Kai Fu Han

Chapter 430
"Who among you is in charge?" Jiao Rui asked again.

No one answered, and a few people shrank back.

Jiao Rui picked out a random person and beheaded him again with one blow, regardless of begging for mercy.

"Who among you is in charge?"

Everyone still answered. Jiao Rui stepped forward again, spotted a fat middle-aged man wearing a silk lining, grabbed his collar, and lifted him to the front of the crowd.

"Forgive me! Forgive me!!"

Seeing that begging for mercy was in vain, this man was frightened by the death of the two people in front of him. He foresaw that he was about to follow in the same footsteps, and his little sense of loyalty was completely thrown out of his mind.

"I say! I say, I know who's in charge."

"It's him! It's him! Mr. Wang, it's him."

Looking in the direction of the man's finger, he saw the middle-aged man with fat head and big ears that Jiao Rui had grabbed from the room before.

When this man was pointed out, instead of standing up and admitting calmly, he shrank again. If there was a crack in the ground now, he would probably get in without hesitation.

Jiao Rui walked into the crowd and walked up to "Master Wang".

"Surrender? Or die?"

...

After a brief silence.

"Forgive me."

...

After dawn, looking at the west gate of Yidu opened from the inside, Liu Xinqi felt for the first time that "siege warfare" was really easy.

"You have made a meritorious service." Liu Xinqi patted Jiao Rui on the shoulder.

"Not really. It's too easy to capture this city. These people are almost undefended in terms of the safety of the coach." Jiao Rui smiled and said: "To be honest, even without the high strength of the soldiers, give me a battalion." With the elite soldiers of the Xinghan Alliance, I am equally confident that we can use the same tactics to capture this city."

"Okay, the rest of the siege will depend on you."

"do not worry."

After entering the city, the first thing to do was to disarm more than 4 "resistance" soldiers.

Most of these people were farmers and tenants before. Bewitched by landlords and gentry, and with a little bit of petty profit, they gathered to rebel against Xinghan League. They belonged to fools.The Xinghan League currently did not have more manpower to guard so many prisoners. Liu Xinqi released these people after a simple screening.

Following these people were the land reform teams of the Xinghan League.

Only land reform can completely dismantle the rule of the landlords and the bottom peasants. Once the bottom peasants have land, they will not easily follow the landlords and gentry in rebellion.

Moreover, the land allocated to them now is almost harvested. Under the temptation of the immediate benefits, I believe that the land after the land reform will become very stable.

After the summer harvest, the Xinghan League only collected [-]% of the tax and [-]% of the land rent, and the people of Weizhou and Qingzhou immediately entered the subsistence class.

The characteristic of the Han people is that as long as they have a full stomach, they will never cause trouble.Then there will be no need to worry about trouble happening in these places again.

In the two days after Yidu City was captured again, the main tasks were to disband the captives, maintain stability, and restore order in the city.

On May [-], Liu Xinqi came to Jiao Rui again: "At present, we have occupied five states: Zizhou, Qingzhou, Yizhou, Weizhou and Mizhou. Now except for Weizhou, the other four states are not stable and are gone for the time being. ability to expand."

Jiao Ruijing waits for Liu Xinqi to follow.

"Except for Yizhou among the five states, all the cities in the other four states are currently in our hands."

"Yizhou has only captured two cities in Yishui County and Guofu Linyi County so far. Xintai County, Cheng County and Fei County on the western front have not yet been captured."

"Are you planning to let the special warfare battalion go south to capture these three counties?" Jiao Rui asked.

After Liu Xin'ang's night attack on Linyi, Liu Xinqi received a message from Mu Fei and Liu Xin'ang, and arranged for Liu Xin'ang to stay put, consolidate the existing results, and wait for the next step.

"Yes, after capturing Yidu City again, the three northern states do not need you for the time being. You can take the special operations battalion south to help Liu Xin'ang capture these three counties with the least casualties. When the time comes, based on these three County, plus Zichuan and Zouping in the north, to establish a defense line facing the west." Liu Xin said.

"Why not just quickly capture the five states in the west, and then build a defense line according to the original westward advance plan?" Jiao Rui was puzzled.

According to the previous westward advance plan, it would be easier to defend the five states in the west quickly, and then rely on the Yellow River and Ji River to establish a defense line.

"The opportunity has been lost. If we force the westward advance now, we will not say that we will enter a tug-of-war with the puppet troops. The rear is not stable now, and a lot of manpower needs to be invested in the west. By then, we will definitely not be able to take care of our heads." Liu Xinqi explained carefully: "Xing Han The size of the alliance is still too small. If we recruit troops from Denglai again, it will affect Denglai's agricultural and industrial production, and the subsequent impact will be even worse until it is out of control."

"Okay, I see."

After seeing off Jiao Rui and his special operations battalion, Liu Xinqi led the field regiment to stay in Yidu, and other troops were assigned to the Government Affairs Council to go to the other five counties in Qingzhou to continue land reform.

Now that the opportunity has been lost, we must ensure complete stability in the rear.

On the tenth day, Liu Xinqi had nothing to do and went down to the village chief on the outskirts of the city to inspect the results of land reform.

Since the original landowners had been arrested by the Xinghan League, the ownerless land was distributed to tenant farmers, trying to ensure that it was allocated to whoever had rented it before.

What is allocated here is still leasehold rights, but the ground rent is fixed, only [-]%.

We came to a village called "Shili Village". The village is located ten miles south of Yidu City. It has more than 200 households and is a relatively large village.

An official who stayed in Yidu said that each person in this village can be allocated eleven acres of land, including infants.

Liu Xinqi came to the outside of the village and saw that many people were already working in the wheat fields, clearing weeds and oats in the wheat fields to increase the harvest.

It seems that there are no obstacles from the gentry and landlords, and the land reform is proceeding smoothly. The fact that these villagers can work in the fields shows that they still have a certain trust in the Xinghan League.

Looking for an old man, Liu Xinqi walked up and talked:
"Old man, the harvest is almost done, are you still busy? Shouldn't this be the time when the farm is slack and you can entertain your grandchildren?"

The old man saw that Liu Xinqi was very noble, and he was followed by a large group of subordinates. One of them was the official who had allocated the land to him before. Knowing that he must be a high official, the old man replied:

"These weeds will affect the harvest, so take your time and clean them up."

"How do you feel about the Xinghan League?"

The old man's eyes flickered, he organized his words and replied:

"The Xinghan League is really a good court. They allocate land to us and only receive [-]% of the tax. We should be able to have enough to eat this year."

Liu Xinqi heard that this was a cliché, and the old man didn't even understand what tax and land rent were.

He gave up the thought of continuing to ask, and after asking a few questions about home affairs, he walked to other places.

(End of this chapter)