The author

Chapter 294: Victory, victory!
When Wen Lingjun threw away all the indentures, the noble families had not yet reacted. If they didn't read the indentures, how could they know who was burned? But almost the next moment, everyone realized one thing -

Since we don’t know who is in this box of indentures.

This means that these indentures can belong to anyone!

Who cares whose name is written on it?

The noble families instinctively realized that they must still have the indentures in their hands. To be honest, even Li Guanyi and his men were not right. But they immediately realized something...

And if the noble family intends to take out the original indenture, will the Qilin Army recognize it?

Reasons and solutions one after another appeared in the minds of the children of the noble families, but in the end they rejected them all. Then the expressions on their faces turned paler and paler, and the blood color on their faces slowly disappeared.

Impossible to stop.

Can't stop it.

The aristocratic families knew what the Qilin Army was going to do.

The Qilin Army also knew the reaction of the aristocratic families.

However, the momentum and reputation accumulated along the way, the changes in Jiangnan over the past year, all that had been accumulated, were completely ignited when Wen Lingjun threw those indentures into the fire basin.

It turned into an unstoppable and powerful force.

The young strategist, who was only in his twenties, had a calm gaze, and flames seemed to be burning in his eyes. At this moment, the noble families and the common people felt a surging trend that seemed untouchable but real.

One prospers, the other perishes.

Following the orders of Li Guanyi, Marquis Wu of Qin, the Qilin Army was divided into teams of three, each of whom followed the people back home. They all wore heavy armor, rode dragon horses, held heavy spears in their hands, swords at their waists, and were equipped with bows and crossbows on horseback, arrows, and crossbow bolts. When they appeared, they were stern and murderous, with cold eyes.

The hands of the nobles were shaking.

But the people seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief. They reached out and pulled the sleeves of the Qilin Army soldiers, as if they were afraid that these people would leave. They also stuffed the fruits and dry food they brought with them into the soldiers' hands.

The soldiers took over and paid with copper coins from their pockets.

The people tried to refuse several times but failed, and finally they accepted the money, with a much more sincere smile on their faces.

The city gate, right at this gate, Qin Wuhou Li Guanyi personally hosted a banquet to entertain various noble families and officials.

He said, "You and I are from the same hometown. When I return, I will give you a banquet."

If anyone does not come, it is an insult to me.

No one dared not to go.

Peering out from the city wall, the Qilin Army was in solemn formation. The civilians got off the mechanical boats and set up camps to rest. With so many people, it was impossible to tell how many there were at a glance. Even if there were another 10,000 or 20,000 people, it would be impossible to tell.

The scarlet flag fluttered.

Qin Wuhou wore a cloud-patterned battle robe, stood with his hands behind his back, snow flying, and a calm look. The nobles thought of all kinds of ways in their minds, and they were already full of murderous intent and were ready to fight to the death.

But when he reached the city gate and looked outside, he was dazed.

They don't have the guts to gamble.

Before Li Guanyi left the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan, although he already had the bearing of a hero, he still had some of the air of a wild man. No one knew what he had seen in Zhongzhou this time, but this time he had an indescribable majestic air.

When their eyes fell, those children of wealthy families who had been pampered and well-dressed since childhood actually felt an indescribable feeling of fear and terror. This terror seemed to emerge from the bottom of their hearts and could not be controlled at all.

No one knows about this kind of change.

Some said that his teacher, who had opened the way for him to study at the academy, would not live long;
There are also reports that his great-grandfather's sword, which has unparalleled sword energy and has been famous for eight hundred years, was passed down to him. It is said that he has seen the most powerful sword in the world, the most upright teacher in the academy, and the heroes of the world.

Every transformation of a person has its cause.

A python can transform into a dragon, and so can Qin Wuhou.

In the end, all the noble families in the city hoped that other families would take action.

After checking and balancing each other for a long time, no one dared to draw their swords. When the time came, they could only obediently wear the most gorgeous clothes of their family and attend Li Guanyi's banquet. However, the banquet only served stewed meat, stewed vegetables, rice and the like, and the wine was only muddy wine.

The so-called food for the people.

It’s even worse than the泔水 they used to have.

But they all had to be respectful in front of Qin Wuhou. Mr. Wenhe smiled and said, "You are all dukes for generations, and you know the etiquette. Since you are here to attend the banquet in front of the duke, how can you come empty-handed?"

So the noble families had to take out corresponding visiting cards and gifts.

She suppressed her hatred and wished she could eat this simple gentleman, but she could only smile.

The next day, Wen He said it was not enough.

