Chapter 473: Dedication to the City
The county commander Zhang Ping was locked outside the city, and a city wall and city tower were completely killed by the Chu army, and the remaining defenders did not dare to resist at all, and the fall of Yufu City was a logical thing.
After Zhang Ping was bound, he was still shouting: "I have seen through your deception!" However, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and they will not be with me at any time, and they will not be with me at any time! ”
Although he did not surrender, Zhang Ping thought about it clearly - didn't the Chu army claim not to kill prisoners?
He was only a county magistrate, and he didn't hurt the heavens and reason in Yufu County, and if he couldn't find any criminal responsibility in the interrogation, he would definitely not be attributed to the criminals, and most of them were taken into custody in Ba County and the situation stabilized.
As long as you stabilize your personality, in the future, whether the Chu State occupies Ba County or the Yizhou Mansion expells strong enemies, you will have the opportunity to come out again, and you will throw the pot out first......
Wei Yan didn't mean to persuade him to surrender, and directly let people be locked up first-not to abuse prisoners is also one of the highest military regulations of the Chu army.
And after Wei Yan stood firm in Yufu City, although there were still a few small cities in Yufu County, they were all short walls and thin cities, and they were quickly occupied by the Chu army!
At the same time that the Xinye First Division stood firm in Yufu, the Wancheng First Division led by Zhao Yun also continued directly to the southwest along the Yangtze River as if it were a relay.
Ba County is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, governing Jiangzhou, and is the confluence of the Jialing River and the Yangtze River.
As an important water transportation system in Bashu, the Jialing River is naturally a place with convenient transportation at the intersection of the Yangtze River, and Jiangzhou is also prosperous because of this......
On the whole, Jiangzhou is in the southwest corner of Ba County, and the northeast corner is Yufu, along the Yangtze River upstream, all the way to the southwest, you can reach Jiangzhou.
In the early years, Liu Zhang also had the idea of dividing Ba County, before the Jian'an year, Liu Yan had just died, and Liu Zhang inherited the Yizhou Mansion not long after, and then divided Ba County into three.
Take the two counties of Quren and Yufu as Guling County, take Jiangzhou, Linjiang, and the southern Tongxian, Fuling, Pingdu and other places as Yongning County, and the other northern counties are still called Ba County......
It can be seen that when Liu Zhang first took the throne, he was already very conservative - Guling, Yongning, looking at the name, it means to be safe and keep to himself.
However, Liu Zhang at that time still had some ambitions, at least he knew how to use his actions to create a peaceful environment for himself, but ...... Soon he found himself thinking too much.
The division of Ba County did not obtain the cooperation of the local scholars, and the establishment of the three county government offices was slow, the flow of personnel still went their own way, and taking advantage of the chaos of the official system, there was also a large-scale rebellion in Ba County.
After all, Liu Zhang is in the middle and grassroots work, there are not many people who can be trusted-except for the high-level people who can enter and exit the Yizhou Mansion, he can't even name him.
Therefore, the partition plan also ended in vain, Yongning County was reincorporated into Ba County, and Guling County, which had only two counties, was also "trusted" to Ba County.
As the second county in Guling County in theory, Quren County is also responsible for the logistics supply of Yufu County.
It can be said that the resources of other counties in Ba County are to raise the main force of Ba County stationed in Jiangzhou, while Qu Ren and Yufu are to raise the defenders of Kuimen - although there are only five or six thousand in total, considering that there are only two counties after all, it is not small.
In particular, after the exchange with Jingzhou was cut off, the income of these two counties was reduced a lot, and the army was also reduced to a patrol to guard against smuggler caravans......
There are only daily defenders, but because it is the rear of "Guling County", the treasury should be very full.
Therefore, Zhao Yun also came with great expectations, and at the current speed, before taking the Qu Ren, Jiangzhou's soldiers and horses should not have time to be transferred!
At that time, with the warehousing of Quren County, at least the logistics of the Chu army can take a breath......
If Jiangzhou's army didn't have time to support, Zhao Yun's only worry was whether the defenders of Qu Ren would be too firm, once the walls were cleared, the crops that were not yet ripe were cut or destroyed, and even the treasury was burned when the city was broken, it would not be good news for the Chu army.
Of course, judging from the situation in Yufu County, the chances of such a strong defender not being very high.
However, Zhao Yun was still fully prepared, and he did not press too much, preaching along the way that the Chu army was a benevolent and righteous army, and tried to send people to the county seat in advance to say surrender......
Afterwards...... Zhao Yun didn't expect it to be so easy to say that it was so easy?
Li Yi, the commander of Quren County, is also from the Bajun Shi clan, and is not the general of Wu who later participated in the Battle of Yiling, but has the same name.
When Liu Yanxin was mourned, there was also a rebellion of the Shi clan in Ba County - in history, Gan Ning returned to Yizhou to be an official after being a water thief, and also participated in the rebellion at this time, and even one of the main initiators.
However, the rebellion was quickly quelled by Zhao Wei, and the remnants of the rebellious army fled into Jingzhou and were contained by Liu Biao.
Liu Zhang had just succeeded to the throne at that time, and he really thought that he would be able to rule Yizhou by sitting on the main seat of Yizhou Mansion, and appointed Zhao Wei as the "General of Zhengdong Zhonglang" on the spot, and even had the intention to attack Liu Biao in the name of rebellion......
