Chapter 9: Triumph

Although I have also seen the scene of the Yellow Turban crossing and the people living in poverty, but this kind of city that became a ruin almost overnight in the war, Chen Mo also saw it for the first time, when the Ten Standing Servants hijacked the Son of Heaven, Luoyang was in chaos, that night, there were also many soldiers who took the opportunity to make trouble, but the order was still there, Chen Mo and many other generals directly ordered the execution of the soldiers who made chaos on the spot, although it was also quite chaotic at that time, but it was not so.

Although it was the scuffle between Yang Feng, Hu Cai and Li Le that directly caused this result, Chen Mo still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, in the final analysis, the person who came up with this strategy was himself, maybe in the eyes of others, it was the fault of Yang Feng and others, but Chen Mo knew that he should also have a very important responsibility for causing such a result.

If you can pass others, you can't pass yourself.

"My lord?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo who was stunned suspiciously, and almost blurted out if he missed his mother again? In the end, thinking of the tragic experience of copying books half a month ago, the words that came to his mouth were swallowed back by him.

"It's okay, you go and urge the soldiers to calm the people, don't be too vicious to the people." Chen Mo shook his head.

"Not chasing?" Dian Wei was puzzled: "Those thieves have just left, and they happened to arrest the three thieves when they were in chaos. ”

"It's useless to chase it, with them, Yong'an ......" Chen Mo wanted to say that Yong'an would also be chaotic, but looking at the ruined city in front of him, he really didn't want Yong'an to be ruined, so after thinking about it, he finally gave up this plan and said: "Send someone to inform Han Xian, and say that Yang Feng and the three of them have been forced by me and order him to surrender as soon as possible." ”

"Whoa!" Dian Wei agreed, and went to do something.

Chen Mo took his guards to the government office, Han Xian would not surrender, even if he was willing, Yang Feng and the three would not let him surrender, but with so many people, one Yongan would definitely not be able to tolerate it, hoping to take advantage of the defeat of the three thieves to scare Han Xian away, the tragic situation in Yang County, Chen Mo did not want to appear again.

The 3,000 men and horses brought by Chen Mo began to take over the city, and the remnants of the people in the city were gradually pacified, and in the afternoon, the entire city was crying, like a ghost.

Gao Shun began to organize the people to carry the corpses, and if there were family members, the government would help bury them, and if they didn't, they would be sent out of the city for burial or burning.

The flames of burning corpses outside the city lasted for three days before they were extinguished, the city with a population of tens of thousands, after this chaotic war, the remaining people were less than 3,000, Chen Mo simply moved the 3,000 households of the people into Yang County, or established a village outside the city, or bought a house in the city, this night of killing, including the people who fled from the city with Yang Feng and others, the big households in Yang County walked ninety percent, but it gave Chen Mo a chance to win the hearts of the people, and the people who stayed were almost all distributed to the fields, even if those people came back, These beneficiaries will be more repulsive than Chen Mo.

The people sent by Chen Mo to recruit Han Xian came back three days later, Han Xian naturally did not surrender, but with the experience of Yang Feng and the others, Han Xian refused to let Yang Feng and others enter the city, Yang Feng and others had no choice, there was no food in the army, so they could only grab it all the way, but they couldn't support it for too long, so they could only flee into Taiyuan County with their men and horses.

After Han Xian hesitated for two days, he felt that it was difficult to resist Chen Mo alone, and it was difficult to feed the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, so he took the men and horses to Xihe County, Yong'an went down without a fight, but the grain and grass in the city were taken away by Han Xian, and he also took the grain and grass of the people in the city before leaving.

Chen Mo asked Zhong Yun to quickly take the military rations to Yong'an to help the people, and at the same time served as the Yong'an Order, as for Pingyang, naturally someone replaced Zhong Yun.

At this point, Chen Mo's battle against the White Wave Thieves this time has come to an end, but for Chen Mo, this battle against the White Wave Thieves is not too smooth.

Chen Mo ordered Cui Geng to be the captain of the cavalry, led 2,000 troops, arranged defenses in the Yong'an area, and prevented the return of the white wave thieves, and ordered Zhong Yun to lead the Pingyang County Lieutenant, and the surrender of the two cities of Pingyang and Xiangling was taken over by Zhong Yun, responsible for training and reorganization, and at the same time, once there was a war here, Zhong Yun would also have time to support.

Everything was arranged, and the time had reached the end of February, and Chen Mo took Gao Shun and Dian Wei back to Anyi.

On the second day of the first month of March, when Chen Mo appeared outside Anyi City with soldiers and horses, he saw that many squires and wealthy families were already waiting outside the city, and there were still a large number of labor and army supplies in the rear. ”

"Tongxi." Chen Mo smiled, why these people came, everyone knew it, if the people welcomed it, Chen Mo would not be surprised, after all, he had put a lot of effort into winning the hearts of the people in the past two years, but these squires and rich families, Chen Mo had dug a lot of flesh and blood from them, and the wealth of the rich people was pulled out of them, and these people were afraid that Chen Mo would die on the battlefield in their hearts.

