In Jinyang City, the fire set by Yuan Jun has been extinguished, but what is left is ruins.
Countless people stood on the streets, staring blankly at their houses, which were almost all their belongings, but now they had been reduced to ruins.
Some people started to cry loudly, some were in a daze without saying a word, and some were holding the bodies of their relatives and crying, while more people were watching all this numbly.
Bingzhou is located in a frontier fortress. Not to mention these troubled times, even in peacetime, they will encounter barbarian plunder all the year round. The pain of life, separation and death has been passed down from their ancestors. No one understands the pain of war better than them.
Even deeper, no one is stronger than them. Many people have experienced such a scene and have become numb.
The military discipline of the Xiliang Army is not very good. Even if Chen Gong has issued strict orders, there will still be plundering of the people from time to time. They have not experienced the rigorous training like the soldiers of the Central Plains, nor have they had high treatment and welfare. In the past,
Experience told them that after breaking the city, everything could be looted, but this time, it seemed a little different.
The battle has basically ended here. Chen Gong has not tolerated these soldiers who are unwilling to obey military orders. He has tolerated too much for the sake of the overall situation. Now it is time to pay back.
After Zhao Yun entered the city, he was ordered by Chen Gong to form a law enforcement team to rob the people and rob the women of the people. No need to tolerate them, they would all be killed. If the relevant lieutenant generals dared to stop them, they would also be killed!
The common people watched in silence as the victorious army did not come to enjoy the bloody 'fruits', but began to kill each other.
Zhao Yun understood his teacher's philosophy and his lord's philosophy, so he was unceremonious in his actions. Such suppression would naturally cause dissatisfaction and mutiny among the soldiers, but as long as a small group of people were willing to abide by the rules and follow Zhao Yun, this would
A peerless general has the ability to suppress them all.
The civil strife continued until the early morning of the next day. All the officers and soldiers in Guanzhong who had harmed the people were killed, and half of the generals were purged.
At this moment, the concept of not harming the people was carved into the bones of this Guanzhong army by Chen Gong and Zhao Yun, the master and apprentice pair.
Then it was time to renovate Jinyang City.
Because the upper echelons of the army suppressed the soldiers who looted the people last night, the people had a good impression of this new force. Coupled with the previous resentment towards Yuan Jun, the change of flag in the city did not cause much fluctuation at this moment.
Of course, it is impossible to say how much support there is, just not rejection. The people living here are inherently insecure and have half trust in the government offices.
The current situation, in Chen Gong's opinion, is already very good.
"Teacher, everything is ready." Zhao Yun came to Chen Gong and said to Chen Gong.
In order to make Xinpi's death more valuable, Chen Gong did not kill him hastily, but spread the news to everyone, and then let the people vent their anger on Xinpi to prevent this
The people in the city were very resentful.
Jinyang Chen Palace is planned to be used as a place to store grain. The grain and grass transported from the rear are concentrated here, and then sent to the front line. There is too much resentment among the people, which is not a good thing after all. We have to find a way to let the people transfer this stock.
Just vent your grievances.
"Let Na Xinpi be paraded through the city, and then executed, so that the people can vent." Chen Gong nodded and asked Zhao Yun to handle this matter.
"Here!" Zhao Yun agreed, bowed to Chen Gong, and left.
Soon, as the people waited eagerly, Xinpi was pushed onto the street. As soon as he entered the street, a burst of broken bricks and tiles were thrown towards the prison car.
"Chen Gong, if you insult a famous person, you will be shamed by everyone in the world!" Xinpi was hit on the head in an instant and his head was bleeding. If Zhao Yun hadn't stopped him in time, Xinpi would have been killed in just this moment.
Smashed to death.
As a famous scholar in Yingchuan, Xin Bihe had suffered such humiliation before and shouted angrily at the front.
The enthusiasm of the people did not diminish. A child squeezed out from the crowd and slobbered heavily on Xinpi.
"You bastards, you are a countryman, you don't know the general trend of the world, you only blindly follow the rebels, you are all Han traitors!
"Xinpi was furious. His head was clamped by the shackles and he couldn't turn his head. He couldn't see the child under the prison car, but he could feel being spit on. In addition to the anger in his heart, he yelled and cursed even more fiercely.
Zhao Yun frowned and looked back at him, shook his head, and said to the people around him: "Everyone, I will kill this thief after parading through the streets. Please don't block my way. If you die on the road, it will be hard to explain!"
Yesterday, Zhao Yun led people to protect the people. Many people recognized this handsome and approachable general. The mood of the crowd was suppressed a bit, but some people were still unhappy and shouted to Zhao Yun: "General, can you let me spit in his face?"
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Just as Zhao Yun was about to shake his head, a man had already taken the opportunity to squeeze in, climbed into the prison car, and spit a mouthful of thick phlegm that had been accumulated for a long time on Xin Pi's face.
Xin Pi was furious and wanted to mobilize the aura of awe-inspiring people to kill this ignorant man, but he had the whole city's public resentment on him, and the aura of awe-inspiring people had already been exhausted, so how could he use it.
"Back off!" Zhao Yun stopped the guards who were about to take action and shouted loudly. The power of a dragon emanated from his body, shocking everyone. The man vented his anger and retreated into the crowd.
The prison car trudged forward among the crowd. From time to time, people rushed to the prison car to send their most sincere greetings to Simpi. Seeing that he could not resist, Simpi could only spray at each other. Whenever he saw people coming, he would spit.
