The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 13: Trying to catch... so indulgent

Wang Cui was captured, and Tian Zhen revealed his identity as the commander of the beggar army. Liu Tai personally rode over and knocked him out.

It was just that he used a little too much force and knocked him unconscious, but he didn't look dead yet, so Liu Tai didn't care.

At this moment, taking down the arsenal where weapons were stored, Liu Tai took his time and asked the soldiers to put on armor, and then began to orderly purge the county soldiers inside Yecheng.

It can be said that whether the soldiers have armor or not is completely different. In addition, the county soldiers mainly focus on patrolling and maintaining local security. Without any command, they quickly surrendered.

In contrast, the beggar army's will to resist was even stronger, but with such intensity in front of the armored Liu Tai army and the captured Tian Tian, ​​they could only choose to surrender or flee.

It can be said that at this time, Liu Taizhen captured Yecheng with more than 400 people. Liu Tai immediately sent cavalry to bring Taishi Yu into the city. After all, Liu Tai knew clearly that he needed civil servants to assist him in handling government affairs. .

One thing that must be mentioned is that Liu Tai actually had a headache after counting the number of county soldiers who had surrendered.

Not to mention, the number of prisoners alone exceeded 5000.

When Liu Tai saw the number of prisoners, he understood that it was definitely Yecheng's laxness that led to his capture in one fell swoop.

At this time, they did not know that there were only more than 400 prisoners, but they thought that the Han army was coming to attack Yecheng.

General Zhenbei and Yu ran away, Wang Cui, the prefect of Wei County, was captured, and Tian Tian, ​​the commander of the beggar army, was captured. The entire army was leaderless.

But as long as they calm down and think about it, it seems that the number of troops led by Liu Tai is not large. If they are afraid of being decisive, some people will think that they have so many people, why can't they be a big one?
Therefore, for Liu Tai, it was difficult to capture Yecheng, but the real difficulty was to master Yecheng.

After all, Liu Tai remembered from beginning to end that his purpose in taking Yecheng was to use Yecheng's troops to defeat Lin Li. If this goal could not be achieved, then there would be no point in taking Yecheng by himself.

Therefore, Liu Tai waited patiently in Yecheng for Ge Xin and others to go to the woods to pick up Gongshi Yu. Of course, it would have been better if Chu Hui had not left!

When Liu Tai watched Gong Shiyu being transported to the city by Chu Hui, especially when Chu Hui was still there, Liu Tai's mouth burst into laughter!
It was just that when he dismounted, Gongshi Yu stepped on the stirrup normally and came down. When Chu Hui came down, Gong Shiyu quickly trotted to Chu Hui's side and carefully helped Chu Hui down. Only then did Liu Tai realize that Chu Hui was lame. .

"Mr. Gongshi, what happened to Chu Jijiu? Are you okay?" Liu Tai couldn't help but look at Gongshi Yu and asked.

"Chu Jijiu is lame. Let's find a bone-setting doctor to come over and treat him. I think he will be cured soon!" Gongshi Yu quickly replied.

"That's good!" Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui and didn't say much, but said, "Since something happened to Chu Jijiu, let's take a rest first. Mr. Gongshi will ask you to come over and help me." Record!"

"Dare you disobey me!" To be honest, Gongshi Yu didn't dare to show any slight to Liu Tai at this moment.

After all, originally Gongshi Yu was more or less arrogant towards Liu Tai, but now that he is watching Liu Tai really win Yecheng, why should he be arrogant? This is Liu Tai's ability. It is not good for him to follow him. !

Liu Tai had already prepared paper and pens for Gong Shiyu. It was easy to get some paper and pens in such a big city as Yecheng.

Liu Tai took Gongshi Yu to the school ground, because most of the county soldiers who surrendered in Yecheng were placed here.

Liu Tai walked to the general stand, but the county soldiers looked at Liu Tai in confusion.

To be honest, these county soldiers had no psychological burden at all about surrendering to Liu Tai.

The very important reason is that the Sima family did not even dare to advocate loyalty because they won the country unfairly.

And this kind of behavior fell to the grassroots, that is, the soldiers at the grassroots had no feeling at all about the changing of the king's flag on the top of the city.

Anyway, as long as you take care of your own food, it's not a war for anyone to fight for. What's the difference between the Sima family and the Liu family?

"Everyone, I am Liu Tai, the vanguard captain of the Han Army." Liu Tai gave himself a very generous identity, but strictly speaking, since he can capture Yecheng, no one dares to object to saying that he is a vanguard. .

