With this stab, he cut into two pieces at the waist in the future. The man fell to the ground, still not dead, his upper body was still squirming slightly on the ground, and blood was spitting out in his mouth.
Only then did Gan Ning see that the man with disheveled hair turned out to be a woman. Although he is a killer, he has never killed a woman. Unexpectedly, he broke the vows today and hated him. Turning the head of the knife, he pointed at Huang Shan and asked, "Who is this woman?"
Huang She didn't even dare to lift his head, still tremblingly muttered to himself: "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."
Gan Ning was annoyed and stomped her foot, turned the long knife, and faced Chen Jiu and Deng Long, and said coldly: "Say it!"
Deng Long naturally understood that the disaster was approaching, and everyone cared about the truth. Now that she is dead, what else needs to be hidden for her, he immediately said tremblingly: "She is the woman of Huang Zu's."
Chen just wanted to speak, but was preempted by Deng Long. He quickly pointed a yellow shot and said, "That fat man is Huang Zu's only son."
"Oh?" Gan Ning was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly raised the knife, he was about to slash to the yellow shot, and hurriedly grabbed him from the left and right, and said: "General, the lord has a strict order, whoever descends will not kill. The general is still the general. Let them hand it over to the lord."
Gan Ning slapped the long knife towards the bow of the boat, gritted his teeth and said, "Go on the boat and take them all to Jiangxia!"
Jiangxia City has gradually become calm, and the streets and alleys in the city are covered with Anmin notices. The Jingzhou army that attacked the city, Yu people can be said to have no offense. Even those gentry families who had a close relationship with Huang Zu did not have much impact on their lives. However, Liu Xin still ordered the Anmin notice to be posted in time, because he understood that doing so was critical to bringing Jiang Xia's order back to normal as soon as possible.
The Anmin notice not only lets the people in the city know that their personal safety is guaranteed, but also announces the tax and commercial tax policies that will be implemented in Jiangxia. These policies are very beneficial to ordinary people, and there is no problem for gentry families that have a large proportion of their assets used for business. The only ones who really have opinions are those families that mainly rely on land rent income. However, Liu Xin's reaction to them now is negligible. Under this situation, who would jump out and have trouble with him? After all, no amount of money is more important than his own life.
Liu Xin's original plan was to cross the Yangtze River directly after capturing Jiangxia, rendezvous with the army sent by Changsha, and go straight to Wuling. At the same time, Zhao Yun, who had secretly moved to Jiangling, would also cross the Yangtze River to go south, and together with Liu Xin, formed a two-sided attack on Wuling. Unexpectedly, the battle to capture Jiangxia went so smoothly, eight days ahead of the original plan, and Liu Xin also decided to revise the plan.
After all, Jiang Xia is different from the other five counties under his control, and this place is the first time he has obtained it completely through war. How to achieve effective control of Jiang Xia has extraordinary reference significance for him in his future struggle for hegemony. Therefore, Liu Xin decided to stay in Jiang Xia for more time, to take care of Jiang Xia's affairs.
On the other hand, the huge casualties caused by the siege is what Liu Xin is most reluctant to see. In this era of desperate lives, whether it is Jushou, Han Opera, Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, or Dian Wei, it is normal to pay thousands of casualties as the price of taking a city. Although Liu Xin has been here for almost four full years, he has experienced many bloody scenes, and his view of life and death has gradually faded. If it's just an enemy, he might be indifferent regardless of the number of casualties, but for his own people, he can't be so calm.
The more than a thousand people who died in the battle were all young and middle-aged. Everyone had a family behind them, and they had their own parents, wives and children. Perhaps because of their fall, the family has lost its pillars, and their families are more likely to be forced to become slaves to others.
Every time he thought of this, Liu Xin's heart began to feel uneasy, and he decided to make some adjustments to his plan to attack Wuling. This time, he issued strict orders to the generals and must resolutely implement the strategy of cutting their wings and encircling them instead of fighting.
Liu Xin didn't personally participate in the battle against Wuling either. He sent Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhongquan out. It would be no problem to have them, such as talents, to attack a few small county towns. As for Wuling City, Liu Xin's order was originally to encircle and not fight. After Xu Huang and the others encircle him for a few days, Jiang Xia's affairs should also be handled, and it will not be too late for him to go.
On the fifth day of February in the third year of Zhongping, the four-way army was launched at the same time, and Liu Xin began to deal with Jiang Xia's affairs.
Although Huang She was very fat, he was still curled up like a chicken when Dian Wei was carried into the lobby of the Prefect's Mansion.
With a "pop", the fat chicken was thrown on the ground. Huang She raised his head and looked around blankly. What a familiar place, he was once a king here, but now he has become a prisoner.
Liu Xin smiled and said, "Young Master Huang, we meet again."
