"Fang Zhi, you go and call the officers above the rank of the defenders in the city here, General Ben must familiarize himself with them, and of course, let them understand what is going on. In the future, according to his table, this general will report to your general Cao. If anyone dares to fight with General Ben, then it will naturally ......" According to the predetermined words, the Turkic general Agula made a cold threat.

"And you, gather all the officials in the city, come to me at once, and wait for the new military order. If anyone dares not come, Hugh blames the sharpness of the scimitar in General Ben's hand. ”

"Yes! Be! Be! The little ones will arrange it, and immediately go to the order! The two said urgently.

Qiangyang County is not small, but there are not many regular defenders, and now there are only more than 2,500 people in the entire city. One garrison general, three assistant generals, five song commanders, and below it are twenty-five team leaders. As for civil officials, there are not very many, and there are only more than ten people who can be recruited. Of course, there are naturally many people who have a certain status in Qiangyang County, but they are not qualified to come here at this moment.

Basically, civil officials come on their own, bringing two or three guards and a sedan chair at most. As for those military attachés, except for the seven or eight in the Xicheng military camp, the rest were all with twenty or thirty personal guards.

However, their personal guards and escorts were stopped by an officer of the Turks, "My general and your garrison general are in the tent, and all the officers go with him, and in addition, the civil officials also go in." As for the guards and their own soldiers, they waited in the tent for the time being. The two generals have something to discuss with you for a long time, so let your guards go with them to rest. ”

"My lord, but I ......" An officer couldn't help but ask something.

"Chirp ......" A scimitar was placed directly on his neck, interrupting his words. Moreover, the Turkic officer said gloomily: "Either listen to the order or die!" ”

Under the persecution of the Macimitar of the Turks, where did these people dare to say anything. Especially when they saw that the captain of the guard of the garrison general also whispered to the other party, they didn't dare to say anything more. Of course, there were also those who were skeptical, wondering why the Turkic soldiers were in the barracks, and why all the officers were summoned directly and urgently. Many people have found that the officers and civil officials who came here are basically the civil and military officials of the whole city. If there is any accident, then this Qiangyang County will not be guaranteed.

Although some people were skeptical, they did not dare to say anything more. This Turkic people are arrogant and domineering in the territory of Bingzhou, and it is not a day or two. Even their commander, the head of the Northern Army of Bingzhou, the general of Zhenbei, Cao Gang, bowed down to the other party, what else could they do?

Subsequently, under the half-invitation and half-coercion, these officers of the Northern Army and the civil officials in the city could only obey each other's wishes, and walked silently to the tent one by one. However, when they entered the house, they were shocked to find what they were inside.

After the main seat of the Shuai Tent, the banner of the Northern Army of the United States has now been replaced by the Flame Qilin Banner, and the Turkic generals sitting under it are not Turkic generals, but samurai who are also Han but wearing Turkic armor. And their garrison generals, Fang Zhi and the county commander Mi Lai, were kneeling in the center of the tent at the moment.

On both sides of the wide tent, there were dozens of soldiers with crossbows, all of whom pointed their crossbows at the more than 30 civil and military officials who had just entered. The civil and military officials looked at the scene in the wide tent, and they were at a loss for a while, and they couldn't understand what was going on for a while.

"Fire ...... Flame Kirin ...... Flame Qilin Banner! The banner of the Devil's Army! At this time, among the more than thirty people, one of them finally sobered up a little, his face turned pale, and he exclaimed in a trembling voice.

"What?" As soon as this person's words fell, the faces of all the surrounding officials changed drastically, and they exclaimed in unison. But before they could ask questions, before they could figure out what was going on, there was a sudden rush of footsteps all around. Among the more than thirty people, those officers who were military attachés immediately heard that this was a large group of people moving, and it was around the tent.

With a loud "...... sound", the curtain of the handsome tent was torn open, and the door came into their eyes with a group of soldiers, who reported loudly for the first officer, "My lord, their guards have been completely solved, and no one has escaped the net!" ”

Without waiting for these civil and military officials to react, the Han warrior sitting on the main seat stood up and said loudly, "You guessed right, we are not a Turkic army, but a Xiaoguo army!" ”

"To tell you the truth, today, two hundred miles north of this, the army of my Xiaoguo army fought a decisive battle with the army of the Turks who had escorted the people and goods obtained from the state, and the result must be known to many people. I suppose that yesterday evening there must have been a rout in the city, and you have more or less received some news. Whether you believe it or not, the result is like that, the 150,000 Turkic army has been completely annihilated by our Xiaoguo army. The people, the goods, and their own cattle that they had taken from the state are now in the hands of our army. ”

"Now, my Xiaoguo army, with a total of more than 200,000 troops, is coming towards the land of Bingzhou, and the purpose of my Xiaoguo army is to completely clear out the Turkic army, so that the land of my Han people will no longer be harassed by the Turks. Now, the four gates of Qiangyang County have fallen into the hands of my Xiaoguo army, and soon, nearly 20,000 foot soldiers will also arrive. Now I ask everyone to lay down their weapons and surrender! ”

"We are all Han Chinese, and you should also know what the Turks are doing in the territory of our annexed states. Now, you have only two options, either surrender and cooperate with my Xiaoguo army to take over the city, or die! Captain Li Fu had a gloomy face, looking at the civil and military officials of the Northern Army of Bingzhou, his eyes swept over and over again, and it felt like a butcher looking at a group of livestock to be slaughtered.

