In less than ten days, the number of surrenderers who ran from the rebel side to Liu Jian's side reached 30,000.

In other words, an average of 3,000 people came to Liu Jian every day to surrender.

The number can be said to be very large, but to a certain extent, Liu Jian is also satisfied, and such a rate also makes him prepared.

He immediately ordered Xun Yu to contact the personnel of the Hebei Business and Trade Association, who were responsible for grain control and disaster relief in Sizhou.

In addition, the temporary land in the land of the Three Rivers has come to an end, and most of the ownerless land, barren land, or some unconvinced Liu Jian's powerful land have been re-stateized, and then the tuntian system has been carried out.

Although Liu Jian has made sufficient preparations in advance, after all, he has just entered Sizhou, and he has not yet grasped many specific situations in Sizhou, and he has not experienced such a political situation in Hebei before.

Although the four prefectures of Hebei have very rich experience in dealing with people's livelihood and tuntian, the incident in Sizhou is a very special case.

In such a situation, exposing too many rebels at once can cause some problems.

Therefore, now Liu Jian feels that it is better to let the rebels return to the army on a daily scale of thousands or thousands, so that the personnel of the resettlement department led by Xun Yu can accumulate experience, and at the same time, the follow-up grain and grass will not be exhausted all at once, including the arrangement of the tuntian, can also gradually become regular.

If the nearly a million displaced people have poured in, and their own disposal and resettlement agencies are understaffed, causing delays and inefficiency, and they have to appease these displaced rebels, once they riot under their noses, the consequences will be unimaginable.

After all, in addition to the rebels, Yuan Shao's army heard that it had also begun to enter Sizhou.

When it comes to the number of soldiers and horses, Yuan Shao does not seem to be less than Hebei, and this time the two sides will definitely have a tough decisive battle.

Although Liu Jian has the heart to protect the people, he cannot slack off in the military.

Little by little, it's best to bring the rebels into obedience.

It's called boiling a frog in warm water.

I have to say that Xun Yu, who is Wang Zuozhicai, is really very superb, although it is just a simple rumor, but no matter the timing of the performance, or the impact of the strategy on the follow-up, it is very wonderful.

Whether it is in the military or on the issue of resettlement of displaced people, spreading rumors now can give Liu Jianjun enough opportunity to maneuver and take the initiative in one fell swoop.

On the other hand, Li Xiang's side was not so smooth.

Every day, thousands of soldiers fled to Liu Jian's side to be good citizens, and once this trend began, it would spread like a plague throughout the army.

The reason why the rebels are strong is not on military discipline, not on equipment, not on their combat effectiveness! It is their will, which depends on their determination to resist the officials and soldiers to the death.

If they don't even have the determination to resist to the death, then they won't even have a chance to win the last point with the officers and soldiers.

During this time, Li Xiang has been anxious.

At first, he tried desperately to prevent the spread of rumors, announced that the military order prohibited arbitrary discussions, and personally appeared on the stage on the school floor to explain to the officers and men of the three armed services.

But the problem is that the more you explain this kind of thing, the more you can't explain it.

Sometimes, it gets darker and darker.

This is where Li Xiang is very naïve in politics, after all, he is just a reckless hero, although he has ambition and certain ability, but he really has to compare with the truth, compared with Liu Jian and Xun Yu, he is really 108,000 miles behind.

And there is another thing that Li Xiang did wrong, that is, he tried his best to stifle the rumors, which not only did not work well, but would make the rumors spread more and more.

Originally, everyone didn't pay attention to this matter, but Li Xiang is now desperately trying to contain and block it in the army, which has attracted the attention of the entire rebel soldiers.

The end result is that it spreads deeper and deeper, darker and darker, and more unreliable.

Now there is even a saying that Li Xiang was a lackey of the emperor in the people before he was entangled in the rebellion of the rebel army, but because the emperor did not pay enough attention to him, which led to his resentment, so he gathered many soldiers and horses in Sizhou to rebel, in order to take revenge on the emperor of the dynasty.

This rumor is nonsense for anyone to hear, but many low-level Li Shu who have no culture and don't understand politics will be suspicious after hearing these words, which has a very huge impact on Li Xiang's prestige.

Moreover, nine middle-level rebel generals have already fled to Liu Jian's side, which has almost shaken the foundation of the rebel system.

It is okay for the people at the bottom to flee, and once the middle-level generals defect, the situation of this army can be imagined.

Under all kinds of unfavorable circumstances, Li Xiang made a very wrong decision again.

