I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 354 Cleaning up the private soldiers
Yanzhou.

Taiwei Huangfusong beat drums to gather the generals. Soon, the generals gathered in the military tent.

Huangfu Song was wearing armor and holding the bamboo slips containing the imperial edict with a serious expression. His generals were all awe-struck when they saw this. Nowadays, as the use of bamboo paper becomes more and more common, bamboo slips appear on fewer and fewer occasions. And there is probably only one answer that can be held in Huangfu Song's hands - the edict.

Huangfu Song did not immediately announce the content of the edict, but introduced it first: "The wealthy people in Yanzhou were disrespectful and secretly hid armor and private soldiers. Your Majesty was kind and gave them the opportunity to make corrections. Within a few months, the Yanzhou private people Most of the soldiers have dispersed, but there are still a few stubborn people who do not want to express their gratitude to God and intend to use the names of guests and tenants to hide private soldiers as before. "

"Such evil deeds are in vain. We are trusted by His Majesty and entrusted with important tasks. How can we just sit back and watch?"

Liu Bei was the first to say: "These evil thieves are willing to be punished by your Majesty."

All the generals and commanders echoed in unison.

Huangfu Song nodded, spread out the edict, and announced: "Your Majesty has an edict. Those in Yanzhou's prefectures and counties who use private troops to resist the defense of counties and villages with secret plans will destroy the forts and capture their people. Those who surrender without fighting will only be punished. Those who are the head of thieves and stubbornly resist will be killed without mercy!”

All the generals under his command agreed and received their respective tasks from Huangfu Song. Huangfu Song had made preparations early, and some of his soldiers had already been placed in various counties in Yanzhou.

The generals ordered the soldiers together, took some of the baggage, and an official document signed by Huangfu Song recording the content of the edict and requesting each county to supply food and fodder for the army, and set off one after another.

Over the past six months, although Liu Bei could sometimes be trained by Huangfu Song in the military camp, he was still holed up in the military camp.

At the moment, he has not experienced repeated battles and defeats in history. As soon as he leads his troops out of the military camp, he just feels that the sky is high and birds can fly. Especially since he received a letter from Luoyang a while ago and knew that Zhang Fei had been worshiped as a fake military commander again. Although Zhang Fei will have to return to Liangzhou to garrison in the future, it is difficult for the two to meet this year, but this has indeed confirmed Liu Bei's concern. Liu Bei believed that even if they hadn't seen each other for several years, their friendship would not be damaged at all.

On the march, Liu Bei maintained his good practice of eating and living with his soldiers.

Yanzhou, like Luoyang, now has a variety of wheat. At this time of year, both the lower and middle fields where wheat can be grown have been planted, and the people are making final preparations for the upper fields with the highest yield per mu.

Liu Bei restrained the military discipline of his soldiers so that they would not disturb the people. But even so, the troops crossing the border often trigger panic reactions from the people.

Liu Bei had no choice but to lead his army quickly through the villages where the people gathered. Only when they left did the people breathe a sigh of relief.

Compared with the various events during the march, it was a piece of cake for Liu Bei to break through the strongholds of the powerful men. With the valuable experience left behind when suppressing bandits in Qingzhou, it can be said that he is familiar with the road!

But after the capture, it was not that simple.

"Colonel, this fort has been pacified, the leader of the thieves has been killed, and the remaining thieves have all surrendered. I don't know what to do. I really want to..." The military commander who reported was about to stop talking.

This was the first Wubao that Liu Bei conquered, and he encountered fierce resistance.

Of course Liu Bei knew what the military commander was struggling with. He had a panoramic view of the surrendering thieves, so why did he need others to remind him? He gritted his teeth, and his deep voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "Resisters will be killed without mercy! This is a military order!"

"Yes!"

Screams were heard again from Wubao, which had been quiet. The women and children who were under guard in another area were trembling with fear, and even more frightened when they heard the sound. The children felt the mood of the adults and cried non-stop.

Not long after, they saw a man who looked like a general coming, surrounded by soldiers, some of whom had blood stains on their armor. Some children were so frightened that they stopped crying.

Liu Bei lamented in his heart, he didn't expect that he would still have such a day. But on the surface, he kept his responsibilities in mind and announced to the women and children: "Officials will register you later. If you have family members who can defect, you will be given some money for travel expenses. If you are willing to rely on your own efforts, this county will give you acres of land and allow you to cultivate it..."

Liu Bei arranged the places for the women and children, and looked to the east, where was his next target.

He wasn't worried about not being able to capture it, he just hoped that the heads here would serve as a warning to others so that he would do less killing.

Historically, when Cao Cao occupied Runan County, Yuan's base, Yuan's disciples and guests gathered in various counties in Runan and refused to defend it. At that time, Manchong was the prefect, and he recruited 500 soldiers and led them to capture more than 20 forts. He also trapped and killed more than ten bandit leaders who had not surrendered, and Runan was peaceful.

Man Chong was able to do it with the soldiers he recruited, but the people in Yanzhou in front of him were the most elite army of the Han Dynasty and even in the world. It would not be a problem at all to deal with it.

Although the comprehensive strength of the powerful clans is strong, there is a lack of effective coordination between the successful and defeated clans. The alliance and mutual trust between different clans cannot be achieved by simple means such as marriage.

Xicheng Township, Gaoping County, Shanyang County.

Zhang Jian lives here.

In the past, Meng's mother moved three times to find a good educational environment for Mencius, but Zhang Jian's neighbors did not have to move, they had the company of wise people, and they could watch the fun from time to time.

"Another car is here. Look at the many servants following it. They are better dressed than us. It seems they are from a wealthy family."

"This is true, but the battle now is still not as good as that at the beginning of the year. It was a pity that you were not at home at that time... Don't look at the cars parked at Mr. Zhang's door now. At that time at the beginning of the year, , the roads were completely blocked, and once the carriage came in, it was impossible to get out...The scene was much more lively than now..."

The villagers watched the excitement, but the atmosphere in Zhang Jian's home was far less relaxed than the chatter of the villagers watching the excitement outside.

"Mr. Zhang, Shanyang County is in danger. Please come out and rescue the elders in the county!"

"Huangfu Song acted rebelliously, and countless elders in his hometown died at his hands! Mr. Zhang, the entire Yanzhou is in urgent need now, and Shanyang County cannot survive alone. As long as Mr. Zhang is willing to step forward and raise his arms, the people of all counties in Yanzhou will surely We can put aside the prejudices of our place of origin and unite together.”

"Only by uniting as one can we survive the current ordeal! When other states see the situation in Yanzhou, they will definitely not sit back and watch..."

Faced with many "sincere" persuasion, Zhang Jian remained unmoved.

Finally, someone couldn't hold it back and made a fuss——

"In the past, Mr. Zhang was in trouble and he was in trouble. Everyone in the world heard about Mr. Zhang's arrival and broke up with their families. I never imagined that today, when the world is in trouble, Mr. Zhang only cares about himself."

"I have no fear of death. I am only under the Nine Springs. I will definitely tell the virtuous people like my father who died for Duke Zhang that Duke Zhang is a virtuous person!"

(End of this chapter)