Chapter 20: Razing to Conquer Raze
In June of the fifth year of Xiping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chen Lin convicted Duan Ying, the chief lieutenant, and was sent to Yizhou County, which was then anti-Han and served as the county magistrate of Gao County. Chen Lin first formed a pro-alliance with the county army when he took office, and then ordered the county to distribute grain uniformly and implement a military management system before the end of the Zhuyi turmoil, which was recognized and supported by the county defenders and the people of the county.
On this day, Chen Lin discussed affairs with everyone in the county government, Zhou Cang and Huang Yan stood behind Chen Lin, Chen Lin: "Now I can support more than three months of grain and grass in Gao County, but now is the season to harvest grain in the countryside, and the people of our county hide in the city. Second, the city wall of Gaoxian County is damaged, and if the barbarians attack, it is difficult to resist, so I want to recruit young and strong women craftsmen to repair the city wall. What do you think? ”
County Lieutenant Zhao Xiao Zhao Tianhua said: "This rush to repair the city wall is easy to do, just spend more food." It's just that this thing of going out of the city to grab grain is a little difficult to do, there are many mountains and forests in the high county, this Yi people are in this big mountain, the gods are ghostly, there is nothing to predict, if the people go out of the city for fear of being ambushed by Yi people, they will harm their lives. ”
Chen Lin thought about it and had nothing to do in his heart, but this barbarian anti-Han only attacked the Han people everywhere, even if he broke through the county seat, he also looted and abandoned the city, and did not occupy the city, so that the Han army could not be found. The former Taishou of Yizhou County let 3,000 soldiers and horses enter the mountain because he couldn't find the Zhuyi rebel army, but in less than three days, the Han army that escaped from the mountain was less than three, and Emperor Ling let Li Hao replace him.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Chen Lin was also distressed, and Huang Yan behind him stood up and said to Chen Lin: "Young Master, Huang Yan has a plan, I don't know if it's feasible?" When Chen Lin heard this, he hurriedly asked Huang Yan to come and hear it. Huang Yan said: "The people are afraid of being attacked when they go out of the city, if they first pretend to be the people in the city, hide knives and arrows out of the city, and wait for the Yi people to attack, they will want it to look good, go back and forth a few times, and the Yi people will not dare to attack again easily. ”
Chen Lin's eyes lit up, he didn't want Huang Yan to be quite scheming, Chen Lin thought about Huang Yan's strategy, it was feasible, Zhao Xiao also felt reasonable, and was about to go down to arrange it, Chen Lin said again: "County Lieutenant Zhao, this official is coming at a high rate, I don't know how this barbarian is, this time I will go by the official in person, this official wants to see what skills this barbarian has, dare to oppose my big man." ”
Zhao Xiao saw that Chen Lin had the courage, and couldn't help but admire in his heart, Chen Lin personally selected three hundred county soldiers to wear the people's clothes on the armor jacket, and selected three hundred people to wear armor on the city wall to pretend to be defenders, but they did not ride horses, and pushed a few empty cars on foot to go out of the city. Chen Lin only walked to the countryside. The barbarian tribe had already discovered that Chen Lin's group of "people" had come out of the city, and immediately a group of about 100 barbarians rushed straight to Chen Lin.
As soon as Chen Lin arrived at the foot of a mountain range, he heard a group of barbarians rushing down the mountain, Chen Lin took out his knife and shouted: "Don't panic, everyone, retreat the car to make a faction, and retreat to the formation." The remaining hundreds of people in Gao County are veterans who have killed people, and Chen Lin is deliberately ruthless, and he hates the barbarians to the core, Chen Lin thinks that he must beat the barbarians to the point that he is afraid, and the strategy can be implemented.
It was very strange that the Yi people rushed down and saw that this group of Han "people" did not escape, but they still had too much to think about, and they came into contact in a blink of an eye. Chen Lin was in the formation: "Steady, steady, kill." Seeing that the distance was almost there, he ordered to rush and kill, Chen Lin saw that there were only about a hundred Yi people, and the knives were not as good as the Han army, not to mention the armor, Chen Lin regretted that it would be better if the army had a bow and arrow first, but it was a pity.
