Chapter Ninety-Nine: Liu Yu's Scattered Soldiers
Yuyang's garrison soldiers and horses are actually only 10,000 people, but they invited the Wuhuan people before, which is the momentum.
However, at this time, the number of people attacking the city from all sides alone was no less than 20,000, and Liu Yu had already gained great righteousness after reading the holy decree.
This righteousness is indeed useless when it is not useful, but it is also very useful when it is useful.
Originally, Zhang Ju was still somewhat effective in motivating the army by virtue of his promotion, but it was just a drum, and it only took a quarter of an hour for this breath to be exhausted, but the Han army became more and more courageous the more they fought.
"Aren't we going to fight this battle, my lord?"
The victory of the Han army was in sight, but Zhang Liao saw that Wei Tao never moved, and finally couldn't help but say.
"Although there are not many feats in this battle, it is also fulfilling."
"Huh...... Wen Yuan! You think I look like I'm a guy who took his lives in exchange for merit? ”
Wei Tao smiled heartily, and then said.
"I know that you brothers want to make meritorious deeds, but in the future, we will have many meritorious deeds, but there is no need to rush for a while. And since we are here, we are also involved in this battle, and after this battle, the credit will not be lost in the slightest! ”
For what Wei Tao said, many soldiers thought that this was Wei Tao's words of comfort, it is not so easy for a warrior to make meritorious service in a big battle, not to mention fighting on the battlefield, where will there be so many wars to fight?
The Han Dynasty has been peaceful for hundreds of years, even if it is a hero like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, there is absolutely no idea of replacing it at this time.
However, Wei Tao's last sentence immediately made all the soldiers cheer, in addition to promotion, fighting is to get rich, and it is more important for ordinary soldiers to get rich.
Since they didn't have to risk their lives and could get a share of the profits, these ordinary soldiers naturally cheered.
Rao is like this, he still attacked for three days in a row, and in the end, even Liu Guanzhang and the three of them went into battle shirtless, rushed to the wall first, opened a hole, and finally rushed into it.
Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun are really not very good, but Zhang Chun is still a little decisive and directly committed suicide, but that Zhang Ju is different, and he was caught by Guan Yu in a panic.
Even Wei Tao had to sigh that Liu Bei was really a hero in the world, and if he wanted to suppress it, unless he directly used force, he couldn't do it at all.
With such great achievements, coupled with previous achievements, it is more than enough to be in charge of an army or a place.
In such a battle situation, Wei Tao naturally couldn't be a bystander all the time, in fact, he also led his own troops and horses to kill later.
The siege battle was indeed very tragic, just Wei Tao's own troops and horses, and it was not at the most intense time to rush and kill, Rao was so also injured hundreds of people.
Wei Tao is like this, not to mention others, in such a situation, the victorious side will often be 'washing the city'!
The so-called 'washing of the city' is naturally not washed with water, but with blood, and to put it bluntly, it is to allow his subordinates to burn and loot.
A little lighter is that 'ten out of one' out of ten households out of one, if it is heavy, there is also a 'five out of one' said, and even sometimes to 'three out of one' and 'two out of one', once the city is washed, the city is probably going to be abandoned directly.
The damage is so severe, even if it is not 'one out of five', but 'one out of ten' is inevitable. But at this time, a piece of news came......
"Lord Zhou Mu, my subordinates fought bloodily, and many robes died under Yuyang City, and now you are still harboring such chaotic people?"
In the hall, Gongsun Chan gasped and said loudly, and Qiu Liju on the side was also angry.
Originally, Wuhuan took refuge in him, and since he couldn't go south to plunder, he followed the plundering of Yuyang, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun wanted to rebel, and there were a lot of treasures.
But this time the few people were killed and injured and finally got such a result, which really made Qiu Liju very dissatisfied.
However, although Liu Bei's face was expressionless, there was a bit of approval on his face, once such atrocities were done, it would ruin his reputation, and Liu Bei was very unwilling.
But Liu Yu is an old god touching his beard on the ground.
"Why did Gongsun Taishou say this, aren't the people of Yuyang my people? In the face of compatriots, why bother with the sword. They have already suffered under the two hands, so why should they endure it again? ”
Liu Yu is a relative of the Han family, and he is the one with the better temperament among the relatives of the Han family, and he has no intention of killing ordinary people who have no intention of being thieves.
"What's more, the old man is the pastor of Youzhou Prefecture, and all the affairs of Youzhou are under the control of the old man, Yuyang and Beiping, don't they belong to Youzhou?"
Hearing this, Gongsun Zhan's face changed suddenly, and he was speechless.
Really speaking, Gongsun Zhan, the Taishou of Beiping, is indeed Liu Yu's subordinate, but Liu Yu has a generous temperament, and his governance is not ruthless, and the army under his command is naturally not prepared so much, although Liu Yu is very popular in Youzhou, but the military strength of the entire Youzhou is not strong.
