Lin Jiang from Fengzhou City

brought out 5,000 people and left 500 people in Dongping Prefecture. Now there are more than 20,000 people, of which 13,000 are surrendered soldiers, and the rest are young and strong refugees recruited in the past few days.

After Lin Jiang beheaded a group of ruffians who wanted to take the opportunity to rob in public, the order of Fengzhou City was roughly restored. Lin Jiang also emphasized military discipline. In addition, he gave enough money and did not offend the people. The people of Fengzhou City quickly accepted the righteous army.

But Lin Jiang was also very busy. He had not found someone who was good at handling internal affairs yet, so he had to hand over the army to Qin Yong and do it himself.

The first thing to do was to deal with the officials of Fengzhou City, especially the clerks. The chief officials of cities like Fengzhou City are generally floating officials, and the clerks are the local households. These people are also the most capable of exploiting the people. There was no

injustice when the leaders of the clerks were beheaded one by one. Lin Jiang dealt with them all, promoted new people, and then began to clean up unjust cases, etc. These practices can win people's hearts.

"It's so tiring to deal with paperwork. When can I get some talents like Xiao He and Zhang Liang? Otherwise, it would be good to get some Zhuge Liang."

Dealing with these things was very tedious. Lin Jiang was a little impatient. Without reliable people, Lin Jiang was really too busy. It was because he was strong that he worked overtime every day. If it were someone else, he might really be exhausted.

Half a month later, the military advisor of the rebel army came to Fengzhou City with hundreds of people, which was considered to be a relief for Lin Jiang. Someone shared some of the work.

"Military advisor, I have two tasks for you. First, send people to Daizhou to submit a petition for amnesty. First, stabilize the external situation and recruit talents. Second, clean up the nobles in the city. First, seize their wealth accumulated over hundreds of years to support the army. Second, divide their land and settle the people."

Lin Jiang said. He seized Fengzhou City. Even if the King of Dai was incompetent, he had to show his gratitude. Therefore, it was very important to submit a petition for amnesty at this time. Lin Jiang needed a stable external condition to give him time to absorb the results of the war.

Secondly, he had to rely on these nobles and wealthy families to support the army and the people. Lin Jiang saw from the official records that these nobles and wealthy families in Fengzhou occupied 80% of the land in Fengzhou City. They were fat sheep. As for the floating wealth, he didn't know. Anyway, judging from the results of the house raids in other places, it was more than enough to support his tens of thousands of soldiers.

And don't worry about any accidental injuries. The process of these people's wealth was full of blood and tears. Don't say anything like "the disaster will not affect the family". The premise of this sentence is that their families did not enjoy the benefits brought by the family. But is it possible? Isn't the luxurious life of those noble sons and daughters built on the blood and tears of ordinary people?

As an adult, you should judge the results by success or failure, not by the facts, otherwise it will appear very naive.

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The governor of Daizhou

, He, was complaining in front of the civil and military officials, asking the court to send troops to retake Fengzhou. However, no matter how impassioned he was, the officials of Daizhou were indifferent.

They already knew about the loss of Fengzhou. Mr. Wolong, with only one horse, beat tens of thousands of troops and made them unable to raise their heads. Only a few thousand people occupied Fengzhou City. How could they fight?

Daizhou also had a martial saint. They had secretly inquired about it a long time ago. The martial saints of Daizhou said that they could not do such a thing. They all said frankly that ordinary bows and arrows were ineffective against them, but the bed crossbows could seriously injure them. They could not ignore the bed crossbows and asked the martial saints of Daizhou to fight. They all refused.

Not all people in Daizhou were indifferent. Some people still supported the governor He, but these people either had no soldiers or too few soldiers. Ten or twenty thousand soldiers would be just a meal. How could they defeat the enemy without mobilizing the soldiers of the entire Daizhou?

Today's court meeting still ended in vain. Everyone dispersed the court meeting. Li Xiang took the senior officials to meet the King of Dai in private.

"Your Majesty, this traitor Wolong has become a force to be reckoned with. If we don't hurry up and eliminate him, he will probably become a serious threat to us,"

Li Xiang said to the King of Dai. As the Prime Minister, he may be selfish, but he still has the ability. He naturally knows how much harm Mr. Wolong, who occupies a state, is now.

"Prime Minister Li, how could I not know? But I have already asked, and no one can match the traitor."

