Chapter 37: The Capture of the City of the Firstborn
Chu Yun originally entered the eldest son city with excitement, because after all, it was the county town of his future territory, but unfortunately, Chu Yun was very disappointed, the years of war and chaos made the eldest son city extremely depressed, even those family compounds were also ruined, and most of the real wealthy families fled from this war-torn Shangdang County, and those who did not escape were not happy, although it was the same as the grass on the wall, which side it came and fell, but it was only going to be able to survive. The big clans are like this, not to mention the ordinary people.
Chu Yun also had no interest in wandering, he remembered the terrain while sending someone to inquire about the news in the city, it was now morning, equivalent to more than nine o'clock in the future, but what made Chu Yun angry and funny was that those Hun soldiers were now drunk, and they were all asleep, their location was very easy to investigate, and they didn't know whose compound they occupied, and there was not even a standout, Chu Yun went in and walked around, but no one found out. I don't know if the Huns are all corrupted, or if they are too confident, which just gives Chu Yun a chance. To be honest, even Chu Yun himself can wipe out most of them, Chu Yun has not done this kind of thing, but Chu Yun wants to keep these guys, he still has other uses, so he can only wait for the army to enter.
However, it is not an easy task to kill directly into it, after all, Changzi City is a county town, the city walls are four or five meters high, and it is very strong, if it is attacked head-on, then all of Chu Yun's thousand cavalry will not be able to attack here. The guards of the city gate turned out to be the county soldiers of the original county town, although these guys are not very good, but there is no problem in closing the city gate, Chu Yun must send someone to occupy the city gate first, so that the army can enter smoothly, these are difficult Chu Yun.
Chu Yun's smooth return made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, Chu Yun drew a simple map of the eldest son city on the ground, and thanks to the fact that most of the ancient cities were boxy, even ordinary people could understand the map drawn by Chu Yun.
"Feng Chengjia will take the escort team of fifty people and enter the north gate in batches, and then you will see the situation, quickly control the north gate, and welcome the army inside. This is the dwelling of the Huns, and I myself led five hundred men there. Liu Bi, you take fifty people to the south gate quickly, Fang Dashan, you take fifty people to control the east gate, Zhou Bin, you take fifty people to control the west gate, and the remaining three hundred people are led by Guo Yong, running around the city to tell each other, let everyone return home, those who do not obey the order will be killed, and those who dare to fish in troubled waters will be executed. If you encounter fierce resistance, you can't resist, come here to join me, I don't believe that the three hundred Huns can do whatever they want in the city of the eldest son, and there are still people in my thousand who dare to resist. Chu Yun quickly arranged the task, and Feng Chengjia quickly entered the north gate with fifty people dressed up.
In fact, the city gate official at the north gate has already discovered that something is wrong, because there are too many people entering the city today, usually there are not fifty people in a few days, but now dozens of people have entered in just half an hour, but this guy did not expect that there would be foreign enemies entering the city, because now the Huns are enough to make any force frightened, which is also the last glory of the Huns.
The city gate official shook his head and returned to his house, it didn't matter to him, he was just a city gate official for half his life, what the hell are you doing. This person felt right, more than fifty people who had entered the city just now were wandering around, Feng Chengjia inspected the surrounding people, and when he found out that everyone was coming, he sent a secret signal, and more than fifty people drew their waist knives one after another, this scene made all the vendors near the city gate scatter and flee. Feng Chengjia led people to kill him, and when the dozens of county soldiers at the city gate did not react, half of them were already hacked to death.
"I surrender, don't kill me. The city gate officer at the north gate was stunned to see his subordinates being slaughtered, when Feng Chengjia killed him, he immediately knelt down, the speed was so fast, even Feng Chengjia was caught off guard, Feng Chengjia waved his hand, and the dozen or so people who surrendered were all tied up, and then a red flag was raised above the city gate, and soon, the earth began to shake, and thousands of cavalry entered the eldest son city in an orderly manner, and the eldest son city was full of chickens and dogs.
A thousand cavalry as soon as the city was scattered into several units, each to carry out their own tasks, the city soon sounded the call of "all go home, half an hour do not return home will be executed", with the sound of the call, more than 500 cavalry killed to the mansion not far from the county guard, which is where the Huns are.
