Chapter 429 General

"Is it really so powerful?" When Wei Yan arrived, Linxiang had already been conquered and the veteran general was captured. The Changsha prefect Han Xuan was killed by the rattan armor soldiers and was among the rebels. Naturally, the city guarding sergeant was unable to fight anymore. He learned that Xu Huang had captured a The veteran general was very powerful. Xu Huang was almost killed in the rebellion, which made Wei Yan a little unconvinced.

After all, he has probably weighed Xu Huang's ability. Not only is he not inferior to him in military skills, but he can also compete with him in martial arts. In this world, there are many people who can beat him. There are many around the lord, but Jingzhou is more powerful than Wei Yan. In my impression, the only ones who stand out are Wenpin and Liu Pan. I have never heard of such a veteran.

"Why should I lie to you like this?" Xu Huang said with emotion: "With this old martial arts skill, I'm afraid there are not many people who can win even by my lord's side."

"I'd like to see someone so powerful!" Wei Yan was a little surprised at how powerful an old man could be.

"You have a bad temper, go by yourself." Xu Huang did not go with him. This veteran is very capable and has a very strong temper. From the time he was arrested and scolded until now, he is still full of anger. Kill him... seventy years old The old man was too old to do anything. Under the leadership of Lu Bu over the years, the imperial court was very reluctant to kill prisoners and massacre the city. If they were killed on the battlefield, they would be killed. Now that they had been captured alive, they would attack a seventy-year-old man again. It always feels wrong.

Let it go... The battle is not over yet. If such a fierce man goes out, it will be difficult to catch him next time, and he will have to be locked up.

Anyway, Xu Huang doesn't really want to see him anymore. After this fight, he should get out of here.

Wei Yan obviously didn't understand, so he ran to take a look, and then... nothing happened. The old guy was so good at scolding that he didn't know if he could be beaten, but he was very powerful when he scolded people.

"Is he eating?" Wei Yan looked at Xu Huang and asked curiously.

"Eat, eat when you should, drink when you should, scold when you are full." Xu Huang nodded.

This old guy is so angry.

Wei Yan also made the same choice as Xu Huang, ignored him, and left a hundred people to lead the surrender troops to guard Linxiang. The two joined forces and continued southward. Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guiyang, surrendered without a fight, but An interesting thing happened here. Zhao Fan introduced his widowed sister-in-law to Xu Huang, but Xu Huang rejected him.

"Why not?" Wei Yan asked curiously. He had also seen Zhao Fan's widowed sister-in-law. Although she was older, she was also beautiful and beautiful, and she was a perfect match for Xu Huang.

"Zhao Fan asks me to accommodate him in the future. What do you think I should do?" Xu Huang asked.

He was not of high origin, but when he was in Hedong, he was already familiar with these nonsense things among the wealthy families. Zhao Fan obviously wanted to tie himself up through his in-law relationship. This guy looked like the kind of person who was good at speculating, and he was also the one in the current imperial court. The type of people who are hit the hardest, if they really agree to this marriage, even if it is to take a concubine, they may be implicated by Zhao Fan in the future.

You have to be very cautious when marrying a wife and taking concubines. With Zhao Fan, your ex-husband's brother, no matter how beautiful he is, you can't take him.

"General Gongming will be able to kill relatives out of justice when the time comes!" Wei Yan joked.

Xu Huang glanced at him speechlessly, marrying someone's sister-in-law and then beheading him? He couldn't do such a thing.

"Hurry up and march in to capture the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang. After this battle, the Jingzhou Army will not have much left to fight against our army."

The 20,000-strong army was defeated by Xu Huang, and they still had to block the river to prevent Zhang Liao from crossing the river. Now the Jingzhou Army should not be able to send out many troops to fight them. It happened to capture three counties in one fell swoop, and then march towards Wuling. See if they withdraw their troops to protect themselves or continue to prevent Zhang Liao from crossing the river.

In fact, Cai Mao and others had another choice at this time, which was to send troops to cut off the retreat and capture Changsha, which had few defenders, or to recapture Guiyang when Wei Yan and Xu Huang came to attack Lingling.

But if this is true, Wei Yan and Xu Huang will be happy.

Unlike ordinary marches, siege is not too difficult for the Nanyang Army and Shu Army, which have rattan armor and twenty Vulcan cannons. The crisscrossing waterways in Jingnan area allow them to carry a small amount of baggage effortlessly. , it is completely possible to support war with war. If Cai Mao attacks Changsha at this time, Wei Yan and the others will abandon Lingling and attack Wuling directly without hesitation.

Anyway, in the Jingnan border, Wei Yan and Xu Huang only need a place to stay. If the fight continues like this, Cai Mao and others will be the first to be defeated.

It was precisely because Kuai Yue saw clearly Wei Yan's real purpose of leaving only a few men to guard the rear that he stopped Cai Mao from cutting off his retreat. In fact, his retreat was already cut off. Once the general blocked Zhang Liao, Wei Yan and Xu Huang There is no way back.

But the problem is that these two men and their subordinates are too capable. The invulnerable rattan soldiers and the well-trained Nanyang army complement each other. Cai Mao's 20,000-strong army was defeated by 3,000 people. According to the battle reports in the past year or so, In fact, there is nothing to be ashamed of, at least there is a back-and-forth. When Xiangyang was defending, the city was destroyed before they even had a chance to take action.

