At this time, Guan Yinping saw Liu Zhang galloping from behind. He was immediately overjoyed and said in a trembling voice: "General Wei, look, it's my lord." After fighting death for so long in Tianshui, he was finally relieved. This was Guan Yinping's first
Taking the lead in a second round, and it was a life-and-death mission, a fourteen-year-old girl was under great pressure and could not help but shed tears.
Wei Yan's joy flashed away, he strode towards Liu Zhang and bowed to Liu Zhang.
"They are all alive, good." Liu Zhang only said one sentence, and the soldiers behind him sent their horses to Wei Yanguan Yinping. After accompanying the army, the whole army continued to drive towards Tianshui.
Xiliang's army of 200,000 was defeated and began to disperse in the north of Chencang. The Guanzhong warlords went east and the Xiliang warlords went north. Liu Zhang's army arrived at Tianshui, and just as Xiliang's army was defeated, there was a big killing. The Xiliang army in chaos headed toward Liangzhou.
They fled, Liu Zhang and Fa Zheng joined forces, with a total force of 100,000.
One hundred thousand troops knocked at the gate of Tianshui City, and the defenders of Tianshui City surrendered without a fight. The Sichuan army entered Tianshui, and Liu Zhang issued an order that all the wealthy families in Tianshui County should immediately send people to visit him, otherwise the county towns would be massacred with blood.
The Jiang family, the Yang family and other wealthy families around Tianshui were scared to death. Unless they were willing to give up their ancestral land and escape, the Sichuan barbarians would start killing and they would be exterminated. The Jiang family and other wealthy families had no choice but to go to Tianshui to visit Liu Zhang.
In the eyes of people all over the world, the biggest impression of Liu Zhang is that he is cruel, but he has outstanding integrity and his words are still true. The rich and powerful men believe that Liu Zhang will not detain him in Tianshui City.
The wealthy families arrived one after another, but Liu Zhang did not receive them immediately. The heads and elders of the wealthy families were in panic all day long.
"Ma Teng is dead?" Liu Zhang asked Fazheng in surprise. Information was passed between Hanzhong and Xiqiang. They only said that Tielongguan was a great victory, but did not say that Ma Teng had been killed. Liu Zhang was also surprised when he heard the news.
"Did our people kill him?"
Fazheng shook his head: "It is said to be Han Sui."
"Han Sui again? That's weird." Liu Zhang laughed coldly: "Han Sui first killed Wu Ban, and then he was encouraged to become the leader of the alliance. Now he has killed Ma Teng. Why do I feel that this person is the most abused person in history?"
Guan Yinping almost laughed out loud.
Fa Zhengdao: "My subordinates also feel the same way. Han Sui killed General Wu but did not send troops. Han Sui may have wanted to be the leader of the alliance, but when had he ever seen the Yongliang warlords so united?"
When attacking Tielong Pass, it was even more ridiculous for him as the leader of the alliance to kill Ma Teng. Only mediocre people would think that Han Sui wanted to eliminate Ma Teng, his competitor. Han Sui was known as the Fox of Xiliang. There was no way he could be so stupid.
There must be a pusher behind you."
Liu Zhang thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out the reason for all this, but it seemed to have nothing to do with the Sichuan Army. It was just a dog biting a dog. He said coldly to the Tianshui Prefect on the side: "Where is Ma Chao?"
Liu Zhang remembered that Ma Chao and Ma Dai were seriously injured and were recuperating in Tianshui, but when they came to Tianshui to search, they couldn't find him at all.
The prefect of Tianshui nodded and bowed and said: "The Lord of Shu doesn't know something. I am the leader of the Han alliance. Oh no, the prefect of Tianshui appointed by Han Laogou has long wanted to resign and leave to live in the countryside, but after all, he is considered to be part of Han Sui's army. Ma Chao is listening.
It was said that after Ma Teng died at the hands of Han Sui, he ran away at night."
