Liu Shi, who was receiving Dian Wei and Liu Feng in Duyang, received the news, and was greatly relieved in his heart, the conquest of bandits was completely different from the battle for the city, and the first expedition finally successfully controlled the northern border counties. As for Xinye www.biquge.info Liu Shi is not in a hurry.

Through the interrogation of the captured Yuan Jun and the news obtained by Shi Lian.

Liu Shi was appointed as the general of Annan and the Taishou of Nanyang, but there were rumors in Yuan's army. It's just that these people are guarding the city, not Yuan Shu's descendants, from the mouth of Liu Shi captured and released to the people, I learned that Liu Shi governed the business, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the soldiers ate three meals a day, and three meals of meat a month, as long as they did not resist, Liu Shi would never kill prisoners indiscriminately.

Therefore, these city guards did not take it seriously when they received the news, but looked forward to it a little in their hearts.

Only Yuan Shu's descendants, who were stationed in Xinye, quietly picked up the family members of Wancheng, who lived in peace. He also threatened the generals of Wancheng that once Wancheng was lost, General Yuan would destroy him.

However, these people did not listen, you must know that this Wancheng was the earliest base camp of Yuan Shu, and many family members were placed here, and they surrendered and this family was naturally preserved.

Unless Yuan Shu can beat Liu Shi, but these people don't believe it, Yuan Shu is newly defeated, and it is not a day or two to regroup. Even if he came, they fled to Shang Yu. Can Yuan Shu make a hair? Also because of the discouragement of the defenders, these three cities received extremely smoothly, and there was very little resistance.

It's Xinye, Liu Shi sneered a few times.

Three days later, Peng Tuo led the remaining 10,000 foot soldiers to Wancheng and heard that Yexian and Luyang had been received. was taken aback, and after listening to Liu Shi's explanation, he realized and congratulated Liu Shi: "The lord is merciful, and he guides these soldiers and generals to lose their heart of resistance." ”

Yan Rou and Cao Xing escorted the Yuan army of the two counties to Wancheng according to Liu Shijun's order.

Liu Shi stood at the gate of the city and looked at these thousands of Yuan soldiers, undressed, yellow, hungry and thin, there were soldiers there, and they were simply farmers who had fled the chaos.

sighed, waved his hand, and ordered Liu Zhen, Li Ru, Li Si and a few others to arrange food, and wait for these Yuan Jun to have a full meal, carefully comb and then register and make a book.

After two full meals, after a night of recuperation, when Liu Shi came to check again, he found that these Yuan Jun's complexions were much better. I just saw this soldier, the youngest one was only twelve or thirteen years old, and the old one was in his early sixties, and I couldn't help frowning.

Liu Zhen saw Liu Shi coming, hurriedly greeted him, and saw Liu Shi's unhappy face, so he hurriedly whispered: "This Yuan Shu conscription, regardless of the old and the young, the young one is only less than twelve years old, and the old one is almost seventy years old, because there are many soldiers and not enough food, he only eats two meals a day." And when there is no war, these two meals are still dry and thin, since Yuan Shu retreated to Jiujiang after the defeat, there is no food supply in Nanyang, and it is all dependent on forcibly conscripting the food of the people stationed in the city to live. Listen to them, if we don't come, after a while they will disperse by their own accord. ”

Liu Shi scolded: "This Yuan Shu is really a waste, what has Nanyang done for him." He also instructed: "These soldiers should be carefully distinguished, and they should be handled according to the rules of our business conscription, and those over forty years old should be sent to Tuntian!" The lack of soldiers should not make the requirements relaxed. ”

Liu Zhen nodded and said, "Childe!" I know. In the process of compiling the book, the people were divided into three parts according to the rules. ”

Liu Shi nodded: "You guys are busy!" I'll look elsewhere. ”

After screening, according to the rules of the business, there were no more than 3,000 qualified soldiers.

Liu Shi turned around again and saw the old ones and the young ones, all of them with panicked faces, sighed, and said, "Such an army can also fight?" ”

Seeing these people cowering and very uneasy, I couldn't help but say loudly: "I am General Annan and Nanyang Taishou, you don't have to worry, now Nanyang has been plagued by Yuan Shu, the land is short, and the people have fled, even if you are let go back, many of you may not be able to find your family, live without food, and in the end you may be starved to death, or go into the mountains to become bandits." But you were originally the people of your duty, it was Yuan Shu who recruited you, I can't bear you to starve to death without food, I have ordered them to place your older ones in Tuntian near Wancheng or Duyang, and the younger ones will be incorporated into the Young Army for training, and assist the Tuntian Army in planting rice, corn, and wheat during the busy farming season, and all the food and drink will be provided by the government. You are allowed to start a family, and after three years, the government will give you five acres of fertile land for each of you who have started a family, and three acres for those who have not started a family. In case of war, follow orders to assist in defending the city, and those who make meritorious contributions will be rewarded with money or land according to the size of their merits. ”

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of these people gave off bursts of light, excitement and joy. Liu Shi ignored it and turned to leave.