Huang She who was still looking dumbfounded suddenly fell to her knees, kowtow desperately, and muttered over and over again: "My lord, forgive me, I won't dare again next time..."
Liu Xin stood up, walked to him, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Young Master Huang, you won't have another time."
Liu Xin's face immediately sank, and said, "I said before the attack, that the abuser would be the same as Huang Zu! Come, drag Huang She out and slash it."
The two guards who were like wolves and tigers didn't say a word, and dragged the muddy yellow shoots and walked out. Chen Ji and Deng Long knelt aside, watching Huang She's end, shaking constantly, knowing that their lives were about to come to an end.
Liu Xin looked at the two of them, sneered, and slowly said: "Now I know I'm afraid, it's too late! Decapitate these two and the man in the family, and the woman serves as an official slave."
Chen Ji and Deng Long shouted in unison: "My lord, forgive me. I really can't help myself. I beg my lord to observe!"
Liu Xin sat down slowly and asked, "Oh, what are your lasting difficulties, let's just listen?"
Chen hurriedly said: "My lord, we are working under Huang Zu, and we are also in fear. The lives of the whole family are held in his hands, so I dare not try our best."
Deng Long went on to say: "I beg my lord to forgive us this time, in the future we are willing to go through fire and water for the adults, and we will do it!"
Liu Xin twisted his chin, pondered for a moment, and asked, "So, are you willing to work for this official?"
Chen Jiu and Deng Long nodded together and said, "Yes, yes, we do."
A smile appeared on Liu Xin's face and said, "Since you are willing to act for this official, then I will ask you. You are all of Huang Zu's cronies. When this official attacked Jiangxia, what was the attitude of the other officials in the city? What did they say? What did they do? You should be very clear about this."
The two of them couldn't help nodding, like a chicken pecking at rice, and said in unison: "Clear, clear."
Liu Xin put a smile away and said, "Well, since you are all clear, then go down now and write down what you know. You must be as detailed as possible, and you must not conceal or make false reports. I will confirm each other. If you let me Knowing who of you two is tricking, hum..."
Chen Jiu and Deng Long nodded again and again and said, "The villain dare not, the villain dare not."
Liu Xin waved his hand, several guards came in, put them two out, took them to different rooms, gave them paper and pen, and asked them to write a report.
At this time, Han Xi stood up and asked, "Master, how do you deal with the captured Jiangxia soldiers?"
Liu Xin thought for a while and asked Ju: "Gongyou, the yellow turban soldiers who were captured in the First Battle of Nanyang, have been working for almost two years, right?"
Jushou bowed his hand and said, "It's only a month or two to return to the lord. The subordinates have ordered people to register their intentions. About 8,000 people want to go back to the village to work in agriculture, and there are twelve thousand. More than a thousand people want to continue working with the team. Those who want to continue working are mostly homeless people."
Liu Xin nodded and said: "This time, if we can successfully take down the four counties, there will be no shortage of bridges, paving, and fortifications. All of these require a lot of manpower. Most of the civil servants recruited earlier Choosing to go home for farming, the most useful yellow turban captives will also go home for farming. It seems that all the captured Jiangxia soldiers have to be incorporated into the engineering team."
Jushou said anxiously: "I'm afraid these people have been in the army for a long time, and they are more difficult to manage than the Yellow Turban captives."
Liu Xin thought for a moment and said, "I'm not afraid. The Yellow Turban captives used to be bandits. Now when the two-year period expires, they are ordinary people. These Jiangxia captives used to be soldiers, but now they are just prisoners. Just beat these Jiangxia captives. They were scattered and incorporated into the team and put under the care of the Yellow Turban captives. Those Yellow Turban captives are now turned into slaves and become masters, and they will not be taken seriously. This time there are more than 8,000 Jiangxia soldiers and navy soldiers captured. , It can just make up for the shortage of engineering team manpower."
Jushou said happily: "The lord is very considerate. So are these captives also subjected to two-year forced labor?"
Liu Xin categorically said: "No! Their situation is different from that of the Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans were originally ordinary people. Most of them were tempted and coerced by traitors when they rebelled. And they ignored Liu's shouts in the city. The stubborn resistance caused heavy casualties to our siege soldiers, which should be severely punished! The time limit for compulsory labor should be changed to six years!"
At this time, Chen Jiu and Deng Long had already written down everything they knew. These things happened just yesterday. They have a deep memory, but now they want to survive, how dare they not try their best
Liu Xin looked at the report they had submitted, and a slight smile appeared on his face. The content of the two reports was quite different, and it seemed that neither of them dared to lie. Liu Xin looked up, looked at Chen Jiu and Deng Long, put the report in his hand on a few cases, and said lightly: "Come here, drag them two out and cut them down!"