Chapter Twenty-Eight: You're No Use (Part 3)
Cao Zhongming's eyes were bloodshot, and it was extremely difficult for him to breathe. This is not only because Li Ye is stuck in his neck, but also because the aura in his body is running around, it is no longer controllable, and his internal organs are all traumatized. The injuries are getting worse every moment, and the meridians may break at any time, and the cultivation will be lost.
Cao Zhongming's eyes gradually filled with fear when he looked at Li Ye, just like seeing a god. He originally thought that when he cultivated to the real realm, he would be able to fight with Li Ye, and he still had Wei Bojun, which was enough to defeat the Pinglu army. Unexpectedly, first Wei Bojun was defeated, and now even he himself has been suppressed by Li Ye lightly.
Li Ye's palm, if he was not hit head-on, he couldn't appreciate the irresistible power contained in it. At this moment, Cao Zhongming had no fighting spirit. If Li Ye was just a little stronger than him, he would still have jealousy and the idea of overturning the other party. But Li Ye was so much stronger than him that he didn't have a chance to fight at all, and at this time he only had despair in his heart.
Cao Zhongming already understood very clearly that he didn't have the capital to compete with Li Ye at all, and now he even had to rely on the other party's charity for his life.
Cao Zhongming said with difficulty: "I am willing to give up the two states of Bo and Bei in the north and dedicate them to His Royal Highness...... Your Highness, can you spare Webb?"
"Bo, Bei Erzhou, Cao Shuai is really a big deal!" Li Ye sneered.
Cao Zhongming's breathing became more and more difficult, feeling that he might die at any time, and the aura in his body was destroying his body all the time, if Li Ye kept jamming his neck and maintained the action of hitting his meridians with his aura, he would die immediately.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, I am willing to let Wei Zhou out...... No, I just ask Your Highness to give me two states of land, so that Wei Bo can still survive! Even if it is a state land...... I'm willing to give the order to make other states and counties surrender!"
Li Ye looked at Cao Zhongming with a cold look in his eyes: "Cao Shuai, is your head broken, do you think you still have room for bargaining?" You might as well tell you directly, even if you don't give orders, King Gu can use your seal to issue these orders for you." What do you think you have to tell me about the conditions?"
Cao Zhongming was full of despair, like falling into the abyss, his eyes had begun to white, but he was still trying: "Your Highness, leave me a life, I am willing to be loyal to Your Highness, I am ...... The real realm will be useful to His Highness......"
"Real human realm?" Li Ye's face didn't fluctuate at all, "In the eyes of the Lone King, a Lingchi real person is nothing, don't you already have a deep understanding?"
"Temple...... Next, I am willing to pretend to take refuge in the king of Longxi County, lure the other party's soldiers and horses to come, and create an opportunity for His Highness to set up an ambush......"
"Do you think Li Keyong is as stupid as you, and he will still believe you at this time? Don't be stupid Cao Shuai, now you are no longer of any use. Now order, the lonely king is in a good mood, and it can make your death more comfortable. ”
Cao Zhongming's eyes gradually drifted, and his face was full of horror and despair, "Why...... Why is Your Highness refusing to let Wei Bo go, let me go......"
Li Ye looked at him, with murderous awe-inspiring eyes in his eyes: "It's very simple." From the moment you cut off the ears of the envoy of the Lonely King, you Wei Bo, your Cao family, and you Cao Zhongming have no possibility of continuing to exist in this world. The lonely king wants to borrow your head and tell the world that you can't afford to hurt my people!"
Cao Zhongming's body was cold, his face was like ashes, his life had never been like this, full of powerlessness, helplessness and remorse.
Li Ye jumped off the roof and carried Cao Zhongming step by step into the political hall.
In the strong wind, the eaves and walls of the government hall were half destroyed, and only half of the ruins remained. Those injured generals and officials, when they saw Li Ye coming in, all retreated, and their eyes were full of horror and fear. They watched Li Ye, like a dead dog, carrying their jiedu envoy to the main case, Mo said that he didn't dare to make a sound, and he didn't even have the courage to escape.
Everyone felt the oppression of the coming of the apocalypse, and it was unbearable. Just now, they were still insulting Li Ye, and now they regret it, and their faces are bloodless.
