It is naturally impossible for ordinary soldiers to know the whole story of the military situation so quickly. Most of them just take it for granted. They just think that Wang Zhengdu has personally taken action. How can there be a mistake?
Naturally, success is immediate!
Not only will we return victorious, but it will also be a complete victory, a great victory, and a glorious victory!
As for the three Liu Bei brothers, since they dared to be enemies with General Tiangong, they must have become dead souls under the divine sword at this time.
When the people in Xiapi saw the words of the Japanese army and were full of confidence, they believed them to be true. They immediately began to talk about it, and many people even cried.
Liu Bei's tenure as the Mud of Xuzhou was not long, but he has always been merciful in his administration and treatment of the people. Especially now, in these troubled times when most of the people in power regard the people as nothing, he is even more commendable and naturally very popular.
The people of Xiapi didn't know what was right between Wang Zheng and Liu Bei, but in their view, it would be the worst thing if a good official like Xuande died.
At this time, Wang Zheng happened to be walking in the streets of the outer city. When he was about to enter the inner city, he suddenly stopped his horse.
Entering Xiapi again is just to win people's hearts.
People from such aristocratic families naturally want to give both kindness and power, and even authority should be more important than kindness. It is also necessary to extend kindness to the people of Xuzhou who have suffered from war in recent years.
At this time, the sun was shining directly on the ground, and the whole street was shining with golden light, and the rows of street houses were shining brightly. Wang Zheng stood in the center of thousands of troops, surrounded by civil and military officials on the left and right, guarded by tigers in front and behind, feeling the gaze of countless people following the fierce and fierce
The sunshine shone on him together, and his heart couldn't help but feel heroic and courageous.
He raised his reins and pressed his sword, and said loudly: "Dear fellow villagers, although Zheng is now the governor, he has never forgotten his background as a farmer."
"In the past, Emperor Wen once said that farmers and peasants are the foundation of the world. I would personally cultivate the fields to provide rice for the ancestral temple."
"Zheng Shen agrees. A large-scale war is not what I want. What I want..." Wang Zheng paused, looked around, and said word by word: "Only everyone in the world can have silk to protect themselves from the cold and food to satisfy them."
May the years be peaceful and peaceful, and everything in the world may be peaceful.”
"Since Dong's thief, the princes have been attacking without end, and the war has spread to all nine states. Xuzhou is located in the Central Plains and has suffered the most chaos!"
"Whenever there is a military calamity and the soldiers resist, there is a need for money. No matter whether it is clothes, armor, weapons, or even food, wages and fodder, they are all provided by you. You never leave the fields, and your hands never let go of the weaving scroll. However, you can only eat scraps and wear rags.
"
"Dear fellow villagers..." At this point, Wang Zheng held his hands in all directions and spoke sincerely: "It can be said that I have been in trouble for a long time, but I have no regrets!"
"Yuyou Huangtian, pity the people's hard work, and as the governor, you should follow the heaven!"
"Now that Xuzhou has been plundered, all the old miscellaneous taxes have been removed, and the taxes have been reduced by thirteen."
This thirteen tax reduction was implemented in Pengcheng a while ago. After that, Wang Zheng went on successive campaigns, and the food and grass he needed was basically supplied by Langya. Of course, the main responsibility was provided by the aristocratic family, but the people at the bottom were not unbearable because of this.
Heavy burdens and complaints.
But if Xiapi now implements it in this way, then no matter Donghai or even Langya, everyone will be treated equally. Otherwise, how can the people of Langya be convinced?
This means that it will become a long-term policy within the royal territory.
It also means that the Heavenly Army is unlikely to take the initiative to launch large-scale military activities in the short term.
Wang Zheng said something, and several soldiers beside him repeated it loudly to the surroundings, ensuring that every word and sentence could be clearly heard by the nearby people of Xiapi.
It is not necessary for everyone to hear it. If it is spread to ten people, it will spread to hundreds. Soon after, the whole Xiapi will naturally be aware of Wang Zheng’s benevolent policy.
After the words were spoken, the houses on the street corners were silent for a moment, and suddenly, a burst of cheers broke out.
Some of them couldn't hold it back anymore, and finally put aside their fear of the army, and even forgot Xu Fangding's prohibition. They rushed out of the house, knelt down on the street, kowtowed and shouted, almost shouting "Long Live".
Only a certain group of houses adjacent to the east still seemed a little quiet and silent at this time.
And this silence, amidst the deafening cheers, became more and more abrupt and conspicuous.
It also attracted the attention of Wang Zheng, Xu Fang and others.
For ordinary ordinary people, tax reduction is probably the most happy and exciting thing, so it is normal for the response to be enthusiastic. So what is the situation in this area of houses?
Without Wang Zheng's instructions, Xu Fang had already turned around and sent people to investigate the cause. Soon after, when the soldiers reported back, Xu Fang's expression suddenly became a little strange.
