In addition to the power of the official ranks, the gate valve families also control a large number of manpower farmland, as well as a large number of relatives who follow them. It is precisely because of this that they can have such power.

In the real history, in the Battle of Chibi, Xu Chu died 3,000 soldiers in the first battle, and he cried bitterly, of which 3,000 soldiers were his relatives.

Basically, all of them were his fathers and fellow villagers, who originally thought that this battle of Chibi was the last battle for the unification of the world, and wanted to make some war merits and let his hometown fathers and elders also get some lord positions, but he didn't expect to lose the battle.

Xu Chu did not have these relatives, and after his death, the family quickly declined.

In the Central Plains, the power of the lords and nobles was not over-inflated because of the suppression of the imperial court, but in the border areas, the imperial court not only could not suppress these nobles and nobles, but even allowed them to maintain a high combat power, so that they had the strength to resist the attacks of the Turks, Zahu and other barbarians.

However, doing so will also cause the consequences of the wealthy families in the border areas, and the tail will not be dropped.

When the control of the imperial court was weak, these wealthy families could even develop to tens of thousands of villagers across states and counties. Almost became the emperor of the soil.

The strength of the expansion is no longer in the eyes of the imperial court, and will even take advantage of the weakness of the imperial court to become the center.

The imperial court can only use it while restricting it. And before you use them, you have to give them a deterrent.

To put it simply, treat, behead, and accept as a dog.

Of course, this practice can only be maintained for a while, and after a few decades, who knows what it will turn out of. Wang Xuanji can only be controlled while he is alive, and as for his death, it depends on his successor and the court.

After all, except for King Hao Tianwen, there is no law that can be difficult for ten thousand years.

On the bank of the river, the golden city.

This is the most convenient place for the transportation of the land of the river, and at the same time can be used by the water transport of the Huangshui, it can be said that it is unique, the great dry set up the city here, hundreds of years have passed, the old city of the year is still dilapidated even if it has been repaired several times.

At this time, the city became extremely solemn, and Wang Xuanji received the wealthy families of the land of the river here. Outside the gate of Jincheng, there were three hundred Tang army wings.

These Tang troops are all elites selected from the Xuanjia Army, and at this time, they are all wearing helmets and armor, and they are fully armed.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the dull sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and it quickly approached here.

But in a quarter of an hour or so, I saw at least a thousand cavalry appear a few miles ahead, and these cavalry did not stop, but still galloped forward, and looked at the posture, as if they were about to rush directly into the city.

Seeing this situation, Wang Xuanji's face immediately sank, it seemed that not only did he want to demonstrate to these ground snakes, but these ground snakes also wanted to weigh his catties.

Wang Xuanji did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the guards to do it.

In the next second, the surrounding soldiers immediately formed a formation and stepped forward, all of them were experienced in a hundred battles, with excellent armor, they were the most elite soldiers, facing the charge of thousands of cavalry, without the slightest fear, but a few breaths of effort, they had already completed the formation.

Immediately after that, the leader gave an order: "Release the arrow!" ”

Everyone in the army immediately shot arrows forward, and those arrows instantly landed several feet in front of the cavalry, and the cavalry who led the charge was immediately startled when he saw a sudden array of arrows growing in front of him.

Subconsciously, he pulled the reins, and the galloping war horse stood up in an instant, and the horse's hooves kicked several times, and then it stopped dangerously and dangerously.

However, before these men could catch their breath, they saw a horse rushing straight towards them, and when they saw the man rushing towards him, the leading cavalry smirked, waved his arms, and swept his lance to send him flying.

As a result, the man reacted faster, hid directly in a stirrup, dodged the sweep, and turned over from the other side in the next second, just rushed in front of the leading cavalry, only to see the iron shovel in his hand sweep, hit him on the back, directly hit him with a stagger, and almost fell off the horse.

Before the crowd could react, the knight who rushed up stretched out his arms, grabbed the man by the belt, lifted him on his horse, and then turned his horse away. This series of actions is quite long, but it is actually completed in the light of light.

By the time the others reacted and went to chase after them, and wanted to save the main general, it was too late. The man was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye he was back in front of the formation.

Shan Xiongxin threw the man off his horse in front of Wang Xuanji's horse, and saluted Wang Xuanji with his hands crossed: "Envoy, the last general has brought the enemy chieftains who dare to attack the military formation!" ”

"General Shan bravely crowned the three armies, and rode alone to charge into battle, the evil of the ancients is nothing more than this!" Wang Xuanji praised loudly.

"The king has won the prize!" Shan Xiongxin is modest, but the slightly hooked corners of his mouth already show that he is very useful in his heart.

The two guards next to him stepped forward, pulled up the enemy chief captured by Shan Xiongxin, and then forcibly knelt him on the ground despite his struggle.

"You thief is so bold, dare to storm the military formation, push it left and right to the front of the formation and behead it to show the public!" Wang Xuanjing looked at the person in front of him and shouted in a deep voice.

"Yui!" Two guards immediately held the man and was about to be beheaded.

"Let you spare your life, let you spare your life, I am the sister-in-law of the Xiliang Han clan, not a thief!"

"Let you spare your life. Let the king spare his life"

After hearing Wang Xuanji's words, Han Yan panicked and hurriedly struggled and shouted, for fear that if he shouted slowly, his head would fall to the ground.

It was at this time that the chasing cavalry behind him could rush over, and while running, they shouted: "Let the king spare his life, and show mercy to the sword!" ”

When the distance between the two was about twenty steps, they rolled off the horse directly, ran in front of Wang Xuanji with a rolling belt, and desperately kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Envoy, envoy, this is my family, I don't understand the rules, please forgive me!"

"Please forgive me!"

The two kept kowtowing, and they didn't dare to stop bleeding from their foreheads.

Wang Xuanji waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't knock, the official wants to kill him, it's useless to let you die here!" ”

"Shock the army formation, and behead according to the law, but remember that you are young, and I will not kill you."

"Thank you, thank you!"

"Thank you!" Several people hurriedly thanked him.

Wang Xuanjing waved his hand and said: "But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped!" ”

"Come on, fork him out, and punish him with thirty sticks!"

After saying that, he directly ordered the guards to do it, and the guards immediately set up Han Yan, stripped off the clothes on his body, and fought directly in front of this military formation.

A wave of sticks was beaten down, and then the military doctor brought him down to treat his wounds.

Wang Xuanjing beat the son of the Han family, the biggest snake in this land of rivers, in front of everyone, and everyone present was silent for a while, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

(End of chapter)