Of course, Li Fu didn't really need these people, they just needed them, and they were also the soldiers and young men in the city, not these civil and military officials who were already bad. However, what Li Fu needed was to reduce the killings and riots in order to take the city without bloodshed. Moreover, those big families and gentry in the city also need to be dealt with. Especially those big clans and gentry who have a large number of private clans must be completely suppressed. If these officials cooperate and do not have to reveal their identities, then these hidden dangers can naturally be solved quietly.

Seeing that these people were still standing there stupidly, as if they were a little unconscious, Li Fu gave a look to the soldiers who came in, and a group of Xiaoguo soldiers trapped every civil and military official with ropes. Although a small number of military attachés and generals were somewhat uncooperative, most of the civil and military officials really did not dare to resist. Even, these people didn't even call for help, and let the Xiaoguo army, pretending to be Turkic soldiers, unweapon them one by one and tie them up. Before you are sure of their attitude, you still have to act carefully, after all, this is inside the barracks. Most of them didn't resist for a while, but the few who resisted were also cut down by Sergeant Xiaoguo with their swords drawn.

"Those who dare to resist will be killed! I'm not in the mood to talk to you too much, and if I kill you, the result will be the same. It's a little more troublesome at best, but it doesn't affect the big picture. "When he saw that some people were resisting, he was even ready to attack him. Li Fu suddenly roared angrily, followed by the sound of crossbow arrows, which directly shot the reluctant several people into a hornet's nest.

Subsequently, Li Fu and others began to persuade them to surrender, it was very simple, if they did not surrender, they would die, and after a while, more than 20 of them finally gave in and surrendered to the Xiaoguo army.

After inquiry, Li Fu also knew the details of the city. Under the Xicheng City Gate Order, Li Fu also knew some people who were dissatisfied with the peace between Cao Gang, the commander of the Northern Army of Bingzhou, and the Turks, and the resentful people who were reckless and reckless in the land of Bingzhou, and gradually summoned these low-level officers separately to identify themselves and win over each other. You must know that these stratum officers are the closest to ordinary non-commissioned officers. They are the most direct leaders of the army's non-commissioned officers. Especially now that the main generals at all levels have either been killed or broken and surrendered, these low-level officers quickly surrendered to the Xiaoguo army.

An hour later, Li Fu successively asked the large armies in the eastern and western military camps to temporarily assemble, and announced his identity, announcing to all the soldiers that the Xiaoguo army had defeated the Turkic army, and was ready to completely expel the Turkic army from the annexed state. After the commander-in-chief and officers at all levels surrendered, and many soldiers also welcomed it, most of the soldiers in the city directly surrendered to the Xiaoguo army.

Seeing this, Li Fu finally breathed a sigh of relief, Qiangyang County had become a bag. The head of the city changed the banner of the king, but the people in the city and the great clans did not seem to know it. When they were still asleep, they didn't know that this Qiangyang County had changed owners.

"Report ...... Lord Qiqi, our footmen have arrived at the north gate! "While he was busy pacifying the soldiers and letting them rest in the barracks, while he was busy taking over the city treasury, the news of the arrival of the foot soldiers finally arrived.

Li Fu said with a smile: "Let them enter the city quickly, they will take over the city, and we will replenish the food and fodder, and give the order, and we will continue to march south." "Their task was to take as many cities as quickly as possible, and as for taking over the cities, pacifying the people, and stabilizing local rule, they had their own foot soldiers and civil officials sent by Youzhou, who arrived later.

Along the way, in addition to their more than 2,000 cavalry, there were more than 15,000 foot soldiers. In addition, 20,000 rescued people followed. Of course, they were only one army in this night operation, and the entire 250,000 soldiers, young men, people, and more than 200,000 rescued civilians would be divided into more than ten road armies, and at the same time launched a surprise attack on the Daizhou capital. Li Chenfeng's intention is to open up the situation in the northern part of the state with the fastest and least losses.

More than 15,000 infantry troops and nearly 20,000 civilians entered Qiangyang County by night, and Li Fu also smoothly handed over the defense in his hands and the next things that needed to be done to the infantry officers. They are cavalry, and defending the city and clearing the area is not where they can play their most role.

After handing over the work in hand to the infantry army, Li Fu took 2,000 cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army and 500 cavalry recruited from the defenders of the city, a total of 3,000 cavalry, except for the southern city, and headed south. Although his mission was accomplished, but, as mentioned above, attack as far south and west as possible. As soon as they break the city, the follow-up infantry will come to their aid.

