The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 523 Righteous Man
"Are you Huo Yi?"

Zhuge Dan looked at the tall general in front of him who had tied his hands, with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.

After entering Chengdu, Zhuge Dan began to recruit surrendered officials from all over the country. This was very efficient. Officials from all over the country surrendered, and Zhuge Dan did not humiliate or kill these people. He left the specific handling of the matter to Zhong Hui.

Zhong Hui did a good job in making arrangements for these surrendered ministers.

Zhuge Dan himself began a series of showmanship in Shu.

He first took out the head of his adopted son, ordered someone to retrieve his body, and reburied him.

He summoned Zhuge Xu and the newly surrendered local ministers to see him off.

He even shed tears during the burial.

Well, his actions were different from Deng Ai's. He informed Cao Mao about these actions and got permission.

Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Zhan were too famous in Shu, and Deng Ai, the young and inexperienced man, was beheaded directly. Of course, beheading was reasonable during the war, but Zhuge Dan made such a decision out of the need to appease the local people as soon as possible.

Of course, Zhuge Dan didn’t mean that he had no feelings for this tribe at all.

The Zhuge family of Langya did well during the Three Kingdoms period.

Zhuge Dan also called several of Zhuge Zhan's sons. Unlike in history, because the war to destroy Shu broke out early, Zhuge Zhan's eldest son Zhuge Shang was still young and did not follow his father to the battlefield, so he did not die in battle together.

Although he did not die in battle, this guy was still very principled. He refused to accept Zhuge Dan's goodwill.

In the end, it was Zhuge Xu who stepped forward and told him: Now that your father has died in battle and the emperor has surrendered, you still have a mother to raise and a younger brother to take care of. How can you abandon them for your own reputation?

These words dispelled Zhuge Shang's idea of following his father in committing suicide, but he still refused to accept rewards from Zhuge Dan and others.

He and his brother would definitely be sent to Luoyang.

Because their mother was a princess of Shu.

At this time, generals from all over the country were also sent to Chengdu one after another.

The first one is Huo Yi.

He is the son of Huo Jun, the fierce man who held off more than ten thousand people with only a few hundred people and lasted for more than a year.

And Huo Yi is also a real tough guy.

When Zhuge Liang was stationed in Hanzhong in the north, he served as a secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. After Zhuge Liang's death, he became the Yellow Gate Minister.

Just as Qiao Zhou said, in order to support the army, Shu Kingdom continuously levied taxes on the barbarians in the south, which led to serious local rebellions. When the barbarians in Yongchang County rebelled, Liu Chan appointed Huo Yi as the prefect of Yongchang and led an army to suppress them.

Huo Yi directly killed the powerful general and pacified Nanzhong. He was then promoted to General of the Auxiliary Army, and was appointed as the Prefect of Jianning, in charge of all the counties in Nanzhong.

Before Liu Chan surrendered, this man was leading his army towards Chengdu. He had just gone halfway when he heard that Shu was destroyed.
When Huo Yi heard the news, he was stunned.

He really didn't understand why they surrendered when there were so many places they could go.
So he decided to return to Nanzhong and continue to confront the Wei people.

Afterwards, he received a letter of surrender. After he learned that the Wei emperor had not humiliated Liu Chan and had not harmed the royal family, Huo Yi led the southern counties to surrender to Cao Wei.

Zhong Hui had a very high opinion of this person. In a letter to Zhuge Dan, he believed that this person was capable of serving as the commander of the four expeditions and four garrisons of the Wei Dynasty.

Zhuge Dan had also heard of this man's reputation.

In his impression, this was a mighty and rough general, but when he saw Huo Yi, Zhuge Dan felt a little surprised.

Huo Yi is not a traditional rough and tough guy. He is more of a scholar. After all, he was the Crown Prince's censor. He is not a pure military commander.
Zhuge Dan asked, "Everyone surrendered before, but you alone raised an army in Nanzhong. I was already prepared to attack you, so why are you surrendering now?"

Huo Yi frowned and said seriously, "I heard that the general came from afar, so I specially summoned the army to fight you to the death."

"The road was dangerous, so I didn't know whether my lord was safe or not. After hearing that the Lord of Wei had not neglected me, I abandoned my armor and surrendered."

Zhuge Dan was not angry. He laughed out loud, then quickly stood up, walked quickly to Huo Yi's side, and helped him up.

He personally untied him.

"General Huo, please don't blame me. I just heard that General Huo was fierce and brave, so I didn't dare to believe it. Today I know that the rumors are true!"

"The general is truly a righteous man!"

Zhuge Dan couldn't help but praise.

Huo Yi was a little confused at the moment. Seeing Zhuge Dan so enthusiastic, he quickly put away the sharpness on his face and said, "I am just a defeated general and a servant of a fallen country. How dare you be praised like this by the general?"

"No, no, there are so many heroes in Shu. If the Lord of Shu uses us, how can we accomplish this so easily?"

Zhuge Dan sighed, then pulled Huo Yi to sit aside.

Zhuge Dan started to greet Huo Yi and asked about his family affairs.

