Chapter IX: Retaliation
When the cannon of the Gunpowder Army sounded, the people around Yuan Yun felt very depressed, and without the joy of defeating the enemy before, the sound of needles falling on the ground could be heard in the quiet of Zhang Liao's tent, and even so, no one was willing to say anything.
After a long time, Dianman rushed back from the front, only to see the frost on his face, he knew that he was not having a good time, this time he personally led the infantry out to stop those Han slaves rushing in, so just looking at the blood stains on his black armor, he knew that he must have killed a lot of people just now in order to maintain continuity.
"General Zhang Liao is still making the final touches, this kind of one-sided slaughter doesn't need any effort at all, and the Han slaves who rushed to the front of the battle are all imprisoned, and my entourage is leading troops to guard them." After Dianman finished speaking, he sat on the chair with his buttocks, and then took the tea sent by Xiaoliu and poured a big sip.
Yuan Yun nodded, and then instructed Shi Shen on the side: "You go and check it, and make sure that there is no fine work in between." ”
Seeing Shi Shen walk out, Yuan Yun turned around, and said to Guo Jia: "Can Guo Jia's military advisor make a suggestion to Cao Sikong, just say that we in Luoyang are willing to accept these Han slaves." ”
Guo Jia readily agreed, and then continued: "There are 30,000 of these Han slaves, and if you want to send them all to Luoyang, it will cost a lot of grain and grass on the way, can these Yuan Hou be prepared?" ”
Yuan Yun replied: "Now many roads from Luoyang to Yecheng have been repaired, and Luoyang has also arranged a lot of supply stations on major roads, and the grain stored in them should be enough for these people. ”
Guo Jia was still a little worried, and continued to ask: "These Han slaves have been in the Karasuma realm for a long time, and they no longer have the blood of the Han family in their bones, they are different from those displaced people who were collected in Luoyang before, and they are easy to manage. ”
Dian Man had already drunk tea at this moment, and suddenly asked with some puzzlement: "Since they are slaves, their obedience is not better, why is it more difficult to manage?" ”
Guo Jia sighed and said: "If you use Luoyang's system to manage these slaves, I dare to guarantee that it will not be long before there will be chaos, before they are used to working and producing under oppression, and they need to ask for instructions to do anything, so they will lose their ability to be independent after a long time."
Once these Han slaves arrive in Luoyang, no one will command them to drive them away, but it will make them at a loss, and if it goes on for a long time, it is estimated that the people of Luoyang will inevitably look down on them, and they will not give them a chance to live, and Luoyang is not like slave owners, there is always food distribution, so these slaves have no room to live, I am afraid that some people will take risks. ”
Yuan Yun heard Guo Jia say this, his heart tightened, he really didn't expect this, after being reminded at this moment, he immediately understood the key to the problem, after thinking carefully for a while, Yuan Yun instructed Xiao Liu: "Go and tell Shi Shen, these Han slaves will all be sent to the farm outside the city after they go to Luoyang, and I will fly pigeons to pass on the book to arrange the work of these people later." ”
Seeing that Yuan Yun said easily, Guo Jia said with some concern: "Tens of thousands of labor, Yuan Hou has not decided rashly, these have to be planned carefully." ”
Yuan Yun smiled bitterly, he actually had a detailed prison management book in his brain, he really didn't know why he loaded this kind of thing in the first place, now it has always been a little ridiculous, but he didn't expect it to really come in handy.
Since these Han slaves have no autonomy, let's give them labor reform, circle them, and then teach them from the most basic, plus the large-scale reclamation of wasteland around Luoyang, these also happen to need labor, which can be regarded as complementary.
Just when Yuan Yun informed Guo Jia of some of the prison labor reform tutorials recorded in his mind, Zhang Liao finally returned to the camp, and after several battles in a row, this tough guy did not have a trace of fatigue, and after drinking tea, the energy in his eyes was still very full.
"The scouts I sent out reported that about 3,000 Hannu died in this battle, many of them were trampled on each other and died, but not many were killed by artillery." After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he immediately looked at Yuan Yun's face.
Yuan Yun saw Zhang Liao looking over, and he didn't understand the other party's intentions, the other party said this in the hope that he could relieve himself of some guilt.
