At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

It’s over.

Chapter 807. 810 Six such a group of real people

Huang Zu was indeed finished.

Because Xu Huang led troops here and directly surrounded Xiling County, intending to annihilate Huang's forces in one fell swoop.

Huang Zu himself had no cavalry, no navy, not as mobile as Xu Huang's cavalry, so he didn't dare to escape at all, so he could only stick to Xiling County, hoping for a miracle in his heart.

As a result, the miracle did not come, but the boulder came.

Xu Huang surrounded Xiling County with the catapults he brought, and arranged catapults on all sides, bombarded them from all sides, and then besieged the city on all sides.

Huang Zu was trapped in the isolated city, unable to break through, so he could only bite the bullet and fight bloody, but the result of the bloody battle was a large number of casualties.

In addition, the city walls of Xiling County are not tall, the moat is not wide and deep, and the level of city defense has not reached the passing line. Therefore, although they worked hard enough, under the bombardment of Wei Jun's trebuchets, the living environment in the city is still bad day by day. stand up.

What's more serious is that there is a shortage of food in the city.

In order to escape, Huang Zu secretly transported a lot of food to the ship. As a result, the ship was burned, and a large amount of food was also burned. There was not much food in the city, and soon fell into a food shortage.

In order to hold on for a longer time and strive for a miracle to come, Huang Zu ordered Xiaohu to release grain, and repeatedly reduced the grain distribution for the old and weak women and children. He did not care about the life and death of the old, weak, women and children, and only provided the minimum grain for soldiers and strong men. .

As a result, the old and the weak, women and children starved to death soon in the city, and Huang Zu was powerless to reverse this situation.

It was not easy for the soldiers in the city to hold on to defend the city under the threat of trebuchets. Huang Zu also tried his best for this, mobilizing all the resources Huang could mobilize. Where is there more energy?

At the beginning of July, Xiling County could not hold on anymore.

On the morning of the fifth day of July, Xu Huang broke into the city and started a fierce street battle with Huang Zu's only remaining personal guards.

The Wei army fought more and more bravely, breaking through a large number of defense lines set up by Huang Zu's army in one go, and Xiling County was quickly occupied by the Wei army.

That afternoon, Xu Huang personally commanded the army to besiege Huang Zu's last stronghold - his home.

Huang Zu's servants resisted desperately, defended Huang Zu's mansion, and tried every means to block the Wei army's attack, but after all they couldn't stop the Wei army's strong offensive, and were soon attacked into the mansion, and the army was defeated like a mountain.

Huang Zu's last resistance failed, his son Huang She died in battle, and a large number of men in his family died in battle. He retreated from the front yard to the inner hall, hiding with his wives and concubines, and there was no way out.

Huang Zu was very sad and angry. He also knew that he could not live, so he wailed and killed his wife and concubine first, then his young children so that they would not be humiliated. Then he killed himself, ending his humiliating and wonderful life.

Xu Huang was not polite at all, because Huang Zu's malicious slander and persistent resistance to Guo Peng caused some casualties to Xu Huang. Destroyed Huang Zuman's family.

In this way, the powerful Huang clan entrenched in Jiangxia was destroyed.

Not only that, the 26 powerful families who cooperated with the Huang family and entrenched in Jiangxia were all killed by Xu Huang on the grounds of causing too many casualties in the army. All the men were beheaded, and the women were not slaves. Serving as a military prostitute, in order to frighten the rest of the younger generation.

The bloody head and Xu Huang's iron-blooded style directly frightened all Jiangxia people who were still alive. Wei Jun killed all the original owners of Jiangxia County with a chilling air, and stood on the land of Jiangxia County as a conqueror. superior.

So Jiangxia County was no longer the Jiangxia County of Jiangxia people, but completely became the Jiangxia County of the Wei Empire.

The resistance in Jiangxia County also came to an end. Xu Huang immediately sent someone to contact Le Jin and Guo Jia to inquire about their situation.

