The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 399
A few days after Dang Jin, Song Ci, and Zhao Heng took refuge, Lu Heng received another piece of good news. Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, and Zhao Pu finally broke through Sheyang with the good news from the messengers!

It took Chen Deng several months to defend Sheyang. The original city wall was in disrepair and was already crumbling after being hit by catapults for several months.

The envoy Chen Jiao sent, like Cao Cao's plea for help, was like nothing, and there was no response at all.At the beginning, Chen Deng also responded, preaching to the people in the city that Lu Heng would avenge Lu Bu and massacre the city, hoping to arouse the common hatred among the people.

However, many of Lu Heng's good records and the prosperity of Jiangdong spread to Xuzhou, and the people of Sheyang were doubtful.

When the spies in the city spread the news of Chen Deng's rumors to the outside of the city, Zhao Pu had people shout outside the city: "Marquis Wu will not anger the people, he will only get rid of the Chen family who are the culprits!"

Without the support of the people, the first blow to Chen Deng was the news that Xiapi had been defeated, which gave the strongest support army no hope.

Half a month later, Zhao Pu hung the heads of Chen Yu and Chen Gui under the wall, making Chen Deng cry so loudly that he almost fainted and said repeatedly: "I regret it at the beginning! I can't make up for it!"

After Lu Heng went on an expedition, Chen Gui was left behind. Zhao Defang, who was left behind at the time, heard that Chen Gui had died on hunger strike. At this time, Lu Heng was about to fight Yuan Shao and had no time to care about this old man who should have died in the first place.

When the news came that Cao Cao had retreated to Sili, Zhao Pu suggested that the soldiers shout the news that Cao Cao had abandoned Xuzhou in the city every day, using a loudspeaker (a trumpet-shaped iron barrel invented by Lu Heng), so that the morale of the soldiers and horses in the city was completely demoralized. .

Not long after, the city wall of Sheyang was smashed by a catapult and collapsed. Chen Deng committed suicide with his sword, knowing that there was no hope of survival.

The death of Chen Deng, who broke Sheyang City, meant that Lu Henghao took the whole of Xuzhou, and the battle of Xuzhou could be settled.

At the same time, the grievances and grievances with the Chen family should also be settled, but the main criminals Chen Gui, Chen Deng, and Chen Yu all died, and only one Chen Cong had no courage to commit suicide and was imprisoned in Xiapi Prison.

There are also more than 30 members of the Chen family. Lu Lingji originally wanted the Chen family to be exterminated. However, Lu Heng disagreed and could only execute Chen Cong. It is impossible for those women and children to participate in the murder of Lu Bu.

At this point, Chen Deng's family was not in the Chen family. Apparently, this great talent had settled the family well before the war, and even thought that the family might be destroyed this time.

Some people think that killing everything is the best policy to avoid rebirth when the spring breeze blows. In the struggle for hegemony, you will kill me or I will kill you. In a war, the damage is at least a few thousand, and tens of thousands are not a lot. Can it be eradicated?

Still the same sentence, besides making enemies everywhere, cutting grass everywhere is also a manifestation of lack of self-confidence. For example, Cao Cao would treat his family well after killing Chen Gong, and he did not kill them all.

However, Lu Lingji even had a quarrel with Lu Heng because of this, so she just walked away for a few days, so don't even think about entering the bedroom, and probably can only sleep in the study.

Lu Heng ordered Chen Cong to be beheaded immediately, and all the Chen family members, including Chen Deng's three younger brothers, would be released without further investigation. Naturally, Lu Heng would not have to worry because Jinyi guards were closely monitoring him.

After the meeting was over, Lu Heng returned to the study and turned on the system, and there were various prompts.

