Yin Li opened the city gate, and Zang Ba and Huang Zhong immediately led their troops into the city.
The gate of the city was full of soldiers under Yin Li's command. Although they did not know the plan, the general had ordered surrender, so these people naturally did not dare to resist.
The two entered the city, and the area near the city gate was lit with torches. With the help of the internal agents, all the defensive facilities on the wall were turned into decorations. The horse traps, iron caltrops, Banqiao, etc. in the city gate were all removed and they were greeted.
Master Wang entered the city.
"Xuan Gao!"
Yin Li was envious when he saw Zang Ba riding majestically on his horse, as if he was a general.
They were bandits and bandits together on Mount Tai. Now only Zang Ba has made a fortune and has become a general in Qingzhou, which is really the envy of these old brothers.
Zang Ba also saw Yin Li and immediately got off his horse and came over and said happily: "Lu'er!"
Just like Cao Cao's Ah Man, Lu'er is also Yili's nickname.
Yin Li quickly raised his hands and said, "I've seen the general!"
"Lu'er, you and I have been brothers for many years. Please stop being polite. Where is Zhongtai?"
Zang Ba smiled and patted his shoulder. This time Sun Guan Yinli made great achievements in defeating Xu State. When he returned to Qingzhou, he would probably at least start as a captain.
Yin Li said: "Zhongtai led the team to kill Cao Ying, but according to the agreement, he will return to the city soon to capture Tao Qian. I think he should be back soon."
"Okay, let's meet him quickly and capture Tao Qian!"
Zang Ba said immediately.
At that moment, the Qingzhou army entered the city in large numbers and went to Tao Qian's mansion to kill him.
Because of the lack of information, Yin Li didn't know that Tao Qian was in Xicheng now, so he took them directly to the Prefecture Mufu.
At this moment, Tao Qian in the West City is still on the city waiting for the good news ahead. However, although the people near the city gate in the North City are all Yin Li's men, who have controlled the city gate to let the Qingzhou Army in. But there are still some Tao Qian's men on the wall.
When people saw Yin Li opening the city gate, they immediately ran away and spread the news throughout the city.
For a time, the entire Tan County was in chaos. The pursuers and deserters disturbed the whole city. The people locked their doors one after another, and the whole family hugged each other and trembled. Some brave ones actually dared to hold weapons and quietly
I opened the window and looked out onto the street.
They saw that the streets were in chaos, and the Xuzhou army fled in panic; the pursuers held torches, formed an orderly team, and dispersed throughout the city to capture the enemy. While chasing, they shouted that the Qingzhou army had entered the city and surrendered.
Death, the people should stay in their houses and not go to the streets. The Qingzhou Army is a benevolent and righteous army, and Qiu will not do anything like this.
Tao Qian was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly went to the Danyang military camp surrounded by his trusted aides.
This is the last trump card in his hand. He has been stationed in the military camp in the south of the city. Tao Qian rarely uses Danyang soldiers until critical moments, but at this moment, he can't care about much. He must seize this army as soon as possible to escort him away.
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From Xicheng Galloping Horse to Nancheng Street, I heard someone shouting from far away on the road: "Ming Gong, Ming Gong!"
Tao Qian turned around and saw that it was him who was working in Mi Zhu. He immediately stopped and asked anxiously: "Zizhong, what's going on?"
Mi Zhu came to him on horseback and said with a sad face: "Cao Bao was defeated by Chen Zigui and retreated all the way outside the city. Seeing that the situation was over, Yin Li, the city defender, opened the city gate and surrendered to the Qingzhou Army."
"hateful!"
Tao Qian was so anxious that he almost died of anger. He felt like the world was spinning, he was swaying in the darkness, his whole body was shaking, as if he would fall off his horse at any time.
Tan County is the seat of Xuzhou, and there is a large amount of grain, grass and property in the city. He was able to resist Cao Liu with the help of the high walls and thick walls of the city. Now that the city has been destroyed and the foundation has been lost, even if there are still five thousand Danyang elites, they can't.
The world is so big, where can he go?
Heading south to Xiapi, Guangling?