"Now that we, the Han Dynasty, are complying with the fate of fate, we must work together to revive the Han Dynasty. All officers and men in Yecheng, if your clan has a population of more than [-], please come and register. Before noon tomorrow, please invite your clan elders or clan elders to come and discuss matters.

After you complete the registration, you can go back to the village to inform. You must bring your clan leaders to discuss matters before noon tomorrow! Liu Tai said.

Hearing Liu Tai's words, the captured soldiers looked at each other in shock, but soon, someone ran up and approached Taishi Yu, who was responsible for recording. "Zhenjie, the Zhen family in Yecheng, lives in Zhenjia Village in the north of the city."

"Me too!" "So are we," someone immediately said, "We are also from Zhenjia Village!"

Gongshi Yu didn't say anything but looked at Zhen Jie. Zhen Jie nodded and said, "They are too!"

"Come here and write your name. Once you have written your name, go back to your clan elders to attend tomorrow's meeting!" Liu Tai continued,

"I will bring this list to your clan leader An for discussion tomorrow, so don't take it seriously, the consequences will be serious!"

Liu Tai spoke cheerfully to everyone, while Gong Shiyu was sweating profusely while recording these.

However, these county soldiers could leave after writing their names. Liu Tai did not hide anything about this.

Soon, only a few hundred of the original county soldiers were left.

You look at me, I look at you. Anyway, none of them went out to write their names. Seeing this scene, Liu Tai's smile became even stronger.

Liu Tai said at this time, "What about you, why don't you write down your names and places of residence!"

"Reporting back to the general, we are just some poor people who were lucky enough to make a living among the county soldiers, but we don't recognize any clan elders!" A soldier said helplessly.

"I know!" Liu Tai nodded, "I saw that some of them also pretended to be names randomly. They went up to write a name and put it under someone's name. The only thing they wanted was to leave this place of right and wrong. Why don't you go?"

When these people heard Liu Tai's words, they couldn't help but show a bit of surprise on their faces, "There is still such an operation?!", but they looked at Liu Tai more doubtfully and said, "General, since you know, why do you still... want……"

To be honest, seeing Liu Tai reveal this matter like this, they were a little confused.

And Liu Tai said: "I'm just asking for a way to survive, why bother with this.

If you want to go home, you can leave now. If you want to come and stay and join our army, I'm more than willing to ask for it.

However, after our army conquers Yecheng, it will continue to conquer other cities and will not stay in Yecheng forever.

As for whether you want to leave or stay, you need to think clearly. "

Strictly speaking, these people have no worries and are not a very good source of troops for the regular army.But Liu Tai didn't care. Whether these people were stupid or kind, since they were left in the end, it was fate.

This is an opportunity for them, and it is also an opportunity for myself.

At this moment, they were faced with the choice of going home or staying. These people did not struggle too much, and most of them chose to leave.

Probably only a few dozen people chose to stay and join Liu Tai's army, which was regarded as a change of family.

Of course, this concept does not exist for low-level soldiers. Most of them just look at Liu Tai's kindness and come in to eat.

At this moment, Gong Shiyu was holding a thick list of records, but he had no idea what Liu Tai was going to do.

With more than 1 young and strong county soldiers, just letting them return to their hometowns, isn't Liu Tai afraid that these people will cause trouble again when they go back?
With just over 400 people, how could I really stop such a riot?

To be honest, before we captured Yecheng, we were all thinking about how to capture Yecheng.

Now that Yecheng has been captured, what Grand Master Yu is thinking about is how to maintain the credit until the army arrives.

As for Lin Liu, except that Liu Tai is still thinking about him, who cares where Lin Liu is!

Liu Tai didn't say much. He first checked the files about Tian Zhen, the commander of the beggar army, and then came to the prison.

Looking at Tian Tian who was still unconscious, he said to the general, "Pour cold water on him!"

The soldiers didn't say much, but Liu Tai knocked Datian Tian unconscious, and a basin of cold water was poured on his face.

Tian Tian woke up suddenly. He saw Liu Tai looking at him with a smile, but he couldn't help but tremble.

After all, Liu Tai on the battlefield was so cruel that he felt like he was having a nightmare at this moment.

But Tian Tian still had the courage to say: "If you want to kill or behead me, it's up to you. If I cry out for mercy, I'm a coward!"

"First of all, there should be no hatred between you and me!" Liu Tai looked at Tian Tian and said seriously,
"Fighting on the battlefield is a matter of stance. Since I didn't kill you directly, I can be considered a mercy to you, right?"

