Chapter 652 The war for the hearts and minds of the people
Cao Cao was afraid that Zhang Yi and Dong Chong would be cheating, and that Wanqi, who had crossed the Yellow River, suddenly turned around and shot him back.
Cao Cao could not bear the crushing defeat, and Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, could not bear it either. Although he knew that it was the best time to kill more than 100,000 thieves, they could only stay in Changyi, but Cao Cao was not the lord who was serene. After Cai Yong failed to borrow food and clothing from Jiyin County, he ran to Dingtao County with the "Dongjun Prefect" appointed by Liu Dai. Zhang Miao was worried that Cai Yong would not lend food, so he took more than 100,000 thieves into Jiyin County, so he gave Cao Cao some food and supplies and entered Lihu County with his younger brother Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao, Cao Cao was lying in Linghu for several days. When more than 100,000 people gathered together, Cao Cao could still hold his heart restlessness. But when Dong Yue, Yu Du took the lead in bringing tens of thousands of young and strong men south into Chenliu County, Cao Cao, the new prefect of Dong County, couldn't help it, so he brought three thousand soldiers north to Baima City, but he had not yet reached the forefront. Dong Chong and Liu Sheng brought 20,000 or 30,000 people across the river from the ferry north of Puyang...
Liu Sheng was like moving, with only 20,000 large cars alone. Such a huge team passed by. Liaocheng and Leping were empty, and they did not dare to close the city gates. The army passed by did not harass the people too much. They just let some houses in the city to avoid the cold. If there was really no place, they would set up tents in the wild and sleeping bags to avoid the cold. The soldiers would not freeze to death in the wild.
But an accident happened when passing through Dongwuyang City. The city ward was extremely tough and closed the city gates. When heading to Qinghe County for rescue, the ten thousand cavalry marched urgently and did not want to be delayed by some chores, but it was different when returning from Qinghe County.
There were 600,000 people in the fifteen cities of Dongjun, with an average of less than 5,000 people per city. Half of women were deducted, and males who were too old and too young were deducted. There were only one or two thousand young people in a county town. When the princes of various lords besieged Luoyang, Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, recruited 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers, and they were all concentrated in Baima City and Puyang City in the western part of Dongjun.
After the alliance was disbanded, Dong Zhuo attacked Hanoi. Qiao Mao was extremely worried that after Dong Zhuo robbed Hanoi, he crossed the river from Hanoi and entered Dongjun. The troops still gathered in Baima City. Although Dong Zhuo returned to Luoyang, most of the troops in Dongjun were dispersed, but more than 100,000 Lucao Mountain Heishan Army crossed the border and entered again. The new prefect Wang Gong could only recruit troops and stationed in Puyang and Baima City again.
The soldiers and horses from the counties transferred from Dongjun were almost all gathered in the white horses in the west, Puyang and Dongwuyang. Not to mention how many soldiers and horses there were in Dongwuyang City, not even a thousand young and strong people. In this city that had never experienced a fierce war, how could it stop the strong attack of 10,000 or 20,000 elite soldiers wearing armor?
The soldiers were good at shooting the warriors raised their shields to approach the city's top for more than ten steps. The soldiers were good at shooting the firepower at the city's top. Two or three hundred armored soldiers pushed the giant tree to break the city gate, and they didn't even need to climb the city wall. After the city gate was opened, Dongwuyang City was completely finished.
Except for Baima City and Puyang City, all counties in Dongjun were extremely empty and had not been through the battle formation for a long time. The people climbed up to the city to defend the city. As soon as they showed up, they were shot and killed by soldiers approaching Shanzhang. After they died, no one dared to show up again. Dong Chong shouted and threatened again. Anyone who threw stones under the city would be cut off his head. Not to mention that the people were reluctant, even the soldiers just hid under the city wall without showing their heads.
The people and soldiers are neither stupid nor stupid. Dong Buyicon just passed by. Liaocheng and Leping opened the city gate, but did not see Dong Buyicon killing people with a knife. Could it be that he lost his life just because he threw a stone?