In troubled times, life is as cheap as a dog, and they are already very satisfied to get such treatment.

Although the start is good, the county town north of Xinye has all been recovered, and there are still half of the county towns still in chaos, especially Xinye, as the military city of Nanyang is still in the hands of the Yuan army, although Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao, Liu Shi is still a behemoth, and it is necessary to guard against it, let alone let the Yuan army stay in Xinye for a long time.

For the county towns that had been received, Li Ru also began to repeat his duties, and for the counties that had not been received, Li Ru also sent a letter to the counties, informing them of the edict of the Son of Heaven and the warrant of the new Taishou. Then let Liu Bao, Peng Tuo, Yan Rou, and Cao Xing each bring 1,000 people to receive the remaining counties.

Except for Fancheng, the others were relatively smooth, when the soldiers arrived, the county seat was undefended, the people in the city were also scarce, the treasury of the county government was wide open, and it was empty inside, obviously there were traces of someone moving, the county order was nowhere to be seen, and the so-called reception was meaningless.

Peng Tuo went to Fancheng first, and the banner of Jingzhou Liu Biao was raised on the city wall, and when he saw Peng Tuo, the soldiers in the city shouted, and they were about to stop: "The people of this city voluntarily belong to Liu Mushou's jurisdiction, and go back quickly to inform the new Liu Taishou." ”

Peng Tuo was taken aback, thought about it for a while, and did not hesitate, and led the army to turn around and leave. It caused a burst of laughter from the sergeant in the city. The soldiers led by Peng Tuo were all furious and demanded to be killed on the city wall. Peng Tuo didn't say much, and restrained the sergeants to stay ten miles away from the city and set up camp.

It turned out that when Peng Tuo first arrived in Fancheng, he received a letter from Shi Lian, informing him: "Fancheng has 3,000 Jingzhou soldiers. Peng Tuo's troops can camp ten miles away from the city in the west of the city, and the nearest Liu Bao department has been notified to hurry up and cooperate with Peng Tuo's troops to attack the city when they are playing. Then the gates of the city shall be opened in its own possession. ”

As soon as Zishi arrived, the people sent by Peng Tuo received Liu Bao's department, and the two camped together.

At three o'clock in the performance, Peng Tuo and Liu Bao quietly entered the city under the response of Neiying, quickly occupied the north and south gates, and controlled the gate of the barracks. I didn't know how many people Liu Shijun had for a while, so he became a prisoner in a daze.

In the afternoon of the next day, Liu Biaocai received a report and sent troops to gather on the opposite bank of Fancheng. Yan Rou and Cao Xing rushed to reinforcements when they heard Xun, and the two armies confronted each other, and they were tense for a while.

On the afternoon of the third day, Liu Shi arrived and sent a letter to Liu Biao to return all the soldiers captured by Liu Biao in Fancheng.

After reading Liu Shi's letter, Liu Biao was silent for a long time, and then handed the letter to Kuai Yue and Cai Mao, and said with a long sigh: "Withdraw!" Liu Shi's occupation of Nanyang may not be a bad thing. ”

It turned out that according to Li Ru's policy, Liu Shi first honored Liu Biao as Liu Zhoumu, and agreed to hand over the taxes payable to Nanyang to the state department according to the law of the Han Dynasty. Explain that the troops are not intended to oppose the state department, but to protect themselves. Then he said that everyone is a clan member of the Han family, and now the court is in chaos, and as a clan member, he should work together to eliminate the thieves and share the worries of the court. is also a big man. Yunyun!

Liu Biaojun retreated, only Xinye was still in the hands of Yuan Shujun in the thirty-seven counties of Nanyang, Liu Shi left Liu Bao to guard Fancheng, and brought Yan Rou, Cao Xing, and Peng Tuo to Xinye.

After carefully observing Xinye City for a while, Liu Shi found that this Xinye, as a strong city in Nanyang, was worthy of its reputation.

