The most arrogant in history

Chapter 127 First time coming in!

Lu Biao was over fifty years old, still strong and healthy. He was so angry that smoke came out of his nose and he shouted:

"Ye Kun, if you release my family and return the city, I can spare your life. Otherwise, I will gather the troops from eight counties and cut you into pieces!"

"Old ghost, you are still bragging, aren't you ashamed? Do your soldiers from eight counties have a total of 800 people?" Ye Kun laughed and ordered the heavy archers to prepare for decapitation shooting.

The heavy archers adjusted their crossbows and aimed at Lu Biao and the generals around him.

"Kill!"

The city gate opened and Qin Erwu led his troops to charge out.

"Fire arrows!"

On the top of the city wall, Ye Kun cooperated with Qin Erwu, brandishing swords and shouting.

Heavy arrows were fired at once, heading straight for Lu.

What a pity, there were shield soldiers around Lu Biao, who raised their shields to protect Lu Biao.

But the others were not so lucky. They were shot down by a wave of arrows from the top of the city. Hundreds of them were shot down.

When Qin Erwu arrived, the heavily armored soldiers just pushed forward.

Lu Biao's troops had retreated a long distance and were exhausted. They could no longer fight and immediately collapsed.

Qin Erwu led the light cavalry to chase Lu Biao and killed him fifteen miles away.

In front, Shangguan Jifu led a thousand light cavalry and intercepted Lu Biao head-on.

Lu Biao was in a panic and fled north to Jingzhou with his three hundred remaining troops.

At daybreak, Shangguan Jifu and Qin Erwu, led thousands of cavalrymen from Lu Biao, and entered Changsha city together.

Ye Kun personally greeted him, took Shangguan Jifu's hand, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, you didn't disappoint me. I was sure that you would be able to defeat Lu Biao."

Shangguan Jifu laughed: "Brother Dalang, thanks to your heavy arrows and catapults, we have the advantage of range and were able to defeat Lu Biao."

The two of them went to Lu Biao's house together and had a banquet to celebrate.

Shangguan Jifu had another 3,000 cavalrymen in the rear, who also entered the city one after another.

Shangguan Jifu drank a glass and asked, "Brother Dalang, we have conquered Changsha County, what should we do next?"

Ye Kun lowered his voice and said: "Recruit Lu Biao's troops, take away all of Lu Biao's money, food, cattle and horses, and all the craftsmen, and withdraw from Changsha City."

"What, withdraw from Changsha City?"

Shangguan Jifu's eyes widened. "We fought hard to capture Changsha. We have already obtained such a large territory, and now we give it up?"

Huangfu Lin was also puzzled and asked, "Lord Ye, the world is in chaos right now, and all the princes are fighting for territory. We finally conquered Changsha City, why should we withdraw?"

Ye Kun sighed: "Do you think I want to spit out the fat meat in my mouth? The key is that we can't eat it."

Shangguan Jifu frowned and remained silent.

Ye Kun continued to analyze:

"We just took over Tianmen County, and the people's hearts are still unstable. It will be difficult for us to digest Changsha at this moment. If we absorb the surrendered soldiers, we are afraid that they will counterattack. If we don't absorb the surrendered soldiers, we will not have enough troops to protect Tianmen County and Changsha County at the same time. Jingzhou and Wuyue are both eyeing Changsha. If we occupy Changsha by force, it will definitely cause attacks from Jingzhou and Wuyue. By then, we will have to roll back to Tianmen County, and we may not even be able to defend Tianmen County."

Shangguan Jifu sighed:

"What Dalang said makes sense. Dalang and I are both young, and the surrounding princes are all experienced in battles and look down on us. If we occupy Changsha, they will definitely not accept it."

Huangfu Lin smiled and said, "Master Ye, if you make more of the bombs you made, maybe we can defend Changsha."

"What's the point of holding on? We'll eventually run out of power. Besides, we can't make many bombs in such a hurry."

Ye Kun shook his head and patted Shangguan Jifu on the shoulder: "Fourth brother, listen to me. Tomorrow we will start moving the gold and silver treasures to Pingye County. Take away all the troops and civilians that can be taken away. In this way, we will have strengthened our financial and military resources, defend Tianmen County, and then we can plan the next step."

Shangguan Jifu nodded:

"We will start moving the gold, silver and treasures tomorrow. The first batch will be gold, silver and jewelry, the second batch will be silk and copper coins, and the third batch will be food, linen and coarse salt. The remaining worthless items will be handled as appropriate."

Ye Kun raised his thumb and said, "If we save the people but lose the land, then both the people and the land will be saved; if we save the land but lose the people, then both the people and the land will be lost. People are our foundation. So, try your best to persuade the people to move with us."

Before traveling through time, Ye Kun was also a fan of the Three Kingdoms. He liked reading and studying the Three Kingdoms.

During the Three Kingdoms War, Shu Han was finally destroyed. A big reason for this was that it had too small a population and insufficient manpower.

Huangfu Lin asked: "Lord Ye, if we relocate a large number of people to Pingye County and Tianmen County, can we support them?"