That's when he began to resort to tough repressive measures.

But anyone who dares to spread rumors, and those who dare to sneak away to Liu Jian's side, will be killed on the spot once discovered, and there will be even sitting.

Li Xiang ordered five people to live in each big tent, with five people as a team, and if one of them escaped, the other four were all immediately beheaded.

As for the middle-level generals who dare to run away and defect, the means of dealing with them are even more ferocious.

From the general officer down, all sit together.

And there are family members involved.

If you do this in a short period of time, there will definitely be no problem, and it will have a certain deterrent effect.

But once this kind of thing is done for a long time, especially the rebels, who are now unstable, it is easy for disasters to occur.

And the calamity is enormous.

Those mid-level rebel officers who have the ability and ideas are very tough in their own right.

These people were originally the leaders of the thieves on one side of the separatist in the past, or the handsome characters in the ordinary Li Shu.

They followed Li Xiang's rebellion, just to make a good living.

Now, Li Xiang has used this method of intimidation, crying, and intimidation to restrain them, how can these people accept it?

So, these people began to secretly plan to see how they could find a good home for themselves.

Yuan Shao and the imperial court are definitely impossible! After all, the class and interests of these rebel officers have full contradictions with them.

Turning over and over, looking left and right, I found that it was still only Liu Jian who could accommodate them in the end.

As a result, several middle-level generals of the rebel army who had dealings with Zhang Yan in the past began to secretly send people to visit Zhang Yan in the Hebei Army, expressing their willingness to submit to him, and even as an internal response, hoping that Zhang Yan could be introduced.

For an army, the worst has already begun to happen.

……

"Among the rebel leaders who have been in contact with you so far, how many of them want to sacrifice Li Xiang's head?"

Hearing Liu Jian's question, Zhang Yan hurriedly replied: "My lord, there are currently seven people!" Three of these seven people are Qu Shuai, and the soldiers and horses under his command are more than 10,000! They are willing to present Li Xiang's head to the lord, as long as the lord is willing, the general will notify them to do it! ”

"No ......"

Liu Jian waved his hand and said, "It's just that the three Qu Shuai, it would be too risky to directly take Li Xiang's head, so they don't have to act rashly." ”

"No!"

"Tell them that Hebei welcomes them, but before they come, Liu hopes that they will do something for me."

"What's the matter?"

"Let them give Li Xiang advice!"

……

……

A few days later, the defection on the rebel side was somewhat controlled, but Li Xiang also knew that this was only a superficial phenomenon.

After a while, the suppressed defections will inevitably break out again, and when the backlog is too long, a large-scale rebellion will be formed, and then it will be even more difficult to control.

So, Li Xiang gathered a group of middle-level generals under him and asked them how to control the situation in front of him.

The problem is that Li Xiang does not have any capable people under him, and it is impossible for a scholar and talented person to be with him.

These middle-level officers and colonels under him are not even local heroes, but some ranger leaders who are quite prestigious among the people, or the leaders of thieves who dominate one side.

These people, if you let them fight, they may be okay, but let them contribute ideas and plan for the future, then it will be really difficult for them to die.

Hearing Li Xiang's question, everyone sat there, calm and silent.

Everyone thinks about their own things.

In fact, when Li Xiang asked, many people were not thinking about how to solve the current problem, but how to save their lives and their subordinates.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Xiang couldn't help but feel depressed.

He hated to be happy when he cut down all the people in front of him.

However, after all, he still needs to win people's hearts now, and he still needs to rely on these people in front of him.

So, I heard Li Xiang pretend to be patient and say, "Everyone, do you have any good ideas?" You can tell a certain family to listen to it, so that a certain family can have a decision in their hearts, right? ”

"Please speak up!"

Li Xiang asked back and forth, but the people present were still silent.

In the end, Li Xiang was really a little anxious.

He suddenly slapped the table hard and said, "Could it be that among my millions of righteous soldiers, none of them can worry about a certain point at a critical moment?" How sad! ”

As he spoke, he saw a rebel general stand up.

"Qu Shuai, there is a certain method, maybe you can solve Qu Shuai's great urgency, I don't know if Qu Shuai is willing to use it?"

Li Xiang was naturally very happy when he heard this lieutenant say this, and among the dumb people, there was finally one who was willing to speak, and he was naturally happy.