Chu Yun came too fast, and the Huns broke into the door without any reaction, but the Huns were also brave, even so, there were still dozens of Huns who picked up all the weapons that could be used nearby to resist, Chu Yun of course would not be soft, and all those who resisted would be killed. When the leader of the Huns was arrested, the Huns under Chu Yun also shouted in the Hun language to surrender and not kill, and the remaining more than 200 people were all captured.
The whole process was only half an hour, and the eldest son city of Shangdang County had been in Chu Yun's hands, Chu Yun finished cleaning up the Huns, and then he freed up his hands to arrest all the officials and county soldiers who surrendered to the Huns.
The county guard, county cheng, and captain of the eldest son city have long been unknown where to run, and now the highest official of the eldest son city is a master Bo, this guy is called Yuan Bin, and he is a member of the Yuan family of the eldest son city, so he can't run if he wants to, this person was terrified when he was arrested, because he didn't know who attacked the eldest son city, and when he saw Chu Yun and found out that Chu Yun was Liu Kun's person, his courage suddenly hardened.
"Since you are a subordinate of Lord Liu Kun and have been ordered to occupy the City of the Eldest Son, then please issue a warrant from Lord Assassin Shi. Watching Yuan Bin's expression change, Chu Yun sneered.
"I don't know whose warrant the Huns gave when they occupied the eldest son?" Chu Yun asked with squinted eyes.
"Hmph, the soldiers of the Great Zhao State are strong and strong, they can go wherever they want, you don't know, Jinyang City has been lost, and Lord Thorn Shi is also difficult to protect himself, I still advise you to leave the eldest son, otherwise when the Huns return, your life will not be guaranteed." I'm General Fu Hu's father-in-law, if you are interested, everything is easy to say, if not, then hehe. Yuan Bin said arrogantly, Chu Yun glanced at Xiaohu and stopped looking at Yuan Bin, Xiaohu immediately understood what Chu Yun meant, he pulled out the sword in his hand, and walked over with a sneer. Xiaohu is also one of the first few people to follow him, this guy is young and studious, in addition to Guo Yong, the captain of the escort team, Xiaohu, the deputy captain, is the highest.
"What are you doing, you can't kill me, I'm the patriarch of the eldest son of the Yuan family, Fu Hu is my son-in-law, don't, I know Lord Liu Kun, I'm the eldest son he appointed, you can't kill me without an order from the court, ah." Xiaohu saw with a sword that half of Yuan Bin's neck was cut off, he wiped the blood on the sword on Yuan Bin's body, and then looked at the surrounding officials with cold eyes, except for this Yuan Bin, the rest were officials, they all knelt on the ground tremblingly and bowed their heads in fear, and the head of the Yuan family, the eldest son master Bo, who was the king and hegemon in the eldest son city, died in front of them.
"Who of you knows where the Yuan family is?" Chu Yun looked at this group of people, as the saying goes, officials who run water for a lifetime, these officials are the real snakes to some extent, Chu Yun subdued this group of guys, then the eldest son city was almost controlled by himself.
"Great, sir, I know below. A black and thin young official in his thirties said tremblingly.
"Very good, what's your name, what position do you hold?" Chu Yun asked with a smile.
"In Xia Chu Chenglin, it's just a book. The little official said cautiously.
"Oh, we were a family five hundred years ago, and my surname is Chu. You take them to the Yuan family, and when you come back, you will be the lord of the eldest son city. After Chu Yun finished speaking, Chu Chenglin was overjoyed, he knelt down, and swore that he would definitely do it, from officials to officials, many people can't get past it in a lifetime. Of course, Chu Yun also knew that it was not good to find someone to serve as the main bo, the main bo, but the top few important positions in the county guard's mansion, but in order to master the eldest son city as soon as possible, Chu Yun had to do this.
Chu Yun asked Xiaohu to take three hundred people to go and cut down the roots of the Yuan family, the Yuan family is just a big clan in the eldest son city, if the real big clan didn't move away, they wouldn't be able to get on the stage at all, but there were no tigers and monkeys in the mountains to call them kings, and sending three hundred elites would already look up to them.