Now I can only watch them swaggering to attack Lingling.

Cai Mao was naturally unwilling to give in. The front was too large, but there were only so many enemy troops coming to Jingzhou, and they would be exhausted, so he brought his troops to Lingling to help defend.

Liu Du was a little embarrassed. The enemies this time were obviously different from the clan thieves who fought in the past. The enemy's style was a bit like rogue bandits. The most terrible thing was the attitude of the clans in Jingnan towards the imperial army and the Jingzhou army. Actually almost.

Jingnan has always been wandering on the edge of Jingzhou's core power. Because the environment and climate are not as good as those in Jingbei, there are no big families like the Cai family and the Kuai family here, or even smaller families like the Ma family and the Kou family. There are many It is a local force formed based on the clan situation.

Jingnan has a large population, but not many people pay taxes to the governor of Jingzhou. This means that the actual population controlled by the county offices in Jingnan is not large. It is even difficult to determine the population of the four counties in Jingnan through household registration. .

There are no big families, but small families gather together. It is difficult for a single family to survive here, so a group that is not considered mainstream in other places has emerged, the clan thieves!

In the past, there were also Jingbei and Nanyang, but after Liu Biao became the shepherd of Jingzhou, the clan thieves in northern Jingzhou were basically eliminated. As for the Nanyang clan thieves, Lu Bu's relocation order and the reform of Nanyang's tax system in the past ten years have collapsed. Killed the clan thief.

In fact, the reason why clan thieves exist is not because of people's evil intentions or the imperial system. There are two conditions for clan thieves. The first is that the family is large. In terms of number of people, it is not even less than the local wealthy families. Another characteristic is that they have no background. .

Generally, a wealthy family has at least one eunuch within three generations of their ancestors, while clan thieves may not even have a county magistrate. The main reason for the formation of local clan thieves is that a single family cannot survive under the court's excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Originally, most families became estranged after two or three generations, but here, perhaps four or five generations were united together to resist the oppression of the imperial court, and even colluded with Shanyue to attack the government office.

Simply blaming clan thieves is actually very irresponsible, and even clan thieves are an insulting term. In the final analysis, one is that the people in Jingnan are poor and unable to survive due to the poor environment, and the other is that the government office failed to target this area. To make special response policies to the problem, just like Jiangdong, whose environment is similar to that of Jingnan, there are also such clans, but there is no theory of clan thieves.

After Liu Biao cleaned up the clan thieves in the north of Jing, he tried to use the same method to clean up the clan thieves in the south of Jing but failed. The root of the problem was poverty. Even if this group of clan thieves were wiped out, as long as the problem is not solved, new clan thieves will appear. Appear.

Later, Liu Biao obviously realized this, so he began to implement some tax reduction policies for Jingnan, and at the same time made some compromises with the clan thieves. A new form was formed between the government office and the clan thieves. The government office through similar employment The method is to hire clan thieves to fight Shanyue, and then provide money, food and some tax reduction policies.

The children of big families like Cai Mao naturally look down on the clan thieves in these places, but Liu Du knows very well that the ownership of Jingnan, in a large sense, is decided by these clan thieves, and now after the clan thieves were defeated in the last battle , not very interested in fighting the imperial army.

As for the nonsense about righteousness that makes these people work for Cai Mao, don't even think about it.

"Lord, what are you afraid of!?" Liu Du was still hesitating, but one of the generals under his tent stood up and said loudly.

"This general is so majestic!" Cai Hao looked at the person who came, but saw that this man was big and round, and he looked very powerful at first sight, so he couldn't help but be surprised.

"This is my general Xing Daorong." Liu Du nodded and said, "He is brave enough to fight against Shanyue. In the past, he led the troops to fight against Shanyue, and he had considerable military exploits."

"I didn't expect that there would be such a fierce general in Jingzhou." Cai Mao admired Xing Daorong's appearance and said with a smile: "Does General Xing have any strategy to defeat the enemy?"

"The Nanyang army is actually just a trapped beast now, and the battle line is so long. I think the person who leads the army is just mediocre. We only need to defeat him once, and he will be beyond redemption. My lord, Cai General, please ask General Rong Mo to lead a group of troops to capture the traitor general alive!" Xing Daorong said proudly.

"Then Wei Yan and Xu Huang are both powerful generals!" Cai Hao said solemnly.

"A warrior?" Xing Daorong heard this and sneered: "That's because they have never been to Lingling, otherwise they would have no face to call themselves warriors! No, they have no chance to call themselves warriors!"

Ok?

Cai Hao frowned slightly when he heard this and looked at Liu Du. Why did he feel like this guy was bragging?

Liu Du smiled and said: "General Xing has fought hundreds of battles since he joined the army without losing a single victory. He even rushed into the enemy's formation and killed a traitor general. He is really brave!"

Cai Mao was doubtful. Looking at Xing Daorong's confident look, he nodded and said, "In that case, let me give it a try, general!"

"Wait a minute, you two, while I get the heads of Wei Yan and Xu Huang!" He rushed straight towards the direction of the second general, which was really majestic!