There were very few soldiers on the front of the city itself, and they were all hiding under the city wall. After the city gate was knocked open, Dongwuyang City surrendered without surprise. The city guard commander and the county magistrate were pulled out and chopped their heads. The wealthy families in the city were fined one by one, and the money and food of the government office were confiscated. Apart from these, the soldiers should do whatever they should do and do not offend the ordinary people.
After smashing the Dongwuyang City, Dunqiu opened the city gate in advance. When he was passing through Puyang City, the prefect Wang Gong did not dare to open the city gate, but secretly sent the toll for wine and meat, for fear of angering the barbarians of Liangzhou and also conquering Puyang...
Although there were not many 20,000 to 30,000 people, there were not many carriages. Liu Sheng seemed to deliberately show his kindness. When he was in Qinghe County, he begged his grandfather to get a lot of ragged clothes. With food and clothing, he had 10,000 carriages to carry. Although many people died of illness every day, at least they no longer starved to death or freeze to death.
Dong Buyi has experience in winter migration. If tens of thousands of people gather together, no city along the way can live in any city, and can only be divided into batches. Moreover, young and strong soldiers must smash the frozen soil at the forefront to build pits to avoid cold soil. The only luck is that this migration is on the plain, using iron drills to smash into the frozen soil to fix the tent. It is much easier to dig frozen soil in the tent than to go north to Yanmen County in the winter of that year.
If you work hard, you will definitely gain, but it is just a matter of how much you gain. Dong Chong, Dong You and other generals have experienced the great migration that year. They know that the more difficult the season is, the easier it is to win the hearts of the people. So many years have passed. No matter how difficult and difficult the Yellow Turban Army encountered, no one has ever rebelled, and no one dares to question Dong Hu's decision.
Now is such a difficult time. Dong Chong and Dong You are naturally unwilling to miss the opportunity to win people's hearts. Not only does it gain 100,000 people's hearts, but it is also a way to show the people of Yanzhou.
The people are not stupid, and what they see with their own eyes is far more true than the rumors they hear.
More than 100,000 people entered Chenliu County, including Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang County, Cao Cao, the prefect of Dongjun, and Zhang Miao, the prefect of Jiyin County... Even Yuan Shao put his heart back in his stomach.
But when everyone received further news and saw how Dong Chong and Dong You migrated 100,000 people, everyone frowned again...
"If Dong Xining does not die, the world will be destroyed by his hands..."
Cao Cao smiled bitterly and sighed, Xun Yu and Guo Jia, who came from Hebei, were silent.
"Wenruo, do you have a good idea?"
Cao Cao looked at the talent who had just gained. Xun Yu was silent for a few breaths, sighed softly, and still clasped his fists and spoke seriously.
"Dong Xining had already made his words clear that day. He wanted to compete with all the princes for the people's hearts, because... those who win the people's hearts will win the world."
Xun Yu is a hard-core fan of the Han Dynasty. He was very difficult to say this sentence. He was very clear in his heart. He knew that the truth in Dong Hu's words was no longer a question of whether he was willing or not. After Xun Yu fled Luoyang, he judged that Yingchuan County was extremely unsafe. People who judged this with him were Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Chen Qun and others. However, Xun Yu believed that the world had not reached the level of change of dynasties and believed that as long as Dong Zhuo was killed and the ministers of the Qing and upright lived in the court, the Han Dynasty still had the possibility of revival, just like Emperor Guangwu supporting the Han Dynasty.
Xun Yu believed that the Yuan family, who had four generations and three dukes, had this prestige and ability, and led the family north to surrender to Yuan Shao. However, when Yuan Shao replaced Han Fu, Xun Yu was extremely disappointed with Yuan Shao. After thinking about it over and over again, he agreed to Cao Cao's invitation. Guo Jia was similar to him.
After speaking the words "Those who win the people win the world", it means that the seven heroes of the Warring States Period competed for the world, which made Xun Yu feel extremely disappointed. It took him a long time to sigh softly again.