"what happened?"
At this time, Wang Zheng was waving to a group of excited people, but he also keenly captured this scene. Although he did not turn around, he already asked a question in a deep voice.
"General..." Xu Fang looked at Wang Zheng cautiously and hesitated to speak, until Wang Zheng looked back at him, hesitated for a while, then leaned closer and told the whole story.
The location of that house was exactly the residence of the group of people who had learned about "Liu Bei's death" from the heavenly soldiers.
After listening to Xu Fang's reply, Wang Zheng was stunned and filled with emotion.
It was a strange feeling that could not be explained or explained.
"General, please don't get angry." Xu Fang saw that Wang Zheng looked strange and knew something was wrong. He was about to offer words of comfort, but Wang Zheng had already waved his hand: "I am not angry, general."
As he said this, he suddenly laughed.
"I just think Liu Bei deserves to be Liu Bei."
"When I once saw that sentence of Jing, and the Chu people followed it like a cloud, I thought it was an exaggeration by the historian."
"Now it seems that this statement is true!"
"It's really respectable and admirable that Mr. Xuande is so popular..." At this point, Wang Zheng glanced at the private house, his expression indescribable solemnity:
"It's really terrifying!"
"So what if you win the hearts of the people?" At this time, Wu Sheng behind him happened to be riding up and he said disdainfully: "The general is protected by Huang Tian, it is his destiny. There are only so many people in Xiapi City, how can such people be so popular?
So what if I gave it all to Liu Bei?"
"Besides..." Wu Sheng snorted coldly: "It may be possible to let these people cry for Liu Bei, but it is not necessarily possible to fight for their lives on the battlefield!"
"But the thousands of soldiers of our heavenly army are really willing to die for the general!"
There is some truth to this...
When Wu Sheng said the first sentence, Wang Zheng didn't think so, but when he said the second sentence, Wang Zheng was speechless.
After being silent for a while, he just shook his head: "After all, I can't completely rely on Huang Tian. Even if destiny is mine, I have to fight for people's hearts!"
...
Before entering the inner city, the soldiers except Tianzhu Camp returned to the military camp in the city to station themselves. Wang Zheng led his generals, civil and military officers, and drove straight in and entered Xiapi County Mansion.
At this time, the people who could follow in were either close friends or important ministers. There were a few unfamiliar faces that Wang Zheng did not recognize. After sitting down, Xu Fang introduced them one by one. They were all representatives of local aristocratic families, civil and military officials in Xiapi, and their status
The tallest one is an old man with a solemn appearance and neatly dressed.
"General," Xu Fang pointed at the man and introduced, "This is Mr. Gong Wei."
Chen Yu (originally known as Chen Li), also known as Gongwei.
He is now the head of the Chen family, the largest family in Xiapi.
As the eldest son of Taiwei Chen Qiu, Chen Gui's younger brother, and Chen Deng's uncle, this man was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou by Yuan Shu in the fourth year of Chuping. Logically, he should be considered a member of Yuan Shu's faction.
However, during the subsequent battle at Fengqiu, Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao, and when he fled south to Shouchun, Chen Yu turned away this noble man who had recommended him.
This made Yuan Shu angry...
He immediately returned to Yinling to reorganize his army and prepared to beat this ungrateful man to death. When Chen Yu saw that something was wrong, he panicked and quickly sent his younger brother Chen Cong to ask for peace. But at this time, how could Yuan Shu agree?
Chen Cong was directly detained and continued to march on the same day. The army pushed forward thirty miles and frightened Chen Yu into hiding back to his hometown Xiapi.
Therefore, when the two armies of Liu Bei and Yuan Shu faced off, the aristocratic family in Xiapi, led by Chen Yu, fought hard to the end. There was no way, Chen Yu was afraid, if Yuan Shu's army entered Xiapi, what else would happen?
Saying that he is dead, I am afraid that the entire Xiapi Chen family will become the dust of history from now on.
But when the attacking party was replaced by Wang Zheng, Chen Yu didn't care anymore. With this attitude of taking the lead, other aristocratic families naturally stopped working.
They also did not respond to the civil strife. Liu Bei would not be held accountable for this, and Wang Zheng...
Judging from the feedback from Langya and Pengcheng, these people also believe that Wang Zheng is not that kind of unreasonable bandit.
If that's the case, then let's not help each other.
Wang Zheng had heard about Chen Yu long before the capture of Pi. Although it was said that Chen Deng would be the reason for the great success of the Chen family in the future, it could be said that one moment was the same as another.
Nowadays, the main direct lineage of the Chen family is still in Chen Yu's line. After all, Chen Yu's father, Chen Qiu, is one of the top three men. He has served as Sikong, Guanglu doctor, Tingwei, and Taichang.
And Chen Gui is just his nephew.