In this operation, in addition to the more than 250,000 young men and men who acted with the soldiers of the four towns, there were also tens of thousands of young guards and civilian officials who came from the west of Youzhou. In other words, soon, this place will be taken over by the Xiaoguo Army and establish a stable rule. And the soldiers who surrendered in various places will also be absorbed by the town army to supplement the losses. Or together with the veterans of the Xiaoguo Army, a new local county soldier and government soldier were formed to be responsible for local security.

After Qian Wei, the infantry military captain who rushed to Qiangyang County, handed over the city defense with the cavalry, he immediately began to act. Now, he has 15,000 soldiers in his hands, and it is not a problem at all for the 2,000 soldiers and 3,000 young men in the upper city. Even if you add the private members of the two or three thousand wealthy gentry who may have saved zài, they can wipe out each other.

At the same time as the cavalry left the city, Qian Wei began to act. First of all, he brought more than 2,000 defenders into his own team, and let them scatter among the various squads, so that they could completely disintegrate, and there would be no bad hidden dangers. In addition, it is also to select the right candidate from it and absorb it into the army in the future.

Subsequently, under the guidance of the city's Chinese military officials, and with the assistance of the spies arranged here by the Xiaoguo army, the Xiaoguo army infantry began to clear the city. At the beginning, the army was divided into dozens of units and surrounded the mansions of the various great gentry. The actions of the army at night have long awakened the people of the city from their sleep. Even the families of the great gentry were also awakened by the sound of the soldiers, but they still didn't expect that it would be the Xiaoguo army entering the city, and they didn't know what was going on until the Xiaoguo army broke through their mansion gate and entered the mansion.

Soon, under the persecution of the horizontal knife, although these big clan gentry hated it in their hearts, they still had to give in. Hand over the smugglers in your hands, and hand over the illegal property in your hands and the land in excess of the prescribed amount. As for their family wealth, if they are full of evil, they will be confiscated.

Originally, Xiaoguojun did not limit the amount of land that each household could own. However, the land tax will gradually increase as the number of fields increases. In other words, you can own millions of dumps of land, but at that time, you need to pay almost all the taxes you reap. Not only that, but the excess of taxes payable by such people who own a large amount of land during the disaster is not covered by protection. In this way, the average person will not own too much land. Besides, under the rule of Xiaoguojun, it was more profitable to set up business houses, workshops, and farms than to eat in the fields.

The reason for confiscating the land and property of these people is not only that these big gentry colluded with the Turks, did things for the Turks, and did not care about the death of the Han people, but also for the sake of these people and the people in the city. After all, if you want to allocate land to them, you must also have a source, and you can't just get the land that can be distributed out of thin air.

Overnight, the city was filled with the sound of clothes and armor clashing, and the sound of large groups of men and horses walking. The people in the city naturally didn't dare to check casually at night. Although I know what is going on outside, if I get into trouble, it will be difficult to get out of it at that time. Therefore, the people of the city did not know what had happened in the city last night.

When the rising sun gradually rose in the east, Qiangyang County seemed to come to life all of a sudden, and the whole city began to be noisy. However, when many early risers, merchants, and others rushed out of the city to the city gate, they found that the sky seemed to have changed overnight. The familiar guards at the city gate were all gone, replaced by soldiers with unfamiliar faces but a murderous aura, and the sophisticated equipment made them all feel different from the past.

Later, the people in the city saw that these Han soldiers who were also wearing different armor were very different from before. No more bullying and blackmailing them at will. And above the castle tower, there are also red flags fluttering.

"Xiaoguo Army! They're the Devils! Near the city gate, someone exclaimed.

The rest of the people did not do anything to them against the guards of the city, and they were all brave enough to walk to the city gate, when a down-and-out old man was beside the city gate, reading aloud to the notice posted on it......

Soon, as the day grew brighter, more and more people gathered at the gates, and as more and more people read the signs, most of them already knew what was going on. Many people directly began to cheer, cheering for the arrival of the Xiaoguo army.

The notice said that the Xiaoguo army had taken over the place, and all the people in the city would be redistributed to the fields, and they would receive help from the government, so that they could obtain seeds and farm tools for their cultivation, and even exempt them from the field tax for one year, exempting them from all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. In addition, the commercial tax was unified, and the merchants in the city needed to go through the formalities of the provincial government before they could trade, and it was forbidden to sell military goods to the Turks. Of course, if they have such supplies in their hands, the Snapcorn will buy them at a higher price than their purchase price.

What made the people in the city most excited and happy was that yesterday's Xiaoguo army defeated 150,000 Turkic troops and rescued more than 200,000 people who had been robbed by the Turks. The Turks were defeated, so that all the people could let go of their worries. Only in this way can they accept the new treatment in the city with confidence. Otherwise, even if it is tax-free again, then you have to have a life to enjoy it. The Turks were defeated by the Xiaoguo army, and coupled with the policy given by the Xiaoguo army now, they suddenly won the support of the people in the city. The gentry of the big clan were suppressed, and the merchants did not dare to say much, coupled with the unification of commercial taxes and the protection policy of the Xiaoguo army, they also accepted the rule of the Xiaoguo army. In this way, instead of making any trouble, the city was as lively as the New Year......