Xu Huang didn't know at this time that Zhu Ling had accepted Liu Cong's surrender just one day before, on the fourth day of July, and Jingzhou's resistance was over.

Xu Huang probably didn't expect that he would actually become the one who fought the most battles, eliminated the most enemies, and gained the most in the entire Jingzhou crusade.

Originally, he thought that he was a supporting player, and he was partial to the division all the way, and he didn't belong to Le Jin's Central Plains Army in terms of organization, so it was nothing special.

As a result, I never expected that I would be the one who made the most military exploits, because the other two armies did not encounter decent resistance at all.

The main force of the Jingzhou army surrendered without resistance, and all the cities fell into the hands of the Wei army intact, saving an unknown amount of reconstruction costs.

Although Mr. Guo may not be very happy, but the matter has come to this point, he can't stir up the resistance of Jingzhou people again.

As soon as Huang Zu died, the three counties in Jingbei fell completely, all of which were occupied by the Wei army and became the territory of the Wei state.

At this moment, Le Jin and Guo Jia in Jiangling City are already planning to reorganize the Jingzhou army, use soldiers from the Wei army as officers, and fully control the Jingzhou army. He took the four counties of Lingling and completely pacified Jingzhou.

This is the flat push plan. After the flat push is over, Jingzhou will completely become the territory of Wei State.

Before that, Guo Jia had already learned about what Kuai Yue and others had done for the state of Wei through Kuai Yue, and reported to Guo Peng, told Guo Peng what they had gained in Jiangling City, and asked Guo Peng for further instructions , about how to deal with the group of "heroes" in Jingzhou.

Guo Jia's seal was rushed to Luoyang six hundred miles away, and Guo Peng soon learned about it.

But what Guo Peng knew was definitely more real than the embellished version that Guo Jia heard from Kuai Yue.

At present, except that there is no direct evidence to prove that Kuai Yue and others were responsible for Liu Biao's death, Guo Peng knows everything else.

Including the surrender of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the cooperation between Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, how they blocked the news, how they helped Liu Cong ascend the throne, how they repelled Wu Ban, and how they kept the three Jingbei counties intact and sent them to Guo Peng .

Such a humble group of people.

Such a group of people who think about their own interests.

Such a group of real people.

Someone from Guo looked at the information collected by the Linzi Camp and compared Guo Jia's inscriptions, and found that Kuai Yue and others were not only true, but also good at using stream-of-consciousness descriptions, rhetoric and taboo avoidance.

From Liu Biao's death to Liu Cong's accession to the throne, to the war between Jingzhou and Yizhou, and now to the current total surrender, how could the operations of this group of people be missing?

Mr. Guo determined his preference very early on, and determined that he prefers ruins everywhere to an intact manor.

However, many times, intact manors offered to surrender, and he had to accept it, because there was no shortage of such manors in his ruled area.

Although for him, the fewer such manors the better, but now he is not ready for a full-scale war, and he cannot blatantly target these manors in policy and destroy the foundation of the manor economy.

You have to put on a posture and say that you will accept this situation. The world is still shared by me and you, it’s just the difference between who has more and who has less.

The two most prosperous and most populous counties in Jingzhou are Nanyang County and Nanjun County. These two counties are intact, with a large number of gentry and powerful people.

Jiangxia County is probably better, because Huang Zu offended him, he can destroy his family in a fair way, and use troops to destroy Jiangxia County, although the population and economic development of Jiangxia County itself is not good.

After the war between Liu Biao and Zhang Xian, the four counties in Jingnan lost some powerful forces, which can be regarded as Liu Biao's few contributions to Guo Peng. Guo Peng is quite satisfied with this.

So overall, although Guo Peng, the two wealthiest counties in Jingzhou, cannot directly intervene, the future can be expected.

