Deng Yi took out a list from his arms and presented it to Liu Qi: "Lord, this is a list of several families who are good friends with my Deng family, and their thoughts are no different from mine, so please come and find out what the lord is doing." If the lord is willing to let them go, they are willing to sacrifice their wealth to fund the lord's attack on Nanyang. ”

"Oh? There is such a thing..."Liu Qi took the list and looked at it carefully.

said that it was a list, but it was actually a letter of nomination from those families, which was full of letters that each family was willing to hand over everything, just asking Liu Qi to give them the same requirements as Xu Jing. They can also recommend young members of their own family to serve as minor officials in the county and help Liu Qi manage the township and county.

Liu Qi pondered: "Could it be that Teacher Xun played a role in copying those heroes in Xinye?" If this is the case, Liu Qi has saved a lot of effort. Not only can you get several layers of talents such as counties and townships, but also do not cause civil strife in the county, so why not do it.

Liu Qi handed the list to Xu Jing and asked, "What do you think, if you have ideas, just say it." ”

Zhao Yun took the lead and said: "Lord, this is a good thing, it saves us a lot of effort. The other three all looked surprised.

"What the second general said is true, eldest prince." Yi agreed: "I don't know how sincere they are, but since they asked Mr. Zixiao to come and ask for his life, it should not be bad." ”

Liu Qi nodded, expressing his approval of the statement of Iraq. Although the Deng clan is no longer brilliant, it has a very good reputation in Nanyang County, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the chicken.

Xu Jing took it excitedly, secretly grateful to Liu Qi for his attention to her, and looked at this thing carefully, not letting go of a word missing. After a while, he gave the list to Yi and the others, and he said, "Zixiao, don't blame me for saying more." Is the above credible? After all, the lord is now weak, his reputation is not obvious, and he can't withstand the turmoil. ”

Deng Yi waved his hand at Xu Jing, he was also very aware of Xu Jing's worries, and said: "I am willing to guarantee with the head of the neck, if there are two hearts, the lord can punish my Deng family!" ”

Liu Qi, Xu Jing and the others glanced at each other, with joy on their faces, Xu Jing congratulated Liu Qi heavily: "There is no doubt, congratulations to the lord for adding another help!" ”

With this list of surrenders, the pressure on everyone's hearts has been relieved a lot. It's not that they can't fight them, it's just that there are too many consequences involved, and now that foreign enemies are around, there can be no negligence.

The conference hall suddenly became lively, Liu Qi clapped his hands to calm everyone down, and said to Deng Yi: "How about their affairs being handled by Mr. Zixiao, Mr. Zixiao doesn't have to rush to agree, because this matter is indeed important and involves all aspects." Mr. Wenxiu, tell Mr. Zixiao about the order that was just given. ”

"No." Xu Jing responded and said: "Zixiao, the lord once ordered to issue a list before you came, and the three counties must report the number of acres of Ding Tian at the beginning of spring, if there is a false report, it will be regarded as disobedience, and someone will be sent to confiscate it and forcibly ban it!" ”

Deng Yi immediately smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said: "I'm afraid that the lord's behavior will make the county not yet surrender to Chenghao, but there are not many of them except for these few who have surrendered. Now that the lord has made up his mind, Zixiao tried to persuade him with his three-inch tongue. ”

Liu Qi sighed: "Actually, I don't want to do it drastically, but time doesn't wait for me." The enemy I faced this year made me have to do it, and I have no choice but to do it. ”

"My subordinates understand the difficulties of the lord." Deng Yi suggested: "Will the lord go and destroy those three families today?" I beg the Lord to send out an example after they have been destroyed. ”

"Why is that?" Liu Qi was surprised and asked.

Deng Yi said: "First, the lord first cleaned them up on the charge of defecting to the enemy, and was able to convince the public; The two can allow the subordinates to try to persuade some of them, and if they don't follow the example, the lord will deal with it in the name. The lord doesn't have to worry about them uniting, as long as the cavalry of the second general catches them off guard, the wealthy clan that can't unite is a plate of scattered sand, and it is much easier to deal with. ”

Liu Qi pondered for a while, he also wanted to know the attitude of the wealthy families in the county towards him, and when he heard Deng Yi say, it was better to take the opportunity to test it, and promised: "Yes." Zixiao can discuss it with Mr. Wenxiu. ”

"Thank you, lord, let your subordinates go and talk to those wealthy families." Deng Yi retired.

Liu Qi turned to the two Liu brothers and said, "Ah Hu Apan, you two do it immediately, don't let Yuan Lie and the three families find out about your motives." The second brother sent his henchmen cavalry scouts to Luoshan to inquire about the military situation, and returned to report at any time if there was a situation. If you guess correctly, Yuan Lie's thief army is already running out of food and grass, and they will go down the mountain to grab grain in the next few days. Third brother, lead the spear battalion to meet the enemy head-on with me! ”

"No!" The people were ordered to march away quickly.

……

Zhongyang Town and Huaiyang Town are very close, how close are they? It's like across the street. The three families gathered in two towns and lived for hundreds of years, which is the biggest in the two towns.

Under the management of three towns, the two towns actually have small earthen walls several meters high, and there are military buildings such as crossbow towers and watchtowers.