After that, Zhao Wei, an old minister who entered Shu with Liu Yan, slapped Liu Zhang hard - Zhao Wei also reversed directly in Ba County.
Although it was also suppressed by the Yizhou Mansion in the end, and the Bajun Shi clan also abandoned Zhao Wei and beheaded him to Liu Zhang, but after Liu Zhang was poured cold water, he did not begin to work hard, but completely began to "Buddhism".
In the Chengji world, Gan Ning didn't go back to Ba County at all, and when he was just tired of being a water thief, he was abducted by Bai Tu with "brocade", and naturally he didn't catch up with Ba County's rebellion, but the chaos in Ba County still happened in the years when Bai Tu just crossed over.
The first time Liu Zhang watched the "live broadcast" mocking the white picture, it was not long after Zhao Wei's head was delivered.
This is actually the reason why in the history without the White Rabbit effect, after Zhang Fei captured Yan Yan, he was put into Shu County with a green light all the way - the Bajun Shi clan was already separated from Yizhou Mansion!
Yan Yan is also from Ba County, but he is not a big warrior clan, as a veteran promoted by Liu Yan, he is loyal to Yizhou Mansion, but he is not absolutely loyal, so because of the idea of the Ba County Shi clan, he did not hesitate to resolutely increase troops in Qutang Pass when he just got the news of the change in the Chu army, but considered the attitude of the Ba Jun Shi clan......
Liu Zhang's performance, especially when welcoming Liu Bei into Shu in history, was indeed enough to drive away most of the "loyal ministers".
As for Li Yi of Quren County, he was also one of the two perpetrators who "backstabbed" Zhao Wei in the first place, a child of the Shi clan through and through - rebelling with Zhao Wei was to fight for the interests of the Bajun Shi clan, and backstabbing Zhao Wei was also to fight for the interests of the Ba Jun Shi clan.
Facts have proved that Liu Zhang did eat this set......
What the Bajun Shi clan did at that time was actually the same nature and the same operation as not long after, when the Yanzhou Shi clan welcomed Lu Bu to attack Cao Cao's back door.
It's just that Cao Cao and Liu Zhang's follow-up reactions are completely different!
Cao Cao first learned this lesson, reined in some of his edge, and then slowly adjusted these scholars, and Liu Zhang ...... entered the sage mode in one step, and it has not slowed down so far.
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Now Li Yi is in Qu and directly accepts Zhao Yun's surrender, but ...... He did not surrender in person, and went to the castle tower to cry first.
In short, he expressed that he wanted to defend the city, but there was nothing he could do, and as a county honor, he had to take care of the people in a place, and after careful consideration, he made a difficult decision......
Surrender!
At the same time, Li Yi also beat his chest and said that he was all for the people, he was forced, and there was no way, so he dedicated the city.
And emphasized that he is "dedicated to the city without dedication", and will never succumb to the thief......
At that time, those who didn't know Li Yi definitely thought that he was going to jump off the city wall!
However, in fact, after Li Yi finished speaking, he turned around and went home—back to his hometown in Nanchongguo County, and rode away......
In this regard, the generals who delivered the message to Zhao Yun did not stop it - after all, everyone had already arranged to dedicate the city, but they just didn't want to go out, so they couldn't stop it, right?
It's just that after Zhao Yun really entered the city, he was not very happy.
There is no other reason - the treasury of the city is almost completely empty!
"Isn't there enough food and grass on the books for half a year for 20,000 troops? Not a tenth? The deputy division commander Wen Ping asked the county officer angrily.
Previously, Wen Ping was familiar with the routines of Jingzhou officials, and also reminded Zhao Yun that this account may not be credible, and it would be good to have half of it, but ...... Unexpectedly, the people in Yizhou Mansion were even more ruthless!
"This ...... There was a flood last year, and Li County ordered all the grain in the government treasury to be 'taken privately' for disaster relief. County Cheng Yao Ling said aggrievedly.
The focus is clearly on the words "take it privately".
"Okay, since he was left to finish, he was not Li Yi's henchman before he came, and this treasury could not be moved out in a day...... It's inconvenient to pursue it. Zhao Yun persuaded Wen Ping.
When Wen Ping heard this, he also sighed, and then said "offended" to the county, and Yao Ling hurriedly returned the salute when he saw this.
Originally, Yao Ling was still hesitating, should she withdraw first after the handover? Even if you want to go out of the Chu Kingdom, you can wait for the limelight to pass, and there is no need to stay as a county official in Yizhou, but it will only increase suspicion.
However, seeing that the military discipline of the Chu army is so strict, and the high-level generals do not look like unreasonable people, they have a little more confidence in their hearts - both for themselves and for the Chu State.
Wen Ping was also angry just now, he originally thought that the people in Jingzhou Mansion were unreliable enough, but how could he expect that this was really a mountain higher than a mountain......
In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that Liu Biao's family is the foundation of his own business, although he also relies on the strength of the local scholars, but at least before he is seriously ill, he has not given up power, and is actively sorting out the internal division of power, and Liu Zhang ...... Eight years ago, he was already in sage mode.
Zhao Yun couldn't say anything to the empty treasury - even if the actual situation was very clear, but people took the initiative to donate the city, could he still turn his head and investigate the corruption of others in the past?
Who would dare to surrender after that!
Even according to the rules of the Chu State, as long as it is not a crime of mutilating the people and involving the eight major crimes, important officials surrender can be pardoned......