Can I get to the other side?

"Your Majesty, do you want to reward Ma Chao?" Jia Xu asked Liu Xie.

Han Sui teamed up with Tian Feng to rebel, and both of them were killed by Ma Chao. Although the truth of this news remains to be discussed, a reaction must be given now.

One is a general who commands 50,000 Xiliang troops.

One is Yuan Shao's confidant and the remnant of the rebels.

Ma Chao's killing of these two people was undoubtedly a great achievement. It would be unjustifiable if such a great contribution was not rewarded.

"Of course there will be a reward."

Liu Xie already had a plan in mind, and after hearing this he told Guo Jia: "Draw up a decree for me. Ma Chao, the son of Marquis Huaili, has made great achievements in eradicating the rebels. I order him to come to Yecheng quickly to receive the reward."

"I want to see if he comes or not!"

The best way to verify whether Ma Chao has other ideas is to see if he dares to come to Yecheng. If he doesn't even dare to come to receive a reward, there must be something wrong.

But in addition, he also wanted to send people secretly to inquire and see if what happened in Guanzhong was the same as what was said in Ma Chao's memorial.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Guo Jia accepted the order.

Whether Han Sui rebelled or not is just Ma Chao's one-sided statement, and the specific details are not yet known.

It would be unwise to foolishly award Ma Chao directly.

Letting Ma Chao come to Yecheng to receive the reward is the best way at the moment.

Liu Xie focused his attention on the two heads again. After thinking for a moment, he summoned Gao Lan and ordered again: "Keep Han Sui's head for the time being. As for Tian Feng's head, give it to Sikong. Take the head to see Yuan Shao in person."

"promise!"

Gao Lan clasped his fists in agreement and left the announcement room with the heads of Han Sui and Tian Feng.

Then Jia Xu said: "Your Majesty, since the hundreds of thousands of refugees were accepted, refugees from other counties have also gradually gathered in Wei County."

"Should we accept these refugees or not?"

Years of war have caused the number of refugees to increase sharply. After the refugees from other counties learned that the emperor had accepted and resettled the refugees and provided them with food, they all flocked to Wei County.

Although the number is not as large as the group of refugees from the Montenegrin Army, it is still not a small number. If they are all taken in, the resettlement will be a bit stressful.

"Take it all."

Liu Xie replied without hesitation, his attitude was very clear, "I am pardoning the Montenegrin army who planted the rebels, but I don't care about the ordinary refugees. Isn't that forcing them to rebel?"

"And this time there is enough money and supplies donated by the major families. There is no reason not to accept these people. As long as they get through this winter, they will be fine."

“All of these people are working for relief!”

There is food in hand and no panic in mind.

The materials Liu Xie squeezed out from the major families this time are completely enough to settle the refugees. Besides, these are all labor, why not?

Jia Xu nodded, and then left together with Guo Jia.

…

Beiya, dungeon.

Yuan Shao was leaning against the wall with a haggard expression. Now his legs were broken, his eye sockets were sunken, his expression was numb, and he was almost skinny.

There is no trace of the past style at all.

Witnessing the Yuan clan members being beheaded that day was a huge blow to him. After cursing and crying like crazy in the first few days, he finally became silent and didn't say a word all day long, as if he was a corpse. The Walking Dead.

"Squeak——"

The sound of the cell door opening was heard.

Yuan Shao raised his eyelids and saw Yuan Xi walking into the cell, looking at him indifferently and condescendingly.

Seeing Yuan Xi, Yuan Shao, who was originally listless, suddenly burst into unparalleled anger and cursed: "You evil beast! Why do you still have the nerve to see me!"

Because he hadn't spoken for so long, his voice now became particularly harsh and hoarse, as unpleasant as the howl of a night crow.

But the hatred in his eyes seemed to be real!

He wished he could rush forward and strangle Yuan Xi to death, but his legs were broken and he couldn't do that, so he could only curse.

"You traded the lives of our entire Yuan clan for your own future! You betrayed your clan for glory! You evil beast, I'm going to kill you!"

Hearing Yuan Shao's scolding, Yuan Xi's cold face suddenly showed a look of anger. He stepped forward, grabbed Yuan Shao's collar, and slapped him hard!

"Old guy! Shut up!"

Yuan Xi looked ferocious and roared angrily: "If you hadn't repented and even made such nonsense in the court, how could your majesty destroy my Yuan family!"

"One thousand and thirty-seven people! A total of one thousand and thirty-seven people!"