Yesterday’s gift was from yesterday’s banquet; today’s banquet is newly prepared, so naturally there must be today’s gift.

In just three days, a noble family and officials in a state capital were...

He took out one million taels of gold, silver, jade and other valuables.

Wen He also said that these things were useless and wondered if they could be exchanged for food.

The noble families were overjoyed, congratulated him and wanted to return the items to their original owners.

But Wen He said with a smile.

What returns to its original owner?
For example, it seems that the Yue family also likes this treasure of the He family.

How about the highest bidder wins?
"If you don't want to contribute some rice, any craftsman will do."

Wen He smiled and finally got something for nothing, a total of nearly two million silver dollars worth of various materials, including a lot of Chen rice, but after Wen He pointed it out, he said generously that it was such a small matter and there was no need to worry about it.

On the contrary, some children from aristocratic families think that this person is not bad.

Du Keming, House Joe is amazing.

With the Qilin Army guarding the people and Qin Wuhou personally in charge, the noble families and officials wanted to stop the people, but it was completely futile. The city lord wanted to write a letter to the State of Chen, but the messenger could not get out. He wanted to send a flying eagle to deliver the letter, but the Qilin interrupted him.

As for leading the soldiers in the city to rush out and fight the Qilin Army?
The city lord remained silent for a long time, and only sighed: "Looking up, I can see the Qilin, but not the grace of Your Majesty. The Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan are too close to us, and Jiangzhou City is too far away..."

Unable to send troops.

In fact, there is still a trace of luck in my heart.

If this person leaves, won't the land remain? We can take the land openly and aboveboard.

Three days later, after the Qilin Army retreated, the children of the noble families and officials waited for a while before going out to the surrounding villages and towns. When they looked inside the small town, their faces changed drastically.

Empty!

Under this overwhelming force, most of the people living in the towns and villages actually abandoned their places, packed up their gold and silver valuables, took some dry food, and made some baked dough bread, and followed the Qilin Army.

Even those who own some land here are now being swept up in it.

Firstly, the Qilin Army is so powerful and attractive. Secondly, the war has begun and no one knows when it will break out. The old Chen Kingdom can no longer be counted on. These officials and generals of the Chen Kingdom will definitely lose if they fight. It is better for them to go to the winner early.

Moreover, they knew very well how those officials would react after so many people left. These officials had no place to vent their anger, so who would they blame?

I don't know who did this.

He actually took Muramasa, the village chief, with him and ran away?!
The children of the noble families did not react for a while, but the high-ranking officials, especially the city lord, vomited blood, their eyes went black, and they almost fainted on the spot when they learned the news.

When he came to, he overturned the ginseng soup his wife had brought him, and cried out, "It's over! It's over!"

In a state, even a small one, there are hundreds of thousands of people, big and small. With so many people, Chen Dingye would just chop his brains out with his hands and throw them on the ground on the spot.

The Qilin Army, taking advantage of the situation, did not enter the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan directly from here. Instead, a part of them took the old and weak and went to the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan first, and entered from here to avoid causing unrest, while patrolling outside.

Every time they arrived at a city, they would burn the contract of sale.

Even if the officials and families of these cities are unwilling to pay attention, that's fine.

This was not prepared for you at all.

As long as the people are happy.

So the second city closed its gates, but was unable to stop the surging force of Li Guanyi and his men. The people still came to greet them with pots and water. The lord and governor of the city had already sent a message to Jiangzhou City for help.

I hope Dachen can mobilize troops.

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Lie deliberately slowed down the offensive to give Chen State an opportunity to dispatch troops.

However, Chen Dingye remained silent for a long time and never mobilized troops. He still concentrated his main forces on dealing with the Ying State. At the same time, he reduced taxes. Yuwen Lie saw that the troops of the Chen State had not been mobilized, and said to Yuwen Wenhua and Yuwen Tianxian: "Li Guanyi has a capable minister under his command."

"The timing is too good. If we do this earlier, Chen will send troops and they will not be able to escape. We will not let them get such an advantage so easily."

"But now, we are being held back, and so is the State of Chen."

"We are waiting for the opportunity for Chen to transfer troops back and attack fiercely, so we have no way to exert influence on the states in the south of the Yangtze River; and Chen..." Yuwen Lie smiled faintly: "Chen Dingye's strategy is not bad, but he forgot one person."

"Tantai Xianming."

"Tan Tai Xian Ming caused Chen Dingye to have a misunderstanding of the Chen State."

"At the same time, they have to fight against the Regent in the Western Regions, join forces with the Great Khan on the grassland to attack our country, and face the attack of my Yuwen family. There are already three battlefields. Even a wealthy country like Chen can no longer support them to send out a fourth army."

