The Nameless of the Common Clans

"Follow the order, there is enough porridge here, take your time! Come and get the porridge according to the number issued by the government office." On the post road from Xiangyang to Jiangling, Chen Mo sent many people to set up temporary post stations along the way for those who were rescued. The people who came back were given porridge. Chen Mo had the experience of being displaced, so he still had some experience on how to resettle the people.

These inns are set up along the way, one every ten miles. The villagers have issued number plates, and each person can receive them three times a day. In order to avoid speculation, there are dedicated soldiers guarding each inn, who are responsible for maintaining order. , also to allow people to return to their hometowns as soon as possible, and not to delay the journey deliberately for a few bowls of porridge.

Fortunately, Chen Mo brought enough soldiers and horses, and plenty of food and grass. In addition, the warehouse in Xiangyang City was also captured by Chen Mo. Otherwise, it would be really difficult for these hundreds of thousands of refugees to be resettled.

But in this way, the speed of travel will undoubtedly be slowed down, but it doesn't matter. Although Zhuge Liang's move is disgusting, what Chen Mo is best at is finding conditions that are beneficial to him from disadvantages. This time the refugees return, they can quickly help Chen Mo. The Ming army established prestige among the people in Jingzhou and handled it properly. Liu Bei's roots in Jingzhou were dug up by Chen Mo.

You know, Liu Bei has been sparing no effort in Jingzhou to publicize how vicious and domineering the Ming army is, but now Liu Bei, who is known as benevolent and righteous, is coercing the people and using them as a tool to prevent the Ming army from going south. What is being promoted is as follows The demon-like Chen Mo gave up chasing Zhuge Liang at this time, and instead focused on rescuing the people seriously.

Spreading rumors and public opinion was something Chen Mo didn't play with once or twice. Although Zhuge Liang's move allowed him to stay temporarily, it also gave Chen Mo a chance to take root in Jingzhou. Between gains and losses, who won in the end? The benefits are really not necessarily the best.

Chen Mo was born in the fields and knows the thoughts of the people best. In these days, who would be willing to leave their hometown if they couldn't survive? If you want to say that so many people are grateful for Liu Bei's benevolence and follow them voluntarily, just talk to ordinary people. Tell Chen Mo, first look at these people who do not need to be driven away by soldiers, but who spontaneously ran back after the Jingzhou Army was no longer coerced. , Chen Mo did not have any compulsion to go back and snatch people. He just ordered all the ministries to attack the Jingzhou Army as much as possible and defeat the Jingzhou Army who was holding the people hostage.

"It's the season for spring plowing. How much fertile land has been wasted by such a large-scale relocation?" Chen Mo sat on his horse, looking at the endless crowd of refugees from south to north, shaking his head and sighing: "I heard that Liu Bei's taxes have been extremely high due to annual military conscription these years. Now that he has gone through this calamity, if he comes back now, even if he cultivates the land, the harvest this year will not be very good. I sent someone to inform Gongda that Nanjun will not be exempted from removal this year. Taxes for all common people except the gentry.”

"Here!" Beside Chen Mo, Zhang He promised to make arrangements immediately.

"Your Majesty, can those gentry agree to this?" Dian Wei asked curiously.

"I didn't increase taxes, and I just happened to see how much land the gentry occupied in this Jingxiang land." Chen Mo said with a smile: "And the taxes of the common people may be exempted. The gentry may feel resentful, but if they are exempted and exempted at the same time, many people will If they still can't survive, the gentry will take this opportunity to annex land from the people. Zhuge Liang's move is actually a good thing for the gentry. They can take the opportunity to annex, but now that there is this tax exemption policy, the gentry may look for opportunities to avoid taxes. "

"How to avoid it?" Dian Wei asked curiously.

Chen Mo looked at him, shook his head with a smile and said: "There are some things that just won't work if you say them. I also pointed out that I would take this opportunity to redistribute the land in Jingxiang and get it into the hands of the government office without taking it by force. So The opposition between the gentry and the common people must be established.”

Dian Wei scratched his head in confusion. He didn't quite understand what Chen Mo was talking about, but he knew that whenever Chen Mo laughed like this, someone would definitely be unlucky.

"Okay, let's go to the front line and have a look. Jiangling may be the last battle in Jingzhou." Chen Mo urged the horse. Although Liu Bei has been vigorously developing in Jingnan, he wants to develop these places. It can be done in a few years. Even if Liu Bei is given twenty years, it is impossible to develop Jingnan to the same level as Nanjun. The four counties in Jingnan combined cannot compare.

"Here~"

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On the other side, Zhuge Liang stopped in the Dangyang area. The news from behind made Zhuge Liang feel mixed. It was a good thing that Chen Mo was not in a hurry to catch up. This meant that Zhuge Liang's strategy was successful, but he was not happy.

Because of Chen Mo's actions, Zhuge Liang felt inexplicably uncomfortable and ashamed. After all, Liu Bei had been sparing no effort to release the legend of Chen Mo's domineering, ruthless, and disregard for human life to the people. How the people were in dire straits under Chen Mo's rule, in order to Establish a sense of rejection in the hearts of the people towards Chen Mo.

