218 Go to the meeting alone
Lin Qing was beheaded, Lin Jie was still not caught, Cao Zhang's bounty was still valid, after ten consecutive days of reward, Puzi's lurking Lin family's remnants have been reported or killed by Puzi Zhuangding, the head of the Lin family Lin Jie was also killed by a mob in a conflict, after Lin Jie's death, Cao Zhang lifted the curfew, re-allowed Puzi to trade with various places, and invited some craftsmen to repair the houses damaged during the siege of the city with the property stolen from the county government. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Most of these craftsmen are strong men who report and kill the remnants of the Lin family, and they thought that there would be no oil and water to fish after the curfew was lifted, but they didn't expect Cao Zhang to spend money to ask them to repair their houses, and they were full of praise for the new commander of the Cao army, and the people were also very grateful for Cao Zhang's good deeds, and since then, the hearts of the people have settled down.
After Cao Zhang's stability in Puzi, he sent a letter back to Xudu, asking his father Cao Cao to send officials to accept Puzi as soon as possible, and at the same time pulling out those Puzi Zhuangding leaders who assisted Cao Jun in exterminating the Lin family and invited them to temporarily manage Puzi's security.
Hearing the promises of these people, Cao Zhang sighed secretly, handing over Puzi to these local snakes, even if it was only for a short period of time, it was enough for them to take over some of the industries of the original Puzi big households, these people are all low-level pariahs, and the gangsterism has not been eliminated, and letting him become a big family is tantamount to encouraging the development of the gang in a different direction.
But now Cao Zhang's manpower is insufficient, and it is impossible to station heavy troops in Puzi, so he can only let this group of native Puzi people manage this place by themselves, after all, with them, it is completely impossible for the Lin family's power to resurge, and only their group of low-level mobs will not oppress the people who are as poor as them, Cao Zhang would rather see the rise of these gangs living in the marginal areas than see the kind of powerful clan that is enough to influence local officials.
The biggest difference between the two is that the gangs all start from the bottom of the people, and the goal is only to eat three meals and clothing, and to make some money no matter how big it is, but the clan wants to influence the rules of the game, and they can't wait for everything in the world to be decided in one sentence, whether a person is talented or not, whether a government decree is successful, whether a war should be launched, and whether an official should be used is just a sentence in their mouths.
The more knowledgeable, the more reactionary, Cao Zhang's words are now deeply touched, the reason why he would rather let the local forces at the bottom develop these things is also because Puzi is a small county in Bianjing, where Hu and Han live together, and the people are fierce, so there is this kind of mob power, if in the Central Plains, the people have long lost their sharpness under the triple ravages of local thieves, local officials, and clans, even if Cao Zhang has the heart to support it, there is nothing to be done.
This is why Cao Chang asked the squires in Hanoi to attack the Sima family instead of mobilizing the local people, because the people of Hanoi were exploited more and did not have the strength and courage to sweep away the remnants of the Sima family.
Things in the world are like a mess, and it is a thousand things to straighten out nature, and now Cao Zhang has no examples of science, so he can only cross the river by feeling the stones, and try all kinds of methods.
After entrusting Puzi's affairs to completion, Cao Zhang asked the generals to organize their entire army and go to Beiqu to the west of Luliang Mountain.
Beiqu is about two hundred and fifty miles away from Puzi, Cao's army marches with 100,000 people, the speed is naturally very limited, and it has been going for ten days to hit outside Beiqu County, Cao Zhang's primary purpose is to surrender, so he did not immediately raise sword soldiers, but let the soldiers camp outside the county, just after the camp was set up, the gate of Beiqu County suddenly opened, and there was a horse rushing out, and the knight did not bring weapons immediately, it seemed to be a messenger.
When Cao Zhang, who was discussing with the generals how to persuade Bian Jing to surrender, heard the report from the guards and said with a smile: "It seems that Bian Jing has the intention of surrendering, and he will only open the door and send messengers after we have set up camp to avoid us from misunderstanding, which shows that he does not want to cause any conflict with us!" Then he asked the guard to bring the messenger in.
After a while, the guard walked in with the messenger, the messenger was not very old, and his skin was slightly dark, which was because of the perennial exposure to the sun, and the messenger hugged his fists and said: "Huang Zhongyi has seen Lord Cao from Hu leader Bian Jing, Lord Cao is polite!" ”
Rao is being a general for a long time, or was taken aback, Xiahou Heng and Xiahou Nan, the two young people, have begun to talk to each other, although Cao Zhang can't hear it, but he also knows that they are surprised that Jing over there came to Cao Ying's courage single-handedly.
You must know that in Linfen County, there were assassins who assassinated Cao Zhang, and the daughter of the patriarch of Xian Lingqiang insisted that it was done by Huang Zhongyi Conghu and Jincheng Yiconghu.
Cao Zhang smiled: "Bian Gongzi is very polite!" After saying that, he asked the guards to give him a seat, and asked, "I don't know what advice the prince has in my camp?" ”
Bian Jing said calmly: "Jing is here to surrender!" ”
Cao Zhang said strangely when he heard this: "Bian Gongzi has the heart to surrender, and he sent a messenger to tell him and then come to the county gate, why come here in person?" Could it be that Bian Gongzi wants to show that he is brave enough to go to the meeting alone? ”
Bian Jing replied: "My lord said that I laughed, the fall of Puzi has already broken Bian Jing's guts, not to mention that before this, my lord let the Southern Xiongnu Zuoxian King and Xian Lingqiang's people join forces to attack my Khan Court, this battle I have lost before I touched the corner of my adult's clothes, so I have to take advantage of the time when the casualties on both sides are not big to come to surrender, I hope that my lord will not mind that I sent someone to assassinate." ”
Cao Zhang smiled indifferently when he heard this: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, the assassin wanted to leave to assassinate Qingji, and when Qingji was dying, he grabbed and left, drowned him three times and laughed and said, 'Hey! The warriors of the world dare to add their swords to me! ", and then wanted to kill left and right, and Qing Ji said, 'This is the warrior of the world, how can you kill the two warriors of the world in one day!' After speaking, he will die, and Qingji can still let go of his death, not to mention that I, Cao Zhang, are still alive now? ”
The generals were all moved when they heard Cao Zhang's words, one was for the spirit of Qingji, and it was for Cao Zhang's mind, Bian Jing also showed admiration on his face when he heard this, stood up, reached into his arms, pulled out a one-foot short sword, held it up with both hands and said, "My lord, Bian Jing is served!" I'm here to assassinate adults, but adults' minds are really impressive! Bian Jing is willing to take Huang Zhongyi to surrender from Hu Sanqianerlang and the four thousand strong men of the Chen family in Beiqu! ”
Bian Jing's change surprised the generals again, only Zhao Yun's expression was as usual, Cao Zhang knew that many people in this era were convinced by people in an instant with a few words, and now Bian Jing is like this, this is not a tiger's body shocking kingly spirit, but a clever rhetoric, and it is also the method of mental warfare granted to Cao Zhang by the state.
Cao Zhang noticed the contradiction in Bian Jing's eyes when Bian Jing came in, there was the sadness of dying generously, and there was also an unspeakable contradiction, this contradiction may be afraid of death, maybe it is that he can't give up something, maybe he sees Cao Jun's soldiers strong and strong, and he is hesitant to kill Cao Zhang.
In this kind of mental wavering, correct words can often make a big change in thoughts in an instant, which Cao Zhang's previous modern people could not understand at all, but from this moment on, he has become familiar with it. (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )