I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 635
In less than ten days, the number of people who surrendered from the rebels to Liu Jian reached [-].

In other words, an average of 3000 people came to Liu Jian to surrender every day.

The number can be said to be very large, but it also satisfies Liu Jian to a certain extent. This speed also made him prepared.

He immediately ordered Xun Yu to contact the personnel of the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade Association who were responsible for food control and disaster relief work in Sizhou.

In addition, the temporary land reclamation in the Land of Three Rivers is coming to an end. Most of the ownerless land, desolate land, or some powerful land that is not convinced by Liu Jian has been re-stated and then the farming system will be implemented.

Although Liu Jian had made adequate preparations in advance, after all, he had just entered Sizhou and he had not yet grasped many specific situations in Sizhou. He had never experienced political situations similar to Sizhou in Hebei.

Although the four states in Hebei have very rich experience in dealing with people's livelihood and farming, the incident that happened in Sizhou this time is a rather special case.

In a situation like this, revealing too many rebels at once could cause some problems.

So now Liu Jian feels that it is better to let the rebels surrender in the thousands every day. This will allow the personnel of the resettlement department led by Xun Yu to accumulate experience, and at the same time, it will prevent the subsequent food and grass from being exhausted all at once. , including farming arrangements, can gradually become more formalized.

If nearly 100 million refugees all come here, and our own disposal and resettlement agencies are understaffed, resulting in delays and slow work efficiency, and we also have to appease these refugee rebels, once they riot under our noses, then The consequences are disastrous.

After all, in addition to the rebels, I heard that Yuan Shao's army had also begun to enter Sizhou.

When it comes to the number of soldiers and horses, Yuan Shao seems to be no less than Hebei. This time the two sides will definitely have a head-to-head decisive battle.

Although Liu Jian was determined to protect the people, he could not slack off in military affairs.

It's best to get the rebels to surrender bit by bit.

This is called boiling frogs in warm water.

It has to be said that Xun Yu, as a talented person of Wang Zuo, is really very intelligent. Although it is just a simple rumor strategy, no matter the timing of its execution or the subsequent impact of the strategy, it is extremely wonderful. .

Whether it is military matters or the resettlement of refugees, spreading rumors now can give Liu Jianjun enough opportunities to maneuver and take the initiative in one fell swoop.

On the other hand, things were not so smooth for Li Xiang.

Every day, thousands of soldiers fled to Liu Jian's side to become good citizens. Once this trend started, it would spread throughout the army like a plague.

The reason why the rebels are strong does not rely on military discipline, equipment, or their combat effectiveness!Rather, it depends on their will and their determination to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers.

If they lose their determination to resist desperately, then they will lose even the last chance to decide the outcome with the army.

During this period of time, Li Xiang has been very anxious.

At first, he tried his best to stop the spread of rumors, announced military orders prohibiting false opinions, and personally took the stage on the school field to explain to the officers and soldiers of the three armies.

But the problem is, the more you explain this kind of thing, the more unclear it becomes.

Sometimes, it becomes darker and darker.

This is where Li Xiang is very naive in politics. After all, he is just a reckless hero. Although he has ambition and certain abilities, he is really inferior compared to people like Liu Jian and Xun Yu. Traveled thousands of miles.

And there was another thing Li wanted to do wrong, that is, he tried his best to kill the rumors. Not only did the effect not be good, but it actually made the rumors spread more and more.

Originally, everyone was not paying attention to this matter, but Li Xiang was now desperately trying to contain and block it in the army, which attracted the attention of all the rebel soldiers.

The end result is that the more it spreads, the darker it becomes, and the more it spreads, the less reliable it becomes.

There is even a theory that Li Xiang was once the emperor's lackey among the people before he got involved with the rebels and rebelled against the court. It was just because the emperor did not pay enough attention to him that he was resentful, so he gathered many soldiers in Sizhou. Ma rebelled in order to take revenge on the current emperor.

This rumor is nonsense to anyone who hears it, but many lower-class people who are uneducated and do not understand politics will be suspicious of it after hearing these words. This has a huge impact on Li Xiang's prestige.

Moreover, nine mid-level rebel generals have gone to Liu Jian's side, which has almost shaken the foundation of the rebel army's system.

It's okay if the people at the bottom run away. Once the mid-level generals defect, the situation of this army can be imagined.

Under various unfavorable circumstances, Li Xiang made another very wrong decision.

That's when he began to adopt tough repressive measures.

