After a desperate battle to the north, Liu Yu led his army to a great victory.
After counting, we found that we had more than 400 casualties, more than 1,000 of the powerful coalition troops were killed, and more than 4,000 people were captured from Ju Peng and other powerful commanders down, and the rest fled away.
After this battle, half of the powerful forces in Donglai County were crippled.
After screening the prisoners, Liu Yu's men found Ju Peng who had passed out among the dead. Liu Yu ordered the accompanying medical doctors in the army to give him treatment.
However, Liu Yu's men had differences on how to deal with more than 4,000 prisoners.
Dong Ping and others felt that these captives were the servants of the powerful, and they had been servants of the powerful for several generations. They were not helpless refugees, and there was basically no possibility of subduing them. Moreover, the wives, children, and children of these captives were also the vassals of the powerful. , and it is difficult to conquer in a short time. Dong Ping felt that the best way was to use these prisoners as the vanguard to attack various powerful forces. In this way, supplies could be captured and replenished, and some excess prisoners could be consumed.
However, Gongsun Sheng expressed opposition to this. He said that after Liu Yu returned to Donglai County, he could no longer regard himself as a rogue bandit and a traitor. He should win over these powerful people from various places. They controlled money, food and population. Although they defeated the powerful coalition today, , but if forced too much, the remaining strength of these powerful people can still cause huge troubles. If the two armies fight in a melee and destroy all parts of Donglai County, then everyone may not even have a stable place to stay, so he advocated Release these prisoners. Anyway, after this battle, it is impossible for the powerful families to regain their fighting spirit in a short time.
"We can't let them go. It was hard this time to get these thorns in one pot. If we put them back again, wouldn't we have to fight again if we raise another army?"
Dong Ping was not at ease with these powerful men.
"Then letting these people act as forwards to attack their masters will not be of much use. It will only make those powerful people determined to fight against us."
The two groups of people holding two opinions are debating together, but both sides have one thing in common, that is, these powerful people are unreliable. Although no one dares to confront them now, if there is a new powerful person to take the lead in the future , if they are not protected, they will continue to cause chaos.
Dong Ping's and Gongsun Sheng's suggestions were one to eliminate and the other to appease, but both had some difficult problems to deal with.
Finally, Liu Yu proposed his own method. After discussing the modifications with everyone, everyone unanimously decided to implement this method.
When Ju Peng woke up, he found that it was already evening.
Ju Peng was so thirsty that he struggled to get up, looking for water, but suddenly found himself in a strange building, surrounded by many familiar faces, all of whom were powerful children of the three counties, but now they were all gone. The high-spirited look before was gone, and everyone was dumbfounded.
When he heard Ju Peng wake up, a person next to him quickly took a ladle of water and brought it to Ju Peng's mouth. Ju Peng drank most of the ladle.
Only then did he see clearly that the person fetching water for him was Ge Rong, the son of Ge Yun, a powerful man in Luxiang.
Ju Peng guessed that the war was probably lost, but he couldn't help but ask.
"Yuan Qiang, are we defeated?"
"If we lose, you and I will both be prisoners of the thief."
Ge Yuanqiang said weakly.
Everyone else around had heard that Ju Peng had woken up, but no one except Ge Rong came over to check.
Ju Peng knew that this must be because everyone was angry with him, and felt that it was his incompetence that caused the entire army's defeat, and he probably also took the blame for the deaths and injuries of tribesmen on himself.
Hearing the movement inside the bunk, a rebel looked outside to check and found that Ju Peng, whom Liu Yu had specially ordered, had woken up and hurriedly ran to report to Liu Yu.
After a while, a tall and majestic general entered the gate surrounded by a group of warriors.
The visitor was none other than Liu Yu. After he came in, he had a harmless smile on his face and stared closely at the very embarrassed Ju Peng.
"Hahaha, I'm relieved that my dear brother is fine. You all are famous in Donglai. It's really rare to have the chance to gather here today."
Ju Peng and others felt extremely ashamed after hearing Liu Yu's words. This was simply a naked sarcasm.
"Brother Ju Xian, taking advantage of today's opportunity, let's finalize the recruitment you mentioned the day before yesterday. What do you think?"
When everyone heard what Liu Yu said about recruiting people, their eyes widened in surprise.
Ju Peng also did not expect that Liu Jixing, the leader of the bandits, did not talk about persuading surrender or killing prisoners, but took the initiative to talk about recruiting people.
For a moment, Ju Peng didn't know how to answer.
Seeing that Ju Peng didn't answer him, Liu Yu said in a puzzled tone.
"Hey, could it be that what Brother Ju said the other day about recruiting peace for the court was a lie to me? Doesn't it count?"
"Count it, figure it, figure it, of course it does."
Before Ju Peng could speak, Ge Rong beside him couldn't help shouting for him.
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Three months later, Donglai County and Yin County.
The Liu family's private residence in Yin County, Donglai County, was different from the quiet one a few months ago. At this time, there were a lot of guests coming and going, making the original residence seem crowded.
Today, Liu Yu is already an official official of the Western Jin Dynasty. He is not the kind Liu Bogen calls himself, but a genuine official with a seal and ribbon.
In exchange for the wealth and lives of Ju Peng and other powerful people, Liu Yu won the unanimous support of everyone, forcing Ju Peng to use his father's official car to order Ju Xian's relationship, and package Liu Yu into a person who was confused by Liu Bogen and Wang Mi. A good citizen, after Liu Bogen's defeat, Liu Yu traveled all the way back to Donglai and wanted to return to his hometown. Unexpectedly, Wang Mi, the remnant of the rebels, tried to invade the three counties of Donglai again. After being persuaded by others, he abandoned the secret and turned to the bright side. He fought with Wang Mi's rebels in Dongyang, Lu Township, repelled the rebels, and saved the people of Donglai County from another war disaster.
When he saw this report that had passed through the bus ordering Ju Xian, Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, was also receiving news that the rebel Wang Miliu was fleeing Dongguan and Chengyang counties.
At this time, Sima Yue was exhausted by the bad news about the Xiongnu in Bingzhou, the Qianghu in Yongzhou, and the refugees in Jingzhou causing trouble in various states, and he had no time to take into account the situation in Donglai County, which was located in a remote corner of the country.
Originally, he was thinking of letting Ju Xian, an old friend, return to his hometown as the governor of Donglai County to wipe out the remaining rebels. Since Ju Xian personally recommended a rebel general who would abandon the dark side and join the bright side, Sima Yue approved it with a wave of his hand.
When Liu Yu led his army to capture Yinxian, Huangxian and Dongmou and control the entire Donglai County, the edict from Luoyang also arrived. In this appointment issued in the name of the emperor, Liu Yu was appointed. He was the fake governor of Donglai and general Henghai.
After Liu Yu passed by, he asked Gongsun Sheng who was beside him, what was the meaning of this fake Donglai governor, and what rank was General Henghai?
Gongsun Sheng said: "The word "false" means that the agency is temporary. As for General Henghai, Han Shuo, who was part of the cross-sea expedition to Korea during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, is now just a general with no name in the Jin Dynasty."
Liu Yu said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Even if they say I'm fake, I'll treat it as real. As for General Henghai, he's also very good. I think he means to conquer the world. I should be able to take care of everything at sea."
The swan flies high and flies thousands of miles. The wings are already in place, spanning the world.
