In addition to Luo Xing, He Qi also selected five targets. If the operation does not go smoothly, Luo Xing will naturally be the priority. But if the operation goes smoothly, then these secondary targets can be swept away in sequence.
These secondary targets are not the same as Luo Xing. The most powerful among them only has more than 7,000 people, and the least has only more than 3,000 people.
The five people together only have more than 25,000 people, and they are not as powerful as the Luo Xing family.
He Qi sneered and said in a ferocious voice: "Follow the original plan, leave no one behind, and wipe them all out!"
Gao Shun cupped his hands and responded: "Yes, Mingfu."
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Coincidentally, at this time, in the northwest of Jian'ou, across the towering Wuyi Mountains, in Poyang County, which was newly separated from Yuzhang County, a bloody massacre against the Shanyue people was also taking place.
The governor of this county was currently hosting a banquet by an open-air lake outside Poyang City, where the county was governed, for more than a dozen powerful people dressed in Shanyue costumes.
Each of these Shanyue chiefs is the leader of a village, with more or less thousands of tribesmen below them. The three leaders are all powerful men with more than 10,000 tribesmen.
The Shanyue chiefs all had their mouths full of oil, and fish, barbecued meats, and fried foods were constantly brought to them, and then disappeared into the gluttonous mouths of these chiefs.
The hosts of the banquet, Zhou Yu, the governor of Poyang, and Zulang, the captain of Poyang, were looking at these unceremonious things with a smile. The strips of meat were thrown onto their clothes with oil and water, forming strips and clusters of grease stains.
But these Shanyue chiefs didn't care, they just ate the delicacies they had never tasted before.
"Everyone, I wonder how you have considered my suggestion?"
Zhou Yu raised his wine glass with a smile, invited the Shanyue chiefs, and then asked: "This is a generous reward given to all chiefs by our Lord's benevolence. As long as you are willing to obey General Zuo's order, go down the mountain to compile Households and people, these snow salts, frosting sugar, sesame oil, and silk will surely satisfy you.”
The Shanyue chiefs seemed indifferent to Zhou Yu's words and continued to eat on their own.
The smile on Zhou Yu's face sank. He knew these people were not kind people, but he didn't expect them to be so rude.
After Zhou Yu moved to Poyang, he and Poyang Duwei Zulang actively started work. The focus was on gathering the population, reclaiming wasteland, and persuading the Shanyue people to go down the mountain and establish households.
Zu Lang's prestige in Danyang and Poyang was very high. With his help, more than 40,000 people came out of the mountain in less than half a year. This greatly exceeded Zhou Yu's expectations and naturally made him very happy. ban.
Liu Feng also provided a lot of support to Zhou Yu, including grain, seeds, oxen, iron farm tools, curved plows and other materials.
In order to get rich horse bones, Zhou Yu gave priority to these Shanyue people and hired old Han farmers to guide them in mulberry farming.
Everything was going in the right direction, but a Shanyue chief named Zu Xuan suddenly appeared and joined forces with more than a dozen Shanyue families to fight against Zhou Yu.
These Shanyue tribesmen were all vested interests who were unwilling to come down from the mountain, and their interests were lost when Zu Lang called on the Shanyue people to come down from the mountain.
They were already quite unhappy with Zhou Yu and Zu Lang's actions. Now that Zu Xuan came out and called, these people responded one after another and began to gather troops to fight against Zhou Yu.
Of course, these people couldn't defeat the Han soldiers on the plains, but they hid in the mountains and came down from time to time to loot and harass, which gave Zhou Yu a headache.
(End of chapter)