There are a large number of sect thieves and bandits in these two places. Zuo Rong promoted Buddhism and misappropriated a large amount of materials from the three counties. Tao Qian was afraid of his power and could only tolerate everything. This person is not a good person. If he goes to Guangling, he will be killed.
Melting harm.
As for other places, Jizhou and Qingzhou are to the north, Yanzhou and Yuzhou are to the west, and only the south is back to my hometown of Danyang.
But now Jiangdong is also in constant war, and all forces are competing against each other. Even if he returns to Danyang, how can he hold it? And he may have lost the capital to return to Danyang now.
For a moment, Tao Qian felt a little desperate, feeling that his future was bleak and he didn't know what to do.
At this moment, someone behind Mi Zhu heard someone saying: "Ahem, Duke Ming, now is not the time to be angry. Please withdraw your troops and withdraw from the city immediately. Otherwise, once the enemy army enters the city in large numbers, we will have no way to escape."
Tao Qian looked over and saw that it was Chen Deng who had been detained for two months. His face was quite pale and he was very weak.
Mi Zhu quickly complained: "Ming Gong, I released Yuan Long without authorization. Please punish me."
Tao Qian also knew that Mi Zhu and Chen Deng were good friends. Although he was dissatisfied, he also knew that this was not the time to ask questions, so he immediately said: "Yuan Long's words are indeed reasonable. Follow me into the Danyang military camp and evacuate Tan County."
No matter what, the only option is to run away now.
At that moment, a group of people rushed to the south camp and ran into the military camp of the Danyang Army, which was directly affiliated with Tao Qian.
At this time, Sun Guan and his brother Sun Kang returned with their guards after evacuating the battlefield. Their target was Tao Qian in Xicheng.
Tao Qian made an impromptu decision to go over and take a look, so Sun Guan naturally knew his location. He thought that capturing Tao Qian would be a great achievement, so he rushed over quickly. Unexpectedly, he found Tao Qian only after arriving outside the west city.
Qian ran away long ago and didn't have time to catch him.
There was chaos in the street. Sun Guan encountered several groups of Qingzhou troops. The soldiers below did not know his identity and were about to attack him. He quickly shouted: "I am a lieutenant under Liu Shijun's account. I was ordered to sneak into Xuzhou as an internal response. Where are Zang Ba and Zang Xuangao?"
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The soldiers were suspicious for a moment and did not attack.
Youqu Junhou shouted: "I'll go to General Zang first to report it. Don't move around here."
"Thank you!"
Seeing that the Qingzhou Army was relatively easy to talk to, Sun Guan breathed a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that the soldiers would not know his identity and start fighting directly, which would cause misunderstanding and trouble. It was really unnecessary.
After a while, Zang Ba came over and saw Sun Guan. He laughed and got off his horse, then went up and hugged him.
"Hahaha, Zhongtai, after not seeing you for many years, you have lost some weight."
"Xuan Gao, you are stronger."
"Haha, if you eat well, sleep well, and eat big fish and meat in Qingzhou, you will feel comfortable."
"It's enviable."
Sun Guan and Yin Li had the same mentality for a while.
As underground workers, Sun Guanyinli and the others not only lived on tenterhooks every day for fear of being discovered, but the upper-class forces in Xuzhou were mainly Tao Qian, Chen, Mi, Cao, Zuo, Zhao, and more than a dozen aristocratic families.
The surrender status of bandits and their subordinates have never been looked down upon.
If Sun Guan hadn't risked his life and fought hard with Cao Cao, how could he have been appreciated?
On the other hand, Zang Ba was also a Taishan bandit like them at first, but because he defected to Qingzhou early and made many military exploits, he is now a famous general.
It is true that people have the same fate but different fates.
Zang Ba smiled and patted Sun Guan on the shoulder and said: "Zhongtai Anxin, your great achievements have been recorded in the credit book. The governor will definitely reward you heavily and you will be reused soon."
Sun Guan was surprised and said: "Thank you Xuan Gao."
