The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The enemy general was killed, and soon after, the county temple was breached, and the magistrate of Xu County saw that there was nothing he could do, so he surrendered.

As a result, although there were still guards stubbornly resisting at the top of the city and in various places in the city, they were already gone.

The city that was attacked in three quarters of time, and by the end of the day, the city was largely settled.

The officials in the county were ordered to convene people to put out the fires they lit earlier in various parts of the city, and some military officials led the soldiers to patrol the city separately, shouting loudly, to appease the people in the county, and at the same time, they wanted to kill and loot in the chaos. The evil youths, to ensure the security of the city.

Guan Yu also ordered the county magistrate to send the county officials to call the chiefs of the li in the city and the pavilion chiefs of the street pavilions to the county monastery, and show them Xunzhen's safety notice, telling them clearly: "Ze Rong is going backwards. Shi, worshipping the Buddha and tyrannizing the people, now the righteous army is attacking in the west, only the first evil is executed, I hope the people live in peace, if there are people who are unpredictable or take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, although you are the people, the military law can be forgiven, but the national law will not."

These things to bring peace to the people should have been done by civil servants, but Guan Yu came here without any civil servants, so he can only do it himself for the time being. Fortunately, Guan Yu is not a martial artist who only knows how to fight in battle, not only knowledge of text and hyphenation. Moreover, he has also read the "Spring and Autumn" and other classics, and has seen the market. He followed Liu Bei to manage the government of a county in Wei County. This matter of peace of mind is no problem for him.

The chief of each li and the chief of the pavilion of the street pavilion and others answered their promises one after another.

Guan Yu glanced at the county magistrate who was standing on the side, trembling, and then looked at the county magistrates at all levels surrounded by military officials in the courtyard outside the hall, and asked the magistrate, "Are you an official of the imperial court or are you appointed by Zhe Rong. ?"

"The subordinate was ordered by the imperial court last year to come to this county to take up office."

"Ze Rong has no imperial edict, so he steals his post in Xiapi County. Since you are the imperial minister, why are you willing to follow the thief?"

The county magistrate said in a trembling voice, "Although Zhe Rong has no imperial edict, he was sent by Tao Fangbo.

"It's just powerless to resist. When Nazong Rong worshipped the Buddha and abused the people, why did you not only keep silent, but also help Zhou in the abuse?"

When Guan Yu entered the boundary of Xu County, he saw many slaughterhouses, apparently built by Zhe Rong after he came to Xiapi. In this war-torn world, people are struggling to live, people die of starvation, and it is a waste to build a pagoda. How many places are there in Xu County? I don't know how many poor people in Xu County died of labor or starvation because of these pagodas. To say that the county magistrate helped Zhou is not bad at all.

The county magistrate shuddered and was speechless.

"Since I have aided Zhou's abuse, my rebel army is here now, and you are stubbornly resisting at the temple... Let me ask you, what crime should you feel guilty for?"

The county magistrate was trembling like a mess. It was a cold day, sweating like rain, and he couldn't answer a word.

Guan Yu snorted, too lazy to pay attention to him, and instructed the court: "Take this 'Xianjun' down, put him in custody, and wait for General Xu's release."

The soldiers under the hall received the order and entered the hall, as if carrying a chicken, and took the county magistrate down.

To the county officials in the courtyard, Guan Yu said with disdain. In addition to ordering the officials such as Hu Cao and other officials to send the household slips and the county's grain storage and other data to wait for them to be presented to Xu Zhong and Le Jin, he also ordered the soldiers to send them to Xu Zhong and Le Jin. All bets.

After all the affairs were dealt with, the night had come, Guan Yu left the county temple, and with dozens of soldiers patrolled the middle of the county and the city.

In the evening, after the city center was initially settled, Guan Yu sent people to cross Huainan immediately to report the victory to Xu Zhong and Le Jin. Xu Zhong's main force is numerous, and crossing the river requires a lot of preparations. Not to mention, only one boat is not enough for thirty or fifty ships. Last night counts as one night, today counts as one day, and it can be roughly counted. Tomorrow at the earliest, Xu Zhong will be able to lead his troops across the river. In other words, it is not enough to only conquer Xu County. Next, Guan Yu has to defend Xu County until Xu Zhong leads his troops. .

Therefore, Guan Yu did not slack at all, and after dealing with the affairs of Anmin, he immediately inspected the city.

Xu Zhong was still in Huainan, and now in Huaibei there is only a lone army of Guan Yu. At this time, in order to prevent Xu County from regaining its losses, the stability of the county is very important. Guan Yu has passed military orders, ordering the soldiers who entered the city, water pirates, swordsmen, inner servants, etc., to guard the city walls and gates, and not to leave the team without authorization, to loot and disturb the people in the city. Although the military order has been passed down long ago, there are always people who refuse to obey the order.

During his tour of the county for a week, Guan Yu encountered five or six incidents of disturbing the people one after another.

Some of these five or six incidents of disturbing the civilians were caught by the temporarily formed county security team, and some were caught by Guan Yu himself.

Among the five or six incidents, the vast majority were committed by water thieves, swordsmen, and neiying, and there was also one crime committed by the soldiers of the headquarters brought by Guan Yu.

Although Guan Yu looked down on the character of the water thief, he was deeply influenced by Xun Zhen in maintaining military discipline. Treat them equally, and punish them according to their crimes.

However, in terms of maintaining military discipline, although he treats them equally, he makes a difference in the importance of identifying what these people have committed: those who plunder the poor will be severely punished, and those who violate the rich will be severely punished. , the punishment is less severe.

The reason why he did this was, firstly, influenced by Xun Zhen's "loving the people", and secondly, it was related to his nature.

After inspecting the city, and inspecting the front of the city, Guan Yu did not sleep all night.

This night, probably because the news of Xu County's fall~www.wuxiaspot.com~ has not yet reached, neither the Xiaqiu far northwest nor the Huaibei Zang army near the south, there was no movement. , no enemy troops came.

The next morning, there was no movement.

At noon, a group of people came from the south.

Looking from a distance, this team of men and horses is like a forest of banners, and the team is neat. It is roughly estimated that there are about 3,000 people.

When Guan Yu got the news, he immediately ordered the city to beat drums, and ordered the soldiers and water thieves guarding the southern and eastern sections of the city wall to prepare for the battle. As mentioned above, Xu County is in the north of Puyangpi and in the west is the Dahu Lake. This direction is really unfavorable to attack the city, so Guan Yu mainly arranged the defense force in the south and east, and after passing the order, he then climbed the highest tower and watched it from a distance.

When they didn't see much, the troops got closer and closer, and they could clearly see their flags and uniforms.

Guan Yu calmly sent the order: "Open the city gate." He ordered several officers who were on the left and right of his entourage, "Let me out of the city and meet Liu Jun."

But it turned out that the army that came was his own army, and the banner at the forefront was Liu Bei's banner of "Lieutenant Yongnu".