The Nameless of the Common Clans

Li Shan realized after running for a while that the person asking for his name from behind was asking him.

Have you been noticed by the enemy?

In Li Shan's view, being recognized by the enemy general is not a good thing. It means that he will be taken care of by the enemy. After so many years of fighting, he has seen too many outstanding soldiers who were too active on the battlefield and were taken care of by the enemy. Many generals who could have become famous died before they could become famous. In his opinion, those people were all better than him.

Therefore, I can't answer. The enthusiasm that surged when I was promoted to general was extinguished at this moment. The Guanzhong Army is too strong. These people under my command are all veterans on the battlefield. They usually train more diligently than others, but when they meet each other, He was defeated without even holding on. With that feeling, Li Shan felt that he was lucky to survive.

What troubled him was that the troops kept chasing him. Li Shan regretted his impulse. He had just become a captain and wanted to prove himself with meritorious service, but he forgot the battlefield principles he had summarized. It had nothing to do with him. Don't meddle in your affairs, let alone stand out.

In a moment of enthusiasm, he got himself involved.

The surrounding area became chaotic, and the large number of Yecheng defenders could no longer defend their positions. The impact of the capture of Ximen became more and more serious.

"Zhang Wei is a dog thief, he should have been killed from the beginning!" From a distance, he heard the roar of the senior official. Li Shan's eyes lit up and he quickly looked towards the senior official. He saw the senior official leading a group of men and horses cursing. Run this way.

"Go north!" Li Shan decisively led his men and horses to escape in the other direction. In his opinion, with Gao Gan here, the Guanzhong officers and soldiers chasing him from behind would not pursue him anymore, right?

Gao Shun did find Gao Gan, but he didn't pay much attention to it. The main function of the trapped camp was to attack fortresses. Now that the inner city has been destroyed, the most difficult battle has been fought. As for Gao Gan, Gao Shun doesn't think too highly of this family. After just paying attention to Li Shan, he continued to pursue Li Shan. He was a good general with a low position. Gao Shun wanted to capture him and make him his deputy general.

Gao Shun is the leader of the trap camp, but at the same time, Chen Mo often asks Gao Shun to lead the army. At this time, he cannot just focus on the trap camp. After all, the trap camp only has 800 people. He needs a deputy general to be in charge of the trap camp when he leads the army. , but although there are many generals under the lord's command, he can't find one who is suitable to lead the camp and has the right identity.

After all, no matter how powerful the trapped camp is, it only has less than a thousand people. A powerful general cannot be specifically responsible for managing the trapped camp, but ordinary generals who are capable of taking charge of the trapped camp cannot be selected. Gao Shun feels good about the enemy general opposite. Especially in this kind of war with hundreds of people, the command ability is very strong, which is very suitable for the trapped camp.

The senior officer looked at the two men who were chasing and escaping in front of him with some confusion. Isn't that Li Shan, who was just promoted to captain? Why are you here?

"General, do you want to pursue?" A deputy general looked at the senior officer.

"Don't pay attention to him. Go to the palace and protect His Majesty!" Gao Gan hesitated for a moment and shook his head. Now that the inner city has been destroyed, he must defend the palace. He must hold it off no matter what, until Yuan Shang comes to help.

Now he led his men and horses to kill in the direction of the palace.

After the expansion of Ye City, this inner city became the residence of Ye City's dignitaries. As the political center of Jizhou, the people living in the inner city of Ye City were either officials with more than 2,000 kilograms or celebrities from Hebei. It was not as prosperous as Luoyang, but its level was high. It is clear that it is more serious than Luoyang.

It is precisely for this reason that after the Guanzhong Army entered the inner city, they faced houses that were like forts. On the main street, those who could open the ceremonial gate directly in the direction of the main street were all nobles of Yecheng. There are many servants and private soldiers in the mansion, and it feels like attacking small cities. It is many times more difficult than attacking an outer city.

"Lord." On the watchtower in the inner city that had been occupied by the Guanzhong Army, Xun Chen pointed to several mansions under the city and said with a smile: "The largest mansions are those of Feng Ji, Shen Pei and others. "

When Chen Mo invaded Ye City, he needed not only the city, but also the families of the civil servants and generals under Yuan's account. With these, Chen Mo could seize the opportunity in the subsequent attack on Jizhou.

"Where do Tian Feng and Ju Shou live?" Chen Mo turned to look at Xun Chen. He knew about Shen Pei and Feng Ji, but in Chen Mo's opinion, Tian Feng and Ju Shou were more important.

"It's not very eye-catching in the west of the city, but these two people..." Xun Chen hesitated for a moment, pointed to two inconspicuous mansions under the city, and said with a wry smile: "If my lord wants to use his family to force him to surrender, I'm afraid it won't be easy."

"How difficult is it?" Chen Mo looked at the already chaotic inner city and asked with a smile.

"Both of these two people are upright people. Even if they are forced to surrender in this way, I am afraid they will not be sincerely loyal to the lord." Xun Chen sighed.

Chen Mo nodded, groping for the female wall and said: "It doesn't matter, even if it can't be used by me or others, as long as you are willing to come, I will keep it."

Forget about the others, Chen Mo was very concerned about the strategies Tian Feng and Jushou had contributed under Yuan Shao and Yuan Shang over the years and the methods they used to govern the place.