At that time, according to the news reported by the scout, Liu Qi and the others couldn't help but be surprised. The two towns were surrounded by a thick wall of earth, most of which were made up of the clansmen and their servants, while the poor people were forced to lease their land in a mountain village not far from the town, and to build earthen walls for them, as if the three families were the emperors of the earth.

"Report!" The Liu brothers led a battalion of 2,000 spears and spears to march on the hill three miles away from Zhongyang Town and Huaiyang Town, and the scouts quickly dismounted and reported: "General, they have taken precautions and gathered more than 1,000 people to guard the earthen wall. ”

"Who leaked the news!" Liu Hu couldn't help but curse angrily, he actually received the news and took precautions in such a short time, it seems that he underestimated their secret sons in the army. The two brothers glanced at each other, and they both felt this comment, and they didn't know how many soldiers they would be injured. Liu Pan said: "What else has been discovered?" ”

"The people of the two towns are gathering a mile ahead, not knowing what to do, as if to hinder our army from going to quell the rebellion......," replied the scout truthfully.

Liu Hu Liu Pan changed color when he heard this, Liu Pan waved his hand violently, signaled the whole army to stop marching, and said: "The whole army is on alert!" ”

Seeing that the spear battalion stopped marching and raised their spears to guard against it, Liu Pan said to the scout: "Go quickly to find out what is going on, go quickly!" ”

"No!" The scout scout summoned a few scouts from the army and hurried away.

"Big brother, with our 2,000 troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with variables." Liu Hu said worriedly.

Liu Pan is calmer than Liu Hu, which is also the reason why Liu Qi asked him to be the commander of the spear battalion, Liu Pan shouted in a low voice: "Don't mess with my army's heart here!" The situation is still unclear, and it is not possible to make any conclusions... Wait for more news from the scouts to see what happens. ”

After a quarter of an hour, the scout ran back again: "General, most of the people in the two towns have sent their third elders and pavilion chiefs to ask for a meeting, saying that they have something to ask for. ”

The three elders are respected people who are responsible for the education of the township, and the pavilion chief is the chief who is responsible for defending against foreign enemies, anti-theft, public security, etc., but unfortunately, in Zhongyang Town and Huaiyang Town, they are just puppets who have no right to speak.

Liu Pan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't figure out what these people were going to do, so he said after a while: "Invite them to come." ”

As soon as the words fell, several old men who were fifty or sixty years old knelt in front of Liu Pan's eyes, and one of them cried with a handful of snot and tears +n48: "General... Please make decisions for the people of Zhongyang Town and Huaiyang Town! ”

Liu Pan and Liu Hu hurriedly helped everyone up and asked, "Old gentleman, please get up quickly, if you have anything, you might as well say it directly, as long as you can do it, you must do it well for the old gentleman." When the two of them defected to Liu Qi, under Liu Qi's strict requirements and rectification, they already knew how to respect the old man very well, and did not dislike their tears and snot sticking to them.

"The old man heard that the general was here, and he was recommended by the people of the town, and he came to ask the general to make decisions for us." The old man was the leader of these people, and he said: "The three families of He, Tian, and Lu have done a lot of evil in the two towns, annexed the land, made us miserable, and forcibly conscripted our people to build an earthen wall for him, and also colluded with the bandits to rob the people's daughters, which is really lawless......"

When he said this, his face flushed with too much anger, and he said with tears in his eyes: "General, please make the decision for us!" ”

"Don't be impatient, the old gentleman will bring the troops here this time to wipe them out, and I will definitely give you an explanation!" Liu Pan was completely relieved at this time, they didn't come to stop their march, but asked for help.

The third elder and the pavilion chief were overjoyed when they heard this, and said gratefully: "General, on behalf of the people of the two towns, I thank you here!" As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed again to thank him.

Liu Pan hurriedly helped them up and comforted: "The old man doesn't have to be like this! I can't stand it under it! ”

"Old gentleman, now that our army scouts have found out that the three heroes have been prepared, and it is difficult to attack by force, I don't know what the old gentleman has to do?" Liu Pan wisely chose to ask the local Three Elders Pavilion Chief, after all, they were familiar with the terrain, and this earthen wall was built by them themselves according to the words of the Three Elders, so they should know very well.

"Don't worry, general, although the earthen wall is thick, it can't withstand the joint efforts of the inside and outside." The old man calmed down and advised, "We thought of this day when we built it, so its foundation is not very strong. Moreover, in order to wait for this day, we have already arranged many people to serve as internal responses very early, and as soon as the general arrives, the internal and external responses will be combined, and we will be able to attack Tucheng immediately. ”

The two Liu brothers were overjoyed when they heard this, and ordered their guards to escort the village elders and the pavilion chief to advance with the army. Liu Pan waved his spear and shouted angrily: "Soldiers! The time has come to be faithful to the Lord and serve the people! The three heroes are in front of them, retake the land! Rush with me! ”

"Show the might of our army and break the dog thief! In order to let the villagers have land to cultivate and a house to live in, kill! Liu Hu shouted at the right time, and rushed forward at an accelerated pace.

"Show me the might of the army! Break the dog thief! ”

"Show me the might of the army! Break the dog thief! ”

"Show me the might of the army! Break the dog thief! ”

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The surging momentum rose to the sky in an instant, and the three elders and the pavilion chief couldn't help but boil their blood, looking at these soldiers who were not afraid of death for their own people and bravely killed the enemy for the lord, several of them couldn't help but secretly admire in their hearts, and they were moved to tears.