Although Bohai County has not yet attacked, Gongsun Kang still appointed Gongsun Gong as the governor of Bohai County, Pingyuan County and Jinan in advance, and Xu Miao as the governor of these three counties. Let the two of them start forming the corresponding leadership team in advance.

The confidential secretary wrote down all of Gongsun Kang's orders and wrote them in a standardized format. Asked Gongsun Kang to use the seal, and then match the upper half of the tiger talisman as a proof of the mobilization of soldiers and horses, and sent an envoy to drive a fast horse to pass the order.

Gongsun Kang himself was not idle, he personally led Ji Ling and Zhang Xun to attack Bohai County by land, and formed a land and water attack with Tai Shici.

Gongsun Kang arranged manpower to attack Yuan Tan's garrison in three ways.

Yuan Tan had no choice but to divide his troops into three ways and go separately to meet the soldiers and horses of Liaodong.

Yuan Tan occupied Pingyuan County and dealt with Zhang Liao; He sent Gao Ran with 20,000 soldiers and horses to meet Gongsun Kang.

Gongsun Kang brought 20,000 Wuhuan cavalry, 20,000 Liaodong iron cavalry, and 20,000 county soldiers from Xuansu County this time, a total of 60,000 soldiers; Against the 20,000 infantry of Gao Ran, it really feels like an adult bullying a child.

Gao Ran was about to cry when he heard the number of Liaodong soldiers who had come to report on the number of Liaodong soldiers. Damn, this is too bullying.

So he ordered an urgent conscription, Bohai County used to be full of thieves and fierce people, so Gao Ran's conscription really recruited more than 20,000 people, all of whom were bandits who had accumulated years of war, and they were also considered to have been in battle for a long time.

When Gongsun Kang heard about Gao Lan's conscription, he laughed, and Xi Zhicai asked, "Why is the lord laughing?" ”

Gongsun Kang said: "Zhicai, have you heard the story of Gong Sui's rule of Bohai County? ”

Xi Zhicai shook the feather fan and said, "The story I heard is like this.

Gong Sui, whose name is Shaoqing, is a native of Nanpingyang County, Shanyang County.

Because he was familiar with Confucianism, he became an official, and he became the commander of Langzhong of the Changyi Kingdom and served Liu He, the king of Changyi.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Xun ascended the throne, and after a long time, Bohai and its neighboring counties had a bad year, thieves appeared one after another, and the local county guards could not arrest and subdue.

The emperor wanted to select someone who was good at governance, and the prime minister recommended Gong Sui to be competent, and the emperor appointed him as the Taishou of Bohai County.

At that time, Gong Sui was already in his 70s, and when he was summoned, because of his short stature, Emperor Xuan saw him from afar, and felt that he was not compatible with the rumored Gong Sui, and despised Gong Sui in his heart, and said to him: "Bohai County has abolished law and order and social turmoil, and I am very worried. How is it going to calm the thieves there and satisfy me? ”

Gong Sui replied: "The place near the sea, far from the capital, has not been enlightened by His Majesty's sage, and the people there are trapped by hunger and cold, and the officials are inconsiderate, so let your pure and good subjects steal your weapons and play in your land." Do you want me to defeat them by force now, or do you want to appease them? ”

Emperor Xuan was very happy when he heard Gong Sui's response, so he replied: "Since you choose virtuous people, you originally want to appease the people. ”

Gong Sui said: "I have heard that the people who are in chaos are like untying the rope of disorder, and they cannot be impatient; It can only be done slowly, and then it can be governed. I hope that the Prime Minister will not bind me with the provisions of the law for the time being, so that I can handle matters in the most effective way according to the actual situation, without reporting to my superiors. ”

Emperor Xuan agreed to his request and gave him a special reward of gold items and sent him to take office.

Gong then took a stagecoach to the border of Bohai County. When the county officials heard that the new Taishou was coming, they sent troops to meet them.

Gong then sent them all back. Then a document was issued ordering all the counties to remove all the officials who pursued the alleged thieves; Those who carried hoes, sickles, and other farming tools were good citizens, and the officials were not allowed to inquire about them; The one who bears the weapon is the thief.

Gong then rode alone to the county government, and the county suddenly settled down, and the thieves also reined in.

There were many bands of thieves in Bohai County, and when they heard Gong Sui's admonition and order, they immediately dispersed, threw away their weapons, bows and arrows, and picked up hoes and sickles.

Gong then opened the local granary, gave relief to the poor people, and selected virtuous local officials to comfort and pacify the people and educate the people.

Gong Sui saw that the customs in the Bohai area were very extravagant, and he liked to engage in those industries that were not suitable for civilian use, but did not like to engage in agricultural production, so he personally took the lead in practicing a style of diligence and thrift, and encouraged the people to engage in farming, silkworm and mulberry cultivation.

He ordered: Each person in the county planted an elm tree, 100 shallots, 50 onions, and a bunch of leeks; Each family has two sows and 5 chickens.

And if the people had swords, let them sell them and buy calves. He said, "Why do you carry oxen and calves on your body?" ”

In the spring and summer, it is not allowed to work and produce in the fields, and in the autumn and winter, people are urged to harvest crops, and they also plant and store melons and fruits, water chestnuts, chickens, rice, and other cash crops, and they are exhorted to do things according to the regulations and obey the laws.

Gongsun Kang said: "Yes, that's the story. But now that these people are wearing swords again, how do you think I should educate them? ”

Xi Zhicai understood what Gongsun Kang meant, and laughed and said: "Those who hold hoes, sickles and other farming tools are good citizens, and officials are not allowed to inquire about them; The one who bears the weapon is the thief. Naturally, they will be arrested and punished! ”

Gongsun Kang and Xi Zhicai are satirizing Gao Ran and forcing the people to become bandits, and they show their attitude: Those who are not used to them and dare to pick up swords are no longer ordinary people, and they must be dealt with as bandits!

Gongsun Kang asked people to write a list of articles and sent detailed works to post them everywhere in Bohai County.

The content is: The people of Bohai County, who participated in the Gaolan army, were bandits; The people who assisted Gao Ran in defending the city were also bandits! In short, all the people of Bohai County, who pick up the sword, are bandits! Now that you withdraw from Gao Lan's troops, you can still be exempted, and if you fight together, you will no longer be exempted! After the investigation, the whole family was confiscated as slaves!

Gongsun Kang This is before doing ****, first set up a memorial arch.

Oil excavation in Bohai County requires a lot of labor, which is hard, tiring and dangerous, and no one is willing to take the initiative to do it. Therefore, Gongsun Kang made such a notice in advance. After the war, it is natural to get tens of thousands of slaves and force them to dig for oil.

Not to mention, as soon as this notice from Liaodong came out, it scared away thousands of people. These thousands of people fled from Gaoran's military camp overnight and ran home to be honest people.

The next day, Gao Ran counted the number of soldiers. I was so angry that I was about to cry again. Champion Hou is too bullying!

Originally, Gao Ran still had the mind to fight with the Liaodong soldiers in the field, but now he has no confidence at all, and in the end he still feels that he should defend the city and never fight!

(End of chapter)