The Three Kingdoms: Summoned generals at the beginning, shocking Cao Cao

Chapter 441 Kirin national policy, settling in Xuzhou

On the street in front of the Fuyamen, countless scholars were sitting quietly, reciting Confucian classics.Zhang Pengjing led people to drive them away, but they were not afraid of the muskets in the hands of the officers and soldiers.There were no rebels in the government office, and they must have escaped through other city gates.

Li Cunxiao looked at the scene in front of him and said angrily: "They want to test whether the sabers of the Longchamp Army are sharp? This general will give them a stick of incense time, and they will not disperse when the time comes. Keep!"

"General, if the soldiers slaughtered the scholars, I'm afraid His Majesty will blame them." Zhang Pengjing said.

He is from Qingzhou and is deeply influenced by Confucianism.Knowing how shameless these literati are, and really facing them with swords, Li Cunxiao has left his stigma for thousands of years.

"It doesn't matter, the general only has enemies in his eyes. It is already a capital offense for them to dare to obstruct Long Xiang's army. Thinking that they were bewitched by the Confucian family, they are given a little time." Li Cunxiao said coldly.

Seeing that Li Cunxiao couldn't be persuaded, Zhang Pengjing went to persuade the scholars to leave again.

"Let's go, the Kong family has run away, what's the point of you staying here?" Zhang Pengjing shouted.

No one responded to him, but the reading was louder.

"General Li, the two brothers of the Kong family have already crossed the river and fled south." Li Sheng cupped his hands and said.

"It's okay, they won't be jumping for a few days." Li Cunxiao said with a smile.

Zhang Pengjing couldn't help frowning, looked at Li Cunxiao and said, "General Li, why did you say that? Did you expect them to escape?"

"Guess." Li Cunxiao said lightly.

"What!" Zhang Pengjing looked at Li Cunxiao incredulously, "Why did General Li say that? How could you guess that the Kong family would escape? Did you know that this would happen?"

"I don't know." Li Cunxiao shook his head and said.

"Then how did you guess?" Zhang Pengjing asked.

"Last time in Langya, didn't they just run away? Let them go to Guangling and fight for power with the Tan family." Li Cunxiao said with a smile.

The rebels in Pengcheng had been defeated by the government army, except for a few stubborn ones who were wiped out, the rest of the rebels surrendered.The Kong family fled to Guangling with less than 1 people.

"Report to His Royal Highness, the Longxiang Army will arrive on schedule, please send someone to take over Pengcheng." Li Cunxiao said to political commissar Lu Chengyang.

"Yes, this subordinate will do it."

Lu Chengyang left quickly and arranged for the postmen to report the letter.

"Pengjing, you take the first step with ten thousand cavalry to clear the obstacles along the way." Li Cunxiao turned to Zhang Pengjing and said.

"Yes, the last general is on his way."

Watching Zhang Pengjing leave, Lu Chengyang said to Li Cunxiao: "General, time is running out, shall we do it now?"

It turned out that Li Cunxiao wanted to send Zhang Pengjing away so that he would not have to bear the infamy of killing scholars.Before Liu Hao sent people to take over Pengcheng, kill all the scholars, so as to preserve Liu Hao's reputation.

"Don't worry, tell the soldiers to back off, I will do it myself!" Li Cunxiao said fiercely.

Loading the machine gun in his hand, he said to the sit-in crowd: "Last chance, if you don't leave, don't leave!"

No one responded to him, the few scholars at the front looked at him with sarcasm, they didn't believe that Li Cunxiao really dared to do it.

If the imperial court loses the support of the scholars, it will collapse in an instant, and the emperor will definitely not let Li Cunxiao feel better.

Just when Li Cunxiao was about to pull the trigger, a group of scholars rushed over from the end of the street, thousands of them, holding sticks in their hands, dispersed the meditating people.

"Run! Scholars He are coming!"

"Don't stop, you will be beaten to death!"

For a while, everyone ran away with their heads in their hands, and many people were trampled to death.A very old man held his sword and shouted: "Hit! Hit hard! Let them know what it means to respect the teacher!"

"Who is this? He's even braver than the Longxiang Army?" Li Sheng asked suspiciously.

Lu Chengyang smiled and said nothing, Yang Li said with a smile: "The fan of He Xue, the one who holds the sword, is the great Confucian He Fen."

"Scholars beating scholars is so cruel..." Li Sheng said.

"Li Sheng, lead people to arrest all the fleeing scholars." Li Cunxiao ordered to solve this mess.

"Yes, the general will obey." Li Sheng led his troops to chase the fleeing scholars.

When the chaos in Pengcheng was suppressed, Li Cunxiao led the army to march south.Liu Hao ordered Guo Huai to bring people to take over Pengcheng. Langya still had [-] troops going south to join Guo Huai to reinforce the Guangling battlefield.

Half a month passed like this, and the battle in Guangling was stalemate, neither side could take advantage of it.There is a problem with the supply of the officers and soldiers, and they are resting in Xikou Town, north of Guangling.

Liu Bian, who was far away in Chang'an, also received a letter from Liu Hao, knowing the news that Pengcheng had been recovered.Liu Hao didn't express his opinion on the gentle policy adopted by scholars, but only asked him to listen to He Fen's opinion more.

He Fen has been worshiped by Liu Hao as the military commander, and he is following Liu Hao's side to make suggestions.Next, it will depend on He Fen and his disciples to solve the chaos of the scholars in Pengcheng.

The Qilin Palace was going to court, and Liu Bian called all civil and military officials to discuss the next strategy.

"Your Majesty, the battle in Xuzhou has been dragging on for a long time." Zhang Juzheng stepped forward and said.

"I know that the prince wants to protect Xuzhou's infrastructure and industrial facilities as much as possible. Once a large number of them are destroyed, the reconstruction cost will be astronomical. It will have an abyssal impact on the future development of Dahan." Liu Bian said.

"My lord Zhang, because of the advantages of the land in Xuzhou, the imperial court has invested a lot of material and financial resources in Xuzhou. There are no less than a million civilians recruited from Qingzhou and Yuzhou alone, and it is the scene of Xuzhou today. If the Tan family did not have Yan Baihu Echoing in secret, there must be no way to win Xuzhou." Yu Qian replied.

Hearing what they said, Liu Bian pointed to the huge map on the ground and said: "Guangling, Yandu and Hailing have been connected together, and the bandit leader has hung the king's flag in Hailing and proclaimed himself 'King of Xuzhou'. There are still a large number of rebels crossing the river for reinforcements in Gusu and other places, if the situation is really at a critical point, Zhang Chenghua will directly march eastward."

"It's just that Xuzhou is not stable, and the supply chain will be unsmooth, which will have a great impact on product exports. After all, half of the arms are produced in Xuzhou." Wang Anshi said worriedly.

Liu Bian got up and went to the audience, stepped on Guangling's seat and said, "I believe in the prince's ability, and I also believe in the determination of the Han soldiers."

What he said was to set the nature of this matter, and no one dared to refute it. To refute was to say that the prince was not capable, and that he was dissatisfied with the Han soldiers.

They are not so stupid. They raised this issue today because they wanted to restore Xuzhou's productivity as soon as possible.Dahan still has to rely on Xuzhou's products to earn money, after all, there are too many places where money is used now.

(End of this chapter)