In these days, rumors are still very powerful, especially since most people may live on a few acres of land all their lives. Most of their knowledge of the outside world comes from the government office, so how is life under Chen Mo? After a long time, as the Jingzhou government office expected, it felt that the people under Chen Mo's rule were miserable and miserable.

But rumors are rumors. When you really understand it, all rumors will be vulnerable to the facts. The most striking contrast is taxes. Because Chen Mo implemented military settlements on a large scale, most places have returned to normal. With a tax rate of one out of ten, Chen Mo obviously rarely took care of things, but under the rule of King Ming, he managed Qingming. These are things that Liu Bei cannot provide today.

It's not that he doesn't want to, but he wants to fight against Chen Mo with the power of one state. Without raising taxes, it is impossible to raise an army of 100,000 in a few years.

Now, with the retreat to Jiangling, the people's hearts that had been painstakingly cultivated for several years have temporarily slowed down Chen Mo's marching speed, but they have also exposed the lies they made. It is hard to say who will be the last one to laugh in this escape.

No, from the overall situation, the Jingzhou army has been defeated now, and the loss of people's hearts this time has only made this defeat more thorough.

Alas~

Lord, Liang has done his best!

Looking at the people moving slowly in the distance, he could hear the sound of crying from time to time. Zhuge Liang closed his eyes silently. He did not expect that he would end up like this after leaving the mountain. Perhaps he should not have coveted Nanyang back then, but should have directly attacked Bashu at that time. Perhaps this is not the ending now.

Now facing Chen Mo's magnificent momentum, Zhuge Liang felt an unspeakable sense of powerlessness for the first time. This opponent is too strong, and he is cautious enough to not care about the gains and losses of the moment. Whether in character or ability, Chen Mo is almost perfect.

It is a blessing and misfortune to be able to fight against such an enemy.

"Boom~"

A slight roar suddenly appeared in the distance, and Zhuge Liang frowned. He was too familiar with this sound. It was the cavalry of the Ming army.

Zhang Fei heard the sound and jumped on his horse directly, shouting to the people around him: "You escort the military advisor back to Jiangling, I will go to meet them!"

"Yide, be careful!" Zhuge Liang said.

Although Zhang Fei was brave, the Ming army was not bad. Any Ming army encountered in these days had a combat power above the Jingzhou army. Even Zhang Fei did not dare to guarantee that he would win with the same number, not to mention that he was facing the elite cavalry of the Ming army this time.

"Don't worry, I will not die before my brother breaks through Shuzhong. I still want to see the day when my brother recovers the Central Plains." Zhang Fei agreed, patted his warhorse, and led a troop to gallop towards the direction where the cavalry was coming.

After running for a while, from a distance, a huge cavalry formation could be seen rushing towards this side with the force of wind and thunder, like the dark waves of hell, rushing towards this side with the power to crush everything.

Zhang Fei quickly occupied the narrowest mountain road and roared: "Line up to meet the enemy!"

Three thousand infantrymen quickly formed a tight formation in this narrow valley. This is also an effective measure for infantry to resist cavalry. Through dense military formations, the cavalry's momentum was blocked.

Ma Chao rushed over with three thousand cavalrymen and saw the Jingzhou army blocking the valley entrance from a distance. His eyes flashed with excitement. He raised the long spear in his hand and said loudly: "Throw the spear!"

"Bow and arrow!" Zhang Fei raised the snake spear and roared.

The speed of the Xiliang cavalry did not slow down at all. At the same time, the knights took off the spears from the horse's back. At the moment of approaching the opponent's army, it was Zhang Fei who shot arrows at the cavalry formation first.

Puff, puff, puff~

Some people fell to the ground under the dense rain of arrows, but more people continued to rush forward, and then, one spear after another flew into the air and fell towards Zhang Fei.

"Raise your shield!" Zhang Fei roared, and used the snake spear in his hand to push away all the spears shot at him, but behind him, many people were nailed to the ground by the spears that broke through the air.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Zhang Fei and Ma Chao shouted almost at the same time, and the cavalry formation hit the defense line of the Jingzhou army fiercely. The cold spears pierced the horses and the knights, but the impact brought by the horses directly knocked the soldiers in the front row away, like a war hammer hammering into the formation fiercely.

Then it was a close fight.

Why are cavalry called cavalry? Ordinary farmers or slightly trained soldiers riding on horseback are not called cavalry. Every cavalryman is an elite in the army, both on horseback and off horseback. The Jingzhou army obviously did not meet the standards of the elite Ming army. Even if they blocked the cavalry's charge, they were still a mob in front of these Xiliang cavalry.

Zhang Fei roared and waved his snake spear, bringing gusts of strange wind, killing more than a dozen cavalrymen in a row, but also attracted Ma Chao's attention. He did not expect that there was such a person in the Jingzhou army. Ma Chao was delighted and ordered his deputy to continue to lead the troops to attack the Jingzhou army back and forth. He rode his horse towards Zhang Fei. Before he arrived, the arrogant voice had already sounded: "Ring-eyed thief, do you dare to fight me!?"

"Huh?" Zhang Fei smashed a cavalryman away with a spear, turned his head and looked at the sound, his eyes were fierce. Are the young people now so arrogant?