The army poured into Luoyang City in the wind and rain, took over the four gates, blocked the streets and alleys, and all the private soldiers of the wealthy families were disarmed and escorted to the military camp for custody. All the mansions and houses were broken into by navy soldiers, the warehouses were sealed, and access was prohibited.
The wealthy families in Luoyang City were in mourning. The female family members did not know how the men begged for mercy outside the city, nor did they know what kind of promises they made. They just watched the money and goods they had accumulated for many years being loaded and shipped out of the city one by one.
It seemed like it was killing him, he was crying, howling, and playing around.
But how could the navy soldiers get used to the bad habits of these people? All the misbehaving female relatives of each family were arrested, tied up and escorted to the government prison cells.
The heads of each family could only reluctantly take the money hidden in various places and redeem the people...
After Liu Rengui had almost transported all the money and silk from each warehouse, he could calculate the amount of war damage pension.
Yu Zhining and other Luoyang clan officials were mentally prepared for this, but when they saw that number, their hearts still inevitably twitched.
There is almost no discrepancy between the amount of war damage compensation and the money and silk collected from various treasuries.
This is obviously a robbery, and everyone is looking at the calculations of the warehouses...
Fortunately, despite the pain, the greatest wealth for the aristocratic family members is not the money and goods accumulated in the warehouse for tens or hundreds of years, but the real estate scattered throughout the city, as well as hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land.
Although the warehouses have been emptied, as long as the property and title deeds are still there, it will take more than ten or twenty years to recover.
Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied the Luoyang family members were, they did not dare to complain. After all, Liu Rengui had not yet killed all the bandits. If the living bandits were angered, they would just seize all the properties and fields of each family without stopping. That would be
Kill me...
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Zheng Rentai watched the cartloads of money and silk being transported from the north gate to the ferry, and then shipped directly to the south of the Yangtze River. He couldn't help but ask: "Now that the matter has come to this, why doesn't General Liu take a step back and wipe out the wealth of these wealthy families?"
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In his opinion, such a large amount of money and silk was accumulated by the Luoyang clan for hundreds of years. Now that it was emptied out in one fell swoop, it was considered a mortal enemy, so why should there be any need to leave a trace?
Liu Rengui wiped the rainwater from his face and said with a smile: "Leave a fine line in everything so that we can meet each other easily in the future. If it's not a matter of life and death, why force someone to death? Besides, a chaotic Luoyang is not
It is in line with His Majesty’s interests and to make Luoyang’s clans wary, that is the purpose of my behavior.”
How could he be willing to kill them all?
If he was simply satisfied with being a naval general, then at this moment he would follow what Zheng Rentai said and plunder Luoyang City inside and outside, and then kill all the Luoyang clans, and send the properties and land deeds to Chang'an to ascend the throne as His Majesty.
As long as Fang Jun and His Majesty are satisfied with the congratulatory ceremony, who cares about the flood?
But his ambition is to enter the court, be appointed as a prime minister, or serve as a pastor. If he kills all the Luoyang clans at this moment, his murderous intention is too strong, his anger is too strong, how can anyone speak for him?
For the Luoyang clan, the more they lose, the more they will understand that they cannot go against the trend. From now on, Liu Rengui will be silent and frightened, but if everything they have is taken away, they will be desperate.
Under this situation, not only did he arouse the anger of the Luoyang clan and take desperate risks, but he would also become the enemy of all the clans in the world. How could he have a future under the same hatred?
It should be understood that even if His Majesty and the late Emperor uphold the same national policy of suppressing clans, how can the deep-rooted clans be eradicated in one day?
After all, in the next ten or even twenty years, clan politics will still be the mainstream in the court...
Zheng Rentai naturally did not know that Liu Rengui led the army to the expedition this time as a way for the Navy to push him to the front. Therefore, he could not guess the real intention of Liu Rengui's approach. He only thought that Liu Rengui was too scrupulous to move the Luoyang clan to the front.
Offended in death.
Liu Rengui ignored the matter. Such a large amount of money and silk would be shipped to Chang'an after the rebels were pacified, which would surely make His Majesty Longyan very happy. There would be almost no changes in his entry into the court. His arrival in Luoyang would be regarded as a complete meritorious deed.
The next step is to capture Hangu Pass and approach Tongguan.
Yu Zhining was called to the front and ordered: "Please also ask the Duke of Yan to do your best to recruit young men to serve as trackers for the last general to help the navy ships cross the Sanmenxia natural chasm."
Even though Yu Zhining was unwilling in every possible way, he did not dare to disobey Liu Rengui's order at this moment. After all, they were open to the Luoyang clan and did not kill them all. If they could not march to Tongguan on time and become angry and attack the Luoyang clan, on their own side
Wouldn't it be an unjust death?
He quickly agreed: "There are not many young people in Luoyang City. They have all gathered and rushed to Tongguan before. But don't worry, General Liu. I will definitely gather enough people to escort the navy's boats across the Sanmen Gorge. If there are not enough people, I will personally go to battle."
Also make sure nothing goes wrong.”
This is not a shirk. Most of the young men in Luoyang and other places had formed a private army and rushed to Tongguan at the request of Yuchi Gong, resulting in a shortage of young men in the city. Otherwise, given the family background and power of the Luoyang clan, as long as they had enough troops, they would
He wouldn't be able to hold on for even a day in the face of an attack by the navy and Zheng's private army.
