Chapter 183 The wind blows from Runan
A month ago, Lu Bu led his old subordinates who followed him to fight against Liu Bei, and the 800-stalking camp led by Gao Shun, with Xun You, to take office as Runan.
The prefect of Runan, Jing Tong, refused to obey the order, even dared to close the city gates to defend himself. He openly announced the change of flags, gathered local county soldiers, and joined forces with local tyrants. All counties rebelled. In an instant, a powerful army of 30,000 people was raised, and it was obvious that he had prepared this way.
In addition to these 30,000 people, the Runan Yellow Turbans, which were originally divided and fought each other, are also reuniting, with a total of 80,000 people.
Of course, 80,000 people are counted as the elderly, weak, women and children, and their combat effectiveness is just that.
However, Lu Bu had only a little more than 10,000 troops, but he was an absolute disadvantage in terms of quantity. However, Xun You did directly lead a few guards to the Yellow Turban barracks.
Several guards were carefully selected. Originally from Runan Yellow Turbans, Liu Pi, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, learned about the pros and cons of him. He told him that the bandits from the Yellow Turbans not only would not be discriminated against, but they all obtained land, and the emperor also exempted the captive tax, etc.
Xun You even said that he pardoned these Yellow Turbans in the name of the prefect of Runan, and set a piece of land for military farming on Runan land, ensuring that there is no difference.
"The emperor said that the people have never been rebels, and in this world, officials have always forced the people to rebel."
You should know that Runan and Yingchuan are originally close to each other. It is true that the Yuan family is powerful here, but it is impossible to stop the communication between the people. The emperor is kind and the people are very clear about it.
To put it bluntly, these Yellow Turbans are nothing more than worrying about their identity as a rebel.
With Xun You's guarantee and the testimony of Gong Du's previous subordinates, Liu Pi and other Yellow Turban leaders could not surrender without wanting to surrender.
So, the 80,000 Yellow Turbans took the supplies taken from Yuan and began to help Lu Bu attack the city, while the 30,000 county soldiers in Jingtong were beaten to pieces by Gao Shun.
This is normal. After all, it is the autumn harvest. Who would like to fight against you, a thief, to fight against the court? When Gao Shun rushed, everyone took the opportunity to run away and went home to harvest wheat.
After all, it's not far, right?
This battle was really easy.
The Yuan family thought that their 100,000 troops could defend until both sides finished the autumn harvest. They were busy until Yuan Shao's army was at least on the front line of the Yellow River, waiting for Yuan Shao's reinforcements, but they couldn't hold on for three days!
However, after the war was over, it could only be considered the beginning. The matter in Runan never lies in the war, but in the deep roots of the Yuan family in Runan.
And the pledge of Lu Bu to pacify Haikou in Runan within one month.
However, Lu Bu’s method of handling is very simple, one word: Kill!
After the incident in Xuzhou, his personality has become completely like that. There is neither the need nor the room for change. He is also accurate in his positioning. If he does not kill people, what will the court send him to do? Is Xun You insufficient ability to manage the government?
If he doesn't kill anyone, why did Lu Bu stand in the court?
The war is imminent, and there is not much time to slowly identify who is the good and who is the bad. Therefore, on the day when Xiping City was broken, Lu Bu led Gao Shun to the Yuan family manor and killed everyone without saying a word!
Your Yuan family has rebelled against Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao one after another. Shouldn’t the whole family be executed?
What are the three masters of the four generations, what are the best people in Runan County, famous families, and specialize in cultivating rebellious prominent families?
As for the tree with deep roots, if a person dies, he will not be afraid of any inconsistent roots.
In three days, Lu Bu killed three days without a break. In any case, Lu Bu took the roster and killed all the men named Yuan in Runan. Afterwards, he slaughtered more than 40,000 people!
At least 35,000 of them were innocent people who were killed.
Because I really can't tell who belongs to the Yuan family and who is the simple surname Yuan, Lu Bu's way is to kill them all.
Xun You and Lu Bu also started to do this, but Xun You was not Liu Bei. He, the prefect, could not control Lu Bu at all, so he directly asked Lu Bu to tie him up and watched him kill him.
By the way, I sent the stolen money and food back to the court.
That's not all. After killing the man, Lu Bu felt that it was not satisfying enough. He felt that the Yuan women were also dangerous. He actually wanted to kill the woman surnamed Yuan and their husband and son. This is to eliminate the root cause.
Xun You was so anxious this time. Although he was tied up, he cursed Lu Bu, saying that if you dare to do this, I would just hit myself to death. It depends on how you can explain to the court.
This forced Lu Bu to give up.
But there were not many of the Yuan family's legitimate daughters who could be confirmed, with a total of more than 2,000 people. The beautiful ones were directly used as military prostitutes, and the unsightly ones were chopped down on the spot like men, and the husband and children were used as official slaves.
From the head of the court to the county magistrate, all the officials in the territory of Runan conducted background investigations one by one. Anyone who had a close relationship with the Yuan family would be killed on the spot.
The other wealthy families and powerful families have more than three generations of in-laws with the Yuan family, kill them!
The famous Xu family in Runan did not run away, and picked more than 200 men and direct descendants who married Yuan's daughter and direct descendants to kill him.
This is why the Chen family in Runan defected early, otherwise, they would have probably killed thousands or eight hundred people.
In the end, in a few days, Lu Bu killed more than 50,000 people, and really achieved that he would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go.
For a moment, Lu Bu's name was able to stop children from crying at night in Runan County, and even the whole country was his bad reputation.
Lu Bu also deliberately piled the more than 50,000 heads into a small Jingguan. He looked like a rockery and piled up at the gate of Pingyu City. Anyone could see it whenever he walked by.
Then he led his troops to the west city to station. As for Pingyu's messy stalls, they were all handed over to Xun You, the prefect, to deal with them. Xun You was so angry that he complained to Lu Bu every day.
Lu Bu has only one reason: This time, you definitely don’t have to worry about being exposed during the war.
The news was sent back to the court, and all the civil and military officials of the court submitted a letter asking for the punishment of Lu Bu's crime. Everyone thought that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were plotting against each other. Is it not enough that you cut down all the direct lineages passed down by Yuan An? Is it necessary to slaughter the entire Yuan family in Runan?
No, this is no longer a massacre of Yuan’s family in Runan. You are slaughtering all the surname Yuan in Runan!
(It seems that there has always been a saying that the Yuan surname from Runan is from the world. I don’t have relatives and friends with the surname Yuan. If you have a big shot, you can comment on this chapter)
Well... Sima Yi said that Lu Bu was killed well, and the battle was about to happen, even if it was an extraordinary time to do extraordinary methods.
Liu Xie was really scared when he saw this result. By the way, he understood more why Liu Bei would rather send troops to attack him than stop him from slaughtering the Chen family in Xia Pi.
If you kill two more of this kind of county-level family, it will really shake the foundation of the country.
"The Grand Sima thought I should punish or reward Lu Bu for this matter?" Liu Xie, who was a little unintentional, decided to ask Cao Cao's opinion first.
Cao Cao said, "In troubled times, we should use the important dictionary. The Yuan family in Runan first gave Yuan Shu and then gave Yuan Shao, which shows that their family studies are very ruthless. Such a family will be slaughtered."
"Oh, since that's the case, I ordered Lu Bu to quickly reorganize his troops and station in Xicheng. Once there is a change in Nanyang, he will ask him to support him quickly."
On the other hand, the news reached Yecheng...
Chapter completed!