"Sell all the gold, silver, jewelry and silk and exchange them for food. It will be enough to sustain us for several years."

Ye Kun was confident: "During the war, a lot of arable land was abandoned. As long as we stabilize the land, we can develop production. I will improve the farming method and double the grain production."

Shangguan Jifu and Huangfu Lin were both surprised: "You can also farm?"

“I am a farmer.”

Ye Kun laughed, took out paper and pen, and wrote a letter to Wei Dingshan, the prefect of Jingzhou.

In the letter, Ye Kun was very humble. He first talked about the relationship between Miss Yuejuan and Wei Dingshan, then explained how Lu Biao had seized his Cigu County and Lingshan County, and falsely accused Lu Biao of digging up Shangguan Jifu's ancestral grave, so he and Shangguan Jifu had to take revenge.

Then, Ye Kun expressed his willingness to give the Changsha County and eight counties to Wei Dingshan, along with the household registration and land register.

Shangguan Jifu read the letter, signed it together with Ye Kun, selected some precious jewels, and sent someone to deliver it to Jingzhou immediately.

In this way, we can stabilize the Jingzhou army and then move things slowly.

The next morning.

Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu selected the troops and arranged 3,000 soldiers and 1,000 prisoners to escort the important supplies back to Pingye County.

Shangguan Jifu personally led his troops to escort them to Shuangya Mountain.

Shuangya Mountain serves as a transit station and also a post station, where everyone can take a temporary break and not get too tired.

Ye Kun stayed and mobilized all the craftsmen and their families in the city, promising them huge profits and asking them to move with the army.

The first step is to take the craftsmen away, which will greatly affect the life in the city. It will then be easier to mobilize the people.

There were several smaller landlords who were oppressed by the local big landlords and were afraid that Ye Kun would kill people, so they took the initiative to express their willingness to relocate with their entire families.

Ye Kun organized the troops and helped everyone relocate and set off together.

There are also many poor people who have no place to live and no place to live, but are willing to follow Ye Kun.

For seven or eight consecutive days, Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu were busy with the relocation.

All the valuable items in the Changsha County treasury, including the armory, were moved out, but there was still a lot of food. Half of it was taken away, and the rest could not be taken away.

Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu finally organized all the troops, plus the relocated civilians, and withdrew from Changsha City with as many as they could.

He left behind five hundred cavalrymen and distributed all the remaining food in the treasury to the people in the city.

This is called winning people's hearts and making everyone remember Ye Kun's goodness.

As for the wealthy gentry in the city, Ye Kun did not harm them at all. Before leaving, he greeted them and established relationships with them, telling them that if they had any difficulties in the future, they could go to Pingye County and he would warmly welcome them.

The local gentry were also very happy and arranged oxen, horses, mules and carts to help Ye Kun transport supplies.

Half a month had passed when Ye Kun returned to Pingye County.

It’s already the coldest time of the year.

County Magistrate Wang and Huang Sizhong, with their former subordinates, were responsible for registering the relocated people, counting the population, and issuing bamboo identity cards.

These two guys may not be good at anything else, but they are very good at accounting and registering.

Ye Kun took a look at the registration book presented to him. This time, he recruited 10,000 Changsha soldiers and 7,000 war horses.

Ye Kun and Shangguan Jifu divided the troops equally. If Ye Kun swallowed all of them, he would probably have trouble digesting them.

There were also craftsmen and civilians, more than 6,000 people, all of whom were taken over by Ye Kun.

All the jewelry and silk were given to Shangguan Jifu, who was asked to exchange them for saltpeter, sulfur, alum, coal, steel and other items.

Ye Kun got 20% of the gold, silver and copper coins, and Shangguan Jifu got 10%.

After returning to Pingye County, Ye Kun rewarded the three armies, including the surrendered soldiers, with rewards and wine and meat. Everyone took turns to rest, and each person had a five-day holiday.

Business in the county town began to flourish again, and the pubs were filled with people.

The brothels and theaters were also reopened, and the young ladies returned to work, dressed up beautifully.

But something went wrong on the first day the brothels were open.

That evening, Ye Kun brought Miss Yuejuan to the Lotus Restaurant to visit Jiang Yourong. They had dinner together and chatted.

Suddenly, screams came from the brothel opposite. Several young ladies ran out in panic, screaming together: "Someone's dead! Someone's been beaten to death."

Ye Kun was slightly surprised and went over with a few personal soldiers to control the situation.

There are several brothels on South Street, but Ye Kun has never been in one of them.

This is the first time.

In the yard of the brothel, a man was lying with a knife in the chest. He was twitching and was obviously dying.

There was a young man from Jianghetou named Jiang Yougen, who was in his twenties and was a personal soldier of Jiang Laowu. He was holding a sharp knife and standing there triumphantly with his two brothers.

There were also several brothers on the side that was killed, but they dared not speak out.

Seeing Ye Kun, Jiang Yougen didn't care and saluted with his fists:

"Master Ye, I am Jiang Yougen from Jianghetou. Your wife... Aunt Yourong is also my cousin."