The banner with the character "Liu" stands in the south of Ye County.
The soldiers of Liu Ling's tribe, which has expanded to nearly 10,000 people, are showing off their power. However, in terms of military appearance, their appearance is really not flattering.
Among the tens of thousands of people, perhaps only the three thousand who defected at the beginning were more obedient. They were attracted by Liu Ling's reputation, and either voluntarily or were coerced into surrendering. After a winter of training, the soldiers gradually became more motivated and had a certain organization.
, combat capability.
The composition of the latter seven thousand is more complex.
Some simply surrendered their troops and temporarily joined Liu Ling because they did not want to die.
Some are speculators who want to follow Lao Liu in robbing and making some money.
The remaining ones came from various forts and were led by their family owners to surrender. However, their family owners obviously had a certain vision and were political speculators.
However, after seeing such a chaotic army, Liu Ba, the governor of Donglai, not only did not take the initiative to attack, but instead sent people out of the city and sent a batch of sheep wine as a gift for the labor force.
On April 28, Liu Ba's nephew Liu Qun, the chief of the pavilion of Donglai County, came to Liu Ling's camp again.
"Is General Liu from Donglai?" Liu Qun asked with a smile inside the tent.
Liu Ling's expression remained unchanged and she sneered in her heart.
Who doesn't know that he is from Yangping, Hebei? After so many years, my reputation, Liu Ling, is not so small, right? You know what you are asking, are you trying to cling to me?
Thinking of this, Liu Ling felt slightly proud and bowed her head.
"No." Liu Ling said coldly, "I am a commoner in Yangping, and I have never met the Liu family in Donglai."
"No." Liu Qun smiled and said, "The Yangping Liu family is a descendant of the Pingyuan Liu family. Like the Donglai Liu family, they are both descendants of the Han Dynasty. We didn't know each other in the past, but don't we know each other today?"
"Stop talking nonsense." Liu Ling looked down upon Liu Qun at all. People like Liu Ba slapped the table hard and said, "Will you surrender or not? If you don't surrender, when Liang Gong arrives, he will recruit strong men from all the counties to surrender.
As a vanguard to capture the counties in Donglai, the Liu family may be in danger of overthrow. Just give me a warm word, I can't wait any longer."
Liu Qun was suffocated.
Why does this person talk like this? He is straight to the point without any tact, leaving no space for people to guess. He is really a rough person.
But he didn't dare to get angry.
Shao Xun and Cao Yi are different.
When Cao Yi attacked the Qingzhou counties, Xuzhou in the south and Yanzhou in the west were all enemies. Even Leling, Pingyuan and other places in the north were also in the hands of the Jin state. They were surrounded by enemies on all sides. If they encountered a little tough trouble, if they resisted him,
For a long time, Donglai Ju had to compromise and negotiate because he could not afford to delay.
In the end, Ju Peng crossed the sea and left his hometown, and the Liu family became the governor of Donglai. Changguang was given to the emerging local tycoon Lu family - Chengyang. Gaomi was also given to the aristocratic family, but they couldn't win against Donglai and were forced to appoint the governor.
The situation is different.
What about Shao Xun? Can he afford it? Liu Qun thought about it carefully, he can afford it.
He is already the de facto master of Henan and Hebei. Perhaps due to various reasons, the people in the area are unpredictable. Most people are temporarily surrendered due to the situation, and will start an army to rebel whenever they have the opportunity. But the problem is that he has not yet shown his defeat.
Mutually.
It is true that when he conquered Henan and Hebei, he was not undefeated, and many generals died in battle, but in the end he defeated all his opponents one by one and successfully ascended to the position of leader.
As long as he doesn't make any stupid moves, those with ulterior motives will not only not turn against him, but will fight for him and attack others - such as the Donglai Liu family.
In such a situation, there is actually no choice but to surrender.
After sorting out his thoughts, Liu Qun asked: "The Jiyin prefect mentioned by Xi is certainly good, but it is really too far away. It is difficult for someone who is not familiar with the place to be an official."
"Stop being picky." When Liu Ling heard this, he couldn't hold back his anger and said: "This is the official position that Liu Situ (Liu Tun) got with great difficulty after begging to Liang Gong. If you don't want it,
, can you give it to me?"
Liu Qun almost choked.
Liu Tun was born in the Liu family of Donglai, but he is not from the same clan as Liu Ba and Liu Qun's uncles and nephews. It can only be said that he has some kinship with each other. On weekdays, he would talk about relatives according to their seniority when meeting him, and would help and support them when necessary, but if it involves
Liu Tun's own interests, is he really willing to give up his own interests to help his fellow clan members?
Liu Bai, the son of Liu Tun, was already a member of the Liang State, and he had entered the Liang State bureaucracy in a serious manner. As long as Liu Tun was not stupid, he would not offend Liang Gong for Liu Ba, a tribesman whom he had not seen once in several years.
Not happy.
Being able to help with the activities in advance and win the official position of prefect for Liu Ba is already an act of kindness and righteousness.
Liu Ling was even more dissatisfied.
Damn it, I worked my ass off. It’s not easy to be a county magistrate, let alone a prefect. If you don’t want it, just give it to me. Stop whining like a woman. In fact, many shogunate officials only became
To be able to be a county magistrate, Liu Ling's requirements are actually not low.
"I've brought the words. Can you please tell me before sunset today?" Liu Ling was too lazy to talk nonsense with Liu Qun. He stood up and walked outside the tent, saying: "If you don't surrender, I will ask myself to be the vanguard and lead the troops to capture Ye County.