"For your ridiculous dignity and face, and your ambition to make a comeback, you let the entire Yuan family be buried with you!"

"You are the one who deserves to die!"

Yuan Xi didn't want to pay attention to Yuan Shao at first, but Yuan Shao's words directly brought out the anger buried in his heart.

"Sikong! Sikong, calm down!"

"You can't do it, Sikong!"

The jailer who followed Yuan Xi was shocked when he saw this, and quickly stepped forward to pull the two away, fearing that Yuan Shao would die in Yuan Xi's hands.

After all, the emperor had a decree to save Yuan Shao's life for flag sacrifice in the future. If Yuan Xi strangled him to death now, then they would have no way to deal with it.

"Ahem——"

Yuan Shao coughed violently, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. He stared at Yuan Xi with resentful eyes and said: "All I did was to make the Yuan family more prosperous!"

"If you hadn't been used by Liu Xie to give him a chance to get out of trouble, how could I have failed! The reason why he was able to gradually encroach on my foundation and increase his power was all because you were greedy for the throne!"

"Now that my whole Yuan family is dead, he has given you a position as a third lord just like giving a bone to a dog. Are you still grateful?"

"What a good dog! Hahaha!"

Yuan Shao laughed at Yuan Xi and ridiculed him mercilessly, but underneath the laughter was resentment that could not be concealed.

He did regret why he insisted on refusing to surrender in the first place, but now that the dust has fallen to the ground, it is useless for him to regret it.

So he transferred all the hatred in his heart to the ruthless Liu Xie and Yuan Xi who was willing to be Liu Xie's lackey!

Yuan Xi clenched his fists tightly. He looked at the crazy Yuan Shao on the ground and endured it again and again, finally suppressing his murderous intention.

Then he took the wooden box from the jailer on the side, threw it in front of Yuan Shao, and said expressionlessly: "Old man, this is the gift His Majesty asked me to bring you!"

Seeing the wooden box in front of him, Yuan Shao couldn't help but sneered: "Why, he plans to let you kill your father and let you take my head back with you?"

"If you want to take action, hurry up! If you frown, I'm not your father!"

Seeing that he was not going to open the box, Yuan Xi sneered and kicked the box, and the contents immediately rolled out.

It was a bloody human head.

The head rolled in front of Yuan Shao, and those eyes that were full of unwillingness and despair, but had long since lost their luster, happened to be looking at him.

Yuan Shao looked at this familiar face, his pupils narrowed instantly, and a look of disbelief gradually filled his cheeks.

"Yuan...Hao?"

Yuan Shao's mind went blank. He wondered if he was hallucinating, and tremblingly reached out to pick up the head.

The cold, stiff and real touch came from his fingertips, causing his heart to skip half a beat. He retracted his hand as if he was electrocuted, and his head fell to the ground.

This is Tian Feng’s head!

Yuan Xi said coldly: "The rebel Tian Feng wanted to persuade Ma Chao and Han Sui to rebel, but he was beheaded by Ma Chao on the spot."

"He could have survived, but because of his loyalty to you, he chose to continue to lead the remnants of the party to resist, and ended up with such a dead body!"

"Soon, Your Majesty will send a large army to attack Bingzhou and wipe out all the remnants in one fell swoop. Your dream of a comeback ends here!"

Yuan Xi's cruel and indifferent words hit Yuan Shao's heart like a heavy hammer, making his face paler with every word!

"impossible!"

Yuan Shao suddenly became furious and interrupted Yuan Xi with a roar, "It must be your trick! Yuan Hao is so clever and resourceful, how could he be killed by that kid Ma Chao!"

"It's winter now, how could Liu Xie send troops to attack Bingzhou? You can't even think of lying to me!"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

Yuan Shao didn't believe what Yuan Xi said at all, and even pushed Tian Feng's head away, thinking that everything in front of him was an illusion created to deceive him!

"Lied to you?"

Yuan Xi sneered when he heard this, "You are always so arrogant and arrogant. Whether you believe it or not, Bingzhou will be recovered this winter!"

"When all the remnants of your party are wiped out, you will be nailed to the pillar of shame of my Yuan family, and you will not even be qualified to enter the family tree! You will be reviled by the descendants of my Yuan family for generations!"

"And I will inherit everything from the Yuan family, and the new Yuan family will start from scratch. I will never make the same mistakes you made again!"

Yuan Xi is full of hope for recasting the Yuan family.

Although he donated all the Yuan family property, the emperor still allowed him to keep the Yuan Mansion where he lived and part of his family property.