"What a shame, the horse ran away again."
Ma Chao was really powerful in commanding the cavalry. Compared with him, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others were not worth mentioning. The combat power exerted by a group of Xiliang soldiers in Ma Chao's hands was so great that Liu Zhang could not help but be afraid of him.
"How is Ma Chao's sister?" Guan Yinping couldn't help but interjected and asked, and a look of anger appeared on the face of Tianshui Prefect. "It's really hateful that we ran away together. If I catch her, I will definitely give her to the emperor's uncle as his concubine.
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"You..." Guan Yinping's face became angry. Liu Zhang stopped him and said to the prefect with a smile: "I really want to thank you."
"What are you talking about? Being loyal to the emperor's uncle is just a matter of duty."
"In that case, let's go and take inventory of the Tianshui Treasury. Whether it's gold, silver, cloth, food, or weapons, pots and pans, everything belonging to the officials has been packed away."
"Ah?" Tianshui Prefect was stunned.
"Don't you want to be loyal to me? Don't you want to?" Liu Zhang stared at the Tianshui Prefect.
"I'm willing, I'm willing," the prefect of Tianshui agreed hastily.
Liu Zhang smiled, patted the Tianshui Prefect's face, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, your family has dozens of people. If I find out that you have deducted money and concealed it, you know what it feels like to be quartered by five horses. At that moment... haha
Haha." Liu Zhang clenched his palms into fists in front of the prefect. The eunuch trembled with fright and said quickly: "I will pack all the little ones, all of them, without leaving a needle."
"Okay, sir, you are really smart and wise. Go down and do your work."
The prefect nodded and bowed before leaving.
Tianshui City is a large city in Yongzhou. Its geographical location is very important. It is also the most prosperous in the northwest of Yongzhou. However, it is a useless place for the Sichuan Army. Unless the Sichuan Army immediately launches a full-scale war against Xiliang, it can only withdraw to Hanzhong.
Liu Zhang glanced at the roof of the governor's mansion and said to Fa Zheng: "I'll have the governor's mansion demolished later, and the better tiles will be transported to Xiqiang to build more luxurious houses for the Qiang leaders."
"That's right." Before Fazheng could answer, Liu Zhang added: "Chencang is our gateway to the north. It was demolished along with the city wall. The bricks and tiles were transported back to Hanzhong to build houses for the refugees. Better tiles are also
Take him to Xiqiang."
Xifengchi and other Qiang generals, when they first heard that Liu Zhang actually cared about them, sent good things to Xiqiang and even built houses for them, they were inexplicably grateful, and they all bowed down to Liu Zhang to thank him.
Fazheng replied yes, transporting good bricks and tiles to Xiqiang to build houses. Fazheng naturally knew what the purpose was. Wang Xu's strategy came into Fazheng's hands, and Fazheng was deeply impressed.
The Sichuan Army treated the Western Qiang with kindness, always standing on a high moral ground, and considered itself a friend of the Western Qiang. No matter how corrupt the Western Qiang upper class was, or how they abused their power, the Qiang people could not blame the Sichuan Army, because the Sichuan Army did not let those leaders abuse their power.
When you give to others, you always have good intentions.
Both the upper class and the lower class would be grateful for Liu Zhang's benevolence. After the upper class was gradually corrupted by power and wealth, the Qiang people could only resent their upper class for failing to live up to expectations and using Liu Zhang's good intentions for crooked ways, killing people without blood.
When these good bricks and tiles were sent to Xiqiang, luxurious houses were built for the nobles. When the poor Qiang people saw the gorgeous houses, they felt envy, jealousy and hatred in their hearts. This was what the Sichuan army wanted.
A gorgeous wall can infinitely widen the distance between the upper and lower classes of the Qiang people. That sense of strangeness is irreversible.
