Chapter 661 Factions
Taking over the city after the war was commonplace for Shao Jun and his subordinates. There was already a systematic process in place. It's just that this time there were too many miscellaneous soldiers and they didn't know the rules very well, making the whole scene a little chaotic.
"Enter the city, plunder, behead them, and hang their heads everywhere as a warning." Supervisor Shen Ling shouted and ordered.
The guards following him swarmed up and pushed several sergeants who had just left the yard to the ground.
There were several people in the hospital, and when they saw this situation, their eyes suddenly became fierce.
Shen Ling was shocked. There were only five or six people inside and outside the courtyard. He had hundreds of people at hand, but he didn't run away and wanted to resist. He really had a right to die.
Most of the guards were soldiers from Xuchang, and their combat effectiveness was about the same as that of the other soldiers. The advantage was preparation, so several archers were called in to shoot down the plundering sergeants who wanted to resist with a barrage of arrows. Shoot them all down.
There were fellow rebels on the street who did not participate in the looting, but after seeing the execution of the township party with their own eyes, they felt a sense of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and they made a lot of noise.
The sergeant of the Yinqiang Zhongying who was counting the warehouse nearby heard about it and mobilized more than a hundred people to watch them eagerly.
Those people were in a stalemate for a while and then walked away in despair.
Shen Ling secretly rejoiced, but at the same time he was a little angry: none of these greedy people should be allowed to enter the city.
After a brief interlude, as the heads of the rebel soldiers who wantonly raped and looted were hanged in public, the hot and restless hearts of the troops who entered the city finally cooled down.
After a big defeat and the general's prestige is reduced, you can still complain a little, say some strange things, or even plunder.
Now that we have won a great victory, we don't dare to do it anymore - everyone thinks that conquerors who have won a battle are dangerous, but in fact, our own troops who have suffered a defeat are also dangerous, and even do worse things.
The people of Guanggu closed their doors and windows tightly at this moment, watching all this with trepidation.
When a child cries, his mouth is immediately covered, fearing that some passing soldier will kick open the door and enter to do evil.
Even if there are officers to enforce military discipline, not every evil deed can be discovered. Restraint or non-restraint is just a matter of how much evil one does; it is impossible not to do evil.
But then again, as long as you don’t infringe on the scholars, wealthy families, and scholars, you will be praised as "Qiu Wugui" and "The Master of Kings", and will even be written in a tone of admiration in history books After a few moves, even if your soldiers invade many Shengdou civilians, they will be ignored and no one will speak for them.
In general, Shao Xun's soldiers and horses are the least nuisance to the people because of their efforts to restrain military discipline. When future generations read history, they may further embellish it. After all, the soldiers really couldn't rush into the mansion of a wealthy family guarded by child servants and domestic slaves under the eyes of the officers, so praiseworthy words are definitely indispensable.
In the afternoon of the 29th, the entry into the city was basically completed.
The Yangshi tribe, the Hebei soldiers, the Yinqiang troops, and the Xianbei troops each occupied one place, but no one suffered a loss. When writing military reports in the future, we can mention that "a certain tribe entered from a certain door", and everyone contributed.
Yang Chen led the generals directly to Cao Yi's shogunate.
All the minor officials and servants in the mansion had long since fled, official documents were scattered everywhere, several cases were staggered, and there were traces of blood on the ground. It can be seen that this center of power in Qingzhou has been involved in a killing before - before surrendering, Cao Yi held a Hongmen Banquet here and beheaded more than ten famous generals.
Liu Ling followed the team and was speechless when he saw the majestic shogunate and solemn furnishings.
He put himself in Cao Yi's position, imagining that he was sitting at the top, giving orders to generals and staff, and having the power of a state in his hands. What a pleasure it was!
A man cannot live without power for a day!
Money and women are completely embellishments brought by power. As long as you have power, you will have everything.
Cao Yi, a shitty scholar, was able to steal Qingzhou and dominate him for many years. I don’t know how comfortable he is. And what about him? Following Wang Mi, he fled everywhere and was chased by Liang Gong. In the end, he was captured and almost lost his life.
Cao Yi had hundreds of concubines, and he was running around all day long, so it was impossible for him to have any women or children. Or there were, but after being captured, they were probably occupied by others. Damn it!
It was only after he became an officer in Liang Gong's army that he stabilized a little. He married a businesswoman in Xuchang and gave birth to a son.
He actually did worse than Cao Yi!
Jin Zheng and Zhang Shuo got together, talking and laughing.
"The Governor has ordered the powerful families from all the counties to send people to Guanggu, mostly for rewards." Zhang Shuo said, "Maybe we need them to donate some food and grass."
Jin Zheng responded to this Not interested, he just said: "Did Master Shao say anything to you?"
Zhang Shuo looked at Jin Zheng in surprise and said honestly: "After the war, our department will probably stay in Guanggu for a while. "
Jin Zheng patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't be surprised. It's good that Zhongying stays here. Watch out for Qingzhou and don't let so many counties be taken away by others. .”
Zhang Shuo thought silently and didn’t say anything.
He was one or two terms behind Kim Jong, his qualifications were not as good as others, and his status was also a little lower. Even if you don't agree with his words, you won't refute it.
He is a very pure warrior, and he doesn't think much about some things. Today, when Jin Zheng reminded him, he seemed to have awakened something, and his thoughts were a little confused for a while.
On the other side, Duan Pixi and Duan Wenyang looked respectful and followed the crowd step by step.
The two-month capture of Qingzhou left them shocked and a little discouraged.
