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Chapter 382: The Whole City Migration

Su Yao saw Gongsun Zan, Qian Zhao, Tian Chou and others approaching from afar, and waved his hand:

"Brother Bogui, I'll leave Pinggang City to you when we get down."

"what?!"

When Gongsun Zan saw Su Yao, he was stunned by this sentence before he could even start to flatter him.

"give it to me???"

"Yes."

Su Yao nodded:

"Now that this matter is over, it's time for me to go to Liaodong."

Liaodong, that’s right.

After completing the mission of rescuing Gongsun Zan, quickly advancing Pinggang, and clearing the obstacles in the Liaoxi Corridor, Su Yao finally had to fulfill his other appointment - the prefect of Liaodong.

However, the Pinggang that had just been captured obviously could not be left unmanned.

This place is located in the northwest of the Liaoxi Corridor of the Han Dynasty today. It protects Gouzi City and Guanzi City and faces the threat of the Xianbei people directly, so it is necessary to have a general stationed there.

As a newly recovered territory, the specific administrative division would have to wait for the decision of the Luoyang court.

However, as General Du Liao, who was in charge of the military affairs in the north, Su Yao was also qualified to arrange garrisons.

But the problem is that the only three people under him who have accumulated enough military merit to lead an army for garrison are Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Cheng Lian.

Even Lu Bu's military achievements were not enough, but he was promoted above his level and became the Sima of the Du Liao Army.

But obviously, these people all have their own tasks now and are too busy to handle everything.

It just so happened that Gongsun Zan was the cavalry commander of Youzhou, so he could be arranged directly.

Of course, who else but him could it be?

Moreover, he has the title of White Horse General or White Horse Chief Historian, which can reduce the pressure on the garrison, which is just right.

After all, Zhao Yun and his team's escort mission is still in progress, and it will take some time for them to return to the team.

By arranging Gongsun Zan to garrison here, he could also take the opportunity to transfer some White Horse Volunteers to replenish the losses of his own troops, which was really killing two birds with one stone.

The task assigned by Su Yao was very clear.

However, after Gongsun Zan had confirmed many times that Lord Shangguan was not joking, he was completely defeated.

"Lord Su, Pinggang City is an important town of the Wuhuan. If it were handed over to me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do the job." Gongsun Zan bowed with some embarrassment.

"Brother Bogui is too modest."

Su Yao smiled slightly:
"You are a famous general in Youzhou, with a great reputation. With you here, you will surely be able to deter the various Hu people and ensure the peace of the Liaoxi Corridor."

Gongsun Zan paused, and was very touched that the young Lord Su thought so highly of him, but he continued to decline politely, expressing that he was not up to the task.

The reason is also very simple.

"The Wuhuan people were forced to surrender, and their people were unstable."

"The Xianbei are all around us, and our whereabouts are hard to trace."

"Pinggang City is small and weak, isolated in enemy territory. I dare not take on this important task."

Gongsun Zan was completely paralyzed.

In fact, he almost exploded, especially when he learned that Lord Su was going to take away his five hundred white horse volunteers.

These White Horse Volunteers were the elite troops he had painstakingly gathered after he started his career. Although it was a bit of an exaggeration to call them his private soldiers, he had great confidence in those soldiers, and no one else could command them except himself, not even Liu Yu!
But now, Lord Su came and said he would collect the tax, and he couldn't refuse.

The prestige that Lord Su had gained along the way was so high that he didn't dare to do anything tricky.

This made his heart bleed.

However, even if he puts aside these selfish motives, the difficulties he faces are real.

Therefore, Gongsun Zan had sufficient reasons to refuse.

Seeing that Su Yao looked a little unhappy, Gongsun Zan stepped forward and explained earnestly.

He saw those Wuhuan people clearly when he entered the city. Except for the large group that Su Yao killed, the faces of the rest were filled with resentment and hatred.

Gongsun Zan knew very well that these people had not so much surrendered to the Han Dynasty as been defeated by Marquis Su's powerful military might.

Now, the 500 men he had had to be dispersed to Pinggang, Gouzicheng and Guanzicheng to garrison the Liaoxi Corridor.

There are simply not enough of them. Once Su Junhou leaves, he will be unable to suppress the situation and cause chaos, and he will be responsible for it.

Also, it is said that before his death, Prince Louban sent envoys to ask for help from the Xianbei. Although they have now been destroyed, no one can say for sure what attitude the Xianbei people will have when they return.

In case the army returns and attacks the border, we can join forces with the Wuhuan people in the city.

It was a small matter that Gongsun Zan sacrificed his life for his country, but the loss of Pinggang City would bring discredit to your cause, wouldn't it?

What’s more crucial is that if such important places are given to the Xianbei people, it will be difficult to get them back!

Su Yao glanced at Gongsun Zan's expression and saw that he was indeed not being polite to him. He nodded, understood the problem, and asked back:
"Then how should we handle this matter, Brother Yi Bogui?"

Gongsun Zan thought for a moment and said in a deep voice:
"After conquering a city, the first priority is to stabilize the people's hearts, appease the people in the city, restore order, and ensure that they will no longer rebel."

"However, these Wuhuan people are not of our race, and it is difficult to appease them with ordinary means between new and old hatreds."

"I beg you to stay a little longer and keep more troops to suppress the rebellion, so as to ensure the peace of the Liaoxi Corridor."

"Otherwise, once Pinggang is lost, it may not be easy to get it back."

Su Yao touched his chin. What Gongsun Zan said did make some sense.

However, for him who advocated offensiveism, he was absolutely unwilling to use a large number of troops, especially high-level soldiers, to garrison the castle and do nothing.

After all, Gongsun Zan's trusteeship function is not as good as Liu Bei's.

After a little thought, Su Yao made a decision:

“The original arrangement remains unchanged.”

"As for these Wuhuan people, I will help you deal with some of them."

"Deal with it?!" Gongsun Zan said in surprise.

Soon, he understood what Su Yao meant.

Of course, it’s not as simple as just killing all those people.

But
"migrant?!"

"Go to Liaodong?!"

"Oh my god, is it now?"

The next day, screams broke the tranquility of Pinggang City.

Su Yao's decision quickly caused an uproar in Pinggang City.

A city-wide migration was put on the agenda.

In Pinggang City, except for the rebels who participated in the battle and were captured that day and stayed behind to do hard labor in projects such as repairing and reinforcing the city, the other dissatisfied men and a large number of the elderly, the weak, women and children were moved out of the city and followed Su Yao to Liaodong.

The entire Pinggang will be built into a solid frontline military fortress in the coming period of time.

Although Gongsun Zan was shocked by Su Yao's decision at first, after careful consideration, he had to admit that this was a relatively safe solution.

Pinggang City had just been captured and the people were unstable. Leaving behind a large number of dissatisfied Wuhuan people was indeed a hidden danger.

Removing them would not only eliminate potential threats in the city, but also bring new labor to the Liaodong region and promote local development.

Only a man with the prestige of Lord Su can achieve such a feat.

Faced with such powerful force and the reality that all the leaders had been killed, the people in the city did not dare to resist at all.

I could only pack my luggage and prepare to set off crying.

"The problems in the city have been solved, but how does Lord Su plan to resettle the tribes outside the city?"

Tian Chou, who was in charge of immigration matters, couldn't help but ask.

(End of this chapter)