, it’s good to earn some credit. The position of foreign soldier is still too low in the shogunate. There are a lot of people weighing on me, which makes me feel aggrieved."
Liu Qun was stunned.
Who among those who have dealt with him in the past was not polite?
Even if you want something, you will ask for it in a roundabout way and in a vague way. If you are dissatisfied with him, you will not be so straightforward and will definitely use metaphors.
What a rough guy! Liu Qun sighed, stood up, saluted and left.
Liu Ling was in the camp, washing the horses with his own hands and feeding them.
After feeding the horse, he took out the weapon given to him by Mr. Liang: an iron mace.
This thing is very heavy, but it is suitable for Liu Ling to use. When charging, wield this mace, whether you are wearing armor or not, you will be smashed to death.
Weapons such as wooden poles, longke axes, and iron maces are very effective against warriors wearing iron armor. If they cannot break the armor, they will smash your turtle shell.
Liu Ling has already smashed many people with this mace. Under his huge strength, there are almost no survivors. If Liu Ba doesn't surrender, he will smash his head.
Liu Ling couldn't help laughing when she thought of her success.
Well, he might be disappointed——
In the evening of that day, Liu Ba, Liu Qun's uncle and nephew ordered the city gate to be opened.
Thousands of defenders filed out of the city, piled armor and equipment to the east, and then lined up to the west.
The county officials personally handed over the military registration and household registration to Liu Ling.
They even kidnapped several officials who were unwilling to surrender and handed them over to Liu Ling.
Liu Ling glanced at the officials in confusion. His hand was broken and his tongue was cut. Is this necessary? Or is there something hidden?
But he is too lazy to care about this. Maybe Liu Ba is taking the opportunity to clean up those who oppose him, beat them into Cao Yi's party, and kill them all. In troubled times, who is simple?
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In early May, Xi Jian arrived in Ye County.
Within a few days, powerful nobles from all over the country heard the news and came to pay homage to him.
Liu Ling is very delicious.
My maidservant! I have been waiting here for several days, but none of you made any move. As soon as Xi Daohui arrived, they all rushed towards me, being extremely affectionate and flattering.
Okay, okay, okay! We’ll see.
In fact, sometimes it's not that Liu Ling thinks too much and is narrow-minded. It's that this world and this era remind us repeatedly through small things one after another that you are different from others and that you are not the same as them.
Some people can despise themselves, lower their stature, endure humiliation like a licking dog, squeeze into the circle of scholars, and don't care even if they are looked down upon by others.
But Liu Ling is not that kind of person. Even if he is a vulgar warrior who is afraid of chaos in the world, he can't lose his face.
I would rather not be promoted than curry favor with you. This is probably his last stubbornness. His face is more important than anything else.
Xi Jian was born into a noble family and was able to meet Qingzhou's wealthy families with ease.
In addition to the local wealthy families in Donglai, those who came to pay their respects this time also included officials and wealthy families from Changguang and Chengyang counties.
Following the surrender of Donglai, these two counties were also preparing to surrender. The officials from the counties and counties who came this time were basically here to negotiate terms.
But they were destined to be disappointed. Xi Jian actually didn't get much authorization. In short, he couldn't make the decision and didn't dare to make promises.
Therefore, when receiving the wealthy families in the counties and counties, he also sent Liu Ling, Duan Ya, Liu Xia (Shao Xu's son-in-law, the captain of Leling), Gao Jiang, Liu Bi and others to lead their troops eastward and south to mop up the remaining enemies.
At the same time, we should give those officials and wealthy officials a little deterrence and ask them to be more realistic and not make arbitrary conditions.
If it doesn't end in the end, someone will be killed.
"Liang Gong is a generous king, and he doesn't want to see the people of Qingzhou being ruined." Xi Jian said to the powerful men who looked at him eagerly: "But in this era of great strife, you have to show yourselves.
Only then can I be awarded an official title."
Although Xi Jian was not authorized, it did not prevent him from exerting his subjective initiative and driving these people to serve Liang Gong.
As soon as these words came out, everyone basically understood the implication.
"There are still stubborn people in various counties who need to be persuaded."
"There are so many remaining enemies in the village that we must clear them up without delay."
"There are still demon thieves in Linzi and Guanggu who must be conquered."
"You know what to do, don't you? I haven't done any good work yet. I want to ask for credit for you, but I don't know how to write it." Xi Jian finally said.
"I sincerely obey the order of Duke Liang." After a while, people replied one after another.
Xi Jian nodded, his face full of approval.
Within the next few days, the Liu family of Donglai, the Ju family, the Lu family of Changguang, as well as the Su family, Chengyang Wang family and other wealthy families who had not yet crossed south, jointly collected a batch of military rations and sent them to the Xijian camp, and finally assembled two soldiers
More than 10,000 people marched to Guanggu to join the siege.
On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, after more than a month of arduous fighting, Yang Chen's troops finally captured Linzi City under successive attacks by Yang's tribe, Qingzhou surrender, Yanyu peasant soldiers, and Yinqiang Zhongying.
On the 14th, the army arrived outside Guanggu City.
At this point, the number of miscellaneous soldiers and horses besieging the city exceeded 80,000, and Cao Yi's last stronghold was completely surrounded.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Qingzhou has changed.
Except for a few stubborn demon thieves, everyone has abandoned Cao Yi, and his life can be counted in the sky.
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Chapter completed!