[Congratulations to the host for winning the battle of Xuzhou, and occupying Xuzhou rewards 20 prestige points]

[Tai Shici captured Chen Cong, and the host ordered Chen Cong to be killed. If a single political attribute exceeded 70 points, each received 5 reputation points, and the total reward was 10 reputation points]

[Yang Ye kills Chen Yu, the single political attribute exceeds 70, and the reward is 5 reputation points]

[The host kills Chen Gui, and the single attribute intelligence exceeds 80, and the reward is 10 reputation points]

[The host kills Chen Deng, and the single attribute intelligence exceeds 90, and the reward is 15 reputation points]

[The total reward reputation value is 60 points, and the current reputation value is 210 points. If the critical point has been exceeded, please summon it within three days. If the reputation value exceeds the specified time, the reputation value will be reset to 0. Please pay attention to the host! 】

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the entire territory of Xuzhou, the reward summoning order x1, the current number of summoning orders is 2]

Because Lu Heng started his business in Jiangdong, the most political literati in Jiangdong, such as Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, Wang Lang, Hua Xin, Shi Yi, Gao Dai, Yu Fan, Kan Ze, Wei Teng, Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Xuan and even Lu Heng also recruited many political talents from other forces, such as Liu Fu, Yan Xiang, Yuan Huan, etc. As a result, Lu Heng did not call political talents except Zhao Ding.

But the Song Dynasty, especially the Northern Song Dynasty, was most famous for its internal affairs talents, including Wang Anshi who "Xining Reform", Fan Zhongyan who "worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joy later", Lu Duan who "is not confused about big things", "dare to There are too many people who forced the emperor to conquer in person, Fu Bi who was "upright and not giving up an inch of land", Li Han who was the "holy chancellor", Wang Dan who was the "Prime Minister of Taiping", Bao Zheng who was "Bao Qingtian", and so on.

Even the notorious Cai Jing, Ding Wei, and Pang Ji all have solid achievements in politics. It can be said that the policy of "controlling military force with literature" has always made the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty a dazzling star. It is a pity that such huge power is completely used for internal friction. , The repeated tug-of-war between the old and new parties greatly depleted the national power of the Song Dynasty.

This time, Lu Heng's territory has expanded by nearly one-third. Lu Heng, who has won half of Yuzhou, most of Qingzhou, and the entire Xuzhou, already has more than half of the Central Plains. Among them, Xuzhou is the second line of defense and the center of gravity in the north. In case Yuzhou The defense line cannot be defended, so Yanzhou and Yuzhou can only be abandoned to build a second line of defense in Xuzhou.

In this way, Xuzhou, which is temporarily in the hinterland, is the top priority. In order to better govern the north, Lu Heng plans to summon a great talent in internal affairs to stabilize the newly occupied territory. This is what Lu Heng planned before and ordered the system without hesitation. .

"The system will use 100 reputation points to summon a member of internal affairs personnel!"

[The host consumes 100 reputation points, and the system of summoning internal affairs-type heroes of the Song Dynasty is matching...]

[The matching results are as follows. Randomly select an official from the Song Dynasty who has a single internal affairs value of 90 or more and other five-dimensional individual attributes cannot exceed the internal affairs value. The match is as follows when he arrives within the host's sphere of influence. 】

[Five Latitudes at the Peak of Li Hang: Commander 21, Force 26, Intelligence 93, Politics 97, Charm 94]

[Wang Dan’s peak five levels: Commander 31, Force 34, Intelligence 91, Politics 95, Charm 84]

[Five Latitudes of Kou's Peak: Commander 54, Force 43, Intelligence 93, Politics 96, Charm 95]

[Five Latitudes of Bi Shi'an's Peak: Commander 38, Force 11, Intelligence 85, Politics 93, Charm 87]

[Xiang Minzhong’s top five latitudes: Commander 80, Force 36, Intelligence 91, Politics 92, Charm 78]

Maybe it's because Lu Heng doesn't summon internal affairs talents very much, the system gave some discounts this time, and there are no five ghosts or six thieves in the list, or maybe it's because Zhao Heng recently joined the relationship, and they are all decent people from the Song Zhenzong period. Although there are still no Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi that Lu Heng most wanted, Lu Heng, who is on the list, is also very satisfied.

Not to mention that the 'Holy Prime Minister' Li Hang and the 'Taiping Prime Minister' Wang Dan are both on the list, these five are all great talents!

(End of this chapter)