Seeing this, Liu Yan rubbed his head and felt a headache.
The two of them are already in their sixties, but they are at each other's throats whenever they get together, as if they were born to be enemies.
"Well, you two are still so angry at your age. You may die of a heart attack."
Liu Yan spoke, and the two of them glared at each other fiercely and turned away and stopped talking to each other.
Liu Yan shook his head with a wry smile, took the telescope from the guard and began to pay attention to the battlefield at the foot of the mountain.
At this time, the battle at the foot of the mountain was extremely fierce. He Jin seemed to be crazy. Anyone who came close to him would be chopped down by him with a single knife, regardless of the enemy or friend.
Some of his soldiers had already surrendered to Zhao Yun, numbering in the thousands.
The remaining people who had not surrendered had also stopped fighting and stood there watching.
There were less than ten thousand people following He Jin to continue fighting. Everything was just as Hu Zhao said just now, and the overall situation was decided at this time.
Liu Yan looked at He Jin, who had fallen into madness, and said to the ordering soldiers around him: "Send the order, order Yuwen Chengdu to open the first gate of Zhengbei, let He Jin escape, and after He Jin breaks out of the encirclement, quickly close the gap and persuade the remaining enemy troops to surrender. "
"As commanded..."
Although it was late at night, Liu Yan's wartime communication system was extremely powerful. In the seven or eight miles between him and Yuwen Chengdu, there were two wartime messengers deployed every 100 meters. If it was During the day, the distance is 300 meters. Each of them is responsible for blowing the trumpet to remind the rear order soldiers that a military order is about to be issued. Be prepared, and then the order flag soldiers will blow out the flag and issue the content of the military order.
A military order traveled seven or eight miles to Yuwen Chengdu in just three or four minutes. The speed was unprecedented at the time.
After receiving Liu Yan's order, Yuwen Chengdu ordered a small gap in the encirclement to be opened. He Jin took the opportunity to lead dozens of soldiers to rush out of the encirclement and escape towards Luoyang.
As soon as He Jin escaped, the remaining enemy troops dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground to beg Yuwen Chengdu for surrender.
Seeing that everything was settled, Liu Yan handed the telescope to the guard and called Hu Zhao and Cai Yong to go down the mountain.
Two-quarters of an hour later, the group returned to the Funiu Mountain camp. Liu Yan sent an order to break camp and join Yuwen Chengdu.
When they arrived at the foot of Funiu Mountain, it was already two hours later. At this time, the sky was already turning white, and Yuwen Chengdu had also finished cleaning up the battlefield.
Seeing Liu Yan arriving, Yu Wen Chengdu hurriedly ran to greet him. After a few steps, he knelt on the ground and bowed to Liu Yan: "The last general Yu Wen Chengdu paid homage to my lord. I didn't come far to welcome you, so I hope you will forgive me for my sin." "
Liu Yan personally helped Yuwen Chengdu up, and he looked very happy: "Haha, Chengdu, thanks to you leading the troops here this time, thank you for your hard work!"
When Yu Wen Chengdu heard this, he was immediately flattered and hurriedly bowed and said: "I don't dare, this is what a general should do."
Liu Yan lifted him up and looked at the land in front of him that had been devastated by the war. At this time, the blood on the ground had seeped into the soil, leaving puddles of dark brown marks on the surface, which was shocking.
Behind every pool of blood is evidence of the loss of living lives.
"Why!"
Liu Yan sighed and asked Yuwen Chengdu: "What are the casualties of our army?"
Yuwen Chengdu raised his hands and said: "Lord, in this battle, our army lost 3,000 lives, 5,000 were seriously injured, and nearly 8,000 were slightly injured, and 2,000 horses were lost. A total of 22,000 enemy soldiers were killed, and 10,000 were seriously injured and 10,000 were slightly injured. Fifteen thousand, except for the 70 people He Jin took with him when he fled, the remaining enemy troops have all surrendered. Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, we have to reduce the strength to 70,000 in this battle."
Liu Yan listened to the battle report, with no sadness or joy on his face. He just said lightly: "Well, all those over fifty years old will be eliminated. Those who are seriously injured and unable to move will be given some gold and silver. At present, Jingzhou's City defense, highways, and urban industrial construction all require a large number of manpower, and the remaining people will be escorted back to Jingzhou to serve as laborers."