Anyone who dares to spread rumors or sneak to Liu Jian's side will be killed on the spot as soon as they are discovered, and they will even be killed.

Li Xiang ordered five people to live in each large tent, forming a group of five. If one person in this group escaped, the other four would be killed immediately.

As for mid-level generals who dare to run away and defect, the methods of dealing with them will be even more brutal.

From generals down, everyone sits together.

And it involves family.

There is definitely no problem if you do this in a short period of time, and it will have a certain deterrent effect.

But once this kind of thing is done for a period of time, especially if the rebels' hearts are unstable, trouble will easily occur.

And the disaster is huge.

Those mid-level rebel officers who have the ability and ideas have very tough personalities.

In the past, these people were originally the leaders of thieves and bandits in a separate country, or they were outstanding figures among ordinary people.

They followed Li Xiang in the rebellion just to have a good life.

Now, Li Xiang is using this method of intimidation, crying to death, and intimidation to restrain them. How can these people accept it?
Ever since, these people began to secretly plan to see how they could find a good home for themselves.

It is definitely impossible for Yuan Shao and the imperial court!After all, the class and interests of these rebel officers are fully in conflict with them.

After turning over and over, looking left and right, I found that Liu Jian was still the only one who could accommodate them in the end.

Therefore, several mid-level rebel generals who had had contact with Zhang Yan in the past began to secretly send people to the Hebei army to visit Zhang Yan, expressing their willingness to submit, and even serving as internal agents, hoping that Zhang Yan could introduce him.

For an army, the worst-case scenario has begun to happen.

……

"Among the rebel leaders who are currently in contact with you, how many of them want to offer Li Xiang's head?"

Hearing Liu Jian's question, Zhang Yan hurriedly replied: "My lord, there are currently seven of them! Three of these seven are Qu commanders, commanding over ten thousand troops! They are willing to offer Li Xiang's head to my lord, as long as If my lord is willing, I will inform them to take action immediately!"

"Do not……"

Liu Jian waved his hand and said: "There are only three Qu commanders. It would be too risky to directly take Li Xiang's head, so they should not act rashly."

"promise!"

"Tell them that Hebei welcomes them, but before they come, Liu hopes they will do something for me."

"whats the matter?"

"Let them give Li Xiang advice!"

…………

A few days later, the defection situation on the rebel side was under certain control, but Li Xiang also knew that this was only a superficial phenomenon.

After a period of time, the suppressed defections will inevitably break out again. By then, the backlog will be too long and a large-scale rebellion will form, which will become even more difficult to control.

As a result, Li Xiang gathered a group of mid-level generals under his command and asked them how to control the situation at hand.

The problem is that Li Xiang does not have any talented people under his command, and it is impossible for knowledgeable and talented nobles to associate with him.

The mid-level officers and generals under him are not even small local tycoons. They are just some knight-errant leaders who are quite prestigious among the people, or leaders of thieves and bandits who dominate one party.

These people, if you let them fight, they may be able to get by, but if you let them make suggestions and plan for the future, it will be really difficult for them to die.

After hearing Li Xiang's question, everyone sat there, calm and silent.

Everyone is thinking about their own things.

In fact, when Li Xiang was asking questions, many people were not thinking about how to solve the current problem, but how to save their lives and their subordinates.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Xiang couldn't help but feel depressed.

He wished he could kill all the people in front of him to be happy.

However, he still needs to win over people's hearts now, and he still needs to rely on these people in front of him.

So, Li Xiang pretended to be patient and said: "Everyone, do you have any good ideas? You can tell someone about it, so that someone can make a decision, right?"

"Please speak freely!"

Li Xiang asked again and again, but the people present remained silent.

In the end, Li Xiang was really worried.

He suddenly slammed the table hard and said: "Among my millions of rebels, none of them can share the worries of someone at the critical moment? How sad!"

When he said this, he saw a rebel general standing up.

"Qu Shuai, there is a method that may be able to relieve Qu Shuai's urgent need. I wonder if Qu Shuai is willing to use it?"

Li Xiang was naturally very happy when he heard what the captain said. Among all the mutes, there was finally one who was willing to speak. He was naturally happy.

"Okay, if you have any clever ideas, please tell me quickly! If you can solve the big problem at hand, I will definitely give you a big promotion."

The captain said hurriedly: "Commander Qu, I think it will be very difficult to change the situation between the enemy and ourselves in a short period of time. The most urgent task is to secretly send people to sneak across Xiaomengjin on the Yellow River to disrupt Liu Jun's retreat."

