The Nameless of the Common Clans

Although he had seen the scene of the Yellow Turbans passing through the border and the people living in poverty, this was the first time that Chen Mo had seen a city that became a ruin almost overnight in the war. When the Ten Eunuchs kidnapped the emperor, Luoyang was in chaos. That night, many soldiers took the opportunity to riot, but order was still there. Chen Mo and many other generals directly ordered the execution of the rioting soldiers on the spot. Although it was quite chaotic at the time, it was not so serious.

Although the direct cause of this result was the melee between Yang Feng, Hu Cai and Li Le, Chen Mo still felt a little uncomfortable. After all, it was he who came up with this plan. Perhaps in the eyes of others, it was the fault of Yang Feng and others, but Chen Mo knew that he should also have a very important responsibility for causing such a result.

He could get through others, but not himself.

"My Lord?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo in confusion, and almost blurted out whether he missed his mother again? In the end, thinking of the tragic experience of copying books in the previous half a month, he swallowed the words that were about to come to his mouth.

"Nothing, go and urge the soldiers to pacify the people and not be too cruel to the people." Chen Mo shook his head.

"Not chasing them?" Dian Wei asked doubtfully, "Those thieves just left not long ago. It's just right to catch the three thieves while they are in chaos."

"It's useless to chase them. With them here, Yong'an..." Chen Mo wanted to say that Yong'an would also be in chaos, but looking at the ruined city in front of him, he really didn't want Yong'an to suffer such bad news. After thinking about it, he finally gave up this plan and said, "Send someone to inform Han Xian and tell him that Yang Feng and the other two have been forced by me, and order him to surrender as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Dian Wei agreed and went to do the work.

Chen Mo led his guards to the government office. Han Xian would not surrender. Even if he was willing, Yang Feng and the other two would not let him surrender. However, with so many people, Yong'an would definitely not be able to accommodate them. He hoped to scare Han Xian away by taking advantage of the three thieves' defeat. Chen Mo didn't want the tragic situation in Yang County to happen again.

The three thousand troops brought by Chen Mo began to take over the city, and the remaining people in the city were gradually appeased. In the afternoon, the whole city was filled with crying, like a ghost cave.

Gao Shun began to organize the people to carry the bodies. If there were still families, the government would help bury them. If there were no families, they would be sent out of the city for burial or burning. In the city filled with blood, the sad mood was constantly infecting everyone.

The flames of burning corpses outside the city lasted for three days before they were extinguished. After this chaotic battle, the city with a population of tens of thousands had less than three thousand people left. Chen Mo simply moved the three thousand households of the migrated people to Yang County, or established villages outside the city, or bought houses in the city. The killing that night included the people who followed Yang Feng and others to escape from the city. Ninety percent of the wealthy families in Yang County left, which gave Chen Mo an opportunity to win the hearts of the people. Almost all the people who stayed behind were given land. Even if those people came back, these beneficiaries would be more repulsive than Chen Mo.

The people sent by Chen Mo to persuade Han Xian to surrender came back three days later. Han Xian naturally did not surrender, but with the previous experience of Yang Feng and the other two, Han Xian was unwilling to let Yang Feng and others enter the city. Yang Feng and others had no choice but to rob all the way, but they could not hold on for too long, so they could only flee to Taiyuan County with their troops.

After hesitating for two days, Han Xian felt that it was difficult to resist Chen Mo alone, and it was difficult to feed the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. He took his troops to Xihe County, and Yongan was taken without a fight, but the food and grass in the city were taken away by Han Xian, and before leaving, he also took the food and grass of the people in the city.

Chen Mo asked Zhong Yun to quickly take the military rations to Yongan to help the people, and at the same time serve as the Yongan Order. As for Pingyang, someone will naturally replace Zhong Yun.

So far, Chen Mo's campaign against the Baibo bandits has come to an end, but for Chen Mo, this campaign against the Baibo bandits was not too smooth.

Chen Mo appointed Cui Geng as the Cavalry Commandant and led 2,000 soldiers to set up defenses in Yong'an to prevent the Baibo bandits from making a comeback. He also appointed Zhong Yun as the Pingyang County Commandant. Zhong Yun took over the surrendered troops in Pingyang and Xiangling and was responsible for training and reorganizing them. At the same time, if a war broke out here, Zhong Yun would be able to provide support in time.

After everything was arranged properly, it was already the end of February, and Chen Mo took Gao Shun and Dian Wei back to Anyi.

On the second day of March, when Chen Mo appeared outside Anyi City with his troops, he saw many gentry and wealthy families waiting outside the city, and there were also a large number of supplies for the soldiers. When they saw Chen Mo coming back, they all bowed and said, "Congratulations, envoy, on your triumphant return."

"Congratulations." Chen Mo smiled. Everyone knew why these people came. If the people lined the streets to welcome him, Chen Mo would not be surprised. After all, he had worked hard to win the hearts of the people in the past two years. However, Chen Mo had taken a lot of blood and flesh from these gentry and wealthy families. The wealth of the rich people was taken from them. These people probably wished that Chen Mo would die on the battlefield.

