"The guilty people are waiting to pay homage to the general! Recently, they were threatened by thieves and were unable to go out to meet the general in time. Fortunately, thanks to the general's intimidation, the thieves were eliminated. The guilty people and others began to kill the thieves in the city and dedicated the city to their righteousness. Please beg the general.
Able to tolerate past sins and give life to the people of this city!"
In front of the north gate of Hefei City, all the powerful officials and powerful officials in the city disarmed and abandoned their weapons, and walked out in large numbers. Walking at the front was an old man with gray hair, his steps staggering and trembling.
Following behind were two young men in white clothes. One was holding the head of the former governor Hu Sizhao, and the other was holding the official seal of the state government and a series of seal tokens, including maps of territories previously sealed by the Northern Qi Dynasty, etc.
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Li Tai stood in military uniform among the soldiers. When he saw the old man leading everyone to slowly bow down, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this era really has a tradition of respecting the elderly.
He has experienced many similar surrender scenes. Basically, the people queuing up to surrender must be led by the military and political chiefs, followed by one or a few elderly people.
He has never dealt with this kind of thing. According to his own guess, the reason for this arrangement is not only that the elderly generally have a certain degree of seniority and reputation in society, but also deliberately to let the hostile forces who accept surrender take a look.
The old man is already so old. If you don't kill him, you won't have a few more years to live. Killing him will only add some killing karma to yourself.
But no matter what these people think, as long as they are willing to surrender the city, that will be a good thing.
So Li Tai took a step forward and ordered his soldiers to invite the old man to come forward. He took the old man's wrist and said with a smile: "I, the king's division, are marching here just to conquer the stubborn and disrespectful thieves. The soldiers and people in the city only need to keep themselves clean."
, If you don’t join the bandits, you will be happy to be saved from that day on, and you don’t have to worry about being harmed. Since the village elder has been recommended by the people in the city, he must also be a righteous man with good morals. Forgive me for my stupidity, may I ask the village elder?
What’s your surname?”
"Don't you dare, how dare you, an old man, praise me for your kindness to a sinner! The sinner's surname is Xiahou and his humble life is Wanlong. He is a distant relative of the late Fengcheng Xianggong. He dare not falsely claim to be Deqia, but he only knows how to do it.
As a courtesy to your Majesty, the soldiers and people in the city came to pray to the General to express his gratitude!"
After hearing this, the old man quickly bowed to one side and spoke in a humble tone.
After hearing this, Li Tai nodded slightly. The old man said that Duke Fengcheng was the Xiahou of Nanliang. He and his younger brother Xiahou Kui had been in Shouyang for more than ten years. Therefore, the Xiahou family of Qiao County also became a large family in Huainan. During the Hou Jing Rebellion, Xiahou
Kui's son followed Hou Jing and rebelled, and was eventually killed in the rebel army, while Xiahou Dan's sons resisted and died in the battle.
Li Tai also signaled to other people who had surrendered to avoid courtesy, and met them one by one to comfort them a little. Many of these people were not natives of Hefei, but had fled here or were gathered here by the Northern Qi Dynasty, but none of them were
The exceptions are all powerful figures who are well-known in the township.
Li Tai was not surprised by this, because the last time Li Bomu took the initiative to give in, he entered Hefei City to search and took away many Hefei locals.
During times of war, cities with great strategic value were often hit hard. In the eyes of many people in later generations, it seemed that instead of gathering in those powerful cities and towns, it would be safer to escape into the mountains and open up a paradise to live in.
But thinking this way is often an illusion. History books will record how many times a city like Hefei was attacked, but they will not record how many times a certain mountain village was looted by bandits. And the more mountainous and desolate the place, the more difficult it is.
Without social order, there is no such thing as life safety.
For a city like Hefei, even if Li Taidu had conquered it for the second time, it was only a blow to those who resisted. As for the people in the city, there was no reason or need to harm them. The so-called massacre of the city was only a rare case.
It is an extreme phenomenon. Therefore, it is safer to stay in the city during war than to wander in the wilderness.
This is one of the reasons why the city of Hefei had been plundered by Li Tai before and is now full of people again.
Li Tai was not in a hurry to enter the city. Instead, he talked with the virtuous elders who had surrendered outside the city. While comforting everyone, he also learned about the current personnel situation in Hefei, and formally informed the people who would be in charge of Hefei next.
Jing Xuan introduced them to them.
When they heard that Li Tai planned to send troops to garrison Hefei City for a long time, the expressions of these powerful countrymen could not help but froze slightly.
Of course they don't want to have such a powerful dragon lying on their heads. The most ideal way for them is that Li Tai only controls this area in name, while they control the city and govern themselves under this tiger skin. Before, Li Tai controlled the city in name only.
Tai went back and forth to Huainan several times, but they usually evacuated quickly. Even if they captured the city, they did not stay there for a long time. This was one of the reasons why they were willing to surrender at the expense of the city.
Now it seems that the situation seems to be a little different from what they imagined. Could it be that the Western Wei Dynasty also plans to officially join in the carving up of Huainan?
No matter how they feel about this matter, they have no say. Not to mention that they have left the city and surrendered, even if they still defend the city without strong external assistance, it is just a waste of money.
It’s just a period of time for Li Tai.
While Li Tai was communicating with these powerful villagers, the rest of the army had already settled in Hefei City and completely controlled the city.