And Gongsun Zhan is proud of his martial arts, and because he is located on the border, he is always dominated by soldiers on weekdays, and his subordinates are even more unstoppable, and they can defeat the army of Youzhou with the power of a county, but they are a little unruly on weekdays, and they even faintly do not put Liu Yu in their eyes.
can hear Liu Yu ask like this, unless Gongsun Chan rebels immediately, he can't answer this sentence at all.
Gongsun Chan could only retreat in a muttered manner.
As soon as Gongsun Chan retreated like this, Qiu Liju didn't dare to say more, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chunju had already been destroyed at the whole time, if he dared to stab, then it would be Wu Huan's turn next.
"Humph! In this case, please forgive a certain family for appeasing the sergeant, and forgive me for not accompanying it! ”
As soon as Gongsun Zhan left like this, Liu Bei and the three naturally left, and Qiu Liju saw that there was no advantage to take advantage of, and he could only lead people back to Wuhuan in a gray manner.
"Mr. Liu's kindness and kindness make Wei admire, they are all my Han people, and Wei does not approve of the city washing."
Wei Tao smiled at Liu Yu and said, admiring the old man, Wei Tao persuaded him again.
"But this will inevitably cause a mutiny in the army, and although it will not cause a rebellion, the soldiers will definitely have grievances, and the boss needs to be rewarded to reassure them."
"Don't worry about this matter, the old man will definitely make a contribution to the court, as for the reward. It just so happens that Youzhou is vast and sparsely populated, so you can give them that land. ”
Liu Yu waved his hand indifferently, but Wei Tao supported him after all, but he didn't give Wei Tao a face.
It's just that Wei Tao felt a little crying and laughing at this time.
This is indeed a reward for the three armies, but the military strength of Youzhou will inevitably be greatly reduced, not to mention that before this troubled world, it is only that Youzhou is adjacent to other races.
Isn't this self-cutting of hands and feet?
Liu Yu's ability to govern is extremely strong, but he doesn't know anything about the overall situation of the military, which makes people sigh in vain.
In fact, when the news of the ban on the city was spread, it did cause an uproar, and although the division of the fields as a reward appeased the dissatisfaction of some people, it had no effect on some soldiers, especially those in Beiping.
Youzhou is vast and sparsely populated, but the really fertile land is still in the hands of the family, Liu Yu naturally cannot use it for rewards, and guest troops like Wei Tao are not to mention, who will want Youzhou land?
Fortunately, Wei Tao was prepared for this, and said that after returning to Changshan, he would be rewarded again.
Although it costs a lot of money and food, Wei Tao made this to win the hearts of the army.
It's just that the soldiers of the other armies don't have such a beautiful thing, one by one they are secretly cursing Liu Yu for unloading the mill and killing the donkey, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.
As for the retirement of soldiers and returning to farming, it makes all soldiers even more angry, as soldiers eat food, as a soldier for a lifetime, who wants to lead a few acres of thin fields to live?
For a while, the barracks were full of dissatisfaction with Liu Yu, and if Liu Yu wanted to send someone to command the army at this time, I am afraid that few people would be able to command it.
However, Liu Yu didn't care about this and forcibly implemented his law, because he was the governor of Youzhou and represented the Han Dynasty, so where could ordinary soldiers not obey, although they complained in their hearts, they could only be so.
However, these soldiers did not honestly return to their hometowns to farm, but found another way to take refuge in Gongsun Chan and Wei Tao.
"Mr. Liu has done this, where is he the governor of a state? It would be fine if it were like this in other states, but this is a secluded state. Alas......"
Wei Tao sighed secretly, knowing that Liu Yu would not listen to him no matter what, and he could only give up persuasion, but he would not refuse the soldiers who came to surrender, these are elite soldiers who have been baptized by war.
After handing over the matter to Zhang Liao, Wei Tao looked at Tong Yuan beside him and said slowly.
"Mr. Tong, Zilong's ability is very rare, especially with like-minded interests, and they are all willing to be able to attack the alien race in the north one day, how about letting him help me in the future?"
Although Zhao Yun is not here, with Zhao Yun's temperament, Tong Yuan can also make decisions for him.
"Haha...... Since Lord Taishou has the heart to look down on Zilong, he naturally has nothing to do. However, now that Zilong's martial arts have not been completed, it is not yet the time to go out of the mountain, please forgive me. ”
Tong Yuan still attached great importance to Wei Tao, thinking that Zhao Yun was indeed like-minded with Wei Tao, and he had no intention of stopping it, he immediately laughed and said.
"Of course, it also depends on whether Zilong is willing or not, but I think Zilong should not refuse."
Wei Tao smiled and nodded, and didn't say anything more, after this battle, Wei Tao didn't gain much, but through this war, in addition to making Zhao Yun willing to take refuge in himself, his army can also be said to have been trained into elite soldiers after experiencing actual combat.
It's also time to run Changshan County well, and this is where your foundation lies.
Wei Tao was leaving, Liu Yu naturally sent him out of the city, for a good man like Liu Yu, Wei Tao didn't want to say anything more, as soon as he gave up, he just got on the horse and left.