Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 160 Prefect Banquet ([-])
In the first year of Jian'an, the twelfth lunar month of winter.

Liu Yu personally led Baiqi to attack at night, defeated Liu Bei's army, and captured Guan Yu alive, shocking Shangcai City.Afterwards, the news spread throughout Runan, and the counties were greatly shocked and raised their flags in response.

Those who did not want to surrender built high walls, held high the banner against Liu, and claimed that Liu Yu was a thief, and the one who ruled Runan must be Xuande Gong.Others who were unwilling to surrender turned to Cao Cao and Yuan Shu in Huainan.However, overnight, these people were either besieged and killed by the tyrants in the city, or beheaded by Liu Yujun who rushed over overnight.

In just a few days, the Runan Rebellion was quelled in one fell swoop.Although Liu Yu can't control the localities very well, at least the localities have recognized Liu Yu's identity.Although this acknowledgment was only due to force, and he would rebel if he had the opportunity, Liu Yu was also very happy.

Xu Chu, Xia Houlan and others were not allowed to station in various places, but let them lead the army back.There is no need to garrison Runan now, and if garrisoned, it will disperse the troops.What made Liu Yu even more delighted was that when Xu Chu and Xia Houlan came back, they each led thousands of troops.

These people were all obtained by Xu Chu, Xia Houlan, and Chen Dao from various counties.Of course, there are also some who were surrendered by Liu Bei.No matter how these soldiers came, Liu Yu was very happy, because he was short of soldiers.

After verification, these soldiers numbered [-], plus the [-] soldiers from Shangcai City, there were a total of [-] soldiers.

Liu Yu was overjoyed at first, but when Xia Houlan came to ask for food, weapons, etc., there was no smile on Liu Yu's face anymore.But soon, he thought of those tyrants who were slaughtered, and their wealth was a lot.

"Bogu, didn't we slaughter those big clans to steal a lot of money, so let's use it for now. No matter what, the training of soldiers cannot be stopped. I expect there will be a big war in the coming year, and we must be prepared." Liu Yu looked at Xia Houlan, who came forward, said solemnly.

After Xia Houlan listened, she immediately went down to train the soldiers.But Liu Yu still looked dignified. He knew that the money would not last long, and it might only be enough for him to train soldiers, which meant that there was still not a grain of food and grass needed for the next year's war.In addition, in the twelfth lunar month of winter, the refugees in Runan also need to be resettled, otherwise they may cause trouble.And resettlement requires food, grass and money.

"Hey, Runan is really a treasure land, and it's the land of the Fourth World War, and it's home to poor people. It seems that I need to communicate with those gentry tyrants as soon as possible. Hehe, I've figured out how to tie them up. But this matter can't be rushed, let's wait for Du Ji to come. In addition, let Zhang Rong do the copywriting work of allocating food and grass. He and Du Ji have learned a lot, and now I lack cronies, so he is the most suitable. "

In troubled times, military affairs are the first priority, and all Liu Yu's work focuses on military affairs.This is true even for making money.But he can't ignore other things, such as Shangcai City, which has just experienced chaos.

Shangcai City, which had just experienced chaos, not only the prefect's mansion was burned, but also many buildings in the city were burned and urgently needed to be rebuilt.But Liu Yu didn't know how to do it at this time, and he didn't know anything about these internal affairs.In addition, he was too busy to touch the ground, so he didn't have the energy to deal with it.

However, he also knew the seriousness. Although he did not deal with these matters, he still gave porridge to the refugees.Of course, he also wants the refugees to do things. If they don't do things, there will be no porridge. This is mainly because they are afraid that the refugees will cause trouble if they have nothing to do.Therefore, he used labor as a surrogate to let refugees strengthen the city.

However, those big clans misunderstood Liu Yu because of this. After all, Liu Yu either reinforced the city or trained soldiers. Could they not misunderstand?

"Father, what is this Liu Yu going to do?" Zhang Shuo said with dissatisfaction in Zhang's study.

On the other hand, Zhang He looked calm, and while stroking his beard, he murmured: "He is either trying to frighten us, or he knows that Runan is the place of the Four Wars, and he can't stand without soldiers. Or he is just a reckless man who only knows about soldiers. I don't understand political affairs. Well, the only way to stop this matter is to stop it quietly, and we must not get confused."

"Brother, what exactly is Taishou Liu going to do? Why is he ignoring Shangcai's affairs?" He Cheng's younger brothers He Yong and Ziwu couldn't help asking loudly in the lobby of He's family.

When He Cheng heard this, his face darkened, and he said sharply: "It's not my turn to wait for the prefect to do things, so don't go down with me."

Although He Yong has a thick back and waist, he shrank his neck and obediently got down after being scolded by He Cheng.And leaving with prejudice and courage, his face softened, and he was not angry at all.

"Second brother is not young anymore. How could he be so reckless and talk about the prefect in the lobby. Alas, what does prefect Liu mean? Not only the gentry and powerful, but also the officials of Shangcai are cold. But prefect Liu It is also wise, firmly grasp the military power, and let me wait in a hurry."

The gentry in the city were discussing secretly, but Liu Yu just didn't care, he just trained soldiers.

Sometimes, he would let the generals lead the troops to compete in the school field in the city.The grandeur of the momentum changed the expressions of the people in the city, and also made the dissatisfied gentry tyrants shut their mouths.Not only that, he also ordered Xu Chu, Chen Dao, Xia Houlan, Zhou Cang, oh, and Zhao Yun, to lead their own troops to exterminate the bandits near Shangcai.

Once, several of them led thousands of troops back to suppress bandits, with bloody heads hanging on the horses' heads, and even the soldiers had bloody heads hanging around their waists.Among them, the head of Zhao Yun's horse head is the head of a famous bandit leader in Shangcai area, which shocked people who saw it.

But this time the people who were shocked were not afraid, but couldn't help cheering.Not only because Liu Yujun exterminated bandits, but also because Liu Yujun has strict discipline these days and never offends the common people.And the cheers of these common people also made the soldiers of Liu Yujun stand up straighter, feeling that all the hardships they endured were worth it.

These people have never cheered so much for defeating Liu Bei. On the contrary, even the bandits are cheering endlessly.Obviously they are not stupid, they have steelyards in their hearts, and they know who and what are worthy of their cheers.

Let's say that after strengthening the city, the refugees began to have nothing to do, and then they started committing crimes.After thinking about it again and again, Liu Yu decided to find something for them to do.

In the future, Du Ji didn't dare to make big moves, so he just asked the refugees to rebuild the destroyed houses.It is worth mentioning that Liu Yu did not ask them to build the prefect's mansion first, but instead took the initiative to tell them to let them build other houses first.

Of course, it wasn't because the current prefect's mansion was comfortable to live in, so he didn't want to rebuild it; it was because he wanted to buy people's hearts, so he did so.Although this method is inferior, many people can see it, but the effect on the common people is indeed good.Liu Yu's reputation gradually spread in the Runan area, and it may be the capital to attract talents in the future.

When the destroyed houses in the city were gradually being repaired and the soldiers were still practicing in full swing, Du Ji finally rushed over from Xudu.

As soon as Liu Yupu got the news, he couldn't wait to greet him in person.

"Du Bohou, you are finally here. I have been waiting for many days in Shangcai!"

(End of this chapter)