At dawn the next day, Fang Yue condemned the fast horses to send an urgent report from Long County. You Fufeng (official name, Zuo Fengyi, You Fufeng, Jingzhao Yin collectively called Chang'an Sanfu, with a status of 3,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 remaining troops in the State). Wang Hong led the officers to join the army with more than 1,000 remaining troops in Zhang Xiu, and went out of Qi County to enter Anding, and had already joined with Anding's prefect Huangfujian, and seemed to have signs of attacking Long County.

After receiving the urgent report, Ma Yue urgently summoned Jia Xu to discuss matters.

Ma Yue handed the letter to Jia Xu and said, "Wenhe, this is an urgent report that Fang Yue just sent."

Jia Xu took the bamboo slips and read them quickly. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Lord, Huangfu Jian has few soldiers. Even if Zhang Xiu is added, Wang Hong's 4,000 troops are not scared. If Dong Zhuo wants to draw reinforcements from Luoyang, he will not have a month to reach Liangzhou. Now that Long County has General Fang Yue in charge, it can be said that he is as stable as Mount Tai."

"Yeah." Ma Yue nodded, "Huangfu Jian, Zhang Xiu and others are just clowns. I haven't taken them seriously yet. What I am worried about is the situation in Hanyang. Now the Jiang family in Jicheng has been exterminated, and the wealthy families in the city have been slaughtered by the soldiers. If this matter is exposed, I am afraid that the guards of the cities in the county will resist to the end."

Jia Xu held his forehead with his hand, thinking fortunately, General Ju Tu's three thousand wolf cavalry completely cut off the passage between Jicheng and the outside world. Apart from the lord's army, even a mouse could not slip out of Jicheng, nor could he slip in from outside Jicheng. Therefore, the news about Jicheng will not be leaked for the time being.

However, Jia Xu didn't say this to Ma Yue after all.

Ma Yue is not a god, so naturally he couldn't guess Jia Xu's thoughts, so he continued: "The thirteen cities of Hanyang County are the strongest, with Long County being the most solid, Ji City and Lueyang being the second. The other ten cities are easy to break. But what I am worried about is that sending troops to attack cities and plunders in this way is to capture a mere Hanyang County, which is probably going to take ten days and half a month to conquer the entire Liangzhou?"

Jia Xu said: "The lord can lead the army to Xiangwu first and attack Longxi. Let's hand it over to Xu to deal with the aftermath."

Ma Yue said: "First taking Hanyang and then attacking Longxi is our army's original strategy. Dong Huang, the prefect of Longxi, was not only Dong's follower, but also Dong's confidant. He was in charge of the military and political power of Liangzhou with Niu Fu. Now that Niu Fu has died, Li Ju, Guo Hao, Yan Wen and others will definitely be the leader of Dong Huang. As long as Dong Huang is killed, Dong's power in Liangzhou will fall into a desperate situation of no leader. In this way, our army can deal with it calmly, defeat each one, and pacify Liangzhou is just around the corner."

Jia Xu said: "The lord can lead a large army to fight quickly. Xu only needs General Jutu's three thousand wolf cavalry to stay in Jicheng. Within ten days, the wealthy families in the ten cities of Hanyang will come to surrender."

"Oh?" Ma Yue said happily, "that general is going to wait and see."

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Xu will never be humiliating his fate."

"Lord! Where is the lord?"

While the two were discussing, Xu Huanghong's voice suddenly sounded outside the hall. Ma Yue and Jia Xu turned around when he heard the sound. He saw a figure outside the door flashing. Xu Huang, wearing iron armor, had already walked in quickly. When he saw Ma Yue, he immediately bowed and knelt down for a long time. Seeing Xu Huang's face serious, Jia Xu guessed that Xu Huang must be coming for the people in the city.

Ma Yue hurriedly stepped forward and helped Xu Huang up and asked, "Why is Gongming?"