Now make this appearance, just because Chen Mo won, they are afraid that Chen Mo will settle accounts after the autumn, this battle, since Chen Mo sent troops, Chen Mo's every move is almost transparent to Yang Feng and others, of course, it is also because of this that the fake news released by Chen Mo can succeed, so that these four counties can fight separately and not assemble, otherwise this battle is really difficult to fight, not that Chen Mo is incompetent, but that the difference between the enemy and our forces is too great, and it is not like the original fight against the Ge Pi thief, there is not much space to go deep.

Chen Mo turned over and dismounted, and under the anxious eyes of a group of wealthy gentry, he came to a grain cart of labor troops, grabbed a corn cake from the car, took a bite, and said with a smile: "Yes, it still smells of meat." ”

"The soldiers killed the enemy in blood, and since we are working in the army, we naturally can't treat the soldiers badly." A middle-aged scribe bowed down and smiled, although he was dressed as a scribe, he gave people the feeling of a stock exchange.

"Dian Wei, pull it away, divide half of it and send it to the Yong'an Labor Army, and the rest of the soldiers will have their own rewards later." Chen Mo ate corn cakes and shouted to Dian Wei.

"Whoa!" Dian Wei waved his hand, and someone stepped forward to pull away the cart of grain and wine.

"Speaking of which, thank you all too much." Chen Mo ate the bread, looked at everyone and said with a smile: "If you hadn't passed on the false news that I had released a shortage of food to the white wave thieves, those white wave thieves would not have been able to refuse the city and want to fight a war of attrition with me, if those white wave thieves joined forces to attack, not to mention that they could also transfer 30,000 horses, my five thousand people are all good at fighting, and they dare not say victory, they refused to defend the city, but gave me various opportunities to break through, you said, should I thank you a lot?" ”

The middle-aged scribe hurriedly bowed down and said, "Envoy, there has never been a betrayal of the imperial court in your subordinates, please make the monarch aware of it." ”

"Mr. Tian doesn't want to be like this." Chen Mo stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile: "I said, if someone hadn't reported the news, it might not have been able to expel the white wave thief so quickly, so Chen Mou is sincerely grateful, as for who reported the news, this time it can be regarded as meritorious, so I don't ask anymore, I hope that next time there is a war, someone can help me like this." ”

The middle-aged scribe was already sweating and didn't even dare to say it.

"Of course, although it is meritorious, but it has also caused tens of thousands of innocent people in Yang County to die, we and other soldiers to protect the family and defend the country, and the battlefield is naturally speechless, but tens of thousands of unjust souls in Yang County have not been able to rest in peace, and the soldiers are really uneasy in their hearts, and the soldiers are brave to kill the enemy, I am the master of the three armies, but now I am powerless to reward, Mr. Tian, do you say that I am too incompetent as a king?" Chen Mo smiled.

"I understand it below...... Got it. Mr. Tian felt that his mouth was a little dry, and said astringently: "The Tian family is willing to offer 3,000 stones of corn and 500 catties of minced meat to thank the king for eliminating harm for the people." ”

"Mr. Tian, why is this? Mo didn't mean this, but just sighed that I was too guarded, and I didn't want you to donate food, although the soldiers were really hard, but they couldn't be forcibly levied from the people. Chen Mo hurriedly shook his head and smiled.

"This is our heart, please make sure to accept it on behalf of the soldiers, as a local squire, but we can't benefit the people, I feel guilty, I can only do my best with this." Mr. Tian hurriedly said.

"Although it is deserved, but the soldiers really need to be rewarded, then I will thank Mr. Tian for his generosity on behalf of the soldiers." Chen Mo took Mr. Tian's hand and said gratefully.

"Don't say that, shame me!" Mr. Tian breathed a sigh of relief, since Chen Mo accepted it, then even if this matter was revealed, at least his Tian family had nothing to do with this matter, although he felt sorry for those grains, grasses and minced meat, but it was a great luck to be able to let the Tian family escape with this.

Now it is not as good as before, the imperial court has basically become a virtual reality, Chen Mo is a powerful person who holds the military and political power of a county, in today's Hedong, that is the emperor of the soil, if he really wants to destroy the Tian family, he doesn't even have a place to reason, and if Chen Mo really moves to kill, it will be a disaster to exterminate the clan.

With the Tian family taking the lead, the rest of the people naturally hurriedly offered their 'sincerity', if emotionally speaking, Chen Mo really had the intention to count one of these people into one, and they all came out to destroy the door, but if he really did this, Chen Mo's reputation would be ruined, these local wealthy families, the relationship is intertwined, even if Chen Mo has enough evidence and is really ruthless, I am afraid that Hedong will usher in greater chaos.

Now that Hedong has finally stabilized, it is the time for peace of mind to develop, Chen Mo does not want to change again, and with this beating, next time, these people will not dare to stumble on him without scruples like this time, and in the final analysis, Chen Mo can't do without these people if he wants to govern, now knock and beat, let them have some blood, settle down, and give Chen Mo more time to sort out Hedong.

Of course, if there is such a situation next time, Chen Mo will not have too many scruples when he does it again.

After a pleasant and friendly conversation promoted the harmony between the military and the people, seeing the sunset, Chen Mo asked Gao Shun to leave with his troops and camp outside the city, while Chen Mo invited everyone to have a banquet three days later, which was regarded as a celebration of this great victory.

As for the reception banquet that everyone had prepared, although Chen Mo was eager to think of his mother, he did not refuse, it was a reassuring pill for these people, and he would not pursue the matter this time.