"We can unite with other states to march together, Your Majesty, the dispute over orthodoxy is always fought by people within the Chen family, but the traitor Wolong is an outsider."

"Will others agree to this?"

"Wolong has killed the King of Chu, and has no respect for the State of Chen and the royal family. Excluding some eloquent people, other princes can be persuaded."

Li Xiang said that Daizhou alone could not destroy Fengzhou, but there were still dozens of states in the south of the State of Chen, and now there were several emperors and dozens of warlords. If they united together, there would be a chance. With so many forces added together, there were still more than a dozen martial saints.

"Then it's up to Li Xiang. Please ask Li Xiang to deal with it on your behalf. You must ask the other princes to take action, as well as those military leaders. If you can use the hands of the traitor Wolong to eliminate them, it would be great."

The King of Dai nodded. This plan was feasible. If you can gather all the forces of the Southern Chen, you will be able to eliminate the traitors. If you can take the opportunity to eliminate other warlords, it would be even better. Now the Southern Chen is full of people like He Taishou. They are so-called submission, but they are actually separatist and regard the court as nothing.

Li Xiang naturally agreed. He was still very loyal to the State of Chen. Seeing the increasingly deteriorating situation in the State of Chen, he was also anxious. Now that he had a plan to drive away the wolf and swallow the tiger, he had to plan it carefully.

Li Xiang began to make careful preparations, selecting eloquent people from his staff to go on diplomatic missions to various states to persuade other emperors and warlords.

But before the people were sent out, someone from Fengzhou came. A young scholar came to Daizhou with a handwritten letter from Mr. Wolong. The King of Dai hurriedly summoned senior officials.

"Li Xiang, this is a handwritten letter from the traitor Wolong. The traitor Wolong wants to surrender."

"Recruit?"

Li Xiang was stunned. The traitor Wolong had captured Fengzhou City and his momentum was at its strongest. How could he think of surrendering?

Prime Minister Li picked up the handwritten letter, read it, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, this is the rebel's plan. He does not want to sincerely surrender to the court. He is delaying time."

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li is right. According to the report from the spies, the rebel has only occupied Fengzhou City, Dongping Prefecture and Qishan Prefecture, and Fengzhou has six counties and twenty-three prefectures. The area he occupies is only a corner of Fengzhou. He must want to delay time. You must not agree to it. You should gather the troops as soon as possible and send out troops to encircle and suppress him."

There are no fools in the court of Daizhou. They have long seen through the true meaning of this handwritten letter.

"My dear ministers, I know about this, but the rebel is hateful. His messenger has said that if Daizhou does not recruit them, they will go to the King of Thailand in Xuzhou to be canonized, and are willing to be the king of Thailand's vanguard to invade Daizhou,"

said the king of Dai. The rebel had a pitiful tone in the letter, but the messenger he sent was extremely arrogant and threatened the king of Dai that if he did not reply within half a month, he would offer Fengzhou to another king of Thailand who proclaimed himself as emperor, and bring troops to attack Daizhou. As

soon as these words came out, everyone changed color. They knew with their toes that the king of Thailand would definitely agree, because among the several self-proclaimed emperors, the king of Thailand was the weakest. Who would not want to get a state for nothing?

Even if they did not get any benefits, they could weaken the power of their Daizhou. If the rebel Wolong was willing to send troops to Daizhou, they would be more willing to see the scene of the two tigers fighting.

"The traitor Wolong is really..."

Li Xiang cried out in his heart. Before, the traitor Wolong boasted that whoever gets Wolong will get the world. In the past, they all regarded it as a joke, but now, he has to re-examine this sentence.

The traitor Wolong has a military force that defies the heavens. Now this letter of amnesty shows his command. This is courage and strategy, both civil and military. If it were an ordinary traitor, how could he think of amnesty when he won a great victory?

"My dear ministers, don't be silent, what should I do?"

The King of Dai was also anxious. He had to reply to him. If he didn't reply, what if he really went to the King of Thailand? He couldn't stop him when he called.

"Your Majesty, promise him, promise him whatever the traitor says. If the traitor delays time, we will also delay time."

Li Xiang hesitated for a moment and said through gritted teeth. The traitor was cunning, so let's do as he wished and delay it first. He continued to lobby other princes and warlords, and then continue to wipe them out when the time comes.