In the end, they broke up unhappy, but Liu Bei forcibly took over all the prisoners!
Dong Zhuo didn't care at all. He led his army to take over all the counties in Wei County that were occupied by the Yellow Turban Army. All the Yellow Turban Army in these counties had long since fled, so Dong Zhuo easily occupied these cities.
The money and food left in Yecheng was extremely rich. The food alone exceeded 3 million shi, and there was money worth 200 million! Zhang Yan had prepared for this and hid most of the supplies in the Taihang Mountains.
When Dong Zhuo saw the mountains of trophies, he sighed with emotion: "Sure enough, a man is not rich without windfall, and a horse is not fat without night grass. This is somewhat true. Zhang Yan has swept away the entire Jizhou in these years, and the wealth in his hands is indeed not Zhang Jiao's."
Comparable! Zhang Jue is so pedantic that he even rebelled and refused to let go of his hands to grab it, thus wasting the treasure land of Jizhou!"
Niu Fu said excitedly: "Sir, this food and grass alone is enough for us to eat for two years, and the money is enough for us to use it for more than a year. This makes us really make a lot of money!"
It's no wonder that Niu Fu was so excited, because Dong Zhuo's other generals were also extremely excited. They had been fighting for decades, but they had never had a war as easy as now, with many captures. This was simply a turn of events.
Li Ru said calmly: "This should only be a small part. You must know that what Zhang Yan robbed was Jizhou, the richest place in the world. He had robbed all the families that had existed for hundreds of years. The money in Zhang Yan's hands now is probably more than
The imperial court must be large, otherwise how could he possibly be able to support an army of 300,000 people!"
Li Jue said excitedly: "That means there is more money in the Taihang Mountains. What are you waiting for? We immediately rushed to the Taihang Mountains to grab it. Now Zhang Yan's elite have been annihilated by us. Only a few old and weak people are left on the Taihang Mountains.
Women and children have no fighting power at all! The money in the Taihang Mountains belongs to us!"
Dong Zhuo whipped his horse on Li Jue and said angrily: "You are so stupid, don't forget that there is a Thunder Lord beside us, he can eat people. You still want to go to the Taihang Mountains, you just want to wait for the Thunder Lord to destroy our retreat."
Broken!
We have already made a big deal in Jizhou when we came here, and now we have such a rich booty. Don’t be greedy anymore. Let’s pack up these trophies and return to Shangdang County!”
"Wen You, send all this money to Zhang Rang and ask them to find a way to transfer us to Hedong County. I don't want to face Thunder Lord directly anymore, it's too dangerous!
As for Shi Changshi and the others, I need my help now. I think he will help. Now that the general and the scholars are so close, even Yuan Shao has become the general's adviser. I don't believe that Zhang Rang and the others will not be afraid. They will fight with the nobles.
For a lifetime, Zhang Rang and the others must not even be able to sleep now, seeing that they are their lackeys and have become the steel sword used by the scholars to deal with them!"
Then Dong Zhuo sighed with emotion: "Why are we warriors suppressed by the literati? It's because we are no match for the literati in these conspiracies. He Jin obviously made his fortune by serving as one of the ten permanent servants, and he is also their confidant. His position as general is also
Zhang asked them to find a way to get there, but they didn't expect that the nobles would easily pull the general into the side of the scholars. If it weren't for His Majesty's favoritism, Zhang Rang and the others would have been swallowed up by Yuan Kui.
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"As an old superior, my scheming skills are second to none among the Han Dynasties. There are few people in the world who can rival him. Look at Yuan Shao joining the General's Mansion. People who don't know better think that the Yuan family has joined He Jin. Turn over.
In a short time, Zhang Rang and the others were cut off from their most powerful support, and the general and Zhang Rang were even made to fear each other.
How many people in the world can have such scheming methods? I was so scared when I took refuge with him. If he hadn't been so stingy that he wouldn't even give him the position of prefect and looked down on warriors like us, I wouldn't have taken refuge with him.
Zhang let them!"
Then Dong Zhuo sighed and said to the military commanders beside him: "In the future, after you break away from my wings, you must be careful about what these people say. No matter what they say, you must think it over in your mind more than three times. This is what I have learned from being an official for many years."
Experience, it is useless to fight in our Han Guanghui! Duan Xi won every battle, but he died in Luoyang Tingwei Prison!"
Guo Si said: "As long as the general is here, we can take care of the war!"
Li Su smiled and said: "Our Xiliang army is a whole, how could we be separated from the general's wings!"
