The Nameless of the Common Clans

"You are..." Hu Cai frowned when he saw the general climbing up from the hanging basket. He had some impressions of this man. He was the general next to Li Le and had a family background in Pingyang.

"General Guo Yang, General Hu, we have met before." The general took a breath and said hoarsely.

"Why are you here?" Hu Cai frowned.

"General, half a month ago, a group of troops suddenly came. They said that Xiangling City was broken and they came to defect. The other party even displayed the banner of general." Guo Yang bowed.

"So you opened the door?" Hu Cai frowned.

"Unexpectedly, the general suspected a fraud, so he just told them to wait outside the city and sent people to come here to investigate. However, for several days in a row, there was no news from the sent scouts. During this period, the Hanoi army came once and killed the enemy. They had to disperse. When my general saw that the army from Hedong had arrived, he believed those people and treated those people After gathering under the city gate again, they opened the city gate. Who would have thought that those people were actually Chen Mo's generals. As soon as the city gate opened, they rushed in. Hedong County outside the city also took advantage of the situation and rushed in. They set fire everywhere. The general was defeated. , had no choice but to lead the crowd to break out. The Hedong Army did not pursue it, but just began to take over the city and drive away the people in the city. "

Guo Yang finished speaking in one breath, looked at Hu Cai, who looked uncertain, and said carefully: "General, can you send some food to the soldiers below the city first?"

Hu Cai glanced at him. It was obvious that the other party had no intention of letting his men enter the city. He snorted with disdain in his heart, but he was also relieved.

"No wonder Chen Mo is not in a hurry to attack the city these days. The refugees came here just to deceive others. They seemed to be coming to attack Xiangling, but in fact they were attacking Pingyang. What a cunning little thief!" Hu Cai called the generals and said : "Now that spring plowing is approaching, the people in the city are already dissatisfied. Now that Chen Mo is not here, we should immediately send people to disperse the refugees and let the people resume farming!"

Chen Mo didn't have many soldiers and horses, but now he has captured Pingyang. If he wants to defend Pingyang, he needs to divide his troops and garrison them. The remaining troops and horses can't make any waves, so just don't come. If the other side dares to come, Hu Cai will definitely do it. Take the opportunity to teach this ignorant boy a lesson.

"Here!" A general agreed and turned around to deliver the order.

"Go and bring your people in, stay under my command first, and wait until you get news about Li Le before you surrender to him." Hu Cai kicked Guo Yang and said.

Although the opponent's men and horses are not many, no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat. Although the four commanders Bai Bo are allies, it is not strange for them to annex each other. Besides, this man and horse came here by himself, and he did not steal them.

"General, the Hedong Army is here and there. General, please be careful." Guo Yang quickly advised.

"I'm not your general. Tens of thousands of people were defeated by five thousand of the other side. I'm ashamed to be associated with him!" Hu Cai glanced at Guo Yang with disdain.

Guo Yang was speechless and could only run dejectedly to summon his troops to the city.

Xiangling City is built on the mountain. It is not a simple task to redistribute the recovered population. Hu Cai sent five teams of a thousand people to patrol the surrounding areas, using the signal of beacon fire and smoke to each other. Once traces of Chen Mo were found , immediately set off beacon smoke or beacon fire, and let the clansmen grab the land occupied by the refugees themselves.

Two days passed, and there was no sign of Chen Mo. On the contrary, many Li Le's original troops came from all directions. In total, there were two to three thousand people. Hu Cai took them all in, and felt a little more relieved. That day and night, it was... Drinking with other generals, there was a sudden sound of fighting outside the house.

"Where are the men and horses coming from? How brave are you!?" Hu Cai heard the sound and stood up quickly, wanting to summon his personal guards, but saw Guo Yang leading his troops to rush in and kill everyone on sight. In an instant, the originally harmonious atmosphere was turned into a bloody mess. replaced.

"Guo Yang, you are crazy!" Hu Cai beheaded two soldiers who rushed towards him, looked at Guo Yang from a distance and roared: "Could it be that you betrayed Li Le?"

"General, forgive me!" Guo Yang gritted his teeth and said, "My family members are all in Pingyang. General Li Le has been defeated. We can only help General You to seize the city!"

It is true that Chen Mo only has 5,000 troops, and after barely capturing Pingyang, it is indeed difficult to send troops to conquer the other three counties. However, Chen Mo has no troops, but Pingyang County has troops.

After conquering Pingyang County, Chen Mo couldn't kill Li Le's tens of thousands of troops, no matter how capable he was. Moreover, unlike the bandits that he had dealt with in the past, most of these bandits were locals. And because Li Le was like Hu Cai, Chen Mo occupied the area. Once they reach the city, everyone's family members will fall into Chen Mo's hands.

Chen Mo could not send troops to attack Xiangling, but generals like Guo Yang, whose families were in Pingyang, could. Chen Mo sent several capable generals to Guo Yang and controlled his family. The soldiers who came with him and those who came one after another, They were all chosen by Chen Mo to be concerned about, and they were all Pingyang troops, so Hu Cai would not be alert.

In this way, Chen Mo just sent Cui Geng and Zhong Yun to help secretly, and successfully penetrated into Hu Cai's interior without spending a single soldier. When most of Hu Cai's troops were sent to drive away the refugees, these people suddenly If he launches an attack, it will be easy to capture and kill Hu Cai.