It would be best if you are willing to surrender, but if you are not willing, Chen Mo will never allow these two people to surrender elsewhere.

Xun Chen nodded and said no more.

"Inform the officers and soldiers in the city to postpone the attack. We only need to capture the four city gates, temporarily suspend the troops, blockade the four cities, and wait until dawn before attacking again!" Chen Mo frowned and ordered as he looked at several battlefields in the city.

The city wall has been captured, and even if these wealthy families resist stubbornly, they won't be able to hold on for long.

"Why don't you persuade me to surrender, my lord?" Xun Chen asked from the side.

"No need, if they are willing to surrender, they can do it themselves. Youruo will work harder tonight to draw the map of the inner city of Ye City and write the names of the various mansions!" Chen Mo said with a smile.

"We already have the map. The names marked on it are those who are currently in Yecheng. In addition, the families of Gongqing and famous people in Jizhou are also marked!" Xun Chen took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms and handed it to Chen Mo.

"Sir, you are interested." Chen Mo was stunned, took the silk cloth, looked at Xun Chen, and said with a smile: "Go and rest. Come with me to the palace tomorrow to meet King Ji."

Ji Wang is the title given to Liu He by the Luoyang court. After the capture of Yecheng, Liu He will naturally be sent to Luoyang. His title was decided by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty before the expedition.

"Well, I'll take my leave." Xun Chen bowed and left.

Chen Mo entered the enemy building with the list and ordered his guards: "Let Zhang Ji come to see me."

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Ji came to the enemy tower to see Chen Mo, bowed and said: "My lord, are you looking for me?"

"You came just in time." Chen Mo nodded and said, "Have the troops in the inner city withdrawn?"

"We haven't completely withdrawn yet, and all the troops are already withdrawing their troops." Zhang Ji bowed.

"Take this picture." Chen Mo handed the annotated picture to Zhang Ji, with circles drawn in ink on it.

"This is..." Zhang Ji looked at the picture in his hand with confusion, then looked at Chen Mo, not understanding what it meant.

"When the troops are mobilized again tomorrow, no one will be left alive in the places outlined with the ink pen!" Chen Mo raised his head and looked at Zhang Jidao.

Jizhou is the richest state in the world, and it is also a place where the noble families are concentrated. If Chen Mo wants to completely occupy Jizhou, he needs the support of the noble families from all over the country. However, after occupying Jizhou, if he wants to implement his own policies, he will be affected by the Jizhou family. obstacles.

Different from Guanzhong, Guanzhong used to be a place where aristocratic families gathered. However, after successive killings by Dong Zhuo and Li Guo, the power of the aristocratic families has been extremely weak. Only then did Chen Mo, after taking charge of Guanzhong, quickly sort out and implement his own new policies.

Jizhou is different. From what Chen Mo has learned about Jizhou over the years, the Jizhou aristocratic family's control over Jizhou is not only in the court, but more importantly in the local area. The local economy and wealth are almost all in the hands of the Jizhou aristocratic family, especially Land, according to the intelligence collected over the years, almost all the land in local villages is the private land of wealthy families. After taking over Jizhou, among other things, if Chen Mo wanted to collect taxes in Jizhou, he had to discuss it with the wealthy families!

The same is true for the economy and military. It can be said that even if Chen Mo occupies Jizhou, if these Jizhou aristocratic families oppose Chen Mo, Jizhou will not be stable.

Therefore, Jizhou's wealthy families need to win over, but how? Jizhou's wealth, military and government are almost all in the hands of these people. Even if Chen Mo wants to reward him, he will not be able to reward him. Therefore, this Jizhou aristocratic family also needs to be weakened, and it cannot be done openly.

"Here!" Zhang Ji's scalp felt numb as he looked at the densely packed red pens on the map.

"Remember, these are Jizhou righteous men who are loyal to the Yuan family and would rather die than surrender. After Yecheng is completely defeated, although these families are enemies, they are worthy of admiration. They want to leave their names in history and serve as examples for future generations. They can be killed but not Shame!" Chen Mo looked at Zhang Ji and said with a smile, "General, do you understand?"

Zhang Ji nodded: "I will finally understand."

After all, he is a veteran of Xiliang and has been fighting for so many years. Even if Zhang Ji is not proficient in some things outside the battlefield, he still knows something about it. How could he not understand that Chen Mo wants him to take the blame and get a bad name~

"Just understand, go get ready." Chen Mo looked at Zhang Ji and said with a smile, "After this battle, the general will be the commander in chief of the Jizhou battle."

"Here!" Zhang Ji nodded. No wonder Wu Yi was transferred to the rear. It turned out that he didn't want Wu Yi to get such infamy.

But what if you knew? Zhang Ji knew very well that if he refused, he would have no hope in this life, and would even harm his nephew. Instead, he accepted this task. Although it would damage his reputation, he was a military general in Xiliang, and he was a direct descendant of Dong Zhuo back then. There is no reputation to speak of, and Chen Mo will definitely compensate him, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

Seeing that Chen Mo had no other instructions, Zhang Ji bowed to Chen Mo and said, "I will leave at the end."

Chen Mo nodded and watched Zhang Ji leave. Jizhou was going to change, not just the sky, but also the earth. Taking a deep breath, Chen Mo also left the enemy tower and returned to the military camp in the outer city to rest.