As expected by Jia Xu, Xu Huang paused with his head and shouted: "Here is the 8,000 people in the city who are asking for the orders."

Ma Yue said in confusion: "Please do your duty?"

"That's right." Xu Huang said sadly, "The generals had just inspected the whole city and found that the people in the city were afraid of being afraid to go out. There was no smoke in the house, and the chickens and dogs were not heard. The generals were surprised and caught two thugs and questioned them. Only then did they know that in order to defend the city, Jiang Jie, the prefect of Hanyang, had confiscated all the food, meat, and livestock in the city, and all the food in the city were all distributed by the government."

"Um~~" Ma Yue nodded, "So what?"

Xu Huang said: "Now that Ji City has been captured by our army, all the wealthy families in the city have been looted, and the government warehouse has been invested by our army as military rations. The people in the city are worried about being out of stock."

Ma Yue frowned and said, "So that's how it is."

This is indeed a troublesome thing. Most of the military rations operated from Hetao are stationed in the 36 Qiang Villages in Xiaoqingshan. From Xiaoqingshan to Longxian and then to Jicheng, you have to pass through Anding County. Anding County is still under the control of Dong Zhuo's army, so transportation is extremely inconvenient and a large army needs to be sent to accompany him.

Ma Yue's bloody battle of Ji City was of course for the purpose of black bulls and the black skin brothers avenged and took the opportunity to win over the morale of the Bingzhou army. But another consideration was to take the opportunity to plunder the food and grass of the gentry family in the city to provide military rations. At that time, most of the gentry family members were rich and bloody, and the county governor of Hanyang County could be maintained for at least half a month.

But eight thousand people are not a small number. To maintain the livelihood of eight thousand people, how much food does it have to consume?

Jia Xu smiled slightly and stepped forward and said, "General Gongming, don't worry, the lord has made complete arrangements for this matter."

Ma Yue's eyes flashed, and although he was puzzled, he did not say anything.

"Oh." Xu Huang said happily, "Lord has made complete arrangements?"

"That's right." Jia Xu said calmly, "The lord killed countless people, and those who could be killed were soldiers and barbarians. He never killed innocent people in the Han Dynasty in vain. Of course, the 8,000 lords of the people in Jicheng would not sit idly by. This matter was originally a secret in the army, and only the lord and Xu knew about it. However, General Gongming was so considerate of the people and his integrity was admirable, so he told him."

Xu Huang said: "I hope to hear the details."

Jia Xu said: "The situation is extremely dangerous now, and the rebel Dong Zhuo may send a large army to aid at any time. Therefore, our army must do its best to resolve the Liangzhou war in the shortest time. Therefore, it is impossible to draw more troops to protect the 8,000 people. If they are allowed to leave, they will inevitably starve to death. Therefore, the lord decided to temporarily move these eight people to the Thirty-Six Qiang Village, and then move to Hetao for the people."

"The people should also know that leaving their hometowns and moving to Hetao is a must." Xu Huang sighed, "The lord is kind and sympathetic to the people. I will finally feel that there are many offenses in the past few days. I also ask the lord to sue him."

"No need." Ma Yue said calmly, "Gongming's loyalty is also for the sake of the people. What's the crime?"

Jia Xu winked at Ma Yue, Ma Yue understood and said to Xu Huang: "There is another thing, Gongming is coming just right."

Xu Huang clasped his fists and said, "Leave it to the Lord's orders to condemn him."

Ma Yue said: "I want to launch a large army to attack Longxi. Gongming can lead 4,000 elite troops from Hedong to be the vanguard and attack Xiangwu first. The general personally led the army to arrive."

Xu Huang said quickly: "The last general will take the order."

Outside Sishui Pass.

The 18th Route Kanto Allied Forces Camp and the Yuan Shao Central Army's Tabernacle.

Chunyu Qiong suddenly ran in happily and said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, good news! Yan Liang and Wen Chou have escorted 30,000 stones of rice and grain outside the camp."