Since the news of the demise of the Yuan clan and his promotion to Sikong spread, an endless stream of disciples and former officials from all over the world have come to seek refuge with him, almost breaking through the threshold of the Yuan Mansion.

The reason is simple.

He is the only direct bloodline left of the Yuan family. In addition, he is valued by the emperor. He holds a high position among the three princes and has a reputation as a loyal minister.

In addition, the Yuan family was exterminated, and he was now in a position to employ people. Therefore, the disciples and former officials of the Yuan family chose to join him one after another, either to repay the Yuan family or to find a way out for themselves.

Yuan's future depends on him alone!

After saying these words, Yuan Xi never looked at Yuan Shao again, turned around and walked out of the cell, disappearing into the dungeon.

Yuan Shao kept yelling hysterically until his throat was hoarse and his strength was exhausted, and he had no choice but to stop.

At this time, his eyes fell on Tian Feng's head in the corner of the cell. A huge wave of grief suddenly hit him like a tide. He crawled over with great effort, then held the head in his arms and cried bitterly. .

Although he said that Yuan Xi was lying to him, how could he not recognize that this was Tian Feng when he and Tian Feng had been together day and night?

Yuan Shao cried and said: "I was wrong, I was really wrong! I should not have ignored your words, Yuan Hao, and should not have attacked Hejian County!"

"I'm sorry for you Yuan Hao, it was me who harmed you!"

Yuan Shao's tears fell like rain and sprinkled on Tian Feng's head, making his stiff expression gradually soften, and the unwillingness in his eyes seemed to slowly dissipate.

He seemed to hear Yuan Shao admitting his mistake.

…

The days passed by.

With the cooperation of major aristocratic families and the imperial court, the displaced people were properly resettled. Women and children were sent to work in weaving workshops, while men helped smelt iron and mine ore, providing work in exchange for relief.

This did not cause any dissatisfaction.

For those refugees, being able to survive is a rare thing. The imperial court gives them the opportunity to work in exchange for food, shelter, clothing, and firewood, so that they will not starve to death and freeze to death. What else can they ask for?

This is much better than the previous corvée.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Xie would go out of the palace from time to time to comfort the people, which deeply moved the people.

How could they not think of repaying the emperor for treating them so well?

So everyone worked very hard.

A large number of sweaters, trousers, weapons and equipment were produced continuously and then sent directly to the army so that the soldiers of each army could be equipped.

The end of the year is approaching.

…

The Imperial Palace, Tai'an Hall.

Liu Xie asked the ministers in the hall: "In three days, it will be the day to send troops to attack Bingzhou. How are the preparations before the war?"

"Report to me."

Hearing this, Sima Yi was the first to step out and said: "Your Majesty, the logistics and food have been dispatched, which can support the army for two months!"

Although this war must be carried out by thunder and lightning to capture Bingzhou, it cannot be delayed and can only take one month at most.

But to be on the safe side, he still prepared enough food and grass for the army for two months, stored separately to ensure that nothing could go wrong.

After Sima Yi finished speaking, Zhen Yi also said: "Winter clothes such as sweaters and trousers have been supplied to all soldiers in the army."

"However, there are still a few thousand sets of head covers, gloves and socks, but each weaving workshop is also trying its best to make them, and they will be completed before the troops are sent out!"

"In addition, the weapons and equipment are also equipped!"

In just two months, Zhen Yi has become much more haggard, which shows how much effort he has put in in such a short time.

If there were no large-scale labor support, working in shifts day and night to make clothes and weapons, it would be impossible to meet Liu Xie's requirements in such a short time.

Even so, the weapons and equipment equipped for the 30,000 Black Mountain Army are one level lower than normal equipment.

It's not that they are reluctant, but that there is not enough time, so they can only choose to reduce quality in order to seek quantity-of course, this reduction in quality is relative.

The overall iron smelting technology has improved, so the equipment produced is still of excellent quality.

"Very good!"

A gleam of brilliance burst out from Liu Xie's eyes, and he slapped the armrest of the dragon throne heavily, not hiding the joy on his face, and said with great spirit: "Lu Bu, Zhang Liao listen to my orders!"

"I am here!"

Lu Bu and Zhang Liao stepped out.

Liu Xie gave a fierce order: "I order Lu Bu to be the chief general, Zhang Liao to be the deputy general, Sima Yi to be the military advisor, and to lead a total of 50,000 troops, divided into two routes to attack Bingzhou, and to send troops in three days!"

"Give it to me——"

"Destroy Jinyang City!"