"Well, what do you have to say! If you can solve the great trouble before you, I will greatly promote you. ”

The lieutenant hurriedly said: "Qu Shuai, I think that if we want to change the situation between the enemy and us in a short period of time, I am afraid that it will not be easy, and the top priority is to secretly send people to smuggle across the Yellow River and Xiaomengjin to disrupt Liu Jun's back road. ”

"Now that I am in Dazhai, Liu Jian knows about it!"

"Every day, thousands of soldiers will defect to his village, and in Liu Jian's eyes, Qu Shuai should have no time to care about him at the moment!"

"And that Liu Jian only has the energy to collect our defected soldiers at the moment, and has no time for anything else, his hope is to wait for our army to destroy itself, and then swallow it, he should not have thought that Qu Shuai would send an elite army at this time, and take it directly from Mengjin, so that it can't take care of each other, and then the main force of the Chinese army will rush up, and Liu Bi will be broken!"

To tell the truth, there are really no capable people in the rebel army who are proficient in military strategy, and the strategy of this thief general is really clumsy.

Of course, it is also in the eyes of whom it is clumsy!

In the eyes of the generals and strategists under Liu Jian, this ordinary strategy of smuggling across the Yellow River and breaking it off is really the most basic operation.

But in the eyes of the rebels, this is a terrible strategy!

In particular, what the thief said was reasonable and well-founded, and he also pointed out the current situation and analyzed the situation of both sides, which made people feel that this strategy was feasible the more they listened.

The main thing is that now Li Xiang really has no other good way, he can only pin all his hopes on this straw.

"Well, your advice is feasible! I should personally order the elite soldiers, so that the brave people who are accustomed to fighting can lead this elite, and quietly go around from Xiaomengjin to Liu Jian's camp, and attack back and forth, so that Liu Jian's army is in chaos, and he will definitely win in one fell swoop. ”

When he said this, Li Xiang looked back and forth at the generals present, as if he wanted to choose a person who could take on a big responsibility.

But soon, Li Xiang was in a dilemma.

None of these people present could take on this great responsibility.

In other words, no one is worthy of Li Xiang's trust, and he can rest assured that he will handle this matter.

After Li Xiang thought about it, he immediately decided......

"Someone, hurry up and accompany me to observe the terrain of Mengjin."

Subsequently, Li Xiang led the elite to secretly observe the place where the thief suggested the smuggling, but found that this place is high in the west and low in the east, shaped like a fish ridge, and the north and south sides of the east are grounded by the Luo River and the Yellow River, which is relatively flat.

If you cross the river, you don't think it's slow, but if it's fast, you can get 10,000 people and pass quietly in less than an hour.

Li Xiang looked left and right, and after a period of analysis, he finally decided: "Okay, since this is the case, then a certain person will personally lead an elite army to cross from here!" ”

But when he said this, he suddenly thought of asking a question.

If he left the Chinese army Dazhai to smuggle in, what could he do in the event of a rebellion in the Chinese army Dazhai?

Li Xiang scratched his head in annoyance, and in the end he could only think of another person.

That was his sibling Li Li.

This is the brother of his mother's compatriots, and his most trustworthy person!

Others can betray him Li Xiang, but Li Li will definitely not, it's just that Li Li's talent is average, if this matter is handed over to him......

That's it, I can only leave this matter to him! Otherwise, no one would be able to complete their idea.

After returning to the camp, Li Xiang summoned Li Li to the front and asked him to go to the camp to draw 30,000 henchmen and horses.

But what Li Xiang didn't know was that now in the rear of Liu Jian, in the hills along the ferry of Mengjin, there was a general Wen Chou leading 10,000 elite soldiers, who were secretly ambushing, waiting to wipe out Li Li's army in one fell swoop.

……

Late at night, after Liu Jian finished reading the volume in his hand, he had a general understanding of the current situation of the resettlement of displaced people in the interior of Sanhe, and finally planned to rest.

But it was at this time that Wen Chou suddenly opened the curtain and walked quickly in front of Liu Jian.

He threw a head in front of Liu Jian, and said to Liu Jian: "Lord, the rebels who came to attack our army have been wiped out by the last generals, most of them expressed their willingness to submit, and the rest of the recalcitrant ones were killed, and the generals led by them were also beheaded!" ”

Liu Jian glanced down at Li Li's head, then looked away disapprerovingly, and asked, "How many rebels are there?" ”

"About 10,000 more."

"Very good, let your 10,000 soldiers shout behind our Tucheng with these 10,000 people, pretend to be attacking our camp, and at the same time let people light a fire in the rear, it's time to invite Marshal Li Daqu to sit in our Tucheng."

"No!"

(End of chapter)