"Oh?" Yuan Shao said happily, "Yan Liang, Wen Chou is here?"

Chunyu Qiong said again: "Mr. Tian Feng is here too."

"Yuan Hao (Tian Fengbiao's name is also here?" Yuan Shao said more and more happily, "If you get Yuan Hao's plan, it's easy to break the Sishui Pass, hahaha~~"

At the same time, Cao Cao was in the camp.

Cao Hong strode to wash the stars, walked into the big tent, and said to Cao Cao: "See the lord."

Cao Cao was writing a letter at his desk when he saw Cao Hongzhi and hurriedly stood up and said, "Zi Lian, are you here?"

Cao Hong said: "According to the order of the lord, he escorted three thousand stones of grain (Cao Cao was much stingy than Yuan Shao, but Qiao County was not rich in Bohai) and came to the army, but fortunately he did not humiliate his fate."

"Okay, okay, okay." Cao Cao said repeatedly, "How is the battle situation in Yuan Rang and others attacking the Taishan bandits?"

Cao Hong said: "The two generals of Yuan Rang (Xiahou Dun), Miaocai (Xiahou Yuan) were assisted by Chen Gong and Xun You, and each led a large army to attack the hinterland of Taishan County. After the Tibetan Ba, the bandits of the bandits of the robbery, Sun Guan and Yin Li had also led the crowd to surrender, and the other six Taishan bandits could not last for a few days."

"Yes." Cao Cao said, "It's good."

Cao Hong said: "It was the 18th Kanto Alliance Army who attacked the traitor Dong Zhuo. When did the lord let someone fight with Zixiao?"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Haha, don't worry, it's not time yet."

"Um?"

Cao Hong was confused when he heard this. With Cao Hong's simple mind, he naturally could not guess the sinister intentions of Cao Cao, the treacherous hero. Cao Cao did not explain much, but said to Cao Hong: "After Zi Lian returns to Qiao County, he should step up training his soldiers with Zi Xiao (Cao Ren) and then let Wen Ruo (Xun Yu) and Zhongde (Cheng Yu) prepare more weapons and supplies, so there must be no mistakes."

Cao Hong said: "Hong received the order and Hong retired."

Just as Cao Hong was sent away, a personal soldier suddenly came to the tent to report: "Lord, Liu Bei, the prime minister of Langyan, came to visit with his brother Guan Yu."

"Oh, Liu Xuande? Yun Chang?" Cao Cao's expression moved and said anxiously, "Hurry up and welcome him, uh, Cao should go and welcome him in person~~"

Liangzhou, Jicheng.

Under the sky, Jia Xu wore a blue shirt and stood with his hands behind his back on the city. The wind was stagnant in the fields, and the scorching sun was poisoned in the sky. Jia Xu's slender and elegant figure was like a shadow covering the city of Jicheng. Even under the scorching sun, there was a faint chill.

At that time, a companion Jia Ming came to join Jia Xu because he had no food and clothing. Jia Xu knew that the village had been looted by Hu Qi, and his family had all lost all his family and left Jia Ming alone. He was so sad that he left Jia Ming by his side as his servant, relying on him as his confidant.

With the sound of scattered footsteps, Jia Ming quietly climbed to the top of the city and shouted respectfully: "Brother."

"Um~~" Jia Xu nodded slightly and asked without looking back, "Has the lord led a large army to fight?"

Jia Ming replied softly: "Yes."

A faint murderous aura cages Jia Xu's eyebrows, and Tan Ran said: "That's what it means, it's almost time to do it."

Jia Ming looked unbearable and asked again: "Brother, do you really have to kill me? Those are eight thousand innocent people who are unarmed!"

"Er Wei doesn't want to kill them, no one will kill people for no reason! If it weren't for the sake of love, who would have done such a thing that hurts the world?" Jia Xu said this, his expression suddenly turned gloomy and said sinisterly, "But unfortunately, Brother Wei really can't find a reason not to kill them."