The reason they acted like this now was because Chen Mo won, and they were afraid that Chen Mo would settle accounts with them later. Since Chen Mo sent out his troops, his every move was almost transparent to Yang Feng and others. Of course, it was also because of this that the false news Chen Mo released was successful, causing the four counties to fight on their own and not gather together. Otherwise, this battle would be really difficult to fight. It was not that Chen Mo was incompetent, but that the difference in the strength of the enemy and us was too great, and it was not like the fight against the Gepi bandits at the beginning, where there was not much room for depth.

Chen Mo turned over and dismounted, and under the anxious eyes of a group of wealthy families, he came to a grain cart for rewarding the troops, grabbed a corn cake from the cart and took a bite, and smiled: "Not bad, it tastes like meat."

"The soldiers fought bloody battles, and since we are rewarding the troops, we naturally cannot treat the soldiers unfairly." A middle-aged scholar bowed and smiled. Although he was dressed as a scholar, he gave people a sense of stock market mercenary.

"Dian Wei, take them all away and send half to the Yong'an Labor Army. The rest of the soldiers will be rewarded later." Chen Mo shouted to Dian Wei while eating corn cakes.

"Here!" Dian Wei waved his hand, and someone stepped forward to pull the carts of food and drinks away.

"Speaking of which, I would like to thank you all." Chen Mo ate the noodles, looked at everyone and said with a smile: "If you hadn't sent the false news about food shortage to the Baibo thieves, those Baibo thieves would not have been able to resist the city and defend what they wanted. In a war of attrition with me, if those Baibo thieves unite and join forces to attack, they can mobilize 30,000 horses at least. Even if everyone of my 5,000 men is good at fighting, they dare not claim victory. They refuse to defend the city. Instead, it gave me every opportunity to defeat you. Tell me, should I thank you?"

The middle-aged scribe quickly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have never betrayed the imperial court. Please be aware of this."

"Mr. Tian, ​​don't do this." Chen Mo stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile: "I said, if someone hadn't tipped off the information, it might not have been possible to expel the Baibo thieves so quickly. Therefore, Chen is sincerely grateful. As for who Reporting this is considered a merit, so I won’t interfere anymore. I hope someone can help me like this next time there is a war.”

The middle-aged scribe was already sweating and did not even dare to speak.

"Of course, although it was a meritorious service, it also led to the innocent deaths of tens of thousands of people in Yang County. We, the soldiers, died on the battlefield defending our home and country. Of course, there is nothing to say. However, the souls of tens of thousands of innocent people in Yang County have not been able to rest in peace. In Mo Mo's heart It's really uneasy, and the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy. As the leader of the three armies, I can't reward them now. Mr. Tian, ​​do you think I am too incompetent as a commander?" Chen Mo said with a smile.

"I understand... I understand." Mr. Tian felt his mouth was a little dry and said in a harsh voice: "The Tian family is willing to offer three thousand shi of corn and five hundred kilograms of minced meat to thank you for eliminating harm to the people."

"Mr. Tian, ​​why is this? Mo didn't mean that. He just lamented my fault as the prefect. He didn't ask you to donate food. Although the soldiers are indeed working hard, they can't force levy on the people." Chen Mo shook his head and smiled.

"This is our intention. Please accept it on behalf of the soldiers. As local squires, we are unable to benefit the people. We feel guilty and can only do our best in this way." Mr. Tian said quickly.

"Although it is well deserved, the soldiers do need rewards, so I would like to thank Mr. Tian for his generosity on behalf of the soldiers." Chen Mo held Mr. Tian's hand and said with gratitude.

"Your Majesty, please don't say that, it's embarrassing for me!" Mr. Tian was slightly relieved. Since Chen Mo accepted it, this matter has been revealed. At least his Tian family has nothing to do with it. Although he feels sorry for those grains, grass and minced meat, But it was a blessing to be able to use this to allow the Tian family to avoid disaster.

Today is no different than before. The imperial court has basically become useless. A powerful figure like Chen Mo who holds the military and political power of a county. In today's Hedong, he is the Tu Emperor. If he really wants to destroy the Tian family, he will not even have a place to reason. Moreover, if Chen Mo really takes action If you have the intention to kill, it will be the disaster of annihilation.

With the Tian family taking the lead, the rest of the people naturally showed their sincerity in a hurry. From an emotional point of view, Chen Mo really wanted to take out all these people and exterminate them, but he did so. Chen Mo's reputation was ruined. The relationships between the wealthy families in these places were deeply intertwined. Even if Chen Mo had enough evidence and was really ruthless, I am afraid Hedong will usher in even greater chaos.

Now that Hedong has finally been stabilized, it is time to develop with peace of mind. Chen Mo does not want another incident to happen. Moreover, after this beating, next time, these people will not dare to stumble him without any scruples like this time, and After all, Chen Mo cannot do without these people if he wants to govern. Now, let them bleed some and calm down, which will also give Chen Mo more time to sort out Hedong.

Of course, if this happens again next time, Chen Mo won't have too many scruples when he takes action.

After a pleasant and friendly conversation, which promoted the harmony between the army and the people, and watching the sunset, Chen Mo just asked Gao Shun to lead his troops to leave and station outside the city. Chen Mo invited everyone to have a banquet three days later to celebrate this great victory.

As for the reception banquet that everyone had prepared, although Chen Mo missed his mother very much, he did not reject it. This was a reassurance to these people that he would not pursue the matter this time.