Zhen Rong was overjoyed in his heart, he deceived everyone perfectly, and he was only one step away from success.

Now the patriarchs and others are drunk and have been placed in different places to sleep.

The soldiers, who had been arranged long ago, took the opportunity to tie them up and stuff their mouths tightly with tattered linen, so that even if they came to their senses, they could not shout loudly.

Zhen Rong understood that he would never win the allegiance of the family masters by using such despicable methods, and he must kill all these family masters to eliminate future troubles forever.

The next day, Zhen Rong first personally went to recruit the guards of the various patriarchs who were imprisoned, these guards all had rich combat experience and were not weak, and if they were recruited as soldiers, their strength would be greatly enhanced.

As long as he joined his army, he would not only enjoy the same treatment as his existing officers and soldiers, but also be exempted from taxes and forced labor for all his family members, and allocated a certain amount of arable land, which was very tempting for most people.

The Danyang soldiers themselves have the nature of mercenaries, who pays, will work for whom, the guards of each family under the great temptation, have sworn allegiance to Zhenrong, Zhenrong eliminated those descendants and diehards of the former family master, and accepted all the remaining people.

In order to ensure the loyalty of these people to him, Zhen Rong ordered that all those who were loyal to him must each stab the original head of the family and draw a line with the past; The descendants or diehards of the original head of the family also had their original partners executed and beheaded.

For those who refuse to carry out the order, Zhenrong will not dare to take them in; In this way, those who were loyal to him were tightly tied to his chariot, and if they lost the protection of Zhenrong, they would not escape the fate of revenge.

Zu Lang was the first to be killed, and he was killed by his guards with a knife one by one, and before he died, he was cut more than 500 times, and he suffered a great deal of pain, and the scene was extremely bloody and terrifying.

The patriarchs of the other families then enjoyed similar treatment in turn.

The ruthlessness of Zhen Rong shocked all the soldiers, and no one dared to think about it anymore; This move added nearly 8,000 brave, strong, loyal, and experienced veterans to Zhenrong, and his strength was greatly increased.

At present, they have not been mixed, and the original establishment is still maintained; Zhen Rong promised them, any team, as long as they helped to eliminate the original family and integrate their army, they would be promoted to different positions according to the merit and received different rewards.

This move won more firm support from the officers and soldiers.

Subsequently, Zhen Rongqin led 2,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry to Jing County and Lingyang County, as long as he captured these two counties, he would not only recruit tens of thousands of experienced veterans, but also capture rich booty.

With the help of the original Zulang's five hundred guards, it was not difficult to occupy these two county seats.

As for the small landlords and small wealthy clans in Wanling County and Chungu County, they could be easily exterminated by just the county lieutenants of the two counties and the 5,000 guards of the original family who had just surrendered.

In addition, other officers and soldiers were arranged to accept other counties.

Due to the help of all the internal responses, and he strictly sealed the news, which was conducive to sneak attacks, all the people from all walks of life completed the task very smoothly.

Zhen Rong was ruthless enough, not only did he uproot the local family together, but even the officials sent by Taishou Xue Li were all driven away after confiscating the property, removing all the obstacles to his rule.

The first choice is to recruit the army, the standards are very strict, but the treatment is good, and there are many responders; After mixing, Zhenrong's army reached nearly 40,000 people, and its strength was very strong.

The huge capture made Zhen Rong ecstatic, and he rewarded his subordinates for their meritorious service, fulfilled his original promise, and won deeper loyalty from the officers and soldiers.

By removing the descendants of the original family and supporting some vested interests, Zhenrong easily stabilized the local situation and quickly took control of the seven western counties of Danyang County; She County is still under the control of Shanyue, Shuiyue and other forces.

This time, the Zhirong still adopted a policy similar to that in Guangling County, exempting not only the Buddhist believers from taxes and forced labor, but also the families of all officers and soldiers.

