Chapter 255 Incorporate Yellow Turbans from all over the world!
Chapter 255 Incorporate Yellow Turbans from all over the world!
"Don't worry, everyone, if you are truly loyal to me, I will definitely not treat you badly!"
Qin Yuan sat in the seat where the Guangning County Magistrate had just occupied, looking at everyone with a smile.
In order to ensure the stability of Guangning County, these gentry classes are indispensable.
At least, Qin Yuan currently does not have the power to completely eliminate these noble classes.
However, Qin Yuan would not let these gentry classes remain the same as before.
"You also know that in order to create a great cause with the great sage and mentor and rebuild a peaceful and prosperous age, a lot of manpower and material resources have been spent!"
Then, Qin Yuan said again, "Is it time for you to show your support?"
Coming!
Sure enough, Qin Yuan is not a fuel-efficient lamp!
Everyone took a breath and knew that Qin Yuan would not let them go so easily.
"I wonder what Qin Daqushuai wants us to do?"
“In recent years, there have been constant natural and man-made disasters, and every family doesn’t have much leftover food!”
"However, we must tighten our belts to support them!"
A highly respected old man asked.
These words are for Qin Yuan's lion to open his mouth and get a vaccination in advance.
Otherwise, Qin Yuan proposes to take all their assets, who can bear it!
It would be better to just fight Qin Yuan.
"Mr. Wang is right!"
Everyone nodded. "Our life is not easy. In recent days, the Yellow Turban Moth. Our rebel army has been conquering everywhere, causing serious losses to many industries!"
"alright!"
"Stop pretending in front of me!"
Qin Yuan sneered.
"Give you two choices!"
"First, in the name of each of your families, organize a rebel army, join the Yellow Turban camp, follow me to fight together, and overthrow the Han Dynasty!"
"Each family must send no less than 3,000 troops, and the total number must not be less than 50,000. These soldiers can be commanded by you. They only need to be responsible to the commander-in-chief and obey the orders of the commander-in-chief."
"As for the logistics of the army, including equipment, money and food, etc., you are all self-sufficient. I will never interfere. And the merits established by the army and the territory won are all your credit!"
"At the same time, your independence and the command of the army will be guaranteed!"
Qin Yuan said, "When the Han Dynasty is overthrown, you will all be the founding generals, and you will be crowned princes for generations!"
This condition ensured their control over the army.
With military power in hand, he has the capital to negotiate with Qin Yuan.
Even when there are differences with Qin Yuan, he can even lead his army to confront him.
Sounds pretty good.
But there was only one thing that made them feel frightened.
That is the rebel army organized in the name of each of their families.
If the Yellow Turban Uprising succeeds, they will naturally be the founding fathers of the country and can re-divide the cake of the new world.
If the uprising fails, the court will definitely pursue the case.
This is a serious crime to destroy the nine tribes!
Although the rewards are good, such high risks and the possibility of being exterminated are not in line with the survival of these families.
In this era, ensuring family inheritance and passing it on to future generations is better than anything else!
"What about the second option?"
Mr. Wang asked.
This first condition sounds exciting and exciting.
But in fact, there is a great danger hidden.
"Second, I will forcefully recruit 90% of your clan's guards and private troops, as well as 30% of your clan's descendants!"
"And, each family will give half of their property!"
"As long as I am alive for one day, your family will be safe!"
"Of course, the premise is that you don't do anything to disgrace me!"
Qin Yuan said again.
Compared with the first one, the conditions and treatment of the second one are much different!
But the first one is that they actively participated in joining the Yellow Turban Army.
The second one was forced to join the Yellow Turban Army.
The two are completely different.
Once the decision is made, it will determine the future of their family.
If you are optimistic about the Yellow Turban Army, then naturally choose the first one.
If you feel that the big man cannot be overthrown, then it is best to choose the second option!
"Shuai Qin Daqu, can you let us discuss it?"
Mr. Wang sighed softly and asked.
"Okay, I'll give you one hour to think about it!"
Qin Yuan waved his hand.
He signaled that they could leave the room, but they could not leave the city lord's mansion.
"Thank you Daqushuai!"
Mr. Wang and others immediately retreated.
"Lord, why let them choose?"
"Looking at their hesitation, it's obvious that they can't trust us!"
"I think it's better to kill them all!"
Li Cunxiao said dissatisfied.
"Can't kill!"
"All the scholar-bureaucrats in the world are one family!"
"You can kill one, but you can't kill them all!"
"Why offend everyone because of these people!"