"Tell them that if they want to survive, they should work honestly in Jingzhou, and they will be released after three years of service. If they perform well and have meritorious services, they can apply to settle in Jingzhou after the three years of hard labor. The salary for these three years will be They will also be paid according to Jingzhou’s normal labor wages.”
"If they are disobedient, lazy, fight, and cause trouble during the labor period, they will be immediately deported from Jingzhou after the three-year labor period. Without wages, they will be left to fend for themselves."
Yuwen Chengdu bowed his hands to Liu Yan and said, "Yes, I will obey your orders and do it immediately!"
Liu Yan waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. The army will set off in an hour and return to Jingzhou."
"As ordered..." Just as Yuwen Chengdu turned to leave, Liu Yan suddenly stopped him: "By the way, you can write a detailed battle report again, clearly stating the details of the battle and the achievements of the soldiers. Submit it to me for review, and when I return to Jingzhou, I will reward the soldiers for their merits based on this battle report."
"The general will obey..."
Liu Yan looked at Yuwen Chengdu's leaving figure and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. This was Yuwen Chengdu's first time to lead an army alone, but his performance in this battle really proved that he was a handsome man.
After a while, Liu Yan withdrew his gaze and found a relatively clean place to sit down and rest. The guards began to prepare toiletries for him.
At this time, the rising sun is like a red-hot discus, slowly climbing out of the eastern skyline, spreading its red light to the earth. The white mist in the mountains gradually dissipates, and the morning breeze carries the fragrance of grass dew and disperses the fragrance floating in the air. The bloody smell took away Liu Yan's suppressed emotions due to the death of many of his subordinates...
After washing up and eating the breakfast brought by the guards, Yuwen Chengdu had arranged everything.
Liu Yan passed the order and the army marched straight to Jingzhou.
Yuwen Chengdu's vanguard general Wang Zhen led 20,000 people in the vanguard, Zhao Yun led 20,000 people in the rear, and 78,000 surrendered soldiers were given weapons and armor and placed in the central army. Yuwen Chengdu led the remaining 10,000 people to guard them, and more than ten Tens of thousands of troops stretched for dozens of miles, with smoke and dust billowing all the way, and no one dared to stop them wherever they passed.
At noon five days later, the army arrived at Hekou County, the county seat that Yuwen Chengdu had conquered during his advance.
There were still traces of several days of fighting on the city wall. Yuwen Chengdu rode forward alone, punched the gilded phoenix-winged boring machine in his hand on the ground, looked at the guard on the city tower and said: "Open the door."
After seeing clearly that it was Yuwen Chengdu, the guard general was so frightened that his legs became weak, and he hurriedly ordered the guards to open the city gate.
When Liu Yan came to the city gate, the officials of Hekou County, big and small, were already waiting there, all hunched over and not daring to take a breath.
Naturally, Liu Yan would not look down upon such officials, and said to Yuwen Chengdu beside him: "Blow them all away, don't be an eyesore by dangling in front of me."
"As commanded."
Yuwen Chengdu took the order and drove away all the officials like flies.
Liu Yan turned around, looked at the more than 100,000 people behind him, and said to the ordering soldier beside him: "Second order, after the army enters the city, it is not allowed to disturb the people, and it is not allowed to enter people's houses without permission. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
"As commanded."
Liu Yan saw that the messenger had already flown forward to deliver the order. He put his legs under the horse's belly and entered Hekou County under the escort of Yu Wen Chengdu.
The scene that caught his eye immediately made his mood sink to the bottom, just like the cloudy sky today.
The houses on both sides of the streets in the county have been completely destroyed. Some collapsed due to the fighting, and some were burned by fire. The entire Hekou County has been turned into ruins, with twos and threes of ragged people in the ruins of the collapsed houses. Pick up materials that can be used again.
Liu Yan glanced at Yuwen Chengdu who was riding beside him and said angrily: "Did you do this?"
Liu Yan's angry voice frightened Yuwen Chengdu. This was the first time Liu Yan spoke to him in this tone since he followed Liu Yan, so he hurriedly replied: "Lord Qi, no, how could I possibly To destroy people's homes, I stopped attacking after breaking through the city gate that day and did not fight in the city. After we entered the city, we treated the people as guests and never violated the rules. I even ordered the soldiers to give food to some people who had no food to eat. Food, many people feel very good about us, and even take the initiative to bring water to the soldiers, this is definitely not my doing."
