"As long as it can help expel the Jie slaves and restore my country, my brother will accept it!" Li Yue gave him full trust.
The more than ten years of friendship with Cui Jin has transcended life and death.
And if your surname is Cui, you must be devoted to the Cui family. Cui Jin is a branch of the Cui family. Her parents died of illness and were not cared for by the Cui family. Involution is everywhere, the gentry clan is more fierce, and the last bit of land is He was also taken away by his relatives.
The young Cui Jin was kicked out, living in this troubled world, and moved to Black Cloud Mountain. How much affection can he have for the Cui family?
The Cui family of Qinghe has repeatedly hit the wall since the end of the Han Dynasty, leading to its current state of decline.
First, Cui Yan opposed Wei Wu's claim to the throne, which aroused Cao Wei's fear and was sentenced to death. The Cui family suffered heavy losses.
During the Yongjia Rebellion, Cui Ao tried to separate Pingzhou. He took the opportunity to seize the opportunity and united with the Goguryeo, Yuwen, and Duan clans to besiege the Murong clan. However, he was defeated by Murong Xin, the weakest in Liaodong, with a plan of alienation. Cui Ao defeated Goguryeo with more than ten cavalry.
Later, Cui married Shi Hu, but was framed and killed by Zheng Yingtao. Cui fell into a ditch again...
However, after all, the Cui family has a great family and a great business. Despite suffering so many setbacks, they are still active and vigorous. They are one of the top noble families in Hebei.
Cui Jin said: "The Cui family is extremely talented. Since the development of our Heiyun Mountain, we have no shortage of generals who can charge into battle, but we are short of civil servants to govern the place. The generals of Yanzhou either follow Jie Zhao or return to Jiangdong, making it difficult for the general to use them. I mean, the subordinates , introducing talented people from the Cui family, not teaching them to command the army, but only taking care of local government affairs."
When Shi Le swept across the east and west, he still had a gentleman camp under his command.
Shi Hu's usurpation of the throne also required the help of a large family in Hebei. His first wife was the daughter of the Guo family in Taiyuan, his second wife was the daughter of the Cui family, and the third Zheng Yingtao also had a background from the Zheng family in Xingyang.
"Brother, there is no need to say more. If there is a truly talented scholar, I can recommend him!"
Heiyun Mountain has reached the bottleneck of development. After two or three years of hard work in martial arts, you can achieve something, but talent takes years and months. The disciples of Shangwutang are still in their infancy and need time.
But the most precious thing now is time.
The chaos of Jie Zhao is just around the corner, and the current rebellions are just appetizers.
The Xiongnu, Qiang, Di, Xianbei and other forces lurking underwater have not yet moved.
After marching for several days, they entered the territory of Lu County.
Although Li Yue's status as a Yanzhou shepherd could not command various counties, he still had a certain degree of deterrence.
After the emergence of Heiyun Chiqi in Lu County, the looting and killing of refugees gradually became less common.
However, what I saw along the way was that there were dead bodies everywhere on the official road, with no one to bury them. In the weather in May and June, the stench reached the sky.
There are several Beijing temples piled up on the roadside, with ferocious and twisted faces...
Li Yue stopped in front of the capital for a long time. These people did not pose any threat to Li Nong, but they wanted to do this ruthlessly.
When the army comes from afar, it is naturally impossible for them to sleep in the wilderness.
Li Yue wanted to go straight to Lu County, but Cui Jin said: "Lu County is the hometown of Confucius. If the general wants to win the hearts of Shandong, he must go to worship him!"
During the Han and Wei dynasties, the influence of Confucius cannot be ignored, especially now when the mountains and rivers are in ruins and the land is filled with fishy smells.
"The army went to worship him!" Li Yue did not oppose Confucianism, but he opposed the promotion of Confucianism too high in the past dynasties, thus imprisoning the birth of new thoughts, ideas, and new schools of thought.
But this is a matter for the future. Right now, we need to accumulate strength in this troubled world in the shortest possible time and in the fastest way possible.
Even in troubled times, Confucius Temple is still popular.
Li Yue symbolically presented cattle, sheep, and pigs, worshiped with the generals, and hurried to Lu County.
