Article 437 Method of removing 'rats' from the territory

Now, among the various forces of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shaojun is undoubtedly the strongest, so how to weaken its strength is naturally the first thing that Guo Jia and others have to consider. And the fifth ranking concocted by Jin Jue gave Cao Jun a few ideas - that is, it was easier to start with the generals led by Yuan Shaojun!

Guo Jia and Xun Yu have both stayed in Yuan Shaojun, even if the time is not too long, but they have also heard some things about Yan Liangwen and ugliness, and they know that the comments about Yan Liangwen and ugliness on this list of big Han fierce generals are very consistent with their two perceptions of the two generals.

"I just don't know what happened to this kid in Yizhou? Last time, Jia Kui went to Yizhou to announce the decree and win over the local forces in Yizhou, but he did it too hastily! Xun You sighed, and complained rarely.

Jia Kui's trip to Yizhou to proclaim the decree was actually a chore, although he wore the tiger skin of Emperor Han Xian, but he had to pass through the jurisdiction of Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao along the way, and even the princes would give them a good look, which was a strange thing.

However, from the news about Yizhou that Guo Jia has summarized so far, the name Jin Jue may shock the world again.

It took Sun Ce nearly three years to flatten the entire Jiangdong region in one fell swoop, but, after all, part of it was the role of his father Sun Jianyuyin. Sun Jian's three major generals, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and Huang Gai, as well as thousands of old soldiers, were all returned to Sun Ce by Yuan Shu.

is completely different from Sun Ce, Jin Jue relied on his own ingenuity, not only to completely change the situation in Xuzhou, Bingzhou and Huainan with his own strength, but also to take the territory he has now from scratch and snatched from the mouths of other local forces.

The opponents Jin Jue faced may not be stronger than Sun Ce's opponents, but every time Jin Jue faced the enemy, his own strength was definitely much better than that of Sun Ce at the same time.

Not to mention, every time Jin Jue attacks the enemy, they all occupy cities or dangerous passes that are relatively difficult to attack.

The most difficult and the easier can be seen by a discerning person.

"Alas......! Who said no, Liu Zhang has occupied Yizhou for more than three years, but who would have thought that he would be so weak. Guo Jia echoed casually.

"What, Fengxiao, did you get any latest news from Yizhou?" Hearing this, Xun Yu asked.

"Nope!" Guo Jia shook his head and replied: "Gongda, there is a time, there is a place, and no news is good news, but in the current Yizhou, I am afraid the situation will be reversed." None of the spies I sent to Yizhou, Hanzhong County, and other counties have returned, and the situation is really too weird. This has never happened before! ”

Of course, the princes in various places will guard against the infiltration of hostile forces, but in this era, there do not seem to be many ways to prevent it, and it is difficult to completely eliminate the rats in their own jurisdiction.

Guo Jia didn't tell Xun You something, not that he didn't want to say it, but that Cao Cao temporarily let him hide it. In fact, not only the above two places mentioned by Guo Jia, the spies sent have not returned so far, and even the Cao Jun spies in Bingzhou and Hedong County have also suffered extremely heavy losses. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as not one out of ten.

However, even those spies who escaped by luck, they didn't know how Lu Bujun identified Cao Jun's spies.

In fact, the method is very simple, if Guo Jia knows, he will do better than Jin Jue or Sima Yi. The way to screen other forces spy - accent.

That's right, it's the accent.

Before marching into Hanzhong County and Bashu, Jin Jue issued a death order in his territory - all outsiders who entered the military area of Jin Jue, whether merchants or scholars, were all detained. The people caught in Hanzhong County were screened one by one by Taishou Du Ji personally, while the people caught in the jurisdiction of the Bashu Jinjue Army were screened by Fu Gan and Yang Pei.

The method adopted by Jin Jue is that he would rather catch the wrong one than let go of a fish that may slip through the net.

For example, in Hanzhong County, anyone who enters and exits the city gate, Yangping Pass, or Yunguan of every county seat, as long as they cannot speak the pure local dialect of Hanzhong County, Guanzhong, Liangzhou, or Nanyang, will be identified as spies of other forces, and all of them will be arrested, and no one will be spared.

The people who fled to Hanzhong County because of the war are only in these few places, and as for the soldiers who are pure or not, and are responsible for guarding the city gates, just find a few people from these places.

Jin Jue Cai Yong's screening method is used to catch rats, of course, there are likely to be one or two who have been wronged. However, most of the people who were arrested were definitely spies of other forces.

Because, in this late Eastern Han Dynasty, at the moment of war and chaos everywhere, how could there be so many people who abandoned their family business and ran around alone. When anyone is hiding from the war, they either take their families with them, just like Jin Jue did when he first saw Bao Chu's family, or flee with the villagers. Similarly, when Bao fled for refuge, he did follow the township, but unfortunately, when encountering the rebels, not everyone had the ability and courage of Bao Chu.

After Jin Juejun captured these strangers, they all gathered together and participated in the work together. At the beginning, when Jin Jue took Hanzhong County, he made a promise to all the people of Hanzhong County - except for the implementation of the Tuntian Law in the five counties in the western part of Hanzhong County, the entire Hanzhong County will not recruit the people to participate in any conscription within three years, but as a county guard, he still wants to build some projects conducive to agricultural development for the people.

For example, in the water conservancy project, where did the people come from, Jin Jue only gave Du Ji 3,000 old and weak soldiers who were eliminated from the sand from the soldiers of Hanzhong County. This amount of manpower is a drop in the bucket for water conservancy projects. As a result, these spies who were caught became free laborers in the project in Hanzhong County.

After Sima Yi learned about the screening method adopted by Jin Juejun, the Hedong County he governed now tried it for a month, and the effect was very good, and in a real month, he was about to catch more than 100 rats. After that, he reported the matter to Chen Gong, and the suspicious Chen Gong did it more ruthlessly than Jin Jue and Sima Yi, so not only Cao Jun, but even the rats sent by Yuan Shao to sneak into Bingzhou were almost swept away.

Those who were not found were all people who did not dare to enter and leave the city gate casually, and they lived in seclusion in the city or in the countryside like ordinary people, and no one could do anything about them.