At the end of the twelfth lunar month of the fourth year of Dihuang, the fifth reunion defeated the "Big River Red Eyebrow" by the Yellow River. When Chi Zhaoping jumped into the river and died, another red eyebrow was showing its power in Dingtao City, Jiping County, among the world.

In ancient times, Emperor Yao first lived here, so it was called Tao Tang. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Fan Li used the four connections of Tao princes and traded goods, so he went to Tao to settle down and do business. During the 19th year, three thousand golds were obtained, which shows his wealth.

In the Han Dynasty, Dingtao was the place where Liu Bang became emperor, and it was an extremely wealthy county. Although it was breached by the Yellow River during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, it quickly recovered its prosperity. By the time of Emperor Ping, there were 290,000 households and 1380,000 households, far exceeding the Wei territory.

Geng Chun's father Geng Kuang was an official here. When he was young, he traveled to Dingtao several times and was deeply impressed by Jiping's wealth: on the way, there were vendors traveling from east to west, garrison soldiers serving in labor, undressed prisoners, and slackened officials, and scurried officials.

In the farmland, there are neighboring Lilu, and farmland has been opened up at almost all flat points. Hundreds of farmers and subordinates spread the fields and sow millet seeds nearby.

The most lively thing is the city market. It is well-connected and you can see merchants from all over the world, including the elixir lacquer feathers from Qin and Shu, the leather bone elephant from Jianghan, the Nanzi bamboo arrows from Wu and Yue, the fish salt fur in Yan and Zhao, and the lacquer silk fur in Wei and Han. They are all gathering and trading, with people coming and going, and the sound is noisy. The annual market tax is extremely amazing.

But when Geng Chun and Geng Yan arrived here again, all the prosperous past was gone!

The barren countryside is empty and there are only roads where wild dogs and soldiers and birds are running, and the farmland is not even planted with wheat, and sometimes you can see dead starving corpses.

"Last year, General Gengshi, the army of the Taishi army came east and destroyed it for several months. When they were defeated, the Red Eyebrows arrived again."

The excellent geographical advantage during peacetime has now become a place where military strategists must compete for, much worse than Hebei.

Geng Ai asked someone to use the method of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness, so the surrounding area of ​​Dingtao was desolate.

The group dressed up as red eyebrows, and saw Dong Xian's subordinates who were collecting grain everywhere on the way. When they approached Dingtao City, they only saw a fire rising from the sky!

"Dingtao City is broken!"

This is what the person who escaped from the city said, only said that the Red Eyebrow broke into the city the day before yesterday, and Geng Lian led his private servants to resist in the county government. The Red Eyebrow ignited the fire and attacked it. The wind blew the fire and burned the whole city. For a moment, flames rose everywhere, plundered and chaotic, burning for about ten miles, not extinguishing for three days and nights.

Today, Shifang Street, the two mortars in the south and north, were all ashes. The people brought their capital and fleece, and those who were away from the fire filled the streets and alleys, and their children cried alleys, and their daughters cried all night long. The Red Eyebrow Commander Dong Xian did not expect that it would burn so hard that he could not save it, so he could only let it burn, and he hurriedly robbed money and food to avoid the fire.

And his father Geng Ai has also died in the fire! He can't even find the corpse.

After learning the bad news from the family that was taken out, Geng Chun was stunned and stared at the ruins of Dingtao without saying a word for a long time. After they left Wei, they rushed to the road, but unexpectedly they were still one step late.

Geng Yan was furious, and the flames of Dingtao made his eyes red: "Uncle, let me take people to the city, approach Dong Xian's camp, catch him off guard, slaughter all the 100,000 red eyebrows in the Liang land, and avenge my grandfather!"

But Geng Chun did not agree, and only said after a long time: "Let's go back."

Geng Yan was unwilling to give up: "We have traveled a full eight hundred miles, so let it go?"

"The thief is said to be 100,000, but we only have 2,000. It is better to withdraw from the army at this time than to return."

Geng Chun swallowed even more and said, "I have lost my father, how dare I destroy the two thousand soldiers whom Boyu handed over to me again?"

He only bowed to Dingtao three times, bowed heavily, and gritted his teeth and said, "Father, from now on, I will be the leader of the Geng clan of Songzi."

"The father's hatred cannot be shared with the sky, and the red eyebrows are washed away, and Fang Xuewu hates it. Revenge must be avenged, but what is more important than this is the rise and fall of the family!"

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At the same time, the Fifth Reun was on the banks of the river and was sympathetic to the Red Eyebrow Army. When the captives were counted and seized, all the forces who were about to participate in the battle had been distributed, they disappeared without a single cold concern.

