Chapter 1891: The madness of the Yanjing offensive and defensive battle (2)
Chapter 1891: The madness of the Yanjing offensive and defensive battle (2)
In order to build the city of Yanjing, Liu Che not only moved a large number of refugees, but also promised huge profits, such as giving away land and houses, to attract aristocratic families to move to Yanjing.
Youzhou is a very dangerous place. Once the Manchus come over, there will be little difference between the aristocratic family and the common people, so the Youzhou aristocratic family will not have much sense of security.
Now that there is such a safe place, and a house and land are given away for free, so how can a family miss out on such a good thing?
If Chang'an is the gathering place for the Guanxi aristocratic families, then Yanjing is the gathering place for the Youzhou aristocratic families. More than 70% of the Youzhou aristocratic families are gathered in Yanjing.
The aristocratic family thought they had taken advantage of Liu Che, but what they didn't know was that Liu Che's things were not so easy to get.
The reason why Liu Che donated the land and houses to the aristocratic family to attract the aristocratic family to move and settle in Yanjing was because he wanted to use the wealth of the aristocratic family to build Yanjing.
The investment in building a city was so huge that it was impossible for Liu Che to come up with that much money, so he could only borrow the wealth of the Youzhou family to build Yanjing for himself. This method was borrowed from Qin Wen's method of building Yanmen.
When Qin Wen first became the prefect of Yanmen, he also suffered from lack of money to build Yanmen. It was Qin Hao who offered a plan to use the family's wealth to build Yanmen. This allowed Qin Wen to survive the difficult period.
All in all, if the Youzhou family does not come to Yanjing, then Yanjing will be a pool of stagnant water. No matter how many houses and fields there are, they will not be worth much.
If the aristocratic family moved to Yanjing, under Liu Che's intentional guidance, they would automatically spend money to build Yanjing. Once Yanjing was built, Liu Che would naturally make a profit without losing anything.
In the end, Liu Che used the family's wealth to build the city of Yanjing without spending a penny.
Therefore, Yanjing was not so much built by Liu Che as it was built by the Youzhou family.
Although Liu Che and the Youzhou family used each other, the ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty were right. As far as the Han army was concerned, the Youzhou family had indeed made meritorious deeds.
Now Liu Che has issued a recruitment order, regardless of the life and death of the family, and wants to forcefully tie the Youzhou family to his chariot. Will the Youzhou family be willing?
Therefore, when the conscription order was issued, the Youzhou family became very excited, and almost all of them opposed handing over their clan soldiers, and even violently resisted the conscription order.
The Youzhou Aristocratic Family took the most intense attitude, trying to make Liu Che understand that the Aristocratic Family cannot be bullied. If you don't give me any way to survive, the worst possible outcome is to die together. I would rather die than make you feel better.
The Youzhou family thought this would make Liu Che retreat, but they underestimated Liu Che's determination.
At this time, Liu Che, like the Youzhou family, had no other choice.
If you want to defend Yanjing City, you must first eliminate the hidden dangers in the city, and you must gather the soldiers of the family, otherwise Liu Che will not be able to see where his future lies.
Liu Che is already on the verge of madness. Now that he can't even care about himself, how can he care about the feelings of his family? Anyone who stops him will have only one fate, and that is death.
Soon, the five major families that resisted the conscription order the most were all exterminated by the Han army in one day, and the leader was Xue Gang.
At noon that day, Yanjing City was in a trough. Following Xue Gang's order, two thousand heads rolled to the ground.
In one day, five of the ten major families in Youyan were brutally exterminated, even the young, old, women and children were not spared.
Among these five major families, there were many families that made great contributions to the Han army and Yanjing, but they were brutally exterminated because they resisted the conscription order.
In response, the people of Yanjing actually applauded and even cursed these families as traitors.
You must know that there are many people in these families who help the people, but the people turn a deaf ear to these kindnesses. They only know that these families do not obey His Majesty's orders, so they are undoubtedly traitors.
Liu Che's crazy behavior and the people's crazy reaction shocked all the aristocratic families.
At this time, the Youzhou family had only one thought in their minds, that they were crazy, they were all crazy.
Liu Che, who was born in an aristocratic family, turned his butcher's knife on the aristocratic family, killing the goose and taking the eggs, destroying his own reputation. Even if he defeated the Qin army, such a big man could not last long.
Not only Liu Che went crazy, but everyone in the city went crazy.
Liu Che has become so crazy, but the ministers of the court and the central government do not stand up to stop him, and the people still support him. What else is this if he is not crazy?
The aristocratic families were so frightened that they stopped resisting and surrendered their soldiers obediently, as if they had completely accepted their fate.
If you hand over the clan soldiers, you will die when the Qin army is liquidated, but if you don't hand over the clan soldiers, you will die immediately.
One day at a time is one day at a time, it is better to live than to die.
"Your Majesty, the aristocratic families in the city have surrendered and surrendered their troops. Our army has an additional 10,000 defenders."
Huo Guang reported the report with a smile, but behind his smile were the lives of thousands of children from aristocratic families.
"Very good."
Liu Che also showed a happy smile. After all, these Wansheng family soldiers are different from the 60,000 strong men. Their combat effectiveness is even higher than that of the new soldiers. Currently, they are only second to the veterans of the Han army.
"The Ten Thousand Generations Family Soldier is a double-edged sword that can hurt the enemy as well as yourself. There must be no carelessness in placement." Liu Che said with a serious face.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the family soldiers have been organized into chaos and are led by General Xue Gang. The soldiers do not know each other and the risk of rebellion has been minimized."
"Um."
Liu Che nodded, quite satisfied with this arrangement, and then asked: "How's it going with the Aristocratic Family?"
"There are so many complaints, but I dare not speak out if I dare to be angry." Huo Guang said truthfully.
Liu Che had expected this but didn't care. The family that lost its soldiers was like a poisonous snake without teeth and could no longer threaten him.
"Xue Gang, I don't have to hold you responsible for losing Daijun."
Liu Che walked up to Xue Gang below and asked: "Now I just want to ask you, if you have 40,000 defenders and 60,000 strong men, can you hold Yanjing City?"
Xue Gang's heart suddenly trembled. He was moved and ashamed at the same time. He was touched that His Majesty still trusted him, but he was ashamed that he had failed to live up to His Majesty's expectations and failed to defend Daijun.
"Your Majesty, if there are only 70,000 Qin troops outside the city, as long as there is no turmoil in the city and there is sufficient food and grass, there is a 70% certainty that they can hold it."
Xue Gang was not moved and said bravely that he would definitely be able to defend Yanjing. Not only Liu Che didn't believe it, but he himself didn't believe it either.
Hearing Xue Gang say that he was 70% sure, Liu Che felt a little calm. Both of them put their hands on Xue Gang's shoulders and said solemnly: "I will leave all my wealth and life to you regarding the defense of the city."
A look of determination flashed in Xue Gang's eyes, and he choked out: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if the Qin army wants to break through Yanjing, they must first step over the corpse of the last general."