"For military rations?" Jia Ming asked in confusion, "Will the food of the eight thousand people really endanger the supply of military rations of the lord's army?"

"Military ration?" Jia Xu said coldly, "Of course not for military ration."

"What's that for?"

"For the reputation of the lord!"

"Ah? Fame!"

"Yes, reputation!" Jia Xu said in a deep voice, "These eight thousand people experienced the night of the city breaking. The soldiers of Bingzhou slaughtered the truth about the gentry and family in the city. How could they hide the truth about the gentry and family in the city from all over the city? If they were not killed to eliminate future troubles, their efforts for brother will be lost. The truth about the lord's bloody slaughter of the lord will be revealed to the world. Who else is willing to join the lord's command at that time?"

Jia Ming said: "But eight thousand innocent people disappear out of thin air, will the gentry and family members in various cities in Hanyang be suspicious?"

"The second brother is too worried." Jia Xu's eyes leisurely flashed through his depth of insight into human nature, and he said lightly, "At critical moment, these gentry families have always only cared about the interests of their families, how could they care about the life and death of the poor people? Moreover, when the two armies fought, the people suffered casualties, which has been like this since ancient times."

Jia Ming was silent.

Jia Xu said again: "As long as they can believe in the arrangements of my brother, I believe that the lord did not slaughter all the gentry in Jicheng, but only hanged the geniuses Jiang Jie to death. All the geniuses in the city were sent to Hetao as commoners. These geniuses found that they still had the opportunity to save their lives or even protect the interests of the family, they would come to vote. In this way, the lord's reputation could be preserved."

"As for the eight thousand innocent people in Jicheng went to the thirty-six Qiang or Hetao, no one will care about it anymore."

Jia Ming said: "But even if all the innocent people in the city are executed, will the soldiers of Bingzhou who personally participated in the massacre tell the truth? There is no airtight wall in this world. If you don't know, don't do it unless you do it yourself. Brother, think twice, think twice!"

Jia Xu said: "The war in Liangzhou is now tight. The soldiers of Bingzhou are either on the battlefield or stay in the camp. They have no chance to contact the gentry of Liangzhou. Once the war in Liangzhou is over, let alone how many people can be left in these 6,000 Bingzhou soldiers. Even if they survive, they will never come to Liangzhou again."

"Ah?" Jia Ming said in a lost voice, "Maybe my brother even want these 6,000 Bingzhou soldiers~~"

"No." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "It's not what you think. No matter how cruel your brother is, he will not attack his own people. The survivors of these 6,000 Bingzhou soldiers will spend the rest of their lives in the vast desert of thousands of miles (Ma Yue has promised that 6,000 Bingzhou soldiers will be granted a hundred households after pacifying Liangzhou)."

Jia Ming frowned and said, "But do you know about this lord?"

"The lord doesn't know, it's all for my own idea." Jia Xu said in a silence, "As the lord, there are always some things that cannot be controlled by himself and cannot let go of. At this time, it is time to use us subordinates! In short, as long as it is for the lord's great cause and do everything for my brother, what's wrong with carrying the infamous reputation for a thousand years?"

"Brother~~"

Jia Ming murmured, his eyes were already wet, but he was not moved by Jia Xu's painstaking efforts, but he was still crying for the eight thousand innocent people in Jicheng.

Jia Xu's expression slowed down and he said in a harmonious voice: "Second brother."

Jia Ming bowed and said, "Here."

"So quickly collect the bodies of the children of the great gentry clans in the city, and then select those who are similar in shape from the people in the city, let them change into the gorgeous clothes and crowns of the children of the gentry, and then send troops to guard these people!" Jia Xu said this, his eyes showing a vicious look, and then said, "Also, please call General Ju Tu to come."
To be continued...