"The most terrifying thing in Dong Xining is not the battle formation and killing. My Han Dynasty is like a general like him. The most terrifying thing is his tolerance and treatment of the people. The lord has the ambition to support the Han Dynasty. If he wants to compete with him, he must be more lenient to the people."
Cao Cao was silent for a moment and stood up and bowed deeply to Xun Yu.
"Wen Ruo taught a lesson."
After Xun Yu returned the gift, the two sat down again. After a while, Guo Jia frowned and spoke.
"I have to admit that Luoyang did a good job in this game. Not only did it gain more than 100,000 people, it not only brought back Hanoi County and gained the favor of the Black Mountain Army, but it also made Yuan Benchu lose some of the hearts of the people in Jizhou."
"But... Jia does not agree with Wen Ruo's words."
Cao Cao was excited and saw Guo Jia holding Xun Yu.
"The Yellow Turban Thiefs occupy the mountains and become kings. They always plunder the surrounding counties and counties, like locusts passing through the border, are the biggest enemies of each county and country. Can they be treated well with such thieves win the hearts of the people?"
"Jia doesn't think so. Even if the Yellow Turban Thief has a million, so what if it's a million, there are tens of millions of good people in each prefecture and county. Compared with millions, millions are not worth mentioning!"
Guo Jia clasped his fists to Cao Cao with a solemn expression and said, "Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. Eliminate the thieves who always harm the countryside and restore peace in the world. Only in this way can they win the hearts of the people. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of thieves in Qingzhou. The lord should train troops and prepare food to respond to the changes in the coming year, so that he can take the opportunity to win the hearts of the Qingyan people."
Cao Cao nodded repeatedly.
"What Fengxiao said is good!"
Cao Cao turned to Xun Yu, hesitated for a while, and said, "Although Dongjun suffered a great disaster at this time, the people were scarce, and hundreds of thousands of thieves were raging in Qingzhou, Yuan Shao would definitely not let him enter Jizhou and continue to rage. Once the thieves plunder Qingzhou, they would definitely go south to rob Yanzhou in the next year. Wen Ruo supervised the money, grain and supplies to prepare for the needs of the next year."
Xun Yu frowned for several breaths, but had no choice but to get up and hold his fists.
"promise!"
Seeing Xun Yu agreeing, Cao Cao also felt relieved and looked at the generals with great seriousness.
"The thieves in Qingzhou will inevitably invade Yanzhou in the next year. Liangbing barbarians can still camp in the wild in such a cold time. You all live in the warm camp. If you dare to practice the military formation, don't blame them for practicing military laws!"
The generals stood up with a loud bang.
"promise!"
Cao Cao felt inexplicably angry and rushed to Yanzhou for rescue, but he could only stay in the city. More than 100,000 thieves rampant in Dongjun became prisoners of Luoyang. The captives were Luoyang's words to outsiders. Everyone knew what was going on, but Luoyang had indeed cleared the thieves in Dongjun.
The thief was swept away by Luoyang, but Cao Cao became the prefect of Dongjun without any effort...
When he thought that he could not establish his prestige, if he could no longer defeat hundreds of thousands of thieves in Qingzhou, he would be completely finished.
"You come to recruit soldiers in Fengxiao. There will inevitably be a lot of battles in the coming year. Only three thousand soldiers are not enough to deal with hundreds of thousands of thieves. At least tens of thousands of soldiers are needed to recruit at least tens of thousands of soldiers."
Guo Jia did not hesitate like Xun Yu, and stood up and folded his fists to agree.
"promise!"
Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong again.
"Cao Hong is the lieutenant of the military, and Cao will patrol the camp every day. Once he finds that the soldiers are lazy, Cao will be the first to take your military law!"
The confrontation with Dong Hu was at a disadvantage in several confrontations, both on and outside the battlefield, and Cao Cao felt more and more dangerous and his tone was extremely strict.
Cao Hong and others were almost the same. They rushed from Qiao County to Yanzhou, but they did not achieve any achievements. They obviously did not match their positions. They also held their breath and wanted to win a happy victory. They stood up without hesitation.
Chapter completed!