Chu Yun didn't ask any more questions, and waited with his eyes closed with a smile, the weather had reached autumn, but the weather was still very hot, dozens of officials knelt on the ground in fear and stuffiness under the sun, and for more than an hour, Xiaohu and the others walked back angrily, Chu Chenglin also followed, and his whole body was like being fished out of the water, and his expression was also stunned. Dozens of heads were thrown in front of everyone, and a few timid people were stunned, but Chu Yun's face did not change.
"Everyone, get up, the Yuan family is helping to abuse, and now they are all subdued, let me introduce myself first. My name is Chu Yun, the head of the Chu family in Yecheng, and now I am serving as a soldier of the Assassin Shi Mansion Cao Cheng, in charge of all the cavalry under Lord Assassin Shi, but after a while, I was recommended by Lord Assassin Shi to be the county guard of Shangdang County, so everyone will be a family with me in the future. I have come this time on an important mission under the orders of Lord Assassin. You can rest assured, the Huns can't grow, Lord Assassin Shi invited the acting king, the acting king commanded hundreds of thousands of troops have entered Jinyang, and the Huns are already rabbits' tails can't grow. As long as you listen to my orders, then I am not guilty of the past, if you have any other thoughts, then the Yuan family is your end, now do you have any doubts?" After Chu Yun finished speaking, everyone was shocked, this person is their top boss in the future? Then they will definitely have a miserable life in the future, but no one dares to say it, and they all knelt down and saluted Chu Yun.
"Very good, I like smart people, I don't investigate the past of all of you, but I'm here, you dare to disobey me in the future, then don't blame me for being rude, in addition, I tell you, the person I hate the most is the person who betrays his compatriots and acts as a traitor to the Hu people of different races, if there is such a person among you, it is best not to be discovered by me, otherwise it is not only you, but I will not let go of your family. Now I have a task for you, Master Chu. Chu Chenglin didn't react to Chu Yun's call like this, and he didn't stand up immediately until he was stabbed.
"Well, now I order you to inform the people of the whole city in the name of the county guard, so that they know that the court is back, and let everyone do their duty and not panic. In addition, inform all the patriarchs of all the big clans in the eldest son city to come to the county guard's mansion, and the time will be set for the evening. By the way, you sent someone to write me a copy of the information of all the great clans in the city, as detailed as possible, and it must be completed before dinner, this is the first task I have taught you, and I hope you will do your best. Chu Yun said something in Xiaohu's ear, and then got up to leave, and soon fifty soldiers of the Iron Blood Army came to Chu Chenglin to report, this was sent by Chu Yun to help them, and also to monitor them.
Chu Yun finished explaining and left the county guard's mansion, there was no one on the street, obviously the people in the troubled times also have their own way of survival, except for those gangsters who want to take advantage of the fire to rob, no one will not be blind, and these gangsters are now corpses. Chu Yun inspected the four gates and found that there were no accidents, and Guo Yong led people to inspect the city, and the order in the city was orderly, and Chu Yun was very satisfied.
Chu Chenglin is still capable, when Chu Yun returned to the county guard's mansion, he not only prepared the information of all the big clans in the eldest son city, but also prepared the food of the iron-blooded army, of course, this is not the food in the warehouse, the warehouse in the eldest son city can now starve to death mice, but it is "borrowed" from the wealthy family, after all, the example of the Yuan family is in front of him. Although Chu Yun got a lot of food from the Yuan family, there were too many things, and he didn't mean to prepare meals for his subordinates, everyone had dry food on them, and now was not the time to celebrate. But now that Chu Chenglin thought of it, then Chu Yun would not refuse.