Chen Lin picked up the knife and rushed forward, Chen Lin's martial arts are not bad, Zhou Cang is even more exaggerated, he runs fast, he went to the front row, the eighty pound of big knife, swept horizontally, can also stop the waist and cut off two or three people, it is very bloody, the county soldiers unconsciously stay away from Zhou Cang, lest the big knife cut themselves.
The Yi people were plotted, the Han army had no intentions, and within a quarter of an hour, a hundred Yi people ran away four or five, and the battle was over, Zhou Cang Lidao laughed, and a body of blood was splashed, which was terrifying and terrifying, and scared the Yi people who fled and turned around to see. Zhao Xiao ordered someone to clean up the battlefield and came over to bow to Chen Lin: "County magistrate, this battle is happy, hahahahaha." "After winning the battle, everyone's fighting spirit was extremely high, and nearly 100 people were killed in this battle, and only 11 people were lost. The barbarians left a hundred corpses, but there were only more than fifty iron knives, and the rest were made of wood and stone, Chen Lin thought to himself that the barbarians were not having a good time, and Huang Yan's method of "using razes to control razes" was better implemented.
Chen Lin and the others happily returned to the county seat, not to mention, from a distance, they first frightened Zhao Ru, who rushed to repair the city wall, and then saw that it was their own county magistrate, and hurriedly opened the city gate, and the people and soldiers who rushed to repair the city wall knew that they had won the battle, and they were full of enthusiasm to work.
Chen Lin only took the disguised county soldiers to the countryside for four or five days, but the Yi people attacked, and they were all beaten to the ground, and they did not dare to have barbarian attacks for two days in a row.
On this day, Chen Lin was in the county government, and a county soldier came to report, and the county government reported urgently. Chen Lin immediately only took Zhou Cang Huang Yan to Dianchi Pegasus, and did not dare to bring the county soldiers, the county soldiers were all infantry troops, and it was not good to be intercepted and attacked by the barbarians, and the three of them rode horses and galloped, but they were safe.
Soon arrived at the county government, Chen Lin asked Zhou Cang and the others to wait outside, and walked straight in, Li Hao had not come out yet, there were only county magistrates in the hall, and they were talking about something, Chen Lin didn't pay attention to it, and only drank tea with peace of mind. Probably because the people are all together, Li Hao came out because he was too guarded, Chen Lin saw Li Hao for the first time, and saw that Li Hao was not as imposing as a martial artist, nor did he have the scholarly spirit of a literati.
Duan Ying thought that he recommended Li Hao as the Taishou of Yizhou, and promoted Chen Lin as the county commander of Yizhou County. Duan Ying didn't know that this Li Hao was no longer the subordinate who killed the enemy with him in Xiliangping, Li Hao was only dedicated to the country, and he was already dissatisfied with Duan Ying's various things in Luoyang, so how could he care about the unsightly methods ordered by Duan Ying.
Li Hao sat down in the right seat and asked the county magistrates what they thought of the current situation, and as soon as he finished asking, the house became chaotic, and they all asked Lord Taishou for food and sent troops. Li Hao's brows furrowed, and when he saw that Chen Lin didn't say a word, and seeing Chen Lin's age, he remembered that this might be the Chen Lin that Lord Taiwei was going to deal with. shouted: "What kind of noisy and noisy thing to become." Seeing that the county magistrates stopped and looked at Chen Lin again, he said, "This official heard that the county with a high rate has collected the grain back to the city?" ”
Chen Lin knew that he was asking himself, so he hurriedly stood up and went out of the ranks, and said the plan of collecting grain in 1510, and as soon as he finished speaking, Li Hao jumped up and asked loudly: "County Magistrate Chen said that the county not only collected the grain into the city, but also killed hundreds of barbarians?" Chen Lin: "Everyone in the county knows about it, and Lord Taishou will know it when he asks." ”
Li Hao hurriedly said: "This official must truthfully report to Lord Shi, I didn't expect that County Magistrate Chen would have such ability at such a young age, well, I am fortunate to be a big man." As soon as Li Hao finished speaking, Chen Lin was confused, could it be that there was another treacherous scheme, this Li Hao was an old subordinate of the Tai Lieutenant.