Yu Wenhua said: "...This is almost unsolvable."

Yuwen Lie said: "This is the grasp of the general trend of the world. Under Li Guanyi's command, there are talents who can conquer the world."

"Even though everyone in the world knows what Li Guanyi is going to do."

"I couldn't stop him."

Yu Wenhua nodded. Although he knew that Li Guanyi and he were enemies, for some reason, after hearing that his old friend from Jiangnan was able to make a name for himself in this world, he felt inexplicably relieved and happy.

The State of Chen had no way to mobilize its main forces.

Only the second-line garrison corps began to mobilize to fight in the Jiangnan area.

However, they dispatched an army of 10,000 people, plus the garrisons of the provincial cities in the Jiangnan region itself, which was also a considerable force. However, when they thought that their opponent was the Qilin Army, which was currently in the limelight, they unconsciously slowed down their pace.

To obey the king's orders is to obey the king's orders.

But you can't really let me die.

The second and third line garrison troops that usually maintain order, deal with attacks by refugees, and suppress bandits are going to fight the Qilin Army? !
Or should we go to the Jiangnan area, the opponent’s home ground with 50,000 elite Qilin troops behind them?
Alas? !

really?!!

The days were getting colder, and by December, the temperature had reached the depths of winter. The people who had arrived in the Jiangnan area were taken to the eighteen states of Jiangnan one after another and properly resettled. Li Guanyi took advantage of the situation and visited the other seventeen states of Jiangnan once.

The location of Jiangnan Prefecture Chief——

A fire had been lit. Yan Daiqing stretched out his hand to warm himself by the fire. Wearing thick clothes, with his fingers trained, he held a pen to handle government affairs. Common people were constantly brought in. Fortunately, Yan Daiqing had made some preparations beforehand, and fortunately, there were the Mohists and the students to help.

House Joe deduced a perfect speed to transfer the people.

The acceptance and resettlement of the people by both sides were carried out in an orderly manner. There was no situation where too many people were sent in at one time, which would directly overwhelm Yan Daiqing's resettlement capacity. Under such circumstances, Yan Daiqing no longer had the mind to think about how many people to resettle.

Every day it’s just not enough, not enough.

However, whenever the people came to a place, they would bring some gold and silver. In addition, the Eighteen Prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River were the world's water transportation hub and a commercial center, so the supply could be completed by transporting people here and then sending the supplies out.

Yuan Zhi and others in the Qilin Army had already formulated their own strategies and were now making preparations in their respective places. Xiao Zhi replaced Yan Daiqing to deal with those aristocratic families, while Pang Shuiyun was running around outside to build momentum for Li Guanyi and Jiangnan.

Everyone has something to do.

Yan Daiqing patted his cheek and said, "I can't lose to them."

"It's just that 120,000 households are coming one by one. I still have the help of the students, so I will not be unable to accommodate such people..."

Yan Daiqing was busy as hell.

But one day he discovered that when all his contingency plans had been exhausted, there were still civilians being transported in. Yan Daiqing raised his eyes slightly, looked at Xiao Zhi who was helping him, and said, "How many people are there..." Xiao Zhi remained silent and held up three fingers.

Yan Daiqing staggered to his feet: "Only 30,000 households..."

"We have been busy for so long, but we have only solved a quarter of the problems. As expected, this political matter is not enough. We are indeed not as good as those old people..."

Yan Daiqing was in depression.

Xiao Zhi lowered his head silently, looked at the number, and replied:
"Three hundred thousand households."

"Oh, three hundred thousand households... thirty..." Yan Daiqing staggered out. His body stiffened and he turned around slowly. The north wind blew the young man's hair. Yan Daiqing said word by word: "How much?!"

Xiao Zhi said indifferently: "Three hundred thousand households."

"In addition, there are still many people outside. All localities are quickly handling the resettlement of the people. Although you are dividing the resettlement according to the regions, it is not too tiring, but after all, the number is too large."

Yan Daiqing murmured, "Three hundred thousand households?"

"He, what did they do?"

Xiao Zhi had no expression on his face and replied casually, "Oh, my lord and his men brought ordinary people from the surrounding seventeen states, and also took away the craftsmen in the city. Now you can assume that most of the people are slowly migrating to our place."

"This is a great danger in itself. There have been records of refugee migrations and heavy casualties throughout the ages. However, Jiangnan is different because there are waterways and the fleet of the Angry Scale Dragon King, which is very fast."

“And it can avoid casualties.”