Chapter 808. 810 The seven rules-abiding Mr. Guo

Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and others, as the main force leading Jingzhou's surrender, must be rewarded and reused, otherwise it will not be enough to reflect Guo's trust in the heroes and the maintenance of the rules of the game.

After much deliberation, Guo Peng decided to confer titles on them, at worst viscounts, otherwise it would not be enough to reward them for their merits.

Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Zhang Yun, and Kuai Liang were all named third-class marquises, and the other heroes, from third-class sons to first-class uncles, were granted the title anyway.

As long as they surrendered and did not go against the Guo Wei regime, they would be banned and included in the ruling group. After all, their surrender also saved the Wei army a lot of losses.

Then, in terms of actual distribution of power, it must also be given. Central Plains officials cannot be used on a large scale. Jingzhou officials must also be used and given power.

For example, Guo Peng preferred to hand over the position of governor of Jingzhou to Kuai Yue, and appointed Kuai Yue as governor of Jingzhou to stabilize people's hearts.

Then Cai Mao was appointed as the commander of the Nanjun garrison, allowing him to control a certain amount of military power.

Use this gesture to reassure the people of Jingzhou, and let the people of Jingzhou know that he, Guo, will not cross the river and demolish bridges, will not leave them without food if he occupies Jingzhou, and will not panic because he transferred a large number of Jingzhou officials to the central government.

However, there must be people who are placed in Jingzhou, and there must be no fewer people who are placed in the center.

After all, he will not allow Jingzhou to continue to exist as a semi-independent territory. The Wei army has already stationed and occupied it, which is no different from conquering it. go.

Therefore, Kuai Liang and Zhang Yun will be transferred to the central government by him to serve as central officials.

Liu Xian, Fu Xun, Song Zhong and other Jingzhou officials also served as central officials.

The well-known celebrities in Jingzhou, Pang Degong, Sima Hui, and Huang Chengyan were personally recruited by Guo Peng as the emperor, and asked them to come to the central government to serve as officials, saying that he would entrust them to rebuild Luoyang Taixue.

The rest of the military leaders who stayed in Jingzhou had to be accompanied by relatives or relatives to serve as officials and live in Luoyang, so as to implement the Wei regime's rule of "not serving alone".

Huang Zhong, Wenpin, and Gan Ning, these three major Jingzhou descendants will continue to serve in the local area or in the army, and continue to contribute to the pacification of the four counties in southern Jingzhou.

According to Guo Jia's description, all three of them are available.

Huang Zhong's son was recovering from his illness in Jizhou, and some members of the Wenpin family were officials in the Central Plains, let alone Gan Ning.

Therefore, Guo Peng decided to appoint them to continue to lead the troops, as an example, to stabilize the morale of the Jingzhou army, and to continue to stabilize the hearts of Guo Peng in the upcoming army consolidation operations.

These active or semi-active surrenders are still easy to deal with.

And those who are non-violent and non-cooperative, who surrender but are unwilling to join Wei, are a little troublesome.

The most famous five who surrendered but did not take up official positions are Han Song, Yi Ji, Wang Wei, Su Fei, and Huo Jun.

These five people surrendered, but when the country asked them to join the ruling group to contribute to Wei, they refused, saying that they would never be in the same room with the traitor, and they only wanted to know how Wei Emperor Guo Peng would treat surrender Liu Cong.

Kuai Yue and other Jingzhou surrenders strongly advocated the beheading of the five people because of this incident, because they not only slandered the heroes, but also were unwilling to cooperate with the Guo Wei regime. This is a rebellious act and should be beheaded.

The Jingzhou surrenders, headed by Kuai Yue, submitted a table to Guo Peng, asking Guo Peng to behead the five people for the sake of their merits, so as to ensure that no one in Jingzhou would dare to oppose Guo Peng.

Guo Peng thought it was funny when he saw this seal.

They surrendered because they did not dare to fight against Guo Peng, but this group of people asked Guo Peng to kill them.

What does it mean?

Use me as a knife?