Li Hao clearly looked at Chen Lin's eyes in his eyes, but he didn't explain it, and learned about it from the counties, and finally said that he wanted to collect the grain himself, and he wanted the soldiers to wait for the Yiren to attack the city and then ask for it, so he drove away the county magistrates. Chen Lin thought to himself, it turned out that it was the new Taishou who took office, and first called the county magistrates to understand the situation, and Chen Lin was just about to leave, but he heard Li Hao call to stay. Chen Lin was puzzled, Li Hao didn't speak, and waited for everyone to leave before he said slowly: "This official knows that you think, alas, I think I, Li Zede, am dedicated to being the captain of the country, but I ......."
Chen Lin looked at Li Hao's heartache for a while, and hurriedly said admiration and admiration. Seeing that Chen Lin still misunderstood him, and there was no one else in the house, Li Hao made it clear to Chen Lin that he Li Hao didn't care about the little chicken intestines of the Tai Lieutenant, and Chen Lin was a county magistrate. Chen Lin had a little respect for this ordinary-looking Taishou, and told Li Hao how to buy a horse with the Taiwei and settle a grudge at Yang Ci's birthday banquet, and the two talked like old friends, Li Hao felt that Chen Lin was young and extraordinary, and Chen Lin felt that Li Hao was righteous and straightforward.
Finally, when talking about the rebellion of Yizhou Zhuyi, Chen Lin remembered Huang Yan's strategy of "using razing to control razing", and hurriedly said to Li Hao: "My lord, I don't know if it is feasible for the lower officials to have a plan?" Li Hao also became interested: "Oh, say." Chen Lin: "The lower officials think that I don't have enough soldiers and horses in Yizhou, so why not use razing to control them, but this time I don't need Yizhou soldiers and horses." ”
Li Hao listened: "What is the use of razing to control razing? Chen Lin: "The previous official killed a lot of barbarians, knowing that the barbarian life is not very good, now the Zhuyi rebellion has been several months, not through the Han people, the Yi people must be in short supply of all kinds of goods, want to come to the barbarians also have the heart of the Han people, if you want to allow it to benefit, so that one of them can be used by my Han Dynasty, and the barbarians will be divided into them, making it difficult to connect them." At that time, I will take it as a precursor, and there will be an internal response, and the chaos will be quelled in the near future. ”
Li Hao laughed: "It's a good one to divide and dissolve, to raze and raze, hahahahaha, all the Yi can be determined." Chen Lin couldn't help but praise again.
Chen Lin knew that although there was a pacification strategy, it would take some hands and feet to implement it, Chen Lin returned to Yugao County with a high front foot, and the order to be too guarded on the back foot came. The counties were ordered to strengthen the fortifications of the city, and to try to collect the grain from outside the city into the city, and if they could not, burn it. Chen Lin saw that his mind was too guarded and insightful, if he let these grains go into the hands of the barbarians, he was afraid that this chaos would be even more difficult to settle.
The barbarians are in turmoil because the Han people are harsh, there are many frauds in barbarian transactions, and the barbarians live a hard life, so they attack the Han people, rob the Han people's finances, and attack the Han people's county seats. However, there are still many places where the Yi people need Han people, and many living objects have to be exchanged for Han people. Food is the top priority, the Yi people attacked the Han people but did not destroy the grange, this time the Han people were driven into the city, full of thought that they could collect the grain outside the city into the mountains, and the Yi people who did not want to rate the high county were suffering from Chen Lin's big loss, and when they found out that they were on the Han people's dang, there was little food left, and the Yi people were so angry that the Yi people cooed.
Chen Lin returned to Sugao County and saw that the grain harvest was almost complete, so he ordered the army and civilians to make every effort to repair the city wall and strengthen their armament. There are more than 3,000 people in the city, and there are still hundreds of young men who are young and strong, Chen Lin ordered all of them to carry out military training, and Chen Lin gave each of the money he brought 100 yuan, and the people of the city were instantly high-spirited.
Chen Lin stood on the wall and looked at the busy people and sergeants in the city, with a confident expression, but Zhou Cang behind him was muttering: Dozens of taels of gold