"You...what do you want to do!" At this moment, Tian Tian looked at Liu Tai, a child who looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, but he was a little confused!

"I have checked your file. Because the Huns and the Jie people rebelled and massacred and looted, in the first year of Guangxi, there was a great famine in Bingzhou. Under the leadership of the governor Sima Teng, they fled to Jizhou for food. Later, they became known as "Beggars". live".

And you are the leader of this army of beggars!I'm not wrong! "Liu Tai looked at Tian Tian talking about his information calmly.

"So what, do you think that this will make me succumb to you!" When Tian Tian heard Liu Tai's words, he couldn't help but hold his head high, showing an attitude of never giving in.

Liu Tai shook his head and said, "I don't need you to surrender to me, just surrender to Han is enough!

First of all, the corruption and political turmoil of the Jin Dynasty led to border instability and grain harvests, which eventually led to the annexation of the state's military and civilians to eat in Jizhou.

And even if you only eat in Jizhou, it will be difficult for you beggar soldiers to get enough to eat, otherwise you would not have to bring your soldiers to Yecheng to beg for food.

Yes and no! "

"Hmph!" Tian Zhen snorted coldly when he heard Liu Tai's words, and became even more arrogant.

"Of course, what's more important is that because of your arrival, the living environment in Yecheng has deteriorated, so Yecheng's big and small aristocratic families are quite resistant to you. This makes your beggar army's reputation here... Like a street rat!"

Liu Tai looked at Tian Zhen and slowly poked Tian Zhen's sore spot. The beggar army was really not welcome in Yecheng.

Liu Tai knew very well that a large number of idle people from different places were directly put in one place, and they came not to travel and spend money, but to compete with the locals for living materials. If even in the era of social and economic development, they would still be looked down upon as outsiders, it would be a disaster. Not to mention ancient times, a relatively slow socio-economic era.

It is inevitable that they will not get along with the locals. This kind of thing cannot be solved even in the 21st century, let alone now.

"In other words, you and the Jin Dynasty don't have the courtesy of being a king and a minister, and you don't have any affection for the local area, so it's only natural for me to find you!" Liu Tai said.

"After I, Notian Yuanhaotian, broke up with me, if you want me to bow down to the foreigners, you have found the wrong person. Our Tian family is very tough!" Tian Tian said unceremoniously when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"Being a celebrity, disrespectful!" Liu Tai bowed slightly to Tian Tian and said slowly, "First of all, we are Han people, not aliens. Secondly, don't refuse so quickly, I didn't ask you to surrender, right?
After all, after my father died, I was considered a beggar, so only guys like me can understand the difficulty of the beggars.

Those wealthy families would not understand such things as killing people just for a piece of food! "

Hearing Liu Tai's words, Tian Tian was slightly absent-minded because he did not expect Liu Tai to say such words.

But even so, Tian Tian stubbornly said to Liu Tai, "Even if you are eloquent, you can't change the fact that the Huns are the masters of the hypocrisy now. I'm sorry that you have such a talented person, but you can only serve the foreigners and help the tigers. But I think I It’s impossible for you to surrender to a foreign race!”

"Well!" Liu Tai nodded and said, "Then don't surrender, we can keep this matter.

But if you want the beggar army to survive, or even want to develop better, you still want to let yourself survive, right? "

"You...what do you want to do?!" Tian Tian looked at Li Tai with a bit of confusion in his eyes.

"Me?" Liu Tai smiled when he heard Tian Tian's words,
"I will come back to you at noon tomorrow and give you a chance to make the beggar army stronger.

correct!In order to prove my sincerity, you can be transferred to prison. I will lock you up with the beggar army. We will meet again at noon tomorrow. "

After Liu Tai finished speaking, he turned around, and Tian Tian looked at Liu Tai with confusion in his eyes.

He had no idea what Liu Tai wanted, especially when he was sent to the beggar army.

The soldiers of the Beggar Army came over to warm Tian Zhen away from the cold, but they made Tian Zhen feel a little warm after being splashed with cold water.

Tian Tian knew very well that no matter what Liu Tai's purpose was, if he could make the beggar army stronger, then he really had no reason to refuse, but he didn't understand, could Liu Tai really be so kind!
"Wait a moment...wait a moment... Everything should be concluded by tomorrow noon!"

Liu Tai narrowed his eyes slightly, finally able to take a nap.

(End of this chapter)