After Li Ru pondered for a long time, he said to Dong Zhuo: "General, Hedong County and Hanoi County are the heartland of Luoyang City. Foreign troops rarely come close to these two places. Even if Zhang makes them powerful, the court cannot let the general lead 6
Wan Dajun went to Hedong County.
Not to mention that Shangdang County still has to resist Lei Gong. Even if Zhang Rang takes the general's money and makes the general the governor of Hedong County, most of the general's army will probably stay in Shangdang County and be handed over to others to take over. The general can
I’m afraid no more than 10,000 people will be taken away!”
Dong Zhuo began to ponder, which one is more important, the army, or the governor of Hedong County? If there was no Thunder Lord's army pressing down on the border, Dong Zhuo would not even think about it. The army in his hands would definitely be more important.
He was able to reach this position today because, in addition to the scholars, eunuchs and generals, he also had a strong Xiliang army in his hands, making him indispensable to all parties in the Han Dynasty.
But now even if he has an army of 60,000, if he and Lei Gong are exhausted, it is better to escape from this fire pit as soon as possible! Just the thought of giving up the Xiliang army that he spent more than ten years training made Dong Zhuo feel like a knife.
I simply can’t bear it!
Seeing the reluctance in his heart, Li Ru said: "Actually, Shangdang County is not far from Luoyang City. We can find out the situation in Luoyang City at any time and make plans. The only dangerous place is when Guild Thunder attacks us!"
"But the general does not have to worry. He has taken in millions of refugees. Lei Gong will not be able to attack the Han Dynasty again without spending a few years to settle these refugees. And even if he attacks the Han Dynasty, he will most likely attack places like Youzhou and Jizhou. My subordinates
After carefully studying Lei Gong's actions over the years, I found that Lei Gong was cautious and rarely took the initiative to start wars. He even occupied the entire Wei County at the beginning, but the timing was not good. He immediately turned around and fled to Bingzhou, to a place like Mayi that was difficult for the court to take care of.
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"Lei Gong must understand the significance of Shangdang County to the court. Taking Shangdang County is equivalent to him putting a sharp knife to the heart of the Han Dynasty. Unless he wants to launch an all-out war against the Han Dynasty, it is impossible for him to attack Shangdang County.
County, so the general’s position looks dangerous, but is actually very safe! From the perspective of my subordinates, we should stay in Shangdang County and wait and see the changes in the court!"
Dong Zhuo thought about it for a long time and felt that Li Ru's words were reasonable, so he said: "Then let's not bribe Zhang Rang, that dead eunuch. Let's go back to Shangdang County to celebrate this victory!"
On the other hand, with Zhang Yan being killed, the good cooperation period between Liu Bei and Jizhou's noble families came to an end!
Although the prisoners of war of the Yellow Turban Army were protected by Liu Bei, the noble families in Jizhou immediately contacted the governors in various places in Jizhou to cut off food for Liu Bei and no longer paid food and grass to Liu Bei's army.
Although Liu Bei's army still has food in stock, it is difficult to sustain the consumption of hundreds of thousands of people! Fortunately, Dalu Ze is his base, and he led the army and the prisoners of the Yellow Turban Army to temporarily settle in Da Da Ze!
At the same time, Jizhou began to be in chaos again.
The wealthy nobles who had been staying in Jidong finally no longer had to worry about their safety, nor did they worry that Zhang Yan would help these rebels to rebel. With their own private soldiers, they began to continuously retaliate against the people who had joined the Yellow Turban Army. As long as they were involved with the Yellow Turban Army,
The common people in the relationship were all the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army among them. These people were either killed by them or captured by them as coolies to help them rebuild Wubao and manors. Gu Hesitation
Not only did the governor of Jizhou fail to stop the behavior of these powerful gentry, they also felt that it was time to bring order to the chaos. They had to make the rebellious people in Jizhou respect the powerful gentry, so that Jizhou would be completely settled. No matter how high the price was, it would be worth it.
of!
Instead, they led county soldiers to help them suppress the people. Any people who dared to criticize the nobles and nobles were considered traitors, or at least potential traitors. The government would definitely put them in jail if they found out. Such people were not
To be killed is to become a coolie.
Among them, Wei County, Zhao State, and Zhongshan State were the hardest-hit areas. The policy formulated by the noble gentry required each county to kill one-tenth of the Yellow Turban Army remnants and punish two-tenths of the Yellow Turban Army family members who were caught.
Doing hard labor, the remaining people will also be subject to heavy taxes, let them know the consequences of taking refuge in the Yellow Turban Army!
In Jizhou today, the people who dare not listen to the powerful words of the powerful gentry will surely become the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, and waiting for them will surely lead to death. The counties and counties near the Taihang Mountains have become a purgatory, with heads of common people being made at every intersection and mountainous intersection.
of Jingguan.