During the exchange, Li Tai also noticed that the old man Xiahou Wanlong and another middle-aged man named Zhou Zhengfang were highly respected by these powerful men and seemed to be the vague leaders of them all.
So when the army sent word that the city was under control, Li Tai asked the two men to go into the city with Quan Jingxuan to calm the people and restore order to the people's livelihood in the city as soon as possible. In the name of rewarding everyone for killing thieves and dedicating money to the city, Li Tai
And the other powerful men were left in the military camp tent to host a banquet.
After Quan Jingxuan entered the city, he inspected the city accompanied by two powerful representatives. At the same time, the accompanying soldiers posted notices along the road and publicized the regulations for the management of the city after the Jingzhou Army entered the city. As for the main content of the regulations, it was nothing more than security.
The personal and property safety of the people in the city.
But in addition to the relatively simple three chapters of the agreement, the article also stated another content, that is, during the occupation of the city by the Northern Qi Dynasty, if the residents in the city have any property disputes or murder lawsuits and have objections to the previous judgment, from now on
You can directly file a lawsuit with the state government, and the state government will change the sentence as appropriate according to the actual situation and the laws of the Western Wei Dynasty.
The two powerful men who accompanied Quan Jingxuan on the city tour did not have any feelings about this. They only said that they wanted to eliminate the remaining influence of the Northern Qi Dynasty and sort out the majesty of the Western Wei Dynasty's criminal laws.
But if they understand the acting style of the Jingzhou General Office, they will probably be able to see that this is a way to mobilize public opinion and prepare for a public trial. Since the biggest target that should have been subject to a public trial has been cut down by them, then they will naturally be the ones to be put on trial next.
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However, Li Tai did not want to be impatient and kill the donkey. He just did not want these powerful people to continue to exist in Hefei City by relying on the prestige they had established under the rule of Northern Qi. Hefei City already had no stable authority.
As for social relations in the countryside, as long as these recently established authorities are demolished, a new management order can be established in accordance with the laws of the Jingzhou General Office.
As for these powerful men, they had finally made a contribution to the city, so at the banquet in honor of them, Li Tai also carefully described the current development situation of Mianbei.
If these people are willing, they can even take advantage of the current military deployment in Huainan to lead the clan members along the military passage of Jingzhou Military Palace to move to Mianbei to settle down in a safer manner and start a new life.
But if these people are stubborn and still have dreams of swaying around and ruling the roost, then there is no need to leave. They can stay and show their eyes to the young and old men in Hefei. As for whether they will kill the virtuous by mistake, that is
Li Tai is not worried at all. In troubled times, the moral bottom line is not high. The only truth is to become bigger and stronger. If he cannot be the biggest, he himself will die!
In addition to these powerful people in Hefei City, Li Tai also focused on communicating with the Lu brothers.
It has been a while since Lu Xida returned to Jingzhou, but before that he only sent his brother Lu Guangda to visit and contact Mianbei. As for him, this was the first time he met Li Tai.
In his original imagination, Lu Xida should also be a cunning and short-sighted tycoon in troubled times who took advantage of the situation. His previous defection to Mianbei was only due to the Northern Qi's gradual expansion in Huainan.
But after communicating with Lu Xida this time, he found that he was a calm-minded, quick-thinking person who also had a good sense of the overall situation. This made Li Tai feel quite happy even though he was unexpected.
Although there are many generals under his command, there are still not many who are familiar with the personnel of the Southern Dynasties. Since Lu Xida has such talents, he does not need to stick to local appointments, and can be placed on a larger stage.
After the situation in Hefei initially stabilized, Li Tai planned to send a group of troops to Liyang to assist Wang Sengbian. Although the relationship between them will inevitably become hostile in the future, for now, the threat from Northern Qi is greater, and Liyang
If it is still in the hands of Northern Qi, Hefei will not be safe.
However, reinforcements had not yet been dispatched here, and the latest news came from Liyang. Wang Sengbian, who originally sent troops to Liyang while Li Tai was attacking Hefei, withdrew his troops and returned to the south bank of the river, giving up the attack on Liyang.
Along with this news came the news that Duan Shao of the Northern Qi Dynasty defeated the Nanliang Houyi and Zhang Biao's troops outside Xuyi City. In addition, Wang Sengbian also sent a message to tell them that there was an emergency in Jiangling.
An envoy was sent to order Wang Sengbian not to attack Northern Qi cities without permission, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
After learning this situation, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh to himself. Wang Sengbian was indeed good at conquering and fighting. He was one of the few generals in the late Southern Dynasties, but his weakness in character could not be concealed. This was why Li Tai could not help but sigh.
One of the reasons why we are willing to deepen cooperation with them.
Now I only hope that Chen Baxian in Guangling can withstand the pressure of Duan Shao of the Northern Qi Dynasty. If Chen Baxian cannot bear it and evacuates, then he will have to meet Duan Shao's army here in Hefei.
He is not afraid of fighting Duan Shao, not to mention that now that Hefei has been won, he already has the advantage of his home court. But Duan Shao's status in Northern Qi is unusual after all. If this attracts more of the main forces of Northern Qi, and Chen Ba does not attract them in Guangling first
If everyone has the same firepower, it would be a bit deviating from Li Tai's vision.
Therefore, he quickly sent people east to pay close attention to the situation in Guangling. If Chen Baxian also withdrew, he would have to prepare to continue to lead his elite cavalry to set up ambushes on the way, and could not allow the Northern Qi army to approach Hefei to besiege and fight.