Chu Yun then studied all the information of the eldest son city with Liu Bi and the others, the eldest son city now has thousands of households, and the population is more than 40,000 people, and there is basically no material at all, whether it is gold, silver, grain and grass, armor and weapons, there is almost nothing. That is, some were copied from the Yuan family, and some armor and war horses were obtained from the Huns. But there is no food, and it is not enough to support it for a long time, there are few big clans in the eldest son city, and the really powerful ones have all run away, even if Chu Yun wants to raid the family, he can't get much, but he can completely stink his reputation, Yuan Bin collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, it's okay to kill him, but if he goes to copy the homes of other big clans for no reason, it is against the world's families, and he feels that there is no good end. Grain is the most important thing in troubled times, this thing will not be conjured, Chu Yun paid attention to the Huns' grain and grass, of course, these all require detailed intelligence and careful planning, otherwise the Huns are not soft persimmons, can you loot at will?
In addition, Chu Yun has a lot of things to deal with, in addition to the eldest son city in Shangdang County, there are also many towns and cities where Huns are stationed, although there are not many, but it is also very troublesome to clean up, after all, if they receive the news, they will raid and retreat, it will leave a mess for Chu Yun, Chu Yun don't want to develop, even if it is enough to defend Chengdu.
Chu Yun is not without experience in governing places, you must know that the Qinglin Township occupied by Chu Yun back then was no worse than Shangdang County, but it had not been practiced for many years, plus Zhuge Qingyi had done it for himself, Chu Yun was a little busy for a while, but it was not difficult for Chu Yun, Chu Yun arranged the work in an orderly manner, in just one afternoon, the officials led by Chu Chenglin were convinced, Chu Yun could always ask the point, and it could be solved in a short time, so no one dared to fool Chu Yun's mind, which was also a change that Chu Yun could not expect。
And Chu Yun also continued to meet with several commanders of the county soldiers, these guys were ostriches at home when Chu Yun attacked the eldest son, and the effect was not reflected at all, so Chu Yun was not polite, the county soldiers from top to bottom were almost all dismissed, until he met the official Yong Chu Yun of the North Gate was his eyes lit up, this guy is a poor man, but he has some skills, Chu Yun asked a few questions, and he answered them all fluently, so Chu Yun ordered him to be promoted to deputy lieutenant to help Captain Liu Bi and Captain Zhao Hu (Xiaohu) to rectify the county soldiers, of course, the captain of the county soldiers is much lower than the serious captain, but this also makes Fang Yong happy, because he is only a poor man, so the city gate officer is his limit, but now he sees hope for the rise.
Chu Yun was busy for a day, and the chores in the eldest son city were not finished, but it was already evening, and the patriarchs of all the clans came, and they had already stood in the courtyard with the head of the Yuan family for half an hour, each of them was sweating like rain, and only one person had the same face as usual, Chu Yun had already sent someone to keep an eye on these masters, so this person's performance was also seen by Chu Yun.
This family is called Fan Gao, and the great painter Van Gogh homonym is different, is the head of the Fan family, this Fan family is terrible, speaking, the ancestors are still relatives of the emperor, the Fan family is in Henan, the ancestors are scattered in various places, there is a branch moved to Huyang, Tanghe, and quickly multiplied into the surname of Nanyang County. Huyang Fan's surname is to Fan Chong, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and the beginning of Xinmang, he became one of the most important manor owners in the country, married his daughter to Liu Qin of the Chun Ling clan, and gave birth to Liu Xiu. The Fan family is also the maiden family of Liu Xiu, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, after so many years, the Fan family has long been weakened, and one of them has come to Shangdang County to take root, but they are just the lowest family, and now they can't even compare with some heroes, but Chu Yun is still very interested in this Fan Gao, and this temperament alone makes Chu Yun like it very much.
The banquet Chu Chenglin had already been arranged, and when Chu Yun walked in, all the heads of the family stood up to greet him, and Chu Yun sat on the main seat very satisfied, but did not ask everyone to sit down. Chu Yun kept scanning everyone, and everyone couldn't help but think of the allusion to the Hongmen Banquet, and they were frightened again.
At this time, a voice came from the position of a patriarch at the very end: "I heard that Liu Thorn Shi Pianpian was a gentleman, I thought that the Lord was under the command of Lord Thorn Shi, and he must also be a gentleman of etiquette, but what I did today is really disappointing." When all the family heads heard this, they all wanted to strangle this person, you don't want to live and don't drag us along, but no one expected that Chu Yun, who was on the main seat, was not only not angry when he heard it, but laughed out loud.