Nowadays, Qingzhou has not done much in terms of large-scale reforms, but there are still small reforms. For example, restoring the military merit system of the Qin Dynasty and establishing a merit book will record all the merits from soldiers to generals in the book, and then the Military Intelligence Department will review it according to the system.
, after confirming that the credit is not falsely claimed, specific rewards will be given.
People like Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun joined the Qingzhou Army very late, and they did not come until Dong Dong came. Logically speaking, serving as a general is the limit. However, because of their repeated military exploits and records in the merit book, they were promoted very quickly.
He will be promoted to general immediately.
After reminiscing about old times, it was time to talk about business. Zang Ba asked seriously: "By the way, Zhongtai, where is Tao Qian?"
Sun Guan said: "When I left the city before, he was in Xicheng. Later, when he came back from the front line, he disappeared. I suspect that he went to Nancheng. There is an elite army composed of Danyang people there, who are direct descendants of Tao Qian and have always been for him.
Reliance."
"Um."
Zang Ba said: "Yin Lu'er said the same thing. I have asked him to lead Captain Huang to hunt him down. Let's hurry over and have a look."
"good."
At that moment, the two men led their troops and headed to the south of the city.
However, they arrived too late. Tao Qian led the Danyang soldiers to open the south city gate, abandoned his family and fled.
After a night of fighting, the Qingzhou army took control of the situation, and Cao's army also fought out of the camp.
Tao Qian's army was killed, injured, ran away, and surrendered. The 45,000-strong army, except for the Danyang soldiers who escaped, even Cao Bao was captured, and almost the entire army was wiped out.
When Chen Mu entered the city at dawn, the situation had calmed down. The city was silent, and the people still did not dare to go to the streets. The corpses had been dragged away, and they were processed and buried in accordance with the war regulations promulgated by Qingzhou. Except for a small amount of remaining blood, the bodies had been seen.
No sign of war.
"Did Tao Qian catch it?"
Chen Mu rode his horse on the bluestone street and looked around. He saw that every household had closed its doors and windows, and no one dared to go out.
Yesterday's chaos was still fresh in our minds, and no one dared to go out boldly.
"Um, Tao Qian was not at the Prefecture Mufu yesterday. He was watching the situation on the front line in Xicheng. He heard that Beicheng was breached and fled in a hurry."
"It doesn't matter, Tao Qian must have been frightened out of his courage, and he will surrender to us within a month."
"Well, I have sent people to chase him. Let's see where Tao Qian ran away first."
"This matter is not urgent. Has the notice of peace and security been posted?"
"Posted."
"Brother is known to be benevolent. Is there anyone in the army who harasses the people?"
"Absolutely not! I'm staring at it!"
Zang Ba, who accompanied Chen Mu into the city, suddenly felt shocked and quickly promised.
Before sending out troops, Chen Mu had repeatedly issued orders that the Qingzhou army should be a benevolent and righteous army. They would not commit any offense in the autumn, and those who offended the people would die.
Although it has been confirmed repeatedly, when Zang Bajun attacked Langya Kingdom, several soldiers with mountain bandit backgrounds still did not change their former banditry and robbed and killed a wealthy family in the city. There were more than ten people involved in the case, including
One of them is an old subordinate who followed Zang Ba when he robbed Zang Ba's father's prison car. He was born and died for many years and was a Marquis of Qujun. He was about to be promoted to Army Sima.
As a result, this matter was learned by the spies of the Military Intelligence Department who were hiding with the army. After verification, it was confirmed beyond any doubt.
When Chen Mu heard the news, he was furious. He immediately held an emergency meeting, severely criticized Zang Ba, and issued an order to arrest all these people for military justice and to kill them without mercy.
Zang Ba had no choice but to shed tears and personally supervise the execution. In front of the soldiers of the three armies, he wounded and killed all these people one by one in the school field.
For a time, the three armies were shaken, and no one dared to violate military orders anymore.
As the saying goes, he who wins the hearts and minds of the people wins the world. Liu Bei was able to win one-third of the country from a grassroots background with no foundation, which is also a sign of holding high the banner of benevolence and righteousness.
