Chapter two hundred and sixty-two conditions for surrender
The specific matter was watched by Tian Cheng, Yang Qin and others to capture Zhongfang County. Han Qian also removed the biggest stone in his heart. When he returned to the back house of the Zhenjiang Mansion, he wanted to find a room with bedding to rest and nourish himself.
Mentally think about what needs to be considered tomorrow.
The yard of the back house is not big, and there are two pomegranate trees planted. The early autumn in Xuzhou is not very hot, and there is even a bit of coolness after nightfall. The branches and leaves of the pomegranate tree are very beautiful, and the guards are guarding the yard. There are no surprises.
Even when the incident happened, no one came in to disturb Han Qian.
Han Qian didn't even know where Xi Yin had gone at this time, and he didn't bother to pay attention to her. He saw that the lights were on in the east wing, and remembered that it was a bedroom when he ran over to hang out just now. He opened the door and walked in, only to find that Xi Ying
Sit in front of the bed.
At this time, she took off her leather armor, and she didn't know where to find a dark green skirt to put on. There was no veil, and her snow-white arms and shoulders were exposed. They were as white as snow and as smooth as milk.
, her pretty face looked so charming and alluring under the candlelight.
Han Qian was startled, but he swallowed subconsciously, stood up with the door in hand, stepped into the room with one foot, but did not dare to lift the other foot, and asked: "What are you going to do?"
"When did you become so timid?" Xi Yan looked over with beautiful eyes as deep as the night and asked, "I don't have any weapons hidden on my body, are you still afraid of me? Or maybe the young master really doesn't want to get mine.
Body?"
Han Qian looked at Xi Yong's appearance and charming body that could make any man go crazy. He licked his dry lips, walked into the room, and finally stood in front of the desk, staring at Xi Yong's fair face and asked
Said: "If you have any problem, just tell me directly. I don't want to suffer this."
"Xi Rong is willing to dedicate her body to the young master, and the Xi clan will continue to be loyal to the young master, but as long as the young master does not recruit Feng Changyu to surrender, Feng Jin and his son are thieves!" Xi Rong stood up and walked to Han Qian's door.
In front of him, he wanted to deliver his most delicate body to Han Qian's mouth.
"Aren't you trying to make things difficult for others?" Han Qian said with a bitter smile.
Feng Changyu, Feng Jin and others led more than 300 troops to retreat deep into Zhongfang Mountain. According to the current reconnaissance by spies, they all fled into Longqiao Village in the upper reaches of Zhuxi River.
Not to mention how dangerous Longqiao Village is, we enter the mountain along the north bank of the Zhuxi River from the Donglu Valley. The narrowest part of the mountain road can only allow horses to pass against the cliff. At this time, let alone more than 300 troops.
Even if more than 30 troops guard this dangerous road, if they want to attack it by force, they will still have to pay extremely heavy casualties.
Furthermore, it is true that the four surnames lost thousands of elite soldiers in this battle, but the core villages of the four families are still defended by two to three hundred elite soldiers, and they can even recruit more capable soldiers from the subordinate villages.
Yong, it is unrealistic to suppress all four surnames through military means before the end of this year.
And Han Qian really wanted to use cruel methods to bloody suppress the four surnames without leaving any room for relaxation. On the one hand, he did not have enough time, and on the other hand, how would he fight with the people of the Jingzhou surnames in the upper reaches of the Yuanshui River and even the surnames of the old counties of Qianyang in the future?
People doing business?
Xuzhou is the gateway to the old county in central Guizhou. The transportation links between Jingzhou and other places and the Central Plains either go around Shu or go down the Yuanshui River. This is also the value of Xuzhou's outstanding status.
Therefore, using both fighting and pulling, using both force to conquer and gentleness, is the truly reasonable choice.
No matter what Feng Changyu, Feng Jin and his son did to the Xi clan and Xi Rong, in his eyes, they were no different from Xizhen, Yang Zaili, Xiang Jianlong and others.
"Is this so difficult for Xi Yi to force others?" Xi Yi leaned over and stared at Han Qian with her beautiful eyes and asked.
Han Qian hadn't taken off his armor yet, so he felt a little sluggish, but looking at the girl's charming eyes, he couldn't help but put his hands on Xi Ying's soft and elastic waist.
