Kai Fu Han

Chapter 427
On the east side of Beihai and downstream of Weihe River, there is Meicun Town.

The town is divided into two parts by the Wei River. Both sides of the Wei River are lined with business stores and simple docks.

This village and town is Beihai County, the logistics distribution center of Weizhou.Both downstream and upstream products are transported to this town by ship and then shipped ashore to the North Sea.

The development of commerce has made this town very wealthy.

Even ordinary people can help wealthy businessmen in exchange for a life of food and clothing.

A large number of townspeople and villagers from the countryside gathered in front of the signboard at the entrance of the town.

"Zhou Yuanwai recruits servants, and gives him two taels of silver per month, and ten taels of silver for settling in."

"I heard there's going to be a war."

"Who to fight? Isn't Beihai already occupied by the Xinghan Alliance?"

"Maybe it's to revive the Han League."

...

The people in front of the notice were talking a lot, and many people were attracted by the generous treatment and rushed to the recruitment point.

Not only Zhou Yuan, but also officials and wealthy businessmen with various surnames are recruiting servants.

The smarter people have already sensed that something is wrong. This depressing environment of "a storm is about to come" has made smart people start to look for a way out.

The spirits of the garrison generals located in Beihai were already highly tense.

Three hundred garrison soldiers were holed up in the city, afraid to go out, and even the screened prisoners of the Beihai soldiers became a little unstable.

……

On April [-], Liu Xinqi returned to Changyi, the nearest city to Laizhou.

This county currently has gathered 2 militiamen, [-] Korean soldiers, [-] Japanese soldiers temporarily recruited from Denglai, [-] garrison troops that have not yet been assigned, plus the three field regiments brought back by Liu Xinqi, and they have a fighting force. It reached [-] people.

Summoned Luo Cheng, Luo Gao, Ying Ping, and Wu Liang who came from Penglai to support Changyi, plus four ministers from the Military Academy, the heads of three field regiments, and four battalions of the garrison from Penglai and Huang counties. long.

More than a dozen people packed the meeting room to capacity.

Liu Xinbao personally directed the Military Intelligence Department on the front line to provide intelligence support to the regimental commanders on the defense line. The person who came back to provide intelligence support to Liu Xinqi this time was the attentive Xu Zhong.

Diting's work on Jingdong East Road is more detailed than that of the Ministry of Military Intelligence.

Xu Zhong reported to those present:
"Forty percent of the gentry in Changyi migrated to Beihai during this period. The gentry and wealthy merchants who remain in Changyi are quite honest, but they have also recruited some servants to varying degrees, but mainly to prevent possible chaos in the future. Protect yourself.”

"Currently, the wealthy gentry and businessmen in Changle are also showing signs of gathering in Beihai. Meicun Town is where the largest number of wealthy businessmen gather in Weizhou, but there are not many in Beihai City."

...

Xu Zhong first reported the situation in Weizhou in detail, then reported the situation in Mizhou and Qingzhou, and finally reported the situation in Zizhou and Yizhou briefly.

"How many rebels have gathered in Weizhou." Liu Xinqi could not call these gentry rebels, so he could only use a later term.

"It's over [-], and it's still increasing."

Liu Xinqi frowned, it was very difficult.These rebels were all Han Chinese, so mass killings would definitely not work. I really had no idea at the moment.

"Is there anything you can do?"

No opening.

"Can't we force it?" Liu Xinhui asked. "That would cause too many casualties. We cannot take this route unless we have to." Liu Xinqi shook his head.

"Master Xu, do you have any detailed information about the gentry involved in this matter, such as their addresses?" Liu Xinyuan asked Xu Zhong.

"Yes, but I don't have a complete grasp of it," Xu Zhong replied.

Everyone understands that it must be due to lack of manpower. The composition of the resistance this time is too mixed and there are too many participants.

"Is there any movement from the Jin Army?"

"Not yet. I guess I have been staying in Daxing Mansion because of food and grass problems." Daxing Mansion is Yanjing
"Leader, I suggest that the special operations battalion be withdrawn." Liu Xinyuan suggested to Liu Xinqi.

"You mean, we should eliminate them on a regular basis?" Liu Xinqi said.

"Yes! The fundamental pillars for the gathering of these rebels are the gentry. Without these gentry, they would be a mess and collapse in an instant." Liu Xinyuan said.

"It makes sense. However, the servants recruited by the gentry have not gathered together, and most of them are guarding in their own homes. If they are targeted and cleared, there will still be large-scale casualties." Liu Lizhen said.

"Then let them gather together. Like wet sand, ball it up with your hands, and they will gather together."

"Okay, it's definitely too late to recruit the special operations battalion now, because we don't know when the gentry in Weizhou will choose to start an uprising, so we have to quickly deal with the resistance in Weizhou first and kill the morale of these gentry. Xinyuan, you will be responsible for selecting people from each regiment to form a team of 200 warriors. After the rebels gather, you will eliminate those gentry who are not discerning."

"Yes!"

……

On April [-], Liu Xinqi led an army of [-] to the east bank of Weishui.

The march was very slow, and there were spies who were listening attentively in Meicun Town to convey that the Xinghan League would eradicate all the gentry who resisted him.

Under pressure, the servants recruited by the gentry in Meicun Town and Beihai were quickly gathered. With the support of the richest class in Weizhou, these 2 servants were equipped with one weapon from the beginning.

Much stronger than the revolting peasant army.

A few prestigious gentry formed a command group and elected an "alliance leader". This group of rebels immediately had a backbone.

Just like the eighteen princes who challenged Dong in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the resistance army's food and grass quickly became abundant, and some people who knew military skills began to organize the resistance army and start disciplinary training.

However, it was too late.

On April 21, the [-]-strong army led by Liu Xinqi stayed on the east bank of Weishui River without crossing the river, attracting the attention of all the rebels on the other side of the river.

Liu Xinyuan led two hundred soldiers and some elites, starting from Beihai City. All the gentry who participated in the resistance had their homes confiscated one by one by Liu Xinyuan.With the cooperation of the city's garrison and Beihai County soldiers and prisoners, the house raids progressed quickly.

In these gentry families, all the young men of the main branch were beheaded, the side branches, women and children were imprisoned in the military camp in the city, and all the servants in the family were dispersed.

Then came the surrounding villages and towns, and the villages of the gentry were wiped out one by one.

There was too much food and property confiscated from the house and there was no time to transport it, so we had to pick up the valuable ones and take them away. The rest were gathered together first, and after the inspection, one or two garrison soldiers were arranged to guard them.

By evening, the number of houses raided had reached 110, and only the gentry of Meicun Town remained untouched.
On April 22, the people who resisted the camp got up and found that there was a pile of heads one mile away on the west side of the camp.

There were hundreds of these heads, which were piled into "Jingguan".

"what!!"

The top commander of the resistance army screamed like crazy, because the person at the top of the view was his old father.

The morale of the resistance soldiers dropped sharply, and they immediately realized the cruelty of the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)