Although most of the red eyebrows still fled to the south bank in this battle, they also left behind tens of thousands of prisoners. The fifth reunion scandalized the hungry husbands, as if they were no longer people with their own ideas, but became the bargaining chips in the hands of the fifth reunion.

“There are too many prisoners.”

This is the thought that the fifth reunion had after inspecting the prisoner camp, and then it was a deep inner fear: fear of the evil of people's hearts. At this moment, he suddenly understood the choice between Bai Qi and Xiang Yu. Tens of thousands of people gathered in the first period. Once the other people make trouble again, it would be a more troublesome poisonous sore than a frontal battle.

Last month, the fifth floor thieves were defeated, but no one left was left because the Red Eyebrows were on the side and these thieves were left behind. If those who cooperated with each other inside and outside, the trouble would be great.

But now, with Chi Zhaoping jumping into the river, the "Big River Red Eyebrow" scattered into birds and beasts, and the threat was lifted. Although there were hidden dangers, the fifth reunion still wanted to leave prisoners, fortunately, the spring farming next year will replenish the labor force.

"But you can't let them all get together, you still have to divide and disintegrate."

So the fifth reunion asked the Red Eyebrow captives to tell the Red Eyebrow captives: "You are good people from all over the world, and they are forced to fall here by natural disasters and man-made disasters. These are all unkind officials in Yanzhou County and counties. If you can turn evil and return to justice, you can still be obedient people, eat a bowl of hot porridge, serve as a tenant farmer, farm for wealthy families and soldiers."

"If anyone is unwilling, he will live without a stomach, ride on the ice surface and have not melted yet. I will cross the river and leave by myself. But if you go back, don't blame the sharp crossbow arrows!"

Everyone heard the Fifth Public policy, but only a fraction of the choice to stand up. Most people still squat on the ground silently, and they themselves had their own concerns.

Even if the fifth reunion keeps his word, he will not sink them into the river, pass through the countless red eyebrow soldiers' drowning corpses, and return to the other side, what?

The large army had already scattered and found a way out. These sporadic soldiers could not even defeat a small fort. At most, they occupied a small town as thieves and looted those poor people who could not survive, and survived. If they were not careful, they would die as food for wild dogs.

Everyone came to Hebei with Chi Zhaoping for life. As long as they had a bite, they could do whatever they wanted. In the past, they were tenants and slaves, and they tried their best to rebel. Now they have gone around and become tenants and slaves, which is ridiculous. But what is the humiliation of being a slave and a maid compared to the tragic pain of eating children? They were so fierce that they were so fierce that they had to join Chi Zhaoping to jump into the river, after all, a few people.

Those who were willing to leave were expelled, and there were still tens of thousands left. The fifth reunion first asked someone to select the strongest ones as the tenants of the soldiers.

The fifth reunion kept his promise and divided the land of the 4,000 militiamen who participated in the battle. The land came from six counties north of the Dahe River in Shouliang County. After being combed by the Red Eyebrow and the fifth floor, the household registration of each county was halved, some were swept away, some had not returned, and some powerful people were even destroyed.

After the population was greatly reduced, many lands were empty. The fifth relationship asked people to recruit fugitives to return to their land. If the evidence was not presented and the government did not record it, it would not be accepted. Even if there was a grievance, there would be no place to sue.

The fifth reunion also annexed many powerful lands that were destroyed by bandits, and even if the other party still had relatives, they would not return them. They would punish themselves for occupying the deserted fields like the king of Yangping, and they would pay for one or two.

Thinking of this, the bandits and Red Eyebrows are indeed his good teammates, and they have done all the things that are inconvenient and difficult to do in the fifth relationship!

This is all the work that was sent to the subordinates to complete last month. The Red Eyebrow enemy is facing the enemy, and Shouliang dare not be dissatisfied with any dissatisfaction. The resistance is smaller than in Wu'anfen.

After a while, three or four thousand hectares of land were collected in six counties. Now that the war has been fought, I give the soldiers a penny according to the credit, and almost all of them are gone.

On average, one person earns more than 30 acres (han acres). Although it is a little less and the land is thin, it also makes everyone happy and feel that this battle is not in vain. If the thief comes again in the future, they will truly "defend their hometown".

As professional soldiers, everyone can only do farm work occasionally. Most of the time, they have to watch river defense and guard the county dams, so they can only rely on tenants, and basically one person is assigned to one. Just like in Wu'an, although the land deeds are in the hands of the soldiers, the fields are not allowed to be bought and sold, and the government will manage them. The army will be stationed in various townships and watch the Red Eyebrow prisoners work, but the land rent is reduced by 10% compared to ordinary landlords.