Qin Yuan shook his head.
"Besides, what we need is for them to set an example!"
"As long as Guangning County can learn from the past, what do you think they will do if we attack other counties in the future if they know they are losing?"
Qin Yuan asked.
Using gentle methods will be beneficial to Qin Yuan's next actions.
If we use the method of slaughtering the city, or wiping out all these noble classes, it would indeed be quite satisfying, as we can cut through the mess with one sword.
But the problem is that when you attack other cities later, the enemies in the city will be frightened by Qin Yuan's cruel methods and choose to resist tenaciously, preferring death to surrender.
In this way, the difficulty of attacking the city will rise sharply in the future.
It might be possible to defeat two cities in one.
If every city was like this, I don’t know how much time it would take!
There are hundreds of cities in one Shanggu County. If we attack them one by one, it may take a year and a half to completely capture the entire Shanggu County.
By that time, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had been suppressed by the Han army!
"This does make some sense!"
Li Cunxiao whispered, "But keeping them is a hidden danger after all!"
"Asking them to hand over their military power is equivalent to breaking their arm!"
"Moreover, the children of their clan are still in our hands, which is equivalent to hostages!"
"Let him hand over half of his property, and then cut off one of his arms!"
"How can the castrated gentry have the courage to rebel?"
Qin Yuan sneered, "Also, we have to believe in Bowen's ability and that he can take care of these families well!"
This was also the plan that Qin Yuan and Liu Bowen discussed to deal with the gentry class.
The first is to avoid overly irritating the gentry and causing them to resist fiercely!
The second is to slowly weaken the strength of the gentry class!
The third is to find new replaceable classes and replace them!
Every step is very important!
Especially the third step.
Many people in the Yellow Turban Army came from a rough background.
But after they have made great achievements, they must be rewarded.
Otherwise, there is no way to win over people’s hearts!
These people are the new noble class in the future, who will replace these noble classes!
The world of adults is never just about simple benevolence and righteousness. The most important thing is that there must be benefits at all, otherwise who would be willing to sacrifice their lives for you!
An hour flies by.
Soon, Mr. Wang and others returned.
It was right as Qin Yuan expected.
They ultimately chose the second option.
In their opinion, they did not think that Qin Yuan or the Yellow Turban Army could successfully overthrow the ruling Han Dynasty!
The hundreds of years of rule of the Han Dynasty have become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!
The powerful surrender of the Guangning family allowed Qin Yuan to easily control Guangning County.
There were originally 200,000 troops in the city, but there were still 100,000 left after the war. In addition to the 50,000 forced soldiers, there were 150,000 new soldiers.
After obtaining these troops, Qin Yuan immediately arranged for them to transfer jobs.
After that, each family sent representatives to accompany Qin Yuan's generals and led the army to various cities in Guangning County to capture them one by one.
It has to be said that with the cooperation of these nobles, it took less than three days to capture the entire Guangning County!
The efficiency is really fast!
This is enough to show how deep the influence of the gentry class is.
In this area, the words of the gentry are more effective than the emperor's decree!
Xialuo County, one of the nine counties in Shanggu County.
Compared with Qin Yuan's army, they took Guangning County directly and spent many days to capture it.
Han Xin led his army to various places to connect the Yellow Turban Army in various places.
Although all the Yellow Turbans knew that there was a Yellow Turban Commander named Qin Yuan above their heads.
However, they almost always listen to the tune but not the propaganda.
Perhaps only the orders of a great and wise teacher can be obeyed absolutely.
For example, when Qin Yuan ordered to attack various counties and gather to attack Shanggu County, less than half of the Yellow Turban Army obeyed.
Moreover, with the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Yellow Turban Army expanded rapidly, recruiting many farmers and occupying a lot of territory, making the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army everywhere ambitious, thinking that they were the generation of Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang!
Some even simply occupied a city or a place and became emperors to enjoy the blessings, and even ignored Qin Yuan's orders.
Of course, the sweet dream of the Tu Emperor was awakened by Han Xin not long after.
As for those who were still stubborn after beating them, Han Xin did not get used to it.
Poof!
A head with wide eyes rolled to the ground.
His headless body is still half lying on the bed, holding a beautiful girl in each hand!
But this beauty's face was pale and frightened.
"This general is Xiaoqushuai, who was appointed by the great virtuous master, and is the general under the command of Daqushuai Qin Yuan!"
"Chang Ting uses arrogance, extravagance and lewdness, harms the loyal and good, and disobeys orders. I will kill him on behalf of the great virtuous teacher!"