After throwing Cao Zhongming on the desk, Li Ye glanced at the generals and officials, casually ordered two staff members, and said undoubtedly: "You, plan to write a military order for Wei Bojun to disarm and surrender." You, prepare the seal ribbon of the festival, and let you Cao Shuai sign and draw the seal!"
The person named was shocked, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and hurriedly acted according to the order.
Cao Zhongming trembled and lay on the desk, like a lost dog, where was there still half a point of majesty before. He had the heart not to sign the order, but he didn't dare to disobey Li Ye, at this moment, knowing that he was going to die, he still had to help Li Ye do things, and help Li Ye take Wei Bo into his pocket, this feeling is really indescribable.
Li Ye glanced at everyone and smiled slightly: "You are all famous and surnamed Wei Bo, if you want to live, after Cao Shuai's order is signed, you will take the lead in carrying it out." Lone King believes that everyone here is smart and knows what to do. The lonely king can ride alone into the Jiedu embassy of Weizhou City, and the mansion of everyone, the lonely king naturally wants to go. If you don't do anything that dissatisfied, the King doesn't mind going to your house to ask for a cup of tea. ”
When the generals and officials heard this, their faces changed slightly. Even Lingchi Zhenren can't move in front of Li Ye, even if they let more people protect their families, I'm afraid it will be useless, even if they stay in the barracks, they may not be safe.
But there are also people who have always been brave and light to death, and they can't recognize the situation clearly, and they feel that Li Ye is only one person, and it is impossible to hunt down and kill all of them.
But at this moment, Li Ye suddenly shouted: "Yoda!"
Yoda Yuan, Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, Su Emei and others, as the highest cultivation existence under Li Ye, naturally followed Li Ye this time, and with his drinking order, they flew from all directions and landed beside him.
The three great monks, one Yang God True Person, and two Yin God True Person, as soon as Wu appeared, they exuded the coercion of cultivation without reservation. The faces of everyone present changed drastically, and they fell to their knees one after another.
The Holy Son twisted his shoulders and grinned, "From today on, my name is Song Qianshu, and the name Yoda is really indecent." ”
"Whatever you want. Li Ye said lightly: "Remember the faces of these people, if they don't act according to Cao Shuai's orders, and dare to confront my Pinglu army, they will be handed over to you to clean up in the future." ”
The Holy Son spread his hands: "It's a trivial matter." ”
The generals and officials lay on the ground and looked at each other, even if they were brave enough to die lightly, they completely restrained their minds at this time, and they didn't dare to have any more thoughts about life. After all, not being afraid of death and sending death are completely different things.
After the staff finished writing the order, Li Ye asked Cao Zhongming to stamp the big seal and sign it. After doing this, Cao Zhongming collapsed on the ground, lost his soul, as if all the strength in his body had been exhausted.
He raised his head in despair, looked at Li Ye, and saw Li Ye looking at this military order with a smile on his face, as if he was in a good mood, and a glimmer of hope suddenly rose in his heart, and prayed: "Your Royal Highness King An, you are a person destined to achieve great things, and the Tang Dynasty will inevitably prosper in the hands of His Highness, and even reproduce the scene of the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty! Your Highness, you are so noble, why do you have to see a little person like me? I have done everything you asked me to do, it is still useful to keep me, I can make Wei Bodu listen to you, if you kill me, someone will be dissatisfied, and there will be trouble, Your Highness......"
Li Ye glanced at Cao Zhongming and smiled: "What Cao Shuai said makes sense. ”
Cao Zhongming's heart was overjoyed, and a fire of hope rose in his eyes: "Your Highness is willing to spare me this time?"
Li Ye's smile did not decrease, "I don't want to." ”
"Your Highness......" Cao Zhongming stiffened, his face full of puzzlement.
Li Ye waved his hand, a streamer flashed, and the aura wind blade swept past Cao Zhongming's neck.
Cao Zhongming's head fell off his shoulder, and he rolled on the ground with a grunt, and it turned around a few times before stopping, and there was still a look of disbelief on his face. He didn't want to believe until he died that Li Ye was so ruthless.