"You know, if we just rely on our two legs, we don't know how so many people can get here. But the lord just waits at a ferry, and the Mo family mechanical boat will go to pick them up and bring them to our city downstream."

"The Mohist machinery is about to burst into flames, constantly sending civilians back and forth."

Xiao Zhi added: "There's more to come."

Yan Daiqing's eyes went dark.

He suddenly felt a surge of strength from nowhere, supporting him to stand up and walk over quickly. Looking at the files, his face gradually turned pale. He raised his head and stared at Xiao Zhi: "You didn't tell me that their gains were so huge!"

Xiao Zhi remained calm: "I think you did a good job."

Yan Daiqing kicked Xiao Zhi on the waist, but the latter was not angry at all.

Yan Daiqing's hands were shaking as he looked at the file. When he saw that 'wherever the Qilin Army went, people came to surrender, and it was so overwhelming', the young man's face finally froze.

Li Guanyi, finally after kidnapping people, kidnapping families, and kidnapping schools.

The success came with the momentum accumulated over the past year or so.

He dragged the people of these seventeen states into this surging trend and came to one of the eighteen states in the south of the Yangtze River.

Xiao Zhi said softly: "Huanghuang's heart is the general trend."

"This is Wen Lingjun's plan."

Yan Daiqing immediately saw the horror of this plan, and soon realized that just one state could not accommodate so many people and could not have so much arable land.

He suddenly thought of Yuan Zhi and the others’ advance arrangements.

He was a strategist who was good at internal affairs, but that didn't mean he didn't understand the general changes in the world. At this time, he finally understood the complete outline of this plan, and Yan Daiqing punched out.

"Li! Guan! Yi!!!"

Yan Daiqing gritted his teeth.

Xiao Zhi took half a step back.

The gentleman from Jiangzhou City laughed out loud:
“Well done!!!”

"Cough, cough, cough..." He started coughing violently. Xiao Zhi supported him. Yan Daiqing said, "Don't worry. I won't take a complete rest until this great plan succeeds. Xiao Zhi, you need to accompany me."

Xiao Zhi sighed and said coldly: "If something happens to you, my lord will be upset."

Yan Daiqing said: "Ha, if this plan doesn't work, then I will be uneasy!"

There was heavy snow in winter. At the beginning of the twelfth year of the Tianqi reign, Li Guanyi, the Marquis of Qin, led a powerful army. The seventeen states in the south of the Yangtze River resisted in vain, and the people all came to surrender. By the time they entered the eighteen states, there were five hundred thousand households.

This was no longer a so-called "army leading the people and people following the army", but a surging trend. It was a major short-distance population migration event with a constant flow of ships on the water. It took a lot of time, and seven out of ten people in the seventeen cities, towns and villages in the south of the Yangtze River were exterminated and all moved to the eighteen states of the south of the Yangtze River.

Qin Wuhou was seventeen years old at the time.

The armies of various cities of the State of Chen had made preparations long ago. They worked together to protect the major cities and important fortresses to prevent them from being captured by the Qilin Army. However, the Qilin Army never went to the major cities or attacked them.

In the end, they took all their people but not their land.

The aristocratic families were suspicious of it.

The city lord of Chen State breathed a sigh of relief, but was still a little confused.

But even if they defended the city, looking back, they found that seven out of ten of the people under their jurisdiction had died. As a last resort, the city lord and the major families could only temporarily use the dependent people in their own families to fill the vacancies in the civilian households.

Of course it is impossible to block it completely, but at least there must be someone in the village.

Otherwise, if Chen Dingye were to pursue the matter, he would really be unable to explain himself.

In the first state capital of Jiangnan, the mayor finally breathed a sigh of relief and went to have a banquet with the noble families. During the banquet, the beauty played the zither. He talked about what had happened during this period and couldn't help but feel sad and burst into tears:

"Marquis Qin Wu, how domineering."

"They relied on their military might to abduct the people of my state and bring them to the 18 states in the south of the Yangtze River. This year is the dead of winter, with heavy snow and wind. I don't know how many people will be killed or injured."

"As their father and mother, I can't help but feel sad and uncomfortable just thinking about this tragic situation."

Everyone should agree.

But it was this family that condemned Li Guanyi, wrote letters, and kept records.

When they were about to make Li Guan infamous for a thousand years, a captain from the army suddenly rushed over. The city lord was about to scold him, but he saw that the captain's armor was stained with blood. The wind and snow mixed with the smell of blood, and the city lord and the drunken official from the aristocratic family changed their faces and woke up in shock.

The city lord looked forward and asked anxiously: "What happened!?"