In fact, when Liu Bogen rebelled, the Jin army in Qingzhou was unable to defeat him and suffered repeated defeats. However, they went south on Wang Jun's order, destroyed their main force in one battle, and killed Liu Bogen. From a military perspective alone, they can defeat all enemies in Qingzhou in even one month.
But winning is one thing, establishing a solid rule is another. The difficulty is not on the same level.
The wealthy people of Qingzhou abandoned Cao Yi at a critical moment, which was the main reason for his failure.
Liang Gong is very popular with wealthy families!
After all, he is from Jin, so it is naturally easy for him to attract the wealthy families of Jin to join him. As long as he lives, the situation in the Central Plains will probably not change much. Even if they, Duan Bu Xianbei, want to find an opportunity to get rid of their current situation and obtain a real territory, it will be difficult.
This made them both very disappointed.
Wang Xuan was a little two steps behind Yang Chen, and had a good chat with Cao Yi's staff who accompanied him.
He knows his mission too well.
In terms of family status and reputation, the Langya Wang family has great advantages in Qingzhou.
As a scholar of Qingxu, the two characters Qingxu are juxtaposed and are often mentioned together.
The wealthy families in these two places have many marriages and are closely related, so they naturally like to get together. It was precisely because he knew this that Liang Gong sent him here, and he came happily.
He remembered a conversation he had with his father at the beginning of the year.
My father said that when he was seeking the governorship of Qingzhou for Chu Zhong (Wang Dun) and the governor of Xuzhou for Maohong (Wang Dao), they went to pursue the current situation of the gentry in Qingxu and Xuzhou being in the same spirit.
After the failure of the plan, as the situation became increasingly chaotic, it was difficult for my father to recreate this political layout. Because he has obvious shortcomings. If you can't drive away Gou Xi and Cao Yi, it will be useless no matter how you talk about it.
Now with the help of Liang Gong’s fierce force, it seems possible again.
Wang Xuan was worried for a time, but his father looked at him meaningfully and said that maybe Liang Gong would not object.
Wang Xuan suddenly understood.
The group of Qingxu scholars is quite famous in Jianye. There are many such as Wang family, Yan family, Zhuge family, etc.
But in the north, the Qingxu scholars were still relatively popular during the Sima Yue era. However, after Shao Xun unified Henan, the Qingxu political group collapsed, and the Yuzhou scholars represented by Yingchuan rose strongly.
Among the three Dukes, Six Ministers, and Six Ministers of the Liang Kingdom, one-third of the positions were given to Yingchuan scholars, and this did not include scholars from other counties in Yuzhou.
Liang Gong is obviously from Xuzhou, but the Qingxu scholars have been unable to get up. Isn't it strange?
"Liang Gong has no objection", hehe.
My father is really cunning and has been waiting for an opportunity.
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After the good news came back to Lu County, Shao Xun ordered to pack up and go to Guanggu to have a look.
Zu Ti led his naval division to capture Pi, and Jianye's four military cities north of the Huaihe River also cooperated in the attack, using more than 30,000 land and sea soldiers.
Liu Chou sat in Pengcheng and ordered to hold on and not to waste the battle.
Zu Ti and others were unable to capture the fortified city, and in the end they could only force or deceive some of the Xuzhou people and follow them to the south of the Huaihe River, along with Xiapi and Pengcheng who had moved south during the retreat. Together with the common people, they settled in Guangling and other places, serving as farmers and soldiers.
After learning about Wu Bing's movements, Shao Xun decided to leave. It happened that the news arrived, and there was nothing more to say.
Before leaving, he considered it repeatedly and issued a series of orders -
1. Open the treasury and reward all the troops. They will give one piece of silk and two pieces of cloth. If there is any shortage, donations can be sent to make up for it.
2. Ding Zhuang from Xianbei, Hebei, and Henan counties dismissed their troops one after another, and sent all their troops to Bianliang to build the palace city.
3. Liang Guo added a light chariot general, appointed Zhang Shuo as the post, and led the Yinqianzhong camp to stay in Guanggu.
Fourth, declare to the whole army, select 3,600 men with outstanding military exploits, move their families to Chenliu, and become government soldiers.
5. Add General Wu Ya to this post with Yang Quan, choose to send 10,000 troops, and march south to Xuzhou to reinforce the Huai River line.
6. Xiu Xiu of Cao Cao's office in the general's mansion went to Qingzhou, and Cao Shangshu Wang Xuan of Liang Guotian went to Dong Cao's office on his behalf. The matter was over.
Just these six commands for now. More specific arrangements will have to wait until he takes a walk before he can decide.
In addition, he also has to see what Qingzhou is like now.
Since more than ten years ago, Liu Bogen and Wang Mi started to rebel one after another. When the Gou Xi brothers were in Qingzhou, they tortured and killed endlessly. Then they fought with Cao Yi. After Cao Yi took over, he fought with Shao Xun for several years... …
Judging from these extremely frequent wars, Qingzhou is very chaotic locally. Otherwise, Wang Dun would not have been scared away by the bandits and abandoned his wife halfway.
At the same time, this is actually an opportunity, an opportunity to resettle a large number of people and truly integrate households into the people.
Shao Xun needs counties that he can directly control instead of relying on the indirect control of the gentry. Qingzhou should give him this opportunity - Henan and Hebei have entered the "stock society", and a big state is fully worthy of his personal control At the end, he competed with the scholars for food.
On the fifth day of June, the army left Lu County and marched towards Guanggu.
Before leaving, a good news was carried by a courier and sent to Luoyang on Pegasus.
(End of this chapter)