And this kind of massacre is still expanding. Soon every county in these places has a Jingguan, every township has a Jingguan, and finally it is exaggerated to the point that every village has a Jingguan. The nobles and nobles just want the horror of death like this.
Shock the people!
The people of Jizhou were really shocked by these bloody killings, and they fled to the Taihang Mountains to avoid such killings!
In the counties and counties close to the Taihang Mountains, there were not many deaths between the repeated killings by Zhang Yan and the Han army. On the contrary, this killing made the three counties of Zhao State feel a bit uninhabited.
It was already a month after Liu Bei learned the news.
He said angrily: "Are they crazy? This will only drive the people to the side of Thunder Lord. Do they think that if we kill Zhang Yan, we won't have to worry about Thunder Lord! If we continue to kill like this, the Han people will lose all the hearts of the people in Jizhou."
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Jian Yong said: "They are worried that the people will rebel, so they want to use this method to scare the people!"
Liu Bei said angrily: "We can't let them continue to mess around. Yun Chang, Yide and Zilong, you will each lead 10,000 cavalry to Zhongshan and Changshan Weijun. Any nobles who dare to massacre the common people will be controlled by me. They
If you continue to take action, just kill them all and let them understand the pain of the people!"
"No!" Guan Yu saluted Liu Bei three days later and left immediately.
Jian Yong said worriedly: "Xuande, you are going to make enemies of the entire noble family in Jizhou!"
Liu Bei said with a cold face: "It's not that I want to be an enemy of the nobles in Jizhou, but that the nobles of Jizhou are forcing the people of the Han Dynasty to rebel against me. They are making enemies of the Han Dynasty!"
"Do they think I can't survive without their army of food and grass? Now I'm going to recruit 100,000 troops to see if their money and food can really stop my sword!"
The full moon is in the sky, the stars are sparse, and Yuanshi City is silent!
Only scattered candlelight and laughter could be heard from time to time in the eastern part of the city!
Several pretty women from the Jiaofang Division gathered around Lu Yi, pouring wine and beating him on the back. There were dozens of businessmen around him, trying to please Lu Yi and saying, "Brother Lu, I only want 1,000 slaves. The price is not a problem, but
I want someone young and strong, I wonder if Brother Lu has any!"
It’s funny to say that when the floods first broke out, the entire Central Plains was chasing refugees. But when Xu Wei took in more than 5 million victims, the powerful nobles in the Central Plains discovered that after the floods and wars, some of them had fled with the Yellow Turban Army.
As for the people who went up the mountain, there were six to seven million fewer people in the entire Central Plains. For a time, the powerful nobles and gentry who had annexed the people's land could not find anyone to cultivate these lands.
And it just so happened that they heard that the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Yan had been put down, and they felt that there would be a large number of prisoners who would not work as serfs to farm, so they sent people to Jizhou to buy some slaves!
Lu Yi said arrogantly: "Don't say 1,000 people, even 10,000 people. I can help you get it. Changshan State has a population of millions. It is not easy to arrest 10,000 people. We in Changshan State have one-tenth of the murderers."
quota, and two-tenths of the slave quota, which adds up to 300,000 people, so why don’t I give you this few people!”
The businessman was surprised and said: "Brother Lu, you can arrest 300,000 people, but the court will not care?"
There is no such thing as this in troubled times, right? Of course these businessmen know that the so-called rebellious people are the common people of the Han Dynasty. Those who really want to rebel have already followed Zhang Yan and others and fled to the Taihang Mountains! But they are scared when they hear your arrest method.
Lu Yidao: "I will catch some rebels. Why should the imperial court take care of them? Anyway, now the imperial court has relaxed the restrictions on recruiting soldiers. In a few days, I will raise 1,000 private soldiers, and I will also be a military commander for fun! Then I will arrest the rebels.
It’s even faster!”
Several businessmen were hesitant now. They came here knowing that there were many cheap slaves in Jizhou during this period. They thought they were captured prisoners of the Yellow Turban Army, but they did not expect that they were directly capturing ordinary people. They were immediately a little bit confused.
I don’t dare to continue communicating.
Lu Yi seemed to see their scruples and said: "Don't worry, this order is the order given by the Governor of Changshan. What we are doing is legal business!"
But at this moment, hundreds of soldiers surrounded the place and quickly attacked Lu Yi and the others.
Lu Yi said angrily: "Who let you in!"
Zhao Yun said coldly: "Lv Yi, you have committed a crime, and I am here to arrest you!"
Lu Yi said angrily: "You dare to arrest me, do you know that Changshan Princess Bo is my uncle!"