At this time, Yang Yue, who was following the two of them, also came out to speak to Yuwen Chengdu: "Your Majesty, General Yuwen is right. We definitely did not destroy a single house that day, because it should be something happened in Hekou County after we left. "
Seeing that the two people's words were sincere and not like lying, Liu Yan's complexion improved a lot, and most of his worries were relieved.
He has told Yuwen Chengdu and other generals countless times that they must be close to the people, love the people, and help the people, and let the people feel a sense of intimacy and trust when they see their soldiers.
But since Yuwen Chengdu did not do all this, what happened to the small county town of Hekou County? Why did it become like this in just a few days?
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"Chengdu, go and find the county magistrate. I have something to ask him."
"As commanded."
After Yuwen Chengdu left, Liu Yan called Yang Yue: "Let's go to the county government office."
When a few people walked all the way to the county government office, in addition to a piece of foundation and white ash on the ground, there was the shadow of the county government office.
Liu Yan just stared at the white dust on the ground. Yang Yue and several guards beside him lowered their heads, not daring to speak, let alone look at the gloomy Liu Yan.
Time seemed to be frozen at this moment. Yang Yue's forehead slowly oozed with fine sweat, which made his forehead feel a little itchy. He squinted and secretly looked at Liu Yan with the corner of his eye, and carefully used his sleeves to Wiped.
Fortunately, this time did not last long. The arrival of Yuwen Chengdu relieved several of them. Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief. As Liu Yan's bodyguards and the first people to follow Liu Yan, they were still the first. It was the first time I saw Liu Yan in such a scary side, and he was truly as powerful as a rainbow and not angry at all.
Liu Yan glanced at the Hekou County magistrate who had been bending over and shivering next to Yuwen Chengdu and said, "What happened here? Why has the entire Hekou County turned into ruins?"
Liu Yan's voice was not loud, but when it fell into the ears of the county magistrate, it was like a thunderous explosion. He was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground and fell to the ground.
"Speak." Liu Yan, who was already in a bad mood, became even more impatient when he saw this.
"Qi, sir, there were rumors the day before yesterday that someone was revolting. The imperial general He Jin led his troops to suppress the rebellion and returned with a disastrous defeat. Not only did he lose more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but the general himself was almost killed in the battle. The wealthy families in this county The Zhou family led more than 10,000 people to attack the county government office the night before yesterday, burned, killed, and looted in the county town. In the end, they were defeated by the county defenders and fled Hekou County."
The county magistrate knelt on the ground. Because he spoke too hastily, the breath he exhaled blew up the dust on the ground, and was breathed back into his nose. The whole person was coughing for a while, and he was extremely embarrassed.
Liu Yan frowned, with a disgusted expression on his face, and said impatiently: "Go away, do whatever you have to do in the future. How can the people live a good life if you let a waste like you occupy the position of county official."
"Yes, thank you, sir, thank you, sir..." The county magistrate thanked him and rolled away.
Yang Yue cautiously raised his hand and said: "My lord, the Zhou family in Hekou County immediately rebelled after hearing about He Jin's defeat. I thought there must be a reason for it, and they were able to gather tens of thousands of people in a short period of time, so they were obviously well prepared. "
Liu Yan nodded and said: "You are right, they are indeed well prepared."
According to historical records in previous lives, Zhang Jiao launched the Yellow Turban Uprising, and all states in the world responded one after another, gathering millions of people overnight. Just imagine how a Taoist priest in Zhang Jiao could have such great power.
Therefore, some historians have speculated that Zhang Jiao was just a pawn who was brought to light, and that the real masterminds behind the scenes were the aristocratic families in various states. They were resentful of the imperial court because of the misfortunes of the party. They secretly supported the puppets with the intention of overthrowing the Han Dynasty and establishing a new dynasty under their control. A dynasty with a long history and a thousand-year-old family.
In history, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Cao Cao and others all had the support of aristocratic families, and it was after Liu Bei took refuge in Jingzhou that he received the support of aristocratic families and then rose to great heights...