Chen Mu may not care about these things, but if he takes over these territories, he will be under his own rule. His own soldiers will slaughter his own people, and the people will lose all their support. Just like Xiang Yu's occupation of Qi, rebellions will emerge one after another and there will be no stability. That is a situation.
A bad thing.
So for the great cause in the future, we have to do this.
Hearing Zang Ba say that the richest Tan County did not harass the people after they invaded the Xuzhou government this time, Chen Mu nodded with satisfaction and reiterated the importance of this matter to Qingzhou. He should not let the people think that the Qingzhou Army was a cruel army.
idea.
Again, before the emperor is completely in his own hands, he must be careful in anything he does.
Entering Xuzhou Prefectural Mufu, all the servants were there, kneeling on the ground in fear.
Chen Mu saw Tao Qian's old wife and two sons at the front. When he saw Chen Mu coming in surrounded by a group of people, he cried with sadness on his face: "Please spare my life, general!"
"This is Tao Gongzu's wife."
Zang Ba made an introduction.
Chen Mu nodded and said, "Although Tao Qian acted recklessly and in vain, his wife is innocent and should be treated kindly."
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After receiving the order, Zang Ba sent people to take Tao Qian's wife and other relatives away.
Tao Qian's two sons have no intention of becoming officials, and they are not bad people. Now that Xuzhou is in peace, there is no need to eradicate the problem.
Moreover, by treating Tao Qian's family well, it also has political significance. After all, Tao Qian has also implemented benevolent policies, and some people still have him in their hearts. This approach can calm the hearts of the people.
Tao Qian's wife and relatives were arranged to go to another house, and the servants were also driven there to continue to serve them.
Qingzhou soldiers took control of the entire mansion, and Chen Mu held a military meeting here.
Cai Yang was also supervising the transportation of grain and grass to the rear, so there were only generals such as Zang Ba, Huang Zhong, Gao Shun, Sun Guan, Yin Li, and Sun Kang here.
In fact, among the Taishan bandits, there were not only Zang Ba and Sun Guan, but also Wu Dun and Chang Xi. However, Zang Ba believed that Sun Guan and Yin Li could be trusted. Therefore, when the Taishan bandits wanted to defect to Qingzhou, only Sun Guan and Yin Li were the only ones.
He pretended to refuse and secretly ordered them to defect to Xuzhou.
Wu Dun and Chang Xi really refused. At this time, after the city was broken, they had surrendered, but they were surrendered generals, so they were not here.
Chen Mu looked around and said with a smile: "Although Tao Qian ran away in a hurry, I predict that he could not run very far and was destroyed soon. Xuzhou Pingke and Tan County destroyed the city. Everyone is a hero, especially Sun Guan and Yin Lier.
The general should be the first to achieve merit. After the war, he will be rewarded according to his merits, and he will definitely receive a generous reward!"
"Thank you, Captain!"
The two stood up happily and held their hands.
"You were generals of the Qingzhou Army before, but you have never been in Qingzhou and don't know the military regulations of the Qingzhou Army. After you return to Qingzhou, you can learn more from Xuan Gao and get rid of the banditry in you."
Chen Mu said seriously: "Remember, from now on you will all be generals of the Han Dynasty and officials who make decisions for the people. Don't call yourself bandits anymore."
"clear!"
Both of them had a deep feeling in their hearts, and they remembered it in their hearts.
"Um."
After tapping the two of them, Chen Mu continued: "Tao Gongzu fled south in embarrassment. I expected that he would not be able to escape from the East China Sea or go south, so I am not in a hurry. I sent my order to the general to rest for a few days until it is determined where Tao Qian fled to.
After that, we can send out troops again."
"only!"
The generals all agreed.
At this moment, a guard suddenly said outside the door: "Report, there is someone outside the house who claims to be the shepherd of Yanzhou and wants to see the governor."
oh?
Cao Cao is here?
A glimmer of light flashed in Chen Mu's eyes.
Lao Cao had a great time fighting yesterday. He gathered and surrendered countless soldiers, but he did not enter the city immediately.
I just came now, and it seems that I have only one purpose——