Someone Guo smiled coldly, ignored such a request, and decided to appoint these people as officials to show his tolerance.

He found that some people seemed to have not escaped the feeling of freedom under Liu Biao and Liu Cong.

They don't seem to realize that they have changed masters, and they are no longer partners with Liu Biao and Liu Cong, two weak representatives.

They are now the courtiers of Guo Pengguo, the emperor of the Wei Empire!

You are already my subjects, recognize your identity, status and situation clearly, and don't make any overstepping actions!

I am not Liu Biao, let alone Liu Cong!

Thunder, rain and dew, all are your kindness!

Guo Peng was very interested in these people who surrendered but did not join Wei, and had other uses for them.

Killing will not kill, but they want to come to Luoyang together, come to Luoyang to attend a banquet with Liu Cong's family, and Guo Peng will be able to confirm how they should use it.

A good tool man, no need?

A good tool to buy people's hearts, no need?

What a pity.

So someone Guo announced the rewards and appointments of the surrendered ministers and generals in Jingzhou.

At the same time, Liu Cong was granted the title of Marquis of Guiyi and Governor of Jiaozhou, and Liu Cong and his family came to Luoyang to receive the title, thank you for your kindness.

After receiving Guo Peng's order, a large group of people immediately started arranging to go to Luoyang.

And Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and others finally let go of their hanging hearts, feeling that Guo Peng is reasonable and abiding by the rules, and he respects them a lot.

Because of this respect, they let go of their hearts.

After Guo Jia described that the Guo Wei regime treated his own people in the same way as "single and non-official" rules, those who stayed in Jingzhou also felt relieved to send some of their family members to Luoyang in exchange for Guo Peng's trust and their own psychology. safe and sound.

Guo Peng is strong, they are weak, and now Guo Peng has to abide by the rules, so of course they cooperate with Guo Peng to abide by the rules.

The order in Jingzhou was quickly re-established, and the political situation stabilized.

Kuai Yue began to govern Jingzhou in accordance with Guo Peng's order, and organized personnel to start counting the population and the number of acres, and reported it to Guo Peng.

Kuai Yue knew in his heart that this was a favor that Guo Peng gave to the people of Jingzhou. He asked them to play tricks, conceal what they wanted a little bit, and then handed out a relatively passable economic report to Guo Peng, and the two sides shared it. this cake.

You take it first, as long as it’s not too much, I don’t care, I only want what you have left, I don’t care about the rest, everything remains the same.

In this regard, the powerful families in Jingzhou were also very happy, so they took the initiative to cooperate with Kuai Yue, and first started a decent census of population and land in Jingbei, collecting what they already had, and then taking the fancy Take some of it away.

Of course, don’t go too far, Kuai Yue reminded them, don’t go too far, just take some of it away, and leave the rest to the emperor, the emperor’s face is very important, if you look ugly, I won’t protect you.

The big households expressed that they would be restrained, so they continued to happily carry out the spoils sharing meeting.

Le Jin, Guo Jia and others started to reorganize the Jingzhou Army.

The main principle is to weed out the old, weak, sick, disabled and infirm, let them go home to work in agriculture, and leave behind strong and capable soldiers.

Then some of the soldiers of the Wei army who made military exploits were promoted to grass-roots officers, corps commanders, etc., to lead the Jingzhou soldiers to familiarize themselves with the rules and regulations of the Wei army, and to carry out the training of the Wei army, so as to establish Guo Peng in the shortest possible time. Obedience and basic army order.

The original poorly organized Jingzhou Army, which Guo Jia and Le Jin couldn't see at all, was tossed and tossed, at least reaching the level of recruits from the Wei Army, and then used them to march south and annex the four counties in Jingnan.

After Liu Biao's attack, the power of the four Jingnan counties was greatly weakened, and even the most troublesome Wuling barbarians entered a low tide period. At this time, it is very easy to go south to occupy the Jingnan four counties.