I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 280 Master Wang is here to transform himself into a king!

Chen Tai's expression was as shocked as if he heard that the male dog from the next village had raped the cow.

He hurriedly put on his clothes and when he arrived at Xiangyang City, he saw the darkness in the distance. Then he turned to look at Hu Zhi: "Is Li Jian crazy?"

Hu Zhi also looked confused.

Who said no!

In four days and five nights of dog days, he traveled nearly 400 miles!

Was this fucking done by humans?

"Li Jian didn't give us time to prepare!" Hu Zhi said with emotion.

Chen Tai still looked shocked. He seemed to understand how Li Heng took Jiangling City away from Lu Xun.

Everything this guy does is completely unexpected.

Even counter-intuitive!

"Prepare to defend against the enemy!" Chen Tai said helplessly, "Fortunately, we have already had food and grass in the city for more than two months. I hope Luoyang can move faster!"

The trumpet sounded from the top of the city.

There were still people outside the city rushing towards the city gate, but the Xiangyang City Gate began to close.

After doing this, Li Heng returned to the camp and started to sleep.

Dong Hong was speechless by Li Heng's rhetoric.

After resting for two hours, Li Heng began to divide the work for the Han army:

"Shall we set up camp now?"

"Then why is the general marching so eagerly? It is not impossible to arrive a few days late."

"It seems that Xiangyang City is really empty."

2. The engineer battalion began to cut down trees, build heavy artillery, and collect stones.

He said to Dong Hong: "Ziling, look, Xiangyang City is closed."

"Then what are you waiting for? Set up camp." Li Heng said with a smile.

"Our army has been exhausted after four days of rapid march. We will definitely not be able to fight now."

"people?"

1. Regular troops fighting in the war rest in place.

And intensively process various intelligence sent from the front line.

"I am marching urgently to prevent more people from entering the city." Li Heng pointed at the people outside the city who had not yet entered the city and said, "What is most important to our army?"

Li Heng was riding on his horse, squinting his eyes and looking at Xiangyang City in front of him under the rising sun.

4. Send envoys to Xiangyang City to persuade them to surrender.

The Han army set about setting up camp.

Under the summons of the officers, the defenders in the city took their weapons and rallied towards the city.

During these days of urgent marching, he not only had to follow the soldiers frequently, but also frequently discussed issues with the generals.

"Yes, for our army, people are the most important. The fewer people enter the city, the more casualties can be reduced. The more people join us, the faster we can complete the construction of Xiangyang's defense."

3. Arrange a group of literate people to go to the countryside to promote Wang Hua: Equalizing Land.

Including the situation where Jiangling City's main troops followed.

He was so tired that he fell into his tent and fell asleep.

In the evening, I woke up in a daze. When I left the camp, the former soldiers seemed to have had a good rest and had begun to practice in the camp.

The kitchen soldiers prepared delicious meat, and the smell of meat filled the camp.

"General, the envoy is back."

"how?"

The messenger came over: "General, the enemy not only refused to surrender, but also said that if the general does not withdraw his troops, he will bear the consequences, saying that it is impossible for us to conquer Xiangyang City." Li Heng just smiled lightly: "I understand, you go down and rest."

"Here."

Li Heng looked towards the city and said, "I have given you the opportunity, but they don't cherish it themselves."

"General, why bother?" Guan Tong came over and said, "We have heavy artillery anyway."

"In the future, besiege the city and persuade them to surrender first. This is the rule. It is best to subjugate the enemy's troops without fighting. After all, Cao Wei is powerful. We cannot always be tough and be smart when it is time to be smart."

"The general is right." Guan Tong couldn't help laughing. "The general thinks further than us. We just listen to the general."

Dong Hong suddenly said: "Some people from the surrounding villages sent letters and asked people to send some property and food. I refused. I made a list of them. They are some nobles."

"Have the food and property been returned to the original route?"

"They all returned. They looked very unconvinced." Dong Hong said, "By the way, there is also the Fan family in Xiangyang, which is a wealthy family."

Li Heng took it and took a look at it, then got on his horse and said, "Let's go to the countryside and have a look."

"What are you doing in the countryside?"

"Go find our comrades."

Guan Tong and Dong Hong looked at each other and didn't quite understand what Li Heng meant, but they still followed them.

The countryside was still very lively in the evening. Some people gathered at the head of the village, seeming to be discussing something. There were also a few scholars dressed up holding paper and pens, writing down notes one by one.

Li Heng rode on his horse and led the people over.

Dong Hong reminded: "General, it is the end of April, the wheat in Xiangyang is ripe, and it is time to hand over grain."

"I know."

Dong Hong used to pay grain instead of paying taxes.

Because those who collect food are not necessarily government officials, most of them are from aristocratic families.

Li Heng was a little surprised. I have already led troops to besiege Xiangyang City. You are good. You are not ambiguous at all about collecting food.

Screams could be heard from time to time in the village, and some people couldn't help but look over.

I saw a man being dragged out of the thatched house, dragged to the entrance of the village, and thrown to the ground.

The man had been beaten severely. A young man raised his foot and stepped on his face. He crushed it several times and said in a cold voice: "I owed 30% of the food last year. How dare you not pay it this year?" Are you hiding it?"

"No, I was sick this month, so I ate a few more bites. It was just a few more bites. I promise to make up for it in the second half of the year!"

The young man worked harder: "The purpose of handing over food is for the development of the family. As the family grows, it can also protect you. Without the family, there would be no you! Do you understand!"

"understand……"

"I know you still dare to steal food!" the young man said coldly, "You are doing this for yourself at the expense of your family, so selfish! You don't deserve to farm here! You should go out and starve to death! Your whole family should Go out and starve to death!"

After saying that, the man turned to look at the people at the head of the village and asked, "Folks, what do you think I should do with him?"

Some people remained silent, but a slightly fat man stood up and shouted with a righteous face: "If you ask me, this kind of person is a selfish villain, and we should not be associated with such people. If you betray the family, you should be beaten to death, otherwise there will be more villains stealing food behind our backs in the future!"

"Food belongs to the family, not to individuals. The family has given us the personal part!"

"If everyone thinks about eating more, how will the family grow? If the family cannot grow, how will we be protected!"

"Beat them to death! Beat their whole family to death! Let us serve as a warning!"

The young man looked at the people at his feet and said, "Did you hear that? It's not me who wants to punish you, it's you who harmed your interests and broke the rules."

"Beat! Beat him hard! Beat him to death!" The young man waved his hand, "Drag his family members over and beat him to death together!"

"Stop!" Dong Hong was the first to walk over and scolded those who were about to take action.

(End of this chapter)