Chapter 657: Surrender and Encirclement
The banner with the character "Liu" stands in the south of Ye County.
The soldiers of Liu Ling's department, which has expanded to nearly 10,000 people, are showing off their power. However, in terms of military appearance, their appearance is really not flattering.
Among the tens of thousands of people, perhaps only the three thousand who came over at the beginning were more obedient. They were attracted by Liu Ling's reputation, and either voluntarily or coerced into surrendering. After a winter of training, the military morale gradually increased and they had certain organizational and combat capabilities.
The composition of the next seven thousand is more complicated.
Some simply surrendered their troops and temporarily joined Liu Ling because they did not want to die.
Some are speculators who want to follow Lao Liu and rob and make some money.
The remaining ones came from various Wubao and were led by their family owners to surrender. However, their family owners obviously had a certain vision. They were political speculators.
But there was such a chaotic army. When Liu Ba, the governor of Donglai, saw it, he not only did not take the initiative to attack, but instead sent people out of the city and sent a batch of sheep wine as labor gifts.
On April 28th, Liu Qun, Liu Ba's nephew and chief of the pavilion of Donglai County, came to Liu Ling's camp again.
"Is General Liu from Donglai?" Liu Qun asked with a smile inside the tent.
Liu Ling's expression remained unchanged, and she sneered in her heart.
Who doesn’t know that he is from Yangping, Hebei? After so many years, I, Liu Ling, am not so famous, right? You asked knowingly, are you trying to cling to me?
Thinking of this, Liu Ling was slightly proud and bowed her head.
"No." Liu Ling said coldly: "I am a commoner in Yangping, and I have never met the Liu family in Donglai."
"No." Liu Qun smiled. , said: "The Yangping Liu family is a descendant of the Pingyuan Liu family. Like the Donglai Liu family, they are all descendants of the Han Dynasty. We didn't know each other in the past, but don't we know each other today?"
"Stop talking nonsense. "Liu Ling looked down on people like Liu Qun and Liu Ba at all. He patted the table hard and said, "Will you surrender? If you don't surrender, when Liang Gong arrives, he will recruit strong men from all counties and use the surrendered troops as the vanguard to capture the east. The Liu family in Laizhu County is worried about overthrow. Please give me a happy message, I can't wait any longer."
Liu Qun was stunned.
Why does this person talk like this? Not tactful at all, straight to the point, leaving no blank space for people to guess, what a rude person.
But he didn’t dare to get angry.
Shao Xun and Cao Yi are different.
When Cao Yi attacked the Qingzhou counties, Xuzhou in the south and Yanzhou in the west were enemies. Even Leling, Pingyuan and other places in the north were also in the hands of the Jin State and were surrounded by enemies on all sides. If he encounters some serious difficulties, such as Donglai Ju who has resisted him for a long time, he will have to compromise and negotiate because he cannot afford to delay.
In the end, Ju Peng crossed the sea and left his hometown, the Liu family became the governor of Donglai, and Changguang was given to the emerging local tycoon Lu family - Chengyang and Gaomi were also given to aristocratic families, but with the fight against Donglai The situation of being forced to appoint a prefect is different.
Where is Shao Xun? Can he afford it? Liu Qun thought about it carefully and realized that he could afford it.
He is already the de facto master of Henan and Hebei. Perhaps due to various reasons, people in the local area are unpredictable, and most people are forced to surrender temporarily due to the situation, and will rise up to rebel whenever they have the opportunity. But the problem is that he has not yet shown his defeat.
It is true that when he conquered Henan and Hebei, he was not undefeated, and several generals were killed in battle, but in the end he defeated all his opponents one by one and successfully ascended to the position of leader.
As long as he doesn't make any stupid moves, those with ulterior motives will not only not turn against him, but will fight for him and attack others - such as the Donglai Liu family.
In such a situation, there is actually no choice but to surrender.
After sorting out his thoughts, Liu Qun asked: "The Jiyin governor Xi Zeng mentioned is certainly good, but it is really too far away. It is difficult for someone who is not familiar with the place to be an official."
< br>"Stop being picky." When Liu Ling heard this, he couldn't hold back his anger and said: "This is the official position that Liu Situ (Liu Dun) got after hard work before Liang Gong. You If not, can you give it to me?”
Liu Qun almost choked.
Liu Tun was born in the Liu family of Donglai, but he was not from the same family as Liu Ba and Liu Qun's uncles and nephews. It can only be said that he had some kinship with each other. Normally, he would treat relatives according to their seniority when he saw them, and would help and support them when necessary. But if Liu Tun's own interests were involved, was he really willing to give up his own interests to help people of the same clan?
Liu Bai, the son of Liu Tun, was already a native of Liang State, and he entered the Liang State bureaucracy in a serious manner. As long as Liu Tun is not stupid, he will not make Liang Gong unhappy because of Liu Ba, a tribesman whom he has not seen once in several years.
Being able to help with the activities in advance and win the official position of prefect for Liu Ba is already the most benevolent and righteous thing to do.
Liu Ling was even more dissatisfied.
His grandma, I worked hard to become a county magistrate, let alone a prefect. If you don’t want it, just give it to me. Stop whining like a woman. In fact, many shogunate officials left After the palace, he could only serve as a county magistrate, and Liu Ling's requirements were actually not low.
"I have brought the words. Can you please give me an accurate word before sunset today." Liu Ling was too lazy to talk nonsense with Liu Qun. He stood up and walked outside the tent and said, "If you don't surrender, I will ask myself to be the vanguard." , leading the troops to capture Ye County, so as to earn some credit. The position of foreign soldiers is still too low in the shogunate, and a lot of people are weighing on me, and I feel aggrieved."