"Do you have any objections?"
Han Xin held the bloody sword and turned to look at the dozens of people standing outside the door.
These are all Chang Tingyong's cronies.
According to the predetermined plan, the Yellow Turban Rebel Army in Xialuo County should have launched a large-scale attack on Xialuo County three days ago.
But when Han Xin arrived, he found that Chang Tingyong ignored Qin Yuan's order.
Moreover, he secretly colluded with the government, eradicated the government's enemies in the name of the Yellow Turban Army, and even led the army to suppress a group of refugees who resisted the government!
When Han Xin arrived, thousands of swordsmen and axemen were sent to try to kill him.
All these actions completely angered Han Xin.
After that, Han Xin led his troops into Chang Tingyong's camp, and while he was still rolling on top of the woman, he chopped off his head with a knife!
"You actually killed Chang Qushuai, we have to do it... ah, save me!"
one person shouted.
But before he could finish his words, Han Xin cut him off at the waist, and the blood on the severed limbs was like running water.
His face was ferocious and frightened, and his upper body was still struggling wildly, until he slowly died after dozens of seconds.
The others turned pale with fright, and took a few steps back, lowering their heads in silence, unable to look directly into Han Xin's eyes.
The man in front of me looks elegant, but he is actually an executioner who kills without blinking an eye!
"Mobilize all troops and horses immediately and assemble to Juyang County!"
Han Xin ordered.
"Yes, Han Qushuai!"
Everyone responded one after another.
Han Xin and Bai Qi had no formal official position in the court.
However, among the Yellow Turban Army, Qin Yuan asked them to be canonized as Xiaoqushuai.
At the same time, he also received personal authorization from Zhang Jiao and was given the command of Xiaoqu!
With Han Xin's personal identity, coupled with Qin Yuan's name as Commander-in-Chief of Daqu, and 300,000 elite cavalry, he was able to assemble the scattered Yellow Turban Army wherever they went.
Even if there are some dissatisfied Yellow Turban leaders, either they must be beaten until they do, or the dissatisfied ones must be killed and a new leader be promoted.
After all, for the Yellow Turban soldiers at the bottom, what they believe in is the great sage and mentor Zhang Jiao.
The so-called Yellow Turban leaders are just the Yellow Turbans whose positions and strength are higher than theirs.
Even in Shanggu County, Qin Yuan's reputation is bigger and louder than Zhang Jiao's.
Even without Zhang Jue's will, Qin Yuan's name is enough to suppress most of the Yellow Turban Army!
Relying on these relationships and Han Xin's outstanding abilities, he soon visited various cities and contacted and assembled more than 80% of the Yellow Turban Army in Shanggu County.
The Yellow Turban Army, which was originally scattered across various places, fighting piecemeal and aimless, suddenly formed an extremely large force and conquered various cities one after another.
At the same time, this Yellow Turban Army has entered Juyang County and is aiming directly at Shanggu County!
If Han Xin mobilized and collected the Yellow Turban Army from all over Shanggu County and condensed them into one force, they would still only be an existential threat to the government of Shanggu County.
The 1.2 million troops led by Bai Qi and Luo Cheng were completely crazy. They marched south to attack cities and plunder territory. In just a few days, they conquered thirty cities.
This includes two county towns!
At the beginning, every time a city was attacked, it relied on strong military capabilities to defeat the defenders in the city and capture the city!
As they went deeper and deeper, the army led by Bai Qi became famous. Before the army arrived, the government troops were already frightened by the news. They were even forced to open the city gate and surrender due to the approaching army!
Although Bai Qi has the title of God of Killing, this battle followed Qin Yuan's combat policy of killing the enemy to shock him and then recruiting him.
The army held high the slogan 'surrender if not killed, resist to death'!
As long as the enemy is willing to surrender, they will not be killed!
On the contrary, the more intense the enemy's resistance, the more tragic the final outcome will be!
This also led to the reason why many government troops finally chose to surrender.
Even if the government does not surrender, the power of the gentry class in the city will unite and force the government to surrender!
After all, there is a precedent in Guangning County. As long as they are willing to pay some price, they can survive.
And if one chooses to be an enemy of Qin Yuan, he will almost never escape the end of confiscating his family and annihilating his clan.
As for relying on one's own strength to fight against Qin Yuan's army, that is simply impossible. At least those who had this idea are now dead!
In less than ten days, all the other counties in Shanggu County, except Juyang County, had fallen.
At the same time, several armies have entered Juyang from all directions and are approaching the county!