T-shirt, I really regret that my two-plus years of life as a monk was a waste of a gift from heaven. I couldn’t help but slide my hand down against that moving curve.
"Promise me!" Xi Rong grabbed Han Qian's hand and asked.
"Youngster Xi has been training for nearly two years. I will give you three days. After three days, I will send people into the mountain to recruit the four surnames to surrender!" Han Qian said.
"..." Xi Rong shook off Han Qian's hand, slid out of Han Qian's arms lightly, and walked to the outhouse to put on her leather armor again and prepare to take the Xi boy into the mountains.
"I can't burn down bridges across rivers as quickly as you!" Han Qian was not as agile as Xi Rong, and he couldn't catch this bitch. He gritted his teeth and screamed with hatred.
"Young master, do you want to win Xi Rong's heart?" Xi Rong took off her skirt directly, still wearing silk clothes underneath, put on her leather armor, inserted the short blade into the leather sheath on the outside of her thigh, turned around and hooked the person
He stared at Han Qian and asked.
Han Qian murmured: "Just get the body. Why do I want your heart? I can't fry it. If you fail to assassinate the Feng family and his son, and die in Longqiao Village, won't I not be able to get even a hair out of it?"
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Xi Rong ignored Han Qian's complaints and muttered, waiting for the equipment to be arranged, then opened the door and walked into the deep night.
When Han Qian saw Xi Fa'er guarding the yard, he knew that Xi Yin had long planned to go into the mountain to assassinate the Feng family and his son. He just sighed slightly in his heart, although he finally chose more than thirty young people from the Xi family to practice the art of endurance.
How could an assassination under tight protection be so easy to accomplish?
Even if the assassination was successful, how could they safely withdraw from being hunted by hundreds of people?
Assassination has always been a task that can only be accomplished by using dead soldiers.
It's just that the Xi family's hatred towards the Feng family and his sons is too deep. This is a knot that Xi Yin and most other young Xi family members must untie in order to feel relieved.
Han Qian sighed slightly, stood in front of the porch for a while, then went back to his room to undress and sleep.
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Twelve young men of the Xi family followed Xi Rong and Xi Fa'er into the mountain. Three days later, Xi Fa'er led four young men of the Xi family and carried two arrows on his left shoulder. Xi Rong, who was weak due to blood loss, walked into Zhongfang City.
The arrow shaft had been cut off, but there was no hemostatic medicine on the way, so I didn't dare to dig the arrow cluster out of the flesh easily.
Han Qian washed his hands with alcohol, dug out the arrow clusters with his own hands, helped her apply the wound medicine, and asked softly: "Is it worth it?"
Although the assassination was successful, eight young Xi boys who had been trained for nearly two years were killed during the breakout. Xi Rong, Xi Fa'er and others who escaped were all injured. If Han Qian had to make a choice, he would never be willing to fight for Feng.
The lives of Changyu, Feng Jin and his son were lost in vain.
"It's worth it. We also burned the granaries of Longqiao Village and Guiyan Village for you, so I don't owe you anything this time." Xi Lin bit her silver teeth and said while holding back the pain.
Longqiao Village and Guiyan Village are two small villages on the upper reaches and source of Zhugong River. Both of them have only one or two hundred villagers cultivating valleys in the mountains. They are also the only two villages that the four surnames can currently rely on in the mountains of Zhongfang.
The grain fields in the mountains are not irrigated, and the harvest from planting grains is limited. Most of the grain stored in the village is confiscated by the village head and stored in the granary. If Xi Rong sets fire to the granary, it will be more difficult for the more than 300 village soldiers of the four surnames to escape into the mountains and be trapped for too long.
Sending people into the mountains will make it easier to negotiate terms with the leaders of the four surnames in the mountains.
It's just that Xi Rong said this, obviously wanting to break the conditions promised to him before setting out to assassinate him. Han Qian was itching with hatred. He wanted to wait for you, a little bitch, to heal his wounds and see who can rely on whom?
Seeing that Xi Rong's injury was not serious, Han Qian stood up, walked out of the bedroom, and said to Feng Xuan, Feng Zhang and others who were waiting in the small hall outside: "You can go into the mountain and tell the leaders of the four surnames, they
If they pretend to agree to my conditions just to escape, thinking that they can live in peace after returning to their respective villages, that would be a big mistake. When the time comes, please don’t blame me for being ruthless and attacking their villages one by one to exterminate their clans!