Liu Qun was dumbfounded. .
Who has dealt with him in the past who is not polite?
Even if you want something, you will ask for it in a roundabout way and in a vague way. If you are dissatisfied with him, you won't be so straightforward and will definitely use metaphors.
This rough guy! Liu Qun sighed, stood up, saluted and left.
Liu Lingze was in the camp, washing the horses with his own hands and feeding them.
After feeding the horse, he took out the weapon given to him by Mr. Liang: an iron mace.
This thing is very heavy, but it is suitable for Liu Ling to use. When charging to kill, wield this mace and kill you regardless of whether you are wearing armor or not. To deal with warriors wearing iron armor, weapons such as wooden poles, longke axes, and iron maces are very effective. If they cannot break the armor, they will smash your turtle shell.
Liu Ling has already hit many people with this mace. Under his huge strength, there are almost no survivors. If Liu Ba doesn't surrender, his head will be smashed.
Liu Ling couldn't help laughing when she thought of her proud place.
Well, he might be disappointed——
In the evening of that day, Liu Ba and Liu Qun’s uncle and nephew ordered the city gate to be opened.
Thousands of defenders filed out of the city, piled armor and equipment to the east, and then lined up to the west.
The county officials personally handed over the military registration and household registration to Liu Ling.
They even kidnapped a few officials who were unwilling to surrender and handed them over to Liu Ling.
Liu Ling glanced at the officials in confusion. His hand was broken and his tongue was cut. Is this necessary? Or is there something hidden in it?
But he is too lazy to care about this. Maybe Liu Ba was taking the opportunity to clean up those who opposed him, label them as Cao Yi's party, and kill them all. In troubled times, who is simple?
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In early May, Xi Jian arrived in Ye County.
Within a few days, powerful nobles from all over the country heard the news and came to pay homage.
Liu Ling is very delicious.
My maid! I've been waiting here for several days, but none of you made any move. As soon as Xi Daohui arrived, they all rushed towards him, extremely affectionate and flattering.
Okay, okay, okay! We'll see in the future.
In fact, sometimes Liu Ling really doesn't think too much and is narrow-minded. But this world and this era are reminding you repeatedly through small things one after another that you are different from others, and you are not the same as them.
Some people can despise themselves, lower their stature, endure humiliation like a licking dog, squeeze into the circle of scholars, and don't care even if they are looked down upon by others.
But Liu Ling is not that kind of person. Even if he is a vulgar warrior who is afraid of chaos in the world, he can't lose his face.
I would rather not be promoted than to curry favor with you. This is probably the last bit of his stubbornness, his face is more important than anything else.
Xi Jian was born into a noble family and was able to meet Qingzhou wealthy people with ease.
In addition to the local wealthy families in Donglai, those who came to pay homage this time also included officials and wealthy families from Changguang and Chengyang counties.
Following the surrender of Donglai, these two counties are also preparing for surrender. The county and county officials who came this time were basically here to negotiate terms.
But they were destined to be disappointed. Xi Jian actually did not receive much authorization. In short, he couldn't make the decision and didn't dare to make promises.
Therefore, when receiving the wealthy families of the counties and counties, he also sent Liu Ling, Duan Ya, Liu Xia (Shao Xu's son-in-law, the captain of Leling), Gao Jiang, Liu Mi and others to lead their respective troops to the east. Go forward and go south, and while mopping up the remnants of the enemy, give those officials and wealthy officials a little shock, and ask them to be more realistic and not make arbitrary conditions.
If it doesn’t end in the end, someone will be killed.
"Liang Gong is a generous king, and he doesn't want to see the people of Qingzhou being ruined." Xi Jian said to the powerful men who were looking at him eagerly: "But in this era of great strife, you have to show yourselves. Only then can he be awarded an official title. "
Although Xi Jian was not authorized, it did not prevent him from exerting his subjective initiative and driving these people to serve Liang Gong.
As soon as these words came out, everyone basically understood the implication.
“There are still stubborn people in various counties who need to be persuaded.”
“There are many remaining enemies in the countryside, and we must sweep them away without delay.”
“There are still some in Linzi and Guanggu. The demon thief is holding on and must be conquered."
"You know what to do? I haven't done anything yet. I want to ask for credit for you, but I don't know how to write it." Xi Jian finally said. said.
"I will obey the order of Duke Liang." After a while, people replied one after another.
Xi Jian nodded, his face full of approval.
Within the next few days, the Liu family, the Ju family of Donglai, the Lu family of Changguang, as well as the Su family, Chengyang Wang family and other wealthy families who had not yet crossed south, jointly put together a batch of military rations and sent them to Xi Jianda The camp finally gathered more than 20,000 troops and marched to Guanggu to join the siege.
On the tenth day of May, after more than a month of arduous fighting, Yang Chen's troops finally captured Linzi City under successive attacks from Yang's tribe, Qingzhou Jiangren, Yanyu peasant soldiers, and Yinqiang Zhongying.
On the 14th, the army arrived outside Guanggu City.
At this point, the assorted troops besieging the city had exceeded 80,000, and Cao Yi's last stronghold was completely surrounded.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Qingzhou has changed.
Except for a few stubborn demon thieves, everyone has abandoned Cao Yi. His life can be counted in the sky.
(There is another chapter in the evening. Brothers, stop hiding your votes, take them out from the soles of your shoes, crotches, and underwear, and vote for me.)
(End of this chapter)