It's not hard to yell and curse at the same time.
I originally planned to finish the walk at noon, but ended up walking all the way to dusk and walking around the city.
Xinpi's entire head was covered with a layer of saliva, and he had to open his mouth to breathe if he wanted to breathe. From time to time, he would suck the thick phlegm flowing down into his mouth and spit it out in disgust.
"General, we're here!" When they arrived at the execution ground, some soldiers opened the prison car and dragged out the half-dead Xin Pi. They pushed him down on the execution platform with some disgust and clasped their fists at Zhao Yun.
"Behead!" Zhao Yun looked at Xinpi who had no energy left. He showed no mercy. With a wave of his hand, the warrior who had been prepared raised his butcher knife and chopped off Xinpi with one blow.
Douda's head fell to the ground, and Xinpi also completed the last journey of his life. This journey was quite humiliating, and even the body was taken away by the angry people, torn into pieces and fed to the dogs.
In this regard, Zhao Yun did not stop him anymore, and led his people to separate the crowd and return to the government office to resume his duties.
Outside the government office, Zhao Yun met an acquaintance, it was Zhen Yao who had come to visit Chen Gong. However, compared to last time, Zhen Yao looked a little decadent now, and his face was no longer as rosy as before.
"Mr. Zhen?" Zhao Yun saw him and said hello.
"It's General Zilong!" Zhen Yao forced a smile.
"Why don't you come into the house, sir?" Zhao Yunqi asked.
Zhen Yao hesitated for a moment, then nodded as if accepting his fate and said, "Please tell me, General Zilong."
Zhao Yun nodded and entered the mansion to resume his life.
"The people hated Yuan Jun so much. As the instigator, Xin Pi was able to go to the execution platform alive thanks to Zilong who escorted him." Chen Gong obviously expected that he would not be able to behead on time, and would not punish Zhao Yun for such a trivial matter.
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"Teacher, Zhen Yao is wandering outside the mansion now, asking his disciples to come and pass the news." Zhao Yun bowed and said.
"He came in the afternoon and refused to come in." Chen Gong said with a smile: "Let him come in."
"Here!" Zhao Yun nodded and went out to bring Zhen Yao in.
"Why didn't Mr. Zhen come in?" Chen Gong motioned for Zhao Yun to stay, looked at Zhen Yao and asked with a smile.
Why?
Zhen Yao looked at Chen Gong with a wry smile and said, "Sir, don't you know?"
"I don't know." Chen Gong shook his head.
"Because of your stubbornness, I and even the entire Zhen family may no longer tolerate Jizhou." Zhen Yao said with a bitter smile, somewhat resentful.
When Xin Pi and others came with the army and contacted Zhang Heng but turned him away, Zhen Yao had already sensed that he might be targeted by Yuan Shao.
The reason...
He took Jizhou's grain and grass to do business in Guanzhong, allowing Chen Gong to take this opportunity to integrate the forces in Guanzhong. No prince would tolerate this kind of thing under his control.
After that, Zhen Yao was imprisoned. Zhen Yao also figured out that no matter whether Yuan Shao could win this battle, Yuan Shao would not let go of the Zhen family. Now that Xinpi was defeated, Guo Yuan and other high-ranking officials died in Jin.
Yang, Zhen Yao is sure that if he goes back, he will definitely die.
That's why I came to Chen Gong to seek refuge.
But Zhen Yao didn't know how to speak since he was in a desperate situation.
Resent Chen Gong?
He did not dare to trade secretly with the Central Plains. It was Zhen Yao who came to ask for help in person, and then he got this opportunity, and the Zhen family did gain a lot of benefits from it.
Now when something goes wrong, blaming others is like putting down the bowl and scolding the cook.
Besides, he came here to ask for shelter, so how could he be dissatisfied at all?
"Our army has captured all of Bingzhou, and next is Youzhou." Chen Gong looked at Zhen Yao and said with a smile.
Zhen Yao was also a man with a lively mind. Hearing this, he quickly clasped his fists and said, "Sir, if you have any instructions, I am willing to use all my family strength to help!"
Without help, the Zhen family may not be able to escape the disaster of destruction.
"Actually, when the battle reaches this point, Yuan Shao is already defeated. However, to capture Youzhou, we need not only soldiers, but also food and grass." Chen Gong looked at Zhen Yao and said with a smile.
"This..." Zhen Yao was a little confused: "Now that Bingzhou has been lost, if we want to transport the grain from Jizhou to Bingzhou, I'm afraid..."
This is really not an excuse for him. He could have not returned to Yecheng and secretly sent the Zhen family's caravan to transport it. But now that almost all of Bingzhou has been captured, it is simply impossible to send food and grass over now.
"You don't need to send it to Bingzhou, just send it to Youzhou. The head of the family only needs to send a large amount of grain and grass to a few cities designated by me in the name of supporting the front line, and it will be considered a meritorious service!" Chen Gong smiled and said: "Of course, the army needs it.
There is a lot of food and grass, and the Zhen family alone may not be able to get enough, so we need help from others!"
Zhen Yao understood, nodded and said: "Sir, please decide where to send the grain and grass. I will contact Jizhou's wealthy merchants to transport the grain to Youzhou."
"Try to leak this plan to Yuan Shao!" Chen Gong shook his head, looked at Zhen Yao and said with a smile.