In the Jiangnan region, the land is vast and sparsely populated, Zhenrong cherishes the people very much, does not kill innocents indiscriminately, and after removing the descendants of various families, they distribute wasteland or arable land to all the landless people, so that the local people have the opportunity to live and work in peace and contentment, and get the strong support of the people.

When Xue Rong stabilized the local situation, those expelled officials also returned to Moling County, Xue Li learned the news, his heart was first angry, and then remorseful, but he didn't expect that Zhen Rong turned out to be a white-eyed wolf, so he transferred troops to defend, and sent someone to inform the governor Liu Xuan to seek support.

For this kind of rebel, Xue Li will never allow them to go unpunished, and must exterminate them, otherwise how can they be convinced?

Zhen Rong is not stupid, after stabilizing, he immediately sent people to visit Liu Xuan, hoping to take refuge in Liu Xuan, get shelter, and jointly block the Yuan Shu forces in Jiangbei, which is not only in his interests, but also in Liu Xuan's interests.

When Liu Miao received the news, he was greatly alarmed, and hated Xue Li very much in his heart for leading the wolf into the room.

Now that the army is strong and strong, and the financial resources are abundant, Liu Miao does not want to be an enemy with him, otherwise he can only lose both sides and let Yuan Shu pick up the cheap, which damages the interests of Jiangdong; If he attacked Yuzhang County, it would also make Liu Miao very difficult; If Di Rong surrendered to Yuan Shu, the situation would be even worse, and Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses, plus Di Rong's naval army and cavalry, would make it even more difficult for Liu Shu to resist.

Just when Liu Miao was undecided and didn't know what to do, the envoy of Zhenrong arrived at Qu'a; Zhen Rong was willing to accept Liu Xuan's jurisdiction, sought refuge from Liu Xuan, and promised not to surrender to Yuan Shu and not to attack Yuzhang County and Xue Li.

Liu Miao was overjoyed.

Now Liu Xuan's biggest enemy is Yuan Shu, Zhenrong is soft, which is exactly what he wants, as long as Zhenrong remains stable, he can jointly deal with Yuan Shu, which is in line with the interests of the people in Jiangdong; And the water army of Di Rong is just used to defend the river and make up for the shortcomings of Liu Xuan's water army.

After careful consideration, Liu Miao decided to set the territory occupied by Zhenrong as Xin'an County, and appointed Zhenrong as the county governor of Xin'an County, with Wanling City as the station; The territory under the jurisdiction of Xue Li is set up as Danyang County, and the seat of governance is in Moling; The territory of Zhenrong and Xue Li is bounded by Lishui.

Zhen Rong only nominally bowed to Liu Xuan, and did not completely submit to him, this move was just an alliance to deal with Yuan Shu together; However, Liu Xuan's move hurt Xue Li's interests, making Xue Li deviate from Liu Xuan's deviant morality, and laid the groundwork for the subsequent Jiangdong Civil War.

Zhenrong's continuous rebellion was shameful, but Yuan Shu was very proud of it, which not only weakened the strength of Tao Qian in Xuzhou, but also weakened the strength of Liu Xuan; So, he immediately sent someone south to contact Zhenrong.

Now Yuan Shu is preparing to conquer Liu Biao in Jingzhou, if Zhen Rong can be loyal to him, even if he does not send troops to participate in the war, just contain Liu Xuan, so that he will have no worries.

Zhenrong and Yuan Shu are natural enemies, there is no possibility of forming an alliance at all, let alone taking refuge in Yuan Shu, otherwise how will he develop in the future? He would never do anything to lure a wolf into the house; This made Yuan Shu very annoyed and disappointed.

Sister Zhenrong was very happy when she arrived at Liu Xuan's appointment, his plan was successful and he had a foothold in Jiangdong; But his goal will not stop there, plotting Yuzhang County and Danyang County is his pursuit, the larger the territory, the more troops, and the more people, the safer he is.

In troubled times, if you don't advance, you will retreat.