With this knife, he cut the man in half into two pieces. The man fell to the ground, still alive. His upper body was still squirming slightly on the ground, and blood was spitting from his mouth.
Only then did Gan Ning see clearly that the person with disheveled hair turned out to be a woman. Although he was prone to murder, he had never killed a woman before. Unexpectedly, he had broken the precept today. He was filled with hatred and turned the knife head towards Huang She.
, asked: "Who is this woman?"
Huang She didn't even dare to raise his head, still trembling and muttering to himself: "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."
Gan Ning stomped his feet angrily, turned his sword, pointed it at Chen Jiu and Deng Long, and said coldly: "You tell me!"
Deng Long naturally understood that when a disaster was approaching, everyone should take care of themselves. Now that she was dead, there was nothing else he needed to hide for her. He immediately said tremblingly: "She is Huang Zu's woman."
Just as Chen Jiu was about to speak, Deng Long beat him to it. He quickly pointed at Huang She and said, "That fat man is Huang Zu's only son."
"Oh?" Gan Ning was surprised. He was stunned for a moment. He suddenly raised his sword and was about to slash at Huang She. He hurriedly grabbed him from side to side and said, "General, my lord has a strict order. Those who surrender will not be killed. General, I still will."
They were handed over to the lord for his care."
Gan Ning struck the bow of the ship with his long knife and said through gritted teeth: "Set the ship and take them all to Jiangxia!"
The city of Jiangxia has gradually returned to peace, and the streets and alleys of the city are covered with notices to calm the people. The Jingzhou army that invaded the city can be said to have done nothing wrong to the people. Even those noble families who have a closer relationship with Huang Zu, their lives are also difficult.
It was not greatly affected. However, Liu Xin still ordered the timely posting of notices to calm the people, because he understood that doing so was crucial to returning Jiangxia's order to normal as soon as possible.
The Anmin Announcement not only lets the people in the city know that their personal safety is now guaranteed, but also announces the upcoming tax and commercial tax policies in Jiangxia. These policies are very beneficial to ordinary people, and are beneficial to those with assets.
There is no problem for the gentry families who use a large proportion of their income for business. The only ones who really have objections are those families whose main income is land rent. However, Liu Xin’s current reaction to them can be ignored. Under this situation, who can
Will you jump out and make trouble with him? After all, no matter how much money you have, it is not as important as your own life.
Liu Xin's original plan was to cross the Yangtze River directly after capturing Jiangxia, join forces from Changsha, and attack Wuling. At the same time, Zhao Yun, who had secretly moved to Jiangling, would also cross the Yangtze River and attack Wuling with Liu Xin.
A two-sided attack was formed. Unexpectedly, the battle to capture Jiangxia went so smoothly, eight days ahead of schedule. Liu Xin also decided to revise the plan.
After all, Jiangxia is different from the other five counties under his control. This is the first time he has obtained it entirely through war. How to achieve effective control of Jiangxia has extraordinary reference significance for his future hegemony. Therefore.
, Liu Xin decided to stay in Jiangxia for a while and sort out the affairs in Jiangxia.
On the other hand, the huge casualties caused by the siege battle are what Liu Xin least wants to see. In this era when human lives are at stake, no matter whether it is Jushou, Han Xi, Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, or Dian Wei, they have nothing to do with the attack.
It is considered normal to pay the price of thousands of casualties in the next city. Although it has been almost four years since Liu Xin came here, she has experienced many bloody scenes and has gradually lost sight of life and death.
If it were just an enemy, no matter how many casualties there were, he might be indifferent, but for his own people, he couldn't be so calm.
The more than a thousand people who died in the battle were all young adults. Behind each of them was a family. They all had their own parents, wives and children. Perhaps because of their fall, the family lost its backbone, and their family members were more likely to have died.
From then on, he was forced to become someone else's slave.
Every time he thought of this, Liu Xin began to feel uneasy, and he decided to make some adjustments to his plan to attack Wuling. This time, he gave strict orders to the generals, and they must resolutely implement the strategy of cutting their wings and encircling without attacking.
Liu Xin did not personally participate in the battle to attack Wuling. He sent Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong out. With talented people like them, it was no problem to attack several small counties. As for Wuling City, Liu Xin
Xin's order was to surround but not fight. After Xu Huang and the others surrounded Jiang Xia for a while, Jiang Xia's affairs should be settled, and it would not be too late for him to go by then.
On the fifth day of February in the third year of Zhongping, the four armies set off at the same time, and Liu Xin also began to deal with Jiangxia's affairs.
Although Huang She was born very obese, when Dian Wei carried him into the hall of the prefect's mansion, he was still curled up like a little chicken.
With a "pop", the fat chick was thrown to the ground. Huang She raised his head and looked around blankly. What a familiar place. He was once a king here, but now he has become
A prisoner.
Liu Xin said with a smile: "Master Huang, we meet again."