"Liu Jian knows about the situation in our Dazhai now!"

"Thousands of soldiers defect to his stronghold every day. In Liu Jian's eyes, Commander Qu should have no time to care about him right now!"

"And Liu Jian only has energy to gather our defecting soldiers at this moment and has no time for anything else. His hope is to wait for our army to destroy itself and then swallow it up. He should not have thought that Commander Qu would send an elite army at this time, and Xiao Mengjin Take him straight to the rear so that the head and tail cannot see each other. When the main force of the Chinese army swarms up, Liu will be defeated!"

To be honest, there are really no talented people in the rebel army who are proficient in military strategy. The strategy mentioned by this thief general is really clumsy.

Of course, it also depends on whose eyes it is clumsy!
In the eyes of Liu Jian's generals and counselors, this ordinary strategy of smuggling across the Yellow River to intercept the rest was really the most basic operation.

But in the eyes of the rebels, this strategy is really incredible!

In particular, what the thief said was very reasonable and well-founded, and he also pointed out the current situation and analyzed the situations of both parties. The more people listened, the more people felt that this strategy was feasible.

The main reason is that Li Xiang really has no other good solution now. He can only pin all his hopes on this straw.

"Okay, your advice is feasible! I will appoint elite soldiers and strong generals, and let the brave men who are accustomed to fighting lead these elites, quietly go around from Xiao Mengjin to Liu Jian's camp, and attack from front to back, so that If Liu Jian's army is in chaos, he will definitely win in one fell swoop."

When he said this, Li Xiang looked back and forth at the generals present, as if he wanted to choose someone among them who could take on the big responsibility.

But soon, Li Xiang was in trouble.

Among the people present, there was no one who could hold this important position.

In other words, there is no one who is worthy of Li Xiang's trust and can safely leave this matter to him.

After Li Xiang thought about it, he immediately decided...

"Come here, hurry up and get your personal guards to accompany me to observe the terrain of Mengjin."

Later, Li Xiang led his elite troops to secretly observe the place where the thief had smuggled Suo Jianyan, but found that the place was higher in the west and lower in the east, shaped like a fish spine. The east and south sides were connected to the Luo River and the Yellow River, making it relatively flat.

If we cross the river, I think it won't be very slow. If it's fast, if we can gather 1 people, we can cross quietly in less than an hour.

Li Xiang looked left and right, and after a while of analysis, he finally decided: "Okay, in that case, let me personally lead a group of elite troops to cross here!"

But when he said this, he suddenly thought of asking a question.

If he left the Chinese Army Dazhai to cross the border illegally, what would he do if there was a rebellion in the Chinese Army Dazhai?

Li Xiang scratched his head in distress, but in the end he could only think of one other person.

That is his compatriot Li Li.

This is his brother from the same mother, and he is also the most trustworthy person!

Others can betray Li Xiang, but Li Li will never betray him. Li Li's talents are just average. If this matter is left to him...

That’s all, I can only leave this matter to him!Otherwise, no one will be able to complete their idea.

After returning to the camp, Li Xiang summoned Li Li and asked him to mobilize [-] trusted troops from the camp. After tonight, he quietly sneaked across from Xiaomengjin and went around to Liu Jian's rear, trying to find a way to attack him from both sides.

But what Li Xiang didn't know was that behind Liu Jian, in the hills along Mengjin's ferry, General Wen Chou led [-] elite soldiers, who were secretly ambushing Li Li's army, waiting to wipe out Li Li's army in one fell swoop.

……

Late at night, after Liu Jian read the volume in his hand, he roughly learned about the current situation of resettling the refugees in Sanhe Inland, and finally planned to rest.

But at this moment, Wen Chou suddenly opened the curtain and walked quickly to Liu Jian.

He threw a head in front of Liu Jian and said to Liu Jian: "My lord, all the rebels who came to attack our army have been wiped out. Most of them expressed their willingness to submit, and the rest of the stubborn resisters will be killed." , the leading general was also beheaded by someone!"

Liu Jian lowered his head and glanced at Li Li's head, then looked away indifferently and asked: "Approximately how many rebels are there?"

"There are probably more than 1."

"Very good, let your 1 sergeants accompany these [-] people to shout behind our earth city, pretending to attack our camp, and at the same time let people light fires in the rear. It is also time to invite Commander Li Daqu to come to our earth city Let’s sit in the city for a while.”

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)