Early the next morning, under the supervision of Xi Zhicai, Li Xiao, along with the nobles and officials close to him, was escorted to the square in front of the palace.
In front of the Goguryeo people, he recounted the many crimes these people had committed in the past, and blamed all the faults of this war on Li Xiao and those nobles and officials.
The Goguryeo people who had been forcibly conscripted were already dissatisfied with Li Xiao and his men. Now, after being incited by the instructors of the Military and Political Affairs Department, they hated these high-ranking noble officials even more.
Ultimately, with the tacit approval of the Han army, Li Xiao and a group of noble officials from Goguryeo were beaten to death by the angry Goguryeo people.
With the end of the war, the army temporarily stationed itself here for rest and recuperation.
For the people of Goguryeo and those prisoners of war, Liu Hong continued to use the method of work relief, making them build roads leading to the Han Dynasty.
For these ordinary Goguryeo people, earning food and money by selling their physical labor was undoubtedly a dream come true. They had little resistance to being incorporated into the Han Dynasty and accepting its rule, since the Han Dynasty could feed them.
After some deliberation, Liu Hong renamed the capital of Goguryeo as Ji'an Commandery. As for Buyeo, Goguryeo, and the Hanye and Okjeo territories previously annexed by Goguryeo, they were reorganized into a single province and named Liaozhou.
At the same time, the Liaodong Camp was established, with Huangfu Song serving as Protector of Liaozhong and Zhu Jun as Commandant of the Liaodong Camp. Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shao, Sun Jian and others also served in this camp, and the Fuyu New Army was incorporated into the Liaodong Auxiliary Camp.
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