The captain panicked and said:
"Qilin Army, Qilin Army, they are back again!!"

City Lord Qu Qingshan's expression suddenly changed: "They have taken away so many people, it's not enough?! What are they doing here?!"

The captain's face turned pale: "It's the Qilin Army."

"I know, Qilin..."

The city lord's expression froze, and he looked slowly:

"Qilin... Army?!"

Two hundred miles away from the city, the last group of people left. They turned around and looked at the young man who brought them here. Li Guanyi smiled and waved, told them to go back, and said goodbye later.

Behind Li Guanyi, a murderous aura surged and seemed to press down on the sky.

The originally gentle boy inexplicably had an indescribable aura.

The Qilin Army, which had been prepared in various places long ago, had already infiltrated into the Jiangnan area and gathered behind Li Guanyi. They looked solemn, and the armor they wore was no longer the miscellaneous brand armor of the time.

They were wearing ink-colored armor with a kirin cloud pattern on it.

Their expressions were solemn and fierce. They stood there straight. The young man was wearing armor, and his battle robe fluttered in the wind. He smiled as he looked at the Qilin Army in front of him, at the familiar faces, and said with a smile:
"Everyone, do you know who I am?!"

The voice was heard from far away. This was the same question that he had asked to the Qilin Army at the beginning. At that time, they were outside Zhenbei City. At that time, the original Qilin Army consisted of bandits, gangsters, and ordinary people who were forced to live in the village. But now, things are different.

Wen He and the others didn't know the importance of this issue to the Qilin Army.

So they did not anticipate the reaction of the Qilin Army.

These warriors took a step forward in unison, and the warriors behind them also took a step forward in unison. Their qi were connected, and in an instant, the sound of the armor leaves colliding was murderous and sharp, and they raised their palms and knocked on their hearts in unison.

"Greetings, my lord!!!"

A terrifying and murderous aura emanated outside.

Wen He's pupils contracted violently.

Feng Xiao felt the hairs on his back stand up, and the indescribable murderous aura of war woke him up.

Li Guanyi stretched out his hand and said, "Everyone, we have to fight side by side again."

The Qilin Army raised their weapons high and responded solemnly:

"Victory!! Victory!!!"

Finally, the young man said with a smile on his face:
"Everyone, have you ever thought about me?!"

The frozen momentum paused, and then the Qilin Army relaxed and shouted loudly: "I want to!"

Wen Lingjun turned his gaze away from the solemn military scene and looked at the young man over there. He was silent for a moment and said softly, "My lord, we have completed most of our plan today. From now on, I will have to trouble you..."

Li Guanyi put on his armor and said, "The big one you mentioned, sir, is really amazing."

Wen Lingjun shook his head and replied, "I never expected that the lord would be so popular, and I never expected that the people of the world would be so enthusiastic. I think it's because the internal affairs of the 18 states in the south of the Yangtze River are very good, which makes the people in the south of the Yangtze River envy it, and it also has the reputation of benevolence before."

"This is the only way to achieve a hundred responses. All of them are indispensable."

Li Guanyi said: "Sir, do you think we should take the seventeen states in the south of the Yangtze River by war?"

Wen Lingjun said: "No, use the right way to unite and the unusual way to win."

"What the lord said today is correct, but the wonders are yet to come."

Li Guan laughed: "Then, I will wait for the 90% you gave me."

Li Guan put on the helmet.

He turned around, his sleeves rolled up, and he stretched out his right hand. The Tiger Roaring Sky Halberd slowly emerged. He had already captured all the people, but had not taken the city or the land. It was not that he could not do so, but that he had to wait for the opportunity.

Previously, the garrisons and officials of these state cities all thought that Li Guanyi would attack their cities.

They were most alert at that time, but Li Guanyi did not go.

The defenders' morale has been lost, this is one of the reasons.

They also thought that Li Guanyi's troops had returned to the Eighteen Prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were not on guard.

However, under Yuan Zhi's strategy, the Qilin Army had already infiltrated this place early.

This is second.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

It has happened twice already, and now the nobles and officials are drinking, the soldiers are guarding the line, their fighting spirit is weakened, and the Qilin Army is well-rested and ready to reunite with their lord, and it is a time of great momentum.

Now is the time to take the land!
This is Feng Xiao's plan.

Li Guanyi rode on the Qilin, holding the halberd high in his hand:

"My lords, you are victorious!"

The troops shouted in unison, the killing was solemn and magnificent.

“Wind, wind!”

"Strong wind!!!"

On that day, the Qilin Army raided 17 prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River and captured three cities.

No one was harmed.

(End of this chapter)