But you don’t have to be young and strong to do fiber pulling. Throughout the ages, almost all boats crossing the Sanmen Gorge have relied on trackers. Therefore, the people nearby have made a living by doing this for generations. Even the old, weak, women and children can handle it in an emergency.
Liu Rengui said happily: "The Duke of Yan understands the righteousness very well, and I will admire him greatly. However, there is one more thing that needs your attention. At the moment, all slaves and private soldiers in Luoyang City should gather them together and follow us to send troops to the valley."
Pass and wipe out the rebels. After the general and General Zheng set off, the public security of Luoyang must be managed by Duke Yan. Unrest must not occur, otherwise it will affect the counter-rebellion plan, which is not something that the general can handle."
As the saying goes, make the best use of everything. Since Yu Zhining is now in a dilemma and has to completely betray the King of Jin, he should simply betray to the end, and don't think about continuing to double-deal with Qin Muchu.
Yu Zhining now knew that there was no way out, so he could only nod his head repeatedly: "Don't worry, General Liu, I will ensure that Luoyang is stable and give the general a stable rear area."
I felt a wave of pain in my heart. After going round and round, I finally returned to the court camp, but I had to be bossed around by Liu Rengui, a mere navy general. Why did I have to do this?
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On the official road on the east side of Lishan Mountain, tens of thousands of people rushed forward. After winning the battle of Xinfeng, they headed east, turned to the end of Lishan Mountain, turned south, and headed south to attack Baqiao.
Yuchi Gong led the army to advance rapidly. He heard that the Youwu Guards were moving to the Weishui River more than a hundred miles away from Baqiao. The intersection of Ba Rivers seemed to be about to cross the river to the south, and he broke out in a cold sweat. If the Youwu Guards, who were well-equipped and powerful, were allowed to go,
Cutting off the retreat, the right Houwei under his command will most likely be perished on the banks of the Ba River...
However, soon a scout sent back news that Xue Wanche had brought back the troops who had arrived at the river, and even returned directly to the camp where they were stationed before, facing Chang'an across the Weishui River.
Yuchi Gong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, remembering the instructions given by His Highness the King of Jin before leaving: Don't worry about the movements of the Youhou Wei...
Obviously, Xue Wanche had secretly reached an agreement with King Jin for some unknown reason, and it was very likely that he would become completely dependent on King Jin at a critical moment.
As for whether Xue Wanche would be punished for disobeying military orders, Yuchi Gong didn't care. He led the army all the way to Baqiao and confronted Donggong Liuli who was stationed here. It happened that there was another heavy rain, so he could only hold his troops temporarily, threatening Chang'an.
However, Yuchi Gong was not idle either. He called his youngest son Yuchi Baohuan over in the temporary tent.
The eldest son Yuchi Baolin is now serving in the navy and is stationed in the Japanese country with the army. The second son Yuchi Baoqi is also in the Jiangnan army. Only the youngest son is always with him. On this expedition, he was afraid that the two armies would have no eyesight in front of them, so Yuchi Baohuan was released.
Stay safe in the back line.
Yuchi Baohuan is seventeen years old this year. He has thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a dark face. He has perfectly inherited the genes of the Yuchi family. He strode into the camp, took off his rain-wet robe, saluted, and asked: "The commander-in-chief will call you the last one."
Come, what are your orders?"
There are no fathers and sons in the military, and even between fathers and sons, they must be commensurate with military rank.
Yuchi Gong came to the window and looked at the heavy rain outside the window. He frowned and said: "I am afraid that the heavy rain will not stop for a while. We cannot launch a fierce attack. The Sixth Army of the East Palace does not dare to attack rashly. How many confrontations will it take?"
Day...but we can't be idle, you immediately mobilize all your troops, go straight to Lishan Mountain, and capture Fangjia Farm."
Yuchi Baohuan was stunned for a moment, then felt a little embarrassed, and said hesitantly: "This... is not necessary? Although the positions are different and the enemy and us are clearly defined, there is no personal grudge after all. Even the children and brothers have always been on good terms with Fang Jun. At this time, Annihilation
The Fang family’s farm in Lishan..."
He wanted to speak but stopped.
Everyone knows that Lishan Farm was built by Fang Jun. It housed thousands of homeless people here and spent a lot of money to buy a lot of surrounding land, reclaimed wasteland for drinking water, built canals, and planted scarce crops.
Yidian has become an extremely important village and town around Chang'an.
In the farm, there are crops and seeds that Fang Jun cares about most...
Yuchi Gong had a sullen face and said in a deep voice: "Did I ask you to kill people and set fires? Capture the farm and take all the various crop seeds stored in the cellar with you. Then you will return to Tongguan immediately. No matter what, you must bring these crops
Keep it well. In the future when the King of Jin ascends to the throne, how can we, the feudal side of the Yuchi family, develop and build a country and have enough food and clothing without these crops? The skills of merchants are all rootless duckweeds. Even if they gain a lot for a while, they will not be passed down to the world.
But these crops can be grown on the land for generations, enough to ensure that future generations of our Yuchi family will not suffer from poverty."
The nobles of Chang'an have been coveting the corn, peanuts, cotton and other novel crops cultivated by Fang Jun at Lishan Farm for a day or two. Now that they have this opportunity, how can they be polite?