So upon hearing this, Wang Zheng had a look of awe on his face, and he immediately bowed his head and said in a rare respectful tone: "It's my great luck that I can meet Mr. Gongwei. I am very happy."
"I don't dare, I don't dare. I'm so ashamed to be treated so politely by the governor."
Chen Yu was naturally satisfied when he saw how polite he was, but he did not dare to neglect him and hurriedly stood up to return the courtesy.
After all, he also knew in his heart that Wang Zheng's behavior was more for others to see, and maybe partly for the sake of his dead father, but it was not necessarily for him.
But if you are being interviewed by others, you have to be more discerning, otherwise you may be embarrassed.
After chatting for a while, everyone sat down, and Xu Fang introduced a few more people. However, they were either new people, or Wang Zheng had never heard their names in his previous life, so he naturally didn't pay much attention to them. After a few casual polite words, he was about to ask Xu Fang
When Xia Pi was going through the latest situation, he saw that Wu Sheng beside him could no longer hold himself back and asked:
"General, did you gain anything from chasing Liu Bei this time? Can you capture Guan Yu?"
Speaking of this, Wu Sheng showed resentment on his face and said unwillingly: "This beast actually killed Zhang Rao. He deserves to die! The general should take me with him!"
To be honest, Wu Sheng's relationship with Zhang Rao is not harmonious on weekdays, but Wu Sheng knows the difference clearly and knows that Zhang Rao is actually quite capable, especially since they are both from the Yellow Turbans. In Wu Sheng's view
, this person's loyalty and reliability to the royal government is better than banning such rebellious generals.
"Is Guan Yunchang so easy to kill?" Before Wang Zheng could answer, Mi Heng on the right said solemnly: "However, after this battle, Liu Bei's army also suffered heavy casualties, which can be regarded as a bad breath."
"Are there many casualties?" Wu Sheng was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly asked: "How many were killed?"
"The Major has declared to the outside world that he can behead tens of thousands of people!" Mi Heng replied with a smile.
"Tens of thousands?" Xu Fang was startled: "Sir, with this number, doesn't it mean that Liu Bei's army has been wiped out?"
Mi Heng smiled and said nothing, while Wang Zheng coughed twice, looked at Chen Yu and others, but did not give a direct explanation after all.
The actual gains are naturally not that many.
It's just that after Liu Bei left, Lu Bu was still entrenched in the state, and Cao Cao was eyeing him outside the state. Even his former ally Yuan Shu had no idea what he was thinking now. Excessive reporting of casualties would not only enhance his own prestige, but also make these enemies
, allies, and even those families and people who don't know the truth, feel fear and awe.
In the battle of Xiapi that day, a heavy price was paid for the siege of the city. At that time, Wang Zheng's total army on the battlefield was only 30,000. It seemed that an encirclement was formed on all sides, but with the troops scattered, it was natural that they could not stop Liu Bei's army.
A desperate breakout.
They pursued them all the way, and Liu Beijun organized several counterattacks in the early stage.
There was even a time when two ghosts, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, knocked on the door and beat Wang Zheng to the point of running away in panic.
It was only in the later stages, after several interspersed raids and a lack of food and grass, that the enemy completely disrupted their formation.
Only at this time, when the channels for commanding from top to bottom were lost, and the Liu army was scattered all over the mountains and fields, colliding in all directions, thousands of miles in radius, everywhere, did Wang Zheng notify the entire army that the time had come!
If there is no organized army, is it still called an army?
Now the enemy is like flesh and blood, and I am like a sword!
Wang Zheng even personally led the Tianzhu camp from south to north, from east to west, chasing and annihilating them for three days and three nights. In the end, every Tianzhu killed had at least two or three lives of Liu Jun's soldiers. Wang Zheng even more
He was killing like crazy, and when he encountered Zhang Fei again, he used real fire, and almost both sides were injured in the fight with this reckless man.
But if it really comes to this, then Wang Zheng, who has level four iron bones and a high physical fitness, will definitely have the last laugh.
Finally, Guan Yu appeared like a ghost again, and the general forced him back, saving Zhang Fei's life.
As for how many enemies were wiped out? No one knows.
Because when the killing reached that level, neither Wang Zheng nor the Heavenly Army had the thought, let alone the time, to cut off people's heads and count their heads.
If we look at the new experience on the system screen, killing more than 5,000 enemies is the minimum.
He even planned to escalate the fight with Zhang Fei to the last moment, so that he could form a fatal trump card and defeat Liu Bei first!
such a pity...
That damn Guan Yu!
In addition to the casualties, there were nearly two thousand prisoners.
It can be said that after this pursuit, even if Liu Bei's army was not completely defeated, it was still exhausted and on the verge of collapse!
The true strategic intention of Wang Zheng has been completely realized.
Revenge for Zhang Rao is false, but eliminating potential threats is true!