After asking for a long time, he suddenly started asking about the affairs of Nanzhong.

"Our army is currently stationed in Chengdu. Some say that the barbarians in the south are rebellious and fierce by nature, and that we should send troops to destroy them. General Huo has been in the south for many years. What are your thoughts?"

Huo Yi said solemnly, "General, you may not know that Nanzhong is not as uncivilized as the Central Plains think." "Nanzhong has many powerful tribes. In the past, Prime Minister Zhuge led his troops there, brought the local barbarians to submission, organized them to cultivate land, and ordered the government to teach them how to farm, thus transforming the barbarians into civilians. Even today, many tribes in Nanzhong are still grateful for the Prime Minister's kindness."

“It’s just that in these years.”

Huo Yi hesitated for a moment, and Zhuge Dan said, "I've heard about what's happened over the years. I heard that the taxes in Shu are quite harsh."

Huo Yi then said, "In recent years, in order to raise funds and recruit soldiers, the court has often collected taxes from the South."

"The people of the south have quite a few complaints about this. The barbarians there are busy with farming, and their leaders are some of the most famous scholars."

After Huo Yi's explanation, Zhuge Dan roughly understood.

Similar to the situation in Liangzhou, the rebellions were often led by famous scholars.

Zhuge Dan hesitated for a moment before asking, "What do you think, General Huo?"

"Reducing taxes and continuing the Prime Minister's previous policies will surely pacify Nanzhong. However, if we want to cultivate this region over the long term, we will need to dispatch officials to tame the local powerful families."

Huo Yi even put the big families and the powerful on the same level. It can be seen that Huo Yi is somewhat dissatisfied with the local powerful families.

Zhuge Dan took his hand and said with a smile, "I will definitely recommend the general to Your Majesty. In the future, shouldn't the general be the one to govern Nanzhong for Your Majesty and bring enlightenment to the region?"

More and more people came to surrender, and almost all parts of Shu were taken. The very few people who were still resisting chose to surrender after making sure that Liu Chan was not humiliated.

The State of Wei finally took over the entire Bashu, which had a huge impact on the situation in the world and was even more critical than taking over Jiangbei.

The people of Shu were still very frightened at this moment.

Over the years, the Shu Kingdom has been telling stories about the cruelty and terror of the Wei people, especially Cao Mao, who was declared to be a rare tyrant.

The people actually didn't know what was going on. They just knew that there was a war and the enemy was coming. After Liu Chan surrendered, they didn't even quite understand what was happening. It was not until the officials began to issue notices, abolishing the original reign title and replacing it with the Zhengyuan reign title, and announcing a series of taboo words, that the people seemed to understand the situation.

The situation of the big families and powerful people is much better.

Judging from Cao Mao's series of actions after conquering Shu, they could also be sure that they would not be robbed or persecuted.

This made them particularly fortunate.

At the same time, Cao Mao's respect for his important ministers and his announcement in various places that he would set up examinations in Shu successfully intimidated these powerful families.

This meant that Zhuge Dan and others no longer encountered any obstacles in their actions.

Things went exceptionally smoothly.

At this moment, a similar situation occurred in Yong'an.

Yan Yu tied his hands and led his confidants to meet Wang Ji.

When Yan Yu walked into the enemy camp.

A general was standing in front of him with a smile on his face.

"Are you Yan Yu?"

Yan Yu raised his head and looked at the general in front of him, "Greetings, Wang Zhennan!!"

The man quickly helped him up and explained, "I am not General Wang. I am Jiao Bo, the prefect of Nanping, and the commander of the Fenwei School."

Yan Yu was a little stunned, but Jiao Bo ordered the soldiers to comfort the surrendered soldiers, and he took Yan Yu into the tent.

At this time, Yan Yu discovered that there didn't seem to be many troops in the camp. There were many bonfires in the distance, but they were empty, with no signs of a large army stationed there.

The two of them walked into the big tent, and there was no one else inside.

Yan Yu looked around and said, "General Wang..."

Jiao Bo smiled bitterly. "General Wang and General Wen are not here. I have been guarding here alone for a long time. Every day I cut down trees and build siege equipment."

Yan Yu was silent for a long time, then suddenly realized.

No wonder the enemy has not launched a general attack in these days, no wonder they have been testing the waters all the time, no wonder they have not been able to capture Yong'an for so long.

Yan Yu thought it was because his defense was too good.

Now we know that the enemy's main force just showed up here and then left?

Then they left a county governor to confront him, pretending to continue besieging him. He was still strengthening the city and did not even go out of the city to investigate.

Jiao Bo breathed a sigh of relief. He had been very busy these days. He had to pretend that the army was still there. He had to light bonfires everywhere at night to create a lot of smoke. He also had to let the cavalry drag branches to create traces of large-scale cavalry movement.

Finally, the enemy surrendered. I can directly pretend that the army is entering Yong'an in batches. Perhaps, I don't need to pretend anymore?

Yan Yu was also wondering at this moment, if Wang Ji and Wen Qin were not in Yong'an, then where were they?

Could it be? ? ?

(End of this chapter)