"Passed on to Weber. Li Ye glanced at Cao Zhongming's head, "It's useless to keep you." The Lone King accepts Weibo, and he doesn't need to borrow your prestige, the Lone King's own prestige is enough. ”
Retracting his gaze, Li Ye sent the order down, and looked at the night sky from the ruins with his hands, "From now on, there will be no Wei Bojie envoy in the Tang Dynasty." ”
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The six states of Weibo, Bozhou have been captured by the Pinglu army, and the other five states, after Li Ye drove straight into Weizhou, it didn't take long for them to be occupied by the Pinglu army.
Of course, there were battles, and some prefectures and counties were reluctant to be annexed, but under the fierce offensive of the Pinglu army, they basically did not hold out for more than three days. When encountering a city that was difficult to conquer, Li Ye asked Yoda Yuan and others to directly kill the main generals of the other party. Without a leader, even the most courageous army will have low morale.
Subsequently, Li Ye sent a letter to Li Yan, suggesting that the envoy of Wei Bo Jiedu be abolished and the six states of Wei Bo should be turned into states directly under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court. It is said that it is directly under the imperial court, and now Li Ye is in charge of Shandong, that is, he is under his jurisdiction.
Not surprisingly, the imperial court agreed to Li Ye's performance. The reduction of feudal towns was an act of strengthening the imperial court, and the imperial court had no reason to oppose it.
Next, it was the time for Li Zhen and other civil officials to show their might, and they followed the model of Li Ye's recovery of Pinglu to rectify the six states of Weibo. Kill corrupt officials, investigate evil officials, sweep away large households in prefectures and counties that commit crimes, and redistribute confiscated farms and houses, so that the people can have homes and land.
After doing this, the atmosphere of the six states of Weizhou was lifted, and countless people attached themselves to Li Ye.
After that, it was specific governance, including the construction of farmland and water conservancy, the distribution of seeds and farm tools for reclamation, the collection and pacification of the displaced people, the promulgation of new governance decrees, and the abolition of excesses and miscellaneous taxes, etc., to further enhance Li Ye's prestige in Weibo and stabilize Li Ye's rule over Weibo.
As for Wei Bojun, after the war, there were less than 100,000 left. For these arrogant generals who have rotted to the roots, Li Ye has no intention of reusing them at all. After careful selection, only 10,000 or 20,000 people remained, and the rest were scattered by him and distributed to various prefectures and counties to be managed by the local government.
With the official team cultivated by Pinglu, Li Ye replaced half of the officials in the six states of Weibo, and countless Pinglu officials added officials to the knighthood and took charge of the government.
Soon, Li Ye's cultivation realm rose again and again.
After the Pinglu demon was pacified, Li Ye had already collected the hearts of the people in Pinglu, and his cultivation had already made progress, and now he was vigorously and resolutely rectifying the rule of officials, stabilizing order, and benefiting the people in Weizhou, and his cultivation had touched the threshold of Yangshen Zhenren. After all, Wei Bo was much richer than Pinglu, and his people were more prosperous.
At this point, the next cultivation will be slow to improve, and those people who do not immediately return to their hearts will not return to their hearts for a while, and they need to be governed for a long time.
When Li Zhen and other civilian officials showed their strength in Weibo, the Pinglu army did not stay long, and only a month, after stabilizing the order of the prefectures and counties, they regrouped and prepared to march to Zhaoyi and go straight to Hedong. Of course, a small part of the army was also left to be stationed in the prefectures and counties.
On this day, Li Ye took Su Emei, You Dayuan, the nine-tailed demon fox and others to leave Weizhou and fly into the territory of Zhaoyi.
"There are five states under the rule of Zhaoyi Jiedu, and in terms of wealth and military strength, they are not as good as Wei Bo, but they should not be underestimated. Moreover, because Zhaoyi is adjacent to Hedong, he may have contacts with Li Keyong, and there is the possibility of uniting with Li Keyong. ”
Li Ye stepped on the clouds and said to everyone, "After the battle of Wei Bo, it has been proved that the beheading plan is very feasible. After capturing the envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedu and leaving the Zhaoyi group leaderless, the army will definitely be more smoothly conquered. Before attacking the city, picking off the heads of the main generals defending the city is also the only way to win quickly. Although this is not conducive to the growth of the army, it is important to conquer Hedong at the moment, and this time we can ignore these for the time being. But before that, we must first determine the attitude of the envoy of Zhaoyi. ”