Wu Lun said secretly: "Let's try this first. If the Red Eyebrows are still honest, they will be included in the military source as appropriate and leave them a channel for promotion."

If you are not honest and still cause trouble, then I'm sorry to send it to Wu'an to mine!

The people who were selected were a little miserable, and they were assigned to dozens of powerful men of all sizes participating in the battle.

They all donated food and gave their people under the threat of Red Eyebrow, and suffered losses in the battle. The fifth relationship did not allow them to run away in vain. According to the amount of effort and the degree of combat enthusiasm, they were assigned hundreds to dozens of prisoners.

The fifth relationship of these red eyebrows will not be guaranteed in the next life, it can only depend on what kind of master they meet.

Although Wei Cheng has won a great victory now, the surrounding area is not safe. What is more important than class struggle is to unite most of the people in the county. The fifth reunion is now not even qualified to kill donkeys.

The powerful men separated four thousand prisoners, and there were still two thousand left. The army could not be expanded for the time being. Unless next year's harvest was good, the fifth reunion could no longer afford to support more full-time soldiers and could only be escorted to Wu'an to expand iron ore production. After a big battle, the weapons were seriously damaged, and there was a big gap in iron tools in various places. The iron workshop had to work overtime day and night.

Ma Yuan was left to guard Shouliang. When Di Lun led two thousand people to escort the remaining prisoners west, he suddenly thought: "There are also many traitors in Wu'an who are working. What will happen if the Red Eyebrow and the King's Army work together?"

During the Chengchang War, how could they have thought that they would meet again in the mine? Sure enough, every encounter in life is a reunion after a long separation.

The fifth relationship has no choice. In the era of low productivity and tight resources, in addition to rolls, the distribution of wealth may only be to lose one's benefit. The fifth relationship has exempted the militia, and the righteous people gave them the promised grain and cloth, and their longevity was not enough to make ends meet. It was entirely up to Wei Cheng's financial support. If they did not embrace the slave system and had to pay a salary to thousands of miners, the finances of Wei's land would collapse tomorrow.

Wei, this land is far more fortunate than Tao, who has many disasters and difficulties. It has been defended by mountains and rivers. It has replaced a county magistrate, implemented many new policies, and won several victories. The fields have sent away the powerful masters and welcomed the soldiers. How many old people have been replaced by new people. The hot iron in the workshop is boiling, and swords are casting plows, and new technologies are emerging.

Although this strength is far less than the "turning upside down" expected by the fifth reunion, it is much stronger than the skin of the Han Dynasty's government that changed the new dynasty. The Wei land is as peaceful as before, and the longevity is rejuvenated, and everything seems to be changing quietly.

But looking back, on the snowy field in winter, at least the team of Red Eyebrow Captains who had eaten a hot meal were long and staggering, which was no different from the suffering and humiliation they suffered on the other side of the river for many years, and some even became even worse.

Through that shallow surface, explore deeper into the roots, but everything seems to have no change.

But in the end, some things are different, such as the attitudes of the powerful people in Wei towards the fifth relationship.

If the fifth reunion in the autumn defeated the Li family of Wu'an, the powerful and powerful in Wei were just in awe.

Now that the fifth reunion has been defeated by Chimei, he escorted the prisoners back, as a proof that he has indeed had the strength to protect Wei County. The people celebrating and escaped, carrying pots to lift the slurry, and waiting for the fifth reunion at the city gate as if they were greeting heroes. Headed by the Ximen family, the wealthy families are all bowing their heads to the fifth reunion.

The battle of Chengchang brought too much shock to the world, and all prefectures and counties feared the Red Eyebrows like tigers. The fifth reunion broke the myth that the Red Eyebrows could not defeat. Now it was their turn to look up to the fifth reunion. Even Ximen Shouchang, who had secretly stumped the fifth reunion, ran outside Yecheng to bow to him and praised him.

"The Fifth Duke defeated Chimei, which was really famous in Heji, and his reputation spread across the three states!"

"Just Heji? Just Ji, Yan, Qingzhou?"

The Ximen family's hot face was pressed against the cold but the fifth reunion did not respond. He seemed to have expanded after winning a big victory, and smiled meaningfully at the dog-headed military advisor Feng Yan on the side, saying, "It seems that if I want to achieve the level of being famous all over the world, I still need to work hard!"

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Chapter completed!