Cui Jin asked people to publicize the matter everywhere.
When we arrived at Lu County, black clouds and red flags were raised, "Kaicheng!"
As soon as the defenders on the city saw the banner, they lost their fighting spirit and huddled behind the battlements.
"If we don't open the city, are we going to let them in? If you dare to stop Yanzhou Mu, you won't be afraid of annihilating the three tribes!" Yang Lue and his guards shouted in front of the city gate.
The five thousand soldiers behind him stood in darkness, making no sound, but in the silence, a suppressed murderous aura was brewing and rising.
In less than a stick of incense, the city gate opened.
Wei Shan led his army to take over the city wall directly, and Cui Jin led his soldiers straight to the prefect's mansion.
In a few moments, the city was under the control of the Black Cloud Army.
Xu Shao, the prefect of Lu County, came to see him dressed in silk and satin. He was a well-dressed man with exquisite workmanship.
Li Yue glanced at the man and said, "Lu County is the hometown of Confucius, the most holy teacher. You killed the refugees and insulted the virtues of the sages. You should be executed for your crime!"
"You..." Xu Shao probably didn't expect Li Yue to want his life as soon as he came up. "Sikong has a military order and the refugees are treason. We are just following the order."
Li Yue came here, like a fierce dragon crossing the river. Only thunderbolts can scare the local snakes in Yanzhou. The murderous look in his eyes was gathering and dispersing, "For the sake of opening up the city and saving the people in the city from being slaughtered, I will spare you." If you don't die, I will be dismissed from the post of governor of Lu County immediately, and my family property will be confiscated. I have something to say."
The surrounding black clouds pressed their hands on the handle of the knife, just waiting for an order.
Whether he lives or dies, it all depends on his thoughts.
Xu Shao's face turned from red to blue, from green to black, but eventually he calmed down and returned to normal. He cupped his hands and said, "I will enforce the law impartially, and my subordinates have no complaints."
Life is the most important thing, even if you have a lot of wealth and power, you can't exchange for a life.
"From now on, Cui Jin is the prefect of Lu County! All county magistrates and county lieutenants who have robbed and killed refugees must come to Lu County and surrender within three days!" Yanzhou Mu can be promoted or demoted to official positions on his own, and Li Yue is just exercising his responsibilities. Just some power.
"Wei!" Cui Jin held his hand.
Before fighting with Li Nong, you must only hold the rear in your hands.
Xu Shao led his family members south to join Chu Pei that night.
As soon as he came up, he dismissed one of the prefects and ordered all counties to surrender within three days. One stone caused three waves, and the whole Lu County was in an uproar, and the sky was filled with people, who gathered to defend.
It was not only the Zhao army in the counties who robbed and killed the refugees, but also the people in the city and the powerful outside the city.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye.
There are seven counties under the jurisdiction of Lujun, namely Lu, Wenyang, Bian, Zou, Fan, Xue and Gongqiu. Only the county magistrates and county lieutenants from Wenyang and Bian counties came.
Of course, Li Yue would not kill the obedient people. He scolded them and gave them ten lashes in public before letting them go.
The counties that did not come directly asked Cui Jin, the newly appointed governor of Lu County, to go and conquer.
The Zhenshan Camp was very good at attacking cities. Within ten days, the counties to the north were breached, and the Wubao that resisted along the way were easily cleared, while those county magistrates and county lieutenants who resisted were directly beheaded in public display.
However, Li Nong also reacted at this time and ordered Dong Run to lead 3,000 cavalry to Xue County in the south.
Cui Jin saw that he was from Guangzong's begging army, so he stood still.
Except for Xue County, all other cities in Lu County are under the control of the Black Cloud Army.
"Has Li Nong's army not returned yet?" Li Yue was a little surprised. The way back was blocked, so Li Nong should be panicking.
Zhang Shengye said: "Li Nong's army has been staying in Pengcheng, confronting Chu Su's army."
"Could it be that Chu Pei held him back?" Wei Shan laughed.
The Jin army was all elite. Although they lost 3,000 men, Wang Gong and Li Mai, they had little impact on the general situation on both sides. The important towns in the north and south of the Huaihe River were all under the control of the Jin army.
(End of chapter)