Huang She, who was still expressionless, suddenly fell to his knees on the ground, kowtowed his head desperately, and chanted over and over again: "Sir, please spare me, I will never dare to do it again next time..."
Liu Xin stood up, walked to him, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Mr. Huang, you won't have another chance."
Liu Xin's face immediately darkened, and she said, "I said before we attacked the city, anyone who aids Zhou in his cruelty is as guilty as Huang Zu! Come on, drag Huang She out and chop him down."
Without saying a word, the two wolf-like bodyguards dragged Huang She, who was as limp as mud, and walked out. Chen Jiu and Deng Long knelt aside, watching Huang She's fate, trembling all over.
, they know that their lives are coming to an end soon.
Liu Xin looked at the two of them, sneered, and said slowly: "It's too late to be afraid now! Behead these two people and the men in their families, and use the women as official slaves."
Chen Jiu and Deng Long shouted in unison: "Sir, please spare my life. We really can't help ourselves. Please be aware of this!"
Liu Xin slowly sat down and asked: "Oh, what are the reasons why you have no choice but to tell me?"
Chen hurriedly said: "Sir, when we work under Huang Zu, we are also very nervous. The lives of our whole family are in his hands, so we dare not not try our best."
Deng Long then said: "Please forgive us this time. From now on, we are willing to go through fire and water for you, no matter what!"
Liu Xin rubbed her chin with her hand, pondered for a moment, and asked: "So, you are willing to serve me?"
Chen Ju and Deng Long both nodded and said: "Yes, yes, we are willing."
A smile appeared on Liu Xin's face and she said: "Since you are willing to serve me, let me ask you. You are all Huang Zu's cronies. When I attacked Jiangxia, what was the attitude of other officials in the city?
What did they say? What did they do? You should know this very well."
The two of them nodded incessantly, like chickens pecking at rice, and said in unison: "Clear, clear."
Liu Xin put away her smile and said: "Okay, since you all know it, go down now and write down what you know. It should be as detailed as possible. No concealment or false reporting. I want to confirm each other. If you let me
I know which one of you two is cheating, huh..."
Chen Jiu and Deng Long nodded repeatedly and said, "I don't dare, I don't dare."
Liu Xin waved his hand, and several guards came in, took the two of them out, escorted them to different rooms, gave them paper and pens, and asked them to write reports.
At this time, Han Xi stood up and asked: "Lord, what should we do with these captured Jiangxia soldiers?"
Liu Xin thought for a while and asked Jushu: "Gongyu, the Yellow Turban soldiers captured in the Battle of Nanyang have been working for almost two years?"
Jushou cupped his hands and said: "My lord, it is one month away from the two years. My subordinates have already ordered people to register their intentions. There are about 8,000 people who want to return to their hometown to farm, and there are still 12,000 people who want to go back to their hometown to farm.
More than a thousand people want to continue working with the team. Most of those who want to continue working are homeless people."
Liu Xin nodded and said: "This time, if we can successfully capture the four counties, we will have to repair bridges, pave roads, and build cities. These will require a lot of manpower. And most of the civilian men recruited some time ago are
We chose to go home to farm, but now the most useful Yellow Turban prisoners have to go home to farm, so it seems that we have no choice but to incorporate all these captured Jiangxia soldiers into the engineering team."
Jushou said worriedly: "I'm afraid these people have been soldiers for a long time and have a cunning temper. They will be more difficult to manage than the Yellow Turban prisoners."
Liu Xin thought deeply for a moment and said: "Don't be afraid. The Yellow Turban prisoners used to be bandits, but now when the two-year period is up, they will become ordinary people. These Jiangxia prisoners used to be soldiers, but now they are just prisoners. Let's beat these Jiangxia prisoners.
They were dispersed and incorporated into the team and handed over to the custody of the Yellow Turban captives. Now that they have become slaves and become their masters, those Yellow Turban captives will not regard them as stubbornly. This time, there are more than 8,000 Jiangxia soldiers captured this time plus the navy.
, which can just make up for the shortage of manpower in the engineering team.”
Jushou said happily: "My lord has thought very carefully. So will these prisoners also be subject to two years of forced labor?"
Liu Xin said categorically: "No! Their situation is different from that of the Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans were originally just ordinary people, and most of them rebelled because they were tempted and coerced by traitors. However, they ignored Liu's shouting in the city and
Their stubborn resistance has caused heavy casualties to our siege soldiers, and they should be severely punished! The period of forced labor for them should be changed to six years!"
At this time, Chen Ju and Deng Long had written down everything they knew about the situation. These things had just happened yesterday, and they had deep memories. How dare they not try their best to survive now?
Liu Xin looked at the reports they presented with a slight smile on her face. The contents of the two reports were very different. It seemed that neither of them dared to lie. Liu Xin raised her head and looked at Chen Jiu.
Deng Long put the report in his hand on several cases and said lightly: "Here, drag them out and chop them two!"