The demolition of Chencang also has another purpose. Chencang is the key point to prevent the Sichuan Army from marching north. Its demolition will allow the Sichuan Army to march straight in. Although it seems that it is impossible for the Sichuan Army to move northward within three or four years, it only takes half a year to restore a city. It only takes a lot of manpower and material resources.
It can be built in one year.
But when Ma Teng died, the balance of Xiliang was broken. It is conceivable that in three or four years, Xiliang will be in a bloody storm. Which prince can use manpower and material resources to build a Chencang that will not help the struggle for hegemony?
In other words, once Chencang is demolished, it will probably not be possible to build a fortress in three or four years.
Liu Zhang finally decided to meet those wealthy and distinguished families, and led the generals to the front yard. For two days, more than 50 prominent families around Tianshui all sent people to the scene, but Tianshui County Government only distributed two cakes to them every day. Seriously
It’s hard for these people who usually live in fine clothes and fine food.
"I've seen the emperor uncle." When everyone saw Liu Zhang, they were both happy and afraid, and they all bowed down together.
Liu Zhang waved his hand, motioned to stand up, and said to everyone: "I have called everyone here for no other purpose, just three. I will get straight to the point. First, each household will hand over 30% of its property to the Sichuan Army in proportion to its property."
"Ah?" All the wealthy families looked at each other and whispered to each other.
"Don't make any noise." Wang Shuang shouted loudly: "If you don't want to be friends, get out. My lord will not make things difficult for you."
Everyone immediately fell silent.
Liu Zhang was calm and added: "You know how much property you have. I only tell you that you only have one chance to show favor to the amount of your property and hand it over within three days. If not, you know the consequences."
All the wealthy families were awe-inspiring. They had never seen such a rude warlord. Even those reckless men from Xiliang were not as good as Liu Zhang. However, they had no choice but to knock out their teeth and swallow them. Many wealthy families were prepared to pay more and pay more.
If they have to pay more than 100,000 yuan, otherwise the Sichuan army will decide that they have not paid enough. Now that a hundred thousand troops are here, no one can save them.
Forty percent, that’s the flesh being cut on a living person’s thigh, it hurts.
"Second, all the Qiang Di people in your government who were sold into slavery must be released and sent, together with their families, to the Eastern Qingyi Grassland of Western Qiang. Oh, by the way, remember, the Eastern Qingyi Grassland was the former Xianling Qiang Grassland.
, the clan name Xianling Qiang no longer exists."
"Third." Liu Zhang looked at Jiang Xu, and Jiang Xu's heart skipped a beat: "This time, apart from the Tianshui defenders, the Jiang family hates our Sichuan army the most for killing and almost killed my general. I can't help but do this.
He must be held accountable, otherwise how could he deserve the death of the Sichuan soldiers.
However, the Jiang family is being held hostage by the Tianshui garrison, and there are situations where there is no choice but to do so. I will forgive you. You only need to hand over 50% of the entire Jiang family property, all of the Jicheng treasury to the Sichuan army, and half of the Jiang family's servants and servants, together with their family members,
Send him to Hanzhong and become a Hanzhong immigrant. In addition, hand over Liu Shan."
Liu Zhang finished speaking coldly and looked at Jiang Xu. Jiang Xu gritted his teeth. More than 50% of his property could be collected within three days. It was not something that gold, silver, and satin could do. It is estimated that the Jiang family would be severely damaged this time.
There are also slaves and servants, who are all bought with money. The entire Jiang family is a wealthy family, with more than 300 households, at least thousands of servants, and tens of thousands of people. This is using the Jiang family's wealth to immigrate to Hanzhong.
ah.
But can I say the word "no" myself?
If I really dare to resist, it will not be a matter of family property and slaves, but the lives of thousands of Jiang family members. The men will be killed and the women will be bought and sold.
Jiang Xu had no choice but to reluctantly agree.
As for Liu Shan, the Jiang family didn't take him seriously at all.
Liu Zhang said a few words and then left. The army prepared to regroup and transport the confiscated property. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!