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Feng Zhang was originally Feng Changyu's nephew, Han Daoxun, and Han Qian who entered Xuzhou. He was selected together with Gao Bao and incorporated into the fleet of the four surnames, responsible for escorting transportation between Jinling and Xuzhou.
During the Jing-Xiang War, Feng Zhang and many of his fellow disciples of the four surnames made military exploits. When they returned to Xuzhou, they and many of them were awarded honorary titles.
Because of the opposition between the Four Surnames and Qianyang City, they did not seek official positions in Qianyang City. Instead, they all returned to their respective villages after the Four Surnames' fleet was disbanded.
Feng Zhang and dozens of other people were previously just small bosses or common soldiers in various villages, but after their achievements, they no longer wanted to be like puppets and were completely under the orders of the chiefs of the four surnames.
As people with official status, they were also rewarded with money to buy fields and houses, and even hired people to open new villages. In fact, they had relieved their previous personal dependence on the chiefs of the four surnames.
This time, the four surnames gathered more than 1,300 village soldiers to attack Zhongfang City. However, Feng Changyu, Xiang Jianlong and others were worried that Feng Zhang and others might be bribed by the Han family and his son, so they excluded these "dissident elements", but
I have great trust in Gaobao.
Feng Changyu, Xiang Jianlong and others did not even think about the calculation of military merits in the Jingxiang War and the enfeoffment of middle and low-level honorary officers. Even Feng Zhang and others returned to Xuzhou to purchase fields and houses and open up new villages. Han Qian was ruthless in these matters.
After a lot of thinking, the intention was to differentiate the four surnames.
This time Han Qian invited Feng Xuan, Feng Zhang and others to Zhongfang City (Yingyu Village). He mainly wanted to split the Fanzhai controlled by the four surnames into sixteen villages by choosing mountains and rivers.
Others served as inspections of villages and villages and promoted the reform of land tax system.
Each village has four to eight villages under its jurisdiction. In addition to retaining thirty to sixty households of non-residents, each village must also accommodate twenty to forty households of refugees who have moved in in the past two years and a small number of people who have been transferred from Tanzhou.
Death and dependents.
All the surplus villagers were moved to Zhongfang City, Wuliu River or near Qianyang City. The people of Xuzhou were all merged into one book, and they were no longer divided into two categories: natives and guests.
Feng Xuan, Feng Zhang and others were originally small native households in Xuzhou. Even if they purchased fields and houses and opened new villages after returning to their hometowns, the land tax reform would not affect their interests, and taking the post of inspection of the villages and villages was considered official.
Awarded an official.
It's just Feng Xuan but Feng Zhang and others have been under the rule of Feng Changyu and other chiefs for a long time, and they suddenly want to resist, but they have many scruples in their hearts.
Moreover, the resistance among the households in various villages was strong, and Feng Zhang and others did not gain enough reputation to pacify them in a short period of time.
The best way is to make the four chiefs trapped in Longqiao Village surrender. Feng Xuan and Feng Zhang are also willing to go to Longqiao Village to negotiate with Xiang Jianlong, Yang Zaili and other chiefs on behalf of Han Qian.
In order to calm down the situation in Xuzhou as soon as possible, Han Qian gave Xiang Jianlong, Yang Zaili and others quite favorable conditions. They only needed to agree to cooperate with the implementation of the new land tax policy, support the unified registration of local residents, and give up control of the households. When the time comes, he
Land ranging from hundreds to thousands of acres will be set aside in Zhongfang County and Longjiang County along the river to settle the relatives of the chiefs of the four surnames.
As long as they are willing to be loyal to the Xuzhou Defense Envoy and no longer have any thoughts of rebellion, Han Qian will even give them all the more than 30 large and medium-sized merchant ships currently owned by Qianyang City for free, and they will monopolize and cooperate with them.
The trade in Fanzhai in Zhuzhou in the upper reaches of the Yuanjiang River ensured that they could maintain their former luxurious life in Xuzhou.
Of course, if they wanted to move their entire family away from Xuzhou, Han Qian would not stop them.
