Gongsun Jian smiled and nodded frequently, although this Shi Fangheng in front of him was just a staff member without an official position, his vision was good. It's a pity to follow the wrong master. This kind of talent is what he is currently lacking, although Feng Huaidao is also very powerful, but he has too many things to do, and some things are too busy at all. Besides, Feng Huaidao is one of the people he trusts the most, and many things are not handed over to him, and Gongsun Jian himself is not at ease. For example, on this expedition, why did Feng Huaidao stay in the rear to take charge, and only brought Huang Wenyuan and Cao Liang, two civil officials. First, there are too few talents available in their own hands, and second, and the most important thing is that they are not worried about the safety of the rear.

"Mr. Shi, would you like to be my marching Sima Zhijun Chinese book and praise painting march plan this time?" Gongsun Jian asked with a smile.

"Huh?" Shi Fangheng was stunned again, he never expected that Gongsun Jian would entrust such an important position to such a person who had just taken refuge in him.

Without waiting for Shi Fangheng to react, Gongsun Jian continued: "Mr. Shi is a talented person, but it's a pity that the dead prefect of Huazhou is too ignorant. Now that I am in the army, I can only grieve Mr. first, and after I return victoriously, I will go to the court to ask for an official position for Mr. Of course, if my third uncle doesn't know each other, then I can also directly give you an official title. Hahaha......"

Shi Fangheng, who had come to his senses, knelt down again and bowed down.

"The lord is righteous, and he vows to follow the lord before and after the saddle."

The war has not yet begun, but one of the leaders of the other side has already hung up. Gongsun Jian's first target in the south was Huazhou Mansion, and now the head of the Huazhou Governor is in his tent, and his staff has also become his marching horse. However, this does not mean that all the clans in Huazhou Mansion will surrender obediently.

On the second day after entering Huazhou Prefecture, the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division, which was the vanguard of the army, encountered stubborn resistance from the local landlords' armed forces. Fortunately, the opponent's numbers were not superior, and the level of equipment and training was not at all the same as Gongsun Jian's troops. Therefore, after more than half an hour, except for a small number of people who fled, this army of about 1,000 local landlords was wiped out.

But then the problem arose. The whole of Huazhou seems to be extraordinarily united. Of course, this unity is not for everyone, but for the powerful families. And they didn't fight separately anymore, they unexpectedly gathered together, pulled up a considerable number of troops, and tried to compete with Gongsun Jian's army under the command of the generals of the local Zhou garrison.

Faced with such a situation, Gongsun Jian really felt a little funny. His three divisions have more than 16,000 troops, and the other side seems to have 30,000 or 40,000 people, but in fact, there are only about 3,000 people from the real army. The rest are either local militias or private armed forces, or strong men who have just been armed. Gongsun Jian really couldn't think of what courage the other party had to be tough with him.

Considering that he had already been delayed for several days, any further delay in this way might affect his plans for the future, and if such a large-scale battle was to take place everywhere, then even if he did not suffer much damage, he would be somewhat dragged down if he continued. Therefore, when Gongsun Jian held a pre-war meeting, he decided that this battle would be an unprecedented murderous spirit, which would make those who dared to resist him completely frightened.

Therefore, Gongsun Jian's order was not to take prisoners on the battlefield, and to kill all the enemies without leaving one, not only that, but all those wealthy families who paid money and people to participate in this battle could not leave all of them to be wiped out.

The deployment of the battle was very simple, Ding Feng's fourth division pressed on the front and the opponent's main force was tough, and Ma Teng led two regiments of more than 3,000 people to outflank the opponent's right flank and intersperse, completely disrupting the opponent's formation. And Gongsun Jian personally led his own independent garrison regiment and one regiment of the second and third divisions, interspersed from the left flank of the battlefield, and at the same time, moved to the rear of the enemy army to block the enemy's retreat line. The remaining two regiments under Tian Kuo Commander followed the pressure when Ding Feng's third division broke through the front of the opponent and completely routed the enemy.

After the battle began, the regular army of more than 3,000 people on the front of the enemy still seemed to be somewhat disciplined, but as the left and right flanks were quickly outflanked and broken through by Ma Teng and Gongsun Jian, the whole team began to be chaotic.

The battle began early in the morning and ended before noon. Wei Meng, who was originally preparing for a day of blood station, was extremely angry. He took an independent garrison regiment to block the other party's back road, but before he killed a few people in the end, the other party all surrendered on his knees. After a battle, the opponent's more than 30,000 people were killed and less than 4,000 were killed, and more than 28,000 surrendered, including the main general of the opposing army.

In the face of so many captives, Gongsun Jian had a headache. Originally, he was going to go on a killing spree to deter the others. But now that so many captives can't really be killed, right? In the end, Cao Liang, the former governor of Jiazhou Prefecture, stood up and reminded Gongsun Jian that now many mines in Jiazhou are being mined, and there is a shortage of a large number of laborers, so these captives are not free labor.

The victory of this battle can be regarded as a complete sobering up of those wealthy families in Huazhou Mansion. finally understood that his improvised team was not Gongsun Jian's opponent, so he ran desperately to beg for mercy. As for Gongsun Jian, there may be some pressure in his heart to kill the prisoners, but he did not hesitate to kill these people, so the butcher's knife of the head of Gongda was raised again. Almost all the wealthy families in Huazhou Mansion were purged.

It took only five days, and all the cities and five counties of Huazhou Mansion fell under the control of Gongsun Jian. However, the cleaning work lasted for six or seven days, because after all, it was not just killing, but also raiding the house and counting the results, especially the properties of those wealthy families were countless.