Hu Cai saw that the scene was becoming more and more chaotic, and he led his guards to fight all the way. When he went out from the back door, the whole Xiangling was in complete chaos. There were sounds of fighting everywhere, and it was difficult to distinguish whether it was an enemy or a friend.

Hu Cai could only ignore it and led his men and horses all the way out of the city, heading straight for Yang County.

The fighting in Xiangling lasted for two days. After dawn the next day, after discovering that Hu Cai had run away, many tribesmen also ran towards Yang County. In addition, many clan traitors also ran away with them, and Guo Yang has a list in his hand, which Chen Mo secretly handed over to him. Most of the people on the list are Xiang The famous gentry in the mausoleum area had a sworn relationship with Hu Cai. As long as these people were still around, they would be the targets of death. This was also the reason why the fight lasted for two days. Guo Yang was already jealous by the end. If it weren't for Chen Mo led his army to stop Guo Yang, fearing that the people of Xiangling would suffer.

"Lord, a lot of soldiers and horses have gone out from the two counties. More of the Xiangling clan were killed and escaped later. The population is less than half of what it was before." In the Xiangling Yamen Office, several accompanying officials sorted out what could be found in Xiangling. Household registration and account books, and at the same time began to sort out the current Xiangling property, which ones are no longer owned, and which ones are still owned by the owner.

There are also some wealthy gentry who stayed, some died, some left, but there are not many left. They are very respectful to Chen Mo, not only because they secretly funded the Bai Bo bandits in the past, and even directly participated in them, but also because they were very respectful to Chen Mo. The important thing is that this man was obviously a powerful master. In one month, he drove away Hu Cai and Li Le quietly. Although he did not directly kill the gentry, after this battle between the two counties, the remaining gentry Only twenty-three out of ten.

Imagine that it was impossible to take advantage of the opportunity to annex land before. These lands were used by Chen Mo to resettle the refugees and competed with Chen Mo. In the past, they still had the courage, but now, Hu Cai and Li Le have been defeated one after another. The wealthy gentry behind him didn't have the guts to continue playing this trick with Chen Mo. What he wanted now was to protect himself.

Chen Mo appointed Zhong Yun and Cui Geng as magistrates of Pingyang and Xiangling counties respectively to settle the refugees, while he personally went to appease these wealthy gentry and hosted banquets for them.

"Now that the Baibo thieves have been driven to Yang County, those of you who are still here should not have much to do with the Baibo thieves. Young Master Mo is inexperienced and doesn't know much about the customs of the two counties. Now that we have conquered the two counties for the first time, these In the future, we will need your efforts to govern the place. I don’t want the Baibo bandits to rise again, let alone the enemy who will one day lead an army to crusade silently. We are all gentlemen. If you are willing, you can write off the past affairs today. However, if there are bad debts in the future, you will not be able to erase them so easily. I hope you will understand!" In the Xiangling Yamen Office, Chen Mo held a wine glass and looked at the two counties. The clan leader smiled and said: "Mo doesn't want any clan traitors under his rule. I hope you don't make things difficult for Mo."

Now that Chen Mo had conquered two cities without a single blow, he had driven away and killed most of the clan gentry. The remaining people had been frightened to death by Chen Mo. Now that Chen Mo said these words, how dare he not respond? They all nodded their heads, wishing they could Direct allegiance to the general.

Chen Mo just smiled at this. It was a night banquet, at least on the surface, where the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves. As for whether there were people who were resentful in private, Chen Mo didn't care. As long as he was here, he believed that these people couldn't make any trouble.

"Lord, when will we send out troops next?" Three days later, Cui Geng found Chen Mo who was reading official documents and bowed.

"We won't send troops for the time being." Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Currently we are focusing on stabilizing the two counties."

"This..." Cui Geng was a little confused.

"If we send troops now, then Li Le, Hu Cai, and Yang Feng will definitely share the same hatred. The two counties are not yet stable, and we can't send many troops to fight them decisively. We need to wait a little, first to stabilize the people of the two counties, and secondly. Without me here, Yang County cannot support three Baibo handsome men."

Cui Geng nodded when he heard this. If this happens, Yang Feng and others may have civil strife.

"Spring plowing has arrived, and it is the busy time for farming. Send more scouts to monitor the activities in Yang County. Don't miss the farming due to the war. I don't want the people under my rule to go hungry this year." Chen Mo stood up and said with a smile.

"But my lord's marriage..." Cui Geng hesitated and advised.

"Business matters are important. I have written to my mentor. The date of the wedding will be decided after I return. For now, I will focus on conquering the four counties. All other matters can be postponed!" Chen Mo waved his hand.

"Here!" Cui Geng nodded, saluted Chen Mo, then turned and left.

Chen Mo walked to the map, visually looked at the location and terrain of Yang County on the map, stretched out his hand to compare, and ordered the clerk to mark the marks, and set up checkpoints in several places to give the enemy the impression that he was not prepared to attack again, but was preparing to switch to attack. The feeling of keeping.

As for whether Yang Feng and others would fall into the trap... Chen Mo didn't consider that the Kwantung princes were so aggressive in attacking Dong Zhuo that they were still scheming against each other. Sometimes, when there were too many people in charge, nothing could be done. Each of the four people had their own problems before. They could still live in peace and harmony when they were in the local area, but now they are crowded together, but it is easier for them to fight among themselves.