At this time, a subordinate brought in a dusty herald.

The herald had a wooden box tied behind him, and bowed down to Liu Ping and said, "See the king, the little one is on the order of General Zhang Liao, and he has come to report the victory."

Our army has killed 8,000 enemies and captured 10,000 prisoners. ”

As he spoke, the herald untied the wooden box behind him and was about to bring it to Liu Ping for inspection.

"Forget it, forget it." Liu Ping waved his hand and signaled the herald not to come.

As a modern person, he still can't accept such a bloody thing as cutting off his head, and if he looks at it, he may not be able to eat for several days.

Zhang Liao's victory was naturally expected by him, but it was a surprise that he could capture 10,000 soldiers.

You must know that he, the king of Guanzhong, not only lacks the people, but also the army.

Leading a mere 10,000 horses to defend this huge pass is too stretched, and now the capture of this 10,000 Yuan soldiers is a little relief from the urgent need.

Trained by Zhang Liao, it can be completely used by him.

"King, what should we do with this head?" The herald asked awkwardly, holding the wooden box.

Liu Ping thought about it, let's give the eldest brother a gift first, he said: "You send the head to the outside of Yecheng City, the Cao army camp, the sooner the better, and there will be a heavy reward at that time." ”

He knows that this Guo Yuan is the hope of Yuan Shang and all the generals in Yecheng, and anyone can hope that Guo Yuan can enter the Central Plains and stab the Cao family in the back, then the Cao army will retreat, and the crisis in Yecheng will be solved.

However, if Guo Yuan's head is displayed in front of the battle, it is equivalent to cutting off the thoughts of everyone in Yecheng, and the army's spirit will be dispersed, and it will be much easier to attack the city.

Historically, it was the nephew who opened the city gate from the inside and surrendered, so that Cao's army was able to successfully conquer Yecheng.

By doing so, Liu Ping only accelerated the process.

After the herald left, someone suddenly came to report: "Don't drive outside the house to ask for a meeting." ”

"Let him in!" Liu Ping nodded.

Cao Jie saw that her husband had something to talk about, so she put down the tea bowl and went out.

Wei Mu came in, bowed down and said, "See the king, the day before yesterday, I was ordered by the king to investigate the people living in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and there have been results. ”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Liu Ping.

"So fast?"

Liu Ping opened it and saw that it was densely written with characters, recording the approximate location of many people living in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and I am afraid that there were no less than hundreds of small settlements.

"Wei Beijia is really talented, in such a short time, you can find such a detailed search, this matter is left to you, you really found the right person."

Liu Ping sincerely admired, I'm afraid this has already been established, otherwise let Wei Mu find it temporarily, and he would not be able to do it so comprehensively.

"Exactly," Wei Mu said honestly: "The people of Guanzhong have relocated to the land, and if they really can't survive, no one wants to flee to other places, so there are not a few people who flee to the mountains for refuge."

However, they live in seclusion in the mountains, just to avoid the rebellion, and they are not completely free from contact with the outside world, and sometimes they will hunt wild meat and the like, and they will also take it outside in exchange for salt, grain and other necessities, so over time, where they live, and how many people, we can count. ”

"I see," Liu Ping nodded and asked, "Since you have dealt with these people, is there a way to persuade them to come out and cultivate the land?"

The king will give them ten taxes and pay the tax according to the agreement. ”

Although the ten taxes and one are still considered heavy taxes, they are much lighter than the Cao family in Tuntian, the Central Plains.

Grant them the land and let them cultivate it freely, as long as everyone does their best to support the whole family after paying the taxes.

The key is that everyone cultivates more land, anyway, he has land now, and he is inferior to those who cultivate it.

"I'm afraid this won't work," Wei Mu shook his head and said: "After so many years of war, most of the crops cultivated by the people have been robbed by the rebel army after the harvest, and the people have long been afraid. ”

"This is indeed a problem," Liu Ping frowned, now that the cultivation date is imminent, he can't wait, "In that case, you will lead the way and lead the army to drive the people out first."

If anyone escapes without permission and disobeys, he will be punished with whipping. ”

"What?"

Wei Mu's eyes widened suddenly, and he was frightened by Liu Ping's rude order.

He felt that Liu Ping valued faith and reasonableness, so he handed over this list to Liu Ping, but he didn't expect Liu Ping to let him do such a brutal thing, isn't this equivalent to betraying the Wei family?

"King, if you do this, the people of Guanzhong will point out my Webster's backbone.

Besides, the people in Guanzhong are fierce, and they led people to forcibly drive them out of the mountains, they didn't dare to do anything to the king, and it was hard to say that it would not be unfavorable to the Wei family. ”

Being a leading party, this kind of thankless thing, and it is very easy to carry the black pot, of course he is unwilling to do it.

However, for Liu Ping, there is no time to wait, if it drags on any longer, delays the cultivation period, and the land is barren this year, what a loss is that?

"Don't worry, you're doing this for the good of the people, they will scold you for a while at most, and when the next year's harvest is full and the house is full, it's too late for them to thank you."

……

Cao Ang led 10,000 vanguard troops to attack Yecheng, and when he saw the tall city walls and wide moat, he couldn't help but gasp, and his head suddenly grew twice.

Although he was mentally prepared before, but standing under the city of Yecheng, he also had to admire that this city was about to be repaired by Yuan Shao.

Under normal circumstances, a frontal assault would be difficult to take, unless there is a prolonged siege.

But does he have the time?

Cao Ang, who was sitting on the horse, had a cold face and said to the forbidden generals behind him: "Who dares to take the lead in calling the battle?" ”

"Eldest prince, don't we wait for the prime minister's army to come, and then call for battle under the city?" Lejin said in the back.

"My father and Brother Liu Pingxian only agreed on a seven-day period, how can such a city be broken within seven days? This time, most of them will return in vain, and we will wait for the city to call for battle, and the Yuan army will definitely not fight, but it will only kill the morale of the Yuan army in advance. ”

At this time, Cao Ang was basically deflated, and it was impossible to take Yecheng in seven days, and he might not be able to take it in seventy days.

However, Guo Yuan had already led the army to outflank him, and no matter how ambitious his father was, he still had to focus on the overall situation and withdraw the army to defend.

Let's do the procedures in advance.

"The last will go!"

At this time, Yu Ban roared, led a group of soldiers, and rode to the city to call for battle.

Sure enough, after roaring for a long time, the people in the city directly ignored it as if they hadn't heard it, and smoked the seven orifices of the forbidden air, but there was nothing they could do.