The whole city is located on the main road of water and land transportation, and the city is high and strong, and it is difficult to force it.

Shi Jian originally wanted to sneak into the city, but recently the city has been investigated very strictly, and all living people will be arrested. Shi Lian had to give up his plan to enter the city. Seeing Liu Shi coming, he hurriedly greeted Gao Shun.

Liu Shi asked, "What has happened in the past two days?" ”

Shi Jian said: "According to the detailed work dispatched, 'A few days ago, this Xinye City had tens of thousands of stone grain into the city. That's enough for the sergeant inside for March. Through inquiry, this grain came from Liu Biao in Jingzhou. ”

Liu Shi's face was gloomy, he had guessed that it might be Liu Biao's ghost, and thought for a while: "This Liu Biao has sinister intentions, delusionally thinking that Yuan Jun will stay here for three months, waiting for Yuan Shu's support. Let's go to war with Yuan Shu and profit from it ourselves. But we can't let Liu Biao's plot succeed. I don't know if you can break through Xinye in a short period of time. Crush Liu Biao's dreams. ”

Gao Shun said with a calm face: "As long as someone can suppress the defenders of the city and pour hot oil and molten iron, a thousand trapped troops can break through Xinye." ”

Peng Tuo said: "Xinye City is seven zhang high and six zhang wide. There are only 8,000 infantry in the city, although it is the elite of Yuan Shu, but it is much worse than our army. Our army was stationed here, and Yuan's army did not dare to go out of the city to harass at all. As long as a wall was built sixty paces away from the city, and the archers were used, the defenders of Yuan's army could be suppressed. It's a pity that there are no crossbows, otherwise, the walls could have been built farther. ”

Liu Shi's heart lit up, nodded approvingly to Peng Tuo, and seeing that the others did not make any further suggestions, he immediately ordered that from tomorrow, five thousand soldiers will build a section of the city wall with a length of sixty zhang, eight zhang high and three zhang wide. Cao Xing led people to suppress Yuan Jun. ”

As soon as the military order was given, Liu Shijun was busy, and on the first day, he built two zhang high, and Yuan Jun on the opposite side of the city didn't know what was going on, laughed at Liu Shijun, had nothing to do after eating, and also wanted to build a city wall. The next day, Yuan Jun on the opposite side began to worry, and everyone talked about it, thinking that Liu Jun was also building a small city opposite and confronting Yuan Jun. On the third day, when the city was five zhang high, Yuan Jun felt pressure and began to fire bows and arrows at Liu's army.

Liu Shi ordered Cao Xing to lead people to suppress, and a few of them were even more magical, and the arrows were not empty, so that Yuan Jun did not dare to show his head again. By the fifth day, the city was eight feet high. When Yuan Jun needed to look up, he began to panic.

At this time, the city wall was not only one foot higher, but there were also several building cars on the city wall, and there were several soldiers on each building car. Under the city, a thousand trapped troops rushed to the city wall like a beast, dozens of ladders came up, and as soon as the soldiers of the Yuan army on the city wall showed their heads, an arrow flew up. The screams were so miserable that Yuan Jun's soul was scattered, and he watched the trapped army climb up and climb the city wall. Then open the gates.

These traps are like monsters, ordinary bows and arrows are simply difficult to hurt, even if one or two arrows are stuck in their bodies, these people will not pay attention to them at all. Kill people, even in groups of three or two, keep attacking, attacking! Attack! There is no need to defend at all, as if it is not human. It was only at this time that the trapped camp revealed his true face, and even Liu Shi was secretly frightened, this was simply a murderous monster, a group of murderous monsters with infinite strength, and it was not something that human beings could resist.

Yuan Jun had seen such a soldier there, and he had already been scared stupid, so he turned around and ran, only hating his grandmother for having one less leg, no! It's two legs less.

There was even Yuan Jun who directly put down his weapon and squatted on the ground.

When encountering such a person, the soldiers trapped in the camp will directly ignore it, but whoever is resisting will die quickly.

The soldiers of this trapped camp will not advance alone at all, but will join together in waves, group by group, forming a vast force. It's daunting.

Liu Shi was so shocked that he couldn't help but shout: "Enter the city!" ”

Right! Not a siege, but an entry. Yuan Jun, who had escaped from the city, had already been taken prisoner by Liu Shijun. The Yuan army that remained in the city had also lost the confidence to resist.

"This is the trapped camp" Liu Shi roared fiercely in his heart, "The five catties of gold spent per person are worth it!" ”