After secretly thanking Zhang Liao, Yuan Yun suddenly got up and stood up, then smiled bitterly, and said: "Karasuma people's trick is really powerful, not only did they send all these cumbersome Han slaves to us, but because of the arrival of these Han slaves, we could only give up the plan to pursue them, but it was a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone, and it seems that he is not a stupid person." ”
Guo Jia also smiled bitterly and said: "The things on the battle array, where can I guess everything, now that we have eliminated a lot of Karasuma's living forces, I believe that the war in the future will be much easier, and this time after the defense, it is equivalent to removing the possibility that the Karasuma people can attack the Central Plains in a big way, and it is already a lot of results, Yuan Hou should be satisfied." ”
Yuan Yun heard Guo Jia say this, but suddenly sneered, and said: "The crimes committed by the Karasuma people against our Han people, I will definitely ask for it back, so the results of the battle are still not enough, as soon as Cao Sikong's main force arrives, the gunpowder army will immediately go to battle, and this time I will also let Karasuma taste the pain of his own people being killed." ”
Dian Man was stunned when he heard this, and then he was shocked again, and said, "Is Brother Yuan planning to attack those ordinary Karasuma herdsmen?" ”
Yuan Yun sneered again and said, "Ordinary herdsmen? The enemy who came to attack our army this time, that is not an ordinary herdsman, as long as they step on the war horse and take the weapon, they will immediately become the most ferocious enemy, you live in Karasuma all the year round, it is understandable to have feelings for these herdsmen, but now is not the time to talk about personal feelings, if you don't expel and slaughter all these herdsmen, Karasuma's warriors will continue to be produced. ”
Dian Man was very resolute when he heard Yuan Yun's intentions, and he knew that it was useless to persuade again, so he had to nod and accept it, but there was indeed a hurdle in his heart that he couldn't pass, when he was in Karasuma before, he often met some simple herdsmen, and he even had a couple life with two herdsman girls for a few months, and now he was going to lead troops to slaughter them, which was really uncomfortable.
Zhang Liao was very decisive, and immediately nodded in agreement with Yuan Yun's words: "These herdsmen really can't let go, once our gunpowder army is out of the jam, we must start sweeping left and right, now is the summer time, and the water and grass are also the most fertile time, many grasslands will be included in our sweeping target, only by constantly squeezing the space that these karsuma rely on to survive, they will completely surrender." ”
Having said this, Yuan Yun took out a prepared map, and then began to plan with Guo Jia and Zhang Liao, now there are more than a dozen grasslands in the Karasuma realm, and it still takes some preparation to pull them out one by one.
Dianman was always a little unhappy, so he just sat on the side, not thinking about participating in the plan at all, and soon the time passed in a hurry, and he finally fell into peace again.
After the confrontation Karasuma retreated, he still had no intention of giving up, so there were always some teams of thousands of people, repeatedly sweeping around the perimeter, burning a village today, attacking a small town tomorrow, Youbeiping suddenly fell into boundless hell, and the people who were always unlucky in the war were the people, which was simply an inexplicable thing.
Every time Yuan Yun received that a certain village and town was trampled by Karasuma's iron horse, he would say lightly: "Remember, these guarantees will be returned bit by bit, and Lao Tzu's methods will inevitably be more cruel." ”
Ten days later, Cao Cao's main force finally entered Youbeiping, and Yuan Yun had now renovated the camp left by Cao Ren, and now it is still an impregnable existence, not only the trenches have been more than three times larger, but those earthen walls have also been mixed with cement masonry, and have been strengthened like city walls.
When he saw Cao Cao's messenger, Yuan Yun received a message at the same time, that is, he was really impeached, and the person who impeached him was called Chen Jiao.
Chen Jiao can be regarded as a diehard loyalist who fully supported Cao Pi's succession, and later achieved a great official position during the Cao Pi period, but this person's character is not very good, there is almost no morality at all, as long as it is a favorable thing, he will never refuse.
It's just that now this Chen Jiao is more embarrassed, just like the leaflets distributed by Yuan Yun, Chen Jiao's family has suffered the biggest blow, not only all the family property has been targeted by Yun Ji, but some of Chen Jiao's own criminal evidence has also been copied out, and then it is revealed to the world, and even the relatives of his concubine have not let go of the fact that other people's houses have been seized.
Now Chen Jiao is still in prison, even so Yuan Yun still did not let go of this person, his reputation has now spread far and wide, as long as it is a city of some size, there will be rumors of Chen Jiao's misconduct circulating everywhere.
And the most important thing in this era is personal character cultivation, and after Chen Jiao's notorious reputation spreads, he already knows that it is impossible for him to turn over again, even if he joins other camps at this moment, I believe that no one dares to take him in, because whoever is involved with him is equivalent to being in the same stream as him, in this era when cherishing reputation is heavier than life, naturally no one wants to do this.
In addition to Chen Qun, Wang Lang also jumped out again this time, but he was smarter, and he didn't dare to stand up, but sent his brother, that is, Luoyang's 'old friend' Wang Ming.
The result is naturally conceivable, still Chen Jiao is general, Wang Ming's private crimes are even more countless, this time the same was exposed, not only that, a small official who was suppressed before thought that his family had been ruined, and he had become dead without proof, who knew that this little official actually had two sons alive, so when the matter was revealed, according to the law of the imperial court, it was to die with his life.
Just when Wang Ming was taken to the execution ground, worse news came, his two sons who fled again were killed by a ranger on the spot before they could dig out the boundary of Xudu, and none of the more than 20 relatives who accompanied him survived.
Although no one said that this matter had anything to do with Yuan Yun, everyone also knew very well what was going on, so at this moment, the old officials in the entire court were in a panic, they still guessed that Yuan Yun must have started collecting those deeply hidden evidence of the crime very early, and which of these old officials did not have some dirty things, and now everyone naturally began to worry about being carried out for barbecue.
"The invincible efficiency is very fast, I didn't expect to have results so quickly." Yuan Yun looked at the letter sent by Invincible, and involuntarily muttered, then paused for a while, and then said to Xiao Liu: "But Wang Ming's things are not done well, the main owner is Wang Lang, this old man can't let go." ”