Fortunately, Gongsun Jian was prepared before, so that his daughter Gong Yuwu sent some people from the Yamen of the Audit Office to accompany the army, and temporarily requisitioned the accounts of many merchants in the local area to help count the harvest together.

While counting the results of the battle, he asked people to escort back the counted gold, silver, soft and other property along with the prisoners of war. For the safety of property, Gongsun Jian specially sent Wei Meng with an independent garrison and Cao Gang, who had just arrived to escort grain and grass, to be in charge. Wei Meng had an opinion on this, because it meant that he would probably not be able to catch up with the next battle. However, Gongsun Jian's order, he had the courage to dare not listen.

After finishing these, the reserve officials who were brought with the army also began to take up their posts one after another, of course, for some local officials in Huazhou Mansion, a lot of them were retained through Shi Fangheng's introduction and assessment, while others who did not meet the requirements or colluded with the family to try to resist Gongsun Jian were all directly erased.

With the arrival of county officials, the first thing is to appease the locals, then to publicize the policies, and then to start a series of things such as dividing the land, reducing taxes, promoting education, and grasping public health. Naturally, there is no need to elaborate on these. Before Gongsun Jian decided to go south, these tasks had been planned for a long time.

After spending more than ten days occupying and settling Huazhou Mansion, Gongsun Jian targeted the Yongzhou Mansion a little further south, but before Gongsun Jian could send troops, Cao Liang found him.

It turned out that the prefect of Yongzhou Prefecture and Cao Liang were originally on the same list. There was another lesson from Huazhou Mansion, so he sent someone to find Cao Liangtuo's relationship and prepare to directly join Gongsun Jian. However, they are worried about the loss of their own safety and belongings. In this regard, Gongsun Jian smiled and waved his hand in reply, but all those who are dedicated to us naturally want to protect their interests, but their interests cannot conflict with our interests, as long as they support the rule and new policy of the Governor's Office of the Three Governors of the Northwest, then they will definitely ensure their basic personal safety and the rich life in the past. And those who don't open their eyes will naturally not let go of one.

A few days later, Gongsun Jian personally met with Zhao Demao, the prefect of Yongzhou Mansion, and sat down with Cao Liang to have a good talk. In fact, the other party's biggest worry is the property problem, if the land and property accumulated for generations are gone, then it is better to kill them. In this regard, Gongsun Jian said that the acres of land must be collected by the public, but for those fields in the hands of landlords, they can be acquired. Although the price will not be very high, at least a lot of silver can be recovered, and in addition to the personal property except for the acres of land, Gongsun Jian will not move a penny, and it will still belong to them. In addition, those who take the initiative to donate acres will also be commended, and some preferential treatment and care will be given in terms of taxation and entry in the future.

After some consultations, Zhao Demao, on behalf of the vast majority of the landlords in Yongzhou Prefecture, agreed to Gongsun Jian's request. And the very few diehard diehards didn't use Gongsun Jian to do it himself, Zhao Demao and others wiped them out, and all their belongings were dedicated to Gongsun Jian's army.

In order to commend Zhao Demao, Gongsun Jian asked him to continue to serve as the prefect of Yongzhou Prefecture, but he first had to go to Linshui County to study for three months, during which the implementation of the new policies of Yongzhou Mansion could be carried out slowly, after all, the land of many families needed Gongsun Jian to spend money to redeem. Fortunately, there was a large amount of money from Huazhou Mansion before, otherwise even if it was much cheaper, Gongsun Jian didn't have so much money to pay.

There is something going on in Yongzhou Mansion here, and immediately someone will take the initiative to come to the door. The Liuzhou Mansion next door was very happy to follow the example of Yongzhou Mansion and return to Gongsun Jian. At this point, in addition to fighting a few battles in Huazhou Mansion at the beginning, Gongsun Jian took three of the four prefectures in Xizhou without blood. And the next target is the last one, the Hezhou Mansion.

The situation of Hezhou Mansion is relatively special, because it is the strongest in terms of area and economy among the four prefectures in Xizhou, and there is not only a garrison of nearly 10,000 people here, but also the fief of Qian Zhi, the uncle of the former Yue Emperor Qian Hong, is here.

King Xiang Qian Zhi is Qian Hong's uncle and the only old prince who is still alive. Speaking of which, he is only four or five years older than Qian Hong, so the relationship between the uncle and nephew has been good since childhood. That's why Qian Zhi's fief was placed in the relatively wealthy Hezhou Mansion.

In the face of Gongsun Jian's behavior of actually annexing the imperial court and state capital under the pretext of supporting the front line of King Chu, King Xiang Qian Zhi was naturally very indignant, not only wrote to the imperial court to request that troops and horses be sent to suppress it, but also actively organized manpower to prepare to defend and block Gongsun Jian's army.

King Xiang, who was born in the royal family of Zhou State, is naturally a response in Hezhou Mansion, and the local wealthy family is rich and some people are paid. Including the 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed there, they also gathered under his command, ready to fight against Gongsun Jian city by city, and swore to resist Gongsun Jian and his army outside the Hezhou Mansion.

I have to say that in fact, it is understandable for the Hezhou government to do this, and it is also the wisest choice. One is that everyone has seen Gongsun Jian's cruel methods, even if he buys land, who is willing to easily give up the land that the family has worked hard to squeeze for generations. Second, everyone has also seen the strength of Gongsun Jian's soldiers. After all, many of them came from the original regular Vietnamese army. Third, King Xiang's fief is here, and he is the uncle and grandfather of the current Yue Emperor Qian Zhuo. Could it be that the imperial court really didn't come to the rescue?