Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later
Chapter 444: If you don’t destroy the house, you’ll destroy the head
Agui died, and the rebel soldiers outside completely collapsed, but there were still 5,000 soldiers left in Xingguo City. Having witnessed the brutality of the Tang army with their own eyes, the chief resolutely ordered the city gates to be closed to stop Yang Qiu, Ma Chao and others who wanted to rush in, but by doing so he also blocked some of his own people who wanted to retreat into the city.
"Those people in the city are like frightened birds right now. It will take some effort to break the city!"
Seeing this scene from behind, Jia Xu couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
Lü Bu smiled indifferently and turned to the messenger, saying, "Tell Yingwei and the others not to kill them, but to persuade the remaining Qiang and Di troops to surrender."
"Your Majesty, are going to use them to attack the city?"
Lu Bu nodded. "Rather than dying like this in vain, it would be better to squeeze out the last bit of surplus value. If I can survive after the city falls, it will be a good deed to atone for my sins."
Lu Bu's willingness to surrender was a chance of survival for the Qiang and Di soldiers who had nowhere to escape. The moment they laid down their weapons, the Tang army stopped the massacre.
In this battle, more than 13,000 people were beheaded and nearly 20,000 people surrendered. Some people, with nowhere to escape, chose to jump into the river to escape despite the severe winter cold.
Lu Bu did not give these surrendered soldiers much rest time, and issued an order to attack the city the next day. Before evening, Xingguo City was broken, and another massacre followed.
After Xingguo City was captured, the situation in the north of Hanyang County began to open up. The Tang army then moved eastward along the Qingshui River, successively conquered Lueyang and Longxian, swept through the Di tribes along the way, and approached the back of Longguan.
At this time, the Di people stationed at Longguan were like a roujiamo, with Taishi Ci in front of them and Lu Bu behind them. They had nowhere to escape. With no other choice, the commander of Longguan sent an envoy to Lu Bu to beg for surrender.
Not to mention that the military order to kill without mercy anyone who surrenders after being surrounded was not just a joke, even in order to encounter less resistance in the future when quelling the rebellion, Lu Bu would not accept the surrender of these people. The fate of these Di people in Longguan can be imagined.
After this massacre, the Qiang and Di people in Hanyang County completely lost the ability to rebel, and then they just like the Southern Xiongnu, obediently accepted the splitting and reorganization.
At this point, Xiaoguan Road and Longguan Road leading into Longyou were completely controlled by the Tang army. The next target of Lu Bu's attack was the area of Xidao, Jixian and Shanggui in the Weishui Valley.
After occupying Xingguo City, Lü Bu and Taishi Ci joined forces and recruited 10,000 Qiang and Di warriors, 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, and countless war horses and slow horses. After reorganizing the army, Lü Bu was eager to send troops to Ji County, but was persuaded by Jia Xu.
The reason is naturally that Liangzhou is a border area with scarce talents. Some prestigious families mostly live in the Ji County area. If a large-scale massacre like destroying a city is carried out, all the talents will be killed, and the Tang Dynasty will not be able to send people to manage it, and the unrest will be quelled in vain.
After the great changes in Jizhou, most of the civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty held multiple positions. The talents trained by Zhang Mo were basically sent out before graduation, and they worked while learning. Now there is no way to transfer a large number of manpower to Liangzhou.
"What if he is unwilling to surrender?" asked Lu Bu.
Jia Xu said, "Your Majesty has conquered three counties in just two months, slaughtering tens of thousands of rebels. I believe he will not dare to refuse to come. Our army has occupied Xingguo and Lueyang, and the food and fodder we have obtained will easily sustain us for another six months. Let's wait a few more days. If he really doesn't understand the current situation, we can send troops later."
Lu Bu nodded reluctantly, "Then let's wait a few more days!"
Although he really wanted to take over Liangzhou as soon as possible so that he could go home earlier, but as Jia Xu said, killing too many people and having no one to govern would also be troublesome!
As the two were talking, a soldier came in and announced, "Your Majesty, the Jiang, Yin, Zhao, Yang, Liang, and Wang families of Ji County have sent greeting cards, requesting an audience with Your Majesty!"
"Speak of the devil!" Lü Bu muttered to himself, then asked, "Have all the leaders arrived?"
"Everyone is waiting outside the city!"
"Call them all in!"
While the soldiers were leaving the city to deliver the message, Lu Bu took this opportunity to learn more about the backgrounds of these families from Jia Xu.
These families are said to be gentry, but they actually do not have a deep family background, and their origins are even worse than many poor children in the Guanzhong area. However, these people are rich and knowledgeable, and have more power in Liangzhou. Among them, Jiang Jiong and Jiang Xu from the Jiang family, Yang Fu from the Yang family, and Yin Feng from the Yin family are now serving as officials of varying sizes in Liangzhou.
Liangzhou was abandoned by Emperor Ling as early as the year of his death due to constant unrest. In recent years, Guanzhong was successively plagued by Dong Zhuo and the two Li brothers, and no ministers in the court had the energy to pay attention to Liangzhou. After the death of Emperor Xian, Guanzhong was occupied by Lu Bu, so these Liangzhou gentry of mediocre status had no way to seek development.
The land in the northwest is barren and the population is sparse. Apart from the Silk Road and the Han Horse Farm, there is really nothing else to show for it. If it weren't for Lu Bu's bad reputation of killing the gentry and splitting up families, these people would have wanted to join him as early as when he occupied Guanzhong.
As for why Jia Xu knew so much, of course it was because his Jia family was also a noble family in Liangzhou, and their family background was much higher than these people. His ancestor was Jia Yi, a literary giant in the Western Han Dynasty. Jia Xu's great-grandfather was the prefect of Wuwei, his grandfather was the governor of Yanzhou, and his father was also a general of light cavalry, so his Jia family had a lot of connections in Liangzhou.
After a while, these scholars from Liang Province were invited in by the soldiers. Lu Bu took a look and saw that they were all young people. They must be the next generation of heirs of these families, sent here to serve the Tang Dynasty.
After everyone greeted Lu Bu and took their seats, Jiang Xu, the representative sent by the Jiang family, spoke first.
"Ever since that year in Wangyuan, I've heard of the Tang King's illustrious reputation. We've longed day and night for the King's army to personally arrive in Liangzhou so that the Qiang and Di rebellion can be quelled as soon as possible. Today, our wish has finally come true!"
Lü Bu sneered inwardly at the flattery, "If you really thought so, you wouldn't have waited until my troops arrived before coming to see me!"
"Since you all agree with me, I will need your full support to pacify Song Jian in Longxi and Yang Qianwan in Wudu!" Lu Bu said in an official tone.
"Of course. I heard that Your Majesty didn't have much food and fodder with you this time. My family and I have recently collected 300,000 dan of food and fodder for you and stored it in Ji County. Please move your army there."
"Thank you!" Lu Bu said politely, his face solemn as he got down to business. "Since you have invited me to Ji County, you have acknowledged the various decrees of the Tang Empire. All the noble families and powerful Qiang tribes in Liang Province must split up their clans and redistribute their property. Do you have any objections?"
Everyone bowed, "No objection!"
If they don’t tear down my house, I will tear down their heads. With tens of thousands of Tang troops at their side, how dare they object?
"That's very good!" Lü Bu smiled with satisfaction, and then said, "Since you all support the Tang Dynasty's strategy so much, I will naturally not treat you unfairly. It just so happens that before I set out on this expedition, the Yang family of Hongnong surrendered to me, and the administration there needs to be reorganized. I would like to transfer a few people to Hongnong to serve as officials. Are you willing?"
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